Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, July 30, 1907, Page 4

- JOHN D. BRADY LOSES OUT IN SHERIFF CONTEST Supreme Court Decides Adversely in Quo Warranto Proceedings--Brady Well known Here. The quo warranto writ asked by John D. Brady of Duluth to oust from office William J. Bates, sheriff of St. Louis county, has been dis- missed by a decision of the supreme court. The writ sought to oust the sheriff for alleged violation of the corrupt practices act in obtaining his election. The relator claims that Bates enteréd into an agreement with Miles by which Miles was to flle for nomi- nation as sheriff and then withdraw on the last day in order to keep off opposition to Bates. Bates was elected and Brady, who got the next highest number of votes, brought the action to keep him from office. Bates in reporting on the amount spent to secure the election neglected to include in his statement $500 paid to Miles. On the ground that Bates violated the corrupt practices act in thus neglecting to disclose this expenditure Brady sought to have the office vacated. Justice Jaggard, who writes the ‘decision, goesinto a long argument as to the meaningof the statute embodyiug the corrupt practices law, especially as to whena man is a candidate for an office. He holds, however, that under the meaning of the act a person is not a candidate until he has ffled papers announcing himself. Before this act he cannot be held responsible for any expendi- tures, nor required to report them to the court. As the agreementto pay $500 was made before Bates filed his papers the writis discharged. Chief Justice Start and Justice Brown concur in the result, but in an additional opinion affirms that parts of the corrupt practices actare unconstitutional. Mr. Brady isa commercial traveler who makes this country, and who has a large number of friends in Be- midji and other north-country points, who are all sorry that he lost out in his contest. ~ Body Found at Motley. Motley, July 29.(—Special to the Pioneer.)—An unknown man was found dead here this afternoon by a train crew. The body was found near the railroad bridge, one-half mile east of town. The remains were brought to Motley, and the coroner has been notified. From the appearance of the body, the man had been dead but a short time, and it is presumed that he was killed by a passing train. Fire at Cass Lake. As the Pioneer goes to press this afternoon, a ’phone message from Cass Lake is to the effect that the power house at the electric light and waterworks plant there was damaged by fire this noon to such an extent that it is doubtful if the village will have lights this evening. The fire originated in the boiler room. HALT IN PROSECUTIONS. North Carolina Officials and Railroads Reach Agreement. Ralelgh, N. C., July 30.—Governor Glenn has addressed a letter to the public reviewing the railway rate liti- gation and asking that in view of the agreement between the railroads and the state judges and solicitors stop all new Indictments and not prosecute those now on the dockets. Two roads with somewhat small mileage in North Carolina have not been obeylng and have not agreed to obey the 2%-cent rate. These are the Loulsville and Nashville and the Caro- lina and Northwestern. Governor Glenn has telegraphed the officials of these roads asking it they would com- ply with the law beginning on Aug. 8, as the Southern and Atlantic Coast Line bad agreed to. AFFECTS SMALL AREA. Thermometer Registers 179 Degrees In the Sun. McGregor, Tex., July 30.—The most terrific heat visitation ever known oc- curred here Sunday, continuing about an hour and twenty minutes. The thermometer reglstered 179 degrees in the sun and 117 in the shade. Amn area of three miles long and two miles wide was affected. The visitation was accompanied by a peculiar haze hang- ing like a vell in the sky, which moved over the area affected. Scores of peo. ple were overcome. Horses, cattle and poultry dropped dead, one man losing thirty-five head of stock. The phenomenon has not been explained. France Extends Duty Decree. ‘Washington, July. 30.—A cablegram has been recelved at the state depart- ment from Ambagsador White con- firmatory of the press report that the French government had extended from Aug. 1 until Oct. 31 the operation of the decree which permits Porto Rican Soffee to enter France at the minimum tarift rate. MOYER OUT ON BAIL Released by Court Following Ac- ' quittal of Haywood. PETTIBONE MAY STAY IN JAIL Attorneys for the State Opposed to Glving Freedom to Third Defendant In Noted Case No Matter How Large a Bond ls Furnished. Boise, Ida, July 80.—Charles H. Moyer, president of the Western Fed- eratlon of Miners and co-defendant with Willlam D. Haywood, who has been acquitted of the murder of for- mer Governor Steunenberg, was ad- mitted to ball in the sum of $25,000 and released. This action was taken following an agreement to this end between counsel for the state and de- fense. TFurther conferences will be held between counsel as to what ac- tion shall be taken in the case of George A. Pettibone, the third of the noted defendants brought from Colo- rado to Idaho eighteen months ago. It is understood that the attorneys for the state will oppose bail for Petti- bone in any sum whatever. The big courtrocom presented a far different picture from the closing days ot the Haywood trial. The jurybox and all the spectators’ benches were empty and only a handful of attorneys sat within the rail. None of the de- fendants was in court. Bolse continues quietly to discuss the Haywood verdict and apparently the people are taking but little inter- est as to the future course of the prosecution. OUT TWENTY-ONE HOURS. Verdict of Acquittal Finally Returned in Haywood Case. Boise, Ida.,, July 30.—After twenty- one hours’ deliberation the jury in the trial of Willlam D. Haywood, secre- tary treasurer of the Western Federa- tion of Miners, on trial for conspiracy in the murder of former Governor Frank Steunenberg, returned & verdict of not guilty. The probability of“a verdict of ac- quittal had been freely predicted since Judge Fremont Wood read his charge, which was regarded as strongly favor- ing the defense. It was also freely predicted that in the event of Haywood’s acquittal the state would abandon the prosecution of his associates,” Charles H. Moyer, the president of the federation, and George A. Pettibone of Denver. State- ments from counsel and from Gov- ernor Gooding dispel this view of the situation. Harry Orchard. the self-confessed murderer of Governor Steunenberg and the witness upon whom the state chiefly relied to prove its claim of a conspiracy, when told that Haywood had been acquitted, said: “Well, I have done my duty. I have told the truth. I could do no more. I am ready to take any punishment that may be meted out to me for my crime and the sooner it comes the better.” The jury, which at first had been divided 8 to 4 and then seemed dead- locked at 10 to 2, finally came to an agreement. Haywood wept when the verdict was rendered. Tears welled to the eyes of the man who during the eighty days of his trial had sat with stolid indif- ference written ‘'upon every feature. Influenced by Judge's Charge. Inquiry among the jurors after their dismissal revealed some of the ele- ments entering Into their decision. Samuel D. Gilman, the last man to be won over to the defense, declared that a majority of the men seemed con- vinced that the general tone of the court’s Instructions indicated that the defendant should be freed. Finley McBean, who voted constant- ly for acquittal from the first, declared that the judge’s instructions seemed to settle all doubt as to the course he should take. Juror Jamesg Robertson, the good natured Scotchman at whose home in Boise Governor Steunenberg boarded for more than two years, said: . “1 could not reconcile myself to vot- ing any other way than with the de- fense from the very first and I think that under the law and the evidence there was nothing else for us to do. The last fellow who held out against acquittal belongs to the same fraternal organization that I do. There was some talk of a compromise on a sec- ond degree verdict, but we wolld not stand for that—it elther had to be gcquittal or I would have stayed there ‘bver.” = Juror Bamuel F. Russell, the senior member of the panel, sald: “There was nothing against Hay- ‘wood but susplcion and inference and when we came to dovetail the evi- dence in the juryroom somehow it did not fit.” APPROVED BY BRYAN. Nebraskan Comments on Verdict In Haywood Case. Chicago, July 30.—In a special to the Tribune from Peoria, I, W. J. Bryan is quoted on the verdict at Bolse, Ida,, as follows: “I am glad to learn of the verdict and that it was not guilty. I watched the trial and did not see how any one could be found gullty on Orchard’s testimony. Hvery crime he charged was one he himself suggested and it was shown he was in communication with the mine owners and attempting to induce the defendants to engage in crime.” 'SOCIALIST LEADER TALKS Roosevelt, Not Haywood, the “Unde- sirable Citizen, New York, July 30.—“President Roosevelt, not Willlam D. Haywood, s now the ‘undesirable clitizen,’” said Alexander Jonas, soclalist leader and editor of the Volkszeltung, when asked how he regarded the result of the trial In Idaho. His reply was perhaps the most pronounced of many opinions by local soclalists and organized labor leaders, bug jubllation was the keynote of them all. Moses Oppenheliner, the organizer of the Moyer-Haywood con- ference, in speaking at the meating of | the Central Federated union, in which soclalist and non-soclalist unions are represented, said: “I have been a great many years in the labor movement and -in all my memory this Is the first time the work- ing class has exerted itself in the same way, as it has done in behalf of these men,” meaning Haywood, Moyer and Pettibone. Efforts will be made to persuade Haywood to come here next week to attend a soclalist parade and mass meeting in his honor to be held in Madison Square Garden. It is expected that 50,000 persons will be in the parade. The New York soclal- ists claim to have contributed $25,000 of the fund of $100,000 raised for the defense. ENGLISH PRESS COMMENT Haywood Trial Revealed Terrlble State of Soclety. London, July 80.—Commenting on the result of the trial of William D. Haywood at Boise the Chronicle says: “The state of society revealed by .the trial is more terrible than any civil war, because it is more treacher- ous and is likely to be more lasting. From beginning to end it reveals a condition of brutal rapacity, confront- ed with savage, despairing violence, a condition that gives America’s boast- ed civilization a very dubious look.” The Daily News says: “From the outset the question has been complicated by the flerce preju- Hces of a kind of smouldering class war. The whole movement both in the revelations of the trial and its accompaniments in public excitement has fllustrated the insecurity of au- thority, in America and the profound skepticism concerning the identity of law and justice.” Both articles refer to President Roosevelt's ‘“undesirable citizens” statement. The News calls it one of his frequent public indiscretions and the Chronicle predicts that it will cost him dear. Butte Union Men Celebrate. Butte, Mont., July 30.—Seven thou- sand miners and other union workers of Butte paraded the streets in this city as an expression of their gratifica- tlon at the acquittal of William D. Haywood. Preceded by pictures of Haywood, banners on which were in- scribed the sentiment of the marchers and with a band playing the proces- sion started from in front of the Min- ers hall and traversed the principal thoroughfares of the city. 8end Message to President. Oyster Bay, L. L, July 30.—Without comment President Roosevelt made public the following telegram received by him from New York and signed by Emma Goldman, Alexander Berkman and Hippolyte Haval, referring to the verdict in the Haywood murder trial at Boise, Ida.; “Undesirable citizens victorious. Rejoice.” DISCRIMINATION ALLEGED. Renewal of Hostilities In Telegra- phers’ Strike Threatened. San Francisco, July 30.—A renewal of hostilities 1s threatened between the telegraphers and their employers. The local union has served mnotice on the Western Union that in its belief the spirit of the agreement which set- tled the strike was not being observed by the corporation. Resolutions were passed expressing the intention of the nnion to take the matter up with the higher officials of the Western Union. It is claimed by the men that, despite stipulations to the contrary in the agreement, the operators who went on strike are being discriminated against. Complaint is also made that the oper- ators are forced by the Postal and the ‘Western Unlon to work from twelve to fifteen hours a day. President Small of the internatlonal union has been re- quested to remain for the present in San Francisco. ON EVE OF ELECTION. Unusual Quiet Prevails in the Philip- pines. Manila, July - 30.—Unusual quiet reigns through the islands on the eve of the general election. Mass meet- ings were held in Manila Sunday by ell parties, but aroused little enthu- slasm. The native papers are exhort- ing the people to go to the polls. Elec- tion day will be declared a public holi- day. The political situation is unchanged and all parties are confident that there will be renewed actlvity among" the leaders in the last days of the campaign, but so far little interest has been evinced by the people. The contest is being conducted on strictly American methods. Fourth Trial of Caleb Powers. Georgetown, Ky., July 30.—For the fourth time Caleb Powers was placed on trial here during the day charged with complicity in the murder of Gov- ernor Willlam Goebel, with Special Judge J. E. Robbins on'the bench. Im- medlately after court convened Judge James E. Simms, of counsel for Pow- ers, entered a motion and filed an affl- davit in its support to have the sitting Judge sworn off the bench. BRIEF BITS OF NEWS. Colonel Phillp Figyelmessy, Hun- garian patriot, soldler of fortune and friend of Kossuth, is dead at his home in Philadelphia, ) Henry H. Rogers, the active head of the Standard Oil company, was taken suddenly i1l while at his desk and had to be assisted from his office. At Leesburg, O., Miss Pearl Waring ‘was shot and instantly killed by Orb Anderson, whom she refused to marry. Anderson then took poison, but did not dfe. The bill to appropriate $50,000 for resisting the fight made by the rail- roads on the rate regulation laws of Alabama has been passed by the leg- islature, Jose Antonio Ostes, a Mexican stu- dent at Cornell university, has invent- ed a water bicycle on which he has taken several rides on the waters of Lake Cayuga without danger. Official announcement {s made that Queen Helene of Italy is in an inter- esting conditlon and that accouchment I8 expected in a few months. Three children have already been born to the royal Italian counle. AON MINES RESUME No Signs of Trouble on North- ern Minnesota Ranges. WORKMEN GIVEN PROTECTION Deputies Armed With Long Range Rifles on Guard at All Properties to Prevent Anticipated Attacks by the Striking Miners. Duluth, July 30.—A staff correspond- ent at Hibbing has telephoned the fol- lowing as to strike conditions in that district: On all sides the stripping and min- ing operations are belng resumed and not a sign of trouble is reported. At all of the mines deputies armed with long range rifles occupy advan- tageous positions on stumps and piles of ore or rubbish and the men who are at work are assured of ample protec- tlon against the strikers, although the latter have as yet made no hostile demonstrations of any nature. The Hibbing district is the center of activity. At Eveleth the companies are apparently awaiting the outcome of the action taken at Hibbing and none of the mines were opened. The Drake & Stratton company, which is stripping at the Fayal mine, received word from the East to wait until mat- ters had been settled before resuming work. At the Morris mine stripping opera- tions are in full blast, with a full crew of men, and the Sellers mine is in the same position. . Ore is being taken from the Laura, ‘Webb, Albany, Nashua and Winifred mines. The crews working at these mines have not their full complement of men. Stripping operations have also been resumed at other mines. In the Chisholm district stripping operations are in fullvblast at the Munroe Tenner mine and underground mining is also in full swing. The Glen mine is also working and at the Clark mine thirty men were put to work at No. 4 shaft. The Myers is also working at its underground tun- nels. The Robert-Kingston company has full crews working on its stripping operations at the Pittsburg mine and at the Shenango a good sized crew is working underground. OFFER TO ARBITRATE. Dock Laborers Make Proposal to the Steel Trust. Duluth, July 30.—The strike of the dock workers in Duluth will be at an end shortly if the steel corporation accepts the offer of the men to arbi- trate. At a meeting the men voted to pre- sent a written agreement to the com- rany, in which they offer to go back to work at once and leave all differ- ences to arbitration. The arbitration committee will consist of two men from the company, two from the men and one to be chosen by these four. | The offer is being drawn up and will be submitted to the company by Mayor Cullom, who has been acting as mediator. . It.is doubtful whether the company will accept the offer, claiming there is nothing to arbitrate. It claims the men have violated an agreement and if they want to come back on the old terms they may. Allouez Docks Working. Superior, Wis,, July 30.—The Al louez ore docks are working with a small crew, which has increased grad- ually since starting up. Many of the Finnish workmen have gone to the harvest fields and the efforts to hold an organization together to fight for more pay have failed. RENEWED ALARM IN BERLIN Residents Excited Over Recurrence of “Ripper” Outrages. Berlin, July 30.—The recurrence of a “ripper” outrage has caused another wave of nervousness and dread-to break over the city. A woman, on opening the door of a flat, surprised a man in the act of striking down an eleven-year-old girl. The woman screamed and the man ran and suc- ceeded in getting away. This occurred in the neighborhood of the previous outrages. The residents of this sec- tion are in such a state of nervous ex- citement that they fell upon and beat fearfully a harmless man because he had offered a child a piece of candy. Eight Perished in Disaster. Ithaca, N. Y., July 30.—An all' day search along Cayuga lake and in and underneath the charred hulk of the steamer Frontenac, which was burned to the water’s edge, failed to reveal any more bodies and the officials be- lieve no more lives were lost in the disaster. No inquiries have come in to Ithaca or Union Springs for per- sons not accounted for and eight deaths are probably all that will be recorded. Salls Against Brisk Wind. Berlin, July 30.—A military balloon during the day salled over the prin- clpal streets of the clty under excel- lent conditions. It encircled the pal- ace of the emperor several times and showea complete obedience to the will of the stecrsman. After a flight of an hour or more the vessel finally re- turned toward Tegel at the rate of twelve miles an hour against a brisk head-wind. AT FATHER'S DEATHBED. Young American Shoots Two Sisters and Two Brothers. Versailles, France, July 30.—Grlet and sorrow reign in the residence near Néptune park. of the stricken Hunt- ington family, where Henry Hunting- ton, son of Mujor Douglas St. Georges Huntington, shot down two sisters and bers of the family had gathered around the deathbed of the father. 2 Major Huntington is breathing his two brothers at the moment the mem- -Llast. The condition of Elizabeth and ZAlonzo Huntlngton 15 declared T be desperate, although not hopeless; the wouncs inflicted upon Bdith and Doug- las Huntlofton are not grave. Mrs. Huntington, thelr mother, 18 com- pletely prostrated from the shock and confined to her bed. A few blocks away Henry, who Is regarded by his family and friends as demented, I8 In Jall. He is dazed and confused and hardly realizes the terrible thing he has done. 3 Major Huntington is one of the best known Americans in Paris and he and his family have long taken a prom- inent part In the social and official galety of the French capital. He is a retired army officer and prior to ‘ak- ing up his residence abroad he lived in Chicago, where he was an associate of those prominent in army and bus!- ness circles. 3 Henry Huntington, who did the shooting, had been estranged from his parents for some time, but had re- turned by request. to say farewell to his dying father. After asking and securing the latter’s forgiveness a brother requested that he seek the pardon of his mother, but this Henry -refused to do. The brother then or dered him from the house and the shooting followed. Fourth Victim of Wreck. Brockton, Mass., July 30.—Fred Gor- don, brakeman on the special train that was in collision with a freight train on the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad near here, is dead of his injuries, bringing the total of dead up to four. The accident was caused by the special crashing into the rear of a freight. Beaten for Too Much Talking. Guthrie, Ky., July 30.—John Lockert was severely whipped by unknown persons near here until his flesh was gashed and a portion of his clothing cut to threads. He is In a precarious condition. The men told Lockert that he had done too much talking last year apout the time the tobacco plant beds were scraped. SEASHORE HOTEL BURNS. Eight Hundred Guests Flee for Their Lives. Long Beach, L. I, July 30.—Eight hundred guests of the Long Beach ho- tel, one of the largest seashore hotels on the Atlantic coast, had to flee for their lives when the hotel was burned to the sands. There was no loss of life and so far as can be learned no one was injured. The guests lost al- most all their clothing and personal effects. The fire was discovered on the first floor shortly after'5 o’clock. Hallboys and clerks hurried through the smoky corridors and roused the sleeping guests. The flames spread so rapidly in the great wooden struc- ture that the guests had barely time to seize some scanty clothing and escape. They fled to the beaches and were taken care of by the cottagers. The hotel burned like tinder and within a short time was a smoulder- ing mass of ruins. It was three stories high and nearly 60Q feet in length and when filled to its capacity housed 1,100 persons. The loss is $200,000. The frightened guests huddled to- gether in groups along the beach watching the flames destroy the hotel. Sparks from the fire set ablaze the cottages of A. B. Chapman and three others and these, too, were destroyed. Only a few of the hotel guests saved anything but the scanty apparel in which they escaped. * BRIEF BITS OF NEWS. Fire at Mellen, Wis,, destroyed an entire block of. buildings, causing a loss of $80,000. John Maxwell, the pioneer knit goods manufacturer of Amsterdam, N, Y., who established the first mill there more than fifty years ago, is dead, aged ninety-three years. As a result of the recent investiga- tion of the Kansas City police depart- ment Governor Folk of Missourj has requested the resignation of Police Commissioner Frank F. Roselle, The body of Miss Laura Matthews, en actress of New York city, was found in the mountains near Colorado Sprh‘ags. Colo. The young woman is believed to have committed suicide. ‘William R. Kenyon, twice mayor of Butte, Mont., and chairman of the Democratic state central committee of that state, i3 dead at his country home near Amsterdam, N. Y., aged sixty- seven. Mr. Kenyon for many years was a business partner of Senator W. A, Clark, MARKET QUOTATIONS. Minneapolis Wheat. Minneapolis, July 29.—Wheat— Sept., 97%¢; Dec.,, 97%c. On track— No. 1 hard, $1.02; No. 1 Northern, $1.01; No. 2 Northern, 97% @98c; No. 8 Northern, 94@96c. St. Paul Unlon Stock Yards. St.. Paul, July 29.—Cattle—Good to cholce steers, $6.50@6.25; fair to good, $4.00@5.00; good to choice cows and heifers, $3.50@5.00; veals, $4.50@6.00. Hogs—$6.80@6.28. Sheep—Waethers, $6.25@5.50; spring lambs, $6.50@7.00, Duluth Wheat and Flax. Duluth, July 29.—Wheat—To arrive and on track—No. 1 hard, $1.016; No. 1 Northern, $1.005%; No. 2 North- ern, 99%c; July, $1.00%; Sept., $1.- 00%; Dec., $1.00. Flax—To arrive, $1.17%; on track, $1.17%; July, $1.- 17%; ‘Sept., $1.17%; Oct., $1.16; Nov., $1.17%; Dec., $1.14%. Chicago Grain and Provisions. Chicago, July 29.—Wheat—July, 80%o0; Sept., 92%c. Corn—July, 84%c; Sept., 68%0. Oats—July, 45%0; Sept., 89% @393%c. - Pork—July, $16.27%%; Sept., $16.47%. Butter—Credmeries, 21@23¢; dairies, 18% @22%c. Eggs— 13@16c. Poultry — Turkeys, 12c; ohickens, 11%c; springs, 16@16c. Chicago Union Stock Yards. Chicago, July 29.—Cattle—Beoves, $4.40@7.30; cows, $1.40@5.20; helfers, $2.40@5.40; calves, $5.50@7.26; good to primoe steers, $5.70@7.30; poor to medium, $4.40@5.66; stockers and feeders, $2.60@4.90. Hogs—Light, $6.10 @6.45; mixed, $6.00@6.40; heavy, $6.55@6.80; rough, $5.55@5.90; pigs, $6.76@6.35; , good to choice heavy, $6.2096.30. Sheep, $3.50@5.75; lamba, $55007.20. e NINE REPORTED DEAD Steamship Burns on Cayuga Lake Near Auburn, N. Y. NUMBER OF OTHERS INJURED I Two Motor. Cars Filled With Physi- cians and a Special Train Rushed to the Scene Following an Appeal for Assistance. Auburn, N. Y,, July ..—The steam- ship Frontenac burned on Cayuga lake during the afternoon. Nine of the fifty passengers were drowned and several injured, The accident hap- penad opposite Barleys point. Two motor cars filled with physi- clans have been rushed from this city to the sccne of the Frontenac disaster in response to an appeal for aid made to Mayor Aiken. A speclal train over the Lehigh Valley rallway has been dispatched with additional medical supplies and to bring to Auburn those vietims who are in a condition to be moved. : H({PE TO CAPTURE CRIMINAL Entire Police Force of Berlin on Duty at Same Time. Berlin, July .)—The criminal who stabbed five little glrls on the streets of Berlin is still at large. The theory that finds the greatest favor among medical men is that the man is an epileptic, who probably has recovered his normal condition and is now with- out any recollection of what he did; that his attitude towards these dread- ful acts is that of a complete stranger. He will next be heard of when in an- other seizure he kills another child. The newspapers publish warnings to parents and not only in the imme- diate neighborhood of the attacks but in almost all sections of the city chil- dren are being kept in doors. After a conference of the heads of the police department. all policemen, whether they were on duty at night or.not, were at once ordered out on patrol duty. Some of them are in uniform, while others are in plain clothes. Be- tween 7,000 and 8,000 guardians of the peace are- thus doing patrol serv- ice. EXCURSION TRAIN WRECKED Three People Killed and Over a Score Injured. Butler, Pa., July ).—In a wreck of an excursion train at Isle Station, ten miles from here, on the Allegheny and Western road, three persons were killed outright and a score or more were more or less seriously injured. The dead are Fireman O. M. Bates, Charles Neal of Dubois, Pa., a pas- senger, and Ralph Dawson of Dubols, a trainmaster for the Buffalo, Roches- ter and Pittsburg road. The wreck is said to have been caused by a rail breaking beneath an engine drawing a heavy train of pic- nickers who were ‘employes of the Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburg road on their way from Dubois to Newcas- tle. There werd 400 or 500 persons on the train and the sceme of the wreck was in a marshy field. | MINNESOTA LAD DROWNS. Brother Who Attempts Rescue Saved From Like Fate. New Ulm, Minn,, July /—Lloyd M, Kauffman, the eight-year-old son of James Kauffman, engineer of the mu- nicipal lighting plant, has been drowned in the Minnesota river. In company with his nine-year-old brother he was playing on the plat- form of a boathouse and accldentally fell off and the swift current carried him into deep water. The older brother jumped in to save him and by so doing would have met the same fate had not William Hauschke dived after the lad and brought him to the shore. Mr. Hauschke at that time saw the drowning lad rise to the sur- face for the third time, but was unable to reach him in time. The body was vecovered. ON THE BRINK OF WAR. Nlcaragua and Salvador Ready to Take Up Arms. San Francisco, July 9.—From the officers and passengers of the steamer City of Panama, just arrived from Ancon, com<4 the information that when the sieamer left Acajutla three weeks ago the republics of Nicaragua and Salvador were on the brink of war. President Zelaya of Nicaragua had just given orders for the gunboats Momaluba, Angela and the Eleventh 1ot July to proceed from Corinto to Acajutla, Salvador, and, after bom- barding that port, to land marines to Join his army in an attack upon San Salvador city. SR AN S SR, Filipinos Are Apathetic. Manila, July . .—The approach of the first Philippine general election on July 30, when a Philippine congress will be chosen, {s marked by consid- erable apathy throughout the islands, In spite of the strenuous efforts made bysthe party leaders to bring out the vote. Plot to Assassinate Minister, St. Petersburg, July ).—The police have unearthed a plot that had for its object the assassination of the minis- ter of war, General Roedinger. Sey- eral members of the military organ. fzation of the Social Revolutionistd have begn taken into custody. NEW TYPE OF WARSHIP. than that of any cruiser in thé navy. Several scout boats now building for the British navy are to have slightly greater speed, but the American scout is expected to maintain her gait in any sort of weather and will have twice the coal capacity of the British ships, thus giving her a much greater radius of actfon. No other_vessel in the navy has as high a freeboard as the Salem. This insures good seagoing qualities, gives stability and provides a safe and dry vessel under all conditions. The Salem is 423 feet 2 inches long, has a breadth of 46 feet 8 inches and a draft of 19 feet 1% inches. Her displacement, fully loaded, {8 4,640 tons. Her battery will consist of 3 and 6-inch rapidfire guns and she will have two submerged torpedo tubes. Conductor Falls From Train. 8t. Paul, July . 9.—C. W. Doty of La Crosse, Wis., a. conductor in the em- ploy of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy raflroad, was almost instantly - killed by falling from his train in the Western avenue yards im this city. His skull was fractured at the base of the brain. The injured man was hur- rled to St. Joseph’s hospital and placed on-the operating table, but he died without regaining consciousness. Sultan’s Forces Defeated. Melilla, Morocco, July .).—In the battle that has been waging between forces of the sultan and the pre- tender for a week, the former were finally repulsed with a loss of twenty- two men killed. The pretender lost ten men killed. ALWAYS FIRM FRIENDS. No Likelihood of War Between Japan + and the United States. New York, July .—Rear Admiral Francis W. Dickins, U. 8. N, retired, who was a passenger on board the steamship Arabic, which came into port during the day from Liverpool, said that-there was little likelihood of trouble with Japan. The admiral said that the United States had virtually intfoduced Japan to the society of na- tions some fifty years ago and that ever since the two nations had been firm friends. He declared that the Ban Francisco incident was not big enough to cause a war. Admiral Dickins, whose home is in Washington, has spent six -months traveling 'on the European continent. Contract for Largest Drydock. Washington, July /—F. McLellan & Co., incorporated, of Seattle, Wash., was the lowest of five bidders for the construction of what will be the larg- est government drydock in the coun- try, to be located at the Bremerton naval station, Puget sound. Their hid was $1,162,284. The dock will be 652 feet long, 115 feet wide and 38 feet deep. WANIS ONE CENT A WORD. HELP WANTED. WANTED—For U. S. army, able- bodied, unmarried men between ages of 19 and 35, citizens of the United States, of good™ character and temperate habits, whe can speak, read and write English, For information apply to Recrait- Officer, Miles Block, Bemidji, Minn, WANTED: For the U. S. Marine Corps, men between ages 21 and 32. An opportunity to see the world.. For full information apply in person or by letter to Marine Recruiting, 208 Third street, Be- midji, Minn. WANTED: Good cook. Inquire at Challenge hotel. ' WANTED — Dishwasher. Inquire Hotel Brinkman. WANTED — Two Hotel Brinkman. laundry girls. FOR SALE. A SNAP: Business place for sale. Annual rent $900. Willing to sell at $3,800 Cash. Act quick, Ad- dress Pioneer, FOR SALE—Rubber stamps. The Pioneer will procure any kind of a rubber stamp for you an short notice. FOR SALE—Magnificent moose head mounted; will be sold cheap, Inquire at this office, FOR SALE; House and acre lot, one mile from the saw mill. $200, . cash, Inquire 509 Beltrami Ave. OST and FOUND f LOST—Eagle receipt book, with valuable papers. Finder please return to Pioneer office. OST—Mouth piece for Alto horn, Finder return to J. Peterson Jr.’s store. . FOUND—,—Gold»Pin—Inquire at this office. FOR RENT. oAt e, FOR RENT—Three furnished rooms. Apply 921 Minnesota ave. Scout Crulser Salem Launched at Quincy, Mass. . Quincy, Mass., July 29.—A new type of war vessel and one that 18 expect- ed to add greatly to the efficiency of the navy in time of war was launched here at noon from the yards of the Fore River Shipbullding company. The vessel is the scout cruiser Salem, whose duty it will be in time of war to look for and report the moyements of an enemy. 5 The Salem M said to have @ speed of twenty-four knots: This ia #weater ! MISCELLANEOUS. B S s s e A SR PUBLIC LIBRARY—Open Tues- days and Saturdays, 2:30 to 6 p. m. Thursdays 7 to 8 p. m. also. Library in basement of Court House. Mrs. E. R. Ryan, librar- - ian. 2 FOLEYSHONEY-STAR Ao Ad-