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The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1908-01-02
SAYS HE KILLED His CHUM
Youth of Sixteen Admits Crime of
Murder

Pembina, N. D., Jan. 1.-James
O'Brien of Neche has made complete
concession of the murder of Arthur
lie Claire, the Great Northern fireman.
The sixteen-year-old slayer finally
gave up the details of his crime to J.
G. Crawford, Pinkerton detective,
who has beer working on the case.
The confession came after he had
been confronted with his bloody cloth
ing, the hatchet with which the crime
was committed, bloody scarf and
other evidences of his guilt.
When the news was broken to the
father Of O'Brien, for years a resident
Of Neche and customs officer there,
he broke down completely. Fred LIE
Claire, father of the murdered boy,
called on him in an endeavor to con-
sole him, .-.. =. ...r .; s-..
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1908-01-02
ENTERS ON FINAL STAGE,
Trial by CourtmartiaI of General
Stoessel Nearing End.

st. Petersburg, Jan. The trial
by courtmartial Of Lieutenant General
Stoessel for the surrender of the Port
Arthur fortress to the Japanese has
entered upon it's final stage. The court
heard evidence on the council of war
of Dec. 20, when the members of the
council refused to entertain the sug-
gestion of surrender, and the actual
capitulation. The prosecution intro
duced the estimate of General Smir-
noff that the resistance could have
been prolonged for six weeks more.
Several witnesses testified to the in
dignation with which the proposal to
capitulate was received by the council
of war, but certain officers from the
firing line gave contradictory evidence
and intimated that the boldest coun-
sells against surrender were given by
those who were stationed furthest
from the enemy. The troops were
dispirited and sick almost to a man
with scurvy, it was declared, and if
the capitulation had been delayed the
fortress would have fallen before the
first vigorous attack of the Japanese.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1908-01-02
.ZIMRl DWIGGINS DEAD.
Event Recalls His Meteoric Career as
Banker.

Chicago, Jan. 1.-Zimri Dwiggins,
the urbane country lawyer who came
to Chicago in the early nineties and
founded the Columbia National bank,
is no more. Dispatches say that he
died in Lincoln, Neb., but no particu-
lars are given. Dwiggins disappeared
from Chicago about thirteen years ago
and has not been seen here since. He
tried to be a master of finance, but
hardly knowing the A B Cs of bank
ing his plan went to crash
Dwiggins, however, made remarka-
BILE strides forward and had linked
together a chain of banks which in
number and aggregate business prob
ably never before or since has been
duplicated. The Columbia National
was the keystone of the financial arch
and when it collapsed the rest of the
fabric went with it.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1908-01-02
TRIAL NEARING COMPLETION
Arguments Begun in i Harden-Von
Moltke Libel Suit, ~ ~.

Z, Moltke Libel Suit. ~ H..
Berlin, Jan. AT the opening Of
the session of the Harden-Von Moltke
libel suit the Judge questioned Count
kuno Won Moltke as to whether he
had resigned from the army as a re-
suit OF the articles published by Har-
den in Die Zukunft. The count re-
spOnded emphatically in the affirma-
tive
The state attorney, DR.. Isenbiel.
then opened the pleadings and de-
manded the imposition of a sentence
OF four months imprisonment. against
Harden. He declared that Harden had
assumed that there existed near the
person Of the emperor a group of
men whose influence was detrimental
to the interests of the Fatherland and
which he felt himself called upon TO
dt1sperse. Among the members of this
group We're Prince Philip zu Eulen-
burg and General Kuno Won Moltke.
Harden attacked these two men, found.
ing his accusation upon the mere word
OF an hysterical woman, Mrs. Won
Elbe, the former wife of Won Moltke.
and upon statements made by her
mother, Mrs. yon Heyen, who was
quite untrustWorthy Continuing, Dr..
Isenbiel said:
Count Won Moltke; who has been
covered with. filth by Harden, leaves
this court completely cleared; he is
without stain, a noble man from head
to foot. Prince zu Eulenburg is equally
indicated"
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1908-01-02
DENIES THAT SHE is DEAD
Woman Identified as Murder Victim
Alive and Well.

Newark, N. j., Jan. The iden-
tity Of the woman whose dead body
was found in Harrison, N. j., last
Thursday remains a mystery. The
story told by Mrs. Hattie Hull that
Agnes Young, was exploded when Mrs.
Young was found alive and we'll in
New York city. She is employed as
an accountant in a real estate Office
in New York and declared emphat-
ically that she had not been in New
Jersey on Christmas day and that she
did not know any one named Charles
Meyers, for whom the police were
searching as result Of Mrs. Hull's
statements. Mrs. Young obtained
first knowledge of the fact that he.
name had been connected with the
murder mystery from the newspapers
while on her way to the Office where
she is employed. On reaching the
office she consulted her employer and
expressed Indignation that her name
had been drawn into the affair by Mrs.
Hull. ::
Mrs. Hull told the. police that she
had parted from Mrs. Young on
Christmas day and that Mrs. Young
was about to start for Harrison in
company with Charles Meyers.
Mrs. Young declared that while she
knew Mrs. Hull she had not seen her
for two years.. "a.
When Mrs. Hull was told that Mrs.
Young had ..been. found alive she de-
clared that the murdered woman was
her own half sister, Minnie Jeanette
CASTOR, daughter of r. B. CASTOR of
Servilla, Tenn. Mrs. Hull said she
identified the body as that of Mrs.
Young in order to avoid involving
Miss Gaston's name in scandal. She
asked that the: body be sent to Mr..
CASTOR at Serviila.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1908-01-02
GOVERNMENT WILL APPEAL
President and Attorney General Dis
cuss Denver Decision,

Washington, Jan. 1.-At the last
cabinet meeting of the year 1907 the
decision was reached by the president
and Attorney General Bonaparte that
the government will use every means
in its power to bring about in the
higher courts disapproval of the de.
cision rendered in Colorado by Judge
Lewis that there is no law against
citizens agreeing in advance to pur.
chase coal or other public lands that
may be acquired by others under what
is known as the dummy entryman sys.
tenn. Attorney General Bonaparte said
after the cabinet meeting that it was
fortunate that congress last year
passed a law giving the government
the right to appeal in criminal cases,
as undoubtedly the government would
appeal to its fullest extent against a
decision quashing indictments against
men charged with Illegally acquiring
coal lands.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1908-01-02

known clergymen in the United States:
Before his elevation to the bishopric
he was pastor of several large
churches in the New York East con-
ference. Born in Central New York
he studied for the ministry in Wes-
leyan college. For several years be-
fore enterin: the ministry he was pres
ident of Casenovia academy in this
state. He was chosen bishop in 1872
and in 1904 was relieved of many du-
ties and placed on the retired list. His
active interest in the administration
of the affairs of the church did not
cease with his retirement, however,
and he continued to take an important
part in it's councils until the last.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1908-01-02
BUILDING BADLY WRECKED
Bomb Thrown Against Front of New
York Structure.

New York, Jan. s "A bomb thrown
against the front of a two-story frame
building in East One Hundred and
Forty-ninth street, in the Bronx, be-
fore daylight badly wrecked the build
ing and endangered the lives of eight
persons who were asleep therein. A
fish store kept by Joseph Rae on the
first floor was almost demolished and
his living: rooms back of the store
were wrecked. A door. was blown off
its hinges and, striking Mrs Marie
Rottisano, Rae's married daughter, on
the head inflicted a painful wound.
The ceilings Of a tenement in the
upper part of the building occupied by
family of six persons were torn
down by the explosion but, the family
was not injured. ..
Rae has asked the police to search
for his son-in-law, Antonio Bottisano,
who, he said, had threatened to blow
up the store because his wife had left
him and taken refuge with her father.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1908-01-02
PROTESTS TO WASHINGTON
Canadian Government Claims Action
of Dakota Officer Was illegal.

Ottawa, Ont, Jan. 1.-Secretary of
State Scott has written to Washing
ton asking the United States govern
ment to investigate the alleged illegal
action of a North Dakota official who
recently held up the Canadian farmers
on the boundary line at Emerson and
forced them to cross over into the
United States territory and, on threat
Of keeping them in jail, compelled one
Of them to sign an affidavit implicat-
ing him. IN an attempt to smuggle
wheat across the boundary. Secretary
Scott declares that the action Of the
Dakota officer was contrary to inter-
national law. =. L. ..z III
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1908-01-02

Common School Certificates.
Program of examinations for Jan
.uary 80 and 81, and February l.
1908.
Thursday, January 3Oth.
(First Grade Studies.)
A. M.-8:OO Enrolment.
Sis Geometry.
1000 Physics.
+. M.-1:30 Algebra.
SIS Physical Geography or
General History.
Agriculture may be taken at any
one of above periods, and may be
substituted for either Geometry or
Physical Geography.
:. Friday, January 31st.s
(Second Grade Studies.
A. M.-8:0O Enrolment.
.... $3.50 Professional Test.
9:3O Spelling.
1000 Arithmetic.
P. Mills Geography.
2:45 Composition and Pen
manship. ~
.-.. 500 Reading.
Saturday, February 1st.
(Second Grade Studies Continued.
A. M.-S:OO U. S. History.
9:45 English Grammar.
11:30 Music. -
P. Nils Physiology-Hygiene.
..- u. i. 2:45 Civics.
400 Drawing.
The examination will be held in
the court house, Thursday, Jan.
3Oth and in the high school building
Friday, Jan. 31st and Saturday, Feb.
1st.
Marks of rs or above from an in
complete examination taken within
two years will be accepted, including
State high school board certificates.
A second grade certificate on which
no mark is below 70 per cent. is up
on recommendation renewable for
two years if the applicant has given
evidence of ambition to improve by
attending teachers meetings, insti-
tutes and training schools and by
reading books prescribed by the
Teachers Reading Circle board and
other educational books and papers.
Teachers should bring with them all
the credits, including certificates,
which they wish to have accepted.
Dated Bemidji, Minn., Jan. 1st,
1908. .-
w. B. STEWART, .
Co. Supt. of Schools.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1908-01-02
STEAL CHEST OF MONEY.
Two Men Carry Off Days Earnings of
Street Railway,

Rochester, N. Y, Jan. Two men
stole a chest containing $2,S59 from
street car standing in front of the
Main street car barns and got safely
away with it in an automobile. The
stolen money represents the days
earnings of the Rochester Railway
company on what is known as the
Eastern division. 1t was being trans
ferred according to custom from the
Federal street barns to the State
street Office to be counted.
Most of the money was in silver
coin and the chest was so heavy that
one man could not carry. it. .
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1908-01-02
MANY PERSONS HURT
Dynamite Bomb Exploded in the
Stock Exchange at Rome.
COURTYARD ROOF COLLAPSES.
Supposed That Destructive Missile
Z Was Thrown With the Intention of
Preventing the Customary End Of
the Month Liquidation.

.-t
Rome, Jan. A dynamite bomb
exploded in the stock exchange of this
city. Eighteen injured persons were
rescued and others are buried under
portions of the building, which col
lapsed. Firemen, policemen and troops
have been hurried to the scene. and
are engaged in calming the excitement
and conducting the work Of rescue
1t is supposed that the bomb was
thrown with the intention of prevent
ing the customary end of the month
liquidation. EEa#
The roof of the courtyard Of the ex
change collapsed with the force of the
explosion.
The explosion occurred shortly be-
fore 4 o'clock The stock exchange is
situated in the center of the city. The
people in the vicinity of the building
were thrown into a state of consterna-
ton. The explosion was followed at
once by cries of desperation from
within the exchange. 3
:. The suspicion that the explosion
was intended to prevent liquidation at
the end Of the month increases. The
plan was to- destroy millions in securi-
ties, but the explosion occurred too
late. The liquidation was all over
and nearly all the securities had been
removed from the exchange.
The stock exchange of Rome is sit
uated in one Of the finest ancient re-
mains of the city, the temple of Nep-
tune, and on the south side of the
Piazza di Pietra. The temple was
built by Hadrian and is notable for
eleven magnificent columns in the
Corinthian style, of white marble,
each one forty-one feet high. The cen
ter portico was built by Agrippa The
roof of the exchange was partly sup
ported by these famous columns They
were assembled for this purpose by
Pope Innocent XII. ..+,. .s-sr H..
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1908-01-02
Sur PRISE FOR STATE.
Defense Offers to Submit Pettibone
Case Without Argument.
TESTIMONY is CUT SHORT
DEFENDANTS Attorneys Claim That the
Prosecution Has Failed to Connect
Their Client With the Crime
Charged in the Indictment.


Boise, Ida, Jan. The defense
has rested in the Pettibone case and
offered to submit the case to the jury
without argument.
When court convened the defendant
was at his place, but showed plainly
the effects of his illness. After the
formalities of opening the court had
been concluded Judge Hilton, for. the
defense, announced that the. defense
would rest it's case and offered to sub
NIT it to the jury without argument.
This announcement came as a COM
plete surprise to the state,
Judge Hilton said he had gone over
all the testimony and as the state
had failed to connect the defendant
with the crime charged in the indict
ment it had been decided to offer no
further testimony.
Senator ;Rorah asked for recess in
order that the proposition of the de-
fense might be considered and Judge
Wood granted their request. After a
brief conference of the state attorneys
the senator stated that the question
OF dispensing with the argument could
not be settled until the instructions of
the court had been examined. Judge
Wood then announced that he would
have his instructions ready by Friday
morning and after he had instructed
the attorneys to submit their isugges-
tions an adjournment was taken until
that time. .
Depends on Courts instructions.
The case now hangs. entirely upon
the nature of the instructions of the
court, 50 far as further proceedings
are concerned. The prosecution ad-
mits that there, has been no corrobora-
two evidence connecting the defend
ant directly with the killing of Steun-
enberg, but is basing it's hope of con-
viction on the establishing of proof of
conspiracy to kill enemies of the
Western Federation of Miners, alleg-
Ing that the murder of Steunenberg
was an incident to that conspiracy
II Judge Wood in his instructions
holds that it is necessary for the state
to produce Independent testimony
showing Pettibones connection with
the crime charged there will be no
argument. If, however, the court in
structs that proof of conspiracy in it.
self is sufficient, providing the state
has presented satisfactory proof that
the defendant was member of the
conspiracy and that the killing of
Steunenberg was an Incident to it, the
case will be argued The state has
asked that instructions to this effect
be given.
The illness of Pettibone, which is
critical, had much to do with the de-
cision Of the defense to submit the
case without argument.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1908-01-02
BISHOP ANDREWS DEAD.

Prominent In Church Circles for Half
Century.
New York, Jan. Bishop Edward
G. Andrews of the Methodist Episcopal
church is dead at his home in Brook
lyn.
Rishop Andrews, who was eighty
two years old, contracted a severe
cold while attending the bishops con-
ference and the meetings of the home
and foreign mission boards of his
church at San Francisco last October
He never fully recovered and gen.
eral breakdown followed. ~.
Bishop Andrews, for nearly half a
century, was one of the most widely
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1908-01-02
Torpedo FlotilIa Reaches Para.

Para, Brazil, Jan. !; The torpedo
boat Aotilla, which is preceding the
battleship fleet to the Pacific, has ar:
rived here. = The boats left Port Of
Spain Dec. 25 and are now five days
behind their original schedule, due to
accidents to the machinery of two Of
the destroyers. =. +, T. 81. =.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1908-01-02
Bomb Factory Discovered.

Sebastopol, Russia, Jan. One Of
the most complete bomb factories ever
discovered in Russia has been un-
earthed at a farmhouse twenty miles
from here. It consisted of a complete
apparatus for the manufacture of high
explosives. Twenty-seven loaded
bombs of the most destructive type
were seized. ~E~zz- ~
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1908-01-02
Second Wife Secures Estate.

Chicago, Jan. Judge Barnes Of
the superior court holds that Mary
Mcdonald, the first wife Of Michael G.
Mcdonald, the former sporting man
and Democratic politician, has no in
terest IN his estate. The court also
holds that the trustees should not be;
sn5oined from turning over her dover.
to the second wife, Dora Mcdonald,
who is awaiting trial for the shooting
Of Webster s. Gderin.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1908-01-02
MUCH PAPER RECOVERED.
Stolen Mail Sacks Contained $50, 900 in
.~ Checks, Etc. ,-.

Waco, Tex, Jan. Another large
batch of mail has been found west of
Waco, near where the first batch was
left by the pouch looters Christmas
night. It is estimated that checks,
money orders and drafts left lying in
the gulch where the pouches were
opened will aggregate $4,000. Spe-
cial government officers are working
on the case. Some two or thsee thou
sand letters designed for various
parts of the United States were in the
pouches -. = ..---- -,
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1908-01-02
ToIstoi DisIocates Shoulder.

st. Petersburg, Jan. News has
reached here that Count Leo .Tolstoi
was thrown by, a stumbling horse and
sustained a dislocated shoulder. In
spite Of his advanced age the count Is
making a rapid recovery. ,.1,z; r
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1908-01-02
Affects Two Thousand Persons.

Holyoke, Mass, Jan. "A further
curtailment of operations in the mills
Of the American Writing Paper com
pany in this city is in effect this week
and will continue Indefinitely. The
latest shutdown order includes nine
mills, EMPLOYING 1000 persons.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1908-01-02

Long Distance Wireless Messages.
Vallejo, CAL, Jan. Five wireless
messages have been received at Mare
island and Point Iona from Sitka,
Alaska. This is the record for long
distance on this coast.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1908-01-02
FRENCH MINISTER STRICKEN
Cabinet Officer Dies Suddenly at Ses-
sion. of Senate. -

Paris, Jan. Jean Francois. Ed
mond Guyot-Dessaigne, the French
minister of justice, dropped dead Of
apoplexy during the session of the
senate.
M. Guyot-Dessaigne was born in
1888. He entered the public service
in 1863. In 1885 he was elected to the
chamber of deputies and in 1889 was
appointed minister of justice in the
Floquet cabinet. His present tenure
Of Office dates from Oct. %, 1906. He
was member of the Legion Of Honor.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1908-01-02
READY TO RETURN EAST.
Rev. Cooke VII! Wed Miss WhaIey as
(. Soon as Possible.

I. s.A Soon as Possible.
San Francisco, Jan. Rev. Jere
Knode Cooke. who disappeared from
his residence when his identification
became known, together with his
young companion, F1oretta Whaley,
and their baby, has been located
again. He Is staying. at the home Of
friend, where he and his companion
are comfortably situated. :s..
In an interview Cooke said he will
1eturn East as soon as. he can get
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1908-01-02

MIA, Mex, saying that he had seen
Walker, the embezzing treasurer,
twice. His interviews brought out
promise from Walker that he would
aid in recovering some of the missing
securities. - - -.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1908-01-02

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY. r..
Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine Tablets
Druggists refund money if it fails to cure
Csc
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1908-01-02
WALKER PROMISES TO AID
Will Assist in Recovering Stolen
Securities. d. ~"

New Britain, Conn, Jan. 1.-Treas-
urer Stanley of the Savings bank of
New Britain has received a message
from J. H. Pease, the banks repre-
sentative at Ensenada, Lower Califor-'
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-10-10
DEATH or FRANK e. STANLEY.

Frank +. Stanley, publisher Of the
Chicago Phenix. and one Of the best
known newspaper men In Chicago, died
Tuesday evening ut his home, Col "
Washington boulevard. His death Is
mourned universally In the political
and business circles Of Chicago. for he
was we'll known and well liked by
thousands. lie was brainy, whole
souled man and the newspaper world
will sadly miss him. Mr.. Stanley was
always active In politics. being life
long Republican. He was candidate
for County Commissioner before the
primaries last August and although he
wasn't on the slate, polled over twenty.
three thousand votes, which was far
more than any Of the other candidates
who were not on the slate received.
Mr.. Stanley, who was 63 years Of
age, was born In Baltimore, Nd, and
educated In the east, coming to Chi.
cago thlrty.fve years ago. lie Is sur
vlved by widow and sister, Mrs.
Sarah Lucas, Of Denver, Colo.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-10-10
LARGEST
,ygKLY CIRCULATION
IN CHICAGO

The Chicago Eagle numbers
among Its subscribers the most
inAuential, most prosperous and
most respected men In Chicago.
IL reaches nearly every man
Of standing In the community
and all men who are m0uldcrs Of
public opinion OF directors Of
public Affairs.
IL II the guide, mentor and
friend Of every political leader
Of every shade of opinion.
IL In read BY Government,
State, County and City officials.
IL In read by n big percentage
Of the legal fraternity, including
bench and bar.
II IL the favorite of Chicag0's
leading business men.
IL reaches all classes In their
homes.
Il IL read By the Fire Depart
aeht.
Il 10 read By the Police Depart.
ment.
IL In In every public once and
every public library.
IL IL not controlled By any
cheap, cheeky or crooked advsr.
tisin1 agency.
In the nineteen years Of Its
sxistencs IL has managed to build
ap . large circulation and great
business without the aid Of pro.
fsssional advertising shasks.
That 10 why Il 10 80 indepsnd.
eat, so popular ana SO strong.
The Chicago EaGls IL one pa.
per that has never depended
upOn advertising agents for .
circulation. IL has one Of Its
own.