Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, March 5, 1908, Page 4

- WARDENS' MEETING WAS HIGHLY INTERESTING Continued from First Page are fast disappearing from their natural breeding grounds. “Be it therefore resolved, That we believe that the artificial propo- gation of the Hungarian pheasant and the ring-neck should be “en couraged by the game and fish com- mission of the state, and money| should be set aside to restock the | depleted covers where our native birds are disappearing. “Resolved, That we are heartily in favor of a proposed amendment to the license provision of the game and fish law known as the ‘universal license,” wherein every man in the state who hunts shall| be required to obtain a license before carrying a gun; the man who hunts should pay in the larg- est measure for the protection of the game in the state; the enact-| ment of such an amendment would greatly reduce the amount of the appropriation now necessary to| carry on our work, and we are of the opinion that such a univer- sal license would do away entirely | with a legislative appropriation for the work of the commission. Illinois enacted such a law and raised $165,000 from its provisions; our neighboring state of Wisconsin1 last year derived $108,000 from its universal license law, paying all expenses of its game and fish com- mission and leaving a surplus of several thousand dollars; and the| Dakotas and have done similarly with beneficial results. “A. G. Rutledge, “Sam F. Fullerton, “J. C. Green, “Committee.” Towa At the conclusion of the meeting | i from |lowing are the wardens were the zuests of the| commission at a dinner at the Mer-| ! chants hotel and later attended thel performance given at the Orpheum | theater, Executive Agent Avery [ur-,; nishing the tickets. j It has been decided to make these ! meetings an annual affair, and the | next will be held at the callof the| the commission. Attention, Militia Recruits! A. Otto desires the Pioneer to especially notify all those who intend joining the new militia company to hasten and make their applications as soon as possible. It is the present intention to have the Bemidji company mustered into the service March 14,and in order to do this it will be necessary to have the the company recruited to as full a number as possible. Those who! have already been accepted should make special efforts to secure other recruits so that Bemidji may not be backward in having her company mustered in. Applicants desmnz to enlist in the company may apply to Dr. Morrison any time during the day and also between the hours of 7 and 9 in the evening. Bound Over to District Court. Coney Miller and Thomas Ken- nedy, two young men who were arrested on the charge of counter- feiting, the complaint alleging that they had passed counterfeit money at certain places in Funkley, have been bound over to await the action of the grand jury. When brought before Judge Clark, through their attorney they filed an affidavit of prejudice and the case was transferred to Judge Simons, who after examination bound them over to the district court. Bids for City Printing. Sealed bids for city official print- ing will be received by the City Council on Monday, March 9, 08, for the ensuing year. Council reserves the right to reject any orall bids. Bemidji, Minn., 3-4 ’08. Thos. Maloy, City Clerk. Andrew Morris Dead. Matt Thome, of Thome & Mayer, left this morning for St. Paul, hav- ing received word that his uncle, Andrew Morris, hdd died at St. Paul yesterday and that the funeral will be held tomorrow. Andrew Morris was at one time a resident of Bemidji. He came here about eight years ago and wasem- ployed by Thome & Mayer in differ- ent lines of business. He left six years ago for St. Paul aud has made his home in that city ever since. He is unmarried. The deceased had many friends among the pioneer residents of Be- midji who sincerely regret the de- mise of the deceased. Concerning County Division. Spooner News: O. J. Rollevson, Wabanaca, is agitating the county division, according to the ‘Beltrami Co. News,’ and “in sup- port” of his attitude submits a lot of questions to the News for reply. He also had a list of names already stereotyped and ready to saddle the new county wich. Fol- some of the names, St. Olaf, Nelson, Johnson, North Star, Moose, &c. What is the matter with petitioning the Legislature for a permit to call it Rollevson? That evidently would be as appropri- ate as any proposed and be more to someone’s egoism, Attention. Capt. H. B. Abell, District Man- ager for the Penn Mutal, will be at the Markham Hotel for a few days to enable the people of Bemidji for the first time to investigate the Ordinary Life, Limited Life, En- dowment and Term policies issued by the Penn Mutal, 2 company of sixty one years record for square dealing, equalled by few and sur- passed by none. About that policy see Capt. Abelle, while here. A postal to him will secure a personal interview. Summers Will Play With Brandon. Frank Summers of Duluth has |been engaged by Artie O’Dea to |play an outfield position next sum- | mer with the Brandon team ot the | re-organized northern league. Summers was a member of the Bemidji baseball team in 1906. He is a very fast player, but possesses a very hasty temper, and it isa difficult matter to keep him under discipline. “‘Scrap” at Bagley Settled. Bagley Independent: The dispute between the White Townsite com- pany and parties to whom they had sold lots has been finally settled. When the lots were sold it was stated {in'the contract that the plat thereof was to be filed. The plat has been put on file and everything has now been settled. The company has put the lots on the market and are in position to give a clear title. Dissolution of Partnership. Notice is hereby given that the co-partnership heretofore existing by and between Arthur Hagberg and Charles Knopke, doing business under the firm name and style of Hagberg & Knopke, has this day been dissolved by mutual consent. Dated at Bemidji, Minnesota, this 3rd day of March 1908. Arthur Hagberg Charles Knopke. “‘A Trip to the North Pole.” Saturday evening, March 7, at the City Opera House, Prof. M. M. McKenzie will give his famous views of scenes taken in the frozen north entitled “A Trip to the North Pole.” The scenes are said to be espec- ially good ones and the professor is a fluent talker. Marriage Licenses Issued. Oliver ]. Arnold to Miannie Radel, Eli Arnold to Christina Radel,Albert Thompson to Gena Hateleberg, Ed- ward Starkweather to Olive Larson, Frank Lapointe to Tilla Broate. Wire Trips Trips via Long Distance Telephone involve no hotel bills, car fares or waste of time. ter where—you can make a round trip m a few moments by using the Nerthwestern Long Distance Lines Northwestern Telephone Exchange Company No mat- Eflghgfi Owl Drug Store, B_emidix, Minn. I(.:Jfl RE THROAT Notice. * Owing to the dissolution of the firm of Hagberg & Knopke, all parties owing accounts at the Bemidji Meat Market are requested to call at the market and settle same at once. It is necessary that we secure im- mediate settlement of our out-stand- ng accounts in order to adjust our own business matters. Arthur Hagberg, Charles Knopke. Will Entertain Class. Miss Cunningham will entertain her Suuday school class this even- ing at the home of Mrs. Bucklm, 1115 Beltrami avenue. BY INSTRUCTED VERDICT. Hartje Conspiracy Case Brought to Abrupt End. Pitfsburg, March 5. — Augustus Hartje, a millionaire; John L. Wel- shons, a hardware merchant and friend of Hartje, and Clifford Hooe, a negro coachman, who have been on trial in criminal court charged with conspiracy lo blacken the character of Mrs. Mary Scott Hartje, were all acquitted, binding instructions having been given to the jury to find such & verdict and place the costs of the case upon the county. The disposition of the case was not unexpected and is the first victory for Mr. Hartje since the beginning three years ago of the famous and unsuc- cessful litigation against his wife to Becure a divorce. ‘When Hartje sued for a divorce Hooe, the negro, was named core- spondent and made a deposition to the effect that he and Mrs. Hartje had had improper relations. Hartje lost the case and later Hooe, who left town, was captured by detectives at AUGUSTUS HARTJE. Youngstown, O., and made three con- fessicns in which he said he had lied in charging intimate relations be- tween Mrs. Hartje and himself. He was tried for perjury and convicted and is now serving a seven years’ sentence in the penitentiary. Charges were then made against Farij2 and his friend Welshons, alleging they had conspired with the negro in mak- ing the charges against Mrs. Hartje. The case was placed on trial Feb. 24 and the prosecution suddenly rest- ed Tuesday forenoon. The defense immediately asked the court to dis- charge the defendants, alleging there ‘was not sufficient evidence to support the charge that Hartje and Welshons had conspired with the negro. Argu- ments on the motion were made and Judge McFarlane later announced his decision. It is now stated that Mrs. Hartje will push her action to obtain a di- vorce from her husband. The case is on the trial list in common pleas court No. 2 and probably will be called within a few weeks. CARNEGIE PAYS OBLIGATION Assists Daughter of Man Who Had Befriended Him. New York, March 5.—Out of grati- tude for an obligation rendered to him many years ago Andrew Carnegie has given $25,000 to Mrs. Henry Sanger Snow, whose husband, formerly treas- urer of the New York and New Jersey Telephone company, is a fugitive from justice. Snow is charged with the embezzlement of $29,000 and when he disappeared his wife and three chil- dren were left without other resources than an appeal to relatives for aid. Much publicity followed Snow’s de- falcation and it was then that Mr. Carnegie remembered the favor of the times long ago. It had been rendered him, as a matter of fact, by Mrs. Snow's father, David Brooks, a wealthy manufacturer and banker of Baltimore, who died about twenty years ago. Mr. Carnegie was a poor boy in Western Pennsylvania, strug- gling to make his way, when Mr. Brooks came to his aid. What the service was or what the amount no one concerned would reveal. Mrs. Snow declares that she never has known the nature of the obligation, as she had no acquaintance with Mr. Car- negie and that her father never men- tioned the subject. Her first knowledge of the benefac- tion was when she received word that $25,000 had been deposited to her credit in a New York bank and that she was free to draw upon it when- ever she pleased. Britt and Nelson Draw. Los Angeles, Cal, March 5—The ten-round battle between Nelson and Britt here ‘was a draw, as was gen- erally expected. Under the law no de- cision was given, but if one had been given neither man could have claimed the decision. Nelson made a much better showing than he did the last time he met Britt. Indian Woman Stabbed to Death, Black River Falls, Wis., March 5— The body of Mrs. Rice Hill, an Indian ‘woman about sixty years of age, was found in a room at the Best boarding house. She had been stabbed. An inouest is being held. ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY CREMATED Fearful Loss of Life in Burn‘lng School at Collinwood, 0., a Suburb of Cleveland. GREAT JAM IN DOORWAYS Tots Rush Pellmell for Exits, Which Are Soon Choked With Humanity. AWFUL SIGHT WITNESSED Children Caught at the Exits Fall With the Lower Floor, Amid the Blazing Timbers, to the Basement Below, Where Their Little Bodies Could Be Seen Writhing in the Last Death Struggle. Cleveland, March 5.—In the most terrible holocaust in the history of this section of the country over 150 school children lost their lives in a fire which destroyed the three-story brick school building on qollamer avenue, in Collinwood, a suburb, just outside the city limits. Fire started in the basement of the building just after school convened. It was caused from an overheated fur- nace. ; The smoke from the fire quickly filled the building and alarmed the children and teachers. A panic en- sued. No fire drill was used in res- cuing the children. They rushed pell- mell for the doors and windows. ‘Walter C. Kelley, a newspaper man, two of whose children were in the building, was one of the first upon the scene. He stated that the rear door, one of the two exits, was locked. The children rushed for the front and rear doors. The front exit soon was jammed full of fighting and panic stricken humanity. Many who reached the exit first escaped, but those, the greater number, who followed, choked the doorway. Those who fell were trampled upon and many are sup- posed to have been killed in this man- ner. Those behind turned and made for the windows. Some upon the second and third floors jumped from the windows and escaped. In this way three or four were killed, while oth- ers were more fortunate and escaped with slight injuries. The greater number of those who met death were cut off from escape by the smoke, which blinded them. Caught in this manner they fell with the lower floor, amid the blazing timbers, to the basement below. There the little bodies could be seen in their last death struggle. Bodies were taken to the morgue at the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway company’'s shops. Factories in the immediate neighbor- hood dismissed their men, who went to work in an effort to rescue the lit- tle ones. Frantic Parents Surround School. A few minutes after the building ‘was known to be on fire the school was surrounded by fathers and mothers, who were frantic in their dazed efforts to rescue their children. Very few were saved from among the children who were behind the jam at the front door. The others escaped with slight injuries. The school was of the common grade and contained 360 children, ranging in age from six years to four- teen years. Two or three of the teach- ers also are thought to have perished. The fire from the basement, in addi- tion to filling the schoolrooms with smoke, which caused the first alarm, leaped up the stairway to the first, second and third floors. When the children rushed from their rooms to the hallways they rushed into a fiery furnace. It was in the hallways and at the main exit where the greatest number met death. The hallways were narrow and could not accommo- date the large number that attempted to rush through them to reach the main door. County Coroner Burke immediately after the fire said: “The construction of the school- house was an outrage. The hallways ‘were narrow and there was practically but one mode of exit. The children were caught like rats in a trap. The school building was supposed to be praciically modern, although erected three or four years ago. The school children had been given fire drills and were supposed to be in training for just such an emergency. When the crucial moment arrived the drill was forgotten and there was not the slightest effort to effect an orderly or prompt escape. Instead the chil- dren jumped from their seats and rushed for the schoolroom doors. When they encountered the flames in the hallways many rushed back to escape by the windows. Many jumped to the ground. Those who continued through the hallways either met death in the flames there or, escaping this, continued to the main exit, only to be blocked by those wedged in the door- way and consumed by the flames which were crowding them onward. DEFENDS OPEN TURRET. Admiral Cowles Before Senate Naval Committee. Washington, March 5—“You can’t handle powder, and handle it fast, without having accidents. And you bave got to handle it fast—you must reach your gun before the other fel- low gets to his. You must hit the other fellow quick and as many times as you can before he gets at you.” These expressions are taken from the testimony of Rear Admiral William S. Cowles, chief of the bureau of equip-| &et. ment of ‘the navy department, béfore the senate committee on naval affairs in the investigation of criticisms of battleship construction. Speaking plainly, Admiral Cowles sald that the American ships were the equal of any afloat and endorsed in positive terms the open turret and st REAR ADMIRAL COWLES. direct ammunition hoist with the im- provements made since the Missouri and Georgia accidents to make them safe. The testimony of Admiral Cowles was centered in a description of the explosion on the battleship Missouri, which he commanded at the time. He wae asked to state the cause of the explosion and the defects that com- tributed to the accident. Speaking of the open turret on the Missouri he said that the time between rounds in firing the big guns had been reduced from 300 seconds to 40 seconds. The lesson taught by the explosion, ac- cording to the admiral’s statement, was that the great danger in the tur- rets was from flarebacks, which in themselves were harmless to the men, but often intense enough to ignite powder, and therefore the safeguard was to expel gases from the guns be- fore powder was brought within range and that had now been accomplished. PRESENT LAW ADEQUATE. Anarchists of Foreign Birth Subject to Deportation. ‘Washington, March 5.—Secretary Straus of the department of commerce and labor explained that, in the issu- ance of his order to immigration offi- cials respecting anarchists, it was his desire to insure a definite co-operation of those officials with the local au- thorities in various cities. “The law, as it stands today, is quite ample to meet any emergency,” said the secretary. known anarchists now ‘are excluded by the immigration officials and crim- inals and anarchists of forelgn birth who have been in this country less than three years will be promptly de- ported if they can be identified.” Secretary Straus said there was no idea of endeavoring to secure an amendment to the present law. UNIQUE AFFAIR AT CHICAGO Mother and Daughter the Brides at a Double Wedding. Chicago, March 5—A double wed- ding at which mother and daughter were the brides was the unusual serv- ice which Chicago gave to the events of the day. The brides were Mrs. Adella McKey, widow of Henry Me- Key, and her daughter, Miss Gertrude McKey. Mrs. McKey was married to Mr. Fielding A. Handle and Miss McKey became the bride of Mr. Edwin A. Hearne, the service taking place at the home of Mrs. McKey. St. Louis Priest Threatened. St. Louis, March 5.—Rev. Father Timothy Dempsey, pastor of St. Pat- rick’s church and proprietor of two hotels for homeless men, has received a letter demanding that he leave $500 on Eads bridge near a designated spot at midnight Friday night. The letter, which threatens death if he fails to comply, is illiterately written and is signed “Bi Order of Mafi.” Father Dempsey notified the police. Employes Get an Increase. Des Moines, March 5.—Danger of a street car strike was averted when the board of arbitrators agreed to give employes of the company an increase of approximately 15 per cent above the present scale. The men demand- ed 40 per cent, but will accept the new scale, which must be in force two years. The controversy has had Des Moines apprehanalve for a fort- night. Ohio Bank Looted by Robbers. Cincinnati, March 5.—Safecrackers robbed the Mount Orab bank in Mount Orab, O., forty miles east of Cincin- nati, of $3,000 in currency and securi- ties and escaped. The robbers, four or five in number, forced an entrance into the bank by forcing a rear win- dow and applied nitroglycerin to the vault. Question of Citizenship Raised. ‘Washington, March 5—The citizen- ship of Paul E. Roy, whom the state of New Hampshire is seeking to have extradited from France in connection With the murder of George E. Carkins, brother of Glacia Calla, has been raised at the state department. If it should be decided that Roy had ac- tually been naturalized or even de- clared his intention before the killing, as is alleged by the state authorities, the state department officlals have no doubt that his extradition can be se- cured but not otherwise. Concession From King Leopold. Brussels, March 5.—It is announced that King Leopold and the Belgian government have come to a complete agreement on the question of tha an- nexatfon of the Congo Independent State. It is stated in official ciroles that the agreement was made possible by an important concession by the king In consenting that the parl; ment have control of the Cengo bud- “Criminals and | (WA MINES T0 CLOSE General Tieup Expected to Take Place on April 1. WILL AFFECT 15,000 MEN Failure of Eastern Operators and Min. ers to Agree on a New Wage Scale Likely to Cause a Complete Shut- down in Hawkeye State. Des Moines, March 5—A complete WANTS ONE CENT A WORD. HELP WANTED. WANTED FOR U. S. ARMY: Able bodied unmarried men, between ages of 18 and 35; citizens of United States, of good character and temperate habits, who can speak, read, and write Fnglish For information apply to Recrnit. ing Officer, Miles Block, Bemidji Minn. shutdown of the coal mines in Iowa, ‘worked by 15,000 miners, is threat- ened. The agreement now existing be- tween the mine operators and the miners expires March 31 and because of the failure of miners and operators In Eastern states to reach an agree- ment last week it is probable that the Iowa miners and operators, who have heretofore followed the example of the Eastern states, will not be able to make a new agreement before March 31. This would mean a discon- tinuance of work in every coal mine in Towa and 15,000 men would be thrown into idleness. The probability, of the shutdown of the Iowa mines was discussed by John P. Reese, secretary and commis- sioner of the Iowa Coal Operators’ association. Reese expressed the be- lief that the mines would undoubtedly shut down April 1. He declared that he could see nothing which could pre- vent it in the face of the failure of the Eastern miners and operators to agree. ACCUSED OF TAKING BRIBE Special Deputy State Attorney Gen- eral Arrested in New York. New York, March 5—Nathan Vida- ver, a special deputy state attorney general, was arrested by detectives from District Attorney Jerome’s office charged with accepting -$500 in marked bills from William R. Mont- gomery, former president of the Ham- ilton bank. Vidaver had a prominent part in the recent banking investigation in this city and the Hamilton bank was one of the institutions which was given attention at that time. He recently was a candidate for election to the court of general sessions bench. Vidaver was arraigned in the Tombs police court and was held in $5,000 bail for examination. The charge against Vidaver is, in substance, that he accepted $500 from Montgomery to use his influence with the newspapers to keep from the public the news that indictments pending against Montgomery are to be dismissed and that Montgomery is about to open an- jother bank. Vidaver denounced his arrest as an outrage. He said he ac- cepted the $500 from Montgomery as a retainer. BRIEF BITS OF NEWS. The directors of the Calumet and Hecla Mining company have declared a quarterly dividend of $5 a share as ag;inst the last quarterly dividend of $10. Mrs. J. S. Arnup, a leading clubwo- man of Tecumseh, Neb., killed herself by drinking carbolic acid. In a note she stated that ill health was the cause. Mrs. Augusta Hejnek, aged 109 years, with one possible exception be- lieved to be the oldest person in Wis- consin, is dead at Stevens Point." Mrs. Hejnek was born in Poland. Senator Redfield Proctor of Ver- mont is seriously ill with the grippe at his apartments. Owing to the sen- ator’s age, seventy-seven years, his condition has caused considerable con- cern. Announcement is made by the offi- cers of the Friendly Sons of St. Pat- rick that Governor Johnson of Minne- sota i3 to attend the dinner of that 8ociety in New York city on March 17. Two other notable speakers on that occasion will be Secretary of ‘War Taft and Governor Hughes. MARKET QUOTATIONS. Minneapolis Wheat. Minneapolis, March 4—Wheat— May, $1.08@1.08%; July, $1.06% @ 1.06%. On track—No. 1 hard, $1.- 12%; No. 1 Northern, $1.10%; No. 2 Northern, $1:07% @1.08%; No. 3 North- ern, $1.04@1.06. Duluth Wheat and Flax. Duluth, March 4—Wheat—To ar- rive and on track—No. 1 hard, $1. 111%; No. 1 Northern, $1.09%; No. 2 Northern, $1.06%; May, $1.07%; July, $1.07%. Flax—To arrive and on track, $1.16; May, $1.16%; July, $1.18. 8t. Paul Union Stock Yards. St. Paul, March 4.—Cattle—Good to choice steers, $4.75@5.50; fair to good, $4.00@4.75; good to choice cows and heifers, $3.25@4.25; veals, $8.76@5.25. Hogs—$4.15@4.40. Sheep—Wethers, $4.25@4.75; good to choice lambs, $6.25@6.60. Chicago Union Stock Yards. Chicago, March 4.—Cattle—Beeves, $3.90@6.00; cows and heiters, $1.80@ 4.90; Texans, $2.75@4.75; calves, $5.00 @7.25; Western cattle, $4.00@5.00; stockers and feeders, $2.76@4.80. Hogs ~Idght, $4.20@4.45; mixed, $4.25@ 4.50: heavy, $4.25@4.50; rough, $4.25 ‘@4.30: plgs, $3.50@4.30. Sheep, $3.25 @5.65; yearlings, $6.00@6.25; lambs, $6.00@6.90. Chicago Grain and Provisions. Chicago, March 4—Wheat—May, 99@99%c; July, 943%c; Sept., 91ec. Corn—May, 625 @62%c; July, 61%c; Sept., 60%c. Oats—May, old, 53%c; May, bl%c; July, old, 45%c; July, 43%c; Sept., 38c. Pork—May, $11.- 82%; July, $12.17%. Butter—Cream- eries, 20@80c; dairies, 19@27c. Eggs —18@183¢c. Poultry—Turkeys, 18c; l:hk:kenl, 12¢c; springs, 13%c. WANTED: Good girl for gencral housework. Mrs. H. E. Rey- nolds, 805 Bemidji Avenue. WANTED: Lady cook. Good wages. Inquire at Lakeshore Hotel. WANTED: Good girl for general housework. Mrs. Thomas Bailey. WANTED. Chambermaid. In quire at Brinkman hotel. FOR SALE. RN AR DA NSRS FOR SALE: 45-horsepower Howell engine and 60-horsepower boiler, also part of sawmill outfit, in good condition. Will sell cheap. Ches. ter Snow. - FOR SALE—Rubber stamps. The Pioneer will procure any kind of a rub!)er stamp for you an short notice, LOST and FOUND AN A AN N SN LOST—A black muff. Maud Hay- den, 606 American Ave. MISCELLANEOUS. A A e e AR PUBLIC LIBRARY—Open Tues days, Thursdays and Saturdays, 2:30to 6 p. m., and Saturday evening 7:30 to 9 p. m. also. Library in basement of Court House. Mrs. Harriet Campbell, librarian, DR. SIGLER, SPECIALIST, acute and chronic deseases of women given especial. Call or write for information. All correspondence confidential, Write today. 44 Syndicate block. 521 Nicollet Ave., Minneapolis, Mlnn. WANTED: - Position ascook in hotel or restaurant. Mrs. E. Arm- strong, Farley, Minn. ——————— e —— Want Ads FOR RENTING A PROPERTY, SELL- ING A BUSINESS OR OBTAINING HELP ARE BEST. Pioneer =y )