Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, August 27, 1906, Page 4

e e - PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT ASKS AID FOR CHILE| ISSUES PROCLAMATION REQUEST- ING CONTRIBUTIONS. TALPARAISO'S LOSS $200,000,000 DESTRUCTION OF LIFE AND PROP- ERTY GREATER THAN AT SAN FRANCISCO. Oyster Bay, N. Y., Aug. 27.—Pres- fdent Roosevelt has issued a proclas mation appealing for aid for earth: fuake stricken Chile. The proclama- tion was issued after a consultation with Acting Secretary of State Bacon at Sagamore Hill. The proclamation reads as follows: “A dreadful calamity has befallen our sister republic of Chile in the de- struction by earthquake of Valparaiso and other localities. We of this na- tion at this moment see the city of San Francisco struggling upwards from the ruins in which a like catas- trophe overwhelmed her last spring. We keep keenly in mind the thankful appreoiation we then felt for the way in which the people of Europe, Asia and both Americas came forward with Benerous offers of assistance. In this time of woe of our sister republic I ask that our people, out of their abundance, now strive to do to an- other as others last spring did to us. The National Red Cross association has already taken measures to cpllect any subscriptions that may be offered for this purpose and I trust that there will be a generous response.” AT VALPARAISO ALONE. Estimated Damage to Property Two Hundred Millions. Santiago, Chile, Aug. 27.—A con- servative estimate places the property loss at Valparaiso as a result of the earthquakes and fires at $200,000,000. The loss in the rural districts will be immense, as not only the residences of the landed proprietors but the huts of the laborers have been completely destroyed and in many places the bridges, fences and telegraph and tele- phone posts have been thrown down. No passenger trains have arrived here from Valparaiso since Aug. 16. It is insisted here that the effect of the disaster in the number of deaths and the amount of property destroyed is probably greater than was the case in San Francisco. great seaport of the republic and its commerce exceeds that of any Pacific port except San Francisco. The en- tire lower part of the city is com- pletely destroyed and the loss of life is felt throughout Chile, because all parts of the country were represented there. Heavy rains are still falling at Val- paraiso, making the misery still great- er. Donations for the relief of the sufferers are arriving here from all parts of the world. Some idea of the state of affairs ex- isting can be formed from the fact that a man rode on horseback from Valparaiso to Santiago, a distance of eighty miles, and could not obtain food or drink for himself or his horse during the entire distance owing to the desolation prevailing. PREPARING TO WELCOME ROOT. Chile’s Plans Changéd as Result of Earthquake. Santiago, Aug. 27.—The United States cruiser Charleston, with Secre- tary Root on board, has arrived at Punta Arenas, on the strait of Magel- lan. The Charleston will reach Lota, 300 miles south of Valparaiso, Aug. 29, where Secretary Root will be received by the Chilean foreign minister and the American minister, Mr. Hicks. The ministers will g0 to Lota on a Chilean eruiser. Valparaiso is the | 8T. PAUL IN THE LEAD, Fresh Outburst of Bullish Enthus on Stock Market. New York, Aug. 27.—The stock market opened with a fresh outburst of bullish enthusiasm, which carried the Harriman stocks to further high records. Twenty thousand shares of Union Pacific changed hands at the outset at 190% to 189% against 189 the previous day's close. Five thou- sand Southern Pacific came out at an advance to 93, half a point above the previous high figure, while 7,600 Unit- ed States Steel common sold at 47% to 475, the top price since 1901, St. Paul, however, was the real feature of the early trading, advancing 3% points, on large transactions, to 195%. The movement in St. Paul was accom- panied by the rumor so frequently heard recently that control of its prop- erty is being sought by Harriman in- terests. Gains of a point or more were made by the Hill issues, Read- ing, New York Central and Smelting. The market became comparatively dull by the end of the first hour and prices fell oft from substantial fractions to a point or more. There were some ex- ceptions to this, chiet of which was St. Paul. COPIED THE WORLD OVER. Joke on Secretary Taft Has Wide Cir- culation. Washington, Aug. 27.—Secretary Taft has found his way into comic papers all over the world as the result of the joke Associate Justice Brewer of the United States supreme court told on the rotund secretary of war at the recent Yale commencement. The pleasantry of the distinguished Jurist was based on a compliment he desired to puy to the chivully of Yale men. “Yale men everywhere are polite,” said Justice Brewer. “But Secretary Taft is the most polite man I ever saw in my life. Why, the other day I was in a street car with him and he 8ot up and gave his seat to three wo- men.” Scores of clippings based on this Joke reach the war department every week. It has found its way into many languages, but the Germans seem to appreciate it most. Many of the Ger- man papers comment on the story at length and say that at last the Yan- kees seem to be developing real wit. UNDER NEW RATE LAW, Railroads -Will Cut Off Passes to Im- migration Agents. St. Paul, Aug. 27.—Thousands of land and immigration agents through- out the West will be deprived of passes on Western railroads by the provisions of the new rate law. The railroads interpret the statute as meaning that the issuance of trans- | portation to these agents is discrim- | ination. The Wisconsin Central, Tlli- nois Central, Great Northern and Min- neapolis and St. Louis already have | announced that they will suspend the | passes and other railroads will take i similar action. Every Western road | has been accustomed to carrying from i 500 to 5,000 land agents on its books. The beneficiaries are scattered from the Canadian to the Mexican line. WILL REMAIN ONLY A WISH, Emperor William Not Likely to Visit America. Berlin, Aug. 27.—The recent discus- sfons on both sides of the Atlantic on the possibility that Emperor William may visit the United States have not been treated seriously by the German press. Official circles do not attach importance to the emperor's recently expressed wish to see America. It is admitted that it is one of his long cherished wishes, but it is regarded as practically certain that it will re- main only a wish. Advantage of Being a Brute. “Do you think animals feel pain as deeply as we do?” “I've never studied the subject, but it is safe to say that they don’t worry las much as we do over pains that have not yet been felt.”—Chicago Record: Hergld. In our relation with one another we are apt to neglect the little things which count so much in making our lives happler. M. E. THURSTON, CANDIDATE FOR SHERIFF, M. E: ’Ehurston, who seeks the republican nomination for sheriff, has been a resident of the county for the past eight years and is well and fnvorably known. -He ranks first among the party work- ers, and having a wide acquaintance, is in a good position to ask your support at the primaries on September 18, 1906, ATTACK ON STI)LYPIN ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF RUSSIAN PREMIER WORK OF FOUR REVOLUTIONISTS. JOUSE WRECKED; MANY CASUALTIES MINISTER'S ESCAPE DUE TO INA- BILITY OF ASSASSINS TO EN- TER PRIVATE OFFICE, 8t. Petersburg, Aug. 27.—Four revo- Iutlonists arrived at M. Stolypin’s willa on Aplekarsky Island at 3:20 p. m. in a coach. Two of them were dressed in the uniforms of gendarmes, the third was dressed as a driver and was ou the box of the coach and the fourth man-was in private clothes. Two of the men entered the villa under the pretext of making an im- portant report to the premier, but they were not permitted to enter his office. One of the men threw a bomb into the reception room and aterrible explosion followed. The house was wl PREMIER STOLYPIN. nearly destroyed, the man who threw the bomb was Xkilled, but the premier, who was in his office, was uninjured. His daughter is said to have had both her legs broken and the premier’s three-year-old. son was severely ‘wounded. General Zameatin Killed. Firemen who arrived on the scene immediately after the explosion found a horrible scene. Many mutilated corpses and a large number of wound- ed and lacerated persons were lying around the spot where the bomb ex- ploded. Among those killed was Gen- eral Zameatin, who during the war with Japan was chief of communica- tion. General Zameatin was the . pre- mier’s personal secretary. About fifty persons were killed or wounded. The two revolutionists who remained in the coach were severely wounded by the explosion of the bomb. Colonel Stein, who was chief of po- lice at the Tauride palace, where the lower house of parliament held its sessions, was also killed. The two revolutionists, or at least one of them, appear to have been able to enter the room occupied by the premier’s secretaries, but were not able to enter the office of the premier, whereupon one of the men hurled a bomb at the wall separating the sec- retaries’ room from the minister’s pri- vate office, resulting. in the revolution- ists being blown to pieces and- the house being -~ almost completely wrecked. . Flames immediately broke out among the wreckage, but the fire wag soon extinguished by the firemen, who_were hastily summoned. It was Premier Stolypin’s reception | day and many visitors were in the house. The exact number of killed or wounded is not known owing to the frightfully mutilated state of many of the corpses and the fact that some of the wounded were carried to nearby residences. It is believed, however, that twenty-five persons were killed and twenty-four wounded people were taken to a neighboring hospital. EMPEROR ISSUES: UKASE. Repressive Measures Will Be Tried Against the Army, St. Petersburg, Aug. 27.—Repressive measures are now to be tried against the army as well as the people. The emperor has issued a ukase increasing all along the line the penalties for the complicity of officers and men in polit- ical conspiracies against the state and insubordination of any kind. More important still is the fact that the discretion now permitted to military courts In the matter of the reduction of the penalties incurred by tonvicted men is entirely withdrawn. Sailors and soldiers henceforth know the im- mutable price of mutiny and treason. The emperor issued the ukase as a permanent law under the power of the fundamental law excluding inilitary laws from the competency of parlia- ment. MANSION FIRED BY PEASANTS. Wife of Prince Palavandoff Burned to Death, Tiflis, Aug. 27.—The country man- slon of Prince Palavandoft at Okoni ‘was set on fire by peasants during the night. - The princess was unable to escape and was burned to death. W G SERSASI * Crm—— BYMPATHV FOR VICTIMS. Chicago Man Sends Check for $40,000 to Bank .-Receiver. Chicago, Aug. 27.—K'rancis S. Pea- body of this city has sent a check for $40,000 to the receiver of the Milwau- kee Avenue State bank to cover every claim held against him at the bank whether in the form of genuine or forged papers. Peabody’s action was taken through sympathy for victims of the bank and a desire to bring about a speedy ad- Justment of the bank’s affairs, JOKER IN TH! RATE BILL. hld Standard oII Employes May Le. gally Ride on Passes. Chicago, Aug. 27.—The Inter-Ocean has interviewed a number of raflroad. officlals as to whether or not there Is a “joker" in the railroad rate bill which favors the Standard Ofl com- pany. The daw makes the Standard Oil company a common carrier and one of its provisions authorizes the issuance of passes to the offtcers, agents and employes of common car- riers and thelr families, The law pro- vides for an “interchange” of passes between common carriers. The Stand- ard Oil coinjyany does not issue passes, but ‘one railroad official said that “if a railroad gives a pass to an agent or any other employe of any other rail- road it does not make it necessary for that railroad to-get a pass from the other railroad in order to make ‘in- terchange of passes’ within the law.” The point {s made that as the Stand- ard Oi] company has an immense num- ber of employes who travel around the .country on business of the corpora- tion the traveling on passes would, in ‘effect, be giving rebates to the Stand- ard Oil company. It is further claimed that if the railroads want to give free transportation to Standard Oil men the government is powerless to inter- fere under the’ Dew rate law. RESPECTED BY BOTH SIDES. Stars and Stripes Float Over Amer- ican Property in' Cuba, Havana, Aug. 27.—The Stars and Stripes are flying conspicuously from points of vantage on American owned properties throughout the disturbed district. Scrupulously respected by both the government forces and the roving bands of insurgents the em- blem of the United States is perhaps exerting a moral influence over sober minded Cubans. Senator Morna Cam- pos Marqueti, Liberal, who has es- poused the cause of the insurgents, has publicly advocated the appoint- went by President Roosevelt of a commission to investigate the charges of fraud in conmection with the last election. Other prominent men en- dorse the idea. Advices from Pinar del Rio and vicinity indicate that the outcome of the expected battle between the gov- ernment troops and the insurgents under Pino Guerra is more in doubt than the officials at the palace are willing to admit. Guerra is believed to have nearly or quite 2,000 men who can be depended upon. They are re- ported to be well equipped with arms and ammunition. RELIGIOUS = FANATICISM. California Woman Follows 8acrificlal Teachinys of Holy Rollers. San Bernardino, - Cal,, Aug. 27.—In an excess of religious zeal following the advent of the “Holy Rollers”, in Southern California Mrs. Josephine Burton Young set herself on fire, hop- ing by the martyrdom of flames to reach the heavénly throne. She drank ofl from a lamp, poyred oil ovér her hair and dress, lit 4. match and soon was writhing in flames. Screaming, she ran through the yard, her cries being min gled with prayers such as the “Holy Rollers” use. Her husband caught her and smothered the flames, but the woman is in a critical condi- tion, BLACK HAND OUTRAGE. by Explosion, New York, Aug. 27.—The lives of forty tenants of a big apartment house in Carroll street, Brooklyn, were endangered and Vincent Chris- tiano, an iron dealer, was seriously hurt by an explosion believed to have | been caused by dynamite. The section where the explosfon oe- curred is rptorious for feuds and Black Hand outrages and the explo- slon may Le traced to these causes. Several persons in the hoase told the police that they had recently received threatening letters. The explosion occurred in Chris- | tlano's store, which is on the ground floor. Its entive front Christiano, who slept in a rear room, was thrown from his bed. Windews In houses for a block were shattered and there was a partial panic among the residents. |I.Ive- of Forty Persons Endangerec THREE KILLED BY BOMSB. Police Captain and Two Palicemen the Victims. Berlin, Aug. 27.—A dispatch to the Tageblatt from Kattowitz announces that a bomb was thrcwn at Bendezin, Russian Poland, killing Police Captain Jakubik and two policemen and dan- ferously wounding another policeman. The bomb was evidently intended for Jakubik, who commanded a patroi which on Monday killed a Jew. The explosion destroyed the district police station. A detachment of Cossacks fired several volleys and wounded a number of passersby. More Oil Indictments. Jamestown, N. Y. Aug. 27.—The federal grand jury for the Western district of New York has returned in- dictments “against the Standard Oil | company and the New York.Central Railroad company, charging violations of the interstate commerce law in giv- ing apd accepting special rates in the shipment of oil. Secretary Wilson at Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Aug. 25.—Secretary of Agriculture Wilson visited Milwaukee during the day and, accompanied by Dr. Behnke, chief of the local meat inspection bureau, visited several of the packinghouses in the city. BUILD TO DULUTH. l Canadian Northern Laying Plans for Extension. Duluth, Aug. 27.—Port Arthur (Can.) reports that the Canadian wiLL *| Northern railroad is now actively lay- ' ing plans for a line from the Canadian ' : Head of the Lakes to Duluth. It has ! peen recognized for some time that the Canadian -Northern would ulti- mately take this step. - It is under- | stood that the road will run down ; through Cook and Lake counties from Gunflint. Writ of Error Applied For, Paris, Mo., Aug. 27.—Application for & writ.of error to the United States supreme court in the case of Mrs. Agnes Myecrs, sentenced to be hanged on Sept. 3, was made here to Judge Brace of the state supreme court. If the writ is granted it will operate as a stay of execution. is wrecked. { | i | o County Treasurer G. H. French, who seeks re-election, has made an enviable record for himself and should receive his nomination straighten out. and re-election at the hands of the people. | the unexpired term of Mr. Shinn, he was given a mass of record to So well has he-done this that his nomination and re-election are due him from the grateful people. Taking the office to fill RIOT ON RACE TRACKS. La Follette’s Audience and Horsemen in a Fight, Reedsburg, Wis., Aug. 27.—A riot on the race tracks in front of the grand stand of the Reedsburg fair grounds at noon prevented Senator Robert M. La Follette from concluding his speech. The trouble came as a result of a + conflict between the horsemen, who insisted upon trying out their horses | preliminary to the afternoon races and ‘ spectators who crowded upon the track to prevent the disturbing of the senator’s speech. { It was a general melee, continuing for half an hour, in which the contend- , ing forces exchanged blows and strug- gled back and forth. | "On the one side were some of the horse owners and stable employes and ; others, while those who pressed to hear the speaker attempted to put a ltop to the lryin" out of the horses. - : l Must Pray on Their Own Fime. Chicago, Aug. 27.—Four girls have been discharged from the Zion City lace factory for failing to obey a rule- requiring them to pray during work hours, but to do so on their own time. It has been the custom to deduct from . the pay of the girls for the time spsnt ‘ in prayer. - JURY UNABLE TO AGREE. Stood Ten to Two for Acquittal of Al leged Mob Leader. Springfield, Mo., Aug. 27.—The jury dn the case of Dave Galbraith, the al- leged leader of the mob that lynched and burned three negroes here in April last, and who was on trial charged with second degree murder, was discharged by the court when it ‘was reported that its members were unable to agree. The jury had con- sidered the case for more than twenty- four hours. After the .jury was dis- charged itS members freely admitted that the vote stood ten for acquittal and two for conviction. Twenty bal- lots were taken without a change. The defense announced it was ready for a new trial immediately. It is mot be- lieved, however, that the state will try the case again. Governor Folk and Attorney General Hadley assisted the prosecution. 4 To Tell Eggs’ Sex. “It is usually possible,” said a chicken farmer, “to tell from an egg’s look. whether it will hatch out a rooster or a hen. The egg that will hatch out a hen is, you see, quite smooth at both ends. The one that will give a rooster | i wrinkled at the point. Sometimes this rule fails, but as.a general thing it holds good.” Excursion Rates STATE FAIR Hamlin Minn., Midway Between MINNEAPOLIS AND ST. PAUL September 3-8 06 Railway Ticket Covers Admission to Fair Tickets will be on sale Sept. l-8,~1906, and will be good returning te -and including September 10, “The Holiday Week of The Year” SPLENDID EXHIBITS---Excellent day and evening amusement programs---Ex- ceptxonal racing events. Special program and dedication of New Livestock Amphi- MINNESOTA theatre on Opening Day. . PLAN THE TRIP NOW For full information see 'ans; agent of the orthern Pacific Raxlway A. M. CLELAND, General Passenger: Agent St. Paul, Mlnn y M. E. HARL : 'l‘nvolin% Passencer Agent 1906. argo, N.