Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, June 24, 1908, Page 2

) o | THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER PUBLISHRD EVERY AFTHRNOON, BEMIDJI PIONEER PUBLISHING CO. By CLYDE J. PRYOR. TRatered in the postofice at Bemid)l. Minn., as secoud class matter. SUBSCRIPTION---85.00 PER ANNUM GONE TO THEIR REWARD. Bemidji Daily Sentinel—1905. Bemidiji Daily Sentinel—1907. Bemidji Daily Sentinel—1908. Bemidji Evening News—1908. b “Rest in Peace. THE DEAR “COLONEL.” “Colonel” Allen, you are one of the great men of the earth. The good Lord, in His wisdom, created the “small fry” of the earth’s surface after His own image, and then it remained in arter years for you to flash into the limelight. I have been in the newspaper business some twenty odd years, and I presume have absorbed some small knowledge of the business; but I doff my hat to you, brother. You are a wonderful man, Colonel. In my declining years, when I arrive at the top of the slide of life and begin to toboggan down the other side toward the end. of things earthly, I shall tell my son and his children of ‘fact docile and affable, a friendly sort the great man whom I knew in middle life, and after whom I hope they will pattern their careers. Brother, I love you; and I hope that your great work in reforming the earth and telling the gest of us poor newspaper imbeciles how to conduct a great publication, will be amply rewarded in the next world, as man gets but little here below for a life of hustling for others. This for your personal reference to me, in one of your last issues. —A. G. RUTLEDGE, (Sometimes called “Doc.”) The latest idocy from the imbecile postoffice department at Washington is an order requiring exterior signs on all postoffices, to contain, with the words “postoffice,” the name of the town in which an office is located. Further, the order explains that as the department has no money to pay for such signs the postmaster must foot the bill out of his salary. Isn’t this pretty near the limit of official imbecility? Republican State Convention. The republican state convention of the republican electors of the state will be held at the Auditorium in St. Paul, Minn., Wed- nesday July 1. 1908, at 11 o'clock a. m.. for the purpose of placing in nomination candidates on the republican ticket for the following state offices: Governor, lieutenant-governor, secretary of state, treasurer, attorney-general and two railroad and warehouse commissioners. The basis of representation shall be the average of all the votes cast for the republi- can candidates for governor, lieutenant-gov- ernor, secretary of state, auditor, treasurer and attorney-general at the general elec- tion of 1906, Each of the countlesof the state shall be entitled to one delegate for each 200 of sald w=no had libeled Taft’s father. Evan then Taft took his own time about get- ting good and mad. The little Filipinos were awed by the immense size of the American who had been sent to guide them into the paths of progress. At first they held aloof. Presently they began to come closer. There was something in the Taft smile Irresistibly attractive. This big American was by no means 8o fierce as his size suggested. He was In of fellow, who seemed to want to help folks along. Moreover, he had no ex- aggerated sense of his own importance. He wore no uniform, no gold lace, no badges of distinction. White flannels or.duck sufficed for Governor Taft's garb, with a cap or a straw hat to cov- er his expansive head. He went around among the natlves just llke an old friend, studying their needs, informing himself as to thelr history, so that he might the better appreciate their point of view, and always passing upon mat- ters of administration in the spirit of the jurist on the bench who weighs carefully both sides of a case before delivering his opinion. The result of the Taft methods and the Taft manners was that the Filipi- nos came to love the large and liberal American who was sent to rule over them. They called him “Saint” Taft, and when he departed for the United States they were not to be comforted. Governor Taft had remalned long enough to prove to the islanders ‘that the United States has no intention to exploit them or their resources for the benefit of anybody other than them- selves. He had made good his express- ed desire to do something to help the Filipino people. He had shown that the archipelago’s new government was for the benefit of the native people and not in the Interest of the American set- tlers. This attitude of a guardian na- tion to a ward was something new un- der the sun, and 1t required some time for the fact to percolate into the Fill- pino understanding and into the appre- clation of the skeptic world. 2 When William H. Taft in 1904 re- turned to enter the cabinet he already was a man with a career. He had achieved enough to place his name securely in American history. But his career was still in the making. The United States found it necessary under treaty provisions to interfere in the STORM. LOSS HEAVY Very Bad Weather. r- FOURTEEN INCHES OF HAIL Over a Foot of Frozen Pellets Cov- ered the Ground at Some Places and Horses Were Drowned on the Streets of McGregor, la. Prairie du Chien, Wis., June 2 .—A of dollars’ damage to crops in the vicinity of Prairie du Chien and totally destroyed buildings, wrecked glass fronts, uprooted or broke down trees. The loss in Prairie du Chien will reach $200,000. sippi river, the loss will reach $300,- 000. Several brick buildings collapsed, blocks of cement walk were torn up and flooded into the river. Stores were flooded from three to six feet 4nd clerks were compelled to seek refuge on counters-and on the shelves. The rear walls of a number of build- ings adjoining a fifteen-foot sewer caved in and the enormous overflow of water flooded throughsthe stores, filling basements and two to three feet of the first floors with mud.. In most {pstances the added weight collapsed the floors and threw the stocks of goods into the mud. Fourteen Inches of Hail. Nearly fourteen inches of hail cov- ered the ground. The temperature, {hleh stood above 90 all day, dropped ® below 50 in less than an hour from the time the storm began. A total of 8.48 inches of rain fell in the forty minutes, during twenty-seven minutes of which hailstones as large as wal- uuts stripped everything bare. Teams hitched in the streets of Mc- Gregor were drowned and in a num- ber of instances drivers forsook their horses and climbed into trees to save themselves from the flood. In a livery barn a number of horses were drowned affairs of Cuba in the interest of peace and a stable government. Secretary Taft proceeded to the island and nursed it through the throes of a civic revolution. In Cuba, as in the Philip- pines, Taft spelled “tact.” Though in public life for a quarter of a century, Mr. Taft’s only elective office was that of superlor court judge in Ohjo. That office he resigned to ac- cept a presidential appointment. The fact that four presidents of the United States have selected him for important posts indicates the capabilities of the man.. Taft was but twenty-four years of age when President Arthur made him collector of internal revenue for the district in which he lived. This position, which the average politician would be delighted to get, Taft re- signed after iess than a year in order to practice law. & Some of his friends felt that in ac- cepting the chalrmanship of the Phil- ippine commission and quitting the bench he was forfeiting a fine career as a jurist, Twice during his stay In the Philippine Islands he could have ascended the supreme bench had he been willing to quit his work in the islands. But he was in the midst of highly important duties there in mold- ing a civil government for the native peoples and refused to return to the Unlted States merely for his own ad- vantage. In the Philippines Mr. Taft had a serious illness. When convalescent he cabled Elihu Root, then secretary of war, “Feel fine; rode eighteen miles on army mule today.” Mr. Root ca- bled back: “Glad you are ‘all right. How is the mule?’ This, of course, was an officlal joke on the Taft avoir- average votes cast in the respective counties and to one delegate for each additional frac- tlon of 100 or more of said average votes and to five delegates-at-large. All the said county delegates shall be elected by the republican county convention and the said republican county convention shall be held on Thursday, June 25, 1908, GLOSE RANGE VIEW OF TAFT, Continued from First Page the most approved American brand. Before departing for the Philippines Judge Taft had said at a dinner that his sincere purpose was to help the peo- ple of those islands. When he was gov- ernor of the archipelago some Ameri- can residents complained of certain rulings made by him. Tafi replied: “These islands are being governed for the benefit of the natives. If you don’t like the government you can get out.” And he said it firmly, though, of course, good naturedly. An ill natured THR SECRETARY OF WAR AND THE ARMY MULE, remark from Taft s a thing altogether unknown. It is not of record that the big Ohioan ever got angry save upon that one mermorable occasion when as a voung lawyer he thrashed a fellow dupols. FEUD ENDS IN DUEL One South Dakotan Killed and Another Badly Wounded. Sturgls, 8. D., June 2 .—E. H. Bald- win and Edward Graham, both of Camp Creek, had a shooting scrape north of Spring creek which resulted In Baldwin being killed. Graham is not éxpected to live. Graham, being shot twice, went to a farmer’s house, giving himself up. The farmer brought him to Sturgis for medical aid. Both bullets were re- moved, but he is still in a serious condition. Craham claims Baldwin came at him And fired the first shot. “The men had been at outs for some time. They met in the road, Baldwin on the way to town, while Graham was en route lome. Graham was accompanied by Baldwin’s divorced wife, who was a witness to the tragedy. STEAMERS IN COLLISION. Panic on Crowded Boat Narrowly Averted. Detroit, Mich., June %}.—The heav- ily laden Belle Isle ferry steamer Britannia collided with the Detroit and Cleveland Navigation company’s steamer City of Alpena on the Detroit river and a terrible disaster was nar- rowly averted. Misunderstanding of signals is belleved to have been re- sponsible for the collision. The Britannia was practically unin- Jured and the damage to the City ot Alpena was so slight that she proceed- ed down the river. For several min- utes after the collision a panic of dreadful proportions threatened on the Britannia’s crowded decks, but quiet was finally restored without serious Injury to any one. A number of wo- men fainted. Escape With Light Sentences. St. Petersburg, June 2J.—Sentences were handed down in the case of the participators in the Jewish massacre of 1906 at Bialystok, when eleven Christians and seventy-three Jews were killed and twenty-three Chris- llans and elghtytwo Jews were wounded. One of the prisoners was sentenced to three years’ penal servi-: tude, thirteen others were condemned lo from six months to a year’s im: prisonment’ and ‘fifteen were acquitted. - bitched in their stalls. The central ¢nergy plant and building are a total loss. At Charme, ten miles above the city, a nuinber of houses and big barns were wrecked and also at Bridgeport. The rallroads have had miles of tracks washed out and little prospect of pgetting trains east is apparent. . There will probably be no train serv- ce east for four or five days on the flwaukee road. LOSS ABOUT $1,000,000. Bevere 8torm Sweeps Over Southern Minnesota. Bt. Paul, June 2,—Minnesota suf- fered $1,000,000 loss frcg: the storm that swept over its sButhern and southwestern portions. The loss ie Principally to the crops and live stock, although there were thousands of dol- lars’ damage done to farm and city buildings. . There was no tornado accompany- ipg the storm. There was a high wind that did great damage, but the prin- oipal loss was from hail and rain. So far but one death has been re- ported. That was Carl Gramenza, a farmer in Brown county. Gramenza ‘was struck by a bolt of lightning that get fire to his barn. The hail in many places was of enormous size and of terrific force. Crops were beaten to the ground wherever it struck. The storm was many miles in width and left total ruin in its path, Much of the damage was due to lightning. Buildings were burned and stook was killed in the fields. Canby, in the center of Yellow Med- icine oounty, was the first Minnesota town struck. Cottonwood, Lyon coun- ty, ‘was caught in its grip and the crops of the county were ruined. In Brown and Redwood counties, which were nest visited, the damage will reach many thousands of dollars. Sweeping across Blue Earth county the storm struck Waseca, Steele, Fari- bault and Freeborn counties. Near Austin, in Mower county, the storm reached its greatest fury. For nearly an hour the storm battered in windows and doors, tore off roofs and a:’fad down telegfln_h and telephone KILLED ‘BY FALLING SHANTY Minneapolis 'Man Meets Death in Storm. ” Minneapolis, June % \—Henry H. Fortwenger, a ocoach repairer in the employ of the Omaha railway, was kilfed in a storm that swept over Min- neapolis and vicinity. He had gone to #hady Oak lake to fish and when the storm ‘bppke togk yefuge in am aban- 4o shinty, which was wrecked by e Wind. A heavy beam fell across chest, crushing him so that he dled within an hour. At Lake Minnetonka the double lock steamer Puritan was caught roadside by the wind and was driven ashore with twenty passengers aboard. All escaped without injury. Plate glass windows of many storet ‘were blown out and trees in all parts of the city and suburbs uprooted. To lssue Campaign Document. ‘Washington, June 2'.—The Demo- eratic congressional committee will publish Jily 1 & campaign book con- sisting entirely of extracts from gpeeches made in congress. A book oontalning other campaign matter will* be issued later. The committee will openi hoadguarters in Chicazo Ang. 1. TELLS LABOR HOW TO VOTE Workingmen Addressed by “Million- alre Socialist.” - Chicago, June 2\.—Introduced as the “milionaire sociglist” Joseph Madill Patterson told 500 socialists, who were not millionaires, at a picnic at River- view park: % “You will never get anything from o8 capitalists by coming along with Eur hats in your hands and asking for The only way you can get it is to [ktch us down,” he elucidated. ~“When anv ana a that the inter. Northwestern States Expetience [ severe storm has resulted in millions ! In McGregor, Ia., across the Missis- |fi] ests of labor and capital are identical,” he gald, ‘he might as well claim that the Interests of landlord and tenmant are identical. The workman wants an JOSEPH MEDILL PATTERSON. easier, cleaner job, shorter hours and better pay. Capital wants him to ‘con- tinue working longer hours and get- ting small pay. “You can't get justice by appealing to persons who profit by injustice. How to get it is a question. Some say It is best to get into one of the two old parties, but that is like a man watching a dog fight while burglars are going through his house. You have been watching the dog fight too long. It is time to get home and drive out the burglars. “The only way you can get what you want is to elect your own people. If you give Debs a milllon votes it will count for more than if you give them to either Taft or Bryan. Debs knows what you want. If Taft gets your votes he won't know whether you are with him in opposing the anti-injunc- tion plank or whether you favor keep- Ing it.” SECRETARY TAFT ABOARD/ Flyer on Pennsylvania Road Narrowly Escapes Disaster. Denison, O., June 2! .—While on his way East Secretary Taft had a narrow escape from being in what might have been one of the worst wrecks in the history of the Pennsylvania road. The secretary and party were on the Penn- sylvania flyer when the piston rod on the left side of the engine broke. Only the prompt action of the signal man In the tower station a third of a mile from Coshocton and the presence of mind of the engineer of the flyer saved the train from utter destruc- tion. = The train was traveling at the rate of fifty miles an hour and when the piston rod broke the cylinder of the engine was cracked by the flying rod. The train was just approaching a signal tower east of Coshocton. The operator saw that something serious was wrong and threw down a signal to stop the train. The engineer ap- plied the emergency brakes and the train of six cars came to a stop on a sharp curve, Pleads Guilty to Wife Murder. Milwaukee, June 2 .—George Wil loughby, who shot and killed his- wife on March 22, pleaded guilty to the erime in the municipal court, threw aimself on the mercy of the court and Fas sentenced to life imprisonment at Waupun by Judge Brazee. Willoughby was one of the most prominent busi- ness men in Milwaukee before the murder and together with his wife were prominent in church work, NATURE'S WARNING. Bemidji People Must Recognize and Heed It. Kidney ills come quietly—mys- teriously, But nature always warns you. Notice the kidney secretions. See if the color is unhealthy— If there are settlings and sedi- ment, Passages frequent, scanty, pain- ful. It's time then to use Doan’s Kidney Pills, To ward off Bright's disease or diabetes. Doan’s’have done great work in Bemidji. Frank Engles, living at 415 Minnesota~Ave,, Bemidji, Minn., says: ‘I have no hesitancy in publicly -recommending Doan’s Kidney Pills to others as I am confident that my testimonial will be the means of bringing relief to some sufferer, There was a dull aching in the small of my back, for many months, my kidneys were very much disordered, the secretios being unnatural in appearance and at times there was a great deal of soreness about the' kidneys, At last I'decided to try Doan’s Kidney Pills and procured a box at The Owl Drug Store, I started using them carefully as directed, the pain’ disappeared,. my secretions have become clear and I am pleas- ed-with results received,” . . For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, New. York, sole agents for the United States. .Remember tne name—Doan’s and take no q't}!e‘r: - 2 PUs A TO VISIT. IN MINNESOTA. Theodore Roosevelt, Jr, Will Spend Vacation In State. ‘Washington, June 2 .—Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., is to spend his summer vacation in Minnesota. The president’s oldest son will put in a month in the forests of the morth- ern portion of the state as the guest of Mr. John C. Greenway of Coleraine. Mr. Greenway 18 an old friend of the Roosevelt family and a former Har- vard man, but was not in the same class with the president. He was with the president, however, during the Cuban campaign and ever since has been a regular White House visitor. The president has offered Captain CGreenway several good positions, one of them being that of member of the civil service commission. But Mr. Greenway, who has built up the town of Coleraine as a model mining center, prefers business to politics, During the month of July Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas. Longworth, while en route -to Yellowstone National park, will probably make a visit to Cole- raine, R It is quite likely that Teddy, Jr., will accompany the party West. The young Harvard student is a crack shot and enjoys a hunt equally as well as Bis father. Penalty for Being Absent. St. Petersburg, June 2..—The cab- Inet has introduced in the duma a bill raising the salaries of the members of the duma-to $2,100 a year, with a pen- Aty of $12.50 for each day a deputy !s absent if not: excused by the chair. The bill meets the wishes of the depu- Hes, as they complain that the sum they now receive is entirely inade- juate to the St. Petersburg scale of living and it is expected to pass with- aut canosition. =3 Go Ab R. Veteran gives the following TESTIMONIAL = ¢ST. PAUL, MINN, Centlemen: Ihavebeen asufferer fr theumatism, 1 was laid up in bed ant irave up all_hope of being cured. our remedy wasrecommended tome by Chief of Police 0’Connor, who said 6088 had cured him. 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