Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, April 24, 1907, Page 4

e i i { | [N NEW YORK BLAZE Four Men and Several Hundred Horses Burned to Death. HALF DOZEN SERIOUS FIRES Other Conflagrations Attended by In- Jury to a Dozen Firemen and by a Number of Thrilling Rescues From the Burning Buildings. New York, April 24—Four men burned to death, 250 horses Kkilled, twelve flremen injured, two of them serlously, two engines overturned and wrecked by collisions with street cars, several thrilling rescues from burning bulldings and property loss of §200,000 —that Is the story of the fire depart- ment for the five hours following mid- night. Six different fires on the Upper East Side, in Broadway, on the Middle Tast Slde and a big stable fire at Christopher and Barrow streets kept the firemen constantly at work. The dead are four Italians, whose bodles, burned beyond recognition, were found in the ruins of the burned stable. Three alarms called out a great battery of fire apparatus, includ- ing two big fireboats, but it was only after a hard fight that the firemen saved the big adjoining tenements and the Palace and Knickerbocker hotels. Two hundred and fifty horses quar- tered in the building perished. Two Fire Engines Wrecked. Another serious fire started in the Madison laundry in Fast Seventy third street and swept up through thi fivestory building, several of the upper floors of which were occupied As tenements. It was while on the way to this fire that the two fire engines were wrecked. The drivers of both engines were injured, but it is not believed that either of them was fatally hurt. The familles in the upper part of the building were cut off from escape by the stalrways, but ‘ware rescued by firemen. It was in a high building in Wooster street that most of the firemen were injured. Fire had been discovered on the top floor and the firemen had dragged their hose up the stairs to fight a stubborn blaze in the factory of the R. R. Frome Manufacturing company. The full company had reached the sceme when came the backdraught and the flames and chok- ing smoke swept over them. A dozen of the men were blown down a flight of stalrs. Several of them were se- verely burned and bruised. ARRESTED IN CHICAGO. 8outh Dakota Banker Accused of Mis- applying Funds. Chicago, April 24.—Charles C. King, president of the First National bank of 8cotland, S. D., has been arrested here by United States Marshals Grif fin and Donovan. King was recently indicted by the federal grand jury in South Dakota ‘on charges of having misapplied the funds of the bank and of having issued certificates of deposit in his own favor amounting to $45,000. After his arrest King was taken to the office of United States Commis- sloner Foote, where he was shown coples of two indictments against him One indictment charged him with is- suing to himself nine certificates of deposit of $5,000 each, for which no money was turned into the bank. The sacond indictment, containing nine- teen counts, alleges the misapplication of funds amounting to $21,777. While in the office of the commis- sloner he declared that the allega- 'tlons In the indictments were false and the work of his enemies. He as- serted that there had never been any- thing wrong in any of his dealings with the bank. SOME STOLEN BONDS FOUND Less to New York Trust Company WiIll Not Exceed $140,000. New York, April 24—O0. M. Den- nete, the broker in whose room at the Manhattan club were found $20,000 werth of the railroad bonds which W, 0. Douglas, the loan clerk, is alleged to havo stolen from the Trust Com- pany of North America, is In custody, according to a statement made by President Oakleigh Thorne of the trust company. President Thorne's an- mouncement was made at a meeting of the executive committee of the trust company. He sald that Dennett bad hypothecated with brokerage houses some of the securities which Douglas had taken from the vaults of the trust company. The maximum loss to the company, President Thorne said, would not exceed $140,000. DOING IMMENSE DAMAGE. 8evere Volcanic Eruptions Continue in Southern Chile. Santlago, Chile, April 24—Severe volcanic eruptions continue in the southern part of Chile. The town of Valdivia is covered with ashes and overhung with clouds. Valdivia is the capital of the proy- ince of Valdlvia, in which the Puye- hue volcano, which has been in erup- tlon recentiy, is situated. The town has a population of about 10,000 and s on the Valdivia river. The vol- canic eruption has destroyed many cattle and numerous farms. Deposits have been falling 150 miles from the voleano, a river is reported to have dried up and a lake is said to have disappeared, but there has been no loss of life reported up to the present TAFT DISCUSSES CUBA. Pound Affairs There in a Batisfactory Condition. Washington, April 24.—Secretary Taft, who has arrived in Washington from his trip to Panama, Cuba and Porto Rico, gaye out a statement in which he says he found matters In Cuba “in what under the circum- stances must be considered a satis- factory condlition;” that there iIs every ground for hope that the plan adopted for a census, preliminary election and then a general election six months later will result in the selection of a president and congress ‘who will be able to maintain themselves and glve stable rule to the island; and that the delay in taking a census is taken by the Cubaus as an earnest of the Amer- ican government's desire to secure a stable government before it leaves, “so there shall be no excuse for a sec- ond Intervention.” Discussing canal work the secretary expressed the liveliest satisfaction. The work of excavation and, indeed, all phases of the canal work, said the secretary, were progressing under Colonel Goethals’ management quite as rapldly us they had under the di- rection of Mr. Stevens. Mongolia Escapes Damage. Moji, Japan, April 24—An exam- fnation by divers of the Pacific Mail steamer Mongolia, when she had been refloated, definitely established the fact that she had not sustained any damuge as the result of going ashore in Hayatomo strait. The steamer has proceeded for San Francisco. ARBITRATION ONLY HOPE Central American Peace Nego- tiations Still Deadlocked. Washington, April 24.—The Central American controversy is no nearer a settiement, according to a dispateh re- ceived at the state department from Philip Brown, the American charge at Guatemala, cabling from La Union, Salvador. Mr. Brown says the vari- ous questions involved continue to be discussed, but that the deadlock is still on. He holds out no hope of an early agreement. Both the United States and Mexico are striving to bring about some un- derstanding between the belligerents whereby the resumption of hostilities will be averted. Long conferences were held at the stale department be- tween Assistant Secretary Bacon, Am- bassador Creel of Mexico and Minis- ters Mejia of Salvador and Calvo of Costa Rica, as a result of which it was announced that important devel- opmerts may be expected within the next twenty-four hours. In the present apparently hopeless state of affairs it has been determined that the only way out of the diffi- cully is by arbitration of all the ques- tions in dispute and therefore Nic- aragua, Honduras and Salvador have been urged to agree to a proposition of that nature. STUDY QUESTION ABROAD Part of Immigration Commission Will Visit Europe. ‘Washington, April 24.—The immi- gration commission was in session for three hours considering the details of the proposed investigation. It was practically decided that all of the nine members of the commission except Commissioner of Labor Neill and Pro- fessor Jenks should proceed to Europe for the purpose of prosecuting the in- quiry there and that Messrs. Neill and Jenks should carry on the work in this country. The members who will go abroad will leave some time dur- ing the latter part of May and they probably will begin their work in Southern Italy, gradually proceeding northward into Poland, Russia and other European countries from which large numbers of immigrants come. They will give especial attention to the class of immigration and the in- ducements offered to immigrants. The subjects which will receive especial attention at home are the distribution of immigrants and their congestion in the large cities. Particular attention will be given to the latter subject, as it is generally felt that the concentration of the newly arrived foreigners in the principal centers of population is one of the greatest evils connected with the question of immigration. PARTY RATE TICKETS. Commission Holds They Are Not Con- fined to Theatrical Troupes. Washington, April 24.—A-farreaca- ing decision has been rendered by the interstated commerce commission respecting “party rate tickets.” Vari- ous railways of the country have been proceeding on the theory that such tickets applied only to theatrical or amusement companies. The commis- sion holds, however, that the trans- portation of such amusement com- panies on party rate tickets would be similar to transportation where the same number of persons not belong- Ing to such company offered to travel and that, therefore, the tickets must be opened to the use of the general public. Troops Urged to Mutiny. Paris, April 24—Manifestoes de- nouncing militarism, couched in vio- lent language, appealing to the troops to refuse to act against strikers, have been placarded throughout the prov- inces. The government is about to take severe measures agalust the au- thors of these publications. TO AVOID TARIFF WAR. German Reichstag Will Approve Pro- visional Agreement. Berlin, April 2¢.—Now that the eco- nomic committee, which acts in an ad- visory capacity to the government. in tariff matters, has accepted the pro- visional arrangement with the United States governmen? circles here antici- pate that the reichstag will readily as- sent to the step taken. The officials, however, claim that no party in the reichstag will vote for the agreement with any degree of enthuslasm, but they say they all will do 80 on the ground that it will be a choice of the lesser evil, as no party or parties in parliament are willing to take the re- sponsibility of inaugurating a tarift war with the United States. Itallan Peace Congress. Rome, April 24.—An - Italian national peace congress will be held at Peru- gla in June at the same time The Hague peace conference is in session. Perugia is the constituency of Deputy Guido Pompilj, under secretary of for- eign affairs, who has been chosen Italian delegate to The Hague. FOURTEEN ON BOARD. Lumber Barge Arcadia Apparently Lost on Lake Michigan. WRECKAGE WASHED ASHORE Parts of Vessel and Cargo Found | Along the Beach Identifled as Be- | longing to 1l Fated Vessel, Which | Has Been Missing Since April 12. Manistee, Mich., April 24—The wooden lumber barge Arcadia, which | lett this port April 12 for Two Rivers | with a cargo of hardwood, has un- doubtedly been lost in Lake Michigan with her captain and owner, Harry | May, and about thirteen others. Ma- rine men here have given her up as lost and would not be surprised to hear that her wreck was caused by a boller explosion. %ome hold the the- ory that she went down as the result of the big storm of April 14. The cargo of the Arcadia was shipped by the State Lumber com- pany of this city to the Hamilton Man- ufacturing company of Two Rivers. The boat has not been heard from definitely since leaving Manistee. Wreckage has been found along the beach from Pentwater north to Little Point Sauble and part of it has been identified as the cargo of the lost oraft. Portions of her cabins and bul- warks have also been found on the beach near Pentwater. While it has been impossible to learn absolutely how many persons were on the wrecked barge it is gen- erally believed that the number was bstween ten and fifteen, with a major- ity of the reports agreeing on four- teen. The Arcadia left Manistee April 12. April 13 and 14 Lake Michigan was swept by such a severe storm that navigation was almost complete- 1y tied up. It was during this storm that the Arcadia was probably lost. Wreckage was sighted four miles off Ludington in the direct course to Mil- waukee immediately after the gale, but until the bulwarks bearing the steamer’s name were washed ashore it was Impossible to identify the wrecked craft. GREAT ARRAY OF WARSHIPS American Fleet Ready to Greet For- eign Visitors. Norfolk, Va., April 24.—The great- est fleet of American vessels ever as- sembled in the historic waters of Hampton Roads, 300,000 tons of float- ing steel, has been made ready to re- ceive the first of the visiting foreign battleships and cruisers which are from time to time to take part in the celebration which will mark the prog- ress of the Jamestown Tercentennial exposition. For the opening of the exyposition, Friday, the 26th, the war- ships of Great Britain, of Germany and of Austria are expected. One of the visiting Germans, the dark hulled cruiser Bremen, is already in the road- stead awaiting the arrival of the Roon, a big armored cruiser typical of the modern fighting craft in Emperor Will- lam’s navy. All the American vessels now at anchor belong to the Atlantic fleet. There are probably twenty-five battle- ships and cruisers in the far flung line, which is headed by the Connec- ticut just off the government pier at Fortress Monroe, and which trails away almost to the vanishing point up the broad channelway leading to Nor- folk. The fleet has been arranged so as to give the visitors to the exposition the best possible opportunity for viewing the fighting strength of the American navy. SCORE OR MORE INJURED Great Northern Train Partially De- railed Near Blalsdell, N. D. Minot, N. D., April 24.—Twelve per- sons were seriously injured and as many others more or less badly hurt in the wreck of Great Northern train No. 4 one mile east of Blaisdell. It is feared that one or two of the injured may die, although the physicians are working to save their lives. The wreck was caused by a broken rail The engine did not go off the track, but the baggage, express and mail car, smoker, day coach and tourist sleeper were hurled into the ditch and partially turned over. The passengers say that the train was an hour late and was making up the time. hurt were in the smoker, which seemed to have got the full force of the impact. A relief train was sent out from here and the injured were brought to this city. Most of those who were | | graft cases, if he did not have in his possession a list of the grafting coun- ; cllmen. list and said that he would produce it later. President Cameron denied emphat- feally that he ever intended giving the councilmen $1. He told how he fooled them by means of checks placed in safe deposit boxes and afterwards re- moved. He sald Common Councilman ‘Will lam A. Martin, now under sentence to three years in the penitentiary for soliciting bribes from Cameron, was the collector of the combine and thaf finally in desperation the combipe 4 manded the cash and that $70,000 dis- in the presence of Martin. President Cameron, through his at- torneys, announced after the hearing was adjourned that he would resist all efforts to try him on the charge of bribery, for which he has already been indicted, on the grounds that his testi- mony gives him Immunity from prose- cution. GREAT FIRE AT TOULON Some Loss of Life and Immense Damage to Property. Toulon, France, April 24—A fire whicli broke out at the arsenal here short!ly after midnight has assumed alarming proportions. Private resi- dences outside the arsenal are threat ened, immense quantities of stor have been hurned and damage amount- ing to many millions of francs has been done. The wall of a storehouse fell in, burying forty men, thirty of whom were severely injured. Two or three persons are believed to have been killed. Seme houses oceupied by workmen situated near the arsenal caught fire and coilapsed, burying twelve men, who, however, were rescued, though most of them were badly injured. Large bodies of soldiers and sailors were engaged in fighting the flames throughout the night, but all the ef- forts to control the fire have been without success up to the present. HONDURANS BACK DOWN. Threatened to Resist Landing of American Marines. Puerto Cortez, April 17, via New Orleans, April 24—An amusing in- stance of the armed resistance lo lutlonists came to light in the official correspondence of the American gun- boat Marietta. Colonel Louis Isauila, a revolutionist in command of the port of Tela, Honduras, drew a revolver upon Ensign McNair of the Marietta when the latter was sent ashorz at Tela to say that American marines would protect foreign property. Colo- nel Isauila threatened to Lkill the en- sign if he did not desist in his purpose He admitted he had such a! appeared from his coat pocket whlle; American marines by Honduran tevo- | oL lanaing marines. Commander Ful- lam of the Marietta sent a body of ) marines ashore to demand an apology from Isavila. These marines found the colonel with elght men drawn up in skirmish line and were told that Colonel Isauila demanded an apology of the Americans. When, however, the Americans advanced and said they intended to have an apology Isauila backed down and wrote one. Among the acts for which an apol- ogy was asked was the cutting down of a British flag at Salado. Isauila’s soldlers threatened the life of William Collins, a British subject, who had | rafsed his flag for protection. Com- | mander Fullam informed the colonel‘ that the American marines would not ! allow insults to the British flag. TERRORISTS KILL THREE. | ; Hold Up Money Carriage at Lodz, Rus: sian Poland. Lodz, Russian Poland, April 24— Thirty terrorists, armed with auto- matic pistols, held up a carriage in Rokicin street in which a portion of the funds derived from the govern- ment sale of spirituous liquor was being transported to the bank. The terrorists threw a bomb which destroyed the vehicle, killed three of { the accompanying soldiers outright and mortally wounded five more, as | well as the coachman and a govern-| ment employe who had the money In charge. They secured $2,000 and es- ! eaped. | | Sebastopol, April 24—A band of armed terrorists drove up to the post- office, made the officials hold up their hands under penalty of being shot, took $5,000 of the postoffice funds and escaped, leaving no trace of their identit LULLIDIUN UF IRAIRS, Results in Death of Two Men and In- jury of Twelve Others. Birmingham, Ala, April {1—Two dead and twelve injured is the result | of a collision on the Southern railway | at Woodlawn Junction. A southbound. freight train entering the yard limits fournd itself without power on the | rain line. { A passenger train some hours later ; ran into the rear of this frain, though | it is claimed a flagman was sent back | to protect the freight. A wrecking ¢ train ieaving the city yards to clear ! another wreck ran into the Woodlawn | Junction wreck. ! Accused of Rifling Letters, l\ New York, April 2°.—David E. Sted- | man, a clerk in the registry division | of the New York postofice, who has | | held positions of trust for eighteen | vears, has been arrested by postofiice inspectors and charged with the lar- ¢ ceny of money from foreign registered | letters. i Four Children Cremated. i Fulton, Ky. April 2f.—Four chil- ' | dren of Mr. Hodad, a Greek merchant, | were cremated in a fire which de- | | stroyed their residence. Mr. and Mrs. Hedad were badly burned and the lat. Recommended by leading physicians and chemists It is the only hi 3. Itis not made or Alum- in the food. correct. 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It is a pity that all babies born with the prospect of being adopted out of an orphan asylum are not blessed with blue eyes. wish to adopt children show a prefer- ence for the blue eyed variety. “They seem to think,” said the ma- tron of one such institution, “that blue eyes give promise of great intelligence, honesty and general stability of char- acter. That is pretty hard on the youngsters with eyes of brown, black, gray or hazel. Undoubtedly those chil- dren will grow up to be just as worthy i citizens as the blue eyed tots, but it is fmpossible to make most of the pro- spective parents-in-law believe so. They have been influenced by the ar- guments of certain half baked scien- tific writers who claim that all the vir- tues are found in blue eyes, and the dark eyed children, no matter what their parentage, suffer from the dis- crimination.”—New York Sun. The Oid Warming Pan, “Yes, that is a fine specimen of the old brass warming pan,” said an ama- teur collector of antiques, quoted by the Philadelphia It d, “but it hangs on the wall from this time on. It will not be brought into requisition for ac- tual warming purposes again. It's too goed.” Then he added contemplative- ly: “My danzhter thought it would re- new the an flavor of things to put that warming pan to use. So on one of the coldest nights of the winter she ; filled the pan end with live coals, shut the lid and put the pan into one of the beds. In a little while the house was filled with smoke, which, on being traced to its origin, was found to come from the bLed, which was afire. With a few clden time wood embers these ‘warming pans were all right, but with live anthra: Most persons who | ! | Job. We put out the fire, but, as I say, | from this time on the warming pan hangs on the wall empty.” Kneaded Earth. ! Even old Pling wrote of “plsework,” i pronounced “pee-say-work.” It was suggested by the building processes of the ants, and the durable walls made according to those wonderful archi- tects of the insect tribe were called ‘formacle.” The method was well known to the anclents, and some of the | oldest houses In the world today are of this construction. Rondelet writes of | i i a chateau in the department of Ain, . Trance, which he repaired In 1764: “It was at least 150 years old, and the walis had acquired a hardness and compactuess equal to ordinary stone, so that in enlarging the windows and oth- er apertures the workmen used the same tools as in a quarry.”” Pie is simply kneaded earth, What is Mexl- can adobe?—New York Press, Her Limit. The old generation of Galloway lairds were a primitive and hospita- ble race, but their conviviality some- times led to awkward occurrences. In former days, when roads were bad and | wheeled vehicles almost unknown, an old laird was returning from a supper party with his lady mounted behind him on horseback. On crossing the river Urr at a ford at a point where it Joins the sea the old lady dropped off, but was not missed until her husband reached his door, when, of course, there was an immediate search made. The party who were dispatched in quest of her arrived just in time to find her remonstrating with the advancing tide, which trickled into her mouth, in these words: “No anither drap, neither het nor cauld.”—London Tit-Bits. DAUGHTER UNDER ARREST 8uspected by Police of Poisoning Her Parents. Chicago, April 24.—A warrant charg- ing Mrs. Sladek with the murder of ber father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mette, was taken out during the day. Mrs. Mette died several weeks ago and Frank Mette died on April €. A chemical analysis has shown that Mrs. Mette was poisoned by argenic and it is believed that her husband’s death was caused in the same manner. There is no direct evi- dence against Mrs. Sladek, but she has been under suspicion since the death of her mother. Three brothers of Mr. Sladek are now critically ill and it is believed by the police that she endeavored to poison them. HELD UP FOR $70,000. Mead of Tube Railway Tells of Pitts- burg Graft Combine. Pittsburg, April 24—A sensation was sprung in the councilmanic graft investigation when President C. 8. Cameron of the Pittsburg and Tube City railway went on the witness stand and told in detail how he was held up for $70,000 L the graft com- bine which controls both branches of the city council. 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