Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, August 7, 1906, Page 1

-y VOLUME 4. NUMBER 9 HAS MANY DEPOSITORS TWENTY-TWO THOUSAND PER- SONS AFFECTED BY FAILURE OF CHICAGO BANK. BASHIER SAID TO HAVE ABSCONDED WARRANT ISSUED FOR HIS AR- REST ON THE CHARGE OF EMBEZZLEMENT. Chicago, Aug. 7.—The Milwaukee Avenue State bank, one of the largest outside of the down town district and having deposits of more than $4.200,- 300, has closed its doors follow a run on the institution. The first inti- mation of trouble was the appearance at the bank of twenty policemen who had been dis atched to prevent antiei- pated disorders, the police department having been notified ofticially that one of the officers of the bank had ab- gconded. The suspicion of depositors was aroused by the sight of the policemen stationed in front of the bank and in a short time large numbers of those who had mouey in the bank appeared and demanded thefr deposits. At one time the run assumed the proportions of a riot, but the turbulence of the crowd was finally quelled by the po- lice. The news of the suspension spread rapidly and soon several of the smaller banks in the vicinity were besieged by depositors. Capitalized at $250,000. The Milwaukee Avenue State bank was organized in 1890 by Paul O. Stensland, who is_president, The cap. ftal stock of the bank Is §260,000 and the surplus is given ut $250,000. A large part of the deposits, stated to be in the neighborhood of $4,200,000, is said to be the earnings of working people. President Stensland is at present in St. Paul on his annual vaca- tion. Henry W. Hering, cashier of the bank, is missing and a warrant charg- ing him with embezzlement has been sworn out. At the same time State Bank Exuminer C. C. Jones issued a statement that the whereabouts of three officers of the bank is unknown to him and that the bank is without an official head. During the absence of President Stensland his son, Theodore Stens- land, has been in charge. Reports were general that the al- leged defaleation would reach $100,000 or more. Police Inspector Shippy re- celved information from a subordinato sent to the bank that one of the offi- cials of the institution had been gam- bling on horse races. It is said that the list of depositors includes over 92,000 persons. LOOTED OF $700,000. That Amcunt of Bogus Notes Found in Suspended Bank. Chicago, Aug. 7.—The Daily News says: It develops that the Milwaukee Ave- nue State bank has been looted to the extent of $700,000. This amount of bogus notes was found, it is stated, by a member of the clearinghouse commiitee and thal the trouble was first revealed by the president of the bank himself, Paul O. Stensland. — ROCKS BOAT TO FRIGHTEN BOY. Michigan Man and Eight-Year-Old Son Drowned. Mount Clemens, Mich., Aug. 7.— Joh Willman and his son Albert, aged eight, were drowned while rowing in the Clinton river in a small boat. The father rocked the boat to.frighten the little fellow and accidentally capsized it. Mrs. Willman sat on the bank of the river and saw the accident. Bargains in Pants In order to close out the balance of our stock of Men’s pants we will make a great reduction in our prices. Look at our win- dows and you will be con- vinced that we mean what (T we say. Gent’s Furnishings 15c¢ collars............5c 25¢ suspenders. . ... .. .18¢c Men’s 50c ties. . . ....38¢ Dry Goods Look at our 10¢ Embroid- ery counter. We have some unheard of values. Muslin Underwear Ladies’ Muslin Underwear at cost Ladies’ Some Good Values in Ladies’ Collars at 15¢ and 35¢ i Collars New Belts and Purses A Shipment of Ladies’ Belts. Them Over. Look Satisfaction Guaranteed "or Your Money Cheerfully Refunded. E. H. WINTER & (0. PHONE BEMIDJI, NO. 30 MINN. Guenstern, Sun of Ole Torgrinson, Hides in ‘Bushes Last Evening and Makes Noises Like a Bear to Scare Two-Brothers and a Friend—Older of Lads Siezes Gun and Fires Fatal Shot. It Is Not Likely That an Inquest Will Be Held. 5 Guenstein Torgrinson, a 10- year-old boy, was shot and killed in Frohn township yesterday evening by his brother Torgrin, 15 years old. The younger brother had gone into the bushes to act the part of a bear and scare his comrpanions, and the older boy, never dream- ing that he was shooting his brother, fired at what he thought was a wild animal, and pierced young Guenstein through the heart. Death was almost instan- taneous. No blame can attach to anyone, seemingly, and an inquest will probably not be held, although the coroner and County Attorney McDonald have been notified. The funeral will be held tomor- row. The accident occurred at dusk and only a little way from the home of the father, Ole Torgrin- son, seven and a half miles south- east of Bemidji and two and a half miles northeast of Rosby. Torgrin and a neighbor boy}lads were pretty badly scared. were where they had been with a team home the cows. the cows, while home, Instead of staying there, how- ever, the little fellow after he had unhitched the horses, ran back down the road to meet the other boys, They were coming through the fields with the cows, but they did not see him and it oc- curred to him that here would be a fine chance to play a joke and fool his older companions. So he hid in the bushes near the road and when the boys came up began to make a noise and jump around like a wild animal. Bears are not so uncommon in BEMIDJ1, MINNESOTA, TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 7, 1906. FROHN ROY MISTAKES BROTHER FOR A WILD BEAR AND SHOOTS HIM DEAD returning from Rosby and were a half mile or ' so from home when they were met by Guenstein and Gunder, Torgrin’s younger brothers, who had been sent to tell the lattsr to bring The two boys in the wagon and Gunder went for Guenstein jumped in the wagon and drove the woods in Frohn and the three|boy was taken to his home, fact that thé strike is lkely to cause them the loss of an immense amount of money, but they insist that the fight is to a finish and say prepara- tions for such a contingecy were made weeks ago when the Employers’ asso- clation met in Pittsburg and raised a strike fund. The president of one of the largest lithograph concerns in New York estl- mates the number of strikers in this city at 8,000 and the total out through- out the country at 20,000, or about two-thirds of the whole number of men engaged as lithographers or di rectly associated with this branch of the husiness, GAIN THEIR DEMANDS. 8triking Dock Laborers at Head of |, Lakes Resume Work, Superior, Wis., Aug. 7—The strik- ing dock laborers of Superior, Itasca and the East End, who went out Sat- urday, have returned to their work victorious and with a scale signed with nine of the eleven docks affected. The other two will, it is claimed, sign the scale demanded. Although police- men were stationed in numbers about the docks Saturday night and part of Sunday no rioting occurred. CULLOM IS ENDORSED. Result of lllinols Primary Ballot on United States Senator. Chicago, Aug. 7.—Senator Shelby M. Cullom has prevailed at the Repub- lican primaries. After one of the most spectacular controversies ever seen in the state he won Cook county by a plurality of more than 17,000, while what meager returns are in from out- side points indicate that he has se- cured districts enough to assure him victory over his principal opponent, former Governor Richard Yates. Sen- ator Cullom’s plurality in the state is estimated at from 25,000 to 50,000. Of all the candidates, either Demo- cratic or Republican, Congressman William Lorimer of the Sixth district STRIKERS’ ORGANIZATION AT 8T. PETERSBURG CRUSHED BY THE GOVERNMENT. REVOLUTIONIST CAMP IN. CONFUSION One of the youngsters carried a 22-calibre rifle and Torgrin, grasping it out of his friend’s hands, said he was not afraid of the bear and advanced toward the bush with leveled gun, He waitad until he saw some- thing black and fired. There was acry, and the wounded boy rushed out of the -bushes toward the road. In aninstant Torgrin saw what he had done and was almost beside himself with grief and terror. “Are you hurt, Guenstein,” he cried. The brother did not answer. He clasped his hand to his heart in a pitiful sigh of agony and pitched forward on his face in the road. His companions rushed to his side and picking the little fellow |up in their arms, carried him to the home of John Norbo, a neigh- bor. There it was discovered that the bullet had pierced the breast just above the heart, and that there were no signs of life, From the neighbor’s, the dead HOPE NOW CENTERED IN MOS- = | COW, BUT THAT CITY I8 REPORTED QUIET. Bt. Petersburg, Aug. 7.—The govern- | ment has practically succeeded in crushing the organization of the strike leaders here. The central committee of the Social Democrats has been cap- T tured and placed in prison and the | Sreatest confusion prevails in the rev- { olutionary camp. The hope of the rev- | olutionists i3 now centered in Moscow. 4 The St. Petersburg railroad committee has decided to await the result of the strike at Moscow before attempting to 4 order out the men. Wednesday is now the day on which they say the rail- road strike will begin. The employes of several of the street raiiroad lines who struck Saturday have resumed work, The prefect of police of Cronstadt, Asting under the authority of the com- 3 : der of the fortress, has motified fte striking longshoremen there that they return to work they will expelled from the island. ! The authorities are using all the means at their disposal to block the ‘revolutionary moves in every direction and appear-convinced that the strike T where he nowlies. fifim VOYAGE IN AtRSHIP|OVER THREE HUNDRED TWO AERONAUTS MAKE FLIGHT FROM NEW YORK CITY TO CONNECTICUT. NUMBER OF LIVES LOST BY DIS. ASTER TO ITALIAN STEAM- SHIP SIRIO. Noank, Conn, Aus. 7—The big bal-| BRUTAL PANIC FOLLOWS ACCIDENT loon Nirvinia, carrying Dr. Julian P. Thomas of New York and a profes- sional aeronaut, ascended from a point on the East river in New York city shortly before 9 o'clock Sunday night and landed their passengers in the middle of this village at 5:40 Monday morning after one of the longest flights ever taken by a passenger bal- loon in this country. Dr. Thomas said that he was compelled to land to get water, his supply having given out a few hours before. After filling their tanks the balloonists rose and the light wind carried them in an easterly direction. Dr. Thomas said that the trip had been one of the most success- ful he had ever taken and so far had been without a mishap of any kind. The trip from New York to this point covered about 140 miles. While off Bridgeport the balloon descended un- til the aeronauts came close enough to Long Island sound to enable them to carry on a conversation with a yacht- Ing party. This was about 1 o’clock in the morning. EMIGRANTS USE KNIVES IN BAT- TLE FOR CONTROL OF THE LIFEBOATS. Cartagena, Spain, Aug. 7.—Over 300 emigrants, most of them Italians and Spaniards, were drowned in the wreck of the Italian steamship Sirio off Hor- megas island, from Genoa for Barce- lona, Cadiz, Montevideo and Buenos Ayres, with about 800 persons on board. The remainder of the passengers and the officers and crew got away in the ship’s boats or were rescued by boats from the shore. Several fishermen who made at- tempts at rescue were drowned. Those rescued from the vessel are now at Cape Palos in pitiable condi- tion, being without food or clothing. The disaster occurred while the Brant Rock, Mass, Aug. T7.—Dr. Thomas’ balloon landed here just be- fore noon without mishap. The bal-| steamer was threading a difficult pas- loonists had to land at Brant Rock or | sage through the Hormegas group, be carrled out over Massachusettsl where the Bajos Hormegas reef is a bay. The air line distance from Noank ! gontinual menace to navigation. to this point is about 100 miles. The vessel began to settle rapidly immediately after she had struck and a terrible scene of panic and con- fusion ensued on board. The fisher- men along the coast sought to render i every assistance In their power and sent out boats, which brought many survivors ashore. Captain Ends His Life. When the captain saw that the ves- sel was lost and that the emigrants Claude Porter of Centerville and John | had captured the boat he committed D. Denison of Dubuque; but for other | 8uicide with a revolver. The other places on the ticket there has been = ©fficers then lost their heads and there little talk. There is no factional Was mobody to direct the crew. alignment visible on the ticket or plat-! _Eyewltnesses give awful pictures of form. i the brutal panic that followed. For Regarding one. thing all who have half an hour the emigrants were mas- arrived are fully agreed and that is ters of the situation. They completely for a strong endorsement of Bryan for , Overcame- the crew by sheer force of president. Among the most conspicu-, Bumbers and this in spite of the efforts ous in this movement are those who of the officers, who tried to save the in the past have opposed Bryan, It Women and children first. is expected that the tariff plank in the | A group of emlgrants approached platform will demand immediate re-| One of the ship’s boats, which was vision and the placing of some articles | 8lready full and which was about to on the free list. i be launched, and dislodged the people, killing several with their knives. Just WILL ENDORSE BRYAN, lowa Democcrats Gathering for Their State Convention, Waterloo, Ia., Aug. 7.—Delegates to the Democratic state convention are on hand in larger numbers than usual a day in advance of the convention. The leading candidates for governor are George W. Ball of Jowa City, SIX CHILDREN ORPHANED. | as they were about to occupy the boat: themselves another body of emigrants came up and a flerce fight for the life- boat followed. Many et the survivors brought fowa Man Kille His Wife and: Com. mits Suicide. Des Moines, Aug. 7.—Because his wife’/refused to accompany him home , @shore were seriously wounded and n| gy after visiting relatives L. Mitchell of | humber had sustained fractured Gurlew killed her and then turned| limbs. Some of the injured subse- the pistol upon himself. While she | Quently died. was dying he kneeled at her !lde.l The Sirlo had seen twenty-three begging forgiveness, before turning| years of service, but she was consid- the gun upon himself. He dled in | €red to be in a seaworthy condition. half an hour. Six children are or-| She was bullt of iron and wood, had a phaned by the tragedy. Discord in | 8Ingle screw, was of 4,000 tons gross the family is sald to have caused the | register and had a speed of 15 knots murder and suiclde. Baradi, was a native of Genoa and a vetern seaman. T — R:a ;Ilar Continues, Yelisavetpol,, Aug: 7.—The race war between ‘Tartars and Armenfans. at Bhusha has recommenced with great- er tary the fl!htlns continues. Michigan Miners Strike, Houghton, Mich., Aug. 7.—The day shift of trammers at Adventure mine at Greenland struck during the morn- ing for an advance in wages of 26 centd a day. The strikers presented their demands ten days ago, which per hour. Her captaln, Gulseupe‘ leaders cannot gather sufficient head- way to endanger the life of the state. Indeed, they believe that nothing more than local strikes, which wiil soomn de- = generate into the old story of crime and terrorism, will result. The prin- clpal danger is expected in South Rus- sla, from which the tide might sweep - northward. 2 and Congressman James R. Mann put up the most spirited campaign for re- nomination. Both won their districts by handsome majorities. In the Eight- eenth Joseph G. Cannon, speaker of the house of representatives, had no opposition and his renomination is as- sured. PULAJANES RAID ABUYON KILL A NUMBER OF PERSONS AND BURN THE MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS. CANNOT HANDLE THE CROWDS, LACKS PUBLIC S8YMPATHY. 8trike at St. Petersburg Doomed to Failure, St. Petersburg, Aug. 7—Unless dis- patches from the interior within a few hours entirely change the situation the_general strike promises to prove & complete failure. Although the Lib- erals are strongly opposed to the course of the government they shrink from precipitating a_revolution and ‘thehorrors-of-a civil war, in which the country weuld be plunged-if the plans‘of the proletariat leaders were = successful. ‘Not only is the sympathy of the intelligent public lacking, but in St. Petersburg the leaders of the various labor organizations find many of the followers lukewarm and even in open rebellion against their orders. When the central committee of the Printers’ union adjourned many of the men returned to their cases with the: result that four newspapers appeared in the morning. The central commit- . = tee of the railroad men’s unions finds 80 many of the men either opposed to a strike or afraid to risk the loss of their positions, with imprisonment into the bargain, that it has not yet so far as known issued a'formal order io strike. If the train. service is not brought to a standstill the collapse ot .the strike movement is inevitable, Ellis lIsland Immigrant Station Will Be Enlarged. ‘Washington, Aug. 7. — Tentative plans will he prepared by Supervising Architect of the Treasury Taylor for extensive improvements at the Elliz {sland immigrant station in New York bay. When ccngress comnvenes next December recommendations for the improvements will be made. ‘While the Ellis island plant is large it never was intended to accomme- date 5,000 immigrants a day and, dur- ing the past two or three years, that number frequently has arrived. While no estimate yet has been made of the cost of the improvements and the proposed new construction it is- likely that it will aggregate about $150,000. TWENTY PEOPLE INJURED. Manila, Aug. 7.—One hundred and fifty Pulajanes pierced the military cordon, burned the municipal build: ings, killed the ex-president of the town, two former members of the con- stabulary and three policemen at Abu- yon, island of Leyte, twenty miles from the scene of the recent fight. One hundred soldiers and constab- ulary are in pursuit of the leaders. Major Crawford and Captain Knau- ber, with a lleutenant and eight con- stabulary men, were ambushed by Igorrotes while shooting the rapids of the Abulung river, in Northern Luzon, on a bamboo raft. Major Crawford and Captain Knauber and five men were wounded. with arrows. They were unable to return the fire because the enemy weve hidden on the ‘wooded banks of the river. This outbreak is inexplicable, as hitherto the Igorrotes have been peacable, Passenger and Freight Trains Collide in Missouri. St. Geneveve, Mo., Aug. 7.—Twenty people were injured in a head end col- Ifsion between a passenger and freight train on the 'Frisco road here. The engines were demolished and the tracks torn up for a considerable dis- tance. The injured were sent to St. Louis. | 2 The passenger train was a spectal’! from St. Louis bearing representas tives of the Knights of Columbus. Cuts and bruises comprised the injuries, and none of the passengers was fatal- ly hurt. The engine crews: jumpel and escaped. It is claime at- the accident was due to the freight train running in on the main track from a switch before the passenger train had passed. Three coaches of the passen- ger were derailed and traffic was con- situation, have thus far refused to join siderably dslayed ~|in the strike. The employes of the | CIRCULATED BY AN AMERICAN. | Kazan road, who stopped work with- 5 out orders from the central commit- tee, have returned to their posts and trafic over the road has been re- sumed. LIVELY SESSIONS EXPECTED. Teamsters’ International Union in An- nual Convention. Chicago, Aug. 7.—Union teamster feaders from many cities in the United States and Canada gathered here dur- ing the day for the opening session of -the annual convention of the Interna- tional Brotherhood of Teamsters. The political disturbances within the or- ganization, which will be brought to a focus in the election, are expected to provide stormy meetings and before the convention was called to order there was a division of opinion as to ‘whether the internal disputes should be fought out in open meeting or be- hind closed doors. C. P. Shea, the president, who is out for re-election, | with Albert Young and a number of . other aspirants for the presidency of the organization against him, favored public sessions. LEADERS' ARE DIVIDED. ~ - Failure of Strike at Moscow Seema S Certain. > Moscow, Aug. 7.—The day’s develop- ments’ presage a failure of the strike. The leaders are divided as to its op- portuneness and their irresolution is | affecting the spirits of the men. The rallroad men, who hold the key to the Warning Aniericans t¢ Leave Mexico. Mexico City, Aug. 7.—The Imparclal charges that the recently circulated handbills warning Americans to leave the country before Sept. 16 were cir- culated by an unknown American, who went from station to station distribut- Ing and posting the pretended procla- mation. The Imparcial also asserts that certain rallway companies in Texas and California have taken part In promoting the circulation of false and scasational reports. The ecfrculars were apparontly signed by the Mexican I eague of Rail- way Employes, but this group -of ‘workmen declare positively that they had notting to do with the matter. ONE KILLED AND TWENTY HURT. Handbills DEATH OF- MRS. LAWSON. Sebastopol Still Isolated. Odessa, Aug. 7.—Sebastopol 1s stiit telegraphically isolated, but steamer arrivals from that port report that all is quiet there. The sallors of - the fleet and soldiers of the fortress ap- parently are disheartened by the flasco resulting from the Northern mutinies. Wife of Boston Financier Succumbs to Heart Disease. < Scituate, Mass,, Aug. 7.—Mrs. Thomas W. Lawson, wife of the Bos- ton financier, is dead at Dreamwold, Mr. Lawson’s summer liome here. Mrs. Lawson had been saffering from heart disease for several months. ‘With the excc; tion of her son Ar-| . nold all of Mrs. I awson’s children and her husband wcre at her bedside when the end came. Arnold Lawson arrived home shortly afterward. ¢ Mrs. Lawson, befcre her marriage to Mr. Lawson in 1878, was Miss Good- willie of Cambridre. LR MUCH WORK TIED UP Skrydioff Leaves Sebastopol. London, Aug. 7.—A dispatch to a ‘news agency from St. Petersburg says it 18 reported that Admiral Skrydloff, commander of the Black sea fieet, has left Sebastopol for Odessa on a tor- pedo boat. Thousands of Miners Out. Lugansk, Russia, Aug. 7.—A general strike has been proclaimed: here. Twelve thousand miners have stopped work. Fifty . thousand men are now out in the Donets basin mining region. Heavily Loaded Car Overturns While Rounding a Curve. Danville, 111, Aug. 7.—A heavily loaded car on the Danville-Urbana in- terurban line was overturned wh'le rounding a sharp curve here at night. Kelly Smoot, a constable, was kill-d, and twenty padsengers seriously in- jured. The accident was caused by & drawbar pulling out of the front trucks. The car rolled down a ten- foot embankment. Lithographers' Strike Affects Twenty Thousand Men. New York, Aug. 7.—Lithograph ; work and printing representing thou- sands of dollars is tied up in this city a8 & consequence of the strike of _lithographers -and assistants. | - At this time of the year much color ealendar work s done for deliyery in ‘the fall.and unless the orders now. in hand can be promptly filled the loss to the employers will, it is sald, be considerable. Contracts for the de livery for this as well as other litho-| graphing usually contains. a ke clause,” but there is nothing to pre.| d vent the customer cancelling his order it the work ia not delivered on time.| _BLECTRIC CARS CRASH. Three Killed and Forty Injured Nea - Vermillion, 0. g Vermlillion, 0., Aug. 7.—In & headon collision on a curve between two pas- o senger cars on the Lake Shore Elec- . Glven Seven-Year Sentence. tric road two people were Kkilled out: 'Warsaw, N. Y, Aug. 7.—Former|right, a third dled on t y 1 County Auditor John W. Neft, convict- | hoapital ind _ larceny in connection { veyml"l::dd