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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-01-30
REASON NOT MADE. PUBLIC
TWO OF THE. JURORS IN THE
THAW CASE EXCUSED BY
MUTUAL CONSENT.

New York, JAM 3O.-The excuse Of
two of the sworn jurors in the Thaw
case at the beginning of the afternoon
session left four vacant chairs in the
jurybox and seriously delayed the be-
ginning of the taking Of testimony.
The jurors excused were Arthur s..
Campbell, No. 4, and Harold R. Faire,
No. 6. This action was announced
after conference in which the attor-
neys for the defense, District Attor-
ney Jerome and Justice Fitzgerald
took part. The reasons for the step
were by agreement not made public
They are said to have been of bust
ness nature.
One juror was secured at the morn
ing session. He is John S. Dennee,
a travelling freight agent. thirty-eight
years of age and unmarried. Mr. Den
neeeis a native OF Louisiana and Thaw
seemed especially pleased at having
secured Southerner on the jury
which is to try him for the killing of
Stanford White.
Excused Juror Cannot Explain.
Harold R. Faire, one of the excused
jurors. declared after leaving the
courtroom that he. did not know why
he had been excused and that the an
nouncement made in court was the
first knowledge he had of the intend
ed action.
The defendants attorneys set a
new high record for the exercise of
peremptory challenges during the
morning session, bringing this priv
1lege to bear five times in excusing
from service tales1i1en who did not
express themselves satisfactory The
defense has thus far used fifteen Of
its thirty peremptory challenges and
the state fourteen
All the Thaw family were again in
court and there was absolutely no
evidence of friction between any of
Its members. In fact it seemed as
though an effort was being made to
show there had, been no ground for
such rumors during the past few
days. Mrs Harry Thaw and May Nc
Kenzie joined Mrs. Williams Thaw,
the Countess of Yarmouth and Mrs.
Carnegie in an animated conversation
as the courtroom was being cleared
at the, conclusion of the morning ses-
sion.
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Mr.. HALE cRlTlclsEs SENATORS
FOR DISPOSITION TO CENTER
TAIN AND iNsTRUcT."
90
APPROPRIATION BILLS IN BAD SHAPE.
'6EssIoN NEARING END AND NOT
A SINGLE SUPPLY MEASURE
3 HAS BEEN PASSED.
vi :,

Washington, Jan. 30.-Senator Hale
TOOK the senate to task during the day
because OF the disposition to talk in
stead OF pass the appropriation bills.
He said there were but two business
days left in this month, twenty-three
days in February and two in March,
tWenty-seven in all, and as yet not a
single appropriation bill had become
law.
In this remaining time,'' he said,
there is to be appropriated some
thing like $s00,0OO,O00 of the revenues
of the government. There has never
In my experience been a condition
when tlese necessary bills were so
far behind as now
Mr., Hale then referred to the desire
on the part Of senators to talk, say
Ing the senator from Indiana (Mr.
Beveridge) had instructed and enter
tanned the senate for two days and
he understood that the speech was to
continue and be followed by instruc-
tons and entertainment by the SEN
ator from Montana (Mr. Carter), not
withstanding the fact that he (Mr.
Hale) had given notice that he should
call up the diplomatic and consular
appropriation bill -
Members of the appropriations com.
mittee, he said, could not remain in
the chamber to object to these speech
making agreem ents and he gave no
tice that hereafter he should not be
bound to observe them.
The only alternative, Mr.. Hale said,
was to hold night sessions and these
he should move for If the necessary
business was further delayed
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Mother and Babe Die.

Ottumwa, Ia, Jan. SO.-In trying to
save her baby, whose clothes had
caught fire from the kitchen stove.
Mrs. Ed Butler; wife, Of a prominent
Ar1nah farmer, frantically caught up
the child in her efforts to extinguish
the flames and set fire to her own
clothes The excited mother. still
holding the child, rushed from the
house enveloped in flames. Before
help could arrive both were fatally
burned.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-01-30
NO MORE CHEAP RATES.
Full Fare to Be Charged for Trans.
PORTING Soldiers.

Omaha, Jan. 30.-The Union Pacific
and Northwestern railroads have re-
fused to make any special rates to the
government for the shipment Of sol
diers en- route to the Philippines to
and from San francisco and the quar-
ternlaster's department of the depart
ment Of the Missouri is much disap-
pointed, the officers expressing them
selves in forceful language over the
action of the railroads.
Bids were opened in Omaha for the
transportation of 600 men, 500 horses
and large amount of equipment from
Forts Robinson and Russell to San
Francisco. Only the Union Pacific and
Northwestern submitted and both bids
were for regular and full rates. Rail-
road officials say the government will
secure no more cheap fares.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-01-30
SHOOTS WIFE. ON THE SHEET.
5kenosha tWis.) Man Then Attempts
Suicide,

s. Kenosha, Wis. Jan 3O:-After wait
ing for his wife at a corner In the
business section of Kenosha Jacob
Gerbovitz, aged twenty-four years,
shot his wife four times and then sent
q bullet into his own neck. s4s
Scores of people saw the shooting
and some pounced on the assailant
while others hurried his wife to
hospital. Gerbovitz is said by sur
geons to be dying from the bullet
wound. Mrs. Gerbovitz is suffering
from nervous shock. The trouble is
said to have resulted from divorce
proceedings which were started Mon
day by the mans wife.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-01-30
BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.

House Committee Favors McCumber
Service Pension Bill.
Washington, Jan. Boy unani-
NOUS vote Of the house committee on
pensions and invalid pensions, acting
as one committee, the Me- umber serv-
ice pension bill was favorably report
ed to the house during the day. The
bill provides that all veterans of the
Mexican war or the war Of 1861 who
are sixty-two years Of age may have
a pension of s12 month. Veterans
seventy years of age are to have SIS
a month and $40 month is to be
granted to all veterans over seventy
five years old.
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His Second Book.

= "Your first book, If it Is a success,
generally leads to the success of the
second" remarked rising author.
Eyes, indeed" said another. 1T was
the success of my first book that made
my second. My second book" he add
cd, twas a bank book"
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-01-30
Chicago Union Stock. Yards.

Chicago, Jan. Cattle Beeves,
$4.1O@7.O0; COWS and heifers, $1,000
5.25; stockers and feeders, $500
4.7O; Texans, $3.60@4.50; calves, $500
08.O0. HogsMixed and butchers,
$6.7O@7.00; good heavy, s6.76@EOO;
rough heavy. s6.65@6.80; light, $6.70
6.9211k; pigs, $6.OO@6.65. Sheep, $3.50
@5.75; lambs. $4.75O7.s
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-01-30
Northern Minnesota Is Not Blizzard
Stricken, Although We Have
Plenty of Snow.
HOMESEEKERS SHOULD CONSIDER
THIS COUNTRY VERY DESIRABLE
Making Mistake BY Passing to the
St0rm-Beaten Prairies North
and West. a.

Throughout the storm and
stress of the worst periods OF
this winter, when there have
been constant complaints of sui.
fering and forebodlngs of dis.
aster IN other sections, the good
people of northern Minnesots
have pursued the even tenor of
their accustomed way without
even so much discomfort as IN
clemencies bring in many of the
large cities, says the Duluth
Evening Herald. And this is true
not only of this winter but of
many preceding ones.
This has been due to the mag
nifcent forests with which ma
ture has so literally and gener-
ously endowed northern Mime.
sofa, providing, for the people of
towns and farms alike, a sure
and inexpensive means of setting
at defiance the blasts of winter
and rendering unnecessary de-
pendence on supplies of fuel
from outside sources. =. .-..
Just why home seekers, espec-
tally those from various parts of
the United States, should pass in
thousands almost in sight of the
fully as fertile and also magnif-
Gently timbered lands of north
ern Minnesota and take farms on
the bare plains of Manitoba or
other sections is hard to under
stand, unless explanation be
found in the fact that the one
region has beer cunningly adj
vertised whereas the vastly su-
perior advantages of the other
have been apparently as cum
ningly concealed.
1t may require more work to
prepare tim bered lands for har.
vests, but this was not thought a
disadvantage among the early
pioneers and the advantages of
having a certain and sure supply
of fuel at ones very door ought
to more than turn the scales in
favor of northern Minnesota
e against any treeless portion of
the entire northwest. - go,
The Herald believes that, with
only moderate efforts, the tide of
future immigration can be d.
verified to richly endowed north.
ern Minnesota. And not the
least argument in favor of this
section should be that the forests
give home seekers means, that
cost only a. little extra labor, of
setting the worst attacks of win
ter at cosy defiance.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-01-30
In Memory of Mckinley.

Washington, Jan. 30-This is the
sixty-fourth anniversary of the birth OF
William Mckinley. AS such ami
versary and as Carnation day" It is
being observed generally in the ma.
TONS capital. Government officials,
members of congress and private citi.
zens are wearing the presidents ia.
vorite flower in silent memory Of a
martyred public servant and in the
interest. Of patriotism and good citizen
shin 1880 .,.--a.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-01-30
Duluth Wheat and Flax.

Duluth, Jan. 80. Wheat-To arrive
and on trackNo. 1 hard, s21kc; No.
/ Northern, SIC; No. 2 Northern, soc;
May, 80Rsc; July, 80Ac; Sept, zoe.
Flax-To arrive, on track and in
store, $1:20A; jan, $1.207A;; May, ST.
23A; July, $1.23.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-01-30
HEAVY LOSS FROM FIRE.
Automobile Garage Burned Out and
Many Machines Damaged.


Many Machines Damaged.
New York, Jan. 3O.-A loss roughly
estimated at $750,000 resulted from a
fire which started just before mid
night and burned out the garage Of
the New York Transportation com.
pany at Eighth avenue and West
Forty-ninth street.
A charging plant for electric vehi.
cles recently installed at great cost
by the owners Of the garage was bad
~ damaged, If not ruined, and 100
automobiles owned by private parties
were rendered worthless.
Nicholas Vandervoort, night watch.
man in the garage, was seriously
burned
Fifteen minutes after the fire broke
out series Of explosions occurred.
In row of tenement houses, oppo.
site the car barns and garage in Forty.
ninth street, a scene of panic ensued.
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Terrible Method Of Suicide,

Uniontown, Pa, Jan. 80. Tired of
life, owing probably to mental trouble,
Tony sain, foreigner, went to coke
oven at Oliver No. l, deliberately I'M
dressed in the cold and threw himself
naked head first into the bed OF fire
and was burned to death.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-01-30
PARDoNED BY TAFT.
Elghty.four Military Prisoners Given
Their Freedom,

E1ghty'four Military Prisoners Given
Their Freedom.
Leavenworth, Kan, jan 3O.-Efghty-
four inmates of the military prison at
Fort Leavenworth, most of them men
who had been punished for DESERVING
from the army, have been released on
an order from the secretary Of war.
This Is the largest number Of men
ever freed from any military prison
at any one time. The men had been
sentenced to serve from one year up
In, the prison and all had done one
year. They were recommended for
clemency by Lieutenant Colonel
Young, commandant Of the prison., be-
cause of good behavior,
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-01-30
Combine Against Socialists.

Berlin, Jan. 3O.-A1 the political
parties except the extreme Radicals.
are combining against the Socialists
IN the reballots which are to take
place in the electoral districts where
none OF the candidates for the reichs-
tag succeeded in obtaining majority,
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-01-30
General Strike Planned.

Baku, Transcaucasia. Jan. 30
Seven thousand employees of four
naphtha works struck here during the.
day. Their demands include bonus
for 1906 varying from 20 to so per
cent of their wages for the year. A
general strike is being planned in
support of the movement.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-01-30
CHICAGO Grain and Provisions.

Chicago, Jan. Wheat Nay,
78lsc;; July, TING. Corn-May, 461sc;a
July, 49, Oats May, 38Ac; July,
$500. Pork-May, s16.75; July, s16.-
80. Butter Creameries, 21@311hc;
diaries, 2O@2Sc. Eggs 22@24c. Poul-
try Turkeys, lie; chickens, lie;
snrings. DC.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-01-30
OFFENDED THE GERMANS.
Punishment Of Protege Of Turkish
Ruler Demanded.

+
Constantinople. Jan. 3O.-Fehmi
Pasha, chief Of the secret police of
the palace and a great confdant and
favorite of the sultan, has come in
serious conflict with the German en-
bassy owing to his ai,tion in causing
the seizure recently OF a ships cargo
destined for Hamburg. The sultan
tried to pacify the embassy officials
by Immediately ordering the release
of the cargo, but Germany, in a forci-
Die note to the porte, now demands
the punishment of Fehmi Pasha,
pointing out that in the steps taken
he was guilty of an infraction of the
penal code, rendering him liable to
life imprisonment The diplomats
here are watching with great interest
this struggle between &le German en-
bassy and the su1tan's protege.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-01-30
Destructive Fire at Winnipeg.

Winnipeg, Jan. 90 Fire broke out
lin the warehouse owned by Bright &
Johnston and occupied principally by
representatives Of Eastern whole
salers and manufacturers, causing q
loss estimated at over 100000.
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REFUGEES FROM KINGSTON.
Three Steamers Reach Colon With
Many People on Board. -.

Three Steamers Reach Colon With
Many People on Board.
Colon, Jan. 2o.-The Panama rail-
roads steamer Alltanea has arrived
here from New York. via Jamaica,
bringing railroad and canal employees
and their families and the committee
sent from the isthmus to investigate
the conditions at Kingston. 49,.
- The Atlas liner Allegheny, which
has also reached Colon from Jamaica,
brought 400 homeless persons from
Kingston and the Royal Mail steamer
Atrato, which arrived here during the
morning, brought 500 homeless peo-
pie from the same port. The officers
OF all tho vessels report that the ia
maicans are grateful for the prompt
assistance rendered by the American
people. sEE%%.< 49,
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Dance at Opera House to-
night, after show. Music
by Symlngt0n orchestra. -
Started Early Enouch.

+ Il want to talk to you, Mary, about
that young man Of yours" said her
father. when did he say good night
to you last evening?' ....,.....
AT 10 O'clock" replied the fair girl.
What? Why, it was 1 o'clock at
leastv'
"Oh, that was when he finished say.
ing it!"-Philadelphia Ledger.
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FOUR HUNDRED NEW CASES.
Scarlet Fever Epidemic Breaks Out
With Renewed Niqor.

oCd11et reVsr Ep1ueFnIc Breaks Out
With Renewed vigor.
Chicago, Jan. 30.-The scarlet fever
epidemic, which was said by the Off
Gals of the health department to be
lessening, has broken out with. re-
newed violence. All records were
broken during the day, when 4O7 new
cases Of the fever were reported.
It has been the opinion of: the health.
department that the epidemic was due
to milk which had been infected in
various diaries outside Of the city and
such elaborate efforts had been made;
to stop the contagion from this cause
that It was believed that the epidemic
was practically under control.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-01-30
Old Age and Rushing.

You may join the mile a minute
class, but no oil has been discovered
yet that will keep all the cogs in con-
dition. Good old age was never Sc
Quel to a rush.-Manchester Union.
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For Sweeping Primary. Law.

Springfield, ILL.,. Jan. so.-Represen-
tative Lantz Of Cook county has intro
duced direct primary measure pro-
yiding for the nomination by direct
primary Of all county, city and village
officers. judges and elective members
OF school boards. town officers and
members Of the general assembly and
representatives In congress-.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-01-30
ROGERS REFUSES TO TALK.
Has Nothing to Say About Report on
Standard Oil.

New York, Jan. 30.-H. H. Rogers,
vice president of the Standard Oil
company, when seen by a reporter at
his home in this city, refused to dis.
cuss in any way the report of the in.
terstate commerce commission which
was sent to congress Monday.
All these matters are in litigation"
said Mr.. Rogers, referring to the sew.
eral specific allegations contained in
the report. He declined to say any.
thing further.
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sWETTENHAM VERY THANKFUL.
Gables Secretary Taft on Arrival Of
Supply Of Tents. s.... . -

Washington, Jan. 30.-Secretary
Taft has received tha following cable
gram from Governor swettenham,
dated Kingston, Jamaica:
Most grateful thanks for supply of
tents just arrived from Cuba In charge
OF Captain Battle. U. 8. A. Service
most highly appreciated" -
The tents referred to are those for
warded from Santiago by Brigadier
General Whit upon the urgent request
made to Provisional Governor Magoon
by the acting British minister at Ha-
VAnA 49, ....-.- .,t.a .ar~
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-01-30
ONEIDA INDIAN CHIEF DEAD.
Ordained an Episcopal Minister When
Seventy Years Of Age. &

Seventy Years of Age.
Green Bay, Wis, Jan. 3O.-Rev. Cor.
nelius Hill, an old Oneida Indian
sachem, Is dead on the reservation at
the age of seventy-five years. He was
the oldest of the Oneida Indian chiefs.
Hill was made a chief when fifteen
years of age and took his seat in the
council when eighteen, which was a
great honor for so young an Indian.
He bore the name of Chief Onon-
Gwat-Ga and was the most influential
of the present day chiefs. For his eff
Gent and lengthy service he was Or
dained an Episcopal priest five years
ago.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-01-30
CONVICT ATTEMPTS SUICIDE.
PIunges Head First From Fourth
Floor Gallery.

Floor Gallery.
Sioux Falls, S. D., JAM 30.-Frank
Smith, life prisoner in the peniten.
tiary here, attempted suicide by jump,
ing head first from the fourth cell
gallery to the cement floor below, a
distance of thirty-five feet. Smiths
body turned three times in the air
and instead of striking on his head as
intended he landed on his hip and
elbow. His hip was broken and his
arm badly injured and while severely
hurt he will survive. Smith was re.
ceived at the penitentiary Nov. %
last, having been convicted of the kill.
ing of a saloonkeeper at Pierre.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-01-30
8 FIGHTING IN VENEZUELA.

1oVerHor Mata NtIIeu III RAID on Po-
49, litical Meeting.
Willemstad, Island of Curacao, Jan.
30.-According to advices received
here from Caracas, Venezuela, Gov
ernor Mata, at the head of a body of
armed troops, surprised a secret po-
litical meeting in the yard of Vice
President Gomez at Caracas during
the night of Jan. ~ and in the fight
ing which followed Governor Mata
and several others were killed and a
large number, including the comman-
der of the troops, were wounded.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-01-30
DUTCH OFFICIALS KILLED.
SERIOUS Revolt Reported on the ISL
and of Java.

and OF Java.
Amsterdam, Holland, Jan. 3O.-A SEE
rious revolt has broken out in the:
province of Kediri, island of Jawar
Dutch East Indies, according to Al dis
patch received here from Batavia. It.
is stated that 800 natives have taken
up arms and that many Of the Dutch.
officials and their adherents have been
killed or wounded. The vice, gov,
ernor of the province is said to be,
among the wounded and the chief Of;
police is reported to have been killed.
Troops have. been dispatched to the,
scene of the outbreak.
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OUTCOME OF FEUD.

italian Store Dynamited and Several
Persons injured.
Oyster Bay, N Y, Jan. 3O.--A gro
Gerry store owned by an Italian named
Frank Carome was demolished by an
explosion of dynamite. Carome and
his family, who slept in the rear of
the store, were badly bruised and one
Italian who slept in room over the
store was seriously injured. The ex-
plosion is said to have been the out
come of a feud between Italians en-
ployed by local contractors.
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Modern Irish,

As professional student of Ian
guages I have no hesitation In saying
that modern Irish is more difficult than
ancient Greek. Guardian.
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ToIstoi's Condition Critical.

London. Jan. 80. Dispatches from
st. Petersburg report the condition OF !.
Count Leo Tolstoi, the novelist, who
Is i'll. as critical. s S
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MARKET QUOTATIONS.
MinneanoIis Wheat,

Minneapolis, Jan. Wheat May,
80Ac; July, 801ac; Sept, 1880. On
track--No. / hard, 843sc; No. North.
ern, S2%c;. No. 2 Northern, 8O#c;
No. Northern, 78@79c
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DIRECTOR GENERAL OF CANAL
Senate Committee Considers Mr.. Nor.
CAMS PROPOSAL.

Senate Committee Considers Mr.. Nor.
CAMS Proposal.
Washington, Jan. 3O.-A plan for
the reorganization of the isthmian
canal commission was considered dur
ing. the day by the senate committee
On interoceanic canals It was pre-
scented by Senator Morgan and pro-
vided for the creation of the post of
director general, to be assisted by
the chief engineer in charge. of con-
struction. The canal commission, in
addition to the director general, is to
consist of the heads of the various
departments under the chief engineer.
It is provided that the director gem
erals authority shall be supreme, but
that he shall act with the advice and
assistance Of the subordinate commits
sioners. The commission shall meet
on the isthmus at least six times in
every year. The bill being prepared
by Senators Hopkins and Knox was
not ready and therefore the discus
sion was confined to Senator Morgan's
plan. The discussion will be contin-
ued at the next session.