Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 24, 1907, Page 2

THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER AN~~~ PUDLISHED 8VERY AFTERNOON, A A A A A A A A A A A A A A At OFFICIAL PAPER---CITY OF BEMID) BEMIDJI PIONEER PUBLISHING CO. CLYDE 1. PRYOR | A. 0. RUTLEDGE Business Manager Managing Editor oo eneboe: Sutered tn the postoffice at Remid)l. Mino,, as second class matter. SU3SCRIPTION-$5.00 PER ANNUM == | I'he Bemidji Pioneer has (houghtl out the secret of the cause of hen»{ pecking husbands and gives us the | tirst efforts in the solution: “When a woman calls her husband ‘pa’ it is| almost a sure thing he is not hen- pecked.” Follow up the train of| thought, Doc, and tell us what the! result is when she calls him “Ed”| and wha* is to be expected if she calls him “Jones” or whatever his rear name is>—Cass Lake Times. About th gladsome season it will be a “touch” from the “‘vetter half” for Christmas money. Announcemert. Owing to the advance in and all Pioneer paper newspaper materials, the after January 15th, 1908, raise the subscription price as follows: The weekly will be charged at the rate of $1.50 per year instead of $1.25 as heretofore. | After January 15th, 1908, those| subscribers to the daily and the weekly Pioneer, who live outside of this county, whose papers are sent to them in a single wrapper, and will, wish to have the paper sent them will be required to pay in advance. The paper will not be sent unless it is paid for- This notice is given early so that all who are in arrears will have sufficient time to settle their accounts before that time. Statements will be sent to all who are ‘in arrears and they will be expected to pay up all that is due! and a year in advance on the weekly, and at least three months in advance on the daily. The “single list,” as it is termed is practically a dead loss to a newspaper. A few keep their sub- scription up, but more let them run along until they are hard to collect and many are not collected, but the editor has to pay the pos- tage each ‘weék' on all papers that go out side of the county, and also has to pay all other expenses of furnishing the paper and mailing 1t. The Pioneer-at all times aims to| give to its readers the best news service possible, and the money by not permitting these! accounts from the “single list” to run will be used to better the paper. The list will be carefully watched from month to month and on the first of each month all. whose sub- scriptions expires within the next six weeks following the date of the month will be notified of the exact date of the expiration of his subscrib- tion.. saved WANT THE SHAH DEPOSED Feeling Against Him Is Running High in Persia, ¢ .—Fceling is run- ning high against the shah. Two of the provinces, Tabriz and Recht, have declared in favor of his being deposed. #Rumors are afloat to the effect that the German minister to Persia will mediate in the situation. Teheran, D Free Lunch Law Invalid. St. Paul, Dec. 2 —Hugo O. Hanft, Judge of the municipal court, holds the anti-frce lunch ordinance uncon- stitutional. This ordinance, passed several .months ago by the council over the veto of the.mayor, prohibits the giving away or selling below the market price any food in places where liquor is sold. The measure was pushed by the retail liquor dealers and opposed oj.enly by only a few sa- loonkee Hitchceck Alleces Extortion, New York, Dec. 2 .—The grand jury has returned an indictment against Herman Voecks charging him with extortion. He charged with hav- ing extorted three diamond rings val- ued at $800 and with having demand- Hitcheocels; Voec s a brother of Elsie scks, who was one of the com- plainants against Hitchcock when the Retor was held on a serious charge, Continue to Find Bodizs, Fairmount, W. Va,, Dec. . .—Bgilles are gradually being recovered rrom the mines of the Fairmont Coal com- pany atsMonongah, the scene of the great disaster Dec. 6, and the total number recovered has reached 340, It Is the general opinion here that 400 men, if not more, met death in the mines. Labor on Mining Claims. Washington, Dec. 2 —At the in- stance of Senator Teller the senate passed a bill suspending for the year of 1907 the requirement that $100 worth of labor shall be done on min- ing claims in the course of being per- fected In South Dakota and other states. For Using Improper Language. Shaws, Miss,, Dec. %2 —A. A, Wil- #on, a prominent merchant, shot and killed Bud Doughty, a wealthy planter, in the former's store here. It is claimed that Doughty was using im. proper language before women, NEGRO ATTACKS WOMAN. Great Excltement Accompanies Man Hunt at Columbus, O. Columbus, O, Dec. 2 ..—Men on foot, In buggies and automobiles and on horseback are after an unknown ne- gro who assaulted young Mrs, W. B. C. Hershey, wife of a business man The crime was committed in the base- ment of her home on West Sixth ave- | nue, Mrs. Hershey is still partly uncon- | scious and unable to furnish a de- scription of the man. She was alone in the house, her husband having left just shortly before. The negro had evidently secreted himself in the house with the intention of robbery. Mrs. Hershey heard a noise in the basement and went down to investl: gate. As she stepped in she was seized by the negro and thrown vio- lently to the floor. He stuffed a rag in her mouth and struck her on the face and body. After half an hour he sneaked out of the basement, walked some distance and then dlsappeared. Some of the neighbors, suspicious of his actions, made an Investigation and found Mrs. Hershey in the cellar, partly unconscious and bleeding from the blows. An alarm was at once glven and a posse gathered and start. ed in the direction some of the neigh- bors say the negro took. Police head- quarters was notified that the posse was after the negro and mounted men were dispatched to the scene in hope of capturing him. The indignation is widespread and it the posse catches the man it is feared by the futhorities that nothing will prevent a lynching. JAMES H. OLIPHANT SHOT Would-Be Slayer of New York Broker Then Suicides. New York, Dec. 2 —J. H. Oliphant, a prominent broker, was shot three times by C. A. Geiger in the former's office, 20 Broad street. He is in a serious condition. Geiger is sald to be a former customer of the concern. He committed suicide after shooting Mr. Oliphant. The shooting occurred in the offices of the firm of James H. Oliphant & Co. Geiger called at the office and had a dispute with Mr. Oliphant, sup- posedly over some business matters. He appeared to be making some de- mands which were refused. He drew a revolver and fired three shots at Mr. Oliphant, then turned the weapon on himself and committed suicide. Mr. Oliphant was taken to a hospital. The offices of the firm are next door to the stock exchange and in the same building are some of the largest bro- kerage houses in the city. The shoot- Ing created intense excitement and the offices of the firm and the street outside were soon crowded. The “curb” brokers are located in the streetway, just in front of the build- ing, and the excitement and gathering of the unusual crowd interrupted the curb’s trading for a time. An unverified report is that Geiger had lost heavily in the stock market and that the stocks the firm had been carrying for him were closed out be- cause of exhausted margins. Mr. Oliphant is the head of the firm of James H. Oliphant & Co. and was a well known figure in financial cir- cles. UNDER ANCIENT LAW. Father and Daughter Accused of Being “Common Scolds.” New York, Dec. 2.—John Pfeiffer and his daughter Margaret were ar- rested in Jersey City under indict- ments charging them with the some- what unusual offense of being “com- mon scolds.” Pfeiffer is fifty-five years years old and his daughter thirty. A score or more of their neighbors tes- tifled before the grand jury and the indictments were found under an an- cient law of ‘this commonwealth. Pfeifier is a widower and he and his daughter are accused of disturbing the neighborhood by thelir continual caustic remarks regarding their neigh- bors or any one who happened to pass their house. The statute under which, they are indicted provides for a pen- alty of not more than three years’ im- prisonment or a fine of not more than $1,000 for any person convicted of be- ing a ‘“common scold,” commonly scolding and disturbing the peace of the neighborhood and of all good quiet people to the common nuisance of all the people “there inhabiting or pass- ing. OPPOSING FORCES DISPERSE Another Quick Change In Situation In Persla. Teheran, Dec. 2)—Another quick change in the situation at the Persian capital has been brought about by the Intervention of the priests, who, with the promise that a satisfactory solu- tion of the crisis will be found, have induced the opposing factions to dis- perse a second time. Consequently Artillery square has been vacated and the disorderly villagers have returned to their homes. The tents on Artl- lery square, however, are left stand- Ing 50 as to be ready for use in case of a sudden recall to arms. The mem- bers and the supporters of parliament have left the assembly buflding. Nizal Es Sulten has succeeded in forming a new cabinet with himself as premler. HARAHAN AND FISH CLASH Sharp Exchange of Language at Iill- nois Central Meeting. Chicago, Dec. 2|—A sharp ex- change of umgu,o took place at the annual meeting of the Illinols Central Rallroad company between President Harahan and Stuyvesant Mis Willlam Nelson Cromwaell, acting for Mr. Harrimay, offered an amend- ment to & resolution adjourning the meeting to March 2 and Mr. Fish pro- tested that Mr. Cromwell was not a stockholder. Mr. Cromwell declarad that he held a proxy and while it was being sought for Mr. Fish and Mr. Harahan became involved fu a dis- pute as to the nature of the motfon made by Mr. Cromwell. e — MITCHELL AGA ILL Head of Mine Workers Stricken Suddenly at Indianapolis. HIS CONDITION 1S SERIOUS Physiclan Called to Attend Noted La- bor Leader Declares the Patient in Bad Shape, Though Not Necessar- Hly Critical. Indianapolis, Dec. 2.—John Mit- chell, president of the United Mine ‘Workers of America, became seriously ill while attending a joint conference of miners and coal operators at the Claypool hotel. He was taken to a room complaining of pains in his side Copyright, J. E. Purdy. JOHN MITCHELL. where recent operations for abscesses were performed. A Roman Catholic priest and a physician were sum- moned. The latter, after an examina- tlon, pronounced Mr. Mitchell in a serious though not necessarily critical condition. FAILS TO ENDORSE HUGHES Republican Committee of New York County Delays Action. New York, Dec. 2(.—At a session which lasted less than ten minutes the” Republican commiittee of New York county, by an almost unanimous vote, refused to consider at this time a resolution endorsing Governor Charles E. Hughes for the Repub- lican presidential nomination. No sooner had the resolution been offered by the friends of the governor and its adoption moved than there came an amendment to receive and print the document and make it a spe- clal order for the regular meeting in January. This latter motion was carried with a shout that could be heard far out into the street. Refore the meeting was called to order several members of the commit- tee were busy in the distribution of buttons proclaiming Speaker Cannon as the next presidential nominee. Many of the most ardent supporters of Governor Hughés declare that the action of the committee in deferring endorsement cannot be construed as inimical to Mr. Hughes' candidacy. On the contrary it is said that there is a general disposition on the part of members to sound the sentiment of the voters at large before the commit- tee commits itself. NO MONEY IN DIAMONDS. De Beers Company Passes Its De- ferred Dividend. London, Dec. 2.—The deferred dividend of the De Beers Consofidated Mines, limited, the diamond syndi- cate, has been passed. Owing to the unfavorable outlook in the diamond trade, the restriction of purchases in America since the finan- clal disturbances and the dumping of large quantities of stones in recent months before the agreement with the De Beers company demoralized the market the company has decided that it Is necessary to strengthen its re- serves in order to maintain prices. A telegram received here from Kimber- ley says the company has ordered work in the diamond mines to be re- stricted to five days a week. HUNS REMAIN AT HOME. Remarkable Falling Off in Emigration to America. Flume, Hungary, Dec. &L.—The re- markable falling off in the flow of emigration from this port to the Unit- ed States is well illustrated by the empty steerages of the Cunard steam- ers that left Flume during the past week for American ports. Instead of the customary two or three thousand emigrants on each steamer the Caro- nia carried only 300 steerage passen- gers, while the Carpathia had on board less than fifty emigrants. These lat- ter will be taken to Liverpool and-| transferred to another ship. Railroad Rates on Oil Cut. Lincoln, Neb.,, Dec. 2..—The Ne- braska state railway commission has voted to cut the oll rates in the state 30 per cent, following complaints of the Natlonal Petroleum association of Cleveland and the National Refining company of Omeha alleging that the tarifts In Nebraska were discrim- Inative and to.the advantage of the Standard Ofl company. GIVE EVIDENCE IN CHAMBERS Number of Witnesses Testify in Har- den Trial at Berlin. Berlin, Dec. 2 .—Prince Philip zu Eulenburg, Frau von Elbe, the di- vorced wife of General Count Kuno von Moltke, and Frau von Heyden, mother of Frau von Elbe, testified in chambers at the hearing of the Har- den-von Moltke libel sult, the court having declded that the Interests of public morality required the exclusion ( OF all persons not Tmmediately con- nected with the court. The only witness heard openly was Colonel Otto von Moltke, a cousin of Count Kuno von Moltke, Colonel von Moltke is a studious looking man of sixty, He spoke with much emotion of his twenty-five years' friendship with the co-plaintif, They had com- manded squadrons of the same life guards regiment at Breslau. After he left the army the colonel was often the guest of Count Kuno in Berlin, He belleved, he said, that he knew him better than any one else. He was always papnlar with his officers and men. His cousin, the colonel contin- ued, was a man who exerted an ele- vating Influence upon those he met rather than a lowering one. The colo- nel had observed Count Kuno's friend- ship with Prince Philip zu Eulenburg on the occasion of the varlous visits both of them had made to the prince at his castle at Liebenberg, but he never gained the impression that the relations between the two men were other than what was to be expected in an ordinary friendship. To these statements the colonel took oath. NINETY-THREE KNOWN DEAD Awful Result of Magazine Ex- plosion in ltaly. Palermo, Italy, Pec. 2'—The work of rescuing the persons who -were killed or wounded by the explosion in the military powder magazine of Pa- lermo continues, Up to the present time it is known that ninety-three persons met their death from the explosion and subse- quent fire and more than 100 were injured. The lodging house for emi- grants, which was destroved by the flames, gave the largest number of victims. The magazine contained a large quantity of dynamite and the explo- sion was followed by a number of lesser explosions, the whole town be- ing - badly shaken and the people thrown into a panic. Almost immedi- ately flames shot high in the air and spread to the ruins of houses that had fallen, adding greatly to the ter- ror of those who were in the imme- diate neighborhood of the disaster. The several houses that stood above the magazine partially collapsed and their destruction was completed by the fire. One of these was an émi- grants’ lodging house and a number of emigraunts were killed. VERBAL PROMISE ONLY. Japan Refuses to Give Canada Agree- ment in. Writing. Tdkio, Dec. 2 .—Negoliations be- tween Canadian Minister of Labor Ru- dolph Lemieux and the Japanese gov- ernment, which have been delayed by a hitch over details, will be concluded within the next few days. It is un- derstood that Minister Lemieux has finally agreed to accept Japan’s assur- ance that she will undertake the self- imposed task of limiting emigration to Canada. The exact method of lim: itation will be left entirely in the hands of the Japanese government. It is stated that the hitch arose over the desire of the Canadian govern- ment to secure a definite promise in writing outlining. the undertakings. This was positively declined by Japan because it would entail a sacrifice of treaty rights. Minister Lemieux also desired to secure from the Japanese government a note giving the exact number of laborers that the govern- ment proposed to allow to emigrate to Canada. This was also refused. PHILIPPINE SURVEY. Americans Find Spanish Charts Full of Inaccuracies. San Francisco, Dec. 2 .—When the United States acquired the Philippine islands the Spanish charts indicated that there were about 1,200 of them. After a few ships had punctured holes in their bottoms in water which, ac- cording to the charts, was deep the Question of making charts was taken up by the United States coast and geodetic survey and the result to date has been to arouse grave distrust of the Spanish guides to navigation. Dr. C. E. Yeagle, who has been attached as surgeon to the coast survey steam- er Fathomer for the last two years, has arrived from the Orient on the liner China. 7 Dr. Yeagle says that the American survey, which will rot be completed for ten years, already shows that there are 2,600 islands in the archi- pelago. The American surveyors found the Spanish charts full of re- markable inaccuracies. Wisconsin Man Killed in Kansas. Salina, Kan, Dec. 2..—Magnus Christinsen, a Dane of Kenosha, Wis., was killed by Archie Wayne, eighteen years old, of Kansas City at the Sher- man ranch in Ellsworth county, near here. The murder was committed with a heavy monkey wrench, As there was no eyewitness and as Wayne refuses to talk nothing is known as to what led to the crime. Wayne is un- der arrest. 3 % TROOPS TO QUIT GOLDFIELD President Orders Withdrawal of Federal Sol_diers. Washington, Dec., 2 .—President Roosevelt has directed the withdrawal of United States troops stationed at Goldfield, Nev., on Monday, Dec. 30, next. The president says the troops were sent to Goldfield on representations that an insurrection was imminent and not to provide a substitute for the oxercise by the state of “its police powers. The soldiers have been there ten days and no disorders have oc- curred and the president believes the powers already vested in the police officers of the state are adequate and that i they choose to do so they can maintain order themselves, =5 FRIEND TO FRIEND. The personal recommendations of peo- ple who have been cured of coughs and colds by Chamberlain's Cough Remedy have done more than all else to makeita staple article of trade an1 commerce oves « large part of the civilized world, Barker’s Drug Store IN RESTRAINT OF TRADE. Ohio Companies Ordered to Get Out of Plumbers’ Trust. Columbus, O., Dec. 21.—In the cir- cuit court at Dayton Attorney General Ellis took judgment of ouster against the twenty Ohio companies and firms dealing in plumbers’ supplies who were found to be in the national com- bination of such dealers. The com- panies had demurred to the petition and the demurrer was overruled and Jjudgment given to- the state. The court orders them out of the combina- tion and not to observe or obey any of its rules and regulations. The court found that the organization of which these companies were found to be members was in restraint of trade and under the anti-trust act the ouster order is given. BRIEF BITS OF NEWS. ‘Whitelaw Reid, the American am. bassador to Great Britain, has arrived at New York on the steamer Maure- tania. % diseases are coming into New York faster than the local health authori- ties can care for them. Joseph H. Choate, in an address at the annual meeting of the New York State Charities Aid associatlon, advo- cated adherence to the old Mosaic law that one-tenth of all property be given in charity. Dispatches to Dun’s Trade Review indicate that retail trade feels the stimulus of seasonable weather and Holiday demand, but the aggregate is below that of recent preceding years although better than was antlcipated a few weeks ago. 0Old “Billy” Warren, one of the old time stage drivers of the country, is dead at Stuart, J]a. Warren began stage driving at the age of nineteen and in 18456 drove a line out of Chi- cago. He drove a stage from Daven- port to Cedar Rapids in the -early fifties TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine Tablets. Druggists refund money if it fails tocure. E. W. GROVE'S signature is on each box 5S¢ Immigrants aflicted with contaglohs‘ CARTER @ TAIT For Rent—7-room house, good location, $15 per month. For Rent—2-room comfortable house, $4.00 per month. We have several partly improved farms near this city for sale at low prices and easy terms. We write fire and plate glass insurance ‘ Money to loan on farm lands CARTER @ TAIT Minnesota Avenue. BEMIDJI, MINN. Cilcium Carbide. distant future. December, 1907. Public Notice To Users of Calcium Carbide and Acetylene Gas The Union Carbide Company, the owner of United States Letters Patent No 541,138 of June 18, 1895, for the product crystslline Calcium Carbide, cautions the public against the use or sale of Calcium Carbide (or carbolite) manufactured by any other person; firm or corporation. All commercial calcium carbide is crystailine. 1 Especial attention is called to the law which makes tte person who merely uses or sells an infringing product just as liable to damages as the manufacturer of it. “This cautionary notice is given to save inno- cent parties from littgation and damages to which they will be liable if they use or ell any-such caleium carbide (by whatever name it may be called) manufactured by any other person, firm or corporation. The public is especially advised that important suits have been brought by Union Cardide Company, and are nmow pending in the United States Circuit Courts in New York and Ohio sgainst parties using and selling the product manufactured by the American Carbolite Company, and that these suits will be followed by such others as may be deemed necessary to protect this company in its patented product, The pending suits are being vigorously pushed by the undersigned with all available energy, and such progress has already been made that a finding and judgment rustaining the rights of the Union Carbide Company may reasonably be expected in the not UNION CARBIDE COMPANY. ! BUY A GOOD LOT With the growth of Bemidji good lots Scarcer and. scarcer. are becoming We still have a number of good lots in the residence part of town which will be sold on easy terms, For further particulars write or call Bemidji Townsite and Im- provement Company. H. A. SIMONS. Agent. 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