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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-12-03
BRIEF BITS OF NEWS.

Sam Martin, proprietor of one o.
the best known restaurants in New
York city, has filed a petition in vol
untary bankruptcy.
The state of siege in the republic Of
Salvador, which was proclaimed al
the time of the discovery of the plot
against the government Sept II, has
ended .-.
Mark Hassler, widely know
throughout the United States as 8
musical director and composer, is
dead at Philadelphia. He was sixty
eight years old. .Z-e.
Mark Twain is seventy-one years
old. He celebrated his birthday by
playing pool almost the entire after
noon with his secretary and one OF
two other friends. ........ - 80
Nathan M. Flower, member of the
New York Exchange and of the firm o,
Flower & Co., stock brokers', is dead
Mr.. Flower was nephew of the late
Roswell P. Flower.
Captain Thomas Fuller, veteran
shipmaster and hero of many an excit
ing experience on the high seas ir
days when piracy and mutiny were
frequent, is dead at Salem, Mass.
-Four Spanish-American shoplifters
have been arrested at Los Angeles
Cal: by detectives and $4,000 worth
of silks, furs and clothing stolen from
local department stores recovered.
The Chicago, Milwaukee and st
Paul railroad has filed with the Wis
consin secretary of state articles in
creasing the company's capital stocA
$150,000,000. For so doing the com
pany paid $150,101.
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WAREHOUSES OF THE TOBACCO
TRUST At PRINCETON, XIV,
DESTROYED.
OUTCOME OF CONTINUAL AGITATION
TOBACCO RAIsERs OF THE vlclN.
lTY ANGERED By METHODS
OF OCTOPUS.

Princeton, KY, Dec. 3.-The tobacco
stemmeries Of John Steger and John
G.. Orr, the latter controlled by the
Imperial Tobacco company Of New
York, were totally destroyed at an
early hour by fire which was kindled
against them by a mob of masked
men. Several cottages in the vicinity
were badly damaged, but nobody was
hurt. The loss is estimated at $780,
900.
The mob, which numbered about 300
men, entered Princeton between /
and o'clock, seized the night town
marshal and disarmed him. They
then went to the factories and quickly
applied the torch. The, masked men
stood on guard, permitting nobody to
come near until the buildings were
completely enveloped in flames and
help was useless. A squad of the
mob took charge of the telephone
office and no word Of the affair was
permitted to go out.
When the mob saw that the fire was
beyond control they left the town, CO.
ing in the direction of Hopkinsville,
discharging revolvers and rifles as
they departed. The fire department
then came out, but could do nothing
more than prevent the fire from de-
stroying buildings in the vicinity.
The Steger factory is controlled by
the American Snuff company and Mr..
Steger Is the Princeton agent for that
concern. Mr.. Orr Is the representa-
tive Of the Imperial company. There
was about 100000 pounds Of tobacco
in each warehouse and all Of it was
burned.
The work of the mob is believed to
be only a furtherance Of the agitation
by tobacco raisers against the so.
called tobacco trust.
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ELEVEN PULAJANES KILLED.
Chief Of Band Escapes, but His Cap
ture Is Certain.

Manila, Dec "a force of con-
stabulary under command Of Major
Murphy surprised the camp Of Pablo,
chief of the Pulajanes on the island Of
Samar, at daylight Nov 30. Eleven Of
the Pulajanes were killed, the chiefs
son and nine of the band were wound
ed. Chief Pablo himself escaped, but
his wife and daughter were captured.
Clothing, arms and papers found were
destroyed. together with the camp.
The capture of Chief Pablo is consid'
cred the question of only few days.
There is now only one other chief at
large and plans have been arranged
to capture or kill him. Governor Curry
of Samar wires that the breaking up
of Chief Pablo's band signalizes the
death knell of Pulajanism in the ISL
and. !:
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NUMBER OF LIVES LOST AS RE-
SUIT or RAILROAD pIsAs-
TER IN VERMONT.
GRAVEL TRAIN BUMPS PASSENGER
TWO COACHES ToPPLE DOWN EN-
BANkMENT AND IMMEDl.
ATELY CATCH FIRE.

Vergennes. VT, Dec. 3.-FQur per.
sons are known to have been killed
and it is feared that others lost their
lives while several were seriously in
jured in a wreck on the Rutland rail-
road near here. A gravel train plowed
into the rear end of a passenger train.
Two passenger cars were wrecked and
caught fire. =.....
A mixed train from Rutland, due
here at a. M, was taking the siding
at the Vergennes station in order to
allow southbound mail train to pass.
A heavy gravel train following crashed
into the mixed train, which vas COM
posed of two passenger c:.rs and a
caboose. The cahoose WIS smashed
and the passenger cars were hurled
on end and then toppledo yer the edge
Of fifty-foot embap! nent, which
drops at an angle of 4 degrees to a
small brook. The cars did not fall the
entire distance, how. ever, remaining
on their sides Oh the slope. This posi-
ton made the work of rescue very
difficult. Almost Immediately the
wrecked cars caught fire and several
of the passengers were unable to es-
cape from the flames.
The persons living nearby made
every effort to assist the passengers
and those most seriously hurt were
taken, to farmhouse near the station.
The less severely injured were brought
to the Stevens House in the village.
Among the passengers were twenty.
one members Of the Drury Opera com:
pany of New York city, an organiza-
ton made up Of colored singers, who
had just filled an engagement at Mid
dlebury. All of this group have been
accounted for. One member, however,
Miss Rosetta Faulk, is believed to be
fatally hurt, while another, man
named Stevens, was seriously injured
Mr.. Drury, leader of the company, was
slightly hurt. -a.
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HEiNZE'S GENEROSITY.
Donates 100000 to Depositors Of De-
fUnct Bank.

Butte, Mont, Dec. 3.-Receiver Will
son Of the wrecked Aetna bank of
Butte has announced that he received
a check from Augustus Heinze for
100000. ST.. 49,.
Mr.. Heinze formerly was president
of the bank, but withdrew in 1903.
Believing, however, that many depos-
itors had not known of his withdrawal,
although it was widely advertised at
the time, and that through confidence
in his reputation many of his friends
may have lost their money, Mr.. Heinze
says in his letter to Mr.. Wilson he
contributes 100000 towards the
banks assets and forwards his check
for that amount.
The contribution should increase
the banks assets so per cent.
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HILL De Is AGAIN.

Has No Intentiota Of Buying Railroad
to the Gulf.
New York, Dec. 3.-James J. Hill
has returned to his Office here. He
was not inclined to discuss any Of the
reports concerning his railroad plans
beyond adding another to his numer.
GUS denials that he was after the Mis-.
souri,, Kansas and Texas, which, re.
cent reports had it, is being purchased
in the interest of Mr.. Hills roads.
Mr.. Hill said that if he wanted a
road to the Gulf he would sooner
build a line than buy one already
built. He would know then, he said.
just what he was getting: Moreover.
he added, he would rather see the gov.
eminent build fifteen-foot canal to
the Gulf, which would be vastly better
titan a railroad. .-.-
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FolLED BANDIT SUICIDES.
Tries to Steal $4,000 From Bendenda
(kan.l Bank.

Bendenda, Kan, Dec. 3.-While
President Dillon and Assistant Cashier
Selby were counting $4,000 in the
Bank Of Bendenda Jesse Harris, a
farmland Of Westport, entered, thrust
his gun into their faces and ordered
them to enter the vault quick.
Dillon started to comply, but Selby
escaped to the street. Realizing that
he would be captured the robber
turned the gun on himself and blew
out his brains. 4;
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LIABILITIES OF 100000.
Three McDonoush County (llI.) Banks
Close Their Doors.

Peoria, Ill.,, Dec, 3.-Three banking
institutions in McDonough county.
conducted by G. " Chandler of Ma
comb, have been closed. The banks
are:
The Bank OF Macomb, conducted by
c. V. Chandler & Co., having deposits
of $450,OOO and capitalized at $4,000;
the Chandler & lines bank at Colches-
ter, capitalized at $4,000, having de-
posits of 100000, and the Chandler &
Smith bank of Bardolph, capitalized
at $4,000, with 100000 in deposits.
The money has been invested in
McDonough county real estate. The
immediate cause of the suspension is
given as lack Of ready cash. sThe
Macomb bank was responsible for the
payment of the bonds of the Macomb
and Western Illinois Electric railway
and when the bondholders demanded
their money they badly embarrassed
the three banks.
The liabilities are upwards of $780,
0OO
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BLOCK OPERATOR MISSING.
Is Blamed for Disastrous Wreck on
Southern Railroad.

Washington, Dec. L-Omcials OF
the Southern Railroad company were
in consultation early in the day for the
purpose of going over the conditions
resulting from the wreck at Lawyers
Station, Va, which resulted in the
death of President Samuel Spencer
and six others. Superintendent OF
Transportation Taylor said that all
efforts of the company so far to locate
Operator Mattox, who was operating
the block signal tower at the entrance
of the block in which the accident oc.
Cured, had failed. Mattox is native
Of Sandy Level, Va, and had been in
the employ of the company for three
years. a-. -.t
Practically two Independent investi.
cations are under way for the purpose
of fixing responsibility for the wreck,
one by the division superintendent in
charge of that division and one by the
general superintendent of the road.
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CANADIAN RUBBER TRUST.
Three Large Concerns In New $780,
600 Merger.

Montreal, Dec. THE Canadian
Consolidated Rubber company is the
result of the merger Of the Canadian
Rubber company, the CRANKY Rubber
company and the Maple Leaf Rubber
company of Port Dalhousie, Ont. The
capital of the new company is $4,000
600. with $2,6OO,0OO s per cent forty
year bonds.
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MESSAGE ANxIoUsLY AWAITED.

Britons Interested in Solution of Japa-
nese Question.
London, Dec. 3.-President Roose-
velt's solution of the difficulty arising
from the anti-Japanese rule of the San
Francisco public schools is awaited
with the greatest interest and some
anxiety here. The London papers are
being RECALLED with sensational state
ments made by recent arrivals on the
Pacific coast from the Far East sug-
costing the possibility Of grave COM
plications, even war. The forthcom-
ing presidential message to congress,
therefore, Is watched for with even
greater interest than usual.
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Man Responsible for Southern Wreck
Still Missing.

Man responsible for Southern wreck
Still Missing.
Lynchburg, Va, Dec. 3.-Operator
Mattoax, upon whose shoulders Is
placed the responsibility for the wreck
ten miles below Lynchburg on Thurs
day morning, is still missing, although
detectives of the Southern Railway
company are bending every effort to
locate him. While the railroad COM
pany can secure no statement from
Mattoax comparison Of the record
at the Rangoon Office and at Winners,
the next block Office north Of Rangoon,
disposes Of the rumor that Mattoax
was outside of his Office engaged in a
boxing match when the first of the
wrecked trains entered the block be-
tween his Office and Lawyers.
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THREE THOUSAND ENTRIES.
International Live Stock Show Opens
at Chicago.

Chicago, Dec. 3.-The seventh an
nual international live stock exhibit
ton opened during the day at the I'm
ion stock yards and will continue for
eight days. There are more than
5000 entries, including some shire
horses owned by King Edward VII. of
England. Other entries from abroad
have been made by Sir Thomas Lip
ton, Lord Cavan and Lord Rothschild.
Each evening horse fair will be held
in the exhibition ring.
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DEED OF DIVORCED HUSBAND.
Kills Man Who Married Former Wife
and Then Suicides.


GAINESVILLE, O., Dec. Sat Middle
bourne, Guernsey county, Benjamin
Scott, aged forty-eight, was shot and
killed by James C. Nicols, aged fifty
years, who then committed suicide by
taking carbolic acid Two months
ago Mrs. Scott was granted a divorce
from Nicols on charge of cruelty
and within three weeks she was mar
ried to Scott. Just after dark Nicols
raped on the front door of the Scott
home. When Scott opened the door
he was promptly shot down. Nicols
then fired three shots at his former
wife and, thinking that he had killed
her also, ran into nearby grocery
store, placed a vial of carbolic acid to
his lips and drank the contents. Mrs.
Scott was not hurt.
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PEARY CALLS ON ROOSEVELT.
President Heartily congratuIates Arc.
tic Explorer.

Washington, Dec. 3.-Commander
R. E. Peary called on the president by
appointment during the day. He was
heartily congratulated by Mr.. Roose-
welt on the achievement he has made
in his latest Arctic exploring trip.
Commander Peary, upon leaving the
White House, said he was going to
New York on business matters.
Walter Wellman, who hopes to reach
the Arctic regions by means of an
airship, was at the executive Offices
when Commander Peary arrived. The
two exchanged cordial greetings.
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Alleged to Have Said Japs Would
Fight United States. =:

Washington, Dec. a. Henry B. Mil
ler, United States consul general at
Yokohama, will be given an oppor-
tunity by the state department to
affirm or deny a published interview
in which he is quoted as saying that
the Japanese are organizing their
army and navy to fight the United
States. A copy of the alleged inter-
view has been forwarded to Mr.. Miller
with the statement that II he denies it
his answer will be accepted by the
state department as conclusive.
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DECLARED TO BE ILLEGAL.
District Attorney Jerome's Method OF
Securing Evidence.

New York, Dec. 3.-The court OF
appeals has given a death blow to
John Doe proceedings, the method de-
vised by District Attorney Jerome to
put citizens on the rack and get In.
formation from them. The court de.
nounces such proceedings as illegal
and the subpoenas issued for wit.
nesses as worthless as waste paper.
The decision grew out Of John Doe
proceedings against Klaw & Erlanger,
the so-called theatrical trust, to get
evidence on which criminal prosecu.
tion could be based. These proceed
ings followed the civil suit of David
Belasco against Klaw & Erlanger.
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Chicago Union Stock Yards.

Chicago, Dec. Cattle Beeves,
S4.O007.40; cows and heifers, $1,000
5.25; stockers and feeders. $3.50
4.50; Texans, $3.75@4.60; Westerns,
$3.5006.00; calves. $5.25@7O0. Hogs
Mixed and butchers, s5.85@6.25;
good heavy, $6.15@6.25; rough heavy,
$6.75@5.s5; light. $5.S5 $3.50: pigs,
$500 $500. Sheep. $3.76@5.60: lambs.
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AeeRAvATEs COAL SCARCITY
Four Hundred Montana Miners Go on
Strike.

Livingston, Mont, Dec 3.-Because
the Montana Coal and Coke company
refused to reinstate miner who had
been discharged some weeks ago 400
miners have struck, tying up the
mines and coking plants of the COM
pany at Aldridge and Horr. The de-
cision to strike followed after the
company had refused to further nego-
tiate concerning the reinstatement Of
this discharged miner. The shutdown
of the Montana company's mines will:
further aggravate the prevailing
scarcity of coal in this state, many
Eastern towns In Montana being prac-
tically without any reserve coal.
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MARKET QUOTATIONS.
Minneapolis Wheat.

Minneapolis, Dec. 1.-Wheat-Dec.
75kc; May, 1880; July, 74Ac Or
track-No. hard, 79Ac; No. North
ern, 7SAc; No. Northern, 76Ac.
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Texas Sheepman Assassinated.

Del Rio. Tex, Dec. &C: R. Cav
thorn, one of the most prominent
sheepmen In this section, was found
dead in his buggy three miles from
Del Rio with bullet in his heart.
This is the second murder within two
days and the city Is greatly excited.
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Would Enforce Collection.

Berlin, Dec. 3.-Messrs. Sutro,
Thomas and Dohrmann, three repre-
sentatives of the San Francisco insur-
ance claimants who have not been
paid by three German companies and
one Austrian company, have arrived
here and are making the necessary
official calls and looking over the field
before pressing the companies for a.
settlement.
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Wage Dispute Adjusted.

New York, Dec. 3.-Questions at
issue between the New York Central
and Hudson River Railroad company
and its steam and electrical locomo-
tive engineers have been adjusted.
The men will receive substantial in.
crease In pay.
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ssssE 55sf &
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owing TO Slow Collections.

South McAlester, /. T., Dec. 3. THE
Bank Of Kiowa, at Kiowa, twenty-five
miles south Of here in the Choctaw
Nation, has closed its doors on ac-
count of slow collections and inability
to realize on it's assets. The bank
had a capital Of 100000 and owed
$4,000 borrowed money. The liabili-
ties exceed the assets.
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Accused Of HarborInu RebeIs.

81 Paso, Tex, Dec. Mrs. Maria
Ponce de Gonzales, prominent wo-
man of Juarez, has been arrested in
Juarez charged with harboring revo-
lutionists. Her husband recently was
arrested as revolutionist and she is
accused Of putting the police on the
wrong trail when they were search
Ing the city. There are now forty al
legged revolutionists In jail in Chihuar
Nm
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GIRL ATTEMPTS SUICIDE.
Accused Of Cheating in School Exam.
ination.

nation.
Minneapolis, Dec. ..-Hazel Scott,
aged thirteen, pupil in Robbinsdale
public school, attempted suicide by
taking strychnine because she was &C
cused of cheating in an examination
at school,
II would rather. die than face my
parents" said the girl to companions
after school,
She bought the drug on the way
home and when alone took five grains
A few minutes later she was found
unconscious by her mother and
physician was summoned. Her chance
of recovery is slight.
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HAUNTED BY HIS VICTIM.
Iowa Farmer Driven to Death by Mem.
ory Of Crime.

Dry Of Crime.
Sioux City, Ia, Dec. 3.-Driven to
drink by the specter of his brother-in-
law, whom he had murdered six years
ago, Ernest Meyer, farmer living
near Neville, committed suicide by
hanging himself to the rafters in the
haymow.
In March, 1900, Meyer stabbed his
brother-in-law, Chris Bauer, for as
saulting his mother He was tried
and convicted of the crime, but was
released upon payment of a fine of
$500. Since that time the memory of
the deed has haunted him continually
and lately he sought to drown his re-
morse in drink. He made away with
himself after drunken debauch.
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Second Ocean-Going Turbine Vesse
Built in This Country.

Built in This Country.
Chester, Pa, Dec. S.-The Yale, the
second ocean-going turbine steamship
to be built in this country, was
launched during the afternoon at
Roach's shipyard in this city. The
steamer was built for the Metropolitan
Steamship company and will ply be-
tween New York and Boston on the
outside route. The steamer was
christened by Miss Laura B. Hadley,
daughter of the president Of Yale uni
versity.
The Harvard, a sister ship to the
Yale, will be launched in a short
time
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CARNEGIE Is CRITICISED.
London Papers Object to His Remarks
at New York Banquet.


at New York Banquet.
London, Dec. 3.-Exception Is taken
In some of the afternoon papers here
to the statements made by Andrew
Carnegie at the banquet Of the st.
Andrews society in New York regard
ing the decline of recruiting in Scot
land. The Pail Mall Gazette heads
it's comment AN Alien Insult" and
says that, even if true, 1T is the
worst Of manners in an alien who
elects to make frequent use of British
hospitality to make it the subject Of
public rejoicing"
Sir Mortimer Durand's vigorous re-
buke" Of Mr.. Carnegie on the same
occasion is applauded by the press.
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Negro Rapist to BE Executed.

Atlanta, Ca, Dec. 3.--Will Johnson,
q negro, has been found guilty Of as
sault upon Mrs. Georgia Hembree, q
white woman. last August and SEN.
fenced to be hanged Jan. /.
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TWO ITALIANS CONVICTED.
Nineteen Others Acquitted on Murde,
Charge.

Ellsworth, Wis, Dec. l.-After be-
ing out forty-one hours the jury in the
Italian murder case arrived at a YER
dict at 10 a. m. Joseph Siragusa was
convicted of manslaughter in the third
degree and John Demma was convict
ed Of manslaughter in the fourth de-
gree. The penalty is from one to
seven years. The remaining nineteen
Italians go free
They were all on trial for the muir
der Of John Isaac at Prescott, Wis,
two months ago.
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COAL FAMINE IN NEVADA.
Great Suffering Follows in Wake 0,
Severe Storm.

Reno, New, Dec 3.-Unless the fuel
famine in Nevada is broken imme
diately suffering and sickness and
perhaps death will follow in the wake
of the storm which has ragged for the
past two days in Southern Nevada
Coal cannot be obtained in Goldfield
or Tonopah and wood is bringing ex
orbitant prices. Ties and telephone
poles are being burned. The fuel
famine extends over the entire state
and even in this city coal cannot be
purchased.
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HEAVY "OFFlCIAL" EXPENSES,
British Parliamentary Candidates Ex.
pend $5,834,29

London, Dec. "a parliamentary re-
turn of the "official' expenses of the
candidates of the recent general cleo
ton shows that it cost the $40 mem
bers of parliament $5,834,290 to OBJ
tain their seats, an average per vote
Of SO cents. The sums privately dis
bursed would substantially increase
the total, Judging from the evidence of
some of the bribery trials which fol-
lowed the elections.
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NO TRACE OF OPERATOR.

he banks assets so per cent.
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Russian Police Chief Slain.

Kazan, Russia, Dec 3.-Chief of Po-.
lice Chopolo of this city was shot and
killed while leaving theater here
The assassin was arrested.