Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, June 4, 1906, Page 1

MINNESOTA HISTORICAL - SOCIETY, VOLUME 4. NUMBER 39 BEMIDJ1, MINNESOTA, MONDAY, JUNE 4, 1906. TEN CENTS PER WEEK T0 RECOVER $200,000 BUIT BROUGHT AGAINST FORMER PRESIDENT OF NORTHWEST- ERN NATIONAL LIFE. PRESENT MANAGEMENT TAKES ACTION SEEKS TO SECURE RETLURN OF; FUNDS ALLEGED TO BELONG TO THE COMPANY. Minneapolis, June 4.—Suit has been begun by the present munagement of the Northwestern National Life Insur- ance company against Dr. J. . Force, former president, asking for an ac- counting and the return of any of the company’s funds found to have been misappropriated. It is alleged in the complaint on knowledge and belief that this sum may reach as high as $200,000, includ- ing not only the amount for the steal- ing of which Force was lately convict- €d, but the $50,000 which he is charged with paying to Dr. E. V. Edwards, his predecessor In offi for getting out. It Is alleged that this sum came out of the company’s treasury and should be returned. The statute of limitations would have run against this Bdwards pay- ment were it not for the law which provides that the statute shall begin to operate only the u]lcn,ul offense is discovered. W. W. Hlull, a merchandise broker Jleveland, committed suicide in a room of a roadhouse’on the ts of the city by drinking car- bolic acid. It is said that Blair was in some financial difficulty. Is one of thebest E.H.WIN Phone 30. from the time that} l American |Gentlemen SHOES! 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’ AND CHILDR’N’S SHOES We carry the following well known lines: Hamilton Brown, Drew Selby, Shaft Pierce and Portsmouth, Satisfaction ‘gunaranteed or money refunded. SUDDEN DEATH CALL FOR | SENATOR A. P. GORMAN HEART TROUBLE | PROVES FATAL Maryland Politican Succumbs Unexpectedly at Washington This Morning. He Had Bcen Improving Lately and Demise Was Without Warning. Washington, D. C., June 4.— Senator Arthur P. Gorman of Maryland died in this city this morning at 6:30 o’clock. Heart trouble was the cause, The end came unexpectedly, as Senator Gorman had been im- proving lately. A Bright Idea, Theater Manager—I can’t use your play, sir. It’s too long for the stage. i Amateur Playwright—But, T say—aw— look here—aw! ('an’t you lengthen the stage, you know? erhaps, it that unmarried women girls?” She—Possibly for son that married men are He—Why are usually the same mostly “bo; The first regular serial newspaper was printed at Antwerp in the year 1605 and bore the name of Niewelij- dinghe. $3.50 shoes on the TER & CO Bemidji. [ R WIDESPREAD SORROW SHOWN. Enormeus Crowds View Funeral Cor- tege of Michael Davitt, Dublin, June 4.—The love and re- spect in which Michael Davitt was held in Ireland and the widespread sorrow over his death were amply evi- denced by the scenes in the streets here when the body of the “Father of the Land League” was removed from the Clarendon street chapel, where it had lain over night, to Broadstone sta- tion for conveyance to the graveyard at Strade, County Mayo. The business establishments closed their shutters, the shades were drawn In the private houses and the streets were lined with enormous crowds of peoplé, the men respectfully doffing their hats as the coffin, which was al- ‘most hidden by beautiful floral wreaths, was borne by. The funeral cortege, which was exceptionally large, included mauy Nationalist mem- bers of the house of commons and clergymen, representative of every re- ligion and political creed. John Red- mond, John Dillon and other members of the Irish Nationalist party were among the mourners who closely fol- lowed the hearse. While the proces- sion stretched out to enormous pro- portions another vast crowd awaited the arrival of the body at the station and on all sides a feeling of the deep- est sorrow was apparent among the people. PLOT TO KILL ROOSEVELT. Organization of Nihilists Located at Portland, Ore. Portland, Ore,, June 4—As the out- come of the arrest of a Pole in this city for an assault upon several Rus- sians local detectives have learned of the tence here of a large body of Russian nihilists, who, it is alleged, have been plotting the assassination of President Roosevelt, simply await- ing the accumulation of sufficient funds before sending a deputation to Washington to carry out the scheme. The Pole, who claims to have been threatened with death by several of the plotters and who was arrested for assault, was acquitied and it was then that the detectives learned of the al- leged true purposes of the organiza- tion. Triends of the Pole informed the police of the doings of the nihilistic Kinley. the death of President Roosevelt. De- tectives have been put on the case. nd finally of their desire for MbKDEN OF'EN TO TRADE. Occasion Widely Celebrated by Chi. ness and Japanese. Tokio, June 4.—Mukden has heen lormally opened to international trade, The occasion was widely celebrated. The Chinese general, Chao, and the Japanese consul general, Hagiwara, representing their respective govern- ments, exchanged their most cordial greetings. The authorities are busy drafting harbor regulations for Tairen, the new Japanese name for Port Dalny, and as soon as they are completed that port will be opened to international trade. Japan proposes to develop the com- mercial value of Tairen to the great- est extent possible. WINDBER STRIKE IS ENDED. Miners Return to Work in Mines of Berwind-White Company. ‘Windber, Pa,, June 4,—The Windber coal strike, which has been the cause +f bloodshed, is over. The men re turned to work in the mines of the Berwind-White Coal company as a result of a mass meeting. It was pointed cut by the speakers that as 80 per cent of the men had gone to work it would be advisable for all to do so. The 1903 scale will be paid by the company and accepted by the men. GOVERNMENT WINS CASE. i 2L Perpetual Injuriction Against Elevator Trust. ‘Washington, June +—Attorney Gen- eral Moody, being asked concerning the significance of the action of the defendants in consenting to a decree in favor of the government in what is known as the case against the Otis Elevator company et al,, against which the department recently instituted proceedings for violation of the federal anti-trust laws, said: “The circuit court of the United States for the Northern district of California has issued a decree in the case recently instituted by the gov- ernment against the Otis Elevator company and certain other corpora-; tions for violation of the federal anti- trust laws. The decree grants a per- petual injunction as prayed for in the bill, enjoining each and all of the de- fendants from violating any of the provisions of the Sherman anti-trust act and particularly from contracuing or agreeing together in any manner, either expressly or impliedly, as to the trade and commerce in elevators in the United States. The defendant cor- porations and their respective officers and agents are also perpetually en- joined from entering into any agree- ment or understanding. as to the prices to be charged for installing. ele- ! vators or as to the territory in ‘which | any or all of them shall do business. By the terms of the decree the eourt retains jurisdiction of the suit to make any further or additional decree or to ! 'modify or enlarge the present decree from time to time as the equities of the case may demand.” GOMEZ DESIHES TO RETIRE. Acting President of Venezuela Will Summon Col S5, Carpaas, . Venezuela, May 31, via Willemstad, Island of Curacao, June 4—The acting president is offended kt the attitude of reclamation of Gen- eral Castro, who recently resigned the ‘presidency in Gomez’ favor, Gomez wishes to resign and has requested Castro to resume office. The latter persistently declines to do so unless the nation acclaims him and congress approves of his resumh.\g the presi- dency. In view of the deadlock, the second vice president being in Kurope and the constitution not contemplating the present ' situation, Gomez has an- nounced his intention to convoke con- gress and present his resignation. The correspondence exchanged be- tween Castro and Gomez is couched in somewhat acrimonious terms. The friction between the acting president and the former president is affecting trade, but no disturbance of the peace is feared. Corporations and other public bod- ies daily send Castro resolutions pray- ing him to resume the presidency. e T NOW NUMBER "TWENTY-FOUR. Additional Victims of Bomb Explosion at Madrid. Madrid, June £—The killed by the bomb explosion May 31 now number twenty-four. The ball which was to have been given''at the palace was abandoned owing to the general mourning and a-rececption given in- stead. The British embassy has intervened in behalf of Robert Hamilton, the Eng- lishman arrested on suspicion of being connected with the attempt. on the lives ‘of the king and queen, and he has been released, as it seems to Le a case of mistaken;identity. The street fetes continue. The royal bull fight took place during the after- noon. RESENTS INTERFERENCE. Leopold Declares’ He Alone Is Ruler of Congo: Free State. i Antwerp, June #.—According to the Metropole King Leopold is about to re- ply energeticallyi to British interfe ence in the Congo independent state and to the accu are shut out froin the Congo. He in- tends as a preface to royal decrees instituting reforms in the Congo state to publish a declaration that he alone 1s sovereign of the, Congo, in which he will not permit ing <ion.—The~decrees” S area of the Congo to the expluilatwu of foreigners, which, it is asserted, for the purpose of benefitting Amer- lcan 1ntexes!~ ~ MOTIVE WAS SIMPLY ROBBERY. Assassins of American Vice Consul at Batum Confess. Tiflis, June 4.—Count von Vorontzo; Dashkoft, viceroy of the Caucasus, has received a further report regarding the assassination of W. H. Stuart, the American vice consul at Batum, sho ing that the motive was simply ro bery. The names of the assas: are Kassim Didjouvadze, a Georgian, and Ali Porkhal Oghli, a Turk. - Th2 men broke down under examination and confessed that instead of being bribed they murdered Mr. Stuart in crder to obtain a large sum of money which. they believed he had recelved the day of the crime, ON BRINK OF OPEN DRAW. Pennsylvania Train Narrowly Escapes Destruction, New York, June 4—The St. Louis express on the Pennsylvania railroad, which left Jersey City at 2:14 p. m., had a narrow escape from plunging through an open draw into the Hack- ! ensack river near Marion station. As it was the locomotive went into the stream and the first of the six Pull- man coaches stopped just at the brink of the draw. The fireman and engi-' neer of the train, who went into the ' river with their engine, were drowned, None of the passengers on the train was injured, but there was much ex- citement for a time. GREAT— PRECAUTIONS TAKEN. Fear Expressed for Safety of Russian Royal Family. St. Petersburg, June 4.—Several strong searchlights have been mount- ed on the fortifications of Kronstadt to command the palace at Peterhof and a guardship has been stationed just off shore. These precautions indi- cate the extent of the inquietude for ! the safety of the imperial family. Rev- olutionary agitation among the sailors at Kronstadt is reported to be rampant and the fear is expressed that they may secure and train some of the guns on the emperor's palace across the bay. SWIFT CANADIAN JUSTICE. Train Robbers Convicted and Given Long Terms. Kamloops, B. C., June 4—The sec- ond trial of the b&ndits who recently " held up the Camadian Pacific Empire limited has been concluded. The jury ‘was only out a short time and brought ..In a verdict of gnilty. Colquhoun was sentenced ‘to twentyfive vears in prison and Edwards and Dunn for life, ‘The second trlu.lllasled but little over "a day. Sra bR Prisoners Decl{re Huhger S Kursk, Russiaj June 4 ‘mitted to vole separately as provided tion that forelgners - DEEFCTIVE DACE BRANDS STOCK YARDS AS DANGEROUS, REVOLTING AGREE ON STATEHOOD BILL. Conferees on Measure Sign Completed Report. ‘Washington, June 4.—The statehood conference report was signed during the afternoon. . The following state- ment was made by the majority mem- bers of the conference: “The conference Teport gives fifty- five delegates to the Indian Territory, fifty-five to Oklahoma and one to the Osage Indian reservation. “It strikes out the Warren amend- ment, which permitted the mineral school lands of Oklahoma to be taken up by miners, and provides instead that the lands shall be kept by the state- of Oklahoma for its schools; that they shall not be sold until 1915 and in the meantime the school board of the new state may lease the lands and the proceeds thereof to go into the school funds of the state. “The capital is temporarily located at Guthrie until 1913, after which the people at an election to be provided by the legislature will fix the capital permanently, but the legislature is not permitted io appropriate any money for any permanent capitol buildings at Guthrie in the meantime. “New Mexico and Arizona are per- by the amendment introduced by Sen- ator Foraker last year and adopted by the senate and as reintroduced by Senator Foraker this year. It simply provides that the constitution of the ‘new state shall be submitted to an election of the pecple on Nov. 6 and 1f a majority of the people ol either tory vote against the constitution i( fails.” The vote was unanimously save on what Senator Patterson, one of the conferees, termed the “crucial point,” which is the joint statehood provision for Arizona and New Mexico. On this point the minority members disagreed. OBJECTION IS MADE. Effort to Fix Date for Considering Smoot Case Fails. Washington, June 4.—The fact that the committee on privileges and elec- tions has acted upon the case of Unit- ed States Senator Reed Smoot of Utah was brought officially to the attention of the senate by Senator Burrows, chairman of that committee, who at lhe same time made an ineffectual . Burrows stated that the official repmt was being prepared, that pend- ing its preparation he had been i | structed to make verbal announce- ment of the commitlee’s action. ~Hes followed this announcement with his.' request for unanimous consent for consideration of the report on Monday, the 11th. Senator Teller objected to naming a date for consideration in advance of the official report and his objection bad the-effect of bringing the matter to an end for the time. He said the tommittee had had the matier under consideration for two years and -that ! in so serious a matter the senate could not be expected to proceed with un- reasonable celerity. | ORDERED TO RETURN TO WORK. Tri-State Electricians’ Strike Suddenly Terminated. St. Paul, June 4—The strike of the electrical workers in Minnesota and the Dakotas has ended in a complete surrender of the union men, who will return to work at once. T. F. McNulty, grand president of ' the International Brotherhood of Elec- | trical Workers, has telegraphed Busi- ness Agent C. F. Reinhardt of St. Paul that the executive hoard has held the strike unconstitutional and ordering him to notify the men to return to work. Local strikers, of whom there were about 180 when the strike began, were completely at a loss to account for the orders from their chief, but they had no alternative and have decided to obey them. They declared they had the situation well in hand and that victory was already in sight. They expressed indignation and a few were j for ignoring the orders from head- quarters, but calmer counsel prevailed and a conference with local heads of the telephone companies was held, after which it was given out that the companies had agreed to take back their old men at the same scale of wages as prevailed before the strike MAYOR DUNNE TO ACT. Will Name Commission to Investigate Chicago Stock Yards. Chicago, June 4—The city has de- cided to appoint a commission to in- vestigate conditions at the stock yards with a view to determining how far the recent criticisms of methods em- ployed in the killing of beef and hogs is justified. = Mayor Dunne, after a conference with Health Commissioner Whalen, decided to ask the co-opera- tion of -the federal government and the Washington authorities will be asked to name several members of the committee. At the request of the family of the late Representative Adams of Phila- delphia the proposed informal escort of members of the house .to accom- pany the body to Philadelphia hls been ahandoned. - Dr. Samuel P. Boardman, a wealthy * and highly respected citizen of Spring: field, I11, was found dead in the reser- - voir of t.he waterworks. He was a m}ferer from -melancholia’ and hnd sfo have Monday, June 11, fixed | seems deligl 1, _but there is bitte mwmmmfi“fifi%fimss T “tie-cup. Mew STRONG MESSAGE BY ROOSEVELT Inspection of Yards Shows Methods Threatening to Pub- lic Health. Decency Demands a Radical change in Conditions, Says the President. Washington, D. C, June 4— President Roosevelt today sent a message to congress concern ing conditions in the Chicago stock yards, accompanied by the report of the special commission- ers named by him to make an in- vestigation. The message declares that the conditions shown by the inspec- tion of the stock yards are simply revolting; that the pack- ing houses are not kept even reasonably clean, and that the methods of Landling and pre-| paring food products are un- cleanly and dangerous to health. The president says it is 1m- peratively necessary in the in- terest of decency that conditions should be radically changed. A Liie of Freedom. People sometimes think how delight- ful it would be to be quite free. But a fish, as Rus vs, s freer than a man, and, as for a fly, it black incarnation of fr called pleasu not a life of freedom. F gin to give under a most intol er temptations are like that of drink. cdom.” A life of so wmd self indulgence is real happiness or true r from it. If we once be- to ourselves we fall able tyrauny. Oth- in some respects At first, perhaps, tisty the desire ated by ndulgence. So it is in other things. Repetition soou becomes a fraving, not a pleasure. Resistance Brows more and more painful. Yield- ing, which at first, perhaps, afforded some slight and temporary gratifica- tion, soon ceases to give pleasure and, even if for a time it procu relief, ere long becomnes odiol elt. previous surely, “Tommy is such a sweet child,” said 1 doting mother, “that I often think it L will be a miracle if he lives to grow . “It will,” said the candid neighbor, with a baleful gleam in-his eye. A Coincidence, Mrs. Janson said to Mrs. Lammis in perfect confidence, “Do you know mine 18 the prettiest baby in the world?” “Well, really, now, what a coinci- dence!” sald Mrs. Lammis. “So is Iniuel” Cause and Effect. “Poor Jones is suffering from melan- cholia.” “Why, I thought he was the editor of a comic paper.” “'He 5. |SOME VITAL GHANGES WADSWORTH SUBSTITUTE FOR BEEF INSPECTION AMEND- T MENT COMPLETED, GOURT REVIEW IS PROVIDED FOR ALSO PLACES THE COST ON THE GOVERNMENT INSTEAD OF ON THE-PACKERS. ‘Washington, June 4.—The Wads- worth substitute for the Beverldge beef inspection amendment to the agri- cultural appropriation bill has been completed #nd printed for the infor- mation of the house committee on agriculture. Until the substitute has been submitted to the committee at its session Wednesday it will not be made public. The substitute is said to follow the lines of the Beveridge amendment with the vital exceprion that it places the cost of inspection upon the gov- ernment. It also provides a court re- view of the administration of the in- spection and restricts the jurisdiction of the secretary of agriculture in the power to make regulations given him in the Beveridge amendment. President Roosevelt has received the completed report of Professor Charles P. Neill, commissioner of la- bor, and James B. Reynolds of their Inquiry into the condition of the meat packinghouses of the country. Professor Neill and Mr. Reynolds - were in consultation with the presl- dent for nearly an hour. Present at the conference also was George P. Me- Cabe, solicitor for the department of agriculture. The text of the brief was discussed thoroughly and was welded finally into the form in which it will be transmitted to congress. et o URGENT APPEAL FOR HELP. Amerizan Consular Agent Telegraphs State Department. Washington, June 4—The state de- partment has received a most urgent lelegraphic nppeal for help from Amer- lutely essential. The state depart- ment also has received direct applica- tion from the governor of the state of Sonora, Mex., for help from the Amer- lean side, a most extraordinary occur- rence. The direct appeal was the sub- ject of hasty consultations hetween the secretary of state, the chief of staff, Brigadier General Bell, and the law officer of the war department, in- asmuch as the question of the right ot the United States to send troops into a friendly state is in doubt. Meanwhile the officers of the gen- eral staff are making ready to execute eny order that may be issued as the result of Secretary Root’s decision. Four troops of cavalry are at Fort Huachuca, just north of the interna- tional boundary in Arizona, and the staff officers assume that by hard rid- ing this force could reach Cananea within half a day after they receive orders. Communication is about to be opened with Major General Bald- win, commanding the Southwestern division, at his headquarters in Okla- homa City, and he in turn will give the necessary instructions in case it is decided to use American troops to Brigadier General Constance Williams at the headquarters of the department of the Colorado in Denver, e Adir & S Clng Compary [ LEARY : OUR MEN’S SUITS at $lo.oo $15.00 $18.00 $20.00 $22.00 and $24.00 are fully guaranteed, We'll see¢ that you get your money’s worth in wear, style and fit. - You can see for yourself. BOWSER v | O IO