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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-07-15
NELL At SAN FRANCISCO
Labor Commissioner Trying to End
Telegraphers' Strike. 49,.

.aHSI commissioner lTyIOQ 20 Eng
Telegraphers' Strike.
San Francisco, July 15.-With the
arrival of United States Labor Com.
missioner Charles B. Neill of Wash.
ington and Vice President s. J. Konen-
kamp, M. J. Reidy and Joseph M. Sui
Ivan Of the national executive com.
mittee Of the telegraphers the results
OF the final effort to prevent an ex-
tension of the telegraphers' strike
probably will be known in a day or
two. Commissioner Neill lost no time
in getting in touch with tho. local SIT
uation and held conferences in Oak
land with representatives of both
sides to the controversy. At the con-
cluston Of a conference lasting one
hour with l. N. Miller, assistant gen.
eral superintendent Of the Western
Union, the commissioner declined to
state what the outcome Of the meet
ing was.
A mass meeting Of the telegraphers
will be held in Oakland, which Cen=
missioner Neill said he would attend.
The officials Of both telegraph COM
panies also have been invited.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-07-15
N. & I. SURFACING
R0ADBED WITH GRAVEL
Preparing for Fast Trains When the
Extension Is Completed to the
Boundary.

The NJ. & I. railway is pushing
the work of surfacing it's roadbed at
points where the officials have
deemed it necessary to better the
present conditions, and it is safe to
say that when the extension of the
road from Big Falls to International
Falls is completed, the road south
from Big Falls to Brainerd will be in
excellent condition for the running
of trains at a high rate of speed.
Under direction of Harry Mills,
roadmaster for the M. & l., gravel
train has been operating on the
work of surfacing the roadbed from
Walker to Bemidji. The train has
taken gravel at pit 49," near Kabe-
kona, sixty-seven miles north from
Brainerd. This train has already
surfaced all but five miles of the
roadbed south from Bemidji to
Walker, and it is expected that the
remainder of the road will be com.
pleted to Bemidji inside the next
two weeks.
The train was used for suriactng
north of Blackjack, early in the
spring, and when the work is com.
pleted from the south to Bemidji the
entire system will be ready for the
through trains from St. Paul and
Minneapolis to International Falls,
at the completion of the extension.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-07-15
WOMAN GETS $1,000 4 YEAR
First Female Government Employe to
Draw That Salary. :.

Washington, July 15.-Miss Mar
garet V: Kelly, employed in the mint
bureau of the treasury department,
has been given an increase In salary
from $1,000 to $4,000 year. Through
this advancement Miss Kelly becomes
the FIRST government employee Of the
female sex to have received such high
compensation. It was given to her by
Secretary Of the Treasury Cortelyou
solely because her work entitled her
to that salary and on the statement Of
George y. Roberts. the retiring direc-
tor Of the mint. who stated that with
out question she would be able to fill
the position of director Of the mint
without any trouble.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-07-15
.|NJUNCT|ONS WANTED
Suit Against Every Foreign lnsur'
ance Company in Kansas.
VIOLATION OF LAW ALLEGED

6%oeSH0o 81 ApUUIH0 SuATSSQ ~
} Which Rate of Insurance Is Arb''
trarily Fixed at High and Almost
Prohibitive Figures.
Topeka, Kan, July 15.-Ipjunction
suits were filed In the county district
court here by Attorney General F. s.
Jackson against sixty.two foreign frs
Insurance. companies charging them
with alleged violation Of the state
antitrust laws. The suits are based
on information furnished by Charles
H. Barnes, superintendent of insur'
ances and seek to prevent the com.
panies from using the Eldridge rating
sheet in writing Kansas insurance
The suits involve every fire .insur'
ance company within the state.
In his charges in the AFFIDAVIT filed
by the attorney general Mr.. Barnes
says:
There is In existence In the state
OF Kansas an unlawful arrangement
trust and combination in restraint OF
the business of fire insurance within
the state of Kansas. The above named
defendants are members of and par
Elephants in such unlawful agreement
trust and combination; that by means
Of such unlawful arrangement, trust
and combination the cost and rate Of
insurance to the citizens of Kansas Il
arbitrarily fixed at high and extor
tionate figures by one Charles N
Eldridge Of Shawnee county, Kan.
who Is general agent or other gen
eral functionary Of some character.
who, by common consent of the abovs
named defendants and by certain un.
lawful arrangements. combination
and agreement between them Is au.
thorized and permitted by the above
named defendants to fix the cost and
rate of fire insurance." {
Mr.. Barnes alleges that competition
Is almost totally abolished and the
rates and cost Of insurance fixed so
high that as to be prohibitive.
This is the same bureau which
Webb McNall put out of business
while he was superintendent Of insur.
ance. 1t was then known as the Clark.
son bureau. Eldridge was clerk In
the Clarkson bureau at the time.
Judge A. w. Dana, who heard the
attorney generals application, later
granted the Temporary Injunction. The
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-07-15

attorney general announced that ne
would seek to have the Injunction
made permanent.
The attorney general went further
than simply applying for an injunc.
ton against the companies. He spe.
cifically asked that II the defendant
companies fail to comply with the or
ders of the court that receiver be
appointed to take charge Of the prop.
erty Of each company involved.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-07-15
Baltimore Cashier Convicted.

Baltimore. July IL. John w. H.
Geiger, late cashier OF the Canton Ma,
tional bank OF this city, has been
found guilty OF abstracting and fraud.
ulently using funds Of the bank. Sen
tence was suspended pending motion
for new trial.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-07-15
Georgia Adopts Prohibition.

Atlanta, Ca, July IL. The Hard
man-C ovington bill. which prohibits
the sale and manufacture Of liquor In
the state of Georgia after Jan. /, 1908,
has passed the Georgia senate. Thirty.
three votes were registered for the
bill and Z against It. g6s ~
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-07-15
Visiting Cards.

A neat line of up-to-date visiting
cards can always be found at this
Office. New and up-to-date type
from which to select style of print.
ng.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-07-15
AntI-saloon League Victory.

Montgomery, Ala, July 15.-The
Anti-saloon league scored q victory
before the Alabama legislature when
the early closing bill passed the sen.
ate and the bill prohibiting shipment
Of liquor into prohibition counties was
taken from the adverse calendar. The
early closing bill provides that saloons
in Montgomery, Mobile and Birming-
ham must close at 8 p. m. In cities
of the second class, between $500 and
$4,000 population, they close at 8
y m. and under $500 q 9 y n.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-07-15
SEEKING CURE FOR ASTHMA

wen known Oenver-Physlctan Gives
Up His Life.
Denver, July l5.That the cause Of
medical science might be advanced
and the condition OF thousands of suf-,
tering asthmatics might be anne.
ltorated DR.. w. w. Robinson, q we'll
known physician and surgeon, has
given up his life. ss
Dr. Robinson. thirty-six years old
and one OF the most promising young
physicians In the state, deliberately
experimented upon himself In Love
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-07-15

To those desiring an accurate
timepiece~ at a moderate price.
Guaranteed to be the best watch
for the money. Its records un-
equaled. Made especially for US
by one of the best watch COM
panies in America,
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-07-15
LOSES IN. HIGHER COURT.
Mayor schmitz Denied a Writ Of
Mandamus.

San Francisco, July 15.-The dis
trict court of appeals has refused to
grant Mayor Eugene E. Schmitz a writ
of mandamus compelling Judge Dunno
to set date for settlement of the bill
of habeas corpus proceedings in the
case In which he was convicted Of
extortion and sentenced to five years
in the state penitentiary at San Quen-
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-07-15
LOST and FOUND
FOR RENT.
MISCELLANEOUS

PUBLIC LIBRARY-Open Tues
days and Saturdays, $50 to 6 p.
m, Thursdays 7 to 8 p. m. also.
Library in basement of Court
House. Mrs. E. R. Ryan, ibrar-
ian.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-07-15

WANTED: To rent a piano for
two months to use at Lakeside.
Good care guaranteed. Write
Mrs. +. P. Nash, Grand Forks,
N. D. -
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-07-15
FOR SALE.

FOR SALE-Rubber stamps. The
Pioneer will procure any kind of a
rubber stamp for you an short
notice.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-07-15
Want Ads
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FORD RENTING "A
PROPERTY, SELL
ING A BUSINESS
OR OBTAINING
HELP ARE BEST.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-19
NO SURE CURE FOR CANCER,

It is discouraPing to humanity that medical science has not yet succeeded in discovering a real cure for cancer. Many so-called remedies have been heralded to the world as genuine cures. In some cases the most marvellous claims have been put forth, often backed by what appeared to be indu- bitable evidences of success. but in u short time they have gone into retire. ment. If some of the claims put for ward had been verified we should have been forced to admit that the day of miracles had come back, for some of the cures announced could hardly be classed among human achievements.
 That cases of cancer have really been stages of the disease, and under fa- vorable conditions cures have been eff fected, either by surgery or by medi- cal treatment. There are medicines and applications which not only give relief but apparently make permanent cures. but such cases are pitiably few When the disease has become firmly established in the human body it Is rare indeed that any treatment will ar rest it's course The skillful surgeon may apparently remove all traces of the disease but after time 1t returns. Somewhere in or near the affected part some tentacle or claw of the crah-liko disease has escaped the knife and in time it will renew its horrid work and spread its hateful presence. Sometimes medical remedies will apparently heal tho disease but here again there may be left a seed which will in time ger minate and bear its fruit of suffering and death.
 One of the great obstacles in the way of curing his dreadful disease Hes in the fact that the true cause of cancer has not been discovered As all know, finding the cause of dis ease Is a long step towards finding the remedy For many generations yello V fever spread death wherever 1t existed and no real cure was found, largely be- cause doctors and scientists had failed to discover the cause and origin of the disease Now that 1t seems settled that 1t is strictly a germ disease, and that the germs are carried by a certain insect, there seems reason to believe that not only can yellow fever be cured
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-19
"This IS My Sand Birthday
 Charles w. Dabney.

Dr. Charles William Dabney, Presi- dent of the University of Cincinnati, was born at Hampden-Syd Vir- ginia, June 19, 1855. He was graduat- ed from Hampden- Sydney College in 1878 and after short scientific course in the University of Virginia he be- came professor of chemistry and min eralogy in Emory and Henry College, a chair he left in 1880 to go to Germany. He entered the University of GottinGen and within one year he won his degree of doctor of philosophy in that insti- tution Returning to the United States he speedily acquired national repu- tation as a man of science and an ed- ucator From 1887 to 1904 he was President of the University of Tennes- see which he gave up to become Pres ident of the University of Cincinnati. pr. Dabney has taken a keen interest in meteorology and in agriculture, and before he became President of the Uni versity of Tennessee he filled the office of Assistant Secretary of Agriculture. He was the first to discover the phos- phate deposits ir North Carolina and the tin ore In the same State, and to make them known to science and com merce. He was one of the department heads at the Cotton Centennial Expo- sition held in New Orleans and a mem- Der of the jury of awards for the Paris 5 eExposition of 1900.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-19
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19, 1907.

We have never commented on the charge alleged to have been made against General Wheeler by Vice-Pres- ident Fairbanks In brief the state ment was that General Wheeler went to President Mckinley and asked for a commission in the regular army during the Spanish war. and that on that oc- casion he said to the President, in the presence of Senator Fairbanks that "once. through a mistake" he had fought against the Union and that now he wanted a chance to fight for 1t. This was the substance of what Fairbanks was said to have stated in a speech and we never commented on it because we didn't believe that Genera, Wheeler ever said anything of the kind, and We didn't believe that the President so stated. The latters attention was called to the statement and he has promply corrected 1t. He states that what General Wheeler really said to the President was that "Once I fol lowed my conscience and fought against the flag" etc. That is quite A different proposition and sets General Wheeler just where we believed be was entitled to stand as a true Confed- crate.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-19
Letters to The Editor
THE sENATORsHIP,
mr. Bankhead's Claims StronrI,
 Urged

mr. Bankhead's Claims Strongly Urged.
 Editor The Advertiser:
 The question of the successor of Sen ator Morgan was Settled last summer. It Is not a question of whether it was the proper way to settle the success sion. The Democratic powers ordered a primary, and Democratic voters turned out on the order and expressed themselves. number of the States most conspicuous people were candi- oates. They presented themselves be- Tore the voters as candidates As re- suit Of that primary Hon. John H. Bankhead got a majority of the votes in the State. Not only did he receive majority of the votes, but he carried majority of the counties. leading in rty-three of the sixty-seven counties ana standing second in twelve other counties. The expression of the peo- pies choice was clearly and emphati- eaiiy given. It is not question of what any individual would prefer The peo- pie prefer Bankhead, and said so The Governor agreed to make the appoint ment, and we look to him to keep his promise.
 Whether a certificate based on the Governors appointment is constitu- tional or not, is not a question for him to consider; As matter of fact, the be used. as the Senate will not be in session before the Legislature will finally elect a successor The Cover nor's good faith is in question, and he should not avoid his own agreement
 The people have spoken. It is an or der for the legislature as we'll as the Governor, and d special order to those representing the forty-three counties in the State. If the Governor avoids his obligation, the Legislature at least should not do so. There should be no question of the succession. Moreover the last Democratic Convention de- clared in favor of primary for State officers. including United States Sena- tors, and we have had the primary. We had Democratic commands ordering a primary for the succession. a Demo- cratic majority for a distinct candi- date, and afterward an expression from the Democratic Convention demanding primaries in the election of all officers How can the legislator escape thelr duty?
 If 1t-should happen that the plain will of the people is set aside I will make this solemn predic- tion: Such action will make new pol itics in Alabama, and a great deal of IL. Observer.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-19
A UNION EXTREME.
An Occurrence in Mobile Illustrating
 Folly.

An Occurrence in Mobile Illustrating
 It's Folly.
 Mobile Southern Commercial and In
 dustral Record.
 The extreme to which the closed shop unions will go to carry out their policy was demonstrated in Mobile Wednesday morning when Mergen- thaler operator on The Herald refused death of Senator John T. Morgan.
 News of the death of. the veteran Senator did not reach The Montgomery Advertiser until 1t was too late to in corporate the account of his demise in the Mobile edition of that paper, so The Advertisers Mobile correspondent was wired to contract for the publication of a supplement giving the sad news.
 The Advertiser is on an open shop basis. It employees union pressmen but Is not tied down to the exactions of the typographical union.
 The correspondent of The Advertiser received permission from the managing editor of The Herald to make con- tract for placing the article into type on the machines of that company and he found an operator willing to work at that hour, but when the operator found that the article was to be used in printing a supplement which The Montgomery Advertiser would circulate he refused to operate
 But the edition came out, and the morning distribution of The Advertiser was but little delayed. for Mobile is not dominated by the Typographical union. The puval Mergenthaler operators put !he matter Into type-the same people who weekly set up The Southern Com uercial and Industrial Record-and made a good job of It.
 Tn, question which may well he asked is where these closed shop union rNar;ons win be<Nopped-to what limits will they Go?
 According to the same reasoning | they may exact that none but union men snail be allowed to subscribe for or to read one of the papers on which they have their clutches. They say, in effect, you cannot sell the product of our labor to a non-union newspaper
 That IS carrying closed shop union ism to it's natural conclusion. And we are glad to see that the calf is taking break it's neck.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-19

Probably a very small per centage of our readers remembered that last Mon- day. June IT, was the anniversary of the battle of Bunker Hill. yet it was among the most important battles of the Revolution, and was really the be- ginning of the great war of independ- ence. So many stirring events are transpiring in this busy world of ours these days that we are apt to lose sight of the momentous scenes in which our forefathers played such a conspicuous part.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-19

but that 1t can be prevented. which will be much better.
 Perhaps the same may in time be true of cancer. It may bo that some day medical science will be able to ex. pose the cause and source of the dis. ease and then they can treat It with intelligence and hope of success. Un. til that time comes there is apparently rays and other forms of treatment may afford relief for time. but cure for fully developed case will be wanting, The discovery of cause and cure will be among the greatest blessings that science has given to humanity.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-19
Today In History
June 10

June 1D.
 1795-James Boswell, biographer of Dr. Johnson, died Born October 29. 1740.
 1S34-Charles H. Sturgeon. noted English pulpit orator, born. Died 1S42-Shanghai captured by the Brit ish.
 1864-The Alabama sunk by the Fed eral gunboat Kearsarge.
 1SS5-4William E. Woodruff, publish CT of first paper in Arkansas. died. Born 1795.
 18SS-Republican National Conven- tion at Chicago nominated Benjamin Harrison and Levi F. Morton. 1S95-Baltic Canal opened by Emper- or William.
 19O0-Ffrst attack on the legations at Pekin by the Chinese.
 1902-King Albert of Saxony died Born April 23, 1928.
 19O3-Cardinal Vaughan died. Born April IS. 1882.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-19
Side.uak Penciiings
Travel From Montgomery.

The exodus from Montgomery this summer will. in all probability. be cording to c. l.. Wolf, Passenger Agent of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad
 The prospects now are that there vii will I,o be by far the largest SUI sumner before been known" said Mir. Wolf, 'the people have already started go- ing and, while great numbers are bound for the East and Middle West, still it is marked feature this season that the travel to California and Colo rado is especially large"
 Passenger travel is peculiar 'it rotates. One year you will find that nearly, all the people go East, then probably the next season they will all be crazy to go up into the Middle West and around the Great Lakes, and now this season it seems there has come new impetus for travel to the extreme West It all comes In fits and epurts"
 Care for Montgomery Yards
 Have YOU noticed the care and at yards and '' homes e of Montgomery?S me said an .old Montgomerlan yesterday.
 The increased attention which is be- ing paid tJ the care and maintenance of the homes and yards of the city Is one of the most important perhaps most notable, feature or the recent rapid growth of the city. I do not mean that the houses and the yards were not cared for in other days, but the careful attention which has made them so attractive was not so general in other days. It would seem that the entire city takes a special interest in beautifying the homes and their set tings.
 As a result some of the residence streets of Montgomery are among the most beautiful in the South. The city is naturally beautiful But the people of Montgomery are now conserving and improving that beauty.
 Mir. Thomas J Fain, for many years Assistant Doorkeeper of the House of Representatives and as such known to many Alabamans. was in the city yes- terday. Mir. Fain is now Tax Collec- tor of Dale County and he -caIne to Montgomery to make his final settle ment with the State Auditor.
 Probate Judge H. T. Benton of Rus sell County. was in the city yesterday on business before the Pardoning Board.
 Colonel Charles s. Mcdowell, a prominent attorney of Eufaula, spent
 %
 niston was among yesterdays visitors to the city.
 Hon. Reed Barnes of Opelka was in Montgomery yesterday on legal bust
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-19
Wants Them Smashed.

EnteTpIIse LtuStT.
 We live in America. where a free and independent government is supreme. We advocate every principle of liber- ty from the much talked-of freedom fthe press down to the unlimited cul- tiyation of apetites, but we hereby beg that limit be put to the bold and lamentable familiarity imbibed in the spirit of that curse to earth's packers, well known to society as the mosqui- to; for this specie of pest are 'unde- sirable citizens" and we would be only too glad If Teddy could be among 'em for a moment with his big stick.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-19
Frank Hamlin. inst chosen attorney
RipIey Goes to New York

Washington, June IS.-IncOrmltion received here today was to the rffeyt that Joseph Ripley whose resignation as resident engineer fin charge of Lock designs on the Panama Canal vas an nounced yesterday. has accepted lle pO- sition of advisory engineer to Ihe de- rartment of public works in the state sS New Ynrk-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-19

We should like to be informed If Att torney General Jackson of New York obtained the endorsement of the Pres ident before officially pronounclng the oyster "a wild animal" If not he is likely to find his name ineG-'hsa on the list of nature fakers."t