Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 21, 1910, Page 2

THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER PUBLISHED EYERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY BY THE BEMIDJI PIONEER PUBLISHINS CO. E. H. DENU. C. E. CARSON. Entered In the Postatfice at Bemid]l, Minasssts, as second class matter. SUBSCRIPTION--$5.00 PER YEAR IN ADYANGE CITY OF BEMIDJI County Seat. Population—In 1900, 1500; 7000. Summer Resort—Hundreds of outsiders make their summer homes on Lake Be- midji. Fishing, boating and bathing ac- commodations are second to none in the United States. Area—Ten square miles incorporated. Altitude—1400 feet above sea level. Water Power—2200 developed horse- power, Mississippi river. Water—Absolutely pure. Two artesian wells. Water Mains—About seven miles. [ Boating—500 miles by lake and river. Death Rate—5.4 a thousand in 1908. Annual Rainfall—33.7 inches. ¢ Temperature—20 above, winter; 75l summer, mean. . Sewer Mains—About three miles. Cement Sidewalks—Six and a half miles. Lakeshore Drives—Ten miles. Parks—Two. Water Frontage—Ten miles, and Mississippi river. A Home Town—1600 residences. Taxpayers—1200. Churches—8. School Houses—Three. Bank Deposits—$750,000. Manufactures—Hardwood handles, lum- ber, lath, shingles, and various other industries. Great Distributing Point—Lumber prod- ucts, groceries flour, feed and hay. Postal Receipts—$17,000 for 1909, 10th place in state outside of St. Paul, Minne- apolis and Duluth. Railroads—Great Northern, Minnesota & International, M., R. L. & M., Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie, Wilton & Northern, Grand Forks to Duluth, and Bemidji-Sauk Centre. Railroad Depots—Four. Passenger Trains—Twelve daily. Hospitals—One. Distances—To St. Paul, 230 miles; to Duluth, 167 miles. Hotels—Fifteen. Breweries—One, Sawmills—Four. Handle Factories—One. Wholesale Houses—Four. Banks—Three. Auto Garages—One. in 1910, two lakes Advertising a lie makes it bigger. —Saturday Evening Post. Tt is better to be fifty years young, than twenty years old. for then you have the whole scale of experience from one to fifty one and can deal wisely with all. Here’s to the prosperity of every man who puts on a little extra head of steam when necessary in ‘‘boost- ing” for what was started at the con- vention in this city February 17 & 18. Let every editor in every town in every county in northern Minne- sota keep juggling the word “'Re- apportionment”, so that every repre- sentative from every district in the state of Minnesota will be imbibed with the spirit of fairness,.tc the dis- tricts that have patiently stood the abuse of unjust legislation, THE BEMIDJI CONFERENCE. Northern Minnesota has found itself. . After years of ineffectual struggles without unison or common purpose, Northern Minnesota, through the gathering held at Bemidji Thursday and Friday, is a unit for the com- mon good. What it has sought without avail as a collection of remote, unacquainted and more or less inharmonious sectioms, it will demand henceforth as a single body, backed by all the power of the aroused public spirit of thirty coun- ties, covering half the area of the state. The Bemidji conference is, with- out exaggeration, the biggest and most_important incident that ever took place in Northern Minnesota, if not in the entire state. Daluth’s part in it, equally without exaggera- tion, is the most valuable thing Duluth ever did. The organization of the Norttiern Minnesota Develop- ment association - crystalizes into effective form the static force of{ public seniiment and makes it dynamic. The movement for the development of the northern sections, backed by this organization, will be as different from that which preceded it as modern hydraulic pressure is from that of the same amount of water sent through a hundred gar- den. hose nozzles, The force needed to give North- ern Minnesota its just due has been bere-all the time, but it has been ineffective because it has been un- organized. Now this scattered force has been concentrated by the dynamo of organization at a meet- ing which for earnestness, enthusiasm and sincere and purposeful deter- mination never has been equalled tn this state. Duluth Herald, [BY THE wAY. | The woman who wants her hus- band to wear shirts without buttons generally has plenty of time to help get up a church festival. One thing is certain and that is that no wise man attemps to judge a woman by her face. By building a high wall around his home a man shuts out more than he shuts in. If you owe a grudge do not pay it with interest. One of the main objections to the wicked is the fact they are always looking for recruits. The trouble with sins is, that most of them “‘are such little ones” that we imagine they do not count. MUMMIFIED BODIES TAKEN FROM MINE Remains of Eleven Men Found in Cherry Colliery. Cherry, Ill, Feb. * .—Eleven bodies of miners were recovered from the St. Paul coal mine. To the amaze- ment of veteran mine inspectors the bodies entombed since Nov. 13 when brought to the surface were found to be almost perfectly mummified. The mummified condition was brought about by the bodies having for three months been in a part of the mine which was dry and warm and the corpses going through a Blow process of drying up. “This is one of the most remark- able incidents of a disaster which has been full of wonders,” declared an old mine inspector. “The mrummies are In such good preservation that they might have been taken out of the ancient tombs of Egypt.” Their clothing was so badly scorched and their features so badly disfigured by falling that identification was dif- ficult. SABERS USED ON RIOTERS Sever Street Fighting Occurs at Frank fort-on-the-Main. Frankfort-on-the Main, Feb. f— Severe street fighting occurred be- tween the police and suffrage demon- strators and a large number were wounded on both sides. The socialists had organized five mass meetings, which passed off in good order, but crowds at a later hour gathered in the principal streets, sing- ing and cheering for the secret ballot. A conflict with the police imme- diately ensued. he police used their sabers and re- volvers, charging several times, and the demonstrators replied with volleys of stones and bags of pepper. Fighting continued until after mid- night in vevious quarters of the city. PEOPLE. WE KNOW, They are Bemidji People, and What They Say is of Local Interest. When an incident like the follow- ing occurs right here at home, it is bound to carry weight with our readers. So many strange occur- rences go the rounds of the press: are published as ‘facts, people become skeptical. On one subject skepticism is rapidly disappearing. Thus is due to the actual experience of our citizens, and their public utterances regarding them. The doubter must doubt no more in the face of such evidence as this. The 1 public statement of a reputable citi- zen living right at home, one whom you can see every day, leaves no ground for-the skepticto stand on. Mrs. J. E. Cahill, 817 Minnesota Avenue, Bemidii, Minn., says: “‘I never had any serious trouble from my kidneys, but a few months ago I began to suffer from pain through the small of my back and other symptoms pointing to kidney- dis- order. I had heard so much about Doan’s Kidney Pills that I con- cluded to give them a trial and pro- cured a box at the Owl Drug Store. I took them according to directions, was cured and have been in good health since. I am well pleased with the results that followed the use of Doan’s Kidney Pills io my case and have no hesitation in recommending them to other sufferers from kidney complaint.” s For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, New York, sole ageuts for the United States. Remember the name—Doan’s— and take no other. GULLD IS BITTER AGAINST MORGAN Declares Big Firiancier Is “Drunk With Power.” HAS ‘STATE ON THE HIP Former Governor of Massachusetts As. serts New Yorker Is Forcing Public Ownership of Railroads Upon Con servative Men Who Hitherto Dread ed It—Charles S. Mellen and Tim othy Byrnes Also Mentioned. Boston, Feb. 21.—Curtis Guild, Jr., former governor of Massachusetts, publishes in his paper, the Commercial Bulletin, a scathing editorial entitled “Mr. Morgan and Massachusetts.” Guild declares J. Pierpont Morgan is forcing public ownership upon con- servative men. The editorial bitterly assails the financier. It goes so far as to deride his personal appearance and, in sar- castic apology to previous opinions of railroad officials involved, terms them the puppets of the New York magnate. The two officials mentioned are Charles S. Mellen, formerly president of the Northern Pacific, and Timothy Byrnes, long a resident of Minneap- olis. “When the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad,” says the edi- torial, “started to control transporta- tion in Massachusetts it began by de- feating in the legislature a bill to per- mit the Boston and Maine railroad to acquire trolley lines, a course the New York, New Haven and Hartford, a for- eign coropration itself, was. pursuing. “The governor called attention to the iniquity of railroad conditions in Massachusetts in a special message. “The railroad defeated the governor in the legislature. It failed to defeat him in the courts, in which relief next was sought. Without a dissenting voice the supreme court of Massachu- setts declared the railroad a violator of the law. “Until last week it generally was supposed that the individual responsi- ble for this defiance of the courts, the law and the people-of Massachusets ‘was Mr. Mellen, president of the road, and that the vice president, Mr. Byrnes, would prove a better friend to the requirements alike of law and of citizenship. Legislature Refuses Nothing. “The railroad has been allowed to work its will in merging with the Bos: ton and Maine railroad. Everything it asked has been done by the legisla- ture. “What has the road done? It has fulfilled not one promise so fervently made by Mr. Mellen. It now asks that having broken the law in the past its acts be legalized and that it be given such control of transportation, light, heat, water power, electric wires, poli- tics and government in Massachusetts as never has been asked before by any man or body of men. “Mr. Byrnes, the suave and court- eous, suddenly becomes before the leg- islature an apostle of the historic ‘the public be damned’ policy of the Van- derbilt family. “The mask is off. We have all of us done injustice to Mr. Mellen—gross in- Justice. Nor is Mr. Byrnes the trucu- lent braggart. Both of these men are really only hired ‘megaphones through which a beefy, red-faced, thick-necked financial bully, drunk with wealth and power, brawls his orders to stock markets, directors, courts, govern- ments and nations. “Mr. Morgan has Massachusetts on the hip, he says, and refuses to rec- ognize the right of the public to a loop- hole of safety in the care of future mismanagements. “Public ownership of railroads is a bitter step to take, but if Mr. Morgan-| refuses to consent to public regulation of his huge monopoly he. is today forcing approval of public ownership upon conservative men who hitherto have dreaded. it.” GREEK FLEET HAS MUTINIED Steams Out to Sea to Prevent Dis- armament. Constantinople, Feb. 21.—Owing to the interruption of communication with Athens it is impossible to verify 8 report that the Greek fleet has mu- tinied and steamed out to sea to pre- vent the execution of the army league’s commands for the disarma- ment of the ships. Captain Typaldos is saild to head the mutiny and to have won' over to his side Admiral Miaoulis, who had been counseling cautious. procedure on the part of the Dpavy insurgents. King George has signed a decree recalling all foreign Greek diplomats except those at Constantinople and ‘Washington. Turkish diplomats believe the Grecian situation to be the most acute in recent years. *® Body Found in the River. Logansport, Ind., Feb. 21.—The body of John F. Johnson, former president of the State National bank of this city, was found floating in the Wabash river. Johnson served six years in prison following his confession that he embezzled $550,000 of the bank's funda Recently he had been a grain broker. It 18 presumed he committed sulcide. WOULD FIND JOBS FOR ALL Representative Gardner Proposes Fed- eral Employment Bureau. ‘Washington, Feb. 19.—A new solu- tion of the problem of the unemployed has been offered. Representative Gardner (Rep., Pa.) has introduced a bill in the house pro- viding for the' appointment of-an in- formation labor:office in the postoffice department. . ~ The bill further provides for the employment of an information labor 3 < B 2 at our store,—T! clerk Tn every one of the 70,000 odd postoffices in the country. These men are to complile a list of employers looking for workmen. The Jobless men are then to be introduced to the menless jobs and vice ‘versa and in a very short time there ought to be no one out of work in the United States. Postmaster for Half Century. Gardner, Mass, Feb. %.—Simeon ‘W. Stevens, who was appointed post- master here by Presldent Franklin Plerce in 1854 and had received suc- cessive - appointments ever since, is dead at his home in South Gardmer. He was ninety-one years old. Victory for Direct Primaries. Springfleld, Ill, Feb. :.—The long fight over primary legislation—the big battle of the special session of the state legislature—ended In the house with a sweeping victory for direct plu- rality primaries. i Dozen Freight Cars Derailed. Elk River, Minn,,'Feb. )—Twelve freight cars were derailed at Dayton, five miles south of this place. This is the fourth or fifth derailment that has occurred at that village recently. ALLEGES PRESIDENT TAFT USES SPOILS La Follette Asserts Insurgents Are Discriminated Against. Madison, Wis.,, Feb. 19.—That iIn- surgent members of congress are openly discriminated against by Presi- dent Taft and his cabinet in the mat- ter of federal appointments is the an- nouncement made by Senator La Fol- letté in a broadside in this week's is- sue;of La Follette’s Weekly Magazine. He indicates that President Taft, con- ‘trary to his statement that he would maintain the “status quo” in order to preserve “party solidarity,” “has adopt- ed” a general policy to actually with- hold patronage from those who do not bend the knee. Senator La Follette points out that in three Wisconsin districts progres- sive congressmen were disciplined in the appointments of supervisors ot census -because they “had voted against the tariff bill.” “Painter of Presidents” Dead. ‘Washington, Feb. 19.—Henry Ulke, eighty-nine years old, whose portraits of presidents and cabinet officers gained for him the title of “painter of presidents,” died at a hospital here of concussion of the brain, due to a-fall at his home here last Saturday. ——e o THE DOGTOR'S QUESTION Some Advice Against the Use of Harsh Purgatives and Physics. A doctor’s first question when consulted by ‘a patient is, ‘‘Are your bowels regular?” He knows that g8 per cent of illness is at- tended with inactive bowels and torpid liver. This condition poi- sons the system with waste matter and causes accumulation of gases which must be removed through the bowels before the health canm be restored. Salts, ordinary pills and cathar- tics may be truly likened to dyna- mite, Through their harsh, irri- tating action they force a passage through the bowels, causing pain and damage to the delicate intest- inal structure which weakens the whole system, and at best only produces temporary relief. The repeated use of such treatments causes chronic irritation of the stomach and bowels, dries and hardens their - tissues, deadens their nerves, stiffens their muscles and generally brings-about an in- jurious habit which sometimes has almost, if not fatal results. We have a pleasant and. safe remedy for constipation and bowel disorders in general, Weare so certain of its great curative value that we promise to return the pur- chaser’s money in evety case where it fails to produce entire satisfac- tion, This remedy is called Rex- all Orderlies. We urge you to try them at our entire risk. ~ Rexall Orderlies are eaten like candy, they act quietly-and have a soothing, strengthening, healing, regulative influence on the entire intestinal tract. They do mnot purge, gripe, cause nausea, flatu- lence, excessive looseness, diar- rheca or other annoying effects, and they may be taken at any time without inconvenience. Rexall Orderlies overcome the drugging babit and safely remedy constipationand associateailments, whether acute or chronic, - except in surgical cases. They are es- pecially good for children, weak persons or old folks. Price, 36 tablets 25 cents, and 12 ‘tablets 10 cents. Remember you can obtain Rexall Remedies in: Bemidji only Rexall Store. TILLMAN SAIDTO BE NEAR DEATH|| No Hope for Recovery of South Carolina Senator. WAS STRICKEN SUDDENLY Distinguished Southerner Suffering From the Return of a Malady With Which He Has Been Afflicted for Years, Hardening of the Arteries. Senator Smith of Michigan Also Seriously Ill at Washington. ‘Washington, Feb. ).—Senator Ben- Jamin Ryan Tillman of South Carolina, who was stricken Tuesday afternoon and fell fainting on the steps of the Capitol, is near death. He is uncon- scious and those close to the family have lost hope for his recovery. The senatdr is- suffering from-the return of a malady with which he has been afflicted for years—calcification, or hardening of the arteries. The senator is gradually growing worse and kas not been able to speak for some hours. While it is said there is no immediate danger the family is alarmed and has telegraphed for Dr. J. W. Babcock of Columtia, S. C., Mr. Tillman’s family physician, to come here as speedily as possible. The condition of Senator Willlam Alden Smith of Michigan is improved. He spent a good ‘night. Dr. Louis Barth, his family physician, has ar- rived from Grand Rapids, Mich., .and although it has been ‘decided that an operation is imperative there is no im- mediate emergency. SEVERE BLIZZARD IN OHIO Storm Demoralizes Rail and Wire Communication. Cleveland, Feb. '..—The second section of one of the worst blizzards known here in many years, driven by a stinging north wind, has demoralized railroad, interurban and street railway traffic and crippled telephone commu- nication throughout the state. Much personal suffering is reported from the poorer districts of every large city ir the state and in the rural sections, where the inhabitants were exposed to the forty-four-mile wind. Interurban passengers on many lines were snowbound for hours. The public schools at Marion were dismissed, as practically none of the children were able to reach the build- ings, there being nineteen inches of 8now in the streets. MARINE- UNIONS FOR PEACE Five Organizations Agree 40 Accept Old Wage Scale. Detroit, Feb. 19.—That the wage scale of five marine labor organiza- tions, which have been in conference here with the executive committee of the Dredge Owners’ Protective asso- ciation, will remain unchanged during the coming season was practically agreed upon by the owners and repre- sentatives of the labor organizations. YourNerves Ask your doctor if alcoholic stimulants are not meuralgia, headaches, debility. Weak disastrous when given fo neroous nerves need good food, fresh air, and people. He will tell you why. ~ §:.S:A7%5,C2:» Aver’s non-alcoholic Sarsaparilla, often Your nerves must be fed with pure, rich blood, or there will be trouble. 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SIMONS Bemid}i Townsite and Im- provement Companv. 404 New York Life Building ST. PAUL, MINN. THE value of a Bell telephone is particularly evident in emergency situations. a quick way. to relief. It opens Accidents, delays, hurried departures, unex- pected arrivals, sickness, fire burglary—all ‘come in this category. Time, money, convenience—often Iife itself — depend upon prompt communication. Relief may be in sight, or a thousand miles away. It matters not. The Local and Long Distance Bell Telephone can be used in either situation.. Northwestern Telephoné Exchange Co. Every Bell Telephone is the Center of the System i oo «_,.,A..._‘T_—— Subseribe for The Pioneer The Crookstor Lumber Co. Wholesale- : Lumber, Lath znd Building Material Wholesale Liquor Dealers Telephone 489 - Major Block Bemidj)i, Minn. Melges Bros. Co. 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