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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-11-26
A Native African Food.

TIE native food of the Malunda coun-
try, IL southern Africa, comprises ma
nioc and that alone. 1t is a plant par
ticularly adapted to wet, marshy soil,
says the author of I'm Remotest Ba-
rotseland." It takes two years to arrive
at maturity and while growing re-
quires very little attention. The root
when full grown is about the size and
has very much the appearance Of
German sausage, although at times it
grows much larger. One shrub has
several roots, and the extraction of two
or three in no way impairs the growth
Of the remainder. When newly dug it
tastes like chestnut, and the digestion
of the proverbial ostrich can alone as
simulate it raw, but when soaked in
water for few days until partly de
composed, dried on the roofs Of the
huts and stamped it forms delight
fully white soft meal, far whittier and
purer than the best -four Then it is
beaten into a thick paste and eaten
with little favoring composed of
a locust or caterpillar, which the ma.
lives seek in decayed trees. Another
way of eating this native luxury Is by
baking the roots after soaking them
and eating it as you would banana.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-11-26
George Eliot's savonaroln.

Savonarola is one of the most strik-
ing characters in George Eliot's great
historical novel sRomola," the scene of
which is in Florence and the period
that Of Savonarola's career. The idea
Of writing the book occurred to the
novelist while on "a visit to Florence,
and on second visit to the city, in
1851, she began to carry out her prof
ect. The subject and design were for
eign to the authors genius, but she
spared no pains in making a thorough
study Of the locality, the people and
the literature Of the Italian renais-
sance for the purposes of her story.
In her own words, the work "pIowed
into her. more than any of her books.
She began it, she says, as a young wo-
man and finished it as an old woman.
Her picture of Florence and Savona-
rola is undeniably impressive, and
some critics declare "Romola" to be
George Eliot's greatest novel and the
character of Savonarola one of the
finest delinea tions.-Pearso
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RUMoR AT WASHINGTON CON.
CORNING COLORADO FUEL
AND IRON COMPANY.
lsED TO REWARD PUBLIC OFFICIALS.
FORMER EMPLoYE OF INTERIOR
DEPARTMENT. is SAID TO.
CONTROL THE FUND.

Washington, Nov. 26.--Rumors are
circulating here that the Colorado
Fuel and Iron company, which in.
cludes in it's directorate many Of the
leading financiers of the country, had
a yellow dog" fund for use in secur-
ing favor from public officials. Some
more or less tangible charges have
been made, as result of which it
developes that the matter has long
been the theme of interior department
gossip. =
The yellow dog" in this case is al
legged to provide favors for officials,
who, by proper attitude of COM
plaisance and amity, prove themselves
worthy of the consideration of the
great Western corporation. 1t is not
essentially different, it is declared,
from the yellow dog" funds of the
great insurance companies, used for
the payment of shady expenses, relat-
ing to the devious business of secur-
ing favor from public officials.
The yellow dog fund is said to be
under the control of former official
of the interior department, who is al
legged to be extremely useful because
of5his familiarity with people and at
fairs that are concerned with the man
agement of the public domain. Va
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COLLISION OF TROLLEY CARS
Woman Killed and Sixteen Other Per-
sons Injured. >#.,. W.

Woman Killed and Sixteen Other Per-
sons Injured. >l5...,.e.
:. Detroit, Mich, Nov. 26.-One wo-
man was killed and sixteen other per-
sons were injured when an electric
freight car crashed into the rear end
Of suburban electric car near Bir.
mingham, eighteen miles from this
city, on the Pontiac division of the
Detroit United railway. The passen-
ger car was a theater car bound out
to Pontiac from Detroit and was we'll
filled. It had stopped at the foot Of
a steep grade in front of the power
house when, without warning, the
freight car, also outbound and which
had been following the theater car
from Detroit, appeared over the crest
of the grade and dropped down the
300 foot incline at terrific speed. It
struck the standing passenger car:
with such, force that it telescoped the
car for two-thirds Of its length.
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BRITISH SOAP TRUST KILLED.
Public Sentiment Compels Combine to
Quit Business. 49,

, kUjt BUSINESS. s=sis
:. London, Nov. ga spontaneous
combination of newspapers, tradesmen
and consumers has killed the British
soap. trust, which was launched on
Oct. with a capital Of 100000, 900.
Ever since then unrelenting war has
been waged against the soapmakers
in the combine - Z" - ~ .-' II
"A section of the London and provin-
cial press gave its most prominent col
umns to pillorying the methods OF the
manufacturers and urging a boycott.
They drew lessons from American
trusts and gratuitously advertised
makers outside of the trust. 49, H.
Retailers filled their shop windows
with advertisements of non-trust soaps
and antitrust cartoons. -:- s:.r
The sales of trust soaps, although
they included some of the best and
most popular, dropped alarmingly, es-
pecially when a leading firm an
nounced it's intention to give only fif-
teen ounces for the sum that before
purchased a pound. ...... - ,-., .
The result of the brief but sharp
fight has been the compulsory sur
render of the makers, who met at
Liverpool and decided to dissolve their.
combination. ~ H.. r, -..... :
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Safest Place In Trains.

e.
Il have one rule for my family when
they travel" said the conductor of the
suburban train, "and that is for them
never to ride in the rear coach or the
first one and, preferably, not in the
coach next to the last or first. The rea-
son for it is so obvious that I should
think the foremost and last cars of
train would have scant patronage from
anybody who reads of railroad acct
dents. If there is a smashup, those are
the coaches that suffer. It seems
strange that some kind of buffer is
not put behind the locomotive tender
and at the rear of the train. How
many lives would be saved by device
Of the kind one has only to study the
statistics of railroad accidents to fig
ure out Cor himself. York Press.
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MAY RENEW MAssAcREs.
Reactionaries Object to Enlargement
Of Jewish Rights.

Reactionaries Object to Enlargement
Of Jewish. Rights.
st. Petersburg, Nov. 26.-The threats
of the reactionary parties that Jewish
massacres will be organized if the
rights Of the Jews are enlarged are
steadily becoming more definite. The
central council Of the League of the
Russian people, claiming to represent
30,000,000 people, has issued a decla.
ration disclaiming responsibility for
the ;"outrages which may. result from
the just indignation produced by the
enlargement of Jewish rights" and has
published the text Of two hundred dis
patches of protest sent to the en-
peror from local Organizations, Of
which the following is sample
phrase:
1T is dangerous to further test the
gentlenesss and patience of the peace
full Russian population, which may be
forced, in its defense against the Jews,
to overstep the limits of law and order
and resort to Violence" s>Zc :
The publication of the reforms is
certain to result in a final break be-.
tween. the reactionary and monarchi-
cal parties and Premier Stolypin's ad-
miIistratfon. a II
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Size of HRada.

The average adult head has a cir
conference Of fully twenty two inches.
The average adult hat is fully six and
three-quarters size The sizes of mems
hats are six and three-fourths and six
and seven-eighths generally. "Sevens''
hats are common in Aberdeen, and the
professors of our colleges generally
wear seven and one-eighth to eight
sizes. Heads wearing hats of the sizes
SIX and three eighths and smaller or
being less than twenty one inches in
circumference can never be powerful.
Between nineteen and twenty inches
In circumference heads are invariably
very weak and, according to this au-
thority, mo lady should think of mar
rying man with a head less than
twenty inches in circumference" Peo-
pie with heads under nineteen inches
are mentally deficient and with heads
under eighteen inches Invariably idi-
otic.-London Young Woman.
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YALE DEFEATS HARVARD.
Victory Gives Former Football Cham.
pionship Of the Country.

Victory Gives Former Football Cham.
pionship Of the Country.
Yale Field, New Haven, Nov. 20
Yale won her annual football game
with Harvard at Yale field by a score
of 6 to- 0 in one of the greatest games
ever seen here. The victory. carries
with it good title to the college
championship of the country. From
every point Of view it was a magnifi-
cent game. Yale outplayed at every
point her crimson rivals except pos
s1bly In the punting line
Yale was more versatile in her run
ming Of plays, she, drove them home
with greater speed and ierceness
when they were sent against the line,
while her men demonstrated the beau
ties of the double and triple passes.
the. forward pass and, the end run
through a broken field. She took the
offensive and made Harvard fight even
to defeat on her own territory, most
of the time within striking distance of:
the goal.
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MEANS 100000 ANNUALLY.
Steel Trust Laborers Given an In.
-" crease Of Wages.

Steel Trust Laborers Given an In.
crease Of Wages: =,
Pittsburg, Nov. 26-TWo million dol.
lars additional each year will be dis
tributed through the Pittsburg steel
district by reason of the increase in
the wages of the labor force of the
United States Steel corporation, which
goes into effect Jan. 1. The notices
of the advance will be posted at the
steel mills in this neighborhood about
Dec. l. -. ..,.
A conservative estimate of the to-
tai number of laborers employed by
the subsidiary companies of the Unit
ed States Steel corporation in what is
known as the Pittsburg district is
placed at $4,000. The increase will
affect all the men in the class of COM
mon labor employed at the numerous
plants of the Carnegie cOmpan. the
National Tube company, the Ameri-
can Sheet Steel company and the
American Steel and Wire company.
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SOLVE JAPANESE PROBLEM.
Mayor Schmitz Would Provide Age
Limit for Scholars.

Mayor schmitz Would Provide Age
Limit for Scholars.
New York, Nov. 26.-Mayor Schmitz
of San Francisco, speaking Of the Jap
anese problem in San Francisco. char
acterized it as "a tempest in a tea
pot" He said that when he returned
home he intended to urge the state
legislature to repeal the laws relat-
ing to the segregation of Japanese
pupils and make new legislation pro-
viding for limit as to the age at
which child can enter a certain
grade Of any school. ...,~ -...s s. .
II think this age limit will solve the
whole problem" said Mayor Schmitz.
"The Japanese surely could not COM
plain of laws which were equally
binding upon the Americans, and it
would not be then necessary to class
the Japanese as Mongolians, which has
caused them such grief of spirit and
has been really at the bottom of the
whole trouble. With the age limit the
only discrimination against the JAP
anese, it will effectively keep them
out of the schools, because the ma
jority of the Japanese who are in the
primary grades are grown men. There
will then be no grounds for outside
interference with San Francisco's
school question:"
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SHAW At ST: LOUIS.
Is Looking Into Shortage at Sub.T
.is.. ury There. Il. t=z ~

Is Looking INTO shortage at SUB. rea6-
ury There. ~
st. Louis, Nov. 26.-Secretary of the
Treasury Shaw, who has arrived here
from Kansas City, spent part Of the
day in close conversation with F. w.
Lehman, special counsel for, the gov
eminent in the prosecution Of the sub
treasury $61,500 shortage case. After
leaving Mr.. Lehman he went to the
sub-treasury to ascertain additional in
formation concerning the conditions
there. m Y
81 have no idea when the case will
go to trial." said the secretary. "As
head of the. treasury department am
naturally interested deeply in this af-
fair. l have had the report of Assist
ant United States Treasurer Atkins
and of the special commission that we
sent here from Washington to make
an investigation, but thought that
] could get better understanding of
the matter If made a personal in
vestigation.'
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ct SHOCKED cARuso.
Singer Believed Testimony Had Win.
dictated His Character.


dictated His Character.
New York, Nov. 26.-The $40 fine
Imposed upon EnricO Caruso, the ia
nous Italian operate singer, in the
Yorkville police court, after he had
been declared guilty of annoying wo.
men in the monkey house at Central
park, has not been paid. One of his
attorneys had gone to court with the
intention of paying the fine under pro.
test and THO money was about to be
passed across the clerks desk when
Caruso's senior counsel rushed into
the courtroom and brought the pro
ceeding to halt. A consultation be-
tween counsel and the court followed
and it was agreed to permit the mat
ter to go over for a few days. In the
meantime Caruso has been paroled in
the custody of his counsel.
Caruso's counsel reiterated the an
nouncement that an appeal will be
taken. 81 saw Mr.. Caruso at his no.
tel" said the attorney, ."and had him
sign an application for an appeal,
which will be asked for Immediately
of one of the judges of the court OF
general sessions. 1t is for one of them
to sign the paper and allow or disal-
low the application for an appeal.
t"Mr. Caruso felt" continued the
lawyer, ''that Magistrate Baker had
treated him very fairly during the
hearing and that his character was
being fully INDICATED. It was more
than surprise to him when he heard
that the court found him guilty. The
shock was most terrible to Caruso,
who is highly sensitive man, partic-
ularly as he had firmly believed the
testimony clearly exonerated him."
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Lifting a Kettle Of Hot ",

Lifting Kettle Of Hot Water.
Some time when the teakettle is buh-
bling and boiling on the kitchen range
lift It quickly by its handle and set 1t
on the open palm of your other hand.
This sounds like very foolhardy thing
to do-as If your hand might be bis
tered in twinkling- but you will find
that you can hold the teakettle which
has just come from a roaring fire for
some time without hurting you. Try
1t and then see If you can tell the rea-
son why you are not burned. Be sure,
however, that the water is boiling
strongly before you make the expert
ment.
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BRIEF BITS OF NEWS.

John Memstreet, who was 1o1 years
old last January, is dead at Chicago,
Frank Gotch of Iowa defeated Lee
Pardello, the Italian, of New York in
a catch.as-catch-can match at Chicago
winning two straight falls.
1t Is announced by General Man
ager Curran of the New Orleans and
northwestern, Alabama and Vicks-
ourg and the Vicksburg, Shreveport
and Pacific railroads that 800 EN-.
ployes of these lines have been grant
cd increases in wages, in some cases
dated from Oct. and others Nov. !.
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END OF BOOM AT. HAND.
Germany Now on the Top Wave Of
Prosperity,


Prosperity. =
Berlin, Nov. 26.-Although Germany
is on the top wave of prosperity skep.
ticism as to the duration of the boom
has been increasing for several months
and the outside public has kept aloof
from speculative investments in in
dustrial stocks, Notwithstanding the
continued publication of unusually
brilliant annual reports by the COM
panies, showing large gains, the .decla.
ration of dividends, increases in Or
ders and higher prices for manufact-
ured products. This sober attitude on
the part of private investors is be-
ginning to gain the support of the
manufacturers and bankers, who, be-
ing able to glance behind the scenes
of industrial activity, express fears
that the boom has already exhausted
itself. When asked to give reasons
for this view the manufacturers and
bankers point to the dearness of mon
ey, the high prices Of commodities, the
high wages and the expensive opera
tions to which all the Industrial es-
Establishments have been committed. r
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BIG AREA BURNED OVER.
s'rairie Fire Sweeps Portion Of Texas
and New Mexico.

Z
Santa Fe. N. NJ, Nov. 26.-Reports
have reached here that prairie fire
has swept from Western Texas into
Eastern New Mexico and that over
100000 acres Of grazing and home
stead land have been burned bare of
forage. No loss Of life is reported in
New Mexico. but 1t is believed that
several persons persisted In Texas.
It IS estimated that on both sides of
the boundary between 10000 and 1O0,-
600 head of cattle have been left with
out grazing.
The flames swept portions of Pal
mer, Deafsmith and Oldham counties
IN Texas and burned for thirty-fye or
forty miles to the Pecos road in New
Mexico. Some ranch buildings were
burned. A north wind turned the fire
back into It's own track and it died out,
The blackened prairie is now covered
with snow.
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HUNTER IS INDICTED.
Walker (Minn.) Man Charged With
Manslaughter.6 81

Walker, Mimi, Nov. 26.--William
Beauhart, the homesteader who shot
and killed Louis Killing at Lake En-
lily, Cass county, some time ago, mis-
taking him for a deer, has been in
dicted for manslaughter by the grand
jury of Cass county, now in session
at Walker. :
The indictment of Beauhart is of
special interest at this time as it is
one of the first cases of punishment
for the careless hunter under the new
law making man-shooting while hunt
ing manslaughter.
The. shooting Of King apparently
was a pure accident, as the two men
were on friendly terms.
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Automobile Racer Killed,

Philadelphia, Nov. &c. Ernest D..
Keller Of New York, demonstrators and
professional driver OF racing automo-
biles, was killed and Henry Luton Of
Colwyn, Pa. was dangerously hurt In
collision while trying out racing
cars on the Point Breeze race track
preparatory to the Quaker City Motor
club cup races. ass
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ELECTED PRESIDENT OF FEEDER.
ALTON OF LABOR FOR THE
TWENTY-FlFTH TIME.
PRESENT POLICY FULLY APPROVED
ENTIRE EXECUTIVE AND ADMIN.
ISTRATlVE STAFF TO CON.
TINUE IN OFFICE.

Minneapolis, Nov. 26.-Samuel Com.
pers has been elected president of the
American Federation of Labor for the
twenty-fifth time in the twenty-six
years the federation has been in ex-
istence. There was no opposing can
didate
Endorsement for Gompers meant en-
dorsement for his policy and the men
who had worked with him framing
and executing it. With the usual COM
plimentary speeches and motions the
entire executive administrative staff
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THREE TRAihMEh ARRESTED.
Held Responsible for Terrible Wreck
..9 A WondnillA Ind

Held Responsible for Terrible Wreck
at Woodviile, Ind.
Valparaiso, Ind, Nov. 26.-Coroner:
Carson has rendered his verdict on
the recent wreck Of the immigrant
train on the Baltimore and Ohio rail-
road at Woodville.
A list Of the names and ages OF
sfxty-one dead is given. Frank Gal
nauer, engineer Of the first section Of
the Immigrant train, Samuel j. Moste,
conductor Of the freight train, and
Daniel Woodward, head brakeman Of
The freight train. are held responsible
for the wreck. The railroad company
was not censured. All three men have
been arrested.
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was reelected by reclamation. The
following are the officers of the Amer.
lean Federation Of Labor for the COM
ing year:
Samuel Gompers, Washington, pres.
ident; James Duncan, Quincy, Mass,
first vice president; John Mitchell, In.
dianapolis, second vice president;
James O'Connell, Washington, D. c.,
third vice president; Max Morris, Den
yer, fourth vice president; D. A. Hayes,
Philadelphia, fifth vice president; Dan
lei ]. Keefe. Detroit, Mich, sixth vice
president; William D. Huber, Indian
apolis, seventh vice president; Joseph
F. Valentine, Cincinnati; eighth vice
president; John B. Lennon, Blooming
ton, ILL.,, treasurer; Frank Morrison,
Washington, secretary.
Declaration Of Principles.
Second in Importance only to the
election was the action taken on the
proposed declaration of principles
drawn up for the federation by the
resolutions committee. These were in
dorsed after two amendments offered
by Delegate Andrew Furuseth, relative
to involuntary servitude and the initia-
tive and referendum, had been incor-
porated. This is the declarations:
I'm furtherance of our claim, name
ly, that our principles comprise the
fullest and highest scope Of human
activity, and from time to time will
be enhanced and advanced in accord
ance with the demands to satisfy hui:
man needs and desires, we recommend
the following as a partial statement
at this time of the economic demands
Free schools, free text books and
compulsory education.
abolition of all forms of involun-
tary servitude, except for punishment
of crime.
"Unrelenting protest against the is
suance and abuse Of injunction process
in labor disputes. 49,
"A workday of not more than eight
hours In the twenty-four hour day.
"A strict recognition of not over
eight hours per day on all federal,
state or municipal work and at not
less than the prevailing per diem wage
rate of the class of employment in
the vicinity where the work Is per-
formed.
Release from employment one day
in seven.
''The abolition of the contract sys-
tenn on public work. :
"The municipal ownership of public
utilities.
"The abolition of the sweatshop sys-
tenn.
Sanitary inspection of factory,
workshop, mine and home. 80,
Liability of employers for injury
to body or loss of life. :
"The naturalization of telegraph
and telephone. s..
1.-THE passage of anti-child labor
laws in states where they do not now
exist and rigid defense of them when
they have been enacted into law. y
woman suffrage co-equal with man
suffrage. --> 81
Initiative, referendum, imperative
mandate and right of recall
Suitable and plentiful play grounds
for children in all cities.
Qualifications in permits to build in
all cities and towns that there shall
be bathroom and bathroom attach
ments in all houses or compartments
used for habitation.
I'VE favor a system of finance
whereby money shall be issued ex-
clusively by the government with such
regulations and restrictions as will
protect 1t from manipulation by the
banking interests for their own private
gain"
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PICTURES BAR BOOK.

Mark Twain's Ewes Diary" Excluded
From Library.
Worcester, Mass, Nov. 26.-Mark
Twain's book, Ewes Diary" has been
barred from the Charlton free public
library because trustee was shocked
at a picture of Eve it contains. Mrs.
H. L. Carpenter, employed in the Ii
brary, picked up and scanned the book
before placing it on the circulating
shelves. Then she took the book to
Trustee Frank O.. Wakefield, who look
ed at the etchings, which depicted Eve
In all kinds Of summary costumes.
One In particular, which showed Eve
In recumbent position on rock, en-
gagged his attention and decided him
to bar the book.