Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 16, 1907, Page 2

THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER PULLISHED NVERY AFTMRNOON, A S VLV S n -l SO OFFICIAL PAPER---CITY OF BEMIDJI BEMIDJI PIONEER PUBLISHING CO. CLYDE J. PRYOR ' A. G. RUTLEDGR Husiness Manager Managing BEditor nterod In the postofice at Bemidjl. Minn., ax second class matter. SUBSCRIPTION---85.00 PER ANNUM OBSERVATIONS. Think it over again before you decide to begin a lawsuit. If a woman actually marries her ideal, he is apt to outgrow it. When some people are fair it is so unusual that it attracts attention. Almost every sick person thinks he is moaning grunting. when he is really Mend your own faults and the faults of others will not be so apparent. When a man really wants to quit smoking and can’t do it, how he hates himself! When a woman calls her husband “Pa” it is almost a sure thing he is not henpecked. How many opportunities there are to spend money! And how few opportunities to make it! Harry Orchard Greatly Affected While on the Stand. ENDS HIS DIRECT TESTIMONY Declares He Had No Personal Enmity Against Any of His Many Victims, but Put Them Out of the Way for Money Consideration. Boise, Ida., Dec. 1 .—Harry Orchard concluded his direct testimony in the Pettibone trial with a narrative of his arrest and imprisonment. He said he was placed under arrest the afternoon after the murder of ex-Governor Steun- enberg by Sheriff Nichols, but was allowed to remain in the hotel until the following day, when he was placed in jail. In the meantime, he said, he destroyed the letters he had on his person, including one from Jack Simp- kins and one from Pettibone. Orchard sald he received a letter from Petti- bone after his imprisonment, The let- ter was not signed. He was shown a copy of the letter and identified ft, but it was not introduced as evidence at the time. The witness then told of his preliminary hearing, after which HARRY ORCHARD. " he was bound over to the district court, and his conversation with Fred Miller, his attorney, in regard to com- pensation for his services. The de- fense objected strenuously to the in- troduction of this evidence, but it was - admitted by the court. Orchard sald % he gave Miller an order on Pettibone to pay the attorney all the money he had coming to him. Orchard was abruptly asked by Hawley how much money he had received from the fed- eration at various times and he said between $3,500 and $4,000, Orchard all but broke down when .Hawley asked him if he had any per- r.sonal enmity against his victims, nam- Ing ‘tiem ‘one by one, and in each case he said that he had none. He was - epeclally affected when asked concerning--McCormack and Beck at <the Vindicator mine, of whom he sald he thought a great deal. CLAIMED IT WOULD FREE HIM Condemned Youth Executed Without 5 Revealing Secret. Norfolk, Va., Dec. 1 —A special to the Ledger-Dispatch from Bristol, Va., says: Refusing to the last minute to divulge a secret which he said if he had revealed at the trial would have set him free Noah Fulton, twenty-one years old) pald the death penalty at Abingdon for the murder of his com- panion, John Johnson, near Green- dale last February, % Injured.in Fight With Eagle, ‘Waterbury, Conn., Dec, 1 .—Charles Kench of East Litchfield was severely injured in a fight with an eagle. The eagle geized Kench's dog, but turned its attention to, the man when Kench Kench' scalp was badly torn and his face and hands scratched by the bird's beak and claws, but he finally managed to cut its throat with a garden trowel which he had in his hand. Acquitted of Immorality Charge, Hubbard, Ta., Dec. 1 .—A committee of the Northwcstern lowa Methodist conference, which has been holding a church trial here considering charges of immorality preferred against Chap- lain Jesse Cole of the Iowa Soldiers® home, returned a verdict of acquittal. The verdict was unanimous, 3 Mines on Reduced Time. o Bonne Terre, Mo, Dec. 1 —Two hundred employes of the St. Joseph Lead company and the Doe Run Lead company have been dismissed. All | other employes will work half time and the output of the mines will be reduced one-half. * , Cortelyou Says It's a Llie. Washington, Dec. 1 .—In answer to inquiries as to the report which has gained some currency here that Sec- retary Cortelyou is about to resign from the cabinet the secretary’s sole comment was: “That is another lie.” Two Children Burned to Death. ‘Watertown, N. Y, Dec. 1.—In a fire that destroyed the residence of Charles Gilbo his two children, aged four and two years, were burned to death. The children had been locked in the house by the mother. CHICAGO NEGRO HANGED. Murderer of Mrs. Louise White Grant Is Executed. Chicago, Dec. 1..—Richard Walton, a negro, was hanged here for the murder of Mrs. Louise White Grant. The crime for which Walton suf- fered death was committed on the night of Sept. 19. Mrs. Grant was a kindergarten instructor and had for many years managed schools of this character in connection with various local churches. She was an expert in her line and of the highest personal character. Intending to move from one apartment to another she had em- ployed Walton to assist in' packing some of her furniture. At night Wal- ton, with the intention of stealing some of the valuables which he had noticed in her rooms, climbed through a window and strangled Mrs. Grant while she lay in bed. He gave some of the jewelry to a colored woman and through this he was traced and finally arrested at Springfield, Ill. He made a free confession as soon as captured and when arraigned in court entered a plea of guilty. Judge Bren- tano, who passed sentence of death upon the prisoner, was urged by Wal- ton to make the date earlier than that of Dec. 13. The judge replied: *“I very much regret that the law will not permit me to fix an earlier time.” During his confinement in the coun- ty jail Walton has repeatedly declared | that he was anxious to be hanged as soon as possible and has made a great show of religlous conversion, TWO EXPECTED TO DIE. Accident to Gang of Thirteen Men on Friday, the 13th. New York, Dec. 1.—Nervousness and superstition regarding Friday, the 13th, brought dangerous injury to three of a gang of thirteen workmen on the Third avenue elevated struc- ture at Seventy-third street. Two of the men may die. Oscar Anderson and Tony Ziznosiski were putting rivets in the regular ele- vated tracks when Anderson remarked about its being Friday, the 18th, and said there were just thirteen men in their gang. Ziznosiski started and looked up quickly. His hammer touched the third rail. An explosion followed instantly and a second later the man’s clothing was in flames. An- derson rushed to his companion’s ald, but his clothing caught fire also and both were terribly burned. Foreman Daniel Murphy managed to tear the blazing garments from the pair, but was himself badly burned before the rest of the laborers came to his as- sistance. 5 Anderson and Ziznosiski are not ex- pected to live, GALLOWS IN READINESS. Attorneys for Condemned Man Fight- ing for Delay. Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 1 .—With the gallows in readiness for his executlon and his attorneys arguing in the court of Judge Cornish Harrison Clarke, a negro, who Is accused of murder, sat in his cell at the state penitentiary strumming a banjo. Clarke’s attorneys argued that the prisoner is insane. Judge Cornish asked for additional evidence and Chaplain Johnson of ‘the prison has been requested to appear in court and testify to Clarke’s mental condition. ‘Warden Beemer is prepared to exe- cute the prisoner should the efforts of Clarke's atiorneys to seek further de- lay be fruitless. Late in the day Judge Cornish over- ruled the motion for a stay of execu- tion and Clarke was executed. TWO PERSONS ASPHYXIATED Cries of Baby Save the Lives of Eight Others. Allentown, Pa., Dec. 1.—The cries of an infant saved the lives of eight persons here, but not before the baby’s father and brother had been asphyxi- ated by coal gas. The dead are Nich- olas Contravo, aged thirty-six years, and his son Joseph, aged four years. Contravo, his wife and the two chil- dren slept in one room and six board- ers occupied other parts of the house. The escaping coal gas wakened the baby, whose cries aroused one of the boarders. He broke down the door of the room occupled by the Contravos and found the father and son dead. He then rescued the mother and baby and roused the other boarders, who had also been overcome. Holiday Trade Backward. New Y‘ork, Dec. 1 .—Dispatches to Dun’s Trade Review indicate a better tone in the business world because of further improvement in. the money market and seasonable weather {s in- creasing the demand for stable lines of merchandise, but holiday trade ts still backward. 5 _| the United States must follow WLL OUSTHARRIA Stuyvesant Fish Hopes to Con- trol Illinois Central. FILES AFFIDAVIT IN COURT Asserts That the Retirement of Harri- man Would Be a “Welcome Sign of Returning Morality in Management of Great Corporations.” Chicago, Dec. 1 .—“If T obtain a majority of proxies to be voted at the annual meeting of the Illinois Central Rallroad company I shall depose Ed- ward H. Harriman as a diroctor,” de- clared Stuyvesant Fish in an afidavit filled in the superior court. He also asserted in the affidavit: “To everybody in the country the temoval of such an individual ag Har- rlman is shown to be would be a wel- <ome sign of returning morality in the management of great corporations of the country.” Mr. Fish reiterated the statement that Mr. Harriman is seeking control of the Illinois Central in the interest of the Union Pacific. Mr. Fish, in his affidavit, which is a reply to that flled Thursday in the name of Mr. Harrlman and other di- rectors of the Illinols Central railroad, #ays he has been a benefactor of J. T. Harahan, now president of the Illinois Central. He asserts that he saved Harahan from dismissal several years ago when Harriman and George A. Peabody declared that Harahan had outlived his usefulness to the com- pany. Mr. Fish sets forth that there was perfect harmony in the railroad com- pany until the winter of 1904-5, when ‘Harrlman and Peabody sought the es- tablishment of an executive committee be delegated. He says in the affidavit that he incurred additional enmity when he ‘refused to become a party to a report “whitewashing” the ofti- clals of the Mutual Life Insurance company. Mr. Fish charges that the accusa- tions of mismanagement made against him are untrue. He admits being a director of the Missouri Pacific rail- road, which is to some extent a com- petitor of the Illinois Central, but says that the charges that he desires domination over the affairs of the Illi- nols Central for the benefit of the Missouri Pacific railroad are false and slanderous. HIS CONDITION CRITICAL. lllinois Man Attacked by Enormous Flock of Crows. Freeport, Ill, Dec. 1.—Paul Niles, a hunter, was attacked by an enor- mous flock of crows near here and barely escaped with his life. Niles fired into the flock, wounding several, and the others attacked him, The man started to run, but was knocked down and pecked about the face and eyes and beaten almost insensible by the birds’ wings. With the greatest difficulty he crawled to a nearby barn, with the birds fighting him all the way, and it was not until he was in- slde that they desisted. Niles is in a critical condition. TO COMPEL SUBMISSION. French Troops Ordered to Advance on Moroccan Tribesmen. Oudja, Algeria, Dec. 1 .—As the ne- gotiations for the submission of the rebellious Benis Nassen tribesmen are not coming to a head as rapidly as had been expected the French troops under the command of General Liautey have received orders to begin a forward concentric movement to- ward the mountain retreats of the tribesmen with the object of forcing the native leaders to yield. Villages submitting to the French will not be harmed, but those resisting will be razed and burned. to which discretionary powers were to |. EIGHTEEN STILL MISSING. Three Hundred and Twenty Bodies Found at Monongah, W. Va. Monongah, W. Va, Dec. 1 .—State Mine Inspector Paul of West Virginia is making a thorough examination of mines Numbers 6 and 8. Until "Mr. Paul concludes his investigation all other work at the mines has been sus- pended. Three hundred and twenty bodies have been recovered. The results of the house census taken by the company show that 338 men are missing, which leaves eight- een bodles still in the mines, accord- ing to the company’s estimate, Court Reserves Decision. New York, Dec. 1 .—Argument on the constitutionality of the act under which Governor Hughes removed John F. Ahearn from office as presi- dent of the borough of Manhattan for alleged misconduct in office was heard by Bupreme Court Justice Greenbaum. Decision was reserved. Woman Sentenced to Death. Moscow, Dec. 1 .—The woman who, ten days ago, threw a bomb at Lieu- tenant General Guerschelmaun, gov- ernor general of Moscow, in an un- suocessful attempt to kill him, has been sentenced to death. § Child Labor Law Invalid. St. Clatrsville, 0., Dec. 1 .—The child labor law was declared. invalld by the district court sitting here. The decisfon holds that the provisions of the law are in contravention of the constitution. FAVORS CENTRAL BANK. Former Director of Mint Roberts Dis- cusses Financial Legisiation. Chicago, Dec. 1 .—George H. Rob- erts, former director of the United States mint, now president of the Commercial National bank of Chicago, in addressing the Men’s club of St. Luke’s Episcopal church of Evanston, announced he was heartily in favor of the establishment of a central gov- ernmental bank, “The time has come,” he sald, “when the ex- ample of every “Tmportant Goun- try of the world and establish a goy- ernmental bank, It should be one not antagonistic to the existing national banks, but supplementary to thelr sys- tem, as their crowning head with its capital apportioned among the 6,000 national banks according to their cap- ital. The benefits that would accrue to the country from such an institu- tion cannot be overestimated.” Mr. Roberts placed the blame for the present panic upon the lack ‘of any legal provision for a sudden in- crease in the supply of currency, “I suppose it is too much to hope for any comrctent and efficient cur- rency legislation by the next con- gress,” he continued. “It is a large and cumbersome body and when you congider that there is much difference of opinion among bankers on the sub- Ject it is no wonder that the con- gressmen are confused.” HER MARRIAGE LEGAL. Divorced Woman Who Went Outside of State to Evade Law. La Crosse, Wis, Dec. 1 .—Judge Brindley has handed down a decision to the effect that divorced persons may leave the state and marry within a year-after they obtain thelr divorce, although this is directly contrary to -the Wisconsin statutes, which says they cannot marry for one year. He holds that the state cannot pass a |- statute of interstate effect. This ruling was made on an appeal by Sarah A, Lanhan against the es- tate of J. W. Lanhan from the decision of the county court. Mrs, Lanhan married her deceased husband within |- a year after her divorce from her first husband and the heirs claimed she had no right to a portion of the estate, but the court decided differently. LETTER HELD FOR POSTAGE Contained Papers Commuting Sen- tence of Condemned Man. Columbus, 0., Dec. 1—John Soley of Cleveland, who murdered his sweetheart, came near being executed in spite of the fact that the commuta- tion papers from the governor had been mailed to the penitentiary. Receiving no word from the gov- ernor the warden prepared to execute Soley, but on second thought tele- phoned the governor and found that the papers had been mailed. The ex- ecution was therefore postponed and the warden was notified by the post- office authorities that a letter was be- ing held there for postage. sentence of Soley to life imprison- ment. THE KAISER IN HOLLAND. German Emperor Cordially Greeted by Queen Wilheimina, Amsterdam, Dec. 1. — Emperor ‘William of Germany arrived here on the imperial yacht Hohenzollern from Port Victoria, Eng., and was greeted by members of the royal family of The Netherlands. Prince Henry boarded the Hohenzollern and escort- ed the emperor to a pavilicn on shore, where Queen Wilhelmina awaited him. The greetings were cordial and the em- peror kissed the queen’s hand. Their majesties then drove through the crowded streets to the palace, where they subsequently appeared at a bal- cony and were given an ovation by the assembled throng. La Follette After Nebraska. Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 1!.—Friends of Senator La Follette have begun a fight for the Nebraska delegation at the next Republican convention. In a telephone message from the senator’s advisers at Madison, Wis., to Clerk | F. A. Harrison of the federal court it was announced that representatives of La Follette will come to Nebraska in a few days to assist in turning the delegation from Taft, who secured an endorsement at the last state conven- tion. Robbery the Apparent Motive. Orange, N. J, Dec. 1..—Frederick R. Romer, an undertaker, was found dead in his bed in the Park hotel here, his skull crushed with blows from a hammer and his face badly bruised. Romer had been robbed, LB LR Codi o DAYS OF DIZZINES Come to Hundreds of Bemidji People. Py There are days of dizziness; Spells of headache, sideache, backache, ? Sometimes rheumatic pains; Often urinary disorders. All tell you plainly the kidneys are sick. Doan’s Kidney Pills cure: all kidney ills: - Here is proof in Bemidji. Mrs. N. E. Crowell, 413 Mississippi Ave., Bemidji, Minn., says: <I have used Doan’s Kidney Pills and know them to_be a rehable remedy for the kidneys.. At the time I began their use I was not confined to my bed, but felt very miserable. I had a duil languid feeling, and there was a constant ache in the small part of my back. At tinies I was very dizzy and these cpelis gave me the greatest discomfort. I decided to try Doan’s Kidney Pills and procured a box at the Owl DrugStore. They gave me re lief I continued taking them and the improvement I received was surprising, From the satisfactory results I derive from their use,. I can recommend them to others as a fine kidney remedy,” . Remember the neme—Doan’s —and take no other. ¥ living at It proved } to be the papers commuting the death | . FRIEND TO FRIEND. The personal recommendations of peo- ple who have been cured of coughs and eolds by Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy have done more than all else to make it a staple article of trade an1 commerce ove « large part of the civilized world. Barker’s Drug Store Ghe PIONEER Delivered to your door every evening Only 40c per Month No. 93 Bankrupt's Petitlon for Discharge. In the matter of Ferdinand E. Oppegard, Bankrupt, in Bankruptey. To the Hon, Wm. Lochren, Judge of the Dis- trict Court of the United Btates for the Dis- trict of Minnesota. Ferdinand E. Oppegard of Blackduck, Bél- trami county, and stave of Minnesota, in said district, respectfully represents that on the 8th day of May, 1907, last past, he was duly adjudged bankrupt under the Acts of Con- gress relating to Bankruptey: that he has duly surrendered all his property and rights of property, and has fully complied with all the requirements of sald Acts and of the orders ofithe Court touching his bankruptey. Wherefore he prays that e may be decreed by the court to have a full discharge from all debts, provable ngalnst his estate under safd Bankrupt Acts, except such debts as are ex- cepted by'law from such discharge. Dated this 16th day of August A. D. 1907, FERDINAND E. Ot'fimeun. ankrupt. United States District Court, District of Min- nesota, 8ixth Division, ss. On this 10th day of December, A. D. 1907, on reading the foregoing petition, it is ordered by the Court, that a hearing be had upon the same on the 6th day of January, A. D. 1908, before sald Court, at St, Paul, in said District. at 10 o'clock in the forenoon: and that notice thercof be published in the Bemidji Ploneer, a newspaper printed in said District, and that all known creditors and other persons in in- terest may appear at the sald time and place and show cause, if any they have, why the nrnyer&.}l’ the said petitioner should not be granted. And it is further ordered by the Court. that the Clerk shall send by mail to all known creditors coples of said petitiop and this order, addressed to them at their places of residence as stated. Witness the Honorable Page Morris, Judge of the sald Court, and the seal thereof, at Fergus Falls, in said District, on the 10th day of December, A. D. 1907. Cuanres L. Spexcee, Clerk. . ByL. A Lrvorsex, Deputy Clerk. [Seal of the Court] FOLEY SHONEY~=TAR Gures Colds: Prevents Pnounonla No. 95, Bankrupt's Petitlon for Discharge, In the District Court of the United St T m:g mmtm ollhllllnnfl%.i; e Lor (n the mutter of arry E. Buelow, B: i Bankruptes. g 0 ¢he Honorable Page Morris, Judge of the District Court of the United States for the DIStrict of Minnesota. oEo Harry E. Buelow of village of Tenstrike. in the county of Beltrami and state of Minne- sota 1n said district, respectfully represents: That on the 10th day of August, last passed, he was duly adjudged bankrupt under ihe Acts of Congress relating to bankruptey: thay he bas duly surrendered all his properts’ and rights of property, and has fully complied with all the requiréments of sald Acts and of the orders of the court touching Lis bank- ruptey. Wherefore he prays that he may be dezreed by the court to have a full discbarge from all debts provable against bis estate under said Bankrupt Acts. except such debts as are ex- cepted by 1aw from such discharge. Dated this 12th day of November. A. D). 1907. HaRRY E. BUELOW, Bankrupt, OKDER OF NOTICE THEREON. United States District Court, District of Min- nesota, Sixth Division. On this 10th day of December. A. 1. 1807, on reading the foregolng petition, it is Urdered by the Court, that a hearing be had upon the sameon the 6th day of January, A. D. 1908, before said court, at 8t. Paul, in said distriet. at 10 o'clock in the forenoon; and thatnotice thereof he published in the Be- midji Pioneer, a newspaper printed in said district, and that all known creditors and others persons in interest may appear at the :fime)}ime un.lzi n'}!:us and show canse, if any ey have, why the prayerof said petitioner should not be granted. 2 And it is further odered by the Court, that the clerk shall send by mail to all known creditors copies of said petition and this order. addressed to_them at their places of e e the Horarable Pace M ness the Honorable Pace Morrls, Judge of said court, and the seal thereof, at l-‘ergfis Falls, in said district, on the 10th ‘day of De- cember, A. D. 1907. CgAlfiLZLLEPENan. glerk. y L. A. LEVORSEN' Deputy. 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