Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, November 17, 1908, Page 2

THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON, BEMIDII PIONEER PUBLISHING CO. By CLYDE J. PRYOR. Wntered in the postoffice at Bemidjl. Minn., as second class matter. SUBSCRIPTION---$5.00 PER ANNUM SHOULD BE RADICAL CHANGE. The Republican press of the state is busy at the present time urging their organization to keep compact and begin laying plans for two years hence. There is, however, one piece of advice they seem not to take into consideration—namely, to lay aside bossism. As it has been practiced during the last three state conven- tions, delegates have been paying their way two or three hundred miles only to find that a half dozen men control the whole thing, even to the extent of changing the vote of counties, unknown to the delegates, thus sending them home working against the candidate nominated. Let the delegates rule the conven- tion, get a fair chairman and clerk, and then—and not until this is put in practice—can you succeed.—Shev- lin Herald. The above suggestion is a timely one; and the Pioneer would add that if the republican party of Minnesota expects to elect a governor, the members of the party must aim to secure some candidate who was not prominently identified with the Collins-Dunn feud, which made it possible to have a Governor John- son. While J. F. Jacobson may have taken no part in that party-dis- rupting “scrap,” his nomination was advocated by Mr. Dunn himself at what was supposed to be a party “harmony” meeting, last winter. “Bob” Dunn is a good fellow; but the lessons of the last two campaigns should teach the republican leaders that the Honorable “Bob” should be kept a little more in the background, if they wish to elect a republican governor. A recent fire at Spooner destroyed the building in which the Northern News was published, and caused the type in the office to be fearfully piad, reminding us of one dark night when we set a bunch of pie out of a sack. It is said that the origin of the fire is unknown, but it is barely possible that the “hot stuff” which Brother Huss has recently been publishing concerning his brother editor of the Baudette Region caused spontaneous combustion and a fire. St. Paul’s new million-dollar hotel will be called “The St. Paul,” and the new hostelry will be headquart- ers for all great gatherings, of any nature, in the capital city. While “The St. Paul” may be made the headquarters for all important gath- erings, it will hardly efface from the memory of politicians all over the Northwest the many politicial *‘jobs” which have been framed in the old Merchants Hotel, and it is not pos- sible that the Merchants will be sup- erceded as politicial headquarters, by “The St. Paul”, Many a polit- ical leader has been shorn of his prestige as the result of conferences held at the Merchants; and many a scheme was “hatched” at the Mer- chants which was subsequently car- ried into execution whereby men of prominence were placed in high places. « A Rich Woman’s Closet. “The nearest approach to a Blue- ‘beard’s closet that I ever saw,” said a woman the other day, “was in the country house of one of New York's most fashionable women. “I didn't know her, but in a queer, roundabout way I was once shown over the house and saw Mrs. V.’s pri- vate apartments. I pretty nearly faint- ed when I walked into a room where a dozen or more women were apparently hanging from the ceiling. “When I came to I found that what I had taken to be a choice collection of female corpses was really a lot of manikins. Mrs. V. had them made after her own measurements, and her choicest costumes were kept on them ‘when not in use. “Her maid would fasten a gown on to a manikin, put something over it to keep the dust off and then by means of a rope and pulley draw the whole thing to the celling. It was a fine ar- rangement, but looked as if Bluebeard had been around.”--New York Sun. Born That Way. There is perhaps no point on which the librarian and child disagree so en- tirely as that of the proper condition of the hands. A child whose hands were black with dirt solemnly stated, “I was born that way.” Another de- clared that the doctor sald “he must not wash his hands till the weather got warmer.” Another whispered, MTeacher, that's the color of my skin.” A boy who brought back a book with its cover sofled and greasy refused to pay the fine and finally brought his mother in to speak in his behalf. We had been very unjust and unkind to ‘her boy, she said, “for he is very care- ful. He puts his book in the icebox, where the baby can’t get it, and noth- ing but our food and Willie’s books gver goes In that icebox.”—Library Journar. " The Pole Star. : TUrsa Major and Ursa Minor are Lnown also as the triones and as the Greater Wain and the Lesser Waln. It is curious to note that the larger-cou- stellation was given the figure of the bear by the Arabs and by the Iroquois red men. The assumed forms are or- dinarily fanciful, and the identity of the names in this instance affords food for speculation. Homer uses bdth bear and wain (wagon) in his veferences to these stars. It Is evident that the name bear was a translation from some original Aryan language, as the constellation s called in Sanskrit riksha, a word that in different gen- ders means both a bear and a star. Of course the polar star in the tail of Ursa Minor is the constellation’s point of glory. In this case we may say fairly that the tail wags the dog, because the group of stars was once called the dog’s tail, or cynosure. From that we have our word cynosure, that toward which all eyes turn, as to the dog’s #ail for sight of the pole star.—Minne- apolis Tribune. How Nora Coaxed the Tips. " A group of women were standing in the corridor of a summer hotel when an aged scrubwoman started upstairs with a pail of water. Just then a bright faced, buxom Irish chamber- maid came up. “This looks purty heavy for the likes of ye” she said cheerily to the old woman. “Better let me help.” She took up the paid and whisked off upstairs with it. “How "thoughtful of Nora!” “Isn’t she kind?” and similar expressions rose to the lips of the women. The proprietor of the hotel and another man also witnessed the incident. “Clever girl, that Nora,” said the hotel man to his companion. “She’s always doing something like that when there are people looking on. She gets more tips than any two other girls in the house. She could afford to pay me for the privilege of working here. Every summer she makes enough to spend the winter in idleness at her old home in Ireland.”—New York Tribune. Oddities of Color Blindness. Color blindness, or the inability to distinguish certain colors, is by no means rare. Incomplete color blindness is when a person cannot distinguish one of the fundamental colors, red, green or violet. If a person is told to select colors resembling violet, he will If red blind usually select blues as well as violets. If he is green blind, he will select green or gray, with possibly some blues and violets of the brightest shades. Violet blindness is rare. To a red blind person the American flag ap- pears to have green and white stripes, ‘while the white stars appeat on a vio- let field. To a green blind person the stripes have the proper colors, but the field for the stars is red violet. To a violet blind person the stripes are nor- mal, but the stars appear to be set in a dark brownish gray field. To a person who s totally color blind the blue of the flag appears a light yellowish brown, while the red stripes seem to be a darker brown. An ldol Shattered. Some one has said that people that are fond of hero worship should never make a pilgrimage to see the hero. Here is an instance: An enthusiastic young lady admirer called on her favorite author. In speaking of her visit she said: “I'm sorry I saw him. He dido’t look at all like an author—no long, wavy halr; no dreamy expression; no eyes fixed on the stars as if to read the secrets of the heavens; no musical, low voice—nothing to suggest the genius. No, I found him leaning on the garden gate, in his shirt sleeves, swearing at a grocery boy! Ard his hair was close cropped, and he looked as if he hadn’t shaved in a week. He was the most terribly human specimen I ever saw.”—Atlanta Constitution. The Wickedest Bit of Sea. Nine out of ten travelers would tell inquirers that the roughest piece of water Is that cruel stretch in the Eng- lish channel, and nine out of ten trav- elers would say what was not true. As a matter of fact, “the wickedest bit of sea” is not in the Dover strait or In yachting, for example, from St. Jean de Lulz up to Pauillac or across the Mediterranean “race” from Cadiz to Tangier, nor is it in rounding Cape Horn, where there is what sailors call a “true” sea. The “wickedest sea” is encountered in rounding the Cape of Good Hope for the eastern ports of Cape Colony. What a Scotsman Wears. A Scottish correspondent, signing himself “Haggis,” writes to us as fol- lows: Dear Sir—Please state in your column that a Scotsman wears a kilt, not kilts. Thus Harry Lauder went to amuse the king clad in a kilt, not in kilts. We regret to say that we find our- selves unable to accede to our corre- spondent’s request. - Respect for truth compels us to state that a Scotsman almost invariably wears neither a kilt nor kilts, but trousers.—London News. Quite of Her Opinion. “Oh, I did so want to have a talk | with you! I'm simply mad to go on the stage!” exclaimed a gushing young lady to a popular actor. “Yes, I should think you would be, my dear young lady!” remarked the great histrion. Consistent. “Why do you wear a yachting cap, deah boy? It's your brother that owns the yacht.” “Very true, old chap. This is me brother’s cap.”—Cleveland Plain Dealer. Beauty is part of the finished lan- guage which goodness speaks.—Eliot. The Bohemian. “Ah, once a bohemian always a bo- hemian!” exclaimed . the unscissored poet. “A bohemian never-changes.” “No, not even his collar,” replied the practical man, who had met a few bo- hemians.-~-Chicago News. Wayside Communings. ‘Wareham Long—Wot started the hard times anyway? Tuffold Knutt—We did, ye ole fool! We wus sufferin’ with ’em long-*fore anybody else caught ’em.-— Chicago Tribune. SUITS AGAINST SUGAR TRUST (iofemment Seeks to Re- cover $3,600,000. FALSE WEIGHING ALLEGED Complaint Charges Violation of the Customs Act of 1890 in That the Checker at the Brooklyn Refinery So Manipulated thogPlatform Scales. as to Conceal the True Weights on Importations. New York, Nov. 17—The United States government has brought six suits against the American Sugar Re- fining company to recover forfeitures and customs duties amocunting to $3,- 626,121 on sugar delivered at the Havemeyer and Elder refineries in Brooklyn during the past six years. 1he government alleges fraud in weighing the shipments. The first of the suits was for $1,- 500,000 and was filzd with the courts on Oct. 16 and the others were filed Oct. 28. The filing of the action was kept from public knowledge until after the election. The American Sugar Refining com- pany has filed a geueral denial of the charges. Two of the suits were brought for the forfeiture of all importations of sugar delivered at the Havemeyer and Elder refineries for a period of but two years, owing to the statute of limitations, although the first action alleges fraudulent weighing for six years. The complaints, alleging violations of section 9 of the customs act of 1890, charge that the checker at the PBrooklyn refinery so manipulated the platform scales as to conceal the true weights. The second and third suits involve amounts exceeding $500,000, the others varying between $200,000 and $300,000. FIVE MEN KILLED IN BATTLE Oklahoma Officers Fight Negro Des- perado. Okmulgee, Okla., Nov. 17.—Five persons were Kkilled and ten others were wounded in a fight between Jim Deckard, a negro desperado, and law officers. The dead are: Sheriff Rob- inson, Assistant Chief of Police Kla- ber, two brothers named Chapman, colored, and Deckard, the desperado. The disturbance began at the St. Louis and San Francisco railroad sta- tion, where Jim Deckard engaged in a fight with an Indian boy, Steve Gray- son, and beat him into insensibility with a rock. Friends of Grayson no- tified the police and when Policeman Klaber went to the station De fled to his house nearby, barricaded bimself in and when Klaber ap- proached Deckard shot and instantly killed him. Sheriff Robinson gathered a posse in a few minutes and hurried to the scene. Part of this posse was made up of a group of negroes whom the sheriff commissioned as deputies. As the posse approached the house Deckard opened fire with a rifie, firing as rapidly as he could load his weapon. The sheriff fell first, instantly killed. Then the two Chapman brothers, ne- gro deputies, were slain. A frenzied mob then surrounded the house and Deckard was shot to death. AUSTRIA REPEATS WARNING Servia Must Cease Provocations or Suffer Consequences. Vienna, Nov. 17—The possibility of trouble between Austria-Hungary and Servia has not yet been eliminated. A semi-official statement issued here says that the Austro-Hungarian gov- ernment will be compelled to take de- cisive steps if the Servian provoca- tions do not cease. The dignity of the dual monarchy forbids it longer to tolerate Servia's actions. A final decision as to the course of the gov- ernment will be reached in a few days. Belgrade, Nov. 17.—Hostility to Austria-Hungary is spreading among the population of Bosnia and Herze- govina and_in scveral districts an out- Break of guerrilla watfars is thréat: ened. By order of the Austiian au: thorities a number of prominént Ser- vians are being confined to their homes. The garrison at Trebibje has been reinforced by 10,000 men and preparations for its defense are being made. Frontier incursions of Monte- negrin troops into-Bosnia and Herze- govina are expected. The Austrians are reported to have mined all the passes, as well as the water springs, that men coming from Montenegro are likely to traverse. 8ims Gives Notice of Appell. Chicago, Nov. 17.—District Attorney Sims has served notice on counsel for the Standard Oil company of Indiana that on Nov. 30 the government will apply to the supreme court of the United States for a writ of certiorari bringing the record of the famous re- bating case before that tribunal. This is the case in which the court of ap- peals reversed Judge Landis, who had recorded a fine of $29,240,000 against the corporation. LETTERS OFFERED IN CASE Prosecution Shows Motive for Murder of Mrs. Gunness. Laporte, Ind., Nov. 17.—For the purpose of leading up to the motive for the setting fire of the Gunness housé by Ray Lamphere Prosecutor Smith, in the Lampkere trial, offered i evidence a number of letters writ- ten by Mrs. Gunness to A. K. Hel- gelein regarding the disappearance of his brother and also placed before the jury certain documents and such pa- pers by which the signature of Mrs. Gunness will be identified. In sys- tematic order this evidence is being gotten before the jury and the climax of this phase of the case will be the reading of the letters. In the cross-examinaticn of Mrs. ‘William Flynn the defense accident- ally brought out a strong point in fa- vor of the state when the witness tes- tified that the rings which she saw on the fingers of Mrs. Gunness in life were so tight and Mrs. Gunness’ fin- gers were so fat that they could not have been removed without filing them off. These are the rings which ‘were found on the fingers of the dead woman after the fire and were identi- fied by Mrs. Flynn. Three Helgelein letters were offered in evidence through Mrs. Ray Turner, who had translated them from Nor- wegian into English, but they were not read at this time. MARKET QUOTATIONS. Minneapolis Wheat. Minneapolis, Nov. 16.—Wheat— Dec., $1.03%; May, $1.08%. On track —No. 1 hard, $1.07%; No. 1 Northern, $1.06%; No. 2 Northern, $1.04%@ 1.05; No. 3 Northern, $1.02% @1.05%. i Duluth Wheat and Flax. Duluth. N6v. 16.—Wheat—To arrive and on track—No. 1 hard, $1.08%; No, 1 Northern, $1.07; No. 2 Northern, $1.05: Dec., $1.04; May, $1.08; Nov., $1.05%. Flax—To arrive and on track, $1.41%; Nov., $1.40%; Dec, $1.39%; May, $1.43%. ! St. Paul Union Stock Yards. St. Paul, Nov. 16.—Cattle—Good to $6.00@5.75; good to choice cows and heifers, $4.00@5.00; veals, $5.25@86.00. Hogs—$6.00@5.60. Sheep—Wethers, $4.00@4.25; yearlings, $3.90@4.00; spring- lambs, $5.00@5.35. Chicago Grain and Provlisions. Chicago, Nov. 16.—Wheat—Dec., $1.02%; MVay, $1.07; July, $1.01%. Corn—Nov., 6284¢; Dec., 625c; May, 6234¢; July, 61%¢c; Sept., 61%ec. Oats —Dec., 48%c; May, 50%c; July, 46%c. Pork—Dec., $14.45; Jan., $16.02%; May, $16.1215@16.15. Butter—Cream- erles, 22@29c; dairles, 193 @25c. Izgs—28c. Poultry—Tuwkeys, 15c; chickens, 8@9c; springs, 1lc. Chicago Union Stock Yards. €hicago, Nov. 18.—Cattle—Beeves, $3.30@7.50; Texans, $3.50@4.50; West- ern cattle, $3.20@6.85; stockers and feeders, $2.60@4.60; cows and heifers, $1.50@6.20; calves, $5.50@5.90. Hogs —Light, $5.00@5.70; mixed, $5.20@ 5.90; heavy, $5.20@6.90; rough, $56.20 @5.40; good to cheice heavy, $5.40 @5.90; pigs, $8.75@5.00. Sheep, $2.40 @4.50; yearlings, $4.10@4.80; lambs, $3.75@5.90. Easy Job. “I would be willing to work,” sald Tyre Dout, “if I could get the sort of Job I want.” “What would that job be?” “Well, T wouldn’t mind calling out the stations on an Atlantic liner.” always it, Use it or not, as your doctor says. this co You could not please us better than to ask yr B doctor aboutAyer’s Cherry Pectoral for coughs, f D O C t O r S colds, croup, bronchitis. Thousandsof families s Ch P », their physician and the experience of many %&,_anm;‘%fl; years have given them great confidence in keep it in the house. The approval of ugh medicine. §:9; Ayer.Oo., Ridney-Ettes cure Backache The LCeader of them HiIl, Price 25 €ents OWL DRUG STORE, BEMIDJI, MINN. The Da.ily Pioneer 40c per Month GAR-GOL cures SORE THROAT W %EE DRUEG STORE BEMIDJI, MINN. choice steers, $6.00@6.75; fair to good, | BIG LOSS OF LIFE NARHDHAVEHTED Helpless Steamer Plcked Up as She Is Going on Rocks. Beattle, Wash,, Nov. 17.—With six- ty passengers cheeriag as only per- sons can cheer when. snatehed from what looked like certaln death the tug Pioneer and the army quarter- master’s tug Gemeral Hvan Thomas got lines to the Straits Steamship company’s steamer Perdita as she was going on the rocks at Middle point, near Protection island. When picked up the Perdita was within a few ship lengths of the shore and as there was a full southeast gale blow- Ing it is certain there would have been a serious loss of life. The Per- dita was making her way up the straits on the run to Seattle when some of the boller tubes blew out, She was sighted and word sent to Port Townsend. The Thomas and the Pioneer were at once sent to the rescue, but did not pick up with the Perdita for several hours. In the meantime a stiff blow had developed into a full gale and the little “craft ‘was being carried on a rocky and pre- cipitous lee shore when rescued. Roosevelts to Visit Italy. New York, Nov. 17.—A speeial ca- ble to the World from Rome says that it is learned from a trustworthy source that President Roosevelt is planning to take his family to Rome in 1910. Inquiries, it adds, are now being made for a suitable villa and this, it is thought, indicates a long stay in Italy. Hearing Set for Nov. 25. Chicago, Nov. 17.—Mae L. Otls, charged with an attempt to conspire to bring about the murder of her mother, was arraigned in the munfec- ipal court and the hearing set for Nov. 25. Miss Otis was accompanied by a number of friends belonging to a Bible class of which she is a mem- ber. Scientific. Briggs—1Is there such a thing as a sclentific kiss? Griggs—Surely; one in which you succeed in breaking away from the girl without becoming en- gnged to her.—Kansas City Independ- en $100 Reward, $100 The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that scieuce has been able to cure in all its stages, and that is Catarrh. Hall's Oatarrh Cure is the only positive cure now known to the medical fraterniiy, Catarrh being a constitutional disease, reaires & constitutional treatment. Hail's Uatarrh Gure is taken internally. acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system, thereby destroying the foundation of the discase, and giving the patientstrength by building up the constitution and_assisting nature in doing its work, The proprietors bave so much faith in its curative powers that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any case that it falls to cure. Send for listof testimontals. Address F. J. CHENEY & 00., Toledo, O. Sold by all Druggists, Tic. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation. leaving her in a helpless condition. | BUY A GOOD LOT With the growth of Bemidji & good lots are becoming scarcer and scarcer. We still have a number of good lots in the residence part of town which will be sold on easy terms. For further particulars write or call Bemidji Townsite and Im- provement Company. H. A. SIMONS. Agent. -Swedback Block. Bemidji. FOOTBALL Carlisle - University Indians ~ Minnesota MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. Northrop Field, Saturday, .Nov. 21 The Gopher team is in splendid condition to meet the In- dians, and the greatest game of the vear in the Northwest will undoubtedly be witnessed at this contest. The NORTHERN PACIFIC train service to and from Minneapolis and St. Paul will be found convenient for all. Be sure and travel by the Northern Pacific Railway ON APPLICATION LOCAL AGENT WILL SECURE RESERVED SEAT TICKETS FOR THE GAME Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Fxposition, Seattle, 1909 Subscribe For The Pioneer. a | Typewi'iter Ribbons The Pioneer keeps on hand all the standard makes of Typewriter Ribbons, at the uniform price of 75 cents for all ribbons except the two- and three-color ribbons and special makes. -