Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, May 28, 1908, Page 2

THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER PUBLISHED NVERY AFTHRNOON, BEMIDJI PIONEER PUBLISHING CO. By CLYDE J. PRYOR. Wntered in the postoffice at Bemidjl. Minn., as second class matter. SUBSCRIPTION---$5.00 PER ANNUM APOLOGIZED TO JUDGE STANTON. Brainerd Dispatch: The case of Barnard Bros. vs. the Northern Express company, involving the seizure of fish by the state while in transit, went to the jury about 10 o’clock this forenoon. The case has been closely contested thronghout. Judge Stanton delivered _an impressive charge to the jury,'one of the notable features being his reference to a remark of Attorney Polk, for the plaintiff, to the effect that all the judges, county attorneys and legislators in the state carried passes in their pockets. Judge Stanton called the attention of the jury to the fact that this was now prohibited by-law and stated that he for one knew that he enjoyed that same privilege as the jurors of walk- ing up and paying hislittle two cents per mile when he wanted to travel. Attorney Polk arose and begged the pardon of the court, saying that he meant to have stated that this was the case in the past. CONDITIONS SIMILAR HERE. Says the Big TFalls Compass, in “Slight Varitions of the Needle”: “Nearly $2,000 per month is sent out of Big Falls to the mail order houses, but the local merchants are entitled to little sympathy as long as they are too busy to advertise.” This statement is probably true, in a measure, of Bemidji and the wail order houses; and the same conclusion would not be far remiss. However, we have some good advertisers, but the average mer- chant in this city is a poor adver- tiser. GREELEY HOME, AGAIN. *“‘Slight Variations of the Needle” again appear in the Big Big Falls Compass, and as the matter does not bear the copyright of John T. Oyler, we presume that Greeley is again handing out the “copy” for the Compass. Greeley is always a good writer, and his paragraphs are free from the sting so noticeable in Oyler’s writ- ings. Sought for Thirteen Years. Tahlequah, Okla.,, May 2'.—Thomas and James Wickliffe, who have been hunted by the government authorities of Oklahoma for thirteen years, sur- rendered to the state authorities of Oklahoma here. They are accused of having killed several deputy marshals and are charged with numerous crimes. Johnson in Alabama. Birmingham, Ala, May 27.—Gov- ernor Johnson of Minnesota was the principal speaker of the day before the Alumni association at the com- mencement exercises at the state uni- versity in Tuscaloosa. His subject was “Landmarks of American Liberty.” Alexander the Great's Escape. As a young man Alexander the Great escaped death in a curious man- ner. A great banquet was being held at Pella, the capital of Macedonia, at which were present the future con- queror of the world and his father, Philip. - During the feast one of the guests proposed a toast-and prayer of- fensive to Alexander, who hurled a goblet at him. King Philip, angry at this outrage, started up, drew hig sword and rushed furiously upon his son, but he had drunk so deeply that before he reached him he fell prostrate among the terrified merrymakers. Not a whit perturbed at this extraordinary escape from death, Alexander retorted, “Here is a man preparing to cross from Europe into Asia who yet cannot step surely from one couch to another.” And “Everybody ghed.” The following story was told by El- len Thorneycroft Fowler in the London P. T. O.: “At a dinner party one even- ing after my marrlage the conversa- tlon, which was general, took a literary turn, and a gentleman sitting next to me, who did not know the identity of Mrs. Felkin with Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler, began to descant on the way young authors spoil themselves with tricks. To emphasize his point he said, ‘What can be more horrible than Miss Fowler’s trick of saying “Everybody laughed?”’ There was a dead pause. He evidently expected me to make a re- mark, for when I did not speak he turned and said: ‘Oh, don’t you know Miss Fowler's books? Haven't you read any of them? ‘I wrote them,’ I replied, and then, indeed, ‘everybody laughed.’ A Mother's Sacrifice. Legends in India run that if a wom- an stricken with leprosy suffers her- 8elf to be buried alive the disease will not descend to her children. There Wwas in the northwest provinces of In- dia the wife of a gardener on whom the loathsome malady had fallen. Chil- dren were born to her. The disease grew worse. She importuned her hus- band to bury her alive. He at last, ylelding to her prayers, summoned his son. The two dug the grave, and four nelghbors assisted at the sepulture. So the woman died. These facts were in- vestigated In a magistrate’s court and ‘were proved. Py ALL BIG GUN WARSHIP Battleship Michigan Launched at New Jersey Shipyard. EIGHT TWELVE-INCH GUNS Comes Nearer to Dreadnaught Class of the English Navy Than Any Other Fighting Vessel Ever Built by the United States. Camden, N. J, May 2/—The first class battleship Michigan was launched at the yards of the New York Ship- building company here. The launch of the Michigan was entirely success- ful and was witnessed by a number of invited guests, including Assistant Secretary of the Navy Newberry, Sec: retary of the Interior Garfield, Gov- ernor Warner of Michigan, the United States senators from Michigan and other prominent persons of Washing- ton and the Wolverine state. The sponsor was Miss Carol Barnes New- berry of Detroit, daughter of Assistant Secretary Newberry. The battleship Michigan comes closer to the Dreadnaught class of warships in the English navy than any other big fighting vessel in the Amer- fcan navy. The new vessel is known as an “all big gun” battleship, as it will carry eight 12-inch breechloading rifles. The general dimensions of the Mich- igan are as follows: Length on load ‘water line, 450 feet; extreme breadth, 80 feet; draft, 24 feet 6 inches; total coal bunker capacity, 2,200 tons. The hull is of steel throughout. Although a very heavy vessel the contract calls for a sustained speed of 18% knots an hour for four consecutive hours. Many Smaller Guns in Battery. Besides the eight 12-inch guns the main battery will include two sub- merged torpedo tubes and the sec- ondary battery will consist of twenty- two 3-inch (14-pounder) rapid semi- automatic guns, two 3-inch field pieces, four machine guns of .30-caliber. The 12-inch guns will be mounted in pairs in four turrets on the center line, two forward and two aft. The hull will be protected on the water line by a complete belt of armor eight feet wide, having a thickness of eleven inches throughout the machin- ery spaces and twelve inches at the magazine spaces. For a height of eight feet above the main belt there will be the casemate armor, eight inches thick at the top to ten inches thick at the bottom. There will be a complete protective deck from stem to stern. The magazines and shell- rooms will be so arranged that about one-half of the total supply of ammuni- tlon will be carried at each end of the ship. SHARPLY CRITICISES JEROME Closing Arguments in Effort to Oust District Attorney. Elizabethtown, N. Y., May 2 .— Closing arguments on the charges of dereliction preferred by a committee headed by William F. King against District Attorney William T. Jerome of New York county were heard here by Commissioner Hand, who was ap- pointed by Governor Hughes to hear testimony on the charges. In addi- tion to the oral arguments counsel for both sides submitted briefs to the commissioner. The brief submitted by Franklin Pierce, counsel for the complainants, declared that every thoughtful man knows that conditions in New York county are “a hundred times more dangerous to the welfare of society than murder itself” and that “a graver calamity could not visit the people of New York than the continuation of the evil example and the disgraceful conduct of William Travers Jerome in the office of public prosecutor of New York county.” The brief is a document of nearly 200 printed pages, in which the charges against the district attorney are re- viewed. Mr. Pierce argued that even in the investigation of these charges the district attorney has conducted himself in a manner warranting his removal from office. He declared that Mr. Jerome all through the examina- tion threatened witnesses with crim- inal prosecution “and used other methods of that kind.” No Rate Advance at Present. New York, May 2 .—There will be no immediate advance in tariff rates on the railroads of the Southwest, ac- ording to an announcement made by . A. Leland, chairman of the South- western tariff committee, which has *|been in session here for more than a week. On the other hand Mr. Leland said a proposition to make some slight reductions ¥ rates will be submitted to the roads for approval. Plague Continues at La Guayra. Willemstad, Curacao, May 2..—The report that the port of La Guayra would be reopened in the immediate tuture is considered here to be prema- ture, as it is unofficially stated that another case of bubonic plague has oecurred there since the issuance of President Castro’s decree. Woman Murders, Then Suicides. Roanoke, Va., May 2'.—Willlam M. Simpson, a locomotive engineer, was shot and killed by Sadie Butler, who immediately drank carbolic acid and died in a few minutées. The woman ‘was of prepossessing appearance and was madly in love with Simpson. She had often declared that she intemded ¥illing both herself and him. The tragedy occurred in a house where the Wwoman lived. Wounds Two Brothers in Duel. St. Petersburg, May 2'.—Prince Na- poleon Murat, a descendant of Bona- parte’s famous field marshal and ‘whose grandmother was an American ‘woman, Caroline Frazer of Borden- town, N. 7, fought two brothers named Plen in-duels here, wounding both of his’ opponents, one seriously, but himselt-being:amharmed, MRS. WARD ESCAPES INJURY Noted Authoress -on Board Wrecked Train in Canada. Winnipeg, Man., May 2/—By . the sudden sinking of the Canadian Pacific roadbed on the main line 100 miles east of this city the express bound for here ‘was thrown off the track, the locomotive and mail cars being thrown into a little lake near the track. Sey- HUMPHRY WARD. eral passengers were slightly injured and the mail clerks were seriously in- Jjured. Fifteen thousand dollars’ worth of registered mail was submerged. Mrs. Humphrey Ward, the distin- guished authoress, was one of the pas- sengers, but escaped injury. THINKS IT’S MRS. GUNNESS Mysterious Woman Swindler at Work in Connecticut. Indianapolis, May % '.—Through a letter sent to Governor Hanly by Emma C. Kolb of South Coventry, Conn., the sheriff of Laporte county has obtained a possible clue to the supposed whereabouts of Mrs. Gun- ness, if the Laporte woman is still alive. The letter, which was received at the governor’s office, was forwarded at once to the Laporte county sheriff. The Coventry woman wrote at length describing a mysterious woman in black who has been swindling the people over the eastern part of Con- necticut and who, she believes, is none other than Mrs. Gunness. The writer says she has seen a picture of Mrs. Gunness and that the resemblance be- tween the mysterious swindler and Mrs. Gunness is so striking that she could hardly be mistaken in her con- clusions. OREGON LAND FRAUDS. Next Case Will Be Taken Up for Trial June 2. Portland, Ore., May 2 .—Terry P. Becker of Buffalo, N. Y., special as- sistant to the attorney general of the United States, has begun to arrange the evidence to be used in the untried land fraud cases which will be taken up by the United States district court on June 2. The first case to be tried will be that against J. H. Booth, former re- ceiver of the Roseburg land office. Mr. Becker has announced that the indictments against former Congress- man J. M. Williamson and Binger Hermann, former commissioner of the general land office, will not be tried until late in the summer. Francis J. Heney of San Francisco will have charge of the prosecution for the gov- ernment. ESCHLE PLEADS GUILTY. Admits the Killing of Aged St. Paul Man. St. Paul, May 2 —Fred Eschle, with the idea of escaping the hang- man’s noose, came before Judge Hal- lam and offered a plea of guilty to murder in the first degree for having killed John Smolensky, an aged rag- plcker, on March 22 last. ‘When the plea of guilty was offered in the stolid fashion of an indifferent person T. J. McDermott, the defend- ant’s attorney, -stated that he would offer witnesses to prove extenuating circumstances and these circum- stances all related to the mental con- dition of the accused man. Neither the court nor County Attor- ney O’Brien offered any objection to this line of inquiry. Passing of sen- tence was deferred. BRIEF BITS OF NEWS. For the first time in his life “Uncle Joe”: Cannon is confronted with a cigar that promises to get the best of him. It is twenty-two inches long, two inches thick and cost $30. Suicide by boys and girls between the ages of ten and nineteen years in- creased nearly 5 per cent between 1900 and 1906 in thirty-seven Amer- fcan cities of 100,000 population or over. A Theodore P. Shonts of New York will” leave Paris for home May 27. Mrs. Shonts will remain with her daughter, the Duchess de Chaulnes, until after the birth of the latter’s child. Godwin Scudamore, the last sur- vivor of the Union prisoners who made their escape through the tunnel from the Libby prison during the Civil war, 1s dead at his home near Lakeport, Cal. A spirited tilt between Willlam J. Bryan ‘and James B. Forgan, presi- dent of the First National bank of Chicago, was a feature of the dinner of the Bankers’ club of Chicago in the Auditorium Annex. A quarterly dividend of $5 a share has been declared by the directors of the Calumet and Hecla Mining com- pany. This is the same as the divi- dend three months ago. A year ago the dividend was .$20 quarterly. Forty-eight per cent of the adult In- dians of Alaska are suffering from tu- berculésis, while practically all of the children are suffering from some dis- ease or other, i8 the report of Captain Paul C. Hutton, assistant surgeon, U. 8. A, who has arrived in Seattle from Fort-Willlam H. Seward. = . CONSPIRACY CHARGED Six Leading Contractors of Bos- ton Placed Under Arrest. CITY THE ALLEGED VICTIM Action Follows Report of Finance Commission, Which Was Comment- ed Upon: by President Roosevelt in a Recent Mesaage._ Boston, May 28.—Six of the leading officials of as many boilermaking plants and structural fron works here ‘were arrested .by police inspectors charged with conspiracy to defraud the city of Boston. This follows a re- port of the Boston finance commis- sfon, which revealed an alleged con- spiracy between contracting firms in relation to bids on competitive con- tracts. The report was commented upon by President Roosevelt in a re- cent message to congress. The men arrested are Alfred B. Cox, treasurer and general manager of the Atlantic boiler works and a former member of the executive council of Massachusetts; Duncan D. Russell, treasurer of the James Russell boiler works; John E. Lynch, a member of the boilermaking firm of Hodge boiler works; Charles F. Koopman, Jr., of the Gunningham iron works; David H. Andrews, president of the Boston bridge works, and Charles A. Fitts, secretary of the New England Struc- tural company. EVELYN HAS HER SAY. Repliss to “Insulting Statement” of Attorneys for Mrs. Thaw, Sr. New York, May 28.—Evelyn Nesbit Thaw has made a statement in reply to what she calls “the threatening and Insulting statement issued by Colonel Bartlett in the name of Mrs. Willlam Thaw” and in which she reiterated that the divorce proceedings against Harry K. Thaw, which were discon- tinded on motion of her counsel, were instituted “at the behest of Colonel Bartlett and A. Russell Peabody, rep- resenting the Thaw family.” She characterized the statement of Colonel Bartlett, which was given out after the discontinuance of the annulment proceedings, as “in keeping with the Insincere attitude toward her by Mr. Thaw’s relatives since the beginning of the trouble.” NORTH CAROLINA IS DRY. Statewide Prohibition Carries by Big ‘Plurality. Raleigh, N. C., May 28.—A conserva- tive estimate of the result of the pro- hibition election in North Carolina glves a majority of 30,000 for the “dry” ticket. The more sanguine of the prohibition leaders claim 40,000 majority in the state, with full re- turns received from three-quarters of the counties. The anti-prohibition leaders concede defeat by not over 20,000 or 25,000. The prohibition vote fell off generally in places where pro- hibition has been tried recently, but nearly all such places remain “dry.” The new prohibition law will take effect Jan. 1 next. WITNESS IN GRAFT CASE Three Houses of James L. Gallagher Dynamited at Oakland, Cal, Oakland, Cal, May 28. — Three dwellings built by James L. Gallagher, former president of the San Francisco board of supervisors and chief wit- ness for the prosecution in the San Francisco graft cases, were wrecked by dynamite. The explosion shook the neighbor- hood, smashed windows of nearby dwellings and played havoc with in- terior furnishings. Neither Gallagher nor any member of his family was near the scene of the explosion. John Rawlins, a watch- man, was knocked over by the shock. Mcintyre Again Indicted. New York, May 28—Four indict- ments charging grand larceny were returned by the grand jury against Thomas A. McIntyre, head of the sus- pended firm of T. A. McIntyre & Co. Another man was indicted jointly with MclIntyre. It was reported at the courthouse that the other man is George C. Ryan, a membher of the MeclIntyre firm, who is now in Syra- cuse. Mclntyre had previously been indicted and was at liberty on $25,000 bail. He furnished $4,000 on the new indictments. Floodbound Trains Moving. Tulsa, Okla, May 28.—Floodbound trains stalled for three days have be- gun to move out of this city for the first time. Train service is still de- moralized, however. Hundreds of pas- sengers bound for Southern and West- ern points have been delayed since Sunday. A party of bankers from Chicago, after trying to get out to Sulphur Gap, gave it up and returned home. Pleads Guilty to Embezzlement. Deadwood, S. D., May 28.—George F. Horras of Hot Springs, formerly cash- fer of the Hot Springs National bank, who was Indicted by the federal grand jury for the embezzlement of 25,000 of the bank’s funds, pleaded guilty in the United States district court to three counts against him. Guessed It. Guest (suspiciously eying the flat- tened pillows and the crimpled sheets)—Look here, landlord, this bed has been slept in! Landlord (trlum- phantly)—That's what it's meant for! Renovated. Puffer—What’s happened to my meer- schaum pipe? Mrs. Puffer—Why, dear, 1 noticed it was getting awfully brown and discolored, so I put a coat of that White enamel .on it. ——— REFUSES TO DISCUSS IT, Secretary Taft Silent Regarding Date of Resignation, Washington, May 28.-—~Jecretal Taft declined to'be drawn info a d% cussion of the reports that He wgn resign from President Roosevelt's cabinet on July 1, this date belj fixed in some quarters in the conmtim: gency of his recetving the Republican nomination for president. His friends point out that to make such an an- nouncement at this time would not be In good taste, for although he fully expects to receive the nomination any statement affecting his future rela- tions with the president’s cabinet, contingent on the probability, should not be made until that is an accom- plished fact. No denial, however, is made either by the secretary or his closest political friends that he will quit the cabinet promptly. in the event of his nomination, but that he has fixed on any positive date for his re- tirement the secretary himself will not indicate. Attempt to Cremate a Woman. Benton, Ill, May 28.—While Frank Blanchard, residing near here, was ab- sent from his home, two unknown men entered the house, bound Mrs. Blanch- ard and gagged her, and after sprink- ling coal oil over the floor set fire to the place. Blanohard returned in time to rescue his wife, who was bgdly burned and to save the house m destruction. Two previous attempts had been.made to burn the house. Blanchard is unable to ascribe a rea- son for the attempt at arson. Fire Evicts Many Famllies. _ Chicago, May 28.—One man was probably fatally injured, two others were seriously hurt and many fam- ilies were driven to the street by a fire which destroyed the $100,000 plant of the Standard Sash and Door company on Center avenue. Two men, who gave their names as Vistor A't- man and Joseph Brown, were arrestud near the scene on suspicion of having set fire to the building. Prisoners Drink Wood Alcohol. Gallipolis, O., May 28.—Christopher Karnes of Gallipolls died at the Mans- field reformatory and three other pris- oners are reported to be dying as a result of drinking wood alcohol. Karnes served with honor in the navy during the Spanish-American war. He was sent to the reformatory for burglary alleged to have been commit- ted at Columbus. BRIEF BITS OF NEWS. The Atlantic battleship fleet has ar- rived at Tacoma, Wash. There will be no liquor sold in the convention auditorium in Denver where the national Democratic con- vention meets in July. Judge Thomas M. Macon is dead at Denver of apoplexy at the age of sev- enty-eight. He read law with Abra- ham Lincoln at Bloomington, Ill., for a time. He was born in Kentucky and had lived in Colorado over forty years. Buit for $560,000 damages has been filed by Walter Wellman against the ‘Washington Post, the complaint al- leging libel in the publication of a cablegram from Paris which contained an interview with a former employe of the polar expedition. The seventh biennial session of the Mystic Workers of the World, a fra- ternal insurance society, will be held gt St. Paul during the first week in June. An unusually large attendance and interesting session is expected, as the growth of the order has been ex- céptionally great during the ten years of its exlstence. MARKET QUOTATIONS. Minneapolis Wheat, Minneapolis, May 27.—Wheat—May, Dr. Price’s Wheat Flake Gelery Food Unless food is eaten with a relish it does the body no good. Eat what you like and what agrees with you. Try Dr. Price’s improved wheat and celery food. You will surely like it and it will like you. It is suited to the needs of the body; of great nutritive value; pleasing to the taste and most wholesome. s The Reliable Grocery Store The ordinary grocery store is often dis- appointing. -Not so here: We bave in stock the very best line ‘of appetizing gro- ceries in the city. We have on hand a large and choice se- lected line of fruits, vegetables, home baked goods and staple and fancy goods. Choice creamery butter and fresh eggs constantly on hand. ROE & MARKUSEN PHONE 207 HE manufacturers of Clothcraft Clothes long ago foresaw that th. easiest and best way to increase the de- mand for their gar- ments—was. to make them honestly and be honest with their cus- tomers—the wearers, To put the best possible value in their garments and sell them at a moderate cost to many, rather than at a greater profit to a few —was their endeavor, This is why Clothcraft Clothes are such big values at such moderat= prices, $10.00 to $25.00 Schneider Bros. $1.08%; July, $1.06%@1.07; Sept., 93c. On track—No. 1 hard, $1.12%; No. 1 Northern, $1.10%; No. 2 North- ern, $1.08%; No. 8 Northern, $1.025% @1.06%. 8t. Paul Unlon Stock Yards. 8t. Paul, May 27.—Cattle—Good to cholce steers, $6.00@6.75; fair to good, $6.00@5.76; good to choice cows and heifers, $4.50@5.50; veals, $3.75@5.00. Hoge—$5.15@56.80. Sheep—Wethers, $4.60@5.00; good to choice lambs, $6.50@6.00. Duluth Wheat and Flax. Duluth, May 27.—Wheat—To arrive and on track—No. 1 hard, $1.12%; No, 1 Northern, $1.09% @1.10%; No. 8 Northern, $1.08%; May, $1.07%; July, $1.07%; Sept, 94c. Flax—To arrive and on track, $1.24; May, $1.28%; July, $1.24; Sept., $1.23; Oct., $1.22. Chicago Union Stock Yards. Chicago, May 27.—Cattle—Beeves, $4.75@7.30; Texans, $4.60@5.65; West- ern cattle, $4.50@5.75; stockers and feeders, $3.40@5.36; cows and heifers, $2.30@6.10; calves, $5.00@6.50. Hogs —Light, $6.10@5.45; mixed, $6.15@ 5550; heavy, $5.05@6.45; rough, $5.05 @5.20; good to cholce heavy, $5.20 @5.45; pigs, $4.00@4.90. Sheep, $3.60 @5.20; yearlings, $5.50@6.25; lambs, $4.50@86.70. Chicago Grain and Provisions. Chicago, May 27.—Wheat—May, $1.06%; July, 92¢; Sept, 89@89%c; Dec., 89%c. Corn—May, 80c; July, 681, @683%c; Sept., 86%c; Dec., 57%¢ Oate—May, old, B6%c; May, 65%c; July, old, 48%c¢; July,46%c; Sept., 89c, Pork—May, $13.70; July, $13.77%; Sept., $14.0215@14.06. Butter—Cream- eries, 18@22c; dairies, 16@20c. Eggs —1b6c. Poultry—Turkeys, 14¢; chick- ens, 12c; broilers, per dozen, $3.50@ 6.00. Ci For Worry. “Did you have a good time at your musical?” “No,” answered Mr. Cumrox. “Ev- ery time the band played anything I enjoyed I got worrled for fear it wasn’t classical enough to be the money’s worth.”—Washington Star. Willing to Help. “Y suppose old Cashman has more money than he knows what to.-do with?” “Yes, but his wife and daughters are ready to supply the needed informa- tion.”. - The Bemidiji Pioneer Stationery Departm’t Up To Date Goods. The Right Place to Get Tt. "~ Well Selected Stock The Pioneer in putting in this stock gives the People of Bemidji and surrounding country as good a selection as can be found in any stj@tiouery store Type Writer Supplies ‘We carry a line of Ribbons for all Standard Machines, either copying or record; Type ‘Writer Oil, Carbon Paper, Box Type Writer Paper from 80c per Paper Fasteners The' best and most complete line of fasteners to be found any where. We have the Gem Clips, Niagara, “O K,”’ ¢Klip Klip,” Challenge Eylets and other va- box of 500 sheets up to $2.00. rieties. Pencils Blank Books In this line we carry the Fa- _ Our blank baok stock is a bers, Kohinoors, - Dixons, in * carefully, * selécted line of black, colored or copying. We books. Special books ordered have the artist’s extra soft pen- cils as well as the accountant’s ard pencils. on short notice. Our specialties are handy books for office or private accounts. We are glad to show you our stationery and job stock and invite you to call at the office. The Bemidii Pioneer The Dialy Pioneer 40c per Month