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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-02-18

to save my life, but if. as you say, We
are in a country where a mans life is
held SO cheaply, by the Sreat horn
spoon, l will eat every oyster in the
house. and the Lord have mercy on
me- l old him that was about the
size of it, and he would eat or die, and
maybe he would die and just
then a wicked-lOOking negro with a big
oyster knife came to the table and
looked ugly at dad and said: Have
another dozen?' and dad said: Yes
ard then he began to eat as though his
life depended on it, and l could hear
the great wadS Of oysters strike with a
dull thud on exposed places inside of
dad. and before he sOt up rom the ia
BILE he had eaten them all, and he Ole
the man he would be in again to lunch
after awhile. Dad is the bravest man
[ ever saw, and don't you forget it.
He would have come u all right, l
suppose, and lived, if it hadn't been for
his devilish morbid appetite for travel
and adventure. Quick as we got out
of the oyster place dad wanted to take
a steamboat ride down the river to the
Eads jetties at the mouth of the river.
tNIio We "k4AI oLl IA u. GLSI q III
down to the mouth. After We
had looked over the %jetties. where Eads
made an artificial canal big enough for
he largest ocean steamers to come up
New Orleans, the passengers wanted
Il captain to run the boat outside the
D.. into the blue ocean, where the
Yves come from. Gee. but | hope |
liz live long enough to forget the
rid We hadn't got a boats length
outIe the bar before the boat began
to re- and toss, and I held On to dads
hand and wished | was dead. l told
him ly little tummy ached. and l
Wante a lemon. Dad said my little
tummy with its three oysters in it,
was nc worth mentioning, and told
me to lok at him. Talk about your
Mount Flee and your Vesuvius, those
volcanoeswere tame and uninteresting
compared 0 dad, leaning over the rail-
ing, and shutting words at the sharks
in the waite, Why, he just doubled I'D
like a jackhnife one minute and t:lec
straightenedlp like an elephant stand
ing on his ind legs in a circus the
next minute. and he kept saying:
'Ye-up,' and all the passengers said:
TooI udH. tOlu Inem he was not
SO poor. for lie owned a brewery at
home.
Well, we finally got back to New
Orleans, and tad took a hack to
the hotel, and told the driver not tc
pass any saloon where there were oys- |
ter shells on the sidewalk. We came
home next day. Well, / guess I will
get my snake out of the icebox, and
go home and comfort dad.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-02-18
CAUGHT IN THE CURRENT.

1t is estimated that Denver will be
called upon to entertain between 20. 900
and 10000 people on the occasion Of the
seventh international convention Of the
Epworth League, which is to be held
July 5-9, 1905.
The charge for wireless messages to
ships in the Atlantic from any postal
telegraph office in the British isles Will
be six and One-half pence a word. and a
minimum charge Of six shiIIings and
six pence. kilograms can be addressed
like this: Jones, L~ucania. Atlantic"
Jealous Of what he thought undue
favor to another employe, Hugo Heck
elsmuller, an oiler in the works of the
United Railways of San Francisco, be
a putting sand in the machinery Jour
nal boxes of the power house machin-
cry. He was caught when he had done
damage to the amount of $4,000.
After emigrating to New York and
waiting in vain for her son Morris and
his friend benjamin Harrison to for
ward SO worth Of her property. as ar
ranged. Mrs. Bessie Driver. a Jewess.
returned to London to prosecute them
for theft. She succeeded in having her
son sent to prison for six months.
The steel bridge over the Pecos river,
Texas. is a marvel of mechanical skill
and extreme simplicity OF construction.
1t IS considerably more than 300 feet in
height and is 2,i80 feet long, yet it is
supported by stone pillars so small that
1t seems incredible to a beholder that
they can sustain the enormous weight
OF passing trains, which invariably stop
On the bridge TO allow passengers to
view the structure and the bleak, desc
late SURROUNDINGS.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-02-18
King to TRY Ballooning.

King Alfonso of Spain is giving his
advisers great anxiety owing to his
youthful intrepidity. His latest wish
is to try ballooning. He is not to be
dissuaded, and, according to a Madrid
correspondent, has already decided to
make an ascent in a balloon which
Senior Leopold lie Maza has bought
in Paris for $500. or in one of the
military balloons with which expert
Inents are now being made.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-02-18
IT'S THE TERROR
OF ALL WOMEN.
Quickly Cured by Dodd's
kidney Pills-Mrs. W. H.. Ambrose
Tells How Her Pains Vanished
Never to Return When She
Used the Great American
Kidney Remedy.

Dover, KY, Feb. l3th.-(SpeciaD-So
long has Backache been the terror of the
women of America that the numerous re-
ports of the complete and permanent cures
Of this allment now being made by Dodd's
Kidney Pills are causing wide s~atisfac-
ton, and not the least remarkable of
these cures is that of Mrs. w. H. Am
brose of this place. Mrs. Ambrose says:
Il had such pains in my back at times
| could hardly move and other symptoms
showed that my kidneys were affected.
One box of Dodd's Kidney Pills drove
away all the pains and l have never been
troubled since"
Backache is the kidneys first notice
that they are out Of order and need help.
II they get that help in the form of
Dodd's Kidney Pills all will be well. If
they are neglected the disease may de-
yelop into Diabetes, Bright's Disease or
Rheumatism.
Ihey are always talking about lambs in
wall street, but our experience is hat the
lamb there IS mighty tough.-Indianapolis
Sentinel.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-02-18
The Bad Boys Joke vita stuffed
Mathematics Tells the Old
Groceryn1an About II Oaos
Morbid Rppeti'

MoThid Appeti

BY HON. GEORGE WIECh.
Fy-rm.ar~,r - Wis ,crefn rmerly pub
Ishc- II "Fcck's Sun Il VI feck s
Bad Boy" etC.)
Coop right. 1904, BY Joseph bo"'esl
T Hn OLD grcceryIlau v SlIIng OF
the counter. with his = Stretche.
lenSthwise. his heels rests On d sack
Of aour and his hack aeaSt a pile OF
naner his eve closed, his
pipe gone out, and the mes sitting
from it on the cat that IS asleep in
his lap. He was w2itiI LOT a Gus
toner 10 come in and d something
to start the dav's bIlsi-s- He had
~spTlnkled the floor. and ept the III
up in a corner and h"as sleepy.
There was a crash IN fro OF the store
a barrel Of ak handles atgarden tools
a been tipped over ONE sidewalk,
the door Opened with a k and closed
with a slam, and the bsnoy came in
with O long DaDer box fOrated with
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-02-18
River Steamer a Store

a German tradesnan has converted
a Rhine steamer into a department
store. and is visiting towns along the
river with a diverse stock of goods.
Now a freight company is being
formed to take a train Of giant auto
mobiles through France. each machine
being devoted to a special department,
like a store.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-02-18
She Saw Stars.

Miss Henrietta S. Leavitt, the young
Radcliffe graduate who has startled the
world of science by discovering more
than 400 variable stars, according to
the Boston Transcript, must be pos
sessed naturally Of the gift which en-
ables some girls tp hpd-foUS-leafed
cIoyers.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-02-18

When a footpad approaches you seize
him by the center OF the arm and press
your thumb violently against a nerve in
the inner elbow joint. The footpad Will
then probably shoot five bullet-holes in
you while he shrieks with pain. This is
llu jltsu.-St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-02-18

Solomon declared that there was moth
ing new under the sun, but Nahum, the
Elkoshite, evidently foresaw the auto
mobile when he wrote: "Chariots shall
rage IN the streets; they shall jostle one
against another in the broad ways; they
shall seem like torches; they shall run
like the Neutrality-suspicious. Globe.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-02-18
Only a Guess,

Bacon-Where do you suppose that 2Q3
Meter Hill got its name?
Egbert-Oh, ! guess that's where the
Port Arthur gas works are located
lonkers Statesman.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-02-18

Girls will be girls, all right, but the
trouble is 50 few of them ever realize an
age llmit.-Chicago Chronicle.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-02-18

There are men who finally consent to go
to work when they can't make a living
IN any other way.-Philadelphia Record.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-02-18
e. Guaranteed Cure for Piles.

Itching, Blind, Bleeding orProtrudingPiles
Your druggist will refund money if PAzO
OINTMENT fails to cure in 6 to Il days. soc.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-02-18

N'@' IN H"E - 'h,4-
spTlnkled the floor. and 9pt the dIrt
up in a corner and was sleepy.
e was a crash N fro OIL the store
a barrel Of ak handles atgarden tools
had been tipped over oI1e Sidewalk,
he door opened with a X and closed
with a slam, and the bshoy came in
with q long paper box, iorated with
g.
EEDD
o. 10
Il =! Is
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-02-18
Onafhese

,an,uase he
n c9mmlt-
buy some
IeaS'The
Ad@ 81 the
ahFahs on
~N 49,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-02-18

lydia E. Pnkhams Vegetable Compound Succeeds Where Others Fall
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-02-18

for aSNeek
Ohtn all
dOncut
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-02-02

Those in the legislature who are in
favor of putting shirt factory in the
penitentiary instead of Irvine plant
do not. wish to be understood as favor
ing any attempt to iron anybody's dirty
linen. Neither are they trying to wave
the bloody shirt. tits only business
proposition.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-02-02

Wisconsin having learned of the hot
times South Dakota had during the re-
cent capital campaign, is trying to
spring a fight between Madison and
Milwaukee. The latter city aspires to
wrest the seat of state from Madison as
Mitchell did from Pierre.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-02-02
Escaped an Awful Fate.

Mr.. II. Haggins, of Melbourne, Fla,
writes, SHY doctor told me l had con-
sumption and nothing could be done
for me. was given up to die. The
offer of a free trial bottle of DIR. Kings
New Discovery for Consumption, In
dnced me to try it. Results were start
ling. lam now on the road to recovery
and owe all to DR.. Kings New Dis
covery. 1t surely saved my life.
This great cure is guaranteed for all
throat and lung diseases by Nj, j..
Schubert, Druggist. Price soc & $100
Trial Bottles free.
Westward the orb of glory takes its way
Wisconsin is the state, you hear every
body say,
1t made itself famous by one great
stride;
Rocky Mountain Tea has made its
name world wide. M. j. Schubert.
Wanted4A competent salesman to
represent. us with crockery line. We
will make it interesting to the proper
party. Address The William Brunt
Pottery Co, East Liverpool, o.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-02-02
The government should hasten

/ The Sioux Falls Press seems to stand
for pessimism as it is defined in Web
aters international Dictionary. Back
Of this HE Press might be considered
as standing for the returnof <PettigreW
to power in the state, and it is not so
very curious, either, that it fayors a
primary election law. All these things
seem to doyetail into each other. The
Press has great objects for the future
mot the least of which is Editor Bowen's
disappointment as a private secretary
to United States senator.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-02-02
AT TIL STATE CAPITAL
ts.bU PER sYEARsIH ADVANCE.
S. q. DEW ELL.
qssEEIsgE1g|!s,D
! PRIMARY FOOLISH NESS

RIMARY sFOOLlSHNESS
The more this primary election law
idea Ii sifted and analysed the more IT
{ becomes apparentthatit is only an eff
L fort to retire one republican machine,
which has always given a good account
Of itself and supplant it with another
& machine which has been derelict. The
last refers TO the machine once domin-
ated by ex-senator PettigTew, which
was the rottenestatfair Of the kind ever
ia vogue in politics, outside of Fam
4 many, and Whichappears is now secret
~ cOnniying with themanagers Of the
primary election league. to again gain
control OF state politics by fooling the
people on |. bogus reform" issue
( Some Of thesfollowers Of the primary
issue should be given credit for SINGER
S:ity, but they are not aware that in case
4 they succeed they will come under the
J: wing OF Mr.. Pettigrewa and his machine.
This 10 the logical outcome. Even Mr..
Crawford, who is known for hon
Sgestly and sincerity to the utmost III.
all matters political and otherwise,
formerly was one OF Mr.. Pettigrew's
most devoted followers, and there is no
reason to believe he might not again
become 80. The ex-senator is given
liz for being the greatest political
~ acrobat of the country. He has boxed
the political compass time and again,
and has landed in every conceivable
position. His record Is familiar to
South Dakota and the nation at large.
sssI Il the primary election issue is simply
means toreinstate Mr.. Pettigrew in
iSpoWer hi politics. and according to the
best belief this is just what il intends,
the sooner all such foolishness is put
down the better II win be for the peace
and sperity Of the state.
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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1905-01-18
NIEDRINGHAUS CHOSEN
SUCCEEDS FRANCIS M. cockRELL
AS UNITED STATES sENA-
TOR FROM MISSOURI.
aERENS' FOLLOWERS FALL IN LINE
REPUBLICAN CAUCUS NOMINEE
RECEIVES ALMOST UNANI-
NOUS PARTY VOTE.

Jefferson City, Mo-, Jan. 49,
Thomas K. Niedringhaus, chairman of
the Republican state committee and
the subject of the recent legislative in
vestigation regarding campaign funds,
has been elected United States SEN
ator to succeed Francis M. Cockrel
Niedringhaus was the Republican cau-
Gus nominee but until the last minute
1t was believed certain followers Of
Colonel R. G. Kerens would bolt. Just
previous to the hour for balloting,
however, Kerens' lieutenant in the
house announced that he would second
the nomination of Niedringhaus and
the latter received practically every
Republican vote in both houses The
vote was as follows:
House, Niedringhaus 70, Cocllrell 5S,
Kerens 1, Bittinger /. Senate, Cockrell
%, Niedringhaus IL.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1905-01-18

false, and l here and now Indignantly
and deflantly denounce their authors,
and each and every one of them, and
brand them publicly as malicious and
atrocious liars"
Following this general denial with
one more specific the senator spoke
substantially as follows:
But | desire to be more specific
and, therefore, | further deny, in terms
the most absolute and unqualified OF
which l am capable of using, that |
ever, either in the month of January,
1902, in the state of Oregon, or at any
other time or place,
UnawfuIly or Feloniously,
or otherwise, conspired with Binger
Hermann, then commissioner of the
general land office, and S. A. D. Puter,
Horace G. Mckinley, D. w. Tarpley,
Emma l.. Watson, Salmon B. Ormsby,
Clark E. Loomis and William H. Davis,
or either or any of them, or with any
other person or persons, to defraud the
United States out of any part Of it's
public lands, located either in town
ship II south, Of range east, in the
state OF Oregon, Or any public lands
either in the state of Oregon or else
where
The senator then attacked Francis
j. Heney, an assistant United States
attorney in the prosecution Of the
land fraud cases, accusing him of un.
oJ -,
and asserting that subsequent to the
convictions in the land fraud cases
early in December and before sentence
had been imposed Heney, engaged
with United States District Attorney
John H. Hall in representing the gov
eminent in the prosecution of said
case, entered into an agreement with
the said S. A. D. Puter, Emma l.. Wat
son and others included in said con-
splracy, by which they were offered
clemency or leniencey of some kind or
character, provided they would by
their evidence involve myself, Mr..
Hermann and others in these frauds"
Mr.. Mitchell read his statement from
manuscripts and had the undivided at.
tention of senators and visitors
throughout his recital. The senators,
almost to man, faced about when
Mr.. Mitchell began to speak and few
OF them changed position until he
closed.
Mr. Mitchells statement consumed
about three-quarters Of an hour. To.
ward the close his voice was broken by
sobs and he was compelled to fre-
quentiy dry his eyes with his handker-
chief. Many other senators were Wis.
IDLY affected.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1905-01-18
5FlFTY-NlNE PERSONS LOSE THEIR
LIVES IN a DISASTER AT
NAEsDAL, NORWAY.
IMMENSE WAVE SWEEPS LAKE SHORE.
HOUSES, PEOPLE AND LIVESTOCK
CARRIED AWAY BY GREAT
RUSH OF WATER.

Christiania, Norway, Jan. 1s-Fifty-
nine persons perished as the result Of
an avalanche of rocks at Naesdal,
north of Bergen, Sunday.
A mass of rocks was suddenly pre-
cipitated into I1oenvand lake from the
surrounding hills, causing an immense
wave twenty feet high, which swept
the neighboring shores Houses, peo-
pie and cattle were swept away by the
rush Of water and it is known that
fifty-nine persons perished.
Thus far only four bodies nave been
recovered. A great storm stopped the
relief work, as the. surrounding dis
trict is unable to send help
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1905-01-18
AS VIEWED BY JAPANESE
RUSSIA WOULD INVOLVE OTHER
POWERS IN THE FAR EAST
ERN TROUBLE.

Toxic, Jan. 1S-The note of the
Russian government to the powers
calling attention to the alleged viola
tion by China of her declared neutral
ity, which, Russia charges, has been
at the instance of Japan the raid of
Lieutenant General Mistchenko's cav
airy southwest of Liaoyang, resulting,
as the Japanese claim, in the deliber-
ate invasion of neutral territory, and
the alleged violation of French neutral
ity by vessels of the Russian Second
Pacific squadron in making a pro-
longed stay at ports of the island of,
Madagascar, have created the impress
sion in official quarters here that the
Russians are trying to involve France,
China and other powers in the Russo
Japanese troubles in the Far East SO
that Russia may be enabled to take
her defeat with greater grace.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1905-01-18
ExoNERATEs .NIEDRINGHAUs.
Report Of Missouri Legislative Inves.
tigation. B


Jefferson City, Mo-, Jan. 1S.-Repre-
sentative Tubbs, chairman of the com
mittee appointed to investigate the
campaign contributions of Thomas K.
Niedringhaus, chairman of the Repub.
llcan state committee and caucus NOM
inee for United States senator, has
submitted the report of his committee
to the house. The report says that
the action of Thomas K. Niedringhaus,
so far as the investigation of your
committee is concerned, which investi.
cation was full and fair, was honest
and above criticism
The report adheres to the declara-
Republican city campaign committee
of ST. Louis; that Niedringhaus did
not contribute S21 900 to that fund and
that he filed no such statement with
the recorder of deeds, because he was
not acting treasurer of the city com
mittee. 1t finds that, as chairman of
the state committee, Niedringhaus
filed statement, including the $21,-
600, which was properly credited to
him, and that Adolphus Busch guaran-
teed him $4,000 and Otto Stifel guar
anteed him S6,250 of the said amount,
that no money was contributed by
brewers to influence legislation and
that the explanations of Niedringhaus
in regard to this $4,000 were entirely
satisfactory.
Representatives Casey of Jackson
and O'Donnell of ST. Louis, Democratic
members of the committee, filed
minority report along the lines of the
senate committee report made Mon
day Casey moved to substitute the
minority for the majority report.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1905-01-18
MITCHELL. OF OREGON REPLIES
TO HIS AccusERs IN SPEECH
IN THE SENATE.
SCENE A MOST IMPRESSIVE ONE.
AGED SENATOR MOVED TO TEARS
AND MANY OF HIS AUDITORS
WISELY AFFECTED.

Washington, Jan 18.-Senator Nit
chell of Oregon made statement in
the senate during the day regarding
his Indictment in connection with the
senator declared that the charges
made against him. if true, untitled him
to occupy his seat in the senate. He
then detailed the charges and said:
81 assert in the most positive and
unqualified manner that each and
every one of these charges, insofar as
they relate to or involve me, are abso
lutely, unqualifedly and atrociously
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1905-01-18
DEFENDANT NOT PRESENT.
platt-EIias Suit Taken Up in New
York Supreme Court.

platt-Elias Suit Taken Up III New
York Supreme Court
New York, Jan. lS.The trial OF
the suit Of John r. Platt, the octo.
genarian millionaire, to recover from
Hannah Elias, negress, nearly three
quarters of a million dollars which he
alleges she eXtorted from him during:
a period extending over more than
twenty years, was begun before JUS
tice O'Gorman in the supreme court
during the day. Mrs. Elias was not in
court when the case was called Mr..
Platt was present with his counsel,
however, and it was decided not to
allow the absence of the defendant to
delay the proceedings.
When Mr.. Platt arose in response
to a call from his counsel he appeared
to be very feeble and was assisted to a
chair in the witness stand Guided by
questions from his counsel, spoken in.
very loud tone, the witness Told Of
his first meeting with Mrs. Elias more
than twenty Years ago when, as presi-
dent of the Volunteer Firemens asso-
ciation, he took the visiting California
firemen ont ''to show them a good
time, and recounted incidv.1. wnie Il
occurred during their long u andsnip
lis story was practically tile s:,lne as
that told when he was on the stand in
the magistrates court early last sll.a.
mer when the proceedings against
Mrs. Elias were begun. His memoir;
was extremely poor and he could not
remember the amounts OF money he
had loaned 10 Mrs. Elias.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1905-01-18
GERMAN COAL STRIKE.
Official Report Shows 1862 Miners
Have Quit Work.

Essen, Germany, Jan. 49, Accord.
ing to reports received at the official
mine Office 122,612 men, from 81 coal
mines, are out on strike
The leaders OF the strike had a meet.
ing with the government commission.
ers during the afternoon and explained
the grounds for the strike. The ex.
pectation still continues that the dis
pute may be ended soon, owing to the
governments strong desire to settle
the controversy.
Chancellor Won Buelow's speech i'll
the Prussian diet, affirming that the
governments two duties toward the
strike We're to preserve order and as.
sist in a settlement so as to save Ger,
man industry from great calamity
gives the miners hopes OF obtaining
concessions.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1905-01-18
ARGUMENTS BY ATTORNEYS.
New UIm Murder Trial Rapidly Near

New UIm Murder Trial Rapidly Near
ing the End.
New Ulm, Mimi, Jan. lS.-The state
closed its case against DR.. George X.
Kich, accused Of the murder of DR.. J..
A. Gebhardt, at 9:2O a. M. and the de-
tense closed five minutes later. At
9:4O former Attorney General Childs
began the argument for the state
The testimony of Asa P. Brooks to
the effect that DR.. Koch was not the
man he saw in the act OF killing Dr.
Gebhardt stands unimpeached. 1t was
the Intention of the state to call w. c..
Murfin, an intimate friend of Brooks,
to the stand in an effort to impeach
Brooks testimony on the theory that
Brooks would have told him the real
facts il he told any one The effort OF
the state failed because it was found
that no foundation for the impeach-
ment had been laid.
Mr.. Childs concluded his argument
for the state shortly after noon and
was followed by Attorney Somerville
tor the defense.