VOLUME 1. NUMBER 213
SECOND WARSHIPSENT
AMERICAN MINISTER TO SAN DO-
MINGO APPEALS FOR ADDI-
TIONAL PROTECTION.
SITUATION ON THE, ISLAND CRITICAL
THREE REVOLUTIONS RAGING AT
PRESENT, ONE ARMY NEAR.
ING THE CAPITAL.
Washington, Dec. 30.With three
revolutions raging on the island, the
forces of Jiminez within four hours of
San Domingo city and the greatest ex
citement prevailing, Minister Powell
thinks the situation demands the pres
ence of an additional warship and in
a cablegram dated Monday appeals to
the state department for aid.
In anticipation of the crisis which
appears to have arrived the state de
partment already had taken steps to
send another warship to San Domingo
and at its request Secretary Moody
cabled Rear Admiral Lamberton, com
manding the South Atlantic squadron,
now at Trinidad, to dispatch one of
his vessels to San Domingo at full
speed to assist the gunboat Newport
In protecting American and other in
terests.
BARRICADING THE, CITY.
San Domingo Preparing for Attack of
Revolutionists.
San Domingo, Republic of Santo Do
mingo, Saturday, Dec. 26.The city of
San Domingo is again being barri
caded. Thia time the forces of the
new provisional government founded
at Azua de Compostela by General
Pelletier are inarching on the capital.
The financial position of the Morales
government is bad. The officials find
it difficult to obtain rations for the
soldiers. The American minister,
Mr. Powell, who has been living in the
suburbs, has been compelled to move
the legation inside the city bound
aries.
President Morales returned here last
ivlaJiL Tfe fQU5.(LLLimn*isJblP-.to land
on the northern en.i of tne island, out
bom'iy&vfeiS Fvierto Plata. Th$ damage
done is not known. Morales is tak
ing all possible steps to defend San
Domingo.
Many arrests have been made and
the South and East have joined in
the Northern revolution. The situa
tion is complicated and serious.
The government troops are prepar
ing to leave here and attack the rebels
at San Cristobal, two hours distant
from here. Much enthusiasm prevails
at this place. The arrival of American
warships to reinforce the gunboat
Newport is anxiously desired.
REPORTED TO WASHINGTON.
Details of Massacre in Depths of an
African Forest.
Washington, Dec. 30.Minister Lyon
has reported to the state department
from Monrovia, Liberia, under date
of Nov. 4 last, the details of the mas
sacre in the depths of an African for
est of a white missionary named John
G. Tate with all of his following,
eighteen in number. It appears that
the massacre took place as far back as
March 15, 1901, yet this, the first de
tailed account, has just come to hand
in an affidavit by Mrs. Mary L. Allen,
a white missionary at Neuna Kroo,
Liberia. She had the story from some
of the native Doo tribesmen who knew
of the killing.
NO OUTBREAK EXPECTED.
American Consul Denies Rumors Re
garding Kishineff.
Washington, Dec. 30.At the in
stance of President Roosevelt, who
has interested himself in the reports
from abroad of massacres and con
templated massacres of Jews in Kishi
neff, the state department is making
active inquiry through its diplomatic
and consular officers with the view to
ascertaining the exact situation as af
fecting these people. The United
States consular agent at Odessa al
ready has been heard from and he
cabled the- state department during
the day that there will be no fresh
reaK
outbr at Kishineff as reported.
victim c. r.^htvaymari.
New York, Dec. 30.Dr. J. M. Otto
was found unconscious early in the
day on the sidewalk at Fifth avenue
and Thirty-sixth street. The back of
his skull had been crushed and he
died soon afterward. To all appear
ances the doctor was the victim of a
highwayman who had been frightened
off before he had time to search the
dying man's pockets.
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BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA.
TOMORROW
we will start o\ir great
Pre-inventory Sale
W must clean up all broken lines of goods during
JANUARY In years past we have done so. Ol cus-
tomers look forward to this semi-annual sale, and we
always add hundreds of new customers to our list.
This time we offer eur entire stock of men's, boys'
and children's clothing, white and fancy vests, barber
coats, odds and ends in men's underwear and smoking
jackets at 25 per cent discount. Woo blankets at 20
peone-half
cent discount. Odd and ends in ladies' underwear
at the regular price Odd and ends in children's
underwear at 1 9 cents a garment. Misses' and children's
coats at one-third off from the regular price. Ladies'
suits, coats, furs and skirts at less than it cost to make
them.
Mail Orde accompanied by cash will be promptly
filled.
New Years Day the store will be
open from 8 to 12 o'clock only.
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THE DAILY PION
Council Bluffs, la., Dec. 30.Twenty-
five members of the Dodge light
guards, called out to protect the ne
groes, Zimmerman and_ Burke, who
were in the county jail charged with
assaulting two women Christmas
night, remained at the prison all night
to prevent any further demonstration
by the members of the mob. Two of
the leaders were arrested and placed
in a cell near the frightened negroes.
Small groups of the would-bo lynchers
stood on street corners near the jail
until daylight discussing the affair, but
no further attempt was made to do
violence to the prisoners.
Zimmerman and Burke aro chareed
OI TRUS
CUT S PRICE S
Toledo. O.. Doc. ,10.The Standard
Oil company has reduced the price of
oil 5 cents a barrel on high grades
and 2 cents on inferior grades. This
comes as a disagreeable surprise to
producers in the Northwestern Ohio
fields, who are inclined to believe it
is intended to cause holders to throw
their stocks on the market.
DREYFUS HAS PROOF.
Depends Upon Showing of Altered Tel
egram for Vindication.
Paris, Dec. 30.Captain Alfred
Dreyfus has given out that he depends
for vindication and restoration to the
army upon a telegram that was al
tered.
He states that he has positive proof
Of the "doctoring" of the message.
MILITIA STOPS
_A LYNCHING
Guar Remains on Dut All Night and
Frustrates a Council Bluffs
Mob.'
with having held up and robbed Mrs.
Mary Sparks and her daughter, Mrs.
Sanders, Christmas night, and at
tempting to criminally assault the wo
men. Screams of the women attract
ed the attention of neighbors, who
came to their assistance, the negroes
making their escape. The men were
captured af their homo Sunday, near
tho scene of the crime, and both were
Identified by Mrs. Sparks and her
daughter. Mrs. Sparks' purse was
found in tho house where the men
were arrested.
The" assault Christmas night was
the fourth of a similar nature to oc
cur within as many days..
LOS S O LIF E
I N A FIR E
Baillnger, Tex., bee. 30.J. mi
Beth, his wife and five-year-old daugh
ter and his brother-in-law, Bert West,
were burned to death in a fire which
destroyed the furniture store of J. A.
Ostertag.
DO NOT LOOK FOR WAR.
French Opinion
RUSSIAN MILITARY ACTIVITY.
Artillery Going to the Front and Vol
I unteers Ordered to Barracks.
Moscow, Dec. 30.Twelve batteries
of the four Grenadier brigades of fluid
artillery stationed in and around Mos
cow have been selected for service in
the Far East, and have received new
guns, which tho Russian artillerymen
i claim are superior to the French field
pieces. The early departure of three
of these batteries is expected, which
will place 108 field guns, with tho lat
est equipment, at the disposal of Vieo
I roy Alexieff.
It is said here that all the volun
teers living at their homes who, as
graduates of high schools, are priv
ileged to serve only a year with the
colors, have been ordered into bar
racks.
Is'o extensive movements of troops
eastward havo been reported here up
to the present.
EMERGENCIES PROVIDED FOR.
Important Action Taken by Japanese
Authorities.
Tokio, Dec. 30,An emergency or
dinance just promulgated invests the
government with practically unlimited
credit for the purpsse of military de
fense. Three other ordinance's were
issued relating first., to the Seoul
Fusan railway, which is bxought under
closer official control second, to the
revision of the organization of tho im
perial military headquarters in war
time third, to the creation of a war
council in war lino-.
These ordinal."'--, it is considered,
completely provide for all emergencies,
MANY DEATHS FROM PNEUMONIA
Corps of New York Physicians Ap
pointed to Investigate.
New York, Dec. 30.Owing to the
unusual number of death:- in New
York from pneumonia in the last six
weeks a corps of physicians has been
'appointed by the department of health
I to make an invesiigation of the causes
I of the epidemic and their report will
be in the hands of Health Commis
sioner Lederlee in a few days.
In the past week 272 fatal pneu
monia cases were recorded. That is
the largest number of deaths from the
disease in the history of tho city.
The previous week 209 deaths oc
curred. It is the general belief in the
I health departmenUthat the epidemic
is due to the recent sudden changes
in the weather.
Seven thousand sneep wen burned
to death at the East Buffalo (X. V.)
stock yards. The long sheds in which
they were confined were swept by the
flames before any of the animals could
be released.
BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, WEDNESDAY,^ECEMBER 1U03. TEN CENTS PER WEEK.
of the Far Eastern
Situation.
Paris, Dec. Mo.It. was asserted au
thoritatively that tho Freneh govern
ment decs not believe that war be
tween Russia and Japan will break
out. It is declared that, the Japanese
note which Russia is now considering
is not an ultimatum and it is further
asserted that it does not even suggest
a date within which a reply shall bo
made by the Russian government. One
of the diplomats accredited to Russia
ays the Russian government consid
ers the Japanese reply to be "rather
satisfactory."
It is said that there is no reason to
believe that the negotiations will be
interrupted by Russia's reply, but it is
understood that they will continue
until the details of an agreement are
adjusted. Finally, it is generally said
here that Russia will show her will
ingness to meet Japan more than half
way.
SIX CONTACTS NECESSARY.
Negro Murderer Electrocuted at Au
burn s,N. Y7) Prison.
Auburn. N. V., Pec 30.Frank
White, negro, was put to death, in the
electric chair at the state prison hero
for the murder o'l George Clare, a
fanner of Scriba, Oswego county, by
shooting Six contacts, each of 1,740
volts were applied before White was
pronounced dead.
After the fourth contact a strange
gurglmg in his throat made the physi
cians step hack and horrified the spec
tator?.
The contact was quickly repeated,
bul still the stethoscopes recorded
cardiac action and two more contacts
were given. During the second eoij.
tact the head electrode flashed bril
liantly and there was an odor of burn,
ing hair. The executioner said it was
the sponge beneath the electrode. Ho
adjusted it more tightly before the
next shock.
Among those who made a test with
the stethoscope was Dr. U. B. Stein of
Buffalo and he reported that tho heart
had not ceased to bent. When ho had
resumed his seat in the front row and
the fifth contact had boon turned on
ho suddenly pitched forward and fell
to the floor in a swoon. He was picked
up by three keepers and carried front
the death chamber, but soon revived.
State Electrician Davis, in charge of
the execution, explained the gurgling
in White's throat by saying that he
held his breath for a few moments be
fore the first contact and it was sim
ply the air escaping from his lungs.
Ho declared that White was prac
tically dead after the tirst contact.
INDIANA RAILROAD WRECK.
One Man Killed and Seven Injured,
Two Seriously.
Fort Wayne. Ind Hoc 30.One
man was killed, two serlon
seven more or less badly
Jfeeadon collision betwet^n-P
limited train No. ,r
ly and
hurt in a
tins-} 1\ ania
tbound, and an
at Larwill.
eastbound freight train
thirty miles west of here.
The engine crew the ft
escaped by jumping. The
tho engineer of the passong'
der orders to proceed with
under control, Owing to a bad stretch
of track near Larwill. alone doubtless
prevented serious loss of life, for the
limited was late and otherwise would
have boon proceeding at terrific speed,
The wreck was due to a mistake by
Engineer Crowly of the freight train
In reading orders. He-had been or
dered to meet the limited at Larwill
at 5:30, but misread his orders as
6:30 and was taking his time to make
the meeting point. A special train with
a staff of surgeons was sent from here
to the scene of the wreck. The in
jured were brought here on the relief
train.
Ighl train
faci that
was um
his tram
MINNESOT A
TOW N IS
SCORCHE
Wheaton, Minn., Dej 30.-The most
destructive fire that Unbeaten litis ever
i had broke out at midnight, entlfflly
I wiping out the Sor4-nson ft Mnrk
hardware and furniture store, the
Footprints newspaper plant, Cory's
law office, the Carlson building and
millinery establishment and the First
State bank. The loss is about $10,000.
WORK OF TKAIN WRhCKfcKb.
Pittsburg and Lake Erie Passenger
Derailed.
Newcastle, Pa~ Dec. 307The Pitts
burg and Lake Erie westbound mid
night passenger train was derailed jit
Newcastle Junction. It is said the
accident was caused by an attempt
to wreck the train. The train consist
ed of five day coaches and two Pull
mans and nearly all left the tracks,
but no one was seriously injured. A
spike had been driven into a switch
at. the south end of the yards. An
other train was male up and on
veyed the west bound passengers to
You i! trs I own.
FIFTY-ONE MEN ON BOARD.
Feared the French Collier Vienna Has
Been Lost at Sea.
Paris. Dee. 30.-It Is feared thai the
collier Vienne of the French navy,
manned by lu'tv one officers and men,
which left Ro hefort several wee"ks
taTo~ToT""TT7uJon, has hTeTrTdsTT-"
TJk
minister of marine has sent warships
in search of the missing vessel, which
is now nineteen days out, and though
in the track of steamers has not been
reported. It is believed thai wreck
age cast up on the coast of Spain con
firms the apprehensions entertained in
reeard to the safety of the collier.
HUSBAND BOASTS OF CRIME.
North Dakota Man Kills Wife After a
Long Absence.
Minot, X. D., Dec. 30.-Mrs. William
Graves, who has been supporting three
childrenthe eldest of whom is five
years eldever since her husband
went away some months ago, lies dead
at their home near Portal.
Her husband, who returned Sunday,
Is in a cell in the county jail here,
boasting that he did the killing. There
is talk Of lynching and a strong
watch is being kept at tho jail.
The motive for the killing is said to
have been jealousy.
Head of Baltimore and onto.
New York, Dec. 30.The director.^
of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
company have elected Oscar G. Mur
ray president to succeed L. f. Loreo
resigned.
MAD FLUfiHY fN COTTON
SENSATIONAL BREAK IN PRICES
OF SIXTY POINTS WITHIN
TEN MINUTES.
BULL LEADERS TO THE RESCUE
DESPITE THE HEAVY OFFERINGS
THEIR SUPPORT CAUSES A
PARTIAL RALLY.
New Orleans, Dee 30Before the
cotton market closed for the Hay it
broke almost $3 per bale, there being
a decline of about O points within
ten niinuti s. For the best part of half
an hour the market was in a panic
ami many dealers threw their holdings
on tho tine
With March at 13 70, or G9 points
under (he (lose of the previous day.
and May at 13.91, or 77 points under.
Brown, the bull leader, gave tho mar
ket heavy support, lie bid for lots o(
10.000 bales in May and .Match. At
the bottom tho break there was
heavy buy ins: from inan.\ quarters and
a re every of 20 points was the result
MAD FIGHT TO SELL.
Mew York Cotton Market Drops Al
most $1 a Bale.
New York. Hoc. 30. Just before
the lose of the market cotton took a
sn-tlden and unexpected drop. May
and July were selling at about 14.25
wlnit the break started by selling from
sonie quarter, caTJsTrig tho marhet to
ease oft, and by points it went down
to near 11. Then twno tho rapid do
elice. it is estlnial ed lhaj thot i were
til least I .O'IIMMHI ha li cot ton
fere! erf ditl'eioiil opl Fons he'd oil stop
loss orders and tlcy all seemed lo
route on the market at once. Every
broker who held cotton for customers
on the 20 point slop order tried to soil
before something happened.
Tho market went down 10 an I 20
points at a drop
Itrok rs rushed to i ho pit an fdught
for place In tho taner ring, every
broker shouting tit the top of his voice
and fighting for a chance to unload
tho cotton he had been fighting to buy
only a few minutes before. Within a
very few minutes the active options
dropped about 75 points, representing
almost $-1 a bale. Then the bulls
canto to the rescue and there was a
rally. The market, swung back almost
as rapidly as It had dropped. The
market was hardly less wild and there
was as much noise around tho pit as
when-ihe market dropped. A recovery
of -10 points was made on the sudden
recovery. Then tho market began to
fall again.
Alter 'he partial recovery the mar
ket ruled very Irregular, with sent
ment very unsettled and trading fever
ishly aiiive. The rrhwrrhg was steady,
41 to points lower, with sales esti
mated at 1.500.000.
SPIRITED GIDDING FOR PINE.
Record-Breaking Prices Submitted at
Cass Lake, Minn.
lmlufh. Dee. 30 -Frederick Woyor
hauscr's spirited bidding for Chippe
wa pine, as disclosed by the re ord
breaking prices submitted Monday at
the second sale at Cass Lake, will put
many thousands of dollars Into the
pockets of the Indians Through the
agency of the Rock Island Lumber
arid Manufacturing company, of which
Weyerhauser is the head, the price of
$5.KI obtained earlier In Decomber
was .advanced to $C.80 Monday a fig
ure which is unprecedented In the his
torv of reservation snUes. All of the
eleven bidders were well up to this
fjgifre
It Is, i taie,! thai Wo rri icr and
hi a o. In I.-. now ont rol hree
fourth of the i 'lmpago in MIn
lie "t-C
THIRTEEN BANKRUPT ROADS.
Year of 1903 Holds Low Record for
Foieclosi.ro 3J!* S.
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savs:
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ELEVATORS EM PTY.
Carry Out Threats
the Assessors.
to Beat
Superior., Wis., Dec. 30.The grain
interests appear to bo making good
their threat to the effect that if the
city taxed grain found in. Superior ele
vators it would next year find none to
tax. Nearly all of the big granaries
in the city now empty.
Several of the elevator companies,
have been laying off men until how
there Is but a small percentage of the
usual number on the payrolls.
TCrwnships B6-26 and 67-2fi. Jan
townships 66-27 and 69-27 Jan 13-'
townshins l"0-23, Jan. 11.