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VOLUME 1. NUMBER 195.
DENIESMERGERMOTION
UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT
REFUSES TO DISMISS MIN-
NESOTA'S CASE.
FURTHER CONSIDERATION POSTPONED
QUESTION WILL BE DISPOSED OF
WHEN THE SUIT IS HEARD
ON ITS MERITS.
Washington, Dec. 8.The United
States supreme court during the day
denied for the present the motion to
dismiss the case of the state of Min
nesota vs. the Northern Securities
company and postponed further con
sideration of the question until the
case shall be heard on its merits.
The decision is a decided victory for
the state of Minnesota and assures
the full presentation by argument to
the supreme court of the United
States. In passing upon the case Chief
Justice Fuller said:
"In the case of the State of Minne
sota" against the Northern Securities
company, calendar No. 433, the motion
to dismiss the appeal of the state is
postponed until the case is argued on
its merits."
This case will, therefore, come up
for argument Jan. 4, possibly earlier.
REFUSES TO INTERFERE.
President Declines to Take a Hand in
Colorado Strike.
Washington, Dec. 8. President
Roosevelt has again declined to inter
fere in the miners' strike in the Tellu
ride district of Colorado. He will not
go so far even at this time as to order
an investigation into the conditions.
An appeal from the Western Federa
tion of Miners was presented to the
president by Senators Teller and Pat
terson of Colorado urging him to ex
ercise federal authority in bringing
about an adjustment of the situation
which has arisen between the miners
and the authorities of the state of
week
Ladies' Skirts.
Ladies' Skirts.
One lot of Ladies'
Skirts at 25 per cent
off from the market
price.
uoioraclo. telegram laid before
the president by the senators was
sent by Charles H. Moy^'r, pve^viA
of the Western Federation of Miners.
At the conclusion of the conference
between the president and the Colo
rado senators the latter telegraphed
President Moyer that the president
had stated to them that under present
conditions he had neither the power
nor the right to take such action as
requested. The president maintains
that neither the rights nor the author
ity of. the United States government
has been invaded in the Colorado sit
uation and that, therefore, he would
not be justified at this time in inter
fering in the matter in any manner.
0 LARGEST ON RECORD.
Individual Deposits in National Banks
Over $3,000,000,000.
Washington, Dec. 8.According to
the report of Comptroller of the Cur
rency Ridgely the Middle Western
states lead both in number and capital
of national banks organized during the
year.
On June 9, 1903, individual deposits
in national banks reached $3,200,993.-
509, the maximum during the exist
ence cf the national banking system,
which was forty years old Feb. 25,
1903.
There is now in active operation
one bank for every 4.410 of population,
the per capita of capital being $l8.Lt.
and of deposits $120.90.
The comptroller renews former rec
ommendations for legislation in re
gard to the liquidation and consolida
tion o'f national banks and the exten
sion of corporate existence, with re
gard to better protection for dissent
ing or minority stockholders.
The most notable fact in regard to
the national bank eircuiation is the
great increase in its volume, which
reached $421,222.4S9 on Sept. 5, 1903,
the largest amount that has ever been
in circulation.
TYNER DENIES CHARGES.
Aged Official Pleads Innocence in Let
ter to President.
Washington, Dec. S.James X. Ty
ner, who was assistant attorney gen
eral for the postoffice department un
til deposed on account of matters con
nected with the postoffice investiga
tion, has sent a pathetic letter to
President Roosevelt denying the
fharges made by Bristow and calling
attention to his forty years of faithful
service.
BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA.
This Week We Offer Great Bargains.
To clean up our stock in a few lines we are willing- this week to lose a few hundred
dollars. The goods we offer are all desirable, seasonable merchandise, and will look as
well and give as good service as though you paid the regular price.
Ladies' Shoes.
Fifty pairs Ladies'
Fine Shoes gome
hand "tit ned.
some Goodyear
welt, good assort
ment of sizes and
id price
stamped on bot
tom $3, $3.50
and $4 our spe
cial price this
$2.69 a pair
nsmaBBsa
Constantinople, Dee. 8. --The United
I States flag over the consulate at Alex
andretta, Asiatic Turkey, was hauled
down this morning ami consul Dav'o-i
has left the-city for Beirut. The
WELL KNOW N
AUTHO DEA
London, Dec. 8:Herbert Brighton,
the famous English author, died this
morning at his home at Brighton.
aged eighty-three. His health has
been failing for some time but his oon
dition did not become soriois until a
few days ago when he took a sudden
turn for the worse. He will be mourned
by Englishmen generally.
TREATY REACHES COLON.
Canal Document Turned Over to
Steamer's Purser.
Colon, Dec. 8.The canal treaty
reached Colon at about 11:30 a. m. in
care of Consul General Gudger, who
handed it to the purser of the City of
Washington to he returned to the
United States.
Hearing in Wood Case Resumed.
Washington, Dec. S.The senate
committee on military affairs resumi I
its hearing in the General Leonard
Wood case with Commander Lu ien
Young of the navy on the stand. Com
mander Voting was subpoenaed bj the
military affairs committee at the re
quest of Major Estes G, Rathbone,
who had furnished to the cbhS'mitteo a
list of questions whi
have addressed to the witness.
Men's Underwear.
Men's Heavy Jersey Ribbed Shirts and
Drawers, our regular price $1.
novv-,..,., ,v.. w,. 79 cents a garment
One lot of Men's Heavy Wuol Undershirts
(no drawers), our regular $1,50 garment.
for 98 cents each
Ladies' Coats.
One lot of Ladies" (.'oats, good assortment
of sizes and colors, at one-third off from
the marked price.
Outing Flannel.
Ten pieces of Good Outing Flannel, worth
up to 9 cents a yard, for 5 cents
Ladies' Night Robes.
Ladies' extra heavy Night Robes, a fine
assortment of patterns: our regular $1 gar
ment, for 79 cents each
Men's Negligee Shirts.
One lot of Men's Fine Negligee Shirts,
niee $1 patterns, new goods,
only 85 cents each
Men's and Boys' Suits and Overcoats
wamrn
1- 4 Off
from the regular price.
BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA TUESDAY. DECEMBER 8, 190:
SERIOUS INCIDENT
IN ASIATIC TURKEY
U. S. Consul Assaults Local Police, Hauls
Down Flag and Leaves Alexandretta
For Beirut.
action of the United Statescons'ul is
tne outcome of a serious diolomtuio
incident during: which the consul as
saulted the local police and has
caused the most profound sensation.
JOKER CAUSES A PANIC.
Starts Cry of Fire in Crowd at Madi
son Square Garden.
New York, Dec. 8.Serious results
were narrowly averted in a panic ai
the six-day bicycle race in Madison
Square Garden when a criminally rock
less practical joker in the audience
lit a pauer under a sleeping man's
chair and shouted "Fire." S 'ral
hundred persons on (h.'.t .lie
garden rushed in panic from
peats and, breaking through the i
rail, fell and slid down the steep
of the wooden track, a number of the
flying riders having lose escapes from
collisions. Referee Reeves Immedi
ately ordered the riders to dismount
and succeeded in stopping them be
fore the lenders reached the struggling
mass on the track. In (he galleries
the cry of fire caused great excite
ment, but after several minutes order
was restored and the race resumed.
AFFECTS FIFTEEN THOUSAND.
Reduction in Pay of Cotton Mill Op
eratives.
Boston. Dec. 8.-The Wages of 15.Q0O
cotton mill operative's have been re
duced about 10 per cent in New Bed
ford, Fitchburg. Baltic, Conn. Taft
vill Conn. Fisherville, Mass., and
Pawtu'cket. R. I.
The total number of mill hands who
have had their pay lowered up to the
present time is about 80,000. Five
thousand additional operatives In
Berkshire county have been given no
tice that their pay will .be cut maxl
Week. Most of the mills which have
participated in the cut to date follow
the course of ihe Fall River schedule
adopted Nov. Of Hie operatives
affected by the lalest notice about 12,-
000 are employed in New Bedford.
ATTACKS ROOSEVELT AND HAY.
Chicago Judge Discusses Secession of
Panama.
Chicago. Dec. 8.-In an address be
fore the Henry George association
Judge Edward F. Dunne declared Pres
ident Roosevelt, and Secretary Hay
originally wore cognizant of the Pan
ama revolution, lie reviewed the de
tails of the secession and1
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VERDICT' REDUCED $10,000.
Court Files Cider in Breach of Prem
ise Case.
Grand Rapids, Mich.. Dec S .In Igo
li ett of the circuit coui I has or
iid. in the sensational Adams-Bak
breach of promise case, thai the plain
tiff, Henrietta Adams of Caseville, will
have to accept Sib.(Km less than was
awarded her by the jury or go through
a new trial. Miss Adams was, given
$30,000 by the jury, which held that
the dfndant R. Stuart Baker of I hi
city, ,10 married another girl during
the pendency of his engagement-.to
Miss Adams, entered into the niarriaj
contract while the young couple were
at Olivet college and afterwards rati
fied it for the purpose of seducing we
gill.
The plaintiff has twenty days in
which to choose between the reduced
judgment and a hew trial.
the treaty
concluded between the United States
and Panama and declared the whole
transaction "a record so unprincipled
and so vile as to cause every Ameri
can citizen who has his country's hon
or and glory at heart to hang his head
in shame."
LARGE FAMILIES UNPOPULAR.
Decrease in Number of School Chil
dren in Iowa.
Dos Moines, Dec. 8.President
Roosevelt's big family idea is given a
severe setback in the report of State
Superintendent Barrett, which shows
a decrease of 10,000 school children in
Iowa since the 1302 enrollment. The
records show the 19Q3 enrollment, to
be 550,202, as against rt,0,17f for 1902.
The hi :h mark was reached in 1900,
when 56.6,0.00 pupils were enrolled in
Iowa schools.
State Superintendent Barrett ex
plains this decrease by holding that
large families are unpopular among
educated classes. The decrease is also
attributed to immigration of families
to cheap lands in Canada.
RUSSO-CHINE3E TREATY.
Convention Provides for Government
of Manchuria.
Peking, Dec. 8. Prominent officials
her-' assert that China is concluding
an agreement with Russia for the gov
ernment of Manchuria. It is expected
that the arrangement will include
most of Russia's supplementary terms
for the evacuation and will nominally
confirm Chinese sovereignty while
giving Russia an advisory share in the
vj\ ei r.ment.
WORRY CAUSES DEATH.
3.L Paul A ttornsy Connected With
Ernst Affair.
St. Paul. Dec. SAlbert Mueller a
young attorney whose name ha.s been
conuecto 1 w.th Slime of the tr&nsac.-
tions of Cascer Ernst the financier
under arrest for forgery, is dead after
two weeks of terrible suffering as a
'result of tuberculosis and brain trou
ble.
Mr. Mueller's death is attributed by
ibis mother. Mrs. Lena Mueller, and
I other members of the family to worry
nver the connection of his name with
the Ernst transactions, this worry hav
lag become so great as to affect the
young man's brain and hasten his
death.
Mr. Mueller was thirty-seven years
of age and had known Casper Ernst
Intimately for seventeen years. Years
ago they were clerks together in the
office of Jacob Mainzer, where each
of'them got their business start in life.
Mr. Mueller had the most explicit con
fidence in Ernst and had loaned him
$400 just a few days previous to the
arrest of the banker.
THOUSANDS ARE DYING.
Fearful Ravages of Strange Epidemic
in Africa.
New York, Dec. S.The American
board of comissioners for foreign mis
sions has issued a stat unent concern
ing the i'-i-^ of tho strange i
demte known as the "sleeping sick-
ness." now ...v\ aioui in certain part:
ol the Dark continent. The facts were
gathered by the board's missionaries
In Afrien, The ell: ease appeared In
Uganda thn years ago, probably com
ing from the Congo regions, It pre
vails on the Islands and shores of
i Lake Victoria and inland from tlieso
shores a dozen miles. No less-, than
68,000 persons have died. 10.0OU within
the last nv mouths. A commission
sent from England has decided that
D.e disease is scattered by a fly tailed
Kievu. No antidote has as ycl been
di. i qvored.
The firsl symptom of the presence
of tin disease I IK ida he, v\ ith swell
ing of the glands of the nci k, fol
lowed by protracted sleeping.
EMPLOYES WEAR UNION EUTTON
No Discharge of Street Car Men tor
Violation cf Order.
Chicago". Dec. 8. Although the or
der prohibiting buttons other than
company bndgea or Insignia to bo
worn on the uniforms was made ef
fective during the day according to the
new rule book of the Chicago City
Railway company no man was dis
ciplined when he appeared wearing
the union button in open violation of
the edict. At every barn specially
selected committees of union men
scrutinized every employe who ap
peared to see if the union button was
prominent and standing ready to take
action in ease any member of the un
ion was discharged for disobeying the
rule.
The company barn bosses ami divi
sion superintendents who were also
at the barns, appeared Indifferent to
the order and made no mention of the
rule or the open violation which I
received.
GRAND JURY A WORK.
Affairs of Nebraska National Guard
Being Investigated.
Omaha. Dee. s. The federal grand
jury has begnn the Investigation of
matters in the department of the ad
jutant general of Nebraska. Adjutant
General Culver. S. D. Davis of Lincoln
and A. Q. Smith, the latter connected
with the adjutant -general's depart
ment during the last state administra
tion when General W. L. Colby was at
the head of the department, have been
summoned as witnesses. The investi
gation is in connection with the ap
propriation of money to reimburse the
government for blankets supplied to
the state penitentiary after the fire
at that institution two years ago.
New witnesses were also called in
The 'aluT fencing investigation" fh~tojoinalike
which several Indictments are antici
pated within a short time.
REPELLED HIS ADVANCES.
New Yorker Kills Printer's Wife antl
Suicides.
New Yotk, Dee. Lester C. Fltz
gerald. member of a glass manufactur
ing firm of this (ily, shot and killed
Mr-. Matilda Wood at a hotel in the
Williamsburg section of Brooklyn
early in the day and then commit ted
suicide with the same weapon. Mrs.
Wood was the wife of a newspaper
compositor, who said he believes that
Fitzgerald committed the crime be
cause Mrs. Wood repelled his ad
vai,. es.
Fitzgerald was married, but his wife
had secured a divorce from him and
had since remarried.
Suspended Bank Reopens.
Pittsburg, Dec. 8.-The First Na
tional bank of Allegheny, which closed
Its doors shortly after the suspension
Of the Federal National bank of this
city several weeks ago, reopened dur
ing the day. The Institution has l"o
entirely reorganized, with Charles E.
Sp-'-r, president of the First National
bank of Pitt-burg, as Its president,
and new strong financial interests on
its di.-e( tory.
American Rails for Russia.
Moscow. Dec. 8iThe town council
of Moscow Is discussing the proposal
to ask the government's permission to
Import American street car rails,
which are badly needed because of the
failure of Russian firms to supply the
heavy rails required by the new linos.
The failure is due to la 1. of proper
machine]
TEN CENTS PEE WEEK.
WOOD'S NAME IN LIS!
PRESIDENT AGAIN SENDS TO SEN-
ATE SEVERAL HUNDRED RE-
CESS APPOINTMENTS.
LAWYERS ADVISE THE COURSE TAKEN
MODE OF ADJOURNMENT OF EX-
TRA SESSION OF CONGRESS
REASON FOR ACTION.
i :it. Washington. Doe. S.
Roosevelt has sent to the
nomination of tumoral 1-
to be major general of th and
I the nomination of li'T oth r.GTf
cers whose promotion"
tin)
0(1
'a
I of General Wood. Aecompahyir tlie
i nominations were those of about 125
civilian- appointees, including thai 61
Dr. W !l Crum to be collector of the
port of Charleston S C.\ and some
others whom the president nominated
-n t!i last recess.
The appoint mer. 1 1 arS con*']- .5 1
bj the evident and his advisors to
[be ties appointments, The question
of the!i (status has been discussed
thorough]^ by the president with tit'
best lawyers ronuected with th* ad
ministration and In congress, The
conclusion has been reached that be
tween the time of the falling of the
president nro tem's gayel signifying
the conclusion of the extraordinary
session :-,.ii
the call in i to order of tho
senate the regulai session ot coa
e, an ap roctabl lapse ot me
occui rod hi thi me the &ppofm
meat- ti hnicnlly \\ere male They
are regarded 1\ ihe admin! (ration as
appt int meats and the a| polhl
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OPENING OF REGULAR SESSION.
Senate Begin: Work of the Fifty
eighth Congress.
Washington, Dec 8. Tne t'n rt
ular session of the Fifty-eighth con
gross began at noon, but the senn
met half tn hour previous to thai time
in ac nrditiu with the a i nhi Int
of Saturday last for the purpo of
permitting an orderly termination oi
the ailed session,
The major portion of the hah hour
sitting (f the extra session was tie
voted to executive business, out be
fore the doors were closed the senate
passed bill amending law rela
tive to congressional frat It's".
Air. Keane made a fa\ rable report
from the committee on contingent ex
penses on the resolution of Mr. Pen
rose reoucBiin'g the transmission to
the senate by [fie post master geriertil
of all papers relating to the poatofflee
investigation.
.Mr. Gorman objected to tho pies,
cut (onsidi ration of the resolution ami
it wenl to tin calendar.
Mr. Frye, at 12 o'clock, announced
that t|i hour provided for by law for
the meeting of the tlr-t regular ses
sion o! (1 Fifty htl Cm tv
in-r ai riven" "1 declare I he extraor
dinary session adjourned without day.1'
Opening of Regular Session.
Prayer was ofi'eTed by the Rev. F.
J. Prettyman. The roll was called and,
sixty-seven senators having respond
ed, Mr. I'rve announced that a quo
rum WHS present.
resolution was adopted providing
that a committee of two bo appointed
committee from the
bouse to notify the president that con
gress has assembled. Messrs, Hale
und Cock roll were named as the com
mittee
As bills and petitions were being
presented Mr. Hoar suggested that it
was not customary for the senate to
transact business pending the notifica
tion of the president and on his mo
tion a recess was taken at 12:10
O'clock for one hour.
At 1:10 the senate, being called to
order, a further recess was taken until
1:40.
i Upon reconvening Mr. Hale, reported
'for the committee that the president
hail been advised and would shortly
communicate a message.
Mr. Raines, assistant secretary to
the president, then presented the mes
sage, which was read at once.
HOUSE HEARS MESSAGE.
Attendance Large on Opening Day of
Fifty-eighth Congress.
Washington, Dec. 8.Speaker Can
non brought down tho gavel at noon,
.convening the house for tho first day
of the regular session of the Fifty
eighth congress.
The speaker appointed a committee
lo join a committee from the senate
lf wait upon the president and notify
him that a quorum of the two honsos
was present and ready to receive any
Icomunication from him.
The house, at 1:15. took a recess un
til 1:30 p. m.
At 1:43 Mr. Rarnes. assistant secre
tary to the president, bearing the pres
ident's message to congress, was an
nounced.
The message was read to tho house.
William ,f. Bryan was revived, hv
President Loubpt of France' Monday.