Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 14, 1906, Page 4

Get Your Office Sup'plies'at the Bemidji Pioneer O'ffi;:e - I Bl Legal Blanks, Copy Holders, Calendar Pads, Document Fil e S — - lank Books, Ledgers, Journals, Etc., Stationery, Christmas ‘Stickers, 1907 Diaries, Typewriter Paper, Scrap Books, Lead Pencils, Pens, Holders, Ink Wells, Etc. Rubber Stamps and Pads, Fountain Pens, Letter %m Bolokrl.,d Pnllpc“r‘ clip: “:'»chull:an, lluhvlrr Bands, unl:::( f."“’ Invoices, ly colo lotters, r Copy Presses, Waste Paper ets, FOR MORMON SUCCESS PRESIDENT CHARGED WITH US- ING HIS INFLUENCE AT RE- CENT ELECTION. SENT SECRETARY TAFT TO IDAHO SENATOR DUBOIS CLAIMS MOR- MONISM WAS ONLY ISSUE IN THAT STATE. Washington, Dec. 14.—President Roosevelt was directly charged in the senate during the day with using his influence for the election of Repub- lican Mormou candidates In the recent election in Idaho and Utah. The charge was made by Senator Dubois In the course of a speech in which he discussed the right of Reed Smoot to a seat in the senate. The address was of considerable length, the first portion being devoted to a review of the Mormon church. Mr. Dubois as- serted that polygamous marriages were still being contracted, although surreptitously, and that an aristocracy of polygemists was being built up by the churoh officials, who now arrange and select these polygamous mar- riages. But no record of polygamous marriages is kept which is available for the American people. Because of this he pointed out the futility of pass- ing a national law prohibiting the practice. As to Senator Smoot, he said, it made no difference whether he was or was not a polygamist. “Smoot,” he said, “represents the church and not the state and would do the bidding of the church before he would serve the real interests of the state or of the nation.” Turning his attention to the cam- paign preceding the recent election Mr. Dubois read the press dispatches of Oct. 22, which stated the president had sent Secretary Taft into Idaho to speak in Advocacy of Law and Order. At that time, Mr. Dubois said, he had telegraphed the president that the only issue in Idaho was the desire of the Mormon hierarchy to continue to dom- inate the politics of the state and that the president had been misled if he thought there was any other issue. Mr. Dubois referred to messages of Presidents Buchanan, Johnson, Grant, Hayes, Garfield, Arthur and Cleveland, oiting what he termed “the menace of Mormonism,” and proceeded: “I call attention to these messages of the presidents for two purposes: “One to indicate the views of our former executives; the other to mark the contrast between them and the present occupant of the White House. Mormonism is more insidious, more dangerous and a greater menace to our government and civilization today than It was at any particular period when these messages were addressed to congress. Yet President Roosevelt does not deem the subject worthy of mention in a message filled with sug- gestions. “The mnon-Mormon citizenship of Utah and of Idaho think they are en- titled to the support of law abiding citizens everywhere in their efforts to maintain American citizenship in these Mormon states and if they cannot re- ceive that they have the right to de- mand that the president of the United States shall not use the great power vested in him in the interest of those law defying and un-American organiza- tions in their determination to rule the politics of this section of our country.” WOUND PROVES FATAL. Ex-Senator Brown of Utah Dead at Washington. ‘Washington, Dec. 14.—Arthur Brown of Utah, formerly United States sen- ator, who was shot by Mrs. Anna M. Bradley of Salt Lake City when in his apartments at the Hotel Raleigh Sat- urday afternoon, died at midnight at the Emergency hospital. Mrs. Bradley will set up the defense that she was justified under the “un- written law” in shooting Mr. Brown. Just before Senator' Brown’s death one of the assistant district attorneys made another fruitless effort to secure an ante-mortem statement, but the senator refused to talk. Mrs. Bradley is on the verge of col- lapse and her physician says that it may be several days before she will be able to appear in court. GIVEN TWENTY YEARS. Chicago Boy Pleads Guilty to Train Robbery. Marshall, Mo., Dec. 14.—Jesse Clyde Rumsey, the Chicago boy who robbed the Alten-Burlington train on Nov. 25 and the Rock Island lmited on Nov. 8, both near Glasgow, Mo., pleaded guilty here to two charges filed against him. He was given the minimum sen- tence, ten years’ imprisonment, on each charge. To Vote on 8alary Increase. ‘Washington, Dec. 14—The house has agreed to vote on the resolution increasing the salaries of senatorsand representatives to $7,500 and making other increases in official salaries when the legislative bill is reported to the house from the committee of the whole. The resolution also fixes the larfes of the vice president and GAMBLING AND POLITICS. District Attorney Jerome Threatens to Expose Connection, New York, Dec. 14—In speaking of his efforts to suppress gambling in this city District Attorney Jerome said that if certain men, who, he sald, were both poolroom proprietors and had political afilliations, did not close their places at once he would serve a grand jury subpoena upon every dis- trict leader in Manhattan and Bronx boroughs, both Democratic and Re- publican. If that means was neces- sary to get at the bottom of the con- nection between poolrooms and poli- ties in this city he declared he would use it. Mr. Jerome had already ob- served that there was some indication on the part of the persons to whom he was referring to be defiant and he intimated that if this alleged attitude was persisted in the seventy district leaders would all be required to tell what they knew of the existence of poolrooms here. PRISONERS. ARE TECHNICALLY War Department Responsible for Care of Ute Indians. Washington, Dec. 14.—Officials of the war department disclaim any con- troversy whatever with the, depart- ment of the interior in the matter of the care of the Ute Indians recently overhauled by United States troops in ‘Wyoming and brought to Fort Meade, S. D, although a number of state- ments have been published to that effect. It was stated that these In- dians are technically prisoners of war and that the responsibility for their care and maintenance rests with the war department, although the moneys expended in their behalf will be charged against the interior depart- ment. AFFECTS 1,000 PERSCNS. Lackawanna Agents, Clerks, Ete., ta Get More Pay. Scranton, Pa, Dec. 14.—The Dela: ware, Lackawanna and Western rail- road has announced a 10 per cent in- crease in the wages of all employes in the transportation department, effec: tive J: 1 next. This includes all station agents, baggagemasters and clerks}“afiocting all told about 1,000 persons. The increase will add about $150,000 yearly to the payroll.* The engineers, firemen and switchmen have already been granted a ten-hour day and wage increase and are not affected by the order. Negotiations for higher wages are pending in be half of the conductors and trainmen. HURLED INTO THE LAKE. W. K. Vanderbilt, Jr., Narrowly Es capes Death. New York, Dec. 14.—W. K. Vander- bilt, Jr,, had a narrow escape from death during the day. With his chatf- feur he was speeding his sixty-horse power racing automobile on the shore of Lake Success when the front axle snapped and the car skidded a zigzag course. The jar hurled Mr. Vanderbilt from his seat over the machine into the lake, well away from the shore. He sank through the thin ice, but rose im- mediately and swam to shor® The chauffeur clung to his seat and was not seriously injured. BRIEF BITS OF NEWS. Frank Wallers has been appointed general manager of the Chicago and Northwestern road in Nebraska, South Dakota and Wyoming. Professor Henry Fairfield Osborn of New York, who a few days ago was elected secretary of the Smithsonian institute, has declined the office. Sir John Leng, M. P., who for sev enteen years represented Dundee Scotland, in parliament, is dead at the Hotel del Monte at Monterey, Cal. The United States Steel corpora tion’s improvements to existing plants and the construction of the “steel city” at Gary, Ind., call for an expendi- ture of $60,000,000 in 1907. MARKET QUOTATIONS. Minneapolis Wheat. Minneapolis, Dec. 13.—Wheat—Dec., 1% @78c; May, 80%c; July, 81%@ 81%ec. On track—No. 1 hard, 81%c; No. 1 Northern, 80%c; No. 2 North: ern, 77%@178%c; No. 3 spring, 75@ T6c. St. Paul Union Stock Yards. St. Paul, Dee. 13.—Cattle—Good tc choice steers, $5.50@6.25; common tc good, $3.25@4.00; good to choice cows and heifers, $3.50@4.50; veals, $4.00@ 5.50. Hogs—$5.80@5.95. Sheep—Weth: “ers, $4.50@5.25; good to prime spring lambs, $6.50@17.25. Duluth Wheat and Flax. Duluth, Dec. 13.—Wheat—To arrive and on track—No. 1 hard, 80%c; No. 1 Northern, 80%c; 78%c; Dec., T83%c: May, 8lc; July, 813zc. Flax—To arrive, on track and in store, $1.20; Dec., $1.19%; $1.19%; May, $1.23%. Chicago Grain and Provisions. Chicago, Dec. No. 2 Northern, Jan., 13.—Wheat—Dec., 743c; May, 78%ec. Corn—Dec., 421 @42%c; May, 43%ec. 343gc; May, 36% @363%c. Pork—Jan. $15.85; May, $16.15. Butter—Cream- eries, 22@31c; dalries, 20@27c. Eggs —21@25¢c. Poultry—Turkeys, 12¢; chickens and springs, 9c. ' Chicago Union Stock Yards. Chicago, Dec. 13.—Cattle—Beeves, $4.10@17.35; cows and heifers, $1.66@ 5.20; stockers and feeders, $2.40@ 4.50; Texans, $3.76@4.60; Westerns, $3.90@5.75; calves, $6.00@8.00. Hogs —Mixed - and butchers, $5.90@6.25; good heavy, §6.10@6.25; rough heavy, $5.75@5.95; light, $5.85@6.20; Oats—Dec., plgs,! IFRENCH POLICE IN ATTENDANCE First Masses Celebrated Outside the Pale of Law. Paris, Dec. 14.—There was an im- pressive response to the clergy’s ap- peal to their parishioners to attend the first masses celebrated outside of the pale of the law. A correspondent of churches, including Notre Dame des Victoires, St. Germain d'Auxerrols, where the signal for the St. Bartholo- mew massacre was given; St. Roch de Madelaine and St. Augustine. Ev- erywhere it was the same story. The front gates of the churches were closed, but the Catholics, by the gray the side portals. The interiors of the buildings were well filled; in several places there was music, but nowhere was there the slightest attempt to in- terfere with the service or create a disturbance. There were three police- men stationed outside the porticos of the churches to prevent any possible disorder, while police officers in plain clothes were on duty inside to note the infractions of the law, taking the names of the officiating priests and approximating the- number of those present with the object of making re- ports to the justices of police. Early dispatches from the depart- ments say that wherever mass was celebrated charges were drawn up and summonses issued. At Chalons the Abbe Renaudin claimed that the church bells were not rung and that no person was invited to mass and that therefore the assemblage had not the character of a public meeting, whereupon he was compelled by a po- lice officer to inscribe his protest upon the summons. STATE'S CONSENT NEEDED MINNESOTA MAY BLOCK NEW IS. SUE OF GREAT NORTH- ERN STOCK. St. Paul, Dec. 14.—President Hill's proposed Issuance of $60,000,000 in new stock to the shareholders of the Great Northern Railway company may be sidetracked for the time being. Attorney General E, T. Young, in an- swer to questions regarding the con- templated issue of new stock, issued the following statement: “In my opinion there is no doubt but that under a proper interpretation of the law as it now stands no new stock can be issued by a domestic railway compauny without obtaining the con- sent of the state, through the railway commission. “Before such consent can be given the commission must give a public hearing on the question, in which hear- ing the purpose for which the money is to be used and the necessity for the new issue of stock must be fully shown. “In showing the necessity for this issue the company would have to show what it did with the proceeds of the $26,000,000 stock issued last February, which has not as yet been accounted for in any public way. “This proposed issue would increase the stock of the Great Northern com- pany to $210,000,000. “The bonds of the system are now about $215,000,000, which would make the capitalization of the 6,000 miles of road $425,000,000, which exceeds $70,- 000 per mile for both main line and branches, where much of the road, especially the branch lines, cost not to exceed $2,000 per mile. “The dividends on this excess cap- italization is an unwarranted tax on the patrons of the road and, instead of increasing its stock, which is now about $60,000 per mile, the company" ought to show some justification for its present capitalization.” FOUND DEAD IN NEW YORK. New Jersey Clergyman and Young Woman of Same Place. New York, Dec. 14—A man about forty'‘years old, believed to be Rev. C. S. Quinn, pastor of St. Agnes church at Atlantic Highlands, N. J, and a young woman, thought to be Miss B. Kiley, also of Atlantic Highlands, were found dead in a room on the top floor of an East Eighteenth street board- inghouse. The room was filled with gas, which had escaped from a par- tially open jet in the room. The couple had been at the house since Tuesday evening. The man called at the house last week and inquired about the price of a room for a married couple. When informed that it would be:$4 per week he said that was rather too much for him to pay, as he was out of work. He was not seen again until last Tuesday, when he called and engaged the room. In the evening he returned with the woman. They car- rled between them four grips and satchels. cuT IN FREIGHT RATES. Milwaukee Road Makes Reduction of Ten Per Cent. Chicago, Dec. 14.—The Chicago, Mil- waukee and St. Paul road has decided to meet the reductions which the Hill lines have made in rates from the Twin Cities and Duluth into certain portions of the Northwest. In doing so the St. Paul road will reduce the rates on all classes of freight fully 10 per cent from Chicago to the territory about Sioux Falls, Sioux City and other portions of the Northwest, espe- cially in the Dakotas. Permission has been asked by the railroad of the interstate commerce commission to put the new rates in affect at once, in view of the fact that speaker at $16,000 and of cabinet off- | 35.35@6.10. Sheep, $3.90@6.75; lambs,' the Great Northern and Burlington 'cers at $12,000. l $4.76@8.00. i i | rates have become effective. the Assoclated Press visited a dozen light of dawn, were streaming through | , Note Books, Time Books, Scale Report Books, Trial Balance Books, Rulers, Erasers, Kneaded Rubber Squares, Township Plats in book form, Fine qual KING OSCAR IS DYING AGED RULER OF SWEDEN SUF- FERING FROM ATTACK OF HEART WEAKNESS. CONDITION SAID TO BE MOST CRITICAL SLIGHT INDISPOSITION IS FOL. LOWED BY SUDDEN CHANGE FOR THE WORSE. Stockholm, Sweden, Dec. 14.—King Oscar is believed to be dying. He had been complaining of a slight indis- position for several days and symp- toms of weakness of the heart, accom- panied by an irregular pulse, have pre- sented themselves. The latest report from the bedside of the aged monarch is to the effect KING OSCAR II. OF SWEDEN, that he is failing fast and ‘that his condition is most critical. King Oscar. is nearly seventy-elght years of age and has occupied the throne for thirty-four years. REICHSTAG IS DISSOLVED NEW ELECTIONS ORDERED FOL- LOWING DEFEAT OF THE GOVERNMENT. Berlin, Dec. 14.—Emperor William dissolved the reichstag during the day and ordered new elections in conse- quence of the government’s defeat, by 178 to 168 votes, on the bill authoriz ing what the ministry contends is an adequate number of troops to end the insurrection in " German Southwest Africa and hold the colony against a recurrence of the rebellion. The Cler- icals, Socialists, Poles and one wing of the Radicals voted against the gov- ernment, while the Conservatives, Na- tional Liberals and Moderate Radicals supported the government. BIG SLICE FOR THE STATE Carnegie Advocates Heavy Inheritance Tax. New York, Dec. 14—Andrew Carne- gle, in an address before the National Civic federation, said that he believed that the major portion of the estates of enormously wealthy men should go to the state upon the death of the pos- sessor of the fortune. Mr. Carnegie opposed a graduated income tax. “I think an income tax would pene- trate business to the core,” said Mr. Carnegie. “I think this country would never regret anything so much as to impose such a tax. I differ with the president strongly on the subject of the income tax. But I am in a pecu- liar position on the inheritance tax, advocating that as something like get- ting a better distribution of wealth. The subject of wealth distribution will not down.” Mr. Carnegie said he believed, in- asmuch as the wealth properly be- longed to the community, the latter, on the death of the possessor, should acquire a great portion of the wealth, having had a large part to do with its development. ¢ MISER DIES WORTH $100,000. Physicians Say Starvation Was the Cause of Death. Troy, N. Y. Dec. 14—Surrounded by his' bags of gold, which had been the idol of his mind for many years, Dr. Frederick Goessling was found dead In his‘ wretched apartments at 196 Ferry street. Physicians say that death had been caused by starvation. His wealth is estimated at $100,000, For years Goessling was known as a miser anmong the people of the vicin- ity 3 Shah of Persia Much Worse. Teheran, Persia, Dec. 14—The con- dition of the shah took a decided turn for the worse during the day. He lost consciousness at an early hour and at 7:20 p. m. was still uncon- - Most Complete Stock West of Duluth % TEN MEN IN' SMASHUP. Bad 8pill in Six-Day Bicycle Race at New York. Mew York, Dec. 14.—One of the worst spills in the six-day bicycle race now on at Madison Square Garden oc- curred at 7:256 a. m. Ten of the thir- teen riders went down in a smashup. The spill came after a mad sprint in which Fogler was prominent. Eddie Root was picking up his part- ner, Fogler, when the lattcr’'s wheel was run into by Matt Downey. In a second there was a crash and the thousands of spectators who had re- mained in the garden during the night saw ten of the riders scattered over the track. The police and spectators jumped on the track and helped to pick up the fallen and stunned riders. * Vanoni of the French-Italian team was thrown over the protecting fence into one of the boxes. He sustained painful injuries, including a gash on his thigh, and Hollister of the Salt Lake City team was said to be suffer- ing from a possible fracture of the skull. The race was suspended for quite a while and the injured men were car- ried to their quarters. In the mean- time a corps of carpenters hurried to repair the track, which was ripped and torn for fully twenty yards. All the riders with the exception of Hollister and Vanoni were able to continue when the race was resumed after a delay of nearly an hour and a half. The partners of the two injured men continued the grind and it was believed ‘at that time that both Hol- lister and Vanoni would be able to resume after two or three hours’ rest. BRANCHES IN MANY CITIES “KNOCKING” ALLEGED CAUSE OF FAILURE OF CUMMINGS COM- MISSION COMPANY. St. Paul, Dec. 14—The Cummings Commission company, one of the larg- est and best known brokerage houses in the Twin Cities, has suspended business. The following statement, sent out to all of the Cummings offices through- out this state, the Dakotas and as far north as Winnipeg, sums up oriefly the cause of the failure: “The systematic ‘knocking’ that has been goink on against this company for some time has created such a con-| dition of affairs that our attorneys ad- vise us to close up all accounts so as to protect in a measure all alike. It will be a few days before we can give results.” A. J. Cummings, head of the con- cern, says the failure has come about simply because business has fallen off and heavy expenses have eaten up the resources of the company. The Cummings Commission com- pany is what is known as a private wire house, with a multitude of offices in the towns and cities of the North- west, caterlng to the country specu- lative trade. ; - Any time is the proper time for say Ing what is just.—Greek Proverb. HAD ENACTED PART ON STAGE. Actor Attempts Suicide in Japanese Fashion. | New York, Dec. 14.—A sensational attempt at suicilde was made in a Sixth avenue saloon by a man who de- scribed himself .as Rankin Duvall, an actor, forty years of age. Duvall en- tered the saloon and walking up to the lunch counter picked up a long bladed cheese knife and, turning to the bartender with a smile, asked: “May I use this?” “Certainly,” replied the bartender, thinking he was about to carve some cheese for himself. Instead, to the horror of the people in the saloon, he unbuttoned his coat and vest and, pressing the point of the knife to his abdomen, threw himself heavily to the floor so that the big blade ripped his body. Before any of the men close by could spring on him and wrest the knife from him he had thrust the weapon twice more into the frightful ‘wound. Duvall did not lose consciousness and when asked why he had dome such a thing replied: “Oh, I'm a criminal; that's all.” At the hospital where Duvall was taken it is said he has only a slight chance for recovery. Duvall is sald to be the son of a Baltimore merchant. He recently played in the “Darling of the Gods,” in the last act of which he nightly enacted committal of suicide in Japa- Rubber Type Outfis, Staplers, Paper Knives, &¢ nese fashion. At the hospital he said he lately has been playing in “Madame Butterfly.” COST LIMIT IS $6,000,000. Plans of Proposed Big Battleship Sub- mitted to Congress. ‘Washington, Dec. 14.—Congress has received from Secretary Bonaparte the draft of the plans of the big battleship provided for at the last session. The plan selected by the navy department was one prepared by the construction bureau. The broadside fire is 256 per cent greater than that of any other battleship now built or building. The ship is to be 610 feet long, 85 feet 2% inches beam, 20,000 tons displacement, 27 feet draft, 2,300 tons coal capacity and 21 knots speed. She will have ten 1l-inch rifles and fourteen 5-inch rapidfire guns and scme small ma- chine guns {o repel torpedo attacks. The limit of cost is $6,000,000. Typewriter Supplies, Postal Scales, DEADLOCKED ON BILL HOUSE COMMITTEE UNABLE TO GET TOGETHER ON SHIP SUBSIDY MEASURE. REPUBLICAN MEMBERS TO CAUCUS EFFORT WILL BE MADE TO COM- PEL RECALCITRANTS TO JOIN MAJORITY. ‘Washington, Dec. 14.—The house committee on merchant marine has failed to reach an agreement on a ship subsidy bill. Four of the Repub- lican members of the committee ex- pressed themselves as opposed to re- porting any measure and a caucus of the Republican members of the com- mittee will be held to consider the question. . Chairman Grosvenor presented the Gallinger bill to the committee with amendments confining government aid to Oriental and South American ship- ping and opposition of the Republicans to the measure developed at once. Finally the committee adjourned with- out action till Saturday. Four of the Republican members, Fordney (Mich.), Wilson (IIL), Bird- sall (Ia.) and Hinshaw (Neb.), an- nounced that they would not be bound by the action of the caucus. Repre- sentative Wilson stated to the chair- man that he had no thought of accept- ing the caucus action as binding. Mr. Grosvenor replied: “Well, it doesn't make any differ- ence whether you attend or not.” “But I'm going to attend. That’s what my constituents send me here for,” Mr. Wilson replied. “I am op- posed to ship subsidy and my constitu- ents are opposed to it.” Look beneath the surface. Let not the quality of a thing nor its worth es- cape thee—Marcus Aurelius. Diaries ment of 1907 can be had here. WE NOW have in stock a large assort- suitable for business and professional men. Prices compare favorably with eastern houses and the cheap as well as the very best book diaries. The line is STATIONERY DEPARTMENT OF Bemidji Pioneer. The quality of our goods the highest. you in making your selections. - For the Children Books, Games, Dolls, Xmas cards, Magie lanterns, Tops, Engines, Dishes Trunks, Hobby horses, Banks, Horns, Xmas tree ornaments, chiefs, Gloves, Mittens, of Children’s wear. In our Crockery department we have a large line of Genuine Hand-paintd French, German and Japanese china at about one half the usual price. XMAS GIFTS We are showing the largest line of Xmas goods ever shown in Bemidji. One glance at the display on our tables and counters will convince you of this fact. OUR PRICES ARE LOWEST Furs, ' Mufflers, Ties, Handker- , and all’ kinds Satisfaction guaranteed orlmoney refunded. E.H.WINTER& CO TELEPHONE NO. 30. Below is a small list that may aid _ For the Grown-up’s Fancy suspenders, Ties, Toilet sets, & Mirrors, Ash trays, Smakers sets, Photo frames, Jewel boxes, Hand bags Music rolls, Silk lined gloves, Fur lin- ed mittens, Houte slippers, Suit cases. Shawls, Hosiery, 7 0 S