Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 12, 1909, Page 4

PROFESSOR GREEN TELLS OF FORESTRY BOARD WORK Continued from First Page used for botany, under the direction of Profs. Freeman and Oswald, and for silviculture, that is, the study of trees and how to grow them, includ- ing nursery practice, under Prof. S. B. Detwiler. In addition to these two subjects, two weeks instruction was given in entomology, under Dr. Franklin of the State University; one week in geology under Prof. Williard of the North Dakota Agri- cultural College, and one week in general nature study by Prof. Lange, principal of the Humboldt High school, St. Paul. These men are all eminent in their several lines -of work. “The statements which I have made are all susceptible of vertifica- tion by anyone who will take the pains to go into the matter carefully. I believe that the day will come, and that shortly, when the very people, who are ridiculing this school will acknowledge that we are doing a good work. “I have been in my present posi- tion, in the department of agriculture of the University of Minnesota, for about twenty-one years. When I came to this department there was not so much as one student, and the whole work of education in agriculture was ridiculed and regarded with contempt by the larger portion of the people of the state. Last year the registration was over 1,100 and this work has in that time grown from a thing that was despised, to be perhaps the most popular institution in the State of Minnesota. years hence the people of the state will thoroughly believe in the forestry school. “Withkind regards,sincerely yours, Samuel B. Green.” Bound Copies of City Charter for $3. The Pioneer will soon print and Bemidji city bound volumes of which have been greatly desired for some time, and will deliver the books, neatly and substantially bound, to bind copies of the charter, order, for the small sum of $3. A representative of the Pioneer will callon you, or you can call at he office and sign for one or more volumes, at the stated price. Obtaining copies of the charter has been a matter that has worried many people of the city, and how to get them printed has never been taken up. As stated before, the 1 believe that twenty Pioneer is taking orders for bound volumes of the charter and will de- liver them for $3 per copy. Leave your order early if you de- sire a copy. Bids for Wood. Bids will be received by Indepen- dent School District, of Bemidji for 300 cords of green-cut jack-pine and tamarac cord-wood, to be delivered on school grounds in Bemidji on or before May 1st. 1909. Bids will be open by the School Board at their meeting on January 12th, 1908, at 8 P. M. No bids for less than 50 cord lots will be consi- dered. Bids should be addressed ‘to Graham M. Torrance, Clerk, Bemidji, Minn. Union Gospel Services. The attention of the public is called to the Gospel Services which are being held this evening and each evening this week at 8 o’clock. This is a union service of the churches and we urge christian people to make some sacrifice to be present. There will be a praise service at the opening of each service, and a brief address. We need your help. Bring a friend with you. Fifty Dollars, Reward. Fifty dollars reward will be given to the party who will furnish in- formation that will lead to the con- viction of the party or parties who killed a Chester white brood sow at my farm on the night of January 6 Money is on deposit at the Lumber- mens National Bank. —Wes Wright. Card of Thanks. We desire to thank our friends in this city who so kindly aided and comforted us in our recent bereave- ment and desire to assure them of our appreciation of their kind and considerate attention. —Mr. and Mis. Ted Getchell. Started a New Play House. C. L. Lasher and son, G. A. Lasher, who are interested in the Bijou in this city, opened up another vaudeville theater last evening at Staples. C. L. Lasher will have personal charge of the new theater. Catholic Aid Will Meet. The St. Phillip’s Aid society will be entertained Thursday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Steenstrup, corner of Ninth street and Minne- sota avenue. Visitors are cordially 1909 Diaries. The largest and best line of 1909 diaries ever carried in this part of the state can now be seen at the Pioneer office. We have made special efforts ot secure the largest assortment ever shown in the northwest. Those who want special kinds should call early and make their selection. NO FEDERAL LAW INVOLVED Highest Court Passes on Southern Lynching Case. Washington, Jan. 12.—The case of the United States vs. Robert Powell, involving the question whether the fourteenth amendment can be invoked in the United States courts to protect negroes against lynching, was decided by the supreme court of the United States in favor of Powell on a writ of error bringing the case from the Unit- ed States circuit court for the North- ern district of Alabama. Powell is under indictment on the charge of assisting a mob in the hang- ing of a negro named Horace Maples at Huntsville, the specific charge be- ing that as a member of the lynching party Powell had deprived Maples of the right to a trial by due process uf law. .The circuit court held that the fourteenth amendment was not ap- plicable to the case and declared that it could not be invoked unless the in- justice complained of was inflicted by the state or its authorities. The su- preme court’s decision affirmed the de- cision of the lower tribunal. OLMSTEAD THE CHAIRMAN House Committee to Investigate Secret Service Named. ‘Washington, Jan. 12.—In pursuance of the resolution unanimously adopted by the house of representatives Satur- day, providing for an investigation into the whole subject of the secret service, Speaker Caunon announced the following as the committee to have charge 6f the matter: Olmstead (Pa.), chairman; Currier (N. H), Young (Mich.), Brantley {Ga.) and Bowers (Miss.), the last two being Democrats. Waterways Treaty Finished, London, Jan. 12.—The British gov- ernment has received telegraphic as- sent from both the United States and Canada to certain slight alterations in the terms of the draft of the wat: ways treaty, so that an absolute agree. ment has now been reached and the Inmediate signing of the trcaty at Washingion is expected. Field’s Estate Worth $83,000,000. Chicago, Jan. 12.—The exact value of the estate of the late Marshall Field was placed at $83,459,032 when the appraiser’s report was filed in the county court, a score of appraisers having been working on the report pince Mr. Field’s death. Will Reject Austria’s Offer, Constantinople, Jan. 12—t is re- ported here that the council of minis- ters has decided to reject the offer of Austria to pay Turkey £2,500,000 Turkish ($10,800,000) as indemnity for the annexation of the provinces of Bosnia and Herzegovina. invited. GILL BROS. Bl CLEARANCE SALE This is the most successful sale we have ever had. We knew the response would be quick and gratifying, but we didn’t expect anything like this. A Few of Our Many Bargains: Men’s Suits that sold at $23, now only . . Men’s Suits that sold at $2 $20, now only . . Men’s Suits that sold at $15 and.$13, ONIY v swwwnme iow s et Men’s Overcoats that sold at $20, $18 and $15, nowonly ... ....... $3 Ilats, sale price only ... $5.00 Shoes, sale price only price. ... Wilson Bros.’ sale price, . .. $1.50 and $1.25 Underwear, sale 85c price price $4.00 and $3.50 Shoes, sa'e $2 95 L] Men’s $5.00 Trousers, sale $3.85 $2.25 $3.85 price... ... price ...... price price, . . oanly. ... $2.00 corduroy Shirts, $27, $25 and $ | 6.25 " $9.25 $10.25 Men’s $4.00 Trousers, sale $2 85 . Men’s heavy wool Trousers that sold at $3 and $2.75, sale price $l'95 15 cent collars, sale 9¢ 35 cent heavy wool Socks, sale 190 uie 81,95 75¢ and 50c Suspenders, sale price 39 e GILL BROTHERS THE POPULAR PRICED CLOTHIERS NEXT DOOR TO FIRST NATIONAL BANK BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA PITCHFORK VS, i, THE BI STIcK Senstor Tillman Replies to . President’s Charges. 17 Aoty IENIES ANY WRONGDOING it {South Carelinan Justifies His Courss In Connection With the Oregon Land 'y Grant. and Declares the Chief Ex: } ecutive Was Actuated by Motives of ‘lMche and Revenge in Making the !;%Aecuutlonm [ Washington, Jan. 12—Senator TiIl- man replied to charges made against him by the president of having exert- ed his official influence as a senator and for his own benefit to bring suit against railroads of the Northwest in order that he might be able to pur- chase land held by the Southern Ore- son company and granted to the state of Oregon in 1868 for the construc- tion of a military road. The galler- ies and floor of the senate were crowd- @d*when the senator arose to speak. “In my public work here,” said Sen- ator Tillman, “I have not hesitated to eriticise and comment on the offi- clal actions and utterances of Presi- dent Roosevelt and I have doubtless given him good cause to seek re- venge. I have, at various times, ar- raigned him in the senate for tyran- nical invasion of the rights of con- gress, for usurpation of authority not glven him by the Constitution, for dis- gbedience of the law and the neglect of duty and, particularly in the case of Mrs. Morris, for brutal and cruel conduct towards a helpless woman. I was not: aware that these darts of mine had quivered in the executive hide and stung him so, but the eager- ness and intensity with which he has presented his case agalnst me, his meking a precedent where none has existed befors, his taking from the committee to which he has forwarded them the papers and giving them to the press before that committee had considered them, indicates that Theo- dore Roosevelt enjoys to the limit the feeling of getting even with Ben Till- man and lays on the ‘big stick’ with the keenest relish, doubtless bélieving that the ‘pitchfork’ has gonme out of business.” Admits Letter Is Genuine. Referring to the president’s letter to Senator Hale Mr. Tillman declared that the president recognized the ex- traordinary character of his action “as well as the unlawful use he has made of the secret service.” Mr. Tillman sald he did not deny the authenticity of the letter or the telegram, of which photographs were made, and he pre- sumed the letter from William E. Lee was alsb a correct copy, but he was not awsre of its existence until it was brought 'to his attention by the presi- dent’s 'statement and added that he was not in any way responsible for Mr. Lee’s ideas expressed in it. Tak- ing up the president’s statement con- cerning Dorr, a land agent, making his filings through Reeder & Watkins of Marshfield, Ore., Mr. Tillman says: “It will be noted that I accused Dorr in the senate of being a swindler and asked the postoffice department to is- sue a fraud order against him. Dorr declared in his eircular: ‘Se sure is Senator Tillman of our success that he has subscribed and paid the neces- sary fees for a qusrter section for himself and ten other sections for ten of his nearest relatives.” Dorr’s dec- laration that I had paid the fees is an absolute falsehood and the post- office inspectors, while they searched the records for entries at Coquille, noted that Reeder & Watkins had filed ‘several hundred applications,’ nowhere mentioned that any had been filed in my name or for me. There- fore the falsehood is proven on Dorr and yet the president declared the as- sault which Senator, Tillman made on Mr. Dorr was, according to the report of the lnspector, a wanton assault made to cover up Senator Tillman’s own transactions.” Justifies His Action. Benator Tillman then detalled at length his plan to purchase Oregon land, his attention being called to the investment while at Spokane, Wash., in October, 1907. After returning to Washington in December he let the matter drop. On Jan. 31 he intro- duced ;the two resolutions referred to by the president instructing the at- torney general to institute suits to re- eover certain lands held by railroads in Oregon. Continuing, Mr. Tillman said: “I have not attempted to deceive anybody; I have not told any false- hoods; I have not broken any law; I have not been guilty of any immoral conduct. I had the right to purchase the land if I could, but my judgment told me it was unsafe as an invest- ment. I would like to get some of it yet and if the attorney general and his successors shall not die of old age before anything is done it may be pos. pible that I may have the opportunity to purchase some of these timber Ands of which he made mention in tion has been directed in a compelling way'to the need of prompt action by the deparment of justice. Whether I ever get any of the land or not does mot matter if Harriman and others of that_ilk: are made to disgorge thé large holdings which they have stolen and are attempting to hold. “The ident,” sald Mr. Tillman, “italicizes the words ‘as well gs my- selt’ as though it were unlawful, im- moral or improper for a senator to buy any land or to act in this chamber on any question affecting his personal Interest. I fail to see any sense or reason in this position, but I must submit that to the judgment of the senate and the country. I had not be- come a party to any litigation; I was ot interested except as a private in- Bividual wanting to purchase and as & senator desiring others to have the opportunity to do so. Of .course the Dresident is sure that I have done P 3 o SN — Rs report. Through my action atten-’ something Very discréditable and out- rageous. He hates me and would de- stroy me: if he could.’ Invites Investigation. “The man who announces to con- gress that he, Theodore Roosevelt, assumed the right to permit the steel trust to absorb its greatest rival con- trary to law would doubtless mot hesi- tate to help his dear friend Harriman in holding 2,003,000 acres of the public domain because Ben Tiliman has con- templated and wanted to buy 1,440 aocres. The president, having convict- ed Tillman, proceeded to clear Dorr, & both cases contrary to the facts, end smilingly stares from the center of the stage, which it is his greatest delight to occupy, and complacently looks to have the American people and the senate give their approval to his verdict. I await that verdict calmly and without fear and will gladly abide by it. “In conclusion, Mr. President, 1 court the most searching investiga- tion. Nay, I demand it. I declare most emphatically I have never sought to conceal my effort to buy land; I explained to the agent of the secret service the whole tramsaction when I gave him the Dorr circular and the lettors which had been sent me con- cerning it. The question of motive will at last control and it cannot be shown that I have any reason to con- ceal anything. I invite comparison of my private life and my public work as a man and a senator with Theo- dore Roosevelt or any other man and feel absolutely sure of the ground upon which I stand.” ‘When Senator Tillman closed there was no demonstration of applause and the immense crowd in the galleries rapidly cleared out. SENATE MAY PROBE ROOSEVELT CHARGES Tillman Insists on Thorough Investigation, ‘Washington, Jan. 12.—“They have got to convict me or they have got to acquit me, one or the other. That is all there is about it,” said Senator Tillman after making his speech and referring to the senate in relation to the president’s charges against him. It is understood that an effort will be made in the senate to form a plan by which an inquiry by the senate as Indicated by Mr. Tillman will be ob- tained. The sub-committge of the committee on appropriations now have in hand the investigation of the charges made by the president and whether that sub-committee or some special committee will be given the duty of fully investigating the charges against Mr. Tillman is to be deter- mined. TWO NEGROES ARE LYNCHED Mob Hangings Occur In Mississippi and. Sbuth Carolina, Poplarville, Miss., Jan. 12.—Batter- Ing down the jail doors a mob took Pink Willls, a negro accused of as- saulting a white girl, to the outskirts of the village and lynched him. Willis had been identified as the man who waylaid the young daughter of J. A. Moody. Columbia, S. C., Jan. 12.—Arthur Davis, a young negro of good reputa- tlon, was taken from his home in Flor- ence county by a band of masked men, who, after administering a brutal ‘whipping with thorny withes, shot him to death. The crime is believed to be the result of a disagreement between the negro and white men. Ten-Year-Old boy Robs Bank. Joplin, Mo., Jan. 12.—Charged with looting the Noel State bank of Noel, forty miles south of here, Oliver P. Billings, aged ten years, was arrested here by Sheriff Carnell, culminating & five weeks’ chase. The tot entered the bank through a rear window while .| Cashier Kissler was at his noonday meal and looted the cash drawer of its entire contents, $92. The boy, in his confession, bragged of taking the money. GRAIN AND PROVISION-PRICES Minneapolis Wheat. Minneapolis, Jan. 11.—Whegt¢——May, $1.075%; July, $1.07%@1.07%. On track—No. 1 hard, $1.08%; No. 1 Northern, $1.085%; No. 8 Northern, $1.06% @1.06%; No. 8 Northern, $1.- 03% @1.04%. Duluth Wheat and Flax. Duluth, Jan. 11.—Wheat—To arrive and on track—No. 1 hard, $1.69%; No. 1 Northern, $1.08%; No. 2 Northern, $1.06%; May, $1.08%%; July, $1.08%. Flax—To arrive and on track, $1.55%; May, $1.66%. 8t. Paul Union Stock Yards. St. Paul, Jan. 11.—Cattle—Good to choice steers, $5.50@6.50; fair to good, $4.50@5.25; good to choice cows_ and heifers, $4.00@5.00; veals, $5.50@86.50. Hogs—$5.50@6.00. Sheep—Wethers, $4.50@5.25; yearlings, $4.50@4.85; spring lambs, $7.00@7.50. Chicago Grain and Provisions. Chicago, Jan. 11.—Wheat—May, $1.06; July, 97%c; Sept., 93%c. Corn —Jan,, 57%c; May, 61%c; July, 61% @61%c; Sept, 61%ec. Oats—Jan., 60%c; May, 515 @61%c; July, 464 @ 463c; Sept, 39%c. Pork—Jan,, $16.- 30; May, $16.60. Butter—Creameries, 22@32c; dairles, 21%@27c. Kggs— 30c. Poultry—Turkeys, 16c; chickens, 13c; springs, 13%ec. Chicago Union Stock Yards. Chicago, * Jan. 11.—Cattle—Beeves, $4.00@7.35; Texans, $4.25@5.00; West- ern cattle, $4.00@5.60; stockers and feeders, $3.25@5.00; cows and heifers, $1.76@5.50; calves, $7.50@9.25. Hogs —Light, - $6.30@6.00; mixed, $56.55@ 6.15; heavy, $5.60@6.20; rough, $5.60 @5.75; good to cholce heavy, $8.76 @6.20; pigs, $4.35@5.35. Sheep, $8.10 @5.75; yearlings, $6.00@7.28; lambs, $5.00G'8.00. ADMITS MURDER " AND ENDS LIFE Rev. Carmichael Located at : Carthage, IH. P YELLS OF CRINE IN LETTER Writes Ten Page Communication Giv- Ing Details of Sensational Killing of Gideon Browning at Rattle Run, Mich,, and Declares the Act Was Committed While Under Hypnotic Influence of Wife. Carthage, IIl, Jan. 12.—Rev. John Haveland Carmichael, the clergyman Who is wanted for the murder of Gid- eon Browning at Rattle Run, Mich., is dead here of self-inflicted wounds. He was taken into custody after an at- tempt to commit suicide by cutting his throat. Carmichael made two seri- ous wounds in his neck and died sev- eral hours later. A letter of ten pages was written by Carmichael before he committed suicide, admitting his identity and eonfessing that he killed Browning, out up the body and burned it in the stove while under the hypnotic influ- ¢nce of his wife. Carmichael - had been staying here for the last two days at a private boarding house. He Ras a sister living here, Mrs. Miranda Hughes, but he has not seen her to any extent. The letter left by Carmichael is now in the sheriif’s possession. In the letter the minister confessed he ‘was the man who killed Browning and gave the details of the crime. On his arrival at the boarding house here Carmichael stated that he in- tended to start a factory and then called on. the local Catholic priest, stating that he was a Catholic and wanted to enlist the interest of the members of that church in his enter- prise. RECEIVES THE NEWS CALMLY Mrs. Carmichael Informed of the Find- ing of Her Husband, Adair, Mich, Jan. 12.“—Really, really, have they really found him?” was Mrs. Carmichael’s exclamation when told that her husband had been found in Carthage, Ill. She took the news calmly; in fact, seemed almost relieved to know that the much sought man-had been located. “I know of no reason why he should have gone to Carthage,” she continued. “He had no relatives there and no friends that I ever knew of. I never heard of Carthage before and knew nothing of the place.” ‘When told that her husband in his letter sald that he had committed the murder of Browning while under her hypnotic influence Mrs. Carmichael declared that she knew nothing of hypnotism; that her husband, so far a8 she knew, was also ignorant of it and that hypnotism had never been discussed in their home. “I never saw- a8 person hypnotized,” she said, “and know absolutely nothing about the practice. And 1f my husband made such a statement in a letter I cannot imagine the reason for it.” EVIDENCE IS CONCLUDED Arguments Now in Order in the Hains - Trial. - y Flushing, N. Y., Jan. 12.—All the evidence in the trial of Thornton Jen- kins Hains has been taken and the case {8 expected to go to the jury by noon Thursday, after counsel for both sides have summed up and Justice Crane has laid down the law in his charge. A brief session of court was held, after which the state and de- fense announced that there was no more evidence to be offered and an adjournment was announced to per- mit Thornton Hains’ counsel to sum up their evidence to prove that the defendant was not a principal with his brother, Captain Peter C. Hains, Jr., in the killing of Willlam H. Annis. BODIES REGOVERED Twenty-one Men Perished in lil- nols Mine Explosion, Duquoin, 1L, Jan. 12.—With the re- Qovery of additional bodies it is thought that all of the victims of the .oxplosion at the Leiter mine in Zeig- ler have been accounted for. Most of the bodies are so mutilated that iden- tification is difficult. Four of the vi tims were negroes, four were Amef- icans and thirteen were foreigners. Ot the twenty-four men at work in the mine only three escaped. Efforts to establish the cause of the disaster are being made, but thus far few of the theorists agree. Experts who had inspected the mine after the recent fire in it declared it safe and full preparations for a resumption of mining had been made, The men killed were cleaning up the last of the debris left by the fire fighters. The most widely accepted theory re- garding the explosion regards it as the result of firedamp Jleaking from the ‘Bealed portion of the mine and com- ing in contact with a spark from an electric trolley, There was but little damage to the workings and it is like- ly that operations will be resumed as planned at an early date.. fron Manufacturer Dead. Philadelphia, Jan. 12, — Joseph Wharton, one of the prominent resi- dents of this city and one of the larg- est individual iron manufacturers in the United States, is dead, aged eighty- three years. He was stricken with paralysis last: June :and never fully recovered. % : BADLY MUTILATED| Ghe PIONEER ' Deliven;d io y;vur door ejery evening Only 40c¢. per Month N ONE CENT A WORD. HELP WANTED. WANTED—Honest, sober young man to quailfy for good position in the Mail Service. Address H. R. B., Box 501, city. FOR SALE. FOR SALE—Rubber stamps. The Pioneer will procure any kind of a rubber ‘stamp for you an short notice, FOR SALE—Good Jersey cow. Fresh this month. Inquire C. L. Hef- ron, 903 Eleventh St. FOR SALE—Horses, harness, sleds, at my barn in-tear of postoffice block. S. P. Hayth. MISCELLANEOUS. AN AP N PUBLIC LIBRARY—Open Tues days, Thursdays and Saturdays 2:30to 6 p. m., and Saturday evening 7:30 to 9 p. m. also. Library in basement of Court Mrs. Harriet Campbell librarian. TMORTGAGE SALE. Notice is hereby given, That-default has ‘been made In the conditions of a mortgage executed by Jerry Twomey, mortg: 3 iy 0t ApmiE 07, e e d e 1 1007, 5 the o of the Register of Deeds of Beltrami mnnt’;e. vendue, to the highest bidder for cash, by the sheriff of Beltrami Gounty, Minnesota, at the front aoor of the Court House in tho clty of Bemidf, Minneseta, on the 16th day of January, 1909, at ten o'clock In the fore- noon, to Satisfy the amount then due on sald mortgage, including taxes, together with the costs of such sale and Seventy-five Dollars 75), attorney’s fees, stipulated in sald mortgage. Dated this 1st day of December. 1008. G.R. W HITME] A.AAtiA#:gyre‘ws.M it Momzu‘r“ee. for’ Mortgagee, Bemidji, Minnesota. B —— Want Ads FOR JRENTING A PROPERTY, SELL- ING A BUSINESS OR CBTAINING HELP ARE BEST. Pioneer e L N Y b