Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, August 18, 1908, Page 2

- Bell 1t again. BEMIDII PIfiNEEII PUBLISHING CO. By CLYBE J. PRYOR. Tntered in the postofice at Bemidii. Minn., as second class matter. SUBSCRIPTION---$5.00 PER ANNUM ] If newspaper comment throughout the judicial district is any criterian to go by, Hon. B. F. Wright, of Park Rapids, will be our next dis- trict judge. He has all the necessary qualifications and even the most critical cannot pick a flaw in his reputation which he has built up during the past twenty years or more by faithful service to the public.—Pine River Sentinel. The Bemidji Daily Pioneer puts this question up to the business men of Bemidji: ‘‘Shall Bemidji continue its present daily paper?” We hope the answer will be in the affirmative. The present manage- ment has been struggling hard in an endeavor to give Bemidji a cred- itable publication and their efforts have certainly not been in vain, though not appreciated by the city to the east of us. Mr. Pryor has ‘put the facts up to the business men of the town and it is up to them to decide. For the sake of this northern country the Herald should very much depreciate discontinu- ance of such a splendid publica- tion.—Shevlin Herald. George H. French, candidate for re-election as county treasurer, has . wEs WRIGHT. Candidato for the Repnbllcu Nomination for Sheriff, Pri- - maries Sept. 15. ° 1 hereby announce myselfas a candi- date for therepublican nomination for sheriff of Beltrami county before the primaries 1o bs heid September 15, If elected to the office I will give the duties thereof the very best ability which I possess. S WES WRIGHT. EDITORS OF COUNTRY MEET AT ST, PAUL National Association in Annual Gonvention, begun an active campaign in his| behalf. Mr. French comes before the people for re-election and in his announcement states that he will make his campaign on his previous record. Mr. French has always taken considerable pains with his work and his records are in neat up- to.date condition. Deputy - Public Examiner Kain, who has spent some time in Beltrami county, says of Mr. French’s books and the condition of Beltrami county treasurer’s office: “Beltrami county’s records in the treasurer’s office are in as neat and up-to-date condition as I have met anywhere in the state.” MANY HURLED INTO WATER Engine of Lake Steamer Ex- plodes During Trip. ONE DEAD; SCORE INJURED Passengers Thrown Clear of Vessel Manage to Cling to Wreckage Until Rescued by Farmers Residing in the Vicinity, Although Some Are Able to Swim to Shore—All the Vie- tims Residents of Michigan. Traverse City, Mich., Aug. 18.—Mrs. Isabel la Bonte of this city was killed and a score of passengers were in- jured by the explosion of the boiler of the passenger steamer Leelanau, bound from Leland to Fouch, on Carp lake. Carp lake lies in the Northern Mich- igan resort district, being located in the peninsula jutting northward be- tween Lake "Michigan and Grand Traverse bay. Among the passengers on the Leelanau were a number of resorters from other states, but the list of casualties contains only the mames of Michigan people. Having on board many pleasure seekers -bound for Traverse City to attend a Wild West circus the little steamer was plowing down the nar- row lake with a steam pressure ot eighty pounds, trying to make up the time that had been lost on the earlier stages of the trip. As she was pass- ing Bingh the engineer discovered a loose bolt in the engine and shut off the steam to remedy the defect. It was while he was working at the loose bolt that the explosion.occurred. The boiler gave way- with a crash, tearing OF the top of the engine and demol- ishing the pilot house and the for- ward upper works of the steamer, but leavisg Engineer Edward H. Hardy umeoathed by the havoc that swept before him. ‘The_force of the explosion had all been directed forward. Mrs. la Bonte, sitting near the pilot house convers- ing with her brother, Charles Mosier, captain of the boat, was blown far out into the water, terribly mangled, and John Hartung, who was at the wheel, was probably fatally injured. All those injured were sitting in the forward part of the boat. Many were thrown into the water and clung to ‘wreckage until resciued by farmers Hving along the shors, although some were able to swim to shore. The in- Jured were brought to Traverse City. Beware of inquisltive people. An ex- gesalve curlosity to know all is general- accompanied by as great a desire to B St. Paul, Aug. 18.—The first session of the National Editorial asseciation was held in the old capitol. Nearly four hundred scribes, members of the association, were present at the open- ing meeting. The convention was called to order by the president, Henry B. Varner' of Lexington, N. C. In the absence of Governor Johnson, who is out of the city, and of Mayor Lawler, who was delayed in arriving, Captain Henry A. Castle, the veteran newspaper man, delivered the address of welcome. The first session was not important. It ‘was more in the nature of an informal preliminary and also partook of the character of a reception and sym- posium. At noon the editors left St. Paul on sight special cars for Stillwater. There they were guests of the Still- water Citizens’ association and were taken on automobile drives around that city. Eight Thousand Return to Work. Stettin, Aug. 18.—The lockout at the Vulcan shipbuilding yards here was ended by the return of the 8,000 riveters, the men having accepted the company’s conditions. The trouble had its erigin in a dispute over pay- ment of overtime wages. CAMPAIGN IN MIDDLE WEST Chairman Majl Snfers With Prom- ifeht Democrats. Chicego, Aug. 18.—Conferences lp ing to the perfection of detajled »l for the campalgn in the Middle West were held throughout the day by Chairman Mack with heads of the various bureaus of the Democratic na- tional committee and prominent Dem- ocrats who called at headquarters. Mr. Mack, former Governor Dockery and Congressman Clark of Missouri, together with Colonel Moses C. Wet- more of St. Louis, head of the com- mittee on finance, discussed at some length the raising of funds for prose- outing the campaign in Missouri and contiguous territory. Speaking of the situation in the Middle West Con- gressman Clark said: “Since the Denver convention I have been traveling continuously in eight states, Colorado, Kansas, Ne- brasks, lowa, Missouri, Kentuoky, Ohio and Illinois, and flnd that” the drift is undoubtedly toward Bryan Missourl will give Bryan 40,000 plu- rality and the Democrats will elect fifteen out of the sixteen congresg- men, elect a Democratic legislature, which will select a successor to-Sen- ator William A. Stone, and will elect the state ticket from the governor down.. After Aug. 31 I shall make two speeches every day unmtil the close of the campaign, which I will open in my own -congressional district.” Chairman Mack will leave here next Monday for Indianapolis to attend the Kern notification, after which he will proceed to New York, where he will open the Eastern headquarters upon his arrival there. Hughes Will Go on the Stump. New York, Aug. 18.—Announce- ment was mnde by General Dupont, director of the speakers’ bureau -at the ‘Republican national headquarters, that Governor Hughes has offered his services as speaker during the cam- paign and that the offer had been ac- cepted. ~Bacon Adjusts Dispute. — New York, Aug. 18.—Robert Bacon, assistant secretary of - state, arrived from Porto Rico on board the steamer San Juan. . “I went to Porto Rico,” he sald at quarantine, “to adjust the dis- putes over the church lands there. I can_only sonfirm the dispatches thai ‘Were sent from San Juan to ‘the effect that a satisfactory settlement was reached.” Big Coal Docks Burning. ‘Winnipeg, Man., Aug. 18.—The Ca-| nadian Northern' coal docks at Port. conflagration- is -feared. © The docks have a capacity ‘of 500,000 tons am are possibly the largest in Canada where they will ing ‘gomething just as good’ is qq mor be depended upon: than a clerk in ‘certain country store ‘which a friend visited to buy something. “My friend had been invited un pectedly to make an automobile trip ‘The roads were very dusty, and h‘avellng geveral miles the party came| to a little country village, where my. friend thought he might be ‘able to purchase 'something to protect ~his clothing. The automobile halted be- fore the general store of the village. My friend. alighted and accosted & . drowsy clerk. - “I want to get a linen duster,’ he said. BT am very-sorcy’l shidthe pleik ‘but we are just out of linen dusters. I can let you have a nice feather duster!’” The Wearing of a Watch. At a_meeting of the British Watch and Clock Makers’ guild “Which 1§ the better way to keep a - watch at night—lying flat -or hanging up?’ was debated. The general opinion _was that it was better to let it lle. flat. The vice president of the guild said it depended upon the kind of watch: If it were one such as Captain Cuttle ‘wore or anything incapable of giving some sort of timekeeping, the wearer should be advised to keep it always in one position. It will wear out soon er, but that does not much matter. A good watch should lie flat at night. The variation of rate between hang- ing and lying is very small, and the difference is practically constant, se that the mean rate is constant. In the hanging position all the parts are run- ning on the side bearings, where there is the greatest friction and wear.. By letting the watch lie flat at night and run on the end bearings, where there 18 less friction, the wear is distributed and the watch, made more durable. Joys of Being Fat. According to a writer, in an English magazine, it is the fat men that get all the gdod things in life. They are con- ducted to the best tables at restau- rants, they get the corner seats in the theater and always seem to have enough money to get along without worrying. When a fat man enters a drawing room, doesn’t he always get the most comfortable chair? asks the writer. When his hat blows off on a windy day, doesn’t some one always run after it for him? No one expects him to get up in a bus or a train to give his seat to a lady. He would block the gangway if he did. Hven to pick up things when she drops them. Everybody tells him the best Btories, because everybody likes to heu bim laugh, When the Woman Fainted. A traveling man was in a smoking car when a man rushed in from the car behind evidently in a great agita- tion and said: “Has any one in this car any whisky? A woman in the oth- er car has fainted.” Instantly a dozen flasks were pro- duced. The man who had asked for it picked out the largest one, drew the cork and put the bottle to his lips. ‘With ‘a long, satisfied sigh, he handed the flask back and remarked: “That did me a lot of good. I needed it, for it always makes me 11l to see & woman faint ‘away.”—Kansas City Indepefid- ent. A Natural Inference. “Pa,” said Johnnie Dumbley, “what's an applelogue ?” “Why, it's a—er—a fable, my son,” said Mr. Dumbley. “Usually designed to convey a moral lesson. Why do you ask?” ’ “Oh, mnothin’,” said Johmnie, “only I've lost a dime on it: Me and Blllie Watkins had a bet, and I said it was the original commandment in the gar- den of Eden. If the Decalogue is the Ten Commandments I don’t see why that first one ain’t an applelogue.”— Harper's Weekly. Professional Pessimism. The actors who solemnly advise young men and women to keep off the stage, the lawyers who speak discour- agingly of the law’s delays, the writ- ers who decry their own profession, all are wasting their time and adding nothing to. their own reputations, The general croaker is a pessimist. and therefore a nuisance.—Chicago Trib- une. But Not Literally. It 1s related of a preacher in a small town who was to be absent from his pulpit a fortnight that he recently an- nounced after the sermon: “The preacher for next Sunday will be Mr. Plank, and the one for the Sun- day after you'll find hanging up be- hind the door on the other side of the vestry.” Foresight. Algy — They ' want £6,000 for the lease, Marla. It runs for eighty-nine .years. Maria—Oh, don’t buy it, Alzy. Only elghty-nine years! Fancy, dear, baby: ty-one and possibly mm-m into the bargain!—London Fun. * Plums and Graft. - “If you want plenty of good plums,” remarked the practical horticultarist, *“you have to graft.” - “Fxactly,” agreed the pncficd poll- ticlan;: “s0 you do.”—Baltimore Amer« can. How to Up Holes In Wood: It sometimes- becomes necessary to fill up cracks or dents in fine. wood- work; furniture, floors, ete. The-fol- lowing 18 the best way of doing 1it: White tissue paper 1s steeped and per- fectly softened in water and by thor- ough kneading with glue transformed: Into a paste and by means of ochers. (earth colors) colored as nurly ag po.- i willtakendth k| - ey. ask for an : -and ‘was not fully prepared for; it.‘ : his wife doesn’t expect him to 8toop| that the bird died "of sunstroke.”— being turned out of his house at nine- |- et his poetry fs THE GREAT e fiiHNESOTA STATE FAIR undertaking | | mpw,u BETWEEN ST PAUL&MINNEAPOL g WORLDS FAIR AT HOME 22931 SER 51905 N““G o1t EXHIBTIION Wirso WiTtour RAND ARRAY oF AGRICULTUHAI.—HORTICUI.TURAI. LIVE STOCK DAIRY-POULTRY-FISH - ~GAME-SHEEP-SWINE JOBBERS AND MANUFACTURERS' EXHIBITS - MARVELOUS SPEED EXAIBITION Mmmmrm AFTERNOONANEVENING PERFORMANCES BY CELEBRATED TROUPESSF BEARS— ELEPHANTS SEALS~~SEALIONS—ACROBATS — AERIAL ARTISTS DANCERS Aw EQUILIBRISTS NIGHTLY DISPLAYS 3F GREGORYS ENCHANTING ROMAN CHARIOT~o>STARDING ROMAN RACES AIRSHIP RACES BIG HIPPODROME SHOW ,THE MERRY PlKIE INDIAN VL] AND THE, BIG mapwrj oV “FORT RIDGLEY~62" BTF-NELSON, Pres. C-N-COSGROVE, Sec. minee B unless he " lett & house ‘first “with the | with a killfe, but held whole with the left foot, and would count the number fingers and ‘eaten-.that way; alfo to | of gas jets along the streets, the num- eat 28 many mince pieehas wsltl:: :: bers of ‘cabs ‘and numbers of doors. ouses. o1 ‘Adding ‘these flgutes in his mind, he Christmas, ‘it fa believed, will' insure ‘would, consider the result an o:;en— Bo many happy months for thie eater.| multiples of three good,: multiples of To wrap a mince ple in silver paper seven ‘reassuring, while his bad num- nnd keep It from Christmas till July| ber was seventeen. Curlously, once he lien' eat it is also said to bring| was thrown out of acab; the figures of lood luck. Which he added and found amounted to seventeen.. When Women Admired Whiskers. For ages. beards were the delight ot . A Change. anclent beauties. The sight of a shaved| Mra. Larkin—I want a little money chin excited sentiments of horror and|today, Fred. Mr. L—I'm very glad of aversion. To obey the injunctions of |that. - Mrs. L. (surprised)—Why are his bishops Louis VIL. of France crop-|you-glad? Mr. L.—Because generally ped his hair a la pompadour and shaved | you want & ‘good deal. off ‘his luxuriant whiskers. Hleanor Agquitane, his consort, found him with this uncommon appearance very ridic "ARKET QUOTATIONS' Minneapolis Wheat. 17.—Wheat— ulous and very contemptible. She re- venged hersélf by becoming gomething more than a coquette. The king ob- 'S:Snn;;p,zlg;bg%:“g' i worce. | She then MrHed irackNo. 1 hard, $195@1.26; No. 1 £ e e a’mm Northern, $1.22@1.23; No. 2 Northern, Seward, dacel & '] $1.19@1.20; No. 2 Northern, $1.13@ and gave: him as her marriage dower 1 the rich provinces of Poitou and Gul- 3 enne. And -this was the origin of those wars which for 300 years rav- aged France and which cost the| choice steers, $6.00@6.75; fair to good, French nation. 8,000,000 men, all of| $500@5.75; good to choice cows and - which probably had never taken place| heifers, $4.00@5.00; veals, $3.50@8.00. if Louis VIL had not been so rash as| Hogs—$6.40@6.60. Sheep—Wethers, to. shave off his whiskers, by which| $3.75@4.10; yearlings, $4.00@4.50; he made himself so disgusting to the spring lambs, $5.50@6.25. fair Hleanor.—New York Press. St Paul Union Stock Yards. St. Paul, Aug. 17.-Cattle—Good to 3 Duluth Wheat and Flax.: What Killed the Adjutant? Duluth, Aug. 17.—Wheat—To ‘arrive A good: story from the regimental|and on track—No. 1 hard; $1.18;" No. Journal of the “Fighting Fifth” con-|1 Northern, $1.17; No. 1 Northern, cerns Colonel (then Captain) FitzRoy|new, $1.04%; No. 2 Northern, $1.12; and dates back to 1860. FitzRoy was| Sept, 993c; Dec., 96%c. Flax—To possessed of an air gun, and one after- | arrive and on track, $1.31%: Sept., noon he took a shot at an adjutant, a | $1.29%; Oct., $1.27; Nov., $1:27; Dec., bird which, being an excellent scaven- | $1.24%. gey, 1s protected from injury by a fine 3 %23 of 100 Figten Several pdaik dap the Chicago Grain and Provisions. bird fall, but heard no report. There Chl.cago,, Aug. 17.—vs'lheat—sept., was, of course, a hubbub, and a court 91%3' Deoc, 93%@93%“ May, 97% of inquiry was ordered to investigate| @97%¢. Corn—Sept., 783%c; Dec, ’ 63%c; May, 623% @62%c. Oats—Sept., the bird’s death. 16%c: D 46 47¢; M & As luck would have it, FitzRoy was | 46%c; Dec, 46%@d7c; May, 49%c. < Pork—Sept., $16.07%; Oct., $16.22%; appointed president of the court, the Jan,, $16.02%%. Butter—Creameries, 19 finding of which was duly recorded as o ] @22¢; dairfes, 17@20c. Eggs—18%c. follows: “The court, having carefully Poult Turk. 1 Ac chicke 1ic: investigated all the evidence brought o;nry—l 461;“' Seatmsles before it, have come to the conclusion | SPTiD8S, o : Chisago Union Stock Yards. Chicago, Aug. 17-—Cattle—Bacves, $3.55@7.60; Texans, $3.50@5.20; West- ern_cattle, $3.50@6.00; stockers and Brief, but Crushing. feeders, $2.50@4.50; cows and heifers, He was very badly in love -indeed | $1.75@6.90 c.lva-, $5.50@7.30. Hogs and had sat up fill the “wee sma’| _Tight, $6.25@6.8 mixed, $6.30@ hours” composing the following lines: | 6.90; heavy, $6.25@6.90; rough Sgi5 Beautiful one, with eyes 80 blue, @6.60; good to choice heavy, § Oh, how my fond heart sighs for youl | 5690; pigs, $6.30@6.10. Sheep, '},0 oot apii, liion to me now; | D040 B e A e ik He turned-out about three yards ot | $3.60@6.60. this soul inspiring verse and sent it to the object of his adoration with a re- quest that she would express an opin- {on onits merits. This is what he re- celved: Mr. Hopkins,” she wrote, “I 4o not like to hurt your feelings, but Af you \will read the initial letters of your m?t four lines downward I may 4 8ay that they express my sentiments exactly.” Lumber and Building Material We carry in stock at all times a com- plete line of lumber and bwilding material of all escriptions. Call in and look over our special line of fancy glass doors. We have a large and well assotted stock from which you can make your selection. (Signed) Phil FitzRoy, Captain and President.”—Allahabad Pioneer. WE SELL 16-INCH SLAB W00D St. Hilaire Retail Lbr. Co. BEMIDJI, MINN. ht Bs Worse. An old woman was brought into a London hospital suffering from a pot- soned leg. The house surgeon made a hurried examination. He was & man of blunt speech. “It will have to coms Ooff,” he told her. “What, not all of 1t?” “The whole of it, I'm sorry to say,” growled the house surgeon. “Nothing else for it?” “No other chance for you whatever,” explained the house surgeon. “Ah, well, thank Gawd it's not my "end.” Frost on the Moon. Changes on the moon's surface, espe- clally at the point known as the crater Linnaeus, are recognized by some as- tronomers. : It is concluded that the diminution of a white patch must be & melting of hoarfrost at sunrise and that the deposition and melting frost must be taking place In other parts of the moon.—London Chronicle. i Typewriter Ribbons An Insult. Tuffold Knutt — Wot are ye cross about? Wareham Long (in & high state of indignation)—The woman in that house acrost the way insulted me! I asked her if she-had any old clothin’ to glye a pore man, an’ she offered me ‘a bathin’ suit!—Chicago Tribune, —_ sy Job. “T would willing to work,” said - e et o€ : _all ribbons except the two- “What would that job be?” = = “Well, T wonldn't mind calling out : the stations on/an-Atlantic liner.” i 2 ~ The' Pioneer keeps on hand all the standard makes -of Typewriter Ribbons, at the uniform price of 75:cents for and three-color ribbons and il 15 e sn i thin b special makes. Arthur are on fire and_a- disastrous | Si0[® t0.the shade'of the Wood To the | clentific kiss? Griggs—Surely; onein Which. you -suceeed in breaking away, from the girl without bmmlng o= &2ged to her.—Kansas City Independ- | “ART" 8aid Bragley, with & view to making Miss Wise jealous. *“1 was alone last evening with some one 1 ad” mire very much.” i “Ah[” echoed m bright girl. “Alone, e — ivie - I ¥,