Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, April 13, 1908, Page 2

THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER PUBLISHED BVERY AFTHRNOON, A A A A A A A A A A AN AN A BEMIDII PIONEER PUBLISHING CO. CLYDE J. PRYOR l A. G. RUTLEDGE Business Manager Managing Editor Tntered In the postofiice at Bemidjt. Minn., as second clags matter. SUBSCRIPTION---$5.00 PER ANNUM THE EVENING NEWS. The Bemidji Evening News, with the Christenson Publishing company as publishers and Chris Christenson as editor and manager, made its appearance Saturday evening. In his announcement to the public Mr. Christenson says, among other things: he Evening News is under no obligations to any person, party, faction, interest, or corpora- tion,” and also that “The Evening News will be no temporary institu- tion.” The new daily starts out with a fair amount of advertising, and the news columus contain considerable up-to-date matter. Whether the newspaper field of Bemidji will be able to support two daily papers is a question which will be determined in the future; and if the Evening News is, as its editor and manager claims for it, ‘“‘no temporary institution,” the people of Bemidji will have the best there is in the way of “boosting” the city. In the meantime, we extend our hand to our new contemporary, believing that there is nothing too good for Bemidji. A. L. THWING WOULD BE JUDGE. Alfred L. Thwing of Grand Rap- ids,county attorney of Itasca county, hasannounced himself asa candi- date for therepublican nomination for judge of the Fifteenth judicial dis- trict. In a letter to the Pioneer announ- ing his candidacy, Mr. Thwing says: “The size of the district, the de- sire of every candidate to extend his acquaintance over it as much as possible, and the time between now and the primaries which will nec- essarily be occupied with my pres- ent official duties, seem to justify this early announcement. While I I am not at this time asking for as- surances of support, I intend to make as vigorous a campaign as is consistent with the respect due the office.” At the republican convention for Hubbard county which was held at Park Rapids last week, B. F. Wright of Park Rapids was endorsed for the judgeship of the Fifteenth judicial district. Wright is said to bein a respective mood, and good judicial timber. OBSERVATIONS. "By Doc.”] A tank steamer has been lost at sea. Another result of the Prohibi- tion wave. The express employe who admits he is short $1,000 forgot to say anything about the sense he lacked. Seaborn Wright is put forward as the probable Prohibition candidate for president. They must think he can land. A Chicago scientist announces that he has discovered the origin of heat. Must have just received his winter’s coal bill. George Gould has ordered Prince Helie de Sagen’s past sent over from Paris. The trans-Atlantic freight business is looking up. Tommy—Pop, what are the sins of omission? Tommy’s pop—The sins of omission, my son, are merely those we forget to commit. A musician who rewrote a song for a woman brought suit and the jury returned a verdict of $5. If the song was of the “popular” variety this appears too small a fine. ASKS $30,000 WIN OR LOSE Tommy Burns Willing to Fight John- son, the Negro. New York, April 1 .—“Billy” Neill, manager of “Tommy” Burns, the pu- silist, who is in England, has arrived here on the steamer Lusitania. Neill will try to arrange a match with John- son, the negro, and it is ‘said he will cover Johnson’s deposit of $2,500 with $2,600 additional. Burns has said he is willing to allow the money to re- main in the hands of the stakeholder frem nine to twelve months in order to give promoters an opportunity of arranging the contest. He demands $30,000 as his share of the prize money, no matter what is the result of the battle, and would prefer a contest of forty-five rounds or to a finish, which would limit it to California or Nevada. jAmerican government. CANNOT EXPLAIN T Russian Press Discusses Action of American Consul. OFFICIAL NOTE IS PROBABLE St. Petershurg Government Expected to Issue Statement Reiterating That Country’s Claim to Control of Rail- road Zone .in Manchuria. St. Petersburg, April .—It is the purpose of the Russian government shortly to issue a statement in the matter of the question of territorial |administration that has arisen at Har- bin and Chailar. It is understood that this announcement will reassert the attitude set forth recently in Wash- ington by Baron Rosen, the Russian ambassador there. This entire ques- tion was brought to the front about three weeks ago by the refusal of F. D. Fisher, the American consul at arbin, to recognize Russian jurisdic- tion and his insistence that he was aceredited solely to China. The Novoe Vremya publishes a dis- patch from Harbin detailing the prog- ress of the conflict and saying that the antagonism between Russia and China is growing steadily. China op- poses all Russian administrative es- tablishments in Manchuria on the ground that tke railroad concession carries with it only the rights of a common carrier and does not imply governmental functions. The incident continues to engross the attention of the St. Petersburg press, but the comment is somewhat one sided, cwing to absence of infor- mation regarding the attitude of the The Novoe Vremya sharply criticises the foreign office for suppressing Secretary Root’s statement of April 7, as well as the details of the interview of April 3 be- tween Secretary Root and Baron Ro- sen, neither of which has been com- municated to the newspapers here. The paper says that the attitude of China is due to a belief in the weak- ness of Russia, but it can find no ex- planation for the American opposition to measures taken in compliance with existing treaties and designed for the best interests of civilization and com- merce and it hopes that Secretary Root, after investigation, will adminis- ter the necessary reprimand to Con- sul Fisher. INVITED TO MEET IN LONDON Experts to Formulate Plans for Inter- national Prize Court. ‘Washington, April (—Great Brit- ain has invited the governments which participated in the last Hague confer- ence to send experts to London whose duties shall be to formulate a code of procedure for the proposed interna- tional prize court, the establishment of which is provided for in one of the treaties resulting from the conference. The American government will be rep- resented at the London conference. This conference is regarded as infor- mal in character and the participation of the United States will require no legislation except perhaps a small ap- propriation to meet the expenses of the American representatives. The date for the conference has not been fixed. It is indicated here that the ratifi- cation of the treaty providing for this court will doubtless be delayed by the nations until after the report of this body of experts has been made. MUCH PROPERTY BURNED. City of Peking Scene of Many Incen- diary Fires. Peking, April .—The continued at- tempts at incendiarism at Peking, many of which have been successful, have aroused the government to ac- tion and the throne has ordered an investigation. Such a condition of affairs never has been known in Pe- king before. It is estimated that prop- erty to the value of 5,000,000 taels has been wilfully burned down during the past three weeks. The firebugs are believed to be revolutionists. The-ap- prehension of the government is re- flected in the repressive . measures adopted by the police and military. An official gazette just issued con- tains the names of a large number of revolutionists and no less than fifty- seven Japanese whom the authorities are ordered to arrest on sight. Bridegroom Accused of Murder. Minneapolis, April L—William Griswold, bridegroom, will have to face the charge of having shot and killed Bennie Navaratil, aged six, who innocently joined a charivari party and serenated Griswold and his bride at Hopkins. Griswold denies that he committed the crime and asserts that another man across the street, who had a grudge against him, commenced shooting at him and missed and struck the boy. The police give little credence to the story. Big Lockout of Workmen. Frankfort, Germany, April . —Fully 50,000 workmen in the various branches of the building trades will be locked out shortly in Southern Ger- many, Hesse-Nassau, part of the Rhine provinces and in several North Ger- man cities because of the failure of the negotiations between the builders and the painters to reach a basis of hours and wages. TWO SMALL BOYS PERISH Others Narrowly Escape Death in New York Tenement Fire. New York, April ;.—Two small boys were killed and several other persons injured in a fire which caused & loss of $20,000 to the five-story tene- ment house at 25 Pitt street. The fire drove twenty families from their homes in the five-story building and emptied tenements and lodging houses for a block. The boys who perished were chil- dren 'of_Jacob Chesner, ‘Willie, four years old, and Solomon, aged three years, who lived on the fifth floor. The mother saved herself and her eighteen-months-old ~ daughter only after she had dashed through flames which set fire to her hair and burned the flesh from her feet. The father saved himself and his eldest son, six years old, after flames had encircled him, burning off his hair and his beard. SENATE PASSES HOUSE BILL Employers’ Liabi t_y—Measure Gets Through Conaress. Washington, April —The bill re- lating to the liability of common car- riers by railroads, passed by the house of representatives on April 6, was passed by the senate without amend- ment and without a division. The senate bill on the same subject was not confined to railroads, but cov- ered all forms of common carriers and Senator Dolliver, who had reported it from the committee on education and labor, sought to substitute it for the house bill, byt his motion was defeat- ed. Numerous amendments were of- fered to the bill, but all were voted down. As passed the bill is expected to meet the objections of the United States supreme court to the common carrier liability law of 1896, decided to be unconstitutional by the court. DRY TOWN WILL BE WET Found to Be Located in Two Different Townships. Danville, Ill, April ) —It has been discovered that a small portion of the town of Westville, nominally situated in Georgetown township, which voted “dry” in the local option election last Tuesday, is really in Danville town- ship, which went “wet” by a large majority in the same election. The thirty-six saloons of Westville are pre- paring to move into the “wet” district on May 7, the time set by law for them to close down in Georgetown township, and in this way a “dry” town will be as “wet” as it was be- fore the election which made it “dry.” American Car Reaches Alaska. Valdez, Alaska, April L.—The American racing automobile has ar- rived here on the steamship Santa Clara and was welcomed to the wharf by the entire population with a brass band. The automobile will run twen- ty miles through Keystone canyon, then, owing to the narrow trail, will be sledded to Teikhill. From there to Fairbanks the trail has been broken with double sleds and the automobile will easily run under its own power to Fairbanks. DANIEL SULLY INJURED. Actor Narrowly Escapes Death in a Runaway. Kingston, N. Y., April 1_-—Daniel Sully, the actor, had a narrow escape from being killed here and as it is was quite badly injured. Mr: Sully lives in Woodstock. He had been in this city shopping and while driving home his team of horses ran away. The wagon struck a stone and was overturned, throwing out Mr. Sully, who landed on the side cf his head and shoulder. He was picked up un- conscious and carried to a house and a hospital ambulance from this city was sent for. Doctors say no bones are broken and think no serious re- sults will ensue. Frontier Author Dead. ‘Washburn, N. D., April 1:.—Joseph Henry Taylor, the frontier author, died here of heart failure. Taylor reached the Platte river in 1864 and worked north along the Missouri river. He was among the first white men to take up his abode in these parts. He was author and publisher of “Beavers and Their Ways,” “Frontier and In- dian Life,” etc. MILWAUKEE MAKES DEAL. Jap Steamship Company to Connect With New Overland Road. San Francisco, April 11 —Vice Pres- ident J. H. Hiland and General Pas- senger Agent F. A. Miller of the Chi- cago, Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad have closed 2 deal in Japan, it is said, for a tramspacific steamship service for the company’s new overland rail- road, which is being built to Scattle through Montana, Idaho and Washing- ton, and will arrive here on their way home to Chicago next week. Their deal is with the Osaka-Shosen-Kaisha company, which will make the third Japanese steamship company plying between the Orient and American Pa- cific ports. The Nippon-Yusen-Kaisha runs out of Seattle in connection with Hill's Great Northern road, while the Toyo-Kisen-Kaisha operates out of this port in connection with the South- ern Pacific and Santa Fe. Catholic Priest Ends His Life. Albany, N. Y., April 1..—Rev. Jos- eph Graham, rector of the Roman Catholic Church of the Blessed Sacra- ment, killed himself by shooting in the vestry of his church. He was a native of Albany and a brother of State Bank Examiner Edward J. Gra- ham. Father Graham was about forty-five years old and was regarded as one of the most brilliant men in the Albany diocese. He has recently been in poor health and despondent. His friends believe that he was tem- porarily insane. Reduced Rates Ordered. Lincoln, Neb., April ¥.—The Ne- braska supreme court has granted a restraining order against the express companies doing business in the state forbidding them to charge rates in excess of the schedules prescribed by the Sibley act. The order goes into effect April 15. The Sibley act re- duces express rates 25 per cent. B Campbell-Bannerman Worse. London, April 1'.—The condition of former Premier Sir Henry Campbell- Bannerman has undergone a serious change during the past twenty-four hours and is now the cause of grave anxfety. The Ilast Dbulletin issued gays that Sir Henry passed a restfu) ght, but his’ weakness ha$ become croased. ARE SENT UNPLEDGED Massachusetts Republicans Elect . Delegates to Chicago. AVOID FIGHT IN CONVENTION Uncertainty as to Whether a Taft Res- olution Would Be Adopted Results in the Leaders Deciding Not to Offer One. Boston, April l—Massachusetts Republicans, meeting in state conven- tion here, elected four delegates at large who will go to the national Re- Dublican convention at Chicago unin- structed and unpledged for any partic- ular candidate. Difterences of opinion on the ques- tion of instructions among the dele- gates were adjusted previous to the opening of the convention, the com- | mittee on resolutions having accepted a plank in which reference was made to the strong sentiment of many dele- gates in favor of an endorsement of Secretary Taft as presidential candi- date, but which declared that uncer- tainty as to whether a resolution of preference could be carrled in the convention would be likely to lead to a contest which would be injurious to the welfare of the party. The four delegates at large, who were elected by acclamation, are Sen- ators Henry Cabot Lodge and W. Mur- ray Crane, ex-Secretary of the Navy John D. Long and Sidney O. Bigney. ON SHILOH BATTLEFIELD. Monument Erected by State of Min- nesota Dedicated. Shiloh Battlefield, Tenn., April \1.— The monument erected by the state of Minnesota in the national park at Shi- Ioh to the memory of the Minnesota soldiers who fell on that battlefield was dedicated here. Governor John- son and his staif, accompanied by a party of fifty prominent men of Min- nesota, were present and participated in the dedicatory exercises. Ideal spring weather prevailed. General L. F. Hubbard, chairman of the Minnesota monument commission, presided and Governor Johnson made the principal address. He confined his remarks mainly to paying a tribute to the men who fell in battle, but took occasion to say that the recent de- cision by the supreme court in the railroad rate case was an unhappy one and made an ardent plea for state rights. C. C. Andrews of St. Paul, secretary of the commission, also delivered an address. SETTLEMENT LOOKED FOR Ohio Miners Expect to Resume Work Shortly. Columbus, O., April 1 .—It is prob- able that the 47,000 miners who are now idle in Ohio will resume work about April 15 or 16, following the conference ‘of the miners and oper- ators at Toledo next Tuesday, declared ‘William Green, state president of the miners. “It is likely that the operators and the miners will reach an agreement at Toledo and that the old wage scale that was in effect up to April 1 will be readopted,” said he: President Green said that the min- ers’ officials and the operators have had several conferences and that there seems to be no hesitancy of the operators to sign an agreement. FOR HOLDING NAKED PARADE Nineteen Doukhobors Go to Prison for 8ix Months. Fort William, Ont., April 1!.—Nine- teen Doukhobors, nine women and ten men, were sentenced here to six months in Central prison at Toronto. They were arrested by the police for holding a naked parade and locked in the police station. Clothed in blan- kets they were escorted in closed car- riages and handed over to the county jail authorities at Port Arthur, await- ing shipment to Toronto. Fiftythree others residing here have been warned of their fate if they persist in their refusal to wear clothes and conform to regulations. Indicted for Alleged Boodling. Little Rock, Ark., April 1.—The Pulaski county grand jury delivered to Judge Lea eighteen indictments, four of which were against the Wa- ters-Pierce Oil company, charging dis- criminations against individuals and towns and conspiracy for granting re- bates. Thirteen indictments are against former legislators and asso- ciates for alleged boodling in the leg- islature of 1905. Declares There Will Be No Strike. Chicago, April 1'—William Penje, president of the Lake Seamen’s union, declares that in his opinion there will be no strike of the members of his organization at the opening of naviga- tion. “It is a little early to say just what will happen,” said President Penje, “but I feel sure there will be no strike.” Highwaymen Shoot Marshal. Kent, Wash., April 1..—City Mar- shal Harry Miller of Kent was fatally wounded in a pistol duel with five highwaymen. Night Marshal Charles Guiberson, who helped Marshal Miller in the fight, escaped unscathed. The highwaymen escaped. |ON COMPLAINT OF NEGROES Southern Roads to Appear Before Commerce Commission. Washington, April 1\—The inter- state commerce commission expects soon to hold a hearing in a case of great interest in connection with the letter sent by President Roosevelt to the department of justice in regard to enforcing the laws requiring equal ac- commodations for negro and white passengers. The case is that of five bishops of the African Methodist Epis- copal church against four large rail- roads of The South and the Pullman company. Inferior accommodations for passengers of the African race, the refusal of sleeping car and dining car facilities and other alleged dis- criminations constitute the grounds for the complaint. The complaint, while aimed at all of the railroads operating in #he South, is made directly against the Seaboard Air Line railway, the Richmond, Fred- ericksburg and Pgfomac Railroad com- pany, the Southem Railway, the Cen- tral of Georgia Railway company and the Pullman company, all of which practically have denied the charges contained in the complaint made by Bishops Wesley M. Gaines and H. M. Turner of Atlanta, Evans Tyree of Nashville, C. S. Smith of Detroit and E. H. Lampton of Washington, D. C. A petition from the general confer- ence of the African Methodist Episco- pal church accompanies the com- plaint. EHREATLE RECENTLY LOST FORTUNE Prominent New York Lawyer Com- mits Suicide. New York, April 1l—Charles A. Murphey, a prominent lawyer and real estate dealer, committed sulcide in a room in the Astor House by shooting through the head. A brief note which Murphey left for his wife showed that he had planned to kill himself. He was president of the Brooklyn Heights Improvement company and secretary and treasurer of the Key West (Fla.) Electric company. His suicide is at- tributed to financial troubles. A few months ago Mr. Murphey con- sidered himself worth between $150,- 000 and $200,000, mostly tied up in the Key West company. Through an unfortunate syndicate operation he is said to have lost control of this prop- erty and all his assets were swept away. The blow completely discour- aged him. Cockran Continues Argument. ‘Washington, April 1.—Representa- tive Bourke Cockran made an argu- ment before the house committee on the election of the president, etc., in support of the theory that a law re- quiring campaign contributions to be made public could be made applicable to presidential electors. This position was antagonized by Representative Hardwick of Ceorgia, who contended that the regulations of electors should, under supreme court decisions, be left entirely to the state. Insane Man Fires His Clothes. Akron, O., April 1.—Antonio Pes- soline, an insane tailor, set his clothes on fire in the padded cell of the coun- ty jail and was burned so badly that he will die. In attempting to reccue Pessoline Deputy Sheriff James Corey was seriously burned and several at- tendants received slight injuries. The jail, a modern stone structure, was wot damaged. . Night Riders Again Active. Lexington, Ky., April 1 .—Night riders are again becoming active in Montgomery county. 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