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The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1906-02-16
CONSPIRACY is CHARGED.
New Yorker Makes Bitter Attack on
District Attorney Jerome.

New Yorker Makes Bitter Attack on
District Attorney Jerome.
New York, Feb 16.-A special to
the Tribune from Albany says:
Charges including ,,subornation of
perjury, bribery Of lawyers, miscon-
version of millions of dollars and the
enlistment of District Attorney Jerome
in a conspiracy to whitewash the Of
tenders were made against the. Metro
politan Street Railway company and
its officials at a hearing before the as
sembly committee on ways and means.
William N. Amory of New York, for
merly' treasurer of the Third avenue
Surface Railway. company, who has
been fighting the Metropolitan for sew
eral years, made a virulent attack on
District Attorney Jerome Amory sub
mitted figures which, he said. proved
that frauds amounting to millions of
dollars had been perpetrated by the
officers of the Metropolitan system on
it's stockholders and the public. The
company, he charged, bribed judges,
juries and witnesses 31 33 1s
Information of this in many cases,
and especially in one case, where he
himself furnished the material, had
been sent to the district attorney, said
Mr.. Amory, but instead Of acting to
convict the offenders he had entered
into conspiracy to let them escape.
Because Of this, Mr. Amory declared,
he intended to ask Governor Higgins
to remove the district attorney.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1906-02-16
VIOLENT POLITICAL GRIMES.
INCREASED ACTIVITY OF RUS.
SIAN TERRoRIsTs SHOWN
BY THE RECORDS.

St. Petersburg, Feb. 16.-The Off
cial Messenger prints the usual weekly
summary of violent political crimes
and seizures of bombs, explosives and
weapons, filling over two columns Ex-
cept for descriptions of the shooting
at Sebastopol Feb. Of Vice Admiral
Chouknin, commander of the Black
sea fleet, whose recovery is considered
assured, and the throwing of a bomb
into the assembly Of patriots" on the
Schlusselburg embankment here Feb.
8, the record consists mainly of a long
enumeration of cities where terrorists
have been active. These include ST.
Petersburg, . Moscow, Odessa. Keff,
Nizhni .Novgorod, Wilma Warsaw, sa-
mara, aJursk, sebastopol, Kazan, Tihis,
Riga and other principal cities, where
officials have been Killed, patrols fired
on, bombs, weapons and dynamite
seized or postothces, banks or other
state institutions attacked. A num-
Der of the crimes were committed by
mere boys. Two dispatches tell Of a
grammar scholar wounding reaction
airy teacher at Kharkoff and the arrest
at Berdicheff of a fifteen-year-old lad
having three loaded bombs in his pos
session. The steady lengthening of
the summary each week is a reliable
index of the increased activity both of
the police and of the terrorists
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1906-02-16
BRANDED AS BAREFAcED LIES.
DoIan Replies to Statements in Nit
cheiEs Letter.

Pittsburg, Feb. 16.-When the Pitts
burg miners convention resumed its
sessions President Patrick Dolan made
a caust1c address to the delegates, re-
plying to the letter. of President John
Mitchell, which. was read to the dele
gates the previous day by National
Vice President Lewis. President Do.
Ian said in part::
Il want to say that Mitchell's state
ments in his letter are barefaced lies.
He claims that the statement in the
newspapers last Monday was not writ
ten by him, butsa1 most emphatically
say that it was.
Il want to go on record by saying
that the present wage scale is the best
the miners ever had and we did not
get it by selling out to the operators.
John Mitchell and w. d: Ryan are not
the only men in the country who un-
derstand the actual situation"
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1906-02-16
THREE. TRAlNMEN KILLED.
Collision on Northwestern Road Near
GAINESVILLE, Wis.

GAINESVILLE, Wis.
GAINESVILLE, Wis, Feb; 16.---!Three
persons dead and ten, injured, one
probably fatally. is the result Of. a
wreck on the Northwestern railroad
near here during a binding snow
storm The dead are: Thomas Laf-
fereth, Baraboo, passenger engineer;
Joseph Mohr, Janesville, passenger
fireman, and Freight Fireman Ber-
gish, Baraboo.
The wreck was due to a mistake
over orders. A special milk train was
waiting here ready to go south as soon
as the through passenger train from
De Kalb, ILL.,, for St Paul passed. Be-
fore the time the through train was
due local from Belvidere, Ill. arrived
here and the crew of the milk train
supposed this was the train for which
they were ordered to wait. The milk
train then pulled out for the south.
Two miles south of here the passen-
ger train was rushing north toward
GAINESVILLE, going at a rate of sixty
miles an hour. The two engineers saw
the danger before the trains met, but
not in time to do more than partially
check the speed of their trains.
The passenger train was compara-
lively little damaged. 1t was heavy
train and most of the coaches re-
manned on the track, though the pas
sengers were all badly shaken up.
The trainmen On the milk train were
not so fortunate. 1t was there that
most of the fatalities occurred.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1906-02-16
OCEAN LINER
ON THE ROCKS
Steamer DonaVon From Liverpool Is
Ashore off Massachusetts
Coast.
A SEVERE SNOW STORM IS RAGING

Scituate, Mass, Feb 16.-Overrun-
ming her distance in heavy snow
storm the Leyland line passenger and
freight steamer Devonian, which
sailed, from Liverpool on Feb. with
four passengers and a crew Of eighty
two, struck, on the ledges at this place
about l a. m. The officers of the
Devonian had been trying TO sight
Minots Ledge lighthouse before enter
ing Boston harbor but missed it by
four miles and brought up on the
rocks. At daylight she was, lying
among the rocks and about 500 feet
from the shore. A volunteer crew
headed by Captain Stanley of the
Third Hill lifesaving station, his own
men being off duty, roWed out to the
steamer. Captain Ridley of the Devon
ian. informed the lifesavers, that his
steamer was tight and in little danger,
though hard on the ledge, and he
asked that tugs be summoned from
Boston. The volunteers returned to
the beach to telephone for the tugs
assistance. Later they went back
again to be near the Devonian in case
of emergency. There was no imme-
diate danger of the ship breaking up.
The DeVonian is. one of the largest and
newest transatlantic liners and worth
$500,000. Her cargo is valued at $700,-
900.
During the afternoon the storm in
creased. The tugs were unable to get
near the stranded steamer and larger
ones were ordered sent from Boston.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1906-02-16
CRISIS NOT YET REACHED.
Franco German Conferences Continue
at AIgeciras. #

Franno-German Conferences Continue
at AIgeciras.
Algeciras, Spain, Feb. 16.-The sit
uation of the Franco German contro.
verby over the vital points Of the pro-
posed Moroccan reforms remains un-
changed, although feeling prevails
among the delegates that, some de-
cisive step is not far off. They are.
particularly cautious just now in view.
Of the alternate waves of optimism
and pessimism and of the fact that the
inability thus far to reach an accord
does not warrant overconiden But
at. the same time it is conceded that
the continuance of the Franco-G German
poltrparlers shows that the critical
stage has not been reached.
Ambassador White, chief of the
American delegation, in his efforts to
find compromise, has not varied from
the course which he has followed since
the conference began. With the CO.
operation of the Marquis Visconti
Venosta, head of the italian mission,
the American ambassador has already
put forward several tentative plans for
an adjustment, which have been un-
successful owing to the unyielding at
titude of one side or the other. These
efforts continue and the neutral dele
gates believe they will ultimately sue
ceed, al though recognizing the increas-
ing difficulty as one proposition after
another fails to secure mutual accept
ance LIS 5f-t ss H. .ftftEi
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1906-02-16
SYSTEM OF OLD AGE PENSIONS.
British Premier in Sympathy With
Movement.


London, Feb. 16.-While declining
to make rash promises Premier Camp
bell-Bannerman and Chancellor of the
Exchequer Asquith have declared
themselves in entire sympathy with
deputation which called on them to
advocate the establishment of a ma
tional system of old age pensions. The
deputation urged that the scheme
should be comprehensive and include
all citizens, men or women, the money
being found by means Of imperial tax
alton. The premier and chancellor of
the exchequer heartily approved OF the
suggestions. The only difficulty at
present, they pointed out, was the
question Of ways and means. They
thought, however, that with greater
care i'll the administration Of the coun7.
try's finances it would not be ,inpos-
sible to find money for suchEF.a a bene-
icient scheme.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1906-02-16
HOLD I,][)l.l JOINT ].
CONFERENCE
Operators and Miners Of Anthracite
Field Meet In New York
City.
BOTH SIDES FULLY REPRESENTED

New York, Feb. 16.-The conference
between the coal operators and the
union mine workers Of the hard coal
fields of Pennsylvania, at which efforts
wills be made to formulate an agree
ment between the employers and athe
men to so into effect April 1, when the
award of the anthracite strike commit
ernoon. All the coal companies are
represented and the interests Of the
employees; are looked after by the spe-
i cial scale II committee of thirty-six,
which sisa made up the Mine Work
ers' executive boards of the three
anthracite districts. President Mitchell
is chairman of this committee. Among
+ those. who are IN attendance at the
meeting are:5sa, .S5l fgssts SIS. ..,,F. t.
President George F.eBaer of the Phil
adelphiaa and Reading Railroad com
pany;: w. Fl: Truesdale, president Of
aefn Railroad company; T., H.. Fowler,
president Of the, New York, Ontario
and Western railway; ELS. Under
wood, presidentsof the Erie railroad;
e. b. Thomas, president of the Lehigh
Valley railroad; David WILCOX presi-
dent of the Delaware and Hudson COM
pany. The independent operators are
represented by Frank Pardee of Halle
ton, Pa, and j.. L. Cake aof Pittston,
Pa Nv. L.: Connell of Scranton, Pa,
an independent operator, who is pres
ident of the anthracite board of con-
ciliation, also is in attendance. The
Pennsylvania railroad is not directly
! represented, it not having been in
vited to. the conference, but will abide
/ by any action taken by the presidents
| OF the other coal carrying railroads.
First Joint Session Brief. i
The Joint conference met at 2 y. m.
! and remained in session about an hour.
At the conclusion of the meeting the
following joint statement was issued:
There was full representation OF
the mine operating companies and the
miners. The meeting was called to
order with Mr.. ConneH in the chair.
Mr.. Mitchell addressed the meeting,
stating in general terms the PROPOSE
tion of the miners After brief dis:
cussion it was concluded that the min
ers and mine operators should each
appoint committee to represent them
In the future in reference to the mat
ter, the committees to consist Of seven
each. The understanding was that
after the committee terminated their
work they should report to the COM
mittee of the whole
The propositions presented to the
mine operators by the union represen-
tatives have not been made public, but
more or less accurate reports of their
nature have leaked out. 1t has been
learned from various sources that
among the proposals submitted are
the following:
An eight-hour day, without any re-
duction in wages, for all employees
paid by the hour, day or week.
A uniform wage scale in the three
anthracite districts for, the different
classes of employees.
Adequate compensation for dead
work performed by contract miners.
An increase in wages of from 10 to
20 per cent for all company. men.
The adoption of system by which
coal shall be paid for by weight Wher-
ever practicable.
Recognition of the union
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1906-02-16
Fire Chief Stricken Suddenly.

Boston, Feb. 16.-While responding
to an alarm. of fire during the day
Chief William T. Cheswell of the Bos-
ton fire department was stricken with
heart trouble and died while being
taken to the hospital. Chief Cheswell
had been connected with the depart
ment since 1862 and was one of the
best known fire fighters in, the country
He was sixty three years old.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1906-02-16
Preferred Death to Insanity.

PaWnee City, Neb., Feb. 1s.-After
writing note saying: Il feel that
am losing my mind and would rather
be dead than crazy; to think about it
makes me laugh Howard L. Chap
man, wealthy farmer living near
here. shot himself in the head His
wife, who had been away on a trip,
stumbled over his body as she re-
turned to the house.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1906-02-16
TWO MEN BLOWN TO PIECES
Terrific Explosion of Large Quantity
of NitrogIycerin.

Geneva, Ind, Feb. 16.-The maya
zine of the Hercules Torpedo COM
pany one mile from here was de-
stroyed during the day by an explo-
sion. Edward Gates of Hartford City
and Lee Howard of Bluffton We're
blown to pieces and two teams of
horses were killed The men were
engaged in unloading 1,500 quarts of
nitroglycerin from the wagons when
the explosion occurred The explosion
destroyed many plate glass windows
in business houses here, tore the bark
from trees within radius of 200 yards
and made a hole in the ground fifteen
feet deep and twenty-five feet in diam
eter.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1906-02-16
Doubles Rate Of Commission.

Chicago, Feb. 16.-The board of
trade has decided to double the rate of
commission to be paid to brokers on
all transactions in the buying and
selling of grain. The rate heretofore
has been one-eighth Of per cent and
1t will hereafter be one-fourth of / per
cent. The vote stood SET for the in
crease and 458 against it,
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1906-02-16
Chinese Commission Departs.

New York, Feb. 16-The Chinese
imperial commission, which has been
studying American institutions, sailed
during the day on the steamer Blucher
tor Hamburg. AS the steamer was
leaving the dock every member of the
commission waved small American
flag and were cheered by several
scores Of Chinese on the wharf.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1906-02-16
Seven Children Severely Injured.

Flint, Mich, Feb, 16. Seven school
children We're severely injured, three
of them perhaps fatally, when Pere
Marquette freight train crashed into a
wagon in which thirteen children were
being driven from the Potter district
school to Grand Blanc village.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1906-02-16
NECK DlsLocATED By JERK.
Girl Meets Death in Attempt to Hitch
UnruIy' Horse.

Fort Dodge, Ia, Feb. 16.- Miss
Hulda ReecksWas instantly killed here
while attempting to hitch an unruly
horse to buggy. She was standing
behind the animal and had hold Of the
lines by which it was driven when it
gave a sudden. jump forward, jerking
her violently. She uttered a cry,
walked forward few steps. tottered
and fell dead at the feet OF her mother,
who was standing nearby. The cor
oner's jury found that her neck had
been dislocated. presumably by the
Jerk that she received when the horse
jumped forward. d
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1906-02-16
MAY FIGHT BALFoUR.
Liberals Aroused by Ex-Premier's Lat
est Tariff Talk.

est Tariff Talk.
London, Feb. 16--An urgent meet
ing Of the City Liberal association has
been summoned to reconsider the sit
uation consequent on former Premier
Balfour's latest attitude regarding tar
if reform. It is said that he may yet
have to fight for his seat in the city
of London which Alyan Gibbs, Union
ist, resigned after Mr.. Balfour was de-
feated for East Manchester in order
that Mr.. Balfour might be able to re-
turn to parliament.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1906-02-16
FOR UPPER LAKE PORTS.
Enormous Stores Of Soft Coal Collected
at Cleveland. l-s.ss

Cleveland, Feb. 16.-The unprece.
dented rush of soft coal shipments to
this port as a result of a possible
strike by the miners continues and
enormous stores of fuel have been col
lected, mostly for shipment to upper
lake points. When navigation opens
it is said that at least eighty vessels
practically every one in the Cleveland
harborwill have on board its cargo
of coal. Within the past two weeks
about twenty vessels have been load
ed, making a total OF fifty that are
ready to move when naviga ton shall
open.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1906-02-16
TO SECURE INSURANCE.
Jersey City Man Accused Of Murder
t, m ing Brother. ~,

Jersey City Man Accused of Murder
s 37 n. ing Brother vs,
s New York, Feb. II. Accused Of hay
ing murdered his brother Carl on Dec.
10, 1905, for the purpose Of obtaining
life Insurance money. amounting to
$S, 900 Alexander Legler, Jr..e.was ar.
raigned in court in Jersey City during
the day. The examination of the prise
.oner.'was' postponed, however, .'nntil
next Saturday as The requestsof Chief,
of Police Murphy, who desired time tos
get together his Witnesses.
The case is one Of the most extra.
ordinary In the police annals of Jer-
sey City. In-t planning ,ethe case ito
the court Chief Muir ply said. that the
prisoner was suspected stof ihaving
poured benAine over his brother Carl
and OF having Set him afire while he
slept and added that 1t was believed
that when Legler saw that, his brother.
would not succumb to his injuries he.
caused the victfnas death,iby admins.
teringAsome powder, presumably of a.
poisonous mature. The police an
nounce that they will endeavor to have
che body exhumed by the authorities
at Bax1ey, Ga, whittier it was taken by
Legler soon after his brothers. death.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1906-02-16

The personal gift of Emperor Will.
lam OF Germany to Miss Alice Roose-
yelt has just arrived in Washington.
It is finely wrought bracelet of rare
value.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1906-02-16
House Leader Turned Down.

Washington, Feb. 16-The house
has refused to consider the Payne bill
to consolidate customs collection dis
tricts by a vote Of 81 to 163.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1906-02-16
SHIP. SUBSIDY. BILL PASSES
FIVE REPUBLICANS VOTE WITH
DEMOCRATIC SENATORS
AGAINST MEASURE.

Washington, Feb. 16-The senate
has passed the subsidy shipping bill
by a vote of SO to 81. All the votes
for the bill were Republican and five
Republican senators voted with the
Democrats in opposition Nm essrs. Bur-
kett, Dolliver, La Toilette, Spooner and
Warner.
AS passed the bill establishes thir-
teen new contract mail lines and in
creases the subvention to the Oceanic
line, running from the Pacific coast to
Australasia. OF the thirteen new lines
three leave Atlantic coast ports, one
running to Brazil, one to Uruguay and
Argentina and one to South Africa;
six leave ports ON the Gulf of Mexico,
one going to Brazil, one to Cuba, one
lea and the isthmus of Panama; four
clear from Pacific coast ports, two to
Japan, China and the Philippines di-
rest, one to Japan, China and the Phil
ippines via Hawaii and one to Mexico,
Central America and the isthmus OF
Panama.
The bill also grants subvention at
the rate Of S5 per gross ton per year
to cargo vessels engaged in the for
eign trade of the United States and at
the rate of $3.50 per ton to vessels
engaged in the Philippine trade, the
Philippine coastwise law being post
poned until 1909
Another feature Of the bill creates
a naval reserve force of 10000 Off
GERS and men, who are to receive re-
tainers after the British practice. Yes
sells receiving subsidies are required
to carry certain proportion of naval
reserve men among their crews
WITHIN NEXT FEW MONTHS.
Commercial Traveller Predicts Upris.
ing IN China.
San Francisco, Feb. 16.-C. E.
Young, an eyewitness of the riots in
Shanghai, has arrived here from the
Orient on the steamer Doric. He tells
of the intense anti-foreign sentiment
that exists among the Chinese and
predicts that an uprising will take
place within, the next few months.
Young says that 200 Chinese were
killed in the riots in Shanghai and
that only the presence of the foreign
gunboats at Shanghai prevented the
wholesale slaughter of Americans and
Englishmen Young represents a local
firm, but because of the boycott he
was unable to transact any business
with the lIhinaSa nnarchants
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-11-09
LORD INN ES.
Two Well-known Belfast People Are
United in Marriage.

Belfast, Me. Nov. S.-(SpeciaD. -
A very pleasant wedding reception
was held last evening at the home of
Mrs. Lucy E. Perkins, No. 80 Union
street, the occasion being the marriage
of her daughter, Mrs. Lizzie NJ. Inncs.
and Arthur p. Lord. The house was
very prcttily decorated, the scheme be-
ing worked in garVnds and autumn
leaves. The ceremony was performed
by Rev J. W. Hatch, using the single
ring service. The bride wore white
muslin with insertion, and carried
bride roses Miss Nina 4. Lord. sis
ter of the groom. was bridesmaid. and
was dressed in pale blue. Edwin S.
Perkins. the brides brother, was best
man. The reception followed the mar
riage ceremony. Ice cream, cake,
punch and cigars were served. The
bride and groom received many valu-
able presents. Mr.. Lord is foreman
of the sail-loft of n. S. Lord & Co., OF
Belfast, and manager of their branch
loft at Searsport. His bride is the
daughter of the late Horace S. Perkins
prominent shipbuilder,,. her first hus-
band being the late stVilliam lines
Both are highly esteemed by all who
know them. They left today for a
short honeymoon visit to his old home
in West BrOokSville.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-11-09
NEW HAMPSHIRE.

Concord. n. H.. Nov. S.-The result of
the halloting for governor in the state
Of New Hampshire last Tuesday will
not be known until the first Of next
week, when the town and ward clerks
file their official returns with the Sec
rotary Of state. Thus far that officer
has heard from but 200 of the 293 towns.
Unoffcial returns received here. how
ever. indicate the Legislature will be
called upon to nominate the next gov
ernor. Unofficial returns from every
town in the state show the following
totals: Floyd, Republican. 40,51S: Jane
son, Democrat. 81. 524; Letley. Prohibi-
ton. 2113; McFall. Socialist, SIS;
Churchill, =.
The vote shows a plurality of 1894 for
FLOYD, hut it lacks 10 votes to give him
majority. If these returns prove to be
correct the Legislature will be called
upon to decide between the two candi-
dates receiving the highest vote. Un'
less the unexpected happens Charles NJ
Floyd of Manchester will be the choice
of the Legislature. which is Republican
by a ma jCrity of 100
There is persistent runlOr in this
city tonight that 30 members of the
next legislature who are Lincoln Club
men will join with the Democrats to
bring about the election of Nathan c.
Jameson as governor, in return fol-
Democratic votes for a Lincoln Club
man to succeed United States Senator
Henry f.. Durham. who will come ur
for reelection next January.
S,,-b corObinot ion Of forces ShOllld
it be brought about. would have to Sc.
cure upward of 200 votes on a joint bal
| lot as it is estimated that the tota
Republican strength in the House an6
Senate will be about 260. and that OF
this number perhaps so might be count
ed as Lincoln Republican Club men
There are Ala members of the two
branches