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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-03-10

Wilkesbarre. Pa, March 10 The
food situation here IS moro serious.
At . a III the river was 80 feet =
inches above low water mark,
The big gorge at Nanticoke remains
intact. The temperature has fallen
twenty degrees within the last hVe
hours and should bring some relief
After the lee N Piuston hrn1te At
midnight and began 10 move the rIYef
rose rapidly River street tbs main
residence thoroughtare Of t1e-.rttyyis IS
under three feet Of water The back
water has reached the business sec,
tton Of the city The people living IN
the lowlands. who remained iii their
homes thinldng the worst was over,
had lie be rescued by The police IN
boats early in the morning
Practically the same conditions pre-.
vail al! along the river az far as Dan.
vllle. nifty miles below here. and the
loss to property viii be greater thaa
that sustained in any previous flood.
No town along the river front has es.
capped
Al IiNmoutn the greatest damage
was done. hundreds Of houses in, the
southern part OF the town have had
their foundation wntls Weakened and
II is feared that the high water will
carry the superstrnctures away Vain
street. the principal business thorough,
fare OF the town. is Il small river and
all tralllc Is conducted by boats Ev,
cry mcrchan in the town has sus.
tanned heavy loss
AZ Nescopele thirty families had tn
leave thcir homes.
The villAg" of E6py, near Bloom,
burg. ia completely surrounded by MA
ter and the residents are imprisoned
In their homes,
The lee gorge AT Clarke island be-
low the town OF Catawssa, has forced
the water into Front and Water streets
and scores Of families have been com,
PEELED 10 take refuge with their neigh.
bors who 1--we on higher ground.
Property Damage Very Heavy.
The water ut llloomsburg now ex.
tends up Leonard street rs far as
Third street Many OF the industries
Of the town are located in that soc.
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FURTHER TROUBLE IN NEGRO
ouoRTER OF spRlNGFiELp.
O., is THREATENED.
ALL COLORED RESORTS ARE CLOSED.
INSURANCE COMPANIES CANCEL
POLICIES ON PLACES occu.
PIED BY NEGROES.

Springfield O.. March l0.-On Sun.
day Police Sorge;@t Coils was killed
and Mamie Corbin wounded by Rich.
ard Dickerson, colored Monday night
Dickerson- was lynchcd, fuosllay night
five "eolored joints" un the leNee We're
burned. Open warnjn2s Mere given
during the day that the trouble would
never cease until all the .eolorea
joints. at which there had previously
been SO much trouble were cleaned
out" Mayor Bowlus held conference
Just before noon with gtty and county
officials and prominent citizens ut
which II was decided 70 close all col
ored resorts. This Wa done at noon,
After the conference at the mayol s
Office it was also announced that prop
erty owners had ordelei all uu!esira
bic colored tenants to Naeate immcli-
ately. The insurance companies
have cancelled all poll&es on proper
ties occupied by colored tenants along
the leVoc.
A mob of 500 people gathered on the
negro leyee district during the after
mum ttii'l illi SotCAlo w w l! Wig iNHl VI
the buildings there.
Mayor Eowlus is in consultation
with the authorities about calling for
more troops Ch'et of Police 0t}3ISn
says there Will he a race war in the
evening.
Colonel Nlead's troops during the
afternoon, in dispensing a crowd, re.
covered lot Of dynamite that was in,
tended for blowing up the remaining
colored dives. The troops are dis
persing crowds and viii control the
situation during daylight, but there IS
a reign of terror for the approaching
nightiall.
The city officials have wired Adiu
tant General Critehlield, al Columbus,
for FIVE more companies, making fill
teen companies in all here,
Word came at once OF orders for the
troops from Covington, Easton, Green
vile and Sidney to proceed to this
citv.
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HEARING or CANAL CASE.
Colombian Suit Against Panama Com
pany at Paris.

Paris, March lo.-The case of Co
lombia against the Panama Canal COM
pany came up during the day before
the first chamber oil the tribunal OF -the
Seine, NJ. Ditte presiding. There are
two cases before the court. the hrst
seeking to prevent the transfer OF the
canal concession to the United States
and the other relative to the right OF
Colombia to hold shares in the COM
pany The arguments during the day
We're upon the first case. Both sides
Were represented by strong array OF
counsel. fhe opening argument In be-
half of Colombia was made by Maitre
CASTOR Brunei. He cited the original
concession requiring the express sau-
thorization of Colombia before any
transfer could be valid and asserted
that Panama did not now exist as
free aud Independent state, but was
simply revolutionary organization.
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KANSAS REPUBLICANS.
State Convention Begins Business at
Wichita.

Wichita, Kan, March t0,--When tho
Republican state convention was
called to order here during the day
only three tests We're in sight. Beyond
these fights the convention promised
to be tame and 1t was apparent that
Edward r. Eioch editor OF the Herail
OF Marion. would be nominated for
governor by acclamation and the re-
mander of the present state officers,
except perhaps Treasurer Kelley, be
renominated.
w r. Stubbs OF Lawrence acted as
both temporary and permanent chair
man. Governor Bailey did not attend
the convention.
The. first hreak bet ween the machine
and the anti.mae ilins- elements came
when al anti-machine delegate made
a motion, which was adopted, to ap
point Dan Dyer sergeant alarms, thus
-deposing C. Affrwin of Wichita. who
had been named. as Is customary. by
the chairman OF the csatral committee.
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TURN THE RUSSIAN FLANK.
Japs Threaten Line Of Communication
In Manchuria.

Washington, March 10.-The govern
ment- here has received cable advices
from Chefoo, opposite Port Arthur to
the effect that Japanese land forces
have appeared at Fungwangehang and
at Tashan. No-details are furnished.
The first named place is about forty
Ave miles north Of Antung, in Manchu
ria, and the latter is a few miles in
land from the mouth of the Yaiu river,
according to the calculations of the
naval officers here. They believe that
this movement has placed the Jap
anese on the Russian flank and per
haps in the rear and on their line of
communication.
1t is believed that Tuesdays attack
upon Port Arthur and Talienwan was
q diversion, perhaps to cover this eN-
peditious land movement of the Jap.
ancse forces, who We're probably land.
ed from transports some point west
of the Yalu river.
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WORK ON COAST DeFENsEs.
French Qualifications Being Put in
State Of Readiness.

Paris, March l0---ln pursuance of
orders issued by MintsApr Of War An
DIRE active work has been begun with
the view Of placing the coast defenses
In state Of readiness A hundred
coast artillerymen have arrived n
Marseilles and are occupied In per
feeling the harbor batteries, force
Of naval mechanics is working on tho
island approaches and the trials OF
various kinds OF heavy ordnance ara
progressing actively at Marseilles and
elsewhere. These measures are not
considered significant except as an In
dication OF the determination Of the
officials to have the coast defenses in
q state OF preparedness.
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covered. as IL meant surrenderrng the
advantage OF being in a position be-
tween the enemy and the enemy's
base
There is a strong possibility that
the Japanese found the Russian ships
In the vicinity Of Possiot bay and gave
them battle there The names and the
number of the ships in the japanese
squadron have been kept secret. but
1t was probably sufficiently strong to
divide into two divisions, the one to
guard Yladivostok and the other to
cruise il search of the Russian ships
The Japanese arc cutie confident in
the ability of their squadron to sig
nally defeat the Russian ships and
laughingly say that the big Russian
cruisers, which stand unusually high
out OF the water, make excellent tar
gets.
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ANxtousLY AWAITING NEWS.
Believed in Toxic Naval Battle Has
Taken Place

Toxic, March l0.-lt is believed here
that there has already been a decisive
naval engagement in the vicinity of
Vladivostok and tidings of it are anX-
iously awaited. The japanese fleet did
not. it is said, go to Vladivstok for
the purpose of bombarding the town,
but to locate and attack the arn1ored
cruisers Gromoboi, Rossia, Rurik and
the cruiser Bogatyr, the Russian fleet
stationed there.
1t is understood here that when the
Japanese fleet arrived there on Sun
day last it found the Russian squad
ron absent. If this is true it gave the
Japanese squadron advantages in the
way of avoiding battle close to the in
shore batteries, at the same time put
ting it in position to prevent the
Russian ships re-entering the harbor.
1t is doubted that the Japanese with
drew th1r entire squadron unless the
location of the enemv had been dis
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MORMON BIBLE READ
PRESIDENT JOSEPH #. SMITH RE.
CALLED TO THE. STAND IN
sMooT HEARING.

Washington, March 10. The seventh
day OF the hearings In the Senator
Smoot- ease was opened before the sen
ate committee on privileges and elcc-
tions by Attorney Tayler, for the pros
ecution. recalling President Joseph f..
Smith OF the Mormon church to the
stand Mr.. Smith was questioned as
to the interview he gave to repre-.
sentative Of the Associated Press IN
1902, giving statistics in regard to the
church and the number Of poly gAmlsts
in Utah.
Mr.. Smith said the entire interview
consisted OF statistics and In that
statement he had said nothing for the
purpose OF supporting the candidacy
OF Reed Srnoot for the United States
senate Upon hearing the interview.
-geaa MI. SMITH admitted he had been
quoted correctly In regard 10 MI.
Smoot and had urged his election.
Mr. Smith said-he vas acquainted
with Benjamin Glough, Jr president
of the board Of faculty OF the Brigham
Young academy and that he Is rcputed
to be polygamist.
'The ohicefs Of the Mormon church
are Sensitiye in regard to charges that
plural marriages have been performed
since 1890 are they nots 7" Mr.. Tayler
asked.
Mr. Smith said he thought they were
sensitye on that subject.
He was asked whether he had taken
any steps To- run down the stories that
the laws had been violated by officers
OF the church. He answered that the
public charge did not concern him and
that il he took the time to answer all
the charges made against himself ana
other officials OF the church he would
not have time TO do other work,
Burrows Questions the Witness.
Chairman Burrows asked the wit,
ness to Identify the Book Of Mormon
and then. turning to the revolution oil
the prophet, Joseph Smith, he asked
specifically in regard 10 the manner
in which il was revealed aud Ma<-i'l.
formed that 1t was revealed 10 him by
God.
Chairman Burrows asked If polyg
amy was taught in that book ami Mr.
Smith answered that it was emphati-
cally- -forDiGaeH.----
Reading from the book, which is
called the Mormon bible, Chairman
Burrows called attention TO the words
of God in reference to David and Sol.
omon and his dispeasure because OF
the fact that he kept more than one
wife and many concubines.
The chairman asked if that, did not
prohibit polygamy and If that was the
case when the law of the Lord changed
in order to permit the practice.
Mr.. Smith said the book or the law
had not beer modified and that the
chairman had read only part OF the
! chapter
Mr.. Smith took the book and read .
verse which declared that when the
Lord wanted his seed propagated he
would command tt
This, the witness declared, iustifies
poly gamy when a person-is -command'
ed by the Lord to enter that state lie
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BOMBARDED
ALL NIGHT
Second Attack on Port Arthur
Concluded at 8 O'Clock
This Morning.


gagement between Russians and Jap,
anese a hundred miles from Vladivos
tick. The Russians fed, abandoning
arms and stores"
Dispatches to the Standard from
Shanghai say that dispatches from
Chinese officials at Mukden report that
Alexieff is preparing to abandon Muk.
den for Harbin, after vainly ordering
the Tartar general to dismiss the Chi.
nese garrison there.
The same authorities report COLI
sion to be probable within a few days
between the Russians and Japanese
on the Yalu.
The Japanese are now said to be su
perior in numbers and are confident OF
success.
The Russians are reported to be
badly proyisioned and unlikely to make
q prolonged stand.
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IMPOSING MILITARY PAGEANT.
Funeral of Field Marshal Count Won
Wadersee.

Berlin, March 10.-The funeral Of
Field Marshal Count Won Waldersce
at Hanover during the day was an i'm
posing military E.gcant. Before the
hearse. which was drawn by four
horses, walked several army chaplairs
and then Ecame-LieHt Eoh Plan
itz of the staff, bearing the deceased
field marshals baton on a cushion;
Colonel Won rIeydenLinden, with the
insignia Of the Order of the Black
Eagle, and four other officers carrying
the field parshal's other decorations
on crimson velvet cushions. Led be-
hind the hearse was Won WaIdersee,s
favoFite horse Next. alone. walked
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FORTY THOUSAND STRONG.
Garrison at Port Arthur Provisoneo
for Two Years.

Shanhaikwan, March lO.-An the
ships of the Port Arthur squadron are
again in fighting trim except the Ret
vizan, which IS lying at the neck Of the
entrance to the harbor and serves the
purpose Of a strong battery. The gar
riso,l at Port sArthuE-,is. 10000 strong
and they have provisions enough to
last two years.
There is a notable revulsion of feel
ing here among foreigners against
Japan, based on the fear that she is
trying TO drag the Chinese into the
war.
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QUIET IN THE BALKANS.
Russian Officials Believe Peace Will
Prevail

Prevail.
st. Petersburg March 10. Careful
inquiry concerning the outlook in tho
Balkans develops that the prevailing
opinion in government as we'll ms in
diplomatic circles is against an out.
break of war in the spring, although
the danger is not considered passed.
A perfect understanding exists be-
tween Russia and Austria and besides
the Russian authorities appear to be
completely satisfied regarding the at
titudc of Bulgaria.
What assurances the authoritica
have concerning Bulgaria are not
known, but they do not tally with
direct information from other sources
representing Bulgaria as mubillzing.
with having her plans perfected for an
invasion Of Turkey and rs being conf
dent that she can defeat the Turks
single handed
1t is mistake to imagine4 hut Rus.
sia is so cngrossed with affairs in the
Far East as to be unable to give nttell.
tion to the Balkans She has care
fully refrained from removing troops
from the vicinity of the Roumanian
frontier and will be prepared, II nee.
essary to assume her share In the
event of war.
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BRIEF BITS OF NEWS.

Robert Tabor, the actor and divorced
husband of Julia MarloWe, is dead at
Saranac Lake. n. Y.
Lord Augustus Lotus, the former
British ambassador at Berlin and st.
Petersburg, is dead. He was born in
1877.
Carroll G. Pearse of Omaha was
elected superintendent of Milwaukee
schools TO succeed H. o. r. Seifert,
OIL the 2o2nd ballot. -
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THREE METHODS OF SUICIDE.
Young IoWan- Poisons, Shoots and
Hangs Himself.

Eldora, Ia. March 10.-DeBpondent
over i'll health Frank Heffern, aged
twenty-four years, climbed to the top
of a tree, drank two ounces Of chic
rofOrm placed o moose around ms
neck, blew out his brains with a shot.
gun and was found dangling to the
tree near his fathers farmhouse, four
miles west Of here.
A note in the young mans pocket
directed to his mother stated that he
could never regain his health and de
termined to end his suffering.
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the crown prince, FREDERICK William,
followed by Princes Henry and Al
brecht, Duke Ernest Gunther OF Schlcs-
wig HoiStein. FIVE commanding gens
erals, the chief OF the general staff
and great company of officers, repre-
sentng the sovcreigns of the German
states AMI leputations from SIXTY reg.
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SAID the command comes to indivld-
uals as revelations from the Lord.
Senator Dubois asked a number of
questions in regard to the revelations
received by Mr.. Smith and MIR Van
Cott for the defense, objected to the
character OF the inquiry.
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EIGHT VESSELS DISABLED.
Only Five Available Warshps Remain
at Port Arthur.

Toxic, March lO.--It is reliably as,
serted that when the Japanese at
tempted to block Port Arthur Feb. "a
Russian torpedo boat destroyer,
while trying to re-enter the harbor,
struck a mine and sank.
or the thirteen Russian warships
inside the harbor of Port Arthur. it
Is added. all are disabled except FIVE.
Finally, it Is asserted, that Whoang
Kishan fort at t29Ei-4l II Kfaf= was ilaif
destroyed by the Japanese shells and
that only three batteries arc available.
About S0D-Ghine&e and Russian
worlemen have been rushing repalrs
on the Warships
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,6ayprick Story Denied.

New York, March lO.-The report
that Mrs. Florence Maybrick. recently
pardoned by the British government,
arrived here Tuesday on the steamship
Kaiser Wilhelm H. was denied during
the fay-by Attorney Daniel s. Decker,
counsel for Mrs. Maybrick in the liti-
CATION going on about her property.
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MONEY FOR IMPROVEMENTS.
Pennsylvania Railroad Directors Ap
nropriate s2O.OOO,0OO.

PhttaAelphia. March fe.zz=tfhe board
Of directors o: the Pennsylvania Rail
road company during the day appro-
prated between $lS.900, 600 and $2O,-
100000 for carrying on the work of
improvements this year.
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BATTLE ON TUMEN RIVER.
Clash Alleged Between Koreans and
Russia ans.

Seoul, March ia party of nine
Russians seized the Korean telegraph
station at Yungwon during the day
IT is reported that fight has oc.
Cured between Koreans and Russians
on the Korean side of the Tumen
river
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FRENCH STEAMER WRECKED.
Believed That Almost One Hundred
Persona Perished.

London, March 10.-A special dis,
patch from Paris annonnces= =thatthe
French steamer Cambodge. which left
Rangoon Feb. II for Cochin China and
European ports, has been wrecked in
a storm off the coast Of Cochin China.
The dispatch adds that 1t is believed
100 persons pcrished in the WRECK
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Port Arthur, March 10. The second
bombardment of this place within
twenty-four hours began today just
after midnight and continued inter-
mittently until s O'Clock this morning.
No great damage was done. The Jap
anese fleet has now retired.
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RELEASED FROM CUSTODY.
iowa Woman Cannot Be Taken to
South Dakota.

Boone, Ia, March TO- Mrs. Sherman
Dye, accused of sending box of pol
soned candy through the mails to Miss
Rena Nelson Of Pierre. S. d., has been
released from custody. Judge Whitaker
framing his decision In the habeas
corpus proceedings in accordance with
the decision OF Governor GHmiliihs III
the rcquisition matter.
Mrs. Dye will not be molested as
long as she remains outside the srate
Of South Dakota, although the death
of Miss Nelson makes the charge that
OF murder.
Mrs. Dye intimated that she might
go to South Dakota to stand Trial.
THREE METHODS OF SUICIDE.
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watchnan Perishes in Flames.

York, Pa, March 10.-Fire of un-
known origin destroyed the plant of
the Hoover Wagon company. The
night watchmau is believed to have
parished ia the flames.
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SOUTH DAKOTA REPUBLICANS.
Select Sioux Falls for Their State Con-
yenton on May 4.

Sioux Falls, S. D., March 10.-The
Republican state central committee
has selected Sioux Falls as the place
and May as the date for holding the
state convention and nominating con.
gressional and state tickets.
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ROB THE INHABITANTS.
Foraging Expeditions Sweep Over
Northern Korea.

Northern Korea.
Seoul, March 1O.-Small bands Of
Russians cross the Yalu almost every
day on foraging expeditions. They
are sweeping the country in the direc.
tion Of Wiwon, Chosan and Pyokdong
clear OF hay, grain and farm produce
of all kinds. Their outrages on the
helpless inhabitants of those districts
have aroused the Koreans and a
strong band of Korean soldiers from
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Hood Renders Hundreds Homeless.

Flood Renders Hundreds Homeless.
Port Jarvis, n Y. March TO-. More
than 100 homes in the lower part Of
town have been flooded to the second
story aud 800 families have been made
temporarily homeless By q sudden rise
In the Delaware river. caused by an
Ice gorge. The electric light plant
was flooded and the town is In dark
ness
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Chosan, which is a garrison or the see
ond class, ambushed and repulsed .
strong party of Cossacks. Both par.
ties suffered considerable loss
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IS
VERY SERIOUS.
Pennsylvania Floods Are Doing
An Immense Amount
of Damage.

Lion and Ii was found that the boiler.
rooms We're hooded. putting out the
fires and rendering ii impossible TO
start the machinery. The cellars and
first floors of hundreds Ct dwelling
houses are under water The property
damage will be heavy.
There is almost a complete suspeu.
sion of mining throughout the valley.
The water is flowing INFO the collier
les faster than it can be pumped out.
AS a result fully 5000 miners are idle.
There Is total suspension of traffic
on the Pennsylvania and Delaware.
Lackawanna anal Western roads.
The officials of the latter road say
that II Will tal<e week after the food
subsidies before they can get their
roaahed in shape for the resumption
OF traffic.
The ice which was carried down the
river during the night has formed a
gorge near Plymouth which throws the
water back into lower parts OF Wilkes
barre In consequence there are five
feet OF water in the streets and 1t Is
slowly rising People who remained
In their homes have moved TO the up
per stories The entire southern sec
tion Of the city IS now under water.
Firwood. nsAbarb OF this city, has
been entirely deserted by the resi-
dents
The Ice Is banked thirty-fiye feet
high at the Port Bowkley bridge OF the
Lehigh Valley railway. Having no
other outlet the water has spread over
the little town ot Forty Fort, which is
now almost completely under water
AT noon the gtiage in the river
showed the water stationary The
gorges in the river remain intact. The
telephone service throughout the val
ley Is badly crippled and the street
car traffic Is at a standstill.