Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 2, 1908, Page 2

O THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER PUBLISHED NVERY AFTERNOON, OFFICIAL PAPER---CITY OF BEMIDJI BEMIDII PIONEER PUBLISHING CO. CLYDE J. PRYOR l A. @. RUTLEDGOE; Business Manager Managing Editor Sntered in the postoffice at Bemidjf. Minn., as second class matter. SUBSCRIPTION---85.00 PER ANNUM SURORISE FOR STATE. Defense Offers to Submit Pettibone Case Without Argument, TESTIMONY IS CUT SHORT De"endant'n Attorneys Claim That the Prosecution Has Failed to Connect Their Client = With the Charged in the Indictment. Crime Boise, Ida, Jan. .—The defense has rested in the Pettibene case and offered to submit the case to the jury without argument. ‘When court convened the defendant was at his place, but showeq plainly the effects of his illness. Afier the formalities of opening the court had been concluded Judge Hilton, for the defense, angounced that. the. defense would rest its case and offered to sub- mit it to the jury without argument. This announiCemént came as a com- plete surprise td the state. Judge Hilton said he had gone over all the testimony and as the state had falled to connect the defendant with the crime charged in the indict- ment it had béen decided to offer no further testimony. Senator Borah asked for a recess in order that the propositicn of the de- fense might be considered-and Judge ‘Wood granted their request. After a brief conference of the siate attorneys the senator stated that the question of dispensing with tke argument could not be settled until the instructions of the court had been examined. Judge Wood then announced that he would have his instructions ready by Friday morning and after he had instructed the attorneys to submit thelr sugges- tions an adjournment was taken until that time. Depends on Court’s Instructions. The case now hangs. entirely upon the nature of the instructions of the court, so far as further proceedings are concerned. The proseeution ad- mits that there has been no corrobora- tive evidence connecting the defend- ant directly with the killing of Steun- enberg, but is basing its hope of con- viction on the establishing of proof of a conspiracy to kill enemies of the ‘Western Federation of Miners, alleg- ing that the murder of Steunenberg was an incident to that conspiracy. 1f Judge Wood in his instructions holds that it is necessary for the state to produee - independent testimony showing Pettibone’s connection with the crime’ charged there will. be no argument. If, however, the court in- structs that proof of conspiracy in it- gelf is sufficient, providing the state has presented satisfactory proof that the defendant’ was a member of the conspiracy* and ‘that the illing .of Steunenberg was an incident to it, the case will be argued. The state has asked that instructions to this effect be given. = The illness of Pettibone, which is critical, had much to do with the de- clsion of the defense to submit the ease without argum DENIES THAT SHE IS DEAD Woman Identified as Murde!‘ Victim Alive and Well. Newark, N. J.,, Jan. '.—The iden- tity of the woman whose dead body was found in Harrison, N. J., last Thursday remains a mystery. The story told by Mrs. Hattie Hull that the dead woman was her friend, Mrs. Agnes Young, was exploded when Mrs. Young was found alive and well in New York city. She is employed as an accountant in a real estate office in New York and declared emphat- ically that she had not been in New Jersey on Christmas day and that she did not know any one named Charles Meyers, for whom ° the police were searching as a result of Mrs. Hull’s statements. Mrs. Young obtained first knowledge of the fact that he name had been connected with the murder mystery from the newspapers while on her way to the office where she Is employed. On reaching the office she consilted her employer and expressed .indignation that her name had been drawn into the affair by Mrs, Hull. . Mrs. Hull’ told the police that she had parted from Mrs. Young on Christmas day and that Mrs. Young was aboutto start for Harrison in company, with Charles Meyers. - Mrs. Young declared that while she knew Mrs. Hull she had not seen her for two years. . When Mrs. Hull was told that Mrs. Young Hadbeen. found alive she de- clared that the murdered woman was her own half sister, Minnie Jeanette Gaston,” daughter -of R. B. Gaston of Servilla, Tenn. Mrs. Hull said she identified the body as that of Mrs. Young ‘In’‘order to avoid involving Miss Gaston's name in a scandal. She asked that the body be sent to Mr. Gaston at Serviila. Torpedo Flotllla, Reaches Para. Para, Brazil, Jan. . .—The torpedo boat flotilla, which is preceding the battleship fleet to th» Pacific, has ar- rived here The boats left Port of Spain Dec. 25 and are now five days behind their original schedule, due to accidents t6 the machinery of two of the destroyers. Tolstoi Dislocates Shoulder. St. Petersburg, Jan. \.—News has reached 'here that. Count - Leo Tolstol ‘was thrown by a stumbling horse and sustalned a dislocated shoulder. In spite of his advanced age'the count is making-a rapid recovery. : EISHOP ANDREWS DEAD. Prominent In Church Circles for Half a Century. New York, Jan. .—Bishop Edward G. Andrews of the Msthodist Episcopal church is dead at his home in Brook- Iyn. Rishop Andrews, who was eighty- two years old, contracted a severe cold while attending the bishops’ con- ference and the meetings of the home and foreign mission boards of his church at San Francisco last October. He never -fully recovered and a gen- eral breakdewn followed. Bishop Andrews, for nearly half a century, was one of the most widely BISHOP ANDREWS, known clergymen in the United States: Before his elevation to the bishopric he was pastor of several large churches in the New York East con- ference. Born in Central New York he studied for the ministry in Wes- leyan college. For several years be- fore enterin< the ministry he was pres- ident of Casenovia academy in this state. He was chosen bishop in 1872 and in 1904 was relieved of many du- ties and placed on the retired list. His active interest-in the administration of the affairs of the church did not cease with his retirement, however, and he continued to take an important part in its councils until the last. GOVERNMENT ~WILL APPEAL President and Attorney General Dis- cuss Denver Decision. Washington, Jan. 1.—At the last cabinet meeting of the year 1907 the decision was reached by the president and Attorney General Bonaparte that the government will use every means in its power to bring about in the higher courts disapproval of the de- cision rendered in Colorado by Judge Lewis that there is no law against citizens agreeing in advance to pur- chase coal or other public lands that may be acquired by others under what is known as the dummy entryman sys- tem. Attorney General Bonaparte said after the cabinet meeting that it was fortunate that congress last year passed a law giving the government the right to appeal in criminal cases, as undoubtedly the government would appeal to its fullest extent against a decision quashing indictments against men charged with illegally acquiring coal lands. ZIMRI DWIGGINS DEAD. Event Recalls His Meteoric Career as a Banker. Chicago, Jan. 1.—Zimri Dwiggins, the urbane country lawyer who came to Chicago in the early ninetles and founded the Columbia National bank, is no more. Dispatches say that he dled in Lincoln, Neb., but no particu- lars are given. Dwiggins disappeared from Chicago about thirteen years ago and has not been seen here since. He tried to be a master of finance, but hardly knowing the A B Cs of bank- ing his plan went to crash. Dwiggins, however, made remarka- ble strides forward and had linked together a chain of banks which in number and aggregate business prob- ably never before or since has been duplicated. The Columbia National was the keystone of the financial arch and when it collapsed the rest of the fabric went with it. SAYS HE KILLED HIS CHUM Youth of Sixteen Admits Crime of Murder. Pembina, N. D, Jan. l.—James O’Brien ot Neche has made a complete confession of the murder of Arthur Le Claire, the Great Northern fireman, The sixteen-yearold slayer finally gave up the details of his crime to J. C. Crawford, a Pinkerton detective, who has beer working on the case. The confession came after he had been confronted with his bloody cloth- ing, the hatchet with which the crime was committed, a bloody scarf and other evidences of his guilt. ‘When the news was broken to the father of O’Brien, for years a resident of Neche and customs officer there, he broke down completely. Fred Le Claire, father of the murdered boy, called on him in an endeavor to con- #ole him. PROTESTS TO WASHINGTON Canadian Government Claims Action of Dakota Officer Was lllegal, Ottawa, Ont., Jan. 1.—Secretary of State Scott has written' to Washing- ton asKing the United States govern- ment to investigate the alleged illegal action of a North Dakota officlal who recently held up the Canadian farmers on the boundary line at Emerson and forced them to cross over into the United States territory and, on threat of keeping them in jail, compelled one of them to sign an affidavit implicat- ing . him in an attempt to smuggle wheat across the boundary. Secretary Scott declares that the action of the Dakota officer was contrary to inter- national law. -Long Distance Wireless Messages. Vallejo, Cal., Jan. 1.—Five wireless messages have been received at Mare island and ‘Point Loma from Sitka, Alaska. This is-the record for long . digtance on this coast. i ported by ttese famous columns. They MANY PERSONS HURT Dynamite Bomb Exploded in the Stock Exchange.at Rome. COURTYARD ROOF COLLAPSES Supposed That Destructive -Missile Was Thrown With the Intention of Preventing the Customary End of the Month Liquidation, Rome, Jan. .—A dynamite bomb exploded in the stock exchange of this city. Eighteen injured persons ,were rescued and others are buried under portions of the building, which col- lapsed. Firemen, policemen and troops have been hurried to the scene and are engaged in calming the excitement and conducting the work of rescue. It is supposed that the bomb was thrown with the intention of prevent- ing the customary end of the month lquidation. The roof of the courtyard of the ex- change collapsed with the force of the explosion. The explosion occurred shortly be- fore 4 o’clock. The stock exchange is situated in the center of the city. The pecple in the vicinity of.the building were thrown into a state of consterna- tion. The explosion was followed at once by cries of desperation from within the exchange. . The suspicion that the explosion was intended to prevent liquidation at the end of the month increases. The plan was to destroy millions in securi- ties, but the explosion occurred too late. The liquidation was all over and nearly all the securities had been removed from the exchange. The stock exchange of Rome is sit- uated in one of the finest ancient re- mains of the city, the temple of Nep- tune, and on the south side of the Piazza di Pietra. The temple was built by Hadrian and is notable for eleven magnificent columns in the Corinthian style, of white marble, each one forty-one feet high. The cen- ter portico was built by Agrippa. The roof of the >xchange was partly sup- were assembled for this purpose by Pope Innocent XII. ENTERS ON FINAL STAGE. Trial by Courtmartial of General Stoessel Nearing End. -~ St. Petersburg, Jan. .—The trial by courtmartial of Lieutenant General Stoessel for the surrender of the Port Arthur fortress to the Japanese has entered upon its final stage. The court heard evidence on the council of war of Dec. 29, when the members of the council refused to entertain the sug- gestion of surrender, and the actual capitulation. The prosecution intro- duced the estimate of General Smir- noff that the resistance could have been prolonged for six weeks more. Several witnesses testified to the in- dignation with which the proposal to capitulate was received by the council of war, but certain officers from the firing line gave contradictory evidence and intimated that the boldest coun- sels against surrender were given by those .who were stationed furthest from ‘the enemy. The troops were dispirited and sick almost tc a man with scurvy, it was declared, and it the capitulation had been delayed the fortress would have fallen before the first vigorous attack of the Japanese. STEAL CHEST OF MONEY. Two Men Carry Off Day’s Earnings of Street Railway. Rochester, N. Y., Jan. .—Two men stole a chest containing $2,859 from a street car standing in front of the Main street car barns and got safely away with it in an automobile. The stolen money represents the day’s earnings of the Rochester Railway company on what is known as the Eastern division. It was being trans- ferred according to custom from the Federal street barns to the State street office to be counted. Most of the money was in silver coin and the chest was so heavy that one man could not carry. it. FRENCH MINISTER STRICKEN Cabinet Officer Dies Suddenly at Ses- 8 sion.of Senate. Paris, Jan. .—Jean Francois K Ed- mond Guyot-Dessaigne, the French minister of justice, dropped dead of apoplexy during the session of the senate. M. Guyot-Dessaigne was born in 1833. He entered the public service in 1863. In 1885 he was elected to the chamber of deputies and in 1889 was appointed minister of justice in the Floquet cabinet. His present tenure of office dates from Oct. 23, 1906. He was a member of the Legion of Honor. Bomb Factory Discovered. Sebastopol, Russia, Jan. —One of the most complete bomb factories ever discovered in Russia has been un- earthed at a farmhouse twenty miles from here. It consisted of a complete apparatus for the manufacture of high explosives. Twenty-seven loaded bombs of the most destructive type were seized. Affects Two Thousand Persons. Holyoke, Mass., Jan. —A further curtailment of operations in the mills of the American Writing Paper com- pany in this city is in effect this week and will continue indefinitely. The latest ‘shutdown order inclydes nine mills, employing 2,000 persons. 'READY TO RETURN EAST. Rev. Cooke Will Wed Miss Whaley as Soon as Possible. San Francisco, Jan. .—Rev. Jere Knode Cooke, who disappeared from his residence when his identification became known, together with his young companion, Floretta Whaley, and their. baby, has been located: egain. He Is staying at the home of & friend, where he and his companion ere comfortably- situated. . - . . In an interview Cooke said he will’| 7eturn East as soon as he can- gel engugh money together to travel and &s soon as matters can be arranged he will marry Miss Whaley. . Tt is expected that the grandmother of the young lady will send her the funds necegsary to return East. - New York, Jan. —Dispatches from New Haven, Conn., where Mrs. Jere Knode Cooke now lives, quote the wife of the minister who eloped last Aprii with Floretta Whaley as saying: “This is - the- first reliable news I have had of him since that day when my life became desolate, but he has never been absent from my prayers. I have always loved him. For nine years we lived a life of the purest de- votion to.each other. I am sure it was so on my part and I believe it was 8o With him until that girl came into his life, Then something hap- pened to his brain. He must haye become demented.” WALKER PROMISES TO AID Will Assist in Recovering Stolen Securities. New Britain, Conn., Jan. 1.—Treas- urer Stanley of the Savings bank of New Britain has received a message from J. H. Pease, the bank’s repre- sentative at Ensenada, Lower Califor-’ WILLIAM ‘F. WALKER. nia, Mex., saying that he had seen Walker, the embezzling treasurer, twice. His interviews brought out a promise from Walker that he would ald in recovering some of the missing securities. BUILDING BADLY WRECKED Bomb Thrown Against Front of New York Structure. New York, Jan. —A bomb thrown against the front of a two-story frame building in East One Hundred and Forty-ninth street, in the Bronx, be- fore daylight badly wrecked the build- ing and endangered the lives of eight persons . who were asleep therein. A fish store kept by Joseph Rae on the first floor was almost demolished and his living rooms back of the store Wwere wrecked. A door was blown off its hinges and, striking Mrs. Marie Bottisano, Rae's married daughter, on the head inflicted a painful wound. The ceilings of a tenement in the upper part of the building occupied by a family of six persons were torn down by the explosiocn but.the family was not injured. Rae has asked the rolice to search for his sen-in-law, Antonio Bottisdno, who, he said, had threatened to blow up the store because his wife had left him and taken refuge with her father. MUCH PAPER RECOVERED. Stolen Mail Sacks Contained $50,000 in Checks, Etc. ‘Waco, Tex., Jan. .—Another large batch of mail has been found west of Waco, néar where-the first batch was left by the pouch looters Christmas night. It is estimated that checks, money ordérs and drafts left lying in the gulch where -the pouches were opened will aggregate~$50,000. Spe- cial government officers are working on the case. Some two or theee thou- sand . letters designed for -various parts of the United States were in the pouches. TRIAL NEARING COMPLETION Arguments’ Begun * in . Harden-Von Moltke Libel Suit.: Berlin, Jan. L—At the' opening of the session of the- Harden-Von Moltke libel sult the judge questioned Count Kuno von Moltke as to whether he had resigned from the army as a re- sult of the articles published by Har- den in Die Zukunft. The count re- :iprmded emphatically in the affirma- ve. The state attorney, Dr. Isenbiel, then opened ‘the pleadings and de- manded the imposition of a sentence of four montas’ imprisonment against Harden.. He declared that-Harden had assumed " that there existed near the person of the emperor a group of men whose influence was. detrimental to the interests of the Fatherland and Which. he felt himself called upon to disperse. Among the'members of this group were Prince Philip zu Eulen- burg and General Kuno von Moltke. Harden attacked these two men, found- | Ing his accusation upon the mere word of ‘an hysterical Wwoman, Mrs. von Elbe, the former wife of Von Moltke, and upon statements made by her mother, Mrs. von. Heyen, who was quite untrustworthy: Continuing, Dr. Isenbiel said: “Count von-Moltke; who has been covered with. filth by Harden, leaves this: court, completely cleared; he is without stain, a noble man from head to foot. Prince zu Eulenburg s equally v!ndicated.‘f,' * Second Wife Secures Estate. Chicago, Jan. ‘.—Judge Barnes of the “superior court holds that Mary McDonald, the first wife of -Michael C McDonald," the former sporting man and Demoq olitician, has no in- terest in_his estate., Thé court also holds that the trustees ‘should not be enjoined from' tutning over her dower to: the second.-wife,. Dora -MeDonald, | who I8 awaiting trial for the shooting of Webster 8. : 2 i Common School Certificates. Program of examinations for Jan- uary 30 and 31, and Febfuary 1, 1908. - Thursday, January 30th. (First Grade Studies.) A. M.—8:00 Enrollment. 8:15 Geometry. 10:00 Physics. P, M.—1:30 Algebra. 3:15 Physical Geography or General History. Agriculture may be taken at any one of above periods, and may be substituted for either Geometry or Physical Geography. Friday, January 31st. | (Second Grade Studies.) A. M.—8:00 Enrollment. 8:30 Professional Test. 9:30 Spelling. 10:00 Arithmetic. P. M.—1:15 Geography. 2:45 Composition and Pen-| manship. 3:20 Reading. Saturday, February 1st. (Second Grade Studies Continued.) A. M.—8:00 U. S. History. 9:45 English Grammat. - 11:30 Music. P. M.—1:15 Physiology-Hygiene. 2:48 Civics. 4:00 Drawing. The examination will be held in the court house, Thursday, Jan. 30th and in the high school building Friday, Jan. 31st and Saturday, Feb. 1st. Marks of 75 or above from an in- complete examination taken within two years will be accepted, including State high school board certificates. no mark is below 70 per cent. is up-| on recommendation renewable for | two years if the applicant has given evidence of ambition to improve by attending teachers’ meetings, insti- tutes and ‘training schools and by reading ‘books proscribed by the] Teachers’ Reading Circle board and | other educational books and papers. Teachers should bring with them all the credits, including certificates, which they wish to have accepted. Dated Bemidji, Minn., Jan. 1st, 1908. W. B. STEWART, Co. Supt. of Schools. TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY, { Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine Tablets E}l‘ug\:]glsts refund money it it fails tocure W. GROVE'S signature is on each box 25¢ A second grade certificate on which |_ Do Not Trifle With a Cold Is good advice for men and women. It may be vital in the case of a child. 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