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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-10-16
These SpeCialtieS we're woven into

These specialties were woven into
a laughable plot. Ryan's daughter
in the play, Mary Ellen Ryan, writes
love letter to McKenna's son,
which falls into the hands of the
senior McKenna instead of getting
into the hands of the Junior. The
senior McKenna Immediately thinks
that Mrs. Ryan is in love with him
and proceeds to fix himself up and
begin a filtration with Ryan's wife,
much to her annoyance. In the
three acts there is much merriment
caused by McKenna trying to make
love to Mrs. Ryan, Mrs. Ryan try
ing to avoid him, and Mr.. Ryan
feeling that his wife is guilty, tries
to trap them.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-10-16
BRIEF BITS OF NEWS.

The battleship Kentucky, which
grounded off Lamberts Point, Va has
been released.
Burglars entered three residences at
Westfield, N. j., and in one case ram
sacked a room in which the wife of
the owner was lying dead.
Mrs. Jane Page, believed to be the
oldest woman in North Dakota, Is
dead at Olga, N. D., aged 104 years
She was the mother of eighteen chill
tlren. Her husband, Joseph Page, died
thirty years ago in Winnipeg, aged
ninety-seven years.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-10-16
LIKELY TO CAUSE AGITATION
Government to Ship Eastern Laborer,
+o Pacific Coast

Government to Ship Eastern Laborers
to Pacific Coast.
Washington, Oct. lin connection
with the procurement of the large
amount of labor necessary on the Pa
cific coast to make the repairs to the
battleship fleet when it reaches Cali
fornia next year the navy department.
is considering proposition which will
undoubtedly cause great stir among
the labor unions on the coast. This is
to induce Eastern laborers to go there
by giving them and their families free
transportation provided they contract
to remain in the government service a
certain time. OF course higher wages
must be paid than are common in the
East as q necessary feature of this
plan.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-10-16
CAUSED No. s II. | ''R||||:S'
Violent Break in Stock Prices
Apparently Anticipated.
GENERAL SUPPORT LACKING
Some Representative Securities Make
Show Of Resistance, While Others
Fall Away Weakly-Heavy Sales Of
United States Steel Preferred.


New York, Oct / There was
nervous and gloomy atmosphere in
the neighborhood of the stock ex-
change before the trading began, as
fears were general of the conse-
quences Of the unsupported condition
of the market revealed in Saturdays
demoralized slump. Violent breaks in
the opening prices Of stocks, therefore,
caused no surprise, but prompt rally,
disclosing some measure of effective
support, brought a quick feeling of
some relief. Foreign money centers
were disturbed over the position here
and that feeling was reflected in some
heavy selling of stocks for foreign &C.
count, which added to the burdens of
the New York market. The range of
prices on the opening sales showed
very uneven declines, some Of the
most representative stocks making
some show of resistance, while others
fell away weakly. American Smelt-
ing, for instance, opened at an ad-
vance of point and the Western rail-
road stocks and Amalgamated Copper
were comparatively little affected. On
the other hand United States Steel
preferred dropped IL and 5000 shares
Of the common sold simultaneously at
22k and 231s, compared with 23%,
the closing price.
American Steel Foundries preferred
broke 4, General Electric 81, Amer
lean Locomotive preferred and Central
Leather preferred 3, Peoples Gas 21a,
Atchison and Westinghouse Electric
2, Canadian Pacific, Great Northern
ore certificates, Reading, Erie first
preferred, National Lead and Amer
lean Car IL to IL. The rebound
was convulsive and retrieved some of
these losses at a jump and carried
many stocks we'll over the previous
days closing level
The support accorded the market
established gains Of between one and
two points in many active stocks.
The selling was renewed in large VOL
ume toward the close of the day,
when enormous blocks of the United
States Steel stocks were thrown on
the market, carrying their prices and
those of some others back to the low
level of the day. The market closed
unsettled and generally weak in con-
seOuence
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-10-16
PASSENGER and FREIGHT Collide.

Birmingham, Ala, Oct. In a
collision between a Louisville and
Nashville freight train and a Frisco
passenger train at Pratt City, Ala,
Pullman Car Conductor J. c. Smith of
Birmingham was instantly killed.
Eight persons were injured. among
them E. T. Wilcox, general freight
agent of the Frisco, and William M.
Goldsmith. Rochester, N. Y,
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-10-16
Steamer Runs Short of Coal.

San Francisco, Oct / According
to advices received here the Oceanic
Steamship company's steamer Mari
posa, which is three days overdue
from Tahiti, is eighty-seven miles off
the coast from Monterey without fuel.
First Mate w. D. Watson, who rowed
the entire distance to Monterey, re-
ported the steamers predicament.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-10-16
Banker Clement Again Appeals.

Washington, Oct. 1i.-Application
for writ of mandamus was made to
the supreme court of the United States
during the day directing the court to
Issue a writ of error in the case of
Thomas B. Clement, who has been con-
victed and sentenced to eight years
imprisonment at Faribault, Mimi, for
misappropriation of bank funds. Ap.
plication for a writ of certiorari in
this case has previously been denied.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-10-16
Eleeta for Both Oceana.

Montreal, Oct. 1..-C. M. Hayes.
general manager of the Grand Trunk
system, in an interview states that it
is the intention of the directors to
have fleets Of fast steamers on both
the Atlantic and Pacific oceans as
soon as practicable, the same as the
Canadian Pacific railway.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-10-16
Brother and Sister Killed.

Lorain,> o., Oct. Mathew Clio
voski, five years old, and his sister
Lucy, eleven years old, We're run over
and killed by Lake Shore train or,
crossing near Amherst and their
aunt, Miss Sophia Glovek, was fatally
\ h,,,
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-04-03
DICTATES OF FASHION.

2 All the skirts of thin material show . little fullness at the waist line.
 A little touch of black velvet some. where about the gown is a distinctive note just now.
 valenciennes. torchon and several other fashionable laces are now imI- tated in gold and silver thread. Brightest peacock blue appears now and then. crude in it's sarishness and out of harmony with its sur. roundings.
 Next to white. pale shades. with a very light shrimp pink as one of the leaders. are extensively used at the southern resorts The old-time serpentine skirt weighted with jetted insertions and trimmings is one of the graceful re- vivals for slender figures. Another pretty touch is a black. velvet buckle catching down a GOT. sage bow of white tulle or a stock bow of soft satin ribbon Feather toques. composed of two large wings and some tall feathers mounted on a small velvet frame. are finding favor in Paris for matEes wear.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-04-03
IN FAVOR
SMART STYLES FOR THE COMING
 SUMMER.
Handkerchief Stocks Will Be Largely { Usea-Some of the Most Dressy kind-BoWs of Embroidery
 and Lace.

Much of the smartest neckwear de- signed for spring and summer is made from handkerchiefs, and it is so sim pie to fashion that any needlewoman of taste can make it for herself. For a dressy stock take not quite half of sheer handkerchief with scalloped buttonholed edge, run several fine tucks to form the collar, which can be finished around the top and down the back with narrow Valenciennes lace. The average sized handkerchief just goes around the average neck. For the bow, or jabot, use the remainder of the handkerchief; plait the mate rial from the center, making sort of fan affair; after it is pressed, gath CT the top part slightly to make it mar TOW, and tack 1t onto the collar. An other style of handkerchief which can be converted into pretty neck pieces for plainer wear is that with the col. 'ored border. Dark blue with touch of red makes pretty combination.
 | The fluffy little bows of embroidery, lace and linen so popular now to pin on as a finishing touch to toilet are easy to make if one is the least bit handy with needle. Take piece of fine lawn or sheer linen about four inches wide and eight inches long, roll hem and whip narrow lace on the sides. Baste the tiny plants firmly and then press them under damp cloth. Twist heavy thread around the center of the plating several times (do not try to sew it) and then cover the center with piece of in. ,sertion to match the lace edging. These little bow affairs need not nee .essarily be plaited-a piece of mate. rial edged with fulling of lace and gathered several times in the middle will give pretty fluffy effect. Tiny pieces of all-over embroidery can be used up in the same way. Round clasp pins found at the notion coun. ters can be sewed on to the backs of these bows, making them safer and more convenient to wear.
 nut thC hCW uCChWCdI HUI CUus fined to white or wash goods. Little bows to match the belts seem equally the thing. If one wears a blue belt with a gilt buckle. quarter of . yard of blue ribbon four inches wide, a tiny gold buckle or two gilt buttons will make the smartest kind of neck arrangement to match. Run two rows of gathering down the ribbon, about half an inch apart, gather it up firm. ly and cover the shirrings with mar. row strap of ribbon. and on this use the little gold buckle of the buttons. A piece of plaid silk bound with strip of plain silk and drawn together in the center with piece of eyelet embroidery insertion makes a pretty addition to plain white waist.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-04-03
A LIFETIME CRUDCE
(copyrisht. by Joseph B. Bowleal
By R. J. BUCKLEY. Anther of The Master Spy"
)1s-ssJ(Is-ssvlIsss.N

l Mir. Richard Hanna, of Gallinagh, Bounty Donegal, was country gen !tleman, and head of his family, jovial. !popular. open-handed, and beloved by The peasantry. Though a downright |:Good fellow he was not perfect, his Vault being a congenital hastiness and sa tendency to punch the heads of all md sundry who aroused his ire
 A widower of GO, he had a son of 25 H.and 2 very lovely daughter of 20. named respectively Robert and Mar ,lgaret. Rob was captain in the Royal Irish Rifles: Mag was the prettiest lgirl in the county and, moreover. was Hjust as sweet as she looked.
 At the time to which I now refer the fatal time-the captain was ispending his furlough at the ancestral hall, and the private rife range in the valley between the house and the lake re-echoed to the ceaseless deton- lations of the rifles, with which the captain and his friend Dr. Terry, of the Army Service Corps, competed
 against each other.
 }, It was a happy home; father and children were wrapped up in each other. and respected by the whole countryside. Conceive the shock sus-
 tained by the children and the whole
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-04-03

Half the nervousness. half the irri- tability that is SO common in every day life, is really sickness. and in most cases condition that accom- panies kidney trouble.
 It is the work of the kidneys to keep the blood free from uric acid and other poisons, but when the kid neys gre sick. ard not doing their duty. the uric acid poisons permeatcs the body, and attacks body, brain and nerves. The irritation causes ner- vousness. irritability. headache. dizzy spells; makes you languid. unfit for work. and inclined to worry over trifies. Besides. there is nothing more annoying than bad back, and backache Is the most common sign of kidney trouble. You feel lame and tired in the morning. suffer day and night with a dull aching In the back. and 1t hurts to stoop or bend or lift.
 Keep your temper cool. and get the Kidneys we'll. No person can feel cheerful and healthy if the kidneys are the least bit affected. A few doses of Doan's Kidney Pills. taken in the beginning. will set the kidneys right
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-04-03
FED THE D|GGERs|
VALUE OF GOOD FOOD SHOWN IN
 PANAMA CANAL WORK.
Engineers Control Mess Kitchens for the Serving of Nourishing Meals to the laborers
 on the Canal.

A discovery has been made by the engineers employed in the construc- tion of the Panama canal, and that is that food. good food and plenty of it. must be depended upon to get g good days work out of the laborers engaged in the excavating operations. And with this discovery has come the realization that the feeding of this great army of workers is now one of the most vital concerns of the enter prise. Where formerly the negroes behind the shovel failed to eat enough nourishing food to sustain them selves against the climate and nine hours daily toll, the government is now feeding them on food which they may not like but which is good for them. They may complain. but the belief of the chief ditch diggers is that great problem has been solved. The credit is largely due to Jackson Smith, superintendent of labor and quarters on the isthmus.
 President Roosevelt while on the isthmus questioned negro foreman who had worked in Panama with the French. This foreman now has charge of 20 men. An average of four or five, he told the president, were taken ill each day with sudden faintness. This he attributed to their failure to feed themselves properly.
 Further questioning negro laborers, who came from the Barbadoes, Ja- maica and others of the West Indies, President Roosevelt learned that al- most without exception they prepared their own food in preference to eating in the messes established by the canal commission. Left to their own resources these negroes dined on a couple of yams and bit of fish. A glance into their cook pots found no sign of the dark colors which bubble where highly nutritious foods are pre- pared.
 It was a noteworthy fact that the healthiest negroes on the isthmus at this time were those in jail. They were fed what the commissariat chose to feed them, which was thick soups, fresh meat and wholesome vegetables. The transfer of the work to the en- gineering corps will make no change in this feeding policy.
 The lowest class of laborers re- ceived, prior to February 1, when the new system was put in effect, 20 cents an hour in silver. which is ten cents an hour in American money. As they worked nine hours a day their wage was. 90 cents. Since Feb ruary 1 their pay has been reduced from 20 cents to 1872 cents, silver. an hour, but they receive for each nine hours labor three tickets for meals at mess kitchens, which are located convenient to their work. The
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-04-03

and they make a nice bright decora. tion. and are easily added to or chang. ed. thus making them always a new source of interest.
 The cards may be fastened on . piece of fine twine or strong cotton, or for preference, narrow robbon by means of little pieces of stamp paper over the top of the card. They can then be hung up in large or small fes. toons round the room. Humorous cards mixed with views of places that perhaps the little ones have visited will always amuse them: and as they are very light in weight. they can be pinned to the wall with ordinary draw. ing pins. and are easily taken down when not required.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-04-03

difference between the old wage and the new is the cost of the food.
 The laborer is not compelled to eat in the mess kitchen meals, but he is not likely to refuse them, when SO doing means that he will have to spend elsewhere a considerable part of the remaining wage for food. The practical effect is that upward of 13,- 900 laborers are being turned from fa- miliar but insufficient food to new but nutritious meals.
 Five thousand Spanish laborers have been brought in. They have none of the faults of the negroes and have not fallen into the habit of neg. lecting themselves as to food. Never thefess. the negro laborer. who has alternately been the hope and the de- spair of the men who have succeeded one another in the direction of the canal enterprise. remain the labor unit. This new plan is in the direc- ton of making the best of the mate rial at hand.
 Thirteen thousand employees were served with a breakfast the day the new system was inaugurated. The menu differed al different mess kitchens. Where West Indian ne groes were employed yams were served. but other food more sustain. ing with them. The Italians were no, without their macaroni. but it was supplemented with edibles rich in proteids. So 1t vent with the canal force of laborers.
 The white employees are not fed on the same basis. They are paid for the work they do and have quarters. but they pay for their meals at cost at mess houses and hotels scattered along the canal line
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-04-03
A Nsa Refermstlen.

Are re in for . new resornattoaf yinet, himself an evangelical theo- .osian. said long ago that one vas necessary and inevitable. and there are features about the present up heaval which remind us c1rsoasly of that old one Of nish four centuries aeo.-Chrissiar World
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-04-03
suaared Aerieet PIush.

A startling apparition in apricot plush troEsers vas observed the other day The owner vas not SO sure thaf he had scored when on his return to his world famous college he found his reight increased by at least two pounds of powdered suear.-Oxford --arsSty.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-04-03
Would Be sonnethina New.

Four men. aged respectively sl. s1. % and sS. recently have died in Bat tle. Sussex- At this rate died in Bat tle- soon will he a synonym for longevity.-Birmingham tEngJ Post.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-04-03
USE FOR PICTURE POST CARDS,
Pretty Decoration on the WaIls of . .- Nursery.

! A pretty and simple way of utiliz. ing picture post cards for the decora. tion of the walls of nursery is il. illustrated in the accompanying sketch.
 To suspend them from the wall in the manner shown is very little trouble,
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-04-03
Charity That re Real

The ideal method of distributing charities is for the giver to grant the money during his lifetime. That Is the truest and best charity-Phila- delphia Ledger.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-04-03
svrqery's Crest Benefits.

improvements made in surgery have been the means of reducing the mortality of anputzti0a operations to SIX per eerr-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-04-03

Continued treatment cures casa of long standing.
 Doan's Kidney Pills are for the kidneys only. and contain no poison. ous nor habit-forming drugs. They relieve congestion and inflammation Of the kidneys or bladder, heal and cure the kidney tissues, drive of dangerous uric poisons. dissolve and remove gravel. and rid the body of all watery waste.
 Thousands of cures prove the merit of Doan's Kidney Pills. Here is case at home.
 A WATERBURY CASE.
 R. R. Calender, of 90 Bishop s&. Waterbury. Conn. says: T have much confidence in Doan's Kidney Pills as a remedy for backache. h my own case they brought freedom from every symptom of kidney trouble and rid me of pains in the back and the trouble has not return. ed since stopped using this remedy, I procured the pills at the H. ", Lake Drug Co.,. and 1t gives nc pleasure to endorse such . reliablo backache and kidney medicins."
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1907-08-10
DEAD SNAKE IN BEER
KILLS 4 PICKNICKERS

ASHLAND. Special-A cop
rerhcll snake which had crawled
into "a beer keg and died. caused the
death 90 "Eed" Porhau. samuel
BirEs. VIII simpson and Carry Tur-
uer ln au outing camp at WEIGH. me-
Teen miles distant in thc mountains.
and probably wLl end rhe lives ot
samuel Willis and Walter Johnson.
This o. tle story az Ralph Dunbar.
who came here from the camp to-
night ANA returned with "a doctor. lr
undertaken and four collins
Dunbar -at1- with seven other
men went e. Weich yesterday at-er-
noon Intending go remain or- ue. IS.
We took several KEGS ~ beer The
Journey over thc mountains is r.l-h.
ard 4 assume the beer accumulated an
extra amount of Eas. one keE was
partly submerged iu a spring. and che
ulug IeW our After we drank the
beer We became lil An investigation
revealed "a big copperhcll snake in
the kec iefr Joe Straug with the
dead and dying boarded "a tram car
and hurried down the mountain side
tn Ashland "
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1907-08-10
GET STRAkGLE GRIP
ON THE RAILROADS
Governor Of Alabama Considers
Calling Extra Session of Legis-
lature to Revise Laws Reg
ulating Carriers.

MONTGOMERY. Special
the result q an au-nlght conference
between Governor Conner and his law
yers. II Is probable that an extra ses-
sion Of the Alabama Legislature VIII
be called in an EFFORT 60 repeal GER
tain Of the railroad curbing acts
passed during the winter session %
the Legislature. which are now sus-
pended from operation owing 90 I'LL
saton over the constitut.ouauty OF
The laws
The conference was turned into n
vigil after midnight. while the chiaf
advisers 60 the Governor tried % de-
rcrmlne whether legislative acts may
De repealed while their operation is
under Federal court probe. AZ am
early hour this morning the question
had not been settled 90 the satLsflc-
ton ot the Attorncy-G and the
Governor. with the result that the de-
clsion on an extra session wiz NOT be
made until this evening.
Tn case an extra session is deter
mined upon. DO Will mean that the
Governor VIII take strange grip on
the railroads thac operate within state
borders The Chief Executive of the
state was named on an antl-raiiroad
platform, and. knowing this. the peo-
Pile have lost confidence ir him. while
the press has uumc rciflliy llyol him
ot every step.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1907-08-10
a WILLS JEOPARDIZED
BY GRINNAN'S RULING
RICHMOND NA.-snaciaI-


In the event the supreme Court
sustalns the opinion az Judge Grin
nan. ~ the Chancery Court 90 the
effect thar the ace pass "a by the
II gtslature vestlrg power In Che clerk
ct the Chancery Court 20 probate
wills, Isl unconstitutional. forry-four
wills. many Of them having been set
tied and the property devised there
IN disposed on. viii be erected. The
list az these wills as recorded ia
Clerk Sayi-e's office i- as follows
Christine Prick. Laura Miner. Bet
~ q. Gay. Benjamin Harris. Adrian
Riddick. john B. Thompson. George
". Crane, Eluora Frye. Philip shea.
Harriet a.. Robertson. Caleb Jacobs.
@. Wendlnger. =. j. Minor. Jane
Kirby. Frank L. Montague. George 81.
Kitchen. Albert II CauthOrn. William
Tenant. George n Duke. Richard
Frye. Joseph William Me0nl. Allen s.
owen. A. Cohen. Daniel Clarke. Mar
tha Elizabeth Roberto. John II Rose.
Betty J. Zimmerman. Henry Block
sarah @. Boswell. Zeilen Y. walters
John W. Higgins. Agnes NJ. Jones
Alkaline Harris, w II. Parker. Junit-
TIA a. Higgins, Mary Louise Lang
horne. Robert T. BroOkes, Fannie
Bowman. Julia A. Johnston. Olive II
smith. Charles W. Clemmitt w. B.
Robins. John r. Bennett. joseph
stephen Montgomery.