Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 6, 1907, Page 4

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Tokio, Feb. 6.—The press is still silent over the war cry in some Amer- ican papers. Not the slightest excite- ment was apparent here at noon after this war talk was transmitted here and it was generally ignored. It is believed that the anti-Japanese agita- tion by a portion of the American press will afford proof of the futility of an effort to shake the profound confidence which Japan reposes in President Roosevelt and the American people generally. NO BASIS FOR WAR TALK. Japan Replies to Direct Cable From Chicago Paper. Chicage, Feb. 6.—A dispatch to the Tribune from Washington says: In response to a direct cable from the edltor of the Chicago Tribune to Marquis Saionji, minister of foreign affairs at Tokio, the Japanese govern- ment has instructed its embassy here, also by cable, to convey to the Amer- ican people its disavowal of all in- clination toward war with the United States and its belief that the differ- ences between the two countries are and always have been susceptible of pacific treatment. The irperial government of Japan, which acted with similar frankness toward Russia before the war, realiz- ing that the cable from the Tribune indicated that there was some belief in the United States that there might be a war over the California school question, took prompt steps to assure the people of the United States that the friendly feeling between the two nations had never been disturbed in the slightest degree. Willing to Bet on It. Ottawa, Ont.,, Feb. 6.—“There will be no war. I would wager my whole fortune—if 1 had one—that there will be none between the United States and Japan,” said Tatze Gore Nosse, Japanese consul general to Canada, after reading press dispatches sug- gesting the possibility of such a con- tingency over the San Francisco school question. Exclude All Asiatic Labor. Madison, Wis., Feb. 6.—A measure almed at Japanese labor came into the state assembly during the day in the form of a memorial to congress to ex- clude all Asiatic labor. Another peti- tion asks congress to call an interna- tional peace parliament. COMES BY WAY OF MILWAUKEE. Story of Deaths From Cold in North Dakota. Milwaukee, Feb. 6.—Passengers ar- riving in Milwaukee from the North- west report that while a train was stalled in a snowdrift on the Great Northern road a few miles west of Fargo, N. D., last week a party made up of a dozen volunteers left the train in search of food for the passengers and while out came to a farmhouse where they found every member of the family, four in number, frozen to death. In one part of the house were the bodies of the farmer and his wife and nearby the corpses of two chil- dren, frozen stiff. Every bit of furni- ture had been used for fuel and as a last resort the door separating two rooms was unhinged and had also been burned. There appeared nothing left for the family but starvation and death from the cold. The name of the stricken family was not learned. SUIT TO STOP BOND Wabash Road Must Defend Its Pro- posed Action. New York, Feb. 6.—Suit has been begun in the United States circuit court wherein a bondholder of the Wabash Railroad comany se ks to attack the recent issue of $200,000,000 of 4 per cent gold bonds and $16,500,- 000 of preferred and $16,500,000 of the common stock of that corporation upon the ground that the issuance of such securities was illegal, in contra- vention of the road’s own bylaws, re- quiring a consent of all of the holders of its debentures before an exchange of bonds or stocks could be granted. TRAINS ARE ROBBED. Fuel Famine in Canada Causes Hold- ing Up of Engines. ‘Winnipeg, Man., Feb. 6.—Because of the fuel faminc the condition of the people in the smaller towns of Sas- katchewan is most alarming. Trains are being stopped and coal taken from the engine tenders. ISSUE. Gans and Lewis to Meet, Philadelphia, Feb. 6.—Joe Gans of Baltimore and Harry Lewis of Phila- delphia met here and signed articles of agreement for a finish fight for the lightweight championship of the world. The men will fight for $5,000 a side and the biggest purse offered. Blds for the fight will be opened in i cision Philadelphia at noon on Feb. 28. DEFIES SUPREME COURT. lowa Miners’ Union Expresses Cone tempt for Tribunal. Washington, Feb. 6.—Local order No. 2741 of Mynes, Ia., of the Miners’ union, has forwarded to the supreme court of the United States a copy of a resolution recently adopted by it de- claring contempt for the recent de- of the court in the case of Moyer, Haywood and Pettibone. The resolution asserted that the president has pronounced against the men with. out trial and adds: “We condemn and hold in contempt the action of our high officials and courts in this matter and do hereby pledge ourselves, individually and col- lectively, to counteract the false im- pressions made by the subsidized press, to the end that men may know the truth.” They then pledge themselves ta do all in their power to prevent “the coa- summation of the murderous eon- spiracy against our brothers now awaiting (rial in Idaho.” IRONWORKER KILLED. Murder Believed to Be Result of La- bor Trouble. Ashtabula, O., Feb. 6.—George But- ler, a structural ironworker of Buffaio, N. Y., was shot and killed at Ashta- bula Harbor. When Butler was on his way to work he was stopped by three or four men. A fight followed. Shots were fired and Butler fell dead. The men who did the shooting escaped, but the police have arrested a man whom they think was one of the as- sailants. The murder is believed to have been a result of the trouble between union and ncnunion men which hasg been on ever since a Pittsburg com- pany began the extensive improve- ments for the Pennsylvanla company at Ashtabula Harbor. SOLD MORE THAN Kansas City Stock Yards Company Muicted the Farmers. Jefferson City, Mo., Feb. 6.—The house committee, which investigated the Kansas City stock yards, has re. ported that during the past six years the stock yards company sold 14,004 bushels of corn and 15,000,000 pounds of hay more than it bought. The re- port asserts that the company muleted the farmers and shippers out of money they paid for this feed. A bonded weighmaster is recommended wha shall report to the state. IT BOUGHT. TO SUPPRESS BULL FIGHTS. Movement to Abolish the Sport Is Started in Mexico. Mexico City, Feb. 6.—An active cam- paign agafnst bull fights has been begun in this city. Following a mass meeting petitions are being circulated for those who wish to protest formally against the sport. The petitions will be presented to President Diaz when enough signatures have been secured Army Bill Carries $81,500,000. ‘Washington, Feb. 6.—Senator War ren, from the committee on military affairs, has reported to the senate the army appropriation bill and gave no- tice that he would call it up as soon as the Indian appropriation bill has passed. The Dbill carries $81,500,000, an increase of $9,000,000 over the amount carried by the bill as it passed the house. BRIEF BITS OF NEWS. Fire at Mound Valley, Kan., de stroyed ten store buildings, causing a loss estimated at $50,000. The town 1s without fire protection. Mary S. Anthony, sister and lifelong co-worker of Susan B. Anthony, is dead at Rochester, N. Y. Miss An thony would have been eighty years ol in April. The Nevada legislature has passed a joint resolution declaring it a crime for any legislator or state oficial to ride on a railroad pass or to accept reduced rates for transportation from a common carrier. MARKET QUOTATIONS. Minneapolis Wheat. Minneapolis, Feb. 5.—Wheat—May, 80%c; July, 80%c; Sept., 78@78%ec. On track—No. 1 hard, 85¢; No. 1 Northern, 83c; No. 2 Northern, 8lc; No. 3 Northern, 78% @79%ec. Duluth Wheat and Flax. Duluth, Feb. 5—Wheat—To arrive and on track—No. 1 hard, 82%c; No. 1 Northern, 82¢; No. 2 Northern, 80c; May, 807%c; July, 80%c; Sept., 78%ec. Flax—To arrive, on track and in store, $1.22%; May, $1.24%; July, $1.23%. 8t. Paul Union Stock Yards. St. Paul, Feb. 5.—Cattle—Good to choice steers, $5.50@6.25; common to 8ood, $4.00@5.00; good to choice cows and heifers, $3.50@4.75; veals, $4.60@ 6.00. Hogs—$6.75@6.85. Sheep—Weth- ers, $4.75@5.25; good to prime spring lambs, $6.50@7.26. Chicago Grain and Provisions. Chicago, Feb. 6. — Wheat—May, 78%gc; July, 77%@78c. . Corn—-May, 465 @46%c; July, 46% @46%c. Oats —May, 40%c; July, “87%c. Pork— May, $17.72%; July, $17.85. Butter— Creameries, 21@31%c; dairles, 20@ 28c. Eggs—23@26c. Poultry—Tur- keys, 12¢; chickens, 11c; springs, 10c. Chicago Union Stock Yards. Chicago, Feb. b5.~»Cattle—Beeves, $4.10@6.90; cows and heifers, $1.60@ 5.25; stockers and feeders, $2.50@ 4.70; Texaus, $3.60@4.60; calves, $6.00 @7.75. Hogs—Mixed and butchers, $6.76@7.05; good heavy, 1.05; rough heavy, $6.75@6.85; light, $6.76@7.00; pigs, $6.06@6.75. Sheep, l‘3.50@5,70; lambs, $4.85@7.65. $6.87% @ | IN GRASP OF BLIZZARD FIERCE SNOW STORM RAGING ALL ALONG THE NORTH AT- LANTIC COAST. TRAFFIC IS GENERALLY INTERRUPTED DRIFTS SIX FEET HIGH COVER CAR TRACKS ON STREETS OF NEW YORK. New York, Feb. 6.—For more than twenty-four hours New York has been fast in the grip of a flerce northeast Enow storm. Ten inches of snow fell in the twenty-four hours ending at 8 a. m., equalling the snowfall within any similar period for several years. In Broadway and all the avenues and cross streets containing surface car lines the snow was piled six feet high between the car tracks and the side- walks, but by hard work with snow- plows and shovels most of the surface lines were kept in operation, though at a snail’s pace. Through trains and suburban locals on nearly all the railroads running into New York suffered severely from the snow. Although schedules were badly disarranged the trains were forced through the drifts, arriving at their terminals in New.York and Jer- sey City from fifteen minutes to an hour or more behind their schedule. The snow was driven by a strong wind, which in the suburban districts piled the snow onto the tracks into big drifts, delaying trains until the snowplows arrived. . Trafic in the harbor moved very slowly. Laborers clearing the snow from the sidewalk on Fifth avenue between Seventy-fifth and Seventy-sixth streets uncovered the body of a young man who apparently had committed sui- clde during the storm. There was a bullet wound in the temple and by the man’s side was a revolver with one chamber empty. Traffic Seriously Hampered. Boston, Feb. 6.—The traffic of Great- er Boston was seriously hampered by the storm which developed during the night and grew in strength during the early morning, bringing with it the heaviest snowfall of the winter. Street and railway men had out large gangs of workmen, but despite their efforts the trafic was interrupted and few workers reached their places of busi- ness on time. Worst in Several Years. Philadelphia, Feb. 6.—The snow storm which began in this vicinity early Monday morning is the worst since February, 1899. More than twelve inches of snow has fallen and the high wind has drifted it in places to a depth of three and four feet. The storm has seriously interfered with all kinds of transportation. Heaviest of the Winter. Chicago, Feb. 6.—The heaviest snow storm of the winter is raging here. The Western railroads were badly de- layed, the through trains from Cali- fornia arriving five and six hours late and on the shorter runs trains were from one to four hours behind time. Very little drifting has been reported so far. Bitter Cold in Tennessee. Nashville, Tenn., Feb. 6.—Advices from Middle Tennessee report a deep snow, followed by bitter cold weather. In Nashville the ground is covered with ice, sleet and snow. ESTIMATED AT NINETEEN. Number of Victims of Thomas (W. Va.) Mine Disaster. Elkins, W. Va., Feb. 6.—Revised estimates of the total number of the dead in the Thomas mine, including those already found -and those sup- posed to be still within the mine after all houses have been checked up and the left headings of the mine exam- ined, reduce the number of dead to about nineteen. No more bodies have been discovered, though the search was continued through the night. The right headings, however, have mnot been entered and will not be until the air is forced further into the mine. For that reason searching parties are proceeding with care. NO DECISION REACHED. Benate Finance Committee Discusses Pending Measures. Washington, Feb. 6.—The senate finance committee again had under consideration the 'bill providing for changes in the denominations of gold and silver certificates. The discus- sion extended to general legislation -on financial subjects, but no action was taken. The committee will mest . again next week and it may then be determined whether any measures on the general subject of finances shall be reported at the present session. Dies Trying to Save Child. Winnipeg, Man., Feb. 6.—Norman McDougall, a well known real estate dealer, and his little daughter lost their lives in a fire at their home here. The fire was caused by a lamp explod- ing. The little. girl became fright- ened, In the confusion and ran and hid herself and was suffccated, the father also losing his life in an attempt to save his daughter. | 9:26 p. m. AFTER ALL-NIGHT SESSION. Chicago City Councll Passes Traction Ordinance. Chlcago, Feb. 6.—The eclty council, after a sesslon lasting nearly all night, by a vote of 66 to 13, adopted an or- dinance which, It approved by the votes of the April election, will settle Chicago's tractlon questlon, which has been before the people for more than ten years, The ordinance adopted provides that the elty shall lssue twenty-year franchises to the Chicago City Rall way company and the Unlon Traction company, with the understanding that on six months' notice at any time the city may purchase the street rallways controlled by these companies for $60,000,000, plug a cost of rehabilita- tion. The companles are at once to reconstruct and re-equip all the lines under the supervision of three experts, one to be appointed by the city and the other two by the two street rail- way companles. Under the new or- dinance the street railway companies for the usual fare of 5 cents will grant universal transfers to all parts of the city. The city will recelve 55 per cent of the net income of the street rail- ways in question. Mayor Dunne declared that he re- garded the passage of the ordinances a matter for regret and intimated, al- though he would not express himself specifically, that he would veto them at the next meeting of the council. Two Persons Burned to Death. Pelham, N. Y., Feb. 6.—Mrs. Rich- ard Vaughn, wife of a stablekeeper here, and H. M. Mitchell, a stableman, during a fire in Mr. Vaughn’s stable here, lost their lives. The Vaughn family occupied rooms over the stable. SNOWSLIDE FATAL TO EIGHT FOURTEEN OTHERS HURT, TWO PROBABLY FATALLY, AT MONARCH. COLO. Salida, Colo., Feb. 6.—Eight per- sons were killed and fourteen in- jured, two of whom are expected to die, in the snowslide that came down Monarch mountain and wiped out a portion of the town of Monarch. The slide ~wrecked three buildings and partly demolished a fourth. The dead bodies of the following have been re- covered .from beneath the great masses of snow and broken timbers: Fred Mason, owner of boarding- house; Mrs. Fred Mason; Baby Ma- son; Joseph Doyle, miner, Denver; John Emerson, miner, Denver; John Gillert, miner, Monarch; Stephen Skinner, saloonkeeper, Monarch. One miner, name unknown, is missing. WRECK AT DES MOINES. Seven Men Killed and a Dozen Per- sons Injured. Des Moines; Feb. 6.—Seven men were killed and more than a dozen other persons injured when a coal train was wrecked near the city lim- its. All of the victims were buried under the wreckage and coal, which took fire, Rescue work was prose- cuted with dificulty and but for the bravery of the miners uninjured by the wreck many more lives would have been lost in all probability. The coal train, with about thirty miners scattered on the several cars. carried a number of passengers in the caboose. Among these were two young women schoolteachers fron Des Molnes, who were severely burned. It is feared that when the wreckage is cleared away the bodies of other victims will be found. All the dead were miners. The accident was due to a car in the middle of the train leaving the track and ditching the cars behind it. UNIFORM OIL LEGISLATION. Conference of Governors at Topeka, " Kan, Considers Subject. Topeka, Kan., Feb. 6.—A conference of the representatives of governors of nearly a dozen states in the Middle ‘West regarding -uniform oil legisla- tion was begun here during the day in the office of Governor Hoch. Repre- sentatives are here from as far East as Ohio. A large number of independ- ent oil men from Kansas and the Ohio- Indiana fields are also here to tell what legislation they desire. The two: chief requests which the ofl men wili make will be that the other states adopt the maximum freight rate law for oil and oil prod- ucts so that the producers will be able to get outside their own state. Hau's Trial Further Delayed. Karlsruehe, Germany, Feb. 6.—The trial of Professor Hau of George ‘Washington university, charged with the murder ot his mother-in-law, has been further delayed. The prisoner is so depressed that counsel considers it necessary to have him examined and his sanity tested before trial. Full Train Crew Bill Passed. -Indianapolis, Feb. 6.—A full train crew bill was passed by the Indiana senate during the day. The measure provides for a crew of six men on all freight traius carrying over fifty cars | and a crew of five men on all freight trains of a less number of cars. bill passed the house last week. Earth Shook Ninety Minutes. London, Feb. 6.—A: dispatch from Professor Belar, the seismologlst, a: Laibach, reports that an earthquake lasting ninety minutes occurred Sun- The'! HOLS B tss HOUSE MEETS IN THE EVENING FOR THE TRANSACTION OF BUSINESS. COMMITTEE ON RAILROADS REC- OMMENDS DEMURRAGE BILL FOR PASSAGE. St. Paul, Feb. 5.—The house held a short session in the evening. The senate was not in session. The house committee on railroads decided to recommend the reciprocal demurrage bill for -passage. There were eleven votes for the bill, one against, one not voting and six ab- sent. The bill was reported to the house and made a special order for Thursday next week. A 6 per cent tax upon the gross earnings of railroads in this state is proposed in a bill introduced in the house by L. C. Spooner of Morris. This would mean an increase of 50 per cent in the taxation of the. railroad com- panies upon the same amount of busi- ness and would be double the tax they were paying up to a year ago, when the constitutional amendment was passed raising the gross earnings tax from 3 to 4 per cent. The bill is in the same form as the bill passed by the 1903 legislature and provides for the submission of the act to the voters at the next general election. The extension of the Minneopa State park-ai the expense of the state is provided in a bill introduced in the house by E. W. Gates of Garden City. Owns Land Around the Falls. The state now owns the land around the falls, having paid about $3,500 for it. Gates’ bill provides an additional $4,000 for the purchase of fourteen acres adjoining the park. The last legislature provided funds and direct- ed the acquisition of land around the falls for a park. Attorney General Young had considerable difficulty in getting the land at a reasonable price, and at one time he intended to lay the matter over until the legislature met and recommended the repeal of the act, on the ground that it was.a local proposition, and ought to be paid by local funds. But thé Mankato peo- ple pointed out that the law required him to purchase the land :and, after some further negotiations, he secured a tract of land within the appropria- tion. A bill apparently intended to allow any township to prohibit persons from riding over its roads in automobiles was introduced in the house by Henry ‘W. Libby of Winona. The wording of the bill is to the effect that when a majority of the voters at the annual town meeting, or a special meeting called for that purpose, shall so di- rect, the town board shall post a “prohibitory notice in plain letters at each end of the road or portion of road declaring it dangerous over which to have ahy automobile, mortor vehicle or motor cycle pass.” Violation of the law is made a misdemeanor. For Public Improvements. Two bills for the payment of special assessments for public improvements were introduced in the house by F. E. Nimocks of Minneapolls. One relates to railroads and the other to express, telegraph, telephone and other public service corporations. The bill relating to the railroads comes in the form of an amendment to the gross earnings law. The pres- ent law provides that gross earnings taxes shall be in lieu of all other taxes, but the Nimocks bill inserts a provision that railroad lands may be taxed for their share of public im- provements. Thee other bill provides that ex- press, telegraph and telephone com- panles may be assessed upon their real estate for their proportion of the cost of sidewalks, pavements, etc. At present none of these companies p#/s any assessments for improve- ments of property abutting on its property. The house in committee of the whole, with W. H. Putnam of Red Wing presiding, took favorable action on the Adams bill to abolish private banks. Favorable action was also taken on F. T. White’s bill authorizing county commissioners to change the name of towns within the county. Summer Sessions of Normal Schools. Summer sessions at the state nor- mal schools are provided in a bill ‘in- ~troduced in the house by C. L. Saw- yer of Minneapolis. It provides that at each normal school there shall be maintained a twelve weeks’ summer school, similar to the regular sessiong now provided by law. The provisions for attendance shall be the same as those now in force and the arrange- ments of courses shall be such as will best conserve the interests of the rural schools. An annual appropria- tion of $30,000 is provided in the bill. The payment of wages twice a month is_to be required by law if .a bill introduced in the house by J. B. Murphy of Minneapolis is adopted. It provides that all corporations, except religlous, literary or charitable, shall pay its employes twice a month the ‘wages they have coming up to within five days, unless payment is prevented by inevitable casualty. The senate committee appointed to Investigate the cost - of construction day about 4,600 miles from Laibach. ! and maintenance of the railroads in Its maximumn lntenmw‘c:\urud at the state and the earnings of divisions ] snd branches, has begun its work. et S MODUS VIVENDI IMMINENT. € ericals Regard Religlous Peace In France Assured. Paris, Feb. 6.—The Clerical news- papers have now joined the lay press in voicing the belief that a modus vivendi between church and state is imminent. While they do not expect that all the ditferences will disappear immediately they regard religious peace as assured unless some unto- ward incident occurs.” The bishops have already begun to recede from the socalled “all or nothing” posi- tion. It transpires that Mgr. Amiette, coadjutor of Cardinal Richard, in giv- ing instructions to the parish priests explained that the unanimity insisted upon in the bishops’ proposition did not mean numerical but only “moral” unanimity, thus admitting that the | confractz for the leases of the churches need not be absolutely unl- form. He agreed to negotiate witih the prefect of the Seine to obtain con- tracts for seventy parish pric. <70t Parls. AGREED ON BY REPUBLICANS. Frank O. Briggs Will Be Senator From New Jersey. Trenton, N. J., Feb. 6.—The Repub- lean caucus has nominated Frank O. Briggs for United States senator to succeed John F. Dryden by a vote of 22 to 18. The vote was subsequently made unanimous. The nomination of Mr. Briggs was largely brought _about by Governor Stokes, who enlisted actively in his behalf. The election of Briggs is assured, as he will have 42 votes, or one more than the number necessary to elect. AFTER NORTHERN PACIFIC SENATOR HEYBURN PROPOSES TO REPEAL CHARTER GRANTED BY CONGRESS. Wasbington, Feb. 6.—Senator Hey- burn presented a resolution in the senate during the day providing for a special committee of five senators to “investigate the reorganization of the Northern Pacific railroad property to ascertain what title and estates are owned by the corporation, which was created by act of congress on July 2, 1864, and if sald federal corporation has no title or estates in any property then what reason there is why said charter acts should not be fully re- pealed by congress.” BROWNSVILLE INVESTIGATION. Senate Committee Continues Hearing of Witnesses. ‘Washington, Feb. 6.—The hearing on the Brownsville affair, in which negro members of the Twenty-fifth in- fantry were alleged to have “shot up” the town, was resumed before the sen- ate committee on military affairs dur- ing the day. A large map of the Fort Brown barracks and of the town had been placed upon the walls of the committee room during the night and was carefully studied by the senators before the business of the day began. The sesslon began with former Ser- geant Harris of Company D still on the stand and under a sharp fire of cross-questioning by Senator Warner. The witness believed the firing on the night of the Brownsville affray had come principally from Winches- tersand six-shooters, because, he said, he was familiar with the sounds of various makes of weapons' and that he heard no firing from Springfields, with which the Twenty-fifth was equipped. SIX BUILDINGS BURNED. Coal Harbor, N. D. Suffers $80,000 Loss by Fire. Bismarck, N. D., Feb. 6.—The prin- cipal business houses of Coal Harbor, a small town on the Soo north of here, were burned during the afternoon with a loss of $80,000. The fire orig- inated In the Coal Harbor hotel and there being no fire protection in the town the flames soon swept this house, W. E. Paulson’s general store, the Northwestern State bank, the Coal Harbor Hardware company, a pool hall and Robinson’s drug store. It was a complete cleanup of one side of the street. The other side of the street was saved by the owners keep- ing the roofs covered with snow and hanging wet blankets over the sides. AFTER DESPERATE FIGHT. Indlana Police Capture Gang of Four Thieves. Shelbyville, Ind., Feb. 6.—After a desperate pistol battle with a gang of four alleged thieves the police of this city captured every member at Acton. More than 100 shots were fired and one man-.was wounded. The prison- ers belong to an organization, it is said, which had preyed upon towns in Shelby and Rush counties for months. The men, with six dry goods boxes ; of articles believed to have been ! stolen, were found at Acton and a running fight followed. Two of the men, George and John Roach, are in Jail here, while two others, Dauiel and | James E. Johnson, are being held at Acton. Kills Racing in Tennessee. Nashville, Tenn., Feb. 6.—The lower house of the general assembly has passed the antirace track gambling bill. The measure has already passed the senate. The governor will sign the bili, which takes immediate effect and will kill racing in Tennessee, EDWARD OAKES KILLED | BY A FALLING TREE Tree Fell on Him While He Was Cutting Wood at Blackduck : Yéflalerday, E 5 Yesterday morning while Ed- ward Oakes of Blackduck was cutting cord wood a large tree fell on him, killing him instantly. Oakes was in the employ of {the Blackduck Electric Light & Telephone Company, and was cutting cordwood, clearing a tract of land within the city limits. The accident happened about nine o’clock. The young man was about thirty years of age ahd came to this country, from Ireland, about a year.ago. The remains will be brought to Bemidji tomorrow morning for burial. Father O’Dwyer will conduct the burial services. | Farm for Sale. I offer for salean eighty acre farm, nicely located six miles south of Bemidji and three miles west of Nary. The farm has iplenty of oak timber, and also considerable birch and some pine. The land is e} of ne}, Sec. 9, T.145, R 383. Miss Clara Jenkins, Blackduck, Minn, Thomas Brown, a Bankrupt. Yesterday Thomas Brown, filed with Referee, Ole J. Vaule, of Crookston, a petition asking that he be adjudgad a bankrupt. He places his liabilities at $¢52, and his assets $300, all of which are exemp$. A hearing on same will be set for:some later date. DEED OF INSANE OFFICER. Jackson (Mich.) Police Captain Shot 3 and Killed. Jackson, Mich.,, Feb. 6.—Policeman Isaac Lewis walked into the office ef Police Captaln Holzapfel in the sta- tion here and without a warning or any cause so far as can be ascertained shot him through the heart, killing his superior almost instantly. He then fired a shot at Chief Boyle, but missed him. Lewis, it iS sald, has been drinking of late and it is thought he must have become insane. In an incoherent statement later he sald that he had- got tired of seelng Holzapfel strutting around. RATES SHOULD BE ADVANCED. J. J. Hill Says Present Agitation Is in Wrong Direction. New York, Feb. 6.—Jdmes J. Hill, in an interview, is quoted as saying that instead of a further reduction in rail- road fretght rates he believed the rail- roads would soon have to consider the making of an advance. Mr. Hill said: “The fact is that with the present advances in cost the railroads will soon be forced to consider an advance in rates instead of a reduction. The rates here are down to about half of the rates in Europe. It seems to me that teils the whole story.” Compels Hitchcock to Act. Washington, Feb. 6.—Senator Hey- burn has introduced a resolution in- structing the secretary ‘of the nterior to issue patents on all lands and min- ing applications where the proof sub- mitted shows full compliance with law and where no protest has been filed. < Wagon Bridge to Be Constructed Acros Beaudettc River. 3 ae Notice ishereby given, thaton the 20th da; of February, 1907, at the' village of Baudotte, Beltrami county, Minnesota, the village coun- cil of said village. at a special.meeting there- of tobe held at eight o'clock in the evening of sald day, Will receive andOpen sealed bids as hereinatter specified, for the construction of a wagon bridge across.the Beaudette river, between the villages of Baudette and fomoxr;en in said county and stute; as follows, -wit: = Firsi. For the construction and comple- tlon of the super-structure-df sald bridge upon piling ‘already driven, including the furnishing of all labor and’ material neces- sary to complete the bridge. Second. Kor the timber necessary in the construction of the bridge. Third. For all labor necessary and re- quired to construct and complete the bridge. The bridge will be 620 feet long, and 16 feet wide, and IS to be constructed in.accordance with plans and ifications now on file in , the office of the village clerk of the village of ot i must be 0 acl ‘must be accompanied with a ban] draft. or certified check for five per cl!n‘t n‘; the amount of the bid, to be retarned if the bid is not accepted, or to the successtul bid- der, as soon as he has completed the bridge according to the sald plans and specifications. The viliage council reserves the right to modify or alter the said plausor specifica= tions after the work of construction has com- menced, the reasonable valueof aliy material and labor involved in such modification or alteration. to be added to, or deducted from the contract price, as the case may be. The ooul);‘cdll reserves the right to reject any and 5 = all d AlL bids shall be addressed.to Wn. Roge: village clerk, Baudette, Minnesota; and Upos the face of the envelope shall bé indorsed, the words “Bid on I Baudette bridge.* : e village clerk has. & lnd'fivenlflcnfilns‘ that illlgg;w fom, of plans Tnspection on sppication, - o o soed for . J. U. WILLL President, Vil Baudette. *&md%&““"‘“ Sucies Attost: WM. E: S lage (A s of