Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, May 15, 1906, Page 1

| 4 - VOLUME 4. NUMBER 23 T WINNESOT HISTORICAL SOCIETY, DOUMA MAKES 10 DEMANDS OF CZAR REFORMS TO BE RADICAL Ninth, forced expropriation of land, Tenth, guarantees of rights of trades unions. ONLY EMPLOYES WOULD SUFFER. President Stickney Objects to Penalty Clause in Rate Bill, Washington, May 15.—Senator Nel- son had read in the senate the follow- ing telegram from President Stickney of the Chicago Great Western rail- way: “As you know I am in full sympathy with the main features of the amend- ment proposed to the interstate com- merce act, but I desire to protest against the injustice of the proposed amendment imposing fine and impris- cnment on officers and agents of rail- way- companies for allowing rebates. Such penalties would never be inflict: ed on presidents and high officials of 160.000 miles of railways of this coun- iry who live in New York and do not deal directly with rates, while their demand for more revenue will induce some freight agent on a salary of $2, St. Petersburg, May, 15.—The| 000 or $4,000 a year to grant a rebale. draft of the address to the throne| Make the penalty as high as you ) 5 please against the railway compan, in reply to the emperor’s speech| Tnis is the only way to reach the rail. at the opening of parliament as| way officials and grand dukes. The submitted to the lower house of| Penalty operation was in existence for - 2 5 many years and only one man, a poor parliament consists practically freight agent trying to support his of the following ten demands: Answer to Throne Voices Wants of Oppressed People. Full Civie Liberty and Gen- eral Amnesty Are Asked for. Also Suspension of Martial Law, Abolition of Death Penalty, Ete. family on a meager salary, was im- First, general amnesty. prisoned.” Second, abolition of death o e penalty. SAID HE WAS READY TO DIE. Third, suspension of martial Michigan Man’s Jest Results in His law and all exceptional laws. 3y Death, Fourth, full civil liverty. .| Marquette, Mich, May 15-—"All Fifvh, abolition of the council| right, I'm ready to die.” With these words Edward -Gruber, at Dollarville, turned and jokingly faced a young wo- man he has offered to teach to shoot. She raised the shotgun and pulled the trigger and Gruber fell mortally wounded. She was not aware that he had already loaded the gun and he had no time to tell her. of empire, Sixth, revision of the funda- mental laws. Seventh, establishment of the responsibility of ministers. ighth, right ot interpellation. | Celebration We are just starting in on our Sixteenth business year. We might, as many merchants do, pay the printer for space in which to thank the Public for past favors, ete. But if you have noticed, 0’Leary & Bowser do things a little different than others To show our appreciation of the way you have made us grow we are go- ing to give a Wonderful Two-Day Sale. Friday & Saturday are the days se- lected. Watch Thursday’s Pioneer for advertisement (O’LEARY and BOWSER ' Bemidji, - Minnesota MR. LA FOLLETTE PROPOSES IN- QUIRY TO ASCERTAIN VALUE OF ALL RAILROADS. SRITICISES ACTION OF COLLEAGUES BAYS HIS EVERY SUGGESTION IS PROMPTLY FOLLOWED BY MOTION TO TABLE. P ‘Washington, May 15.—During the consideration of the railroad rate bill In the senate a new section was pro- posed hy Mr. La Follette (Wis.) pro- viding for an investigation by the commission to ascertain the fair value of the property of evea rallroad, ete. During the reading the Wiscensin senator said that as an amendment by him was taken as a signal for some one of his Republican colleagues to move to lay it on the table he de- sired to have order. At his demand the proposed new section was ordered re-read from the beginning and at the conclusion Senator Hale promptly made a motion to table. At the re- quest of Senator Money the motion was withheld while he spoke briefly; supporting the amendment. Before Senator Hale could renew his motion Senator Spooner said he did not know whether his colleague desired to speak, but that it he did he should be per- mitted to do so. Senator Hale said he thought the senate was ready to vote, but that he would withhold the motion long enough for the author of the amendment to speals. Senator Clarke (Ark.) objected on the ground that the senator from Maine could not make his motion “with a string to it” and that he could not specity who should speak, where- upon the Maine senator again made his motion to table. Senator Bacon made a point of order that under the consent agreement for the discussion of amendments under the fifteen-min- ute rule a motion to table was not in order. It was ruled that the motion to lay the amendment on the table was in order, but the motion to that end was voted down, whereupon Senator Clarke (Ark.) addressed the senate im support of the amendment. Hale Renews Motion to Table. As soon as Mr. Clarke had taken his seat Mr. Hale renewed his motion to table the amendment, “as the senator from Wisconsin does not seem to de: sire to explain it,” he added. “If the senator will permit me,” in- terjected Mr. La Follette, “I will ex- plain the amendment.” After explaining that he was not aware that any senator could “fore- close” another from speaking simply by giving notice of a motion to table Mr. La Follette remarked that the senator from Maine had promptly moved to table every amendment he (La Follette) had offered. “And [ will say this,” he continued, “with respect to procedure under the special order that while I remain a member of this senate there never will be unanimous consent again given to such a proposi- tion which does not permit of a vote being taken directly upon amendments offered. He then turned his attention to his amendment, making the point that unless the commission has ascer- tained the true value of railroad prop- erty it could not ascertain what would be a just and reasonable rate. When he had concluded Mr. Hale renewed his motion to table the amend- ment. Upon a roll call this motion pre- vailed, 40 to 27. An amendment by Mr. Foraker, a modification of section 3 of the Elkins act, was defeated, 56 to 10, and an- other amendment by Mr. La Follette, requiring all roads carrying passen- gers to install the block system of sig- nals prior to July 1, 1911, met the same fate. - YIELDS ON ALL POINTS. Turkey Agrees to Demands of British Government. London, May 15.—The Anglo-Turk- ish difficulty has been settled to the satisfaction of Great Britain, the Turk- ish government having yielded on all points unconditionally. Foreign Secretary Grey announced in the house of commons that a sat- isfactory note had been received from the Turkish government acceding to the British demands that a joint com- mission be appointed to delimitate the Sinai peninsula frontier. The foreign secretary, in sketching the course of the Turkish capitulation, said that the Turkish government first informed the British ambassador that Tabah and all other places in its neighborhood recently occupied by the Turkish troops had been evacuated. PRESIDENT MAY REPLY. Answer to Tillman’s Attack Seems Probable. ‘Washington, May 16.—Attorney Gen- eral Moody and Senator Allison con- ferred with the president on the situa- tion that has arisen concerning the railroad rate bill in the senate. On leaving the executive office Mr. Moody said that he would make no | statement in answer to that made by Mr. Tillman in the senate Saturday; that if any statement is made it ‘will come from the president. He would not say, however, that such a state- mert 18 to be made AMENDMENT REJECTED, UPHELD BY SUPREME COURT STATES HAVE RIGHT TO REVOKE PERMITS GRANTED INSUR- ANCE COMPANIES, ‘Washington, May 15.—Justice Peck- ham delivered the opinion ‘of the su- preme court of the: Umited States in the case of the Travelers* Life Insur- ance company vs. the fhBurance com- missioner of the state of Kentucky in favor of the state. Thé ease involyed the constitutionality of the state law authorizing the revocation of permits given to foreign insurance companies to do business in ‘the state when such companies remove to? the federal courts cases brought against them in the state courts. The court held that such a law covers a right which a state may properly exercise. Justice Peckham said that a stite may refuse to permit an outside ecompany to do any business whatever within its bor- ders. He therefore held that the state law is not in conflict with the federal Justice Day read a dis- on, in which Justice Har- lan concurred. PEOPLE GREATLY ALARNED TER;‘IFIC EXPLOSION OF POWDER MISTAKEN FOR AN EARTH- GUAKE SHOCK. Bridgeport, Coun., May 15—TWour magazines in the testing grounds or the Union Metallic Cartridge company on the East Side, eich containing 25, 000 pounds of powder, exploded at su early hour, the concussion shaking the whole city and causing great alarm among many persons, who be- lieved that there had been an earth- quake. Windows were shattered and in nany houses crockery fell from the shelves, but no serious damage was reported. There were two explosions, with but a second’s interval between, and a large amount of powder was de- stroyed. None of the company’s buildings was damaged. So far as known no person was hurt. Following the explosion many per- sons, clad only in their night garments, fled to the streets; believing that the earthquake . recently predicted = had taken place. Many women became hysterical and it was some time before they were reassured.” The full force of the explosiony was felt in the gity proper and apparently there is not a single large pane of plate glass left in the business buildings. As for private residences few escaped without broken windows. Eastport, L. L; May 15.—Two dis- tinct shocks, coinciding in time with the Bridgeport explosions and so vio- lent as to send almost the entire popu: lation of this village into the streets in their night clothing, were felt here during the day. Houses were jarred, dishes rattled, beds shook and almost instantly every sort of domestic animal and fowl set up a racket which lasted half an hour. ZULUS AWED BY SEARCHLIGHTS. British Use New Weapon Against In- surgent Natives. Durban, Natal, May 156.—Search- lights promise to prove as effective weapons in subduing the sedition of the Zulfs as the British guns, judging from- the display given. during the night by Commissioner Saunders be- fore a huge gathering of Zulus at the Kandhala headquarters of the punitive force. The natives were awe struck and regard the searchlight as the eye of the Almighty and said that God had turned it upon them in his anger. The flashing of the light on the surround- ing hills, bringing in plain view the Kaffir tralls as far as the horizon, powerfully impressed the Zulus, who, when the light was suddenly flashed in their faces, cowered and fell on the ground before what they termed-:the “latest witcheraft of the whites.” « WAGES OF HARD COAL- MINERS. Scale for May the Highest for Several Years. i Tamaqua, Pa, May 15.—Commis- sioner Neil, who was appointed by the anthracite strike commission to com- pute the rate of wages for anthracite miners, has notified the coal operators that the miners will be paid 8 per cent on the $4.50 basis for the month” of May, the average price of coal at tide- water last month being $4.93 per ton. This is the highest rate at which the miners have been-paid since the com- mission made its award. THREATENS TO LEAD TO RIOT. Colored Soldier Kills Night Watchman at Crawford, Neb. Lincoln, Neb., May 15.—Arthur Moose, a night waichman at Craw- ford, Neb., was killed by a colored sol- dier from Fort Robinson. James Moose, the watchman's brother, killed the soldier and a Iriend of the latter struck James "Moose and broke his arm. Officials are investigating the case, which threatens, to lead to a riot. ‘The huge Ferrls wheel, first con- Structed at the Chicago world’s fair and later removed to the St. Louis ex- Pposition, has been blown to pieces by & monster charge of dynamite. It had | long age ceased 10 be profitable. ean SLAIN BY A WORKMAN ADMIRAL KUZMICH, COMMANDER OF THE PORT OF ST. PETERS- BURG, ASSASSINATED, PERPETRATOR OF CRIME ESCAPES DEAD OFFICIAL OF A HARD AND DESPOTIC NATURE AND DE. CIDEDLY UNPOPULAR. 8t. Petersburg, May 15.—Vice Ad: miral Kuzmich, commander of the port, who was very unpopular with the work- men, was assassinated here during the day. The admiral was killed at the new admiralty works, & government insti- tution, where most of the 2,000 men employed there reported for duty at 5 a. m. They wanted immediately to march out in a body and celebrate the Russian May day, but finally agreed to work till 2 o'clock in the afternoon. The admiral, however, made a speech to the men, saying that he could not agree to their leaving work at 2 o’clock and the matter was left open. At about 9:30 a. m., according to an officer who was at the gate of the works, the admiral was emerging from a small shop in the works when a workman who had been' concealed around the .corner ‘of the building leaped on Kuzmich from behind and drove a long dagger into his back. The admiral fell forward on his face, which was badly cut by stones, and died immediately. The assassin fled into a large room, where he was lost among the men employed there. The works were promptly surrounded by troops and police, but the search for the murderer was unavailing, his com- rades professing ignorance of bis iden- tity. ‘The police say it is evident that the assassination of the admiral had been planned in advance. The dagger, which was found on the spot, was concealed in a round stick like a sword cane. Among ‘the workmen are -many_for- mer sailors and revolutionists. Kuz- mich had a bad reputation among the ‘workmen, being regarded as hard and despotic. Adwmiral Kuzmich participated in the Russ>Turkish war and in 1902 was flag officer of the Port Arthur fleet. He returned to St. Petersburg in 1903 and was appointed commander of the port. Politically he was a reac- tionist. MAKE AN IMPOSING SHOWING. Army of Workmen Joins in Celebra- tion at St. Petersburg. St. Petersburg, May 15.—The work- men of St. Petersburg made an impos. ing showing in their May day celebra- tion. Practically every factory, mill and shop in the city was idle, over 200,000 men joining in the demonstra- tion. The gravest fears were entertained that the day would not pass without bloodshed. The chief of police posted notices that no manifestations would be permitted, large reserves of police armed with rifies were massed in the industrial quarters and detachments of infantry and cavalry, though they were kept out of sight, were posted at strategic points. The only disorder reported up to 6 p. m. was a fight in a suburb between a number of conservative workmen and a band of radicals, who tried to pre- vent the former from working. Revol- vers and knilves were drawn and sev- eral persons were injured, one danger- ously. ENTIRE COUNTRY AROUSED. Question of Amnesty Up to Russian Emperor. St. Petersburg, May 15.—A crisis over the question of granting amnesty already confronts the emperor, who will be compelled to yield or have to accept the gauge of battle. Almost every family in Russia contains a member or relative who has suffered or is mow suffering for his political opinions and the demand for the re-| lease of all political offenders has! fired the imagination of the country. The radicals in the lower house of parliament insist that a demand for amnesty should be. presented to the ' emperor as an ultimatum. This the moderate leaders of the Constitutional Democrats have thus far succeeded in preventing, but if the tide continues to rise they must bow to the will of the radicals or their leadership will he swept away. Prepared for Disorders. Moscow, May 15.—As a precaution against disorders on May day: Gov- ernor- General Doubassoff divided the city into districts and stationed in each district detachments of infantry and cavalry and machine guns, in addi- tion to patrols of troops and police armed with rifles and supplied with ball cartridges. Girl Convicted of Manslaughter. Charlotte, N. C.,-May 15.—The jury in the case of Susle Hannon, a twelve- Year-old girl, who has been on trial at Concord, N. C., on the charge of mur- der, has found her guilty of man- slaughter. Several weeks ago the girl shot and killed H. Y. Stack. The de- fense alleged that the girl fired to pro- STRUCK SENSELESS BY LIGHTNING BOLT DESERTING MUTUAL LIFE. British Policyholders Transfer Policies to English Concern, London, May 15.—The British pol- feyholders of the Mutual Life Insur- ance company of New York are being organized into rival camps. Those following the plan outlined by the “protection committee” headed by D. C. Haldeman, the former London man- ager of the Mutual, flocked to the office of the North British and Mercantile Insurance company, where they filled out papers transferring their policies to the British concern. Mr. Haldeman, with part of the old staff of the Mutual company, were kept busy all day long directing - the policyholders how to take the necessary steps. They are recelving hundreds of applications by mall, the offices having ‘the appear- ance of a large bank on a day of a popular loan. Mr. Haldeman claims to have a majority of the large holders on his side and expects the smaller ones to follow their lead. ON BEHALF OF PUBLISHERS. President Thanked for His Advocacy of Arbitration. Washington, May 165.— Frederick Driscoll of Chicago, commissioner of the American Newspaper Publishers’ association, called upon President Roosevelt during the day and on"be- half of the newspaper publishers of the country thanked him for all he had done to advance the principle of arbi- tration. -Mr. Driscoll said the present relations of the newspaper publishers with the several.trades unions were superior to those of any other body of employers or employes. During the in- terview the president expressed the ' most hearty interest in the subject. O'BRIEN ARGUES FOR BILL. Minnesota Official Before House Judic- jaly Committee, Washington, May 15—A hearing was given before the house committee on judiciary on the bill introduced by Representative Ames (Mass.) to regu- late Insurance in the District of Colum- bia. Thomas D, O'Brien, state insurance commissioner of Minnesota, among others argued for the bill, saying it ‘was desired that the federal gavern- ment co-operate with the states in the matter of regulating insurance and in his opinion the passage of the bill would greatly benefit the states. REHEARING 1S DENIED. Decision in Chicago Traction Cases Is Final. ‘Washington, May 15.—The supreme court of the United States has denied the petition for a rehearing in the Chi- cago traction cases. Strikers Charged by Cavalry. Toulon, France, May 15.—A partial resumption of work in the building trades caused the strikérs here to re- sort to violence. They demolished a schoolhouse in course of construction and injured a number of non-strikers. Repeated cavalry charges were neces- sary before the rioters dispersed. GIRL ON TRIAL FOR MURDER. Case of Unusual Interest Taken Up in New York City. New York, May 15.—The trial of Mrs. Joseph Terranova, an Italian girl seventeen years old, for the murder of her uncle, Gaetano Reggio, and his W fe in their home in this city last February; began before Justice Scott during the day. The case is one of the most extraordinary to come before a New York jury in a long time. Mrs. Terranova has confessed that she stabbed her uncle and aunt te death, but declares that she was impelled to do it because of a great wrong done to her by her uncle, in which she declared he was aided by her aunt. Mrs. Terranova had been taken into the home of her uncle, a well-to-do baker, as a sort of a ward and repaid him by doing housework. After her marriage, she asserts, Reggio hinted to her husband that her character was not spotless. Terranova demanded an explanation and she told him the story of her uncle’s conduct and Terranova, with reproaches, abandoned her at once. Several days later Mrs. Terra- nova went to the home of her uncle and aunt and while pretending friend- liness to her uncle stabbed him. Her aunt defended him and was killed also. COMBINATION DIET FATAL. Girl Dles of Eating Strawberry Short. cake and Spinach. Richmond, Ind., May 14.—Miss Clara Reckers, twenty years old, Is dead as a result of poisoning caused by a com: bination of spinach and stiawber y Coroner Markley held ‘an autopsy and found that a chemical change had taken place from the com- bination of foodstuffs, thus producing shortcake. ptomaine poisoning. Fire Burns Unchecked. Butte, Mont.,, May 14—Sand Point (Ida.) advices state that a destructive fire is burning within a few miles of that place. The fire is beyond con- trol. The ranchers are making ef: forts only to save their movable prop- erty. William H. Lewis, for many years treasuier of the Monon railroad and known to railroad men throughout the United States, died suddenly of heart TWO WERE NFAR DEATH A. H. Cochran and Wife Have Hair-raising Ex- perience. Home Struck and Set on Fire During Storm Last Night. Inmates Recover Just in Time to Escape Burning to Death. A. H, Cochran, a farmer living a mile east of Bemidji, and his wife had a vnarrow escape from death ‘by lightning stroke dur- ing the storm last evening. -Theip hiuse was struck and they Sere knocked senseless, and thay recovered as by some 8, just in time to save their home from burning down and engulfing them in the ruins. Trhe story of the awful ex. perience was told in town this mo-ning by Mr. Cochran him- self. It is one to cause timid people to tremble and return to the lightning rods of our fathers. Cochran and his wife were sit- ting in their living room watch- ing the antics of the elements without the least fear. Suddenly there was a blinding flash and a deafening report. The couple jumped from their seats ina panic but almost instantly were knocked to the floor by some terrific force and rendered un- conscious. L How long they lay thus Mr. Cochran does not know exactly, but he thinks it must have been for not more than fifteen minutes. But when they did regain con- sciousness it was to find the room filled with choking smoke and a fierce blaze started among the lace curtains and clothing near one of the windows, Though half dazed still, Mr, and Mrs. Cochran realized that they mustact quicklyif they wished to save their home, and rushing out doors, grabbed a liberal supply of water and dashed it on the flames, The blaze was extinguished after a short bug fierce struggle, With the fire peril out of the” way the husband and wife had time- to think of their hurts. Mrs. Cochran found that one of her arms was severely burned, while Cochran discovered a bad burn directly under the buckle of a belt he was wearing, and of the same size and shape as the buckle, t 2 The storm of last evening was the most severe so far of the sea- son. The rain fell in torrents and the electric display was blinding at times, The absence of wind, however, robbed the storm of some of its terrors. The approach of the tempe t caused more fear than the dis- play itself, as the clouds were swept across the western horizon just at a time when the setting sun could light them up witha strange light, giving them a weird and awful aspect. BRIEF BITS OF NEWS, The national convention of Railway Mail Clerks of America is in session at . Houston, Tex. ‘Walter Nelson, a prominent St. Paul druggist and twice a member of the state legislature, is dead, aged forty- six years. 3 Grover M. Antrim, a wealthy lum- berman of Grand Rapids, Mich, is dead at Pasadena, Cal. He was thirty- seven years old. A Koenigsberg newspaper - an- nounces that Emperor William will go there at the end of May and will meet Emperor Nicholas near the Russian frontier. i BT