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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-01-02
IMPORTANT LEGISLATIVE ACTS
OF CONGRESS TAKE FORCE
WITH NEW YEAR.
ISSUANCE OF PASSES FORBIDDEN
ONLY EMPLOYEES OF RAILROADS
AND THEIR FAMILIES RIDE
49, FREE HEREAFTER.

Washington, Jan. 2. Tuesday
marked the beginning of the life OF
several legislative acts of congress
important alike to the nation as a
whole and to the citizens of the Dis
trict of Columbia. These are the free
alcohol law, the pure food law, the
anti-pass section of the interstate COM
merce law, the modification Of the
navigation laws to simplify enroll
ments and licenses and a law with
reference to the licensing of druggists
in the District of Columbia.
The pure food law contemplates bar
ring from interstate commerce all
foods that are injurious to health. The
free alcohol law is intended to assist
farmers and smaller users Of power to
have fuel that in efficiency and cost
shall be cheaper than gasoline or kero-
sene. The anti-pass provision Of the
interstate commerce law forbids COM
mon carriers, directly or indirectly,
giving interstate free tickets or passes
for passengers except to their en-
ployes and families, agents Of the car
riers and their surgeons, physicians
and attorneys, to persons engaged In
religious and charitable work and to
certain other specified classes.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-01-02
COPPER KING IN SENATE.
Guggenheim Will Succeed Patterson
Of Colorado.

Denver, Jan. 2.-Simon Guggen-
helms election as United States SEN
ator to succeed Thomas M. Patterson
is assured by the action of the Repub-
lican members of the general assem-
bly, in caucus. Mr. Guggenheim's can
didacy was endorsed by a vote of 6S
to 1. .. '.
Seventy of the 100 members of the
legislature are Republicans and all but
QUE of them participated in the eau
Gus.
Mr.. Guggenheim is thirty-nine years
of age and is son of the late Meyer
Guggenheim of New York. He is a
very wealthy man and is member of
the executive committee of the Amer
lean Smelling and Refining company.
In an interview Mr.. Guggenheim said:
IF | go to the senate it will not be
to represent the smelling company or
any other company or any other inter-
est. I will go as Simon Guggenheim,
plain citizen, to represent the people
of Colorado. An honorable ambition
is permitted to every man, even to
the wealthiest, and it is my ambition
to serve my country"
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-01-02
Steering the Ship.

The work Of steering a great ship,
even with the aid Of modern machin-
cry, is much more delicate than one
would imagine. The larger and faster
the ship the greater is the difficulty.
It is not enough to hold the wheel In
the same position to keep the ship on
her course, for the wind and waves
and the currents of the ocean tend
constantly to knock the ship off her
course. The great wall Of steel for
the hull may be 700 feet long and sixty
feet high offers broad target for
the wind and waves. The art in steer
ing is to humor the ship to these forces
and when she Is DETECTED bring her
back quickly to her course. If you
could watch the pinnacle, especially
in bad weather, you would see the
needle Of the compass constantly shift
ing from side to side, which means
that the great steel prov Is not going
forward in a perfectly straight line
Francis Arnold Collins in st. Nicholas.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-01-02
BRIEF BITS OF NEWS.

The shah of Persia Is in critical
condition.
Aunt" Dorcas Harris, negress, is
dead at Mineral Wells, Tex, aged 129
years.
Peter Larson, with the possible ex-
ception of Senator w. A. Clark the
wealthiest man in Montana, is dying
at Helena from cirrhosis of the liver.
Wages of coal miners in Southern
Colorado districts were advanced 10
per cent Jan. /. More than 5000 men
are benefited. The increase amounts
to 100000 a year.
A huge enlightenment has been dis
covered at the Military club in Madrid,
funds aggregating $4,000 being miss
ing. The treasurer of the club disap-
peared nearly a month ago.
Elmer McClelland, a joint railroad
rate inspector and the son of H. r..
McClelland, wealthy resident of
Newark, o., committed suicide at De-
catur, Ill, by cutting his throat with
two razors.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-01-02
INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMITS.
SION TO INVESTIGATE THE
BLOCK SYSTEM.
PRINCIPLES OF THE PLAN VIOLATED
6AID ovERWoRkED AND UNDER.
PAID MEN ARE EMPLOYED
TO SIGNAL TRAINS.

Washington, Jan. 2.-The Interstate
commerce commission has reached an
agreement to investigate the block
signal systems on both the Southern
and the Baltimore and Ohio railways
In view of the recent disastrous col
l1slons and derailments on those roads
attended by serious injury and loss of
life.
The first hearing, which will be pub
lie, will occur in this city Friday,
Jan. 4.
The commission will make it's in
vestigation under resolution of con-
gress approved June 80, 1906, empow-
erlng the interstate commerce COM
mission to report the use and neces-
sity OF block signal systems and ap-
planes for automatic control of rail-
way trains in the United States.
Statements made by experts of the
commission indicate that the people
have been misled into the impression
that the block systems of this country
are adding greatly to the safety of
travel. TO the contrary, the experts
say these systems have had no such
effect. The commissions statistics
prove that constantly increasing
proportion of accidents occur,
The explanation given by the ex-
perts is startling. They say that the
principles of the block system are
flagrantly violated: that more and
more business is sought at the ex-
pense of safety; that overworked and
underpaid men are placed in the tow
ers to signal trains; that excessively
long hours for these men and the low
quality of service that can be secured
for the wages paid combine to nullify
the benefits that ought to be derived
from rigid enforcement of the block
system.
The latest figures of the casualties
in the wreck at Terra Gotta Sunday
night place the dead at fifty-three,
with three score injured, suffering
from wounds and fractures. Several
of the most seriously injured are ex-
pected to die and the death list may
yet reach sixty.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-01-02
IN DEFENSE OF SHEA.
Witnesses Testify That Employers
Locked Them Out.

Chicago, Jan. 2.-Drivers who were
employed during the transfers strike
by various department stores were the
principal witnesses of the day at the
trial of Cornelius P. Shea and other
strike leaders before Judge Ball in
the criminal court Counsel for the
defense sought to prove by these wit
nesses that they had not gone on a
strike, but that they had been locked
out by their employers. William
Grees, the first witness, was asked by
Attorney Cruice, counsel for the de-
tense, if he knew Shea in April, 1905.
He replied in the negative, but said
that he had since become acquainted
with him and the principal defendants
on trial. Grees also said that he did
not know jeremiah Mccarthy at that
time. This portion of Grees' testi-
mony was offered for the purpose of
showing to the jury that neither Nc
Carthy nor Shea had called the drivers
out on strike as was testified to by
witnesses for the state.
A number of others also testified
that they had been locked out by
their employers.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-01-02
SEEK A PROTECTORATE
WEALTHY cUBANs TO FORWARD
PETITION TO WASHINGTON
ON THE SUBJECT.
no ADVANCE MONEY ON CROPS
BANKERS MUST BE ASSURED
THAT THIS COUNTRY GUAR.
ANTEEs PEACE.
NO ADVANCE MONEY ON CROPS

Havana, Jan. 1T is reported here
that petition for an American pro-
tectorate is ready to be sent to Wash
ington from Remedies, the wealthiest
district in Cuba, signed by 200 native
Cubans, each of whom is man of
wealth. A petition from Cienfuegos,
of similar character, is soon to fol-
low, having the signatures of several
hundred property owners. In other
parts of the island, it is stated, SIM
liar petitions are in course of prepare
tion
A weekly newspaper advocating a
prOtectorate as means of settling
the Cuban situation will probably be
issued, as money for the project, it
is stated, is rapidly being subscribed
A banker of Havana has declared
that he will not advance a dollar for
sugar raising after June, 1907, unless
the United States shows that it in
tends to guarantee peace to Cuba.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-01-02
CASTRO NEARING RECOVERY.
President Of Venezuela Not Suffering
From Tuberculosis,

President Of Venezuela Not SUFFERING
From Tuberculosis.
New York, Jan. 2.-Dispatches to
the Herald from La Guayra, Venezu-
Ella, via Port of Spain, contain an in
terview in which the statement is
made by DR.. Rafael Ravenga, secre-
tary general and personal physician
to President Castro, that Castro's
health will be fully restored in fifteen
days and that within a month or less
he will be carrying on the administra
ton of the government as before July
last.
DR.. Ravenga denies that his patient
is suffering from tuberculosis or from
the trouble which rumor has charged.
He maintains that he has the fiebre
paludica and severe form of gastric
fever.
The Herald's correspondent says he
is compelled to say that there is moth
ing at Macuto, where President Cas-
tro is sojourning, which would indi-
cate that the president of the country
is at deaths door, as some have main
tanned at Caracas.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-01-02
New York's Cab Drivers,

A driver has to have license. That
mysterious official, the mayors mar
shall, grants one upon the payment of
Is cents and two written testimonials
Of honesty. A man may come out Of
Sing Sing, whittier he has been sent
for highway robbery or stoning the
minister's cat or any other crime, if
he presents two greasy letters one of
any Jones and the other Of any Smith
stating that he Is an honest fellow he
will get a license. No inquiry Is made.
His references are never looked up.
Indeed, if you are desperate criminal
guilty of murder or failure to pay
alimony-you can do no better than
take out license and hide on top Of a
cab. So into the business drift all
sorts and conditions Of rogues. Under
the aegis Of the law the aegis being
twenty-five cent badge they rob you
and me.-Vance Thompson In Outing
Magazine
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-01-02
PURPOSES OF NEW ISSUE.
Great Northern Files Notice of In
crease of CAPITAL,

st. Paul, Jan. 2.-The Great North
eTn Railway company has filed with
the secretary of state a notice of the
action taken by the board of directors
IN ordering an issue of $6O,OOO,OOO adj
dltional stock. The certificate is
signed by President James J. Hill and
Secretary Edward Il. Nichols. The
notice also states the purposes for
which the stock is to be issued.
The notice filed certifies that at a
meeting Of the board of directors in
New York on Dec. II, 1906, a resolu-
ton was adopted for increasing the
capital stock by an issue of 100000
shares of the par value of S1OO, in
addition to the present stock issue of
100000 shares. This new issue is
for the following purposes:
Flrst-To provide funds for such
further and additional equipment as
the board of directors may from time
to time determine to be necessary.
Second-To provide funds for addi-
tional terminals and facilities on ex-
listing lines, including good second
main track, and for reductions of
grades and improvements of the line.
as they may be authorized from time
to time by the board of directors.
Third-To acquire the bonds or
stocks, or both. of the following COM
panies; Dakota and Great Northern
Railway company; Montana and Great
Northern Railway company; Billings
and Northern Railroad company;
Washington and Great Northern Rail-
way company; Portland and Seattle
Railway company; Vancouver, Vic
toria and Eastern Railway and Navi-
cation company; Brandon, Saskatche-
wan and Hudson Bay Railway COM
pany; Midland Railway company Of
Manitoba,
Fourth-To acquire such other Sc
curltles as the board of directors may
from time to time authorize to be &C.
quired.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-01-02
GOOD RESULTS LOOKED FOF
Provisions of Pure Food Law Now in
Effect.

New York, Jan. 2.-The pure food
law enacted at the last session of con-
gress became operative Tuesday. The
authors of the measure believe that it
will put an effectual stop to the sale
of adulterated and impure foods and
drugs, confectionery and liquors. The
abuses sought to be corrected, it Is
asserted, are numberless, but here
after it will be possible for consumers,
to know precisely what they are re-
,ceiving for their money. Articles I'M
der the heads already enumerated will
have to be what they purport to be if
the law is complied with. A large
number of inspectors working under
the supervision of the department of
agriculture will watch dealers of all
sorts to see that they do not violate
the law. Offenses against the law
will be punishable by fine or impris-
onment or both. 1t will be illegal to
manufacture any article of food or
drug which is misbranded or adul-
terated. Conviction for an offense
against this provision may be fol-
lowed by fine not exceeding $500 and
subsequent convictions may be fol-
lowed by fine of $1,000 or a years
imprisonment or both.
1t is considered a certainty that as
a result of the law certain brands of
jams, preserves and canned goods
will be all but driven out of the mar
ket, because the law stipulates that all
goods must be properly labeled. AS
all liquors in bottles offered for sale
at bars must be labeled what is known
to drinkers as straight rye" whisky
must be designated pure" Bottles
containing so-called blended whisky
must be marked in such a way as
truthfully to describe their contents,
but exactly the form of such labels
has not yet been fixed by the depart
ment of agriculture's experts.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-01-02
The Hessians PLAYED.

1t is a matter of record that upon
the first official celebration Of indie
pendence day by the Continental con-
gress music was secured for the occa-
sion by forcing the Hessian band,
which had been captured by George
Washington at Trenton in the previous
December, to play in the public square
all day, to the great delight and amuse-
ment Of the people. 1t is also stated
that these involuntary celebrants were
obliged to practice appropriate airs for
three weeks previously In order that
they could not plead ignorance as an
excuse -.r
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-01-02
FIGHTS WITH MASKED ROBBERS
Station Agent at York, Neb., Puts
f.. Bandits to Flight.

York, Neb., Jan. &c. G.. Morris,
night agent for the Burlington, Crap
pied with two masked robbers and beat
them off. One stood guard over him
while the other rifed the cash drawer.
Morris struck his guard senseless
with fire shovel. Then he grappled
with the other robber, who had his
hands full of money. They fought
their way to the platform and were en-
gagged in terrific struggle when the
other robber recovered. He came to
the platform, called to his companion
and they ran off in the darkness. AS
they left they fired two shots at the
agent, but he was not injured.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-01-02
SMELLS ENDOWMENT FUND.
Rockefeller Gives Nearly 100000 to
CHICAGO Uniyersity

Rockefeller Gives Nearly $3,OUO,OOO to
Chicago University.
Chicago, JAM "A New Years gift
of nearly $3,000,000 has been presented
by John D. Rockefeller to the Univer-
sity of Chicago. This brings Mr..
Rockefeller's gifts to the university up
to a total of $19,416,922.
Announcement of the latest dona-
ton was contained in a letter from
John D. Rockefeller, Jr., to Acting
President Harry Pratt Judson.
The major portion of the New Years
gift is to go to the permanent endow-
ment fund of the university and for
this purpose securities with market
value of S2,700,0OO are provided. The
remainder of the gift-s217, 000-is to
make up the years deficit, to provide
for an increase in the salaries of in
structors and to allow appropriations
for various purposes. The $2,7O0,00O
addition. to the endowment brings this
fund to $10,452,616.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-01-02
UNIQUE CAREER ENDS.
Or. Younge, Bible Student and Soldier,
lie Dead

- : S~'SS3 INV SeANSIs QuA 0OINIOT1
Is Dead.
Fort Wayne, Ind, Jan. DIR. j. w.
Younge, aged sixty-six years, is dead
here after a unique and marvellous
career. He was we'll known Indiana
specialist and Bible student, traveller
and lecturer.
He was engaged in the Civil war
and a soldier of fortune in Cuba and
Mexico. He was retired from the
Civil war with the rank of major. He,
with others, accepted the offer of
President Juarez of Mexico to join his
forces. With the rank of colonel
Younge commanded battalion at
Dueratoro when Macmillan was CAP
tured and was an eyewitness to his
execution.
In 1870 he contracted to build tor
pedo boat destroyer for Cuba against
SPANS fleet cruising in Cuban waters.
but the United States government in
terfered, claiming a violation of the
neutrality laws with Spain, and
Younge lost s1,OOO,OOO in bonds he
was to have received for the work.
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TO DISCOURAGE SUICIDES.
New Field Of Work for the Salvation
Army

London. Jan. 2. General William
Booth, commandments of the Sal
walton Army, who starts in February
on a trip to japan, via the United
States, has opened bureau in the
headquarters of the army in London
with the avowed object of checking
the spread Of suicide. General Booth
explains that suicides generally might
be dissuaded by a little sensible and
sympathetic advice and this the bu-
reau. will offer, without any inquiry
concerning the applicants anteced-
ants or circumstances, and at the same
time their condolences will be rigidly
respected and their secrets inviolably
preserved.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-01-02
PRINT PAPER MILL SYNDICATE

New Trust to Take the Place of the
General Paper Company.
Appleton, Wis, Jan. "a print pa
per mill syndicate, capitalized at sew.
erai million dollars and including
every newspaper mill in wisconsin,
Michigan and Minnesota, is in process
of formation, according to semi-ofi
cial report just given out. The syndi-
cate is said to have been decided upon
to take the place of the General Paper
company, which was ordered out of
existence several months ago by the
federal courts, it's operations having
been contrary to the Sherman anti
trust law.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-01-02
The Great Jenner.

An Elglishman had occasion to go
often to an eminent physician and said
to Jeames, "You will be tired Of open
ing the door for me-" "Not at all, sir"
was the gracious reply; "you are but
hunt In the hocean.'
Another Jeames was accustomed to
say during his masters occasional alb
sences: "You had better try hopposite.
There's very respectable man hop
posite as we often sends to when Sir
William Is habsent. His name Is Jen-
uer."-London Mail.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-01-02
BIG SURPLUS IN TREASURY.
Receipts Of Government Far Ahead Of
Disbursements.

Disbursements.
Washington, Jan. 2-Leslie M.
Shaw, secretary of the treasury, has
prepared a resume of the years finan-
cial record, which he says has been
prepared in response to multiplied re-
quests.
In round numbers he places the re-
ceipts for the calendar year 1906 at
1926, 100000 and expenditures at $685.
100000, or an excess of receipts over
expenditures of $59,OO0,0OO.
AS there has been no change in the
tariff laws relating to internal revenue
Secretary Shaw says the large in
crease In receipts is due solely to the
extraordinary trade activity. The to-
tai expenditure, however, for 1906, as
compared with 1905, he says, shows a
decrease Of only 100000.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-01-02
Rewards for Four Murderers.

Jackson, Miss, Jan. 2.-Governor
Vardaman has offered a reward of
$3.50 for the negro, Tom Simpson, who
the Kemper county trou-
bles by killing Constable O'Brien. He
also offers a reward of $3.50 for the
three white men, Dan Kerr, Hal Byrd
and Ernest Bryan. charged with the
killing of the negro, Calvin Nicholson.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-01-02
Curious COlncideuCes.

When the Ring theater, in Vienna,
was burned, with great loss of life,
one of the other playhouses of the
Austrian capital was playing Paille-
ron's lie Monde on Pon S'Ennuie;"
when the Stadt theater, in Vienna, was
burned another theater in that city
was playing lie Monde GU ron Sen
NUE." and on the evening of the day
when the fire in the charity bazaar in
Paris took place the Theatre Francois
was announced to play lie Monde on
Pom S'Ennuie."
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-01-02
Fifteen Per Cent Increase.

81 Paso, Tex, Jan. The Mexican
Central railroad conductors announce
that the road has granted the increase
in wages which they demanded,
which is equal to the pay Of the con-
ductors in the United States, and there
will be no strike. The increase
amounts to about 15 per cent.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-01-02
WOMAN cRAzED BY JEALOUSY.
Shoots Her Husband and Tries to
Commit Suicide.

Collinsville, ILL.,, Jan. 2.-Crazed by
jealousy Mrs. Lucy Shannon shot and
probably mortally wounded her hus-
band, Leonard Shannon, at Maryville,
five miles below here, and then at
tempted to take her own life by jump
ing into a well. Paul Shannon, her
brother-in-law, intercepted her and she
turned and attacked him so vigorously
that he was compelled to beat her into
insensibility.
1t is believed Shannon will die. Mrs.
Shannon was arrested The shooting
followed quarrel resulting from
iealOuSV
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-01-02
LADY CLANCARTY DEAD.
Was Formerly Belle Billion, Music
Hall Beauty.


Hall Beauty.
Dublin, Jan. 2.-Lady Clancarty is
dead at her husbands estate in County
Galway. She was the first of the
music hall beauties to marry into the
peerage. When the earl married Belle
Billion she was the reigning stage
beauty Of London.
Unlike many of the succeeding mar
riages of a like character the union of
Lord Clancarty and Belle Billion was
most happy one. The one time mu-
sic hall singer made the earl a good
wife. She settled down to life of
rustic peace among her husbands
Irish tenants and won the hearts of
the country gentry by her splendid
cross country riding.
Cancer, which developed last Feb
ruary, was the cause of death.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-01-02
KILLS HIS sTEPFATHER.
Youth Accuses Latter of Beating His
Mother.

st. Louis, Jan. 2.-Thomas Harris,
aged twenty-five, shot his stepfather,
Henry Miller, forty-fve years of age,
at the latter's home, killing him in
stantly. Harris told the rolice that he
fired the shots because he mother had
been severely beaten by Miller after
having accused her of taking a SIS
bill from his pocket.
81 couldn't bear to see him beat my
mother and I fired" said Harris, who
lives in New York and has been visit
ing his mother during the holidays.
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ATTEMPT TO DESTROY LINER.
Vessel Saved After Desperate Strug-
gle With Gang.

London, Jan. "A dispatch to a
news agency from Odessa says that a
band Of unknown men made an at
tempt to blow up the Russian Steam
ship company's Atlantic liner Gregory
Morch, which has just completed her
first trip in the new Odessa-New York
service. A desperate struggle took
place between the crew and the mem
bers Of the band, during which sew
eral sailors were shot. The lighted
fuse of bomb was extinguished be-
fore any damage was done.