Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 26, 1907, Page 2

THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER PUBLISHED MVERY APTRRNOON. A A A - OFFICIAL PAPER---CITY OF BEMID) BEMIDII PIONEER PUBLISHING CO. | SLYDE J, PRYOR | ALY RurLeoas HBusiness Manager Managing Bditor nterad in the postofice at Bemid)l. Mina , as socond class matter. SUBSCRIPTION---85.00 PER ANNU! One of the Bemidji advertisers claims there are days of dizzine: that come to hundreds of Pemidji| people. We think that it will be :\i period of dizziness for millions, dur- ing the next ten days, fizuring up| net results of one kind or another, | but then we are not fighting much | against it but rather welcome it so| long as the spell don’t hit us too! hardi—Spooner Northern News: i Better try the “water wagon,” the | first of 1908, brother. In the first issue of the Com- pass nearly five years ago, we be- gan active campaign for state drainage of swamp lands, a sub- ject little known at that time. A legal wnotice for a ditch near Big Falls appears in this issue, close unto what we Dbelieve is the end of our newspaper career in this vi ity. We feel that the Compass has accomphshed its mission, and we can lay down our pen cheerfully and | with no regret except for our enemies.—A. M. Greeley, in Big Fork Compass. No newspaper writer in the state has done so much ‘“boosting” for northern Minnesota as has A. M, Greeley. The north-country people owe much to him and his efforts to develop this part of the state. Announcement. Owing to the advance in paper and all newspaper materials, the Pioneer will, after January 15th, 1908, raise the subscription price as follows: The weekly will be charged at the rate of $1.50 per year instead of $1.25 as heretofore. After January 15th, 1908, those subscribers to the daily and the weekly Pioneer, who live outside of this county, whose papers are sent to them in a single wrapper, and wish to have the paper sent them will be required to pay in advance. The paper will not be sent unless it is paid for- This notice is given early so that 211 who are in arrears will have sufficient time to settle their accounts before that time. Statements will be sent to all who are in arrears and they will be expected to pay up all that is due and a year in advance on the weekly, and at least three months in advance on the daily. The “single list,” as it is termed is “practically a dead loss to a newspaper. A few keep their sub- scription up, but more let them run along until they- are hard to collect and many are not collected, but the editor has to pay the pos- tage each week on all papers that go out side of the county, and also has to pay all other expenses of furnishing the paper and mailing it. The Pioneer at all times aims to give to its readers the best news service possible, and the money saved by : not permitting these “accounts from the “single list” to run will be used to better the paper. The list will be carefully watched from month to month and on the first of each month all whose sub- scriptions expires within the next six weeks following the date of the month will be notified of the exact .date of the expiration of his subscrib- tion.. JOHN MITCHELL IMPROVING Labor Leader Soon Will ‘Return to His .. ..Home in Illinois, Indianapolis, Dec. 2 .—President John -Mitchell of the United Mine Workers, who has been critically ill, . Will return to his home In Spring Val- ley, 111, this week, according to an an- nouncement by Dr. Hodges, his phy- sician. Mr. Mitchell's condition has 8o far improved that he is able to sit up in bed much of the time and par- take of considerable nourishment, Mr, Mitchell was strong enough to discuss office matters with one of his callers. Continues Behind Closed Doors. Berlin, Dec, ¢ .—The hearing of the Harden-von Moltke libel suit wag re- sumed hers behind closed doors, Prince Philip zu Eulenburg and Frau von Elbe, divorced wife of Count Kuno von: Moltke, were re-examined. Herr Sellp, one of Count von Moltke'’s law- yers, denied the report that negotia- tiong for a settlement of the case out of court are proceedirg. Dozen Houses Wrecked. Ottawa, I, Dec. '.—As a result of a dynamite explosion here upwards of a dozen houses were wrceked . and: glass was shattered in more than fifty homes. Several persons were injured, but none fatally. The property loss (@xcocds $50,000. The dynamite, which wag for uge in small quantities in ex- | eavating a sewer, was accidentally ex- ploded, ALL BUT ONE ESCAPE Hundred and Fifty Miners at Work in Flooded Colliery. WATER UP TO MEN'S CHINS Exploding Blast Taps Large Body of Water in Abandoned Shaft Adjoin- Ing and Sudden Flight Alone Saves Numerous Lives. Hazleton,- Pa,, Dec. 2 .—More than 160 miners narrowly escaped drown- ing In the No. 4 slope of the Lehigh Valley and Wilkesbarre Coal com- pany at Audenreid through the unex- pected tapping of a large body of wa- ter in the abandoned No. 1 slope ad- joining. The water reached to the chins of some of the men, who got to the surface through two separate openings. Officlals at first thought that all of the men had been account- ed for, but later the body of a Polish miner was found in the No. 4 slope. It is believed he is the man who fired the shot that broke the barriers be- tween the workings and the water. Because of the confusion attending the flight from the flooded mine the men are not certain whether all are out. The rush of alr was so great when the water broke through that the lights on the lamps of most of the men in the slope were extin- guished. The flood rapidly subsided. Nine men lost their lives in this mine last July through whitedamp. MAY REACH THREE HUNDRED Number of Dead in Darr Mine at Ja- cobs Creek, Pa. 7 Jacobs Creek, Pa., Dec. . .—In the short distance rescuers were able to penetrate the Darr mine, the scene of Thursday’s awful explosion, half a dozen bodies were found and brought to the surface, making the total num- ber that have reached the morgue twelve. While a vast amount of work has been done not much progress has been made towards the entries in which the great mass of bodies are entombed. The danger of another explosion is imminent and the rescuing forces dare not venture far ahead of the forces erecting the temporary brattices. Vast quantities of gas have been encoun- tered and the volume seems to be ;steadily increasing. Company officials have ordered that exploring parties shall advance only as fast as the pas- sageways can be cleared of gas, ven- tilated and otherwise made safe. While what appears to be the most reliable estimates on the number of victims are near 200 there are many who insist' that the final list of dead will contain many more names. Mich. ael Hallaphy, rational organizer for the United Mine Workers of America, who has assumed charge here for the organization, says: “I have made a house to house can- vass among the families here and am certain that there are 300 dead men in the Darr mine.” Evidence of much suffering and dis- tress among those dependent upon the victims has already been disclosed and steps have been taken to organize relief committees. James E. Roderick, chief of the state department of mining, has or- dered the nine mine inspectors of the state to meet him here to assist in rescue work and to investigate the cause of the explosion. STRIKERS>AND TROOPS FIGHT Seven Chileans Killed and Sixteen Wounded in Clash. Valparaiso, Chile, Dec. 2 .—The strike of the nitrate workers has al- ready borne fruit in bloodshed and death and is daily growing more seri- ous. In Langunas there was an en- counter between troops and strikers in the course of which seven men were killed and sixteen were wounded. At Iquique cne man was killed and several were wounded in an encounter with the authorities. A censorship has been established at Iquique. The strikers now number not less than 30,000 men and no work is being done anywhere in the Antofogasta, Mejillones, Orcaleta and Buena dis- tricts. FARMER INHERITS TITLE. Wisconsin Man Becomes Member of English Aristocracy. Chicago, Dec. % L—An advertisement In a Chicago newspaper has, accord- ing to the Tribune, brought an in- heritance of more than $1,000,000, with a title of nobility, to George Willlam Northedge, a . farmer of Marinette, ‘Wis,, hereafter to be known as Sir George Willlam Northey-Northedge. He is sole heir to an estate in Mon- treal and one of other heirs to a for- tune in England. Sir George never has been in Eng- land, but his wife formerly was a lady in waliting to Queen Victoria, leaving that position because her family de- sired to force on her an undesired marriage. Coming to America she met Northedge and was married to him without, it is said, suspecting that thereby she was winning a position in English soclety. An advertisement inquiring for in- formation as to the whereabouts of a son of Colonel Willlam Northedge, United States army, was the means of locating the son in the person of George William Northedge, The son was born-in Canada and is sixty-six years old. Both he and his father served in the Union army in the Civil war, the father dying of Injuries re- celved in battle. ILLINOIS CENTRAL FIGHT. Former Harriman Supporters Said to Nk Bo Deserting to Fish. * Chicago, Dec. 2°.—An announce- ment that was confldently interpreted as an indlcation of the turning of the tide .against B, H. Harrlman in the Illinols Central fight has been glven out by the Fish camp, It was that proxies for large blocks of stock have been recetved by Fish from three Wall street firms of bro- kers who hitherto have been count. ed as among the Harriman alliances The firms are John A, Davls & Co., Clark & Dodge and Von Hoffman & Co. Mr, Fish was informed in a letter from one of these firms that other in- terests now lluked with Harriman are about to desert to the Fish faction. “It 1s a case of Wall street turning against Harriman,” sald Maxwell Ed- gar, one of Fish’s local representa- tives, in giving out the announce- ment. “The brokers are beginning to blame Harriman for the financial con- ditlons now prevailing. They regard him as an incubus on the market, whose tactics have resulted in unset- tiing stocks and keeping prices down. They are beginning to desert the ship.” FOR CRUELTY TO ANIMALS Numerous Cases Against Railroads Taken Up at Chicago. Chicago, Dee. 2 .—One hundred and six cases against various railroad com- panies accuged of violating the “twen- ty-eight-hour law” were called for trial before Judge K. M. Landis. The violators of this law are ac cused of cruelty to animals, inasmuch as the law provides that railways or steamship companies shall not con- fine animals being transported in in- terstate commerce in cars or boats for a longer period than twenty-eight consecutive hours- without unloading them for rest. ~The railroads against which the suits are pending are as follows: Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific rail- way; Chicago and Northwestern rail- way; Illinois Central railway; Chicago, Burlington and Quincy railway; Atchi- son, Topeka and Santa Fe railway and ‘| Chicago Great Western railway. The Rock Island road pleaded guilty to four charges and Judge Landis de- ferred sentence to allow the railroad to show cause for the delays. SPECIAL BENEFIT OF POOR Chri ian Scientists to Expend $1,000, 000 on New Institution, Boston, Dec. 2t—A Christian Sci- ence institution, to cost at least $1,- 000,000 and to be-devoted especially to helping the poor, is the latest pro- Ject of the Christian Science mov ment. The first news of the project came through the columns of the Christian Science Sentinel, the weekly organ of the denomination, and gives a part of the correspondence between Mrs. Mary Baker G. Eddy, the leader of the faith, and Archibald McLellan, the editor of the denmomination pub- lication. On Dec. 14 Mrs. Eddy wrote to Mr. McLellan: “I desire to commence immediately to found a Christian Science institu- tion for the special benefit of the poor and the general good of all mankind. The founding and endowment of this institution will cost at least $1,000,000. Please come to me at your earliest op- portunity and I will give you further details.” Testing Sunday Observance Law. Kansas City, Dec. 2 .—William Ryle, proprietor of a pool hall here, recently indicted by the grand jury for operating his place in violation of the Missouri Stunday observance law and who was constructively sent to jail when he refused to furnish bond for appearance for hearing, was de- nied a writ of habeas corpus by the court of appeals. Mr. Ryle will now appeal to the state supreme court. It is a test case. Careless Employe Drops Match. Des Moines, Dec. : .—Fire prac- tically destroyed the W. J. Pratt Wall Paper company here. The loss is $100,000. A careless employe dropped a match on the fourth floor within a few feet of two carloads of matches. The flames spread to the matches and the dense smoke which issued prac- teally prevented the firemen effec- tually fighting the fire, WILLHAVE MILLION MEMBERS New Organization to Embrace All Bullding Trades. New York, Dec. 2 .—Plans have been completed for the formation of a temporary organization which will em- brace all the building trades unions in the country in accordance with the proposal made at the last annual meeting of the American Federation of Labor. A charter for the new or- ganization will be asked for at the next meeting of the executive council of the federation, which will be held in New York Jan. 20. A meeting to form a permanent organization will be held Jan. 9. It is said the new fed- eration will include 1,000,000 mem- bers. TWO HUNDRED KILLED. Machine Guns Used on Strikers at Iquique, Chile. ‘Washington, Dec. 2 —Two hundred striking laborers have been killed at Iquique, Chile, according to a dispatch received at the state department from the American representative of this government. They were part of a hody of 10,000 laborers who had entered the city from the interior and who had refused to return to their employment in the nitrate industry. The government declared a state of slege and finally the trouble resulted in the laborers being fired upon with machine guns, Young Woman Dies in Flames. St. Cloud, Minn, Dec. ~—At Mel- rose, north of this city, Katherine Krick, twenty years old, lost her life in a burning house. While attempt- ing to escape from the building the girl became suffocated and fell into the flames. Her body was recovered twenty minutes later, but it was charred and unrecognizable. ~ John Krick, the girl's father, was badly burned, but will recover. Railroad” Valuations Increased. Madison, Wis.,, Dec. » —The Wis- consin state hoard of assessments hag announced \hat it had fixed the valua- tion of the property of the raflroad companies in this' state at $268,961, 600, an increase of $18,111,500 over that of last year, The taxes of the roads during the coming year will be about $2,945,262, an increase of $143, 877, FINAL APPEAL LOST Gireene and Gaynor Case Decided by Supreme Court, LOWER TRIBUNAL AFFIRMED | Contractors Convicted of Defrauding the Government Must Each Serve Four Years in Prison and Pay a Fine of $575,749. ‘ Washington, Dec. 2 .—The supreme court of the United States has denied the petition for writs of certiorar, bringing to that court the cases of Benjamin D. Greene and John F. Gay- nor, who are under sentence to pay a fine of $675,749 and to undergo terms of Imprisonment of four years each on the charges of embezzlement and con- spiracy, in connection with Captain Oberlin M. Carter, to defraud the United States in connection with har- bor improvements at Savannah, Ga. Carter has served a term of imprison- ment on these charges. Greene and Gaynor were tried by the United States district court for the Southern district of Georgia and on April 12, 1896, were found guilty on the two charges of conspiracy and embezzlement and both were sen tenced on the same day, the amount of the fine imposed representing the sum which is charged to have been appropriated. They appealed the case to the Unlted States circuit court of appeals for the Fifth circuit and when that court affirmed the verdict of the trial court they presented their peti- tion to the supreme court for a writ of certiorari, bringing the entire case to that court for review. Question of Extradition. This petition went at length into the question of the extradition from Canada and urged the fact that be- cause the case involved “the relations of this nation to foreign nations” the supreme couvrt was bound under the federal Constitution to take cogniz- ance of the matter, notwithstanding the case had been passed upon by the court of appeals. Many important questions were pre- sented by the case in addition to that of extradition, including the one as to whether a person charged with em- bezzlement in one state (New York) can be legally tried in another state (Georgia), as Greene and Gaynor were, and also the question as to whether a man charged with an offense in two districts, as Greene and Gaynor were, can be regarded as a fugitive from justice when he remains in one of them. 2 The effect of the denial of the peti- tion for a review by the supreme court has the effect of leaving in force the decision of the district court. The court’s decision was announced by Chief Justice Fuller and there was no written opinion. IN FEDERALStPREME COURT Legality of Minneapolis Sunday Clos- ing Law Upheld. ‘Washington, Dec. 2 —That the or- dinance of the city of Minneapolis prohibiting the keeping of saloons open on Sundays is not in violation of the federal Constitution was in effect judicially declared by the supreme court of the United States in the case of the state of Minnesota vs. Val Mar- ciniak. Marciniak is the owner of a saloon in Minneapolis and was prosecuted in the municipal court of that city. Sen- tenced to pay a fine of $25 he ap- pealed to the state supreme court, where he lost. He then brought the case to the federal court, where the ruling of the state court was af- firmed. Marciniak raised the question in the supreme court that the pro- ceeding of the city court i refusing him a jury trial was a summary act such as is not justified by the Consti- tution, but the higher court refused to accept that view. The decision of the court was announced by Chief Justice Fuller, but he submitted no written opinion. SINKS SMALL VESSEL. Huge Steamer Mauretania Breaks From Her Moorings. New York, Dec. 2 —The turbiner Mauretania, the largest ship in the world, broke from her moorings at the foot of West Thirteenth street during a light gale and crashed into a small fleet of barges, scows and ca- nal boats, one of which she sunk. Four hawsers running from her for- ward deck to the pier parted and the big vessel's nose swung round to the mnorth so quickly that it was impos- sible for the smaller boats to get out of the way. The Mauretania’s stern hawsers held and prevented the giant ship from running out into the river. Now Inmate of Poor Farm. New York, Dec. 2 .—Stewart Hyde, once wealthy, is an inmate of the Hempstead poor farm on Long Island. In ten years Hyde has squandered $250,000 and after an unsuccessful at- tempt to make a living as stable boy around the racetracks he was forced to ask admission to the poor farm. Fourteen years ago Hyde’s father died and left him $100,000. Other relatives gave him another $150,000. .He spent his money like water. Funeral of Lord Kelvin, London, Dec. 2 .—Under the shadow of the monument to Sir Isaac Newton and close to the choir in Westminster abbey the body of Lord Kelvin, the noted English scientist, who died Dec. 17, was buried in the presence of a preat gathering of scientists, repre- senting American and Continental as well as British societies. Large Tin Mills to Resume. Pittsburg, Dec. 2:—It is sald here that indications point to an early re- sumption of the large tin mills at Newcastle and Sharon, Pa. The tin supply of the country, it is eald, is rapidly being depleted and employes have been notified to hold themselves in readiness for work. About 6,000 men are affected. - p-=. 'FRIEND TO FRIEND. The personal recommendations of peo- ple who have been cured of-coughs and ¢olds by Chamberlain's Cough Remedy have done more than all else to make it a staple article of trade anl commerce over < large part of the civilized world. Barker’s Drug Store Great Crowd at Conslistory. Rome, Dec. 2. .—Pope Pius X. per- sonally conducted the ceremony of the public consistory, which was attended by thousands of invited persons, in- cluding many Americans. A dense crowd packed the corridor, hall and tribune and reached almost to the foot of the throne itself. BUY A GOOD LOT Bemidji Townsite and Im- provement Company. H.A. SIMONS, Agent. Swedback Block, Bemidji. With the growth of Bemidji good lots are becoming - scarcer and scarcer. 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