Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 31, 1908, Page 2

THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER PUBLISHED NVERY AFTERNOON, BEMIDJI PIONEER PUBLISHING CO. By CLYDE J. PRYOR. ‘Entered in the postoffice at Bemidjl. Minn., b a8 second class matter. AN PPN NI NI PP SUBSCRIPTION--$5.00- PER- ANNUM — THE “HUMAN” MAN. Minneapolis Star: We always like to see a man drive up ' to the curb these winter days, jump out of his rig, unfold a big farm blanket and carefully cover his faithful horse. ‘There is a big heart in that man. He is thinking of something else be- sides himself,-and' he takes as much pleasure in caring for the horse’s comfort as for himself. On the other hand it makes us sad to see a great big man, warmly clad from head to foot, drive a steaming horse up to the:curb hastily tie him fast, leave him shivering and make for the nearest hot stove. Theré is something wrong about this fellow. He may be a nice man, belong to church, may not swear, smoke, nor have any bad habits, but he has no feeling for a dumb animal and no idea of economy, TELL THE EDITORS. Many persons feel offended be- cause their coming and goings are not mentioned while those of others are, and wonder! what the matter can be. The explanation of the matter is thatthe editor meansto be impartial but some escape mention, The likes and dislikes of an editor having nothing to do with’it, and while it is not pretended that the editor is mote than human he knows that the success’ of his journal depends on his fairness and impartiality to all. It isthe best way always-fwhen a notice'is desired to ‘mention it to the editor or communicate through' the post- office. No one feels worse about any seeming neglect or partial per- formance of duty than the editor himself.—Richville Leader. CIVIL WAR BREAKS . OUT IN VENEZUELA r Adherents of uastru Clash With Siipporters of Gomez Fr ! Port of Spain, Trinidad, Dec. $ \— There has been fighting at Macuro, on the Venezuelan coast, between ad- herents of former President Castro and the crew of a gunboat working in the Interests of the new president, Juan Vicente Gomez. About twenty men were killed and some fifty wound- #d. The Gomez party was obliged to withdraw temporarily, but later re- turned to renew the engagement. This mews was brought in here by the Miranda, the gunboat in question. The Miranda left La Guayra for Macuro with men on board who were | to take the places of the officials there ho had been serving under Castro. ofore the Miranda arrived off Ma- curo General Torres had gotten to- gether about five hundred men and was prepared to resist a landing. The Miranda cleared and went into action. Ynder cover of her battery the men n board tried unsuccessfully to ef- ct a landing. The fighting lasted about four hours. ‘When the captain of the Miranda Baw the situation was impossible he withdrew and came to Port of Spain. A dispatch was at once sent to Pres- fident Gomez, via Curacao, informing him of the situation. As soon as this news became known in Port of Spain a large contingent of the Venezuelan colony volunteered to help the government and the office of the Venezuelan consul was besleged by men anxious to return to Macuro. A number of the volunteers were ac- cepted and went on board the gun- boat, which at once started back for Macuro, where the engagement will be continued. COUNTY TREASURER 'ROBBED Bouth Dakota Official Held Up in His ] Office. ‘Woonsocket, S. D., Dec. 3 \—County Treasurer Michael Meir was held up fn his office by two masked men and robbed of $5,078 in cash. The robbers docked him in a vault, but the door .'Y not securely fastened and he was able to eseape and give an alarm. The robbers, however, had fled. Fortune in an Old Trunk, Cincinnati, Dec. 8/ .—When an old trunk was opened by the coromer in an attempt to discover the relatives of John Ferd Vaux, aged seventy- three years, who dropped dead while taking a bath in the rooming house on Broadway where he lived, currency and bonds and bank securities worth mgore than $44,000 were discovered. Rooseveit Expresses Sympathy. ‘Washington, Dec. 3 .—President Roosevelt, ‘through the state depart- ment, sent to King Victor Emmanuel of Italy a dispatch expressing his hor- yor and that ‘of the American people ver the disaster which has befallen uthern Italy and Sicily by the earth- :on.h ftation and tendering sincers HORROR OF CALAMITY 168 ot Méssna and Regglo are situ- ated. In more -than one town the and disastrous fires resulted. The flames helped greatly to swell the death list. The configuration of the Straits of I ] B @) |iMessina has been materingy altered. i 2 The ' tidal wave that completed the AR destructive work of the carthquake Earthquake-in-Italy Kills Thousands, WORST IN A CENTURY Numberless. Cities, Towns and- Villages. Obfiterated. MESSINA BADLY SCOURGED Tidal Wave and Fire ‘Follow the Tremors of Earth. Rome, Dec. 3 .—The extent of the eppalling calamity in Southern Italy and the island of Sicily cannot yet be prisped. The earthquake wrecked city after city and obliterated smaller towns and villages without number. Thep a tidal wave swept along the tralt ‘of Messina and added to the orror, drowning the people in their helplessness and panic. -Fire came to complete the work of destruction. Flames broke out in the devastated cities and countless numbers of wounded men, women and children weré burned to death. Any adequate estimate of the total casualtieg is a8 yet quite impossible, but the Rome Tribuna places the num- ber at between sixty and seventy thou- sarfd. The horror and destructiveness of this visitation probably will exceed that of any earthquake in Italy since 1783, ‘when 40,000 persons perished at Messina alone. Reports of heavy loss of life are coming in every hour from nearly every city, town and village in the strioken zone and the story in its de- tail has only begun to be told. The horror grows as further reports eome Messina Suffered Severely. Messina has. been fire- swept. - The dead there alone will run into the tens of thousands. Regglo is a sepulchre of the dead. Catania suffered heavily. Mount Etna, the volcano on the Island of Sicily, is active. The de- fonations are reverberating over Ca- tania and add to the terror. Volumes of smoke are pouring out of the cra- ter. The work of rescue is beilng pushed forward with every possible energy. Troops are being hurried into the zone, but the efforts at succor are as yet utterly inadequate. France, Great Britain and Russia are hurrying war- ships to the scene. King Victor Emmanuel and Queen Helena have left Rome for the south. His majesty will superintend in per- son the work of relief. The queen, refusing to let her husband go alome, Insisted upon sharing his dangers. The pope has made an appeal to Roman Catholics the world over for help. He has headed the relief sub- scription list with a donation of $200,- There is consternation In Rome. The telegraph and newspaper offices are besieged by weeping crowds de- manding news. Every fresh telegram tells the same story of death, destruc- tion and desolation. AWFUL SCENES AT MESSINA Vandalism of Worst Kind Follows Catastrophe. Rome, Dec. 30.—The disaster in the province of Calabria and the isl- and of Sicily has assumed staggering proportions. Messina alone reports 12,000 victims, but it is feared that this is only a partial list of the dead and wounded. Reports are coming in from other towns giving estimates of dead therein from 500 up to several thousand. Vandalism of the worst kind has broken out and the government has adopted the most energetic and most mevere measures for its repression. Robbers and looters are shot on sight. The prison at Messina collapsed. BSome of the prisoners were killed, but the survivors made their escape and joined the “hooligans” who were sack- ing the city. “Such confusion relgned that the robbers met with no resist- ance. The local chief of police lies dead in the ruins of his office. The barracks at Messina were de- molished: The commander of the troops was killed outright and there are many victims among the enlisted | men. The robbers pillaged the ruins of shattered buildings and even stole clothing and _valuables from the corpses of the victims, They were not deterred by the flames that broke out in several sectfons of the city, but took advantage of the light for their vandalism. The .night - in Messina was one of horror indescribable—fire, robbery, dead and dying on overy #ide, the city in the utmost confusion and the people panic stricken and un- der a spell of terror, The finest palaces, churches and theaters of Messina are heaps of ruins. - Countless dead bodles are scattered through the wreckage and their decomposition will doubtless bring pestilence to add to the horrors of the situation. The devastation over the entire dis- trict was more or less complete. No part of the province of Regglo ‘de Calabria escaped. The disturbance was mosat gevere along the shores of ‘was thirty-two feet high. WILL HURRY TO THE “SCENE King Victor Emmanuel to Aid In Work of Rescue. manuel’ will proceed to’ Calabria and .| Sicily and ‘do all in his power to fur- thef' the work of rescue. He has or- dered a special train to be prepared and this' will take him as near as pos- sible to ‘the scene of the disaster. From this point his' majesty will make VICTOR EMMANUEL OF ITALY. use of any transportation facilities available to get into Reggio and Mes- sina. Queen Helena accompanied King Victor Emmanuel when he started for the devastated district. It is reported here that the prefect of Regglo was killed in the earth- guake and that an inspector general from the home office in Rome has been sent to replace him. The pre- {:ct of Reggio is the head of the prov- ce and the post corresponds to a governor of state in America. MOUNT ETNA 'NOW ' ACTIVE Phenomena Duc to the Earthquake in Italy. Catania, Sicily, Dec. 3..—Mount Etna is showing' considerable activity end the detonations, which can be plainly -heard in this city, together with the volume of smoke pouring out of the crater, have added to the panic of the people. According to the di- rector of the local observatory this activity is directly connected with the earthquakes which wrought = such havoc in Calabria and Sicily, but a great eruption is not expected. Such phenomena seldom accompany vlolent selsmic dkturbnncefi. THOUSAND DEAD AT PALMI Town Practically Destroyed by the Earthquake. Monteleone, Calabria, Dec. 8 .—The town of Palmi has been practically de- stroyed, as has also Bagnara. The dead at Palmi number 1,000 and it is impossible to estimate the number of the injured. Large numbers were killed also at Bagnara and the list of wounded there also will be heavy. The tidal wave inundated & villa at San Giovanni 2,500 feet back from the shore line. IN PROVINCE OF CALABRIA Two Towns Report Fifteen Hundred Killed. Rome, Dec. 3 —Reports have just been received from two other towns in Calabria—Cassano and Cosenza. Cassano is said to have suffered 1,000 fead, while the wounded number 500. At Cosenza 500 dead people already have been taken from the ruins. Cassano has 6,700 people, while. Cosenza fs the center of a commune with a populntlon of 21,000. MANY TOURISTS LOSE LIVES Hotel at Menm: Completely Obliter- ated by Earthquake. Palermo, Dec. :)—Refugees from Messina say that there were-<100 for- eigners in the Hotel Trinacria and that they all lost their lives. The hotel has been completely obliterated. It was one of the best in the city ‘and patronized almost ° exclusively by’ tourists. Fifty Thousand Dead “at'Messina. Rome, Dec. 3 .—The minister of marine -has received a wireless dis- patch estimating:the dead at Messina at 50,000. T0 VISIT PANAMA WITH TAF1 | President Invltn a - Number- M En- gineers. ‘Washington, Dec. 80.—The presi- dent has. invited the.following €hgl- eers ‘to- accompany President-Elect ‘aft on his trip to PanAma: Anhur P. Davis, chief engineer of the re mation service, Washington, D. John R. Freeman, Providencs, R. L; Allen Hazen, New Yerk oity; Isham Randolph, Chicago; James Dix Schuy- ler, T.os Angeles,” Cal, and Frederick P. Stearns, Boston. Alfred Noble of New-York: city was the first engineer tnvlted by the president, ‘but he was ‘unable to leave his present worh It was on his recommendation that the engineers - just announced Were £é- lected. Battleship Fleot In Red Sea. Buez, Dec. 30.—The American bat- tleship fleet under Rear Adm Sperry has passed Perim, at the en- trance to the Red sea. All on board shacks caused gas meters to explode | Naples, Ded. 3 .—King Victor Em- COURTS MUST BE RESPECTED Federal Troops Nay s Sent -Into Kentucky. 8hould the Occasion 'Arise ‘the War Department ‘Has Ample* Authority for Such’ Action, a Statute Providing for Just Such an Emergency—Ring- *leaders’of Striking Miners, Fearing | Capture, Seek fievuge in ‘Tennessee. ‘Washington, Dec. 3 ).—The alarming conditions which have called' out state troops and United States marshals at the mining town of Stearns, Whitley county, Ky., is creating some discus- gi~n at the war department over the probability 'of a condition arising to call for' United States troops to up- hold the power of the United ‘States. Although conditions in the Kentucky town are only vaguely understood here it is assumed that the local au- thorities will be able to suppress dis- order and that by the liberal use of TUnited States marshals in conjunction with state troops the orders of the court will be executed. Should it be found:impossible to do this, either from the inability of the court to secure the services of enough marshals or for any other reason so that the'power of the court would be- come nullified, there:is-ample author- ity for the sending of troops into Ken- tucky. A United States statute pro- vides that in the ‘case of this kind where the attitude:of the people to- wards the mandates of the court as- sumes proportions of a rTehellion against federal = authority federal {roops may be msed to bring about a condition in which, the orders of the court will be respected. The war de- partment, however, has received no request for troops for Kentucky and the general oplnlon prevalils in official circles that conditions will not be such as to warrant federal interfer- ence. Ringleaders Now In Tennessee. Stearns, Ky., Deg. 3).—Berry ‘Simp- son, Reuben West and George Stan- ley, the three men who are accused of being ringleaders:-in the trouble be- tween the striking miners and federal authorities and who have been en- camped at Paint Rock, five miles from Stearns, fearing -capture because of the constant cloging in of the guards, broke camp and fled ifito Scott coun- ty, Tenn. EIGHT PERISH -IN WRECK Great Northern : Freight and Work Trains in Collision. Great Falls, Mont., Dec. 30.—As the result of a head on collision between a freight train and a work train on the Great Northern railroad eight men are dead and four seriously injured. The wreck resulted from the failure of the freight to stop at Mid-Canyon siding to allow the work-train to pass, but who is to blame for this failure has not yet been decided. Coming around a curve the work train dashed into the freight. Both caboose and piledriver were smashed to pleces and, . catching fire, were burned up. Seven bridge carpenters were killed and two’ injured. The train crew es- caped with injuries. The engine of the freight plunged over an embankment and the fireman and head brakeman were carried along. The latter was killed, but the former escaped. A number of freight cars were ‘wrecked. WINTHROP ACCEPTS - PLACE Assistant Secretary of State in Taft Administration. ‘Washington, - Dec. 3)—Beekm: Winthrop of Massachusetts, assistal secretary of the treasury, was offered and accepted the’ office of first assist- ant secretary of state under the in- coming adminlstrntlon, succeeding Robert Bacon of New York, who in / BEEKMAN WINTHROP. January next is expected to temporar- {ly succeed ‘Elthu Root upon the lat- ter's retirement. ' Tha tender was made with the consent of President- Elect Taft by Senator Knox, whose selection as secretary of state was announced some days ago. Prominent Odd Fellow Killed. . Madison, 8. D., Dec. 8—Peter Man quardt, past grand master of Squth | Dakota Odd Fellows, was instantly || B re by & Ewitoh engin body being badly mangled. TO GUEBACG.DINDNEDAV ‘This femedy can always be depended apon and is'pleasant to take. It contains 30 opium or other harmful drug and may be given as confi- dently to a baby as to an adult, Price 25 cents, large size 50 cents. For Sale at Barker’s Drug Stere CONSTERNATION = PREVAILS Chicago’s Italian Colony Frantic Over Disaster at Home. Chicago, Dec. 3. —The earthquake in Southern Italy has thrown Chi- cago’s Italian colony into a state of consternation and despair. The Ital ian consulate was overrun with fran- tic visitors who clamored for direct news of friends and relatives. Sev- eral Itallan stores closed their doors, it being impossible to do business with their ordinary patrons, wha were thinking of nothing but the fate of those in the old country. At the Bella Italia, a favorite gathering place on_ Desplaines street, a crowd of sev- eral hundred listened while one of them translated the English cable grams into Italian. His voice was fre- quently drowned by cries and sobs and the shrieks of hysterical women. Held Important Appointments. Rochester, Minn,, Dec. 80.—J. A. Leonard, formerly of Whitewater and Waukesha, Wis., postmaster here by appointment of Abraham Lincoln, con- sul at Leith, Scotland, in 1881 and consul general at Shanghal, China, in 1889, both by appointment of Presi- dent Garfield, is dead here of cancer, aged seventy-eight years. We éu"ryin stock at all times a com- = plete’line of lumber-and building material of all descriptions. i Call in and look over.our special line of ~° fancy glass doors. We have a large and well ‘assortéd - stock from - which you can make' your seléction. . WESELL 16-INCH SLAB W00D St. Hilaire Retail Lbr. Co. BEMIDJI, MINN. With the growth of Bemidji good lots are becoming scarcer and scarcer. We still have a number of good lots in the residence ‘part of town which will be sold-on easy terms. For further particulars write or call Bemid}i Townsite and Im- provement Company. H. A. SIMONS, Agent. Swedback Block, Bemidj. BUY A GOOD LOT STATE OF QHIO, UITY OF TOLEDO, | o0 {U0AS COUNTY. Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he 18 senior partner of the firm of J. F, Cheney & Co., doing business in the City of Toledo, County and State_ sforesald, and that sald firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED RS for each and avet.v case of Cll:lrl‘h that cannot be cured by ‘the nse of Hall's Catarrh Cure. ANK J, CHENE' Sworn to before me and subscribed (n Ty fgrs?fa“ca' this 6th day of December, A. D. A. W.GLEASON, BAL) Norary PusLIc. Bllls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Send for testimonials tree. F.J. CHENEY & 00., Toledo,0. Sold by ali Drugelsts, 7ac. 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