Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, October 3, 1907, Page 2

! - PUNLLISHED MVERY AFTMRNOON. b OFFICIAL PAPER---CITY OF BEMIDJI BEMIDJI PIONEER PUBLISHING CO. CLYDE J. PRYOR l A. . RUTLEDOE; Business Manager Managing Editor Wntered in the postoffice at Bemidji. Minn., a8 second class matter. SUBSCRIPTION---$5.00 PER ANNUM CONTIUE FOR WEEKS SECOND EXAMINER NEEDED Will Be Required to Attend Sessions and Listen to Testimony Regarding Rebates Alleged to Have Been Granted to Trust. New York, Oct. —Frank B. Kel logg, the government's counsel in its sult to dissolve the Standard Oil com- pany, has roturned from Washington, where he went Saturday to report progress in the case to the president and Attorney General Bonaparte, The hearing in the case will be re- sumed Thursday and me ime the government vepresentatives are going over such book: the Standard Oil company has pl at their disposal and otherwise preparing for a re- sumption of the case. Thae statement was made during the day that some new evidence regarding the government's contention that the present Standard Oil company is really a reorganization of the old trust has been discovered. It had been be- lieved that it would be necessary to call to the stand Henry M. Flagler, secretary of the old board of liquida- tlon trustees, to clear up this point, but it Is said that such a course, in view of the new evidence, will not now be pursued. To Hear Rebate Evidence. Another examiner, it is announced, will be appointed in a few days by the Missouri court to sit with Exam- iner Ferris in the taking of testimony agalnst the New Jersey _corporation. The duties of this additional examiner will be to listen to testimony relating only to railroad rates on oil and re- bates which are alleged to have been granted to the Standard during its fight against independent oil oper- ators. The two examiners will sit to- gether at every session of the hear- Ings after the question of rates and rebates is taken up owing to the fact that much of the testimony will neces- sarily be fragmentary and evidence on both the rate and trust questions will be placed upon the record during the same day. The hearings here will probably last at least two and possibly three more weeks. Testimony will also be taken in Washington, Cleveland, Chi- cago and St. Louis. This shifting of base for the hearings is made neces- sary by the fact that the government subpoenas can only compel witnesses to travel 100 miles to attend the hear- ings. TAFT WILL DENY REPORT No Truth in Story of Strained Rela- tions With Japan. Tokio, Oct. .—Secretary Taft, in the course of his speech at the munie- ipal dinner to be given in his honor, s expected to deny emphatically the reports that the relations between the United States and Japan Were at any time strained. This has developed as a result of the publication in the Asahi of a special dispatch from London as- serting on high authority that the ‘Washington statesmen are “tired of the hectoring attitude of Japanese offi- claldom, hence the dispatch of the American battleship fleet to the Pa- cific and the changed tone of the Jap- anese since the orders were issued.” In view of the extremely friendly at- titude of the Japanese towards Mr. Taft the publication of the dispatch caused uneasiness and surprise here. The Japanese newspapers sent repre- sentatives to Mr. Taft, who immedi- ately sald he would give a reply in his speech. The programme mapped out for Secretary Taft has agaln been changed. He and his party will leave Toklo for Kobe Wednesday at 6:20 p. m. FOR FEAR OF MUTINY. Russian Fleet Sent to Sea on a Prac- tice Cruise. St. Petersburg, Oct. .—The chief of the naval staff denies the report from Odessa of a serions mntiny on BEWIDI DALY PIONEER board the Russlan fleet at Sebastopol. The official added, however, that in view of the excitement caused by the sensational incident at the Sebastopol barracks when three terrorists dis. guised as officers penetrated into the barracks in an attempt to provoke a mutiny among the troops and the dis- closure of the fact that a revolutionary propaganda was in progress among the crews of the warships it had been deemed wise-to send the fleet to sea on a practice crulse. The terrorists who entered the Se- bastopol barracks fired upon the offi- cers, mortally wounding Captain No- viroff, severely wounded another offi- cer named Poletyefl and succeeded In escaping. AMERICAN RIDER INJURED Series of Accldents During Bicycle Races in Germany. Berlin, Oct. .—One man was killed and three, including “Bobby" Walthour, the American rider, were seriously injured in a serles of acci- dents on the Spandau bicycle track. During a 100 kilometer race a pace- meker's tire burst, throwing the rider, who broke his right arm and suffered other injurles. An ambulance attend- ant who crossed the track with the intentlon of assisting the injured man was instantly killed as the result of colliding with Walthour’s pacemaker, Hoffman, who was thrown to the ground and caused Walthour to fall. The latter sustained a severe concus- slon of the brain and was taken to a hospital, where he remains uncon- sclous and in a serlous condition. The pacemaker was severely hurt when he collided with the ambulance man. TWENTY PERSONS INJURED Large Number of Cattle Also Victims of Wreck. Stanton, Mo., Oct. .—The south- bound Texas limited train on the Frisco road collided with a frelght train two miles from here shortly be- fore midnight and about twenty per- sons were injured, three of whom may die. The freight train was loaded with cattle and a large number of the animals were crushed to death. Both locomotives were demolished. The freight was trying to make a siding at Anaconda on shoit time when the passenger dashed around a curve at full speed. The engineers of both en- gines had barely time to put on the alrbrakes and jump. One Dead, Two Badly Injured. Green Bay, Wis,, Oct. .—H. Ross of Florenceville, N. B, a fireman on a Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul rail- road passenger traln, was killed; Jay A. Parkinson, engineer of the passen- ger, was severely scalded and John Zeerotsky of Green Bay, brakeman on the freight train, suffered a crushed leg as a result of a rearend collision of the passenger and freight train north of Hilbert Junction, Hog Discovers Spring of Water. Arlington, 8. D., Oct. .—A hog on the Maltby farm near Clark has the witch hazel water diviners all backed off the stage. In rooting at the foot of a hill on the place the hog opened up a spring which hitherto had merely made a marsh of the adjacent ground. The spring is now being plped and will supply all the farm buildings with water, the flow being upwards of 2,000 gallons daily. Militant Church Needed. Chicago, Oct. .—Governor Hanly of Indlana, in an address before the Chicago Ministerial association, said the world still needs a militant church in order to fight the liquor power, which, he sald, recognizes no law on earth. He asserted that crime had decreased In his state, where the local option law had been enforced, and he favored the total extinction of the sa- loons. THREATENED TO LYNCH. Osseo (Minn.) Citizens Aroused Over Lawlessness in District. Minneapolis, Oct. .—Frenzied by many deeds of lawlessness committed in the community of late citizens ot Osseo, twelve miles north of Minne- apolis, made an effort to lynch Will- iam B. Hays, who is under arrest. He was saved by a quick dash in an auto- mobile with Detectives Witrensohn and Martinson, who took him to the Central station, where he was safely rlaced behind the bars, Hays Is accused of carrying on ex- tensive operations at Osseo, breaking into five different places, including the depot and two general stores. Reduotlon i Copper Dividend. New York, Oct. .—The directors of the Anaconda Copper- company, the main producing company of the Amal- gamated Copper company, have de- clared a quarterly dividend of $1.26 a share. This i3 a reduction of 60 cents from the dividend declared in the pre- vious quarter and is at the rate of 30 per cent per annum' instead of at the rate of 28 per cent as declared for the previous quarter, The Office of Food The office of food is to supply heat and energy; to furnish the vital materials for growth and repair. ~ DR. PRICE’S WHEAT FLAKE CELERY O oy as it is made from the whole grain of wheat, with celery; will furnish the elements to supply heat, energy, growth and repair. Persons could live a long"period of time with vigorous health upon nothing but this food. - PEACE AN COODWILL Notable Speech of Secretary Taft at Banquet in Tokio. i BEST OF FEELING PREVAILS Brands as Groundiess Talk of War Between United States and Japan and Declares It Would Be a Crime Against Modern Civilization, Toklo, Oct. .—Secretary of War Taft aroused the wildest enthnsiasm and loud cheers when, in the course of his speech at the banquet given in his honor by the municipality of To- kio and chamber of commerce, he de- clared that war between the United States and Japan would “be a crime agalnst modern civilization and as wicked as it would be insane,” adding that neither people desired it and that both governments would do their utmost to guard against such an awful catastrophe. The secretary spoke with intense earnestness, after careful deliberation and preparation. The banquet took place in the as- semblyroom of the Imperial hotel, Viscount Shibusawa presiding, and was attended by prominent officials and many of the leading business men of Toklo. Viscount Sh¥busawa, in welcoming Mr. Taft, paid a glowing tribute to the greatness of the nation which the secretary represented, the friendliness which the United States had always displayed for Japan and the influence which America exerted throughout the world. Secretary Taft Replies. In replying Mr. Taft spoke with deep feeling and positiveness. He as- serted that the talk of unfriendliness between the United States and Japan was “due entirely to the commercial- ism of the mewspapers in Araerica.” The secretary declined to discuss the immigration question, saying that he would not trespass upon the field of the state department. Continuing, Mr. Taft sald: “Americans will always be proud of the part President Roosevelt was able to play In hastening the end of the war and bringing about peace under circumstances honorable to both Ja- pan and Russia. Japan, having proved her greatness in war, has taken a stand in the first rank of the family of nations. You have concluded trea- tles with your former antagonist and the wounds caused by the war are healed. . “The growth of Japan, from a her- mit nation to her present position, in the last fifty years is a marvel to the world. Americans are proud to record the fact that Japan has always had the cordial sympathy and at times the effective aid of the United States. For & moment—for a moment only—a lit- tle cloud came over the sunshine of the fast friendship of fifty years, Omly the greatest earthquake of the century could cause even the slightest tremor between such friends. I do not intend to consider the detalls of the events at San Francisco; I cannot trespass on the jurisdiction of the department of state. It is for my colleague, Mr. Root, or my friend, Mr. O’'Brien, to discuss this matter. Resort to War Unnecessary. “I say that there is nothing in these events that cannot be honorably and fully arranged by ordinary diplomatic methods between the two govern- ments, conducted as they both are by statesmen of honor, sanity and jus- tice. War between Japan and the United States would be a crime against modern civilization. It would be insane. Neither the people of Ja- pan nor the people of the United States desire war. The governments of the two countries would strain ev- ery polnt to avoid such an awful catas- trophe. Neither would gain any- thing. “Some one asks why such reports and. rumors of war? The capacity of certain members of the modern press by sensational dispatches to give rise to unfounded reports has grown with the improvement of communication be- tween distant parts of the world. The desire to sell papers, the desire for political reasons to embarrass the ex- isting government or other and even less justifiable motives have led to misstatements, misconstructions and unfounded guesses, all worked into territying headlines which have no foundation whatever.” ‘After the banquet the assemblyroom was the scene of a remarkable mani- festation of good will, everybody con- gratulating everybody else on what was considered to be a complete re- moval of the “little cloud” which had been hanging over the fifty years of friendship between the United States and Japan and rejoicing at the fact that a final damper had been put upon sensational utterances regarding the possibility of strained relations be tween the two countries. FOUND ON AFRICAN COAST Bodies of 8panish Flood Victims Washed Across the Sea. Malaga, Spain, Oct. .—The work of cleaning the city of the mud, which in many streets averages two and a half feet deep, i8 progressing slowly. The exact number of the flood vic- tims has not been established, as corpses are still being found buried in the slime and mud. Some of the bodles' were carrled across the Med- iterranean and were washed up on the shore near Melilla, on the north coast of Africa. DISCUSSES VARIOUS TOPICS Conference of Attorneys General at 8t. Louis Ends. 8t. Louis, Oct. .—The national con- ference of attorneys general held its final session during the day. The programme comprised papers by At- torney General Wade H. Ellis of Ohio, Attorney General Dana Malone of Massachusetts and Attorney General W. 8. Jackson of New York, followed by general discussion of the toples presented in the papers. The convention continued discus- slon on the paper reaa by ‘Attornéy General Edward T. Young of Minne- sota on the topic, “Conflict Between State and Federal Courts.” The dis- cussion was led by Attorney General A. M. Garber of Alabama and was participated in generally. Attorney General Ellis' paper on “The Standard Oil Trust” was the concluding one of the convention, Upon motion of Attorney General Young of %finnesota the attorneys general authorized a memorial to con- gress from the various states on the question of harmony between the fed- eral and state governments relative to the question of jurisdiction in the courts. A committee was appointed by the chairman, Attorney General Hadley of Missourl, to memorialize congress, consisting of the following members: Attorney General Young of Minnesota, Malone of Massachu- setts, Gardner of Alabama, Thompson of Nebraska and Hadley of Missouri. IN HANDS OF RECEIVERS. Action Taken Against Second New York Street Railway. New York, Oct. .—On the applica- tlon of the company’s attorneys the Metropolitan Street Rallway company has been placed in the hands of re- ceivers, The company asked that it be made a party defendant to the ac- tion recently taken against the New York City Railway company. Judge Lacomb granted the application to in- clude the Metropolitan Street Railway company and named Adrian H. Joline and Douglas Robinson as receivers for the Metropolitan Street Railway com- pany as well as the New York City Railway company. .The New York City Rallway company is the lessee of the lines of the Metropolitan Street Railway company under a guarantee of the lessee to pay 7 per cent divi- dends on the stock of the Metropoli- tan Street Rallway company. The Metropolitan Street Railway company ald not earn this dividend and the New York City Railway company lost in excess of $6,500,000 through the Metropolitan lease and went into the hands of receivers a few days ago. As a result of the latest proceedings the same receivers will administer the affairs of the two companies. PRACTICAL JOKERS AT WORK President’s Hunting Ground Salted With Teddy Bears. Lake Providence, La., Oct. —The army of secret service scouts which has arrived here to beat over the grounds over which President Roose- velt will hunt frustrated the cher- ished plans of the fun loving citizens for a gigantic practical joke. On their first trip the secret service men found the canebrakes salted Wwith bears—Teddy bears. Some of them were posed in the most ferocious at- titudes, awaiting the leady messengers from the trusty rifle of their illustri- ous namesake. The secret service men, after their first alarm, gathered up as many of the bears as they could carry and brought them into town. Later they appealed to the citizens to abandon their plans of nature faking and Teddy bears which had been planted in the canebrakes are now being harvested. WEIGHING ALL MAILS. Order Goes Into Effect on Every Route in the Country. New York, Oct. .—At one minute past midnight railway mall clerks throughout the country began the weighing of mails in obedience to a general order of the postmaster gen- eral. Congress is responsible for this. In the regular appropriation bill for the postal service, approved March 1, the clause requiring the weighing for thirty days was inserted. It was the first time in the history of the post- office department that the weighing of all mail matter in all trains over all routes on which mail clerks are em- ployed was required. The object of the thirty days’ trial | is to give the department and con- gress reliable statistics to determine the cost of handling and transporting @ifferent classes of mail matter. IN SEVERAL CITIES. Bookbinders Go Out to Enforce Eight- > Hour Demand. New York, Oct. '—The demand for an eight-hour day by the bookbinders belonging to the International Brother- | hood of Bookbinders has been gener- ally acceded to by employers through- out the city and the strike order, is- sued to the bookbinders, affected only four shops which declined to meet the demand. President Glockling of the International brotherhood said that employers in thirty-two citles had gragted the demand for the eight-hour day, but that strikes had been called in Chicago, Philadelphia, Beston and several other citles to enforce the acceptance of the demand. Historic Mill Destroyed. Philadelphia, Oct. .—Fire destroyed the historic Ervien mill at Ogontz, near here. The mill was built in 1767 and was one of the bases of supply from which General Washington pro- cured flour for his soldiers while the army was encamped at Valley Forge. Woman’s Claim Disallowed. La Crosse, Wis, Oct. .—A de- cislon has been ‘handed down in the matter of the will of the late Gustave W. Ensel, a wealthy business man recently deceased. After the death of Engel Frankie La Salle, alleged pro- prietor of a resort, made a claim of $250,000 agalnst the property. The: eourt disallowed the clatm In full. Defeat Hastens His Death. Lincoln, Neb., Oct. i .—Judge Frank: A. Waters, a prominent Republican: politician, is dead of stomach trouble. Since the recent primary election, at. Which he was defeated for the nom- ination as district judge, he seemed OTHERS MY FOLLDW Indictments Agu!ns:i ;l;efine rglegea JURY PROBES CAPITOL CASE Name of Congressman Cassel, Head of the Pennsylvania Construction Com- pany, Included in the List of True Bills Returned, Harrisburg, Pa, Oct, .—Ten of the fourteen men involved in the capitol prosecution have been indicted by the Dauphin county grand jury on charges of conspiracy. These men are men- tioned in six true bills found out of the thirty-two cases already laid be- fore the grand jury. The six indict- ments cover every man named except four men identified with John H. San- derson’s company and their case may be taken up separately, The first bills to contain the name of Congressman H. Burd Cassel of Lancaster, Who was at the head of the Pennsylvania Construction company, were presented during the day. Cas- sel's company installed the metallic furniture and is alleged to have col- lected three times its value. With Cassel were Frank Irvine of Norris. town, Pa., who is alleged to have cer- tified to a false measurement of metal- lic furniture, and Stanford B. Lewis tect Huston, who apparently had con- siderable to do with the making up of the alleged improper measurements, One of the bills covers the famous “Baccarat” glass transaction in which Beaver county glass is alleged to have been worked off on the state as the genuine imported French article car- ried by the specifications. It includes Sanderson, who furnished the glass; Huston, who approved it as proper, and Shumaker, who certified to the bill. District Attorney Exonerated. Boise, Ida., Oct. '».—The Borah trial wag interrupted for a time to allow the special grand jury which has been Investigating charges of misconduct against District Attorney Ruick to re- port. The grand jury declared the charges were “not a true bill” and re. turned indictments against two of the men who filed affidavits against Mr. Ruick. “Isn’t He a Darling?” Copyright 1907-8 David M. Plaalser & Co. Cuicago ‘That's what they will say about your child if he wears a Nearfeller Overeoat. + We offer all the prettiest styles in all sizes for your selection. ‘These garments are guaranteed in workmanship and wearing service. See our extensive assortment of Children’s clothes if you want to buy the best garments at very moderate prices. - $2.50 to $10.00 0’Leary and Bowser Notice for Bids. Notice is hereby given, that sealed bids will_be received by the undersigned, City Olerk of the city of Bemidjl, at his office in the City Hall of said city, for the purchuse of 30,000 in denominations of $1,000 each, to be issued by the city of Bemidjl, voted on the 27th day of August 1907, for the purpose of constructing and maintaining a suitable water plant and for the purpose of acquiring and paying for real estate needed In connec~ tlon with such plant, which sald bonds bear interest at the rate of five per cen annum, interest payable semi-annually, bonds to be dated September fi shall mnature in fifteen genm after da 11 snch bids shall be opened by the Oity Council of the city of Bemidjl. at the office of the City Clerk of said city in the Oity Hall, on Monday the 7thday of October, 1907, at eight o'clock a. m. Certified check on a Bemidji Bank for 10 per l::ebl‘n(ti of amount of bid must accompany each bid. The Oity of Bemidji reserves the right to reject any and all bids. 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Resolution, At & general meeting of the City Council of the Uity of Bemidjl, on the 16th day of Sept- ember 1907. the following resolution was in- troduced h; alderman Gould seconded by Alderman Erickson: Resolved that the Olty Clerk of the City of ‘Bemidji advertise and cause to be published for two weeks in the Bemidjl Pioneer and in The Commercial West of Minneapolls a notice that sealed bids will be received by the Oity Clerk of said city for the purchase of 0,000 of bonds in_denominations of $1.000 each, voted on the 27th day of August 1907 for the purpose of erecting and maintaining a suit- able water plant and purchasing a suitable site for the same, which bonds' bear interest at the rate of five per cent per annum, pay- able semi-annually, and that the City Coun- cil of the City of Bemidji will on the 7th day of October 1907 at elght o.clock p. m. of that broken hearted and his friends be- lleve the defeat hastened his death. Terrorist Finally Executed. Moscow, Oct. 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