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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-07-06
A Perfect Flying Machine.

Gulls are masters in the air. have
watched by the hour birds similar to
these following along in the wake Of
a steamer, but had never before had
such chances with camera. Often
they poise, resting apparently motion
less on outstretched wing. 1t is a diff
cult feat. A small bird can't do it.
A sparrow hawk can only poise by the
rapid beating Of his wings. The gulls
seem to hang perfectly still, yet there
Is never an instant when the wings and
tail are not constantly adjusted to meet
the different air currents. Just as in
shooting the rapids in canoe, the
paddle must be adjusted every moment
to meet the different eddies, currents
and whirlpools, and it is never the
same in two different instants. A gull
by the perfect adjustment of it's body,
without single flap of the wings,
makes Roadway straight in the teeth
Of the wind. I.saw one retain perfect
equilibrium in stiff breeze, and at
the same time reach forward and
scratch his ear.-American Magazine.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-07-06
Judge McClenahan Refuses to
Stop Ball Playing at New
Park.
HEARING AT GRAND RAPIDS
LAST EVENING IN CHAMBERS
judge SuStainS Demurrer to Com
plant After Hearing Lengthy
Arguments.

At Grand Rapids last evening
Judge McClenahan sustained the
demurrer of the Bemidji Base
ball association to the complaint
of John Omich, John Wallin and
Nellie Mclean wherein they
applied for an order from the
court to the baseball people to
show cause why a temporary in
junction should not be issued
against playing ball on the new
downtown baseball park at any
and all times.
G. w. Campbell of Bemidji and
A. II. Larson of Brainerd ap.
peared on behalf of Omich, and H.
J. Loud represented the ball as
ISOLATION.
After listening to the argu
ments pro and con. Judge Nc
Clenahan sustained the demurrer
of the defendants and no order
will be issued under the present
action. The demurrer was
brought on the grounds that
several causes of action were i'm.
properly joined, the interests Of
the people asking for the in
junction being separate and
distinct.
The court did not pass upor
the merits of the case itself and
new proceedings may be
brought.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-07-06
ROJESTVENSkY PLEADS GUILTY..
Asks That He Alone Be Punished for
: y. Surrender to Ians


Surrender to Japs.
Cronstadt, July Elm self-sacri-
dcfng effort to save the surviving
members of his staff and the other
officers who he believes surrendered
the gunboat Bedovi on account of af,
lection for him and their desire to
save his life Admiral Rojestvensky
pleaded guilty before courtmartial.
In short speech to the court the
admiral declared that he took all the
blame on his own shoulders and asked
that he alone be punished to the full
est extent of the law, virtually an APP
peal for condemnation to death, which
Is the penalty for hauling down the
St. Andrews cross to hostile vessel
All the other defendants, Including
Captain de Colongue, chief of Admiral
Rojestvensky's staff, and Captain
Baranoff, commandant of the Bedovi,
pleaded not guilty.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-07-06
Kaf1ir wonan's Courage.


One Of the first explorers of the in
terror Of South Africa was William
Cotton Oswell, noted hunter and a
friend Of Livingstone, to whom he rem
dered important aid. In his biography
the following story is given from one
Of his African letters: An incident
highly credltable to Kaffir womanhood
occurred just as we reached Mabotse.
The women, as is their custom, were
working in the fields, for they hoe and
the men sew. A young man, standing
by the edge Of the bush, was chatting
with them. A lioness sprang on him
and was carrying him off, when one
Of the women ran after her, caught her
by the tail and was dragged for some
little distance. Hampered by the man
In her mouth and the woman behind
her, she slackened her pace, whereupon
her assailant straddled over her back
and hit her across the nose and head
with heavy short handled hoe until
she dropped her prey and skunk to.
cover.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-07-06
Read the Daily Pioneer.

Tommy Newly now walks
with a somewhat painful limp,
as the result of his participation
in the horse race on the Fourth.
Tommy fell from the back of the
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-07-06
CLASP HANDS BRIEFLY.
William J. Bryan Meets J. Pierpont
Morgan. S

London, July 6. The Express de-
scribes the meeting at Ambassador
Reds reception Of J. Pierpont Nor
gan and Mr.. Bryan, who said he never
before had met mutual friend to In
troduce him. Mr.. Morgan, with a faint
smile, said dryly and interroga tively:5
Bryan, Bryan? The name sounds
familiar, but have not had the pleas.
ure Of meeting you before 4
Each looked at the other narrowly
% their hands met and when they
had shaken hands they drifted apart
without conversing,
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-07-06
RECESS APPOINTMENTS.

Number Of Northwestern Officials In.
cluded in List.
Oyster Bay, L. l., July president
Roosevelt has signed commissions for
the following recess appointments:
James Wickersham Of Alaska, to be
judge OF the district court Of the Third
division of the district Of Alaska:
William N. Bristol, United States at
tQrney for the district of Oregon;
James B. Elliott, United States attor-
ney for the district OF South Dakota;
Henry G. MoCrossen, receiver of pub
1c money at Wausau, Wis.,, and Sam
usl W. Campbell, Indian agent at La
Pointe, Wis.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-07-06
Held to Grand jury.

Robert Clark, one of the men
who drank out of the Jug which
figured in the Martin Brandley
case and who was witness at
the inquest, was bound over to
the grand jury today by Judge
Pendergast on a charge of receiv-
ing stolen property. All the
other men connected with the
drunken carousal of last Satur-
day are in Jail on charges of
drunkenness. Clark is accused
of having in his possession a
razor and a ]ather brush belong
ing to Peter Murphy.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-07-06

Wheelock pony and the horse
stepped on his right ankle.
While the injury is somewhat
painful, Tommy thanks his lucky
star that he was not more severe
~ hurt.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-07-06

A. Fl. Hillard, a druggist at
Crookston, came over from the
"Queen City" last night and
spent today in the city.
Mrs. Robinson is having a new
foundation put under her resi-
dence on America avenue and is
otherwise improving her prop
erty.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-07-06
Question For ! Question.

John, - said the distinguished law
yer severely, "have you been in SWIM
ming In spite Of my express prohibi-
tion p
Nh = ther," said John earnestly, isn't
i one Of the first principles Of law
that no witness is bound IS .:er1minate'
himself 4 ~ eonssszzr vile Journal
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-07-06

Man is the only animal that knows
nothing, that can learn nothing, with.
out being taught.-Pliny.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-11-21

snLs.rILe a M ArdmorcIto.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-11-21
til: the v::s; R:;'S ;ss'n; aon'n'''' s~~ sbL.(O

Weekly will expiration
of
friend have simultaneously
Send in your order today. This is the first time in the
history ofhe Ardmorete that the paper could be bought
this price and al least 1000 subscribers should
be added to lists before the Constitutional Conven-
tiOn COnvenes November 20.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-09
Thieving Contractors on Trial
at Savannah.
They ARE STILL FIGHTING FOR DELAY
They Were Indicted With Captain
Carter, Who Has Served Five
Years in Prison.

SAVANNAH, Ga, Jan 9.-The trial
of Benjamin D. Greene and Colonel
John F. Gaynor, on the charges of con-
spiracy to defraud the United States
government and presenting of false
accounts, in connection with the
Savannah harbor improvement, was
today. Abraham H. Ross, of New
York, acted as the principal attorney
for the defense He will be assisted at
the trial by Colonel Meldrum and other
prominent lawyers. The two defend
ants were brought back from Canada
on a request of the United States
government for their extradition and
that fact will probably be used by the
defense to confine the trial to the two
counts Of the indictment, which are
included in the terms of the extradi-
ton treaty between the United States
and Canada. There are in all four
charges against the defendants, first,
conspiracy to defraud the United
States government; second, presenting
false accounts; third, embezzlement,
and fourth, receiving money that be-
longed to the government, knowing it
to have been embezzled. 1t is MAIN
tanned by the defense that, the crime
Of Niroo ~ hniy i,,o1 1rJIn in
the extradition treaty, the government
has no right to try the prisoners on
that charge. The trial will probably
last several days
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-09
Probably a Fake Letter.

PORTLAND, Or, Jan. 9.-The fol-
lowing letter has been received by the
Oregon Journal, dated and postmarked
in this city last Saturday, delivery nav
ing been delayed on account of postage
due:
Editor Journal-The hand that pens
this is the hand that made, placed and
exploded the bomb that killed the rob-
Der, bribe taker and murderer Steuen-
berg He put me in prison, robbed me
of my wife and stole my property while
1 was helpless. 1 am not long for this
world. Should 1 be caught I will not
hang. Hogan is crazy or he would not
be caught Mine was personal quar-
rel. 1 settled it squarely. I took the
only way a poor man has. Some day
will call for a reporter and make q
deathbed confession.
(Signed) Innocent Convict Driven
to Murder"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-09
They May Escape Under Plea
Of Immunity.
GAVE THE INFORMATION TO GARFIELD
Claim That Before They Did So They
Were Promised Exemption
From Prosecution.

CHICAGO, Ill, Jan. 9.-The trial
against the beef packers indicted for
conspiracy to violate the antitrust
laws opened today in the United States
district court. There are in all 21 per-
sens and corporations under indict-
ment and the hearing is held to decide
the 10 special pleas for immunity
raised by the defendants. The verdict
of the jury will only decide whether
the packers are to be tried later on
the main charges in the case Or go
free altogether, because under the law
they are entitled to immunity from
prosecution if as they assert, they
furnished evidence against themselves
during the Garfield investigation, and
which evidence, it is declared by the
defendants, was used against them
to bring the indictments.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-09
MANAGER OF A CHINESE OPIUM
JOINT AT BUTTE
ACCUSED.
Beheaded Body of Notorious Gambler
Found in the Alley Near the
Joint.

BUTTE. Mont, Jan. 9-The police
have arrested Tom Fong, proprietor of
an opium den in Chinatown, on sus-
picion Of being one of the murderers of
Robert Shadwell, a well-known gamb-
Ter, who was slain in the celestial dis
trict early Sunday morning, his body
with it's head chopped open being
found on the street, shadwell was
robbed of $500 won at a poker game
The head was found to be covered
with wounds, apparently having been
inflicted with a club. A portion of the
skull was crushed. 1t is the theory of
the police that the man was killed.
either for revenge or during a fight,
while in one of the opium dens, and
the body then thrown into the alley
That he came to his end while in
partially dressed condition is believed,
from the fact that his shirts were torn
into shreds and mis- arms hastily thrust
into his coat sleeves. The overcoat
was wrapped and buttoned about the
body, but the sleeves were empty. The
face had been washed before the body
was thrown into the street
Snadwell killed Red" O'Conner, a
gambler, during a poker game, January
II, 1898. He was tried three times.
The first two trials resulted in verdicts
Of murder in the first degree and he
was sentenced to be hanged. The third
trial resulted in a sentence of four
years in state prison, which he served
Shadwell was suspected Of being one of
two bandits VINO several days ago held
up the Axtell saloon at Basin, securing
$1,000.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-09
IS SUMMONED BEFORE SUPREME COURT
Ills Counsel Advised Him Not To Tell Any More Than
He Was Willing to DNu|ge Attorney Gen.
era tiadIey Of Missouri Sends
For Lawson.

T HadIey questioned Howard Page
formerly vice president of the Union
Tank Line, as to his line of operations
He usually declined to answer on the
advice of counsel. Page is now in
charge of the foreign department of the
Standard.
Eugene Kearney describing him
self as a policeman, 26 Broadway, was
called. 1t was learned that he
asked a number of questions about the
occupants of buildings he either could
not remember or declined to answer
ION the advice of counsel" When
asked if he had counsel when he took
the stand he said yes" When asked
if he employed his own counsel he
declined to answer, Rogers attorney
coached MIN.
E. T. Bedford was recalled to the
stand this afternoon. He said he was
connected with the Standard in In
diana about three years. He declined
to say what company he was in be-
fore. Hardcastle, who testified yester-
day, was recalled. He said ne came
from England about 10 years ago un-
der the name of H. c. Hutton. He re-
turned to England and then came back
here under the name of Hardcastle.
The supreme court, Justice Davis,
this afternoon signed an order requlr-
ing H. H. Rogers to appear before
Justice Gildorsleeve at a special term
tomorrow and snow cause why he
should not answer the questions pro-
pounded by States Attorney Hadley OF
Missouri.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-09
WILL NOT OFFER REWARD
COMMISSIONERS TURN DOWN Pc.
TITIoN ASKING COUNTY FOR
AN APPROPRIATION.

A petition, numerously signed by
residents of the state line neighbor-
hood and Walla Walla people, asking
that the county offer a reward of either
$500 or $1,000 for information leading
to the recovery of G. w. George, the
state line farmer, was turned down by
Commissioners McCaw and Strutners
this morning on advice from Deputy
Prosecuting Attorney Sharpstein, who
held that the board did not have the
legal right to offer a reward, unless
they had positive assurance that
George had met with foul play.
The petition to the commissioners
was extensively circulated in Walla
Walla and in the neighborhood where
George lived and was quite freely sign
ed. The action Of the commissioners
provoked some little criticism among
friends of George, who were of the
opinion that the board could have Of
fered a reward on the same terms as
the one offered by j. B. George and
friends.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-09
CALLS REPORTS FALSE.
Cummins Denies Story of His Attitude
Toward Railroad Legislation.

Cummins Denies Story of His Attitude
Toward Railroad Legislation.
DES MONIES, Ia, Jan. Ex-Governor
Cummins says that he was misquOted
in a dispatch sent broadcast from Des
Moines purporting to give his address
before the Fruit Jobbers' association
The governor was quoted as being op-
posed to the Dolliver rate bill, and this
was used as the basis of an article
which declared the governor opposed
to the position the president is taking
on the rate question.
Il was simply lied about" says
Governor Cummins. THAT is not ele-
CANT language, but the provocation Is
great. 1 made no reference to the
Dolliver bill in my speech before the
fruit men. I did not say that any
measure now proposed and said to
have the Endorsement Of the president
would be of no benefit to Iowa"
The governor is using all honorable
means to ascertain who sent out the
false report. He says that it was done
to hurt him politically, and he wants
the offender punished. He mas written
the president, Senator Dolliver and
others denying the story sent out.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-09
PUTS UP BARS TO ALIENS
HARDER FOR IMMIGRANTS TIC
ENTER DOMAIN OF KING
EDWARD.

LONDON, JAN 9.-The aliens act
passed at the last session of parlia-
ment. came into force today. The first
effect of the new law was that the
immigration officers refused to permit
the landing of "a of AZ immigrants
from Germany.
The aliens act prohibits immigrants
from landing in Great Britain except
at ports where an immigration officer
is stationed, and only with his consent
and after a medical inspection. I'm
migrants may be refused permission
to land If unable to show that they are
in a position to obtain means to keer
themselves decently; if insane, II or
account of disease or other causes they
are likely to become a charge to tax
payers; if they have been sentenced
abroad for an extraditable crime not
of a political nature, or if they have
previously been expelled from Great
Britain. The home secretary may also
order the expulsion Of an alien on
certificate from a court of law.
The bill. however, provides that ar
alien snail not be refused permission
to land on account of want of means
If able to prove that he or she Is
seeking admission to Great Britain
solely to avoid prosecution for political
offenSeS.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-09

NEW YORK, Jan. 9.-Rogers was
the first witness in the Standard Oil
Investigation this morning. In a de-
fiant mood he again declined to tell
whether or not ne had any connection
with the Standard Oil company of
Indiana or the Standard Oil of Ken
lucky.
Rogers desired to correct Saturday s
testimony in which he said he did not
know Walter TeaGle He explained
that the man ne thought was John
Teagle was Walter, whom he does
know. Hadley dug and probed the
witness to find out Teagle's connection
with the Standard, but all to no pur-
pose The witness said he declined to
answer on the advice of counsel Had
ley said:
You seem to enjoy declining to an
;swer, do you not?"
Il decline to answer on the advice of
unset" answered Rogers.
s-scrsey asked if he knew Horace A.
Hutchins of Cleveland. Rogers said
ne did. Hadley asked: 'Is he dead?''
Rogers answered: He was not dead
yesterday He may be this morning.
Hadley this morning sent a telegram
to Thomas Lawson Of Boston asking
him to come to New York to testify.
The telegram says:
IF you can give any information as
to the relations between the Standard
Oil company of Indiana and the Re-
nublic Oil company and the Waters
Pierce Oil company l urgently request
you to COME and testify"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-09
breaches Temperance Sermon.

NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 9.-Governor
Vardaman of Mississippi, in a special
message to the legislature, denounces
drunkenness in office He says the most
unnecessary and ineXcusable of all
forms of official dereliction or misde-
meanor is drunkenness. The man
whose brain is overexcited or stupefied
by drink is unfit to perform the func-
tions of any office. Laws which orig
mate in the whisky-soaked brain of a
legislator, and the administration or
execution Of the law by drunken
officer universally inspire contempt
for the law. The example of such
an officer is most pernicious in it's in
fiuence upon the people and should not
be tolerated,
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-09

a penitentiary sentence of two and a
nalf years for stealing a horse and
buggy. A friend wrote to the presi-
dent, describing Waggoner as the man
who was known by the sobriquet stick
Tight" in the presidents regiment. The
result was prompt. The presidents
secretary wrote the request for the
governor to investigate, but the presi-
dent in his own cnirography edited in
please have some one investigate"
Governor Mcdonald will comply i'm
mediately.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-09
Village Threatened.

HAvERSTRAW, N. Y, Jan. 9.-The
fire was not extinguished until this
morning. This afternoon not single
body had been recovered. 1t is believed
all were incinerated. The walls OF
neighboring houses are cracking and II
is feared the whole northwest end OF
the village will slide with the slipping
of the sand and clay. This afternoon
large building tumbled over the
precipice. The occupants had all fed
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-09
sTREWING THOUSANDS IN EFF.
FORT TO GAIN CONTROL OF
PITTSBURG OFFICES.
He Offered a Fabulous Price tor Daily
Newspaper Which Is Opposed
to Him.

PITTSBURG, Jan. lobbying poll
tical workers at the rate of $50 day
per man, opening up costly headquar-
ters in each ward, trying to buy
,ewspaper for 1920. .o00-thus the
Er;ck syndicate of millionaire politic-
;ans are bullling the mayoralty game
in Pittsburg Their discrimination 10
elect A. NJ. Jenkinson, the aristocratic
Stoeie-maker, was made apparent to-
day when the money barrel OF the
nlutocrats was tapped in the principal
headquarters here. Workers who have
been hustling for w. A. Magee Tor
mayor expressed a change OF senti-
ment. They also exposed yellow-back
hills of big denominations.
The Frick crowd tried to buy the
Pittsburg Leader and offered fabu-
Ions price. This paper has opposed
Frick and his crowd politically.
There is method in the millionaire
nolitical game and there is motive
amounting to about $17,000,o00. Thai
Is estimated to be the value of fran
chises for elevated and underground
railways. for improvements the Penn
svlvania requires, which will necessl'
tate the use of principal streets, fol
extension of franchises ganting monop
olies to corporations the Frick syndicate
control. The Frick crowd can secur'
+hese concessions if they elect a mayo
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-09
Bids on ManiIa's Water System.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. 9.-The
war department has received a dis
patch from Manila in regard to the
opening of bids for the proposed grav-
ity water works for the city of Ma
nila. j. G.. White &. Co., of New York
bid $1,O96,S53; Matson, Lord & Boiler
of San Francisco, bid s1,14O,729; the
Atlantic Gulf and Pacific company, OF
New York and San Francisco, bid ST.
O71,990; the Shaw Butcher Co., of Sac
ramento, bid $1,067,032.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-09
WILL PROBE
CANAL WORK
Senate Passes Resolution for
Investigation.
4 BROAD SCOPE WILL Be COVERED
Upper House Evidently Determined to
Accept Challenge of the Pres.
dent for Inquiry.
A BROAD SCOPE WILL Be COVERED

WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. 9.-The
nails at special meeting adopted a
resolution asking the senate's permis-
sion to investigate the Panama canal
agreement The leaders have prom
ised it shall be passed before today's
session ends. The resolution provides
also for an inquiry into the government
of the canal zone and the manage
ment of the Panama railroad
The house committee of the whole
resumed consideration of the Philip
pine tariff bill
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-09
Montana. Sheepmen Indicted.

HELENA, Mont, Jan. 9.-Thret
more indictments returned by the fed
eral grand jury were made public to-
day when N NJ. Smith, w. w. Slat'
and w. ]. Walsh were brought before
the United States court on the charg'
of unlawfully fencing the public do
main. Smith and Slatt, who are mem
bers of the Smith Sheep company, on
of the biggest concerns in central Mon
tana. pleaded not guilty.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-09
Warehouses Burn at Frisco.

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 9.-The
Overland Freight and Transfer COM
pany's warehouses on Fifth and Bryant
streets burned this morning. Fifteen
horses were incinerated and the Yam
kee Consul Theatrical company had 81
truck loads of perishables burned. The
loss is $4,000.