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Cape Haytien, Hayti Oct. 27.The revolution -which has broken out in the northern part of the republic of Santo Domingo and which already has resulted in the establishment of a provisional government under the presidency of General Morales was, according to advices received here, caused by the numerous customhouse frauds and the prevarications of the ministers of war and of finance. The signal for the outbreak of the revolt was given at 2 o'clock on Satur day afternoon by three cannon shots. That same evening all the partisans of President Wos Gil at Puerto Plata were arrested. The inhabitants CONFERENCE RESUMED JAPAN'S FOREIGN MINISTER AND RUSSIAN ENVOY ARE AGAIN NEGOTIATING. SOME DEFINITE CONCLUSION DESIRED IlESU LT OF THE MEETING OF JAP- ANESE ELDER STATESMEN AND CABINET. Tokio, Japan, Oct. 27.Baron de Rosen, the Russian minister, and For eign Minister Komura resumed the conferences during the day. The Jap anese cabinet also held another- ses- sion. Premier Katsura, in an interview, said he deeply regretted the sensation al reports circulated in Europe which, he added, were unfounded. Referring to the diplomatic situa tion the premier remarked: "The Japanese government pursues its negotiations in strict accordance with the spirit of the Anglo-Japanese -alliance, which aims at the preserva tion of peace and the status quo. It is only fair to presume that Russia is actuated by the same peaceful spirit in which the dual alliance is extend ed in the Far East. I therefore fail to see why the present negotiations should not lead to mutually satisfac tory results. In any case nothing in the present situation warrants alarm." Yokohama, Japan, Oct. 27.It is re ported here that the result of the elder statesmen's conference on Saturday sr last was to confirm Japan's intention to press Russia for a definite conclu sion of the negotiations. The Korean government has, pro tested against the Russian fortifica tion of Yongampho, on the Yalu river. NOT REALLY CRITICAL. Washington View of the Russo-Japan ese Situation. Washington, Oct. 27.Owing|to the failure to receive any advices' from the agents of this government in Rus sia, Japan or Korea touching the re ported imminence of war the officials are inclined to the belief that the situation is not really critical. It ap pears that the embassies and lega tions here of the powers concerned are equally ignorant of warlike de velopments and in answer to inquiries it is stated that the only information that they have is contained in the press reports. The Russian embassy is at present In charge of Mr. Hansen, one of the secretaries. Count Cassini, it is stated, will start on his return to "Washington from St. Petersburg next Monday. EXPECTS PEACEFUL LID OFF IN SAN DOMINGO Revolution Breaks Out in the Northern Part of the Republic. OUTCOME. Russia Sees No Further Necessity of War Insurance. London, Oct. 27.In connection with the insurance against war risks on shipments of Welsh coal to Port Ar thur for Russia a telegram was re ceived in London during the day from St. Petersburg saying there is no fur ther necessity to insure against war. This is Interpreted as forecasting a favorable outcome of the negotiations between Russia and Japan. SECURE $7,000 IN CASH. Burglars Dynamite a Bank at Sheri dan, Ore. Sheridan, Ore., Oct. 27.At 3 a.m. burglars entered the banking house of Scroggins & Wortmann in this place, blew open the safe with giant powder, secured $7,000 in coin and made their escape before the sleeping residents of the, town could be aroused. The bank is situated in a brick build ing in the center of the town. The principal depositors are the farmers of the surrounding country. The rob bers took the most opportune hour for their work, as the town was in slum ber and enveloped in a dense fog. No watchman was on duty, as there never has been any need of guarding prop erty. The building was not materially .i damaged. The explosion awakened Mayor E. H. Eakin, who lives over his store diagonally across the street tj lo^L /V1-I'TI frrxm his Of MOnte GTlStl, Lit* xjiguo ouu JOUVO united and attacked Santiago. That town is now surrounded by revolution ists, who have severed telegraphic communication between Santiago and I,a Yoga. The revolutionary move ment is extending. Vice President Deschamps has sought safety in flight and is said to be hidden in Monte Cristi, where he is seeking an opportunity to embark on board some vessel bound for a for eign port. The general opinion is that the gov ernment of President Wos Gil is lost. wlndo a moment later he saw tne robbers emerge from the bank build ing, jump into a rig and drive toward the south. The mayor secured a rifle and fired three shots at the men as they disappeared down the road. Out side the building a sledge and two picks, apparently stolen from the Southern Pacific railroad, were found. The robbers took nothing from the vault but the money. FOR ATTEMPTED BRIBERY. Another Indictment in Minneapolis Municipal Scandal. Minneapolis, Oct. 27.Henry F. Brown was arraigned in the district court during the day on an indictment charging him with offering a $500 bribe to Alderman P. M. Powers. He pleaded not guilty, with the priv ilege of demurring before next Tues day and was released on $3,500 bail, supplied by F. C. Barrows and Joseph P. Brown. The charge is based on the circum stances alleged to have attended the letting of fire hose contracts last sum mer. TOO POPULAR WITH THE GIRLS. Ohio Boy Pleads Guilty to Assaulting Korean Prince. Delaware, O., Oct. 27.The trial of Joseph Stout, the yonifcg farmer charged with assaulting Prince Yee, Bon of the emperor of Korea, several months ago, came up for hearing in common pleas court here during the day. Stout pleaded guilty and sen tence was reserved. Stout's excuse for the assault was that he did not like the young prince's popularity among the American girls. VOLUME I. NUMBER 160. BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1903. SCORES OF NARROW ESCAPES. Hundred and Fifty Persons in Burn ing Building. Ashland, Wis., Oct. 27.The Shores block, one of the finest three-story buiLdings in Northern Wisconsin, was utterly destroyed by fire during the morning. One of the walls In falling crushed two buildings, occupied by the postoffice, a restaurant and a saloon, and leased by William Werder, and de stroyed both buildings and their con tents. The loss is estimated at $150.- 000. The escape of 150 roomers from the third story window was thrilling. Mrs. Weeks and her husband occupied one of the third story rooms and the fire men's ladder was not long enough to reach their windows. The woman, al though nearly overcome by smoke, managed to get out of the window. She clung to the window sill, with her feet resting on the shoulders of the fire chief, who stood on top of the ladder. The chief ordered her not to jump, as he feared it would carry them both to the pavement. As her feet touched his shoulders she fainted and dropped on the chief's head and shoulders. For a brief moment he swayed. His hand came in contact with an iron rod. He succeeded in steadying himself and carried her down amid the cheers of the crowd. Ime. Cheiro, traveling palmist, screamed frantically from another window. She and a number of half suffeeated men were carried down the ladders without difficulty and others descended by fire escapes. OFF YEAR ELECTIONS. Eleven States Will Select Officers on Tuesday Next. New York, Oct. 27.Elections will be held in eleven states Tuesday, Nov. 3. Tull state tickets are to be voted for In Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Maryland, Ohio, Kentucky, Iowa and Mississippi, while in New York, Penn sylvania, Nebraska and Colorado a justice of the upper courts, regents of the state university or minor state officers are to be chosen. Municipal officials are to be selected in Greater New York, San Francisco and Salt Lake. The most interesting contests in the East are the state elections in Mary land and Rhode Island and the munic ipal and county contests in New York city. In the West the liveliest contest is in Ohio, where Myron T. Hcrrick and Tom L. Johnson, both of Cleveland, are the leaders on the Republican and Democratic tickets, and Marcus A. Hanna and John H. Clark are strug gling for members of the legislature, which will elect a United States sen ator. la Iowa Albert B. Cummins is mak ing his second race for governor, his opponent being Jeremiah B. Sullivan, who is depending on the Democratic vote, the Populists having their own state ticket in the field New York, Oct. 27.Clarence H. Leonard of East Orange, N. J., and his young wife have been arrested here, says a Yancouver (B. C.) dis patch to the world. They are detained at the request of the New York police. Leonard, who is only twenty years of age, is accused of embezzling $20,000 belonging to the New York firm for which he worked. On the persons of the young couple was found $9,200, the young woman having eight $1,000 bills. The remain der of the bills was in smaller denom inations and was found in Leonard's clothing. The I-ieonards were arrested in the most fashionable hostelry here. They arrived a couple of days ago. Leon ard has agreed to return to the Unit ed States to stand trial. The arrests were made by the local police on New York, Oct. 27.The trial of Sam Parks, the walking delegate, who has already been convicted of one of the extortion charges against him, was begun during the day before Judge Newburger. Parks is accused of having extorted $500 from Louis Schmidt as the price of calling off a strike on a new building. Mr. Os borne moved for a postponement on the ground that he believed his client, Parks, could not obtain a fair and im partial trial that the case should not be called until the court of appeals had rendered a. da^cl^kn Aew xorfc, Oct. 27.An attachment was served during the day on Dowie's coach and team. The vehicle was be ing driven past the Fifth Avenue hotel when a sheriff jumped on the driver's seat, served the attachment on the coachman, seized the coach and team 6LECTRIC CAR RUNS WILD. KiHs t&MJt and Wrecks a House and Itself. JsUct, 111,, Oct. 27.A runaway elec tric car on the Chicago and Joliet line killed a man, demolished a house and reduced itself to splinters after a ter rific plunge down a steep incline in this city. Just as the car began to descend tho steep hill Motorman Bouray fell in a faint and rolled from the plat form. Miss Anna Westborg, the soli tary passenger, saw her peril and jumped from the car, escaping with some painful bruises. The car bound ed forward, going down the hill at terrific speed. At the foot of the hill, where there Is a sharp curve, Peter Sharp, eight een years of age, was waiting for the car. He had not noticed that it was running away. When the car struck the curve and jumped the track it scooped young Sharp on the fender and crashed into Charles Holstein's dwelling. Sharp's brains were batter ed out. against the stone foundation. The side walls of the house were crushed In and the entire structure was wrecked. Mrs. Holstein was alone in the house at the time and es caped without injury, climbing through THE DAILY PIONEER. IS YOUNG BUT VERY CROOKED Twenty-Year Ol New Yorker Is Accused of Embezzling $20,000 From Employer LABOR LEADER ON IRONS ELIJAHS CHARIOT SEIZED and drove off with them. The attach- father was. The occasion for the ment is said to be for $1,000 and was statement was certain letters pub- secured by Attorney Robert E. Farley, "sheds bw a morning newspaper pur- his claim being for services rendered porting to show that Dowie had cast in dAfendia-c J. Lut.hwr Pierson of The Festive Hobo. teiegrapnic descriptions tiom new York. Disappeared on Oct. 11. Young Leonard was employed in tho financial department of Haskins & Sells, public accountants In this city. He disappeared Oct. 11 with $10,076 of the firm's funds, secured, It is alleged, through false checks passed upon two New York banks. It was part of Young Leonard's duty to make the deposits and to draw the money from the banks for the current uses of the firm. The day before Leon ard disappeared Miss Katherine Miller, also of East Orange, was reported missing. It is ^stated by their inti mates that they had long planned an elopement, but could not obtain suffi cient funds. The young woman, who is six years older than Leonard, declared after their arrest that they had been mar ried before starting from New York. cate of reasonable doubt, tho issuance of which released Parks from Sing Sing, and that the health of the de fendant is such that counsel could not properly consult with him. Mr. Os borne produced affidavits from promi nent officials to the effect that Parks is suffering from chronic tuberculosis of both lungs and each of the de fendant's lawyers presented affidavits of a similar character. Judge New burger, however, denied the motion for a "continuance and directed that tKo trial urmioorl White Plains, a ^Ziontte wno was con victed for allowing his child to die without medical assistance. In his morning address at Madison Square Garden Dowie said that he had no right to the name of Dowie and that he did not know who his own father hi of TO SAVE HIS MOTHtK. Chicago Youth Shoots and Kills Stepfather. Chicago, Oct. 27.As ho was about to strike his wife with an iron bar Nicholas Rolle was shot and killed by his stepson, Henry Walscheid, eight een years old. Rolle came home and went to the kitchen, where his wife was preparing dinner. He was abusive and threatened her because dinner was not ready. While they were quar reling young Walscheid arrived. He started for the kitchen and as he reached the door saw Rolle raise an iron bar to strike his wife. The youth drew a revolver and fired at his step father. Walscheid was arrested. He a'd his stepfather had abused his wife on several occasions and that he himself had had quarrels with the man because- of the latter's ungovern able temper. Wanted in the United States. Budapest, Hungary, Oct. 27.Adolf Frledmann, an American, has been ar rested here at the instance of the United States authorities on the charge of fraudulent bankruptcy in New York. Friedmann recently had been conducting a summer garden here. Elmira, NT. Y., Oct. 27.William F. Connolly, aged eighteen, a guard on the high school football eleven, died during the day as a result of Injuries REFEREE TO INVESTIGATE. Solvency of Acme Harvester Company in Question. Chicago Oct. 27.-Charges and countercharges as to management of tho Acme Harvester company of Pooria and its 'financial affairs wore present ed in sharp debate before Judge Konl saat of tho United Stales district court and in the end the court referred the matter to Referee McCulloeh of Peoria to report as to the solvency of the con cern and the advisability of appoint ing a receiver. The most serious charges were made by Attorney S. O. Levinson, who de clared that tho petitioning creditors had no ground for asking to have the corporation adjudged bankrupt and that the petition was filed so that the concern might be further embarrassed This was answered by Attorney C. B. Haffenberg to tho effect that tho creditors, in whoso name ho filed tho petition last week, were willing to substantiate their charges by a bond as large as the court eared to re quire. This, he said, would make the petitioners liable financially if they did not prove their .allegations. LIVELY END OF CAMPAIGN. Several Thousand Meetings in Greater New York This Week. New York, Oct. 27.If the plans of tho opposing managers do not mis carry this, l\\f closing week of the municipal campaign in Greater New York, will outstrip anything of the kind hitherto seen here. There will bo several thousand meetings held In the five boroughs by midnight of Sat urday. There will be 600 Democratic meetings in Brooklyn borough atone. The fusionists have hired for "Sat urday night every hall south of Four teenth street and oast, of Broadway. The leading candidates will do a hard week's work. Both Low and McClellan will de vote much time to Brooklyn, which Is by common consent regarded as the battleground. There seems to be some uncertainty about District. Attorney Jerome con tinuing in the campaign. He is said to be in ill health. SOLVING SERVANT PROBLEM. Chippewa Indian Girls Hire Out as Domestics. Duluth, Oct. 27.Tho Chippewa In dian girls of Northern Minnesota and Wisconsin are in a fair way to solve the servant girl problem in tho North west. They are being fitted to go out to service and many have already clone so. Major Campbell, agent of the La Pointo agency, says that re ports from there are that all are giv ing satisfaction. Fifty at the Bad River agency are about to go out. The if-major passes on tho applications for their services. They are allowed to enter none except good homes. Tho system will be extended to other Chip pewa bands. NEW GERMAN AMBASSADOR. Rumored in Berlin That Baron Stern berg Will Not Return. Berlin, Oct. 27.It is rumored that Baron von Sternberg, tho German am bassador at Washington, who now is on the Atlantic bound for Germany, will not return to Washington. A conservative newspaper, the Reichebotn, which has frequently been the mouthpiece of Imperial Chancellor Buelow, prints an article belittling the ambassador's work and praising that of Secretary Bussche at Washington. Powerful enemies at court are try ing to persuade tho kaiser to recall tho present ambassador. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE TEACHERS. First Gathering of the Kind in Session .at Boston. Boston, Oct. 27.Four hundred or more authorized teachers of Christian Science from various parts of the United States assembled in this city during the day to consider matters with reference to teaching the faith. This is tho first convention of the kind and is held, it is said, because the growth of Christian Science throughout the country is felt to ne cessitate more systematic and uni form plans of instruction than have been thus far formulated. Work for Two Thousand Men. Joliet. III.. Oct. 27.The Joliet plant of the Illinois Steel company has resumed work in all departments after a shutdown of three weeks. The re sumption gives employment to 2,000 men. The Enterprise plant of the American Steel and Wire company is also In operation again. Flames Soon Extinguished. Liverpool, Oct. 27.A quantity of -T?5v cotton, leather and genera! merchan dise in the fourth hold of the White I Star line steamer Celtic, which arrived I here Oct. 24 from New York, caught fire during the day, but the flames were soon extinguished. Mrs. W. J. Bryan denies the state ment that she will go to New Haven, Conn., for the purpose of testifying in the Bennett will cage. FOOTBALL FATALITY High School Boy Dies as Result of Injuries Sustained in Game at Elmira. TEN CENTS PER WEEK. received 1 nursnay in a praence game. The doctor could find no bruises and decided that in kicking the bsll Con nellv had ruutured an intestine ARAB TRIBES REVOL RESIDENTS OF THE PROVINCE OF A2IR OBJECT TO IMPGSI* T!ON OF CATTLE TAX. ATTACK AND 'ROUT TURKISH FORCES GOVERNOR AND MILITARY COM- MANDANT AND HUNDREDS OF TROOPS KILLED. Constantinople. Oct. 27.It Is now announced that the military comman dant, Ahmet Pasha, and the governor of the province of Azir, on the Rod sea coast of Arabia, were killed as the result of a revolt of two Arab tribes against the imposition of a new cattle tax and that about 1.000 Turkish troops were killed or wounded. The rest of the Turkish force was routed. About fifteen battalions of troops have been dispatched thither. General Had? Pasha has been appointed com mander-in-chief and governor of Azir. POWERS DO NOT AGREE. Germany and Italy Disapprove Plan of Reforms. Constantinople, Oct. 27.Tho pro posed Austro-Russian joint control of Macedonia does not. meet with the ap proval of the German and Italian dip lomat?! and the porto Is expected to utilize the disagreements between the powers in order to delay action. Tho German generals in tho Turkish service. Aleer Pasha and Euedgisch Pasha, nave gone to Seres, where they will participate In the inquiry into the excesses of the troops. WILL BE INVESTIGATED. Alleged Underhand Game by Minne sota Football Players. I MinneapolisGetfeTr^Thls-eftyIs torn np with a scandal which puts the municipal scandals into insignificance for tho time being. Ugly stories arc? being circulated about an underhand game alleged to have been worked by the players of tho Minnesota footbai team. It is said that a thorough prob ing of the affair will bo made at the university and it may throw half the team out of the Michigan game. Wheii Dr. Williams left for Chicago on Friday he left Instructions that the gophers were not to score over six touchdowns in Saturday's game. rt \t claimed that this secret was tipped off by''university football play ers to friends, who went out and bet that .Minnesota would not make nine touchdowns. It is said thnt the players were It. the deal to share profit's and that many bets were placed and eagerly grabbed up by excited rooters. Should these rumors prove true It will tear thln^ up 'at the university as nothing has ever done before. It in believed by cooler heads that there la no foundation for the charges, i but that they are tho result of sore nesa by som bettors. FRAUD IS CHARGED. German Count and Countess Placed on Trial. Berlin, Oct. 27.The trial of the Count and Countess of Kwileskl, charged with an attempt to swindle by the substitution of a child as their heir, began during the day. The case caused a sensation In Ger man aristocratic circles. In 1896 the countess claimed she had given birth to a son. As she then was fifty and had had no child for seventeen years suspicion was aroused and Count Mlrjaslaw Kwiloskl, a member of the family who would inherit tho estates in the event of no male heir being born, instituted an investigation. The countess at that time was ac quitted, but tho police prosecutor ob tained fresh evidence and the count and countess were again arrested last January. Tho estate is in tho province of Poscn and btings an annual income of $15.000. Bargo Ashore on Lake Huron. Port Huron, Mich.. Oct. 27After drifting helplessly about in Lake Hu ron all night the barge Grace Whit ney, which had broken away from the steamer M. Sicken in the heavy north west gale on Lake Huron, went on the, beach seven miles above Fort Gratiot light at daybreak. The crew of five men took to the yawl and reached shore safely. Light Snow at Pittsburg. Pittsburg, Oct. 27.The first snow of the season here fell about 9 o'clock and continued in flurries of slight du ration until noon. Light snow was general in this district