Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, March 26, 1909, Page 2

THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER PUBLISHED NVERY AFTNRNOON, BEMIDJI PIONEER PUBLISHING CO. By CLYDE J. PRYOR. Watered In the postoffice at Bemidjl. Minn., second class matter. AAAARAA SRS SUBSCRIPTION---$5.00 PER ANNUM “LEGISLATIVE BARTER AND TRADE.” The St. Paul Dispatch in a recent editorial said: ‘A very reprhensible state of affairs in the legislature will be brought about if there is further approach to the situation where no measure may be dealt with on its merits, but solely in connection with some other measure or some chain of measures. Threats and trades are openly charged with replacing argument and necessity in shaping legislation. ‘“This is a lamentable situation to lay before the people of Minnesota. It is an inspiring spectacle to see a member afraid to vote his conviction on a pending bill—actually reversing that vote under the threat that other- wise his own pet measure will be sacrificed. Measures as important as the taxation of street railways and the mining tonnage are held as clubs to secure or defeat other legis- lation, without the slighest regard for their merits or desirability. ‘Be with us and we will be with you’ is the argument that is making or marring every piece of pending legis- lation.” That all of this is true is not a secret. It is common knowledge. There is not a delegation in the legislature and hardly an individual member who consistently votes his honest convictions upon all or even many measures. This condition also is growing worse rather than better. It is growing a matter of combi- nation, barter and trade until men of real ability, of pride in their integrity and of loyalty to ideals who seek or accept legislative honors for the good they can do the state, become utterly disgusted. Even men who claim to be preform- ers frequently care more for future preferment than present indepeund- ence, while those known to have measurés of paramount importance to their districts have no more free- dom of action than a galley slave. More than this, it always will be so until the organization of grafters which infests every legi:lature, and the organization of special interests whose main purpose is safety through disorganization, are met by an organization of the tboroughly honest, disinterested and patriotic members who wish to serve the state asa whole.—Duluth News-Tribune. The above, taken from the editor- ial columns of the Duluth News Tribune, is certainly a remarkable statement for that paper to print, everything considered. We who have watched the progress made for the establishment of a sixth state normal school have wondered at the action of the Duluth members of the state legislature and others in the Sixth district contiguous to Du- luth in pledging their support to the village of Cass Lake as the proper place for the location of the school— many of the members never having seen the place— and that, too, prior to the convening of the legislature. It is just possible that the com- plaint made above by both the News- Tribune and the Dispatch had to do with the methods which have been pursued relative to the normal school fight, wherein a small village, sur- rounded by a forest reserve, and with many other drawbacks, has been given the better of every con- tention, simply because a resident of Duluth owned the townsite. It indeed often depends upon “whose ox is gored;” and if the Du- luth paper is beginning to feel slightly disgusted with the methods of some of the legislators it might be said with all ‘truth that it is “reaping the whirlwind” for sowing seeds of discontent and prejudice in the normal fight for one thing. What the Peruvians Believed. | A unique idea of the future state was that of the ancient Peruvians. ‘As the disembodied soul winged its ‘way to eternity it encountered two rocks, upon one of which it must needs rest. The cholce was deter- mined by the morality of the life in the flesh, If it rested upon the left hand rock it was instantly translated to “Po,” or oblivion, a state analogous to the Nirvana of the orlent. If through early misdeeds, however, the unhappy spirit was guided to the right hand rock it entered Into a purga- torial hell where fiends grated away the flesh from all the bones in suc- cession, after which the skeleton was reclothed and sent back to earth for another try. There was no haste about this grating process. It took ‘Something over 10,000 years. the governor, MINERS APPEAR TO FAVOR PEACE Convention Proceedings In- dicate Modified Demands. SPEECH IS APPLAUDED Delegate Advocating Action That Will Result in a Continuation of Work Receives Approval of His Hearers. One Resolution Introduced Asks Only for Recognition of the Union and the “Check Off." Scranton, Pa., March 2/—That the mine workers now in session in this city will not resort to the radieal step of ordering a general suspension of coal mining in the anthracite fields in order to enforce their demands on the employers was indicated by the trend of proceedings in the brief session of the convention in Music hall. One delegate made a plea for the adoption of more moderate demands in the in- terest of peace and a resolution from one of the local unions read in the convention advocated the continuance of work without an agreement until the men were better prepared to en- force their demands. The speech for peace evoked considerable applause and the resolution was well received. Another resolution asked only for the recognition of the union and the ‘“check off.” All the resolutions re- ported to the convention were referred to the committee which will define the policy of the anthracite men. The resolutions committee made a partial report. One resolution from a local union provided that the conven: tion drop all demands except recogni- tion of the union and the “check off.” The committee concurred in the resolution, but after a brief discussion the resolution was referred to the pol- icy committee. Another resolution provided that the miners continue at work without an agreement until the men can at a more appropriate time enforce their demands. This was also referred to the policy committee. A motion then was adopted that all resolutions touching the policy of the anthracite miners be referred by the resolutions committee to the policy committee without reading. If the situation warrants an officer of the miners’ union will present a resolution to the convention asking President Taft to appoint a commis- slon similar to the anthracite coal strike commission to investigate the conditions at present as compared with those that existed in 1902 in or- der to-learn if the demands of the men are just. LIQUOR INTERESTS TO FIGHT Claim Destruction of Business by Pro- hibition Is lllegal. Cincinnati, March 2/ ,—The liquor interests of the country are about to start a fight in the state and federal courts which will make a new and more thorough test of their rights un- der the Constitution than has any previous litigation in all the years of the battle against the liquor traffic. Circular letters have been received by local brewers and distillers asking their co-operation in a meeting soon to be held in this city to formulate plans for the fight. ‘While the circulars could not be secured for publication it is stated that the liguor people will ask the courts “to determine whether a brew- er or distiller who has invested mil- Hons in real estate that cannot be re- moved or realized upon after the de- struction of the business, such invest- ments having been made under laws that apparently secured him in the building up of largé properties and devoting many lives to its develop- ment, all of which is jeopardized and destroyed without due process of law and without compensation for the de- struction of the property,” can be le- gally deprived of his rights. The question is to be-raised partic- ularly in the states where there is statewide prohibition. Particular ref- erence is made to Tennessee, where it is said millions invested in such prop- erty has been destroyed. APPLAUSE GREETS SPEECH Legislator Makes Impassioned Appeal for Shurtleff for Senator. Springfield, Ill, March 2j—While the fifty-third ballot was in progress Representative Lederer made an im- passioned speech, declaring that the right man to be elected senator was Hdward D. Shurtleff and changed his vote to Shurtleff. Cheers and applause greeted the words and vote of Repre- EDWARD D. SHURTLEFF. sentative Lederer, who most of the session has voted for Mason. The ballot then proceeded without incident until Speaker Shurtleff himself voted for Governor Deneen, the first vote to bg cast in the joint ,sesnlnga for 25c, ~ Barker’s Drug Store. % TAFT DISAPPROVES ROOSEVELT METHODS New Presldent Abandons Many of Predecessor’s Pollcies. Washington, March 2J.—Although less than three weeks elapsed between the inauguration of President Taft and the sailing of Theodore Reosevelt for Africa it is a matter of remark that the new president has placed the seal of disapproval on many of the meth- ods of his predecessor in doing busi- ness. A list hastily prepared is as fol- lows: Disuse of simplified spelling; “through” no longer spelled “thru.” Abandonment of evidence obtained by the bureau of corporations in crim- inal prosecutions. Abandonment of the plan of recom- mending details of legislation to con- gress. Rejection of the plan of creating commissions and expending money without the authority of congress. Reversal of the policy instituted by the Roosevelt administration in clos- ing the Pensacola and New Orleans navyyards. Departure from the policy of ap- pointing negroes to office in the South over the protest of a majority of the white citizens. Long messages to congress dis- carded. Senators given anew the right to recommend presidential appointments. New policy in process of formation for enforcing the interstate commerce laws. Members of the cabinet given the privilege of choosing their assistants. NUMBER OF PERSONS KILLED Severe Storm Sweeps Over Wise County, Tex. Fort Worth, Tex., March 2i—Re- ports received here from Wise county, thirty miles north of here, say that a terrific electrical storm swept that county and that four persons were | burned to death in a fire which fol- lowed. The town of Slidell is report- ed practically destroyed by the storm and only two houses were left stand- ing. Many farmhouses throughout the county were wrecked. Bridgeportand Decatur are said to have suffered heavy losses. Two negroes, Henry and Will Cook, were killed by light- ning near Sander. Later advices from the storm swept area give an increasing death list. A. D. Price, a farmer, his wife and five children and a farmhand were burned to death three miles north of Slidell by the destruction of their home. Twenty persons are reported injured. THEY INJURE CHILDREN Ordinary Catharatics and Pills and Harsh Physic Cause Distressing Complaints. You cannot be over-careful -in the selection of medicine for children, Only the very gentlest bowel medic- ine should ever be given, COUGH REMEDY GIVES UNIVERSAL SATISFAQ- * TION, Best Remedy in the Market For Oolds, Croup and Whooping Cough---Tt Always Cures Angd Is Pleasart and 8afe to Take, k) “I never had a medicine in my store that gave such universal satisfaction as Cham- berlain's Cough Remedy,” says Mr. P. M. Shore, of Rochester, Ind. “It is the best remedy to-day on the market for coughs, colds and whooping cough. . One of my lady customers told me recently that she "could not keep house without if, that since they have been using it they have had no need of a doctor” In case of a severe attack of croup a_physician will usnally call twice, and perhaps half a dozen times in a severe and long protracted case of whooping cough, whilein pneumonia it is often necessary that he calls once or twice a day for a week or two. All of this trouble and expense may be saved by the judicious use of Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy, for it is a certain cure for croup, and when given as soon as the child becomes hoarse, or even after the croupy cough appears it will prevent the atf Pneumonia can also be prevented. This fact has been fully proven, as during the al- most forty yeurs in which this remedy has been in general use, no case of & cold or at- tack of the grip has ever resulted in pney- monia when this remedy was used, so far as we have been able to learn, It will be seen that a little forethought and by doing the right thing at the right time, all danger and ex- pense may be avoided. Bear in mind that every bottle of this remedy is warranted and if not as stated it will not cost you a cent. For Sale a Barker’s Drug Stere PRICES ON BdURSE DECLINE Marked Pessimism at Vienna Con- cerning Balkan_ Situation. Vienna, March .2)—Marked pes- simism again prevails here concerning the Balkan situation, but the feeling seems to be based largely on surmise or unsupported facts. Prices on the bourse fell considerably on the report that the powers had failed to reach an agreement regarding the steps to be taken at Belgrade. The powers, however, are still negotiating. KILLS CHILDREN AND SELF Connecticut Woman Takes Lives While Demented. Simsbury, Conn.,, March £5—The bodies of Mrs. Amos Miller and her two children were found in the Farm- ington river. The chiidren had been tied together before drowning ensued and through a note left by Mrs. Mil- ler the' probabilities are strong that while mentally.depressed she took their lives and her own. Three Knew His Limitations. = = “I proplh’sied he’d make a living,” Mr. Hobart said, speaking of a New York painter who spent a summer at his farm, “because he knew what he could do, little as 'twas, and didn’t try to fly too high. “Yes,” Mr. Hobart continued, with a thoughtful ' smile, “you couldn’t get him to attempt any foolish filghts. All that summer he set out in the hen yard, painting hens, or else out back Ordianary | o’ the barn, painting pigs. And when pills, cathartics and purgatives are|I said to him, ‘Look a-here, when Abe apt to do more harm than good. They - cause griping, nausea and Fowler comes to paint the house I'll get him to show you how and let you take a hack at the side end, where other distressing after-effects that|’twon’t show so: much and allow it on are frequently health destroying and a life-lasting annoyance. We vpersonally recommend and guarantee Rexall Orderlies as the saf.| FUID the looks o the house. est and most dependable remedy for constipation and associate bowel disorders. We have such absolute faith in the supreme virtues of this your- board,’ he just shook his head and smiled thatikind o’ gentle, Sorrow- ful smile o’ his, and says he: ‘I couldn’t think of it, Mr, Hobart. I should just T'1l ke®) to the pigs and the hens, for I know my limitations.” “Well,-’twas a real relief-to me, for I suppose likely*he would have botch- ed the job consid’able. And I said to him then real hearty, ‘Young man, remedy that we sell it on our guar-| you'll earn your living yet, for you antee of money back in every in- stance where it fails to give entire satisfaction, and we urge all in need of such medicine to try it at our risk, Rexall Orderlies contain an en- tirely new ingredient which is oder- less, tasteless and colorless. It em- braces all the best quallties of the soothing, laxative, strengthening aud healing remadial active principles of the best known intestinal regulator tonics. Rexall Orderlies are extremely pleasant to take, are particularly prompt and agreeable in action, may be taken'at any time, day or night; do- not cause diarrhoea, nausea, griping, looseness, or other undesir- able effects. - Tkey have a very nat- ural action upon the glands and or- gans with which they come in con- tact, act as a positive and regulative tonic upon the relax, dry muscular coat of the bowel, remove irritation, dryness and soreness, -overcome weakness, and tone and strengthen the nerves and muscles, and restore the bowels and associate organs toj more vigorous and healthy activity. Rexall Orderlies not only cure constipation, but they remove the cause of this ailment. They also overcome the necessity of constantly taking laxatives to keep the bow elS in normal condition. There isreally no similiar medicine 50 good as Rexall Orderijes, espec- ially for children, aged and delicate persons. They are ‘prepared in tab- let form and in “two sizes of pack- ages; 12 tablets, 10c.,;and 36 tablet: ain’t all et up with pride and ambi- tlon,” and my werds have come true, by what I hear.”—Youth’s Companion. The Retort Final. The garrulous old lady In the stern of the boat had pestered the gulde with her comments and questions ever tle husband, who was bunched toad- Hike' In the bow; fished in silence. The old lady seemingly exhausted every possible point in fish and animal life, wooderaft and personal history when she suddenly espied one of those curi- ous paths of oily, unbroken water fre- quently seen on small lakes which are ruffled by a light breeze. “0Oh, guide, guide,” she exclaimed, “what makes that funny streak in the water? No, there—right over therel” The gulde was busy rebaiting the old gentleman’s hook and merely mumbled, “U-m-mm. “Quide,” repeated the old lady In tones that were not to be denled, “look right over there where I'm pointing and tell me what makes that funny streak in the water.” - The guide looked up from his: bait- ing, with a sigh. s “That? Oh, that’s where the road went across the ice last winter.”— Everybody’s Magazine. = £ Nero’s Golden“House. * The “golden house” of ‘Nero seems from all aceounts to have been the mogt stupendous dwelling ‘place ever. built for a mortal man. ‘Even if we regard “the ‘anclent descriptions’ as. somewhat exaggerated-it remains one of the largest royal houses ever built, and the internal decorations seem to have been incomparably magnificent. It was surrounded by parks, woods and pools of great size, which appear to have been entirely sithin the walls. The colonnades of the house itself ex- | tended a mile in length and crossed one of the main thoroughfares of the city. The cities of the east were ran- sacked for masterpleces of Greek art for the interior, The walls shone with| gold and peaxls, and the roof rested on ‘marble col 18 of enormous size and beauty.—New York American. since they had started. Her meek Ht- || Emerson’s memory. Hmerson was a notable sufferer from the vagaries of memory. His blogra- pher relates that he met him one day in Boston apparently at a loss for something and asked him where he was going. “To dine,” said Emerson, “with a very old and dear friend. I ‘won't ask me her name.” And then he proceeded to describe her as “the mother of the wife of the young man ~—the tall man—who speaks so well,” and so on, until his interlocutor guess- ed to whom he was referring. Hven the names of common objects often failed him completely. On one occa- slon when he wanted an umbrella he sald: “I can’t tell its name, but I can tell its history. Strangers take it away.” This failing of Emerson led to a pathetic scene when he attended Longfellow’s funeral and remarked as he gazed at the coffin, “He was a sweet and beautiful soul, but I have entirely forgotten his name.” Death and Snuff. ‘A certain Margaret Wilson of West- minster, who was an inveterate snuft taker, enjoined that a quantity of Scotch snuff should be placed in her coffin. She also ordered that the ar rangements connected with her funer al should be as follows: “Six men ta be my bearers who are known to be the greatest snuff takers in the parish of St. James, Westminster. Instead of mourning, each to wear a snuff colored’ beaver hat, which I desire may be bought for the purpose and given to them. Six maidens of my old ac- quaintance to bear my-pall, each to carry a box fillled with the best Scotch snuff, to talte for their refreshment as they go along.” Snuff was also to be thrown on the threshold of de- ceased’s dwelling before the cortege passed out, snuff was to be strewn on the ground at every twenty yards in advance of the coffin, and the officiat- ing clergyman’s fee was to be propor- tionate to the quantity of snuff he consumed during the ceremony.—Lon- don Globe. Australia’s First Theater. The first recorded production of s play in Australia took place in June of the year 1780. It was called “The Recruiting Officer.” The proceeds of the first pay night (some £20) went to the fanifly of a man who had been drowned. In January, 1796, a rough and ready playhouse was opened, and the- public had to pay a shilling a head for admission. The payments were made in kind, wheat, flour or rum taking the place of the usual cur rency.—London Standard. KNOW IT WELL. Familiar Features Well Known to Hnndreds of Bemidji Citizens. A familiar feature in every home, The burden of a “‘bad back.” A lame, a weak or an aching back Tells you of kidney ills. Doan’s Kidney Pills will cure you. Here 1is -Bemidji testimony to prove it: Mrs. J. C. Litres, living at 602 America Ave., Bemidji, Minn., says: “I am recommending Doan’s Kid- ney Pills in the hope that other per- sons suffering from kidney trouble may derive benefit firom the use of this remedy. For some time I was feeling. quite miserable, suffering from kidney complaint. I noticed that my kidneys were disordered and at last decided to try Doan’s Kid- ney Pills. I have not used them as regularly as I should, but never-the- less have derived a-great deal of benefit. I feel much stronger than before taking them, and that tired, languid feeling has become a thing of the past. . For sale by all- dealers. Price 50 cents. Foster-Milburn Co. Buffalo, New York, sole agents for the United States. Remember the name—Doan’s and take no other. ° 5 know where she lives, but I hope she || 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 putioulnfi write or call Bemidji Townsite and Im- provement Company. H. A. SIMONS, Agent. Swedback Block, Bemidji. Harry Mitchell’s Editorial. Ketchem & Skinem? It looks like Ketchem & Skinem the Clothiers are doing just as much-business as ever—but they ain’t. 2 More. meri out of the big cities are having their clothes made to measure every season—and do you know that men right here in this section are above the average dressers. ‘This 'has come-‘about since yours truly, Harry Mitchell, has made clothes to measure for thous- ands of men in the Northwest. I have the biggest business of ‘any tailor I ever heard of. I have done more than any other man to make men in this section particular about the fit of their clothes. ‘Write me for samples, let me show you how satisfactorily I can please ‘you — tell me about the price you want to pay — $15.00, $20.00 or $25.00 for suit made to your measure, and about the kind of material you want —I will also send self measurement blank and instructions how to measure. I will guarantee to fit you perfectly or money-back. Address HARRY MITCHELL, 310 Nicollet Avenue, - - MINNEAPOLIS FINEST TAILOR. MINNEAPOLIS MINN. The Da.ily Pioneer ' 40c per Month We have for sale six of building a comfortable res should not fail to see us: the choicest building lots to be found within the city limits, and anyone contemplating idence with . plenty of room As the city grows, six lots in one tract become hardér. and harder to find. These lots are beautifully located at' the corner of Thirteenth street and Minnesota avenue. | ~ For terms and particulars inquire of '