Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 21, 1908, Page 4

A FINE ENTERTAINMENT TUESDAY NEXT, JAN. 21 Everett - _Kemp, Interpretive Recital, Will Entertain, Under Ausnices of Presbyterian- Ladies’ Aid. \ The fourth number of the Midland Lyceum .Course, under the auspices of the.Ladies’ Aid Society of the Presbytérian church, will be given ini the City Hall January 21st. be Everett recital. Everett Kemp has won an enviable place among lyceum attractions. To meet Mr. Kemp is to be im- pressed that he has a great purpose and that he must and will succeed. His art is to interpret life and he does this with all the varying shades and subtile emotions peculiar to this great humanity of ours. He is a born comedian and brings to his audience that rare treat; clean, pure fun. His humor. is delicious. Everybody likes his funny people but best of all, they like him. he is not always laughing and mak- ing others laugh. His fine sym- patheL}c nature, wide versatility and keen :perception enables him to mterpfet the more serious side of hife ina way to delight the popular as well as the literary audience. Sea{s on sale at the City Drug Store. Fifty cents. Tuesday evening, The attraction will Kemp, in interpretive County Superintendent at Baudette. Raity River Region: Our County Superintendent of Schools arrived on Monday via International Falls. It is not impossible to get here now, but it'costs a few dollars just the same.” He has been visiting the village schools here and at Spooner. Yesterday he left to visit the Williams and Graceton schools. Arrangements were made while here fo hold a teachers’ examination at the. Rogers’ building on Jan. 30, 31 and Feb. 1. Only first grade applicants need come on Jan. 30. Mr. ~Stewart said that schools were important factors in building up ary town, and that a town which But| was an educational center attracted! many families. He thought it a good plan to bond the district and give all a chance to pay for this useful public institution. He men- tioned that the school districts in the north end of the county are coming on like pop-corn, and pretty soon we will have a lot of them. There are now more than sixteen school houses. “ANTI-SALOON LEAGUE FOR POLITIGAL GAINS” So said the Editor of a New York Liquor Trade Journal, Recently. Charges thatjthefanti-saloon league is supported by multimillionaires who use the organization for politi- cal purposes has been made at a meeting of New York wholesale liquor dealers' by T. M. Gilmore, | editor of a liquor trade magazine. “The anti- saloon league is the strongest, best- officered, * best financed and best legally advised organization in the- world,” said Mr. Gilmore. “It now holds the bal- | ance of power in a number of states. “The league is supported by millionaires and is banded together, not for the purpose of bettering the people at large, but to give political power to those men who contributed hundreds of thousands of dollars annually to its campaign funds. “They secretly direct and manipu- {late the organization so that they are able often not only to seat whom they please in the gubernatorial chair, but some times even indicate the selection of United States sena- tors.” Bishop Morrison Here Feb. 9. Archdeacon Parshall, in charge of the Episcopalian congregations in this district. wishes the Pioneer to announce that Bishop Morrison of Duluth will be in Cass Lake February 9th, at 10.30 a. m., and will preside at services to be held at that hour. Bishop Morrison will deliver a sermon and officiate at the communion. Subscribe for the Pioneer. TWO-CENT LAW INVALID. & Declared Unconstitutional by Pennsyl- » vania Supreme Court. Fhiladelphia, Jan. 21.—The 2-cent railroud fare law now in force in Penn- sylvania has beea declared unconsti- tutiopal by the stale supréme court, which handed down an opinion affirm- ing the decision cf the mon pleas court of Fhiladelphia, rendered last September. The vcle of the court was 4 to 3, the dis.eating opinion be- ing handed down by Justice Mestrezat. The 2cent fare law was enacted by the last legislature, the bill passing both Louses by a practically unani mious vote. Tke railroads fouzht tha bill vigorously and after it became a law the Pennsylvania railroad insti tuted suit in the common pieas court of Philadelphia vesiraining the county of Philadelphia from enforcing the law. The.railroad contended that the law was unccnslitutional in that it was unreasonable and confiscatory and the court in a decision sustained the company’s coniention. The county of 'Philadelphia then took the case to the state supreme court. Attorney General Todd, repre-enting the state of Pennsylvaria, pfriicipated in the proceedings and made the principal argnment before the lcwer and higher courts against the railrcad's conten- tich. Other railroads Lrought similar ac- tions: in other counties of the state, but the Pennsylvanvia's suit was the only one to reach the supreme court. REVOLUTIOHISTS BEATEN. Haytian Government Troops Capture Town of St. Marc. Port au Prince, Hayti, Jan. 21.— Government forces attacked IM town of St. Marc, which was held by the revolutionists. The revoluticnists sur- rendered after a slight resistance. The government forces then marched to- wards Gonaives, which is completely surrounded. The government consid ers the revolution as practically ended. Entombed Forty-six Days. Bly, Nev, Jan. 2lL—After having been entombed forty-six days in the Alpha shaft cf the Giroux mine A. D. Balley, P. J. Brown and Frad McDoa- ald have been rescued. Whistles all over the disirict blew Iloudly and crowds cheered in the streets of Ely and every tell in the town was rung. Dynamite Explosion Kills Two. Gladstone, Mich., Jan. 21.—While engaged in loading sticks of dynamite in holes bored in rock at a quarry site here Edward Quackenbush and John Williams were killed. Both were fear- fully cut about the face and head, the flesh being torn into shreds. — All Escaped but Him. Mrs, Hastymatch—I had a dozen pro- posals before yours, all from smarter fen than you too. Mr. Hastymatch— ! {'to a heresy. ‘state rights’zin a new_form.” They must have been, How did they manage to crawl out of 1t? STATE LAW 15 VOID Judge Smith McPherson Knocks Out Missouri Statute, RAILROADS GET INJUNCTION Secretary of State Cannot Forfeit Charters of Foreign Corporations Transferring Suits From the State to the Federal-Courts. Kansas City, Jan. 21.—Judge Smitk McPherson, in the United States dis- trict court here, declared void and un- constitutional the statute passed by the Missouri legislature in 1907 for- bidding foreign corporations from transferfing suits: . brought against jthem from the state to’the federal courts upon pain of forfeiture of their charter. The application of the Rock Island, the Santa Fe, the St. Louls, Kansas City and Colorado, the Mil- waukee and St. Paul and the Chicago and Alton Railway companies. for an injunction to prevent John E. Swan- ger, secretary of stite; from enforcing the law was granted by the court. Judge McPherson, in ‘his:decision, goes into the law of .the case at great length and quotes:freely from previ- ous decisions to sustain his position. The decision, in part, follows: “This court is-mindful of the criti- cism by many laymen, as well as by many lawyers, to the effect that Unit- ed States courts have no, right, nor even the power; to decree the invalid- ity of state statutes. The argument, or rather the talk, is that the people know what they need and that their répresentatives n the legislature as- sembled alone should determine what slatutes we must have. And when so determined and evidenced by legisla- tive ‘enactment that the courts should not interfere by decree and thereby thwart the legislative will. In other words, that it is well to limit the pow- ers of executives and courts, that a writter constitution restraining legis- lative bodies is all wrong and that Great Britain has the model govern- ment.” Officers of the state, continued Judge McPherson in his decision, too often. decry the power of the nation. “State rights is their shibboleth,” he added. “The most -attractive argu- ment- to some lawyers of recent days is that the state courts alone in the first instance should pass upon the question as to the .validity of state statutes, with the right of the defend- ed party to carry the case for final de- cree to the supreme court of the Unit- ed States. “Such.arguments are plausi- *ble, are convincing to many good peo- ple, but are's6 dangerous as to amount It is the extreme of GILL LI, BROTHERS Our Big Money Raisicg Sale ~_Is Drawing to a Close LONESDAY EVE ! Jan. 22, at 8 p. m., will see the last of the GREATEST SALE Bemidji ever saw in CLOTHING, FURNISHINGS AND SHOES : We still have a lIarge selection of fine Suits and Overcoats that we are . selling at prices that won’t pay for the cloth alone. - i Our large stock of Shoes we are selling at greatly reduced prices.. Some broken lots we are selling below cost. All Rubbers, Mackinaws and Sheep Lined Coats we are selling at actual cost---We don’t even figure the freight. i REMEMBER Wednesday Is the Last Day, So Come and Save Money ~ GILL BROS Next Door to Fxrst National Bank ALDRICH BILL IS SCORED. Bankers Call It Step Backward to Days of Wildcat Currency. Chicago, Jan. 21.—The resolutions commitiee of the currency commis- sion of the American Bankers' asso- clation has issued a full report of the meeting of the commission at which the various asset currency plans now before congress were discussed and wejected. The: report summarizes the commis- sion’s objections to the Aldrich bill and‘ the present Fowler bill and then presents a bill in thirteen sections, which the commission, with the back- Ing of the association, will recommend to congress The Aldrich bill is declared to be “impracticable, unwise and financially unsound.” The Fowler hill, according to the report, “introduces schemes so farreaching in their scope and~touch- Ing so many collateral interests not germane to the real solution of our currency difficulties that we believe its passage would unsettle rather than improve financial conditions.” The proposed Aldrich law is called a “step backwards to the conditions which gave rise to the ‘wildcat’ cur- rency beforg the Civil war.” EXAMINER TAKES CHARGE Two St. Paul Banks Fail to Open Their Doors. St. Paul, Jan, 21.—The doors of the State bank of St. Paul and the Citi- zens’ Savings bank were not opened for business. The announcement waz posted that the two institutions were in the hands of the bank examiner. These are the two St. Paul banks with which A. Z. Drew, owner of the Hamline and Midway private banks, which closed their doors last Friday, was connected and it was largely through the failure of the Drew pri- vate banks that public confidence in the other banks was put to a test. ‘While no figures as to assets and liabilities of the State bank of St. Paul and the Citizens’ Savings bank are available it is stated positively in the office of the public.examiuer that there is no question as to the solvency of the Citizens’ Savings bank and that the affairs of the State bank of St. Paul will be straightened out within a reasonable time. ‘The total deposits’ of the two banks 18 abcut $500,000. GET BACK GOOD CHANGE. Much Counterfeit Money in Church Contribution Boxes. New York, Jan. 21.—Orders have been issued in a number of Roman Catholic churches in Greater New York directing the ushers who take up collections to discontinue giving change to those who 'wish to con- tribute. It has been the habit to give to those who asked for it on the ground that they did not have coins of the size they wished to put in the contribution box. It has been discov- ered that a large number of counter- feit half dollars found their way into the church collections in that manner. The passers of the money would drop a lead half dollar into the box and receive 25 cents change. Many churches have been thus victimized, one church having found thirty-two of the counterfeit coins in one Sunday’s collections. MAY STCP AT BUENOS AYRES Torpedo Boat Flotilla Will Lay Over for 4 Day or Two. ‘Washington, Jan. 21.—Admiral Ev- ans, in a dispatch to the navy depart- ment from Rio de Janeiro, suggests that the torpedo boat destroyer flo- tilla visit Buenos Ayres. It was feared that a visit to the Argentine capital would not be possible because the de- stroyers had fallen several days be- hind in their itinerary and Admiral Evans had gone so far as to request the privilege of having the destroyers accompany his big ships direct to Sandy point from Rio de Janeiro. At Buenos Ayres they will lay over for perhaps not more than a day, replen- ish their coal supplies and then pro- ceed from there to sea to join the bat- tleships- at Sandy point. To stop at Buenos Ayres will put the men in good shape for the long run to Sandy point. MAY DEFEAT THE BUDGET S8trong Opposition to Government’s Policy 'in Japan. Tokio, Jan. 21.—At the Daido club sixty members of the lower house in the diet issued a manifesto which pro- claimed unalterable opposition to the financial policy of the government. This is one of the significant de- velopments of ‘the present situation, because Marquis Katsura, the former premier, is recoghized as the leading spirit of the Daidos, although he does not lay any claim to the position of leader. This action unites the Daidos with the Progressive party and practically unites the opposition, indicating that the government will be defeated in its attempt to carry through the budget. Accused of Serious Offenses. Detroit, Mich., Jan. 21.—Lieutenant Russell F. Hazzard of the Seventh United States infantry, stationed at Fort Wayne and one of the men who was with General Funston when Ag- uinaldo was captured in the Philip- pines. was placed on-trial before a courtmartial of twelve officers on a number of grave charges. The in- dictment, to which Lieutenant Haz- zard pleaded not guilty, alleges con- duct unbecoming an officer and a gen- tleman, forgery, -embezzlement . of company funds and passing worthless checks. Charles Emory Smith Dead. Philadelphia, Jan. 21.—Charles Em- ory Smith, aged sixty-five, editor of the Press, former minister to Russia and postmaster general, died suddenly at his home n this city. Death was caused by heart trouble. For about & month Mr. Smith had been in poor health, but his condition had not been regarded a: serious. Appreciated the BeautHul. That it is not always well to put on one’s dowdiest garments when one goes to visit the poor is the moral of a story told in an English maga- zine recently. There were two phi- lanthropists, according to the tale, one a professional and the other an ama- teur. The professional had arranged to take the amateur to a gathering of slum dwellers in the east end of Lon- don. At the appointed hour the ama- teur, who happens to be a duchess and a great beauty, appeared at the house of ‘hex friend, a dazzling apparition in court dress, tlara and jewels. ‘“Oh, my dear,” gasped the - professional, falling helplessly into the nearest chair, “don’t you know that we are going to one of the lowest and most squalid slums? [ can’t promise that you will bring any of that back with you.” But the beauty only laughed. “That’s all right,” she said. *“I quite understand you. But poor people love beautiful things. Their children espe- clally are captivated with fine dresses and feathers. Just wait and you will see!” And the professional did see. Those poor, half starved, half naked slum dwellers had eyes for no one but the dazzling young beauty who had done them the infinite honor of coming to see them In her most beautiful frock and jewels. Not Much News. In the summer of 1903 an exploring expedition set out from Cook inlet, Alaska, in an attempt to climb Mount McKinley, the highest peak on the American continent. They went in with a pack of cayuses through a hun- dred miles of tundra and then strug- gled for weeks over glaclers and through terrible hardships, to emerge at last on the Chulitna river, down which they rafted to civilization, as vepresented by Cook inlet. As they came in, worn, ragged, al- most dead from exposure and hunger, a tall old man strolled upshore with four white men’s dogs, says Robert Dunn in “The Shameless Diary of an Explorer.” They asked him the news of the world. “Waal, yer know the pope's dead,” he drawled, “and the cardinals held a sort of convention and elected a new pope. “Roosevelt he's agreed to complain to the czar of Rooshia about them mas- sacreed Jews, and some one’s killed that Queen Dragon of Servia trying to jump her claim to the throme. And Rooshia's going to fight the Japs. The’ ain’t much Bappened this summer.” Murdered by a Statue. The death of Kenith, the half myth- ical king of Scotland, was one of_the most curious and remarkable in his- tory, if it may be called a historical fact. It seems that Kenith had slain Cruthlintus, a son, and Malcolm Duf- fus, the king and brother of Fennella. She, to be revenged, caused Wiltus, the most ingenious artist of the time, to fashion a statue filled with automatic springs and levers. Finished and set up this brazen image was an admirable work of art. In its right hand Wiltus placed a ewer and in the left an apple of pure gold finely set with diamonds and other preclous stones. To touch this apple was to court death. It was so arranged that any one guilty of such vandalism would be immediately rid- dled with arrows shot from loop- holes in the statute’s body. Kenith was Invited to see the wonder and, kinglike (and just as Fennella hoped), tried to pluck the imitation fruit. He was instantly riddled with poisoned ar- rows, dying where he fell. Still Ahead. ‘A congressman says he was riding in a smoking car on a little one track road and in the seat in front of him sat a jewelry drummer. He was one of those wide awake, never-let-any- one-get-the-better-of-him style of men. Presently the train stopped to take on ‘water, and the conductor neglected to send back a flagman. A limited ex- press, running at a rate of ten miles an hour, came along and bumped the rear end of the first train. The drum- mer was lifted from his seat and pitch- ed head first agatnst the seat ahead. His silk hat was jammed clear down over his ears. He picked himself up and settled back in his seat. No bones had been broken. Then he pulled off his hat, drew a long breath -and, straightening up, said: “Hully gee! Well, they didn’t get by us anyway!" Got His Wish. At the height of their nightly quar- rel the other day Mrs, Blank choked .back a sob and sald reproachfully: “I was reading one of your old let- ters today, James, and you said in it ‘that you would rather live in endless torment with me than in bliss by your- self” “well, growled. I got my wish,” Blank The Dolphin Violin. The Dolphin violin was so named on account of the beauty of the wood, the back of the instrument resembling the color of a dolphin. It was made by 8tradivarius in 1714, and it is consider- ed the most beautiful violin in the ‘world? It is owned by an Englishman and is valued at £5,000.—Musical Home Journal. Well Occupied In Either Case. It is beautiful to see a young girl start out with the avowed intention of devoting her life to teaching school, and yet few péople blame her seriously when she quits to get married. —Tomb- stone Epitaph. A Hypocrite. Teacher (after explaining the charac- ter of the Pharisee)—And now what do we mean by a “hypocrite?’” Pupil— Please, miss, a man wot says he 18 wot he {sn’t, but he uin't-~Pruch. Lord Young's Wit Looking across the table of a public dinner at the overrubicund and fishy eyes of his neighbor opposite, Lord Young, who was a famous lawyer, in- quired who the owner of the vinous countenance might be and was told he was the president of a water trust. “Aye,” sald Lord Young. - “Well, he looks like a man that could be trusted with any amount of water!” Some one told Lord Young that the house of lords had on appeal affirmed a decision of his. “It may be rlgh& ffter IIL _Was_ RAILROAD WATCHES A la.rge and complete stock always on huand GED. T, BAKER & GO, WATCH_INSPECTOR ... FOR.., Minnesota & International Ry. Big Falls & Internatiomal Ry. WANIS ONE CENT A WORD. HELP WANTED. ' WANTED FOR U. S. ARMY: Able- bodied unmarried men, between ages of 21 and 35; citizens of United States, of good character and temperate habits, who can speak, read, and write English For information apply to Recruit ing Officer, Miles Block, Bemidji Minn. WANTED: Competent track man to take charge of seventeen miles of narrow guage logging railroad in Yucatan Mexico. Liberal wages to right man. Inquire or address G. E.iCrocker, Bemidji, Minn. WANTED: An all-around black- smith and wood worker. No “boozer” need apply. A. B. Par- mer, Solway, Minn, WANTED—Bell boy. Inquire Hotel Markham. FOR SALE. FOR SALE—Rubber stamps. The Pioneer will procure any kind of a rubber stamp for you an short notice. FOR SALE: At McIntosh; 50- horsepower steam engine. Address Anton Jensen, McIntosh. FOR SALE—House and lot, cheap. Inquire of John, Washburn, 607 Irwin avenue. * | s -FOR RENT. B TS SU S SSSNUS FOR RENT—A 6-room flat and a S-room flat, steam heat and electric light, in Brinkman_Hotel Annex. FOR RENT—Six room cottage, 913 Bemidji Ave. H. A. Miles. ’Phone 8. FOR RENT: Furnished 921 Minnesota avenue. _ MISCELLANEOUS. Ao oot PUBLIC LIBRARY—Open Tues- days, Thursdays and Saturdays, 2:30 to 6 ‘p.- m., and Saturday evening 7:30 to 9 p. m. also. Library in basement of Court House. Mrs. Harriet . Campbell, librarian. rooms. WANTED—Suite of three rooms, suitable for parlor and two bed- rooms. Unfurnished. Reason- able rent. J. A. Armstrong. Can it be true that you shop during stormy weather— Telephone buying is the proper way. “Use the Northwestern” - Northwesiern Telepnone Exchange Gompany Owl Drug Btore. . A BEAU ggm. I-'ACE B_E“AUT!§KIN g e measy rolunbed. - .CHICHESTER CH CO. Madison rEu cnnt-flfi:.l' R