Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, May 21, 1906, Page 1

The Be VOLUME 4. NUMBER 28 DEATH OF RUSSIAN HEROES IS DECREED, RUMOR S0 DECLARES General Stoessel, of Port Arthur, and Admiral Nebogatoff Doomed. Report Says the Military In- vestigating Court Has Decided. They Lost in the Late War and Must Pay Penalty. St Petersburg, May 21.—1¢t is rumored that the military court which has been investigating the | surrender of Port Arthur and the sea battle off Japan has con- demmued to death Lieutenant Gen- eral Stoessel, whu wasin com- mand at Port Arthur, and Rear Admiral Nebogatoff, who com- manded one of Rojestvensky’s| ships in the naval battle with the Japanese Amnesty for Revolutionists. Havana, May 21.—The house of rep- resentatives has accepted the senate amendment to the bill providing for the amnesty of persons wlo have en- gaged in revolutionary attempts, ex- cepting thpse who participated in the Cienfuegos disturbance of Sept. 22, 1905, and the Guanabacoa outrage of Feb. 24, 1906. » Powers Support British Protest. Peking, May 21.—At a meeting of representatives of the foreign powers here it was announced that all the governments support the British pro- test against the changes in the Chi- nese customs service. The British charge has addressed another note on Furniture Factory Burned. Owosso, Mich.,, May 21.—The five- story brick furniture factory of the Estey Manufacturing company known among the company’s buildings as Ffl(!lul"y A, has been destroyed by fire The Lake Ice company’s ice house are also in ruins. The total loss is estimated at $100,000. BRIEF BITS OF NEWS, Charles Albert Lopez, the sculptor, is dead at a New York hospital where he underwent an operation a week ago. Mrs. Jefferson Davis’ condition is reported greatly improved. The fam- ily is now hopeful of a complete re covery. Torrential rains recently have washed ashes and cinde down the slopes of Mouni Vesuvius and have flooded the country around the vol- cano. SHOES! Is one of the best $3.50 shoes on the market. Ithas an invisible cork sole making it one of the most comfortable shoes to be had. We carry them in all leathers and widths, Wear one pair and be convinced of their value. LADIES’ AnND CHILDR’N’S SHOES We carry the following well known lines: Hamilton Brown, Drew Selby Shaft Pierce and Portsmouth. Satisfaction guaranteed or money refunded. E.H.WINTER & C0 Phone 30. Bemidji. i BEMIDJ1, MINNESOTA WILLGOTOGONFERENGE ESTIMATES 4T $12,000,008 FELT IN THREE STATES! HOUSE NOT LIKELY TO ACCEPT _ SENATE RATE BILL WITH. ~ OUT A STRUGGLE. PLAN OF PROCEDURE AGREED ON MEASURE TO LIE ON SPEAKER'S TABLE UNTIL COMMITTEE HOLDS MEETING. ‘Washington, May 21.—When the raflroad rate bill reaches the house from the senate Chairman Hepburn will make the request that it lie on the speaker’s table pending a confer- ence of the Republican and Demo: | cratic meubers of the committee on interstate and foreign commerce, which is to be called as soon as a print of the bill with the senate amendments included is available. This has been decided upon Representative Hepburn as the proper way to get the sense of members of the committee of both parties in view of the unanimous action of that com- mittee in reporting the bill. After a discussion of the senate amendments in this maaner the bil! doubtless will be considered by the cominittee in regular session. Should | Demo- | differences arise between the crats and Republicans on the commit- tee caucuses of- the members sep- arately might be held before a re- quest is made for a conference with the senate. There is no likelihood, in the opin- ion of those in touch with the situa- tion, that the house will at once.ac- cept the amendments of the senate, the refusal of which necessitates a conference. As to the house confer: ees on the bill Chairman Hephurn of | the committee is the only member who can be definitely named at pres: ent. UNION LABOR BANK OPENS. Institution Has Authorized Capital of $2,000,000. Chicago, May 21.—The Common- wealth Trust and Savings bank, Chi- cago’s first union labor banking insti- tution, has opened its doors. The bank Is organized under the laws of Art- zona and has an authorized capital of $2,000,000, divided into shares of $5 each. This capitalization has been reduced to $500,000, half of which has been subscribed for. The managing officers of the bank are practical bankers and men of long experience. The board of directors is composed of men who are prominent in the labor world. Chicago PEASANTS GREATLY EXCITED. Seem to Be Organizing a General Agrarian Movement. Saratoff, May 21.—The peasants throughout this province are greatly excited and seem to be organizing a general agrarian movement. Riga, Russia, May 21.—A courtmar- tial here sentenced eight workmen to death for the murder of three police- men. FLAMES THIRTY FEET HIGH. Wausaukee, Wis., Hemmed in by For- est Fires. Wausaukee, Wis., May 21.—Wau- saukee is hemmed in by forest fires, which are slowly creeping up to the city on the north and south. Millions of feet of lumber are burned. The loss now is estimated at $100,000. At Cedarville, a town four miles south of this city, forest fires have destroyed many cars loaded with. lum- ber on the tracks and big kilns filled with cedar are burned. A fierce wind Is blowing sparks and burning embers for miles. All trains are being held here, as the rails are twisted from the Intense heat. Hundreds of cords of hardwood, piled near the tracks, are burning. Three miles south of this place an- other fierce fire is raging. The fiames are sweeping through slashing and forest. The flames in some places are thirty feet high. The dry condition is responsible for the great loss and the Are sweeps everything clean. The Bird & Wells Lumber company suffered an enormous loss, several of |their camps being destroyed. ADDICKS OUT OF THE RACE. He Says Dupont Will Be Elected Sen- ator From Delaware. Philadelphia, May 21.—J. Edward Addicks, who has been for years a candidate for a seat in the United States senate from Delaware, has ar- rived here from Washington, where he saw Chairman Cortelyou of the Republican national committee and announced that he is for Colonel Henry A. Dupont of Wilmington for the vacant seat in the senate. Mr. Addicks said there is no longer any doubt that there will be a call for a special session of the Delaware legis- lature within a few days; that a sen- ator will be promptly elected and that Colonel Dupont will be the man. Mr. Addicks, in justifying his retire- ment, said that unless he took such a step the state of Delaware 'would go Democratic. at the next election and his work of years would be all for naught. LA LSS ADMIRAL MASON SAYS CONDI- TION OF ORDNANCE BU- REAU IS DESPERATE. ) 3 Washington, May 21.—*Should war break out withinithe next few years the condition Ofi the navy will be such as to lead to:disaster.” Such is the statement of Rear Ad- miral Mason, chief of the bureau of ordnance, navy department, in a state. ment to the secretary of the navy calling attention to the ‘reduction in the estimates of the bureau of ord- nance made by the Mepartment to the .| house committee on naval affairs. Admiral Mason shows that more than $12,000,000 has been cut out of | the estimates and he describes the condition of the bureau as “little i short of desperate” for the coming vear. He says there is:not now and will not be any reserye ammunition available for any of the important guns. It will be necessary probably to discontinue target practice and: new ships must be sent into commis- sion without ammunition or ordnance stores. There will be no reserve guns, | torpedoes or reserve mines on hand and range finders and' the money to buy them is lacking. - BANK PRESIDENT SUICIDES. Shoots Himself When Placed Under Arrest for Embezzlement. Norfolk, Va., May 21.—Irwin Tuc- ker, president of the Savings bank of Newport News, Va. ‘committed sui- cide in his room over the bank iun Newport News just as' Chief of Police Reynolds of that city opened-his door to arrest him upon a warrant charg- ing him with defaulting in the sum of $10,000, Tucker shot himself through the right temple as. the dcor was thrown open. The Savings bank has heen closed pending an investigation by the board of directors. One report is to the i effect that the shortage may amount to $20,000. The first suspicion that Tucker was a defaulter was received during the morning in a note written by himself. This note was found shortly after the i doors of the bank were opened, it having been placed on the desk of Cashier Perkins. ‘Tucker admitted that he was short in his accounts and sald if any attempt was made (o ar- rest him he would commit suicide. - Tucker’s Mie-was Insured for $30,000, which will cover all of his alleged de falcations. AFFAIR CAUSES SENSATION. Weaithy lllinois Merchant Shoots Prominent. Townsman, Chicago, May 21.—A dispatch to the Tribune from Chillicothe, Ill., says: George McWhorter, a wealthy grain merchant uof this town, was fatally wounded by Thomas Harris, also a wealthy merchant, who fired at him with both barrels of a shotgun while he was passing along the street. This is the second attempt Harris has made to kill McWhorter, the first being made on Wednesday night, when McWhorter and Harris’ wife were discovered in McWhorter’s office by the angry husband and the former was stabbed, After the last attack McWhorter was carried to his home and attended by physicians. Harris gave himself up to the authorities. He has insti- tuted a suit for divorce from his wife, who has disappeared. Mrs. McWhorter and her daught are prominent socially and the affair has caused a great sensation. Me- Whorter 1s a Mason and a prominent politician. He is an alderman and candidate for mayor. Michael Davitt Has a Relapse. Dublin, May 21.—Michael Davitl has suffered a relapse. The latest bulletin says he passed d restless night and that his temperature is high. Pro- fessor Sir William Thompscn, the well known surgeon, has been called in for consultation. UNDER STRONG GUARD. Fifty Nonunion Miners Arrive at Dil- lonville, O. Dillonville, O., May 21.—Under guard of 100 detectives armed with ‘Winchesters and revolvers fifty non- union miners from West Virginia were landed at the Plum Run mine late at night. The Maxim gun in. the com- pany’s office was trained on the hill- sides, where were grouped 500 strik- ing miners. The cars were switched upon the coal tracks and the nonunion men cne by one filed into the tipple above. They are being housed in the cottages | left vacant by strikers, who have left the district. B Four additional cases of Winchester! rifiles were received at Plum Run mine during the day. The Maxim gun was given its final test and found in work- ing condition. “We have the gun largely for tlie salutary effect it will exercise on I men,” said Superintendent Valcos, “but we shall use it if necessary.” The situation hourly grows more perilous, Steubenville, O.,” May 21.—Thou- sands of striking miners in Jefierson county are on the march in the min-’ ing districts and at each mining town they are listening to speeches by the officers. They are preceded by bands and march along ginging the “Mar-' selllaise” and other songs. There s uot a waver in the ranks of the for- eigners. o gES RS TRl A M AN SAle e S « TERRIFIC EXPLOSION AT RAND & LAFLIN POWDER MILLS AT PLEASANT PRAIRIE, WIS. RESIDENTS OF WIDE AREA ALARMED BELIEVED SHOCKS WERE DUE TO AN EARTHQUAKE AND FLED FROM THEIR HOUSES. Racine, Wis., May 21.—Two terrific explosions, which shook buildings throughout the southern part of this city and as far north as the city hall, occurred between 2 and 4 a. m. and hundreds of people leaped from their beds in wild excitement, believing that | it was an earthquake. Telephones were worked in all directions and for an hour it was impossible to ascertain the cause and the earthquake solution was repeated. Later it was ascertained that the shocks were caused by an explosion at the Rand & Laflin powder mills, located in Pleasant Prairie, Kenosha county. Messages from that place state that the glase and press rooms and the corning mill were blown to pieces, involving a loss of perhaps $25,000. Windows in houses throughout the. village were broken and some damage done, but there was no loss of life, only one man being knocked down by the shock. The main mills are intact and can be op- erated. The shock was felt through- out Racine and Kenosha counties. The explosion which wrecked the powder mill carried sheet iron which had formed the sides of the building nearly a mile away, while all of ths windows in homes at Crow, fully three and a half miles away, were broken. Eight hundred kegs of blasting powder were in the glasing mills. MISTAKEN FOR EARTHQUAKE. Western Michigan Towns Felt Force of Explosion. 2 Grand Rapids, Mich., May 21.—Two supposed earthquake shocks were felt in Western Michigan at 3:20 a. m. Distinct shocks are reported ~from Holland, Grand Haven and Bangor. The first shock lasted about six sec- onds and the second about three sec- onds. Residents of Holland rushed out of their houses in night attire, the quake having thrown open many doors. Rumblings like thunder were heard around the shores of Black lake. No serious damage is reported. The- shocks were. coincident with the powder explosions directly across Lake Michigan in Wisconsin. Shock Felt. in Indiara. Michigan City, Ind., May 21.—A number of residents felt what is he- lieved to have Dbeen an earthquake shock _early in the day. - Buildings quivered and windows rattled for tvo or three seconds. JUSTIFIES YELLOW DOG FUND. Editor of Insurance Paper House Committee. _ ‘Washington, May 21.—“I am willing to go on record that even the $1,000, 000 which was spent by President Mc- Call under the auspices of ‘Andy’ Hamilton was justifiable. And I fur- ther say that it has not only saved wmillions of dollars to the policyhold ers of that company but millions of dollars to the policyholders of other companies.” The house committee on judiciary listened to this statement, made by Max Cohen, publisher of an-insurance paper in this city. The committee was considering the Ames iusurance bill for the regulation of insurance in the District of Columbia. Mr. Cohen made the further asser- tion that-the entire amount of (he “alleged graft” which the Armstrong committee discovered was not a tithe of the tax levied upon policyholders by the states. He justified the means which had been employed by the offi cers of companies to prevent state legislation of the “holdup” character. Before MANY PERSONS HOMELESS. Fire Destroys Large Portion of Stan- ley, Wis. Stanley, Wis., May 21.—A spark from the Northwestern mill started a fire resulting in a loss of about $200.- 000. -About 100 houses burned and a dozen business places, including the Northwestern Lumber company’s large department store, nothing of the contents being saved. Damage to the residence portion will reach $100,000, every house being burned from the Northwestern store to Franklin street. Very little was saved from any of the residences on account of the fearful high wind. One thousand people are homeless. MANY BUILDINGS WRECKED. | Forest Fire® Ignites Storehouse Con- taining Dynamite. Cobalt, Ont., May 21.—Several tons of dynamite exploded in the morth- western section of the town, wreck- ing twenty-five houses and throwing. the residents into a panic. A number were more or less injured by flying debris, but none seriously. The ex- plosion was caused by a forest fire Igniting ‘the building in which the dynamite was stored. £ Liord o RAID ON GAMBLERS: POLICE GET WHEEL WAR ON THE PULAJANES. 1 American Regulars to Subdue Trouble. some Natives. Manila, May 21.—The Philippine commission has authorized Governor George Curry to begin a campaign with ¢egular troops having for its cb- ject the absolute subjugation of the Pulajanes on the island of Samar. The scouts and constabulary, who will be withdrawn from the pursuit of the insurgents, will gairison the present army stations while the regular troops, ‘with Curry in command, will scour the islands. The general campaign ‘planned to begin immediately, accord- ing to orders issued after a con ence between Acting Governor Gen- eral Ide, General Wood and Governor Curry. Stubborn resistance is ex pected to the expedition, which in- cludes fourteen companies of infantry. has been ; iMayor, Chief and Policemen MUST OBEY LID ORDER Roulette Table - Confiscated Last Night at C. H. Miles’ Saloon. Dragnet the Whole City. WILL RETURN TO AMERICA. :Chief Bailey Says He Will Countess Castellane to Quit France on Securing Divorce. Paris, May 20.—Countess Boni de Castellane confirms the report that she expected to return to America within a few months with her sister, Miss Helen Gould. The confirmation was authorized by Mr. Kelly of coun- sel for.the countess. The countess says that, of course, she cannot leave France until her suit for divorce has been completed, but that as soon as the case comes to an end she will leave for New York. BAD FIRE IN LUMBERYARDS. Marathon City, Wis., in Danger of Be- ing Destroyed. Milwaukee, May 21.—A special from Wausau, Wis., says: Fire of unknown origin broke out in the lumberyards of Phillips & Menz- mer at Marathon City. Over 3,000, 000 feet of lumber valued at $50,000 have been consumed. Wausau sent an engine to help subdue the fire, which is threatening the mill and the town. The woods north of the town are burning fiercely. The loss is partly covered by insurance. Minneapolis Wheat. Minneapolis, May 19.—Wheat—May, 82%c; July, 827 @8S3c; Sept., 80%c On track—No. 1 hard, 85%c; No. Northern, 8$43c; No. 2 Northern, 82%c. 3 Duluth Wheat and Flax. Duluth, May 19.—Wheat—To arrive and on track—No. 1 Northern, 8434¢; No. 2 Northern, $2%e¢; May, $1¢; July, 84c; Sept., Slc. Flax—To arrive, on track and May, $1.16; July, $1.17%; Sept., $1.167%; Oct., $1.15%. 1 St. Paul Union Stock Yards. St. Paul, May 19.—Catile—Good to choice steers, $4.50@5.50; common to fair, §3.50@4.25; good to choice cows and heifers, $3.00@4.50; veals, $1.50% 425. Hogs—$6.20@6.35. Sheap-—Weth- ers, $4.75@ 2ood to choice lambs, $6.00@5.50; good to choice spring lambs, $7.50@10.00. 3 Chicago Union Stock Yards. Chicago, May 19.—Cattle—Beeves, $4.10@4.20; cows and heifers, $1.75@ 5.25; stockers and feeders, 5.05; calves, $4.00@6.40. Hogs—. and butehers, §6.50@6.55; good heavy, #6.45@6.55: rongh heavy, $6.20@6.20; light, $6.40@6.52%; pigs, $5.50@5.60. Sheep, $3.50@! lings, $5.60G 6.40; lambs, $ ~ Chicago Grain and Provisions, May 19.—Wheat—May, July, 83c. Corn—DMay, , 4T%c. Oats—May, 33%c; Pork—May, $15.50; July, —Cash, Northwestern,. 3 rn, $1.09; May, $1.- 09. Butter—Creameri 13% @19c. s—1500 15 Y Poultry—"t'urkeys, Enforce Mayor’s Order to Letter. Another serew was put in the 11id last might when Mayor Carter, | Chief of Police Bailey and the i whole police force raided gam- !bling in the city and captured one roulette wheel and table. The offending paraphernalia was found 1n the C. H. Miles saloon, corner of Beltramiavenue and third street, and was promptly - confiscated. There will be a hearing in justice court tomorrow morning. Mayor Carter issued his famous order putting an end to gambling in Bemidji two weeks agoand the raid of last night was the natural outcome. The ad- ministration wished to see if all the saloonmen were living up to ithe mwandate. Last night he and the police force, headed by Chief Bailey, started on a tour of inspection. They visited every saloon in the city where gambling was form- lerly carried on. They found everything orderly and law -abiding until they reached the Miles saloon, when | they found the door leading into the rcom in the basement locked. Growing suspicious at once they broke down the door and rushed into the room. There they found a wheel in full operation and immediately took possession of the unlawful property. The wheel is now in safe keep- ing at police headquarters and will be disposed of as the justice of peace who hears the case or- aers. The matter will probably be brought before Judge Skinvik. The raid occasioned consider- able excitement among the sport- ing element and others who hap- pened to be downtown last night, and large crowds ‘followed the officers from saloon to saloon. Commenting on the raid, Chief of Policg Bailey declared to the Pioneer that he means business and that gambling must go in this civy. ‘1 intend to keep gambling out of Bemidji and to make every saloon man obey the law as long as | have orders to that effect from the mayor,” he declared. ¢Any one who starts up a wheel will find himself in trouble, The chickens, 11%e. lid is going to be tight.” GRAND ARMY ~ SUITS Until Decoration Day we will -sell G. A. R. suits made from American Woolen Mills flan- nel, buttons included, a suit $10 00 O’Leary @ Bowser