Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 18, 1907, Page 2

f THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON, OFFICIAL PAPER---CITY OF BEMIDJI BEMIDJI PIONEER PUBLISHING CO. By A. KAISER. Entered In the postoffice at Bemidil. Minn., s second class matter. SUBSCRIPTION---$5.00 PER ANNUM THINK WELL BEFORE YOU CAST YOUR!| BALLOT TOMORROW. Tomorrow, the annual election of city officers will be held. There are two candidates for the office of mayor, A. A. Carter, the present mayor, served thecity well during the past year, and Jno. Pogue, who is being pushed forward as a suitable candidate for the high- est office of thecity governmen*, Mr. Carter has made a good mayor, despite the attempts of parties whose intents are ques- tionable to thrust down people’s throats a candidate who has shamefully abused his trust in past years while acting as street commissioner for the city. the; Sentinel” was rushed through the press and circulated gratis about the city, in which lying | assertions were made relative to Mayor Carter, but not one line was printed as to what Mr. Pogue had done with the re mainder of the poll tax which he collected during the year 1904. In the same paper, a strenu-| ous effort was made to blacken the character of the city, and descending to' blasphemy and using the name of the Diety, the writer grew eloquent as to the Sodom and Gomorrah conditions that were asserted prevailed in this city during the past year; who has|and the fear was expressed that Demidji would go to the demni- tion bow-wows if Mr. Carter was re-elected; that this was so well known to the outside world that =ib was a by-word to visitors. | Such methods are those used by | the character assassin and the {man who sneaks up behind one in the dark and sticks a knife into your back to the hilt. But one instance needs be re- lated to refute such charges: Professor W. R. Merrifield, Mr. Carter has met the people of jpresident of the University of the city and his acts are well{North Dakota, and who lives at known. His opponent and the latter’s supporters (at least several of them) are trodding the strests of the city every day of late, using indecent and abusive language that would put a bowery tough to shame and cause & blush on a graven image —all with the intention of scar- ing people into supporting the ex-street commissioner for mayor. Saturday evening, in sheer desperation lest their candidate be overwhelmingly defeated at the polls tomorrow, a fatherless publication called the *Daily !Grand Forks, passes his sum ! mers in Bemidji. The professor has erected a summer cottage here, and brings his entire family and a large number of friends te this city; and he has asserted to the Pioneer that he considers Bemidji not only one of the most beautiful places in the state, but also an excellent place to make one’s home; anc i further, that he regretted that his duties were such that he could not live here the yea: aroand, This sortof bluffing and under- handed work, belittling the city CITY OF BEMIL NUARY DJI, MINNESOTA. 31, 1907, RECAPITULATION OF TREASURER’S STATEMENT Condition of Funds Before Loans Were Made to Funds Overdrawn. NAME OF FUND RECEIPTS General K168 88 Revolving 5.000 00 Permanent [mprovement 1.0 09 Tax rebat DISBU; OVERDRAWN Interest Sinking 00t Water Totals Recel, B ments— Warrants Loaned to Interest Fund BalanceinFund - - 4813 REVOLVING FUND. Receipts 8000 00 Disbursements— Warrants Loaned to Permanent Improvement Fund Loaned to Poor Fund 5,934 64 Balance in Fund - - 2,065 35 PERMANENT IMPROVMENT FUND. [ General tund. a3 Receipts Revolving fund. 2,065 36 Loaned trom it ¢ Fund. Disbursements—Warrants..... . TAX REBATE FUND. Receipts.. msbn rsements— Warrants . Balance in Fund INTEREST FUND. Recelpts Eoaned trom Gonerai Fund Disbursements—Warrants.. Balance in Fund. SINKING FUND. POOR FUND. Receipts—Loaned from .. Revolving Fund Disbursements—Warrants - WATER FUND. Recelpts Do et arsaiis. Balance in Fund . BALANCES AFTER LOA FUNDS OVERDRAWN. Poor fund re | Application reu o 48103 o e MADE o)k hS Gl Sk snchy tressar my office. Permanent Improvement fund .. 'lax rebate fund terest fund. nl\lm: tund D989 79 L a6 6714 15 L 48103 Water fund Total balance in all funds.. SOURCE OF RECEIPTS. 10,461 62 Thomas Maloy, city clerk State of Minne 0 G. Penders: 143 00 05 Skinvi 2303 00 IT. W. Bailey, village clerk. 35 50 W. L. Brooks, village treasurer 640 85 Beltrami county .. 3545 14T Total receipts Amount paid for old villaze warrants out of general fund, including inter- est on same. - 89, 5| Cash recelved from all reports di- rectly and treasurer . Treasurer' (nd!recnls‘. charged _ eipts. ey i 191605, %0 T am. 31, 190 STATE OF MINNESOTA, | County of Beltrami. (% s Maloy BemidJi, do herel ty clerk of the city of tify that the above is opy of the recapitulation city treasurer's report clerk an Dated at Bemidji, February 15, 1907. CITY During the year 190 The future of at this time. We also have lots for sale. For further parti H. A. SIMONS, Agent. Bemidji Townsite and Im- provement Company. CITY LOTS) 6 we sold more lots in Bemidji than any year previous. Bemidji is assured and those intending to make this their home should not fail to purchase residence lots a few good business culars write or call Swedback Block, Bemidji. and the entire community, comes with poor grace from one who is supported and furnished funds by a person whose moral char- acter is as black as the ace of spades, and who is an outcast from decent society. ONE ARREST I8 MADE. First Act In Prosecution of Alleged Furniture Trust. Chiecago, Feb. 18.—Frederick A. Hol- brook, a manufacturers’ agent, has been arrested by Deputy United States Marshal Griflith on a federal warrant charging him with conspiracy to vio- late the Sherman anti-trust law in dealing in church furniture. Holbrook is chairman of an asso- ciation of manufacturers which is al- leged by the government officials to act as a trust in controlling prices of school and church furniture. The ar- rest was made upon the complaint of Harry B. Duncan, special agent of the department of justice, who has for some time been investigating the workings of the alleged combination. For the last two weeks the conduct of the business of making and selling school and church furniture has been the subject of inquiry by the federal grand jury now in session. Witnesses have been summoned from all parts of the country to testify regarding their experiences with the alleged trust. No indictments have as yet been returned and the arrest of Hol- brook is the first direct act by the government officials promising active prosecution. It is claimed by the government officials that they have been told by witnesses during the present investi- gation that a large number of the plants in the country which make school or church furniture are in a so-called “gentleman’s agreement” by virtue of which competition is con- trolled and prices established. It is claimed that Holbrook is chairman of this board. GREAT STRIKE THREATENED. Plan Demonstration Against German Government. Berlin, Feb. 18.—The Poles in Prus- slan Poland, encouraged by their vie- tory in the reichstag elections, are planning a demonstration against the government. The Polish newspapers announce that in the spring the Polish agricultural workers will begin a great strike against the German land owners. The lack of labor is already a serious problem in the a"nculLula] districts of Germany. FROM GEORGIA TO CHICAGO Poles STATE OWNED RAILROAD LINE PROPOSED BY GOVERNOR HOKE SMITH. Chicago, Feb. 18.—A proposition to establish a state owned railroad from Chicago to Savannah, Ga., was sug- gested to Corporation Counsel Lewis by Governor Hoke Smith of Georgia in a letter just received. Governor Smith declared that such a fine would reduce freight rates and would have a great influence on the trade rela- tlons with the South. The Iletter says: “I am much interested in the rail- road rates from the lakes to Georgia. Our state owns a railroad from At- lanta to Chattanooga and there is a strong sentiment in favor of extend- ing it to Savannah. If Cincinnati couid reclaim control of the line built by its citizens from Cincinnati to Chat- tanooga and €incinnati and Chicago would join a movement for the con- struction of a line from Chicago to Cincinnati there might be made a through trunk line from Chicago to Savennah, operated solely for the pur- pose of paving expenses and interest on the actual cost of construction without the burdens of watered stocks and bonds. “Such a line would prove beneficial not only to the great cities through which it passed but to a broad terri- tory adjacent to the line. It would re- duce freight rates more than 25 per cent. . It would have a most marked influence on our trade relations.” ON CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE. Tennessee Physician Convicted of First Degree Murder. Nashville, Tenn., Feb. 18.—Dr. Her- man F. Feist, charged with the mur- _| der of Mrs. Ross Mangrum, was found guilty of murder in the first degree. The verdict carries with it the death penalty. Mrs. Mangrum, who had been under the care of Dr. Feist, dis- appeared on Dec. 19, 1905, and her body was found in the Ohio river at Cairo, Ill, on Jan. 25, 1906. A few days before the disappearance of Mrs. Mangrum she drew $1,400 from a local bank and announced that she was go- ing to Chicago. The evidence against Dr. Feist was purely circumstantial, the most salient features being that ne deposited in a local bank the sum of $500 a few days after the disap- pearance of Mrs. Mangrum. WORK IN CULEBRA CUT. February Will Show 600,000 Yards of Excavation. ‘Washington, Feb. 18.—Secretary Taft has received the following dis- patch from Chief Engineer Stevens of the isthmian canal commission, at Cu- lebra: “February, with twenty-three work- Ing days, will probably show 600,000 cubic yards of excavation in Culebra and March will show 800,000 cubic yards of excavation.” Accused of Grand Larceny. New York, Feb. 18—Louls Schles- singer of Denver, a salesman em- ployed by Jaekoff & Abrams, im- porters of furs of this city, has been held in $10,000 bonds for examination on a charge of larceny from his em- ployers of furs valued at $6,000. An Expert Opiilon. *“What do you think of my daughter's executlon on the piano?” “@ood name for it, for she certainly ma murder the time.” — Baltimore erican, JAPS ARE DISPLEASED OBJECT TO PROPOSED RESTRIC. TION ON IMMIGRATION FROM THAT COUNTRY. PUBLIC OPINION STRONGLY ADVERSE GOVERNMENT MAY NOT AGREE TO A SETTLEMENT ON THE PLAN OUTLINED. Toklo, Feb. 18.—The projected amendments to the American immi- gration law involving a restriction on Japanese labor immigration to the United States from the Hawaiian isl- ands are naturally received here with great displeasure, but the well in- formed fail, under existing eircum- stances, to find grounds for complaint at this action of the American gov- ernment. The council of elder states- men and cabinet ministers showed no concerr whatever over the diplomatic situation. Public opinion is decidedly opposed to a solution of the problem on the basis outlined. No official statement bas yet been made on this subject, but it is generally admitted that the plan will arouse strong opposition throughout the Japanese empire. The relations between the federal govern- ment at Washington and the govern- ments of the various states of the Union are not well understood here and a reatriction of the admission of laborers would be looked upon as an unwarranted concession in the face of the treatment of which the Japanese in San Francisco complain. The lim- ited few who are well posted on the actual state of affairs are not excited and even they do not see why the Ban Francisco school difficulty could not be solved apart from the labor question. An appeal couched in strong words has been cabled here from the Japanese in San Francisco asking for mational support in solving the San Francisco controversy by re- stricting the admission of laborers into the United States. In view of the state of public feeling here it would not be surprising if the Japa- nese government did not agree to a settlament on the basis of the restric- tion of the immigration of Japanese to the United States. STATE RIGHTS INSISTED ON. Mayor Schmitz Discusses Settlement of School Question. ‘Washington, Feb. 18.—“The Califor- nia committee, which came here to confer with the president on the Japa- nese question, has not conceded any of its rights. State sovereignty was absolutely insisted upon,” declared Mayor Schmitz of San Francisco. Yet, he said, a complete agreement had been reached on all points of differ- ence, the only thing remaining to be done being the incorporation by con- gress of the exclusion amendment into the immigration bill. As matters stand now, he said, all parties will be satisfied. Mayor Schmitz declared that the discussion with the president took the form of an endeavor to arrive at a middle ground and this, he said, had been done. “State rights were strongly adhered to,” he said, and in this con- nection he reiterated his declaration that there never had been considered any proposition looking to the estab- lishment of separate Japanese schools. There was no intention, he said, to abolish the Oriental schools, which Orientals, Asiatics and Mongolians had been in the habit of attending for the past twenty years. He said, further, that the confer- ences of the school board and himself with the president and Secretary Root had no relation whatever to anything this government might do in the way of negotiating a new treaty with Ja- pan. The present treaty, he said, ‘would not expire for five years, but, nevertheless, he and the school board had come here in a friendly spirit in the expectation of adjusting matters satisfactorily to all concerned and yet without surrendering any of Califor- nia's rights and this, he declared, had been accomplished. AWAITS ~ SENATE'S ACTION. State Department Taking No Steps in Japanese Question. ‘Washington, Feb. 18.—The state de- partment is awaiting the disposition by congress of the pending immigra- tion bill before proceeding further with the consideration of the Japa- nese exclusion question. If the bill is enacted into law an immediate ef- fort will be made to come to a formal agreement with the Japanese govern- ment that will insure the continuance of the present policy of that'govern- ment of withholding passports to Jap- anese laborers.. So far as the pending legislation is concerned it is stated that there is every reason to believe that it will be acceptable to the Japa- nese government; at -any rate, there has not yet been the faintest sign of disapproval in that quarter. An Interesting fact that has devel- oped in the discussion of the respec- tive rights of state and nation where treaties are involved is that in at least one case the California courts have taken the most advanced grounds in favor of the supremacy of the treaties, holding that the treaty rights of aliens to possess real estate could not be destroyed by a state law. Shadeless Forests. Large-tracts of dense forests in Aus- tralia are practically’ shadeless. ‘Many kinds' of trees in that ‘strainge country turn their edges. instead of the flat sur face of the leaves to the sun, .and. thus one may stand, under a tree of enor- mous size and be as fully exposed to the sun as though he: were in the open plain. Travel through these forests 18 said to be exceedingly arduous work, as the trees, while they do not cut off the sun, prevent the breeze from reaching the ground, and thus the trav- dler upefleEes)n‘ stifling ‘heat. CALL IT DISCRIMINATION. Custom of Furnishing Operators to Big Concerns. Omaha, Feb. 18.—The Interstate commerce commission is to investi- gate the relationship between the Western Union and Postal Telegraph companies on one side and the pack- inghouses, grain firms and other busi- ness houses throughout the country which have heretofore had special telegraph wires and special operators furnished them. During the morning all through wires of this description were discontinued and only ‘“pony” wires, running from these offices into the main telegraph office, were left. The operators manning these wires from the packinghouse ends are now employed by the packinghouses and not by the telegraph companies. The interstate commerce commission is said to have taken the position that furnishing these large customers of. the telegraph companies with facili- tles denied the smaller customers was in fact a discrimination and an investi- gation is demanded. In the packinghouses every through wire which was not actually leased by them was pulled out of commission and the packinghouses forced to have their telegrams relayed at the main telegraph office. Similar action has been taken at all business houses which had been furnished with through wires for their business. INCREASED BY OVER $8,000,000. River and Harbor Bill Reported to the Senate. ‘Washington, Feb. 18.—The river and harbor appropriation bill was reported to the senate during the day by Chalr- man Frye of the committee on com- merce. It carrles $92,720,472, an in- crease of $5,519,334 over the amount appropriated by the house. Of this amount the appropriation immediately available is $40,981,908 and the aggre- gate for projects authorized is $52, 638,564. No appropriation was made to create a deep waterway from Chi- cago to St. Louis, but the provision made by the house for a board of engi- neers to examine the condition of the Mississippi river below St. Louis was retained, after adding to it an amend- ment specially setting forth the char- acter of the examination to be made. DEGIDE FATE OF CABINET CHURCH QUESTION TO BE AGAIN TAKEN UP IN FRENCH CHAM- BER OF DEPUTIES. Paris, Feb. 18—During the after- noon there were persistent rumors that a serious clash had occurred at the cabinet meeting between Minister of Education Briand and Premier Clemenceau over the negotiations on the subjéct of the church contracts. Several of the ministers, it was said, supported the premier and the cab- inet was reported to have adjourned with an open breach. Later it was, ascertained that M. Clemenceau was not much opposed to what M. Briand was doing, but he in- sisted on a prolongation of the nego- tiations, which had caused such a state of nervousness in the chamber of deputies that the definite approval of the majority should be obtained before the government acted. Finally the premier announced that in spite of his bad health he would bring the matter up in the chamber shortly, ‘when the fate of the cabinet will prob- ably be decided. M. de Seives, the prefect of the Seine; Mer. Amiette, archbishop coad- jutor of Paris, and Mgr. Thomas have reported a complete agreement cover- ing the question of the contracts for the lease of the Paris churches. This M. Briand presented to the cabinet and M. Clemenceau took the position that it should not be ratified until the chamber had an opportunity to ap- prove or disapprove it. FRIEND TO FRIEND ‘The personal recommendations of peo ple who have been cured of coughs and colds by Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy have done more than all else to make it a staple article of trade and commerce over a large part of the civilized world. Barker’s Drug Store NOTICE OF APPLICATION —for— LIQUOR LICENSE ss given, That application 10 writing o the ity City of Bemidji and filed in my office, praying for license £ sell intox- icating liquors for the term commencing on February 1907, and terminating on February 2ind, 1905 Ly the follow- ing person and at the following place, stated in said application, respectively, to Wit CHRIST OLSON At and in the front room first floor of that certain two-story frame building located on Tot twenty-four (23). black eighteen (I8), in the original townsite of Bemidji, Beltrami county, Minnesota. Said application will be heard and (h'ler- mined by said city council of the Cj midji ag the city clerk’s office in e, in ‘said city " of Bemidji, in Belira county, and state of Minnesota, on \hmdm the 18th day of February, A.'D. 1907, at § o'clock p. m.of that day. Witness my hand and geal of sald oty this 16th day of Fobraary. A oot [seAn] HGNLA Sy Ao FOLEY'S HONEYwuTAR The original LAXATIVE cuugh remedy. For coughs, colds, throat and lung troubles. No opiates. Non-alcoholic. Good for everybody. Sold everywhere. The genuine FOLEY'S HONEY and TAR isin aYellowpackage. Refuse substitutes. Prepared only by Foley & Company, Chicago. Barker’s Drug Store. v i ORINE Laxative Fruit Syrup Pleasant to take Does not gripe or nauseate. Cures stomach and liver troubles and chronic con- stipation by restoring the natural action of the stom- ach, liver and bowels. Refuse substitutes. Price 500, The new laxative. ASSUMES ACUTE PHASE. Clash Between Federal Courts in Ohio. Lima, 0., Feb. 18—The clash be- tween the federal court of Judge Thompson in Cincinnati and the state court here has assumed an acute phase as a result of a telegram for- warded here by the federal court de- manding that the indictment against Julius A. Beiser, bankruptcy trustee of the Bracken Iron and Bridge com- pany, be nolled, or that Deputy Sheriff A. S. Earnst report before the federal court on the charge of contempt. Earnst has been advised not to go to Cincinnati and Prosecutor Welty says he will call a special grand jury and subpoena Judge Thompson if Earnst is sent to jail, alleging the fed- eral judge has been guilty of obstruct- ing the due administration of justice. “The indictment will not be nolled,” said County Prosecutor Welty. “Earnst has never been served with a com- mand to appear in Cincinnati more than that contained in the brief tele- gram. He was never apprehended by the marshals in the cross state chase.” Judge Peck, attorney for Beiser, is en route here from Cincinnati to de- mand, it is said, the dismissal of the Beiser indictment. and State Wolves Devour Vlilagers. Berlin, Feb. 18—Packs of wolves during the long cold spell have been invading Silesia from Russia. The countryside is full of stories of lonely wayfarers who have been surrounded by wolves, pulled down and devoured. Few persons venture to go on foot outside the villages. The gentry have organized wolf hunts in the forests of Tworoger, Sawitz and Huegohuette. ICE GORGE IN BAD RIVER. Backs Water Up Into Lower Section - of Fort Pierre. | Pierre, S. D., Feb. 16.—Bad river, which flows ‘nto the Missouri river at Fort Pierre, broke up and started to pile ice upon the ice in the Missouri, soon forming a gorge at the mouth of the stream, which is backing the wa- ter up into the lower portion of Fort Plerre. Always Remember the Full Nam: Laxative roine uinine Tablets Cure a Cold in One Day Cure Grlp in Two Days Just Received A large shipment of Siuger and ‘Wheeler & Wilson Sewing Ma- chines. The best and most beautiful line of cabinets ever carried in the city. Also a complete line of Pianos, Organs and Sheet Music at popular prices. Repairs for machines of all kinds. sewing BISIAR,VANDER LIP & COMPANY 311 Minn. Ave.} Phone 319 Bemidji N (R AL Kodol Byspepsia Gure Digests what you eat. WANITS ONE CENT A WORD. HELP WANTED, WANTED—Vor U. 8. army abie- bodied, unmarried men be tween ages of 21 and 8b, citi- zens of United Sta.t.es, of good character and temperate habits, who can speak, read and write English. For in- formation apply to Recruiting Officer, Miles block, Bemidji, Minnesota. WANTED — Saw mill hands. Lumber pilers, lumber grad- ers, planing mill machinery men, river drivers. Steady work for good men the year around. Apply John O’Brien Lumber Co., Somers, Montana: WANTED: For theU. S. Marine Corps; men between ages 2I and 85. An opportunity to see the world. For full infor- mation apply in person or by letter to 208 Third - Street Be- widji, Minn. WANTED — Girl for general housework. Apply to 717 Bel- trami avenue. WANTED: Competens girl for general house work. Inquire 718 Beltrami avenue. WANTED—Cook and waitress. “Inquire at Lakeshore Hotel. WANTED—Three or four un- furnished rooms, by ‘married couple, on or near main street. by March 1st or April 1st, Privateentrance desired. Ad- dAress box 782, Bemidji, Minn. FOR SALE. FOR SALE—A good fresh milch cow. Inquire 406 Minn Ave. FOR SALE— Rubber stamps. The Pioneer will procure any kind of a rubber stamp for you on short notice. FOR SALE—Ma,gnificenb moose head, mounted; will be sold cheap Inquire atthis office. FOR RENT. FOR RENT: Furnished room in xzodem house. 700 Bemidji ve. MISCELLAN EOUS. WANTED: A few more lady customers for shampooing, manicuring and facial massage. Orders receive prompt atten- tion. 508 Minn, Ave. 8. flat up stairs. Mrs. W. H. Parker. PUBLIC LIBRARY — Open Tuesdays and Saturdays, 2 30 to6 p, m. Thursdays 7 to 8 p. m. also. Library in base- ment of Court House. Miss Mabei Kemp, librarian. LOST: Last evening, between the bijou and city hall, ladies fur boa. Finder please return to Mrs. H. E. Arderson. LOST — At Bijou Wednesday evening; gray neck fur. Finder leave at this office. PROFESSIONAL CARDS LAWYER . WM. B.MATTHEWS ATTORNEY AT LAW Practices before the United States Supreme Court—Court of Claims—The United States General Land Office—Indian Office and Con- #ress. Special attention given to Land Con- s rocurement of Patents and Indian Claims. =Refer to the members of the Minne- sota Delegation in Crongress. Offices: 420 New York Avenue. Washington, D.C - D. H. FISK Attorney and Counsellor at Law Office opposite Hotel Markham. P. J. Russell Attorney at Law BEAIDI, - - - = - NN, E. E, McDonald ATTORNEY AT LAW Bemtdji, Minn. Office: Swedback Block PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS. Dr. Rowland Gilmore Physician and Surgeon Office: Tiles Block DR. WARNINGER VETERINARY SURGEON Telephone Number 209 Third St., one block west of 1st Nat'l Bank DRAY AND TRANSFER. Wes Wright, ray and T Phone 40. ‘ransfer. 404 Beltraml ‘Ave. Tom Smart Dray and baggage. Safe and Plano moving. Phone No. 58 618 America Ave. F. C. CHASE DRAY AND TRANSFER Wood Sawing ‘Promptly Done Phone 351 DENTISTS. 35 Dr. R. B. Foster. SURGEON DENTIST PHONE 124 MILES BLOCK. DR. J. T. TUOMY Dentist First National Bank Bulld’g. Telephone No. 230 |