Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, June 25, 1906, Page 1

SETRTr The Bemidji Daily Pioneer VOLUME 4. NUMBER 57. BEMIDJ1, MINNESOTA, MONDAY, JUNE 25, 1906. TEN CENTS PER WEEK JEWS PANIC STRICKEN RESIDENTS OF BIALYSTOK, RUS- 8lA, FEAR RENEWAL OF MASSACRES. DEEDS OF LAWLESSNESS NUMEROUS RECORD OF ASSASSINATIONS OF OFFICIALS SHOWS NO FALLING OFF. 8t. Petersburg, June 25.—Dispatches from Blalystok report that the eciti- zens there are panic stricken owing to unconfirmable rumors that the ex- cesses will be revived. There Is a gen- eral display of ikons and crosses be- fore the houses to protect the inhah- ftants from attack; patrols are to be seen everywhere and striet martial law is enforced. Three men, two of whom were Christians, were recently | shot for failing to obey orders to halt. | In St. Petersburg a sergeant of po- lice was killed during the night In the turbulent Narva district, which is the center of an armed revolutionary or- ganization. MONEY IS RECOVERED. Russian Robbers Kill Messenger and Some time and the icemen will Secure $125,000, Kiev, Russia, June 25.—Messengers on the Southwestern railroad who were carrying $125,000 were attacked by four robbers, who killed one mes- senger, wounded a second, seized the money and drove away at a gallop in a cab. Two of the messengers pur- sued the robbers and wounded the asked the stocking. robber who was carrying the money with the result that he fell from the cab and the money was recovered. i ‘common pleas court today Judge {men who were found guilty of WORKHOUSE AND FINE FOR |0FFIGIALS WAKING UPDROWNS IN LAKE KABEKONA [Big ONES T6 ESCAPE CONSPIRING OHIO ICEMEN COURT PASSES SENTENCE ON 5 Consplraco, ~ Restraint of Trade Is Crime @'-‘b hich They are Iu. 6},0 o, They Must Pay $5,6 k.‘a d Pound.Rock for One Yeax Time. Toledo, Ohio, June 25.—In Kinkade imposed the maximum sentence of a $5,000 fine and one year in the workhouse on five ice- conspiracy in restraint of trade. The court said the sentence might be lessened in event the men made restitution. Hear- ing on motions for arrest of judgment cannot be heard for stand committed until the fines, are paid or the sentences are otherwise disposed of. ‘Wit In the Workbasket. “What's the old lady doing now?” “Getting a needle and wool,” replied the thimble. “Well, I'll be darned!” ejaculated the ! stocking flercely. ' DOINGS IN IMPORTANT STOCKS Gent’s Furnishings. A look at our window will convince you of the good values we are offering at very low prices. Summer Goods. . We have a large stock of lawns and are giving special prices on a number of patterns. LOOK at our 5 They are well made Shoes and 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 Remember we do not advertise all of our special An inspection of our counters will prove our a sale. bargains. statements. cent lace counter. 10 cent and 12 cent values for 575 Ladies’ Summer Under Garments. and of the k. H. Winter & Co. Phone Number 30, Bemidji. best materials. DRAMATIC SCENE AT INQUEST. Woman Angrily Resents Insinuations of Coroner. New York, June . 25.—Dramatic swenes attended the day’s proceedings &t the coroner’s inquiry into the desth | of Mrs. Alice D. Kinan, who was beat- en to death at the home of her mgther in the Bronx on the night of June 8. Mrs. Stenton, the aged mother of the murdered woman, was undergoing ex- amination by Coroner McDonald when he suddenly asked her: “Isn’t this the hammer with which you killed Alice?” at the same time exhibiting the weapon. “How dare you suggest U killed my daughter?” cried the witness, her syes flashing and her body shaking with anger. “I know nothing about the hammer and I don't know how it came to be hidden in my room. I never saw it before.” At another point during the exam- ination Mrs. Stenton started to leave the room, but was persuaded to re- sume her seat. “You've got to tell us all you know about this case,” she was told by Assistant District Attor- ney Cardoza. “I don’t know anything about it,” retorted Mrs. Stenton. “Did you do it?” asked Mr. Cardoza, shaking his finger in her face. “No,” she shrieked. “Why don’t you kill me instead of asking me all these questions?” These outbursts on the part of the witness came at the end of two hours of a vigorous cross-examination. 'She had answered every question without hesitation bat threw very little new light upon the case. LONGWORTHS IN GERMANY. Hundred Persons Their Arrival. Kiel, Germany, June 25.—Several hundred people assembled at the rail- road station here to cheer Congress- man Longworth and Mrs. Longworth on their arrival here from London. Lieutenant Commander William L. Howard, the American naval attache, representing the embassy at Berlin, and Frederick W. Whitridge, who was the special ambassador of the United States at the wedding of King Alfonso and Queen Victoria of Spain, an old acquaintance, met them at the station. The travelers were driven to a small Several Witness hotel standing in the Yacht club‘ grounds and overlooking the bay. DUKE OF ALMODOVAR DEAD. Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs Passes Away. Madrid, June 25.—The Duke of Al- modovar, minister of foreign affairs, who acted as president of the confer- ence on Moroccan reforms held at Algeciras early in the present year, died at 2:50 p. m. He was born in 1854, Must Fulfill Obligations. Berlin, June 25.—A special dispatch to the Lokal Anzeiger from Cologne says the imperial government intends to exercise influence with the German fire insurance companies to secure the legal fulfillment of their obligations as set forth in their San Francisco fire policies. France Renounces Treaty. Paris, June 256.—The council of min- isters has decided to remounce the commercial treaty between France and Spain owing to the increased du- ties under the new Spanish tariff. The maximum French rates will be applied against Spain from July 1. CONTESTED ELECTIONS. House Disposes of Two Cases Re- ported by Committees. ‘Washington, June 25.—The house has adopted unanimously the report of the committee on elections No. 2 that Ernest E. Wood was not elected to membership in the house of repre- sentatives in the Fifty-ninth congress from the Fifteenth congressional dis- trict of Missourl and that Harry M. Coudrey was elected to said member- »#hip. There was applause on the Repub- Hcan side when, on request of Mr. Bartholdt of Missouri, Coudrey placed himself at the bar of the house to take the oath. The house also adopted a resolution that A. J. Houston was not elected a member of the Fifty-ninth congress from the Second congressional district of Texas. The sitting member, M. L. Brooks, therefore retained his seat. TILLMAN REFUSES .TO SIGN. Conference Report on Rate Bill Not Satisfactory to Him. Washington, June 25.—Senator Cul- lom has signed the conference report on the railroad rate bill, adding his name to that of Senator Elkins and Representailves Hepburn, Sherman and Richardson. Senator Tillman did not sign the report and it was turned over to Representative Hepburn to present to the house. It is expected that the refusal of Senator Tillman to pubscribe to the agreement in regard to the McLaurin commodity amend ment, which would permit pipe lines to_carry commodities they produce, will result in debate in the senate when the report is presented there for adoption. The wasp has one streng point,~but 1t is not in his favor. _— SENATOR PORAKER CALLS AT- TENTION TO CONVICTIONS UNDER ELKINS LAW. A o COVERS ALL EVILS IF ENFORCED DECLARES IT WOULD BE MOST FORTUNATE IF PENDING RATE BILL FAILED. PR, ‘Washington, June 25. — Senator Long has introduced in the senate a Tesolution calling mpon the attorney general for a statement of all suits brought under the Sherman anti-trust law and the interstate commerce law, together with the facts as to their disposition. ‘When the resolution was presented Senator Foraker moved to amend by calling for the extension of the state- ment so as to make it cover sults brought under the Elkins law. In support of his amendment Mr, For- aker sald he was satiefled that thel statement would show that -the EIl- kins law covers “every evil of which any human being has made complaint since this railroad discusslon began.” He cited a number of decisions under the law, including that handed down In the federal court at Kansas City Friday. Senator Bailey said that so far as he had been able to determine some of the parties to the combination al- leged had been convicted while others had not been. He conld not under- stand how one party to a conspiracy could be consmeled ‘guilty and others not, but said: Should Imprison Vlolators. “If the courts will follow this ver- diet by putting in prison every man who has violated the law they will have done much to vindicate the law.” “Yes, indeed,” responded Mr. For- aker, “and that is what I have been contending for the past five or six months.” He declared that if en- forced the Elkins act would prove a remedy for all rebates and diserim- inations. He called attention to the fact that complaints_are to be filed under.that Jaw and said.that the in- terstate commerce commission was now doing the best work it has ever done in taking off the lid and closed with the declaration that the failure of the conference on the railroad rate bill would be the most fortunate thing that could happen for the coun- try, because “a more unnecessary or more mischief making law was never put on the statute books.” After Senator Bacon had presented an amendment asking for details as to the expenditure of $500,000 espe- clally appropriated for the prosecu- tion of cases against the laws men- tioned the resolution was laid aside in order to permit the senate to pro- ceed with other business. TRIAL ENDS IN AGQUITTAL DEFENDANTS IN POSTAL FRAUD! CASE AT WASHINGTON SE- CURE FREEDOM. Washington, June 25.—State Sen- ator George E. Green of New York and Willard B. Doremus of this city have been acquitted, after a trial last- ing four weeks. of the charge of con- SENATOR GREEN. spiracy and brbery in connection with the sale of stanp cancelling machines to the governient for the postal serv- ice. These vere the only charges against the d€endant Doremus. Mr. | Green was tred some time ago on charges of caspiracy in connection with the sale ‘f time recorders to the postoffice depirtment and was ac- quitted. . The charges under which | Messrs. Green ind Doremus were tried and of which they were acquitted were based on the allegations that they entered in‘.o 2 conspiracy wlth’ George W. Bealers, former chief of the division of \sdaries and allow- ' ances in the postofice department, by | ‘which they agreed /o pay him $25 for each cancelling mahine manufactured by the Doremus Machine company and sold to the gvernment for the postoffice departmqt through the pro- ' curement of Beaves. The jury ‘was out omlv. a short ll;a | I AFTER 3-HOUR STRUGGLE TWO SUPPLY BILLS PASSED. Conference Reports on the Measures Adopted. ‘Washington, June 25.—The sundry clvil bill was sent to conference in the house, the conferees being Tawney (Minn.), Smith (Ia.) and Taylor (Ala). The house adopted the conference report on the District of Columbia ap- propriation bill, which passes the measure. The conference report on the post- office appropriation bill was adopted, which passes the bill. The conference report on the bill for the division of the lands and funds of the Osage Indians in Oklahoma was adopted, also the conference-report on the bill authorizing the sale of lum- ber on certain lands reserved for the use of the Menominee Indians in Wis- consin. HOLD THEIR FIRST LEVEE. Number of Americans Meet King Haa- kon and Queen Maud. Trondhjem, Norway, June 25.—King Haakon and Queen Maud held their first levee during the day and the palace again was the town’s center of interest. All the special embassies. statesmen, officials and other prom- inent persons attended. The Amer- ican special ambassador, Charles H. Graves, with his staff and the ladies of the American party, were present. Mr. Graves presented Mr. and Mrs. ‘William J. Bryan, Mrs. 11 Field, Mrs. Eddy, Mrs. Meade and Miss Eddy of Chicago, M Slater and Miss Gwynn of Washington and Mr. and Mrs. Mever of New York. FOREIGNZRS DRIVEN OUT. Had Disglaced American Laborers in Lumber Camps. Clarksburg, W. Va., June 25.—A conflict has occurred between Am ican and foreign laborers in the lum- ber camps at Tioga, in which one for eigner was killed and a number wounded. The trouble was due to the displacement of the Americans by the foreigners. When the news of the affray became known 100 men armed with rifles started from Camden to aid the Americans, but the opponents of the latter escaped to Richwood, forty miles away. The Amerieans de- clare they will not permit the foreign- ars to return to work and moré trou- ble is expected. SOLON TAKES REVENGE. Ousted Massachusetts Legislator Ac- cuses Colleagues. Boston, June 25.—In retaliation for his expulsion from the Massachusetts house of representatives former Rep- resentative Frank Gethro of Boston has made a clean breast to District Attorney John B. Moran of all hej knows abcut bribery and attempted bribery in the house. As a result District Attorney Moran believes he is in possession of abso- lute evidence of bribery and he feels confident that indictments will fol- | low. WIND, STORM IN OKLAHOMA. Fifty Houses Destroyed but No Fatali. ties Reported. Lawton, Okla, June 25—Fifty houses were wrecked between Law- ton and Quanah by a wind storm. A passenger train near Lawton was nearly blown from the track. The storm covered a large area in the Southwest. as known. First Consul General at Congo. Washington, June 25.°— Clarencs Rice Slocum of New York, a son of | the late General Slocum, has been selected to be the first American offi- cial representative in the Congo coun- try, having been designated by the president to fill the newly created post of consul general at. Boma, Congo ] : Free State. His credentials will be directed to King Leopold. MAY OPEN RESERVATION. Action Taken for Indian Allotments at White Earth. St. Paul, June 25.—There now ap- pears to be a probability that part of the White Earth Indian reservation may be thrown open for settlement by the end of the year. A Washington dispatch says that President Roosevelt has signed -the bill for allotments of the reservation lands. entitled to allotments receives 160 acres it is estimated that there is about 144,000 acres of land left which might be thrown open to settlement. The project is of some interest to the Great Northern, Northern Pacific and Soo roads, eack of which has a line running close to the“reservation. - = = Peasanta Execute Polll:e. Voronezh, Russia, June 25.—The peasants of the village of Krutnya- gorkl, enraged at the killing of a cow by iwo members of the rural police called a commune meeting, formally condemned the two men to death and executed the sentence. Russian Prince Slain. Ufa, Russia, June 25.—Prince Man- ueloff, an extensive landed proprietor and a former officer of the guards, was killed on the streets here. The crime, it is supposed, was committed for political reasnns, No one was killed as far i If each of the 3,500 Indians| BEMIDJI YOUTH MEETS SAD END |Clarence Barwise and Young Companion Kpset Boat— Latter Escapes. Barwise Tries to Swim Ashore ] and Is Siezed With Cramps. A sad case of accidental death by drowning occurred Saturday afternoon at Laporte, when Clarence Barwise, after a strug- gle of three ‘hours, finally gave up the fight for life and sank in the deep waters of Lake Kabe- kona. The scene of the accident 1sa deep water lake two or three miles from Laporte and at the place of the drowning the water is 100 feet deep. The young man, with a com- panion, went out in a boat in the morning and in a little scaffle the boat was tipped over and both boys were thrown into the water. Clarence started to swim ashore but after a struggle of three hours was seized with cramps. The other young man grappled the boat and after about two and a half hours suncceeded in saving himself. A searching party consisting rof five boats and about twenty | men went atonce to the place of |the drowning and after a contin- uous search the body was brought to the sur ace late Sun- day afternoon. ~ The body will be brought to the city this evening and is in charge of William - Barwise, an uncle of the dead boy. Mrs T. J. Lilly, mother of the | young man, is nearly overcome ' with grief over the loss of her son. The funeral services will be held tomorrow morning at 10 lo’clock at the Presbyterian church. {BAILEY SEES FATAL DEFECT 8AYS MEAT INSPECTION BILL IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL UN- LESS AMENDED. ‘Washington, June 25.—That there is i & fatal defect in the meat inspection i provision of the agricultural appro- priation hill as it came frem the house of representatives is the opinion of Senator Bailey, as expressed in the ! senate when consideration of Senator Proctor’s motion to send the bill to . conference was resumed. ! He based his criticism on the clanse relating to the inspection of stock entering the packinghouses, saying that it gives a police supervision that the federal government cannot exer- cise. He suggested that the provision should be made to read so as to make it unlawful -to transport from one state to another beef or beef products | that have not been inspected as pro- vided for by law. Mr. Bailey contended that the pro- vision as it stands is not so worded as to make it conform to the constitu- tional provision concerning interstate commerce. The fnspectors could never determine which of the cattle, sheep or swine are to go into interstate com- merce and he predicted there would Dbe another explosion and another agi- tation when the matter is taken into the courts as he had no doubt it would be if there was no amendment. He expressed himsell as anxious to se- cure the most drastic inspection, be- cause, he said, he was satisfied that nothing less would restore confidence and save the beef business from al- most utter annihilation. After further debate on the bill it was sent to conference. ArreAL> FUK RAKVESI HANDS. Governor Hoch Sends Urgent Message to Railroads. Topeka, Kan., June 25.—Governor Hoch has sent the following dispatch to W. J. Black, trafiic manager of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Rail- | road company at Chicago, and to E. 8. McCloud, chairman of the Western Passenger association at Chicago: “Must have 8,000 harvest hands within a week or muck grain will be lost. Help McCloud to- get chelp rates: 1 appeal for heln.” . - NO INDICTMENTS LIKELY TO BE RETURNED AGAINST ROCKE- FELLER OR ROGERS. MINOR OFFICIALS MAY BE NABBED DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE NOT AFTER MERE CLERKS IN TRUST'S EMPLOY. ‘Washington, June 26.—Although the department of justice has announced that it proposes to begin criminal pro- ceedings against the officials of the Standard Oil company the intimation 1s given that it is doubtful if indict- ments may be found against such men. in the Standard Ofl company as John b. Rockefeller, H. H. Rogers and John D. Archbold. An official of the department of jus- tice indicated during the day that, while the government would press the prosecutlons vigorously, he did not have an idea that the high officials of the Standard Oil company would be reached in criminal proceedings eny more than the presidents of rall- roads, personally, are reached througn similar proceedings. “It may be” he said, measuring drom the ground with his hand, “that we may get some of the officials half way up. We are not after mere clerks, but if responsible officials have been violating the law we desire to bring them to book.” Attorney General Moody had a con- ference with the president during the day regarding the proposed prosecu- tions, but declined to indicate when or where the proceedings of the gov- ernment against the Standard Oil company would be instituted. STANDARD OIL SUITS. Government Selects Counsel to Prose- cute Cases, ‘Washington, June 25.—Frank B. Kellogg: of St. Paul, who assisted in the successful prosecution of the pa- per trust, and Charles B. Morrison, the United States district attorney at Shicago, who presecuted the beef trust;-have been engaged by the gov- ernment to begin--eriminal prosecu- tions of the Standard Oil company and some of its high officials. Mr. Morrison will retire from the district attorneyship in the near future. The prosecutions will be brought under the provisions of the interstate commerce law; under the Sherman antt-trust law for conspiracy in re- straint of trade; under the Elkins law, which forbids the acceptance of rebates on shipments, and under sec- tion 5440 of the Revised Statutes pro- viding punishment of a conspiracy to eommit a crime. Instructions have already been given to the district attorneys in whose dis- tricts prosecutions will be started to begin action against this trust and from this time on grand juries will begin indicting the oil trust and its officials. Bills of equity will be pre- sented: to restrain the trust from en- gaging In conspiracies In restraint of trade and indictments of officials of the trust for conspiracy to commit crimes are expected to be found. ACTION AGAINST MERCHANTS. Grand Jury May Be Asked to Bring Indictments. Kansas City, June 25.—Proceedings may be brought against shoe and dry goods merchants of St. Louls, Omaha and Kansas City on a charge of ac- cepting rebates from railways secured for them by George L. Thomas, the New York frelght broker, who, with his chief clerk, L. B. Taggart, were fined and' given a penitentiary sen- tence. These firms, numbering seven, were mentioned by Judge Smith Mec- Pherson in sentencing Thomas and Taggart. He declared that the rebate taker is as guilty as the rebate giver end added: “I assume that these concerns will be proceeded against for receiving these unlawful rebates, which can be done either by {ndictment or informa- tion.” ‘While not admitting that such ac- tion would be begun against these merchants A. S. Van Valkenburgh, the district attorney who prosecuted the cases, intimated that the matter probably would be brought to the at- I tention of the grand jury next fall. TWO NEW BATTLESHIPS. Navy Department Opens Bids for Warships. ‘Washington, June 25. — William i Cramp _& Sons’ Ship and Engine Build- Ing company of Philadelphia was the lowest bidder for ships of the Mich- Igan and South Carolina type with the machinery as prescribed by the navy department. The department plans for machinery will probably be accepted by the navy department in preference to plans of bidders as sub- ! mitted in other proposals. The bids for the prescribed machinery were known as class 1 bids and the Cramps !offered to build a ship of this type {for $3,540,000. The New York Ship- building company offered the next bid In this class, §3,585,000. As one firm 1s allowed to build only one of the ships this second bid will doubtless be accepted in case the department Inldqd to accept the class 1 plana.