Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, June 10, 1907, Page 4

PLEASING TO WALL STREET Decision Noé@minally Pros- ecute E. H. Harriman. New York, June 10.—The decision TR TR e e vy OVER h SUORE DEAD Cloudimréf Almost Wiped Out Vil- lage of Gradyville, Ky. of the federal authorities not to inst-} popry BECAME A TORREN tute criminal proceedings ase inst E. in connecti th his . Harriman in connection : H s the prineipal | ilroad operations Wi :‘llll!‘:xiz‘(‘l Cnl Wall street. Mr. nlll’l'hl\i\.l\ s spending the day at hls. country home and his sociates, while show- ing their satisfaction at the ne from Washington, did not care to cuss the matter for publication. Interests friendly to Mr. Harriman; see in the latest turn of aff: disposition on the part of the govern- ment to abandon its case against the so-called Harriman lines and street professes to Delieve that the entive matter will soon cease to be a stock market factor. The idea that Mr. Harriman would be criminally prosoeuted was never riously entertained in finan eire! In the first place Mr, Harrl- man's friends say that there has not been any basis for such action. It s also pointed out that most of the al- Jeged illegal acts imputed to Mr. Har- riman and his associates are barred by the statute of limitati “The stock market's response to the news was a substantial rise in the Harriman issues, with corresponding advances elsewhere in the list. HARRIMAN 1S IMMUNE. Conclusion Reached at White House Conference. Washington, June 10.—It was de- cided at a White House conference on trust prosecutions that E. H. Harri- man, the railroad magnate, is immune from criminal prosecution as the re- sult of his testimony before the inter- state commerce commission in New York recently; that the question of prosecution of bituminous coal carry- ing railroads should be left in the hands of. the attorney general and that the prosecution of the anthracite coal roads will begin in Philadelphia prob- ably within the next few days. Those who participated in the con- ference were President Roosevelt, Se of State Root, Secretary of the v Cortelyou, Secretary of the Interior Garfield, Attorney General Bonaparte, Interstate Commerce Com- missioners Knapp and Lane and Frank B. Kellogg of Minnesota, spe- elal counsel for the government. AGAINST BREWING CONCERNS Judgment of Ouster Granted by Kan- sas Supreme Court. Topeka, Kan,, June 10.—The state supreme court has granted a judg- ment of ouster against the Anheunser- Busch Brewin ciation and held that the recent appointment of receiv- ers for the property in this state of foreign brewing companies was legal and proper in order to protect, pre- serve and render effectual the court’s jurisdiction. A dozen foreign brewing companies are affected. The opinion was written 1 R. A. Burch, the other judg oneurring, Long Strike Is Settled. Pomeroy, O., e 10.—The min Wall Immense Volume of Water Rushed Down Upon the Sleeping Hamlet and Scarcely a House in the Place Escaped Destruction, Louisville, June 10.— Twenty-one people are missing and the little vil- ilage of Gradyville, in the southern part of the state, is almost totally de- | stroyed as the result of a cloudburst, | which sent a yolume of water down upon the sleeping hamlet shortly after the midnight hour. A partial list of the dead and missing follows: Mr. and Mrs. Stronghill and family, John | Moore, Mrs. Austin Wilmore, Mis§ Wilmoye, Dr, L, C, Nell and family, H. Moss and family of five. Sixteen { bodies have been recovered. The storm began at 10 p. m. and in- creased in intensity until 12:30, when its height was reached. The cloudburst turned Big creek into a torrent which quickly over- flowed its banks and poured a great volume of water down upon Grady- ville. Nearly every house in the place was washed away and those who met death were drowned or crushed to death in their houses as they were torn from their foundations. Every stream in the vicinity is out of its banks. The cloudburst did great damage aside from the loss of life, all bridges in this vicinity being washed away and thousands of acres of corn ruined. Gradyville has a population of about 150 and is eighteen miles from a rail- road. FOUR PERSONS ARE KILLED Tornado Deniolishes Many Houses at New Minden, 11l Nashville, Ill, June 10.—A tornado swept over New Minden, seven miles north of this city, killing four persons and injuring several. A number of houses were demolished. The dead are Mrs. Henry Weihe and two chil- dren and a child of Carl Steumeyer. Henry Weihe and Mrs. Carl Steumeyer may die. A score of others were bruised by debris. The storm struck the northern por- tion of the town and most of the houses destroyed were country cot- tages. In the town the German Lu- theran church was badly damaged, the steeple being blown down and the roof blown off., The church bell was hurled through the large pipe organ below. On the north side of the church the parochial school was demolished. These buildings were practically the only ones in the village propei~ that were damaged. From this point the tornado continued on and leveled about seven more farmhouses. The Weihe house, in which the four people were killed, was about the last house struck. It was completely demolished. The occupants were carried with the de- bris of the house into the adjacent fields. Much live stock was killed. At Covington considerable property damage was done, but nobody was hurt. strike which vailed here for months was s I at a lengthy con- ference of e labor officials and operators. The settlement will imme- diately return 600 men to work. Eleven years ago New Minden was Opera House "TO-NIGHT CAROLYNE - M'LEAN Willi{s erb - Dramatization of Marie Corelli’s Immortal Romance 1l And the entire Original Compa- ‘ny--intact--from the Bijou Thea- tre, will appear in New York, Goodhue’s Sup- Wi The Most Offering o Notable Dramatic f the Year. ONLY WESTERN TOUR OF THE ORGINAL COMPANY. struck by a ‘tornado and four or five people killod and a score or more in- Jured. Ay that time the tornado de- molished, almost every building in the village, TWO DEAD; THIRTY INJURED Destructive Tornado Strikes Village of York, Il Terre Haute, Ind., June 10.—Reports from West York, IIL, tell of a destruc- tive tornado which visited the village of York, located on the Wabash river southwest of this city. The knowa dead are Henry Rook, aged fifty, found crushed to death in his garden; Mrs. Malinda Pinkston, aged forty-five, found dead in the branches of a tree some distance from her home. Mem- bers of the families of the two victims were also more or less injured. The number of injured is placed at thirty. The tornado struck the village short- 1y after the supper hour and raged for several minutes. Reports from points south of here in Indiana say that the storm was se- vere and several inches of rain fol- lowed, doing big damage. At Farm- ersburg and Sullivan bridges and cul- verts were washed out and growing crops Injured. The electrical display was unusual, though no casualties are reported. " The home of John Bostick, a farmer, near Grayville, Ind., was blown down and his wife and daughter were fa- tally injured. ALL LOWLANDS INUNDATED Cloudburst General Over Central and Eastern Kentucky. Lexington, Ky., June 10.—A cloud- burst over Central and Eastern Ken- tucky did great damage by destroying fences, bridges and other property. The lowlands along rivers and creeks are inundated. Waters in mountain streams are rising rapidly and log- men fear great loss, as they have made no precautions against a flood at this time. Considerable damage was done in this city, where trolley wires were struck by lightning and trolley and Interurban car operation was in- terfered with. The home of W. T, Galbraith was struck by lightning and the family stunned. ISLANDS DEVASTATED. Rurther Details of Typhoon in the Carolines. San Francisco, June 10.—The first details of the havoc wrought by a typhoon and tidal wave in the Caro- line islands in the latter part of March were brought here by Rev. G. H. Jag- now, a missionary who arrived on the steamer Coptic. A few days before Easter Sunday the islands known as the Oleani group were completely devastated by a typhoon. A tidal wave that followed not only swept over the land, but it practically bur- fed the islands under a blanket of sand from the ocean’s bed. This wave rendered 1,800 homeless and 250 men, women and children were drowned on one island. Twenty-five persons were lost on another of the small islands. The typhoon lasted three day: All the trees and shrubbery- were either uprooted or buried in the sand. When the tidal wave occurred and swept over the land hundreds of nativ were saved by swimming about un the waters receded. The German an- thoritins sent a steamer with supplies and with these the natives expect to subsist until they can produce their crops. Cotton Crop in Bad Shape. Montgomery, Ala., June 10.—Presi- dent Seymour of the Alabama division of the Cotton Growers’ association has given out a statement in which he shows that the condition of cotton at this time is not much above 50 per cent. The stands are poor and badly in the grass. Only the best of weather from now on can assure anything like a crop.. BAD WEATHER IS BLAMED Increase in Suicides and Homicides at Chicago. Chicago, June 10.—Chicago’s suicide record was broken in May, when fifty- five persons in the city ended their lives. The coroner’s office and Fore- caster Henry J. Cox say the weather is responsible for the increase. Since Jan. 1 there have been 199 cases of self-destruction and the ef- fect of the weather is to be seen in the increasing scale. January'led with 25 cases, February had 29, March 37, April 46 and May 55. Seven cases were reported in the first seven days of June. * The effect on all sorts of crime also was manifest. In the first five months of the year there were seventy-five murders, twenty-two of which were committed in May. Indicted for Peonage. Charleston, W. Va., June 10.—The federal grand jury has brought indict ments for peonage against the W. M. | Ritter Lumber company of Maben, Wyoming county; S. M. Wolfe, super- intendent of the camp at Maben; Harvey Derne, superintendent of the manufactnring department. of the same company; C. T. Carson, super- intendent of railroad construction at the camp; Elias Hatfield, William Tol- liver and Lace Stewart, guards. Discuss the American Question. Tokio, June 10.—After a conference with the elder stitesmen and cabinet ministers Viscount Hayashi, the for- eign minister, proceeded immediately to the palace. It is believed that dip- lomatic affairs of importance were diseussed during he conference, among them the American question. SOCIALISTS CREATE SCENE Greet Emperor of Austria With Cries for Universal Suffrage. Budapest, June i.—Emperor Francis Joscph arrived here during the after- noon for the celebration of the jubilee of his coronation as king of Hungary June 8, 1867. The socialists seized the occasion to make a demonstration in favor of the, extension of universal sufirage to ‘Hungary. The _ great crowds which assembled in the streets during his majesty’s journey from the railroad station to the palace greeted Ahim with shouts of “Give us universal sufirage.” The police pushed back Sev- the people with drawn swords. eral persons were injured, JGNIST 0L TRUST Circuit Court of Appeals Renders an Important Decision. BILL OF EXCEPTIONS DENIED Effect of Ruling Will Be That All Al- leged Unlawful Acts of Standard Oil Company Since 1570 May Be Used as Evidence, St. Paul, June '—Another chapter in the great war fhat the United States is waging with the object of di organ- lzing and destroying-the Standard Oil trust was written in St. Paul when a decision in favor of the government was handed down by four United States circuit judges in the matter of the exceptions filed to the original bill by the Rockefeller octopus. The effect of the ruling will be that all the alleged unlawful acts of the Standard il company will be revealed in the testimony when the case is brought to trial. The Standard lawyers had been fighting for the elimination of testi- mony regarding the alleged illegal T to the passage of the Sher- rust law in 18 The next step in the titanic legal battle will be the taking of testimony relating to the crushing of competi- tion in all parts of the country. The testimony will cover the acts of what is known as the Standard Oil company of New Jerséy, jall its subsidiary cor- porations, the former Standard Oil trust, which was displaced by the Standard Oil company after the pas- sage of the Sherman law, and the early combination of Rockefeller, Rog- ers, et al,, which dates back as far as 1870. The court’s ruling against the trust was signed by Judges Sanborn, Van- devanter, Hook and Adams in the cir- cuit court of the United States for the Eastern division of the Eastern jus dicial district of Missourl. TRUST iiflATTERS DISCUSSED President Confers With Government Attorneys. Washington, June —Trust matters and other violations of the laws occu- pied the attention of the president for a time during the day and the confer- ences will continue. Miiton D. Purdy, assistant to the at- torney general, to whom has been turned over all the evidence in the alleged mination by the anthra- cite coal carrying roads against inde- pendent miners, was an early caller at the White House. He would not discuss the interview with the pres- ident. Later Edwia W. Sims, United States d ct attornoy at Chicago, was with tb ent. Mr. Sims is here to confer with the administration officials regarding evidence to be brought before the federal grand jury which will meet in Chicago next Tues- There are said to be several cases of rebates by railways in viola- tion of law that may be brought to the attention of that body. There also has been some talk of proceedings against the so-called harvester trust. Mr. Sims would not say just what will be done. " APFEAL TO WASI;;NGTON. Attorneys for Cil Man Sent to Jail for Contempt. | rth, Kan, June .—Ex-At- torney Ger Monett of Ohio and Albert L. Wilson of Kansas City, at- torneys for H. H. Tucker, Jr., former secretary of the Uncle Sam Oil com- pany, who was sent to jail here for thirty days by Circait Judge Hook for contempt, stated that they would leave immediately for Washington to Institute habeas corpus proceedings in the United States supreme court to secure Tucker’s release. It is said they may also lay the case before President. Roosevelt. B Mr. Tucker was sent to jail for con- tempt. because of an affidavit present- ed in support of his motion for a dis- charge of the Uncle Sam receiver in which he made allegations of corrup- ton against Federal Judges J. C. Pol- Yock of Leavenworth, John F. Phillips of Kansas City and Smith McPherson of Red Cak, la. TRIAL OF MAYOR SCHMITZ Restaurant Proprietor Tells of Alleged . Extortion, San Francisco, June ' .—Jean Loupy, for eight years proprietor of the Pup restaurant, was the first witness called by the prosecution at the resumption of the Schmitz trial. The Pup was, before the fire,- Abe Ruef’s political headquarters. On the evening of the day Delmonico’s liquor license was re- yoked Loupy testified he called Ruef on the telephone and made an appoint- ment. ~ ¢ “The next day,” said Loupy, “I called on Ruef and asked why Del- monico’s license was taken away. ‘I suppose my turn will come next. Can’t you help us? can’t you be our attorney. and how much will be your fee? Mr, Ruef said: ‘Well, if you want me to take your case as a lawyer it will cost you $7,000 a year on a contract for And the money must be in no checks go.’ “I went to the other restaurant leepers and told them. They said the price was tco much. Then Pierre Priet said: ‘T know Mr. Ruef; I will go and see him and ¥ix this up.’ “A dayor two later we had another meeting at Marchand’s of the propri- etors of the New Poodle Dog, Del- monico’s, Marchand’s, the Pup and the Bay State. Priet reported that he had been to see Mr. Ruef and Mr. Ruef would take our cages and proteet our licenses for $5,000 a year. We all five agreed to pay'this and contributed our share. Priet took charge of the money and delivered it to Mr. Ruef.” BEAR TIES UP SYSTEM. Unlon Pacific Operators Priscners in Their Bunkhcuse. Ogden, Utah, June .—A mother bear in quest of her young tied up the Leavenw Kemmerer division of the Union Pa- oific raflroad system. Incidentally she kept two operators at Bryan, Wyo., Drisoners in their sleeping apartments for hours, while angry trainmen swore at having to stop at a place where stops were not scheduled. A newly arrived telegrapher fool- ishly invested in two cubs—the off- spring of the mother who for days had hunted high and low for her children. As a last hope she peeped into the hunkhouse of the operators, who for- tunately had seen her coming and at a lively rate had proceeded to bar the door which led into the station. Mother bear growled a little, but seemed con- tent to wait, evidently not thinking that a great railroad might need the assistance of‘the operators in pushing transcontinental trains through. A freight train crew not seeing the semaphore in place started to investi- gate. They found the operators wait- ing to We rescued. With the assist- ance of 300 Greeks, who were in work cars up the road a short distance, the mother bear was driven off after hav- ing disarranged the schedule of Mr. Harriman’s railroad for hundreds of miles east and west. ONE MAN BURNED TO DEATH Negro Charged With Starting Fire at Philadelphia. Philadelphia, June . .—A negro has been arrested by the police on sus- picion of having started a fire at 1122 North Third street, this city, in which one man lost his life and several other persons were more or less seriously injured. J. J. Reynolds, the negro, was em- ployed in the tailoring establishment of Isaac Greenbaum and was seen run- ning away from the place about the time the fire was discovered. He was held in $5,000 bail for a further exam- ination. He claims the fire was start- ed by a lace curtain coming into con- tact with a lighted gas jet. Greenbaum’s family was asleep when the fire was discovered. Escape by the stairway was cut off and all rushed to the third floor. Greenbaum’s thirteen-year-old son Abraham jumped to a window ledge on the second floor and reached the street unhurt. The father, mother and a daughter aged nineteen years followed, but all missed the ledge and fell to the sidewalk. Greenbaum, who was sixty-two years old, was killed almost instantly and the mother and daughter sustained in- Juries and their condition is serious. WIDOW FCRGIVES ORCHARD Mrs. Steunenberg Has No Hatred for Husband’s Assassin. Walla Walla, Wash, June .— “Harry Orchard has done many wrongs, but I hope that he has re- pented, now that he understands their magnitude, and that he will be given a chance to lead a good, true and hon- est life after the present ordeal has passed.” This Is the statement of Mrs. Frank Bteunenberg, widow of the former governor of Idahe, who was killed by o bomb planted by Orchard at the sateway of his home in Caldwell. Mrs. Steunenberg is attending the annual camp meeting and conference of the Seventh Day Adventists at College Place, three miles west of Walla ‘Walla. She scems to be above hatred of the man who killed her husband and her conversation would indicate that she has forgiven him. As to Moyer, Haywood and Pettibone she expressed no opinion, saying she had not thought of their-connection with the case. She said: “The trial of Moyer, Haywood and Pettibone is the commencement of a national struggle between the United States government and organized la- bor and will eventually lead to rebel- lion. When the Coeur d’Alene trouble arose Mr. Steunenberg was greatly worried and one evening, after he had made his final stand, he told me he thought it would cost him his life. “The thought that his life was a? stake did not influence him in the least in what he thought was right. After completing his term as governor he never believed his life was in dan- ger and I had practically forgotten the ordeal through which he had passed, as I believed he had. His assassina- tion was a terrible shock.” FAILURE TO PUT ON “LID” Officials May Be Removed by State Authorities. St. Paul, June .—It looks very much like the “lid” for St. Paul, Min- neapolis and other cities in Minnesota where the state liquor laws have not been enforced. By a decision of the state supreme court in the case of Mayer Robinson of St. Cloud it is held that the removal of officials for non- enforcement of the laws is in the hands of the attorney general of the state. The court in its decision says: “The attorney general, as the chief |- law officer of the state, possesses and may exercise, In addition to the au- thority expressly conferred upon him by statute, all common law powers in- cident to and inherent in the office. “Officers of mun‘cipal corporations | organized under legislative authority are, in respect to all general laws hav- ing force and operating within their municipality, agents of the state and may be charged with the performance of such dufies in the enforcement of the same as the legislature may from time to-time impose.” Former Governor Peabody Recipient of Anonymous Letters. Kansas City, June .—James H. Peabody, former gavernor of Colorado, who Is here on business, said in an interview that he had, since the Hay- wood trial in Boise began, received several anonymous letters threatening his life. He said he had paid no at- tention to the letters, because they evidently did mot come from respon- sible sources. “It wdhld be very injudicious on my part to make a statement about this man Orchard’s testimony or ahout the Haywood case,” continued Mr. Pea. body. “I've been subpoenaed as a wit- ness In the case and I'm only waiting a telegram calling me to Boise to tes- tify. I wish I might say just what my testimony will be and what I know about the case and these various threats and charges, but I don’t want to do a thing that could be construed in the light of trying to create any JAPANWILL REJSECTIT to Restrict Immigration. CHANGE [N TREATY DESIRED Mikado’s Government Will Make Ev- ery Effort to Expunge Objectionable Section in Present Convention When It Comes Up for Revision. Tokio, June ..—A representative of the Japanese residents in America ar- rived here recently and called upon the foreign minister, Viscount Haya- shi. He has reported that the latter by the American government to enter into a mutual agreement for the re- striction of labor immigration would be rejected by Japan and that ‘every effort would be made to expunge the last clause of article 2 of the present treaty when it comes up for revision in 1909, but that it was not expected that America would yield easily on this point. . / A special commissioner probably will be dispatched to America to In- vestigate the actual conditions pre- vailing there. % MODIFIES HIS STATEMENT Mr. Bryan Considers the Tariff a Most Important Issue. ‘Washington, June .—William J. Bryan, who arrived here during the day, left for his home in Lincoln, Neb., later. Stepping on the train Mr. Bryan authorized a modification of the re- cent statement attributed to him con- cerning the issues in the next presi- dential campaign. “I did express the opinion that the trusts, the railways and the tariff would be the principal points at is- sue,” he said, “but I did not and will not say that the tariff is not so im- portant as the other two issues. All are important and I would not at- tempt to fix their relative positions. They all involve the same principle and that is that the interests of the majority have been subordinated to the benefit of the few and each will demand attention from the next Dem- ocratic convention.” ful opinion regarding the Democratic outlook, hasing it on the fact that the Republicons are divided and Demo- cratic polic are becoming better understood. Proposal for Hutual Agreement ! Moderate Price $1,000.00 will be given for y gubstance injuriousto th found in Caiumet, ANTS assured him that the proposal made EON E CENT A WORD. HELP WANTED. WANTED—For U. 8. army, able- Mr. Bryan again expressed a hope- | bodied, .unmarried men be- tween ages of 19 and 35, citi- zens of United States, of good character and temperate habits, who can speak, read and write English. For in- formation apply to Recruiting Officer, Miles Block, Bemidji Minao. ~{ WANTED—For the U. S. Marine Corps; men between ages 21 and 82. Anopportunity to see the world. For full informa- tion apply in person or by letter to 208 Third strect. WANTED: Experienced wait- ress for restaurant dining room work. Good wages. Armstrong’s Cafe. WANTED:—Two dishwashers. One for day work and one for night work. Apply to Armstrong’s res- taurant. WANTED—Good lady cook and i alaundry girl. Palace Hotel, ! Blackduck. FOR SALE. FOR SALE— Rubber stamps. The Pioneer will procure any kind of a rubber stamp for you on short notice. FOR SALE—Magnificent moose head, mounted; will be sold cheap Inquire at this office, Mine Cage Drops 600 Feet. Ely, Minn., June .—The cage in the Zenith mine dropped 600 feet here while twenty-six men were riding in it. Only fourteen were so severely injured as to require treatment at the hospital. None of the men was killed or is expected to die. SUGGESTED BY FRANCE. Eastern Treaties. Paris, June .—One of the imme- diate results of the Franco-Japanese entente, which is on the point of be- ing signed, has_been the tender by France of her good offices to the Unit- ance in bringing about a complete un- derstanding between the United States and Japan concerning their interests in the Far East. France believes the United States should become a party to the series of ententes recently ar- rived at between the powers guaran- teeing the status of the Far East and the best methods of|avoiding possible future complications and misunder- standings and has formally communi- cated to the United States govern- ment her readiness now or in the fu- ture to further negotiations in that direction. The Washington government, while not availing itself of France’s assist- ed in its reply its deep offer. Unlted States Should Be Party to Far sensibility and appreciation of the - LOST and FOUND FOUND—Check. Owner must prove property or check will be returned to bank issuing same, Inquireat this office. FOR RENT. FOR RENT—Furnished rooms by day or week, 804 Third street,over Downs & O’Leary’s store. FOR RENT--Unfurnished rooms. Inquire 1101 Lake Boulevard. ed States in case she can be of assist- | FOR RENT—Furnished room, 515 Bemidji Ave. MISCELLANEOUS. PUBLIC LIBRARY — Open Tuesdays and Saturdays, 2:30 to6p, m. Thursdays 7 to 8 p. m. also. Library in base- ment of Court House. Mrs. E. R. Ryan, librarian. - FOLEYSHONEY-=TAR for children; safe, sure. No oplates Wis Early Risers The famous little pills. prejudice in the Haywood case.2— The Black Prince, Notice to Horsemen Sired by Black Diamond, and he by Brilliant, is a beautiful black, American bred Percheon, seven years old, weighing 1760 pounds. Will make the season as follows: June 2, 16, 30 and July 14, at J. J. Jenkinson’s farm, Hubbard Co; June. 9,.23 and July. 7 at Nary, Minn.; the balance of the time at my barn in Bemidji. Owners of mares and others interested in the breeding of horses are always welcome at the abeve men- tioned places to see this horse. Terms, $2 down and the bal- ance, $8, when the mare is known to be with foal. WES WRIGHT, Owner, Bemidji, Minn. M. SPLAN, Mgr.