Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, May 25, 1908, Page 2

BE THE BEMIDJI GAILY PIONEER PUBLISHED NVERY AFTHRNOON, BEMIDII PIONEER PUBLISHING CO. By CLYDE J. PRYOR. Tatered in the postoffice at Bemidji. Minn., a8 second class matter. SUBSCRIPTION---$5.00 PER ANNUM —_——— POLITICS ALL RIGHT “IN SEASON.” It is evident that either politics is mighty slow in Bemidji and Beltrami county, or else the newspapers in that neck of the woods are waiting for something “‘to turn up.” The following is a sample of their late editorials: “Amos Kingsly of Trolleypolis, Ind., was painfully hurt Saturday when a car struck him on the crossing.”—Akeley Herald. Sh-sh-sh-Kelley. It’s all settled, up here in Beltrami county. The “Beltrami County Tax League” and “Growler” Allen have already elected Jake Jacobson governor and will shortly parcel out legislative and county offices as per request. Fur- thermore, we believe that the aver- age reader becomes disgusted with the newspaper editor who is firm in his belief that the Almighty created him a political Moses, and who fills his paper with political prognostica- tions, neglecting his local field. Politics be—. OBSERVATIONS. LBy Doc.”” That Grand Rapids man who tried to swallow a porter-house in a single mouthful made a fatal misteak. The New York World is worrying over whether the American mother is a failure. Not as long as the shingles hold out. The $500 “kitty” in a Pittsburg poker game has been stolen. We are afraid that this is one of the cats that won’t come back. Simply to avoid wasting space Rockefeller put on a $2,000 addition to his ice box. It was merely a matter of cold cash. Andrew Carnegie says this country has the worst money system in the world. Still, he seemes to have done pretty well with it. Pittsburg’s spring floods would be looked upon as a blessing if they washed away some of the scandals of that city’s millionaires. Women are not wholly to blame because leap year shows a falling off in marriages. You must remember the men had ample warning. The Parnassus, Pa., baseball team has hired a girl to play first base. Your new woman refuses to play second fiddle to man in any walk in life. BANKER IS INDICTED. Head of Defunct St. Paul Banks Faces Serious Charge. 8t. Paul, May % .—Arthur Z. Drew, banker, promoter, college professor, humanitarian and sociologist, was ar- raigned before Judge Hallam to an- swer to a criminal charge in the shape of four indictments for receiving a deposlt in an ingolvent bank. He pleaded fot guilty. Judge Hallam fixed bail at $4,000 and Mr. Drew was placed behind the bars until bonds- men are secured. The gravamen of the charge is that the defendant, knowing the two pri- vate banks, the Midway bank and the Hamline bank, to be insolvent, accept- ed these deposits named in the indict- ments. That he must have realized at the time that the men who made the deposits could not in the natural course of events get their money back. ADJOURNMENT DELAYED. CGongress to Rem: in Session Pos- sibly Until June 1. ‘Washington, May 2 .—It was stated at the Capitol on apparently good au- thority that congress would not ad- journ earlier than Wednesday, May 17, and that there was a possibility of the session being prolonged until June 1. The unsettled condition of several important measures which are now in conference between the two houses and the doubt that exists as to the final disposition of the public buildings bill have combined to make | Impossible an adjournment this week. While Speaker Cannon was not will- Ing to make any statement for pub- lication it is known' that the-house leaders are planning to get away some time next week if possible. TWENTY“P‘EASANTS HANGED Death Penalty for Agrarian Outrages in Russia. Kherson, Russia, May 2 —Twenty peasants who took part in recent agrarian disorders in the Yekaterin- oslav district were hanged here under decree of a courtmartial. They be- longed to a peasant assoclation the avowed object of which was to drive out landed proprietors by the burning of their estates. The resort to the death penalty for agrarian outrages 18 a new departure, flogging and short terms of imprisonment having been the usual punishments even during the great disorders of 1906. MISSWOOD ARRESTED Sensational Termination of Suif Against Senator Platt, WOMAN ACCUSED OF PERJURY Action of Court Follows Testimony That Blanks of Marriage Certificate Were Not Lithographed Until Three Months After Alleged Marriage. New York, May 2 .—The case of Mae C. Wood, the Omaha woman who sued United States Senator Thomas C. Platt for divorce, came to a sudden and sensational end when Justice O’Gorman of the supreme court dis- missed the complaint and directed that the complainant be committed to the city prison under $5,000 bail on a charge of perjury. Miss Wood was taken to the Tombs. The climax came after the introduction in evidence of the deposition of a man who manufac- tured the blanks upon one of which the alleged Wood-Platt marriage cer: he declared that the blank form in question was mnot lithographed until three months after the marriage of Mies Wood to Platt is alleged to have ‘oceurred. The senator’s son, Frank H. Platt, also had testified that in his belief no juch letters ever had been written to resented in alleged copies offered i1 court by the complainant. The case has attracted exceptionally wide at- tention on account of the prominence of the aged senator and the names of other widely known persons whom Miss Wood involved in her sensational charge in support of her complaint. Miss Wood was at once taken to the Tombs prison. On the way she chat- ted laughingly with the officers. The commitment on the perjury charge was made by Justice O'Gor- man on his-own initiative. He had personglly questioned the complain- ant, who had been recalled to the stand, and when she reiterated her former testimony regarding the mar- riage the justice said: “The court cannot believe there was a marriage. Being convinced of the laintiff’s guilt in committing perjury n the case I commit her to prison un- less she furnishes $5,000 bail.” PLATT’S SON ON THE STAND Testifies Regarding Letters Written to Miss Wood. New York, May 2 ,—Frank H. Platt, son of United States Senator Thomas C. Platt, testifylng in the sult for di- vorce brought against the senator by lieved none of the letters introduced by Miss Wood as evidence in her suit were true copies of those written by his father. He had examined carefully the original copies of letters by the senator to Miss Wood which were turned over to him by Abraham Hum- mel upon payment of $10,000, he said, and there were no such communica- tions among them as the alleged cop- ies produced in court. Mr. Platt also testified that none of the letters re- ceived from Hummel contained any reference to a marriage between Sen- ator Platt and Miss Wood. He sald that after reading the letters he per- sonally destroyed them by burning them in a grate in his office. Lawrence Mills, a reporter for a New York paper, was called as a wit- ness. He testified that he met the plaintiff in the latter part of October, 1903, when he went to the Manhattan hotel at 1 o’clock in the morning to interview her regarding the marriage of Senator Platt with Mrs. Janeway. Miss Wood, according to the witness, said she had no interview to give out and that she had no interest in Sen- ator Platt’s ventures. She knew Sen- ator Platt, she said, and had the great- est respect for him. Asked if she was going to sue the senator for breach of vromise she reiterated that she had no interest in the senator. CONTENTS NOT DIVULGED Report of Referee in Vanderbilt Di- vorce Case Filed. New York, May 2 '—The report of the referee in the suit of Mrs. Elsie French Vanderbilt for divorce from Alfred G. Vanderbilt, head of the Cor- helius Vanderbilt branch of the famous family, was handed to Justice O’Gor- man in the supreme court. All the papers in the case were at once sealed and filed. An intimation that the report of the referee was favorable to Mrs. Vander- bilt was given when the attorneys made a motion that the report be con- Armed. The motion was taken under advisement. Two New Bishops Chosen. Baltimore, May 2 .—Rev. Dr. Will- lam F. Anderson of New York and Rev. Dr. John L. Nuelsen of Naste Theological seminary, Berea, O., were slected bishops of the Methodist Epis- topal church upon the second ballot at the session of the general confer- ence held at the Lyric. .. .Burrows Visits the President. ‘Washington, May 2 .—Senator Bur- rows, who was selected as the tem- porary chairman of the Republican national convention at Chicago, had a brief confersnce with the president. He declined to talk about his call ex- cept to-say that it was a personal one. SUFFRAGETTES ARRESTED Make Demonstration at Residence of British Premier. London, May 2 .—A party-of .mil- itant women ‘suffragists, dissatisfied with the reply .of Prime Minister As- quith to an “important delegation ‘of Radical members of the house of:com- mons on the question of claims of women for enfranchisement, made a demonstration in front of the pre- mier’s residence in Downing street and the police reserves had to be iss Wood by his father as were rep- Mae C. Wood, declared that he be- called "6ut to clear the thorbughtare, They arrested six of the noisiest dem- onstrators. The women appeared in Downing street by twos and threes and sent in to the premier a petition asking that the franchise be granted at the present session of parliament. The premier sent word through a con- stable that he had no reply to make. The women thereupon mounted the steps of the house and harangued a crowd which quickly gathered. The six women taken into custody all went to prison for periods of from one week to one month rather than glve recognizances for their good be- havior. FLEET IN PUGET SOUND. Eight Battleships Drop Anchor at Bel- lingham, Wasgh. Bellingham, Wash,, May 2'—Eight vessels of the Atlantic battleship fleet, fiying the double star pennant of Rear Admiral Sperry, dropped anchor in Bellingham bay and were formally welcomed by Mayor J. P. de Mattos. The division of the fleet which arrived here was composed of the flagship Connecticut, the Rhode Island, Louis- iana, Vermont, New Jersey, Kansas, Nebraska and Virginia, carrying 428 officers and 7,000 enlisted men. = The remaining vessels of the fleet dropped out of line and anchored in the har- tificate had been prepared, in which | bors of Port Angeles and Port Towns- end. METHODIST CONFERENCE: General Assembly Begins Sessions at Kansas City. Kansas City, May 2:.—With all the high officers and leading ministers of the church In America, as well as prominent laymen and missionaries from foreign countries in attendance, the 120th general assembly of the Presbyterian church in the United States of America began its session in Convention hall in this city before an audience of thousands. ‘The important business of the first day’s sessions consisted of the retire- ment of Rev. William Henry Roberts of Philadelphia as moderator and the election of his successor. The feature of the morning session was the fare- ‘well sermon of the retiring moderator. The sermon was largely a plea for the co-operation of the churches in the United States in fighting the many evil Influences “opposed to the Chris- tian churches in our country.” He sald that “above every other nation of modern times the United States represents those widespread move- ments which are uplifting men out of the narrowness of caste, which are making the world a neighborhood and ‘which seek the welfare, not of a class or classes, but of the whole people. ‘We must unceasingly strive to win America for Christ that we may there- by win the world for him.” Although many prominent ministers have been suggested for the new mod- erator Rev. B. H. Fullerton of St. Louis and Rev. Mark A. Matthews of Seattle for some time have been looked upon as the leading candidates. Rev. Matthews is pastor of a church with a membership of more than 8,000, ofie of the largest of the denomina- tlon. CHILDREN GREET EMPERGCR Elghty-five Thousand Gather at Resi- dence of Francis Joseph. Vienna, May 2:.\—The school chil- dren of Vienna, numbering upwards of 85,000, gathered in the park of Bchoenbrunn castle, the suburban res- idence of Emperor Francis Joseph, to pay homage to the aged ruler who this year celebrated the sixtieth anni- versary of his accession to the throne, The spectacle was favored by bright and warm weather. The emperor ap- peared at a balcony of the palace and was greeted with great enthusiasm. The children then sang several hymns, after which the emperor descended from the balcony, walked among the children and talked with them. His path was strewn with flowers by little girls, He appeared to be in splendid health. CLAIMS ARE ADJUSTED. Land Office Settles With North Dakota. ‘Washington, May 2.—The general land office has adjusted its account with the state of North Dakota under the aet of Feb. 23, 1889, showing the per cent of net proceeds of sales of public lands within said state for the period beginning July 1 and ending Dec. 31, 1907, as shown by the adjust- ed returns from the various local land offices. The receipts from the sales of public lands during the same period were $1,102,181.91. From the sales of Indian lands it was $38,881.08 and from the fees and commissions $98,- 768.24, a total from all sources of $1,239,831.23. WIND STORM IN I10WA. 8chool Building Wrecked Few M.In- utes Before Assembly Time. Ottumwa, Ia, May 2 '—Southern Iowa was hit by a terrific wind storm which at Albia assumed the form of a tornado. The Grant school in Albia was wrecked and the roof crashed through to the rooms below just fif- teen minutes before assembly time. Puplls and teachers escaped injury completely. J. M. Taylor was instant- ly killed by a heavy corn crib which the whirlwind picked up and dropped on him. General Impaled Boy Dies of Injuries. Minneapolis, May 2 .—James Too- hey, the eleven-year-old boy who was impaled on a picket fence through Jumping from the roof of a shed in order to escape being struck by bricks which August Gau, an aged man, was throwing at him, is dead of his in- juries. Gau, who has been held to the grand jury on a charge of assault, will now be charged with manslaugh- ter. Jealous of Former Sweetheart. Rushville, Ind., May -2j—Insanely jen.lous and brooding over the - fact.| that his former sweetheart was going to ‘murry ‘another man Marshall Hol- lowell, aged thirty, shot Miss Mary Ertel, aged twenty-nine, three times at her home in Washington township, north of this city. He then fired the remaining bullets into his own head und will die. Miss Ertel may recover. REMAINS BEHIND BARS Apparently No Eifort Made for Release of Miss Mae Wood. JEROME DISCUSSES CASE Says Matter Will Be Presented to Grand Jury at Once and, if Indicted, Young Woman Will Be Promptly Placed on Trial. New York, May 2,—Mae C. Wood, the Omaha woman who was sent to prison in default of $5,000 on a charge of perjury after her complaint against TUnited States Senator Thomas C. Platt, whom she had sued for divorce, had been dismissed, is still in a cell. Apparently no effort has been made to procure bail, although Miss Wood had sald immediately after her arrest that she was sure influentlal friends in ‘Washington would come to her assist- ance. “This case is one of a very vicious type not uncommon in this city,” said District Attornay Jerome. “It will be presented to the grand jury as speed- ily as possible and If the woman is in- dicted she will be placed on trial in hope that her conviction will furnish a warning that such offenses cannot g0 unwhipped of justice.” Miss Wood seemed not at all per- turbed by the prospect. “I suppose I shall have to swallow any medicine they prescribe for me for the present,” said she. “But as long as I live and there is a Platt alive I shall fight, and fight hard, for my rights.” “Do you still claim you are Senator Platt’s wife?” “I certainly do,” she replied, “and I would have proved it if they had not robbed me of all my papers. I did not expect to win. I feared that the suit would be dismissed and I had counted on being permitted to go my way—I ‘wouldn’t have bothered old Platt after that. I did not expect this,” she add- ed, as she glanced around at the nar- row cell. _MORE JEWELRY FOUND. Trinkets Belonging to Rochester (N. Y.) Woman on Gunness Farm. Laporte, Ind., May 2 .—After ten days’ delay digging on the Gunness farm in search for more bodies has been resumed - by order of Sheriff Smutzer and .Coroner Mack. The en- tire garden where the “graveyard” of Mrs. Gunness’ victims was located will be dug up. The basement floor on the site of the Gunness home and the ground near the rows of evergreen trees will be excavated. Jewelry belonging to May O’Reilly, who lived in Troup street, Rochester, N. Y., was found by Sheriff Smutzer, who communicated the fact to the Rochester police. They replied by telegram that the woman disappeared from her home several months ago. Later in the day Sheriff Smutzer found a human skull in a cesspuol on the Gunness farm. MAY PRECIPITATE STRIKE Negotiations in Canadian Pacific Dis- pute Broken Off. ‘Winnipeg, Man., May 4 /.—The board of conciliation, which has been in ses- gion here the past few days to deal with troubles between the men and company in connection with Canadian Pacific reduced wage schedule in rail- road shops, has dissolved, the com- yany withdrawing its representative. This may precipitate a strike, as the men . desired the board to deal with the grievances of the 10,000 mechan- Ics along the entire system, east and west, which the company refused. IS YOUR KIDNEYS. Don’t Mistake the Cause of Your Troubles. A Bemidji Citizen Shows How to Cure Them. Many people never suspect their kidneys. If suffering from alame, weak or ‘aching back they think that it is only a muscular weakness; when urinary trouble sets 1n- they think it will soon correct itselt. 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Remember the name --Doan’s— and take no other. MONTGOMERY IS SILENT. Embezziing Cashier Refuses to Dis- cuss His Speculations. Pittsburg, May 2 .—It is said a num- ber of thedirectors of the defunct Allegheny National bank paid a visit to Willlam Montgomery, the cashier whose speculations wrecked the insti- WILLIAM MONTGOMERY. tution, in the Allegheny county jail in an endeavor to convince Montgomery that he owed to them the duty of throwing some light on his operations in order that an effort might be made to recover some of the missing money. The former cashier refused to say one word which might in any way help to clear up the tangle. Murdered and Robbed. Chicago, May 2'—Robert C. P. Holmes, purchasing agent for the Commonwealth Edison Electric com- pany, was found dead, with the marks of garroters on his neck and his face black from the strangulation, in an alley in the down town district. 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