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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-07-12
SENTENCE PASSED ON CHICAGO
AND ALTON ROAD AND FOR.
MER OFFICIALS.
HAD BEEN CONVICTED OF REBArIRe
COMPANY TAXED $4,000 ON EACH
OF TWO COUNTS AND iNDl.
VlDUALS $4,000.

Chicago, July 12.-Judge Lands, in
the United States district court, has
sentenced the Chicago and Alton road,
which was recently convicted of grant
ing illegal rebates, to pay fine Of
100000 on each of two counts, or a
total Of $4,000. John Faithorn and
Fred A. Wann, former officials of the
road, who were also convicted, were
sentenced to lay a fine of $1,000 each
on two counts, or a total Of $10.000
each.
The defen%cats were fined on two
counts of an indictment containing
ten counts. The specific charge on
which they were convicted was that
they had given to the Schwarzschild
& Sulzberger company rebate Of ST
per car On all shipments from the Kan
sas City plant Of the packing com
pany. The defendants claimed that
the charge was made against them by
the packing company, which had the
right to levy it because it owned tho
track near tie plant'and therefore had
the right to charge the railroad for
trackagc. Judge Lands, in his instruc-
tiOns, practically directed the jury to
bring in a verdict Of guilty and after
it had Ecen rendered the attorneys
for tho railroad and fer the individual
defendants asked time to show that
the rebate was public and not a secret
affair. When court convened the at
torneys for tho railroad said that they
hal not been able to bring witnesses
into court to testify because they
feared prosecution themselves.
The court in passing sentence said
that he could see no extenuating cir
cumstances in the granting Of the re-
bates After the entering of the SEN
tence the defendants gave notice of
aDDeal
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-07-12
MURDER ARREST CONFESSES
TO THE CRIME BY SUICIDE
ADVOCATES TRADE SCHOOLS.
College President Criticises Labor
- Union Methods.

New Haven, Conn, July 1.-THE
American boys right to be taught a
trade in school instead of under the
restrictions of labor union, the men,
bers of which are Jealous of his ad-
vancement, was asserted by President
F. S. Luther of Trinity college, Hart.
ford, at the convention of the Amer
ican Institute of Instruction. President
Luther said in part
To-day there are few apprentices
and such as may still be found are
learning very little. The labor unions
restrict the number of apprentices to
limits grotesquely below obvious
needs. The boys suffer from the jeal-
ousy, Ill will and incompetence of
those who are supposed to teach them
and from the greed of employers who
try to get a mans work out of them
for a boys wages.
Trade schools, manned by compe-
tent instructors whose sole business
is to instruct, exacting a standard so
high that American workmanship
shall again become matter of ma
tfonal pride: trade schools maintained
by public funds and free as other
public schools are free-these may
solve this great and pressing problem
A bright boy can probably learn more
In two years in a trade school than
In four years of apprenticeship, simply
because those over him are interested
in nothing but his progress"
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-07-12
JUsTIFIEs DEATH .RENALTY.
Orthodox Priest Addresses Russian
=: Upper House..

E. Upper House.
st. Petersburg, July 12-One of the
curious feature of the debate in the
upper house of parliament on the bill
of the lower house providing for the
abolition of the death penalty was
speech made by Father Butkavich, a
priest elected by the orthodox clergy,
in which he seriously defended the
death penalty on the ground that it
was justified both by God and Christ,
citing the laws of Moses and Christ's
statement before Plate as recognition
OF the right to impose punishment.
The Rech declares that the tone of
the debate in the upper house leaves
little hope that this "assembly of bu-
reaucrats, land and commercial mag
mates and representatives of the reac-
tionary nobility and clergy, with a
small leaven of Liberals" will ever
be able to work in harmony with the
progressive ideas represented in par
lament.
The Novoe Vremya, on the contrary,
defends the conservative spirit of the
upper house and appeals to the en-
peror not to entrust power to the Con.
stitutional Democrats of the lower
house, who, the paper insists, are
''augmenting the danger of an explo-
sion by their cowardly refusal neither
to clasp hands with the Right or
break with the Left.'
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-07-12
COURT ANNULS
CONDEMNATION
Prosecuted French Officer Now
Entitled to Restoration to
Rank in Army.
Arrested in 1894 Accused of Be.
traying Secrets to Germany
and Italy.

Paris, July 12.-The supreme
court today announced its de.
cision annulling the condemna-
ton of Captain Dreyfus without
re-trial.
The effect of the decision is a
complete vindication of Dreyfus
emitting him to restoration to his
rank in the army as though he
had never been accused.
Captain Alfred Dreyfus was
arrested in 1894 charged with
selling military secrets to Ger
many and Italy. He was con
victed and on January 5, 1895, he
was publically degraded from his
rank in the presence Of 5000
troops.
His sentence included life i'm
prisonment on the Isle du Diable
off the coast Of French Guiana,
where he was rigidly confined
until 1899, when the French sen.
ate voted for a revision of the
Dreyfus case.
He was brought back to
France, retired by court martial
and again convicted, but the
French government granted him
pardon almost i'm mediately.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-07-12
LOST IN SPECULATION.
London Solicitor Robs Clients of I'm
mense Sum.

London Solicitor Robs Clients of In,-
mense Sum.
London, July 12.-Oficial and other
inquiries are on foot regarding the
affairs of Charles Cheston, solicitor
who died in May last after having lost.
1t is alleged, between $1,50O,O0O and
$2,OO0,0OO of his clients money.
The main losses affect five or six,
including Lord Amherst of Hackney.
The latter had sold Ridington Hall,
Brandon, Norfolk, for large sum, a
considerable portion of which was
held in trust by Cheston. It was at
first thought Lord Amherst was prac-
tically ruined. He, however, is not
the hardest hit. The heaviest loser
is said to be a woman, who Is out
100000. "a ~.. s,s .....--.-s o.; -.....ee 49,. r..
It is alleged that .Cheston's defalca-
tions extended over several years and
were largely the outcome of specula-
tion in the stock exchange, principally
in mining shares.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-07-12
The Beauty of the Snowflake.


, The thin snow now driving from the
north and lodging ON my coat consists
of those beautiful star crystals, thin
and partly transparent. They are about
one tenth of an inch in diameter, per
feet little wheels with six spolles, with
out tire, or, rather. with six perfect
little leaflets, fernlike, with distinct.
straight. slender midrib raying from
the center. On each side of each mid
rib there Is a transparent, thin blade
with a crenate edge. How full Of the
creative genius is the air in which these
are generated! I should hardly admire
more If real stars fell and lodged on
my coat. Nature Is full Of genius, full
Of the divinity, so that not snowflake
escapes Its fashioning hand. Nothing
10 cheap and coarse, neither dewdrops
nor snowflakes-Henrv D. Thoreau.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-07-12
WITHOUT COST TO TAXPAYERS
Municipal Street Car Line Built Al
Monroe la,s.,-

Monroe, La, July 12.-ln choosing
mOtOrmen for what is believed to be
the first municipality owned and built
street railway in the United States.
the street railway of Monroe, Mayor
A. A. Forsythe said that the first test
for fitness for this position will be
total abstinence from all intoxicating
liquors.
1t is expected the railway will be-
gin operating in a short time A re-
markable feature is the fact that the
roads construction has not directly
cost the taxpayers a cent, all ex-
penses being betrayed by revenues
from the city's municipal waterworks.
electric lighting plant, wharves and
other municipality owned public util-
tiles.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-07-12
DEED OF INSANE MAN.
Kills His Wife and Four Children
With an Axe.

Charleston, s. c., July IA spe.
cial to the Evening Post from Walter
boro says that J. w. Irnegan, we'll
to-do white farmer Of Colleton county,
killed his wife and four children,
Draining them with an axe at their
home about twenty miles from Wal.
terboro. He then went to a neigh
boris house and told of his deed.
Neighbors brought him to Walterboro
Jail. Irnegan says he killed his fam.
lily, but does not know why. He is a
native Of Sweden. Some years ago
he tried to cut his throat and is be-
neved to be insane.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-07-12
STATE WILL PROSECUTE.
Wisconsin Roads Said to Be Guilty of
Relating.

Madison, Wis, July 12.-Following
report by Railroad Commissioner
Thomas that the railroads of Wiscon-
Sin have been guilty of granting re-
bates under the guise of commissions
Governor Davidson has asked Attor-
ney General Sturdevant's opinion and
will start prosecutions against all
railroads if the attorney general holds
that taxes can be collected on the
sums thus omitted from gross earn
ings. The railroads so far examined
are the Northwestern, the St. Paul
and the Omaha and all are alleged to
be guilty.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-07-12
LOAN FOR SANTO DOMINGO.
Plan to Float $2o,ooo,ooo Bond Issue
in United States.

Washington, July 12.-The Domin.
lean delegates or commissioners in
New York are understood to be max
ing fair progress In the negotiations
looking to the readjustment of the
debt of Santo Domingo. 1t is stated,
however, that any arrangement that
is likely to be made with the New
York bankers will be provisional and
conditioned upon the ratification by
the senate of the pending Dominican
treaty. It is further stated that there
is little doubt, as result of DR.. Hol.
lander's Investigations into the merits
of the principal large outstanding
claims against Santo Domingo, that q
bond issue to the amount of $2O,OO0,-
900 will cover all legitimate claims
and 1t Is thought here that such loan
can be readily floated in this country
II the senate should act favorably
upon the treaty.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-07-12
DROPS FROM sMokEsTAcK
steeplejack Of Long Experience Fl
nally Killed.

Chicago, July 12-After twenty
years experience as a "steeplejack"
James H. Glenn finally met his death.
The rigging to which he was holding
on the top of smokestack at Thirty,
sixth and Butler streets gave way and
he fell 165 feet to his death.
Glenn, who was forty years old, had
suffered more than twenty falls in his
career as steeplejack.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-07-12
St. Paul Union Stock Yards,

st. Paul, July 11.-Cattle-Good to
choice steers, $4.50@5.5O; common to
fair, $3.5O04.25; good to choice COWS
and heifers, $3O0@45O; veals, $4,000
900. Hogs-sf.25@6.7o. Sheep
Wethers, s4750S.oO; good to choice
lambs, SG.o0MG.75; good to prime
lambs, S6.75MS.40.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-07-12
CHICAGO Union Stock Yards.

Chicago, July II 1-Cattle-Beeves
S4.2O@G.25: COWS and heifers, $1.25@
5.15; stockers and feeders, $500
4.4O; calves, $l.750G Is. Hogs
Mixed and butchers, $G5G@7OO; good
heavy, $5.75M7.O0; rough heavy, '$6.4O
@6.G0; light, s65O@7o9; pigs, $5.SO@
$50. Sheep, $46O@G.15; lambs, $5.75
@S.40.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-07-12
EVERY EFFORT BEING MADE TO
PUT PACKING PLANTS IN
i SANITARY CONDITION.
new Law GOES INTO EFFECT AUG. |
NO INSPECTION FOR ESTABLISH.
MENTs WHERE CONDITIONS
ARE NOT PERFECT.

7 Chicago, July 12.-Secretary of Agri-
culture Wilson having finished his
work in Chicago stated that he was
satisfied that the packers of Chicago
are making every effort to put their
plants in sanitary shape and that the
department will put the revised. regu-
lations into effect Aug. 1.
!. Il have met the inspectors in charge
of federal reconstruction from the diff
ferent cities of the country" said the
secretary. "They report that condi-
tions are improving everywhere.
told them that inspection under the
new law will be established imme-
diately in those houses where the san
itary conditions which affect the food
product justify it. I also told them
that no inspection will be given to es-
tablishments where the sanitary con-
ditions which affect the food products
are not perfect.
"Practically all of the slaughtering
and packing establishments in Chica-
go are on the way to sanitary condi-
tions which will justify inspection un-
der the new law. In some cases i'm
provements Of permanent character
will take place, but where want of the
projected changes does not involve
the healthfulness of the product the
new inspection will be inaugurated
without waiting for their completion.
II am satisfied that the packers Of
Chicago are using every effort to put
their plants in sanitary shape. The
department will be prepared with ad
ditional men and revised regulations
on Aug. 1. I shall expect the Chicago
plants to be ready at that time. Those
who are ready will get the inspection
others cannot expect it."
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-07-12
Question For n Question,

"John," said the distinguished law
yer severely, ''have you been in swim
ming in spite of my express prohibit
tion?''
"Father," said John earnestly, isn't
it one Of the first principles Of law
that no witness is bound to ;:.crlminste
himself2'- @fy1lle Journal
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-07-12
Found Not Guilty 81 murder.

Seattle. July H. George Mitchell.
who shot and killed Franz Edmund
Cretf1eld, leader Of the sect known as
Holy Rollers in this city, alleging
that Creffleld had deluded and
wronged his two sisters, was found
not guilty BY q jury. The defense was
inaanity.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-07-12
Crew Picked Up at Sea

Lewes, Del, July 12.-The schooner
Judge Penniwell. from New York for
Charleston, put in here with four Of
ficers and nine sailors, comprising the
crew Of the bark Margarita, which was
abandoned while on fire on Monday OF
this week. The men were picked up
off Atlantic City by the Judge Penni.
well.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-07-12
Duluth Wheat and Flax,

Duluth, July 11.-Wheat-To arrive
NO, l Northern, 79c: No. North.
ern, TIC. On track-No. Northern.
79c; No. 2 Northern. TIC; July, 79c;
Sept, 7Skc; Dee, 77Ac. Flax-To
arrive, on track and July, $113; July,
$112; Oct, Sill.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-07-12
DREYFUS GETS VINDrCATION
AFTER TWELVE YEARS WAIT
SIGN MODUS VIVENDI.
Peru and Colombia to Remove Gar.
risons From Boundary.

rtsons From Boundary.
Santiago dc Chile, July ia tele.
gram from Lima announces that q
modus vivendi between Peru and Co.
lombia has been signed, abrogating
the protocol of September, 1905, and
instituting new arrangement, pro.
viding for the removal of the garri-
sons and civil and military authorities
of both countries from the Putumayo
river. Pending the delivery of the
arbitration award by the pope the
Peruvians are to be allowed free navi-
CATION of the river
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-07-12
MARKET QUOTATIONS.
MINNEAPOLIS Wheat.

Minneapolis, July 11.-Wheat-July
76Hc; Sept, 773S @77hc: Dec, 1880;
May, SEC. On track--No. 1 hard, soc;
No. l Northern, zoe; No. Northern,
77Ac.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-07-12
ViGlLANTES PATROL TOWN,
Residents Of St. Louis Suburb Arm
in War on Burglars.

st. Louis, July ia vigilance COM
mittee of twenty-five citizens has been
organized at Richmond Heights, a
suburb, to protect homes against bur.
glars and nocturnal marauders. The
suburb has no police protection, and
burglaries have become very frequent.
The members of the committee will
be armed with guns and revolvers. a
system of patrols will be instituted,
now kept secret, and the sheriff of
St. Louis county will be requested to
lend assistance.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-07-12
rERRoRlsTs REPEAT ATTEMPT
ON LIFE OF RUSSIAN BLACK
.. SEA ADMIRAL.
WOUNDED AND TAKEN 10 HOSPITAL
HAS BEEN BLAMEn FOR SEVERE
Z, TREATMENT OF MEN UNDER
/ HIS COMMAND.

Sebastopol. July 12.-An attempt
was made at p. m. to assassinate.
Vice Admiral Chouknin, commander OF
the Black Sea fleet. The admiral was
wounded and taken to a hospital.
Vice Admiral Chouknin had been
blamed for his severity and it was to
his treatment of the crews Of the
ships under his command that the
mutiny on board the battleship Kniaz
Potemkine, in June and July last year,
was attributed. The admiral dis
played considerable activity in at
tempting to capture the mutineers at
that time and in suppressing the sail
Ors' mutiny at Sebastopol in Novem-
ber.
An attempt was made on the life
of the admiral Feb 8 last. A woman
appeared at his official residence dur
ing the afternoon of that day and sent
in her card, saying she was the daugh-
ter of rear admiral at st. Petersburg
who was an old acquaintance of
Chouknin. On entering the admiral's
Office the woman drew a rapid fire
pistol and fired four shots at him,
each bullet reaching the mark. AS
she turned to escape the woman was
killed by the orderly on duty. at Ad-
miral Chouknin's door. ..
Admiral Chouknin passed a good
deal of active service and for time
was believed to be under orders to
take to the Far East, during the war
with Japan, the second Pacific squad
ron, relieving Vice Admiral Rojestven-
sky. Chouknin was port admiral at
Vladivostok from 1896 to 1901. Later
he was appointed director of the naval
college, which post he held until he
took command of the Black sea squad.
ron. --
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-07-12
TO GREET Mr.. BRYAN.

0CVCTdt TIUIINICU 'NSUTdSKdNS VIII 90
to New York.
Lincoln, Neb., July l2.-Leading
Democrats of Nebraska are making
arrangements for special train to so
to New York for the reception in hon.
or Of William ]. Bryan. The trip will
be arranged so that the Nebraskans
may reach New York Aug. 81. The
leaders of the movement expect to
take about 800 "home folks" who will
greet Mr.. Bryan when he steps on
the pier.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-07-12
Many Deported to Siberia,

St. Petersburg, July 12.-According
to collaboration of the Strana, who
has investigated the subject, 81 900
persons have been deported Ito ST.
IBERIA since Jan. 1.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-07-12

Minneapolis, Mimi, July IL
Millie Ellison, a milliner living at
Ellsworth, Wis.,, was found dying
in a room at the National hotel
late Tuesday afternoon. Her
skull was crushed from the
blows of a hammer, and while
she lay insensible, her clothing
had been saturated with wood
alcohol and a match applied.
When discovered, the girl was
badly burned. She never re-
gained consciousness.
Robbery is given as the motive
for the crime. Miss Ellison had
recently sold out her millinery
business at Ellsworth and was
on her way west with $2,7OO in
money.
On information given by the
murdered girls family, which
tallies closely with facts gathered
in Minneapolis, the police to-
day arrested N. M. Riggs, who
must account for his time and
actions in the period yesterday
afternoon within which MilIie
Ellison received her mortal hurt
at the National hotel.
Riggs is conductor on the
Omaha road, running between
Minneapolis and Elroy, Wis. II
he is the murderer, he was
handed his own description, with
instructions to arrest himself,
as his train pulled out of the
city last evening at $50. Such
descriptions and orders we're
given to every conductor leaving
the city last night.
According to Miss Ellison's
family. who reached Minneapolis
today, Riggs was understood by
Miss Ellison to be q single man.
She had said that he had ex-
hibited papers indicating that he
had secured q divorce.
1t was the understanding of
her family that she planned to
invest her money with Riggs IN
Washington lands, and that the
two were to 60 there to be
married.
Riggs is a married man and
\ ~,
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-07-12
MYSTERY SOLVED
AT MINNEAPOLIS
Conductor Riggs. Arrested for
Killing OF Miss Willie Ellison.
Shoots Self.
National Hotel Scene OF Brutal
Crime Skull Crushed,
Clothing Fired.

Minneapolis, Mimi, July 12.-
Nathan M. Riggs, the passen-
ger conductor arrested yester-
day at Elroy, Wis.,, charged with
the brutal murder of Miss Millie
Ellison, milliner who had re-
Gently sold out he- business at
Ellsworth, Wis.,, committed
suicide by shooting at Elroy
early this morning.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-07-12
IN ADMIRALTY OFFICE.
Three Men Rob Russian Paymaster of
$4,000.

London, July ia dispatch to a
news agency from St. Petersburg says
that three young men in student uni
forms shot and wounded paymaster
and two watchmen in the Office of the
paymaster of the admiralty and de.
camped in cab with $4,000.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1906-10-05
FARM AND PLANTATION NOTES

-Georgia's first bale of new cotton
was marketed in Albany, July 81. by
Deal jackson, a negro farmer living
in Dougherty county. He marketed
the first bales last year.
AT the recent annual meeting of
the Southern Nurserymen's associa-
ton, held at Lookout Inn, near Chat
tanooga, a resolution was introduced
and passed condemning the free dis
tribution of freed seeds by the gov
eminent.
johnson grass, the weed curse of
the south, which, like truth, will not
down, has developed into great thing
when you get it far enough above
the annual frost line, SO that It be-
comes an annual instead of peren-
NAL.
Old cotton is always worth more
than new cotton on any market-a
half to one cent is generally the diff
ference-and the manufacturers who
is a judge of cotton will always pay
big difference.
Cotton held in the seed for six
weeks in a dryhouse will add more
value to the lint than anything else.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1906-10-05

At night Sally had the range of the
one morning Rooney heard her bark
ing, he concluded that she had dis
covered a skunk and was keeping it
away from the hen house. He there
fore turned over to sleep. But the
barking kept up and after a time
Rooney became thoroughly awake
and realized that his pet was in
trouble.
Getting into his trousers and grab
bling his rifle he fastened across the
meadow to the edge of the woods
whence the sounds came and blum
dered upon the dog, caught by the
foot in a forgotten mink trap, set
months before. AS he bent over to
release the spring Rooney heard an
angry buzzing in the air and felt as
though he had been priced by thou
sand needles.
He instantly realized that he was be-
set by a swarm of bees and that they
were singing the dog to death. He
worked desperately and released Sally
and then, taking her in his arms, fled
to the shelter of his house, followed
clear to the door by the bees. Sally
seemed to rally for time, but at day
light she died and Rooney was heart
broken. He later found that the bees
had hived in log to which he had
fastened the chain of the trap. When
Sally pulled on the chain she brought
them out.