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VOLUME 1 NUMBER 28
UTILE DAMAGE DONE
JAPANESE SQUADRON RENEWS
BOMBARDMENT OF PORT AR-
THUR FORTIFICATIONS.
REPULSE ATTACK BY TORPEDO BOATS
SHORE BATTERIES AND GUARD-
SHIPS COMPEL SMALL JAP
-11 CRAFT TO RETIRE.
MAKAROFF'S FLEET LEAVES HARBOR
RUSSIAN COMMANDER PREPARES
FOR NAVAL ENGAGEMENT
BUT NONE -OCCURS.
St. Petersburg, March 24.Japanese
torpedo boats appeared off Port Arthur
at midnight of the night of March
21-22 and the shore batteries and
guardships shelled them for twenty
minutes.
The Japanese retreated, but reap
peared four hours later, when they met
with the same reception, when they
retired again.
At 6 a. m. a Japanese squadron of
two divisions, consisting of four and
eleven ships and accompanied by eight
torpedo boats, appeared and the Rus
sian squadron sailed out from the
outer roadstead to meet them.
At 9 a. m. the Japanese battleships
having fired several sjiots at-Lioa
tishin and sheltered behind the prom
ontory, commenced a bombardment of
Port Arthur.
The dispatches to the emperor from
Viceroy Alexieff and private informa
tion show that the Russians sustained
little damage, having only five soldiers
killed and ten wounded.
Jap Battleship Struck.
Vice Admiral Makaroff claims that
one of the Japanese battleships was
struck by a shell.
It is believed here that the reappear
ance of the Japanese fleet merely was
for the purpose of letting the Russians
know that the Japanese remain in the
vicinity and thus causing the Rus
sians to stay at Port Arthur, and also
to cover Japanese landing operations.
When the first official dispatches
were received the belief gained ground
that Vice Admiral Makaroff had put to
sea and that a naval fight had taken
place. While this would be in keep
ing with his character as an intrepid
officer, which is further indicated by
his use of a cruiser as his flagship, it
was not in accordance with the plans
of the Russian authorities.
Later advices established the fact
that the admiral had simply goiii with
the undamaged portico cf. Vi frrot to
the outer roads, wheisj i-J codci uiore
effectively support the Kittenes and at
the same time take advantage of any
jweakness which might develop in the
enemy's attack.
THROWING UP EARTHWORKS.
Russians Will Resist Jap Landing
Near Port Arthur.
St. Petersburg, March 24.The cor
respondent of the Novi Krai of Port
Arthur, who is proceeding to the Yalu
river, writes that he saw crowds of
Chinese coolies' throwing up earth
works on the frowning, impregnable
heights at Kinchow, north of Port
Dalny. This shows that the Russians
are determined to resist the Japanese
attempt to land on the neck of the
Liaotung peninsula.
The correspondent adds that the
Chinese officials, who had invariably
made official calls on the occasions
of the Russian and Chinese New
Years, failed to do so this year, be
lieving that the-Japanese are going to
drive out the Russians.
MASSING AT PINGYANG.
United States Minister Allen Cables
Jap Movements.
Washington, March 24.The only
direct information touching the prog
ress of the war in the Far East that
has reached the state department in
the last three days came during the
day in the following cablegram from
United States Minister Allen, dated
Seoul:
"Japanese forces stopped a specie
-^caravan- en- routeJo^he_mjnes_qn_this
side of Anju. Miners on this side a fr
not allowed to proceed to the mines.
Newspaper correspondents have been
sent to Seoul from the north. The
censorship is very strict. Japanese
forces are massing at Pingyang after
a fortnight of marching."
ONLY TWENTY THOUSAND MEN.
Russian Force in Manchuria Not So
Large as Reported
Washington, March 24.Officers' of
the general army staff showed much
interest in a dispatch from Harbin
Which said that noLmore than 20,000
Russian troops have been landed there
since war began
It was admitted _that this report
-agTeea
wnh
cohTi3enfiar"lnforination.
which has been received at the war de
partment from the Far East. From the
same source comes the belief that ac
tive land operations will not be begun
by Japan foF'five or six weeks. It is
said that the roads in Northern Korea
and in Manchuria are impassable and
are likely to remain in that condition
until early in May.
WITH INCREASED VIGOR.
Dispatch of Russian Troops to the Far
East.
St. Petersburg, March 24.The dis
patch of- troops -to the Far East is
proceeding with increased vigor. A
rifle battalion left St, Petersburg dur
ing the day and three others will fol
low this week, the largest draft going
from the Moscow district.
TO CUT OFF PORT ART IR
8T PETERSBURG OFFICIALS BE-
LIEVE JAPS ARE READY TO
LAND AN ARMY
the ships and waste ammunition with
out compensating advantages. On the
other hand the Russians had better
luck, a shell from the battleship Ret
vizan. which was firing over, the hill,
landing on one of the Japanese bat
tleships. Of course it is admitted that
these shots.are trying to the garrison.
Vice Admiral Makaroff, the naval
commander at Port Arthur, is being
commended for his self restraint in
not risking his ships in an engage
ment with the enemy.
The feeling here is that the Japane'se*
tactics are preliminary to a landing
on the peninsula in an attempt to cm
off Port Arthur, simultaneously with
a general bombardment and com
mencement of a siege. For this the
Russians declare they are fully pre
pared. During the last ten days a
general shutting down upon newspa
per telegrams from the Far East has
Keen noticeable. This is owing to in
creased precautions to prevent the en
emy from obtaining news of the move
ments of Russian troops.
The Russians are being massed in
force along their first line from Feng
huangcheng northward for thirty
miles, while their second line extends
from Mukden to Haicheng.
CHARGED WITH TREASON.
Committee to Investigate Tokio Ed
itor and Legislator.
Toklo, March 24 The house of re
resentatives has appointed a commit
1
tee of eighteen, members to invaftJ-
S aie ure cuctige mai xeisune AKiyama,
a member of parliament, is in the em
ploy of the Russian government. Aki
yama is the publisher of the Niro
kushitbun, a Tokio paper, which has
been bitterly assailing the govern
ment, particularly upojti its financial
policy. It has also charged the gov
ernment with having forced capitalists
to subscribe to the war bonds recently
issued and has predicted that a sec
ond loan will prove a failure. A local
prosecution, which was instituted, re
sulted In a decision ordering the per
manent suppression of the publication
and the imprisonment of the paper's
signatory for four months. The case
was subsequentlyappealed and both
Akiyama and his friends vigorously,
deny the charge that he is a spy. The
hearing before the committee and the
later discussion of the question in the
house promises to be exceedingly bit
ter.
JAPS BUILD FORTS.
Have a Strong Line of Them Across
Korean Peninsula
Mukden, March 24.Officers of the
Russian patrol report unanimously
that Jh^J^panese_ are__estab_lishing
strong fortifications on a large scale
across the Korean peninsula between
Anju and Port Lazareff, with advanced
positions at Genchon and Hamebeung,
to secure their line of retreat should
their campaign in Manchuria prove un
successful.
Directed by Japanese engineers $,
000 Korean coolie3 are working on
these fortifications, which, are ap
proaching completion. It is reported
that the Japanese will not begin their
general advance until the fortifications
arc-finished. Russian officers describe
these. fortifications" as impregnable -so
long as the Japanese command the
sea. AFFORDS A STRONG POSITION.
Russian View of Jap Occupation of
Anju, Korea.
St. Petersburg, March 24 Accord
ing to the government's reports the
Japanese cavalry seen north of Anju,
Korea, this week cannot keep in touch
with the Russians.
The military organ says the occupa
tion of Anju, lying at the juncture of
the best roads leading to Wiju, Seoul,
Gensan and Kirin, affords a strong po
sitlonTas"a~scrgerrtcrthe -movement of
troops from Pingyang. But much of
this natural advantage has been lost
by the lack on the part of the Japan
ese of mounted skirmishers
REPORT PROBABLY UNTRUE.
Rumor in Japan of Sinking of Russian
Battleship.
Tokio, March 24.A special dispatch
from Moji (opposite Shiminoseki,
Japan) says the Japanese fleet made
another attack on Port Arthur March
18, bombarded the city and its de
fenses and fought a furious engage
ment with the Russian fleet outside
thajharbgr, destroying one Russian
"battleship. Seven Japanese casualties
are reported. There is no information
concerning the Japanese fleet's condi
tion.
The navy department has not been
advised of this engagement but evi
dently expects news.
YONGAMPHO AN OPEN PORT.
Imperial Decree Issued Regarding Ko
rean Town.
Seoul, March 24.An imperial edict
has been issued opening Yongampho
to foreign trade.
Outposts Clash Near Anju.
Seoul, March 24.A brush between
/the opposing forces has occurred at
the outposts north of Anju. One Jap
anese was killed.
TREATY WILL EXPIRE
QH|N A GIVE S F0
DENOUNCING THE EXISTING
EXCLUSION TREATY.
CONVENTION ENDS ON DEC. 27 NEXT
St. Petersburg, March 24.Further
details of Tuesday's attack on.Por t:
Arthur are expected during the day,.
but nothing in the way of private or
newspaper dispatches supplementing]
the official accounts has been received
up to the present time. According to
information here there now exists a
complete embargo upon newspaper dis
patches direct from Port Arthur. The
military\ authorities seem to manifest
no displeasure at the Japanese tactics .._,
Tuesday. On, the contrary they do- Washington. March 24-The state
clare that such bombardments only department-^ received formal notice
wear out the guns and machinery of
STATE DEPARTMENT HAS MADE
STRONG EFFORTS TO KEEP
AGREEMENT ALIVE.
from the Chinese government de
nouncing the Chinese exclusion treaty,
so this convention will expire Dec. 27
next unless replaced by another treaty
by that date. Tinder its .terms six
months before the expiration of-s-pe-
riod of ten years from Dec. 27, 1894,
if either power be dissatisfied with the
treaty, it is required to denounce it.
This is the action which China has
taken in spito of the strongest efforts
to the contrary on the part of the state
department. Had the notice not been
served the treaty would have contin
ued in force for another term of ten
years from Dec. 27, 1904. The depart
ment pointed out to the Peking au
thorities, through Mr. Conger, that it
was very probable that so far from
bettering the conditions relating to
the admission of. Chinese into the
United States the new treaty would
probably have the opposite effect.
Should the new treaty fail of approval
in the senate the Chinese would thus
be exposed, in the absence of the shel
tering treaty, to the full rigor of the
Geary and Heinz law and the exclu
sion would be much more complete
than at present. However, the treaty
having been denounced, there is noth
ing for the state department to do
now but to proceed with the formula
tion of a new treaty, which already has
been initiated in a way, although with
little hope of senatorial" approval
Buster Brown Suits
for little boys 2 1-2 to
5 years, white collar
1 and silk ties price
$5.00.
Men's Fancy Vests.
A fine assortment of Men's Fancy Vests at
this store, from the plain while duck at $1 to
the silk vesting at
$3.50 each.
The Bemidji Daily Pioneer
BEMIDJI. MINNESOTA. THURSDAY. MARCH 24, 1904.
ASK FOR BEIRFOBCEMENTSJ
RMAL NOTICE TWELVE BATTALIONS OF TURK-
ISH TROOPS SURROt'ND TEN
THOUSAND ALBANIANS.
Salonica. Macedonia, March 24
Twelve battalions of Turkish troops
commanded by Shaklr Pasha have sur
rounded 10.000 Albanians at Babatepe.
Shaklr Pasha has asked for reinforce
ments. Ten additional battalions will
be sent to him. Pending their arrival
Shaklr Pasha is negotiating with the
Albanians.
MILITIA TO RESTORE ORDER.
State of Insurrection Declared in Las
Animas County, Colo.
Denver, March 24.About 400 mem
bers of the national guard of Colorado
reached Trinidad during the day and
were distributed among the various
camps in Las Animas county, which
Governor Pcabody has declared to be
in a state of insurrection.
The governor has instructed Major
Zeph T. Hill, commander of the force,
to use such means as he may deem
proper, acting in conjunction with or.
independent of the civil authorities, to
restore peace and good order.
The coal miners in the Trinidad dis
trict have been on a strike for several
months, claiming that they suffer
abuses in the weighing of coal, the
company store and other matters. La
bor leaders express the opinion that
the purpose of sending a military force
to l.as Animas county is to inaugurate
a series of deportations such as have
been carried out at Telluride.
Young Colored Woman Murdered.
Cincinnati, March 24.The body of
an-unknown young colored woman was
found during the day near West wood
with every .indication of'a most atro
cious outrage and murder. The strug
gle was on a highway and the girl Ev
idently fought desperately. Her skull
was crushed with a club, one eye was
torn out of the socket, most of her hair
Milled out and her body badly intiti-
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heavy gold plate:
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the lot
79c a pair.
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BEMIDJI. MINN13SOTA.
Umbrellas.
It begins to look as though
one might soon need an urn-
brella we have the Kwes-Huh-
bartl lino the .price is from
50 cents to $5.00.
Ladies' Oxford Tiess
We are pleased to announce that this season
we are able to sell -the=$3,50 grade of. ladies'
Oxfords at $.'! a pair. The goods arrived this
week and are now in stock. GcriuineGoodycar
well, extension soles, patent kid and Corona
colt at
$3.00 a Pair.
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11.50 Silk Sus- Oft (1OTHM, t*Aw
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ON ENORMOUS SCALE
TRADING IN UNION AND SOUTH'
ERN PACIFIC MONOPOLIZES
NEW YORK MARKET.
DEMAND FOR NORTHERN SECURITIES
FEARS, ENTERTAINED UNION PA-
CIFIC BUYING INDICATES
FIGHT FOR CONTROL.
Now York, March, 2 1 An excited
and feverish stock market resulted
from the announcement of the terms
of distribution of the Northern Secu
rities holdings, of Great Northern pre
ferred and Northern Pacific stock
Trading in Union Pacific and South
ern Pacific was on an enormous scale
and almost monopolized the market
for a time, but when these stocks be
gan to run off under heavy realizing
the .demand shitted to some of the
Eastern trunk lines and the Western
groups. Some tears were entertained
that the excited buying of Union Pa
cific represented a contest fur con
trol, as that company la Insured large
unci inihiential holdings both of North
ern Pacific and of Great Northern un
der the terms of the distribution with
out any compensatory holdings in Un
ion Pacific on the part of these com
panies.
There was much mystery attached
to the whole movement and the sus
picion that, it might bo due? to specu
lative manipulation kept the lone le
vorish and uncertain. In the curb mar
ket there was eager demnnd'Tor North*
eru Securities stock, which carried it
up to ll.0 beI ore a reaction set in.
Trading in the stock was carried on
simultaneously in three or four groups.
amongst the (tub brokers. The open
ing prices for Union Pacific were not
held. On the first reaction it touched
82?^ and. alter a feverish rally, ran
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We offer by far the largest assortment of
Hoys' Clothing in town, and selling clothing
in connection with so. many other lines make
it possible to make a very low price. Hoys'
ionjr pants suit-at
$3.50, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and $12.
Boys' Two-piece Knee Pant Suits from
$2.00 to $10.00.
Boys' eslee Suits, from to i) years, at from
$2.00 to $6.00 a Suit.
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Chicago, March -I. strike of
QQ0 employes in oho stock yards is
tr\.atened today. The tremble arose
on u\o uttonijit of one of the packing
houaeVtO Interfere with the pork pack-
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off-again more man oerore
Stock Sold at Auction.
Twenty shares of Northern Pacific
stock were sold at auction at the real
estate salesrooms during the nay. The
price paid was 146^4 per share, A
number of Wall street houses were
represented among the bidders.
On tin: curb there had been bids and
offers, 1 lit* having been bid, while the
stock was offered at 1-T At the auc
tion the tirst bid was 1"20 and the
stock went up by half points to 125,
then by points to 1.40, then rose by
half points again till it was knocked
down at 14fl
Various stocks wore taken in hand
during the day and raised to a higher
level, but profit taking in Union Pa
cific was persistently taken up. The
market showed signs of weariness dur
ing the afternoon and advances were
largely reduced. Northern Securities
on the (tub dropped .back to about t'S.
Sales weie reported on the curb of
shares of Northern Pacific, when re
leased from the Northern Securities
holding, at .i::o, and .100 shares in the
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Baby Roys' Patent Leather
Oxfords, best quality of
patent kid, Goodyear
welt, extension sole price
Men's Driving Shoes.
AMAZON RIVER SHOE
This store is headquarters lor rvfon't
Shoes price from
McGee Bros.' Adjustable Yolk Petticoats
made from fine mercerized sateeu price from
$1.50 to $3.50.
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TEN CENTS PER WEEK.
THREATENED
Fight on the Unions Threatens
To Throw 35,00 Men Out
of Work.
ers' union- Notice was this mornirg
serxed on the tirm that, unless it abau
ilaticd its efforts to disrupt the union,
a closed shop would be called for anil
every union man in the. yaids called
out
ARNOLD DEAD
London, Mareh 2-1.Sir Edwin Ar
nold, poet author and lecturer, died
this morning.
Kt
Sir Kdwiu was bori in
regumr way at i~v
Late In the day Northern Pacific,
when released. l down from 130 to
l^t'. on the transfer of about 600 shares.
POSTOFFICE INVESTIGATION.
Democratic Senators Will Insist on an
Inquiry.
Washington. March 24.-Aggressive
tactics have boon decided upon by the
Democratic: members of the senate to
air their demands for an Investigation
by cougress of the postotfico depart
ment.. Notice to that effect was served
upon the senate (onimittee on postof-.
Iiccs and postroads during the day by
the Democratic members when the
committee again put off the requests
of Senators C.orman and Clay that ono
oi the resolutions now pending In tho
committee looking to a congressional
Investigation be re'pbfteit'td the senate.
The plan of the Democratic senators
is now to offer a now resolution calling
attention to the former resolutions and
to the fact that they have been per
mitted to Bleep in committee. This
would bring the entire question before
tho Bonate. They assert xjiat the ef
fect would be to bring out a full de
bate, which, It is estimated, will last
a week at. least.
ASPHYXIATED BY GAS.
In Three Persons Lose Their Lives
New York Tenement.
Now'- York, March 24.Three per
sons were killed by Illuminating gas
In a live-story tenement in teast Elev
enth street and many occupants of
neighboring Hats were more or less
overcome. The dead are Otto dross-
uinu, thirty-live yoars old, a^ hostler^
Jennie (IroBsman, thirty-two years old.
his wiro Hosie Longfelder, thirty-two
years old, a seamstress, boarding with
tho (Jrossmans. Two gas jets were
found turned on full head.
According to neighbors Grossman
eeveral times threatened to turn on the
gag and end his life and that or his
I o.
HORSE RACING AND GAMBLING.
President Roosevelt Soundly Lectures
Indian Callers.
Washington, March 24.President
Roosevelt soundly lectured a party of
his callers during the day. They were
Ogallala Sioux Indians, who, it is said,
arc more addicted to horse racing and
gambling than they are to the pursuits
of agriculture. The president endeav
ored to Impress upon his visitors ideas
Of Industry and thrift. While the lec
ture was being Interpreted the Indians
listened In solemn silence. As they
emerged from tho executive offices
1'ielT favee beamed, with..jsxntl.es.
The -callers were .presented to the
president by Representative Burke of
Smith Dakota
AGITATION AGAINST DIVORCE.
Pretestant Episcopal Ministers and
Laymen Discuss Problem.-.
New York, March 24.Agitation
against divorce and the marriage of
divorced persons has resulted in a
meeting here of eminent Protestant
Episcopal ministers and laymen, who
will attempt to solve the problem of
uniform legislation on the subject by
the states of the Union. A meeting
of the executive committee of the con-
-fcw^acu,pCjddiid_._oxejL_by__.Bishop
DoSne of Albany, drafted a rough out
lino of tho proposed law which later
will be presented to the full meeting
for discussion. The conference is a
direst result of action taken by the
Prc-teatanf Episcopal church in its last
general conference at San Francisco.
WOUNDS OFFICER AND SUICIDES.
Detroit (Mich.) Man Resents Service
of a Writ.
Detroit. March 24.George W. Borfj
man-,amusicdealer ar~33F""GTand
River avenue, shot- and seriously
wounded Constable Schmelzer and
then killed himself.
Schmelzer, accompanied by Consta
ble Jarvis, entered Borgman's store for
the purpose of serving a writ of eject
ment when Borgman flew into a rage
and, after a few words, whipped out
a revolver and fired at the officers,
wounding Schmelzer. He then shot
himself through the head and died in a
few minutes. Schmelzer, it is thought,
will recover. _,
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**--Tha-halUrf-siead.
ily grows that the Combes ministry
may. not.be_ableAa.weaJtheiLtha-recent
minor reverses and it is even said in
high quarters that a culmination of
the crisis Is likely to come next Fri
day, with the retirement of Marine
Minister Pellatan and probably all the
members of the present ministry.