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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1905-06-13
SENSATIONAL TESTIMONY PROM.
IsED AGAINST LABOR LEAD
ERs AT CHICAGO.
STRIKE SITUATION is UNCHANGED
NO NEGOTIATIONS UNDER WAY
LOOKING TO SETTLEMENT
OF TROUBLE.

Chicago, June 13.-Members of the
June grand jury, which convened du'-
Ing the day, were prepared by States
Attorney Healy and Assistant States
Attorney Fake to listen to a sensl-
tional expose concerning the actiors
of several labor leaders. 1t is repo1 t.
ed that the Investigators, working u.l-
der the direction of Mr Fake and a
police Inspector, have gathered evi-
dence of blackmailing plots against
business houses, evidence of efforts to
curb competition and of alleged da1a-
aging admissions made by the labor
leaders.
Nothing was done during the day
toward a settlement of the teamsters'
strike. No negotiations are in prog
ress and there was no talk of any in
the future. Some of the members of
the Team Owners association, which
rejected by decided vote the propo-
.sition to make deliveries to the boy
'cotted houses, will try, at the meeting
of the organization to be held shortly,
to bring up the question for further
consideration.
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EXPECTED TO TAKE INITIATIVE
BY NAMING TIME AND PLACE
FOR NEGOTIATIONS.
RUSSIA PREPARED 70 PARTICIPATE.
ANSWER TO PRESIDENT RoosE-
vELT's NOTE REcEIVED AT
WASHINGTON.

st. Petersburg, June 13.-Russia's
official reply to President Roosevelt's
suggestion for a peace conference is
now on its way to Washington For
eign Minister Lamsdorff transmitted
it to Ambassador Meyer and later the
ambassador had an interview with the
foreign minister at the foreign Office.
The warning countries both having.
formally agreed to try to conclude
peace the next step, it is explained
here, will be the first direct exchange
in which Japan is expected to take the
initiative by indicating, doubtless
through an intermediary at Washing
ton, her views as to the time and
place of the meeting. Russia will
offer no objections to any reasonable
suggestion in this respect, being pre-
pared to at once issue instructions to
her preliminary plenipo potentiary, whose
personality for the moment depends
upon the place Japan names.
According to the Russian view 1t is
impracticable to attempt to prohibit
the movement of troops or supplies
during the armistice and fears con-
tinue to be expressed that there will
be broad gap between Japan's mini
mum and Russia's maximum. But dip
slonatic fencing is now the order Of
the day.
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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1905-06-13
FLOOD IN new YORK SUBWAY
PASSENGERS ON STALLED CARS
HAVE a TERRIFYING
EXPERIENCE.

| New York, June 13.-Train service
in the subway was suspended through
| out the night as a result of the burst
ing of a forty -eight-inch water main.
| The flow of water continued unlnter-
Irupted four and one-half hours, while
1subalterns of the city water depart
| lment wandered about in the vicinity
| Of Park avenue and Forty-first street.
turning off one gate after another in a,
futile search for the proper shutoff to
stop the destructive food. Officials of
! the subway frantieally telephoned in
Iall directions, but Say they failed to
Lind any one In authority with the
requisite knowledge Of the mains. The
damage was finally checked through
information furnished by private
citizen employed by contracting
firm. 1t is estimated that the loss to
| the subway alone will be 100000.
r Persons who were caught in the
trains near the flood when the power
failed had terrifying experience. All
the lights were suddenly extinguished,
following series of loud explosions.
Men, women and children who filled
the cars were thrown into a panic of
dread, as the tunnel suddenly became
intensely dark. There was rush for
the doors when the water began to
lspray through the open windows, but
the guards held their ground and
jclosed the windows.
The temperature quickly became
Sitting and finally the guards were
unceremoniously pushed aside while
the passengers plunged into the water
and made their way to the nearest
stations, cropping along the walls in
order to avoid the third rail current.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1905-06-13
FATAL RACE RIOT ON CAR.
White Man Provokes Quarrel by Ours
if1u Necro

White Man Provokes Quarrel by Ours
ing Negro.
Charleston, S. G., June 13.-As a re-
suit of race riot that occurred on
the. Aiken and Augusta trolley line,
about one mile on the South Carolina
side in North Augusta, Peter Renew,
white, is dead; Charles Willis, negro,
and E.. f. Fishburne, conductor, are
mortally wounded; Morgan Willis, a
negro, and Make Boyd, white, are Sc
riously injured.
At the inquest over Renew it was
shown that Boyd started the trouble
by cursing Willis, a negro, who turned.
and cut him. The car was stopped to
put Willis off and he began to fire into
the car.
There were eighty-seyen passengers.
and several produced pistols and at,
least sixty shots were fired. The cor
soner's verdict charged Willis with
killing Renew and names Milligan
Willis as accessory.
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CHANGES in THE CABINET. i
thorough Reorganization Of French
Government Nav Occur.

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Paris, June 13.--It is expected that
several diplomatic and ministerial
changes resulting from the resigna-
ton of M. Delcasse. until recently for
eign minister, will be settled at the
next meeting of the cabinet.
Leon Bourgeois probably will sue
ceed-M. Binourd as ambassador at Ber-
lin, thus inaugurating a new eoneili-
atorY policy concerning Morocco. Pre-
mier Rouyier is still undecided about
retaining the portfolio of foreign af-
fairs with the expectation that M. de
TTeYeinet or M. Constans, ambassador
to Turkey. will enter the foreign Office
if NJ. Rouvier concludes to retain the
finance portfolio.
There is reason to believe that the
conference between Prince Won Rad
olin, the German ambassador to
France, and Premiev Rouvier have
shown that Germany does not make
an international conference on Mo-
rocco a .sina quo non This permits
the consideration of other direct means
for an adjustment between Germany
and France.
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cAsslNI VISITS ROOSEVELT.
Conference Relates to Russia's Reply
to Peace Proposal.

conference Relates to RusSlass Reply
to Peace Proposal.
Washington, June 13.-Count Cas-
sini, the Russian ambassador, had a
half hours conference with the presi-
dent during the day. At its conclusion
Count Cassini returned at once to his
embassy, declining to discuss in any
way the object of his visit. That the
conference related to the reply of the
Russian government to the proposition
made by President Roosevelt last Fri
day is known, but whether Count Cas-
sini presented to the president for
mally the response of Russia could not
be ascertained. 1t can be said, how
ever. that the reply of the Russian
government already had been re-
ceived by the president before his in
teryiew with Count Cassini.
Later it became known officially
that Ambassador Cassini called to ex-
press the Russian governments con-
sent to the presidents proposition and
to state that Russia would appoint
plenipo to meet the plenipo-
tentiaries of Japan and to discuss the
question of peace. The place of meet.
ing is being discussed.
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BRIEF BITS OF NEWS.

Hon. George E. Seney, congressman
from the Tiffin CO.. district from 1888
to 1881, is dead at Tiftin.
John II. Eagle, aged ninety years,
who, it was thought, was the oldest
printer in the United States, is dead
at Indianapolis.
Burglars broke into the Carnegie
library at Janesyille, Wis, a hundred
yards from the county jail, and ran.
sacked the whole building, securing
some money.
Charles S.. Burnes is dead at Evans
vile, Ind, aged eighty years. He was
formerly one of the best known horse
men in the country, owning several
valuable stables.
Extensive Improvements by the Chi
cago Great Western road are fore
shadoWed in the announcement that
stockholders will vote next September
upon a proposition to increase the
preferred B stock by $14,000,000. The
object of the increase is not made
known.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1905-06-13
MISSISSIPPI RIVER lANNi-
BAL, MO-, FROM FIVE TO
Right MILES WIDE.
SOME LOSS OF LIFE REPORTED
okE8FARMER DROWNED AND SEW.
ERAL PERSONS ARE SAID
TO be MISSING.

-.
Hannibal, Mo-. June 133.---The food
ed Mississippi river has spread over:
all the unprotected lewlands and is
from five to eight miles vide between
here and Keoklk, Ia. Near Alexan-
dria, Mo.,a farmer named Riley Small
wood was drowned and seven other.
persons are reported missing. Great
numbers OF dead animals are floating
past Hannibal and from Alexandria,
Canton, Memphis, West Quincy: and
keo]luIl reports have been received of
the. general loss of live stock. The
food came so suddenly that the farm
ers in the lowlands had no time to do
more than save their families and live
stock was left to perish.
The river continues to rise here at
the rate of three inches an hour. An
army of men is at work in the lower.
portion of Hannibal endeaVoring to
save property. The railroad yards and
factory district are inundated.
All available boats are making trips
up and down the river rescuing per-
sons who escaped to points above the
water line.
Many of the small levees have
broken, but the Sny 1eYee, which e2-
tends along the east side of the river
for miles, still holds, although gangs
of men have been constantly employed
repairing assures. The property loss
already suffered, ii is estimated, will
run into several millions.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1905-06-13
. NAVAL ATTACK REFUSED.
Victory for Land Batteries in Sham
Enuauen1ent

victory TOR Land Batteries IN Sham
Engagement.
Baltimore, June 13.-Adnliral Dick
ms squadron made a demonstration
on the, local Notifications early in the.
morning and up to 1870 o'clock three
torpedo boat destroyers were the
oretically blown out of the water by
the artillerymen stationed at Fort
Howard. Two of these answered the
descriptions of the Worden and Whip
pie, while the third was either the
McDonough Stewart or Lawrence.
Later fourth destroyer was discov-
cred and sunk" Then the battleship
Texas made a frontal demonstration
and from a seven-foot knoll fired her
big and little guns at Fort Howard.
While the Texas was making this
demonstration swift cruiser made a
flank movement and went up. the bay
toward Pooles island 1t was discov-5
cred in the nick Of time by the men at
Fort Howard, who fired on the ship.
The fire was returned and after a
lively skirmish the gunners at the fort
theoretically sent both the Texas and
the cruiser to the bottom.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1905-06-13
CLOSE SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES.
Grand Rapids (Mich.) Alarmed b
Epidemic Of Smallpox.

=
Grand Rapids, Mich, June 13.-By
order of the board of health all schools
and churches have been closed on ac-
count OF the alarming spread of small
pox, which has taken on the nature of
a dangerous epidemic. The schools
would have closed anyway this week,
but it was thought best to close them
at once and all commencement eXer.
cises aud other entertainments con-
nected with the annual closing will be.
omitted.
Figures given out by the board Of
health show there are seventy-fVe
cases now III the city OF these forty
four were reported the last three days
of lastsweek, while seven cases were
reported Sunday. The alarming fea-
ture is that it is becoming SO wide
spread.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1905-06-13
AGNES MYERS FOUND GUILTY.

Missouri Woman to Be Executed for
Killing Her Husband.
Liberty, Mo-, June 13.-The jury
which has been sitting for the past
week IN the case of Agnes Meyers Of
Kansas City, charged with the mur-
der of her husband, Clarence Meyers,
Sunday returned a verdict of guilty of
murder in the first degree. This YER
dict means that the death penalty by
hanging is to be inflicted.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1905-06-13
BURN WOMAN TO HIDE CRIME.

tFamPs SeIleVed to Have Cremated
Wife Of Iowa Farmer.
Waterloo, Ia, June 13.W. j.
Schrock, prominent farmer living
near Waterloo, on returning home
found the charred body of his wife in
the ruins of the coalshed.
S The trunk had been wholly con
sumed by the fire, only the head and
portions of the lower limbs remain
ing.
The theory is generally entertained
that the woman was the victim of
5tramps, who took this method to con.
.neal their action
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Workman Killed by Explosion.

Chicago, June 13.-By the explosion
of a furnace at the plant of the Iro--
quois Iron company one man is be-
lieved to have lost his life and two
others were burned severely. Mich
olas Reioif the worker believed to
have been killed, was standing within
a few feet Of the furnace.
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TO COMPETE WITH TRUST.

Farmers Packing Company Organized
at Sterling, III.
Sterling, ILL.,, June 13.-The Farm
ers' Packing company has been organ
i2ad. here with capital Of 81, 100000
the intention being to compete with
the Chicago packing industry
The corporation is composed of
farmers, stock raisers and retailers in
meats and is said to have an option on
ten acres OF land and a packinghouse
near the Hawthorne racetracks.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1905-06-13
PHILADELPHIA MINT IDLE.
of Silver stopped Because Of

EO0ir'stSS V' ofr'CT 0tOpPeu DeCdUSS CT
Large Supply on Hand.
much silver coin in the sub-treasury
that congress has not seen fit to send
any additional silver bullion to this
city for coinage. AS a result 3Superin-
tendent Landis has notified all EN-,
ployes Of the local mint that work in
all departments will be suspended,
The supply of silver at the mint prac-
-tically has been exhausted
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1905-06-13
STRENGTHEN MANILA FLEET
Two Battteships Will Be Sent to Phil
ippine Waters.

e New York, June 13.--An officer of
the battlesl.ip squadron Of the North
Atlantic feet said during the day that
he understood that two Of the first
class battleships now attached to the
feet would be sent to Asiatic waters
to reinforce Rear Admiral Train He
refused to state why. s5S
Train will then have one of the most
powerful fleets in the Orient.
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Packinghouse Plant Valued at $780,
600 DESTROYED.

Fort Worth; Tex, June 13.--What Is
known. as the old packinghouse plant
in Fort Worth, comprising eight build
ings, was destroyed by fire Sunday.
The plant cost something like $3.50, 600.
The insurance is estimated at $4,000.
With the building was consumed most
OF, the contents. The plant was the
property of the Southwestern Mechani-
cal company.
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GROWING CROPS INUNDATED.
Des Moines River at keokuk, la.
Makes New High Mark.

Keolluk, Ia, June 133.-After reach
ing the eighteen-foot mark the Missis-.
sippi river here is now falling. The
Des Moines river Is also falling, after
reaching the highest mark ever known
here, breaking the ievee in three.
places and flooding the town of Alex
andria, Mo. Other leYees on the Mis-.
souri, and Illinois sides are now out of
danger. The river is ten miles wide,
extending from Warsaw, Ill, to the
bluffs of the Missouri river. Hun
.dreds of acres of growing crops are
inundated.
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PEACE WILL BE PRESERVED
Mayor of Chicago Addresses Team
Owners Convention.

Chicago, June 13.--The third annual
convention of the Team Owners as
sociation of America began here dur
ing the day. Mayor Edward F. Dunno
gave the address of welcome. Refer
ring to the teamsters' strike he said:
'No doubt great many of you gen
tlemen have read that the streets of
our city are running with blood and
that riot and turmoil are in complete
control. Let me assure you, however,
that your lives and property are per-
fectly safe. In the streets you may
see a wagon with sign on it or a
policeman riding on the seat, but that
is not sign of rioting or trouble;
they are there to insure peace and to
protect property, which has a perfect
right Of the streets, and, gentlemen,
let me assure you that as long as
am mayor of Chicago peace will be
preserved to the very last limit Of
our resources and when those fail we
will call upon powers within our linz
it's, but at the present time there is no
: necessity to call upon those powers.
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! ROCKEFELLER WINS LONG FIGHT

TarrytoWn IN. W SaIoonkeeper VIII
.- Quit Business.
fTarrytOwn, N. Y, June 13.-John
Melin, who owns little hotel adjoin-
ing the country estate of John D.
Rockefeller at Tarrytown, has adver-
Itised his saloon for sale.
1t is believed that on account of Mr.
Rockefeller's buying up the little vii
lage where the saloon is located his
business has been ruined.
Several years ago Mr.. Rockefeller
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NJ. WlTTE GOING ABROAD.
May Represent Russia in Proposed
Peace Negotiations.

May Represent Russia in Proposed
Peace Negotiations.
st. Petersburg, June 13.-M. Witte,
president of the committee of minis
ters, is leaving st. Petersburg for q
trip abroad in two weeks. This very
significant announcement is coupled
with the statement that he is going
ION public business. His visit was
instantly associated with the peace
negotiations and it is possible that
Emperor Nicholas has decided If
reasonable basis for negotiations is
offered by Japan to make use of the
services OF the ablest and strongest
personality in the empire.
Ill the public mind M. Witte stands
out prominently as the one Russian
statesman who should direct the peace
negotiations, but an intimate friend of
the Russian statesman assures the AS
sociated Press that he knows M. Witte
has not been approached on the sub
ject. Undoubtedly court influence
would be solid against his selection.
M. Witte# is thoroughly familiar with
the Far Eastern question in all its
bearings.
MUST REMAIN IN THE EAST.
japs Should Recognize Russia as an
Asiatic Power.
st. Petersburg, June 13.The Novoe
Vremya prints remarkable editorial,
which may be inspired, deprecating
optimism among the diplomatists at
the present movement unless Japan,
under the slogan of Asia for the Ash.
atlcs,' should recognize that Russia,
in her origin, history and destiny, is
an Asiatic as well as a European
power and be ready to conclude not
peace but an alliance"
The Noyoe Vremya adds that it has
always preached the doctrine that
Russia is the bulwark of Europe
against the yellow peril The edi-
torial attracted instant attention. It
concludes as follows:
If Japan can only recognize that
Russia must remain an Asiatic power
as well as herself durable and per
manent peace is possible.
Sys z.
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endeavorea TO Ddy' the saloon, us ne
did not want liquors sold in the vicin-
ity of his place, and Melin would not
part with his hotel. Now Mr.. Rookie
feller is going to wipe out the village
of Briggsville and transform it5into an
artificial lake and Melin's will be the
only place left. .5
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RlGELoW IN THE HOSPITAL.
Prison Physician Fears General Ply
sicaI Breakdown. #

SlCdI DICdNNVWiis
Fort LeavenWorth, Kan, June 13.--.
Frank G. Bigelow, the former Milwau.
kee banker who was brought here
Sunday night to begin his ten years
sentence in the federal prison, is in
the hospital His nervous condition
is such that DR.. Thomas, under whose.
care he is, fears a general physical
breakdown. After Bigelow had been
photo early in the day his con-
dition was found to be such that it
was decided not to put him through
the preliminaries until later. BigeloW
utters no word of complaint
Went to Sleep on Railroad Track.
Cedar Rapids, Ia, June Alex
Alexander and Arthur Bingham Of
Chicago went to sleep on the tracks
near Marion and were run over and
killed by Milwaukee work train.
Another companion, Sydney Houston,
asleep beside the track, escaped I'M
hurt. ~ s
Mount PeIee Again Active.
& Fort de France, Island of Martinique,
June For the past few days Mount
Pelee has manifested recrudescence of
activity which, while stronger than
that of the month Of April Of the pres
/. ent year. does not seem to be Of IN
/ alarming nature.
II
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PASSENGERS BADLY SCARED.
Narrowly Escape Death in Collision at
Lyle, Mimi.

k-yiS, MI
Mason City, Ia, June "A Chi
cago, Milwaukee and st. Paul freight
train crashed into an Illinois Central
passengerstrain at Lyle, Mimi. cutting
in two combination car, smashing
the end out of a sleeper, pulling out
both her trucks and damaging the
Milwaukee engine The passenger
train was standing on the crossing
when it was struck. Thirteen passen-
gers were in the sleeper. None we're
killed, though several are reported
hurt.
Fastest Train Ia the World.
Chicago, June 13. On its initial run
from New York the Pennsylvania rail-
roads eighteen-h hour yer, the fast,
est long distance train In the world.
arrived in this city at 8:5z ., m.. threa
ninutas ahead g schedule time
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BATTLE IN WYOMING.
Cattle Rustlers and Ranchers Engage
in Deadly Conflict.

Blackfoot, Ida, June ia bloody
battle has taken place near the edge.
VI VI ., acKsolis noe, w yo' g huinpei 1 l " "
ea.ele luseieis Ioullueu up apoue ninety
-neal y nlle seeers anu Started toWalu u,
Tue 1ost .' lavoiaple Iaiiioau polle' li,e
ln,ention l ~ peins 20 saeher more ca,tle
en- =. route.
me raneners rs 70 Wnom tne ne. cattie pc
longed ll organized a posse ana nd pursued
lne on1laWs. gl.f mere was q running
ngnt 1or s1xty m1ies. Two OF the rus
tlers sls were sk1llea' also one OF the set set
llers, -. 70, anu numerous wounds We're sus-
eaineu. b
sLdlei iepoIeS lioiu - stues dchSoils dcs
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BASEBALL SCORES.
National League

National League.
At ST. Louis, 6; Brooklyn, 4.
At Chicago, A., New York, 0.
At Cincinnati, /; Philadelphia, 6.
American Association.
At Milwaukee, 3; Indianapolis, O.
At Toledo a: Kansas CITY. 0. R>c
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COSTLY FIRE IN TEXAS. ]
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1905-12-02

Foard on Mr. S, b. Foard of this town,
a few days ago, by which he relieved the
latter of $50 cash. He came in posses
sion of the formers signature (which
was exceedingly well imitated.l by pre-
tending to buy some cattle and procuring
written guarantee that they should be
delivered at the time specified He. also
learned from him that he was to sell his
wheat to Samuel B., and stated in the
forged paper that he would bring a load
the next day. 1t would be well enough
10 keep "A look out for him as he will. no
douht, attempt to play the same sort of a
game on others.
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MONEY STOLEN.

Mr.. Jacob Gatchell. who boards at
MalrittS Hotel, in rising early last Tues
Gay morning left his pocket book. con-
taining about $500. under his pillow.
He returned to look for it short time
after, but it was missing The bed had
been made and suspicion fell mt once on
thee hambermaid, who denied seeing the
money, which WAS not found on search
ing her. On Thursday she went to the
RalIroad Station to take passage for
IMlndelphia. but WAS again arrested and
on being searched SOB of the money was
found in her possession. No clue to the
balance could be had from her. and it is
supposed she had n partner in the trans
action. She WAS suffered to leave town.