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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-04-05
Sc Black Hand.
Fight on In Earnest Against It's Mrrderous
Matchmaking System Imported From Italy.
Money Death Special Detective
Squad Fifty Now Hunting Them Down In New yorPolice Com
Bingham Tral-Sketch of the Picturesque
Soldier Who Holds Roosevelts Old Job. <

terest to lie nation. 1t is goiag to re-
suit in detective story such Us no
book covers ever contained unless
General Bingham greatly d1sappcints
his friends Is ~.
1t is rather curious thing that {. en-
eral Bingham should be engaged in
this sort of work. Two or three years
ago who would have thought it of
him? There was no more indication
then that he would be police commits
sioner Of New York than there is inli-
cation now that Theodore Roosevelt
will be the next shah of Persia or the
ahkoond Of Swat. Bingham had not
lived in New York, and he knew only
one man connected with the city :L.-
ministration. That was. Mayor George
B. Mcclellan, whom he had met at
Washington when the young man W as
In congress. &
sWhen you get to be mayor of New
York" Bingham once remarked jocu.
iarly to Congressman Mcclellan, "I'l
come over and help you run things"
f- Bingham at White House.
That was long before Mcclellan ran
tor mayor. Bingham was then serving
as major domo, drum major, social sec
rotary or something to that effect al
the White House. His official position
was superintendent Of government
buildings and grounds in Washington
He was appointed thereto as an office
in the regular army, being colonel il
the engineer corps. incidentally h,
was military aid to the president ant
managed all the social functions a
the White House. He served through
President McIHinley's term withou
friction, but not long after Mr.: Roose
Welt became president there were boil
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-04-05
By ROBERTUS LOVE,

: By ROBERTUS LOVE, -
T HE police commissioner of New
York city has started move.
n ment to set his foot down upon
: the Black Hand" One of his
feet is artificial, but the other is the
real article. He proposes to step down
hard and crush the ugly digits of this
cruel, murderous, matchmaking con-
spiracy which has been imported to the
United States by ex-convicts and un
convicted criminals from the 'heel and
toe Of Italy. 81 ,
This police com issioner is General
Theodore A. Bingham. 1t is said that
when he gets ready to express an en-
phatic opinion or utter a firm resolve
his jaws click loud enough to awaken
the office cat. The click means that
the generals mind is cooked and ready
to shoot. -. ...,-~... -.
AS his title implies, General Bingham
| is a soldier. Though no longer in the
| United States army. he is commander
! of corps of 1900 men, the police
force Of the greatest city on the CONT
nent He cannot mobilize this force in
its entirety and go out after the Black
Hand to crush it, because the Black
Hand never fights openly. He must
approach the enemy by underground
methods. AS he was an able engineer
in the army, it would appear that he is
we'll qualified for underground boring
The commissioner has organized 8
squad Of fifty detectives to do secret
work against the most Infamous gang
Of cutthroats that ever infested civil
cation. Detective Sergeant Joseph Re
trosino, himself an italian, is in charge
Of the squad.
| New York has large population Of
Italians more or less ignorant ant
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-04-05

minnesota and the railroads failed
10 agree upon compromise measure
Tor the two-cent fare bill originally
presented to the legislature and as .
result the legislature has rejected the
oVertures of the roads and passed the
tWo-eent bill with only a few dissent.
ing votes in each house. The bill
makes violation of the two-cent pro
vision felony and fixes punishment
ol q thousand dollars fine or five
years imprisonment for any corpora.
non OF person departing from the rate
as nxed. II the bill is upheld ais
nxing q reasonable rate the penalty
should be sufficient to deter any cor,
poration Or officer from making more
lhan q tWo-cent charge per mile for
passenger transportation.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-04-05
ISSUES IN MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS

There is not much of political
element in city elections. Local con-
ditions-matters affecting the immedi-
ate comfort or need of the voters
determine the result of elections in
municipalities. The larger cities of
the country, New York. Chicago, and
other cities, swing from one party to
the other in an effort to obtain the
cpnveniences or necessities they de-
sire from municipal government. In
Chicago this week, a republican was
elected to the Office of mayor, but the
issue in the campaign was purely
municipal one, in to which the element
of partisan politics hardly entered,
and where it did enter it was soon
submerged in the larger issues of
municipal government. Chicago has
for years been struggling, with the
traction question and as a result of
the uncertainty affecting street car
properties, the system has deterior-
4 ated to such state of inefficiency as
to be intolerable.. Through ordinances
not long ago adopted by the city
council, it is possible, now that they
have been approved by the voters and
mayor elected favoring them, to
provide for immediate Improvement
in the street car service and at the
same time not put away altogether
the possibility of municipal owner
ship, in the event that the city should
find the requirement of the proper
" ties either profitable or expedient. In
city immense as Chicago, the matter
of rapid transit in comfort is matter
of much more vital Importance than
tariff, imperialism or any other mat
ter that properly belongs to the
DOMAIN of national politics and affects
the country as whole. Other things
being equal, the voter will naturally
favor the candidate Of his own party,
or, where candidates are nominated
regardless of party, the candidate of
his own political affiliations. But the
Intelligent and reasoning voter will
never permit the question of partisan
politics to enter into municipal
election, where he must by his vote
help determine matters of municipal
policy, into which partisan politics dc
not and should not enter at all. 1t is
of vital Importance to every city thai
its government shall be clean, vel
ordered and law enforcing-that there
shall be equal opportunity for all mer
that all property and classes O
property shall bear a Just and eouit
able burden of taxes-that this maj
shall not be favored out of politica
consideration and that man shall no
be punished because of past politica
delinquencies or afiliations-that cit,
= funds shall be expended carefully AMI
IN business like way-that all bust
ness shall be done in the open wher,
every man may see and be heard
IL that no individual shall be intimidate,
or coerced through fear of official dis
favor into taking any stand other tina,
as his conscience and reason dictates
THESE are the things necessary ii
municipal government into which n
partisan sentiment can or should ente
ana these are the things that ar
. -
coming to weigh with the intelligen
voter in the determination of munic
pal matters.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-04-05
Hollow, Glass Bricks.

The demand for hollow bricks and
building blocks for house construction
has induced glass manufacturers to put
hollow glass bricks on the market, and
they promise to be used extensively
for novel and artistic effects. says the
Builder. y
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-04-05

Z. Sullivan, the Fargo optical
specialist. win be at the Grand Pacific
hotel again Friday and Saturday
April : and 8. Eyes examined
glasses fitted.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-04-05

friction and fire. The White House
was not big enough for two Theodores,
each with mind of his own and a
tongue to Indicate it's workings Be
fore Colonel Bingham was retired from
that post, however, occurred a little
incident which belongs to modern his
tory. Is
There was a musicale at the White
House. Senator Chauncey M. Depew
was present. That was in the insur-
ance antebellum days, when he was
"Our Chauncey" and could laugh at
his own jokes. 1t seems that Senator
Depew told funny story and laughed
loud and long over it. His laughter an
noyed President Roosevelt and others
who wanted to hear the music. Colo
mel Bingham as master Of ceremonies
saw that it was "up to him." and, be-
ing a soldier, he shrank not from duty.
Stepping up to the jocular senator, he
said: <1..-a.
"Please be quiet. The others want to
hear the music" -.
That started feud between Depew
and Bingham, Wnlcn, IL Is SAID, laStS 70
this day, though Senator Depew does
not keep the story in his repertory. AZ
/ Colonel Bingham was transferred to
Buffalo, where he had charge of the
construction Of a breakwater. 1t was
going from the White House to the pile
driver, but Bingham liked 1t, for his
specially was engineering work. One
| day In the spring Of 1904 a derrick fell
| on him, crushing his left leg so that n
| required amputation above the knee
When he recovered, !. the president pro
moted him to be a brigadier general
and the next day retired him for dds
/ ability incurred in the line Of duty
Thus at forty-fve General Bingham
4 faced the world on half pay and one
leg.
4 - s53.5Htf T3lsE
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-04-05
Surprised BY tie Mayor.

q But the future had no terrors for
him. lie began TO cast about for some
big railroad engineering work after fit
ting himself with an artificial leg and
a stout cane. Then Mayor Mcclellan
sent for him, Bingham being In Bos.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-04-05

BY M. H. JEWELL.
:
. LIE DAILY TRIBUNE.


= THE DAILY TRIBUNE. Ill.
Published every morning except Monday,
AT Bismarck, North Dakota, is delivered by
carrier to ali parts Of the city at 80 cents per
month; o: $3.50 per. year: Ii sent by mail
through The post office. ST per year The
dajy s,,, 70 any address outside Of bismarck
in the United States Canada, posta"s pre-
o,;d q ner wear: So for six mouth for
thTee mouths. -t..--5 7r
-. TIE WEEKLY TRlHUNl
Published every Friday: twelve anu sixteen!
pages; containing summary OF the news OF
the weck--local and neutrality-suspicious. atten-
t.on being paid 10 state news. Seut to any
address postage paid, for 81 Tor one year: so
cents for SIX months: 25 cents for three
months. ~>, .r IT,
The Bismarck Tribune is the oldest news
paper in the state--Weekly established June
IL. 1878: Daily established in 1881. 1t has
wide circulation and IS lesirabie; advertis,
ing medium. Being published al the capital
of the state it makes feature of state news,
of semi-offcial character. and is therefore
particularly interesting 10 all who desire to
keep the run of state afairs-politica'. social
and business.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-12-07
BEGAN YOUNG.



when very young I began using
coffee and continued up to the past
six months" writes a Texas girl.
Il had been exceedingly nervous.
thin and very sallow. After quitting
coffee and drinking Postum Food COT
fee about month my nervousness
disappeared and has never returned.
This is the more remarkable as am
Primary teacher and have kept
right on with my work.
My complexion now is clear and
rosy, my skin soft and smooth. AS a
good complexion was something had
greatly desired, feel amply repaid
even tho this were the only benefit
derived from drinking Postum.
Before beginning its use had
suffered greatly from indigestion and
headache; these troubles are now un-
known.
Best Of all, I changed from coffee
to Postum without the slightest incon-
venience, did not even have a head.
ache. Have known coffee drinkers
who were visiting me, to use Postum
week without being aware that they
were not drinking coffee.
II have known several to begin the
use of Postum and drop it because
they did not boil 1t properly. After
explaining how 1t should be prepared
they have tried II again and pro.
nounced 1t delicious"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read the booklet, "The
Road to Wellville," In pkgs. There's
a Reason"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-12-07
CONTAGlON A QUESTION OF
PREVENTION

Sinks, drains, eating and cooking
utensils, sick room linen and clothing
frequently carry the dreaded disease
germ unnoticed by the household.
Thorough and hygienic cleansing is
the best safeguard against infection,
and such safeguard is found in the
universal household necessity--Borax.
This simple preventive carries in It,
self, disinfecting qualities which en-
ter the fabric or act upon the article
to be cleansed In hygienic manner
eliminating every unwholesome prop
erty, rendering 1t contagion-proof,
while at the same time Bordr is Of
itself as harmless as sat.
Unlike most disinfectants which de-
pend upon their strength of odor or
harmful-to-the-system qualities, to ar
rest or prevent contaglon, Borax Is
Natures remedy being easy to OBJ
tain and easy to apply, simple So
luton in hot water being all the appli-
cation necessary and requiring no
prescription, 1t can be obtained from
any grocer or druggist in convenient,
economical household packages.
In addition to its disinfecting quail.
ties, Borax is especially a household
necessity, and can be used for soften
ing water, cleansing and whitening
clothes, clearing the skin, whitening
hands, makes an excellent dandruff
remover and can be used on the finest
laces or most delicate fabrics without
injury, while as an adjunct to the
bath 1t removes all odor of perspira-
ton and leaves the skin soft and vel
yety
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-12-07
SORES AS BIG AS PENNIES.
Whole Head and Neck Covered-Halr
All Came Out-Cured In Three
Weeks by Cuticura.

after having the measles my whole
head and neck were covered with scaly
sores about as large as penny. They
were just as thick as they could be.
My hair all came out. l let the trou.
Bile run along, taking the Doctors blood
remedies and rubbing on salve, but it
did not seem to get any better 1t
stayed that way for about six months;
then got a set of the Cuticura Rene.
dies, and in about a week l noticed a
big difference, and in three weeks 1t
was well entirely and have not had
the trouble any more, and as this was
seven years ago. | consider myself
cured. Mrs. Henry Porter, Albion,
Neb., Aug. %, 1906"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-12-07
MEAN FILINGS AT EDITORS.
Tributes by Lafcado Hearn to Class
of Workers He Dlsliked.

"Lafcadio Hearn, that wonderful
writer, worked on newspapers in his
youth said a publisher and the
ruthless way his studies were changed,
cut and butChered was a great woe
to his heart.
"ln after years Hearn took a mali
cious Joy in collecting stories about
edltors-editors and their superior
and omniscient way with manuscript.
zone of his stories was of an editor
to whom a subscriber said:
az enjoyed that poem on the three
ages Of man in to-day's paper, Mr..
Sheers; l enjoyed it immensely. Do
yea know, though, thought it was
originally written the seven ages of
man?
So it was, sir; so 1t was said
Editor Sheers, pompously. Yes, the
extract was originally written the
seven ages of man, but l had to cut it
down for the lack of space
Another story concerned a weather
report. A reporter, discussing the
weather, wrote that winter still lin.
gered in the lap of spring.
THE editor, as he read over the
article, called the reporter to his desk
and told him that he would cut out
that sentence about winter lingering
in springs lap. He said the idea was
good enough, and all that sort of
thing, but it would not do to publish
because the high moral tone of the
paper had to be maintained in town
full of school girls"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-12-07
One Waiter with Sense.

Man in a restaurant, happening in
just as new shift of walters came on.
And having eaten very modest
luncheon this man laid down a mod.
est tip, to be exact, five cents.
And did the waiter shy off or sniff
at this nickel? He did neither, but on
the contrary he seemed to regard it
as an augury of good fortune that his
first customer should have given him
something, and
Thank you" he said, politely, to
the customer, and as he turned away
he added to himself: That's a start.
er,"-N, Y, Sun.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-12-07
TIE
General Demand

Of the Well-Informed Of the World has
always been for a simple, pleasant and
efficient liquid laxative remedy of known
value; laxative which physicians could
sanction for family use because its COM
ponent parts are known to them to be
wholesome and truly beneficial in effect,
acceptable to the system and gentle, yet
prompt, in action.
In supplying that demand with its ex-
cellent combination Of Syrup Of Figs and
Elixir of SIENNA, the California Fig Syrup
Co. proceeds along ethical lines and relies
on the merits Of the laxative for its remark
able success.
That is one Of many reasons why
Syrup Of Figs and Elixir of SIENNA is given
the preference by the Well-Informed.
To get its beneficial effects always buy
the genuine manufactured by the Cali
fornia Fig Syrup Co., only, and for sale
by all leading druggists, Price fifty cents
per bottle.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-12-07
SEARS, RoEBUck & co. INDICTED.
Charged with Using Mails to De-
fraud and in disappearing
Articles Sold.

Des Moines, Ia.-(SpeciaD-Sears,
Roebuck & Co. Of Chicago have been
charged with using the mails to de-
fraud. The Indictment is on three
counts, 1t is alleged that the com.
pany misrepresented articles in its
catalogues sent through the mails,
The first count charges that on June
IS, 1907, the company devised n
scheme to obtain money by false pre-
lenses from DR.. c. F. Spring OF Des
Moines by selling him white lead that
Sears-Roebuck claim to have made.
The indictment alleges 1t was made
by others. A second count is on n
ring bought by r. II. Miles, and
the third count is the sending of an
other ring, alleged to have been mis-.
represented, through the mails.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-12-07
HIS TURN TO cRlTlcIsE.
Youngster Felt Called on to Manifest
DlsapproVaI Of Prayer.

Little John, who, at the mature age
of four, has learned the Lords Prayer,
is often criticised by his sister, two
years older, for slight mistakes which
he cannot always avoid in offering the
petition. A few Sundays ago he was
taken to church for the first time.
When the moment for the prayer ar.
rived and the congregation bowed
their heads Johns mother took the
precaution to whisper to him that he
must be very quiet. Listen" she
said, "and you will hear the minister
pray" This interested John at once,
and his little face took on a look Of
serious attention, but his mother,
watching him covertly, saw his ex.
preston change presently to one Of
surprise and disapproval. A few min
utes more. and he could stand it no
longer. What could this man be say.
ing? Not a word Of the prayer did
he recognize as the only formula he
had ever heard called by that name.
why, mother" he exclaimed, in q
tone audible over nearly half the
church, do you hear? He isn't say.
ing 1t right at ALL"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-12-07
EQUAL TO THE OCCASION.
This Servant Girl Was Evidently q
Person Of Resource.

AS a source of humor the Irish SER
want girl has long since fallen from
her high estate, a result probably due
to the better class of young women
from the Emerald Isle who come here
annually to help confuse the eternal
servant girl question" But now and
again one of the old, naively ignorant
sort turns up in New York house
hold, as was demonstrated the other
day to a caller at house on the West
Side.
The girl who responded to the bell
was asked if her mistress was at
home. To this inquiry she surprised
the caller by putting her arms behind
her back and replying In rich
brogue, as she thrust her face toward
the caller: Put tn tickets in me
mouth, maam, an I'll go an see. Me
hands is wet. IN. Y. Press.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-12-07
Goinu 10 Be Fined.

When George AIDE was a newspaper
reporter he was sent to write up" an
Irish laborer who had fallen from a
building, When Mr. AIDE arrived on
the scene, several officers and others
were helping the injured man into the
ambulance. Mr.. AIDE pulled out his
pad and pencil whats his name?"
he asked one Of the policemen.
The injured man, who had heard
AIDE and who mistook him for the
timekeeper employed by the con.
tractor, rolled his eyes in a disguised
way.
What dye think O. that" he NUT
tered. "Im goin' to be locked for
the few minutes I lose goin' to the
hospital!"-Success.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-12-07
Was Holdlnu His Own,

A wealthy man, reyisiting his native
village, was telling his old cronies
around the store stove how he had
achieved his great success, At the
close of his recital an old village char
acter that he had known as a boy en-
tered.
How are you, TOM" said the great
man, holding out his hand. And
how have you been getting along all
these years."
The old fellow shifted his quid
and spat,
WAL" he said, when hit this
town moren 40 years ago | didn't
have red cent, an now-waal,
guess I'm holdin' my own all right"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-12-07

Capt. Riley was intently watching
from his net-loft window the approach
of his biggest fishing tug, the Alice
Riley. Even in the inner harbor she
was pitching and rolling in the Decem-
Der seas and was sheatbed in ice from
bobbing timber head to the overhang
aft.
mot a boxful, not one he groaned,
seeing the nested fish boxes still
dashed to the deckhouse roof. But
the boys II get their pay, somehow;
they'll get it, If have to slap a mort
gage on all the outfit" No one else
should know it, but the truth was
Christmas cheer was not in Capt.
Riley's heart as he turned gravely to
the twine-reeling he had busted him.
self with since he broke his ankle and
Billy Noonan had proudly taken out
the Alice Riley, the most powerful tug
that fished off Skilligalee in the Straits
of Mackinac.
The tug tied up to the dock with a
bump, there was some shouting, heavy
footsteps dumping on the icy wharf,
then up the shaky stairs and the door
flew open letting in a blast of raw
north wind and an ice-coated being in
oil skins who presently shed his chrys.
alis and became a crestfalen skipper, a
curly-haired, alert young fellow, who
almost Rugged the roaring stove, for
he was drenched and shivering.
mot a pound, cap'n," was his greet,
ing. "Breezed up so we couldn't touch
the nets" he added.
"Old Michigan must be cuttin' up
considerable the old man answered
cheerily. Never mind, boy, yen get
'em next time"
But Billy Noonan knew how bad the
fishing had been all year, and could
figure as well as his employer how bad
matters must be, Not a man of them
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-12-07

'Well, old fellow, l hear that your
aunt is dead"
Eyes, she died yesterday" replied
the old fellow somewhat sadly.
1T is the way of the world We must
all die some time, and the old lady
was well advanced in years. She left
last will and testament, of course?
l understood she was wealthy"
"Oh, yes, she left will and tesla.
ment," still more sadly.
"You were always favorlte of hers.
Your name was mentioned, of course?"
Yes he replied. my name was
mentioned. I'm to have the Tesla.
ment."