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

VOLUME 4. NUMBER 54. MINNESOTA STORICAL COCIETY. BEMIDJ1, MINNESOTA, THUI}@DAY, JUNE 21, 1906. TEN CENTS PER WEEK President of Wealern Maryland on CRITICISED AS UNWISE| "> o*® eoa owrawv! juL gD AWAITING TRIAL| ATTAGK BY. PULLJANEs’Twu DEAD, MANY INJURED] emioxev waxes cwance. |OPERATED AT A LOSS i SENATORS OPPOSED TO HOUSE CHANGES IN MEAT INSPEGC- TION AMENDMENT. PACKERS SHOULD PAY THE GUSTi GOVERNMENT CERTIFICATE DE- CLARED OF GREAT BENEFIT TO THE BUSINESS. ‘Washington, June 21. — Senator Proctor called up in the senate the agricultural appropriation bill and made the usual motion for agreement to the request for a conference. He ! then made a statement concerning the house substitute for the meat inspec- | tion provision, saying that there were two essential points of difference be- | twéen the two houses. One of these, he said, was the omission by the house of the senate provision requir- | ing that the date of inspection be placed on cans containing meat and | the other the transfer of the cost of | inspection from the packers to the na- ' tional treasury. Speaking of the lat- ter change he said that it was radical and in his opinion unwise and advised that the house amendment on that | point be not accepted. The packers could, he declared, afford the expense as an advertisement, for looked at in ! that light the government certificate would be of immense benefit. Mr, Proctor also charged that the numer- ous protests which have been coming | to the senate on this subject have a common origin in Chicago and in sup- port of his statement read a number of protests to show langnage to be practically the same wherever they may be dated. | the Stand. Washington, June 21.—Officials of the Western Maryland, Chesapeake and Ohio and Buffalo and Susque- hanna railroads were before the inter- state commerce commission during the day to tell what they knew about the transactions of their roads in con- nection with coal and oil traffic. The first witness was General Man- ager Robertson of the Western Mary- land railroad, his examination being conducted by Mr. Whitney, special counsel for the commission. Mr. Rob- ertson admitted that the .Western Maryland Railroad company was the owner of the Davis Coal and Coke company, He did not know that his road was interested in any other coal mining company along its line. As to car distribution Mr. Robertson said so far as he knew. there have been no complaints from operators that they were not receiving sufficient cars under the percentage of distribution. W. A. Baumes, comptroller of the Buffalo and Susquehanna railroad, testified that his road controlled every coal plant on its line except that of the Northwestern Mining and Ex- change company, which belenged to the Erie railroad. There were, he said, no independent companies along his line. NO DAMAGE REPORTED. Series of Earthquake Shocks in the Philipplines. Manila, June 21.—A series of earth quakes occurred in Northern Luzon Tuesday and Wednesday. The most perceptible was in Manila at 8 o’clock Tuesday night. Several shocks were experienced in the northern part of the island and in the Babuyanes and Batanes islands and on Formosa. No damage was reported. The shocks began at 7:25 Tuesday evening and continued at intervals through the night until 9:45 Wednesday morning. The Manila observatory reperts that the earthquakes probably were more severe in the Babuyanes islands and Formosa. IN IMPORTANT STOCKS Gent’s Furnishings. A look at our window will convince you of the good values we are vffering at very Summer We havea lz;rge stock of lawns and are giving low prices. Goods. special prices on a number of patterns. LOOK at our 5 cent lace counter. 10 cent and 12 cent values for C Ladies’ Summer Under Garments. They are well made and Shoes and of the best materials. Oxfords. A shipment of Ladies’ oxfords just received. We have them in patent, colt, gunmetal and vici kid. A chance to compare them with other makes is all we ask to make a sale. bargains. statements. Remember we do not advertise all of our special An inspection of our counters will prove our k. H. Winter & Co. Phone Number 30, Bemidji. WEALTHY SIOUX F;\LLS WOMAN HELD ON CHARGE OF MUR- DERING DOMESTIC. Sloux Falls, S. D., June 21.—The concluding session in the prelimiaary examination of Mrs. Emma Kaufmann,: the wife of a wealthy local brewer, resulted in the defendant bejng held to the state circuit court, without bail, to answer to the charge of having murdered Agnes Polreis, her seven- teen-year-old domestic. The forenoon session was a brief one. When court opened State’s Attorney Orr of this city arose and asked that the defend- ant be committed to the custody of the sheriff pending her trial at the next term of the state circuit court. Mrs. Kaufmann’s attorney made no objection and the defense offered no testimony whatever. Prior to and following the hearing Mrs, Kaufmunn was hissed by the crowds gathered around the court- hoase and for a time the woman was threatened with rough treatment. After leaving the courtroom at the conclusion of the hearing a large crowd followed the prisoner’s carriage, giving vent to shouts and derisive cries. Miss Polreis, who was seventeen years old, died June 1 and was buried at Parkston, this state. The body was later exhumed and was found to bear forty-five separate wounds. Many Millers in Attendance, Milwaukee, June 21.—The fourth annual mass convention of millers, under the auspices of the Millers’ Na- tional Federation, opened a taree days’ meeting in Milwaukee during the day. Over 1,000 millers are in attendance. TS CONSUME SURPLUS COTTON Kansas Farmers Demand Extra Inch on Men’s Shirts. Topeka, Kan., June 21.—There has been injected into the state political campaign the queerest issue of Kan- sas’ many freak issues—the length ol men’s shirts. Although both the Republican and Democratic state committees frowned upon it the length of shirts is a direct issue. An agricaltural paper is lead: ing a movement to organize the farm. ers. into umions. The argument -has been advanced that if every shirt were made one inch longer the additional cloth required would consume the en- tire surplus cotton crop. Ryan and Crummer, chairmen re- spectively of the Democratic and Re- publican committees, suggested that if this remedy were reversed to equal. ize maiters in case of a shortage of the cotton crop the result might be embarrassing. “I think the farmers should go slow on this proposition,” said Chairman Ryan. MOODY TO LEAVE CABINET. Attorney General Will Retire in Sev: eral Months, ‘Washington, June 21.—It is report: ed here that Attorney General Moody is to retire from the cabinet on July 14; that he is to be succeeded by Charles J. Bonaparte, now secretary of the navy, and that either George von L. Meyer, ambassador to Russia, or Truman H. Newberry, assistant secretary of the navy, will go to the head of that department. Mr. Moody said when asked if the story was true: “I am going out of the cabinet, but not for several months. I have not seen the president to fix a date.. When a date is fixed I shall make a formal announcement and until that an- nouncement is made by me all stories relating to my retirement can be de- nied. I presume the story originated in the fact that the original date for my retirement was July 1 next. There are some matters 1 desire to close and I cannot say when I shall retire, but it will not be for some months.” WORKINGMEN IN POLITICS. Subject Discussed by the Federation of Labor. ‘Washington, June 21.—Labor and its attitude in the political campaign was the principal topic of the day’s discussion 2t the meeting of the Amer- ican Federation of Labor executive committee. By special invitation Rep- resentative W. R. Hegrst of New York addressed ‘the delegates regurding the political standing of labor in politics. It was privately announced.afterward that Mr. Hearst had pledged bis influ- ence and that of his newspapers to- ward increasing the strength of the labor.party. A general discussion followed in which it was sought to define the posi- tion of the workingmen throughout the country and to plan a movement whereby the co-operation of the peo- ple for reforms and relief from alleged unjust and onerous conditions for the laboring man would be obtained. BY UNANIMOUS VOTE. Directors Decide to Mutualize the Equitable Life. New York, June 21.—The directors of the Equitable Life Assurance so- ciety have voted unanimously to adopt the amended charter, which provides for the mnutualization of the society. There were present at the meeting thirty members of the board of direc- tors, all of whom voted in favor of the proposition, TOWN OF BURAUEN, ISLAND OF LEYTE, SCENE OF RAID BY GANG OF BANDITS, POLICE ARE TAKEN BY SURPRISE FIVE SLAIN, AS MANY WOUNDED AND REMAINDER OF THE FORCE CAPTURED. Manila, June 21.—A band of 300 Pulajanes under Caesario Pastor at- tacked the town Of Burauen, on the island of Leyte. They killed five po- licemen, wounded five and captured the remainder of the force except the lieutenant who was in command. Pas. tor, the Pulajane leader, was killed during the encounter. The attack occusted at an early hour in the morning. The police were caught unawares and their sentinel was rushed from his post. The ban dits then entered the tribunal and a hand to hand fight took place, The police fought desperately, but were overcome by superior numbers. The loss of the Palajanes is be- lieved to be great, but it can not be estimated, as they carried off their dead and wounded after the fight. The’ municipal records were taken from the tribunal, piled in the street and hurned. The destraction of theze papers was one of the most sericus phases of the raid, as they included deeds, license receipts, etc. The safs containing the town funds was not destroyed. The bandits carried away the arms of the police and a quantity of ammunition. At the time the raid was made Pro- vincial Governor Veyra was in an- other part of theisland, securing evi- dence wanted by the pardons com mission to obtain the release of pris- oners in- the Bilibid penitentiary. MASSAGRE WAS UNGHEGKED SOLDIERS AND POLICE ENCOUR- AGED ATTACKS ON JEWS AT BIALYSTOK. Grodno, Russia, June 21.—The anti- Jewish rioting at Bialystok is now ended. The troops are in full control and in view of the outery raised it is certain that the authorities will not permit a renewal of the horrors re- cently witnessed at Bialystok. This entire region is greatly ‘ex- cited owing to fear that the Bialystok massacre was only the signal for a general attack on the Jews through- out the pale and in Poland, but if any such conspiracy existed it is too late to carry out the plans, as the most im- perative orders to prevent further out- breaks have been issued to the gov- ernors and governors general from St. Petersburg. ‘When the Associated Press corre- spondent arrived at Bialystolk Sunday morning the worst was already over, but on all sides there was revolting evidence of savage bestiality on the part of the blood drunken mobs, which sacked and burned the Jewish houses, shops and stores. For sev- enty-two hours, with a slight abate- ment during the daytime, the mad orgie of blood and pillage went on unchecked. At first police and troops urged on the mob, but finally, when Dismayed by the Bloody Deeds accomplished, they reluctantly. sought to obey the orders of their superiors to put an end to the work of the rapa- cious hands of roughs who were so far beyond control of the local forces that regiment after regiment had to be thrown into the city before order could be restored. During the rioting the Jews were hunted down by ferocious pursuers, who, in the majority of cases, were not content with killing the victims but tore them to pieces like wild ani- mals. And while this was in prog ress the troops either stood idly by, or, as was more frequently the case, fired into the houses and shops where Jews were concealed under. the pre- text that they believed them to be revolutionists, but really to make way for the murderers and plunderers wha followed in the soldiers’ wake. The mob seemed to delight in tor- turing the victims. Strips of flesh were cut from their bodies, children were snatched fiom their mothers’ arms and taken by the legs and brained on the pavement before the eyes of their parents. An old Jew was beheaded and the ghastly trophy wasg carried all day at the end of a pike through 'the streets. In many cases the heads of victims were beaten to a jelly with stones. Rude. “Well,” szid Mrs. Bruggins after a solo by a fashionable church choir ten- or, “if that ain’t the rudest thing I ever saw!” “What?” inquired her niece. “Why, didn’t you notice it? Just as soon as that young man began to sing every other member of the choir stop- ped. But he went right through with it, and I must say I admire his spunk.” NP EAIA\AIP A NN THIRTY-FIVE MEN FACE DEATH BY DROWNING IN TUNNEL AT NEW YORK CITY. New York, June 21.—Two men lost their lives, another was fatally fin- Jured and six more were severely hurt as a result of an accident in the Penn- sylvania tunnel between Thirty-fourth street, this city, and Long Island City. Twenty-four of the thirty-five men who were at work in the tunnel at the time of the accident escaped without serious injury after having faced death by drowning. The accident was caused by the tremendous air pressure necessary at the head of the tunnel to hold back the soft mnd into which the shield is forced. Tbe mud under this shield was blown out and two of the work- men who were caught in the flow of air were swept to death in the river. ‘When the heading was emptied of air water rushed in through the opening and threatened to drown the survivors In the struggle which followed be- tween the workmen to escape from the chamber through the little door which connects with the finished part of the tunnel several of them were severely hurt. Finally, however, the cooler heads among the men prevailed and all of the survivors, either by their own efforts or the assistance of others, found safety in the completed tunnel. So rapidly did the water flow into ‘the unfinished compartment that before the last man’s turn came to pass through the little door he was standing neck deep in the water. NO OFFICIAL ACTION POSSIBLE. Anti-Jewish Outbreaks Discussed in British Parliament. London, June 21.—In the house of commons Walter Runciman, parlia. mentary secretary to the local govern- ment board, in behalf of Foreign Sec- retary Grey, again declined to inform the government of Russia of the views of the British people concerning the anti-Jewish outbreaks. He said the impression made and the sympathy aroused not only in this country but everywhere by the disturbance and loss of life in Russia were known to the Russian government and they were not matters in which official dip- lomatic intervention was usual or de | sirable. REFRIMAND PROVES ~ FATAL. Alderman Dies After Being Censured by Police Judge, Faston, Pa., June 21.—Jogeph Brein: inger, alderman from the Fourth ward of this city, was found dead in his office. Breininger returned to . the criminal court the case of an eight- vear-old boy who was accused of mis- chievousness: The court dismissed the lad and severely scored the alder: man and those who were associated with him in the case. Breininger be- came greatly excited during his ‘ordeal before the court and it is thought that this was the cause of death, _ JUMPS FROM HOSPITAL WINDOW. Chief Justice Fuller's Secretary Killed at Washington, ‘Washington, June 21.—Clarence M. York, secretary to Chief Justice Fuller of the supreme court of the United States, was killed during the day by jumping from a window of Garfield hospital, where he was undergoing treatment. York was treated at Emergency. hospital Tuesday afternoon for a slight injury to his face, which he said had been received by falling from a street car. At the Emergency hos- pital it was said that York had been drinking. Later he -was conveyed to his apartments in the Logan, where he was attended by his family physi- cian, When the physician visited him again at night he found the dressing had been removed. It then was de- cided to take the patient to Garfield hospital to have a new dressing ap- plied. This done York was sent to a ward., "He was perfectly rational at the time and it is said would have been sent to his apartments but for the lateness of the hour and the fact that his wife was out of the city. Mr. York was about forty years of age and had held his position with Chief Justice Fuller for many years. BROUGHT $4,025 \AT AUCTION. Effects of Mrs. Cassie L. Chadwick Sold. - Cleveland, June 21.—All. the per- sonal effects of Mrs. Cassie L. Chad- wick, including a large quantity of ‘wearing apparel, was sold at public auction here in one lot to A. H. €reely of this city for '$4,025. There was a large number of persons in attend- ance at the sale. Jay P. Dawley, at- torney for Mrs. Chadwick, refused to say what would be done with the money realized from the sale. There were dozens of gowns of silk, satin and fur garments, begides a number of pieces of antique furniture in the effects sold, Personal Identity of Slayer Known. New York, June 21.—The identity of the slayer of Mrs. Alice Kinan, who was _clubbed to death on the plazza of her mother’s home in the Bronx June 8, is known, according to Coroner Schwannecke, who says that | formal arrest has béen deferred mere- 1y to permit the pollce to abtain addi- tlonal evidence. Accuses Union Pacific of Granting II- - legal Rebates. Omaha, June 21. — Sensational charges that the Union Pacific is granting illegal rebates of about $800,- 600 a year to the Peavey and Trans- mississippi Grain companies as against other grain concerns in Omaha and Council Bluffs have been made by President A. B. Stickney of the Chi- cago Oreat Western in an address to the members of the Omaha Commer- cial club. These rebates, Mr. Stickney charges, are in direct violation of the present Elkins law as well as the new rate bill now before congress. President Stickney explained the secret contract between the Union Pacific and the Peavey and Transmis- sissippi companies, the first of which has been in effect for six years, by which the road agrees tc pay to the grain company a transfer charge of 1% cents per hundredweight and in addition to switch free of charge all cars, loaded or empty, to and from the elevators of these companies at Omaha or Council Bluffs. This sec- ond provision, declared Mr. Stickney, was a discrimination of from $4 to $12 a car as against all other grain companies. Mr. Stickney announced that he in- tended to petition to have the case reopened on the ground that the pre- vious decision was given on an im- perfect showing of facts. SUNDRY CIVIL BILL REPORTED. Senate Committee Strikes Out Pro- vision for Lock Canal. ‘Washington, June 21.—The sundry civil appropriation bill has been re- ported to the senate after the com- mittee on appropriations struck out the house provision for a lock- canal across the isthmus of Panama and will leave the matter open until after the senate votes on.the bill pending In the senate. KEGULARS IN GONTROL. Bain Victory at Republican Primaries in North Dakota, Fargo, N. D, June 21.—Fuller re- turns from-over the state show that the “regulars’ have gained a bigger victory at the Republican primaries than first estimated. Certain vote for “regulars” in the state convention now placed at 348, out of a total of 467. “Insurgent” legislative candi- dates were more successful than dele- gates and the house will be more evenly divided, with “regulars” in control. As a result of close votes in some counttes there are split detegm fons. o T o T BRIEF BITS' OF NEWS. The United States drydock Dewey, bound for the Philippine "islands, has arrived in the straits of Malacca. The bill appropriating $25,000 for the traveling expenses of the presi dent has been passed by the house— yeas 176, nays 68. The comptroller of the currency has issued a call for the condition of na- tional banks at the close of business on Monday, June 18. * About fifty editors of German news- papers have arrived in London and will be the guests for a week of the Anglo-German friendship committee. Annual commencement exercises were held at the University of Wis- consin Wednesday, 462 bachelor de- grees being granted and 40 higher de- grees. Jacob H. Schiff of New York has received cable messages from abroad asking aid from this country to pre- vent a general anti-Jewish outbreak in Russia. The illness of the Duke of Almo- dovar, Spanish minister of foreign af- fairs, has become grave. The sacra- ment for the dying has been admin- istered to him, MARKET QUOTATIONS. Minneapolis Wheat. Minuneapolis, June 20.—Wheat— July, 83%c; Sept., 82% @82%¢c; Dec., 83%c. On track—No. 1 hard, 85%c; No. 1 Northern, 84%c; No. 2 North- ern, 83%c¢; No. 3 Northern, 81%4@ 82%ec. Duluth Wheat and Flax. Duluth, June 20.—Wheat—To arrive and on track—No. 1 Northern, 85}%c: No. 2 Northern, 84c;’ July, 85%c; Sept., 83%ec; Dec., 83c. Flax—To arrive and on track, $1.14%; July, $1.153;; Sept., $1.15%; Oct., $1.133;. St. Paul Union Stock Yards. St. Paul, June 20.—Cattle—Good to choice steers, $4.50@5.50; common ta fair, $3.50@4.25; good to choice cows and heifers, $2.00@4.50; veals, $1.50@ 4.40. Hogs—$6.25@6.50. Sheep—Weth- ers, $4.76@5.75; good to choice lambs, $6.00@6.65; good to prime spring lambs, $6.50@7.00. Chicago Union Stock Yards. Chicago, June 20.—Cattle—Beeves, $3.90@6.05; cows and heifers, $1.50@ 6.10; stockers and feeders, $2.75@ 4.60; Texans, $3.75@4.30; calves, $5.00 @6.25. Hogs—Mixed and butchers, $6.40@6.67%; good heavy, $6.57%@ 6.60; rough heavy, $6.40@6.50; light, $6.30@6.60: pigs, $5.90@6.30. Sheep, $4.75@6.25; lambs, $5.90@7.55. Chicago Grain and Provisions. Chicago, June 20.—Wheat—July, | 83%c; Sept., 83%c. Corn—July, 51%¢; Sept., 52%ec. Sept., 363%ec. Oats—July, 393%c; Pork—July, $17.50; Sept., $16.80. Flax—Cash, Northwest- ern, $1.12%: Southwestern, $1.09; Sept., $1.14%. Buuer———crenmeries, 14 @20c; dairies, 14@18c. 14%c. ZION CITY INDUSTRIES RUN BE. HIND OVER TWO AND ONE- HALF MILLIONS. WILBUR 6. VOLIVA ON THE STAND SAYS DOWIE’S BANK HAS DEPOS- ITS OF $500,000, BUT NOT A CENT IN CASH. Chicago, June 21.—Wilbur G. Voliva, the present head of Zion City, who succeedéd Dowie as manager of the city and its properties, was the first witness for the defense in the hearing now going on before Judge Landis in the federal court to determine the rightful manager of the city and its interests, Voliva testified that when he as- sumed control of Zion City he found In the candy industry a paid up stock of $155,000, an actual investment of $18,000 and a total operating loss, up to_ Jan. 81, 1906, of $93,000. In the supply manufacturing industry a paid in stock of $257,000, amount actually invested $22,000, total less in opera- tion $249,000. In the lace industry paid in stock of $2,824,000, actually in- vested $415,000, operating loss $1,200,- 000. Losses on the other industries were on Jan. 31, 1906, as follows: Food supply, $27,000; railway construction, $4,000; printing house, $450,000; hotel, $173,000; transportation, $11,000. Not a Dollar in the Bank. “Zion City bank,” said the witness, “has deposits amounting to $500,000, but not one dollar in the bank to pay any of the $500,000. Every day there was a long line of people in front of the bank looking for their money. Some of them would get 50 cents, some 75 cents and some nothing at all. Every one of the people had $1.- 000 or more on deposit. I found that $2,000,000 had been diverted and that the losses on operating the different industries up to that time amounted to $2,529,800. “I found that the laboring men were receiving only enough to exist upon and their pay was far behind. Many of them were’ paid in coupons’ and when. I ‘assumed management about $30,000 in these coupons was out- standing. I found many people at the verge -of--starvatiom; metably a. Mr, Haskins, who had an annual income in Australia of $3,000. I gave him a ton of coal and food to keep him alive.” SAYS - PLATT IS BIGAMIST. Mrs. Wood Alleges She Was Married to New York Senator. Colon, Mich., June 21.—Mrs. Mae Catherine Wood, who since the mar- riage of United States Senator Thomas C. Platt to Mrs, Lillian T. Janeway announced that she would publish a work entitled “Love Letters of a Boss,” has, it is alleged, turned ‘over to her attorneys, O’Flaherty & Fulton of Richmond, Va., what she insists is a marriagé certificate. By this- she will seek to establish her marriage to Senator Platt. Letters requesting her presence at a hotel in New York eity on Nov. 9, 1901, the time of the alleged marriage, will be shown as additional evidence. According to the attorneys Platt and Mrs. Wood were married by one Edward W. Rice, an ordained Episco- pal clergyman, and the witness to the ceremony was J. V. Jones, a retainer or employe of Senator Platt, Mrs. Wood asserts that the marriage was entered into Nov. 9, 1901, a gloomy ‘Saturday afternoon, in a suite of the hotel, and Senator Platt had exacted a promise from her at the time to keep the marriage a secret until he should wish to announce it. DECISION AGAINST IVENS. Chicago Man Sentenced to Hang De- nied Writ of Supersedeas. Springfield, Ill, June 21.—The su- preme; court has denied a writ of su- persedeas to Richard Ivens, sentenced to hang in Chicago Friday for the murder of Mrs. Franklin C. Hollister. Chief Justice Scott read the opinion of the court. The decision reviewed at some length the testimony, partic- ularly dwelling on the confessions of® Ivens, and said that there was nothing to show that Ivens had been unduly influenced to make the confessions and that the evidence warranted the verdict of the jury. Ivens’' attorney announced an intention to take the case to Governor Deneen and en- deavor to secure a stay of execution until the state board of pardons can hear the case. For Governor of Vermont, Montpelier, Vt., June 21.—Fletcher D. Proctor, son of Unit2d States Sen- ator Redfield Proctor, has been nom- inated by acclamation for governor of Vermont at the Republican state con- vention. Liberal Governor Removed; Vologda, Russia, June 21.—M. Lodv- gensky, the Liberal governor: who tried to stop the Black Hundred agi- tation here, haa been removed_from office. Serious In South Hussia. - St. Petersburg, June 20.—Private letters from Kharkoff predict that the enure south of Russia’ will be in a ! state of open revolution in a month.