Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, March 27, 1907, Page 4

i . e - — . % WANTED | L LADY “ ySTOMERS TO CALL AT OUR STORE ALL DAY SATURDAY . DD AL LOGAL WATTER GREAT BATTLE RAGING NICARAGUAN ARMY MEETS COM- BINED FORCES OF HONDURAS AND SALVADOR. REPORTS DIFFER AS TO OUTCOME BOTH SIDES CLAIM THAT DEFI- ® NITE VICTORY WIiLL BE THEIRS SHORTL™, San Salvador, March L’.—Accord- ing to advices received here the battle Salvadorean and Hon- nd the Nicaraguan army between the duran forces a at Portillos de The s last position, on which the result of the battle depended. veceived from General » commander of the Salvadorean 1d that he expected soon to be abie to announce a definite victory for Salvador and Honduras and the complete defeat of Nicaragua. NICARAGUA CLAIMS VICTORY. Reports Desperate Battle on duran Territory. Managua, Nicaragua, March 27— Meager details of a battle between Nicaraguan and Honduran troops, in which between 700 and 800 casualties resulted, have reached here from Na- masiquo, Honduras, where an engage- ment is said to have been fought. Ac- cording to reports the Honduran army was the aggressor, having attacked the Nicaraguan forces, which were strongly infrenched at Namasiquo. The battle is sald to have opened with a skirmish just before dawn Hon- March 17 and to have lasted three days. President Zelaya w in personal command of the Nicaraguan forces, there Tas Déen Th The past month. The governor deplored the fact, how- | ever, that there is not so much cane ! being planted as had been expected. This is taken as an indication that : the unsettled conditions in Cuba are | having a serious effect upon business. It appears from information that has reached Washington that certain European interests have organized for the purpose of keeping in circulation stories that the situation in Cuba is such that the stability of business in the island is uncertain. Especial at- tention will be given to these reports by Secretary Taft on his approaching -visit to the island. He feels that there can be no good cause for any depression in trade with the island and that the crops for the next year should be greater than ever before. ALL WENT TO JAIL. Seventy-six “Suffragettes” Get Fine or Imprisonment. London, March 2% — Seventy-six “suffragettes” who were arrested for brawling within the precinets of par- liament were sentenced to from $5 fine or a fortnight in prison to $10 or a month’s imprisonment. They all elected to go to jall and were taken away in the prison vans amidst the mingled cheers and jeers of the crowds outside the police court. Criminal Neglect of Duty. New York, March 2%—Cornelius A. Jackson, the towerman whose ab- sence from his post of duty at a erit- ical time was held responsible for the accident at Fifty-third street and Ninth avenue late in 1905, when a southbound Ninth avenue elevated train jumped the track, killing twelve persons and injuring several others, has been sentenced to five years in prison. Predicts General Uprising. London, March =!—A special dis- patch from Shanghai, published here, says that Viceroy Tuan Fang of Nan- king predicts a general uprising in the famine stricken districts unless prompt relief is provided. The vice- roy, it is added, has memorialized the throne for $1,000,000 to purchase rice in Siam and Annam. CONTENTS OF SEIZED PAPERS. What French Officials Found at Papal Nunciature. who are said to have been victors and to have successfully held their posi- tion. SAY HUNDREDS WERE KILLED. Latest Report of Battle Comea From Nicaraguan Source. Managua, Nicaragua, March 3. —A dispatch received here from the front at 10:05 p. m. says: “The Honduran and Salvadorean army, numbering over 5,000 men, at- tacked the Nicaraguan positions at Portillos de Namasiquo and after three days and two nights of fighting the Hondurans and Salvadoreans were completely defeated, leaving hundreds of dead and wounded on the battlefield. The Nicaraguans also cap- tured many prisoners, among them being several high ofiicers, besides 2,000 rifies and great quantities of am- munition of all kinds and war muni- tions.” LESS SUGAR CANE PLANTED. Unsettled Conditions Affecting Cuban Industries. ‘Washington, March 2'.—Secretary Taft has received advices from Gov- ernor Magoon, at Havana, that never in the history of Cuba has there been as much sugar cane harvested as REPORT of the Condition of the Lum- bermens National Bank at Bemidji, in the State of Minnesota. ATTHE CLOSE OF BUSINESS M.rch 22, 1907, Loans and Di Overdrafts, U. 8. honds to Premiums on i DDIO nd other cash items Exchanges for clearing hou Notes of othe: 2010.00 tional pay and cents 146,94 Lawful mones Specio i 1 tender notes ( 9117.80 Le Redemption fund with er cent of circul Treasurer, other t redemption fund.. Total - - LIABILITIES. Capital stock pald in : Surplus fund 5 Undivided 1 and taxes National bank notes outstandin, Due to other National (Bay . Individual s check. 137.441.13 670.3% Demand ¢ort of th Time c ates of dep Total - - WAL STATE OF MIN e County of Bel {98 I, W. L. Brooks, cashier of the above named bank.do solemnly swear that the above state- ment IS true to the best of my knowledge and beliet. W. L. BROOKS, Cashier. a Nnb;fl]:il))( d‘ m‘I:]O sworn to before me this 27th ay of arch, 1907, - Gall b T BERAAN, Notary Pabile, CORRECT—Attest; P. WHITE, E/ CARSON, . D. STEPHENS, Directors. OTA, | > op Paris, March 23.—The Figaro, a pa- per with Catholic sympathies, says that the documents seized at the papal nunciature here after the expulsion of its secretary, Mgr. Montagnini, in- cluded a dispatch from Cardinal Merry del Val, the papal secretary of state, advising Mgr. Montagnini to give the Catholics free reign to oppose the tak- ing of church inventories under the law providing for the separation of church and state. A report from Mgr. Gaspari, secretary of ecclesiastical affairs at the Vatican, embodying in- formation for use during the French electoral campaign and instructions relative Lo that campaign. Continuing, the Figaro asserts that one of the most interesting documents is Mgr. Montagnini's diary, detailing conversatlons which the prelate had with M. Piou, one of he founders of the Liberal Action party; M. Denys- Cochin, Conservative, and other polit- feal personages, which, the Figaro adds, will prove embarrassing to those involved, but will not compromise the Holy See. In conclusion the Figaro asserts that the documents do not contain anything confirming the reports that Premier Clemenceau attempted {n- directly to negotiate with the Vatican or anything from ex-Premier Rouvler, although there are notes in the docu- ments indicating that the former hoped ultimately to arrive at an un- derstanding with the Vatican, GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP. Sweden to Acquire Interest in Iron Ore Deposits. Stockholm, Sweden, March 23.—The crown has presented to parliament a proposition that the state acquire an inferest, with mining rights, in three of the largest iron ore deposits in the kingdom, situated in Lapland and con- trolled by a private company. If the plan is adopted the state will hold a half Interest in the Tao mines for twenly-five years with an optlon to acquire another third after thirty years without payment if it so desires. In consideration of this concession to the state the company would in the meantime be permitted to export prac- tically unlimited quantities of ore an- nually. The government has hereto- fore so limited the exports of ore that the proprietors of ‘the deposits have claimed that there was no profit in working them; hence they are willing to accept the government ownership. BRIEF BITS OF NEWS. At North Baltimore, 0., Arthur Bean, aged thirty, killed his wife with an axe and then committed suicide by shooting himself with a rifle. Count. Arco, in his wireless tele phone ‘experiments in Germany, has succeeded in obtalning distinct ex- changes of words iIn a tolerably nat ural voice at a distance of two miles. The Nebraska house has passed the senate terminal taxation bill, requiring railroads to pay municipal taxes on terminal property in addition to the mileage valuation assessed by the counties. {su THAW 1S INSANE JEROME P‘RES!NTB AFFIDAVITS OF SEVEN ALIENISTS CON- NECTED WITH CASE. ONE DECLARES HE IS INCURABLE OTHER SIX BELIEVE IT REASON- ABLY CERTAIN THAT HE WILL NOT RECOVER. —il New York, March s%-—In support of his contention that Harry Thaw is now insane and that a lunacy com- mission should be appointed to pass on his mental condition District At- torney Jerome presented to Justice Fitzgerald the signed affidavits of the seven allenists employed by the state in connection with the case. Six of the allenists in their affidavits de- clared that Thaw was suffering from & form of paranoia; that he should not be discharged from custody; that if he should be discharged he would be dangerous to public peace and safety and that it is reasonably cer- tain that he will not recover. The seventh allenist, Dr. Hirsch, agrees with his colleagues except that he de- clared that Thaw cannot possibly re- cover. . The afidavits are signed by Doctors Flint, Mabon, MacDonald, Pritchard, Ferris, Hirsch and Diefendorf. . The documents presented by Mr. Jerome included also an affidavit by Irving 8. Cobb, a reporter, describing a note given to him a few weeks ago by Thaw in which Thaw commented upon his wife’s testimony and ‘upon the conduct of the prosecution. Insanity in Thaw's Family. Dr. Austin Flint declared in his afii- davit that he had been informed by Dr. Bingaman of Plttsburg that Thaw’s aunt, Mrs. Hersch, was an epileptic. He also declared that another physi- ¢lan had informed him that N. W. Copley, brother of Harry Thaw's mother, was an imbecile from birth and that Josiali Copley, another brother of Mrs. William Thaw, was violently insane and confined in an ipsane asylum. Dr. Flint adds that Dr. Deemar also told him that John Ross, son of one of the maternal aunts of Harry K. Thaw, was an ep- ileptic from infancy and prior to his Incarceration had maniacal outbursts in which he attacked his mother with a chair and that he also attacked his eister and his fawily physician. After presenting his affidavits Mr. Jerome made a statement of his posi- tion In order to clear himself of any suspicion that he has been in posses- slon of knowledge which had been withheld from the court. In order to give Thaw’s attorneys an opportunity to prepare their afii- davits an adjournment for a day was taken. ANTICIPATING A VERDICT. Believed Lunacy Commission Will De- clare Thaw Insane. New York, March »~.—That Justice Pitzgerald will appoint a commission in lunacy to inquire into the present mental condition of Harry K. Thaw seems a foregone conclusion. That this commission will find that Thaw s now insane is the opinion of most of those who have closely followed the trial. Dr. Allan McLane Hamilton, one of the country’s most famous alienists, has openly expressed the opinion that Thaw is now insane and that he is incapable of conducting his own de- fense. Dr. Carlos MacDonald and Dr. Austin Flint, also noted alienists, have expressed the same opinion and affi- davita are expected from all three, as well as from other doctors: familiar with the history of the Thaw case and with the insanity which is sald to have been present in both sides of his ancestry. It was known all along that Dr. Hamilton belleved Thaw to be still {nsane and neither side was anxious to call him. The defense apparently did not want him Lccause of his belief in Thaw’s present izsanity; the prose- qutlon could not call him because his relatfon to Thaw was that of a physi- clan to a patlent an1 he would not be compelled to testify without a spe- cific waiver of the privilege created by thelr relations. For days Dr. Hamil- ton has been in the courtroom under | subpoena from both sides, but no one oxpected he would be called until Mr. Delmas actually spoke the name. His producticn was a daring move on the | rt of the defen-e, but it was fated om the [r3t to be disastrous. If Harry Keudall Thaw goes to the hos- ital for the criminal insane at Mat- eawan it will be this move more than Anything else that sends him there. Trnn—uvaal Bars Asiatics. Pretoria, Transvaal, March 23.—The upper house of parllament has passed the “Aslatic ordinance” providing for the excluding of the Japanese and other Aslatics who are immigrating to South Africa in increasing numbers. [ GRAND REDUCTION AND Clearance Sale Beginnn g Friday, March 22 and Ending April Ist. SHOES We are receiviLg new lines of Spring styles every day and in order to make room for the new stock we have placed on sale all the broken lines at prices that are SHOES bound to close them out. Come early while the assortment is large. One line of ladies strictly up-to-date $4.00 patent leather shoesat. .. $ 2.65 One line ladies’ stylish $3.50 Vici Kid shoesyat. : $ ! $2-30 A large assortment of men’s driving and cruising shoes at half price. Boys’ Misses’ and Children’s shoes at about one half actual value HATS Men’s new Spring styles and staple shapes of Gordon $3.00hats during this sale Some styles of Gordon 3.00 hats for $2.00 at 82 50 One line Gents’ new $5.00 ¢ patent leather shoes at...... $350 One line Grents’ Box Calf and Vici Kid $3.50 and $4.00 shoes at..... $2,50 HATS A tew x@umbers of men’s spring top at these as they are the greatest bargains ever shown in Bemidji. Men’s and Boy’'s Shirts One quarter off on ali men’s and boys shirts during this sale. These are all new goods and one glance will convince you of the unpredecented value offered in this line Mens boys and childrens sweaters one-third off during this sale. Our new Spring Dress Goods in both wool and wash fabrics are now on display. coats at one half price. the largest line and best values ever shown in Bemidii. Spring styles of ‘“Hannan”, “American Gentleman’’ and “American Lady” shoes ane now on display Satisfaction guaranteed with every purcliase or money cheerfully refunded. E. H. WINTER & CO. All the new styles and colors in neckwear for Easter PHONE NO. 30 SHOES HATS Don’t fail to look -We are showing DISORDERS SPREADING PEASANT MOVEMENT IN ROUMA- NIA NOW COVERS NEARLY ALL OF MOLDAVIA. TROOPS CLASH WITH INSURGENTS | VILLAQES SACKED AND BURNED AND THE INHABITANTS COM- PELLED TO FLEE: Vienna, March 2'.—According to the news received in Budapest from ! Moldavia the peasant movement in Roumania is spreading. The town of Dorogoi has been sacked and burned by the peasants. The ighabitants were compelled to flee for their lives. | At Cucuteni, ‘where mgny Hun- garians live, a fight occurred between the Hungarian and Roumanian inhab- itants. Four Hungarians are reported killed and thirty wounded.' * Fourteen peasants were killed in & collision with troops at " Belgesto, while in Fokshanu the people are in revolt against the authorities. The viliaze of Sulice was destroyed | by peasant riotcrs. The fate of the inhabitants is not known. WAR OWN FARMING TRUST. Cause cf the Fresent Uprising in Roumania. Bucharest, Roumania, March 2 .— The agrarizn revolt, which at first was centered around Botosahni, has now spread over practically the whole of Moldavia. The telegraph and tele- phone lines have been destroyed and marauding bands have made some at- tempts to hold up trains. A serious encounter between troops and raiders has occurred at Blegest: in the district of Bacau. The peas: anis attacked the troops, who opened | fire. and routed the raiders, killing fourteen of them. 1 At Negresti, in the district of Ves- lui, & large estate belonging to M. Stoicescu, Liberal minister of agricul-! ture, has been sacked and burned. In tke district of Vaslui alone Thurs- day twenty peasants were killed and scores wounded. The movement is really more agrarian than anti-Semitic. The peas- antg are in revolt agalnst the great farming trust, which has leased half the tillable land in Moldavia. The ab- sentee landlords who control the land happen to be Jews and most of their eslates were sacked. Had it not heen agants, who grind the peasants down to starvation wages, the revolt would not have occurred. The Jews have for the merciless actlons of 'thelr] suffered more than other people from the uprising because the majority of the shopkeepers are managers for Jews of farms in Moldavia. SENTENCED TO DEATH. Slayer of London Merchant Tried and Convicted. London, March 2'.—Horace George Rayner, who on Jan. 24 shot and killed William Whiteley, the “general provider” of West Bourne, was tried, convicted and sentenced to death. Rayner was tried in the central criminal court. In his opening state- ment R. D. Muir, counsel for the troasury, whose assertions were sub- sequently corroborated on the wit- ness stand by Louisa Turner, who lived under Mr. Whiteley’s protection, disposed of the fiction that Rayner was an illegitimate son of the man he killed. Mr. Muir sald the prisoner was three years old before any member of { his family became in any way. con- nected with Mr. Whiteley. At that ime, in 1832, Rayner's aunt, Louisa Turner, was given employment in Whiteley’s store and the following Year she went to live under his pro- tection. - Cecil Whiteley, whom the rrisoner pretended to be while in the hospital suffering from the pistol shot which he inflicted on himself after the murder, was a son by this connection and was born in 1885. Rayner learned of the existence of Cecil about 1900 and also of Louisa Turner’s connes- tion with Whiteley. Continuing, counsel described Ray- ner'’s increasing ~poverty of Tecent years aund contended that the knowl- edge of the scandal in the life of Mr. ‘Whiteley led Rayner to attempt to blackmail him. Counsel further al- leged that Rayner had prepared the crime with care and deliberation. STOPS ALL NEW WORK. Pennsylvania Road Fellows Lead of Others. Philadelphia, March 26.—Following the example of the Erie and the New York, New Haven and Hartford rail- roads the Pennsylvania is about to countermand orders for improvements in which the expenditure of $25,000,000 wag involved. This_action is the direct result for the 2-cent passenger fare legislation nearing adoption in this state. It wag for the same reason that the Erie held up orders for improvements involving $10,000,000 and the New York, New Hayen and Hartford for improvements involving $20,000,000. L Train Coes Through Trestle. Portsmouth, 0., March 25.—A Nor- folk and Western freight train plunged through a twenty-five-foot trestle near Lucasville. The trestle was under- mined by the flood. The train fell to the bottom. Fireman D. B. Hutton was crushed to death and Engineer J. T. Mouser was fatally injured. The brakeman was caught in the wreck and his body cannot be found. =