Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 30, 1908, Page 2

S THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER' PUBLISHED NVMRY AFTMRNOON, A A R A A A AN A A AN AN A OFFICIAL PAPER---CITY OF BEMIDIJI BEMIDJI PIONEER PUBLISHING CO. CLYDE J. PRYOR | A 0. RUTLEDGE Business Manager Munaging Bditor Sntered In the postofiice at Bemidjl. Mine., a3 second class matter. SUBSCRIPTION---$5.00 PER ANNU WELCH DOING GOOD WORK. We occassionally hear about a Minnesota Immigration Bureau, just where they are or what they are doing is not so plain. The people in the conjested centers and in places where farm property has reached the prohibition figure, should be informed through some reliable source, that there are thou- sands upon thousands of acres of good tillable land in Northern Minnesota that can be secured at from $3.00 to $12.00 per acre. There are numerous tracts of land in this part of the state where there is wood and logs enough on the land to pay for it, at the price it is held at, and it has been clearly demonstrated that this is an ideal country for stock raising and dairy farming. This Immigration Bureau that has been “lost, strayed or stolen,” should be located and put to work.—Akeley Herald. Brother Geise should a few. “read up,” The papers of the twin cities, Bemidji and .other places in the state have been filled of late with glowing accounts of the work that is being done by this same Minnesota Immigration Bureau to- ward informing the land-hungry as to where they can get just such land as is mentioned in the above article. George Welsh, the new commis- sioner of immigration, is doing great service in inducing settlers to come to the state, and, more- over, heisa great friend of the north half of the state. Read up, Bro. Geise. - OBSERVATIONS. [By “Doc"] “Woman bridge players are out laws,” says an Illinois pastor. Per- soually we find that most of them are our “‘in-laws.” A preacher says that “the man who invented cards must have come from Hades.” And broughtethe poker with him, at that. Swarthmore gave up $3,000,000 to preserve its freedom, and the first use the students make of it is to put a cow in the dormitory at night. Looks to uslike paying a pretty high price for beef, even in these days. We are grieved to the heart to note that little Kate Vanderbilt, being but a child of 4, could not give Count and Countess Szechenyi anything more elaborate than a beggarly outfit of solid gold dinner plates. The Worth of His Money. Not seldom in highland districts the attendance at church during unpropi- tlous weather is but scanty. One min- ister, finding himself on a boisterous Sunday confronted with Jbut one soli- tary aunditor, who happened to be a gruff, outspoken character, took him Into his confidence, with a view to propitiate him.” “Will T go on with the sermon, John?" John answered gruff- 1y, “Of course.” Getting into the pul- pit and leaning over it, he asked, “Will 1 give you the Gaelic sermon or the English one?’ “Gie's baith. Ye're weel paid for .’t,” said John, more gruffly still.—Dundee Advertiser. Bituminous Coal. Shortly after the adoption of bitu- minous coal as a fuel in England a royal proclamation was used forbid- dlng its use and authorizing the de- struction of the furnaces of the users, who were characterized as evil doers. Scarcity of fuel, it seems, shortly com- pelled the resumption of its use. In the reign of Elizabeth bituminous coal was again prohibited during ses- slons of parliament lest the health of the members suffer thereby.—London Telegraph. The Richest. That country is the richest which nourishes the greatest number of no- ble and bhappy human beings; that man is the richest who, having per- fected the functious of his own life to the utmost, has also the widest help- ful influence, both personal and by means of his possessions, over the lives of others.—John Ruskin. The Poet’s Son. “Why, Freddy, how dirty you are, and only yesterday you wrote a verse for papa's birthday, promising always to wash your hands clean.” “Well, mamma, that was only a poetic license.”—Fliegende Blatter. Asserting Himself. He—Will you be my wife? She—The idea! Don't be ridiculous. He—Yes, 1 know it sounds ridiculous; but, then, I'm not so particular as some men are. —Boston Transcript. Nothing is hnpossible to the man who can and will.—liirabeau. [TSREASONING FAULTY Mr. Bryan Comments on Latest Supreme Court Decision. CONGRESS WITHIN RIGHTS Declares Corporations Are the Crea- tures of Law and as Such Should Enjoy Only the Rights and Priv- ileges Conferred on Them. ‘Washington, Jan. 29.—W. J. Bryan again visited the lobby of the house of representatives and spent an hour or more gn the company of Representa- tive Ollle James of Kentucky, shaking hands and chatting with members. Mr. Bryan's attention being called to the supreme court decision holding that a corporation has a right to dis- charge a man because he is a member of a labor union he dictated the fol- lowing statement to the Assoclated Press: “I have not had an opportunity to read the decision, having seen only the account of it in the morning pa- pers. The subject is one of vital im- portance and I do not understand by what course of reasoning the majority of the court reached the decision an- nonnced. A corporation is a creature of law. It has no rights except those given it by law and.it must not be confused with the natural man. Man was created to carry out a divine pur- pose; the corporation was created to make money. The corporation enjoys many rights and privileges which are denied to the individual and it can- not claim the possession of any nat- ural or inalienable rights. The power that creates a corporation can restrict it, restrain it and control it and con- gress has plenary powers in dealing with corporaiions in so far as they engage in interstate commerce. Did Not Exceed Its Power. “Whatever may be the rights of an individual in dealing with other in- dividuals the government certainly has the right to determine the condi- tions upon which a corporation can exist and do business and congres: can fix the terms upon which a state corporation can engage in interstate commerce. “The union is a lawful association and if a man can be discharged be- cause he belongs to a labor union by the same logic he can be discharged if he belongs to a political party ob- Jectionable to the employer or to a church against which the employer is prejudiced. “Followed to its logical conclusion the principle laid down by the court, as I understand the decision, would enable the corporation to set itself up as a dictator in regard to the habits, thoughts and convictions of its em- ployes on any and every subject. “The fact that two of the justices have dissented enables me to dissent from the conclusion of the majority without disrespect to the ability or high power of those who have given what I regard as an erroneous con- struction to the Constitution.” COMMITTEE -AT WASHINGTON Resolutions of Trust Conference Pre- sented to President. Washington, Jan. 29.—In accord- ance with the action of the national conference on combinations and trusts held in Chicago last October resolu- tions in advocacy of reform legislation were presented to President Roose- velt and to the two houses of congress by Seth Low of New York, Samuel Gompers, president of, the American Federaticn of Labor, and James O’Con- nell, president of the International As- sociatior of Machinists. Mr. Low stated that the resolutions expressed the desire of the trust con- ference for legislation and efforts would be made to have congress take up the several subjects dealt with at its present session. In brief the rec- ommendations are for a law permit- ting pooling agreements among the railroads subject to the approval and supervision of the interstate com- merce commission; for the creation of a commission to consider the entire subject of business and industrial combinations and to report its recom- mendations to congress; to amend and broaden the Sherman anti-trust law and to provide for the examina- tion, inspection and supervision of great producing and manufacturing associations. It is understood that the president made no expression of his views on the subjects dealt with, ADMIT DEEDS OF BRUTALITY Officers of Illinois Reformatory Tes- tify at Investigation. Pontiae, N1, Jan. 29.—Members of the board of managers of the Illinois state reformatory in this city, at a session here, heard stories from the lips of officers of the institution them- selves of brutality and torture inflict- ed upon Willle Hamlin, an inmate, whose death and the conflicting ex- planations thereof has raised a storm of criticism. The original story that the board convened to inquire into, that Hamlin was beaten and kicked into a condition that resulted in his death, has as yet received no con- firmation other than the boy's ante- mortem statement to his mother. But, thongh hastening to explain that they did not heat, the disciplinarians of the institution admit that they admin- istered punishment beside which a beating would be child’s p'ay. An Insidious Danger. One of the worst features ot kid- ney trouble is that it is an insid- ious disease and before the victim realizes his danger he may have a fatai malady. = Take Foley’s Kid- ney Cure at the first sigh of trouble as it corrects irregularities and prevents Bright's disease and dia- betes. E. A, Barker. GIVES STARTLING EVIDENCE Minister on the Stand in Capitol Graft Cases. Harrisburg, Pa., Jan. 30.—Startling testimony was given by Rev. Samuel C. Huston of Philadelphia at the trial of the conspiracy suits against former Auditor General Snyder, former State ‘Treasurer Mathues, ‘Contractor J. H. Sanderson and James M. Shumaker, former superintendent of grounds and buildings. Huston is a brother of Architect Joseph M. Huston, who was Indicted jointly with these four de- fendant;s and secured a separate trial with the consent of the common- wealth. . Rev. Mr. Huston testified that dur- ing the architect’s absence in Europe in the interest of the state the wit- ness was a clerk. Before Huston went away he left architect’s certificates in blank with his name signed to them. Sanderson, who supplied the furniture for the capitol, callad at the office and secured from the witness a certificate, which, he said, Snyder demanded be- fore issuing 2 warrant for the pay- ment of Sanderson’s bill. The wit- ness also said Sanderson told him Shumaker would approve the bill and that everything would be all right. On this assurance Huston gave the cer- tificate to Sanderson. This certificate is attached to a bill for furniture in the indictment in the suit now on trial. The commonwealth will now try to prove that this furniture was contract- ed for under one item in capitol fur- nishing schedule and paid for under another item in this schedule. Former Governor Pennypacker is here under subpoena as a witness for the defense. DIES TO SAVE HIS BOY. New York Machinist Killed by a Train. New York, Jan. 30.—John Gladys, a machinist, lost his life at Great Kills, S. 1, in saving that of his eleven-year- old son. The boy and his father were walking along the tracks of the Staten Island Rapid Transit company when the little fellow stepped directly in front of a moving train. Seeing the boy's peril Gladys rushed after him and had pushed him out of danger, but in doing so slipped on the icy track and fell directly in the path of the engine. The boy was unhurt. Serious Famine in Lapland. Stockholm, Jan. 30.—Serious famine is prevalent in the iron district of Northern Lapland. According to a dispatch to Dagens Nyheter from Kiruna, the inhabitants in the parish of Velhelmina have gone to the ex- treme of slaughtering dogs and cats for food to prevent starvation. BRIEF BITS OF NEWS. The Michigan constitutional con- ‘vention voted down, by a vote of 47 to 34, a proposal for woman suffrage. Rev. John W. Venebal, for forty years. sovereign grand chaplain of the 0dd Fellows in the United States, is dead at Hopkinsville, Ky. Secretary Taft has left Washington for Cleveland to attend the McKinley day banquet of the Tippecanoe club, 2% which he is expected to made an ad- dress. Senator Gore of Oklahoma has in- troduced a joint resolution amending the Constitution so as to give con: gress power to levy an income tax, either graduated or otherwise. Samuel ‘Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, was an impromptu speaker before the house committee on banking and cur- rency. He asserted that a proper in- terpretation of the Constitution shows that the government of the United States is the duly-constituted author- ity for tife issuing of money. MARKET QUOTATIONS. Minneapolis Wheat. Minneapolis, Jan. 29.—Wheat—May, $1.08%; TJuly, $1.08% @1.09. On track —No. 1 hard, $1.13%; No. 1 Northern, $1.10%@1.10%; No. 2 Northern, $l.- 081% @1.05%; No. 8 Northern, $1.03% @1.055. 8t. Paul Union Stock Yards. St. Paul, Jan. 29.—Cattle—Good to choice 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@5.00. Hogs—$4.00@4.15. Sheep—Wethers, $4.75@5.15; good to choice lambs, $6.25@86.75. % Duluth Wheat and Flax. Dulnth, Jan. 29.—Wheat—To arrive and on track—No. 1 hard, $1°115; No. 1 Northern, $1.09%; No. 2 Northern, $1.06%; May, $1.09%; July, $1.10%. In store—No. 1 Northern, $1.065; No. 2 Northern, $1.03%. Flax—To arrive and on track, $1.16%; May, $1.18%; July, $1.20%;. Chicago Union Stock Yards. Chicago, Jan. 29.—Cattle—Beeves, $3.60@6.05; cows and heifers, $1.70@ 4.60; Texans, $3.30@4.00; calves, $5.00 @7.00; Western cattle, $3.70@4.65; stockers and feeders, $3.860@4.60. Hogs —ILight, $4.05@4.30; mixed, $4.10@ 4.40; heavy, $4.10@4.40; rough, $4.10 @4.15; pigs, $3.50@4.10. Sheep, $3.40 @5.65; yearlings, $5.00@5.75; lambs, $5.00@7.25. Chicago Grain and Provisions. Chicago, Jan. 29.—Wheat—May, $1.00% @1.00%; July, 97%c; Sept., 94%c. Corn—May, 80% @€0%¢c; July, 59%c; Sept., 58%c. Oats—May, old, 5364c; May, 51%c; July, old, 46%c; July, 44%¢c; Sept., 383%c. Pork—Jan,, $12.10; May, $12.60. Butter—Cream- eries, 21@32c; dairies, 20@28¢c. Hggs —21% @ 23c. Poultry—Turkeys, 10¢; chickens, 10%c; springs, 10c. His Rising Day. “He never did rise in the world til he. stumbled over a lot o' dynamite,” the village gossip said, “an’ even then, like S0 many men in the risin’ busl- ness, he never did know what he riz fer!”—Atlanta Constitution. Health Recipe. One time a man asked the poet Long- fellow how to be healthy, and ‘this is the answer he recelved: Joy, temperance and repc Blam the duor on the' ——— E— Secretary Cortelyou Answers Sen- ate Resolution of Inquiry. FINANCIAL SITUATION .GRAVE dustifies Issue of Panama Bonds and Certificates of Indebtedness by As- serting That Some Strong and Reso- lute Step Was Necessary. Washington, Jan. 30.—In response to a resolution agreed to by the sen- ate on Dec. 12, 1907, the secretary of the treasury has transmitted to thaf body detailed statements concerning the award of Panama bonds and 3 per cent certificates, together with Tecent financial transactions of the govern- ment, and also embodying 1 ,’ormation as to the general state ¢ 2 nation’s finances during the closiu; moaths of 1907, the period over which the re- cent financial panic extended. Secretary Cortelyou states that busi- ness conditions were becoming .mset- tled when he became financial mem- ber of the cabinet in March, 1907, Various stringencies occurred prior to August, which were promptly re- lieved. A plan of weekly deposits of government funds in various banks was begun on Aug. 28. By Oct. 14 these deposits had reached a total of $28,000,000. By the middle of Novem- ber the treasury had met the demand for relief to the extent that the work- ing balance was reduced to approxi- mately $5,000,000. It being apparent that no further deposits could safely be made banks were permitted to sub- stitute bonds suitable for savings bank investments for- governinent bonds, which were held as security against public deposits. Government bonds were thus released as security for additional bank note circulation. After the issue of Panama honds and one-year treasury certificates the bank note circulation began to in- crease until it stood, on Dec. 31, at $690,130,895, as against $607,118,742 on Oct. 15. On Jan. 18, 1908, the issue had reached $695,927,806. “The announcement of the issues of new securities by the treasury,” says Mr. Cortelyou, “marked in some de- gree the turning point of the panic. No further steps were considered nec- essary except to continue the deposit of public moneys for a time where they were available and early in De- cember it became possible to replen- | ish the cash in the treasury by the withdrawal of -about $6,000,000 from national banks in New York city. This was followed on Jan. 22 by austher call for $10,000,000 from New York banks. This will be followed soon by a call on outside banks based upon local conditions rather than nupon a fixed percentage of their holdings of public money.” Circulation Reduced One-tenth. The amount of currency which dis- appeared from cizculation: from (he tinie of the suspension of the Knizker- bocker Trust company until confidence was practically restored in December is stated as approximately $29¢,000, 000. This amounted substauntially to one-tenth of the entire estimaied money in circulation in the United States. The secretary of the treasury touched upon the gravity of the situa- tion abroad as well as in this country and gives figures concerning the ex- port of merchandise to show the en- ergy with which the economic re- sources of the country were devoted to the relief of the situation, the ex- cess of exports over imports rising from $1,464,404 in August, 1907, to $114,890,665 in December, 1907. Secretary Cortelyou defends the issue of Panama bonds and treasury certificates by saying that it was ad- visable to take some strong and reso- lute step which would convince the Dublic, both at home and abroad, that the government was thoroughly alive to the situation and determined to give. its aid in every possible legal and proper form. Concerning the distributuion of pub- lic moneys in banks throughout the country the secretary says it has been. done without regard to partisanship and no section has received other than the fair and impartial consideration to which it is entitled. It is shown that the amount of public deposits on Aug. 22 was about $115,000,000, of which the New York banks held $28,253,386. On Dec. 7 the figures show public de- posits throughout the country amount- Ing to $222,352,252. When Secretary Cortelyou’s report was -laid before the senate in printed form Mr. Culberson inquired of the vice president whether the pamphlet contained all of the secretary’s com- munication. The vice president said he had not examined the report and did not know whether the pamphlet contained all of the message. “I do not recall an instance,” said Mr. Culberson, “in.which a head of a department of the government has answered a senate resolution in print- ed form.” Mr. Culberson sald that the fact of ‘which he complained was that the pecretary of the treasury had printed his argument and had it laid on the desks of senators and had left the statement of facts, which accompanied it, to be printed afterwards. Three lowa Farmers Killed. Clinton, Ia., Jan. 30.—As the result of a grade crossing collision between an fnterurban electric car and a buggy three farmers named George Barley, Albert Henry and Emil Cashier are dead. They resided near Princeton. Ia. 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 serious results need be feared. The genuine Foley’s Honey and Tar con- tains no harmful drugsandisina ,}el}ow package. ~ Refuse substitutes. E. A. Barker. o . Condor Individuality. ‘We had the Lest chance of studying the colors of the condor bead. The bill was horn color, and the red skin of the head extended dowu, covering it about halfway. The legs were tan, but on each knee was a patch of red. On the breast of each bird the skin was blood red and could be seen occasionally when the breast feathers were spread and the birds weve preening. Both hac light colored wing barg, and the pri- marles ‘were well worn, The skin on the throat hung.Joose. and the lower mandible fitied @ under the upper. The chin was orange red. and below this on the neck was a strip of green- ish yellow meizing into the orange about the sides and back of the neck. The top and frout of the head were red, but betweea the eres was a smali pateh of black. fe:the: aud these, ex- tended down in front of the eye into the or -od of the cheek. pupil of the s bluek, but the irks was deep ant red and comspicuous. The bald and wrinkled pate, the flabby Jowls, h the cave-in expy ion of a toothless old womnn—these helped to make up the condor William L. Jinle individuality.~ in Century. It Didr't Coma Natural. i the d that man tell truth once or ftwice.” said one Wall street man talking of another. “He can tell the trutii 1 admit, but it does the ante ary commis- sioner «f' Lis town. There was an anxious frown on his face. - A friend approached and said: % “‘What is the matter, Piotr?" “ am worried." Piotr answered, ‘about son. 1 dou't know what to say whed the commissioner asks me about his age. You see, if 1 make him younger than lie is he will be sent back to school. and if I make him out older they'll stick him in the army. What the deuce am 1 to do?’ “*How would it do. the friend thoughtfuily, *if you told the commis- i act :‘.gr?‘ apped Lis leg and laughed v thing!” he cried. f that!' "™ ‘I nev- " Pay of Army Officers. ‘When a young man becomes a cadet at West Point. he enters upon a gov- ernment allowvance of §609.50 a year, On graduation the West DPointer is commissioned u second lieutenant and receives a salary of $1:400 if unmount- ed or $1,500 if mounted. Increases at each five year period bring the pay at the end of twenty years up to $1,960 in the one case and $2,100 in the other. The pay of first lieutenants begins at $1,500 and $1,600; captains, $1,800 and $2,000; majors, $2,500; lieutenant colo- nels, $3,000; colonels, §3,500. Each offi- cer attains a 40 per cent maximum in- crease in twenty years. On the average the salary of the army officer is higher than that of the college professor, the minister or the graded civil service employee. The of- ficer has allowances for residence and personal attendance. He_ may buy TO CURE'A COLD IN ONE DAY. T ke LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine Tablets D yuggists refund money if it fails tocure E}_. ‘W. GROVE'S signature is on each box 2¢ Suit Such During L. T. Cooper’s recent visit to Chicago, where his new preparation and theory created the usual sensation, many hundreds of people brought enormous internal parasites to the young man, which had left the system after taking his medicine, Among these people was Mr. Emil Winkler, who brought to Cooper a tapeworm that proved to be over ninety feet in length. Mr. Winkler, who resides at 182 East Ohio Street, Chicago, had this to say of his expe- rience: “For five years I have been more or less complaining. I have had severe headaches, and any food that I would eat would nauseate me. I would have bad dreams almost every night; dizzy spells would compel me to quit work. Black spots would appear be- fore. my eyes when stooping over and rising quickly. I would feel tired most of the time; in fact, I had no life in me to speak of for the last five years. I tried various treatments. and one AWFUL CREATURE WAS NINETY FEET LONG Recent Grewsome Experience of a Chicago * Man Is Sample of a_ Series_of Cases physician in St. Louis was recom- mended to me, and I was under his treatment some time, but as usual I obtained no relief. “So many people asked me to try Cooper’s preparation that I decided to do 8o, and after using it for a few days, this awful thing passed from my system. I feel much better already, and I want to say right here that I’ thank Mr, Cooper a hundred times for what his medicine has done for me. I would not take $5,000 and have that thing back in my system again.” Mr. Winkler is a fair sample of the experience of many during Cooper’s stay in Chicago, and this no doubt helped to account for the enmormous sale of the Cooper preparation in this city and others, recently visited by the young man, We sell and will be pleased to explain the Ceoper preparations. —E. N. French & Co. Bousehold suppliés from a governmen* commissary at cost. — Detroit News- Tribune. Could We Live on Mars? | The physical conditions on Mars are In many ways intermediate between those found upon- the earth and the moon, and it seems plausible that the life existing upon it should similarly be of a higher type than that found on the moon and of a lower type than that found at present on the surface of the earth. Even if the physical condi- tions, as we understand them, were equally favorable with those on the earth, civilization would by no means be a necessary consequence. Had it not been settled by Europeans the United States would still be a wilder- ness. How much less should we hasten to accord civilization to a planet of which we know little, except that if we were transported there ourselves we should instantly die.—Professor W. H. Pickering in Harper’s Magazine. Wise Insects. In his experiments to determine whether it is the color or the odor of flowers that attracts bees and other insects M. Plateau, the Belgian zoolo- gist, bethought him of trying a mirror. He selected a flower of striking color and strong odor and placed it before tion was perfect. All the insects went straight to the real flower, and not a single one approached the reflection in the mirror.—Youth's Companion. Joining the Great. An Oxford undergraduate was recit- ing a memorized oration in one of the classes in public speaking. After the first two sentences his memory failed. and a look of blank despair came over his face. He began as follows: “Ladies and Gentlemen—Pitt is dead. Fox is dead. Gladstone is dead"— Then, forgetting, he hesitated for a moment and continued, “And—I—I1—1 am beginning to feel pretty ‘sick’ my- self.”—Lloyd’s Weekly. Wire Trips moments by using the Trips via Long Distance Telephone involve no hotel bills, car fares or waste of time. ter where—you can make a round trip m a few Nerthwestern Long Distance Lines Northwestern Telephone Exchange Company No mat- Printing The | Pioneer Prirtery Is Equipped with Modern Machinery, in Commercial Printing. 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