Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, October 22, 1907, Page 4

A Simplo Recipe. Everybody In Cedarby owned that Mrs. Hanson was the queen of cooks, but they were likely to add that when It came to explaining the processes by which she ived at her excellent re- sults she left a good deal to be de- slred. our scallaped oysters are the best we ever have at our church suppers or anywhere, and you know It,” sald a nelghbor, endeavoring to win speelal favor from this culinary guddess. “Most folks get ‘e elther tvo wet or too dry. I tell ‘em 1 dou't know how you man- age it so yours are always just right. 1 dou't suppose you could tell exactly yourselt.” W 3 and Mrs, Han. miled indulgently at the eagar, hopeful face of her neighbor. “All T do Is butter the dish, put in a layer of oysters, salted and peppered, then a layer of buttered crumbs, then a layer of milk and back to oysters again. Easy as ple, 'tis" of wilk?” L1 could, faltered the Hanson cheer- kes ‘em about | fully. “That's what m right—layer of oysters, layer of | crumbs and layer of milk. Leastways | that's what 1 do, and you say you like ‘em."—Youth's Cowpanion. A Welsh Sermon. The Welsh are noted for their fond- | ness for sermons aud wusic. The an- nual eisteddfod, the national bardie congress, is attended by thousands, who on the great day of festival “chair” the fortunate bard, the winner of the prize. { A similar enthusiasm greets the Welsh preacher who is eloquent in speech and practical In expounding the Scripture The following story of a Welsh preacher, told in the “Journals of Walter White,” illustrates the graphic, simple exposition which con- manded the attention of the congrega- tion: “Noe worked at the ark, driving nails, plump, plump, plump. The hay- | then came and said: *Noe, there's good hunting in the woods here, hares and | foxes. Leave your work and come and hunt’ But Noe kept on hammering, | plump, plump, plump. “The haythen came again: ‘Noe, there’'s good beer at the Red Lion. Leave your work and come and drink.’ But Noe kept on hammering, plump, | plump, plump. And then the rain came, and the flood lifted up the ark and carried Noe away and left the | haythen all secreaming and squabbling in the water.” Hats That Improve With Age. “A silk hat, like wine, improves with age,” said a clubman. *“The oftener you have it ironed the sleeker and more brilliant it becomes. It costs a good deal at the outset, but in the end it is the cheapest hat to wear. It lasts, | you see, so long, and to iron it costs so little. Some folks think the topper very perishable. If it gets soaked with rain, if some one sits on it and crush- | es it Into an accordion, they think it | must be thrown away the same as if it were a derby. But not at all. A sllk hat can be taken apart and put together again like a watch, and if it gets crushed nothing Is easier than to melt off the silk, straighten out the frame and then put on the silk again. In England, the home of this hat, I have known men to wear the same topper for ten or twelve years. And ! the oftener the old hat is ironed the brighter and finer it shines. Its luster increases with time. and friction like | the luster of good antique furniture.” ~Los Angeles Times. Knew His Capacity. Stranger (to waiter)—Isn’t that man named Mefer who is paying his bill over there? Waiter—I don't know. been long here. 8.—What has he had? W.—Ten glasses'of beer and a bottle ef wine. 8.—Oh. yes; it is he then.—Paris Rire. 1 baven’t T AT RN AN IMMENSE SUM INVOLVED Chicago Loses Tax Suit Against Utility Corporations. Washington, Oct. 22.—The cases of the county treasurer of Cook county, I, agalnst the various utility cor- porations of Chicago, involving the tax levy for 1900, have been declded by the supreme court of the United States adversely to the clty. The opinion of the court was delivered by Justice Peckham and affirmed the de- clsion of Judge Grosscup as handed down in the United States circuit court for the Northern dlstrict of Illi- nols. The companles affected are the Chicago Union Traction company, the Edison company, the Chicago City Railway company, the South Chicago City Rallway company, the People's Gas Light company, the Chicago Tele- phone company and the Chicago Con- solidated Traction company. The suits were brought by the utility com- panies in the circuit court to secure an Injunction prohibiting the tax au- thorities of Cook county from enforce- ment of a reassessment of taxes for 1900, which was undertaken on an or- der from the state circuit court of Sangamon county, afiirmed by the state supreme court, after the taxes had been paid on the original assess- ment. The second levy was much in excess of the first and the cases were taken to the federal courts on a plea of deprivation of property without due process of law, contrary to the Constitution. Judge Grosscup grant- ed the prayer of the petitioners, hold- ing that the original assessment was correct because it was based on the real net earnings of the companies and declaring the second levy equita- ble. The cases involved taxes on many milllons of dollars’ worth of properiy. Justices Holmes and Moody dissented. REASON IS NOT GIVEN. 8hipment of Tobacco and Cigarettes Seized by Government. Norfolk, Va., Oct. 22—A shipment of leaf tobacco and cigarettes said to be valued at $7,000, from Durham, N. C., consigned to the British-American Tobacco company of Great Britain, has been attached by the government here and is now being held by the cus- toms authorities. The action was brought following a conference here last week between Collector of Cus- toms Hughes, United States District Attorney Lewis and a representative of the department of justice at Wash- ington. The business of the latter in Norfolk was declared to be in connec- tion with an important prosecution un- der the Sherman anti-trust laws. The cause of the attachment of the tobacco and cigarettes is not given. It was admitted at the Norfolk cus- tomshouse that the attachment had issued, but that nothing would be glven out until after District Attorney Lewls, at Richmond, has prepared all the papers in the case and sent them here, Decisive Battle in Morocco. Tangier, Morocco, Oct. 22.—It is re- ported here that a decislve battle has taken place between the forces of Sultan Abdel Aziz and those of his brother, Mulai Hafig. The latter are said to have been victorious and to have captured the commander-in-chiet 3f the administration of Abdel Aziz. The Right Idea. “How @o you define the phrase ‘as black as your hat?” a father asked his son as the latter had just used the expression. “Well,” replied the youth, “I should define it as darkness that might be felt.”—Cassell’s Journal. ing and in the rich, smooth, B with surprisingly little fuel. MADE ON HONOR Honestly good and worth every cent we ask for it. will say so when you see aund examine carefully the ROUND 0AK Chief steel range. Highest quality shows plainly in the material—the fine workmanship in fitting and mount- You nickle ornamentation. The oven which to a woman is always of first importance will capture your good opinion at once; the top is arched and it "WELL,! LIVE IN A WARM COUNTRY, FRITZ ,BUT 18 twc inches higher than is usual. Tt bakes perfectly and It is easy to keep clean—the iron in the body is planished—not painted—and simply wiping with a cloth serves to keep it perfectly clean. The Chuef is the foremost steel range in America today, It is made to meet the demand for the best—for people who knows that it pays in the long run to buy a genuinely good range. Call in and see what we consider the finest example of steel range making on the market. W. M. ROSS Hardware, Furniture and Undertaking Ask for Range Book. e | cause of action SITUATION IMPROVES Financial Upheaval in New York Decidedly More Favorable, | BANKERS CONTROL AFFAIRS Look After Unexpected Big Deblt of Mercantile National and Force the Heinze-Morse Crowd Completely Out of the Institution, New York, Oct. 22.—The disquieting banking situation, which for several days has threatenad some of the lead- ing speculative banks and has caused apprehension throughout the banking community, shows a declded Improve- ment. There was no heavy run on amy of the banks, business proceeded without evidence that public coafl- dcnce had been seriously shaken and ¥he reports of the clearinghouse, al- though not very favorable as to the bank chiefly affected of late, the Mer- cantlle National bank, showed on the whole that nothing in the nature of a banking crisis was imminent. Chief Interest centered in the meeting of the clearinghouse committee, which balances the debits and credits of the various banks, thus furnishing a pretty close indication of their business status. The commitiee was in ses- slon more than an hour. It soon be- came known that the debit balance of the Mercantile National bank amount- ed to about $1,900,000, which was con- siderably more than the clearinghouse had expected. However, this unfavor- able item was offset by the fact that the debit of the bank represented the business of the last weel, when the Helnze-Morse regime was in control. | Therefore the clearinghouse took prompt steps to meet it, thus giving | the new management the support whieh had been promised. The debit balance of the National Bank of North America was found to be $850,000, of the Mechanics and Traders' bank $480,000 and the New Amsterdam Na- tional bank $200,000. These balances | were not such as to require the assist- | ance of the clearinghouse, as the banks themselves were quite able to handle the amount. When the com- mittee adjourned it was announced that all obligations of the day had been met. In view of the foregoing showing the sentiment in and about the clear- inghouse was ome of buoyancy and | confldence and this was soon reffected | by a marked improvement in the | stock market. Manager Shearer said that the | clearinghouse now had the situation well in hand and that the general status of banking in New York would undergo decided improvement from now on as a result of the safeguards adopted. RECEIVER ASKED FOR. Proceedings Begun Against Firm of | Otto Heinze & Co. New York, Oct. 22.—An involuntary petition in bankruptcy has been filed in the United States district court agalnst the firm of Otto Heinze & Co., brokers, whose suspension from the stock exchange was announced last week after they had refused to accept & block of United Copper stock purchased for them by the firm of Gross & Kleeberg. There has been a disagreement between the two firms as to whether the clalm of Gross & Kleeberg against Otto Heinze & Co. is legal. The petitioning creditors are Will- fam H. Robothaum, as assignee of the firm of Gross & Kleeberg, with a claim of $325,373; Leo Wise, who has an assigned claim from Edward V. Brokaw in the sum of 60 cents, and Frank A. Barnaby, who has an as- signed claim from Hershfield & Stern for $2,901. They allege that Otto Hoinze & Co. made preferentfl pay- ments to the Merchants’ National bank of $2,000,000 of assigned securities and also’ made other preferential pay- ments which aggregated about $100,- 000. It is also claimed that valuable securities were assigned to F. Augus- tus Helnze and Arthur P. Heinze to secure antecedent indebtedness and because of an anticipated suspension of the firm by the stock exchange. The appointment of a receiver was asked. INDICATES WITHDRAWALS. Heavy Indebtedness of Certain Banks to Clearinghouse. New York, Oct. 22.—The Mercantile National bank owes the clearinghouse on balance $1,900,000. The National Bank of North America owes the clearinghouse $850,000 on balance. These sums were unexpectedly large and indicated that heavy withdrawals were being made from these two banks.” The sum owed by the Mer- chants and Traders’ National bank was $430,000 and that owed by the New Amsterdam National bank $200, 000. At a subsequent meeting the clear- Inghouse committee decided to assume the responsibility for the Mercantile National bank’s large debit balance. This is the third consecutive day in ‘which the associated banks have gone to the assistance of the Mercantile. Death Message Results Fatally. St. Joseph, Mo, Oct. 22.—When Mrs. Jonathan Culp, at Oregon, Mo., received a telephone message saying her daughter, Mrs. Silas Allen, had been killed by a shock from an elec- tric light wire she dropped dead. Mother and daughter will be burled in the same grave. FOR CONTEMPT OF COURT Minnesota’s Attorney General Will Ap- peal From Fine of $100. St. Paul, Oct. 22.—Edward T. Young, attorney general for the state of Min- nesota, has been adjudged in contempt of the United States circuit court by Judge Willlam Lochren and was sen- tenced to pay a fine of $100. Pending purging of contempt he was placed in the custody of United States Marshal W. H. Grimshaw, but he will not be locked up pending an appeal. The Bty in the fact that fie violated an Injunc- tion of the federal court forbidding him to bring suit In the state courts to compel the enforcement of the rail- road rate laws passed by the last leg- islature, Later in the day T. D. O'Brien and | Assistant Attorney General Simpson left for Washington in order to file a writ of habeas corpus for the purpose of getting the attorney general out of custody. This action will bring the case dai- rectly befoge the highest court in the land, as Aftorney General Young de- sires. Should the supreme court de- clde in favor of the attorney general on the ground that in sulng the attor- ney general the raflroad stockholders | were sulng the state and thus violat-| ing the eleventh amendment of the federal Constitution the writ of ha- beas corpus will be granted. It will then be unnece ry for Attorney Gen- eral Young to carry the injunction to the clrcult court of appeals, as he will | be immune from arrest in his prose- cution of the rate ¢ s and can pus the suits against the rallroads as fast and as far as he chooses in his en- deavor to compel them to obey the commodity rate law. PRESIDENT IN GOOD SPIRITS Quits Louisiana With Assurances of Appreciation. Stamboul, La., Oct. At 10 a. m. President Roosevelt boarded his spe- cial train and bade adieu to this point, | the nearest railrond station to the | scene of his recent bear hunting ex- | ploits in the Louisiana canebrakes and as though to emphasize the clos- Ing of the historic incident of the | presidential visit the name of the! place was changed with the departure | of the chlef executive and it will be | known henceforth as Roosevelt. H All business on the plantations and about the saw mills was suspended to permit the presence at the station of both employers and employes. | Fully nineteen-twentieths of those | present Wwere negroes, but this was!| only an evidence of the great pre-| ponderance of the black race in thi part of the country. ! They received the president with | every indication of good feeling when he drove in a few minutes before | starting and he returned the saluta. | tlons with evident pleasure. He was | still in the best of humor and he as-| sured everybody that the last fort- night had afforded him as much sport as he had ever experienced in that length of time. Roosevelt at Vickshurg. Vicksburg, Miss, Oct. 22.—Presi-| dent Roosevelt arrived here at 1 p. m. His approach was heralded by the blowing of whistles on all of the steam | craft in the harbor and the factories in the vicinity of the river. He land-| ed about 1:05 p. m. and proceeded to the courthouse, where he delivered an | address. | GREATEST IN ONE YEAR. Decrease of 106,600 in the Number of Pensioners. Washington, Oct. 22.—The decrease of 106,600 in the number of pensioners on the rolls at the end of the fiscal year 1907 as compared with the year previous is the feature of the annual report of Pension Commissioner War ner, just issued. This is the greatest decrease in the histery of the pension bureau. The total number of pen- sioners June 30, 1907, was 967,371 and the total value of the pension roll at that date was $140,850,880. This is greater by $4,613,131 over the value of the roll for the year previous and is accounted for by the higher rates ot pensions provided for by the act of February, 1907, under which act there had been enrolled June 30 of the pres- ent vear 116,239 pensioners. The to- tal number of pensioners on the roll on account of the war with Spain was 24,077, | a decision of court it the Harriman | people so | letter T. | that each TRUCE 15 DECLARED Fight for Control of I'linois Cen-| tral Goes Over to Dec. 18. COURTS TO SETTLE DISPUTE| Harriman Needs Shares Tied Up by Injunction and an Adjournment Is Taken to Permit Final tion of This Point. Chicago, Oct. 22.—Stuyvesant Fish tas secured a postponement of the Nlinois Central stockholders’ meeting until Dec. 18. The Harriman people agreed to the adjournment, although they had previously been anxious to push matters as rapidly as possible. Determina- The decision to adjourn the meeting | it is declared, has been a was the result of a conference be- tween William Nelson Cromwell for Mr. Harriman and Judge E. H. Farrar Cor Mr. Fish. The overtures came from Mr. Cromwell, who sought out the Fish people and declared that he wished to come to some sort of an agreement. He was informed by Judge Farrar that the only agreement that could be reached was to accept the terms of Mr. , which would be the adjournment until Dec. 18 and desired to determine the right to vote the 286,731 shares of notable gathering of Bankers that any occaslon In recent years has brought together. The deposits of the banks represented at the confe ce amount- | ed to $1,250,000,000, The men, fifteen In all and every one a practical bank- er, convened at the clearinghouse while the bells of Old Trinity were ringing for the beginning of church services. These fifteen men decided upon the measures for ellminating the Interests that have been under criticigm, which measures later in the day were car- ried out. | The methods that have now been eliminated from the local banking sit- | uation, it is stated, are a development | of the last decade. They consist of the buying of a bank, then putting up | the stock representing that control as | collateral for funds to buy control of | another bank and continuing the pro- | cess with banks and trust companie 8o thal the result is a pyramid t"r)n~J trolling *“‘chains” of financial in.‘:tilu-‘ tlons and their deposits. The erisis, | rious one, | but the cure extended Is expected to be a complete cne, 1 At a special meeting of the board of directors of the Mercantile National | bank Seth M. Milliken was elected sident of the bank to succeed F. Augustus Heinze, resigned. STOCKS OPEN HIGHER. Speculators Take More Favorable View of Situation, | New York, Oct. 22.—Encouraged by | the protective measures adopted by the clearinghouse banks speculators took a more favorable view of the stock against which a temporary in- Junction was issued by Judge Ball one week ago! After an extended confer- ence this proposal was finally agreed to. Prior to this agreement the proxy committee had worked down to the The proxies under the letter W had previously been considered, leaving only five letters still to be passed upon. Although none of those directly in- terested would give specific figures it | Was understood that the total number of votes represented was not far from 460,000. Of this amount Mr. Fish, ac- cording to excellent authority, con- trolled about 250,000 and Mr. Harri- man 210,000. There were not suffi- cient votes in the remaining letters upon which the committee still had to | pass to overcome this lead of Mr. Fish and it was evident that Mr. Harriman Was beaten unless he could bring into the contest some portion of the 286,731 shares against which Judge Ball is sued the injunction. BANK SITUATION CLEARED| Interests Under Criticism Com- pelled to Withdraw. New York, Oct. 22.—A feeling of contentment and satisfaction prevails in banking circles after the history making Sunday meeting of bank pres- idents, which succeeded in finally eliminating the Heinze, Morse and Thomas interests in certain of the clearinghouse banks. It was gener- ally believed that by this action the cloud that has hung over the financial | situation has been dispelled and that a more hopetul feeling would pervade the situation on the stock exchange and on the street. Besides choosing the officers for the banks in Guestion and announcing and every one was in a sclvent condition a most important step was taken. This was the pledg- ing of a fund of $10,000,000 by a score of individual banks to extend aid to banks and render such assistance to meet their deposits as the clearing- house committee may think neces- sary. The meeting Sunday was the most financial situation and the stock mar- | ket opened strong and higher. Union | Pacific sold at 115, an advance of 2; | St. Paul at 111%, a rise of five-eighths, | | and Amalgamated Copper at %, an | | improvement of 1%. | In the stock market prices contin- ued to advance, althongh there were | oceasional reactions due to the pauses | in the demand of the uncovered shorts | and’ the realizing of profits by the buyers at the lower levels. At séme ! points in the list also there was evi- dence of forced liquidation due to the further closing out of loans. These weak points in the list, however, did not affect the general confidence in | the return of stable conditions. Amer- ! | fcan Smelting had risen 5% points by | | early in the afternoon. Gains in Un- ion Pacific, Canadian Pacific and Con- solidated Gas extended to 4 points or | | cific, Reading, Atlantic Coast Line United States Steel preferred, Amal- gamated Copper, Anaconda and Amer- fcan Smelting preferred from 3 to 4 polnts and many of the other prom- Inent active stocks 2 points and up- wards, COAST STEAMER ASHORE. | Reports Do Not Indicate Any Loss of Life. San Francisco, Oct. 2 The Mer- chants’ Exchange repo that the British steamer Queen Christie, which sailed from this port on Oct. 19 for Portland, Ore., has gone ashore on North Seal rock, near Crescent City. Her hold is said to be water and the vessel is in a danger- ous position. It is not believed that any lives were lost. Several boats from the steamer have ianded at Crescent City and the steamer Na- | varro has left that place for the scene | of the wreck. | S, | Court Will Decide the Issue. New York, Oct. 22.—Supreme Court Justice Seabury has denied a motion C. Wood Platt against United States Senator Thomas C. Platt for a jury trial. Justice Seabury holds that the the defendant and that there is no authority for submitting such an issue to a jury. result, No other disease accomplishes this as Does your food distress you ? Does a bitter fluid rise in your throat ? Are you weak and dizzy ? Does everything appear dark when you suddenly straighten up froma bent position ? Is there a bad taste in your mouth and is your breath foul ? Do you experience a sense of impending calamity » Are you becoming thin and haggard ? Then you have dyspepsial Many people think these symptoms will pass away of thef not! 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