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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-12-19

dence with the intention of hav-
ing good, old fashioned "party. .
There was music, lunch, and a
candy-pull, one of the kind OF
times where everyb body "gets
busy" and helps to make fun.
David Jones, who owns and
manages the Merchant hotel at
Puposky, was visitor in the
city yesterday. dad, as Mr..
Jones is Familiarity called, has a
number of friends in Bemidj',
having lived here several weeks
prior to going into business at
|Puposky. He states that he now
has team at Puposky with
which those who desire may
travel about the country, which
is tainly an improvement over
walking through the winding
trails Whereabouts.
lue Imperial UanK OF Germany mas
raised it's rate of discount from tt
Z per cent.
Colonel Andrew Jackson, son of the
adopted son of President Andrew Jack
son, is dead at Knoxville, Tenn.
The Lehigh Valley Railroad com
pany has increased the wages of its
employees in the transportation depart
ment The advance ranges from 10 to
20 per cent and dates from Dec. 1.
John T. Walker, a preparer of meat
extracts, has been arrested in New
York city by secret service agent on
the charge Of having used counterfeit
United States meat inspection labels
on his Eeef ovtra"+
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sPREckELs ON THE STAND.
Gives Startling Testimony Against
lido Abraham Ruef.

. . (
San Francisco, Dec. 19.-Startling
testimony was given by Rudolph
Spreckels in the proceedings before
Superior Judge Dunno in which Mayor
Eugene E. Schmitz and Abraham Ruet
are seeking to set aside the five indict-
ments found against each of them for
felony and extortion. s.,rs
Spreckels, who had been called to
the witness stand by the defense, tes-
titled during his examination that
Abraham Ruef had called on him at
the time of the big municipal bond
issue and asked him to form a syndi-
cate to take all the bonds thus author
lied. Spreckels was unable to see
what guarantee there was that If a
syndicate were formed it could secure
the bonds, as under the law they must
be put up at public auction and sold
to the highest bidder.
Ruef informed Spreckels, according
to the latters testimony on the stand,
that this could be easily arranged, for
he would have general strike de-
clared on all the street railroads and
tie up the different lines. With San
Francisco in this condition relative to
it's passenger transportation he cal
culated, so Spreckels says, that no out
side capital would bid on the citys
bonds and the syndicate would have a
clear field.
Spreckels also testified from the
WITT, 1ho;
and made demand that he be re-
tanned as the attorney of the San
Francisco Gas and Electric company.
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TAAW'S TRIAL NEXT MONTH
ATTORNEYS FOR PROSECUTION
AND DEFENSE SELECT JAN.
Fl AS THE DATE.

New York, Dec. 19.-Harry K Thaw
will be tried on Jan. 21 on a charge
OF the murder Of Stanford White, ac-
cording to an order signed by Justice
Newburger
The trial will be before Justice Fitz-
gerald in the criminal bench of the
New York state supreme court. The
date was set by Justice Newburger
when motion made by Thaw's coun-
sci for the dismissal of the Indictment
against him or for the fixing of a date
for the trial were to have been argued.
Clifford w. Hartridge and John B.
Gleason appeared for Thaw. It de-
veloped as soon as the motion was
reached that Thaw's counsel, having
withdrawn their application for a COM
mission to take evidence in the West,
the district attorney had no objection
to taking up the trial at an early date
Thaws counsel and Assistant District
Attorney Smith then fixed the date
and the order was signed by Justice
Newburger.
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CAPTAIN ENDS HIS LIFE.
Commander of Steamer Runs Vessel
on Rocks.

Commander Of Steamer Runs Vessel
on Rocks.
Kingston, Jamaica, Dec. 19.-Cap-
tain Bruinswig, in charge of the Ham.
burg-American line tourist steamer
Prinzessin Victoria Luise, from New
York Dec. IL for this port, which went
ashore off Port Royal, committed sui.
eide by blowing out his brains. The
passengers were landed safely here.
Captain Bruinswig, whose home was
at Hamburg, had been in the Ham
burg-American line service for about
twenty years. He entered as fourth
officer and eight years ago was adj
vanced to captain. ".,
The Victoria Luise is pounding
heavily and the seas are breaking
over her, but hopes are still enter
tanned that she will be saved. She is
resting on rocky ledge.
In accounting for the stranding of
the steamer it is explained that she
was without pilot and the captain
was in charge. He followed a wrong
course and piled her upon the rocks
just under the lighthouse. Two hours
later the captain locked himself in his
cabin and blew out his brains.
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DOES AWAY WITH RED TAPE
Hansbrough Offers Amendment t
.- isis Free Alcohol Bill.

Hansbrough Offers Amendment to
r. -4 Free Alcohol Bill.
Washington, Dec. Ex-senator Hans.
brough has introduced an amendment
to the free alcohol law authorizing the
commissioner of internal revenue to
make special arrangement for the de-
maturing of alcohol distilled by per-
sons in such small quantities as not
to justify the additional expenses of
an individual warehouse for each dis
tiller as required by the law. It is the
opinion of Senator Hansbrough that if
adopted this amendment will admit of
the installation by individual or groups
of farmers of agricultural and produce
stills, now in successful use In Ger.
many, and that much OF the official
red tape, which, he says, is now nee
essary, will be done away with with
out the danger of imposition or fraud
and at the same time give the farm
ers of the country the advantages with
respect to the manufacture of alcohol
to be denaturized for light, heat and
power purposes which it was originally
proposed they would have.
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Streets Cleared of Snow.

The streets of Bemidji will be
entirely rid of the banks of snow
with which they have been
covered on the sides, thanks to
the efforts of James r. Miller,
street commissioner. Mr.. Miller
yesterday brought out the street
grader and with four horses
attached scraped the snow from
the sides of the street into the
center of the road, with the re-
suit that the snow is being
tramped down, and assuring
good roads for hauling for some
time to come.
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Additional Locals

E. E. Hedeen has disposed of
his eighty.acre tract of land in
section six to Henry Brake.
Mr.. Brake was formerly a
resident of Lake George, Hub
bard county and intends moving
his family here at once. Mr..
Hedeen and family are moving
to Brandon, MINI where they
will make their future home.
A number of the friends of
Mr.. and Mrs. @. A. Parker sur
prised them Monday evening and
took possession of their resi-
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ONE OF ITS BOOKS MISSING
Affairs OF Waynesburg (Pa.) Bank in
Bad Shape. . 49,

Pittsburg, Dec. 19.-National Bank
Examiner Cunningham, who is inves,
tigating the affairs of the defunct
Farmers and Drovers' National bank
Of Waynesburg, Pa, has announced
that the minute book of the institu-
ton was missing; that it was "lost,
strayed or stolen" He added that the
further he went into the banks affairs
the worse he found them
The minute book, 1t Is said contains
the names Of fourteen bondsmen, lead
ing citizens Of Waynesburg and
Greene county, who are responsible to
the state for $4,000, the state deposit
in the bank at the time it collapsed.
But few Of these bondsmen are
known. a
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TARIFF WAR UNLIKELY.
Germany and United States Will Reach
UNDERSTANDING.

Berlin, Dec. 19.-The spirit shown
by the American tariff commissioners
In their inquiry into precisely what
the German government desires and
its reasons therefor has caused the
German commissioners to feel conf
dent that an understanding, so far
reaching that the idea of a tariff war
must be excluded, will be reached.
This hopeful view is expressed by the
newspapers, which give prominence to
reports OF the dinner given by the
American Association of Trade and
Commerce in honor of the American
and German commissioners and to the
statement of Nahum Stone, head of
the American commission, that it was
the American ambassador here, Mo-
Tower, who brought about the appoint
ment of the commission and that to
him must be ascribed this stroke of
craftsmanship.
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ENTER FAVORABLE STAGE.
Russo-Japanese Negotiations Proceed
ing Satisfactorily.

Russo-Japanese Negotiations Proceed
ing Satisfactorily.
st. Petersburg, Dec 19.-The Russo
Japanese negotiations, the status of
which last week were highly unsatis-
factory, have entered upon favorable
stage and rupture is no longer an
ticipated. It is believed that salts
factory arrangement, defining the ex-
tent to which the Japanese shall enjoy
fishing rights on the Siberian coasts
and also giving the Japanese the priv
ilege of acquiring stations ashore for
drying fish, will be attainable without
the suggested appeal to the good
Offices of other powers. The Russians
realize that failure of the negotia-
tons would open the door for Japa-
nese fishermen to raid the fishing
6rounds at will and as the littoral is
most sparsely settled and only few
vessels are available for patrolling it
this is the strongest argument in favor
of Russia granting concessions.
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SECURES CONTROL OF MILWAU.
kEE ROAD BY CLEVER Fl.
... 49,, NANCIAL COUP.
OBJECT OF BIG INCREASE IN CAPITAL
FRIENDS OF SOUTHERN PACIFIC
MAGNATE ABSORB MOST OF
NEW sTocK.
Chicago, Dec. 19.-The Chronic

Chicago, Dec. 19.-The Chronicle
says:
Edward H. Hartman has repaid
James J. Hill in his own coin by wrest-
ing victory from him in the shadow of
defeat through one of the most effec-
tive coups ever executed in financial
battles. The control of the Chicago,
Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad, which
Morgan and Hill confidently believed
to be theirs, is still lodged with the
Harriman-Standard Oil interests and
will be strengthened.
AS Hill threw Hartman out OF the
ownership of the Northern Pacific in
the Christmas season of 1901 so Harri-
man GUSTS Hill from an ownership in
St. Paul Mr.. Hill executed his flank
movement by retiring the preferred
stock of Northern Pacific, in which
his opponents control conferred; Mr..
Hartman and his friends maintain
St. Paul by issuing two-thirds of a
$780, 100000 stock increase to the hold.
ers of the preferred. While HILLS con.
troll Of Northern Pacific common was
golden apple his control of St. Paul
common is but ashes.
For a month there has been a Ii.
tanic struggle for the ownership of St.
Paul in the open market. Quietly and
almost unsupported the Morgan-Hill
people have been buying St. Paul in
the hope of getting control and turn.
ing the Pacific extension southwark
into the Hartman territory. In the
last week this battle for stock has
been acute and a disturbing feature
to Wall street and the money market.
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SHUT OUT AMERICAN PRODUCTS.
Japan Hopes to Supply Asia's Wheat
and Cotton.

ana Cotton.
San Francisco, Dec. 19.-Dr. E. C.
Jones, United States consul at Dalny,
who has arrived here on the Nippon
Maru, is quoted in an interview pub
lished in the Chronicle as saying that
Japan is carrying out plan which if
it succeeds will close Asia as market
for American wheat and cotton. The
Japanese, he says, are colonizing Man
churia on an extensive scale with the
idea of raising sufficient wheat there
to supply the needs of Asia. In Korea
they are carrying on elaborate expert
ments in cotton raising. These expert
ments have been in a measure sue
cessful, but it will be some years, DR..
Jones thinks, before either Manchurian
wheat or Korean cotton will seriously
menace the market for the American
products. Under the new tariff, says
Mr.. Jones, the cost of living in Japan
has increased 20 per cent and wages
are being advanced accordingly.
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Arrest in Barrel Mystery Case,

Hazleton, Pa, Dec. 19.-Soberta
Anaslack Slovenian, living at Jeddo,
Pa, has been arrested in a coal mine
at that place on the charge Of being
implicated in the Hazleton barrel mys-
terry It Is alleged that the woman
whose charred remains were found
was his wife, who disappeared from
home several weeks ago.
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ANXIOUS TO FIND LEGISLATIVE.
REMEDY FOR CAR SHORTAGE
IN THE NORTHWEST.
CoAFERs With SENATOR HANsBRoueH
LATTER WILL TRY TO PERFECT
MEASURE TO PREVENT RE.
cURRENcE OF EVIL.

Washington, Dec. 19.-That Presi.
dent Roosevelt has taken a determined
interest with view to finding legis-
lative remedy for the car shortage in
the Northwest, which now threatens
the people with freezing and starva-
ton because the railroads, are unable
to transport fuel and food to them,
was indicated by a conference at the
White House during the day. The
president sent for Senator Hansbrough
and asked him whether the actual
danger of suffering is as great as has
been reported by press dispatches and
kilograms from individuals. The
North Dakota senator reported that
from dispatches he has received the
statement of conditions in his state,
Minnesota and South Dakota has not
been exaggerated. The president prom
Used to give the question his personal
attention with a view to alleviating
any immediate suffering and said he
desired Senator Hansbrough to devote
time and thought to some legislative
remedy in order to avoid occurrences
of present conditions.
Senator Hansbrough's Remedy.
The plan Senator Hansbrough has
in mind is the passage of a law which
would compel the railroads to antici-
pate extraordinary movements Of fuel,
grain or other commodities and to pre-
pare to take care of such shipments
when they are offered. It has been
suggested that the interstate COM
MERGE commission could investigate
probable excessive offerings for ship
ment of commodities of all kinds and
compel the railroads to furnish the
transportation. 1t is believed by Sen
ator Hansbrough that if a law of this
character were passed the railroads
would be able to contract for the use
of equipment from roads in the South
or other parts of the country when
the demand for rolling stock is not
great, during the winter or the crop
moving seasons. The North Dakota
senator will endeavor to perfect a
measure of some character calculated
to reach the evil which annually re-
suits in immense financial loss to the
farmer because of not being able to
market his crop and actual suffering
in winter by reason of not being able
to get fuel.
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Loan to Jamestown Exposition.

Washington, Dec. ia government
loan Of $1,000,000 to the jamestown
Exposition company Is authorized by
bill which was passed by the senate
during the day. The loan is to be q
first lien on the gross receipts of the
exposition, which are to be collected
under the direction Of the secretary
Of the treasury.
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HEARING AT MINNEAPOLIS.
North Dakota Towns Wire Reports oil
Situation,

0lludlION.
Minneapolis, Dec. 19.-When the in.
terstate commerce commission began
the days session of it's car shortage
inquiry Commissioner Lane read a
batch of kilograms from North Da
kota points answering an inquiry from
the commission as to the coal situa-
ton at those towns. These answers
came from the following named towns:
New Rockford, Maddox, Courtney,
Glenburn, West Hope, Sherwood,
Darcy, MOhall, Aneta, Knox, Hanna
ford, Galesburg, Barlow and Rugby.
The report was substantially the
same from all these towns. A short
age of coal, in many instances the
supply absolutely exhausted, and suf-
fering either imminent or actually
upon the people.
To these kilograms the commission
replied: -. q
''The Great Northern and Northern
Pacific promise to Immediately deliver
coal ordered by your people from Du-
luth"
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AN INCREASE OF WAGES.
Representative Littauer confers with
the President. II

sb~ VoSOVuOAs 4
Washington, Dec. 19.-Representa.
tive Littauer Of New York, a member
of the committee on appropriations,
talked with President Roosevelt dur.
ing the day on the question of in
creasing the salaries of government
employees. The president is not I'M
derstood to favor a blanket increase Of
20 per cent, as has been proposed, al
though he is said to feel that there
are many men in the government serv-
Ice who deserve increases. The presi.
dent IS obtaining views OF congress-
men on the subject.
Mr.. Littauer is opposed to a general
increase in government salaries, but
he believes there are men in the sery.
Ice. particularly those at the heads Of
bureaus, who deserve more money. ~
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-12-19
kentuckian Shoots Five Men.

Charleston, w. Va, Dec. 19.-In a
row near the postofice of Blue Greek
George Goodwin, a Kentuckian, shot
five men, one fatally. After a race
with the sheriff, who shot at Goodwin
six times, he was captured and brought
to Jail here. The row began over a
trivial dispute between two of the
men.
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Delegation Going Is Panama.

washington, Dec. 19.The Pacific
coast members Of congress have
finally decided to have a delegation
visit the Panama canal during the
holidays and investigate the demand
there for Chinese laborers.
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CONTINUES TO IMPROVE.

Bulletin Concerning the Condition of
King Oscar.
Stockholm, Dec. 19.-King Oscar is
SO much improved in health that his
attending physicians announce that
hereafter they will issue only one bull
letin daily. The days bulletin was as
follows:
"The king slept seven hours during
the night, his temperature is 99.1 and
his pulse is stronger, although still
somewhat irregular. There is still a
slight discharge of mucous from the
trachea"
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YARDMEN MAY STRIKE.
Five Great Systems Affected BY Their
Demands.

New York, Dec. 49, The difference
of l cent an hour between employees
and managers may cause strike here
on five great railroad systems. The
men affected are the 5000 yard con-
ductors, brakemen and other employees
at the railroad terminals and the com.
panies are the Delaware, Lackawanna
and Western, the Central Railroad Of
New Jersey, Lehigh Valley, BaltimorD
and Ohio and the ErIe..
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GREATER CURSE THAN SLAVERY
Wife of Senator Dubois of Idaho Dis.
cusses Mormonism.

Wife OF Senator Dubois OF Idaho Dis
cusses Mormonism.
Washington, Dec 19.-"Mormonism
is a greater curse to the country than
was slavery" declared Mrs. Fred T.
Dubois, wife of the Idaho senator, in
an address at Waugh Methodist Epis-
copal church in this city on 'The
Effect of Mormonism on Education"
She said that should President Roose'
welt make trip through Southeastern
Idaho he would no longer be willing
to declare that there is nothing in the
Mormon question. Six United States
senators, she said, owe their election
to the influence of the Mormon church
She criticised Senator Proctor of Yer
mont and Senator Hopkins of Illinois
for their attitude in the Smoot case.
In closing her address Mrs. Dubois
said Mormon children in Utah and
Idaho spit upon the American flag"
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ADMITS DIVISION OF TERRlToRY
Witness In oil Hearing Tells of Meth
DDS in Vogue.

New York, Dec. 19.-Hearing of tes-
iimony in the proceeding brought by
the state of Missouri to GUST the
Standard Oh company of Indiana, the
Waters-Pierce OIL company and the
Republic Oil company from doing BUSH
ness in Missouri which was begun in
this city several months ago, was re-
sumed during the day before Commits
sioner Robert A. Anthony. Since the
hearing here was adjourned testimony
has been taken In several cities.
Herbert S. Hadley, attorney general
Of Missouri, appeared as prosecutor,
while Frank M. Hagerman appeared
as leading counsel for the Standard
Oh company. He is assisted by sew
eral associate counsel.
J. A. Motif, president of the Stand
ard Oil company of Indiana, was the
first witness called. He was ques-
toned by MI. Hagerman. Replying to
a question as to whether there is an
agreement as to restraint of trade be-
tween the Waters-Pierce company and
the Standard Oil company of Indiana
in Missouri the witness replied that
there is not, that there exists simply
an agreement as between wholesaler
and retailer. He said that the two
concerns had divided the state be-
tween them to a certain extent.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-01-24
Statehood Bill Reported,
Especial to the Daily Press.)

WASHINGTON. Jan. o3.-Represen
tativo Hamilton, chairman OF the
House committee on territories sub.
mitted favorable report on the Ham
iiton joint statehood bin providing for
me admission of Oklahoma and Indian
territory as the State of Oklahoma. and
also joint statehood for New Mexico
and Arizona under The name of Ari
Zcna.
The Democratic members of the com.
mittee presented Il minority report, de
claring In favor of joint statehood for
oklahoma and Indian Territory, hui
opposing the joint statehood for New
Mexico and Arizona
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-01-24
NORFOLK COUNTY IS TRYING
TO PREVENT ANNEXATION
County Politicians Do Not Want Their
Territory Absorbed by the
City.
Especial to the Daily Press.)

NORFOLK. VA. Jan. pa politl
cal move is on in the thickly settled
suburban sections Of Norfolk county to
prevent annexation. and the county
politicians have devised scheme
which they think will work by making
IL TOO expensive for Norfolk city to an.
mex any more outside territory.
One plan is TO build the county up
with expensive school buildings for
all of which the city must hand over
cash when she attempts annexation.
The Tanners Creek section. which
includes the village of Hunteryille. is
now seeking 10 have the legislature all.
thorize II to Issue $4,000 in school
bends and Western Branch district
wants like issue of $4,000.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-01-24
NEGROES IN DIsFAvOR
Roosevelt is Naming Fewer Black
Mon for Office.
WHITE HOUSE DENIES THE FACT
Southern White Men Are Coming to
the Front and Are Dispacing the
one,Ti,ne Republican Leaders in
Dixie Lsnd-Venseance Vowed.
(By Associated Preas.)

WASHINGTON. d. c.. Jan % =
White Hous" officials deny a story
that The negroes of the South are
not TO have any, more Federal az
pointments and that gradually those
now holding places are to he dis
placed by white men.
The President is represented as
desiring 10 build up for himself
strength among Southern white men
OF the better class and as realizing
that he cannot do This so long rs
the negro is likely 10 play part
ii political affairs. While ii is true
mat the Southern negro has not re.
ceived any recognition in the last
year or more worth waxing joyful
over. he will nor. according to in
formation N the White House. suf.
fer any loss of the patronage he
now holds
President Roosevelt has conferred
good many iavOrs on Confederate
veterans and their sons.
The failure OF the President to re-
tain Judson Lyons. of Georgia, as
register of the treasury, has caused
some of the Southern negroes to
fear that the President proposes tn
ignore their existence. The Presi-
dent appointed n Kansas negro nam.
ed Vernon 10 the position. and Yer
non is expected TO look after the