Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, May 25, 1909, Page 2

A, d. RUTLEDGE, News Editor. Watered in the postoffice at Bemidjl. Minn., second class matter. SUBSCRIPTION---$5.00 PER ANNUM _— ‘The Bemidji council has let a con- tract to enlarge the waterworks of that city, but this is due to the rapid increase in the population and not because of any act of the legislature. —News and Comment, Duluth News- Tribune. Lord bless you, brother, we have already forgotten what the late legis- lature did, with relations to measures in which we were interested. Some of the gentlemen who voted as they did on certain bills have been busy explaining the “whys and where- fores,” and we hope they will be able to “square themselves” with their constituents. We are reallv so busy growing big, over here, thata little thing like a state normal school wouldn’t make much difference, either way. e e Much of the so-called friendship of today is mere pretense. It ex- ists only in name, and assoon as it ceases to be advantageous it is dropped. The friendship that con- tinues the same in prosperity and adversity is to be prized, but all other kinds are worthless. It mat- ters not how hard a man may struggle to do right and make a success of life there is always some loathsome reptile, some worth- less wretch who is ready to drag him down, to blight his hopes and blast his fondest ambitions. The loss of money and property is not the greatest loss a man can sustain in the business world; far better to lose your money than to lose hope and ambition. This is the way Iver Krohn, in his Shevlin Herald, tells of the re- cent magazine edition - which the Pioneer issued: “We acknowledge receipt of a handsome souvenir edition of the Bemidji Pioneer gotten out in a magazine form and profusely illustrated with half-tone engravings of all the business houses of Bemidji and many of the resi- dences and beauty spots of Bel- trami county. The text aptly des- cribes the illustrations and the work is bound to be a great boom for Be- midji and Beltrami county.” A spirit of exceptional develop- ment seems to have seized upon Bemidji. Improvement is every- where noticeable. Progress is the watchword. Enterprise and activity go hand in hand and are apparent on all sides. MILLIONS SALUTE THE FLAG Empire Day Is Generally Observed Throughout Great Britain. London, May 25.—Empire day, which comes on the anniversary of the birth of the late Queen Victoria, was more generally observed than since its inauguration. The day has been selected as the occaslon upon ‘which the children of the empire shall honor the flag and it was celebrated in every part of Great Britain. It is estimated that 15,000,000 persons sa- luted the national emblem and in the United Kingdom alone close to 4,000, 000 children took part in the demon- stration. For the first time London had an organized celebration. Five thousand uniformed schoolboys marched through the main streets of the capital to Hyde park. Here all the children gathered and saluted the national flag, as well as the emblem of fifty-six dominions and colonies. IN ST. LOUIS TERMINAL CASE Appellate Court Deadlocked on Ques- tion of Legality. 8t. Paul, May 25.—Disagreeing, two sgainst two, on the government's suit to dissolve the Terminal Railroad as- sociation of St. Louls, the judges of the United States circuit court of ap- peals have certified the case direct to the United States supreme court. The suit was brought in November, 1906, Charles Nagel, now secretary of compaerce and labor, being one of the special attorneys employed by .the government to prosecute the case. The complaint alleged that the asso- clation was a consolidation of parallel and competing railroads and ferry and bridge companies engaged in in- terstate commerce and acting in vio- Iation of the federal statutes. Saved the Dishes. Husband—But why did you dismiss the cook this morning, when the Higgses are coming to dinner tonight? Wife—Because at 11 2. m. we had only exactly enough dishes left to set the table.—Judge, He Knew. “What do you expect to be when you zome of age, my little man?’ asked the visitor. “Twenty-one,” was the little man's reply.—Herald and Presbyter. HELD GUILTY - ~ OF CONTEMPT Highest Court Decides Noted Tennessee Case. GREW OUT OF LYNCHING Negro Under Sentence of Death €e cured an Appeal by the Federa Supreme Court, but Was Promptly Strung Up—Tribunal Holds Sherifi and Deputies as Accomplices ot Mob for Not Guarding Prisoners. ‘Washington, May 25.—The case ol John F. Shipp, sheriff of Hamilton county, Tenn., and nine others charged with contempt of the supreme court of the Tnited States in connection with the lynching of a negro named Fd Johnson at Chattanooga in 190% was finally disposed of in an opinior by Chief Justice Fuller, which direct: ed that an attachment be issued for Shipp, his deputy, Gibson, and -De fendants Williams, Nolan, Padgeti and May. The information as to Dep uty Sheriffs Galloway, Justice and ‘Ward, three of the defendants, was dismissed. The charge of contempt against Sherift Shipp and his co-defendants was- due to the fact that when John #on was lynched he was constructive ly in the custody of the court. Only a month before the negro had been found guilty of the crime of rape and had boen sentenced to death. The supreme court had taken cognizance of the case by granting an appeal from a decision of the United States circuit court denying him a writ ‘of habeas corpus, which effected a stay of procoedings in the conviet’s case. The appeal was allowed March 19 and that night: Johnson was taken out of the jail at Chattanooga and hanged. This action was resented by the court and complaint was made to President Roosevelt, who ordered an investiga: tlon. That investigation resulted in the filing by the attorney genmeral in May, 1905, of an “information” in which 3hipp and his nine deputies and seventeen other persons were charged with complicity in the lynch- ing, ShMpp and some of his subor- dinates by absenting themselves from the jail on the night of the tragedy and the others by actual participation in it. Each pleaded innocence. EXPRESS COMPANY UPHELD May Ship Liguor Into Prohibition Dis. trict From Other States. ‘Washington, May 25.—The supreme court of the United States decided the case of the Adams Express company vs. the commonwealth of Kentucky, involving the right of the express company to ship liquor into a local option county. The decision is in favor of the company. The case in- volved the shipments of whisky from Indiana and Tennessee to Bonnieville, in Hart county, for which the com- pany was fined $50 for each offense by the circuit court of Hart county. The opinion of the supreme court was handed down by Justice Brewer and reversed the verdict of the Hart county court on the ground that the transaction was interstate ‘commerce and therefore not subject to interfer ence by the Kentucky state authori tles. AFFECTS LONG ROUTES ONLY Bill to Increase Pay of Rural Mail Carriers. Washington, May 25.—An increase in the rates of pay for rural free de- livery mail carriers is provided for in a bill introduced by Representative] Steenerson of Minnesota. It provides that after July 1, 1911, letter carriers of the rural delivery upon routes ex- ceeding twenty-four miles in length shall be paid at the rate of $37.50 per mile per annum for the first twenty- four miles and $18.75 per mile per annum for each additional mile of route over twenty-four miles. Tunnel Remains’ Impassable. Leadville, Colo., May 25.—Those in charge of the work at the Tennessee|" pass tunnel on the Denver and Rio Grande railroad take a very discour- aging view of the possibilities of ever being able to move the immense mass of debris that has accumulated as a result of the recent cavein. There is a large force at work, but practically no progress is being made, material running in as fast as it is taken out. Woman Slain by Youth. Flint, Mich., May 25—Arthur Mer- ritt, ten years old, of this city, while walking along the river bank with a rifle saw a white cloth fluttering in some bushes on the opposite side of the stream and fired at it. Mrs, Liz- zie Atkinson, a bride of a few months, | who was walking with her husband, received the bullet in her forehead and died in a few minutes. Swallow. A detective was {estifying in the case of a woman shaplifter whom ke had arrested in her own house. *“And, your honor,” sald he, “when 1 told her the charge she turned her back-to me and swallowed a purse, sia sults of silk underwear, a silver candle stick and a chafing dish, and”’— “Rubbish! Are you crazy?”’ the mag: istrate interrapted. “Excuse me. What I mean to say; your honor,” explained the detective, “ds :.hat she swallowed the pawn tick: ets.’ A Little Bit Thick. 7 “Yes,” said the old salt, “I've seen Some pretty thick fogs in.my time. ‘Why, off the coast of Newfoundland the fog was sometimes so_thick that we used to sit on ‘the rail and lean against it! We were sitting one night, as usual, with our backs up against the fog, when suddenly the fog lifted, i and we all went flop into the water 7 A Ditthick, wasn'tit?’ . - I The Prig and Hls Gane. In the number of the Tatler for Oct. 6, 1709, it 18 observed that “a cane is part of the dress of a prig” (this, by the way, shows the erroneous notion prevalent that “priggishness” is a modern word) “and always worn upon a button, for fear he should be thought to have an occasion for it or be esteem- ed really and not genteelly a cripple. In the number of Nov. 18 a rural 8quire In town is sketched who is the prototype of one of the pavement nul- sances: “His arms naturally swung at an unreasonable. distance from his sldes, which, with the advantage of a cane that he brandished in a great va- riety of irregular motions, made it un- safe for any one to walk within sev- eral yards of him.” And under date of Dec. § there is an amusing sketch of “a lively, fresh col- ored young man” who was among. the applicants to Isaac Bickerstaff’s court of censorship for license to use “canes, perspective glasses, snuffboxes, orange flower waters and the like ornaments of life.”” This young man had his cane hanging on his fifth button and was “an Oxford scholar who was just en- tered at the temple.” A Wedding Superstition. Chinese Governmel - tlon of Y Amoy, Ching, May 25.—Active de- velopment of the a n renewed: For the last ten months Work was suspended because exorbitant royalties of 30 to 50 per cent were demanded by the govern- ment and because of a Japanese pro- test sgainst the employment of other than Japanese engineers. Both diffi- cultles have been removed. British or American engineers are to be em- ployed and-the payment of royalties has been suspended. 5 According to an English expert the magnetic iron ore at those mines is 90" per cent pure and is sufficient to supply the world for fout centuries. The Awtow district is rich in coal and limestone and is only fitty miles from tidewater. MINISTERS ISSUE ULTIMATUM Will Not Officiate at ‘Weddings Where Liquor Is Served. Muskegon, Mich, May 25—At all 8ix of the Holland-American churches in this city, where there is a large It has been considered unlucky to be { population of former Hollanders, the married in May ever since the days of | ministers announced an agreement Ovid, and those people who have spent | not to officiate at weddings unless a s S T their time in looking up. roots and reasons have given what they consides to bg the origin of the superstition as follcavs: In sncient Rome there was held in May a festival called the Lemuria, or feast of the Lemures, which was & ceremony in honor of the speeches of departed souls. It became with the Romans what we should call “bad form” to have matrimonial feasts at the season of a solemn ritual, being no doubg thought to be an fnsult to the dead to marry at such a time. From this & number of stories grew of the revenge made by the outraged ghosts upon those who dared to disregard them, #nd if anything unfortunate hayp- pened t> a couple who had been mar- rled in May it would, of course, have been put down to retribution. So the tradition of i1l luck arose, and its in- fluence has lasted ever since, even to our time. Towed by a Halibut. About the mouths of the streams on which salmon camps are situated the Indian dogs and children amuse them- selves catching the fish. Some of the youngsters aré so small that after they have succeeded in cornering a fish the combined efforts of the party are often required to dispatch it and carry it to camp. I have watched dogs run- ning about in a rift snapping at the salmon and apparently having the time of their lives. * One of the most arausing sights that I saw during my stay in Alaska was two Indian boys being towed about the harbor at Kadiak by a huge hali- but they had just hooked. TUtterly un- able to land the fish, they had fastened the line to the stern of the boat, and while they pulled with all their might, each one at an oar, they rallied each other for not exerting more strength and shouted loudly for help. Finally an Indian put out in a boat, and the fish was landed.—Forest and Stream. Bewildering France. There are in France two Bordeaux, the one in the Gironde and a tiny place in the Loiret. There are two Tou- louses, the old town in the Haute- Garonne and Toulouse du Jura, a vil- lage with 600 inhabitants, near Lons-le- Saunjer. There is Tours in Touraine, Balzac’'s Tours in the Indre-et-Loire and Tours, a village In Savoy, near Albertville. There are seven St. Cyrs slmple St. Cyrs, that is, and twenty- four with something tacked on to them; seven St. Denises and forty- seven with some addition, fourteen St. Germains and 114 with something tacked on. Great Lovers of Water. The Siamese are more devoted to the water than any other nation in the world. They are nearly always bath- ing, generally with their clothes on, and they never go anywhere by land if they can possibly go by water. The streets of Bangkok are like those -of Venice, and the inhabitants say that thelr idea of paradise would be a town ‘Wwith canals where there were currents in both directions, so that they, might be spared the effort of rowing. . The Sorrow of It. “It’s too bad,” observed the man wha seemed to be thinking aloud. “What’s too bad?’ queried the party who had overheard the observation. “That our neighbors always know when we have fried onions for supper, but never get mext when we have strawberries and ice cream,” explained the noisy thinker.—Chicago News. Who Whips? The clergyman’s little son was tell- | ing the small son of a parishioner of | the dreadful fights which he and his sister indulged in. “You don’t mean to say that minis- ters’ children fight?” replied the horri- fled little layman, | “On, yes.” ‘Who whips?” . “Mamma.”—Exchange. A Sure Test. The schoolmaster put to his class the question: “Two jars of gas, one con- taining nitrogen and one carbon di- oxide, are given. How may the gases be discriminated ?” One eager little pupil said: “Get a man, and let him take a deep breath of both.. When he gets the carbon di- oxide he'll dle. That's the way te tell.” His Status. “Is that ex-New Yorker who lkes London so well a naturalized English- man?” - “No,” answered Miss Cayenne, “merely a denatured American.” A Real: Dilemma. “Say, Mike,” queried Plodding Pete, who was looking at the plece of a Sunday 8chool paper that had come with a handout, “wot does it mean bout bein’ between de devil an’ de deep sea?” SR “It's de same.as.bein’ told t' take yer choice between goin’.t' work .an’ takin’ a bath,” explained Meandering Mike—Chicago: Ne: : Rwy pledge is made that there will be no liquor served elther during or after the ceremony. The combined action of the ministers follows several scan- dals which have grown out of drink- ing at weddings hera. The ministers further announced that men affiliated with clubs which served beer on Sunday will be cut off from the church. Serious Floods in Oklahoma. Vinita, Okla., May 25.—One of the heaviest rainfalls in years hasswollen Grand river and other streams to flood stage, causing much damage to railroad property and farms and par- tlally submerging the town of Afton. At Catale a portion of the trestle work of the St. Louis and San Francisco railway bridge has been carried away. ECZEMA A GERM DISEASE Myriads of Microscopic Animals Infest the Skin of the Sufferer. When the skin of an eczema sufferer itches and burns in untold agony, do you know what is going on within the pores of that skin? Myriads of microscopic arimals, are gnawing at the flesh, breaking down the fine cells and causing festers, thick scales and that terri- ble itch. - The germs multiply faster than Nature can throw them off. Now, there is only one way to get rid of these germs—they must be killed in their lodging places. Dosing the stomach or trying to cure the blood will not, of course, kill the germs, and that is why all the blood remedies fail in eczema; that is also why salves which do not penetrate can do no perman- ent good. : Ordinary oil of = wintergreen propeily compounded in liquid form will penetrate the pores of the skin and kill the eczema germs. If properly mixed with thymol, glycerfue and other ingredients (asin D. D. D. Prescription) this wash vill build up the: fissues of the skin and promote its healthy growth, giving Nature a- chance, while {killing the germs faster than they can multiply. Barker's Drug Store of this city, carries D, D. D. Prescription, also D- D. D. Soap in stock. When I was a young man Lady J #ey was one of the leaders of fashion, - -} and her house was the resort of poli- ticlans and others. With her lived her daughter, Lady Clementine Villlers, a handsome and clever girl. The custom had been established that all friends should glve the latter a present on her birthday, and these presents were set out in an antechamber. Among these friends was Lord Brougham, then an old man. He called on a birthday, but had forgotten what the occasion was, and had brought no present. Seeing a mass of presents laid out, he seized one of them and took it in as his present, rightly counting that the young lady would not remember that it was one that already had been given to her. And very proud he was of his pres- ence of mind. But, then, he was an ex-lord chancellor.—London Truth. ' Many Languages of Mexico. During the flesta of Christmas or the week of All Souls and All Saints, when the Indians swarm down from the mountaing with their holiday warea for sale, visitors in the City of Mexico may notice the strange language that the venders use in addressing each other. Even when they turn to serve the purchaser their Spanish is neither Castilian nor Mexican, but is frequent. ly broken by peculiar syllables and accents. This s merely an illustra- tlon of the fact that the Indian lan- guages of old Mexico have not been entirely submerged by the conquering Spanish, and In some of the most re- mote districts of the republic various and distinet languages handed down fronr the pre-Columbian era are still spoken in thefr pristine purity by many tribe members.—Mexican Herald. Easy House Moving. House moving is an easy task among the Lakas, a tribe living near the La- gone rlver, in the French Kongo, Af- rica. This tribe, which Is one of the most superb examples of the savage black race, lives in conical shaped huts constructed of plaits of tough straw. ‘When a change in locatlon is desired, both the women and the men put their shoulders to the task and carry the roofs of their homes to the new site, sometimes many miles distant. The circular walls of the huts are rebulilt. Full of It. Mrs. Caterby—In a short time now we will do all our heating by alcohol. Caterby—That’s good. All -we’ll have to do will be to connect your Uncle Jake to the furnace and range.—Life. Foolish Question. : “Why, my boy, did you fall in that open coal hole?” “No; course not. I wuz in here, an’ they built a pavement over me.”—II- lustrated Bits. By- the streets of “by and by” one arrives at the house of “never.”—Cer- vantes, : e A ~ e T S 1y i BISIAR & MURPHY FUNERAL DIRECTORS 117 Third Street Day phone 318. Night phones 115, 434 €alls Answered at All Hours M. E. IBERTSON COUNTY CORONER AMD LICENSED EMBALMER Undertaking a Specialty Day and Night Calls Answered Promplly Phone—DayCall 317-2; Night Call 317-3 Fjrst Door North of Postoffice, Bemidii, Minn I?'o Not : Your | | Offics over the P. O. If they are not correct in every way have the matter attended to while it’s young. It is the most satisfactory, it is ; the cheapest and it is absolutely | - the safest without question DSES LARSON & LARSON cialists of the eye and the fitting of glasses " Phone Neglect Eyes 92 USINESS e lected line of GARDEN SEED We have in stock a well se= \- Flower Seeds, bought from the old reliable firms.: Buy your seeds at our store. : ROE & MARKUSEN ¢ Phbne 207 Vegetable and Is alcohol a tonic? arsaparilla co 0 medicine. ~Follow_his advice. Lov ol ce: pioe ek ol Bl S neg en the nerves? No er’s Sarsaj ] Yes! Does it make the bl 2 the nerves? Yes! By as about this famil a tonic? lood pure? Yes! Does it strengthen king your doctor you can learn more PRESCRIPTITONS. This department of our business we give our most careful attention, using the double check system, thus practically eliminating any chances of an error. In our twenty-two years of combined experience we have filled thousands of prescriptions,and you can rest assured that if we fill yours you get just what the doctor ordered, backed by our “knowing how.” THE OWL DRUG STORE CORMONTAN & HANSON DRUGGISTS Postoffice Corner Dainty Drinks at our Fountain BEMIDJI Ghe Bemidji Decorators J. A Hoff Pearl Barnell- J. C. Hand Painting, paperhanging and decorating done neatly and promptly. First class work guaranteed. Prices reas- onable Office 315-4th Street Phone 202 Build Now While Lumber, Lath and Shingles are cheap .. ... Lath $1.25; Shingles $2.50 Would like to figure with you on ° your requirements Douglass Lumber Company Manufacturers of Lumber, Lath and Shingles BEMIDJI MINNESOTA Mill and Office on Lake Irving. Telephone 371. Lumber and Building Material We carry in stock at all times a com- plete line of lumber and bulding material of all descriptions. Call in and look over our special line of fancy glass doors. We have a large and well assorted stock from which you can make your selection. = WE SELL 16-INCH SLAB W00D St. Hilaire Retail Lbr. Co. BEMIDJI, MINN. City Property We still have a number of choice bui'ding lots in the business section of the city which we will sell on reasonable terms. Bemidji is bound to grow and. real estate investments increase in value. For further parhicfila.rs write or call Bemidji Townsite and Im- provement Company. H. A. SIMONDS, Agt., Swedback Blk., Bemidji |