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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-12-07
VIOLENCE |S|MM|NENT
Situation at Goldfield, New, as
Revealed by Governor.
TELEGRAM IS MADE PUBLIC
dent Indicates Possibility Of Great
Are Unable to Control Situation.

Peril and Asserts Local Officials
Are Unable to Control Situation.
Washington, Dec. IA situation of
the utmost and immediate danger at
Goldield, New, is revealed in the Off.
cial correspondence between Governor
Sparks of that state and the president,
just made public. The governors ap-
peal for troops Is construed by the
authorities here to indicate the i'm.
minence of great peril and If actual
violence is to occur at all it is ex-
pected before the arrival of the troops
from California in Goldfeld. The
governors appeal to the president,
dated at Carson City, follows:
cat Goldfeld, Esmeralda county,
state of Nevada, there does now exist
domestic violence and unlawful COM
binations and conspiracy which do
now so obstruct and continue to so
obstruct and hinder the execution Of
the laws of the state of Nevada and
now deprive and continue to deprive
the people of said section of the state
of the rights, privileges, immunities
and protection named in the Consti-
tuition of the United States and of the
state of Nevada and which are Sc
cured by the laws for the protection
of such rights, privileges and immuni-
fho if,,k o1 oprfh
of the state Of Nevada are now and
continue to be unable to protect the
people in such rights and the reason
Of such inability and the particulars
thereof are the following, to wit:
Unlawful dynamiting of property,
commission of felonies, threats
against the lives and property of law
abiding citizens, the unlawful posses.
sion of arms and ammunition and the
confiscation of dynamite with threats
of the unlawful use of the same by
preconcerted action.
"The lawfully constituted authori-
ties of this state are unable to appre-
bend and punish the perpetrators Of
said crimes and to prevent the COM
mission of other threatened crimes
and unless the relief hereinafter re-
quested is granted this state and the
lives and property of large number
Of its people will be irreparably at.
fected and damaged contrary to the
peace and dignity of the United
States and of the state of Nevada"
The message then appeals for
troops, as provided by the laws of the
United States and the state of Ne
vada
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-12-07
NO ARRESTS FOR A WEEK
Situation at Goldfield Said to Be Un.
usually Quiet.

Goldfield, New, Dec. Tn view Of
the admission of the mine operators
that they applied to the president for
orders holding troops in readiness to
come to Goldfeld there is a wide
divergence of opinion. Few people
can be made to believe that such &C.
ton would be taken over the head Of
the sheriff, who says he has not been
consulted.
He denies that he is not able to
control the situation and adds that he
has not been approached. Several
inquiries directed to the governor ask
ing on what grounds he asked for
troops remain unanswered 1t is &C.
copied that the publication of the ac-
ton of the war department was pre-
mature and that the operators only
wished to get rid of the preliminaries
before the critical time came for
opening the mines with nonunion Ia
borers.
The mine operators held long ses-
sion, but said they had nothing to
give out for publication beyond de-
ploring the fact that the application
for troops had gained such wide pub
licity
From messages received here dur
ing the last twenty-four hours 1t is
evident that the outside world thinks
all messages from Goldfeld are cen.
sored and that correspondents are pre-
vented from giving the facts on the
situation. Owing to the sensational
freports the officers are swamped with
requests to take care Of valuable
realty in the event of rioting or fire.
There has not been an arrest here
for common drunkenness fora week.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-12-07
Practice Marches for Officers.

Washington, Dec. THE war de-
partment has published a general or
der issued by the president greatly
extending its original order relative
to riding tests of officers of the army.
The president now requires every field
officer to make daily practice march
of not less than thirty miles for three
days in succession each year All
officers are required to accompany
their commands On the monthly prac-
tice marches.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-12-07
Tax Beer to Build Waterways.

Washington, Dec. An annual tax
of 81 on every barrel of beer brewed
in the United States for the creation
of permanent investment fund" of
$50,000,000 yearly for the develop
ment of the country's waterways is
the proposal carried in a joint resolu-
ton introduced in the house by Mr..
Acheson of Pennsylvania.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-12-07
Triple TRAGEDY in Texas.

Smithville, Tex, Dec. 7.-E. w.
swenson killed his former wife, shot
her husband and then committed sui
eide near here. Following her divorce
from Swenson the woman married J..
Jacob First, a farmer. She and her
husband were in Smithville on a
shopping trip and We're returning to
their home when they met Swenson
The couple not needing his command
to stop swenson opened fire, killing
the woman and wounding First. Then,
turning the weapon on himself, he in
flicted fatal wound.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-12-07
.ELuDEs a sHERIFF's POSSE
Alleged Iowa Murderer Manages to
Escape.

Des Moines, Ia, Dec. IA special
to the Register and Leader says that
Harry Jones, wanted for the murder
of Mr., Fred Xxx and Mrs. William Van
Winkler Of Fairport, Ia, came out OF
the woods near that town and Sc
cured meal from a wood cutter who
had not heard Of the crime, He dis
appeared again, and though the sher-
IFS posse Of 100 men came up soon
afterward, Jones escaped them. It is
believed that he procured a boat and
has gone down the Mississippi river.
1t was disclosed that Jones was a
rejected suitor of Mrs. Van Winkler,
He told her at the time of her mar
riage that she would not live to en-
Joy 1t. He is also accused now Of the
killing of Mr.. and Mrs. Tuman at
Fairport four years ago.
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Two Skaters Drowned.

Elysian, Mimi, Dec. Two little
boys were drowned while skating on
Lake Lily. The victims of the acct.
dent We're sons Of Frank Wesley and
their ages were eight and ten years,
They went down in five feet of water
and as it was ten minutes before the
father got the bodies out the attempt
to resuscitate them was not success
fl,l
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-12-07
Bank Robbery in Oklahoma.

Carney, Okla, Dec. Five men
succeeded after firing five nitroglycerin
shots in breaking into the safe of the
Carney bank and securing $4,000.
While two men time after time
charged the safe with nitroglycerin
and explosion after explosion shat
tered and broke up the bank furni-
ture the other robbers stood guard on
the outside of the building and kept
up a steady rifle fire in every direc-
ton, shooting at any citizen of the
town who appeared.
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NOTICE OF APPLICATION
for
LIQUOR LICENSE.
STATE OF MINNESOTA, !
COUNTY OF BELTRAMI, rSs
City of Bemidji,

STATE OF MINNESOTA, J
COUNTY OF BELTRAMI. rss
City of Bemidji.
Notice is hereby given. that application has
been made in writing to the city council of
said City of Bemdji and fled in my
Office praying for license to sell intoxicat-
ing liquors for the term commencing on
December 2lst. 1907. and terminating on
December. 2st 1908. by the following per-
son; and at the following place. as stated in
said application. respectively. to-wit:
A. L. WYLER
At and in that certain two story frame
building. first floor front room located on
Lot eight 80 Block fourteen u4> Original
townsite of Bemidji, Minnesota.
Said application will be heard and deter
mined by said city council Of the City OF
Bemdji at the City Clerks office in the City
Hall in said city of Bemidji in Reltrami
county, and State Of Minnesota, on Monday
the 9th day OF December A. d.. 1907, at 6
o'clock D. m. of that day.
Witness my hand and seal Of said city
this goth day Of November. A. D. 1907
(SeaD THOMAS MALOY.
City Clerk.
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Chicago Grain and Provisions.

Chicago, Dec. 6. Wheat Dec,
94Ac; May, $1.01A @1.01N. Corn
Dec, bic; May, 56sac. Oats Dec.
old, 49asc; Dec, 4914c;; May, old,
b3ssc; May, 51A@51Mc. Pork
$12.671z; May, $13.071k. Butter
Creameries, 2O@271@c; dairies, ITO
25c. Eggs-20@25c. Poultry-Tur-
keys, S012c; chickens, 0h01Oo;
springs. 10c..
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-12-07
Duluth Wheat and Flax.

Duluth, Dec. s. -Wheat-To arrive
and on track-No. hard, $1,O5T;
No. l Northern, $1.043s; No 2 North
ern. $1.017l;; Dec, $1.O2M; May, ST.
O9A. In store-No. Northern. ST.
04s; No. Northern, $1.O17s. Flax
TO arrive, on track and Deo., ST.
12A; lay, $1.1S1a.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-12-07

acute and chronic catarrh. and Special Dis
eases OF the Eye. Ear. Nose and Throat Lung
Disease Early Consumption Bronchitis. Bron
ehial Catarrh. Constitutional Catarrh. Dys-
Troubles. rheumatism. Neuralgia. Sciatica
Bright'S Disease. Diabetes, Kidney, Liver.
Bladder. PrOStatiC and Female Diseases. Dir
EineSs. Nervousness Indigestion. Obesity. In
terrupted Nutrition, Slow groth in children.
eases OF deafness. ringing ia the ears. loss OF
eyeSight. cataract. cross eyes. etc. that have
been improperly treated or neglected, can be
easily restored. Deformities. club feet. cur
verature Of the spine. disease of the BRAIN
paralysis epilepsy. heart disease. dropsy,
pain in the bone granular engagements and
all lOng-standing diseases properly treated
Young. middle aged and old. single or mar
ried men and all who suffer from lost man
hood; nervous debility. spermatorrhoea. sem
inal losses. sexual decay. failing memory,
weak eyes, stunted development. lack of
energy. impoverished blood, pimples impede
mentS to marriage; also blood and skin dis
ease. Syphilis. eruptiOns. hair falling, bone
pains. swellings. sore throat, ulcers. effects Of
back. burning urine. passing urine too often.
gSnorrhoea. gleet. structure. receiving treat
ment prompt relief for life.
Cancers, Tumors, sGoiter, FistuIa, --Piles
varicocele and enlarged glands, with the SUBJ
: cutaneaus injection method. absolutely with
out pain and without the loss of a drop of
blood, Is one Of his own discoveries. and is the
most really scientific and certainly sure cure
OF the twentieth century. Consultation to
those interested, S1.0O.
DIR. REA & CO.,
Minneapolis Mimi. Louisville. Ky.
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St. Paul Union Stock Yards

ST. Paul, Dec. Cattle Good to
choice steers, s5.O0@6.OO; fair to good,
$4.O0@4.50; good to choice COWS and
heifers, $3.50@4.50; veals, $4.0O@5.5O.
Hogs $4.e0@4.s0. Sheep Wethers.
$4.25@4.5O; good to choice lambs,
$5.5O@6.OO.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-12-07
MARKET QUOTATIONS.
Minneapolis Wheat.

Minnear oils, Dec. -Wheat-Dec,
$1.O3A @1.O3%; May, $1OS1a. On
track-No. l hard, $1.07sk; No. 1
Northern, $1.05as; No. q Northern.
81 .02M @1.037b; No. 8 Northern, 99c
@$1.01.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-12-07

When a boy refuses to take care
of his oldest sisters children, there
is general rejoicing if the storks
after his marriage keep continuous
flight to his chimney.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-12-07

1t is hard to believe that those
people are your friends who begin to
talk about the things you dislike
the moment they see you.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-12-07
Initiative,

Mother hatever are you doing to
poor dolly, child9 Child Pm just go
ing to put her to bed, mummy. I've
taken off her hair, but can't get her
teeth out.-Sourire.
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Cancers, Tumors, sGoiter, FistuIa, piles
Notice..

Water meters are now on sale at net cost
at City Clerks Office in city hall. Those now
using city water. or those contempt ating it's
use will be compelled to install water meters
on or before Jan. 1st 'O8, otherwise water will
be shut off. See Ordinance No. q passed
Aug. 26, '07. and published Sept. II, 'O7.
By order Of the City Council.
Bemidji. 11-22S. 'O7.
THOS. MALOY,
City Clerk.
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RAILWAY POSITIONS

GUARANTEED-We want 200 able bodied
young men to take short course OF instruc-
tion In Telegraphy and Railroading at our
school and for whom we will secure positions
as telegraph oper ators and agents as soon as
course is completed. Easy to learn. Good
salary. Write for free Caialog. THOMPSON'S
RAILWAY COLLEGE. Minneapolis, Mimi.
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Rejected Advice.

Blobbs-Why don't you consult a
doctor about your insomnia7 slobs-
What! And run more bills2 Why, It's
because Of what I owe him now that
san,t sleef1l
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No man can do himself any good
by criticising others, but any man
can accomplish something by criti-
cising himself.
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OBSERVATIONS.

The barking dog knows better,
when he goes out to kill sheep, he
knows enough to leave his bark at
home.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-08-10
A CROP THAT is MAKING RICH THE
FARMERS OF THE NILE.

and all but its little legs. II looks like
a bedtick walking off upon legs.
In this way the cotton IL brought to
the railroad station and TO the boats.
The latter 30 out OF one little waterway
into another until they get into the
Mahmudyeh canal. and thence to Al
eXandria, The railroads are tllled with
cotton trains during the harvesting sea-
son, and just now there are long strings
/ OF cars loaded with cotton coming in
| To this city. Some Of this cotton has
been gnned and baled upon the plan
! tations other Is sent In In the seed
J and glned here. There are also GIN
| ming establishments at the larger cot
| ton markets OF the interior many of
| which are run by steam and which have
| as up-to-date machinery as we have.
! At these gins the seed is carefully saved
and shipped 20 Alexandria by railroad
or by boat.
HOW THEY PLANT COTTON IN
EGYPT,
These Egyptians spend more work on
their crops than our southern farmers
In the first place, the land has to be
plowed with camels or buftaloes and
prepared for the planting. It must be
divided into basins each walled around
so that 1t will hold water and have
little canals inside each basin 10 arr
ranged that the water will run in ana
out through every row. The whole
field is cut up into beds Of this de-
scriptiou, ranging in size from q feet
to as feet square,
The cotton is planted in rows So inch
as apart. the plants being from "a to 20
inches apart in the rows 1t takes a
little more than n bushcl of seed to
the acre. The seeds are soaked IN wa
ter before planting, and any which
rise to the surface are thrown away.
Tho Manning fg lAN- sd hove
and the cost is something like a dollar
an acre. The seeds soon sprout. and
In 10 or 12 days the plants appear They
are now thinned by hand, then water
is let In upon them, the farmers being
careful not to give them too much.
The plants are frequently hoed. They
have water every week or So and this
is kept up almost to the time of pick
ing. The planting is usually done dur
Ing the month of March. and, as I
have said, the first picking begins along
In September.
THE WHITE NILE MAKES THE
COTTON.
II will surprise many to know that
the cotton crop of Egypt Is not fed by
the rich mud of Abysslnia. which comes
down in the waters of the Nile at the
time of the floods. That mud is brought
to Egypt by the Atbara and the Blue
Miles and is poured over the land dur
ing the seasons when the cotton needs
II least. The most OF the water used
for cotton raising comes down during
the summer. This Is from the White
Nile, which Is almost as clear and
pure as the water you drink on your
tables. The fertilizing properties must
hence come from the silt deposited dur
ing the flood or from manure and other
fertiliza ton.
| am told that cotton. as it L. grown
here. exhausts the soil and that the
people are iniuring the staple and re-
ducing the amount of the product by
overcropping 1t used to be that cot
ton was planted on the same ground
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-08-10
Special of The Derct Meas BY ronk G. Capen

bales annually. East India has had the
second place, her annual product rang
ing from 100000 to 1900 900 bales with
Egypt far In the rear. Since the build
ing of the Assouan dam the crop OF
Egypt has been steadily increasing,
until last year II was six and three
fourthS million kantars. which. at 100
pounds to the kantar for easy figur-
ing, make CAS- million pounds, or over
100000 500pound bales. Egypt pro-
duces more cotton for it's size and the
area planted than any other country OF
the world. Its average crop Is $50
Rounds per acre, which Is far in ex-
cess of ours. DR.. Webher, of our de-
partment of agriculture, says that our
average is only 1870 pounds per acre, al
though we have, of course many acres
which produce 500 pounds and more.
BRINGS BIG PRICES.
Egypt cotton brings big prices There
are some kinds which sell for double
the amount of oul cotton. it is in fact,
the best cotton Of the world with the
exception of the Sea Island cotton,
which grows on the islands off the
coasts of Georgia and South Carolina,
The Sea Island cotton has little long
er fiber than the Egyptian. The latter
is for the most part brown IN color and
is noted for its sickness, which makes II
valuable for manufacturing melcerizcd
cotton. We import an enormous quan-
tlty of Egyptian cotton to mix with cur
cotton. ! hear of cotton hero selling
sol 20 and % cents n pound, and ann
told that there Is great difference in
the varieties raised. and alsn as to the
parts of the Nile valley In which each
kind is raised.
The very best cotton grows IN the del
ia, and that region Is now producing
more than fourffths of the crop. Less
than a quarIer of a million acres are
now in cotton in the valley OF the ME
above Cairo and the yield Is neither
so large nor so good as that of the del
Ia.
EGYPTS COTTON PLANTATIONS.
j wish I could take you with me on a
trip through the cotton fields of the
Nile valley. The scenes there are moth
ing like those of our southern states.
Much of the cotton Is raised on small
farms, and every field is marked out
with little canals into which the water
Is introduced from time to time There
are no great farlnhouseS scattered over
the landscape, and no barns. The peo-
pie all live in mud villages and go out
to work in the field. They use animals
for blowing and narrowing, and the
crop is handled in n different way. Let
me give you few pictures as l have
made them while the travelling through
the country.
Take a look over the Delta. 1t is
wide expanse of green spotted here and
there with white patches. The green
consists of alfalfa, Indian corn, or
beans, The white is the cotton. can
see 1t stretching out before me as far as
my eye can reach.
Here is a field where the lint has been
gathered. The land is black, and 1t has
windows of cotton stalks running
across 1T. Every stalk has been pulled
out by the roots and piled up. Further
on we see another field in which the
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-08-10

brown faces. The boys wear blue gowns
and dirty white skull caps, The girls
have cloths over their heads All are
barefooted, and some are raid so much
per hundred pounds a boy viii gather
80 or 40 pounds in a day and he does
We'll if he earns as much as 10 cents.
The first picking begins in Septem-
AtI.r lGat the land is watered,
and second picking takes place in
October There is third in November,
the land being again irrigated between
times. The first and second pickings
Weld the best fiber. They are kept
apart from the third and sold separate
ly.
CAMELS AND COTTON BALES.
After the cotton is picked it is put
into great bags and loaded upon camels,
They are loading four such beasts in
that field at the side of the road. The
camels lie fiat on the ground, with their
long necks stretched out, Two bags are
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-08-10

| showed tremors due to a gas engine
olcated mile and half away.
The fact that we have nerve stimu-
lants so pleasant and safe as tea and
coffee seems 10 justify the hope that
some substitute for alcohol and opium
may be found that will lessen the evils
now caused by these narcotics. Pos
sibly the looked-for agent may prove
to be some new alkaloid OF the Combre-
UNI sundaicum, n forest vine of the
Malay peninsula. A decoction of the
leaves tried for tea by some Chinese
wood-cutters surprised them by Great
ing distaste for their opium smoke,
and since then the decoction mixed
with roasted opium-the proportion of
the latter being reduced daily--is
claimed To have caused nearly 400 OPT
um smokers to abandon their habit,
and 10 have decreased the opium i'm
ports into the district of the expert
ment by more than 30 chests per
month. Further tests win be necessary
to prove thai the Combretum tea Is as
effective and harmless as supposed, and
whether Il win destroy the craving for
alcohol as well as that for opium.
Fleas are not recommended as an ar
ticle of diet. as it has been shown that
when they happen TO be taken into tho
stomach they may carry the tapeworm
of dogs and cats. Wplidiuf caninum.
In Paris hospital an entire tapeworm
was expelled spontaneously from an in
FAINT nine months Old, and the infection
was traced to contamination OF the
child's milk with heas. The embryOs
conveyed by the insects develop very
rapidly in the stomach, tapeworms
having been found IN bottle-fed infants
only four or five weeks old.
The new high-temperature thermom-
eter Of Heraus depends upon the varia-
ton in resistance to electric currents
with heating, II il made by winding
platinum wire on small tube Of
quartz, heating until the wire adheres,
then enclosing the coil and its core In
larger quartz tube, and again heating