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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-08-17
Strike Continues to Spread,

New York. Aug 1.-THE Building
Trades alliance. the organization
against which the lockout recently de-
clared by the Building Trades EN-
ployers' association was directed, has
made it's first move since the lockout
was established by calling out all the
men employed on four of the large
iEin course of construction in
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-08-17

Shanghai, Aug. lit transpires
that the men wounded on board the
Russian cruiser Askold were almost
absolutely starving when they were
brought from the ship to the municipal
hospital here They consumed food
ravenously and now they are doing
we'll
The Japanese consul is demanding
of the Chinese authorities that the
Askold diSarm. The attitude of the
taOtai Of Shanghai on this matter is
characterized by his usual indecision
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-08-17
MUST DEPART AT ONCE.

Shanghai Officials Order Russian
Boats to Leave.
Washington, Aug. 17-Consul Gen.
eral Goodnow cables the state depart.
ment from Shanghai that the Chinese
taOtai has informed the Russian con
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-08-17
EXPECT PORT ARTHUR's FALL.

RUSSIANS Abandon Hope Of Saving the
Fortress.
st. Petersburg, Aug. 17.-The mill
tary authorities here expect the fall Of
Port Arthur to occur at any hour. The
fact that General Stoessel has sent his
family to Chefoo lends color to the
belief that the situation in the fortress
is desperate.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-08-17
YOUTH HAS A LIVELY TIME.
Shoots at Workman and Narrowly
Escapes Being Lynched.

New York, Aug. 17.-After holding a
crowd of pursuers at bay from the
platform of an elevated station, fol-
lowing an alleged assault upon another
workman, emptying his revolver into
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-08-17
JAPANESE ARE ADVANCING.

In Daily Touch With Russians Near
Anshanshan.
Liaoyang, Aug. 1.-THE Japanese
are reported to be much nearer An
shanshan on the southeast than twelve
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-25
ROOSEVELI'S AIM
COSTLY PERSONAL AMBITION OF THE
 STRENUOUS PRESIDENT.
Growth of National Eminence a Matter of Increasing Personal Power. from His Way of Looking at It-RiOting Ex-
 travagance of His Administra-

J. P M, in Baltimore Sun.
 Washington-An examination into the character and appropriations and the oc- casion for the immense increase of expendi- lures for the support of the government under the Roosevelt administration is apt to lead to the conclusion that it Is not idle campaign talk to charge President Roose- welt with a policy of executive aggrandize- ment threatening to the other coordinate branches of the government
 Mir Roosevelt reads and writes history from his own personal point of view. His mind constantly dwells upon self compari- son. The prominent figures in history are approved or condemned by him accordingly they have represented or failed to repre- sent his conception of himself. He con ceives of no greatness except along lines of his own ideas. Having, according to his own view, a sort of patriotic exaltation ir the might and glory of the United States he can think of these being achieved in no oth,R way than in association with him. self. or in accordance with his ideas. Roose- welt ideas are to him "American ideals. and he associates the growth of national greatness with the increase of executive power The one conspicuous feature oi his policy--that toward which every lesser policy tends-is to magnify the Executive believing that by doing so he is making hi' nation strong among nations. His idea man is one who can shoot quick. ride hard
 
 feats of endurance and daring. These things the makings of a great man l and without them greatness cannot b' | achieved. in the eyes of Mir Roosevelt. A Dream of World Power.
 He applies the same ideal to the nation | which he would remodel into the work | pcwer'' of his dreams. He aims in every way 10 strengthen the power of the Execu 1 tive. a to free it from the hampering au | thority of Congress. Analysis of his course while in the White House and of the source | of extravaganza in expenditures during hi
 administration indicates a purpose on hi | part to overcome the conditions which D. | Tocqueviue, in his Democracy of America l (IS35). described as the weakness of tn
 American Executive. the assumption of thu | French officer and statesman being that | with the conditions changed, the Executiv might acquire power of royal prerogative | MT. Roosevelt has endeavored to correc every point of executive weakness whicl l De Tocqueville saw in 1s25, and to lift him
 self up 10 the implied prophecy of tha | writre.
 De Tocqueville In comparing the Execu
 tive of the United States with the King O
 France says. in generalization. that whe | a republic falls under the sway of sngl
 individual the demeanor of the sovereig
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-25

result in benefit to the contractor and it is supposed to be in corresponding benefit to the public by obtaining the patrons of the public schools to get bet ter and cheaper books. The contractors are under bond in a large penalty to execute the contract on their part.
 Books furnished under these con- tracts are required to come up to the standard of quality and excellence of the sample furnished with the bids and preserved by the Secretary of State. To make 1t easier to fix liability on the contractors for a violation of the stat ute or of their contracts and as a safe guard against the introduction into the schools of books other than those adopted it is required that such con- tractors shall cause to be printed upon every book furnished under their con tract the contract price, the exchange price, and the fact that the price is fixed by State contract and request that deviations therefrom shall be re- ported to the school authorities. If a dealer who is not a contractor or a designated depository or a duly constituted agency, as provided for in the statute, should procure books from some source other than the regular channels provided in the law and him self cause to be printed upon such
 
 upon books sold under contract and sell such books as If the same were sold pursuant to the text book law, I think such conduct would be in violation of the provisions of the act.
 Section Is of the act declares that any persons violating it's provisions shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. I think, however, that books which have been sold or supplied by d contractor with the State or through his depos- l itory or agency which come up to the test of the text book law may be sold within the State by any person or dealer who may become the owner of such book Neither do I mean to say that the mere sale of the adopted book | by any dealer would be a violation of the law although such books. unless supplied under the contract with the State, could not be used in the public school.
 Tt Is the printing upon the adopted books by persons who are not contrac- tors the matter required to be printed upon them by the contractors and the l selling of such books under and as in compliance with the statute by persons who are not contractors (privileges given exclusively to the contractors), which l think a violation of the law.
 Very respectfully,
 Massey Wilson,
 Attorney General"
 The opinion will be of great interest 70 dealers in books and patrons of the public schools.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-25
MUST CONFORM TO LAW
opUNIoN AS TO TEXT BOOKS BY AT
 TORNEY GENERAL.
seroud Hand Dealers in School Books Guilty of a MisdemeanOr If They Sell Books Bearing
 States stamp.

Tn an opinion written yesterday for Che State Educational Department, At torney General Wilson holds that no hook dealers, other than authorized de- .positories, may sell books for use in the public schools of Alabama.
 The opinion was written at the re- ouest of State Superintendent Hill. and was as follows:
 Montgomery, Sept 24, 1904. sTIon. Isaac W. Hill, Superintendent of
 Education, Capitol:
 Dear Sir-I have your favor of the 22nd inst, requesting my opinion or ithe question below quoted:
 q. Can any of the books that have been adopted by the State Text Book Commission for the use of the public schools of the State be purchased from any person or dealer other than the publisher having the contract with The State to furnish such books, or his duly .constituted and appointed depository or regularly and duly constituted agents throughout the counties of Alabama, and be used by pupil or teacher in the public schools of Alabama?
 "2. If any of the books that have heen adopted by the State Text Book Commission for use in the public schools of the State, having printed or stamped ,uuon them statements of the pr cc and that they are supplied under the con lfrsct with the State or sold 5y l deal CT other than a duly appointHd agent or through channels other than those appointed by law under contract, and AS Al matter of fact, they are not fur mfshed by the publisher or supplied to said dealer or person offering them for sale through the agencies adopted, If lfhe dealer or said person so selling such book guilty of violation of statute, 4n such sort as to make him subject to conviction for misdemeanor under said statute?"
 "1.) The Supreme Court If Ala bama has answered the hIst question 1n the negative. II is decided in ;hC ease of Dickinson V. sunIIn saam Cir Ms.) that if a book adopted by the State Text Book Commission was pur- chased from a person or dealer other than the contractor and was not sup plied through a depository CT ageAcl such book could not be taught in tn' nubIic schools. It follows that lt woulC he a misdemeanor to use the book $. obtained in the public schools = thi state Under the text book statute an' nbe contract made with publishers pur suant to 1t the successful bidders fo The privilege of supplying books to tin snubliO schools have the exclusive r'Eh Sn supply such books for that purpose IDickInson V. Cunningham supra Clark V. Hayworth, L. R. A. 24o. While .nis is true the privilege ma
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-25

stopped to look into a window. A wo- tents of a tin pail that she was trying to freeze some ice cream in lost her holt on it. and it fell off the window ledge three stories up, and lit plumb
 Cousin Joshua's back as he was stopped, looking in at the shop I heard it coming, but too late to warn him.
 Well, the pail ice cream and all. slid off his back and skeetered out across the sidewalk into the gutter Joshua starightened up and looked at me. He didn't see it go, but he heard it. He never turned round at all, but just began to rub his back with both hands.
 " We have 'em as large-about as large and hefty as that-our hailstones in Dakoty,' he said to me as he was rubbing, but don't recollect their ever coming single that way; not more than once or twice. at any rate.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-25
OdeII BeIleyer in Youth.

Since obtaining control of Republi- can politics in New York state, Gov ernor Oden has surrounded himself with young and virile lieutenants. One of the most conspicuous figures among this youthful element is William Barnes. Jr, of Albany, grandson of Thurlow Weed. once the confrere of Lincoln. MT. Barnes Is the chairman of the Executive Committee of the State Committee and a natural born politician He is conservative, re- sourceful. enormously energetic and young as he is. very pessimistlc. He always looks for the worst and wher he wins a figure Is apparently surpris ed.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-25

sumption of executive authority, which mas gone unrebuked. Is that of Mir. Roosevelt venturing to define the limits of the Mon roe doctrine, which Congress never thought 1t wise to define. and his personal assump- ton of guardianship and authority over the South and Central American republics.
 The appropriations made during the last two sessions of Congress for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1904, and the year ending June 30. 1905, amounted to $l.534, 23o, Ssl
 The appropriations for the two years of the Fifty first Congress-the famous billion
 dollar" Congress-amounted to ssss,4l7- 1s2.
 Exceeded the Record Breaker. ..
 The appropriations during the last two years have exceeded those of the famous
 billion dollar" Congress by $545,S13,61s Yet during the last two years Congress has economized on public improvement. so that had no other sources of extravagant ex- penditure been made to overbalance this economy the appropriations would be prop erly less than during the extravagant
 Reed Congress. the recklessness of which threw the Republican party out of power, giving the Democrats a majority of 150 in the House The extravigant Fifty-first Congress appropriated $25.136,2s5 for river and harbor improvements. During the last two last sessions of Congres this item has been economized. so that only $500 900 was appropriated for river and harbor improve mentS. The eXtraNaBant flIty-Ilrst SoH-
 gress appropriated $s.S75.212 during its sec ond session for public buildings. The cur
 rent appropriation bill carries only s4.S19'- S44 for public buildings. In the Indian ap- propriations s2,659.s33 was saved during the last two sessions of Congress from the az
 gregate appropriations for that purpose This saving in domestic expenditures would seem to give promise of an econom- ical administration, a reduction in appro- priations and reduction in taxation, but,
 in spite of 1t, the aggregate of appropria-
 tions during the last two sessions is nearly
 twice that of the Fifty-first Congress. whose | extravigances startled the country.
 An examination of the figures shows
 that the economy during the last two years
 in expenditures for public improvements
 has been merely in the interest of greater extravagance in expenditures for purposes entirely foreign to the domestic welfare and designed only for national aggrandize-
 ment where the power of the executive may be displayed in its supremacy. While du- | ring two years of the billion dollar Con-
 gress' s4s, s2O. 900 was appropriated for the 1 army, the appropriations for the last two
 years aggregated $154.s5s,o52. the naval | Item of the Fifty-first Congress was $55.- | e77.eSs. but during the last two years ex-
 penditures aggregating s17e.425,6Ss have
 been provided for.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-25
A Charming Robe de Chambre.

In the winter wardrobe is always in cluded a lounging gown or robe de chambre. and the charming negligee H. lustrated will be a thing of beauty as
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-25
TOURIST IN RUSSIA.
Yankees Not Particularly Welcomed in the
 Czars Domain These Days.


 Czar's Domain These Days.
 New York TritaIne.
 Some interesting observations on Russia are furnished by W. R. McAlpine, of San Francisco. who has Just returned from a two months sojourn in that country, and is now in Washington. says a Washington telegram to the New York Post
 Tt was difficult to realize from the be- havior of the Russian people that any war is being carried on," he said. "Now and then l conversed about 1t with some intelli- gent civilians, and invariably they used these words: We haven't begun to fight yet. This is. indeed. the truth-Russia has not started in. and these initial sue cesses of the Japanese make no sort of in1- pression on the sturdy and fearless sub iects of the Czar who have no sense of dan ger and are defiant of death. How such a giant as Russia could be subdued Is more than anybody who goes through the em- pire and it's millions of population and its unlimited resources can understand.
 Americans are in no great favor over there, and though I was treated politely. l could see that a German was greatly pre- feered to an Englishman or Yankee. I had an experience right on the threshold of the country which may serve as a warn ing to other Americans. l carried not only my passport, but the strongest cre- dentials that could be presented by stran- ger visiting Russia. For the two ladies with me I had no individual passports having been told that these would not be necessary, and yet when I got to a little Russian town on the frontier, because of this lack my journey was arrested, and had 10 go back to a German city, 100 miles away and secure through the American Consul the necessary papers. which re- Quired negotiations through Berlin and held me up for three days, besides putting me to a lot of expense"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-25
EnrIi.h Momen Smoke.

Mrs. Cornwallis West. the London beauty, has written a magazine artlcle in which she says: Tt is not to be de- med that smoking Is much on the lh- crease among women in England. ana 1t Is now more or less an accepted fact and Is tolerated even In the most old fashioned houses. There Is no doubt that when indulged in moderation tts effects are beneficial particularly to nervous, overstrained or overworked women, and the prejudice against 1t Is bound to disappear"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-25
The Eyes.

A hit of iron can be removed from the eye with q magnet. Never rub the eye, when 1t is affected. If the particle caus- ing the disturbance is on the upper lid, draw out the upper lid and drag the lash es of the under lid across the inside of the upper lid A grain of flaxseed often takes out a speck of dirt. If tears flow, dry the eye by wiping it gently toward, new CT away from the nose. If someone is at hand to help let him roll the lid over the point Of pencil and remove the speck on bit of cotton wound about the point of an orange stick or the blunt end of hair pin
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-25
JUST A SAMPLE.
The North Dakota Man Was Used tC
 Eccentric Weather Displny.

Youths Companion.
 You take man from Dakoty and you can't surprise him with any play Q the elements-wind or storm or what not. said MT. Boggs, reminiscently, "and there's other things a man raised out in Dakoty takes mighty calm, too?
 Such as what? demanded the post master. with whom MT. Boggs was whil- ing away a hot afternoon. ,,,
 Well" said MT Boggs. slowly, "l could tell ye plenty of incidents, but Il jest select one that occurred in the streets o' New York city when my cousin Joshua from Dakoty was on, and we were seeing the sights to- gether.
 We were walking along a street one day on our way to the Battery and
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-25

A London firm advertises for mum" mics. which they use in the manufact- ure of paint.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-25
Millions to be . world Power.

During this administration the Repub- ltcan party has been more economical or e&- penditures for public improvements of do- mestic character. but have spent Tor the military establishment. under the world power policy in the last two years $22s'- 8S6021 more than was spend during the two years of the billion dollar Congress
 The Treasury statement of receipts and expenditures under date of Aug 2f shows the daily expenditure for the military es- tablishment of the United States to be more than twice the amount of the civil and miscellaneous expenditures of the gov ernment On that day the civil and mis- cellaneous expenditures amounted to s4oo' O00 while those of the military estaohsh- ment representing Executive powers) amounted to $s4O.ooO. for the one day. This seems to be significant enough to | command public attention. though 1t does not comprehend the immense additional | power of the executive through the Phi | ippine expenditures and patronage. the 1 extent of which is not disclosed in the records of domestic receipts and expenoi' 1 lures,
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-08-06

When trouble is brewing keen still
Wien SANDER is getting on his legs.
keep still
When yonr feelings ARE hurt keen stnl
tin you recover from vour eycitrmrnr NJ
any rate.
Things look different tbrouab m nm
3gitatcd owe.
IN a commotion once" saws ono 81
wrote a letter and SOM # ana wished T
had NOT. I'm nv laf,r wears ! had am.
other comnotiou. and wrote y long lei.
fer. but ljfr rubbed = littic scnSe mt mo
8ad | kcpt that letter IN NV nn.l,ar
against the d.y when I rouIj lnnl II
over witLnnt ag;tofion and yvifLont taa,.s
was clad did, Toss ami iess if
seemed NECESSARY tn snnd +, ,,.,s unt
,"ra II wcnld do any Lurt but in nv
donbtfnInesS leaned IA rrtirnnrr ami
cyputuaUy if was DESTROYED =
Time works wonders Whit Till yo,,
can speak calmly. ana then mavhe Won
uiiI nor need 10 snea5 NJ nh
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-08-06
OBSCURE" PRESIDENTS.
1t Is Hard to Pick Out ANY That Were
Really Such When Nominated.

/ Polk was the first dark horse 10 b..
+ chosen: hui neither Hayes nor BENJAMIN
Harrison can fairly he regarded as hay
/ ing won a nomination by any cons3icu-
Ou> acts OF craftsmanship.
Doubtless Pierce : reputation has Suf-
fercd 10y the disputes over slavery which
did 80 much to wreck his administration.
Ct even 50 he was ii candidate for re-
nomination. ana received l22 votes "a
huchannn loo votes on the first ballot
IN TIE Democratic convention uf ISIG
Ills nomination -four Years earlier had
hCen very we'll received mitch herter
diam that Of his opponent. Gen. Scott
Pierce had entered politics within TWO
years after his admission To ,ilc bar
Lad served IN The New Hampshire LegiS-
lature. had been sent 10 Congress at the
age of ~, and ut 80 had been chosen
United States senator. being then The
youngest member of that body. Re
signing his seas after i've years, ne r.
turned to The practice Of law. Bur He
certainly did not relapse into obscurity:
for i'm the interval hrtMrpu 1872 ANA
1876 he had declined a nomination for
governor at New Hampshire had rt,-
fused am appointment 10 the Senate AMI
the offer OF a place in Folks cabinet ms
attorney general. and had won consider.
able military reputation as n hrigadief
general in the Mexican war
Hayes was uuquesuunahiy less weu
known than Pierce when he WAS moan
mated Ia the presidency. lie mad been
Ia Congress two years aud lie had \
good war record, Hut at The time of his
nomination be was governor of Ohio.
and he was no more prominent national
ly than dozen governors OF states are
at ady time.
Benjamin Harrison, too. was hy no
means one of the most eminent of pub
lie men at the time of his nomination.
His name was in his favor. and the
CaricajuriStS of the day represented hiu
as almost hidden under 'grandfathers
hat He. too, had seen service in the
war, had been in both houses of Com
gres~. and had declined cabinet APP
puinlment. hut he had been defeated for
reelection to the Senate and had re-
turned ia the practice of law. He was
compromise candidate FOR the prcsi-
dency all was cho>eu in the convention
at lSSS aztec the success of sherman or
Gresham WAS >cen 10 lac impossible. In
deed. there are several points ct COM
parjSun between Pierce and Harrison.
aud it would hc hard to Snow that one
was more obscure than the other proyi-
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