Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 9, 1907, Page 4

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The assassin was not iden- tified. The bullets which he used in his revolver were subsequently discov- ered to be poisoned. M. /|lexandrovsky, who was well known as chief commissioner of the Red Cross in the fleld during the war between Russia and Japan, had just stepped out of the door of the theater when a youth pushed his way through the crowd and shot him in the neck. He fell dead on the spot. The assist- ant chief of police, who was standing near the door of the theater, tried to draw his revolver, but was shot dead by the terrorist before he was able to do so. Seeing that it was impossible to get through the crowds outside the building the murderer dashed into the theater, firing wildly. The manager attempted to grapple with the mur- derer, who fired at him but missed and killed a policeman who was in the line of fire. In a second attempt to capture the assassin the manager was severely wounded. The terrorist fled through what he evidently believed to be one of the exits, but found himself In the ladies’ cloakroom. An attend- ant, realizing the situation, pointed to some stairs as a means of egress and as soon as the assassin disappeared the attendant locked the door behind him. The stairs, however, only led to a loft and the murderer subsequently was found there unconscious from a bullet wound, from which he died in the hospital. OPPOSE LOANS TO RUSSIA. Sociallsts Would Prohibit Them in Future. Paris, Feb. 9—In the chamber of deputies the Socialists, led by M. Jaures, continued their assault on Russian finances, insisting that the French market should hereafter be closed to Russian loans, whether di- rect or indirect, as the money derived therefrom was used to stifle the legiti- mate aspirations of the Russian peo- ple. M. Jaures further charged that Russla was now seeking, in a round- about way, through the ostensible purchase of railroad material, to se- cure funds to enable it to dissolve the coming parliament. The speech of the Socialist leader constituted a veiled attack on ex-Pre- mier Rouvier, who is supposed to be interested in the companies which are furnishing railroad material to Russia. French Serious Outbreak Occurs in Argentine Republic. New York, Feb. 9.—A Buenos Ayres dispatch, published here, reports that a revolutionary outbreak occurred in San Juan, Argentine Republic, in which the revolutionists were victori- ous after five hours’ fighting. Twenty men are reported killed and many wounded, while numerous houses were burned and others sacked. The gov- ernor and other provincial officers are sald to be prisoners. Colonel Sar- zento was in command of the rebels, who, it is stated, propose to march on Mandoza. Federal troops will be dis- patched to quell the outbreak, which s ascribed to local causes. OSCAR PLANS TO ABDICATE. May Make Gustaf King of Sweden on June 6. Btockholm, Feb. 9.-— Information from high sources declares that King Oscar intends to abdicate in favor of Crown Prince Gustat on June 6, which will be his golden wedding anniver- sary. Advices from Carlsruhe are to the effect that the crown princess, who is visiting her parents there, is serl- ously ill. Mobs Club Jewish Voters. St. Petersburg, Feb. 9.—The elec- tions at Gomel were accompanied by general anti-Jewish excesses. Begin- ning on the eve of the elections and continuing two whole days bands of reactionists patrolled the streets in the vicinity of the polling places, club- bing the Jewish voters. The chief of police refused to intervene. So far as known no one was killed, though sev- eral persons were seriously injured. Meeting Bitter Opposition. Ottawa, Ont., Feb. 9.—Senator Mec- Mullen’s bill, making it an offense, subject to a fine of $100, for any one not « citizen of Canada or a British subject to Interfere in a strike in Can- Frances E. Plerce ‘was called to thol stand. Miss Plerce was asked to identify her signature as a witness to Harry Thaw’s will, which was executed the day of his wedding, April 4, 1905. Ob- Jjection was made and after consider- able argument Justice Fitzgerald ruled the will out of the evidence. Mrs. Thaw was then recalled and again asked if she told Harry Thaw that other girls met a fate similar to hers through Stanford White. Objec- tion was made by District Attorney Jerome and after further argument on the question court adjourned. REVOLUTION IN BRITAIN. Liberals Will Attempt to Reform the House of Lords. London, Feb. 9.—The attorney gen- eral, Sir John L. Walton, who pre- sumably spoke with the full knowl- edge of the intentions of the govern- ment, made an important declaration in a speech at Leeds, foreshadowing “he government’s programme for a re- lorm ot the house of lords. In the course of his remarks the attorney general said that the “grim and seri- ous work” upon which the Liberals were entering “would mean a revolu- tion and involve two or three dissolu- tions.” He added that the house of lords was entirely “out of harmony with modern democratic institutions and must go. The government would endeavor to give effect to the will of the people by bills, which the peers would probably throw out, leading to a combination of the crown and people to defeat the aristocracy.” Attorney General Walton recognized that the struggle would be prolonged and exciting and would mean a com- plete rearrangement of the constitu- tional and political forces. ROOT WOULD PREVENT WAR PROPOSES JOINT EFFORT WITH MEXICO TO SETTLE DISPUTE IN CENTRAL AMERICA. ‘Washington, Feb. 9.—The state de- partment has received a telegram from the American embassy. at the City of Mexico relative to the friction between Honduras and Nicaragua and Salvador in which it is stated that while war has not broken out the sit- uation is very grave. Secretary Root 1s in communication with the Mexican government, through the embassy here, endeavoring to learn how far that government 1is willing to proceed in a joint effort to prevent hostilities in Central America as a result of the present dissatisfac- tion. That war between the Central Amer- ican republics is believed to be inev- itable is the opinion of Consul Will- fam E. Alger, at Tegucigalpa, Hon- duras, as expressed in a cablegram to Minister Combs, in Guatemala, who also is accredited to Honduras. Mexico City, Feb. 9.—The state de- partment has made public the follow- ing note: “President Diaz, acting on the di- rect suggestion of President Roose- velt, has sent a note to the govern- ments of Costa Rica, Salvador and Guatemala, asking them to use every effort to prevent an armed clash be- tween Nicaragua and Honduras, with the intimation that past treaties must be lived up to and that their dispute must be referred to an arbitration board.” WALSH PLEA DISMISSED. Government’s Demurrer Sustained In Every Particular. Chicago, Feb. 9.—Judge Anderson, in the United States district court here, dismissed the plea in abatement made in behalf of John R. Walsh, for- mer president of the Chicago National bank and under indictment on charges of mismanaging that institution. It was clalmed by the attorneys of ‘Walsh that he had not been given a proper hearing before the grand jury and that facts unfavorable to him had been presented to that body and miti- gating circumstunces suppressed. The government demurred to the plea ad- vanced in behalf of Walsh and the court sustained the demurrer in every particular. & BANDIT DEFIES DEATH. Leaps From Moving Train and Es. capes Okiahoma Sheritf. Trinidad, Colo., Feb. 9.—Robert Me- Manus, sald to be the last survivor of the notorfous “Black Jack” band of train robbers, escaped from the cus- tody of Sheriff Bride of Guymon, Okla.,, jumping from a train in New Mexico while it was running at the rate of forty miles an hour. McManus had been arrested at Pueblo on a charge of horse stealing. Favor Alaskan Railroad. ‘Washington, Feb. 9.—The senate committee on territories has author- ized a favorable report on a house bill giving to the Alaska Railroad com- pany a government charter for a road from the head of Cordova bay to a point on the Yukon river near Eakle, enter the Alaskan copper fleld. Shot Down by Detectiven. Buffalo, N. Y., Feb. 9.—Tony Salack was shot and almost instantly-killed in the yards of the Nickel Plate rail- road. " Salack, it is alleged, with two ada {s meeting with bitter opposition. The bill is directed against labor un- ion officials who come from the United States to direct strikes in Canada. | fired and Balack dropped. other men were stealing corn from a Alaska. When bullt the railroad will | CONTINUES HER STORY EVELYN NESBIT THAW ASSERTS WHITE PURSUED HER EVEN AFTER HER MARRIAGE. CHANGE MADE IN LINE OF EVIDENCE DISTRICT ATTORNEY JEROME OB-‘ JECTS TO FURTHER “DEFA- MATION OF THE DEAD.” New York, Feb. 9.—Mrs. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw continued on the witness stand during the day at the trial of Harry K. Thaw, her husband, carry- ing forward the narrative of her life from the point where she had left it oft the previous afternoon. The story began with the period im- mediately following her return from Europe in October, 1903, and was brought down to the return of the girl end ker husband to New York after their honeymoon trip in 1905, when, she sald, Stanford White had called to. her on the street and attempted to speak to her. Mrs. Thaw added interest to her Vvital story. She declared Harry Thaw had accused her once of having had improper relations ~ with Stanford ‘White after her return to the United Btates, but she had told him “It is a He, I have not.” She safd Stanford White had tried to kiss her and had begged her to come to see him alone, but she would not. He cried and said she was not a human being, but she told him she did not wish to have anything more to do with him. He had visited her after her return from Europe on the pre- toxt that it was a matter of life and death and had to do with her fam- 1ly. He told her “the dreadful stories about Harry and that to protect my- sel? we must get him out of New York. He then took me to Abraham Hummel and they dictated a lot of things to a stenographer about Harry that were not true and when I started to inter- rupt they would not let me and said 1 must help get Thaw out of New York and-keep him out.” Admits Signing One Paper. Mrs. Thaw said she signed nothing at the time, but did sign a paper she knew nothing about at Mr. White's office in response to his repeated de- mands. She later asked for this pa- per, was taken to Hummel's office, where they showed her a paper with Rer name to it and agreed to burn Mr. Delmas tried to question her about some event in her life which finally induced her to accept Thaw and ahout a visit she received from Mrs. Willlam Thaw, but under objec- tlons by Mr. Jerome the angwers were not allowed. After her marriage with Thaw, the witness said, they took a trip through the West. While in Pittsburg, she sald, she had lived at the home of her hushand’s mother. She related how she had persistently refused to marry Thaw before she finally did so. Her refusal, she sald, was because of her reputation. “l did not want to separate him from his family,” she sald. “I knew it would be a good thing for me to marry him, but it would not be for him. It ‘was because I loved him that I would not marry. If I did not love him so much I might have been anxious to marry him.” Referring to an attempt of Stan- ford White to meet her since her mar- riage to Thaw the witness said: Anxious to Avoid White. “It was on Fifth avenue one day when I was riding to Dr. Delavan to have my throat treated. I was in a heansom and Mr. White was also riding in a hansom, too. When I got home I told Mr. Thaw that at about Thirty- fourth street I had passed Mr. White, both of us in hansoms. He did not attempt to speak to me, but stared hard at me. When I got down to the doctor’s office I found Stanford White in his hansom coming there. I ran up the stairs, but I was excited and nervous and I told the door porter that I would come some other time, so I ran back down the stairs, jumped Into my hansom, looked neither to the right nor to the left and told the driver to go back to the Lorraine as quickly as cver he could. Harry was always very excited whenever I told him of my neetings with White. He bit his nafls and looked excited.” At the opening of the afternoon ses- slon Mrs. Thaw testified that one day in White's studio Jack Barrymore, the actor, asked her if she would marry him. She replied she did not know. Mr. Delmas then asked Mrs. Thaw it Thaw had told her the fate of other girls “at the hands of this man White.” Objects to Line of Evidence. District Attorney Jerome immediate- 1y objected to ‘any further “defa- mation being thrown upon the dead, who haye no chance to answer.” Justice Fitzgerald ruled that further competent” evidence as to Thaw’s in- sanity should be introduced before continuing ‘the pres¢nt line of testi- jmony and Mr. Delmas declared he | was ready to submit the proof. The line of evidence was then changed and Mrs. Thaw was asked to identify more letters and documents. car when they were surprised by de- tectives. The men ran, the officers One of the papers submitted was then temporarlly excused and Miss IMMENSE GIFT. Donates $32,000,000 to General Educa- tion Board. New York, Feb. 9.—The immense 3um of $32,000,000 is the crowning gift of John D. Rockefeller for the purpose of promoting the general cause of edu- tation. This stupendous gift was made o the general education board, the body specially created by congress four years ago to administer the Rockefeller charities in the cause of education. Added to the $11,000,000 which the head of the Standard Oil trust already had placed at the disposal of that body it makes a grand total of $43,000,000. Ultimately, it is said, the fund of the general education board is to be raised to $50,000,000 through donations by other rich men, friends of the Rocke- fellers who are interested with him in his charitable enterprises. Of the $32,000,000 one-third is to go into the permanent endowment fund of the general education board and ‘wo-thirds is to be applied to certain specific purposes by the direction of John D. Rockefeller or his son, John D, Jr. Just what these specific purposes are was not made public, but in a gen- eral way it was stated that the inter- est on the fund is to be used in help- ing colleges and schools, not only in the South but in all parts of the coun- try. OIL KING'S Two Killed In Collision. Ashland, Wis,, Feb. 9.—Fireman James Curren of Wausau and Lester | Ryland of Antigo were killed In & apq the number of bushels of the va- headon collision between an engine bound north and a train of logs bound south near Van Biskirk. Both en- glnes were demolished and the logs were strewn along the track. CHAIRMAN SHONTS SAYS ADVAN. TAGES WOULD BE IMMEDI. ATELY APPARENT. ‘Washington, Feb. 9.— Chalrman Shonts of the isthmian canal commis- sion has returned to Washington. He unqualifiedly expressed himself in favor of building the canal by con- tract. He said that the great advan- tage accruing therefrom would be the witnessing of immediate results. “Contractors,” he said, “have solved the labor problem. They can get what they want and we can only get what is left. Then, again, in con- structing the canal they could bring into play their vast combined experi- ence, skill and organization, and this necessarily would effect the comple- tion of the work in much sooner time than if matters were allowed to go on as they are.” Mr. Shonts said he was much sur- prised to read the statement that Chief Engineer Stevens had indicated his intention to resign should the work be done by contract. that Mr. Stevens always had favored the contract plan and only recently had written him commending the idea in the strongest possible terms. The building of the canal by con- tract, said Mr. Shonts, could not pos- sibly Interfere with Mr. Stevens, be- cause his authority would be supreme and the contract so expressly pro- vided. OUTCOME OF FEUD FIGHTS. Three Philadelphia Chinese Convicted of Murder. Philadelphia, Feb. 9.—Three Chi- nese, Yung Gow, Jung Gow and Mok Kung, were convicted of murder in the first degree here for the killing of Ding Su during a shooting affray in the Chinese quarter on the night of July 4 last. The Chinese of this city have divided into factions, causing the police considerable trouble. On July 4, under cover of a display of fire- works, the rival factions clashed and Ding Su was killed and Frederick Poole, a missionary who was acting as a peacemaker, was slightly injured. Since then several other murders have occurred among the Chinese. ONE DEAD, MANY INJURED. Serious Wreck on the St. Paul Road at Chicago. Chicago, Feb. 9.—One man was killed and a dozen or more persons severely injured, some fatally, when train No. 5 on the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad collided within the city limits with a switch engine drawing a train of empty passenger coaches. Train No. 5 is known as the “Champion flyer” and runs between St. Paul and Chicago. The “Champion flyer” was well filled with passengers, who fought savagely to get out of the cars after the crash. Many of them were cut about the head and face. Rear Admiral Mead Retires. ‘Washington, Fen. 9.—Rear Admiral Mead, who has been relieved of the comrhand of the Portsmouth (N. H.) navyyard by Rear Admiral Bicknell, has been placed on the retired list of the navy on account of age. Admiral Mead was born in Kentucky and appointed to the navy from that state in December, 1861. Railroad Boilermakers Strike. Bloomington, IIl, Feb. 9.—A strike of all the boilermakers and helpers of the Chicago and ‘Alton railroad, num- ' bering 200, began during the day. Not i satisfied with an increase of 2 cents an hour, made to all departments on Jan. 1, the strikers demanded 38 cents. i Harry Thaw's will. Mrs. Thaw was | This was refused and the strike fol-, lowed. | He said | Rear Fountain Pens, Letter Copy Books, Paper Clips and Fasteners, Rubber Bands, Letter Files, Invoices, Typewriter Supplies, Postal Scales, Township Plats in book lorm’, Fine quality colored Bllt’flhrs,nLeflc"r (:o:u‘y.:msel, Waste Pnp'or Bagkets, Rubber Tyfis Qutfits, Staplers, Paper Knives, &c MOVE FOR FARMERS SENATE MEASURE WOULD HELP THOSE WHO SUFFERED FROM HIGH WATER. PRCVIDES FOR LOANS BY THE STATE TO ENABLE FARMERS TO BUY SEED. St. Paul, Feb. 8—The state will come to the aid of the farmers of this ! state whose crops in whole or in part ! were destroyed by the excessive rains |n 1905 and 1906 with loans to be used in purchasing seed grain, if a bill in- ‘roduced by Senator A. L. Hanson of Ada becomes a law. The bill provides for loans to be made through the coun- ty auditors. The money is to be paid back to the state next fall. The bill provides that an applicant for loans shall file with the county auditor a statement, verified by their oath, stating the number of acres of gruin they had in crop in those years, the number of acres destroyed by the excessive rains, and the number of ,Beres owned or occupied by him which he intends to sow the coming season rious kinds of grain needed for this purpose. The county audilor is required to give public notice of the application | by publication in the official paper for 1t least one week prior to the date up- FAVORS GONTRAGT PLAN on which the county commissioners pass upon the application, and to fix the amount to he allowed to each ap- plicant. The county auditor shall "then certify the lists to the state au- ditor, who shall on March 15, 1907, consider all such applications and dis- tribute the available money among the counties, to be distributed by the coun- try auditors. The county shall have a lien upon the land for which the grain \Is provided if owned by the applicant, and upon the crops. The money ad- !vanced shall be repaid to the county treasurer by Nov. 15, 1907, and by him transmitted to the state treasurer. In ‘case of crop failure and consequent in- ability (o make such payment the amount shall be added the. following iyear to the personal taxes of the per- 'son assisted. Reasonable Maximum Rate Bill. A Dill establishing the “Minnesota ;Schedule of Rersonable Maximum (Rates,” which s practically the Iowa ;distance tariff and incorporating the | Western classification of freight, was Introduced by Senator T. E. Cashman .of Owatonna. This is a companion to B bill introduced earlier in the session by Senator Cashman prohibiting rail- roads from charging more for a short- 'er than for a longer haul over the same line for either passengers or freight. A “canteen” at the state soldiers’ home is provided for in a bill intro- .duced in the house by William Brown ,of St. Paul. The bill provides for a |“recreation room” in some of the buildings at the home in which may be sold malt liquors, wines, cigars and such other refreshments as may be designated by the trustees. These articles shall be sold to soldiers only and the board may limit it to soldiers of the Civil war. The legislative expense resolution providing $150 for each member of the house was indefinitely postponed by a {vote of 80 to 30. It occasioned a \polnted debate for a few minutes. J. W. Stokes of Minneapolis, author of the resolution, called it up and moved its passage, and A. J. Rockne of Zum- brota secured its postponement. | Minors can no longer pawn or sell their valuables for spending money if 'n bill introduced in the house by Will- ,lam Brown of St. Paul is adopted. It prohibits any pawnbroker, junk dealer ‘or second-hand dealer from buying or 'receiving as a security for'a loan any ‘article of value from a minor. ' ,To Remove Tax on Fraternal Orders. By request of the Masonic fraternity {Mr. Tighe of St. Paul introduced a bill Iln the house practically removing the tax on properties of fraternal organi- eations. Two bills for the regulation of for- elgn corporations doing business in this state were introduced in the house by Ambrose Tighe of St. Paul, one giving the secretary of state pow- er to determine what amount of cap- Ital stock they shall pay fees on, and “the other requiring thera to pay an _ennual fee to the state. An increase in the penalty for bank robbing is provided in a bill introduced In the house by O. B. Nelson of Spring Grove. At present bank robbing is burglary in the third degree and pun- Ishable by imprisonment for one to five years. The bill makes bank rob- bery burglary In the second degree, the penalty being five to ten vears. The appropriations committee has recommended for passage the bill in- troduced by L. C. Spooner of Morris providing $50,000 for the attorney gen- eral for aid in his cases against the railroads of the state. . Not only are passenger earnings of the railroads in Minnesota so low that a reduction of rates would remove the profits and cripple the service, but the earnings of the roads on their whole business 1is so low that they cannot stand a decrease in their revenues from any source without driving some of the smaller roads into the hands of receivers and practically stopping the growth of all the roads. This is the summary of the testimony presented to the house and senate railroad com- mittee by representatives of the rail- ! roads in Minnesota. % CHANGE RATES Live Stock Carriers Get Order From Commissioners. Des Moines, Feb. 9.—At the close of the day’s hearing on live stock rates In Towa the state board of railroad commissioners ordered a complete re. vision of all freight schedules now in force in this state: The order caused much surprise among the raflroad men attending the hearing. There has been no general revision of schedules for many years and it was disclosed in the hearings that numerous inequalities have grown up. It was deemed important by the com- missioners to eliminate these and to put the schedules upon a modern basis and in harmony with modern condi- tions in freight transportation. The hearing will be held as soon as possible, but the railroads are entitled to ten days’ notice to prepare for the hearing, which probably will cover several months. % IN IOWA. Husband and Wife Injured. Columbus, 0., Feb. 9.—Mrs. Still- man, wife of Dr. Frank L. Stillman of this city, was fatally injured and Dr. Stillman was severely hurt in a colli- sion between an automobile in which they were riding and a street car. Mrs. Stillman died later of her injuries. House¢ Again Breaks Record. Washington, Feb. 9.—The house, in a little more than an hour and a half, passed 725 private pension bills, the highest record attained by the house in pension legislation, the largest number of bills passed in a day here- tofore being 620. Germany Expelling Aliens. London, Feb. 9.—The German gov- ernment is expelling aliens who aided Socialist candidates in the recent elec- tions. The chief offenders were Rus- slan students with revolutionary pro- clivities, who made speeches in behalf of the Socialists. 8ix Japanese Drowned. Sacramento, Cal., Feb. 9.—Six Japa- nese, two women and four men, were drowned here when the gasoline launch Cyrine struck the draw of the railroad bridge across the Sacramento river and capsized. Anti-Tights Bill in Wisconsin. Madison, Wis,, Feb. 9.—A bill was introduced in the state assembly dur- ing the day to prohibit actresses ap- pearing in tights unless wearing skirts reaching four inches below the knees. BRIEF " BITS OF NEWS. The senate has passed the Indian appropriation bill. Keziah Jackson, a negress, eighty-four years old and once the nurse for James G. Blaine, is dead at Union- town, Pa. The director of the mint has pur- chased 100,000 ounces of silver for de- livery at Philadelphia at 68.934 cents per fine ounce. Speaker Cannon, who is suffering from a severe cold, is much better, but his physician has advised him to remain at home for a short time longer. Fire at Logan, W. Va, destroyed the principal business block, in which was located the postoffice, the Masonic and Odd Fellows’ building and a num- ber of other buildings. James Stillman, president of the National City bank of New York city, who sailed about a month ago for Europe, is seriously ill in Paris with an affection of the intestines. Dispatches to Dun’s Trade Review indicate that the only important change in business conditions during the week was the interruption caused by unusually widespread stormy ‘weather. “ There is yet no prospect of an agreement on the pending bill to amend the immigration laws and the indications are that the bill will fail with the close of the Fifty-ninth con- gress on March 4. MARKET QUOTATIONS. Minneapolis Wheat. Minneapolis, Feb. 8.—Wheat—May, 813%ec; July, 82%c; Sept., 79%c. On track—No. 1 hard, 86%¢c; No. 1 North- ern, 81%c; No. 2 Northern, 8284c; No. 8 Northern, 80@80%¢. Duluth Wheat and Flax. Duluth, Feb. 8—Wheat—To arrive and on track—No. 1 hard, 84%c; No. 1 Northern, 83%c; No. 2 Northern, 81l6c; May, 82%c; July, 82%c; Sept., 79%c. Flax—To arrive, on track, in store and May, $1.23%; July, $1.23%; Oct., $1.18. 8t. Paul Union Stock Yards. St. Paul, Feb. 8—Cattle—Good to choice steers, $6.50@6.25; common to good, $4.00@5.00; good to choice cows and heifers, $3.60@4.75; veals, $4.50@ 6.00. Hogs—3$6.70@6.80. Sheep—Weth- ers, $4.75@5.26; good to prime spring lambs, $6.50@7.25. Chicago Grain and Provisions. Chicago, Feb. 8, —Wheat—May, 80c; July, 79% @79%ec. Corn—May, 46%¢; July, 46% @465c. Oats—May, 40%c; July, 37%c. Pork—May, $17.85@ 17.87%; July, $17.95. Butter—Cream- eries, 21@31%c; dairies, 20@29c. Eggs—23@26c. Poultry—Turkeys, 12¢; chickens, 113.c; springs, 1lc, Chicago Union Stock Yards. ‘Chicago, Feb. 8.—Cattle—Beeves, $4.10@7.26; cows and heifers, $1.60@ 6.40; stockers and feeders, $2.60@ 4.70; Texans, $3.60@4.50; calves, $6.00 @7.75. Hogs—Mixed and butchers,: $6.75@7.10; good heavy, $6.95@7.10;! rough heavy, $6.76@6.90; light, $8.18' @7.00; pigs, $6.15@6.75. Bheep, §8:30° @5.70; lambs, $4.85@7.70. pplies at the BemiZji Pioneer Office REPORT CONGERNING THE MOHLERS NOT TRUTHFUL Article Fu)lished in the Tenstrike Trib- une Was a Greatly Distorted Account of the Case. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Mohler, recently of Taylor township, were in the city today, visiting with relatives. They were much surprised when informed of the article which had been published in last night’s Pioneer, and which was taken from the Ten- strike Tribune, relative to an ill- ness of Mrs. Mohler. In the article referred to,it was made toappear that Mrs. Mohler had- been greviously reglected, and that a new born babe had died as a result of ex- posure in a cold room, immedi- ately after birth. To the Pioneer, Mr. Mohler stated that when heleft his home to come to Bemidji his wife was in good health, but that he had intimated that she stop with neighbers until he returned; that Mrs. Mohler was feeling - well, and thatshe was unwilling to leave the house. She was taken ill while Mr. Mohler was in Be- midji, and when the latter arrived at Turtle River on his return he learned of her illness, hastening home and taking her to the home of Mrs. Gallagher, where a baby boy was born an hour after arrival of Mrs. Mohler. The statement that the baby was dead atthe home of the Mohler’s when the illness of Mrs. Mohler was discovered is branded as false, as the baby was not born until after Mrs. Mohler was taken to the Gal- legher’s. The child, according to Mr. Mohler, lived nearly four weeks after birth, and death came sudnenly and unexpect- edly. The statement in the Tribune was evidently much garbled befora reaching the editor. The Pioneer gave proper credit for the article, and this paper assumed no respousibility for publishing the article. Mrs. Mohler isa daughter of *‘Doc” Winebrenner, and a niece of Dan and James Winebrenner of this city. Beach & Bowers Minstrels Coming. For this the fourteenth season of Beach & Buwers Minstrels, every degree of theatrical repre- sentation has been made to excel. The grand choruses, gorgeous costumes, spectacular scenic and electrical eftects, so greatly en- joyed last season; the large com- pany of superior minstrel talent, costumed in garments of almost bewildering beauty, is stronger and more brilliantly arrayed, and addition- al accessories have beea provid- 2d. Ncthing more minstrelsey complcte will be seen this sea- son, and it is of pleasant record that last years success is being surpassed It is confidentially axpected this engagement will be to the capacity of the theatre. The management cf the com- pany takes pleasure in bringing to your notice the old time favor- ite, so long connected with “West’s Minstrels,” George L. Wade. Beach & Bowers will appear at the opera -house on Tuesday Feb. 12th. The Boring of Glass. Btrong glass plates are bored through by means of rotating brass tubes of the necessary diameter, which are filled with water during boring. To the water there is added finely pulk verized emery. It is said that thinner glass can be perforated with holes in an easier manner by pressing a disk of wet clay upon the glass and making a hole through the clay of the widths desired, so that at that spot the glass s laid bare. Then molten .lead. is *| poured into the hole, and lead and glass drop down at once. This method is based upon the quick local heat- Ing of the glass, whereby it obtains a circular crack, the outline of which cor- responds to the outline of ;the hole made in the clay. The cuf Z of glass tubes, cylinders, etc., In factories in based upon the same prlnclp‘!e. SRR ]