Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, April 16, 1906, Page 1

| | The Bemidji | aily Pion ee MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY. VOLUME 3. NUMBER 303. BEMIDJ1, MINNESOTASMONDAY, APRIL 16, 1906. RETURNING TO ~ THEIR HOMES Residents of Villages Near Vesuvius Removing The Fifects of Eruptions. SENATOR PLATT TO RETIRE. New Yorker Not a Candidate for Re- Election, New York, April 16.—The Herald says: Seated at his desk in his office in the United States Express company’s building Senator Thomas C. Platt de clared he would make no effort to be re-elected to the United States senate ut the expiration of his term in 1900. “It is true,” he said, with a touch of sadness in his tones, “that I do not expect to return to the senate when my present term ends. I will have gratified my desire for public office by that time.” Asked whether developments in the insurance investigation had influenced bim in hi@ decision he withheld an answer. To friends he has said re- TEN CENTS PER WEEK PINCHOT, READY " TO COMPROMISE Makes Propo! tion for Settle- ment of Displute Regarding Forest ‘Reserve. - Wa.shington,q?. C., April 16— Gifford Pinchat, chief forester, made a proposition for a settle- | ment of the disi)ute involving the Cass Lake foreBt reservation and providing that certain of thelands cently, however, that he had made up |should ‘be open to settlement. ITS POWER FURTHER CURTAILED Another Imperial Ukase Affecting Rus- sian Parliament. St. Petersburg, April 16.—With ab- solute unanimity the papers here, even the Novoe Vremya, express extreme ‘discontent with the imperial ukase is- sued April 11 creating'a “committee of finance” to decide matters relating to the issuance of loans and in general everything Telating to the national credit. This is regarded as another severe blow to the power of the par- liament and as virtually taking away from the nation’s representatives all control of the nation’s finances. The text of this important document is as follows: “We find it useful to exclude from the competency of the council of the empire and the lower house of parlia- OUGHT TO TELL THE TRUTH ONLY President Denounces Gross and Reck- less Assaults on Our Public Men. WORK OF DISINTERRING BODIES ON Naples, April 16.—The news from the Vesuvius region continues to be satisfactory, the sun is shining bright- ly and the last vestiges of the erup- tion are disappearing from Naples. The work of cleaning and sweeping is still going on here, but the city has about resumed its normal appearance, while the reports from the villages and towns in the region of Vesuvius say that the people are gradually re turning to their homes, that the stores are being reopened and that the in- habitants of the towns which suffered the least are actively engaged in re- pairing their damaged homes and in opening up the roads, in which they are assisted by the troops and govern- ment engineers. The work of disinterring the bodies of-the killed continues at Ottajano, San Guiseppe and Santa Anastasia, but at the other stricken towns it is believed that all the corpses have been recovered. Professor Mattucei, in a bulletin issued during the afternoon, sald: “The instruments in the observatory are relatively calm. The crater con- tinues to discharge sand, but with less violence. I am awaiting information regarding the streams of lava towards Boscotrecase, to which spot I cannot go in person. The conditions in the zone surrounding me indicate that a complete cessation of the eruptive phase is ne: MINNESOTA MAN MISSING. His Frineds Fear He ls the Victim of Foul Play. Winnipeg, Man., April 16.—Lau- rence Kennedy, who came here with four other men from Graceville, Minn,, has disappeared and his friends fear foul play. Kennedy and his companions, named 1. H. Trainer, Dave Kridler, Tom Gavin and A. Seeley, came West to purchase land. Wednesday even- ing they visited immigration hall to arrange transportation. When they left the hall Kennedy and Gavin were | together, but they became separated. Kenpnedy failed to show up at the ho- tel and nothing has been heard of him since. He had about $300 on his per- son when he disappeared. Trainer has remained over to look after his friend and the police are working on the case. Chicago Grain and Provisions, Chicago, April 10.—Wheat—May, 78%c; July, 783% @78%c. Corn—May, 46'c; July, 46c. Oats—May, 315%@ 51%e; July, 30%c. Pork—May, $16.- 52%:/July, $16.40. Flax—Cash, North- western, $1.13; Southwestern, $1.07; May, $1.15. Butter—Creameries, 14@ 20%ec; dairies, 14@19c. Eggs—16%c. Poultry—Turkeys, 12l%¢; chickens and springs, 12c. France is the only foreign power which has been invited to participate in the Paul Jones ceremonies at Ann- apolis on April 24. Charles H. Watson, aged sixty-two years, secretary of the Northwestern Mutual . Life Insurance company, is dead at Milwaukee. a3 It is reported on good authority that E. H. Harriman is to build a road from Kansas City through Indian Ter- ritory to Denison, Tex. Lieutenant General John C. Bates has been placed on the retired list of the = United States army, having reached the statutory age. General E. S. Bragg, who has been consul general of the United States at Hongkoug for the past three years, has arrived at San Francisco. Arthur Turnure, editor and pub- lisher of Vogue, is dead in New York city. He was fifty years old and had been in the publishing business in that city for nearly thirty years. MAR;ET QUOTATIONS. Minneapolis Wheat. Minneapolis, April 14—Wheat— May, 77%c; July, 19%c; Sept., T8%c. On track—No. 1 hard, 79%c; No. 1 Northern, 79%c; No. 2 Northern, 77%c: No. 3 Northern, 75% @76%ec. Duluth Wheat and Flax. ‘Duluth, April 14.—Wheat—To arrive and on track—No. 1 Northern, 80%c; No. 2 Northern, 78%c; May, 80Y4c; July, 80%ec; Sept., 80%c. Flax—To arrive and on track, $1.1814; May, $1.18%; July, $1.20; Sept., $1.19%. St. Paul Union Stock Yards. St. Paul, April 14.—Cattle—Good to choice steers, $1.25@5.50; common to fair, $3.50@4.00; good to choice cows and heifers, $3.00@4.50; ‘veals, $1.50@ 4.75. Hogs—$6.30@6.45. Sheep—Year- ling wethers, $5.25@6.00; good to choice lambs, $6.00@6.50. Chicago Union Stock Yards. Chicago, April 14.—Cattle—Beeves, $4.00@6.30; cows and heifers, §1.60@ 5.25; stockers and feeders, $2.75@ 4.70. Hogs—Mixed and butchers, $6.45 @6.70; good heavy, $6.60@6.72%; rough heavy, $6.25@6.40; light, $6.40 @6.67%; pigs, $5.90@6.45. Sheep, $3.25@6.25; yearlings, . $5.65@6.40; lambs, $4.75@6.65. Chicago Grain and Provisions. Chicago, April 14.—Wheat—May, 797%@80c; July, 79@79%c. Corn— May, 46%c; July, 45%c. Oats—May, 323 @32%ec; July, 3lc.. Pork—May, $16.10; July, $16.30. Flax—Cash, Northwestern, §$1.15; Southwestern, $1.09; May, $1.17. Butter—Creamer- les, 14@20%¢c; dairies, 14@18¢c. Eggs —Il446c. Poultry—Turkeys, 12%ec; chickens aud springs, 1lc. what we sell for 10c From Monday morning until Saturday night, but it’s safe to say that the best will go first so better come the first of the week. Pressed cut bon bons, each 10c Pressed cut comports each 10c Kitchen measures, each 10c 4 drinking glasses for 10c 25¢ decorated china plates, each 10c China oat meal dishes China tooth pick: hold- ers, each 10¢ Child’s china cup and saucer, 10¢ Decorating plaques, each 10c China ash trays, each 10c¢ Egg cups, each 10¢ Hose supporters, child- ren’s or ladies, each 10¢ each 10¢ Children’s heavy ribbed China bon bons, each 10c¢ (:(ét!,‘mgj!l‘lose, size 5 to 1? o Gold banded soap slabs, gfi-ixlx). “hick towels, each 10¢ each 10¢ Remnants. 1000 short ends of silks, dress goods and wash goods, many pieces are worth from 25¢ to $1.00, choice of any piece in the lot this week 10 cents, ! O’Leary @ Bowser. his mind long ago not to seek another term. REFUSE TO ARBITRATE. Eleven Thousand West Virginia Min- ers on Strike. ‘Wheeling, W. Va., April 16.—Eleven thousand members of the United Mine ‘Workers’ union, sub-district No. 5, struck during the day because of the refusal of the operators to grant the 1908 scale. The miners refused to ac- cede to arbitration on lines proposed by John H. Winder. New Explosive Injures Inventor. Mount Vernon, N. Y., April 16.—Pro- fessor Wartenburger, a German chem- ist, who has invented a new explosive which he claims to be twenty times more powerful than dynamite, was se- verely burned aud shocked by an ex- plosion in his laboratory’ on the meadows two mi: “}’J‘om East Chester. He is in a hospi’ here, where it is said that he will p/S/ably recover. e CONTINUE TG SAEGOTIATE i ZION CITY TROUBLE VV;V BE SET- TLED WITHOUT A, “AL TO THE COURT: Chicago, April 16.—Attorney Wet- ten, for John Alexander Dowie, has is- sued @ statement to the effect that the | ade for the establishment of an | report that a compromise of the Zion City troubles would be reached on the basis of a payment of 5 per cent of the gross assets of Zion City to Dowie {8 untrue. = Mr., Wettendeclared- that-no.-such_ proposition had been made to Dowie and that it would not have been ac- cepted if it had been made. Neither, he said, would it be accepted if the propositions were reversed and Dowie was to receive 95 per cent of the gross assets. It is further declared in the statement that the troubles of Zion City will never be settled on a basis of dollars and cents. Mr. Wetten adds to his denial of the cash proposition the assertion that the negotfations for a settlement outside of the courts are still in progress and that he has strong hopes of their ulti- mate success. ‘Summons Served on Dowie. The summons which the deputy sheriff vainly attempted to serve upon Dowie when he arrived in the city was read to him during the day in his rooms at the Auditorium by Deputy Sheriff Wilson. Deputies Horne and Wilson visited the hotel and Wilson, after some trouble, entered Dowie's anteroom. The followers of Dowie en- deavored to have the writ served upon Dowie’s attorneys, but Deputy Wilson declined to do this. A large negro who serves as a guard for Dowie told Wilson to leave the room, but when he moved toward Wil- son with the evident intention of eject- ing him Wilson drew a revolver and said that he proposed to serve the summons and would not leave until he had done so. He was then admit- ted to Dowie’s room and read the summons, to which Dowie Ilistened ‘without reply. The summons is in a civil suit brought against Dowle for $500 by a local alienist. AUCTION BARNS DESTROYED. Three Hundred Horses and Mules Per- ish at_Baltimore. Baltimore, April '16.—About 300 horses and "mules were burned to death in a fire of unknown origin that completely destroyed the auction sta- bles of Moses Fox early in the day. The damage ‘is estimated at about $65,000. Carnegie Gift Accepted. Grand Forks, N. D., April 16.—The University of North Dakota board of regents has accepted the conditions imposed by Andrew Carnegie in donat- ing $30,000 for a library building and steps will be taken to add a similar amount to the fund and thus erect a $60,000 library - building this year. There are something over 30,000 vol- umes in the library, which is constant- ly growing. The regents anticipate a number of other changes at the univer- sity grounds. Jury Unable to Agree. New York, April 16.—The jury be- fore which Morris C. Menges’ suit to recover $1,000,000 from General Louis Fitzgerald has been on trial an- nounced during the day that it had disagreed and was discharged. The Jurors stood ten in favor of Menges and two against him. He claims the money in payment for an alleged con- tract for services in the Western Mary- land railroad deal. 7 ment the right to determine the time This proposal has not been ac-|and conditions of loans and to con- WAR ON EVIL TO BE WAGED SANELY cepted by the opponents of the forest reservation project as they believe they can bring pressure ) bear on Mr. Pinchot that will force him to agree to still more liberal terms. The fact that Mr. Pinchot has weakened and is dis- posed to compromise is regarded as very encouraging and it is be- lieved ultimately that Mr. Pin- chot will be forced to agree to the opening to settlement of all the good agricultural lands around Cass Lake. Now that the deadlock over the Tawney bill is broken, the opponents of the forest reserve project regard the fight as just begun and pro- pose to keep pushing for further concessions. Congressman Steenerson has definitly decided not to push the drainage reclamation bill until late in the session, The pro- posal to form a joint fund for irrigation and drainage projects is regarded with suspicion as it is believed the result might be the irrigation projects would get all the benefit. A fight will be independent fund for drainage work, {PRYING- TO-GEF—| FLOWAGE RIGHTS As Soon as This Is Accom- plished Work on Dam Will Be Resumed. W. G. Schroeder, in a state ment to the Pioneer this after- noon, said that the reason the preliminary work on the dam to be constructed across the Miss- issippi at a point four miles east of Bemidji lake had been stopped was on account of the inability of the promoters to secure proper flowage rights. Mr, Schroeder stated, however, that negotiations are now under way whereby the promoters of the dam hope to be successful in securing these rights and as soon as this is ac- complished the work will be resumed, “Certain capitalists,” said Mr. Schroeder, ‘“are now at tempting to secure & site at the dam for a pulp mill which will manufacture all kinds of paper in the cardooard line, from rough strawboard to the finest varieties of bristol. The mill, providing it is located here, will be a great benefit to the farmers, as every kind of wood, including balsam, jack pine,- popple and spruce will be bought. As yet there has been no arrangement made for the location of the mill here.” APPEALED TO CIRCUIT COURT. Habeas Corpus Cases of Moyer, Hay- wood and Pettibone. ‘Washington, April 16.—Attorney E. F. Richardson of Denver has docketed In the supreme court appeals from the decision of the United States circuit court of Idaho in the cases of Charles H. Moyer, William D. Haywood and George A. Pettibone, who are held in custody at Caldwell, Ida..on the charge of complicity in the murder of the late Governor Steunenberg. The appeal is from a decision by the cir- cuit court refusing to grant writs of habeas corpu Bluefieid, W. Va., Aprn 1o.—pu;- during the day found the bodies of a woman, man and child in the moan- tain south of Richlands. It is thought the parties had been dead at least @ month. A bullet hole in the man's forehead and the crushed m skitlls of the woman and child, tell 2 ‘of foul play. The remains have sign the same to a committee of finance which is also charged to study all questions relating to the credit of the empire and the monetary system.” BANKS GET USE OF GOLD. Shaw Advances Amount Now on Way From London. New York, April 16.—Announcement that Secretary of the Treasury Shaw has permitted the National City bank to draw gold from the United States treasury department pending the ar- rival of gold engaged by this bank for import from London was made during the day. The bank was allowed the use of the government’s gold upon de- positing bonds sufficient to cover the amount of the import. Gold engaged by the National City bank for impor- tation from London amounts to over $10,000,000. The gold advanced by the treasury department is to be returned by the bank immediately upon receipt of the WAR IN RUSSIA RELIGIOUS NUMBER OF PERSONé KILLED OR INJURED IN SERIOUS EN- GAGEMENT. ‘Warsaw, Poland, April 16.—The re- gious troubles between the Catholics and Mariavits, the new Catholic sect, in many places in Poland are assuming a very serious phase. Indeed, the sit- uation has almost reached the dignity of civil war, At Luptsi 2,000, Mariavits attacked 2,000 Catholics and a regular pitched battle: followed, during which three men were killed and forty wounded. The fighting is proceeding. At Lehno constant skirmishes are in progress and several persons have been killed or wounded. At Chwartek the Mariavits, who are in the majority there, took possession of a church and insisted on the reappointment of a priest who was dismissed by the Cath- olics. RELEASED FROM PRISON. Englishman Accused of Colossal Swin- dling Operations. London, April 16.—Jabez Spencer Balfour, formerly a financial magnate and a member of parliament, who was sentenced to fourteen years’ imprison- ment in 1893 for'extensive frauds in connection with the :Lands Allotment company and the'hguse and land in- vestment trust 1¢" Liberator group of companies, was'released during the morning from the Barkhurt prison on the Isle of Wight. -For two years Bal- four had acted as. librarian of the prison. It is said he will probably re- iurn to the Argentine Republic, from where he was extradited before his trial and where it is said that he holds considerable interest in trade concerns. It is estimated that the poor and middle classes of England lost about $30,000,000 by Balfour’s swindling operations. : INSURANCE REFUSED. Underwriters Afraid of Wooden Lake Vessels. Chicago, April 16.—“If your boats were steel,” said a marine underwriter to the owner of a fleet of wooden steamers in Chicago, “we should like to talk business with you. But we can do nothing with wooden boats.” “I can see no way to change wooden steamers Into steel,” said the vessel owner, “and it looks to me as if I will have to go without insurance this sea- son.” This is a fair indication of the out- look for wooden vessel insurance this spring. A few have been cared for by the underwriters, but 90 per cent of wooden tonnage still is uncovered. Typhold Epidemic Spreading. Pittsburg, April 16.—Pittsburg’s epi- demic of typhoid, while apparently de- creasing in the daily number of cases, appears to be spreading to the sur- rounding municipalities. Towns along the Ohio river below Pittsburg are be- ginning to report cases in alarming number and instructions have been is- sued by the various local boards of health to use no water out of the Ohio _river for drinking purposes unless it has been boiled. Scale Agreed on a Compromise. Greenville, Pa., April 16.—The min- ers and operators of the Mercer and Butler county fields of the Pittsburg district have reached an agreement on the wage scale for two years, dating from April 1, 1906. The miners were granted an advance, but it is a com- ‘to able men of normal sensitiveness ‘Washington, April 16.—In the pres- ence of a distinguished assemblage, with the president of the United States taking a prominent part, with the supreme court, the senate, the house of representatives and the dip- lomatic corps as spectators and before a large concourse of people, the cor- nerstone of the office building for the house of representatives, was laid with impressive ceremonies. The address of the day was made by President Roosevelt, who spoke on “The Man With the Muck Rake.” Other speakers included Joseph G. Cannon, Representative Hepburn of Iowa and James D. Richardson, former repre-l sentative from Tennessee and grand commander of the supreme council of ‘the Scottish Rite, President Roosevelt’s speech was a eriticism of magazines and newspaper writers, who have been attacking men in public life. ‘He said, in part: “In Bunyan's Pilgrim’s Progress you may recall the description of the man with the muck rake, the man who could look no way but downward, with the muck rake in his hand; who was offered a celestial crown for his muck rake, but who would neither look up nor regard the crown he was offered, but continued to rake to him- self the filth of the floor. <In Pllgrim’s Progress the man with the muck rake is set forth as the ex- ample of him whose vision is fixed on carnal instead of on spiritual things. Yet he also typifies the man who in this life consistently refuses to see aught that is lofty and fixes his eyes with solemn intentness only on that ‘which is vile and debasing. Now, it is very necessary that we should mnot flinch from seeing what is vile and de- basing. - There is filth on the floor and it must be scraped up with the muck rake; and there are times and places where this service is the most needed of all the services that can be per- formed. But the man who never does snything else, who never thinks or speaks cr writes, save of his feats with the muck rake, speedily becomes, not a help to society, not an incitement to 20od, but one of the most potent forces for evil. Many Grave Evils Exist. “There arc. in the body politic, eco-| nomic and social, many and grave evils and there is urgent necessity for the sternest war upon them.. There should be relentless exposure of and attack upon every evil man, whether politician or business man, every evil practice, whether in politics, in busi- ness or in social life. I hall as a bene- factor every writer or speaker, every man who, on the platform, or in book, magazine or newspaper, with mereci- less severity makes such attack, pro- vided always that he in his turn re-! members that the attack is of use only if it is absolutely truthful. The liar is no whit better than the thief and if | his mendacity takes the form of slan- der he may be worse than most | thieves. “Now, it is easy to twist out of shape what 1 have just said, easy to affect to misunderstand it and, if it is slurred over in repetition, not difficult really to misunderstand it. Some per- | sons are sincerely incapable of under- standing that to denounce mud sling- ing does not mean the endorsement of ; whitewashing; and both the interested individuals who need whitewashing, and those others who practice mud slinging, like to encourage such con- fusion of ideas. One of the chief/ tusion of ideas. 1 “Any excess is almost sure to invite a reaction; and, unfortunately, the re- action, instead of taking the form of j punishment of those guilty of the ex- cess, is very apt to take the form either of punishment of the unoffend- ing or of giving immunity, and even strength, to offenders. The effort to make financial or political profit out of the destruction of character can only result in public calamity. Gross and reckless assaults on character, whether on the stump or in newspaper, maga- zine or book, create a morbid and viclous public sentiment and at the same time act as a profound deterrent and tend to prevent them from enter- ing the public service at any price. “At the risk of repetition let me say again that my plea is, mot for im- munity to, but for the most unsparing exposure of the politician who betrays his trust, of the big business man who makes or spends his fortune in fl- legitimate or corrupt ways. There should be a resolute effort to hunt such man out of the position he has disgraced. Expose the crime and hunt down the criminal; but remember that even in the case of crime, if it is at- tacked in sensational, lurid and un- truthful fashion, the attack may do more damage to the public mind than ‘erime itself. It is because I feel that there should be no rest in the endless war against the forces of evil that I'ask that the war be conducted with ‘sanity as well as with resolu- tion.” DESIRES TO REMARRY. King of Saxony Seeks Dispensation From the Pope. Dresden, Saxony, April 15.—King Frederick, notwithstanding denials, is endeavoring to obtain from the pope the ecclesiastical sanction for a di- vorce from tne Countess Montignoso in order to be able to marry again. This will be possible if the countess is willing to declare under oath that her parents forced her to marry him while he was in 2 somnolent condition, which she affirmed after her flight from the Saxony capital. Lately, how- ever, the countess refused to swear to the statement so as to prevent the king from remarrying. It is under- stood that recently the pope has been strongly opposed to the wishes of the Saxon” king and has been comparing his case with the precedents in which marriages were dissolved by the church. The Countess Montignoso was for- merly the Crown Princess Louise, wife of Crown Prince Frederick, now king of Saxony. In 1902 she eloped with Professor Giron and has since been living in Italy. ' ¢ WILL BE ISSUED APRIL 26. France to Take Over Half the New Russian Loan, Paris, April-16.—The-offieial mation of the report that the Russian financiers and French bankers had settled on the ternis for the new Rus- sian loan was received almost too late to affect the bourse. The terms agreed upon are as already cabled, namely, $400,000,000 in 5 per cent bonds-at about 88, the issue to be April 26. France will subscribe for $230,000,000. In official and financial circles the terms are considered sufficiently at- tractive to insure oversubscription. Austria’s participation in the loan is regarded as remarkable, this being the first occasion she has had to subscribe to a Russian loan. The French gov- ernment has given strong support to the efforts of the Russian financiers, thus assuring the success of the loan. Alleged Embezzler Suicides. Mount Holly, N. J., April 16.—George R. Young, who, it is said, was wanted in St. Louis for embezzlement, com- mitted suicide here during the day by taking poison.- Young was cashier of the Postal Telegraph compary. NATIVE UNREST CONTINUES. Situation In China Not So Faverable as It Might Be. London, 'April 16—The Times correspondent at Peking telegraphs as follows: “While native unrest continues, : there is an augmentation of the feel- ing in the community that the Euro- pean and American governments are unwise in weakening their positions in the eyes of the Chinese. “Major General Ventris (command- ing the British troops in North China) and Chief Engineer Blair have pro- ceeded to Wei-Hai-Wel, ostensibly to disband the Chinese regiment, but | really, I have reason to believe, to re- turn the harbor and port to China. “Even in case of local disturbances the burden of first defense will fall up- on the Americans. The Chinese have a fort on the wall which secretly com- mands the American position. This ‘would demand capture by a rush, but the American garrison is too weak to afford the necessary men. Mean- while incendiary literature is being spread.” Boise, Ida., April 16.—J. H. Hawley, leading counsel for the state in the Moyer - Haywood - Pettibone murder case, states that he has reliable infor- mation that the Western Federation of Miners has retained W. Bourke Cockran to assist in the defense. Miners Return to -Work. Pittsburg, April 16.—The 1,200 min- ers of the Great Lakes Coal company at Kaylor, Pa., who were called out »n a strike Friday because the company refused to sign the wage scale, ha’e returned to work, the scale having been signed, - Mothar and Daughters Killed. Greenville, Pa.. April 16.—Mrs. Maud Calvin and two daughters, one an in- fant and the other six years old, were killed and two of her children injured Wwhen acarriage in which they were :}::-in was struck by a train at Atlan- - confir=-