Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 16, 1908, Page 2

Crougm When a chtld wakes up in the m| night with a sovere attack of croup s fro- quently happens, no time should be lost in rimenting with remedios of & doubtful value. Prompt action is often necessary to save life, Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy has never been known to fail in any case and 1t hias been 1o uso for over one-third of i cen~ tury. There is none better. It cun bo de- pendedupon. Why experiment? Itispleasant 10 take and contains ho hurmiul drug. Price, 25 cents; large size, 50 conts. Barker’s Drug Store THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER PUBLISHED NVERY AFTERNOON, A A A A A A A A A A A A AN OFFICIAL PAPER---CITY OF BEMIDJI A A A A A A A A AN AN AN AN BEMIDJI PIONEER PUBLISHING CO. CLYDE J. PRVOR | A, 0. RUTLEDGE Business Manager Managing Editor Tntered in the postofice at Bemidii. Minc.. as second class matter. SUBSCRIPTION---$5.00 PER ANNUM Common School Certificates. Program of examinations for Jan- uary 30 and 31, and February 1, 1908. Thursday, January 30th. (First Grade Studies.) A. M.—8:00 Enrollment. 8:15 Geometry. 10:00 Physics. P. M.—1:30 Algebra. 3:15 Physical Geography or General History. Agriculture may be taken at any one of above periods, and may be substituted for either Geometry or Physical Geography. Friday, January 31st. (Second Grade Studies.) A. M.—8:00 Enrollment. 8:30 Professional Test. 9:30 Spelling. 10:00 Arithmetic. P. M.—1:15 Geography. 2:45 Composition and Pen- manship. 3:20 Reading. Saturday, February 1st. (Second Grade Studies Continued.) A. M.—8:00 U. S. History. 9:45 English Grammar. 11:30 Music. P. M.—1:15 Physiology-Hygiene. 2:45 Civics. 4:00 Drawing. The examination will be held in the court house, Thursday, Jan. 30th and in the high school building Friday, Jan. 31st and Saturday, Feb. 1st. Marks of 75 or above from an complete examination taken within two years will be accepted, including State high school board certificates. A second grade certificate on which no mark is below 70 per cent. is up- on Tecommendation renewable for two years if the applicant has given evidence of ambition to improve by attending teachers’ meetings, insti- tutes and training ‘schools and by reading books proscribed by the Teachers’ Reading Circle board and other educational books and papers. Teachers should bring with them all the credits, including certificates, which they wish to have accepted. Dated Bemidji, Minn., Jan. 1st, 1908, ® W. B. STEWART, Co. Supt. of Schools. _Simple Remedy for La Grippe. La grippe coughs are dangerous as .they frequently develop into pneumonia. Foley’s Honey and Tar not only stops the cough but heals and strengthens the lungs so that no serigus results need be feared. The genuine Foley’s Honey and Tar con- tains no harmful drugs and isina yellow package. Refuse substitutes, E. A. Barker. =’ Arguments In Walsh Case. Chicago. Jan. 16.—Attorney Miller concluded his argument in defense of Jokn R. Walsh, charged with misap- blying bank funds. He sald Mr. Walsh's investments were questions of judgment entirely and that Walsh’s Judgment was not altogether bad. At- torney Ritsher will deliver the final dBtending address to the Jury. BRIEF BITS OF NEWS. Captain James Compton, comman- dant of the Minnesota Soldiers’ home, died suddenly and without warning, aged sixty-eight. Nakashoko, Japanese vice minister of communications, has resigned. He will be succeeded by Mozuka of the railroad bureau. Reports to the Chicago Association of Commerce show that the number of persons now at work in that city is 14 per cent less than a year ago. At a smoker held by the senior class of Brown university it was de- cided to form a club to boom Gov- ernor Hughes for president of the United States, President Faunce sug gested the formation of the club. bscure mesgenger boy to i e of the greatest bank- ing instifutiyng in the West is the his- tory of the Tide of ‘Luclus Teter, who has just been elected president of the Chicago Savings Bank and Trust com- DEATH LIST 1S 168 Horror of Boyertown, Pa., Catas: trophe Now Fully Known. BODIES ARE BADLY BURNED At Least Half the Victims of the Awful Disaster Will Never Be Iden- tified—Eyewitnesses Tell of Mad Struggle to Get Out of Building. Boyertown, Pa., Jan. 16.—One hun- dred and sixty-five bodies have been recovered from the ruins of the Rhoadss Opera House, the scene of the receut frightful holocaust, one fireman met death in responding to the alarm and two persons have died of their injuries. This makes a total of 168. Chairman Irvin T. Ehst of the rellef committee says that he believes that all bodies are out of the ruins and as far as known no others are missing. The inhabitants of the IHttle bor- ough in the Berks county hills are steeped in grief. The calamity is terrible when it is realized that the population of the place is about 2,500. It is safe to say that everybody in the place either lost one or more rela- tives or was intimately acquainted with those who died in the fire. Coroner Strasser of Reading, who reached the scene several hours after the flames broke out, had a detail of men ready to tag the bodies and keep a record of every corpse removed. The bodies were so badly burned, however, that there was little to de- scribe them by and it is safe to say that not half of the victims will ever be identified. So far as the physi- clans and undertakers could ascertain the charred remains and clothing of 115 of the dead were women and girls and 43 were men and boys. So badly were the other bodies burned that the sex could not be determined and it is probable these will all be interred in one place in Union cemetery. Not one of the bodies was identified by the features, but were claimed by sorrow- ing relatives by means of jewelry or clothing found on the corpse. Eyewitnesses Describe Tragedy. Eyewitnesses of the fire and panic say that the audience rose en masse and the one impulse was to reach the front doors. One of the double doors had been bolted shut so as to better enable the ticket taker to take up the tickets. Not more than two persons could pass this door at one time and after the first half dozen got through the narrow passage it became clogged with the struggling mass of human- ity Men, women, boys, girls and chairs were tangled up in a solid mass. In the meantime some one discov- ered that there were fire escapes on each side of the bullding and dozens made their exit by those avenues of oscape and gave the alarm. The fire bell was rung and the whole town was aroused and went to the rescue. All this time the flames from the ol tank were creeping toward the mass of terrified people who were fran- tically fighting to get out. While the frenzied people were fighting to get down the front stairs the calcium light tank exploded and fire was spread over the entire mass of people. This added horror was more than the feeble rescuers could stand and in order to save their own lives they were forced to flee down the fire escapes. On the front steps outside the door men pulled -fran- tically to open a way for the wedged in people, but not more than half a dozen were rescued in this manner. The explosion of the calcium tank and the flames from the front of the stage, which by this time had reached the struggling people, made further rescue impossible. The entire in- terior of the building was a seething furnace. Firemen threw a feeble stream of water into the burning building, but it had no effect on the flares. ROBBERY ‘THE MOTIVE. Wealthy Young Banker Murdered Near Ardsley, N. Y. New York, Jan. 16.—Another -mur- der in Westchester county is puzzling the authoritfes. The body of Frank Nunno, a wealthy young banker, was found beside his wagon on a lonely road near Ardsley. He had been stabbed in the neck, evidently after # fierce struggle. - He had a large sum of money when he left Ardsley and that as well as his watch was gone when his body was found. The au- thorities belleve that he was killed by the same gang which murdered a young insurance agent near Elmsford two weeks ago and has robbed several postoffices in this county. Two Bodies on Railroad Track. New Brunswick, N. J., Jan. 16.—The bodies of two men who were identified by papers in their pockets as Ira B. Stetson -of Liverpool, O., and Albert E. Donovan of New Rochelle, N. Y., were found beside the tracks of the Pennsylvania railroad near here. Both earrled papers showing they had p>rved in the United States army. Trust Company Closes Doors. Norwalk, O., Jan. 16.—The doors of the Ohio Trust company here have been closed. A voluntary assignment was announced and recelvers were appointed. The bank officlals say they expect to be able to pay all of the depositors in full. The last state- ment shows deposits of $412,000 and loans of $380,000. - DUE TO LACK OF WORK. Jnprecedented Increase in Vagrants at New York. New York, Jan. 16.—The unprece- dented increase in vagrants in New ‘| York~has caused congestion at the city workhouse in Blackwells 'island and every eftort possible is being made to reliéve the:overcrowding by transferring peisoners “sentenced to Jong terms e - penitentiary and to the Raymond street jail in Brook- -Iyn. There: more -than 700 | women _and an 900 men in the workhouse, most 6f them sérving terms for vagrancy. Thousands out of work and the increase in the num- ber of strangers looking for work be- cause of the closing down of factories in nearby cities have increased the number of vagrants far beyond the usual number even in winter and with the advent of a really cold spell all the city institutions will be crowded to overflowing. The difficulty in se- curing work in New York just now has aftected thousands of men and women who by no means belong to the tramp class, but who have been forced into the streets because of lack of work. AFTER ORIENTAL TRAFFIC Officials of Milwaukee Road to Visit Far East. Chicago, Jan. 16.—The management of the St. Paul road will begin imme- diately an active campaign for a large share of the Oriental traffic in antici- pation of the completion of its exten- sion to the Pacific coast. J. H. Hiland, third vice president, and F. A. Miller, general passenger agent, will sail from San Francisco on Jan. 30 for Yokohamu. They will investigate trafic and trade conditions in the Orient and the possibilities of devel- opment of trade relations between the United States and Japan and China. Upon their report will depend the company’s action with reference to Oriental traffic. It 1s possible that owing to sup- posed {1l feeling between Japan and the United States the company may decide to emter into traffic relations with some of the foreign lines, pro- vided James J. Hill's preferential contract with the Nippon company does not interfere. b WITHOUT FOUNDATION. Cortelyou Denies Report That He In- tends to Resign. Washington, Jan. 16.—Secretary Cortelyou is again at his desk. At the White House it was said posi- tively that nothing whatever was known &s to the secretary’s reported proposed resignation. Secretary Cortelyou’s appearance at the department was for the first time since his recent illness, which began about four weeks ago. He said the published story that he had resigned or would resign was absolutely with- out foundation. He had had no seri- ous differences with the president, he declared, or with auy member of the cabinet and he expected to continue to serve as secretary of the treasury. Mr. Cortelyou pronounced the story that he had been offered the presi- dency of the Knickerbocker Trust company of New York as false and said also that the published report that he has conferred with J. P. Mor- gan in regard to it during his recent trip to New York was a “fake” in every particular. SHOULD REMAIN IN ORIENT Viscount Acki's Advice to Japanese Lahorers. 4 Honolulu, Jan. 16.—A local Japanese newspaper prints an interview with ‘Viscount Aoki, late Japanese ambas- sador to America, in which Viscount Aoki is quoted as follcws: “I do not approve of manual labhor- ers going to America. They cannot expect, after Japan's long isolatiop, to establish themselves in any West- ern country. “Destiny and opportunity are in Asia, in Korea and Manchuria.” Viscount Aoki also expressed him- self as opposed to Japanese seeking naturalization in America for the rea- son that citizenship is only needed by those who contemplated permanent residence. DINED BY THE PRESIDENT American Naval Officers Guests of Brazilian Executive. Rio de Janeiro, Jan. 16,—The events of the day’s official programme for the entertainment of the visiting American officers were a breakfast at the residence of President Penna at Petropolis at noon and in the after- noon a garden party at the American embassy in the same suburb. Ad- mirals Thomas, Sperry and Emory represented fBe fleet at the presiden- tial function. Ambassédor and Mrs. Dudley also were guests of President Penna. - The newspapers all comment favor- ably upon the good behavior of the sallors who have had shore liberty. Not less than 4,000 men visited the city during the day and evening. To Discuss Reduced Rates. Nashville, Tenn., Jan. 16.—Presi- dents of rallroads operating fn Ten- nessee have been requested by Gov- ernor Patterson to meet him here Jan. 27 to discuss the question of re- ducing the passenger rates in the state, thus saving the necessity of calling a special session of the legis- lature. The governor says he is act- ing in no spirit of antagonism to the roads and that he wants to be fair and just to them as well as to the people. PUTS AN END TO TRIAL. Juror Has Epileptic Fit After Verdict Is Reached. New York, Jar. 16.—An epileptic fit put a sudden end to the trial of Roco Quinto at Long Island City after the jury had agreed upon a verdict. Quinto was charged with abduction and assault. It is alleged that he en- ticed fifteen-year-old Minnie Ferroro from her homé and kept her hidden for two weeks. The case had been finished and the jury had retired to their consultation room and had agreed on a verdict when one of the jurors fell to the floor in a fit, brought on by the oxcitement of the trial. Judge Humphrey at once discharged the jury, holding that a verdict under such circumstances would not be legal. MANY NEW WITNESSES Stories .ofAflurry Thaw’s Eccen= tricities Told on the Stand. ALWAYS SEEMED IRRATIONAL Actions of Defendant in Murder Trial at Different Times and Places De- scribed by Numerous Persons Tes- tifying for the Defense. New York, Jan. 16.—Many wit- nesses entirely new to the case testi- fled at the trial of Harry K. Thaw and told stories of his eccentricities during years immediately preceding the killing of Stanford' White. They all declared he impressed them as being-irrational. The most interest- ing testimony was that of Christopher Baggan, a steward of the New York Whist club, who told of Thaw’s do- ings the day of the tragedy, and who, under cross-examination by District Attorney Jerome,gave amusing de- tails of whist games in which Thaw and several men of prominence par- ticipated. Dr. Horatlus W. Wood of Philadel- phia was the first witness. - Dr. Wood Bome years ago made an examination of Harriet Alice Thaw, a relative of the defendant. = District Attorney Jerome objected :to the physicians’ testimony, but was overruled by the court, as the relations between physi- clan and patient did not exist in this case. Dr. Wood said that Miss Thaw ‘was of unsound mind. The next witness to .be heard told of new eccentricities ‘of Thaw just before the killing of Stanford White. He was Christopher Baggan, a stew- ard of the New York Whist club. Thaw was in’the club on June 20, 1906, just five days before the_ roof garden tragedy. . Although the day was hot Thaw insisted on: taking a screen with him wherever he went about the rooms. ous, excitable and irritable and once as he passed-the witness was mutter- ing “This is awful.” - Puts Cigarettes in the Safe. Baggan sald Thaw finally came up to him.and asked him to have a package put in the safe. “What was in the package?” asked Mr. Littleton. “Three cigarettes, wrapped in tin- foil.” Thaw’s eyes, the witness said, had a peculiar stare. A telephone message came for him and when the witness touched him to attract his attention Thaw trembled all over. Miss Matilda, Stein, who was a tele- phone operator at the Grand hotel in 1905 and 1904, when Thaw was a guest there, testified that she ‘knew Thaw under the name of Farr. She saw ‘him/often and his eyes were al ways stariog and bulging. His man- ner wag frrational. ‘One morning ‘Thaw put in-seventy-five telephone calls in Jess than three hours. One morningy he ordered his breakfast three times in tweniy minutes. On crossexamination Miss Stein sald Migs Evelyn Nesbit also was a guest atithe Grand under the name of Farr. Mrs. Caroline Lowery and William A. Johnson, newspaper writers who witnessed the tragedy, declared in turn upon the stand that Thaw im- pressed them as decidedly irrational. Tionel ‘Straus, a portrait painter and eyewitness who testified at the first trial, also characterized Thaw's ac- tions as irrational. WARRANTS FOR ELEVEN. Another Sensation in Woods Case at 8t. Paul. St. Paul, Jan. 16.—Another sensa- tion has been sprung in the Woods case in the federal district court when eleven warrants. were fssued and served on the officers and several em- ployes of the Wisconsin Grain and Stock company, charging them with using/the mails to defraud. i Warrants were- issued for Clinton B. Phelps, president; H. P. Ermsber- ger, secretary; Martin Quigley, treas urer; Bruce Tuttle, custodian; Byron Kimball, head of the Superior board of trade clearing house; Charles Kel- ley, ‘order clerk; John Stuart, tele- graph operator, and Paul Foss, A. W, Brown, C. L. Lang and George W. Wood. Several of these were granted im- munity if they would testify for the government in the case which came to an abrupt end Monday with the arrest of two jurors oo the charge of belng tampered with. The government claims thess offi- cers went back on thelr word oo the stand and must now suffer the conse quences. z G. W. Wood, L. A. Wood, L. C. Wood, F. B. Wood, Paul Foss and Charles Kelly were tried as the real officers of the company, the govern- ment claiming that Phelps, Ermsber- ger, Quigley and (he others were merely dummies. These “dummies,” having been granted immunity, could not be ar- vested on the charge of conspiring to use the mails to defraud, so were ar rested ‘under the section of the stat- ute providing ‘for .using the mails to defraud. White -to Fill Gorman’s Term. Annapolis, Md., Jan. 16.—Senator. Williaro' ‘Pinckney White was elected United ‘States senator to fill the unex- pired portion of the late Senator Gor- man’s term by both houses in secret session. * = Killed by a Live wné. Chicago, Jan. 16.—J. H. Harrington of Mauston, Wis, employed as as- > be trouble, ‘and often serious trouble, too. o than JU°C* yeraPillaaidnatuss,thact o0 TER T He was highly nerv- | 25¢ sistant foréman by a felegraph com- pany, was killed by a ‘shock from a live wire while measuring a cable suspended over Whipple street. MARKET QUOTATIONS. Minneapolis Wheat. Minneapolis, Jan. 15.—Wheat—May, $1.09%; July, §1.10%. On track—No. 1 hard, $1.11@1.11%; No. 1 Northern, §1.09@1.09%; No. 2 Northern, $1.07 @1.07%; No. 3 Northern, $1.03@1.05. St. Paul Union Stock Yards. St. Paul, Jan. 15.—Cattle—Good to cholce steers, $5.00@5.75; fair to good, $3.25@4.75; good to choice cows and heifers, $3.00@3.75; veals, $3.75@5.75. Hogs—§4.20@4.45. Sheep—Wethers, $4.75@5.25; good to choice lambs, $6.25@6.50. Duluth Wheat and Flax. Duluth, Jan. 15.—Wheat—To arrive and on track—No. 1 hard, $1.08%; No. 1 Northern, $1.07%; No. 2 North- ern, $1.04%; May, $1.09%; July, $1.- 10%.° In store—No. 1 Northern, $1.- 06% ;" No. 2 Northern, $1.03%. Flax —To ‘arrive and on track, $1.14%; May, $1.18%; July, $1.20%. Chicago Union Stock Yards. Chicago, Jan. 15.—Cattle—Beeves, $3.65@6.35; cows and heifers, $1.30@ 4.60; Texans, $3.15@4.00; calves, $5.50 | @7.50; Western cattle, $3.75@4.60; stockers and feeders, $2.25@4.50. Hogs —Light, $4.20@4.52%%; mixed, $4.25@ 4.60; heavy, $4.25@4.60; rough, $4.25 @4.30; pigs, $3.60@4.30. Sheep, $3.50 @5.70; yearlings, $5.00@6.00; lambs, $5.50@17.40. Chicago Grain and Provisions. ' Chicago, Jan. 15.—Wheat—May, $1.03%; July, 98%c; Sept., 95¢. Corn —May. 60%@%0%c; July, b58%ec; Sept,, 58%c. Oats—May, 5234¢; old, July, 45%c; old, 47%c; Sept., 39%c. Pork—Jan;, $13.10; May, $13.55 @1357%. Butter—Crcameries, 20@ 29%gc; dairies, 18@25c. Eggs—23@ 24c. Poultry—Turkeys, 10¢; chickens, 10c; springs, 9c. 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 All Kinds of Necks WITH ALL KINDS OF sSore CThroat QUICKLY CURED WITH Gar-Gol SIMPLY A GARGLE OR SPRAY "ANTISEPTIC HEALING HARMLESS GAR-GOL kas no equal as a throat remed, and is beyond question the safest And suresy remedy for all kinds of SORE THROAT Quin- sy, Hoarseness and Tonsilitis, isa preyentive of Croup, Whooping Cough and iphtheria. An elegant mouth wash, parl- fying and antiseptio. Price 25c. Prepared by Borg Medicine Co. Des Molnes, Ins OWL DRUG STORE HON. S. B. HERMAN IS WELL AGAIN Noted Oregon Statesman Restored to Health on Recent Eastern Trip. Hon, Shiller B. Herman, distin- guished statesman and legislator of. Portland, Oregon, who was recently on an eastern trip, is among those strong- 1y in favor of L. T. Cooper, in the dis-| cussion over Cooper and his medicines, which has raged for the past year in cities visited by the young man on his educative campaigns, as he calls them, Cooper was explaining his new the- ories and medicines to Boston people during the Oregonian’s visit to that| city, and in a recent Interview Mr. Hermen said: “My trip east accom-| plished more for me than I ever be- lieved possible. It has actually been the means of restoring my health. ‘While in Boston I heard a great deal about this man Cooper and his medi- cines, and one morning I talked with 2 Boston banker who told me that he had been relieved by Cooper’s medi-| cines after ten years’ chronic dyspep- gia. For the past twenty years I have been a fearful sufferer with nervous dyspepsia. It has been o bad that it all but forced me to legislature, 2 to:Feslan from the “I was feeling wretchedly that morn- ing, and ‘I made *up my mind to try the medicine. I 'had seen leading phy- sicians without number both East and ‘West. They had been unable to help me in the least, and I.no more be- lieved this Cooper medicine could help. me than it could bring a dead man back to life. I really don’t know why I bought it. It was like a drowning man clutchinz at a straw. “To -make a long story short, it has been astonishingly successful in my case. Today I am enjoying a sound stomach and perfect health for the first time in twenty years. I can eat heartily without the slightest inconve- nience afterward. I have a fine appe- tite, and sleep well. I am no longer moody and depressed, and my nervous- ness has entirely 'disappeared, “Any man who- has chromic dyspep- sia owes it to hi3 family tg try this medicine.” ' .. In all our experience as druggists, we' have never seen anything to sur- pass the famous Coopef preparations, #—E. N. French & Co, 3 With the growth of Bemidji lots are becoming town which will be sold on good scarcer and ) -still have a number of good lots in the residence part of easy terms. : For further particulars write or call Bemidji Townsite and Im- provement Company. Swedback Block, Bemidii. H. A. SIMONS, Agent. BUY A GOOD LOT scarcer. We The Da.ily Pioneer 40c per-Month l'_—— | Printing The . Pioneer Prirtery Is Equipped with Modern Machinery, Up-to-date Type Faces, and the Largest Stock of Flat Papers, Ruled Goods and Stationery of All Kirds in Northern Minnesota. We have the highest-salaried Printers in Beltrami county, and we are leaders in Commercial Printing. Try us; we'll Suit you.