Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 17, 1908, Page 2

i THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER PUBLISHED NVERY AFTNRNOON, OFFICIAL PAPER---CITY OF BEMIDJI BEMIDIJI PIONEER PUBLISHING CO. CLYDE J. PRYOR I A. 0. RUTLEDGE; Business Manager | Managing Editor Wntered In the postofiice at Bemidii. Minz., as second class matter. SUBSCRIPTION---$5.00 PER ANNUM WHAT’S BOB'S GAME? Charles B. Cheney had the follo »- ing interesting bit of political gos- sip in the Minneapolis Journal of Saturday: There are developments in the twin cities in the last few days that seem to point toward A. O. Eber- hart as the mysterious “third man” in the calculation of those trying to play off Young and Jacob- son against each other and defeat them both. While the lieutenant governor has protested that he is not a candidate, and his senatorial friends have assumed that he would be renominated to his present posi- tion, there has been some quiet booming in progress, looking to a move that will make Eberhart an active candidate for governor. This doesn’t mean that the field will be confined to three. Peter E. Hanson is also likely to be brought into the game, aud there may be others. The other day R. C. Dunn had a long conference in St. Paul with his old friend William E. Lee of Long Prairie. It was understood a while ago that Mr. Lee favored Young, and this promised a fight in Todd county with Lee and J. D. Jones and their faction for Young, while E. B. Wood, A. E. Sheets and their followers would be for Jacob- son. Senator Wood was in St. Paul yesterday, and said 'that the sentiment in Todd county was for Jacobson, butthat he did not know what position Lee would take. The Dunn interview was unquestionably for the purpose of swinging Lee in line for Jacob- son, or else making a candidate of him. One surmise is that support was offered to him asa candidate for the senate when Senator Nelson retires. who are OBSERVATIONS. (By “Doc"] It isn’t easy to down an upright man. Some men even like to brag about how much they owe. To often a man’s success leaves a bitter taste in his mouth. Great authors never use words that are larger than their ideas. One-half the world worships the other half because it has money. Spending your vacation s another term for spending money. As long as a man can keep his temper he isn’t his own worst en- emy. What the world needs is more workers and fewer knockers—espec- ially fewer knockers who work their victims before wielding the ham- mer. There will not be as great interest as usual in the mint crop in Georgia this year. The “lid” is on down there. EX-GOVERNOR INDICTED. Voorhees of New Jersey Accused of Perjury. New York, Feb. ¥ »—Indictments al- leging perjury were returned against tormer Governor of New Jersey Foster M. Veorhees and Frank H. Combes, following a grand jury inquiry into the acts of these two men while they were officlals of the Bankers' Life In- surance compeny. A special grand jury, which is in- vestigating a multitude of big finan- elal transactions, made an incursion into the field of life insurance two ‘weeks ago and the two indictments ure the outcome. The Bankers' Life Imsurance company went out of busi- ness some time ago and the allega- tions have to do with acts committed prior to 1805 and while Voorhees was president and Combes the secretary of the eompany. In the indictments, which are sim- flar, ome being returned against each, it 18 charged that in 1904 the presi- dent and secretary swore falsely in setting forth in a report to the state insurance department that certain claimed dividends were not due to policyholders. Prohibition Amendment Killed. Charleston, W. Va., Feb. 15.—The proposed constitutional amendment to prevent manufacture and sale of liquor in this state, except for scientific and medical purposes, which passed the house by 67 to 12, was defeated in the senate by a vote of 19 to 11, a two- thirds vote being necessary to pass the measure. One member was ab- sent because of sickness. CONTINUETO COMBINE Railroads of the Country Con- stantly Concentrating, INFORMATION FOR SENATE Interstate Commerce Commission De- clares Large Numbers of Lines Are Steadily Being Brought Under Con- trol of the Big Systems. Washington, Feb. 17.—That rail- roads are constantly tending toward combination, with virtual control vest- ed in the controlling company of the system, is reiterated and that express companies have large interests in the rallroads is pointed out in a report which the senate has received from the interstate commerce commission in response to Senator Tillman’s res- olution asking whether any corpora- tions engaged in interstate commerce own any of the capital stock of other corporations transporting passengers and freight. The resolution was de- signed to throw lisht on the avail- abllity of rallroad bonds as security under the provisions of the proposed currency legislation. As to_ coucentration Statisticlan Henry C. Adams of the commission reports that while practically no cases have occurred where roads had been taken out from other systems of which they were part on June 30,1904, a large number of railway companies then considered independent have been brought under control of sys- tems. The concentration, he says,. has taken place on both the financial and operating sides. An exhibit showing the holdings of railway stocks by the express com- panies points out that the Adams Ex- press company holds $13,866,650 in railway stocks and $902,000 in railway bonds; the American Express com- pany $8,002,800 in railway stocks and $6,730,000 in rallway bonds; the Unit- ed States Express company $195,000 in raflway stocks and $3,454,000 in rallway bonds. The total holdings of the express companies are shown to be $22,218,950 in railway stocks and $12,324,000 in railway bonds. REIGN OF TERROR EXISTS Congressman Sims Gives His View of Conditions in Washington. Washington, Feb. 17.—The charge that a reign of terror exists in the city of Washington was made in the house of representatives by Mr. Sims of Tennessee. He referred to the robbery of a woman in front of the British embassy and sald it was the twenty-first of such crimes committed In this city since September last. He denounced the police force of the city and referred to the fact that although there was within quick call by tele- phone a regiment of cavalry and a regiment of marines their services had not been enlisted to run down the criminals, who, he said, were as a rule negroes. Mr. Sims charged in reply to a question by Mr. Tawney (Minn.) that the increase of crime in the District of Columbia was due to an Inefi- clent police administration. He de- clared that at the present rate of crime it would be necessary to have a policeman at every corner. These crimes, Mr. Sims sald, grew out of the sale of cheap liquor to an idle class of criminals who had mi- grated to Washington. “Close your 800 licensed saloons here,” he exclaimed, “and there won’t be another of these occurrences.” NO POWER TO FIX RATES Federal Court Knocks Out State Rail- road Commission. Olympia, Wash., Feb. 17.—Judge Hanford of the federal court has handed down a decision in the wheat rate case of the railroad commission against the Oregon Railroad and Navi- gation company which practically de- stroys the usefulness of the commis- slon. TUnder his ruling the commis- sloners have no authority to try to fix the traffic rates on any commod- itfes, the decision holding that the right to make rates Is vested only with the state legislature. The case will be immediately carried to the su- preme court of the United States. ARMY BILL COMPLETED. House Committee Provides More Pay for Enlisted Men. ‘Washington, Feb. 17.—The house committee on military affairs hes agreed "to report the army appropria- tion bill, having eompleted its amend- ment increasing the pay of emlisted men of the various grades of service. The bill, as 1t will be reported to the house, will carry $85,255,066, which s $9,413,081 less than the estimates submitted. The amendment increas- ing the pay of enlisted men is in- tended to place the army service on a footing comparable to the naval service. Juries Unable to Agree. Chicago, Feb. 17.—The seventh trial of a saloonkeeper for alleged viola- tion of the Sunday closing law came to an end with a disagreement of the jury, the vote standing 6 to 6. This Jury was the fifth that has disagreed an the subject of Sunday closing. One jury returned a verdict of not guilty and in the other the state took & non-suit. IN HARRIMAN CASE. Judge Hough lssues Supplemental Order. New York, Feb. 1)—Judge Hough, in the United States circuit court, has issued an order supplemental to the opinion of two weeks ago in the mat- ter of the interstate commerce com- mission’s questions which E. H. Har- riman and Otto Kahn of Kuhn, Loeb & Co. refused to answer relative to dealings in Illinois Central, Union Pa- ¢ific and Soulhern ‘Pacific railroad stocks, The order gives the questions which must be answered in detail, but does not fix the time for the appearance of elther man bofore the commission. Of tlhe two questions which Mr. Harriman is not required to answer one relates to the purchase of stocks between July 19 and Aug. 17 that may have ap- preciated in value. The other was whether Mr. Harriman or any of the directors of the Union Pacific bought stocks in anticipation of the dividend. MANY CHILDREN HURT. Boller in Basement of Public School Explodes. Adrian, Mo., Feb. 17.—An explosion of a boiler in the basement of the pub- lic school here tore away the floor of the primary department and precipi- tated a teacher and sixty pupils into the basement, burning and scalding many of them in a frightful manner. The teacher and half of the pupils sustained severe inmjuries. Many of the children were taken home in an unconscious conditicn and some of the larger boys engaged in the work of rescue were overcome by smoke. A son of M. D. Spangler suffered the most serious injuries, his hands be- ing blown almost off and his body badly scalded. Miss Maud Morgan, the teacher, was found under a pile of hot cinders and other rubbish and she was badly burned. The work of the young men of the school in rescuing the children was highly commendable. They jumped into the basement at the risk of being badly hurt and continued thelr efforts until every child was found. PHYSICIAN SHOT DEAD. Cincinnati Doctor Killed by His Pa tient’s Uncle. Cincinnati, Feb. 17.—Dr. Leo Dan. ziger, a prominent German physician, was shot and instantly killed by Robert Gott, the uncle of Anna Bell Strangley, a seventeen-year-old girl Dr. Danziger had been attending Miss Strangley for the past few days and it is claimed that the girl was suffering from a criminal operation performed before Dr. Danziger was called into the case. The girl was the only witness to the shooting and it 1s sald that she is in a dying con- dition. Gott was arrested, but when he was placed in a cell he attempted to brain himself by beating his head against the bars. Torpedo Flotilla at Puerto Montt. Puerto Montt, Chile, Feb. 17.—The United States torpedo boat destroyer flotilla arrived at this place after a safe and pleasant voyage through the channels from the Strait of Magellan along the coast of Chile. It was piloted through by Lieutenant Rozas of the Chilean navy. The arrival of the Americans was greeted with en- thusiasm by the pecple of the town. Puerto Montt is about 600 miles south of Valparaiso. Many Houses Inundated. Springfleld, 0., Feb. 17.—Buck creek is higher than since 1898 and fully 110 houses in this city are flooded. No lives have been lost, but boats were kept busy all night carrying peo- ple out of their submerged homes. The main line of the Detroit, Toledo and Ironton road through Springfield 18 several feet under water. BRIEF BITS OF NEWS. J. F. Jacobson will be a candidate for the Republican nomination for governor of Minnesota, Congressman Theodore E. Burton has been unanimously renominated by the Republicans of the Twenty-first Ohio district. Jacob T. Van Vechten, aged eighty- five years, first white settler of Mil- waukee and the man who named Kewaskum, Wis., is dead at Wauwa- tosa, a suburb of Milwaukee. Nearly seventy aliens, who by rea- son of the industrial depression be- came destitute, have been deported from Philadelphia by order of Com- missioner of Immigration Sargent. The city officials of Butte, Mont., have begun a determined campaign against the sale of opium. Every Chi- nese merchant in the city has been arrested on the charge of traficking in the drug. MARKET QUOTATIONS. Minneapolis Wheat. Minneapolis, Feb. 15.—Wheat—May, $1.01%; July, $1.01%. On track—No. 1 hard, $1.06%; Ng. 1 Northern, $1.03%; No. 2 Northern, $1.01%; No. 8 Northern, 98% @99%c. 8t. Paul Union Stock Yards. 8t. Paul, Feb. 15.—Cattle—Good to choice steers, $4.76@56.50; falr to good, $4.0004.75; good to choice cows and heifers, $3.26@4.25; veals, $8.76@6.00. Hogs—§4.00@4.20. Sheep—Woethers, $4.75(95.10; good to choice lambs, $6.25@6.55. Duluth Wheat and Flax. Duluth, Feb. 15.—Wheat—To arrive and on track—No. 1 hard, $1.04%; No. 1 Northern, $1.02%; No. 2 Northern, 991%c; May, $1.015%; July, $1.02%4. In store—No. 1 Northern, 99%e¢; No. % Northern, 96%c¢. Flax—To arrive and on track, $1.14%; May, $1.16; July, $1.17%. Chicago Union Stock Yards. Chicago, Feb. 15.—Cattle—Beeves, $3.90@6.10; cows and heifers, $1.85@ 4.75; Texans, $3.60@4.50; calves, $6.25 @7.25; Western cattle, $3.90@4.76; stockers and feeders, $2.70@4.80. Hogs —Light, $4.00@4.22%; mixed, $4.06@ 4.30; heavy, $4.05@4.30; rough, $4.05 @4.15; pigs, $3.60@4.16. . Sheep, $8.20 @4.30; yearlings, $5.30@6.25; lambs, $5.0076.90. Chicago Grain and Provisiens. Chlcago, Feb. 15.—Wheat—May, 98%ec; July, 90%c; Sept., 86@863c. Corn—May, 613c; July, 69%e; Sept., 59c. Oats—May, old, 52% @82%c; May, 60%c; . July, old, 45%c; July, 44%c; Sept, 38@38%c. Pork—May, $11.27% @11.30; July, $11.67%. Butter —Creameries, 22@833%0; dairies, 231@ 29c. Eggs—19@19%c. Poultry—Tur- keys, 12¢; -chickens and springs, 1lec. _Secrotary Taft at West Point. West Point, N. Y., Feb. 1.—Secre- tary of War Taft arrived from Detroit jand ‘presented diplomas to the gradu- ating class of the United States mill- tary academy. The exercises were held in Cullum hall and 108 new sec- ond lleutenants were commissioned. The class of 1908 was graduated early this year because of the need of offi- cefs in the service. Too Much Collection. A Scottish gentleman paying a visit to London was taken by his nephew to a service In St. Paul's cathedral. He bad no acquaintance whatever with the liturgy of the Church of England. He picked up a prayer book and be- came very much interested, but as he turned over the leaves his face be- came clouded with a look of intense anxiety. He placed the prayer book carefully down, looked cautiously around, picked up his hat and crept stealthily to the door. His nephew followed him and said: “Are you 1ll, uncle? What is the matter?” The uncle replied: “No. But it s enough to make any man ill to see the number of collections made in this kirk!” “Collections!” sald the nephew, In surprise. “If there is any at all, there certainly won't be more than one.” “Well,” said the uncie, “they should 10’ mark 5o many in the book. There’s naething but ‘collect’ and bits of prayer, then ‘collect’ and more prayers, and ‘collect’ again. And says I to my- sel’, “If I bide here untll all these col- lections are ta’en, I'll no’ have a baw- bee In ma pocket!” "—London Tit-Bits. How Indians Tan Deersl The skin dressing of the Indians, both buffalo and deer skins, is general- ly very beautiful and soft. They stretch the skin either on a frame or on the ground, and after it has remain- ed there for three or four days, with the brains spread over the fleshy side, they grain it with a sort of adz or chisel. After the process of graining, though the skin, is apparently beauti- fully finished, it passes through an- other process—that of smoking. For this they hang the skin on a frame in a smoke proof house or tent. The fire is made at the bottom out of rot- ten wood, which produces a strong and peculiar smell. The fire must be smoth- ered to make the smoke. The grained skins must be kept in the smoke for three or four days, and after this the skins will always remain the same, even after being wet, which does not belong to the dressed skins in clvilized countries.—“Life Among the Indians.” The Partitions of Poland. There have been three partitions of Poland. The first was In 1772, when Prussia took the palatinates of Mal- berg, Pomeria and Warmia, a part of Culm and a part of Great Poland. Aus- trla took Red Russia, or Gallcla; a part of Podolia, Sandomir and Cracow, and Russia took White Russia, with all the part beyond the Dnieper. The sec- ond partition was in 1793, by which Prussia acquired the remainder of Great and a portion of Little Poland, and the Russian boundary was ad- vanced to the center of Lithuania and Volbynia. In the third and final par- tition, In 1795, ARstrla had Cracow, with the country between the Pilica and the Vistula. Prussia had the cap- ital, with the terrltory as far as the Niemen, while the rest went to Russla. —New York American. A Dramatic Author. Like most actor managers, Macready ‘was pestered by would be dramatic au- thors. An ambitious young fellow brought him a five act tragedy one morning to Drury Lane. “My piece,” modestly explained the author, “Is a chef d’oeuvre. I will an- swer for its success, for I have con- sulted the sanguinary taste of the pub- lic. My tragedy is so tragic that all the characters are killed off at the end of the third act.” “With whom, then,” asked the man- ager, “do you carry on the action of the last two acts?” “With the ghosts of those who died in the third!”—Cornhill Magazine. Gray Versus Brown Camels. The length of a stage varles through- out Persia, depending on the character of the country, and is reckoned in far- saks, the old Greek parasang. The far- Treawke ALL TIRED OUT. Hundreds More in Bemidji in the Same Plight. Tired all the time; Weary and worn out night and day. Back aches; side aches, All on account of the kidneys. Must help them at their work. A Bemidji citizen shows you how: Sam Collard, living at 1907 America Ave., Bemidji, Minn., says: ¢For some time I had been suffering from pains in the small ot my back and a sort of rheumatic stiffness in my joints. At times I was so stiff and my back so sore that I was scarcely able to do my work. A tired languid feeling was with me constantly and headaches bothered me a great deal. I tried a great many remedies but did not receive any relief until Doan’s Kidney Pills were brought to my attention. I procured a box at the Owl Drug Store. From my experience I can recommend them highly to others suffering from kidney trouble.” Forsale by all dealers, Price 50 cents. - Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y., sole agents for the United States, ; Remember the name—Doan’s— and take no other, measure, and as animals are pald for per farsak as many as the credulity of the traveler will allow are crowded Into each stage. “How far,” I omce asked an old Kurdish muleteer, “is a farsak?” ‘“As far as one can distin- guish a gray from a brown camel,” was the discreet answer.. They aver age about four miles and the stage about six farsaks, or twenty-five miles. —Atlantle. Thought He Could Buy Them Ch Elderly German (as he calls at 8 lodging house door)—Gind lady, I saw, yes, der advertisement in der evening paper dat you have a palr of pajamas to sell, yes? Boarding House Mistress (Indignantiv)—I’ajamas! You old fool, do you tlink this is a department store? Where is the advertisement? Tke German (producing the advertise- ment and reading it aloud)—“For sale, von almost new bedroom sult, cheah' Gal and sew it.”—Bohemian. ts 'Em Alive. “Does tliis dog like strangers?” “Loves 'em, ma’am.” “Well, I must have a dog that does not like ngers.” : “As 1 was about to say, ma'am when you interrupted me, this dog | loves strangers an’ has eaten several of 'em, ma'am. Yes, ma'am, thank you!”"—Houston Post. Lingering Animosity. “Those two families In the adjolning flats who used to be at daggers drawn have beeu reconciled, haven’t they?” “I don’t know. They profess friend- ship, but one family gave the little boy in the other a big toy drum, and the second family gave the first one's old- est boy a fiddle.”"—Baltimore American. Life is but a fleeting show, but it Is nevertheless the greatest show on earth.—Atchison Globe. A Gladstone Bull. Mr. Gladstone dearly loved a joke. even at his own expense, and he pos sessed consideérable mimetic powers He was once guilty of an amusing bull in a debate on the question of dis- establishment. Dilating on the hold held on the affections of the people by the Church of England, he said: “When an Englishman wants to get married, to whom does he go? To the parish priest. 'When he wanis bi child baptized, to wkom does he got To the parish priest. When he wants to get buried, to whom does he go?” The house answered with a roar or laughter, in ‘which M¥. G idstone Lim self joined, adding, “As I was con- trasting the English church with the Irish, a bull is perbaps excusable.” His Punishment. 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