The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume], April 11, 1904, Image 1

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VOLUME 1. NUMBER 300.
Way Cleared For Early Opening
of Red Lake LandsPurchaser
Allowed Sufficient Time to
Make Settlement Before Winter
Sets In.
Chiefs of Red Lake Chippewa
Sign Agreement With
Agent Downs.
Thief River Falls, Minn., April 11.
Special Indian Agent Thomas Downs
has returned from Red Lake agency,
where he was successful in securing
the signatures of the chiefs and head
men to an agreement pledging, the In-,
Candy
Choice Chocolate Creams
25c to 40c
pejLP-Qund
Ladies' Shoes.
Lady Elgin, Sel.'s best $1.50
Romana, Selz's best $2.00
shoes.
Miss Chicago, Selz's best
$2.50 shoes.
Buster Suits
Buster Collar
Buster Tie
INDIANS TO LEAVE ELEVEN RESERVAwhistlescurrying
TION TOWNS BEFORE JUNE 20.
The Little Buster
_._r.__ zc- rsxiijrve rrom me eievfci. town
ships in the west end of the reserva
tion before June 20. The local Indians
are adding their signatures to this list
as fast as they arrive in this city and
a general council has been called to
finish up the matter.
This clears the way for an early
opening of these lands and allows the
purchaser a sufficient time to make
settlement before winter sets in. The
sale will probably begin about July 1
and continue through July and Au
gust.
Colonel Downs will proceed at once
with the appraisement of the Indian
Improvements on the land to be sold.
Men's Oxfords.
MenVPatent Leather 0:d:ords, Douglas make, $3.50 a
pair.
Men's Vici Kid Oxfords, Douglas make, $3 a pair.
can be outfitted here.
Buster Oxford Ties, patent
leather, heavy soles
$5.00 to $0.00
Silks and Dress Goods
New Voiles, black and colors, 50c to $1.50 a yard.
New Taffeta Silks, from 75c to $1.50 a yard.
Wall Paper.
We can fur_^sh the paper for your house for less than
you are asked elsewhere.
The Bemidfi Dai
D_nDHpnnzEBecQ
O VACATE
1 SHELLS CAUSE PANIC.
Two Fired From Dolphin Barely Miss
Passenger Steamer.
Baltimore, April 11.Two shells
from the United States ship Dolphin*
at target ptactico in Annapolis roads,
barely missed the Chesapeake Bay
passenger steamer Cambridge and
caused almost a panic among the 100
passengers. One passed between the
pilothouse and smokestack, ten feet,
above deck, sending women and chil
dren below, and another
dangerously near before the
steamer could get out of the danger
zone.
SULLY'S FRIENDS FAIL.
Attempt to Force an Immediate Settle
ment Not Successful.
New York, April 11.The creditors
of Daniel J. Sully & Co. held a meet
ing at which Sully's friends, beaten in
an attempt to force an immediate set
tlement, retired from the meeting.
It was said after the meeting that
Gully's proposal to pay 40 cents on
the dollar and give notes for three
years had been rejected by a laqse
vote.
Spanish Press Bitter.
Madrid, April 11".The newspapers
here comment somewhat bitterly on
the Anglo-French colonial treaty and
assail the Spanish ministers, who,
they declare, permitted Spain to be
despoiled and her interests in- Moroc-
co obliterated.
It pays to buy at ffcrnidji's largest store
0l\SJfiR^S8_M
BEMIDJI. MINNESOTA.
Adler Suits from T~
Adler Rain Coats from
Pi. & W. Trousers from
BEM1DJ1. MINNESOTA. SA'ITUDAY, APRIL 11. L9.04.
Ladies' Oxford Ties.
This season we carry a full line of Drew Oxfords in
the kid or patent leather, $2.50 to $3.
BOYS ACCUSED OF ROBBERY
SECURE $12,000 IN CASH FROM
HOME OF AGED CONNECTI-
CUT RECLUSE.
Waterbury. Conn., April ItFour
boys, suspected of connection with the
robbery in Lanesville, Conn.. Thurs
day nitrht, when $12,000 was stolen
from the home of Henry Davis, an
aged recluse, were arrested at their
homes here during the day. About
$8'.i.0O was found in their possession.
The boys are Fred? r.lodgett, aged
"sifteon Edward Weinier, aged nine
teen Samuel MeCormlck. aged eight
een, and Benjamin Plant, twenty years
'old.
John Turner, fifteen years old, has
been arrested at New Mllford, charged
with complicity in the same robbery.
He is said to have made a full confes
sion and took the officers' to Brook
field Junction, where they found $1,200
hidden under a stone wall.
After their arrest they told the po
lice where the money was hidden. The
sum of $3,380 was recovered. Davis
insists that he had about $12,000 in
the trunk.
JUDGE'S UNUSUAL RULING.
Men's Suspenders.
Special: 50 pairs Men's Fancy -SuspendITS-, one pair-
in a box, regular price 75c, now at 50c a pair.
Prisoner Remanded to Jail After Ac
quittal by Jury.
New York, April 11. -Although a
jury in the supreme court has returned
verdict pronouncing James 11. Tom
lie, ex-jjresldent of the bankrupt Will
lam Campbell Wall Paper company,
tot guilty of converting to his own
use some $40,000 of the funds of the
company Justice Rogers set aside the
verdict and sent. Temple bark to jail,
whore he already has been confined
hie early in January.
The justice de.laied he was not sat
isfied with Temple's explanation on
i the witness stand and ordered a new
trial, holding the ex-president in $2!ji-
I (n bail, which he was Unable to fur
nish. _____
Candy
Ladies' Shoes.
Composite, Pingree's best $3 shoes/
Gloria, Pingree's best $3-50 shoes/
Vogue, Pingree's best $5 shoes.
Pure Sugar Stick Candy
per/ pound
Men's Clothing.
Mill Men's Clothing.
"We carry a large assortment of Men'e Overalls, Jack-
ets, Shirts, Underwear, Mitts, Gloves, Mill Caps and Oil
Clothing.
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$10 to $25
812 to 815
52.50 to $7.50 a pair
WOULD REPEAT MASSACRES.
Lower Element of Russians Seeks to
Start Bloodshed.
Now York. April 11.- -Oscar Si
Strauss, formerly tJttlf.od States min
ister to Turkey, speaking-of- the cabled
reports as to the fear o.f aiubSootTfio
massacres In. Odessa and Kieff, in
Southern Russia. sai that he had ac
curate knowledge that pani! and
circulars word recently cllati utted in
Odessa for the purpose of arousing
the lower element to repeat in that
city .during Hit. coming Russian Easter
the massacres which took place a year
ago In Kishinev.
Mr. Strauss said the British and the
United States governments had called
Russia's attention to the matter arid
expressed the hope that there would
he no recurrence of the" terrible out
rages of a year ago,
Mr. Strauss said there is reason to
believe that the act Ion., taken by (hU*J tW/'Rircord-lleritlil ,iu_,__ -lain,
government at St. -'l^torfihurg ^Ub-j_-Hr4ta-f6lit)WH:
have the desired. effoi I In ehccUhu
any anti-Semitic manifestations.
CALLS OU RESERVES.
Naval Mobillzaztion Order Gazetted at
St. Petersburg.
St. Petersburg. April 11. -The naval
mobilization was .gazetted during the
day. It refers only to ollhors and
men ol the reserve in tihiropcah Russia
and not to ships. The mobilization is
due to the necessity for proylfflng full
crews for the Black sea and Baltic
fleets, which will go Info commission
at the opening of navigation, It is an
open secret now that several thousand
sailors belonging to these (bets, which
had been laid up for the winter] were
sent to Vladivostok or Pott Arthur to
supply the places of time expired nun
as well-as the places of these wound
ed or otherwise' incapacitate:!, The
men now called out will also be used
to furnish an adequate reserve when
the European fiodta go into louimis
slon.
FOUR CHILDREN PERISHED.
Burned to Death In Sight of Their
Helpless Parents.
Wllkcsimrro, Pa April II. In the
burniim ol the home of William Uurku
at Keliastopol his four children per
ished.
The family,retired at the usual hour
and alltnit I o'clock in the morning
-Mrs.Burke=WBS awakened by the
Crackling of flames.
Bhe awakened her husband and It.
was discovered that a wall of lire sur
rounded them from the rear rooms oc
cupied by the children.
The parents made an attempt to
roach the children,.but failed and they
were forced to jump from the second
ffltory windows to OKcnpo death.
STOCKHOLDER BRINGS SUlt.
Stcks to Prevent Merger of Car Wheel
Plants.
I'lt.tsbtiin, Apiil II. In tin equity
ult, filed in the county court here, \V*.
Hurry Hrnwn of this, city .geek:* to.pre
vent 'he merging el- 'the car whe.-l
plants of the conn trip and to have I ho
court ('"lare an alleged merge! of the
Keystone Car Wheel company with the
National Car Wheel company illegal
and void, under the net of congress
approved July 21, 1890. The null Is
entered by Brown as a stockholder of
the Keystone company nml named aa
defendants are the Keystone Car
Wheel rrmpnnv_ari l_ If. Brundagf.
TesTrtenT ugonTTor' Pennsylvania of the
National Car Wheel company,, 1
SIGNED A CONSTANTINOPLE.
Provisions of New Turko-Bulgarlan
Convention.
Sofia,-- April II. The Turko-llul
gai'lan convent ion signed ai Constan
tinople Friday provides for amnesty
to all 'Bulgarians comprised In the
Macedonian rising of \W.',, excepting
persons guilty of using dynamite the
repatriation of -r^fugc^s tb removal
of frontier rest riclIon on liulgurian
trade ami travel and the application
of the AitHiro-IIuiigarlan reform achenia
to Macedonia.
Bulgaria undertakes to suppress
revolutionary movements In her terri
tory and to prevent the smuggling of
arms and explosives across the fron
tier. ______
SALUTED BY BRITISH FLEET.
German Emperor Arrives at the Island
of Malta.
Valletta, Island of Malta'. April II.--
The German imperial yacht Holwnzol
.UJtn, v. ith j_iiip.i oi VUHllttm-'Wu board,"
arrived here during the day and was
met outside and escorted into the har
bor by a flotilla of British torpedo
boat destroyers.
The whole British fleet In* these
waters fired a salute and dressed ship
in honor of the German emperor. Ilh
majesty, who was In cxcc-lb-nt health,
was accorded an enthusiastic reception
-by an Itiwti1-')
TOWN BEING FLOODED.
Break in Protection Levee at Luxira,
Arkansas.
Memphis, Tenn., April 11. United
States engineers in Memphis have re
ceived reports that the protection
lev*e in front of Luxira, .Ark., gave
way during the day ami the business
part of the town Is being flooded. The
main levee, howeveT. remains intact
and the damage will be comparatively
slight.
House Amendment Agreed To.
Washington. April 11.The senate
has adopted the house amendment to
the Philippine shipping bill fixing July
i 1. KmC, as JJje date when the United
i States coastwise laws shall be extend-
|d to the Philippines was agreed to,
which passes the bill.
STATE LAWS
FORBID MERGER
Chicago, April II. In an Interview
relating to Northern Securities affairs
PAsUed
01-dei
HIGHER COURT.
Flnttx City, la.. April 11. District
Jttdc- ioiioH of B-loitJi I-'.MII". fftrtltrs tit
Vermillion, held utn h: it titToiial the
Routh Dakota law re]trlrfn trav^ollng
liquor salesmen to pay license. The
dewhsbtnirrnlfTmTtrnmiedUohco, aa
It meatci, if Hiiniained by the supreme
court, that traveling liquor salesmen
can 'sell without paying a lheur.c,
while retiiileiH musl pay one,
I.OWIH llm".dale nalesman_far__L-
Mlller fe'Co. of Sioux t'iiy,, -was ar
ret-ted tt Meekllng, S. D., hut Decem
ber, I'm soliciting orders for .liquor
.w-iUK-mtar-i4-*-)trter--lt*r)mvrr-TtTtrinf
a ?U00 llcen.se for eadi_cMjn_ty__l wbick
orders anrimlh-iied." When lie waa
placed on trial Attorney A. L. Fribpurg
Introdti'i-d a motion to advlao a ver
dict for tie- defendant on the ground
that Hie law Is uncoiwt It at tonal, lie
claimed it violated- the. federal ('l)tl-
Mt.ltutioii In Uiai it provi.leil icVr it tax
on interstate ,,inmert-e. Jud^e Jones
granted the inotlQU.
CAPITALIST THREATENED.
Settlement of Allseed Claim Demanded
at Point of Pistol.
New Void April LI. Junes W.
aood'nian uns arretted here during the
day charged with mujiing threats
against the life of VVIliiam C. Greene,
president of the Greene fotcoiidaied
Copper ompany.
The harge ol felonious assault with
intent, to hill was made wln (loodman
was arralgne'd In conn and he svas
.held- in 5,000 baili It w.as aUegeti
'that there had been some lUffHreaces
fjetwi en Greene and QojiMi&a on a
niitiitiM 'b-al Goodman met Greene
near liioadway and .St-wciy'" end
HULCI ffiaa^.ll-.ia_ -chitr".l^ln'toro Tii*
ened to kill him. hm Gri euo told him
'to Come down 10 hi.- office and mat
ters could there beaatisfactorlfy set
i tied,
ATfgr in the ofJice II is
charged Goodjnan said to Mr. Greene:
I v,,--,!
crowd of pwft4TTV*
governor ol Malta went on board the
Hoheflzollern to welcome the emperor.
to jail intpriaonmenL.
Pioneer
TEN,CEXT^,.I?ER..^EEK,
President Hill of Great Northern
Says Harriman Cannot
Secure Contol of N. P.
LAWS OF SEVERAL STATES OPPOSED
TO SUCH OWNERSHIP.
"Mr. llarrituaa undoubtedly is try
lug to sec tire control of the Northern
Pacitlc.
"However, the laws of several of the
states through which the Oregon Short
Line and the Northern Pacific run are
utterly opposed to such ownership or
control and 1 presume he would be e-uo isj,aiatuuB a _.i....ir m-...i5_-3a
prevented f,on, mvoiuplishin, his pur- W
whether'.Mr. Harriman would ^rGO.flOO- transfers and ^transfers
HO ute con.tor of the toad In even. ls is the only eu.abl distribution
U.e courts sustain his vb-ws -,anlim- th could possibly be made
the re.iistributiun of Gnai Northern^, "Thai Question will he determined
and Northern Pacific stock Mr. by the court.
'Every shareholder has right to
^lo unn.,1 not. in rnv-'opluton." W "'"'"a
'..MU,, tii rail/ uV tie- unties the conns it he sees fit.
decision Mr. Hill said' "The Union Pacific Interests hav.o
"The supremo court has affirmed tho the same rights in this respect as any
decision of the circuit court and, in other shareholder, except, so far as
u'ply with the '-terms, of that th.tr rights might be affected by the
decree, the Noitlieiii Se, uiitl'-s com- Sherman act.''
ING TRAVELIffG SALESMEN
KNOCKED OUT.
TANT IF SUSTAINED BY
Hunks This Fact All Sufficient to
Stop the Union Pacific Magnetes
Plan The Northern Securities
Makes Ratable Distribution of
Stocks.
LIQUOR LAW INVALIQ LARGEST ON THE LAKES
SOUTH DAKOTA STATUTE LICEN8- STEAMER AUGUSTUS B. WOLVIM
VIOLATES THE FEDERAL CONSTITUTION VESSEL COST ABOUT HALF A MILLION
DECISION REGARDED AS IMPOR- CAIO O BE THE BIGGEST EXCLU-
'an
ni,,c
1,
SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHED
A LORAIN, O.
SIVE FREIGHT CARRIER IN
1
i|::.i $, .e.-i ihal is iitn me
iu thai fining deal. I ant a settle
ment
/tiH, tr, etriTh e-l-fC
words, it __.
l|i
further alb i Goodman pulled out a
revolver from his hip pocket and point
ed II at Gri no.
I During the controversy which fol
lowed it is altegtsl Goodman three
time- pointed the revolver at Mr.
Qroejne and threatened each time to
shoo' him. Mr. Greene excused him
self, leaving Goodman in the room
with Mr. Kob'.in-:. the secretary of the
company Mr. Gfeeae harried to the
j-Ula j_li poTIcc station aa.l'told about
"the trouble Patrolmen were sent
post haste to tin- oibce and Goodman
was disarm--! and arrested.
Ketuses to commute Sentence.
Richmond, Va.. April 11.-Governor
Montague has refusea" to interfere In
the case of Thenton II. Hrown. the de
(aaltine cashier of the Life Insurance
Company Of Virginia, ami he must go
to the nonitentiary. Gr*a pressure*
was br mcht to bear on the governor
to indme him to commute the sentence
THE WORLD.
T/irnin,**0, April 11.Tn tho pres
ence of an liiittifiiBi' crowd of,3pC_.
lators tho big HIearner Augustus B.
Wolvin, the largest vessel ever built
on fiesh water anil said to be thg
tari es! IToat designed especially for
carrying freight In the world, was suc
cessfully launched at the American
Shipbuilding company's yards here
during the day.
As the huge boat glided gracefully
Into the water she was christened by
Mrs. A, H. Wolvin of Duluth. Minn.,
wife of the presidente qf the company-.,
-~-^V-rnfTn-nrrmplTTijn_
TTi "vessel will have
cost her owners, tho Acme Steamship
company, about $ruij,ooo The new
vessel is BtiO feet long, 5G feet, wide
and '32 feet de.eps She contains 4.500
tons of steel, exclusive of machinery.
and fittings.c
She will carry about
1 fjigg tons of iron ore. besides 300 tons
ol fuel, on eighteen leet draughtiibThla
is ocjuivalotrt to 3 i carloads." Ther
ves-
KCI will have thirty-three hatches and
by means of the modem unloading ma
chinery It. is estimated that her maxi
mum cargo can be discharged in six
hours.
EXCEEDINGLY POWERFUL.
Two New Battleships Ordered in Eng
land by Japan.
London, April L The two new bat
tleships ordered in Kngland by Japan
w'li be exceedingly powerful, their
letu'th. 446 feet, exceeding that of the
most powerful British battleships by
26 feet. In order to meet the capacity
of (locking accommodations the beam
ami draught have been fixed at 78 feet
and 2G feet, respectively. Each will
have a displacement of 1G.400 tons.
Thtur rrratn -battcriesrit ts"~stated,"
will be the most powerful yet devised,
consisting for- each of four 12-inch
guns, four 10-inch aid five 6-lnch guns.
Tlie armored belt at the water line
will be nine inches thick, with six
inch armor continuing to the level of
Ujje dck. A new feature will be a
superstructure of four-inch armor, in*
sin Ins,' that no part of the upper works
_____ be ""protected,
In addition to the two battleships
actually ordered Japan is contemplat
ing ordering two more vessels of that
desciiption to be built here.
LACKS CONFIRMATION.
Report of a Naval Engagement Oil
Port Arthur.
Paris. April 11.The St. Petersburg
correspondent of the Echo de Paris
I says that Admiral Makaroff went out
from Port Arthur Saturday morning,
a Japanese squadron having been sig
nalled in the offing.
It is rumored, the correspondent
says, that a sea fight took place, but
nothing concerning it is officially
known.
A St. Petersburg correspondent of
the Echo de Paris says that a French
agent is negotiating for the sale of
Argentine warships to Russia, which
la determined to have a superiority
over th J_n-ne_e fleet bv the end at