Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, April 19, 1909, Page 2

| THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER PUBLISHED EVERY AFTHRNOON, BEMIDJI PIONEER PUBLISHING CO C. J. PRYOR. G E.CARSON. A. G. RUTLEDGE, News Editor. Totered in the postofice at Bemidji. Minn., second class matter. SUBSCRIPTION---$5.00 PER ANNUM The Blackduck American says of the recent newspaper changes in Be- midji: “Monday’s issue of the Bemidji Daily Pioneer announced a news- paper change of more than local interest. That enterprising metro- polis of Beltrami county has for some years been ekeing out a pre- carious and penurious support for some three or four papers and news- paper men have often wondered why the different publishers did not get together and exercise ordi- nary business intelligence in journal making. “The Pioneer, long the represen- tative paper of Bemidji, has ab- sorbed both the Beltrami County News and the Bemidji Record and these two sheets will no longer fill a ‘long felt want’ in this county. The absorption leaves only the Daily and Weekly Pioneer and the Sentinel. These two papers should now prosper and flourish and re- ceive the united and unstinted support of the business men. “Time was, perhaps, when this region needed newspapers to propa- gate and disseminate the opinions of the numerous aspiring statesmen of Beltrami county, but those days have gone by and the business of making newspapers has become one of character and ability rather than of boosting the aspirations of politicians of unsavory record. “Many communities are afilicted with too many jim crow papers, begging for support, and pandering to every unworthy interestin an effort to sustain life. The level- headed business men of every town should refuse to support an extra paper simply because some disgrunt- led citizen feels that he has an axe to grind. “The making and publishing of a paper is a business proposition, pure and simple, and not a vehicle for the dissemination of spite and selfish spleen. The American cordially congratulates the Pioneer and the publishers of the merged papers upon their excellent example they haye set other and less pre- tentious communities. We predict a prosperous future for the Pioneer. “Asa result of the merger the name of G. E. Carson appears as one of its managers.” TONNAGE TAX BILL PASSED Gets Majority of Fourteen Votes in the Senate. flESPlTE VIGOROUS EFFORTS No Amendments Are Made to the | Measure—Has Passed the House , and Now Goes to the Governor—Bill Lkevies a Tax of Two to Five Cents Per Ton on Ore Shipped From Mines Producing Over Twenty Thousand Tons Annually. St. Paul, April 17.—After five hours &nd a half devoted to the Bjorge ‘ton- nage tax bill, the measure passed the senate by a vote of 38 to 24. It was not amended, despite the vig- orous efforts of the opposition, who forced - sixteen roll calls on’ various propositions before the bill was car- rled. It had passed the house and now goes to the governor for signa- ture. There is no intimation what his action will be. The governor spoke clearly for a tonnage tax in the southern part of the state during the campaign, but whether he can be persuaded that the particular features of this bill are de- sirable is not known. The bill carries the name of H. O. Bjorge of Lake Park and passed.the house with one vote to spare several weeks ago. It was drawn in colab- oration with “one of the foremost lawyers of the state,” supposed to-be former Attorney General E. T. Young. The bill is admitted by its enemies to be the most equitable of any tonnage tax bill ever’ proposed, but has been fought with a desperation born af ter- ror by every man on the three ranges. The bill levies a tax of 2 and .5 cents a ton on ore shipped from mines producing more than 20,000 tons an- nually. This is for state :purposes cnly. For local purposes thé present ad valorem taxes are to remain. At a rough estimate the bill will produce $600,000 a year to, the state or over $325,000 more that at present. At the first opportunity efforts will be made to secure a ruling of the supreme court on the measure should' the gov- ernor sign it. § Will Mean Reduction in Output. The people of the ranges are con- vinced that the tax will mean a re- duction of .output, a reduction of wages, and the tying up of all taxes until the constitutionality of the -bill is passed on by the highest courts. Friends of the county and district sgricultural schools gave up_and sub- have used the oil of wintergreen mitted to the plan proposed™ in the bill by Senator F. E. Putnam, which | proposes state ald to state high, grad- ed and rural consolidated schools, which establish departments of agri- culture, manual training and domestic science. The bill passed the house without any opposition. The bill appropriates $25,000 for each of the next two years to aid such schools. Not over ten schools may establish such departments and get state aid each year, and no school shall get over $2,500 a year. They must have five acres of ground with- in the city limits or within two miles of ihe school. The bill also permits rural schools to consolidate and establish such de- partments and get the state aid, and permits rural schools to associate with village or city schools to pay part of the cost of establishing such departments. The house gave the final killing to C. J. Carlson’s bill regulating the sale of mining stock. The bill had been killed, reconsidered, laid on the table, amended and worked over more than any other bill during the session. Carlson made a stubborn fight, but some of the members of the house contended that it would damage legiti- mate deals greatly without preventing the sale of fraudulent stocks. After a hard fight the bill was killed. To Cut Prison Appropriation. A bill cutting the appropriation re- cently made for the new state prison to $1,750,000 was introduced by W. A. Nolan, Henry Rines and Burdett Thayer. These three, constituting a majority of the committee, reported that they found the plans provided for a prison to cost $2,282,000, of which no part was for the manufac. ture of farm machinery. A lengthy minority report is sub- mitted by I. C. Spooner and Matt Fitzpatrick. They contend not only that the entire amount is needed, al- though it will not all be used at once, but also that the legislature had the chance to get full knowledge before it voted on the bill. The house in committee of the whole took favorable action on two bills by E. E. Lobeck to restrain the white slave traffic. One of them is designed to prevent the restraint or detention of any fe- male person in any house of ill fame for the purpose of compelling them to pay debts or obligations incurred there. The other is intended to pro- hibit persons from enticing female persons into the state for immoral purposes and to prohibit persons from inducing or procuring females to enter houses of ill fame or assignation. The house committee of the whole killed Senator Canestorp’s bill to give village officers three-year terms in- stead of one year. = SIGNS FOUR DRASTIC BILLS lowa’s Governor Aparoves Number of Radical Measures. Des Moines, April 1/—Governor Carroll has signed four drastic bills passed by the recent legislature, namely, the Cosson law, which wipes out the red light districts of the state; the Swift anti-railroad law, providing heavy fines for railroads refusing to obey the orders of the railroad com- missioner; the Moon law, prohibiting the sale of cocaine under any circum- stances, and the primary law, requir- ing rotation of names on the ballot. Report Officially Denied. London, April 1/—The admiralty has given denial to the report emanat- ing from Vienna of a joint naval dem- onstration at Constantinople. No Brit- ish sqnadron has been ordered to leave Malta for the Bosphorus, as had been said, nor has information reaghed the admiralty of the intention of France or Austria-Hungary to send ships to Turkish waters. GRAIN AND PROVISION PRICES Minneapolis Wheat. Minneapolis, April 17.—Wheat— May, $1.26%; July, $1.26%. On track —No. 1 hard, $1.30@1.30%: No. 1 Northern, $1.29@1.29%; No. 2 North- ern, $1.27@1.27%; No. 3 Northern, $1.24@1.25%. St. Paul Union Stock Yards. St. Paul, April 17.—Cattle—Good to choice steers, $5.00¢6.00; fair to good, $4.60@5.00; good to choice cows and heifers, $4.00@5.00; veals, $5.00@5.50. -‘Hogs—§6.65@6.80. Sheep—Wethers, $6.50@7.00; yearlings, $6.50@7.00; lambs, $7.50@7.85. Duluth Wheat and Flax. Daluth, April 17.—Wheat—To arrive and on track—No. 1 hard, $1.29%; No. 1 Northern, $1.27%; No. 2 Northern, $1.25%; May, $1.25%; July, $1.263; Sept., $1.10%. Flax—To arrive and on track, $1.67%; May, $1.66%; July, $1.60%: Sept., $1.44%; Oct., $1.39%. Chicago Union Stock Yards. Chicago, April 17.—Cattle—Beeves, $4.80@7.00; Texas steers, $4.60@5.75; Western steers, $4.40@5.80; stockers and feeders, $3.50@5.60; cows and heifers, $2.00@6.00; calves, $5.00@ 7.00. Hogs—Light, $6.70@7.15; mixed, $6.80@7.25; heavy, $6.85@7.30; rough, §6.85@7.00; good to choice heavy, $7.00@17.30; pigs, $5.60@6.50. Sheep, $3.65@6.15; yearlings, $6.15@7.25; lambs, $5.50@8.20. Chicago Grain and Provisions. _ Chi¢ago, April 17.—Wheat—May, $1.2845; July, $1.18%@1.18%; Sept., $1.08%; Dec., $1.05%. Corn—May, 697% @70c; April, 69%c; July, 68%c; Sépt., 67%c; Dec., 58% @58%¢. Oats —May, 553%.c; July, 48%c; Sept., 4134 @41%¢c; Dec., 413;c. Pork-—May, $18.20; July, $18.20; Sept., $18.17%. Butfer—Creameries, 22@28c; dairies, 19@25c. Eggs—20%@21%c. Poultry —Turkeys, 17c; chickens and springs, 15¢. A Suggestion on Eczema. It is suggested ' that ‘eczema sutterers ask at Barker's Drug Store of this city what reports he is getting from the patients: who iquid compound, D. D: D. Pre- scription. 5 Rheumatism More than nine out of every ten cases of rheumatism are simply rheumatism of the muscles, due to cold or damp, or chronic rheumatism. In such cases no internal treat- ment is required. The free application of Chamberlain’s Liniment is all that is needed and it is cer- tain to give quick relief. Give it a trial and see for yourself how quickly it relieves the pain and soreness. Price 25¢; large size, 50c. For Sale a Barker’s Drug Stere WAS FIRST YANKEE MARTYR Lowell Honors Private Taylor, Killed in Baltimore in 1861. Lowell, Mass, April 19.—Patriots’ day in this city was marked by the unveiling of a monument to Charles A. Taylor, the first soldier to fall in defense of the Union in 1861. He was a member of the old Sixth Massachu- setts infantry and lost his life in the battle in the streets of Baltimore that has been called the first armed con- flict of the Civil war. The regiment held a reunjon here. Today is the anniversary of the passage of the regiment through Bal- timore on its way to Washington. It was the first body of armed men to reach the capital in response to Pres- ident ILincoln’s call. The arrival of the regiment was awaited with the greatest anxiety by the president. The soldiers were welcomed by him with: “Thank God you are here. Had you not arrived tonight we should have been in the hands of the rebels before morning.” To perpetuate the memory of Tay- lor a hronze tablet was unveiled. The principal speaker was General Edward F. Jones, former lieutenant governor of New York, who commanded the regiment. Waives Hearing for Mrs. Boyle. Mercer, Pa., April 19.—Former Judge Miller, attorney for Mrs. James H. Boyle, expressed himself as satis- fied that all the proceedings in the case have been regular and walved a hearing for his client. The indict: ments of Boyle and his wife for child stealing have been prepared and are ready for the action of the grand jury. ‘be in flames. In TELLS STATE COURTS T0 KEEP HANDS OFF Federal Judge Assumes Exelu- sive Gontrol of Rate Cases. - Kansas City, April 19.—Judge Smith McPherson, in an amended decree handed down in the United States dis- trict court here, reserved exclusive Jjurisdiction in Missouri's rate cases and in effect instructed the state courts to keep out of the case. The decree will dissolve the injunction against the railroads now pending in the state courts and started by the state officials to enjoin the eighteen railroads operating in the state from putting the 3-cent passenger rate inte effect. “This latest decree,” said Frank Hagerman, representing the Missouri railroads, “means that the federal court retains absolute control of the rate situation in Missouri. It will pre- vent any future interference on the part of the state courts.” WOMEN RESENT INSINUATION Mass Meeting of Female Employes of Federal Bureau. Washington, April 19.—A mass meeting of nearly all of the 2,400 wo- men cmployed in the bureau of en- graving and printing in this city was held to protest against the published) statement that the National Civic Federation, through its women mem- bers, had appointed a committee to investigate the morality of the em- ployes of the executive departments tn Washington and that the committec had determined to demand the gis- missal of at t fifty women em- ployed in the burean where the meet- ing was held. A committee of the women employes was appointed to take the matic h the newspa- per printing th SEVEN - YEAR-GLD HEROINE Michigan Girl Rescues Eaby Brother From Eu ng Home. Plymouth, ch.,, April 19.—Seven- year-old Zaida White saved the life of her two-year-ol him out of their burn barking of the dog ily and the house ome. The awakened the fam- was- discovered to the confusion the room was 1y reached ed that he baby sleeping i overlooked when th out deors. Zaida dis was missing and darted back upstairs, She returned safcly down the blazing staircase with the little fellow in her arms. ROBBERS FAIL TO GET AWAY Shoot Frisco Man and Grab Sack Con- taining $3,200. San Francisco, April 19.—James M. Thompson, vice president of the Thompson Bridge company, on enter- ing his ofiice with a sack containing $3,200, was confronted by two masked men, one of whom shot him through the chest, inflicting a serious wound. The men escaped with the. money, but ‘were captured. A STEADY DRAIN. Sick Kidneys Weaken the Whole Body—Make You Ill, Languid and Depressed. Sick kidneys weaken the body through the continual drainage of life-giving albmen from the blood in- to the urine, and the substitution of poisonous uric acid that goes broad- cast through the system, sowing the seeds of disease. Loss of albu- men causes weakness, languor, de- pression. Uric poisoning causes rheamatic pain, nervousness, nausea, cricks in the back, gravel and kidney stones, The'proper treatment is a kidney treatment, and the best remedy is Doan’s Kidney Pills. Great Bemidji cures prove it. Mrs. Ella Barrett, living on Sixth and Americans Sts., Bemidji, Minn., says: ‘At the time I began the use of Doan’s Kidney Pills, I was very nervous, and had dull pains in the small of my back, accom- panied by a dull aching across my kidneys. These organs did not seem to act properly and caused me much discomfort. I decided to try a kidney remedy and procured Doan’s Kidney Pills at the Owl Drug Store. In a short time I was feeling a great deal better, and am now much stronger. I have no hesitancy in recommending Doan’s Kidney Pills to other kidney suffer- ers.” For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents, Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, New York, sole agents for the United States. . 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