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

ADDITIONAL LOGAL MATTEB Sues Telephone Company. Papers are today in prepara tion in the suitof E. R Farley against the Northwest:rn Tele phone Company for damages. The complaint alleges that Mr. Farley was denied the privilege of long distance service between Bemidji and Turtle River. Mr. Farley states he went into a pub lic booth and tendered his mouey for the mossage, but the oper- ator would mot give the conuec- tion called for, on account ofa dispute over 30 cents, which the operator claims is due the com- pany from Farley for message some time ago. Mr. Farley claims that he lost a deal involving many thousand dollars on account of the arbi- trary action of the company. Returns From Visit to Norway. Poter Severson, of Foy, has just returned from Walders, Norway, where he has spent the past four wonths visiting with friends and relatives of his boy- hood days. Three young men and a young lady returned with him and will make their home for a while with him at Suam, this county. Markham Sunday Dinner. = Remember that you can take your family to the Markham hotel and partake of a fine Sun- day dinner which will be served at 6 o’clock tomorrow. Don’t bother with home cooking, when you can be served so nicely. Insane Veteran Runs Amuck. Dayton, O., April 6.—Willlam H. Huffman, a veteran of the Civil war, ran amuck at the Soldiers’ home and stabbed five veterans while they were asleep. Huffman thought the wound- ed men were plotting to kill him and the guards had a struggle before they overpowered him. David Calle and James Connors, two of the wounded soldlers, are in a critlcal coudition. “To the Bitter End.” One of the most interesting phases of the study of language is the peculiar manner in which words and phrases origlnating in mistakes finally grow Into the common speech of the people. An Instance of this Is the expression “to the bitter end,” which is common- ly used to denote the final extremity of a crisis. Although perfectly proper today, it is in reality a mistake. The correct phrase is “to the better end” and arose from the fact that when a vessel has paid out all her cable in a storm it has run out to the end which bas been little used and therefore to the better end. Danlel Defoe uses the proper phrase in “Robinson Crusoe” in his description of the storm at Yar- mouth when he says, “We rode with two anchors ahead and the cables veer- ed out to the better end.” A Nice Legal Distinction. | A lawyer in the Indian Territory named McGann was the attorney for a farmer who had killed a neighbor. McGann got the man out on ball on the plea of justifiable homicide or some- thing of the kind, and the farmer im- medlately took his gun and killed the chlef witness against him, i Naturally this nettled the sheriff and the judges, and they offered $300 re- ward for the murderous farmer. *Say,” sald McGann to the sheriff, “will you glve me that reward if I get him?” “Yes,” the sheriff replied, and McGann rode out to’ the hiding place of his tlient. The farmer came up, and McGann shot him, took the body back to town nd demanded the reward. “How pbout this, McGann?” asked another lawyer. “Do you think it Is in accord- ance with the ethics of the legal pro- Pesslon to take advantage of your cli- ent in that manner?” “Ethlcs be blow- ed!” snorted McGann, “I killed him in rnother case.”—Exchange. An Old Time Playful Prisoner. Over a century ago there occurred in London what the Annual Reglster call- ed “a most unparalleled atroclty.” It was only the theft of a pocket hand- kerchief from a pocket, but the circum- stances of the deed explaln the vehe- mence of this denunciation. Four men were on their trial for assaulting a man fn his house at Ponder's End, putting him in fear and stealing from him, and one of them relieved the tedium of the trlal, which lasted elght hours, by plck- ing the pocket of one of the turnkeys as he stood In the dock. An officlal had the presence of mind to order the res- toration of the handkerchief, and the prisoner had enough presence of mind to obey “with the most careless indif- ference,” but the court, we read, “were horror struck.” Justice, however, pull- ed itself together suffclently to sen- tence all four men to death. Romance of the Cigar. A bride of a year ago gave her hus- band a box of long, lean and sickly look- Ing clgars for a birthday present. The man smelled them, looked at the label and then, with tears in his eyes, sald: “I cannot bear to smoke your present. I will keep them always as a token of your love.” His wife was so touched that she went down town and ordered three boxes of the same brand and had them charged to her husband. When she gave them to him she said: “Here, dear; these are not a present. Smoke them and enjoy them.”—Topeka Btate Journal About the Only Place.’ A company of settlers In naming thelr new town called it Dictionary, because, as they sald, “that’s the only place where peace, prosperity and hap- piness are always found.” DENTH N TORNAR Many Killed or Injured at Alex- andria, La., and Vicinity. =% PROPERTY LOSS VERY HEAVY Large Number of Factorles, Stores and Dwellings Totally Wrecked or Partially Damaged by the Terrific Forée of the Wind, Alexandrla, La., April 6—Several persons dead, many injured and 100 factories, stores and dwellings totally wrecked or partially. damaged ls the result of a tornado which passed over Alexandria between 1 and 2 a. m. The dead, whose bodles have been removed from the debris, are: M. L Dunn, John Breck, Couvillion White and Rose Dudley. Thirteen persons have been taken to the hospital suffering from varfous injuries, some of them fatal. The city power plant, the Alexan- dria ice and cold storage plant and many mills and factories were wrecked or partially wrecked. Reports are coming in from the surrounding country telling of prop- erty damage and loss of life. The list of dead is growing and there are a great many injured. All of the bufld- ings in the path of the tornado were destroyed or badly damaged. The wind was accompanied by a heavy rain and hail and growing crops were seri- ously damaged. Nine passenger coaches standing in he yards of the Iron Mountain rail- road were swept off the tracks and rolled over. Heavy pieces of wreck- age were blown entirely through some of the coaches. A special from Bayou Sara, La., re- ports serious damage in West Felici- ana parish as a result of the tornado. Many negroes are reported to have been killed. Insane Asylum Wrecked. New Orleans, April 6.—A dispatch from Jackson, La, says a tornado swept through that town, wrecking the state insane asylum and killing three of the inmates. Several resi- dences are also reported to have been destroyed and Miss M. Lea, a young woman, is said to have been among those killed. Many Buildings Destroyed. Hattiesburg, Miss., April'6.—A tor- nado passed over Carson, Miss., thirty- six miles west of here on the Misais- sippi Central rallroad, destroying the railroad depot and other buildings. No loss of life has been reported. TROOPS ON THE SCENE. Fall of Russian Duma Seems to Be Near at Hand. St. Petersburg, April 6—The ar- rival of large bodies of Cossacks, drageons and other troops, as on the occasion of the dissolution of the first duma, confirms the belief that the expulsion of the new duma is imme- diately pending. There are other facts that point in the same direction. The telegraph office at Tsarskoe-Selo is hardly able to handle the flood of telegrams daily addressed to the czar from branches of the Union of the Russiai People throughout the empire praying him {o dissolve the “seditious duma.” The provincial governors and the bishops are also bringing pressure to hear on influential personages of the court to advise dissolution, represent- ing that their work is embarrassed by the revolutionary speeches made in the duma and printed by the news- papers. JOHN F. DIETZ INDICTED. Accused of Attempted Murder and Re- sisting Officers. Chippewa Falls, Wis., April 6.—The Sawyer county grand jury has re- turned three indictments against John F. Dietz of Cameron Dam, Wis. One indictment is for resisting officers. The other two indictments charge at- tempted murder. Dietz is alleged to be holding by force of arms property not belonging to him. On the ground that Dietz is probably insane the grand jury recommends that the gov- ernor send military aid to effect the capture of Dietz at once. Warships Do Little Damage. San Salvador, April 6.—The bom- bardment of Amapala by Nicaraguan warships only damaged the tower of one church. The United States cruiser Chicago, anchored off Acajutla, has received orders from Washington to leave in the direction of the gulf of Fonseca in order to be near the prob- able scene of war developments. More Indictments Probable. San Francisco, April 6.—Assistant District Attorney Heney says that the grand jury has under consideration five more indictments against high officials in connection with the Home Telephone bribery case and three more indictments of high officials in connection with the affairs of the rival company. Killed by a School Boy. Sarapul, Russia, April 6.—A police inspector named Fioloff was killed here by a sixteen-year-old school boy named Kuznetsoff, who shot him down with a revolver. The boy was cap- tured. LEGITIMATE TRANSACTIONS. Counsel Argues for Legality of Harri- man Deals. ‘Washington, April 6—Continuing bis argument before the interstate commerce commission in support of the legality of Mr. Harriman’s railroad operations Attorney John G. Milburn Bave especial attention to the conten- tion that the purchase of the Southern Pacific by the Union Pacific was a legitimate business transaction and aptitrust lay. He sald that if the laws of the state by which the Union 2 £ ; Paclfic was chartared had prohibited such a purchase it cowld not have been legitimately made, but that in no event could the federal antd-trust law be held applicable. Mr. Milburn -complained of the course of the commission in singling out the Harriman Interests for inves- tigation and said he should be pleased to have an inquiry into the entire sub- fect of community of interests. He would have the Pennsylvania, the Van- derbilt, the Northern Pacific, the Rock Island and the Great Northern sys- tems Inquired into, for all of these had grown up under the &yes of the commission by the acquisition of stock and eonsolidation and all con- trol purallel E_.nd competing lines. MILITIA READY FOR CALL Prepared to Take a Hand in Strike at Lorain, 0. Lorain, O., April 6.—There are om- inous preparations for trouble in the ghipyards strike. Company B, Fifth infantry, Ohio national guard, is as- sembled in the armory and the com- pany is being put through a drill by Captain Gove with rifles. The com- pany has been notified to be in readi- ness to go out at a moment’s notice. There have been no further disor- ders on the part of the strikers. They are in a sullen mood, however, and the authoritles fear that trouble will occur when about 200 strikebreakers arrive. The latter are expected to come in a body on a special train dur- ing the day. Mayor King made an address to the strikers during the morning. He told them that he would tolerate no more violence and that necessary force would be used henceforth to quell any rioting. Soldiers in uniform are at the rail- way stations to assist the special deputies in case of trouble. Superintendent La Marche of the American Shipbuilding company stated during the afternoon that he had en- gaged 1,000 men to take the places of the strikers and that the company would under no circumstances treat with their former employes. He added that all of the new men would arrive in Lorain by Sunday. NEGOTIATIONS AT END. Street Car Fight to Be Resumed at Cleveland. Cleveland, April 6.—Negotiations looking to a solution of the traction question in this city have been ter- minated by the Cleveland RElectric Railway company announcing that it declined to accept the proposition to turn over its property to a holding company on the basis of 60 per cent. It was also declared that the com- pany would refuse to consider any such proposition ‘from the so-called holding company on any basis. Fol- lowing immediately upon this an- nouncement the company withdrew the sale of tickets at the rate of seven for 25 cents and resumed the old rata of eleven tickets for 50 cents, with 5 cents as cash fares. It is stated that the street railway fight between the Cleveland Electric Railway company and the city administration will be re- sumed at once and it is believed that some sensational developments will follow within the next few days. DEAD MAN AT THE WHEEL. Passengers on River Packet Narrowly Escape Disaster. Pittsburg, April 6.—With the spoke of the pilot wheel clutched in a death grasp and a hand extended toward the bell rope George W. Conant was found lying dead in the pilothouse of the packet Lorona near East Liverpool, O. ‘Without a guiding hand the big packet, filled with sleeping passengers, wan- dered hither and thither through the dense fog and was running at high speed into a rock studded pool when Captain John Richardson discovered the situation and saved the craft from destruction. Confidence in the President. Lincoln, Neb., April 6.—The Ne- braska state senate has adopted a resolution endorsing the position of President Roosevelt in his controversy with E. H. Harriman and declaring the confidence of .the senate in the president’s motives. Strikebreaker Shoots Striker. Pomeroy, O., April 6.—Trouble troke out afresh in the miners’ strike here when Charles Campbell, a strile- breaker, shot John Walters, a union miner, with a shotgun. Walters will die and Campbell is in jail. More trouble is feared. Double Murder and Sulcide. Chicago, April 6.—William Romnell, living at 261 Twenty-ninth street, shot and fatally wounded his mother-in-law and father-in-law and then killed him- self. The cause of the tragedy is not known, —_— WALSH AGAIN INDICTED. Accused of Various Violations of Bank- ing Laws. Chicugo, April 6.—The federal grand Jury has returned another indictment, containing 176 counts, against John R. Walsh, the former president of the Chicago National bank. The counts charge misapplication of funds and credits of the bank and also allege that he made false entries in his reports to the controller of the currency. Between fifty and sixty transactions are covered in the indictment, the ag- gregate sum involved being about $8,600,000. 'The specific charges are that sums of money were credited to the personal account of President Walsh as the result of “memorandum note” transactions; that other sums were piaced to his personal credit as the result of the sales of certain bonds to the bank and that payments of money were made by him from the sums credited to his account following the transactions in ‘“memorandum notes” and the sale of the bonds. The trlal of President Walsh has been set for Oct, 18. not in any way in contravention of the Sen et 9z NIPPED IN THE BUD Pablicity Killed Anti-Roosevelt Move, Says Secretary Loeb. STORY BRANDED A WILD YARN Some of the Interests Involved in Al- leged “Rich Men’s Conspiracy” De- clare the Idea Is Absurd and Wholly Without Foundation. Washington, April 6.—Secretary Loeb declares that no names were mentioned at the White House when reference was made to some public man who had been present at a dinner and had told the story of the alleged combination to accomplish the defeat of the president’s policies in the com- ing presidential campaign. This din- ner was 4 comparatively recent occur- rence. Secretary Loeb sald there were not any additional details of the affair to be given out, but he emphasized the belief thut the publicity which had been made of the intrigues against the interests of the president would “nip the whole scheme in the bud” be- fore the campaign of 1908 is fully on. | MERELY A WILD YARN. Interests Involved Deny Story of Anti- Roosevelt Fund. New York, April 6—E. H. Harriman declines absolutely to talk about the report from Washington that the Standard Oil compary and associated | interests had raised a fund of $5,000, 000 o prevent the nomination for president of a man of President Roose- velt’s choosing in 1908. The comment of Frank Q. Barstow, a Standard Oil company director, on the story was: “It is simply absurd; that’s all I Lave to say.” | A representative of interests closely connected with the Standard Oil com- I rany and with Mr. Harriman said he | knew nothing about the fund. “Neither I nor any of my associates know anything about such a fund,” he said. “I think every sensible man must think that the story is merely a wild yarn.” Mr. Harriman had a talk with H. H. Rogers of the Standard Oil company. He said at its conclusion that the talk was only about buslness matters which were not connected in any way with' President Roosevelt. ABSOLUTELY - UNTRUE. Senator Penrose Denies Connection With Alleged Move. Philadelphia, April 6.—Uniteq States Senator Penrose had this to say about the published report that he told at a Afnner the story of a “rich men’s con- spiracy” to prevent the selection of President Roosevelt’s choice of a suc- cessor to himself: “It is absolutely an untruth. never sald any such thing. It is all untrue. I have always been a sup- porter of and believer in President Roosevelt’s administration and all its policies.” COMMITTEE TAKES RECESS. Will Resume Brownsvilie Investigation on May 14, ‘Washington, April 6.—The senate committee on military affairs, which is making an investigation of the Brownsville affair, has agreed to take a recess until May 14. It is not thought likely that the committee will g0 to Brownsville until fall, when a trip will be made merely for the pur- pose of giving the committee an op- portunity to look over the town and see for themselves the marks of bul- lets iu the various buildings. It is not now intended to examine witnesses in any place except Washington. At the day’s session Senator Warner cross- examined Major Joseph P. O’Neill of the Thirtieth infantry and Lieutenant H. G. Leckie of the Twenty-fifth in- fantry, two of the officers who con- ducted the tests at Fort McIntosh to I have i see whether trace of men in uniform could be distinguished on clear nights. Nothing material was developed. HELD IN $1,000 BAIL. Stenographer Accused of Selling Har- riman Letter. New York, April 6—Frank W. Hill, the former stenographer for E. H. Harriman, who was arrested on a charge of selling the now famous Sid- ney Webster letter to a newspaper, ‘wag arraigned in. police court charged with a violation of the penal code: Alexander Millar, secretary of the Un- fon Pacific railroad, and Gordon M. Buck, counsel for the Harriman inter- ests, appeared to prosecute the charges. Hill was held in $1,000 bail for examination next Monday. TRIAL WILL CONTINUE Jerome Decides Not fo Appeal | From Court’s Decision. Unless Unforeseen Obstacles Arise the Long Drawn Out Thaw Case Will Wednesday or Thursday. /' New York, April 6.—The trial of Harry K. Thaw for the murder of i Stanford White probably will be con- jcluded next week. District Attorney Jerome has decided that he will not ask the appellate division of the su- preme court for a writ of prohibition agalnst the continuance of the trial before Justice Fitzgerald. He will, however, on Monday make an argu- ment to Justice Fitzgerald against the confirmation by the justice of the re- port of the commission in lunacy the proceedings against him and of advising with his counsel, Mr. Je- rome came to this conclusion after having spent an hour reading the law and precedents in criminal cases. He also had an interview with Justice Patterson of the appellate division of the supreme court. Should Justice Fitzgerald overrule the district attorney’s arguments and confirm the report of the lunacy com- mission summing up in the case will be begun, Mr. Delmas opening for the defense. He will be followed by the district ettorney for the prosecution. If there are no further interruptions the case, which has now dragged along for many weeks, should be in the hands of the jury by Wednesday or Thursday of next week. | Earlier Report Said He Was Deter- mined to Appeal. New York, April 6.—Much uncer- tainty again invests the Thaw case. Thaw is sane, according to the finding of the commission in lunacy, which has been placed in Justice Fitzgerald's hands, and he is adjudged quite com- vetent to consult his lawyers. But Be in the Hands of the Jury by | MR. JEROME BACKS DOWN.I which declared’ that Thaw was capa- ' ble of appreciating and understanding | UL UIUMph by him over the proseci- tion may end with the report and I= may yet have to spend many wear/ weeks of imprisonment before his fat 1s decided. This contingency, if it should occur, will be because of District Aftorney i Jerome’s uncompromising attitude, for END MAY COME NEXT WEEK | he has determined to appeal from Justice Fitzgerald’s ruling that he cannot inspect the minutes of the commission. The appeal will be in the nature of an action to obtain a review of the justice’s decision. It will be taken in the appellate division of the supreme court and by it the district attorney will seek either a writ of prohibition or a writ of man- damus. Such an appiication will act as a stay of proceedings and, if grant- ed, it will halt the trial, which had reached its last phase, for perhaps weeks or even months. Mr. Jerome is proceeding on the ground that he cannot, without hav- ing examined the minutes, make an intelligent argument against the adop- tion of the commission’s report. Jus- tice Fitzgerald has not yet confirmed the report, but doubtless he will do so next Monday morning. The jury meantime is excused until that day. What the effect of possibility of a long drawn out break in the case will be upon Thaw remains to be seen. He was decidedly elated when he learned of the commission’s report akout him and so was his wife and all the rest of his family. As for his law- yers they are confident that the dis- trict attorney stands little chance of gaining his point and interrupting the trial much longer. Second Attempt Successful. New York, April 6.—While suffer- ing from insomnia and ill health Mrs. Clara Bothfeld, wife of Otto Bothfeld, a member of the New York Produce Exchange, committed sulcide by drowning herself in the Narrows at Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. Mrs. Bothfeld suffered from blood poisoning a few years ago and never entirely recov- ered from it. About a year ago she attempted to shoot herself but failed. Disagrees With the President. New York, April 6.—President Nich- olas Murray Butler has returned to Columbia university from his honey- moon trip to the Pacific coast. Dr. Butler says that he disagrees with the attitude of President Roosevelt re- garding the Japanese question. He believes that the people of San Fran- cisco are fully justified in excluding the Japanese from their schools. just received. Men’s Regular $2.50 Hats, $1.50 and Monday Men’s and Boys’Hats Boys’ Hats at about I-2 Usual Price the greatest bargains ever offered in this city refunded PHONE NO. 30 E. H. WINTER @ C Now Is the Time RIGHT NOW, at the beginnirg of the season, when you need the goods, we are offering the greatest val- ues in MEN’S TROUSERS, HATS, SHIRTS and CHIL- DREN’S SUITS that were ever offered in Bemidii. 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