Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, March 10, 1908, Page 2

THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER PUBLISHED NVNRY AFTNRNOON, A A A A A A A A A A OFFICIAL PAPER---CITY OF BEMID)I BEMIDJI PIONEER PUBLISHING CO. CLYDE J. PRYOR | A. G. RUTLEDGE, Business Manager Managing Editor Wntered In the postoffice at Bemidjl. Mine., a8 gecond class matter. The Grand Rapids Independent: way that cracking good little daily, the Bemidji Daily Pioneer, handled the news in the Godetts murder case in Koochiching county was good to see. The Pioneer had them all scooped and did its work in a most thorough manner, which should be appeciated by the general public and business men of Bemidji. And this is the manner in which the Cass Lake Times hands it to the Hon.E. S. Oakley, the handsome bachelor from Wright county who is register of the U.S. land office at Cass Lake: “Ed. Marshall has a standing bet that Bert Oakley won’t be married before the first of May, proximo, and Oakley is now trying to extend the time. Wonder if the girls here- abouts are attending to coersion? Look out for the deadly hat-pin,— it is your only danger.” OBSERVATIONS. [By “Doc™] Mr. Gunther at 70 declares he is still a boy. The original candy kid. The Field Museum is to receive an old Egyptian tomb ‘“‘weighing 250 tons.” Dead weight, we pre- sume, Milwaukee boasts a man who fell six stories and will live. Consider Mr. Bryan, ye Milwaukeeans. Twice has he taken terrible tumbles and still he is in good running order. An Indian preacher says that Grover Cleveland “isn’t able to do anythinZ now except write articles giving advice to women.” We re- ject the implication of weakness in this. Very few men that we know dare to advise ’em at all. Ex-Governor Black angrily re- marks that “there are plenty of hum- bugs in this world making a living at it.” Those who will compare Mr. Black’s forced speech nominating Theodore Roosevelt in 1904 with his most recent utterance on the same subject must agree that the governor ought to know all there is to know in the humbug line. Hiding His Ignorance. An official of the department of jus- tice sald in Washington of a rumor brought to him for confirmation.by a reporter: “This rumor springs from ignorance, crass Ignorance of the law. I am sur- prised that you should have credited it. “The originator of that rumor is as plainly ignorant of the law as a cer- tain schoolboy was of French. “This boy's father said to him one night at dinner: *‘Well, how are you getting on with your French, my son? “‘Very well, thank you, sir, the lad replied. “The father beamed with pleasure. “‘Ask politely In French for some peas,’ he said. “There was an awkward pause. Then— “‘But, father,’ said the boy, ‘I don’t want any peas.’” Meeting Old Neptune. An Inmate of Sallors’ Snug Harbor In speaking of the ceremony connected with “crossing the line,” when Father Neptune presides over the initiation of the men who have never crossed the equator, sald: “I got my introduction to old Nep- tane while I was In the merchant serv- ice. I got my lather and shave and ducking thirty years ago and helped Initiate many seafaring men and lands- men since then. With hot tar handy, Neptune’s crew often took libertles ‘which would not be allowed on board a man-of-war. The skipper used to look on from aloft, but he was blind as a bat to things that he did not wish to Bee, and the men knew enough to make no complaint. I know that I was mad clear through at what I got, but I con- tented myself with taking it out of the next man.” Talked to the Wrong Man. One day an important looking gen- tleman took a seat beside a quiet man in an Arkansas railway carriage and began a conversation. . “I'm going up to Little Rock,” he sald, “to get a pardon for a convicted thief. I'm not personally acquainted with the governor, but he can’t afford to refuse me.” “Is the fellow gullty?’ asked the man, “‘Of course he is. But that makes no difference. His friends have agreed to glve me $500 if I get him out, and the thermometer 1s very low when I can’t put up a good talk. Where, are you traveling?” “Going to Little Rock.” “Do you live there?” “Yes.” “Perhaps you might be of some serv- ice to me. What business are you in?” “I am the governor.”—St. Louls Re- public. WATCHED BY SLEUTHS Congressman Lilley Asserts Defece tives Are Shadowing Him, COMMITTEE BEGINS WORK Takes Up Charges of Connecticut Rep- resentative That lllegal Methods Were Used by Boat Building Con- cern to Secure Legislation. Washington, March 10.—The special committee of the house appointed by Speaker Cannon at the request of Representative Lilley of Connecticut “to investigate the conduct of the Blectric Boat company of New Jersey and its predecessor, the Holland Boat company, respecting {he methods em- ployed by said companies in connec- tion with past or proposed legislation before congress” has begun its inves- tigation. Chairman Boutell called on Repre- sentative ILilley and asked him if he was prepared to go ahead and state the facts In his possession. Mr. Lilley said he was not prepared to be exam- Ined at this time; that he desired to be represented by an attorney -and had not yet secured ome. He, how- ever, submitted a number of docu- ments to the committee. He stated that he had been shadowed by detec- tives and said that in order that this shadowing be stopped he would ask to have summoned as witnesses three operatives connected with a local de- tective agency. He also submitted a list of witnesses that he desired to be summoned. Mr. Lilley stated that he did not propose to put himself in the attitude of a grand jury and present an indict- ment, but he would, if permitted by the committee and assisted by an at- torney, examine these witnesses and help the committee to the fullest ex- tent possible in bringing out all the facts. He said that to formulate writ- ten charges and limit the investiga- tion to these charges would simply be to stifie real investigation and make the adoption of the resolution a farce, Mr. Lilley asked that he be allowed to name the manner in which the wit- nesses should be called. He did not wish, he said, to be the first witness. Mr. Boutell stated that it was the in- tention of the committee to have Mr. Lilley first state what he knows of his own knowledge concerning these charges and in order to allow him to procure an aitorney adjournment was taken until Thursday morning. OPPOSES ALDRICH EILL. Senator Bailey Says Measure Is In Interest of Bankers. ‘Washington, March 10.—Senator Jos- eph W. Bailey of Texas, a member of the senate committee on finance, from which the Aldrich currency bill was reported, addressed the senate at length and generally voiced the views of the minority upon the subject of emergency currency. He did not be- lieve his substitute for the Aldrich Dill would result in inflation, although it provided for $500,000,000 as a per- manent part of our money supply. “The truth is,” he said, “the nation- al banks of this country are seeking to establish a system of asset cur- rency; and they will strive to defeat any measure -which compels them to secure their circulation. They want the privilege of issuing their notes without interest and without security and lending them to the people for in- terest and upon security. For my part T will never support a bill which legalizes such an arrangement; and I shall always insist that the safety of our currency is of infinitely more im- portance to the country than the size of bank dividends.” He wanted to compel banks of the South to invest part of their capital and surplus iun state, country, district and municipal bonds. He quoted court decisions to show that there is no question as to the right of congress to authorize the issuance of money by the government and make it legal ten- der for all debts. SOME IMPROVEMENT SHOWN Railroads Report a Decrease in Num- ber of Idle Cars. New York, March 10.—That the de- cline in railroad traffic which reached such heavy proportions in January was checked early in February is in- dicated by the most recent reports of the committee on car efficiency of the American Raflway association, which shows that the number of idle cars in the United States and Canada was smaller by over 20,000 cars on Feb. 19 than it had been two weeks earlier. That the number of idle cars 18 still so large as to give much con- cern to railroad managers can not.be gainsaid, but some encouragement, at least, is found by railroad men in the fact that there are fewer cars idle now, or were on Feb. 19, than on Feb. &, or at any date, in fact, since the be- ginning of the year. The net surplus of cars on Feb. 19 is given as 319,264. Man and a Carpet. Clara—I'll give you a conundrum. Why is a man like a carpet? Tom—I glve it up. Clara—Well, he’s no sooner down than people walk all over him. Tom—Oh, pshaw! Man is totally un- like a carpet, for the more dust he has the less likely he is to get the shake.— Ilustrated Bits. Jerome Replies to Charges. New York, March 10.—District At- torney Jerome has left for Albany to present in person to Governor Hughes his reply to the charges filed against him by William F. King, former pres- ident of the Merchants’ association. The reply makes a document of 700 pages. Nelther the text nor the sub- stance will be made public until the governor has received the first copy. i WONDERFUL PERFORMANCE Pensacola Receives Wireless Message From Battleship Fleet. ‘Washington, March 10.—About the last place that the navy department expected to hear from the Atlantic battleship fleet for at least six months was on the Atlantic coast, yet this is what has happened. The navy depart- ment has recelved a telegraphic mes- sage from ils wireless station at Pen- sacola, which had been in direct com- munication with the battleship fleet, a most remarkable performance, con- sidering that the wireless impulses were obliged to traverse the Gulf of Mexico, then cross overland the state of Texas, part of Mexico and again traverse several hundred miles of ocean. This particular message was from Rear Admiral Thomas, in com- mand of the Second division, and was as follows: “Have you any important news from home?” y Faces Death With a Smile. Ossining, N. Y., March 10.—Antonio Strollo, an Italian, who killed Antonio Torseilla in Van Cortlandt park, New York, last August, for the ‘purpose of robbery, went to death in the electric chair at Sing Sing prison with a smile, after a cheery goodbye to those who had been summoned to witness the execution. Four contacts were made before the man was pronounced dead. All the Miners Probably Safe. Calumet, Mich., March 10.—Fire has broken out in No. 5 shaft of the Frank- lin mine on the twenty-eighth level and the mine has been closed. Search- ing parties are in the mine, but can- not go near the seat of fire because of the smoke. It is believed that all the miners got out safely. It is sup- posed an overhead timber caught fire from a miner’s lamp. Insane Woman Ends Her Life. Matteawan, N. Y., March 10.—A wo- man named Mrs. Doerr, said to be a member of a prominent and wealthy Southern family, who has been a pa- tlent at the insane asylum here, killed herself by jumping from a window. BRIEF BITS OF NEWS. Henry Bosch, a leader in the wall- paper, paint and oil business in the United States, is dead at Chicago. Dr. John Wellesley, well known at ‘Worcester, Mass., as a cancer expert and a philanthropist, has applied for admission to the poorhouse at the age of eighty-three. The Missouri Pacific has discontin- ued its Nebraska division, with offices In Omaha, and consolidated the work with its Kansas City and Atchison (Kan.) offices. The recent order, which supplies to an army recruit upon his enlistment a full kit of toilet articles, has run the gauntlet of judicial construction and has been sustained. The third floors of sixteen of Mil- ‘waukee's public schools have been ordered vacated by Building Inspector. Edward V. Koch because of the ab- sence of fire escapes. William E. Dodge, Jr., city editor of the Daily Missoulian at Missoula, Mont., died after a brief illness from ptomaine poisoning. Mr. Dodge for- merly resided in Minneapolis. John T. Dower, secretary of the Y. M. C. A. at Worcester, Mass., has been notified that he is heir to a for- tune of $10,000,000 left him by an uncle, Thomas Wallace, who died in Melbourne, Australia, a short time ago. William T. Manning, who was cam- palgn manager for former Judge Alton B. Parker in the latter’s canvass for the presidency in 1904 and later man- aged the campaign in New York state of Lieutenant Governor Chanler, is dead of pneumonia in New York city. MARKET QUOTATIONS. Duluth Wheat and Flax. Duluth, March 9.—Wheat—To ar- rive and on track—No. 1 hard, $1.10; No. 1 Northern, $1.08; May, $1.06; July, $1.06%. Flax—To arrive and on track, $1.143%; May, $1.15%; July, $1.16%. Minneapolis Wheat. Minneapolis, March 9.—Wheat— May, $1.07@1.07%; July, $1.05%. On track—No. 1 hard, $1.11% @1.115; No. 1 Northern, $1.08%@1.09%; No, 2 Northern, $1.06%@1.06%;. No. 8 Northern, $1.02@1.05. 8t. Paul Union Stock Yards. St. Paul, March 9.—Cattle—Good to choice steers, $4.75@5.50; fair to good, $4.00@4.75; good to choice cows and heifers, $3.25@4.25; veals, $3.75@5.25. Hogs—$4.40@4.60. Sheep—Wethers, $6.25@5.75; good to choice lambs, $6.25@8.75. Chicago Grain and Provisions. Chicago, March 9.—Wheat—May, 95%c; July, 90% @90%c; Sept., 873c. Corn—May, 641 @64%c; July, 62c; Sept., 6lc. Oats—May, 51%c; May, old, 53%c; July, 43%c; July, old, 44%c. Butter—Creameries, 22@28c; dairies, 20@26c. Bggs—18@18%ec. Poultry—Turkeys, 13c; chickens, 12@ 12%c; springs, 12%c. Chicago Union Stock Yards. Chicago, March 9.—Cattle—Beeves, $4.20@6.25; cows and heifers, $2.00@ 5.15; Texans, $4.00@4.80; calves, $6.25 @7.00; Western cattle, $4.00@5.00; stockers and feeders, $3.00@4.90. Hogs —Light, $4.45@4.47%; mixed, $4.50@ 4.80; heavy, $4.50@4.80; rough, $4.50 @4.65; pigs, $3.85@4.50. Sheep, $3.65 @6.00; yearlings, $5.50@6.25; lambs, 86.60@7.10. 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 people 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 Wwe mean by a “hypocrite?’ Pupil— Please, miss, a man wot says he is wot be isn’t, but he ain’t- -Puuch. Cree A Lesson In Grammar. In a certain mountalnous region the teachers are appointed with little ques- tlon concerning their grammatical orthodoxy. Occasionally, however, a wave of school reform sweeps through the valleys, and undesired examina- tions are thrust upon embarrassed ped- agogues. It was during one of these perlods of intellectual discomfort that the follow- Ing sentence was glven: “The bird flew over the house.” Accompanying it was the query, “Is ‘flew’ a regular or an Irregular verb?” One teacher after another shook his head hopelessly despite the slow, thought inspiring fashion in which the examiner repeated the perplexing fact that “The — bird — flew — over — the — house.” Finally a man rose in the rear, and, with the assurance-of one who puts his trust in logic and a practical knowl- edge of natural history, he volunteered a solution. Said he: “If that bird which flew over the house was a wild goose, it went in a straight, regular line, so the verb is regular. But if it was a peckwood that flew over the house, then it went In a crooked, zigzag line, and so the verb is Irregular.” All but the grammar bound exam- iner were satisfied with this sensible and rational explanation. — Youth’s Companion. e I Artistio Slips. It is a frequent matter of lamenta- tion on the part of artists that one of their number may spend genius and time on a piece of work, only to fall conspicuously in small detail. There is a story that one Royal acade- mician gave a hand five fingers and a thumb and that another painted a live lobster bright red. The clever Goodall had been engaged in painting a number of laborers drag- glng a huge stone across the desert when a man of sclence entering the studio said to him: “I say, Goodall, if you want those fellows to pull that stone you must double their number. It would require just twice as many for the task.” ¢ But it is not modern painters alone who slip up on points of accuracy. Even Albrecht Durer in a scene repre- senting Peter denying Christ painted one of the Roman soldiers in the act of smoking. Turner put a rainbow be- side the sun, and In another picture he got fearfully tangled in the ship’s rig- ging.—Chicago Record-Herald. _— Fixing a Photografter. Senator Stone of Missouri once made himself unpopular with a certain pho- tographer. The latter individual ap- peared at the senator’s room: at the 1| capitol and announced that he was there to take a picture. Stone expostu- lated, but in vain. A few days later the photographer again appeared and presented the pictures and also a bill for $10. Remembering how hopeless was his argument against having the pleture taken,-Senator Stone decided it would be still more useless for him to decline to pay for them. So he wrote a check. After the man’s name was on the check he wrote the word “Photo- grafter.” ‘When the man presented the check at the senat» disbursing office for pay- ment, he was required to indorse the check and write after his name, just as It was written on the face of the check, the word “Photo-grafter.’—St. Louls Republic. A Limit to His Power. A curious historical anecdote is hand- ed down from the time of James L James, being in want of £20,000, ap- plied to the corporation for a loan. The corporation refused. The king insist- ed. “But, sire, you cannot compel us,” said the lord mayor. *“No,” exclaim- ed James, “but I'll ruin you and the city forever. I'll remove my courts of law, my court itself and my parlia- ment to Winchester or to Oxford and make a desert of ‘Westminster, and then think what will become of you!” “May it please your majesty,” replied the lord mayor, “you are at liberty to remove yourself and your courts to ‘wherever you please; but, sire, there will always be one consolation to the merchants of London—your majesty cannot take the Thames along with youl” Garrick’s Wit. David Garrick on one occasion passed Tyburn as a huge crowd was assem- bling to witness the execution of a criminal. “Who is he?’ asked the great actor of a friend who accompa- nied him. “I believe his name is Vowel,” was the reply. “Ah,” sald Garrick, “I wonder which \of the vowels he Is, for there are sev- eral. At all events It is certain that it Is neither U nor I!”"—London Saturday Review. Quite Natural. “Ot course,” sald the tourlst, “you know all about the antidotes for snake bite?” - “Certainly,” replied the explorer. “Well, when a snake bites you ‘what’s the thing you do?” “Yell.”—Philadelphia Press. Two Roads. First Mother (reading letter from son at college) — Henry’s letters always send me to the dictionary. Second Mother (resignedly) — That's nothing. Jack’s always send me to the bank.— Puck. Source of Supply. Minister—My @dear little boy, why don’t you get an umbrella? Jakey— Since pa has quit going to church he never brings home any more umbrel- las.—Jewish Ledger. Hvery misfortune can be subdued with patience.—Socrates. No Case on Record. There is no case on record of a cough or cold resulting in pneu- monia orconsumption after Foley’s Honey and Tar has been taken, as it will stop your cough and break up yourcold quickly. Re- fuse any but the genuine Foley's Honey and Tar in a yellow pack- age. Contains no opiates and is safe and sure. E. A. Barker. — et e < A Memory Tost. A professor of mnemonics had gone to lecture at or near Canterbury. Aft- er the lecture was finiched he had to wait for his London train. It was a most comfortless day, and he retired to an inn for shelter and refreshment, To pass the time he began to exhibit his feats of memory to the yokels In the inn parlor, and one and all were thunderstruck except the waiter. There is always one skeptic in every com- munion, whether of saints or sinners. Do what he would he could not miti- gate the acrid smile of acld incredulity of that glorified potman! In the midst of one of his most difficult feats the Wwhistle sounded of the “Only train to London tonight!” and he rushed off to catch it. He caught it at the station, and his reputation caught it in the inn parlor, for the walter, coming in with fome ordered refreshments and find- ing him gone, pointed to the corner where he had been sitting and exclaim- ed, “Silly 'umbug, he’s forgot his um- brella!”—Young Man. Juvenile Natural History. “Papa.”” said ‘Harry, infant phenom- enon, aged nine, “will you give me my pocket money in advance? 1 want to buy a book on moths.” “Certainly, my boy,” sald the retired colonel. “Here’s a shilling for you. 1 am delighted that you should take such an interest in natural history.” That evening all the old colonel’s best friends came to dinner. “Now is my opportunity,” reflected the proud parent. “to show these peo- ple what a clever boy my son is. 1 shall have him in at dessert time!” So Harry came in with the pears and pineapple, and in loud tones the gal- lant colonel remarked: “Well, Harry, did you get your book on moths?” 3 “Yes, papa,” answered his son.” “And what is it called?” pursued the delighted father. “Oh,” said the unsuspecting phenom enon, “it is entitled ‘Hints to Young Moth-ers!” "—London Answers, When the Lights Went Out. Almost every speaker has had the experience of the house becoming to- tally dark because of the failure of the electric lights. Here is such an expe- rlence by oue lecturer. It was in Pitts burg; the audlence was a Hebrew so- clety. When the lights went out, the lecturer waited a moment and then said, “We will proceed anyway, for | still have the Israel-lites.” It was the hit of the evening.—Lyceumite and Talent. A Great Secret. At some of the English country fairs a “great secret” is sold in sealed en- velopes at twopence apiece. Here is the secret: “Never buy an article be fore examining it. If you had known this before, you would not have paid twopence for this worthless envelope when you could get more than two dozen good ones for the same price.” A Thackeray Slip. 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