Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, March 25, 1908, Page 2

THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER PUBLISHED NVERY AFTNRNOON, BEMIDJI PIONEER PUBLISHING CO. CLYDS J.PRYOR | A, G. RUTLEDGE; Business Manager Managing Editor Tntered in the postofiice at Bemidji. Minx., a8 second class matter. SUBSCRIPTION---85.00 PER ANNUM OBSERVATIONS. By “Doe”] Did you ever meet a successful man who told you what he was going to do next? A footpad held up a lawyer New York the other night and got away without losing a cent. This drop in temperature is fortu- nate. It comes justin time to nip a number of spring poets in the bud. in The maple sugar season has opened. Look for an increased de- mand from manufacturers of brown sugar. There may be some kind of future punishment for bachelors, but most married ‘men believe they get theirs right here on earth. How far apart are Senator Crane and Senator Lodge may be judged from the fact that it is Mr. Taft that has come between them. In spite of advanced ocean steam. ship rates it is expected that Ameri- cans will flee to Europe in increased numbers this summer. This is cam- paign year. Two thousand native houses in a suburb of Manilla have been destroyed by fire. As there was no insurance itis probable no attempt will be make to show that the damage was all done by earth- quake. RESULT OF RATE DECISION Extra Session of Minnesota Legisla- ture Probable. St. Paul, March 25.—Governor John A. Johnson will undoubtedly call a special session of the Minnesota leg- islature to repass the rate bills which were knocked out by the United States supreme court with such amendments as will make them ac- ceptable to the court. The governor’s action will depend on fuller information as to the grounds of the decision of the court. “If, however, it turns out that the penalties imposed are the controlling objection,” said the governor, “the matter can be remedied undoubiedly and should be at once. “I can see no reaso: for waiting a year for the regular session. “The rate laws are estimated to effect a saving of $500,000 annually to the people of Minnesota. The extra session would cost but a very small fraction of that sum. Besides, the legislature would have an opportunity to consider the rate problem fully, un- vexed by all the other problems of state government which will confront the regular session. “To await the regular session would merely defer from ten months to a year the accomplishment of rate re- form, for no matter how good a law we enact I have no doubt that either the railroad officlals—or their share- holders—will contest it as long as they can.” TO KEEP YARDS RUNNING Secretary Metcalf Asks Immediate Ap- propriation of $2,000,000. ‘Washington, March 25.—Secretary of the Navy Metcalf. in a communica- tion to the house of representatives, recommends that an appropriation of $2,000,000 be made immediately avail- able in order that bills for armor and armament may be paid without fur- ther delay. In order to keep the navyyards running during the remain- der of the fiscal year this course was decided on and the unpaid bills on account of armor and armament now aggregate $500,000. The failure of the contractors to get this money has imposed hardships on them, which, Secretary Metcalf says, “is empha- sized by the present industrial depres- sion.” Kaiser on a Long Vacation. Berlin, March 25.—Emperor William and the empress, accompanied by Prince August, their fourth son, and Princess Victoria, their daughter, and attended by a numerous suite, have left here for Corfu by way of Venice. The imperial yacht Hohengollern will meet the party at Venice and take them over to Corfu, where the em- peror will spend a vacation in his new villa. Absence of Operator the Cause. Lexington, Ky., March 25.—Twenty persons were injured, three fatally, in a head on collision between a passen- Zer train on the Queen and Crescent and special freight train No. 216 at Curdville Crossing. The night oper- ator for the Queen and Crescent had been relieved several weeks ago and the day operator had not yet,reported for duty. Voters to Pass on the Lid. Chicago, March 25.—Judge Walker of the circuit court has decided that, contrary to the expressed opimion of the election commissioners, the ,ques- tion of whether or not the saloons shall be closed on $nnday shall be submitted to the voters at the coming municipal election. The election com- missioners “will probably appeal. MOURNED BY BAITONS Death of the Duke of Devonshire Canses Widespread Regret. ACTIVE IN POLITICAL: LIFE Had Been a Member of the Cabinet for Many Years as a Liberal and Later Was Prominent as a Leader of Liberal Unionists. Cannes, France, March 25.—Spencer Compton Cavendish, Lighth duke of Devonshire, died here of heart fail- ure. He was born July 23, 1833. Londea, March 25.—The news of the death of the Duke of Devonshire at Cannes came unexpectedly to England and has caused widespread regret. His death leaves a gap in the public life of Great Britain, for, although his withdrawal from the Balfour ministry when Joseph Chamberlain launched his fiscal policy estranged him from a majority of the party, he still had a large following in the country and as president of the Unionist Free Trade league he took an active part in the campaign against tariff reform. He delivered his last speech on this ques- tion just one year ago, on the occa- slon of the jubilee of his entrance upon a political career. Few men have spent a more active political lite than the Duke of Devon- shire. He had been almost continu- ously a cabinet member in charge of some important department, as a Lib- oral before the split with Gladstone and later as leader of the Liberal Unionists. He led the Liberals during the temporary retirement of Gladstone in 1875 and was offered but refused the premiership after the Midlothian campaign of 1880. He was again of- fered this honor upon the defeat of home rule, but he again refused. High tributes were paid to the Duke of Devonshire by the leaders of both parties in the house of commons and the house of lords. The house of lords paid the dead statesman the un- precedented compliment of adjourning out of respect to his memory. FLEET WILL VISIT CHINA, Cabinet Decides to Accept the Latest Invitation. ‘Washington, March 25.—It was de- cided at the cabinet meeting to accept the invitation of China to have the Atlantic battleship fleet visit a port of that country on its return voyage from the Pacific coast. It also was decided that no further imvitations for the fleet would be accepted. The itinerary around the world will be arranged in accordance with this de- cision. Invitations of foreign coun- tries so far accepted after the fleet leaves San Francisco include Austra- lia, Japan and China. All other stops will be strictly for coaling purposes. The fleet will reach home on Wash- ington’s birthday next year. DUE TO CIGARETTES. Health of British Soldier Being Seri- ously Impaired. London, March 25.—The growth of cigarette smoking in the British army is beginning to disquiet the higher officers, whose reports indicate that the health of the men is being seri- ously impaired by indulgence in this practice. ILieutenant General Gren- fell, commander-in-chief of the forces in Ireland, is the first to take action. He has just issued an order to the troops of his command calling atten- tion to the evils which must inevitably follow such excess and appealing for “earnest and early action to combat what is gradually but greatly affect- ing the efficiency of the men.” Haytian Refugees at St. Thomas. St. Thomas, D. W. 1, March 25— The French cruiser d’Estrees has ar- (rived here from Hayti with refugees on board. They include General An- tenor Firmin, leader of the recent in- surrection, and other insurgents who have had asylum in the French con- sulate at Gonaives for the last two months. The cruiser is awaiting or- ders from Paris. Uncle Sam After lowans. Burlington, Ia, March 25—Peter Ruff, a barber, has been arrested here by federal authorities charged with using the mails for unlawful purposes. Ruff is charged with dealing in lottery tickets and was taken to Ottumwa. It is saild that a number of arrests will be made in this part of Towa on indictments found by a federal grand jury in Chicago. Causes Consternation in Spain. Madrid, March 25.—The arrest in Paris of Henry Rochette on charges of swindling has created stupefaction in many parts of Spain. A good many Spaniards had invested in his com- panies, especially at St. Sebastian and Bllbao, where the Franco-Spanish bank, of which Rochette was the founder, recently floated stock in one of his companies. Lighting Monopoly Legalized. Chicago, March 25.—After a pwo- tracted session, lasting until past mid- night, the city council adopted an or- dinance to legalize a consolidation of the Commonwealth Electric and the Chicago Edison companies, which have a practical monopoly of electric light- ing in Chicago. ALLEGED EXPERT BURGLAR Fascinating Social Leader Under Ar rest at Nice. Paris, March $6.—A serd ye- tefious hotel rol on &f’ Mfl extending over mahy years %fi b explained in the st of Bhe i ful, dashing but masquerading Gount- ess of Monteil. For yea#s the Co\mgr ess of Montell has entertained lavighe ly both at Parfs and the Riviers. Mer wealth and jewels have Wp oom- ment and admiration from and near. New she 18 declared to be Oone 6t The most Tngenlous, successful and audacious hotel thieves that has ever troubled the hotel proprietors of France. Her arrest at Nice reveals her not as the captivating, brilliant countess, but as a thoroughly up-to- date burglar, carrying concealed in her bewitching garments an array of burglars’ implements of Imtricate workmanship which opened to her any hotel room on the Riviera, which she knew to contain the coveted wealth of money and valuables. Wherever the countess stopped there always did mysterious and inexplicable robberies bafle the police. Valuables disap- peared from the rooms of rich Ameri- cans in the most puzzling manner, for the doors were all found locked and the windows fastened. Her undoing came in a moment of over-eagerness to rob. Waiting deteotives found her enveloped in a long and beautiful cloak bending over the door of the room of a wealthy American tourist. IF GIVEN SAME PRIVILEGES Oil Producer Says He Could Compete With the Standard. Cleveland, March 25.—“If I were given the same freight rate privileges and the same rights along this line I could successfully do business against the Standard Oil company, with all of its millions,” said T. B. Westgate of the American oil works, an inde- pendent concern at Titusville, Pa., in reply to a question by Attorney Rosen- thal for the defemse, in the govern- ment’s ouster suit against the Stand- ard Oil company. Under the same cross-examination, Westgate said that much credit was due the Standard Ofl company for the present development of the petroleum industry. In an- swer to questions by the goyernment’s prosecutor, Westgate stated that he had made continued efforts to obtain a reduction in freight rates from the various railroad companies, but with- out avail. He said that the traffic managers always told him that the rates would be lowered, but this was not done, to his knowledge, until re- cently, until the beginning of the gov- ernment’s suit against the Standard Oil company. Primary Election Laws Void. New Orleans, March 25.—Louisiana’s state primary election laws were de- clared to be unconstitutional, null and void by Judge King in the civil dis- trict court here. The decision grew out of the suit of a candidate whose papers the secretary of state refused to accept and file on the ground that they were not in conformity with the primary election laws. ONE DEAD; SEVERAL DYING Pittsburg Rounders Invited to Drink Their Fill. Pittsburg, March 25.—A policeman, while intoxicated, gathered about ten rounders and chased them into a sa- loon. Leaning up against the bar he said: “You fellows never had ‘enough ‘whisky in your lives, but you’re going to have your fill now. The fellow who doesn’t drink ten whiskies now and two gins with a schooner of beer to top -off with gets licked first and ar- rested later. I pay for everything.” The gang fell to in a hurry, fearing the officer might change his mind. One by one they fell to the floor or reeled into a corner. Henry Thomp- son dropped like a shot as he raised his eighth glass to his lips and he died later in the patrol wagon on the way to the police station. There was a giant negro, however, who outdrank them all. His name is not known to the Passevant hospital people, where he is dying, but his record will stand for years. He drank fourteen glasses of whisky, but swooned on his fif- teenth. Several other men are in hos- pitals in critical condition. T0 GURE RHEUMATISM WITH HOME REGEIPE Says This Simple Mixture Relieves and Anyone Can Mix It at Home. Cut this out and put in some safe place, for it is valuable and worth more than anything else in the world if you should have an attack of rheumatism or bladder trouble or any derangementof the kidneys whatever. The prescription is simple, and can be made up by anyone at home. The ingredients can be had at any good prescription pharmacy and all that is necessary is to shake them well in a bottle. Here it is: Fluid extract dandelion, one-half ounce; compound Kargon, one ounce; compound syrup of sarsa- parilla, three onnces. Take a teaspoonful after each meal and at bedtime. A few doses is said to relieve almost any case of bladder trouble, frequent urination, pain and scalding, weakness and backache, pain above the kidneys, etc. It is now claimed to be the method of cur- ing chronic rheumatism, because of its direct and positive action upon the eliminative tissue of the kidneys. It cleanses these sponge-like organs and gives them life and power to sift and strain the poisonous waste matter and uric acid from the blood relieving the worst forms oi Rheumatism and kid- ney and bladder troubles. The ex- tract dandelion acts uponthe stomach and liver and is used also extensively for relieving constipation and indi- gestion. Compound sarsaparilla cleans and enriches the blood. A well-known local druggist is au- thority that this perscription is safe to use at any time. THER DOOW 15 NEAR La Follette Predicts Downfall of “the Wealthy Few.” ENDS TALK ON ALDRICH BILL Reiterates His Previous Statement That All the Industries of the Coun. try Are Controlied by Less Than One Hundred Men. ‘Washington, March 25.—Senator La Follette resumed his speech against the Aldrich bill. “There was no occasion,” he said, referring to his remarks last waeek, “for the organs and claquers of the ‘system’ to become frenzied over my statement, so easily proven by the directorates of the trusts and combina- tlons controlled by the ‘system.’” He then proceeded to say that his statement that all the industries of the country are controlled by 100 men Wwas t0o liberal and that théy are con- trolled by a much less number of men. He concluded his speech with a strong appeal to the “progressive men” in the senate to stand together to beat the bill. Mr. La Follette declared that the hour would soon strike for the wealthy few, who, he said, controlled the af- fairs of the country. Mentioning the ‘Vanderbilts he said that they already see the handwriting on the wall. Senator La Follette refused to give his assent to an agreement to vote on the Aldrich bill on Thursday next, saying that he did not want to be foreclosed from a further presemta- tion of his views. Senator Aldrich then stated that he would ask the sen- ate to take up the bill at once and continue its consideration until a vote should be reached. PRINCE DE SAGAN HERE? €aid to Have Dined With Madame Gould in New York. New York, March 2-.—Prince Helle de Sagan, who is a suitor for theé hand of Madame Gould, is believed to have arrived in New York within a few days with the object of remewing his attentions to the American heiress. The man who is believed to be Prince Helie registered at a New York hotel as . H. Thomson” and gave no ad- dress. He reached New York two days after Madame Gould and dined Telafions existing between the two countries, A Dispatches indicate that the fleet will arrive in November. The newspapers ére urging the gov- ernment not to limit the expense of its receéption. China Invites the Fleet. ‘Washington, March 2 .—What fis considered an invitation from the Chi- nese governiment for the Atlantic bat- tleship “fleet to 'visit Chinese ports wag received at the Chinese legation end promiptly forwarded to' the state department. A cablégram to the Chi- nege minister shows that the viceroy of Nanking has been instructed to make shitablé préparations in ¢on- junction with the admiral of the navy to welcome the American battleships to Chinese shores. Marriagés Held to Be lllegal. Chicago, March 2.—Judge Carpen- ter, in the circuit court, rendered a decision déclaring that the marriages of divorced Illinois residents within the time forbidden by the statutes of this state are illegal in Illinols even when performed in lother states. The fecree will affect many marriages Wwhich have taken place since the en- actment of the Illinois law. Man'’s wrinkled face 1s the original time table.—Dallas News. MARKET QUOTATIONS. Minneapolis Wheat. 2 Minneapolis, March 2¢.—Wheéat— May, $1.06%; July, $1.03%. On frack —No. 1 hard, $1.10%; No. 1 Northern, $1.08%; No. 2 Northern, $1.06%; No. 3 Northern, 99%c@$1.03%. Duluth Wheat and Flax. Duluth, March 2¢.—Wheat—To ar- rivé and on track—No. 1 hard, $1.- 08%; No. 1 Northern, $1.063%; May, $1.04%; July, $1.04%. Flax—To arrive and on track, $1.16%; May, $1.16%; July, $1.18%. 8t. Paul Union Stock Yards. St. Paul, March 24.—Cattle—Good to choice steers, $5.25@%6.00; falr to good, $4.25@5.00; good to choice cows and heifers, $3.50@4.75; veals, $3.75@5.00. Hogs—$4.60@4.90. Sheep—Wethers, $6.50@6.00; good to choice lambs, $6.50@7.00. Chicago Union Stock Yards. Chicago, March 24.—Cattle—Beeves, $4.70@7.00; cows and heifers, $2.00@® 5.60; Texans, $4.40@5.50; calves, $4.00 @6.50; Western cattle, $4.50@8.50; stockers and feeders, $8.16@56.10: Hogs —Light, $4.856@5.12%; mixed, $4.85@ 5.15; heavy, $4.85@5.15; Tough, $4.85 @4.95; pigs, $4.00@4.65. Sheep, §4.40 @6.85; *yearlings, $6.00@97.60; lambs, $5.86@17.75. 5 Chicago Grain and. Provisione. Chicago, March 2(.—When.t—l\ny, 95%c; July, 89%c; Sépt., 8¥¥c. Gorn —May, 67%c; July, 64%c; Bept. 63%c. Oats—May, o, Bijsc; May, 63c; July, old, 48% @483 July, 46%c; Sept, 38K @38%c. Pork—May, $12.45@12.47%; July, $12.87%. Buiter —Creameries, 33@28%c; dairjes, 200 26c. Hgge—1dsc. Poultry—TPurkeys, 14c; ehickens, 12%¢; ‘springs, 10%4e PRINCE HELIE DE SAGAN. i with Madame Gould Sunday evening | at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Tyler Morse. The visit of Prince de Sagan here at this time was unexpected, at least by those who know something of ‘the affairs of the prince himself and of Madame Gould. She left Paris to spend some time in this country away from the cares that had weighed upon her in the French capital. Quebec, March 24.—Prince de Sagan nassed through Levis, opposite this city, at noon on Saturday en route to New York. He'crossed the Atlantic on the steamer Victorian under the name of Thompson. WILL DEPORT THOUSANDS Federal Authorities After For- eigners at Pittsburg. Pittsburg, March 2:.—An investiga- tion is in progress here, which, it is said, will result in the deportation of thousands of undesirable foreignera from the Pittsburg district within the next few months. John T. Harper, agent at large for the immigration bureau of the depart- ment of commerce and labor, is in Pittsburg now gathering statistics in- cident to commencing deportation. ‘While he could not give an estimate as to the number of foreigners who will be taken out of the Pittsburg dis- trict he said it “would run into the thousands.” ~ The crusade is the carrying out of the recent order of federal authorities to use deportation as a means of checking the growth of anarchistic sentiment and the ridding the country, of the burden of taking care of in- digent foreigners. PRESS IS ENTHUSIASTIC. Japs Pleased With Idea of Entertain- ing Amerizan Fleot. Tokio, March 2 .—The press with- out exception is enthusiastic over the announcement of the visit of the American fleet and the government is recelving considerable praise for ex- tending the invitation. The consensus of newspaper opinion is that the prompt. acceptance of the invitation shows the friendship of America for ‘Japan, while the visit of the fleet will suffice to show the world the impossi- and strictly prohibits the sale of alum baking powder— So does France So does Germany b T::h sa]l)euof alufné fi':ods b de illegal in Washington and the District of Colum- ‘l:ia:. :::!‘ szmebaixgngl:owders are everywhere recognized as injutiows- o protect yourself against alum, when ordering baking powder, Say plainly- ROYAL:SSDS: and be very sure you get Royal. ; Royal is the only Baking Powder made from Royal Gra{;e Cream of Tartar, It adds to the digestibility and whole-' someness of the food. BRIEF BIIS UF NEWS. 8. C. Franchot of Niagara Falls, member of the state senate of New York, is dead at Montreal. The condition of United States Sen- ator Penrose, who is ill at his home in Philadelphia, is somewhat im- proved. Dr. Chatles A. Baird, a Wéll known dentist of Youngstown, O., was caught in the elevator in the Wick Bamk building and he was crushed to death. He attempted to alight when the car started. A notice has been posted at the Mis- souri, Kansas and Texas railroad shops at Sedalla, Mo, announcing that the shops, which employ 500 men, will be @hut down e Ameil 1 GENERAL KLINE DEAD. 8erved in Civil and Spanish-Amer ican Wars. Baltimore, March 2 .—Brigadier General Jacob Kline, U. 8. A, retired, is dead at Johns Hopkins hospital of kidney disease. He came to Balti- more some time ago from his home at Newport News, Va., to undergo treat- ment at the hospital for his malady. For a time he seemed to improve, but Sunday suffered a relapse. General Kline was born in Pennsylvania sixty- eight years ago. He served in the Civil and Spanish-American wars and made a splendid record during his career in the army. 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