The daily pioneer. [volume], May 06, 1903, Image 1

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VICTIM Of A FEUDI
LEADING KENTUCKY POLITICIAN
KILLED BY SOME UNKNOWN
PERSON.
SHOT IS flREO FROM BttliND
KILLING IS ANOTHER CHAPTER
IN LONG FEUD BETWEEN
TWO FACTIONS.
MAY RENEW BLOODY WAR
ALREADY THIRTY-FIVE PROMI-
NENT CITIZENS HAVE BEEN
SACRIFICED-
Jackson, Ky., May fi. James B.
Marcum, United States commissioner
in Eastern Kentuckey, ex-county judge
of Jackson, and once a prominent can
didate for the court of appeals, was
assassinated while standing in the
front of the court house doer here at
10 o'clock yesterday monfiifg. He
was shot in the head from behind by
some party unknown, located in a
dark hall farther back.
The killing is another chapter in
the long-standing feud existing in
Eastern Kentucky between the Hargis
and Cockrill factions in which in the
last decade the lives of thirty-five
prominent citizens in the locality have
been sacrificed. Marcum was the last
Tecognized leader of the Cockrill fac
tion in this feud, which originated
over a contest for the office of town
marshal in 1896, as the result of which
John G. Hargis was killed by Jerry
Cardwell. The feud s:nouldered until
the spring election of 1901, when the
Hargis
Faction Overran
to
i
the independent ticket and took pos
session of the offices of county judge
and sheriff. Mareum was the attorney
lor Terry and Davis, the contestants
"for sheriff and county judge.
Tom Cockrill, a Cardwell man. shot
und killed Ben Harges in a saloon. Di
Tectly following this Dr. D. B. Cox, the
guardian of the Cockrill boys, was asJellied
sassinated. Then Jim Cockrill was
shot from a window in the court
house. This almost exterminated the
Cockrill faction excepting Marcum.
He was warned to leave., and through
spies he learned of a plot to assassin
ate him. He refused to leave and bar
ricaded himself in his home tor sev
nty-two days, and finally siipped
away, went to Lexington and fought
Ms opponents, in the -courts, finally
wlntilne the COD test for Terry and
Ic.H.MILESf
Wholesale Liqiior Dealer
$ $ The Pioneer Wholesale Liquor House $.
of Northern Minnesota
$
A FULL LINE OF 2
Imported and Domestic Whiskies,
Brandies, Gins, Rums, Wines and
$ Cordials Always on Hand 2
$ Large and Small Buyers Can Save Mon-
to ey and Time by Purchasing at Home. JJ
Mail Orders Promptly Attended to. ffi
$ to Special Distributing Agent for the
to Celebrated Old *j
IJAS. E. PEPPER WHISKEY S
C.H.MILES
BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA.
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uavis, tne )ij.,can candidates. i-ie
returned to Jackson six months n^o.
His assassi.iaticn yesterday has
aroused great excitement, and is be
lieved to be a new beginning to anoth
er bloody mountain Kentucky war.
PRESIDENT WITH PEONS.
New Mexico invaded by Mr. Roose
velt.
Pueblo. Co'o.. May iiSiren whistles
of steel works and smelters -last even
ing sounded a ciealening good-bye to
I President ROoseveli as nis tr.un spec!
away to the south Lnd west after a re
markable wtl iinfe to him by a hiin
dred thousand people of the Arkansas
valley. His special train arrived at
the Mineral Palace park ten minutes I
ahead of time. A military escort ac- i
ccmpaniccl tne carriages to a deco*
rated platform that had been built in
front of the palace. Here (he president
spoke about fifteen minutes to an
enormous crown. Last Sight .ie was
traveling in New Mexico.
EIGHT ARE NOW DEAD.
Victims of the Terrible Cr.ta-trorhe 2t
Decfjit.
Detroit, Mich.. May G.The number
of dead .resulting from the accident
here Sunday night when a "Granil
Trunk railway passenger train plowed
through a large Polish excursion party
from Toledo as the members were em
barking tor home on a Lake Shore &
Michigan Southern railway train, has
been increased to eight. Frank Jafc
lonski of Tok do died at Grace hospital
last night after remaining unidentified
until yesterday afternoon, when he
was found at the hospital by his wife.
Three others of the injured are not ex
pected to live.
REBELS ARE GAINING.
Venezuela Is Far From Being in a
Pacrfied
Condition.
Washington, Mayfi. Mr. Russell,
United States charge at Caracas, re
ports that there is increased activity
among the revolutionists in Ved*
ezuela that Mates has joined the land
forces and is proceeding toward
Caracas. This report agrees with mail
advices that the department of state
has received predicting a renewal of
the revolution.
Woman Accidentally Killed.
MJnot. X. D.. ?\ay H. -Mrs. Addie
Stacey of Kenmare. was instantly
by the accidental discharge of
a shotgun in her buggy. She was
thirty-seven years old and leaves a
husband and one child.
Fracture Proves Fatal.
Steubenville, Ohio, May 6.Former
Probate Judge Croskey died yesterday
from a fractured skull, caused by a
brick thrown by a boy a few days ago.
Judge Croskey had remonstrated with
the boy for trespassing.
TURKS KILL SftAM
GREAT LOSS OF LIFE OCCURS
DURING DISTURBANCES AT
3ALONICA.
FOUR SUNDfttD JClLfD
MOST OF THEM PUT TO DEATH
BECAJSE THEY FORCIBLY
RESISTED ARREST.
ROUNDING UP THE BULGARIANS
ALL ATTEPTS AT BOMB THROW-
ING. ARE SUMMARILY
DEALT WITH.
Constantinople, May 6.A dispatch
from Salonica confirms the report of
great loss of lite during the disturb- I
ances there. Four hundred persons,
mostly Bulgarians and Macedonians,'
were slain by the Turkish soldiers. I
Most of these people werej killed be-1
cause they forcibly resisted arrest.
All attpmpts at throwing bombs are
now being dealt with summarily. At
noon last Sunday a mar disguised as
a'Turkish priest tried to ihrow a bomb
into the telegraph office at Salonica
he was apprehended and executed on
the spot.
The authorities continue to make
arrests, and many Bulgarians dis
guised as Turkish officers are being
seized. Among those arrested are
professors in a Bulgarian school who
are alleged to have feen the head of a
revolutionary movement.
Edib Pasha, wha arrived at Salonica
last Saturday to carry out the decree
of martial law, has issued a proclama
tion stating that the sultan has or
dered him to deal severely with all
persons guilty of outrages.
Growl From Russia.
Vienna. May 6.it is accepted here
as certain that the direct result of
crime ppVpetrated in Salonica wllt^be^
the crisis in the relations between
Bulgaria and Turkey. Indeed, one of
the many telegrams published last
night assert point blank that Turkey
is on the eve of sending a formal ulti
matum to the principality. On the
other hand, a private dispatch to the
Zeif states that the Russian ambassa
dor, in an audience with the sultan, in
timated that should there not be
rapid improvement in, the situatlo ma
rines would land at Salonict and that
Austria would occupy NoviBazar with
a military force.
BATTLE WITH REBELS.
Both Turks and Revolutionists Suffer
Heavy Losses.
Salonica, European Turkey/May 6.
An engagement between Turkish
troops and a band of revolutionists is
reported to have taken place in the
Manastir district of European Turkey.
Both sides suffered considerable
losses. Ten Turkish officers are said
to have been killed. Ambulances are
being hurried to Monastir.
TO REJECT CANAL TREATY.
Colombian Liberals Say the Conserva
tives Will Demand More Money.
Kingston, Jamaica, May 6.Senor
Camacho, Dr. 1'ribe and several other
prominent Colombian Liberals have
arrived here from Bogota on their way
to Europe. They report that large
numbers of Colombian Liberals have
decided to emigrate to Mexico, having
no confidence In the government of
Colombia. They say, also, that a ma
jority of the Conservatives have de
termined upon the rejection of the
canal treaty unless a greater sum of
monev is forthcoming.
ACCIDENTALLY KILLS HIMSELF.
Politician's Revolver Discharged While
Packing His Valise.
Lexington, Ky.. May 6,Walter S.
Bronson, aged thirty-one. city solicitor
and prominent in politics in Kentucky,
accidentally shot and Killed himself
yesterday af'^rnoon. He was packing
a grip preparatory to going to Rich
mond to make a speech in the interest
of a candidate in the Democratic cam
paign. In transferring a revolver
from a drawer to the grip, it fell,
struck a dresser and was discharged,
the bullet entering his stomach.
Gen. Gomez Calls on Hay.
Washington. May H. The veteran
Cuban genera!. Gomez, was escorted
to the state department by Senor
Quesada. the Cuban minister, and he
had an interesting interview with
Secretary Hay. The general is re
turning from St. Louis. whi|ier he
went as one of the representatives of
his government to the dedication cere
monies.
BOiIDJJ_BJl4TilAMI-CO^^\II^X.^\lUaX44^^^ t. -FKN-WQv-TS PEE?, WEEK.
LLTHERANS WILL MERGE.
Consolidation cf Scattered Groups Is
in the Air.
Winona, Minn., May Rev.. I'hilip
von R'qhr cf this city, president of the
Wisi'on.Viu Lutheran synod, which in
eludes Wisconsin, Minnesota and
art of Michigan that/an effort
ts b*4g mtHrc (..bthW ail the
Lutheran synods oi t-he counixy. lie
has ji.s returned from a big meetttlg
at Watenown, Wis., where there were
resem over j^o ministers, where the
matin- war- discussed with much fa
vor. It was there decided to call an
oth i' meeting to be held In Milwau
kee, at which over 1.000 clergymen
will be present, reprt senting ev
synod in the country. The obj I
the, consolidation is to L'.in.u, 1 fl.
different Luihrran brrrtrcs into r.r.
mony.
WON'T SURRENDER OFFICE.
Republicans Refuse to Acknowledge
Socialist Officeholders.
Anaconda. Mont., May 0. Ma I
Sttpliens and the other Repub":!cr,n
members of the city ndministia+ion
yeBjerday refused to surrender t!
ofBces to the recently elected So
ists on the ground that the latter
failed to qualify within the required
time. Last night Mayor Stephens an.d
the niembei.-, of the old city council
chamber and found the place occupied
by the So aiisis with Maybr-clpct
Frincke in Li.e ciittir. Mayor Stephens
and his followers quietly withdrew
and held tn-ir session in another
room. The matter "will now go into
count on the official act of either set
of otticials.
RING IN CHICKEN'S GIZZARD.
Missing Band Is Found by Woman
Who Lost It.
La Crosse, Wis.. May ti.While giv
ing a birthday party to her friends
Mrs. Nicholas Rice oi this city found
imbedded in the gizzard of a chichen
her wedding ring, which she lost four
months ago. Her husband has been
dead some time, and when the ring
was lost she spent considerable time
and some money trying to locate it,
but without success Hterdfty-thfre
was a birthday "feast at her home.
Several of her chickens were killed.
When she had about concluded clean
ing the fourth and last chicken she
found the ring in the gizzard.
DISSIPATION AND DEATH.
After a Night of Gambling a Young
Man Kills Himself.
Deadwood, S. I).. May 6.Elmer D.
Town, in the employ of a local firm,
shot himself through the heart yester
day in the presence of his wife, after
a night qf gambling and dissipation.
He had ieceived his wages on Satur
day eve.lng, and instead of taking it
home he had gone to a local gambling
establishment and lost it playing faro.
When his last cent was none he went
to his home, and taking down a rifle
from the wall, loaded it. and, placing
(the muzzle against his breast, pulled
the trigger before his wife could stop
him.
MU8T GIVE UP LAND.
Decision of the Minnesota Supreme
Court Is Reversed.
Washington, May 6. The United
States supreme court yesterday re
versed the decision of the supreme
court of the State of Minnesota in the
case of the Northern Pacific Railroad
company VK. TownHend. involving the
right of an Individual to locate public
land within the Northern Pacific
grant. The state court's decision was
favorable to Tov^.isendts contention,
but the federal rouri reversed that
judgment on the ground that the grant
to the Northern Pacific was equivalent
to a congressional adjudication.
BIG HRE AT D'JLUTH.
$10,000 Worth of Lumber Destroyed in
the Alger-Smith Yard.
Duluth, Minn.. May Fire In tne
Alger-Smith Lumber company's yards
on Garfield avenue here last night de
stroyed $10,000 worth of lumber and
for a time placed 2.oon on1'
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same commodity in jeopardy. All the
departments in the city were called to
the scene but the hlaze wa.s soon'un
der control. Th'- fire is supposed to
have originated from a spark from a
passing engine
HEAD AND ARMS CUT OFF.
Boy of Eighteen Killed in Railroad
Yards "at-MaSon City.
Mason City. Iowa. May While
attempting to jump from the Milwau
kee passenger train Guy Dean. agr*d
eighteen, had his head and arms cut
from his body by falling under the
wheels. With other young fellows he
had been In the habit of boarding the
tra'in and riding to the last yards, and
jumping off while the train was in
motion
Freight Handlers Arrested.
Duluth, Minn.. May 8.Five freight
handlers are under arrest in connec
tion with the disturbance when the
strikers attacked a railroad car con
taining nn-union men. The docks are
strongly tuarded by police.
Ij.P, YOUNGi
In Emblems
Lodge Pins, Chains lira
lets, studs, Shove Buttons,
Stick bins, Fobs and Solid
(Jold and gold tilled Chain-., we
S have the moi-i eoroplete line in
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15 per cent off
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FORMER MAYOR TAKES TH E
STAND IN HIS OW N
BEHALF.
INSANITY Will BE DEFENSE
HEREDITARY INFLUENCE AND
DISEASE UNBALANCE HIS
MIND.
PROSECUTION IUSTS ITS CASE
DEFENDANT DENIES ON STAND
THAT HE RECEIVED BLACK-
MAIL.
Minneapolis, May & Mental irre
sponsibility is to be the main plea of
the defense in the trial of Dr. Albeit
Alonzo Ames, former mayor of Min
neapolis, as outlined yesterday in the
opening statement of Attorney Will
iam Li win. chief counsel of the ac
cused The .statement was made at
the beginning oi the afternoon. The
state rested at 10:50 o'clock in the
morning.
Dr. Ames, the first witness sum
moned by the defense, testified that
in the Civil war he had contracted
diseases, the effects of which had
never disappeared. Shortly after his
return he was stricken with intermit
tent fever, followed by general de
bility, la the latter part of 1901 and
the first of 1902 the malady culminated
in abscess of the liver, which required
his departure to West Baden, lnd.,
and Iulsvilie. Ky.. for treatment.
Physicians will testify, according to
the statements ft* Mr orwin. that th
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der to make HMUH for-his iar^e sprinu stock.
will be oh fo almost
nothing*.
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ityles In Corre.iponclfnce stationery.
N. M. JOHNSON
1st Uotir Knt of First Nat. Bank Bcmidji, Minn.
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Toilet Sets, Nlanicure Sets and
ro)t Ro^velvies of all kind- at
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Our line of WaUdies, melud- 3
ing Gresoeht Street 21 jewel 3
noveinent John linn special "Jl a
ewels: Iluni| den, I)ueter,aand 3
17 jewels, ibis week at unheard
of prices.
abscess ot tne liver, together witQ
hereditary Influences, affected the doc
tor's mind, and that particularly at the
time of the police scandals he suffered
from delusions and hallucinations. One
delusion was that his wife hud secured
a divorce another, that in an opera
I tlon on a child he had remover the
stomach and liver and that the child
continued to live: Still another, that
I he had been presented with a watch
which registered the humidity of the
atmosphere and the temperature of
the human body.
His Mind Unbalanced.
llerediiaiy Influences. Mr. Erwin
said, united with physical disease in
unbalancing the defendant's mind. His
brother for .several years was confined
in an asylum and is now practically in
sane His taii.-r died of cancer, in
volving hidden complications, as did
his father's mother.
Th* defense does not rely, however,
entirely on the insanity theory. Dr.
Ani"s Mat I.v denied any complicity in
the alleged blaektnr. I He issued no
orders to Gardner. Norbeck or police
officers to extort money from lewd
women, with the understanding that
they be allowed to conduct houses of
ill fame. On ret nning from his hunt
ing trip in the latter part of 1901 he
heard that Gardner, during his ab
sence, had been meeting prostitutes
In his medical office, whereupon he in
structed his assistant in no uncertain
terms that such practice must be dis
continued.
The defendant emphatically denied
that he had ever received money
Gardner collected from fallen women.
He heard from various sources that
some one was collecting money for an
alleged "campaign fund". He did not
know thai Gardner was doing so, and
Had No Intimation
that any of the police officers were in
volved in the transaction. Personally
he was always opposed to the practice
of soliciting campaign funds.
The previous character and reputa
tion of the accused was emphlzed by
the defense. Mr Erwin reviewed hi9
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