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

The personal recommendations of peo- ple who have been cured of coughs and ¢olds by Chamberlain's Cough Remedy have done more than all else to make it a staple article of trade an commerce oves « large part of the civilized world. Barker’s Drug Store THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER PUBLISHED BVERY AFTERNOON, OFFICIAL PAPER---CITY OF BEMIDJI BEMIDJI PIONEER PUBLISHING CO. LYDE J. PRYOR | Al RUTLEDGE; usiness Manager ‘Managing Editor Watered in the postoffice at Bemidjl. Minn., as second class matter. SUBSCRIPTION---$5.00 PER ANNUM L i CRITICISM AND APOLOGY. Men who have things to say against the policies of Theodore Roosevelt are now raising their heads here and there throughout the East. And to a persistent reader of these speeches one fact must stand out with uniform distinctness. The opponents of the President invariably begin their censure of him with an apology. ‘‘Mr. Roosevelt is right, but " is the opening sentence which is rapidly becoming as familiar as General Buller’s “I regret to report——.” A weak note of concession and excuse is struck at the beginning, and its self-com- pelled presence quietly undermines the high-sounding generalizations which follow. There can be no powerful appeal to the American people in an oppos- ing brief which makes the naive case: “President Roosevelt is right in what he wishes to do, but he should not do it.” MR. BRYAN WILL ACCEPT. Outlines His Position on Democratic Nomination, Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 1/—William J. Bryan will accept the Democratic nom- Ination for president in 1908, but he will neither ask nor make a fight for It. He says that for a year or more he has been pressed to answer the guestion, “Will you accept nomina- tion?” and he believes the public is entitled to an answer and to know the The question position he occupies. I WILLIAM J. BRYAN, that ought to weigh most, he says, 18 whether his nomination _will strengthen the Democratic party more than the nomination of some one else. Not only will he not seek or ask for the nomination, but he will not as- Sume to decide the question of avail- abllity and if the prize falls to an- other he will neither be disappointed nor disgruntied. At the same time he denles that he has waited this long In a desire to see whom the Repub- | licans are likely to nominate or to as- certain the chances of victory. SHERIFF KILLS PRISONER. | Latter Attacked Officer in Attempt to Escape, Sparta, Wis., Nov. 1)—Deputy Sher- it George Manel shot and Instantly killed Mike Snyder near here. Sny- der was a prisoner in the Monroe county jail and Deputy Manel had him with other prisoners out in the jall yard. Snyder made a break for liber- ty and Manel had to put the other prisoners in jail before he could glve pursuit. Obtaining a horse and bug- 8y he overtook Snyder two miles South of the city, put him {n his bug: |- gy and was returning with him to the city when the prisoner struck Manel over the head knocking him out of the buggy onto the ground, where he jumped onto him after picking up a club, He broke Manel’s hand and Wwas giving him a severe beating when| Manel succeeded in pulling out his re volver and shot Snyder through ‘the My, killing him, almost instantly. ) SPOONER GETS INLINE Former Wisconsin Semator Crith cises Roosevelt’s Policies. WAITS UNTIL REPORTERS GO Gives a Heart to Heart Talk at the Banquet of the National Founders® Asscclation in New York City Re- garding Federal Control. New York, Nov. 1 .—Long after midnight, when the members of the National Founders’ assoclation were making merry after their dinner at the Totel Astor and the reporters had departed to write about the progceed- Ings, there was a lively half hour of speechmaking, in which President Roosevelt was severely criticised for his continued advocacy of the cen- tralization of power in Washington by ex-Senator John C. Spooner of Wis- consin, who now is practicing law in this city and who was one of the prin- cipal guests at the banquet. The speech of the evening had been made by George W. Ross of Toronto, Canada, a member of the Dominion parliament, who had declared that “England is a republic with a heredita- ry president, while the United States is a limited monarchy with an elected king.” At the conclusion of Mr. Ross' #peech ex-Senator Spooner arose qui- etly from his seat and began: “Have all the mnewspaper gone?” “Yes, the last one just left,” re- sponded the toastmaster. “Then let's be a little free with ourselves. Let’s have a little heart to heart talk. But we must keep our talk to ourselves.” Requested to Speak Freely. “Go as far as you like,” shouted several diners. “Well, to begin with, I think I can agree largely with our friend Mr. Ross. There is entirely too much cen- tralization of power in Washington. men You know where the power is and you know who the power is. “What is this present government | of ours coming to, anyhow? It is fed- eral control of this dnd federal con- trol of that. They are all the time making federal control cen- ter around the executive head, that he may have the right to take such initiative as he thinks best. “I don’t believe in the original state rights proposition, but I do know that there are many things that the states can and should control. And T do know that they should be allowed to continue to control them.” “Will Rosevelt be a candidate for president again?” the ex-senator was asked. “The Iord alone knows. He has sald he won't be a candidate. He has sald he will be a candidate. He is impulsive. He is erratic. And al- though he is perfectly honest in his desires the man does not live who can say whether he will run again or not.” As Mr. Spooner resumed his seat he was greeted with a storm of applause. TREASURY NEEDS CASH. Banks Requested to Return a Com- paratively Small Sum, Washington, Nov. 1 .—Secretary Cortelyou has returned from New York, where he delivered an address before the Merchants’ association. Before going to the White House to attend the cabinet meeting the sec- retary stated that while in New York he had asked several of the leading banks there to return to the treas- ury comparatively small sums, aggre- gating between $4,000,000 and $5,000, 000. The only object of this call, he said, was to strengthen the treasury working balance, which had been somewhat reduced by the action of the secretary in responding to calls from banks in several sections of the country for public deposits to meet the increased demand on them for cagh incident to the crop moving sea- son. The withdrawal of so small a sum could have no appreciable effect in New York or elsewhere and the banks gladly and promptly acceded to the secretary’s request. < The demand for additional circula- tion continues with slight diminution. From Nov. 1 to Nov. 14, inclusive, the actual shipments of natfonal bank notes to banks increasing thelr eir- culation was $20,642,800, This large addition to the stock of currency in the country, which is quite up to the expecations of the treasury officials, has had a marked influence, it'is sald, in restoring public.confidence and in minimizing the effects of the present money stringency. SURPRISED, NOT ALARMED. Northern. Pacific Official Discusses Financial Flurry, Portland, Ore., Nov. 1 .—J. M. Han- naford, second vice president of the Northern Pacific railway, is i Port- land on a trip of inspection. “I am not alarmed, but surprised,” sald Mr. Hannaford, “at the present condition. It'is a time of high prices, good crops and general prosperity. It is astonishing that such a flurry could come upon us. i “While the Northern Pacific will un- questionably, cut expenses wherever possible I do not think it will stop work of importance. I think there is no question but what the Great North- ern and Northern Pacific will -com- plete the rallroad now bullding dovm the north bank of the Columbia.” TWO HELD TO GRAND'JURY Other Mliwaukes Men "Ageused eof Land Frauds Dlischatged, ' Mllwaukee, ‘Nov, 1. —United. Btates Judge A, L, Sanborn of Wostern district of “Winconsin, sitting "in’ the habeas corpus cases against Beveral Wisconsin persons sgainst, whom in- dictments were, eral grand jury to 1:Ielnud the uable; coal: lands Colorad ed a decision discharging Dected with the Wisponsin Gof’ | | | fig “Conipany “ana ‘hollTag two Ton nected with the Federal Coal and Iron company. The names of those discharged are James M. Pereles, Thomas J, Pereles, Charles F. Hunter, Guy D. Goff and H. M., Benjamin, all of Milwaukee, In the cases against those five men Judge Sanborn held that there was no crime, no intent of crime and no con- spiracy as charged. The court, in the cases against Elias Arnold and Chaun- cey L. Jones of the Federal Coal and Iron company, held these men to the grand jury of Colorado. A contest will now be made to prevent removal to Colorado of those held, counsel for the defendants contending that if there was any crime it was commit- ted in Wisconsin and not in Colorado, PLAINS OF ARCTIC REGION Author 8eton Calls It the “White Man’s Last Opportunity.” New York, Nov, 1, —Ernest Thomp- son Seton, the author, who has re- turned to the United States from his exploration trip of seven months through Northwest Canada into the great plains of the Arctic region, is very enthusiastic over that part of Canada below the Arctic zone, calling it the “white man’s last opportunity.” Settlers by the thousands, he said, are pouring into the enmormous area of high class agrioultural land which has ERNEST THOMPSON SETON. been lying idle for so many centuries and the rapidity with which it is now being developed, he said, is marvel- ous. Mr. Seton canoced in this and the Arctic region 2,000 miles during his seven months’ trip, having one nar- row escape from losing not only his diarles and all his drawings and maps but his own life when his canoe up- set in the Athabasca river. He has brought back with him many rare botanical and zoological specimens, with original maps of the country he traversed. OWELLING TORN-TO PIEGES Twenty-five People Injured in Terrific Explosion. Pittsburg, Nov. 1 —About twenty- five persons were injured, two fatally, and a dwelling house was torn to pleces when an explosion of natural gas occurred in a house located at 103 Elm street, this city. In the fire which followed two firemen were se- verely burned. 2 Apparently gas had been leaking in & kitchen stove all night. When a match was struck in the lower por- tion of the house to light the stove there was a terrific explosion. The house was torn to pieces. The roof was blown high into the air and the front and rear of the dwelling col- Jlapsed. Mrs. Sarah Grossman and Jacob Bergerman, a boarder, apparent- Iy received the full force of the ex- plosion, both being blown from their beds through the roof. They were fatally injured by the subsequent fall and fire, Other members of the Grossman and Moidel families, both of which oc- cupied the house, were thrown from bed by the concussion and severely injured. Occupants in adjoining houses were injured and for a time the entire neighborhood was panic stricken. The monetary loss is about $5,000. NINE HUNDRED MEN OUT. - Loulsville Street Car System Again Tled Up by Strike. Louisville, Ky., Nov. 1)—The union men employed by the Louisville Street Railway company went on strike for an increase in wages and the rein- statement of several discharged men. The company employs about 1,100 men, of whom 900 are members of the Amalgamated Association of Street Railway Employes. Very few cars are running, and these are load- ed with police. This is the second street car strike Loulsville has expe- rienced in seven months. The few cars that were run were protected by a heavy wire netting and guarded by police. Practically no passengers were carried. Five hun- dred strikebreakers from Chicago and Indianapolis have arrived and were escorted by the police to various car barns. Three arrests were made for throwing stones, but there was no dis- order. Usual 8tandard Oil Dividend. . New York, Nov, 1/—The directors of the Standard Oil company' have declared a quarterly dividend of $10 per share on-the capital stock. This Is the same amount that was declaréd In the corresponding quarter last year, The dividend is payable: on Nov. 26. Ordinarily payments for this quarter are made -on Dec. 15, but it was announced that the earlier date was named this year because of the present financial conditions. s Station Destroyed. Nantucket, Mass., Marconl wireless station at Siasconset 0, Tonde- | has been destroyed by fire. The loss Y ,' will be seriously. felt, a8 operations Nov. 1/—The: WOMAN S SENTENCED Mrs. Romadka Given Term in Penitentiary at Chicago, TRIED IN ELEVEN MINUTES Defendant’s Counsel Charged That His Client Was Being “Rallroaded” Into Prison for the Purpose of Shielding Other People. Chicago, Noy, 1 .—Mrs. Evelyn Ro- madka has been sentenced to the pen- Itentiary for from one to twenty years by Judge Brentano. Her counsel de- clared in court that she was being railroaded to prison for the purpose of shielding other people. The trial lasted eleven minutes. Earlier in the day Attorney John F. Donovan of Milwaukee, who has for Bome time acted as counsel for Mrs. Romadka, announced his intention of applying to Judge Brentano for a lunacy commission to examine the prisoner. This was not done because of a disagreement regarding the proper method of defense and Mr. Donovan in court expressed a desire to retire from the case. Permission to do this was refused by the court. Attorney S. C. Herren then addressed the court, declaring that Mrs. Romad- ka was being railroaded to prison for the purpose of protecting other peo- ple, who preferred to see her in the penitentiary rather than in an asy- lum. Assistant State’s Attorney Short de- clared that no effort was being made to ““railroad” the prisoner, saying that she was receiving treatment similar to that in any other case. The court. asserted- that there was no inclination to hasten the proceed- ing and turning to Mrs. Romadka asked her to choose what counsel she desired to represent her. Mrs. Romadka declared that she preferred to have Mr. Donovan con- duct her case and asked that her plea of guilty entered and then withdrawn be allowed to stand. She also said that she would like to have the court pass sentence at once. Attorney Herren then made his gpeech, declaring that Mrs. Romadka was incapable of judging what plea ‘was proper to make and asserting that she was being “railroaded.” The trial then proceeded formally as though a plea of “not guilty” had been entered. The taking of evi- dence was brief and Judge Brentano Immediately passed sentence. Mrs. Romadka is the wife of a trunk manufacturer of Milwaukee and was arrested and convicted of being accessory to the burglaries and lar- cenies of Albert Jones, a negro of this city. PROSECUTION RESTS CASE Evidence Tending to Show Mrs. Brad- ley Premeditated Murder. ‘Washington, Nov: 1 .—The prosecu- tlon has rested its case in the trial of Mrs. Annie M. Bradléy, charged with the murder of former Senator Arthur Brown of Utah in this city last win- ter, and recess was taken to permit the defense to begin the presentation of its case. Despite the protest of the defense that the confession was in- voluntary the court admitted the evi- dénce of Detective Grant that Mrs. Bradley told him she had meditated the deed for a long time and had de- clded that if Brown did not do right by her she was going to kill him. Practically all the ‘testimony brought out'at the forenoon session was along the same line as Mr. Grant's state- ment and was intended to show pre- meditation on the part of Mrs. Brad- ley. Among the witnesses were two men from Salt Lake City, one of them an old friend of Mrs. Bradley and the other a watchman at former Senator Brown’s house, who testified that they had heard her threaten to kill the senator. At the afternoon session of court Attorney Hoover made his opening statement for Mrs. Bradley and court then adjourned until Monday. Mr. Hoover claimed that Mrs. Bradley had become irresponsible by reason of Browns treatment of her and he said that it would be proved that she did not shoot him until he had rushed on and cursed her. CAUSE OF DEED UNKNOWN | Nora May French, Poetéss and Au- thor, Ends Her Life. San Francisco, Nov. 1/.—Nora May French, poetess and author, ended her life by taking cyanide of potassium at the bungalow of the poet, George F. Sterling, at Carmel-by-the-Sea, a col- ony of artists and writers near Mon- terey. Her friends seek in vain for some explanation for the impulse which prompted her. Miss French en- Joyed good health and her life to all appearances ran smoothly, giving every promise of a brilllant career. Her father resides in Los Angeles. ¥he was twenty-four years of age; Utes Agree to Go to Work. QOmaha, Nov. 1 .—Colonél ™ Frank | West, in charge for the government of the Ute Indlan situation at-Thunder Butte, 8. D., reports to Omaha army headquarters that the Indians have finally consented to accept employ- ment on the Milwaukee railroad for the winter and that this action is tan- tamount_to a solution of the problem with which the army has had to con- tend. This concession has been made by part of the Utes and Colonel-West says. others will follow. i BARNEY. NOT A BANKRUPT Cause of Suicide Someihlng- Deeper Than Money Loss. - New York, Nov. i6.—That Charlss T. Barney, ‘the financier and. soclety imself, was by no following his traglc death, "The Cause of his act of self-destruction, there- fore, is belleved to have been some- thing deeper than the money loss which came with the financlal crash in which Barney and so many others Were fnvolved, Friends and business assoclates of the dead banker, ‘who had been working for weeks in at- tempting to settle his business affairs, sald that even at the present low level of prices securities and titles to property held by Mr. Barney will ex- ceed his obligations by $2,600,000. It is largely to his Inability to en- dure the blot upon his business repu- tation which he feared would result from the suspension of the Knicker- bocker Trust company and grief over the knowledge that many of his friends had been carried down to ruin I the ‘collapse of his enterprises that his closest friends attribute his act. He had been at the head of the Knick- erbocker Trust company for many years and had seen it grow from a comparatively obscure concern to one of the leading financial institutions of the city, Then, almost without warn- ing, came the crash. The resignation of Mr. Barney as president of the Knickerbocker Trust company was ac- cepted by the directors of the institu- tion and the next day the great trust company, with obligations to its de- positors amounting to nearly $70,000,- 000, wags forced to suspend payment, Mr. Barney constantly brooded over the blow which had been dealt his | business reputation and of the losses which he believed some of his friends had sustained indirectly through him. It was in a moment of intense depres- slon brought on by thoughts like these, his friends believe, that he fired the shot which resulted in his death. RATE MAY BE INCREASED. Constant Drain of Gold Causing Alarm in London. London, Nov. 1}—The continued heavy drain of gold to -the United States has led to marked uneasiness both in the money market here and on the stock exchange and general opinion inclines to the belief that the Bank of England’s rate of discount will be raised to 8 per cent on Mon- day . next, Nov. 18. The directors of the Bank of England met and consid- ered the situation, but as usual the utmost reticence was maintained re- garding the result of their delibera- tions. As France refuses to ship gold direct to New York and as the 7 per cent bank rate has not stopped the American demand financiers here see no other means of checking the flow except by imposing a prohibitive bank rate. A Surprise was expressed in Lombard street at the fact that the United States treasury has not devised fur- ther means to relieve the financial sit- uation in America.. BRIEF -BITS OF NEWS. John C. Jeans, a day laborer of Lud- ington, Mich., has heen bequeathed $1,000,000 by an aunt, Anna T. Jeans of Philadelphia. _ A_fire of unknown orls in_at the PILES CURED IN 6 TO 14 DAYS PAZO OINTMENT is guaranteed to cure any case of Itching, Blind. Bleeding or Protruding Piles in 6 to 14 days or money refunded. 50c Baltic shipbullding yards™ destroyed two Russian gunboats and damaged several other vessels. Willilam F. Shiebler, who recelved the first message over the Atlantic cable, sent to President Buchanan by Queen Vietoria, 18 dead in Brooklyn, aged sixty-five. Governor Gillette of California has issued a proclamation calling a spe. clal session of the legislature to con: Slder measures in connection with the money stringency. Pablo Martinez del Rio, probably the most prominent lawyer of Mexico, is dead at San Antonio, Tex., of heart disease. He had been a visitor at the San Antonfo international fair. Charles H. Drew, formerly a mem- ber of Frank Danlels’ “Sergeant Brue"” company, who retired last June after being on the stage for forty-four years, 1s dead In New York city, aged sixty- one, Colonel John 8. Cooper, for many years a prominent attorney of Chica- g0, is dead. He made a brilllant rec- ord in the Civil war and was one of the organizers of the Minnesota Na- tional park, An alleged copy of Noah's diary, en- graved upon a copper tablet, dug up in Michigan and offered for sale to a Wisconsin collector, has resulted in uncovering one of the cleverest relic swindles of recent years. MARKET QUOTATIONS. Minneapolis Wheat. Minneapolis, Nov. 15.—Wheat—Dec. $1.03%: May. $1.09%. On track—Ni T hard; $1:02% No. 1 Northern, $1.06; No. 2 Northern, $1.03%@1.04;. No, 3 Northern, 99c@$1.00. Duluth Wheat and Flax, Duluth, Nov. 16.—Wheat—On track and to arrive—No, 1 hard, $1.07%; No. 1 Northern, $1.056%; No. 2 North- ern, $1.04%; Dec,, $1.04% ; May, $1.10, Flax—To arrive, on track, Nov. and Dec., $1.17%; May, $1.24%. 8t, Paul Union Stock Yards. 8t. Paul, Nov. 15.—Cattle—Good to choice steers, $5.50@6.60; fair to good, $4.00@5.00; good to choice cows and helfers, $8.60; veal calves, $4.00@5.75. Hogs—$4.70@4.95. Sheep —Good to choice wethers, $4.40@4.50; good to choice lambs, $5.00@5.50. Chicago Grain and Provisions. Chicago, Nov. 16.—Wheat—Dec., 9414 @94%c; May, $1.02%@1.02%. Corn—Dec., 54% @54%c; May, 66% @ 56%c. Oats—Dec., 46%c; May, 49%c. Pork—Jan,, $12.80; May, $13.02%. Butter—Creameries, 22@27c; dairles, 21@24c. Eggs—173%@20%c. Poultry { —Turkeys, 14c; chickens, 9¢c; springs. 10c. Chicago Union Stock Yards, = Chicago, Nov. 15.—Cattle—Beeves, $3.25@6.30; cows, $1.10@4.70; Texang, $3.15@3.90; Westerners, $3.10@5.00; stockers and feeders, $2.25@4.40. Hogs—Light, $4.80@5.35; mixed, $4.80 @5.40; rough, $4.80@4.95; pigs, $4.20 @5.10. Sheep—Native, $2.00@5.15; Western, $2.00@5.00; yearlings, $4.65 @ b5.40; lambs, $4.00@6.50. If you cannot be handsome, be as hand- some as you can. Every human being has a legal right to good looks. Know of any- thing thatcontributes more to it than a splen- did head of hair? Ayer’s Hair Vigor keeps the hair soft and smooth, makes it grow faster. Does not color the hair. §- S; Ayez Co., air Hel Your doctor will tell you just wl use sulphur, glycerin, elc., elc., per's Hai: Vigor, Ask him about it. we in BUY A GOOD LOT With the growth of Bemidji lots scarcer and good still have a number of good lots in the residence part of - town which will be sold on easy terms. are becoming For further particulars write or call Bemidji Townsite and Im- provement Company:. H. A. SIMONS, Agent. Swedback Block, Bemidji. scarcer. 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