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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-09-16

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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-11-05
Tho Way Il Read.

The editor Of little paper was In
the habit of cheering up his subscrib~
ers daily with column Of short peril
nent comments on their town, their
habits and themselves. The depart
ment was the most popular thing in
the paper.
The editor, as he saw it growing in
favor, gradually allowed himself a
wider latitude in his remarks until the
town passed much Of its time conjec-
turing what he'd das't to say next"
On hot day when the simeon whis-
tied gayly up the street Of the town,
depositing everywhere its burden Of
sand, the editor brought forth this gem
Of thought:
"All the windows along Main street
need washing badly"
The next morning he was waited on
by a platoon Of indignant citizens, who
confronted him with the paragraph in
question fresh from the hands Of the
compositor and Informed him fiercely
that he had gone too far. After hasty
and Mortified glance he admitted that
he had. 1t now read:
"All the widows along Main street
need washing badly
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-11-05
His Mothers Ruse Failed.

A Kansas City professional man,
who is prominently identified with Mis-
souri, politics, tells the following story
on himself:
my folks moved from Indiana to
Johnson county, Mo-, when was six
years Of age. We settled on farm
near Holden. The first Sunday we
were there and while the family was
preparing for Sunday school it was
discovered that I did not have any
shoes. My mother, realizing that folks
would talk if one of her children made
his first public appearance barefooted,
suggested that I have cloth tied
around one foot to create the impress
sion that I was unable to wear shoes
because Of sore foot. So the rag was
tied on me. Everything went along
smoothly, and I learned all about bears
eating the bad children up when I
heard a smoker from a boy I after
ward licked. He was pointing to my
right foot. I glanced downward.
"The rag had slipped of, and my
mothers ruse was exposed"
City Star.
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Genius is a combination of aspira-
ton and inspiration.-London Truth.
MAY YET BE AVERTED.
Threatened Strike of Railroad Men Of
United Kingdom.

Threatened Strike Of Railroad Men Of
United Kingdom.
London, Nov. The prospects that
the president of the board of trade,
Mr.. Lloyd-George, may be able to
avert the general railroad strike by
arranging a compromise seem bright
er. A full meeting Of the executive
committee of the Amalgamated Soci-
ETY. of Railway Servants was held and
1t was decided to postpone all action
on the resolution in favor of strike
until after the conference which is to
take place with Mr.. LlOyd-George Nov.
6, to which he has invited the society
to send representatives. Richard Bell,
M. p, general secretary of the society
and leader Of the strike movement,
probably will head the delegation.
The partisans of the railways refer
to the resolution as being bluff in
tended to brighten the railroad mag
mates, but the supporters of the unions
say the Amalgamated Society of Rail-
way Servants has cleared for action
and that while it has not actually de-
clared war it has given its executive
committee mandate for war.
Public feeling against the strike is
so strong that the men are bound to
60 slow as long as the. companies
show any disposition to arrive at
compromise arrangement.
Railroad shares fell slightly at the
opening of the stock exchange, but
rose later to their normal quotations,
thus rejecting the belief in peaceful
outcome OF the situation.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-11-05
SUMMONS is QUAsHED.
John .. Rockefeller Gains Point ir
Ohio Custer Suit.

Findlay, o., Nov. 5.-Judge Duncan,
in common pleas court, has quashed
the summons served upon John D..
Rockefeller in Cleveland last summer.
His opinion is that Mr.. Rockefeller
represents a foreign corporation that
is not doing business in the state Of
Ohio and that Mr.. Rockefeller's visit
to this state was purely personal
one and not for the transaction of any
business
The motion to Quash the summons
served on the Solar Refining company
Of Lima, O., is overruled Motions
made by the Buckeye Pipe Line COM
pany, the Ohio Oil company and the
Standard Oil company to strike out
certain allegations in the petition are
also Overruled. The decision denies
an individual the right to bring quo
warranto proceedings and says that
can only be done by the attorney gen.
eral or a prosecuting attorney in the
supreme or circuit court.
The decisions we're rendered in the
case Of George H. Phelps against the
Standard Oil company, in which
Phelps sought to have receivers ap-
pointed for the Standard Oil company
Of Ohio and the Standard Oil company
of Indiana and to have their business
wound up.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-11-05
The CUNNING Actor.

A specialist in dipsomania was talk
ing about the cunning with which dip.
somaniacs in confinement viii obtain
liquor.
"A certain noted but Incorporate &C.
tor" said DR.. Gresham James, twas
once locked up by his manager in or
der that he might not spoil the even
ing performance by overwhelming. His
confinement was close. Windows,
doors-everything was locked and bar,
red.
But the actor beckoned to man in
the street, showed greenback and
bawled to him through the closed win
dow to go and buy bottle Of brandy
and clay pipe.
when the man returned with these
purchases the actor called:
"'Stick the pipe stem In through the
keyhole.'
This was done.
Now said the actor, pour the
brandy carefully into the bowl
las the fluid fell into the bowl the
actor sucked it up, and when his man.
ager came to release him that even
ing he lay in corner quite glorious
ly drunk = Pittsburg Chronicle-Tele-
graph,
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or S9OO,U0O.OO0. The Paris writer dla
not associate this rather. startling
statement with the reports of tight
money" in America, yet on this side
OF the Atlantic the fact that hundreds
OF millions have gone out Of the coun-
try with the title hunters may well
occasion a little financial as well as
social speculation.
Henry Clews, the veteran financier,
when asked for an opinion on this
estimate, said;
IT think that the statement that
$900,o0G,00o of wealth has been taken
out of this country, or at least that
the ownership Of this vast amount of
assets has been transferred to aliens
by the marriage of American girls
with foreigners, is conservative. I'm
dOubted]y the withdrawal of such an
enormous sum has had an appreciable
effect upon the money market
"The folly of Americans who have
Europamania is extremely costly to
this country Our tourists spend at
least $15O,O00,00O of good American
money abroad every year, most of it
fOOlishly"
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-11-05
Satisfied Her Curiosity.

A certain south side lady has come
to the conclusion that curiosity can no
longer be INDUCED in with any degree
of safety. One night she entertained
a group Of friends and at the moment
of departure, when conversation al
ways lags a trifle, her eye fell idly on
a package carried by one Of the men.
"What Is it you have there?' she
asked, with hardly thought Of what
she was saying.
"Well," said another guest, springing
forward, with mock indignation, IF
he's going to be searched, feel that
all Of us should be subjected to the
same indignity."
ooh, l." commenced the hostess, her
face fushing-"I give you my word
that
II can prove the ownership Of this
watch" cried one man.
This was my mothers ring" ex-
planned another And SO it went down
the line until the laugh came just
In time to save the life Of the hostess.
Hereafter one of her guests can
walk off with the grand piano and be
free from "Reminiscences City In
dependent.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-11-05
Worth the Difference.

A big jobber sent an aspiring young
man on the road to open up new ter.
ritory where new railroad was going
through. All the towns being new,
there were no hotel accommodations,
and it was necessary for the salesman
to secure meals and lodging at restarl-
rants, etc., where the price was 25 cents
per meal. On looking over the expense
account the manager noticed all meals
charged at SO cents. ..
''Look here, Charlie; see you have
charged us SO cents per meal on your
trip, and 1 am reliably Informed that
it is impossible to get meal for more
than 25 cents in your entire territory.
How about it?''
"Well," said the salesman, "you are
right. It did cost me but 25 cents per
meal, but tell you, sir, it's worth the
other rs to eat those meals'-New
York Times.
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BRIEF BITS OF NEWS,

Henry Bishop, known as the "gold-
fish king" is dead at Baltimore.
Mrs. Edmund Kirby-Smith, widow
OF the former Confederate general, is
dead at Sewanee, Tenn
William Carney, assistant superin-
terdent of the International Harvester
company's plant at Milwaukee, was
accidentally killed while hunting ducks
on Point Sable, near Green Bay, Wis.
Geraldine Farrar, the young Amer
lean prima donna, is reported in a
Berlin newspaper as condemning
America as barbarically devoid of
artistic appreciation and as having
formally announced her intention of
turning her back on America forever
Former Alderman H. H. Harrison. a.
wealthy sugar and coffee broker is
dead at La Crosse, Wis, aged fifty
five. The deceased was a descendant
Of President William Henry Harrison
and on both his fathers and mothers
sides was descended from signers of
the Declaration of Independence.
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Speeches., but Graphic.

A knowledge Of the art of drawing
is sometimes very useful. A well
known caricaturist had done himself
very we'll at a dance and was being
put into cab by some friends, none
Of whom knew where he lived, and
he himself was more or less speeches.
At last, however, he managed to extri-
cate pencil and a sheet of paper
from his pocket and drew a sketch,
which, when finished, he handed out
Of the cab. The drawing was a clear
sketch Of we'll known church steeple
In Langham place. They all recog-
nized 1t, and, with shrieks Of laughter,
handed it to the cabman, who re-
marked: j. -
"All right, l knows it-Langham
street," and he drove onf.-1llustrated
Bits.
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Willsd Away tho Laundry.

When perfectly strange woman
came for the soiled clothes the mis-.
tress of the house came to the conclu-
ply employed new messenger and
made no comment on the circum'
stances.
But when two weeks had gone by
and still the old laundress. known as
Susan, no last name having been men
toned, did not appear the mistress Of
the house felt that she would be lack
ing in her duty If she did not make
some inquiry about her.
where Is Susan?" she asked the
tall and bony structure who came for
the clothes.
"She has gone to Pennsylvania to
live, yessum," returned this person,
with composure. 'She went to Penn
sylvania some time ago, an she lef'
goodby fer yuh, but 8 long es yuh
didn't seem tub motifs I didn't say
muffin"
"But why didn't she come and tell
me and allow me to make some ar
rangements about my laundry?" asked
Susan'S ex-mistress.
"WeI, she lef' yo' clothes tub meh.
She made a will an lef' dem clothes
tub meh. Wese allus been good frien's,
and so Wen she lef' she say I may
wash yo' clothes long ez 1 wush tub,
an dere wuZ no use worryin' yuh
bout it, now was dere?"
To which moderate and sensible Ques-
hon the mistress of the house could
only remain speechless. Baltimore
News.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-11-05
How Tin Foil Is Made.

Tin foil, which is extensively used for
wrapping tobacco, certain food prod
ucts and other articles of commerce, is
a combination of lead with thin coat
ing Of tin on each side. First tin
pipe is made of thickness proportion
ate to Its diameter, proportion not CIV
en-. This pipe is then filed with molten
lead and rolled or beaten to the ex-
treme thinness required In this proc
ess the tin coating spreads simultane-
ously with the spreading of the lead
core and continuously maintains a
thin, even coating Of tin on each side
Of the center sheet Of lead, even though
1t may be reduced to thickness of
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TO WATCH THE UTES
Remainder Of the Second Cavalry
Ordered to South Dakota.
COLONEL WEST IN COMMAND

Is an Old Time Indian Fighter and Is
Said to Ee Thoroughly Competent
to Handle the Situation Whatever
May Develop.
Omaha, Nov. 5.-Orders have been
received at army headquarters in
Omaha to dispatch the remaining two
squadrons Of the Second United
States cavalry, composed Of eight
companies, to Thunder Butte, S. D.,
at the earliest possible moment The
command Immediately left Fort Des
Moines.
Company M, Sixteenth infantry, un-
der command of Captain Harry F. Dali
ton, will leave Fort Crook shortly for
Gettysburg, S. D., to take charge Of
the base of supplies which has been
established there for the operations
against the Ute Indians should they
make any troublesome overtures.
Colonel Frank West of the Second
cavalry will be placed in command of
the expedition on arrival at Thunder
Butte. Major Sibley and the First
squadron Of four companies of the
Second cavalry are now at Thunder
Butte. Colonel West is an old time
Indian fighter and is said to be thor
Oughly competent to handle the situa-
ton in whatever phase it may develop.
1t is possible that the base of opera
lions may be transferred from Gettys-
burg, which is the end of the railway
lines. to Cheyenne River, eighteen
miles west of Gettysburg, on the west
side of the Missouri river
Company K, Sixteenth infantry, has
left Fort Crook to garrison Fort Des
MOines during the absence Of the Sec
ond cavalry in the field. 1t is not
known at army headquarters here why
additional troops have been sent to
the Cheyenne River reservation, but
it Is thought the idea Is to prevent
any portion of the Sioux tribe from
making common cause with the Utes
in their revolt against authority. The
Utes, it is pointed out, are in a sense
the guests of the Sioux and the Indian
idea of hospitality might induce some
of the younger Sioux braves to offer
aid in resisting any forcible measures
adopted for the subjugation of the
disaffected Utes.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-11-05
Tho STAGE Doorkeeper.

It Is one Of the traditions Of the pro-
fession that every actor and actress
on entering the theater shall say
GOOD evening" and on leaving GOOD
night" to the stage doorkeeper. Dur
ing the many dreary hours 1 have
been permitted to stand in the stufy
Railways of many stage doorkeepers
I have never known an actor, from
the haughtiest Shakespearean star to
the lowliest chorus girl, fail to greet
the stage doorkeeper with enthusiasm,
and can remember but few instances
of the greeting ever having been TO-
turned.-Charles Belmont Davis in
Outing Magazine.
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RECORD PRICE FOR RAILS
Steel Corporation Closes Contract
With Japan.

New York, Nov. 5.-All records in
the price for rails hitherto sold for
export were broken when the United
States Steel Products Export CON-
pany, which takes care of the foreign
business Of the United States Steel
corporation, closed cable contract
from the administration of the Japa-
nese government railways calling for
the shipment of 10000 tons on a basis
which will net just shade below $50
a ton at the mills. This is nearly 81
ton in excess of the existing price
for rails intended for consumption in
the United States. This unprecedent-
ed figure is to be paid to assure prompt
delivery
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uBsCRIPTION...s5.OO PER ANNUM
THE OYSTER.

Our friend Fred Jordan recently
attended an oyster supper at place
not far removed from Bemidji, and
he was so profoundly impressed with
the average bivlave that he hands
the Pioneer man the following for
publication:
The oyster is calm, dispas-
sionate being. 1t is unmoved by
JOY or sorrow, so far as I know. 1t
leads quite, contemplative exis-
tence. 1t has little to do but to
think. Having no feet, it does not
indulge in pedestrianism, nor does
it have to worry about trousers and
shoes, nor about the hang of its
skirts, in case it is the kind of an
oyster that would wear skirts. ,Oys-
tiers have no social organization.
Once one oyster at time was in
vited to attend church socials, but
since it began being mentioned in
the almanacs even that has been
stopped.
The oyster lives in a she'll nearly
all its life. It does not smoke or
chew. 1t has no teeth, consequently
toothache never affects it because of
the dampness of it's surroundings.
No one ever heard of an oyster COM
planning of the rheumatism, indiges-
ton, the grip, or any other trouble,
and yet there are people who claim
that oysters are not healthy.
The oyster is very fond of taking
a pebble into it's interior and con-
verting it into a pearl, which would
be worth $4,000 if it we're not
boiled. When boiled the pearl isn't
worth even vain regret.
That is the only chance the
oyster has to get even with the
world. Let US all be glad we were
not created oysters"
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-11-05
A Sea Story.

A Sea Story.
The good ship Fair Wind was bowl
Ing along before the nor'west trade.
The captain was in the galley peeling
potatoes for the mems dinner; the
mate was. swabbing down the poop;
the cook was shooting the sun and the
apprentices were merrily shooting
holes in the skylight with chunks of
plum duff. s- .
There she blowsw cried the man In
the crows nest.
Instantly all was excitement.
'There what blowsY' yelled the skip
per.
'The wind" answered the lookout,
with hoarse laugh.
The captain burst into tears.
"Kidded aboard my own Ship" he
wept, but his tears were interrupted
by wild yell from the forecastle.
Land hop -. ......
"WhereawayW cried the skipper.
AT the bottom" A sneering laugh
from the hands.
"Fooled again." said the captain
tearfully. And with a plunge over
the side he was gone.-New York
American.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-11-05
OBSERVATIONS.

d What most towns need is curfew
for married men.
ST. Occasionally dull person shines
in an emergency.
An empty stomach provides man
with food for thought.
Babies would rather 60 to sleep
than listen to some songs.
Women get their rights as we'll as
their lefts-at shoe store.
It takes bunko man to appreciate
fully the good things of life.
You'll never make good unless
you take an occasional chance.
Even girls who are not super
stitious believe in ice cream signs.
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Pleads Guilty to Graftinu.

st. Louis, Nov. 5.-Councilman
George O. Linde, recently indicted by
the grand jury on a charge of NAL
feasance in office, growing out of
contract by his firm for cleaning the
house of delegates chamber at a cost
OF $1,695 to the city, pleaded guilty in
the court of criminal correction and
was fined $500. The penalty was the
maximum fine for the offense
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-11-05
MAGAZINE ExPLODES.
Several Persons Injured and Much
Property DESTROYED

Butler, Pa, Nov. Several per-
sons were injured, some fatally, and a
property loss of $4,000 resulted when
the magazine of the Petroleum Tor
pedo company, sixteen miles from
here, exploded. There were 500 quarts
of nitroglycerin in the magazine and
the cause of the explosion is not
known.
The factory building of the com.
pany 100 yards away. was completely
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Key Strike or at New Orleans.

New Orleans, Nov. Following
meeting Of the Commercial Telegra-
piers union here, at which 1t was
voted to permit all operators to go
back to work who desired, officials Of
the union announced that 80 far as
New Orleans is concerned the tele-
graph strike is thing OF the past.
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Her Secret Sorrow.

'That woman over there has some
hidden SORROW" declared the sympa-
thetic one as she came In and took
her seat at table not far away. IT
have often noticed her. See. Her COM
panion orders everything she could
possibly want and yet she sits there
silent with face like mask. am
awfully sorry for her." C., 4= =.
Don't you worry" advised her pessi-
mist1c friend. "That's her husband
with her. She's bored, that's all."-
New York Press.
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Dock Will Cost 100000.

Superior, Wis, Nov. 5.-The Pitts
burg Coal company has let contracts
to the Barnett-Record company and
the Great Lakes Dredging company
for work On it's big coal dock at Al
louez bay, Superior, preparatory to the
enlargement and rebuilding Of that
structure A total of 100000 will be
expended Complete new steel ma
chinery is to be one of the improve
ments.
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HUSBAND AND WIFE SLAIN
Italian Couple SHOT to Death at Gar.
field, N. J.


Passaic, N. j., Nov. 5.-Raffile Ruff.
fano and his wife, Antonette, were
murdered in Garfield, N. J. A neigh
Dor found the woman's body on the
walk in front Of the grocery store
which the couple owned. In the kitch.
en- back of the store Ruffano's body
was found. Both had been shot in the
head. There is no clue to the muir.
derer.
Ruffano and his wife moved to Gar.
field from New York several months
ago. To acquaintance they said they
had been compelled to leave Italy very
suddenly two years ago, but gave no
reason for their hasty departure. Mr..
Ruffano seemed always in fear of
something and always carried a re-
volver.
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Missing Financier Reappears.

New York, Nov. Seward Heidel-
bach, president of the Fabian Manu-
featuring company Of Cincinnati, who
mysteriously disappeared from this
city Aug 26, has arrived here on the
steamer Lucania. The company went
into the hands of receiver follow
ing his disappearance, tor which no
explanation was given.
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Chicago Union Stock Yards.

Chicago, Nov. 4.-Cattle- Beeves,
s3.65@7.1O; COWS, $1.25@5.OO; calves,
$5.00@7.5O; Texans, $3.50@4.30; West
ern cattle, $3.oo@5.5o; stockers and
feeders, $2.40@4.6O. Hogs Light,
s5.70@6.271h: mixed, $5.75@6.321h;
heavy, s5.4o@6,30; rough, s5.40@5.65;
pigs, $4.20@5.70 Sheep, $2.6O@5.3O;
yearlings, $5.0o@5.so; lambs, $4.25@
6.S5.
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Question For .Question.

Question For Question. ,ut
my son wants to marry your daugh-
ter. Does she know how to cook 4
good dinner?" ~, ..#,.
eyes, If she gets the materials for
one. Does your. son know how to sup
ply them T'-Baltimore American.