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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-04-03

ing. -
The boundary nne between Texa.
and Mexico, which has been the sub
Ject OF treaty negotiations since 1913
will be considered by the senate cam
mittee on foreign relations on Wedncs
day next
The house committee on territories
has authorized a favorable report on &
bill setting aside for five years rs pei
cent of the customs and internal rev
enues of the Hawaiian islands for pub
lie improvements.
The house committee on merchant
marine and fisheries has authorized a
favorable report On a senate bill re
lieVing motor fishing boats from the
rigor of the recent enactment srequfr
ing a licensed engineer:
Rev. Samuel Murray, we'll known
German Baptist minister, died at Wa
bash, Ind, Sunday, the Tooth anniver
sary of his birth. He had been in the
ministry for seventy years.
Official returns from every county in
Arkansas show that Governor Jeffer
son Davis defeated Senator Ferry by
about 10000 majority for United
States senator in last weeks primary
election
President Roosevelt has appointed
Rudolph Forster to be first assistant
secretary to the president in place Of
B. r Barnes, appointed postmaster al
Washington. Mr. Forster was second
assistant secretary.
The president has decided to appoint
Albert Halstead as American consul al
birmingham, Eng, to succeed his
brother Marshall Halstead, resigned
Mr.. Halstead is we'll known Wash
ington newspaper correspondent and
r. the son Of. Murat Halstead.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-04-03
ORDINANCE HELD ILLEGAL.
Provides Penalty fpr overcrowding 81
street Cars.

Chicago, April fudge Mack, in
the circuit court ofsC Cook county, hand
ed down a decision declaring an or
.dinance passed by the city Of Chicago
last October providing for penalty
against the street. car companies for
the overcrowding 3of cars null and
void. The ordinance provides that for
each case of overcrowding in the cars
q fine Of from $25 to $500 could be
levied against the company owning
the car. Five hundred suits had al.
ready been broughtsby the city against
the street car corporations and 1000
more are pending. fudge Mack, in
addition to declaring the ordinance
void, issued an Injunction restraining
the city from prosecuting the suits
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PERJURY IN LAND FRAUDS,
Sensational Report Expected From
Grand Jury in Oreuon

Portland, Ore, April 2.-When the
United States grand. jury now in ses-
sion here makes its final report sensa.
tional indictments in connection with
the Pigeon land frauds may be expect.
ed. 1t is stated that the testimony
goes to Snow that frauds of a gigantic
nature have been perpetrated in South
ern Oregon and that score of indict-
ments charging suhornation of perjury
and other crimes are likely to be re-
turned. - ..-
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D. B. Hills Health Restored.

New York, April 3.-Former Senator
David B. Hill, who went to Camden,
s. G., early in the winter because his
health was very poor, will return from
the South in few days. Friends of
Mr.. Hill who have seen him recently
say that his health has improved great
~ in the last few months.
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Killed on Street at Cleveland.

Cleveland, March 30.-Captain L. H.
Gooddale, member of the firm of
Gooddale e Co. of Buffalo, was found
lying unconscious on Hamilton stree.
at the foot of a stairway and died
shortly after being removed to hos
pital.. .Gooddale's skull was fractured
The police believe he was assaulted
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Ny JuSllCS DlS""l'
There were twenty-seven of these
cases, all involving the validity of act
173 of the Michigan legislature of 1901,
passed under authority given by an
amendment to the .state constitution
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Holiday in @Pittsburo District.

Pittsburg, April 3.-It being the an
nlversary of the granting of the eight
hour workday almost every mine in
The Pittsburg district was closed. It
Is expected, however, that within
day or two the miners employed by
the Pittsburg Coal company and by
several other local operators will re-
turn to work and that all the miners
III district No. 5 will be running before
the close of the week.
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Complete Suspension of Work.

WllSesbarre, Pa, April 3.-There
was total suspension of mining in the
Wyoming region. The engineers, fire
men and pump runners are at work as
usual and in few cases employees
are at work making repairs that are
Imperative. At nearly all the collieries
steam was up and whistles were blown
as usual. but the miners were not on
hand .-...
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One colliery in Operation.

Scranton, Pa, April -3.-Oxford coll
5liery, an individual operation, is the
only mine working in the Lackawanna
region. This mine employs $50 men
and boys and has a daily output Of
! 200 tons. It was operated all through
the strike of 1902.
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DESIRE TO SIGN SCALE.
Many Illinois Operators Anxious to
continue Work. ...-. E.

Springfield, Ill, April s.-Presidenr
Perry of the United Mine Workers of
Illinois made the following statement:
Il have. been busy all morning an
swering telephone calls from operators
all over the state who are willing to
sign the scale of 1903, as demanded
by the miners -. ..5s-s~:. =
Among the signers, he said, are
owners of twenty-five or thirty of the
smaller mines in the Danville district
and the Williamson county operators,
who heretofore were strongest in op-
position to any increase.
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SITUATION crows WORSE.
Alabama and Tonblgbee Rivers Out Of
Their Banks.

EHeH @bdYtkS.
Mobile, Ala, April S.-The situation
!. the Alabama and Tombigbee river
lowlands, due to the overflow in these
two rivers, grows worse every day.
Steamboats, have been compelled to
discontinue service, as landings for
100 miles above Mobile are under wa
ter. No fuel is 10 be had in the mum
dated district Cattlefare starving and
farmers are fast exhausting their sup
plies.
Dixie, Ala, more than 100 miles
above Mobile, is noWeunder water sew
eral feet deep. TheSwater is still ris-
ing.
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LIABILITIES OF 100000.
Private Bank at Pekin, Ill, Closes Its
Doors.

Doors.
Peoria, Ill, April 3.-The private
bank of TETS, Smith & CO. at Pekin,
Tazewell county, failed to open for
business during the day, having as
signed to U. J. Albertsen as trustee
The liabilities due to depositors and
other banks are said to be in excess of
100000, against which there are as
sets Of about s250,000, portion of
which is worthless. The failure is due
to the large sum of money advanced
to the Smith wagon works and the
Smith pillow shops at Pekin.
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Operators Will Paw Scale,

Pomeroy, o., April 8. There will be
no miners strike in the Pomeroy Bend
district. The operators will pay the
price demanded and will sign the
scale this week.
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Costly Fire in Indiana.

Marion, Ind, April 3.-Fire almost
DESTROYED the National Sweeper works
here during the day The loss will
amount to about 100000. About 200
men We're employed in the factory.
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WoRKMEN BoYcoTTE ELECTIONS
Balloting at St. Petersburg Almost a
Complete Farce.

St. Petersburg, April 3.-The cleo
lions of worl1men within the limits of
ST. Petersburg proper were held Sun
. day, preceding the elections to the
municipal convention here, which in
turn will elect six members to the
lower house OF parliament. The bal
loting of the workmen, however, was
almost complete farce, as we're the
elections fortnight ago in the bigger
factories outside the city Out of sixty
seven establishments the workmen Of
Twenty-Five boycotted the elections
and of the remainder only the minor
ity voted and of those elected about
one-half were Constitutional Demo-
Gratis and the other half Conserva-
tives, or members of the "Black Hun
dred," as they are now popularity
termed. One man elected is now in
prison and another declined to accept
election for fear that it would subject
him to persecution.
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Tieup Complete With Exception of a
Few Nonunion Mines.

Kansas City, April 3.-There is a
complete shutdown in the bituminous
coal fields included in the Southwest
ern Miners association in Missouri,
Kansas, Eastern Arkansas and the
territories. A few mines operated by
nonunion men resumed as usual. No
scenes of disorder were reported, the
men generally remaining quietly at
their homes.
In almost every district the general
belief was expressed both by oper-
ators and miners that an amicable
settlement of their differences would
soon be reached and that the strike
would be Of short Fdura ton Neyerthe-
less, the miners said they would re-
main out untilaa satisfactory scale is
signed and there was a general move
ment to store all available coal.
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Minneapolis. Wheat.

Minneapolis, April 2.-Wheat-May,
76Ac; July, 7SA @783ac; Sept, TIC.
On track-No. / hard, THO; No. 1
Northern, 76%c; No. 2 Northern,
75Nc.
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CENSOR wITHHolDs DETAILS

Alleged Plot to Assassinate Spanish
: .s.-. Royal Family. --
Madrid, April 3, via the frontier
The Spanish authorities have I'm.
earthed an anarchist plot at Lebrija,
Twenty-Five miles from Seville, tie
notorious center of the "Black Hands, .
to assassinate the royal family during
the. stay of King Alfonso, Dowager
Queen Maria Christina and the sister
of the king, the Infanta Maria Teresa,
at Seville during holy week.
The. censorship prevents the send
ing of. details regarding the conspiracy.
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NOT A MINER At WORK..
Forty thousand Coal Diggers on
Strike in Ohio.

Strike in Ohio.
Columbus, o., April 3-Chairman j.
H. Winder of the Ohio operators has
announced that he received word from
all over the Ohio districts that not a
miner Of the 10000 employed is at
work except the pumpmen and engi-
neers, who were not ordered out. It
is said that some of the operators
want to sign the scale and that num-
Der of the men want to go to work.
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INFANT HIT BY, STRAY BULLET

Babe Instantly Killed While in It's
- Mothers Arms.
Chisholm, Mimi, April 3.-The nine.
months-old infant of Mr.. and Mrs
Frank Bowel was shot dead as its
mother held it in her arms In the
kitchen of the Bovet home at the
Glenn mining location. A stray bullet
fired by boys who were INDUCING in
target practice half mile away, en-
tered window and penetrated the
child's skull, scattering it's brains over
the dress of the mother and killing
It Instantly -. 5t': -. IN. - -
WORkMEN BOYCOTT ELECTIONS.
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Provides for Cable to Panama.

Washington, April 3.-Senator For
aker has reported from the senate
committee on military affairs bill
providing for cable from Key West
to. Panama, via Guantanamo, as advo-
Gated by the secretary of war.
IN THE SOUTHWEST DISTRICT.
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adopted in 1900. This law changed the
method Of taxing railroad and kindred
corporations from the old system of
exacting the payment of a certain per
cent of their gross earnings to an ad
valorem system, providing for the Ak
ing of the tax value of the railroads on
the average value at which other prop
erty in the state is assessed. The
taxes levied against the various rail
roads of the state for 1902, the first
year after the new law went into eff
feet, aggregated s744,S9S, as against
s263,446, the amount which would
have been called for under the old
SVctQno ~ Ez.ts*s5
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Exceeds Previous Record.

Cedar Rapids, Ia, March 31.-Cedar
river touched Is feet inches during
the day, foot over the highest pre-
vious record. Damage, however, is
nominal The water is slowly reced.
mo
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Decision Involves So, ooo, 900.

80 y :.
The railroad companies rendered the
latter sum and resisted the payment
of the difference, amounting to $4S1,-
451. Each year since the companies
have refused to pay the differences, so
that the suits involved an accumula-
ton Of about $2,O0O,00O in taxes, as
we'll as the establishment of a tax sys-
tenn for the state permanently fixing
their annual payments at about three
times as much as they have been in
the past. The railway companies con-
tended that in arriving at a cenclu-
sion as to the valuation Of their prop.
erty the state board of assessors I'M
dervalued other property in the state
and thus disseminated against the
railroads. Hence they claimed that
the action was in contraventio of the
fourteenth amendment to the national
Constitution. The circuit court dis.
missed the bill of the railroad COM
panies, thus sustaining the action Of
the state tax authorities and uphold
ing the law under which it was taken,
and it's decision was affirmed
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STATE TO OPERATE MIN
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1906-05-11
Studies of the vernacular.

"saylil!" exclaimed the girl at tae
handkerchief counter.
"Wctsmatter now?' asked the girl
at the ribbon counter.
"Aintchoogittin nufteet?"
"Wojjaskin that fur?''
Observation-Disclosures thin
"Aintnuther!"
"Yartoo. Betterficksher back hair.
Scummin down.
Quitcnerrubberin Mine jeroan
biz
But she fixed her back hair.
"Saylil!"
"Saycherseff."
evvergitcherforchun told
"Yeh-wunsertwic Ever git
choors?"
"Yeh. Oootole juh?'
"Erdkitsmith sayinso. Cumtroo"
"Notcnett.'
sThinkitwill?"
"Lykaznot. Letchoono fit does"
"Sayjen Juno Kittenbills keepin-
cumpny?'
"Awka motif"
"Stroo lima stannineer."
":iowjeerit?"
"Sallright. Yooleerabout it soonuf.
Sayjen, canchooketch Oh"
"Say, there, you girls!" interrupted
the foorwallaer, who happened along
at this moment. go back to your
customers! "-Chicago Tribune.
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BIG TooTHPIcK CROP.
Size of 1t Something to Astonish the
Ordinary Person.


Ordinary Person.
According to an official of the De-
partment of Commerce and Labor
few persons have any idea of the enor-
nous quantity of wooden tcotipicks
annually turned out by factories In
the United States. The number OF
these is beyond calculation-thous-
ands Of millions each year. Besides
those manufactured in this country,
,toothpicks in Incredible numbers are
imported, principally from Japan,
Portugal and Italy; but by far the
greater number used in the United
States are furnished by home factor.
les.
The State of Maine furnishes most
Of them. 1t is in that State that
white birch, of which the greater pro-
portion of domestic toothpicks is
made, is found most in abundance.
The wood in question is preferred for
this purpose because of its softness
and pliability, which afford just the
amount of resistance requisite for
toothpick. In Maine there are numer-
GUS mills, equipped with costly and
intricate machinery, whose entire in
dustry it is to supply the United
States with toothpicks. And the in.
dustry is most profitable one.
Although, it is said, the State OF
Maine possesses what is practically
monopoly of toothpick manufacture,
there are other mills, notably in Yer
mont, New York and Massachusetts,.
White birch is not the only wood
used, maple and poplar as well being
employed; but, as birch has the de-
sirable quality of retaining it's forest
odor and sweetness, it has the prefer.
ence over all other woods.
The telling of trees to be split into
toothpicks forms, Of course, merely
an incidental part of the regular work
of the Maine foresters. Though no
special gangs are told off to select
suitable trees, the foreman will mark
tree that seems adapted for the
making of toothpicks, order it cut
down and put aside The branches
are trimmed off and only the bark Is
sent to the mills. Then the bark il
skinned and the naked trunk is run
through a machine that sewers 1t into
veneers, "veneers" being the techni.
cal term for thin strips of wood no
thicker than piece of blotting paper
and no wider than the length of a
toothpick.
When the trunk has been cut into
these sheets of wood only one other
process remains-to turn out the
toothpicks fit for packing and ship
ping to market The veneers are fed
into a second machine supplied with
sharp, rotary knives that whirl at
a very high speed, shipping the We
neers into toothpicks at the rate OF
hundreds of thousands an hour.
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,.,-a1ic GENERAL LAWS.

of one and oae-half per centum. upon the
annual gross receipts OF earnings of
all electric, construction and gas COM
panies incorporated under any general
or special law of this State and do
ing business therein; and every guano.
phosphate or fertilizer company in
corporated by or under the laws of
any other State, Territory, District of
Columbia or foreign country and doing
business in this State; if any such
railroad company has part Of its ROAD
another State or States, such company
shall return a statement Of its gross
receipts over it's whole line of road.
together with a statement of the whole
length of its line and the length of
it's line in this State, and such COM
pany shall pay to the State at the said
rates hereinbefore prescribed upon
such proportion of its gross earnings
as the length of it's line in this State
bears to the whole length of it's line;
and similar statements shall be made
by each oil pipe line company. and
each sleeping car, parlor car. express
or transportation company, telephone
or telegraph or cable company, so that
the proportion of the said gross earn
iings of the said companies, respective
ly, acquiring, coming from their BUSH
ness within this State, may be accu-
rately ascertained, or said statement
may be made in any other mode salts
factory to and required by the State
Tax Commissioner; the said gross re-
ceipts taxes shall be due and payable
at the treasury on or before the first
day Of July in each year. All the pro-
visions and requirements of this Sec
ton shall be in force and applied to
all corporations of like kind to those
above enumerated which are doing
business in this State, and which are
incorporated by or under the laws of
any other State, district territory or
foreign country. Every un-incorpora-
ted association partnership or individual
engaged in any one or more of the above
specially enumerated branches of bust
ness in this State, except guano, phos-
phate and fertilizer companies. shall
be subject to said gross receipts tax.
and shall comply with all the provi-
sions of this Article with reference
thereto as fully as if such association,
partn ership or individual was a cor
poration
Section 2. And be it further enacted.
That this Act shall take effect from the
date of it's passage.
Approved April 5. 1906.
EDWIN WAKEFIELD,
Governor.
JOSEPH B. SETH,
President of Senate.
CARVILLE D. BENSON,
Speaker of House of Delegates.
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ODDS AND ENDS.

The firt loves to captiyate, but cap
tiyates not to love.
1t doesn't take criminal lawyers long
to become caSe-hardened.
Too many Of our coming men never
get any farther than the background.
Every man knows some other man
whose funeral he would like to at
tend.
After marriage many girl dis
covers that she trif1ed with the wrong
man.
Some women's idea of economy is
to spend less money for food and more
for clothes.
Certain men make specially of
manufacturing promises on which they
hope to raise money.
Rather than pass through q gate the
average boy will go out of his way ~
climb a fence.
It's a waist of time to pray for tn.
heather if you are not on speaking
terms with your neighbor.
man is like razor; he must be
completely strapped once in awhile n
order to show how sharp he Is.
they ought to.
When a woman has an ideal nus
band it is only dream.
It's mighty interesting what lot
of kissing a little mouth can do
Because a man gets damned b.
everybody doesn't necessarily mean :"
is fitted for public life.
One way to convince roman ~
think she is pretty is to conriEcs h-r
you think her friends aren't
1t seems to make a man awful rss'
less to get married
It's terrible easy to dream seu SIC
making money.
A woman would have more faith in
her husband if nobody else did.
Men would take lot more vacations
if their wives didn't go with them.
The nearest the average man comes
to being happy is to dodge unha ppi-
ness
Only the survivors believe IN t.: sur
vival of the fittest.
The poor we have always with us
especially poor excuses.
| Enthusiasm sets the pace. but com
mon sense wins in a walk.
Perseverance works wonders. but ii
can't convert bad eggs into chickens.
| 1t is easy for a man to behave after
he breaks into the has-been class.
You have to keep pumping a steady
| stream of favors into gratitude 20
| keep it alive.
| When a mans business isn't going
! right his wife wants him to call the
| doctor or go to church more regularly.
| You would think it would make a
| woman ashamed to figure how many
| boxes of good cigars a spring bonnet
| costs.
A bridal couple can lose a lot of
| money getting wedding presents for
| which they will have to give better
! ones.