Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, April 18, 1906, Page 1

'r VOLUME 3. NUMBER 305 i JUDGE DECLARES MEMBERS OF SPRINGFIELD (MO. MOB - GUILTY OF MURDER. Springfield, Mo., April 18.—Sup- pressed excitement pervaded all classes here on the opening of this, the fourth day of Springield’s race war. The arrest of half a dozen men ac- cused of complicity in Saturday night’s lynching had had the effect of clearing the streets when the members of the mob who had openly boasted of their participation in the affair began to realize that the state and county offi- cers had really combined in an effort to prosecute all oftenders. Then the | people had again been inflamed with the ‘mob spirit when it became gener- ally known that another negro had been killed, this time by a white boy in self-defense. This tense feeling was still’ apparent when morning came. Sher!ft Horner early sent out a dozen deputies armed with the twenty or so warrants still unserved, while in the criminal court the selection of a grand | Jjury called together under instructions to indict the mob leaders was begun. Judge A. J. Lincoln of the criminal court, in charging the grand jury, was bitter in his statements. After recit- ing the causes leading up to the call- ing together of the jury he said: -- “This outrage deserves the condem- nation of all good citizens and the most Tigid investigation at your hands. TAll persons, their aiders and abettors, engaged In that'ghameful outrage are gullty, under tha jaw, of murder in the first degree. The law makes it no less a crime because 200 men engaged in the consummation of the crime than if one man alone and under cover of night committed the offense. Crime | never becomes lawful because multi- tudes seek to give it sanction. Mob violence never has and never can ac- complish good. Lawlessness places all things and all men in peril.” Advises’ Removal of Sheriff. Jefferson City, Mo., April 18.—Attor- ney General Hadley has telegraphed ! Assistant Attorney General Blake at Springfield advising the removal of the sheriff on the ground of neglect of officfal duty, providing the investiga- tion warrants qg?‘_b a course. TARTARS - RESIST RUSSIANS. Confiicts Occur in Many Parts of the Caucasus. Tiflis, Caucasia, April 18.—The Tar- tars In many places are resisting the punitive expeditionary forces, espe- cially jn Elizabethpol province. They recently caught a squadron of dragoons in a defile, ronted them and killed two and mortally wounded four. At Ahalkalaki a number of Cossacks were killed on a train by prisoners whom they were charged to escort to Tifiis. RUSSIAN LOAN ISSUED AT 88, WITH AN ADDITIONAL 3 PER CENT AS COMMISSION. St. Petersburg, April 18.—It was an- nounced here during the day that the arrangements for .the new Russian loan, totalling $440,000,000, have been signed in Paris. About half the amount | was taken by France in conjunction with Belgian interests and Austria} took the portion originally assigned to Germany. The United States did not participate in the loan, which was divided as follows: France, $240,000,000; Great Britain, $66,000,000; Austria, $23,000,000; Hol- land, $11,000,000; Russia, $100,000,000. The loan, which is at 5 per cent, is for forty years and is free from taxa- tion. “The portions allotted to one country will not be good for delivery on the hourses of the other countries participating in the loan. The issue price will be 88 and the bankers’ com- mission is 3 per cent. That Russia should be willing to issue a loan on such terms shows how anxious she was to secure money be- fore the assembling of the Russian parliament. It is stated, but not con- firmed, that one of the conditions of the loan is that Russia shall not make another issue of bonds before the ex- piration of two years. CITY COUNCIL DEADLOCKED. Holds Continuous Session in Effort to Elect Speaker. Kansas City, April 18—The first session of the lower house of the city council under the administration’ ef | Mayor Henry M. Birdsley (Rep.), who was inaugurated Monday, developed a stubborn deadlock over the election of a speaker. At 10:30 a. m., after 104 fruitless ballots had been taken, the tired -councilmen, following.a siege, of nearly fourteen hours, seemed no closer to a solution’than when the session opened. At that hour a motion to adjourn was voted down. Coffee and sandwiches were brought into the chamber at different times for | the councilmen. The deadlock was broken shortly before noon when D. R. Spaulding, a Republican, was elected speaker on the 118th ballot. Minneapolis Wheat. Minneapolis, April 17.—Wheat— May, 78@78%¢c; July, 80%c; Sept., 78%ec. On track—No. 1 hard, 80%¢c; No. 1 Northern, §0%¢c; No. 2 Northern, 8% @79%c; No. 3 Northern, 77@78c. Duluth Wheat and Flax. Duluth, April 17.—Wheat—To arrive and on track—No. 1 Northern, 80%c¢; No. 2 Northern, 78%c; May, 80%c; July, 81c; Sept, 79%c. Flax—To ar- rive and on track, $1.18%; May, $1.19; July, $1.20%: Sent., $1.19%. € 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 hon bons, each 10¢ Pressed cut comports each 10c Kitchen measures, cach 10c 4 drinking glasses for 10c 25¢ decorated china plates, each 10¢ 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 10c each 10c Children’s heavy ribbed China bon bons, each 10c | cotton hose, size 5 to 10 § per pair 10¢ Gold banded soap slabs, S6-n. huck towels, each 10c each 10c 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. SERIOUS TROUBLE THE OUTCOME OF MINERS’ STRIKE AT WINDBER, PA. Johnstown, Pa., April 18.—After ‘weeks of anxiety the situation brought about by the controversy of the coal]. miners with the operators culminated during the night in a riot at Windber, ber are injured and throughout the guards. The shooting was brought gn by an assault upon the jail made by striking miners, who attempted to.res- cue comrades who had been placed under arrest. The riot occurred i the early hours of the night and continued for several hours, working the resi- dents to.such a pitch that the night was one of terror. The dead are principally lorelgners and were. miners whe were out on strike. They are Pietro Martini, An- ! tonio Mazuca and Paul Zills, who was the leader of the mob. Curtls Kester, ten years old, a bystander, was shot through the bowels. - His condition is serious and he will probably die. When the deputies fired on the mob they fled, leaving three of their number on the ground dead, and, the strikers re- fusing to permit the undertakers to remove the bodies, the latter remained where they fell until morning. ¥ The situation was so serious that Sheriff Begley was summoned from Somerset to take charge of affairs and an appeal was made to Governor Pen- nypacker for troops. The state constabulary ordered to ‘Windber by Governor Pennypacker ar- rived about daylight and the town is|4q stnpe - now practically under martial law. The state police and deputies have the sit- uation’ well in hand and no further trouble at this time is expected. TWO WORKMEN KILI.ED. Crushed to Death by Fall of Earth at Minneapolis. Minneapolis, April 18—Nels Sander- son and George O’Neil, laborers em- ployed on the Great Northern Railroad company’s improvements at Clear- water Junction, were killed by a cave- in, A crew of men was working in a hole beside a hill where two steam shovels were being used to remove the dirt from the bottom, thus under- mining the hill and letting the earth fall from the top a couple of tons at a time. Suddenly a huge portion of the hill crumbled and tons of earth fell to- wards the workmen. A cry of warn- ing sent most of the men in a wild rush out of the deathtrap, but Sander- son and O’Neil were caught and either suffocated or crushed to death, ' It took their comrades over half an hour to dig them out. MINERS SECURE THEIR BEER. Company Modifies Order When Men Go Out on Strike. Irwin, Pa. April 18.—The foreign miners at Edna No. 2 struck again dur- ing the day, their grievance being a peculiar one. Recently the company issued an order cutting off the supply of beer by refusing to allow agents to sell or deliver in the town. The arrest of two agents caused the miners' to held an indignation meeting and they decided to strike. The company then agreed to modify the ruling by allowing beer in limited quantities to be brought in and the men returned to work. GRAIN . COMMISSION ENJOINED. Wisconsin Inspectors Must Not Inter- fere With Certain Elevators. Superfor, Wis., April 18.—United States Marshal Lewiston of Madison | has arrived in Superior and served copies of the recent injunction issued against the Wisconsin grain commis- sion. The injunction prevents the commission and its agents from inter- fering with the handling of any grain at the Itasca and Terminal elevators. It practically covers the same scope as the injunction which was secured by the Globe Elevator company some morths ago and is brought at this time to frustrate the attempts of the com- mission to inspect Jutgoing cargoes of grain. It is expected that the injunc- tion will remain in force until a final determination of the Globe case is reached and upon which will ultimate- ly depend the constitutionality nt the Wisconsin grain law. Must Serve His Sentence. Milwaukee, April 18.—Robert L. near this city, which finally ended in |- bloodshed. Three are dead and a num- | night the town was patrolled by armed |- T TMINNESOTA SOCIETY. INVALIDATES mffimncgs! ALL SORTS OF COMPLICATIONS WILL FOLLOW DECISION OF SUPREME COURT. Chicago, April 18.—1t is estimated by Chicago lawyers that the decision ! i SENATE COMMITTEE HEARS EVIDENCE of the supreme cgurt.of the United States holding illegal all divorces ex- cept where both parties to the suit re- sided within the same jurisdiction will make {llegal 500 divorces that have | ‘been granted in this city alone and ‘pave the way for all manner of com- plications in the next-generation over inheritance and the rights to property. Several prominent attorneys decided that the decision simply means chaos in regard to the title to property, as in cases where a man who was, in the sight of the decision, illegally -di- vorced, and remarried, his. property must necessarily go to his legal heirs and cannot be held by any children of any women he may have married sub- sequent to his divorce. Sioux Falls, S. D; Aprl'l 18.—The United States supremie gourt-decision in the Haddock divorce case ereated a sensation here amongimembers of the divorce colony. Attorneys. interested In the South Dakot: d(vhme industry say they are not pr have on the industry. EXECUTIVE BOARD--MEETS. Exiitinu Conditions in --cussed:by Mine: Xndlamzpolis, April 18—The interna tlonal executive board of the United Mine. Workers-of America during the day began a session. which; it is ex- bected, will last several days, during which some matters bearing an im- portant part in the existing contro- versy with the coal operators will. be considered and decided upon. The offer of the operators of the Kanawha field in West Virginia to pay an advance of 3 per cent in wages in- stead of the 1903 scale was placed be: fore the board. The protest of the operators of Ili- nois against: the failure of the union to keep at the mines what they con- sider a sufficient number of men to maintain the properties in good condi- tion will be taken up at once. DISAGREEMENT SEEMS LIKELY. Conferees on Statehood Bill Said to Be Far Apart, Washington, April 18.— Arrange- ments have been made for another conference on the statehood bill, which probably will be held on Thursday. There is less hope of an agreement now than when the bill was first in conference. At that time it was thought that the house conferees might agree upon a proposition to submit the Jointure -proposition of New Mexico and Arizona to the people of each ter- ritory separately at the time the vote was taken on the constitution of the proposed new state. The Foraker proposition, ‘which was voted -in the bill before Arizona and New Mexico were eliminated, provided that there should be a separate election -for de- ciding the question of joint statehood. Inquiry among senators who support- 2d the Foraker amendment has devel- oped ‘the fact that they are rather tenacious for the last amendment and insist upon a separate vote. The house conferees seem more disposed to stand for their original - bill than -before, which would mean no agreement. Chinese Towns Open to Trade. Tokio, April 18.—It was semi-offi- cially announced during the day that Antung and Tatungkau, both near the mouth of the Yalu river, will be opened to trade and travel May 1. Mukden will be opened June 1 and other places soon after that date BANK CLERK ARRESTED. 8t. Paul Young Man Accused of Em- kezzling $1,000. St. Paul, April 18.—Louis Jungbauer, aged twenty-four, assistant teller of the State Savings bank, has been ar- rested charged with embezzling $1,000 from the bank. The complaint was | sworn to by C. G. Lawrence, treasurer { of the bank. i Rudolph, former alderman from the | the house of correction as a result of a Eleventh ward, must serve one yesr in { Jungbauer enjoyed the fullest confi- dence of the bank officials, but of latc is said to have been llving extrav- | daciston of the supreme. court affrm. | 26antly. The method adopted by Jung- ing the judgment of the jury in Judge bauer in taking the bank’s funds is ' Tarrant’s court and declining to hold | 521 to F“fe P R0y ""d" . a8 correct the allegations of x mistrial. | still the bill was mot on the senate I NrCEErEATIAIEE BDANTT Fires Are Raging And Pe(')ple Hurry From the Down Town Districts---Stiff Breeze is Blowing and Destruction. of the Entire City Is Threatened---Awful Loss of Life in Hotels and Lodging Houses---Firemen Powerless INSTIGATED BY MR, WU FORMER CHINESE MINISTER AO«I CUSED OF INCITING ANTI- ' AMERICAN BOYCOTT. St. Paul, Minn., April 18. (Bulletin). Lat- est reports from San Franciscoadd to the tale of horror. A portion of the business district isin flames and buildings are being dynamited ito check the progress of the fire. Property loss will be forty millions.. ‘All theprominent newsnaper buildings are gone exeept -the “Chronicle.” OPINION GIVEN THAT MOVEMENT WAS BEGUN TO AID IN NE- GOTIATING TREATY. ‘Washington, April 18.—Causes for the Chinese boycott of American goods were inquired into during the day by the senate committez on Immigration in compliance with a resolution lntro~ duced by Senator Tillman. - Charles | Denby, chief clerk of the state departr ment, who for twenty years was in: China attached to the American lega-| tlon and later holding positions under, W2S Practically wrecked by an earthquake the Chi t following th B mf thatoccurred at 5:10 o’clock this morning. e {The shocklasted three minutes. . Thousands s . o e et :of buildings are damaged and destroyed. The ‘Toss of life is reported to. bé‘”‘&?@flf‘“’m city The imodern buildings suffered’less than the brick and frame. but the busmess section_of the ] h , the for- Pl <#Do you think thet M- ihe ik city from Market streef to Mission Street, this country to give an incentive to treaty negotiations. He said the move-'hau costing $7 000,000; is in ruins. ment had not heen spontaneons. but that it had been organized and sys- tematized by intelligent men who Imew! conditions here-as-well us in China.... beeen active in sustaining it. Mr. Denby said the first open mani: festation of the boycott had been in} 1904 and he then traced the move-! ment to the present day. He said the boycott now apparently was nearly dead, but that the spirit was latent and easily could be atirred into life and fury. CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS. Senator Tillman Speaks on His Reso- lution of Inquiry. ‘Washington, April 18.—Mr. Tillman during the day called up his resolution directing the committee on finance to make inquiry concerning political con- | tributions by national banks. He ex: pressed fear that his frequent speak- ing on the subject would cause the feeling that he was ‘“cranky” on it. Nevertheless, he felt his responsibility to be so great that he could not re- frain from calling attention to the; fac He then had read an article by James W. Breen, printed in the New York Herald, entitled “How the Banks Filled Hanna's War Chest,” making it the basis of his comments. Commenting on the article Mr.. Till- man saild the members of the commit- tee on privileges and elections had told them that as a matter of course everybody had contributed to the fund of 1896. They had promised to report a bill regulating campaign “€ontribu- tions, but three weeks had- passed and Praums had annblis i duoien w and from the bay back is almost completely ™ “Well, I think the boyeott as an et-| WI€Cked. Many buildings along Market and feciive dmplemebt ust, have, Fohh Mission streets, including the” department el who hee visted this sount:+|StoTes, collapsed. Hundreds of people in the T e icheap tenement districts are reported killed. that Mr. Wu had been instrumental m;Flres are raging and owing to the scarcity of starting .the “boyoott lor;that e hadjvva\.ter are practically beyond control. Busi- ness is practically suspended. The residence portionisbutslightly damaged,although near- ly every house has been more or less injured. San Francisco, Cal., April 18.—As the reports come in the magnitude of the disaster grows. Fires are raging in all di- rections and people are moving out of the down town sections. The water pipes are broken and the supply cut off. The Hal- I encia hote', a five story building, toppled over burying 75 'people in the debris. A lodging house on seventh street col- lapsed and buried eighty people in the ruins. “Fires are spread- ing, and if a wind comes up, San Francisco will experience the greatest conflagration of modern times. On lower Market street, the main thoroughfare of the city, block after block of substantial buildings were destroyed. A big-fire is raging at the corner of Sansome and Pine streets. No reports have come from outside of San Francisco, ‘but the damage about the bay must be enormous. A second earthquake shock was felt at 8:15 which intensified the panic. The shock was. of short dura- tion and caused no additional damage. New York, April 18.—At 2:15, Eastern time, San Fran- cisco again cut off from wire communication with the outside world.. The last reports from the ‘stricken eity indicate that the entire business district, both wholesale and retail, is likely to fall prey to the flames, which were increasing in intensity, being fanned by a stiff breeze. calendar. 2 Mr. Foraker, speaking for the.sub- committee having -the bill_in char said’that he had been in frequent con ference with Messrs. Knox and Bailey, the other members of .the sub-commit- tee, and that they were now preparing to report to the full committee recom- mending legislation. After further discussion the resolu- tion was referred to the committee on finance and Mr. Foster was recognized to-speak on the railroad rate bill. SRiEF BiT3 OF New York, April 18.—A report has reached here to-the effect that a severe earthquake' wrecked many buildings and was felt at 5:13, San Francisco time. Following the wrecking of the buildings many fires broke out. The Postal telegraph office was wrecked and communication was lost at 8:50, New York time. At 9:40 communication was restored for. a brief period. San Francisco then repprted that a number of build- ings had collapsed and that the dead and injured were being taken from the ruins as rapidly as possible. A number of fircs were then raging. NEWS. The lowa Republican state central committee has issued.a call for the Republican. state convention | to be held in Des Moines Aug. 1. Robert J. Wright, a lawyer of Phila- delphia, was killed and five other per- sons. were severely injured in an auto- mobile accident near Millville, N. J. James Gratton, a pioneer settler. in Caryer county, Minn., and for four- teen years a member of the Minneap- olis police’force, shot and Hllafl him- self at Seattle, Wlfll. 3 ‘New York, April 18.—At3 o'clock p.m., Eastern time, ‘hundreds were fouud to be dead and' thousands: “injured. The morgues are all full and everything ava;lahle ha.s been tumed mwhosplt&ls HISTORICAL San Francisco. Cal., April 18.—This city caus~d loss of life in San Francisco this morning. The shock - & oo |