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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-02-27
TWO SCORE CHILDREN DEAD
FIRE IN SCHOOLHOUSE AT MON
TREAL RESULTS IN TERRI.
BILE LOSS OF LIFE.

Montreal, Feb. 27.-The Hochelaga
Protestant school on Prefontaine
street, in the French section of the
city, caught fire during the afternoon
while filled with pupils and before the
fremen in the nearest station could
reach the spot many children had been
smothered to death. The rescue was
quick, but at 8 o'clock, although some
thirty children had been taken out
alive, it is feared that in the top story
there are, in addition to the bodies
taken out, twenty more dead, includ-
ing a teacher, Miss Maxwell. It is
stated that all the teachers except
Miss Maxwell saved themselves as
we'll as the larger pupils. 1t was due
to Miss MaxwelPs heroism in rushing
up stairs to save the younger pupils
that she lost her life. 49,.
AT $3.50 o'clock the nineteenth body
had been brought out, all of them kin
dergarten pupils, excepting that OF
Miss Maxwell.
There were ESQ children in the
school when the fire started.
The fire broke out in the furnace
room and spread with great rapidity.
It was gotten under control shortly,
although there was lack of water on
account of the breaking down of one
of the big pumps at the waterworks,
but smoke had by that time done it's
deadly work. T.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-02-27
FOR RENT-Nlne rooms, over
the Arcade. Apply at Brink
man hotel.
Inc aGVantaGe Of an Accident.


"The small size of the propeller
screw, says q noted shipbuilder, sis
not due to the perception of any in
yentor OF its greater effect as COM
pared with larger one, but purely to
ACCIDENT. Many years ago screws for
steamers were made as large as posi-
bic, it being the theory that the great.
er the diameter the higher the speed.
"A vessel WAS sent to sea with a screw
so large that it was deemed best to
cast each blade in two parts and then
weld them together During a storm
all three blades Of the propeller broke
at the welding, reducing the diameter
by more than two thirds To the sur
prise Of the captain the vessel shot for
ward at a speed such as had never
been attained before Engineers then
experimental with small propellers
and discovered that they were much
more effective than large ones Had it
not been for that accident we might
have gone on using large bladed
screws to the present day"
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-02-27
ACCUSED OF cowARDlcE.
stoesseI Blamed for Surrender OF Port
Arthur.

stoesseI Blamed for Surrender of Port
Arthur.
st. Petersburg, Feb. PA copy of
the secret report on the defense Of
Port Arthur, which is the basis Of the
indictment on which Lieutenant Gen
eral Stoessel, Lieutenant General
F'ock, who commanded the Fourth
East Siberian division at Port Ar
thur, and Major General Reiss, chief
Of staff Of General Stoessel, are stand
Ing trial for their lives before the SUI
preme courtmartial, has been OBJ
tanned by the Associated Press.
1t is of the greatest interest as ex-
planning the decision to try these
three officers and nolle prosequi the
other defenders of Port Arthur The
report, which was written by Lieuten-
ant General Smirnoff, the actual COM
mandant of the fortress, is sensational
in the extreme and categorically &C.
cuses Stoessel of cowardice and in
capacity and, finally, of the deliberate,
reasonable Fastening of the surren-
der to save his own life and in def
ance Of the decisions of two successive
councils Of war. The report is biased
In the extreme, breathes the most bit
ter personal enmity and shows that
the high officers of the Port Arthur
garrison in the darkest days of the
siege were almost at each others
threats.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-02-27
CROsS.ExAMINATloN OF EV.
ELYN NESBIT THAW,
ORIGINAL STORY PRACTICALLY INTACT
ASIDE FROM CERTAIN ADMIS.
SIONS WITNESS STICKS TO
FIRST NARRATIVE. ..t.

New York, Feb. 27.-District Attor-
ney Jerome has finished his long
cross-examinatiOn of Mrs Evelyn Mes
bit Thaw at the trial of her husband
on the charge of having murdered
Stanford White. Mrs. Thaw had been
under the district attorneys fire for
nearly five court days. His conclud-
ing questions had to do with what the
witness observed as to Thaw's man
ner when he would chance to meet
White. She said he acted as a person
in fit.
Mrs. Thaw said her husband would
remember the meetings and talk of
them. From Christmas, 1903, until
he shot White he believed the archi-
tect had set the Monk Eastman gang
upon him. He constantly feared
White and said he was being perse-
euted by him. ~.
Mr.. Jerome called Abraham H.
Hummel to the stand to question him
regarding the affidavit Evelyn Nesbit
Is alleged to have made against Thaw
In his Office. Beyond the fact that the
girl went to the lawyers Office and
that he dictated to a stenographer
while she was there the district at
torney was powerless to bring out
anything more because of the contin-
ued objection of Mr.. Delmas.
Justice Fitzgerald upheld the objec-
tons on the ground that collateral
testimony cannot be taken to discredit
the witness.
At the conclusion Of her cross-ex-
animation Mrs. Thaw was recalled by
Mr.. Delmas for redirect examination.
Evelyn Thaw's Story Intact.
To the observer it is not evident
that Evelyn Nesbit Thaw's story has
been broken to any great extent. The
cross=examination brought out the
fact that Evelyn Nesbit lived with
Thaw as his wife for a year and a
half before they were married, but
there was no attempt made to con-
ceal this fact. Mrs. Thaw admitted
it without quibble. She also admitted
that her relations with White contin-
ued for several months after her al
legged ravishment She also admitted
that Thaw sent cable messages to
White In her name asking him to in
terfere to prevent her mother from
making trouble while she and Thaw
were travelling together in Europe.
Aside from these admissions, how
ever, her story stands practically as
she told it on her direct examination.
Occasionally Mr.. Jerome succeeded in
inducing her to make her statements
more positive, but he was unable to
induce her to fix dates with any GER
tainty. On these matters her memory
proved to be very bad.
That Mr.. Jerome will attempt to
controvert many of her statements
seems probable. He has confronted
her with Or. Carlton Flint, whom she
declared she had never seen before.
Mr.. Jerome several times asked her if
It were not true that she had gone to
DR.. Flint with Jack Barrymore and
she denied that she had. It is also
said that Mr.. Jerome will place on
the stand several chorus girls and
others who knew of the relations be.
tween Miss Nesbit and Stanford
White .
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-02-27
cONFEssES DOUBLE MURDER.
Denver Man Admits Killing Wife and
Daughter.

Denver, Feb. 27.-Benjamin G.
Wright, solicitor for the international
Correspondence school of Scranton,
Pa. is held prisoner in the city jail
here on a charge of murder, having
confessed to Chief of Police Delaney
in the presence of witnesses that he
poisoned his wife and his daughter,
who were found dead in their home in
this city. Infatuation for Stella Good,
from whom the police claim to have
learned that Wright had neglected his
family, is supposed to have been the
motive for the crime
According to the statement of hos
pital physicians Wright himself had
taken no poison and was shamming
when he seemed to be unconscious.
The contents Of his stomach were ex-
amined and no poison was found.
Wright did not disclose the nature
Of the poison given his wife and child,
but it is known they died in agony.
Stella Good has left the city for
Colorado Springs and the authorities
of that city have been asked to arrest
her. She has been arrested several
times on charges of theft.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-02-27
ATTACKS THE GOVERNMENT.
Socialist Leader Makes TWo-Hour
Speech in Reichstag.

Socialist Leader Makes TWo-Hour
Speech in Reichstag.
Berlin, Feb. 27.-Herr Bebel, the
Socialist leader, took the tribune in
the reichstag during the day and for
two hours attacked the government
and the parties supporting it with the
wit, argument, invective, sarcasm and
I'll the other resources of the most
powerful speaker in German parlia-
mentary life and rising to uncommon
heights even for him. Herr Bebel de-
voted his remarks to details of inter-
nal policies during the recent cleo
tons and to the controversies which
have arisen on the subject.
Herr Bebel said the recent reichstag
elections were simply an official cam
paign without parallel since the re-
gime of Napoleon III. Officers had
been detailed to make campaign
speeches and money had been hand
ed over from the imperial chancellery
to the Naval league for election pur-
poses. TIE government by such
methods won.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-02-27
BRIEF BITS OF NEWS.

A bill cutting rates on Pullman cars
80 per cent has been introduced in the
Nebraska legislature.
]. Henley Smith, who was editor OF
the Confederacy, daily paper pub
lisned at Atlanta, Ca, during the Civil
war, is dead in that city.
Leslie M. Shaw, secretary of the
treasury, who will retire from the cab
met on March 4, is to become the pres
ident of the newly organized Carnegie
Trust company Of New York city.
An Abyssinian dispatch to the Lon
don Daily Mail says that King Meme
Xix of Abyssinia is sending to Pres
ident Roosevelt an autograph letter
comforting royal order upon him.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-02-27
TO COST s5o,ooo,ooo.
Big Passenger and Freight Terminals
at Kansas CITY,

Kansas City, Feb. 27.-An agree.
ment to build passenger and freight
terminals at Kansas City at an esti..
mated cost to the railways of $50, OOD,-
600 has been reached at conference
here between John M. Egan, president
OF the Kansas City Terminal Railway
company, representing the leading
railways entering this city, and COM
mittee of city officials headed by
Mayor H. M. Beardsley. The railways
are to erect a $2,0O0,O0O Union passen-
ger station near Grand avenue and
Twenty-second street, on the South
Side; five Union freighthouses along
the river front in the west bottoms
and forty street viaducts and sub
ways, the latter to be maintained by
the railways. The city agrees TO give
the railways a fifty-year grant for
their terminals.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-02-27
LOOK TO CONGRESS FOR PAY.
Cost of CURLING Colorado River Will
Be Over $3,oO0,000.

Los Angeles, CAL, Feb. 27.-The
overflow of the Colorado river at the
Imperial valley dam has been stopped,
according to statements made by Off.
cials. The dam has stood a test OF
two weeks and the officials are salts.
fed that the work will now proceed
without interruption until there Is alb
solute assurance against another out.
break Of the Colorado
1t is believed that the work OF
building levees will be finished by
April Is. w. j. Doran Of the Califor.
mia Development company said that
the cost Of the work on the twenty.
mile levee is nearly $1,000 a day and
that the total expense involved in
curbing the river will be between
100000 and 100000. This money
has been or will be expended by the
Southern Pacific company, which
must look to congress for recompense
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-02-27
VIRGINIA MURDER TRIAL.
Brothers Charged With Killing SIS
ters Husband.

Culpepper, Va, Feb. 27.-Four wit
nesses testified at the morning session
at the trial of James and Phillip
Strother, jointly charged with the
murder Of William F. Bywaters, their
brother-in-law, on the night of Dec. IS
last.
Rev. w. J. Ware, the minister who
married Viola Strother and Bywaters
an hour before the tragedy, was the
most interesting witness Of the four.
He said that the service was read by
him while the young bride lay i'll in
her bed. Mrs. Bywaters, he stated,
cried continuously during the cere-
mony, while Bywaters was composed
and answered the minister's questions
in a clear, firm voice. Rev. Ware
stated that James Strother and By
waters shook hands after the cere-
mony had been solemnized
]. G. Lemon, the next witness, said
he arrived at the Strother home soon
after the shooting and found ByWa-
tiers on the roof just outside of the
room where the two brothers had first
bSSu1 LII AAS' bJ "etIoAS, liz SttlO, dp-
peared to be dying. Lemon stated
that young Mrs. Bywaters was on her
bed, crying piteously. She called for
Brother Jim" and asked him to for
give her for lying about her condition.
During the recital Of Lemons testi.
mony James Strother showed great
emotion and tears streamed down his
face.
Deputy Sheriff J. F. Bowersett and
l.. B. Crump, one Of the Strothers'
neighbors, were the other two wit
nesses. Mr.. Crump stated that Phil
lip Strother told him that he had
killed Bywaters because Bywaters
had ruined his sister. Both brothers,
Crump stated, told him that they had
fired the shot.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-02-27

management in the future the pres.
ident has asked the canal commission
to assign to the office of chief engi-
neer Major George w. Goethals of
the engineer corps.
Major Gaillard and Major Sibert,
members Of the engineer corps are
to accompany Major Goethals to the
isthmus and assist him in his labors.
They are to be appointed members of
the commission
The president requests the commits
sion to take formal action necessary
to reject the Oliver and Macarthur
bids in accordance with the power re.
served to it in it's invitation.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-02-27
CRIMINAL INTENT LACKING
GEORGE w. PERKINS ACQUITTED
OF LARCENY OF LIFE IN.
SURANCE FUNDS.

Albany, N. Y, Feb. 27.-The court
Of appeals has decided in favor of
George w. Perkins, a vice president
Of the New York Life Insurance com
pany and a member of the firm of J..
Pierpont Morgan & Co., in the matter
of the charge of grand larceny made
against him in connection with the
payment of funds of the New York
Life to the Republican national cam
paign in 1904. The decision is by a
divided court, voting to 8. The pre-
vailing opinion holds that there was
no larceny owing to the absence of
criminal intent The dissenting opin-
ion holds that larceny consists in TAX
Ing property belonging to some one
else, even for commendable purpose.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-02-27
HARTMAN EXPLAINS RECENT
CHANGE OF PRESIDENT OF
ILLINOIS CENTRAL.
SPRINGS SENSATION AT HEARING
FORMER HEAD OF ROAD ACCUSED
OF USING POSITION FOR
PERSONAL GAIN.

New York, Feb. PIE. H. Harri-
man, head of the Union Pacific and
allied roads, while on the stand in
the interstate commerce hearing,
sprung a sensation while explaining
the recent change of presidents on
the Illinois Central. He accused the
deposed president, Stuyvesant Fish, of
using his position to further his per-
sonal ends and of other acts incon-
sistent with his duty as head of the
road
In 1903, Mr.. Hartman said, after he
returned from Europe, he was ap-
preached by several influential direc-
tors Of the Illinois Central, who asked
him as to the advisability Of report
ing several of President Fishs acts to
the board with view to having the
board request his resignation Mr..
Hartman said that he took steps to
smooth over the difficulty. 1t ap-
peared, he said, that President Fish
had used his official position to fur
Their his own interests, but he (Mr.
Harriman) prevented any action at
that time. Subsequently Mr. Fish re-
peated acts of the same character and
the board of directors of it's volition
relieved him of Office Notwithstand-
ing the boards action, continued Mr..
Hartman, in 1904 Mr.. Fish again be-
gan to deposit money of the Illinois
Central with certain trust companies
in order to pad statements The
trouble with Mr.. Fish, said Mr.. Harri-
man, was that he looked upon the Hi
nois Central as his personal property
Loaned Money to Himself.
''In addition to that" Mr.. Hartman
continued, che loaned to himself a
large amount of money during that
summer without the knowledge, I be-
l1eve, of the board of directors; and it
was based on those matters that the
directors who had become conversant
with these facts approached me after
my return from Europe with the re-
quest that l join with them to take
the matter before the board of direc-
tors Of the Illinois Central with the
intention of having Mr.. Fish deposed.
I 1nterfered in the interests Of Mr..
Fish, loaned him s1,2O0,O0O to take up
his obligations to the Illinois Central
and let it remain with him for two
years. Most of the principal he paid
back gradually until the securities
which he had up appreciated in value
and he could arrange for the matter
somewhere else or dispose of some
of it.
Subsequent to that he again. in
January, 1904, deposited with the Com
monwealth Trust company, the sue
cessor Of the Trust Company of the
Republic, additional money again to
pad the statements of that trust com
pany and continued to do various
things Of which l think 1 have said
enough. They are matters Of record
and can be taken up"
AS Mr.. Hartman told the story of
Mr.. Fish's overthrow from the Illinois
Central every one leaned forward to
catch his explanation of this sensa-
tlonal railway incident. For the first
time Hartman spoke with warmth
and feeling, even using rare gesture
as he proceeded
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-02-27
RESIGNATION OF CHIEF ENGI.
NEER ACCEPTED BY THE
PRESIDENT.
ARMY OFFICER WILL SUCCEED HIM
STEPS TAKEN TO SECURE CON.
TlNUITY OF MANAGEMENT
IN FUTURE.

Washington, Feb. 27.-The presi-
dent has received letter from John
F. Stevens, chief engineer of the Pan
anna canal in which he asks to be en-
tirely relieved from work on the canal
as soon as he can be replaced by a
competent person and that person can
become familiar with the work. The
president has accepted Mr.. Stevens
resignation. In order to secure con-
tinuity in engineering control and
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-02-27
Where Foes Are Thickest,

"1n going from Rome to Paris" said
a young man, Il paid extra money to
cross the st. Gothard, but that lofty
Alpine pass was a disappointment 1t
was fogSy, and 1 saw nothing of the
Alps. Hard luck eh?'
"Not at ALL" replied the globe trotter.
NEARLY everybody finds the st. Co.
thard wrapped in fog and mist. The
st. Gothard in fact, is the foggiest
place In the world London has So
days Of fog a year, Munich has Al,
Hamburg has 50, Tegernsee, in the
Bavarian Alps, has 134. Overlapping
all of them comes the st. Gothard
with an annual average of PIT foggy
DAYS"
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-02-27
No Chinese LANGUAGE.

An English traveller says that "Chi-
nese language" is a missioner. "There
is no such thing as a Chinese language
any more than there is European lam
guage. A Canton man cannot under
stand an Annoy man, and I have seen
two Cinnamon sitting together with a
third one acting interpreter. Pigeon
English is the common tongue Of COM
MERGE"
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-02-27
The Starry Cross.

The first order ever bestowed upon
women was the order of the Starry
Cross, founded in 1868 by Eleanor,
widow Of Ferdinand III. Of Austria, in
thanksgiving for the saving Of por-
ton Of the holy cross at fire in the
palace at Vienna. This order, which
was confirmed the following year by
the pope, is divided into two classes,
containing different jewels, and is con-
ferred in recognition Of distinguished
virtues. 1t is worn Oh the left breast
attached to black ribbon.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-02-27
DUE TO CLERICAL ERROR.
sub-Treasury Officials Abandon Theft
Theory.

Chicago, Feb. 27-The government
officials who are working on the dis
appearance of $4,000 from the sub
treasury in this city declare they are
unable to trace the theft to any one
person and they have formed the
strong opinion that the disappearance
is not the result Of theft but Of a
clerical error
Captain Porter of the secret serv-
ice, who has charge of the case, said
that he believed the matter will be
Strengthened out before night. He
would not say that he had abandoned
the theory of a theft, but other Off
Gals connected with the sub-treasury
declared that the idea of an error was
receiving far more consideration than
that of possible robbery.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-02-27
Merchant Kills Policeman.

Augusta, Ca, Feb. 27.-E. M. Fuller,
grocery merchant, shot and killed
Policeman Walter S. Wilkins. While
making his rounds with another Off
Ger Wilkins tried the back door of the
Fuller store and Fuller, installing the
officer for burglar, fred two loads Of
shot directly into Wilkins face.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-02-27
DEMOCRATS OPPOSE 1T.
santo Domingo Treaty Ratified by
the Senate.

santo Domingo Treaty Ratified by
the Senate.
Washington, Feb. 27.-After a de-
bate of over three hours the senate
ratified the Santo Domingo treaty
which provides for the assistance Of
the United States in the collection and
application of the customs revenues
of the Dominican republic. The vote
was 43 to 10, which is one more than
two-thirds.
Senator Carmack opposed the rati-
f1cation, but said that if favorable &C
ton was not had on the treaty the
president would go ahead with it any
way and the senate might as we'll take
the action that would save his face"
Senators Clarke of Arkansas and
Patterson made speeches in favor of
ratification and these senators were
the only Democrats who voted for the
convention.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-02-27
CHARGE DENIED IN COURT,
Murderer of Rich London Merchant
Not His Son.

London, Feb. 27.-The case of
Horace G. Rayner, who shot and
killed William Whitley of West
bourne Grove Jan. "a, was heard in a
police court here during the day.
Counsel for the treasury, which prose
cuted, dealt at length with the prison
er's parentage and admitted that
there was some doubt on the subject.
Counsel added, however, that he was
prepared to produce overwhelmin.
evidence to show that there was not
the slightest ground for the sugges-
ton that Rayner was Whiteley's son.
Counsel also asserted that there was
no truth in the report that the de-
ceased merchant had been for years a
victim Of an extensive Matchmaking
scheme. The testimony taken threw
no new light on the tragedy and tho
prisoner was remanded.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-02-27
ADDITIONAL LOCAL MATTER
Business Good at Pup0sky.

y. J. Laqua, who, in partner
ship with Mr.. Smith, runs a gen
eral merchandise store at
Puposky, was visitor in the city
yesterday. Mr.. Laqua states
that business is very good at
Puposky, and that the home
steaders about there are realiz.
ing good sums from the market
ing of their various kinds OF
timber.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-02-27
Mrs. Neal Teaches Classes.

During the absence of Super
intendent Richie at St. Paul, in
the interest of the location of the
proposed normal school, Mrs. W.
E. Neal has been officiating very
acceptably as teacher of the
classes over which the superin-
tendent presides.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-02-27
Regulate Sale of Canned Goods.

Springfield, ILL.,, Feb. 27.-A bill has
been introduced in the house to reg
ulate the sale of any article of food
contained in sealed glasses, cans, bot.
ties or packages, providing that there
shall be placed or stamped on the out
side of such packages in plain letters
the true date of packing and sealing
of such package and the name of the
article contained therein
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-02-27
Increased Pay Causes Insanity.

Kankakee, ILL.,, Feb. 27.-To an in.
crease of wages from $35 to $50 a
month, which he could not under
stand, is attributed the insanity of
Phillip Couture, painter at the Hi,
nois Western hospital, who was adj
judged insane and committed to the
same institution.