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Evening journal., 1907-01-18
MUCH WARMER
Rising Temperature causes Snow to
Melt and Adds to Discomfort.

Weather conditions are stlil unsettled
although the temperature is moving in an
upward direction. Already the snow has
begun 10 assume the form Of slush. rem
dering the crossings and sidewalks 81 p
perry and treacharous
Especially troublesome to drivers and
some merchants are the piles cf snow
along the sides OF the streets. thrown
there by trolley swoepers on the one hand
and sidewalk slove,ers on the other II
is now supposed that sioighs viii be again
retired from service and ice men abandon
any hopes they may have had 70 Ill theiI
houses.
Evening journal., 1907-01-18
AGREE ON MERASUE
Delaware and New Jersey commis.
sioners to Present Bill to Lesisla-


AT the Joint meeting Of the Delaware
and New Jersey commissioners appointed
to draft bills regulating fishing In the
Delaware river. ana to establish boundary
lines uniform measures were adopted
which viii be presented TO the Legisla-
lures Of the two States for adoption.
The meeting was held in the University
Club rooms. No. 15l6 Walnut street, Phila-
-deiphia. and was presided over by Alex
ondor b. Cooper. Resolutions were
adopted and forwarded to the governors
Of Delaware and New Jersey, notifying
them Of the action OF the commission.
The bill will come before the Delaware
Legislature early next month
Evening journal., 1907-01-18
STEEL PLANT WILL OPERATE
New Owners Propose to Begin Work
AS Soon as Possible.

Purchasers Of the Diamond State
Steel Company's plant propose to begin
operations as soon as the property is
decided to its new owners.
The new company is being Ofganized.
the property having been purchased by
John B. Newkirk of Philadelphia, and
several other parties, principally bond-
holders who prefer to keep the prop
cry themselves.
Evening journal., 1907-01-18
WiII Move 70 WlIninaton.

On January ssl. Sheriff Harry STAFF
ford will sell the stock and implements
CT the farm which he occupies at Eden
Park Mr.. Stafford win move to Will
nington as soon as he obtains suit
able house.
Evening journal., 1907-01-18

BY Our Own Wire. Publishers Press.
PITTSBURG-Day was turned into
the darkness Of midnight this morning
by an unusually heavy pail of smoke
and misty fog, which sut out all evil
dence of daylight for several hours.
Work in all downtown offices ana
streets was only possible by means of
electric illumination. A number of ac-
cidents have been reported as a result
Of teh condition. but none Of a serious
character
PITTSBURG-With the Monohahela
river at stage Of 2o.5 feet at Market
street at o'clock this morning and ris-
ing az the rate Of three tenths Of foot
an hour Pittsburg is threatened with
a flood. and it is probable the danger
line. which is fixed at p feet viii be
passed this afternoon.
Evening journal., 1907-01-18
Court Held confersnoo.

Members Of Levy Court held confer
cnce this morning TO discuss the proposed
bill relative TO bonding the county TO the
extent Of 100000 FOR good roads purposes.
Evening journal., 1907-01-18
Horse Runs AWAY Win sIeiqh.

A horse attached TO a sleigh owned
by DR.. owen c. Spear. m naway from
Ninth and West streets. iniuring The
horse's legs and slightly damaging The
sleigh.
Evening journal., 1907-01-18
WELL TRAINED BULLDOG
Pulls His Little Master Over Snow and
Enjoys the Snort.

Many persons stepped to-day to watch
the fun Of boy named southner and his
bulldog as they play in their yard at No.
5l5 Maryland avenue
The dog has been fitted with harness,
and when hitchsd TO "a sled drags his
master about in great style, understand
ing "get up" or whoa" as well as any
horse
Evening journal., 1907-01-18
sworn IN as Justiee.

Before Magistrate Hollis this NOM
ing. Leonard w. Lovett recently APP
pointed justice os the peace at Newatk,
was sworn ln.
Evening journal., 1907-01-18
SELLS CHICAGO PROPERTY
Victor dupont Disposes Of Large Build
ina in Western City.

Victor dupont Of this city, who is
the owner Of considerable Chicago real
estate, has sold a four-story building
and lot at 1S5-1S7 South Water street,
in that city to Charles f. Gray. the
consideration having been $1S0,000.
The ground sold was fOx150 feet in
size.
Evening journal., 1907-01-18
JOHNS BEARS UP WELL
Condemned Murderer Of Arameda
Jones Preparing for His Death.

One week from to-day. Friday. Janua y
%. Lewis Johns coiored convicted Of the
murder Of Ammedn Jones' also colored,
will be hanged az tho county worlhou G
between the hours Of 10 in the morning
ana IN the afternoon.
Johns is bearing mp well IN the face Of
his impending fate, and receives consola.
tlon from his spiritual adviser Rev B. n.
Moo-s lie occupies the cell adjoining the
one in which William Archer the negro
who was hanged on Friday last, occupied.
Evening journal., 1907-01-18
To Hold speciaI MEETING.

Members Of the Law Library will hold
a special meeting tomorrow afternoon at
o'clock in the county court room
Evening journal., 1907-01-18
Letters Granted.

Register Of Wills Walker has granted
letters testamentary upon the estate Of
Elizabeth AIcLear 70 Aary Z Woods.
Evening journal., 1907-01-18

BY Our Own Wire. Puaiishera' Press.
KINGSTON. jamaica. via Holland
Bay. Jan. 1s-Thers has been a COM
plete. and it is hoped permanent ces-
sation Of the seismic shocks which have
continued, with greater or less inten-
sity. since last Monday mp TO yesterday
morning. The weather continues fire
to-day and Governor SWEET called all
able bodied white men TO a'd in the
work Of rescue or restoration.
Governor SWEET made a complete
tour of thes tricken city IN an auto
mobile to-day. visiting not only the
burned business district but the out
lying suburbs AT its conclusion h=
declined to make anything other than
a rough guess but gave it as his opin-
ion that the list Of dead would fan
somewhere under one thousand. and
stated that in his opinion the property
loss would not exceed S20O0,oo0 md
would In an probability not exceed Sl5-
100000
Looters at Work.
Hungry looters invanded the stricken
city late last night and were fred upon
fc roH nn.
Evening journal., 1907-01-18
Brilliant Banquet at State
ArmOry Tonight to Com
memOTate Anniversary
REVl..W OF SETTLEMENT
AND PRESENT GROWTH

4 o d a y
NJ a ks the
18TH a n n l.
V G T s a ry of
me incorpo-
ra tion Of
Wilnin g ton
as n city,
a n d { h e
event will be
httingly cell
ebra ted by
an elaborate
b a n ct at
t h e o ] d
Troop B Ar
inory, 18th
and Orange
streets, this
evening, dec
orators hav-
Evening journal., 1907-01-18

ST. pETERsBURG- ~wo violent
sarth shocks weree experienced at Kuba,
Government Of Baku. at o'clock this
sucrning. Kuba is a firtihed town in
Evening journal., 1907-01-18

WAsHINGTON-senator Blackburn
has offered an amendment to the For
aker- -Brownville resolution disclaiming
any intention on the part Of the senete
to question the Presidents right to dis
charge the negro troops.
Evening journal., 1907-01-18
CONGRATULATIONS !

Wilmington celebrates hc- seventy
fifth anniversary to- day. Remarz-
able as has been her prosperity and
growth in the past, the future seems
TO give promise Of even greater
things.
Evening journal., 1907-01-18
ILooters at Work

Hungry looters invanded the stricken
city late last night and were fred upon
BY the provost guard 1t is not be-
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-09-09
Humorous chinese craft.

A certain Chinese taotai (magistrate)
having told his men to have two ingots
Of gold sent to his treasury for pur-
chase, the shopmen brought them In
and in answer to the query Of the tao
tai told him that the price was so much
In taels, but added, This is the or
binary price, but for your honor we
will knock off one-half Of the price,"
Then the taOtai said to his ~underlings:
Seeing that they are to sell to me at
only one-half price, just give them
back one ingot of gold and put the
other In my treasury, and thus their
account is settled. Goodby." So the
underlings OF the yamen did so, but
still the shopmen hung around wait
Ing. The taotai asked them why they
were waiting, when their account had
been already settled. Said the shop
men, "When did your honor pay your
humble servantsT Then the magls-
trate answered with very fierce air:
"Taio nu ts-a" Qmpertnent slaves),
did you not say that these two gold
mgots We're half price to me? Then
did l not give you back one lngot and
keep the other and thus settle your ac-
count without the least injustice ac-
cording to your own proposition? So
be Off with you or my ltctors will give
you taste of the scourge."-Harper's
Weekly.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-09-09
A SINGULAR Calculation.

1t would require, according to the
calculations of scientist, the power
Of a 10000 horsepower engine about
7OOOO,OOO,00O years to lift the earth
a foot in height, and to do this work,
allowing thirteen pounds Of water per
horsepower per hour, would require
some 100000 100000, 100000 gallons
Of water, or more than would be dis
charged at the mouth of the MISSISSIPPI
pi In 5000 years. This would be
enough, the writer estimates. to cover
the entire surface Of the earth to a
depth of not less than 800 feet, to
convert which into steam, using good
boilers, would require some 100000
OOO,OOO,OOO tons of COAL If the latter
quantity Of the mineral was loaded on
cars Of twenty tons each it would de-
mand 2OO,OOO,OOO,O such cars.
If the latter were thirty feet long and
all coupled together in one train it
would reach around the earth 45000,-
600 times and, if running twenty-five
miles per hour, would consume 25,OOO,-
600 years in running the length of it.
self. So much for figures.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-09-09
An ENGLISH Amenitv.

A striking difference between our
manners and those of our English
cousins was shown one day at a gar
den party. The hostess, an American,
was speaking to one Of her guests, an
Englishwoman of rank.
Dear Lady b." she said, "here are
some sandwiches which I made with
my own hands, particularly for you.
You know I've often told you about
our American sandwiches and how
good they are. Here are different
sorts, lettuce and cucumbers, if you
care for grass or if you like a savory
better try the cream cheese ones with
pimentoes. I've some sweet ones, too,
raisins and nuts chopped together
which will you try first?'
She held a plate in each hand, a
plate filed with dainty looking sand
wiches, and they were extended invit-
ingly toward her guest, who looked at
them critically, then said in the clear,
high pitched voice of the we'll bred
Englishwoman:
ooh, thank you, so kind of you, but
do you know I never touch the nawsty
things Plain Dealer.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-09-09
"CrocodiIe Tears"

The phrase crocodile tears'' owes
its origin to the Imagination Of some
Of the old travellers, who invented the
fable that the crocodile weeps over it's
prey. One Of the earliest English globe
trotters to mention this fiction was Sir
John Vaudeville, who in his 'Travels"
Q49O, speaking of "Ethiop," ''Ynde''
and an lyle clept Silla," says:
"That Lond is full Of Serpents and
Of Cokadrilles. These Cokadrilles ben
manner Of Long Serpente, zalowe
and rayed aboven, and had four Feete
and schorte Thyes and CRETE Nayles as
Clees or Talonns, and there ben sumo
that had five Fadme in length and
sumo of six and halfendal. And in
the night thei dwellen in the Water
and on the Day won upon the Lond.
THESE Serpentes slue men, and thei
eten hem weypnge, and when thei eten
thei moven the over Jowe and noughte
the neither Jowe, and thei have no
tonge."-St. Louis Republic.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-09-09
He Saw the Game.

The Office boy had buried countless
grandm0thers, brothers, sisters, aunts
and cousins, but he felt an enthusiasm
for the baseball game that day which
would not be downed.
Suddenly an idea struck him. APP
preaching the easy boss with an air
of familiarity which had been nurtur.
ed by long usage he asked:
MAY leave at noon today, sir?"
"And why, my boy?'
'There Is fancy fair at our church
and mother wants me to go this after
noon. She was so anxious that she
bought me ticket which cost dol
lar, as she was sure you would allow
me the few hours off. I have to, assist
at the refreshment stall, and it seems
pity to waste''-
"But surely you are above such
things as that which take you away
from your work. Why not give the
ticket to one Of your sisters?"
"Well, you see, sir, that wouldn't be
fair, for I'm the only one Of our fam
lily who can be depended upon to eat
dollars worth, and"-
His supreme nerve won the day.
Smiths Magazine.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-09-09
Chance For a Home Run.

A clever teacher who has the power
Of calling out originality in her pupils
says that she would have no use for
text books if she took time to answer
all the startling questions asked in
the classroom. One day the attraction
of gravitation was under discussion
when one of the boys said that he
didn't see any need of it, anyway.
1T seems to me-" said he, there's no
particular use in having the earth at
tract things. Now, when the apple
fell and made Newton think out the
reason for it, that apple might just as
we'll have stayed where it was until
somebody gathered it."
"You play ball, don't you?" asked
the teacher. "Well, suppose you knock
the ball very high, what happens?'
1T falls"
"But if there were no attraction to-
ward the earth it wouldn't fall. Don't
you think that might prove 1nconven-
1ent?
N.Y." cried the boy, "what bully
chance for a home run!'-Chicago
News.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-09-09
Her purse and His Handkerohief.

"The thoughts of youth are long,
long thoughts" The other day young
woman who had dropped her purse,
full Of pay money for the corps OF
girls under her charge, considered the
thoughts of youth to be rather too
"long."
She was in,one Of the large depart.
ment stores, land as her hands were
occupied she let her purse lie for a
few moments ,where it had fallen. But
her eye was on it. In the meantime q
bright little fellow not more than nine
or ten years old left his parents near
by and deftly covered the purse with
handkerchief.
The woman, who Is perfectly self
possessed young person, could hardly
believe her eyes, but she waited to see
what the boy would do. Just as he
was STOPPING to his prize she placed
her foot quietly upon 1t. The young.
ster slipped back without a word to
the well dressed respectable" people
with whom he was.
Then the woman picked up her purse
and, taking the handkerchief over tc
the lad, handed it to him, saying
'There is no reason why you should
lose your handkerchief just because
you didn't get my purse"-New York
Post. .r.. .e. .-.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-09-09
Me and Nv Father.

The commercial traveller ficked the
dust off his boots, Strengthened his tie
and entered the emporium Of Mr..
Brown, the village grocer. He was
new to the district, otherwise he would
not have made the error which we now
divulge.
Behind the counter was a young
gentleman of fourteen, with bullying
eyes and high collar. To him the
traveller addressed himself.
"My boy" he said, lis Mr.. Brown
in?"
I'm Mr.. Brown" the boy replied.
''But possibly you want to see old Mr..
Brown, my father. I'll get him."
And as the boy went in search of his
prematurely aged parent it dawned
upon the traveller that this is indeed
an age Of young men.-London An
SWerS
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-09-09
Ton Gaad - Mise


"Theater audiences have improved
in recent years." said manager
"Why, with provincial touring compa
MES in the past maltreatment was reg
ularly expected. In fact, the compa.
MES protited by it in more ways than
one
81 know of a company that was
playing The Broken Vow in Paint
Rock, a one night stand. The audience
didn't like The Broken Vow and
eggs, cabbages and potatoes rained up.
on the stage.
"Still the play went on. The hero
raved through his endless speeches
lodging an onion or baseball every
other minute and pretty sore from
those missiles that he hadn't been able
to dodge.
"But finally a gallery auditor in a
paroxysm of rage and scorn hurled a
heavy boot, and the actor, thoroughly
alarmed, started to retreat.
"'Keep on playing, you FOOL Kissed
the manager from the wings as he
hooked in the boot with an umbrella.
Keep on till we get the other one.'"
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-09-09

4 e p
deputed three learned men who had
travelled over half the world to ex-
anime him. This was the abstruse
and terrific examination with which
they were satisfied:
What are your" asked they.
IAN American" was the answer.
Still they We're suspicious, and one
man, very enlightened scholar, Of
Tered as browning test this deep and
conclusive geographical question:
"Could you go by land from America
to England?"
NO." was the prompt reply, and the
questioner, as much delighted at his
own superior learning as at the trav-
eler's integrity, declared that he was
convinced. This was an American in.
dead .-
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-09-09
Careful Boy.

Two American tourists on their way
to Abbotsford were in doubt about the
road to take and the time 1t would oc-
cupy to get there. Failing lad who
happened to be passing, they put the
necessary questions. The native re-
piled by showing the route, but did not
know how long it would take to get
there. The tourists resumed their
journey, but had scarcely gone hun
dred yards when a shout from the boy
made them turn.
ut will take you an hour" called the
boy at the pitch Of his voice.
"Then why the deuce didn't you tell
us that before?" returned one of the
Americans.
II couldna tell We afore I knew hoo
fast ye could walk."-Dundee Adver-
tiSer Il
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-09-09
How a Tree Grows.

Both earth and air are required for
the growth of a plant or tree. The
roots absorb moisture from the soil,
which, in the form of watery fluid
called common sap, rises through the
f1bers of the last deposited annular
ring, traversing all the branches and
leaf stalks until it reaches the leaves;
there it undergoes a change by the
absorption of carbonic acid from the
air. 1t then travels downward again
in the form Of proper sap, just under
meath the bark, which is expanded by
the accession of moisture and in the
cavity so formed a new layer of ma
terial is deposited which gradually
hardens and forms a new annular
ring. And so, from absorbing the
moisture and minerals of the soil and
the carbonic acid of the air the tree
goes on until it finishes it's cycle and
dies.-New York American.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-09-09
AS TO SHAKING CONFIDENCE.

In the comparative stiffness which
has followed the recent outburSt
against the President, attention
may be invited to an instructive in
cident in high finance.
This incident is the destruction of
the books of the Metropolitan
Street Railway Company of New
York, now definitely ascertained by
the Public Service Commission of
that city, in the course of an inquiry
into the affairs of the company.
In the destruction of these books
all direct, formal evidence of the
terms and conditions of the consoli-
dalton of the Metropolitan Street
Railway Company with the Inter-
borough company and other COM
panies disappears.
In the process of these consoli-
dations a capitalization has been
built up from few millions to fifty
two millions.
Why were the books destroyed?
Because the storeroom was crowd
ed says an official.
Because there was rascality to be
hid, says the public.
At an earlier hearing before the
commission we had a glimpse of the
bookkeeping of the marlborough
Metropolitan Company. We then
learned that contribution of $500
to the Civic Federation which Mr..
August Belmont purported to make
from his own purse was charged to
the equipment fund.- Also the cost
of history of the marlborough
MISUNDERSTANDING Mr.. Belmont
and modestly distributed by him
to his friends-a matter of thirteen
odd thousands charged to the
same account. Other items equally
instructive were disclosed.
Whether or not the Public Service
Commission will be baked in it's in
quiry remains to be seen. But mean
while the public at large has had a
noteworthy example of a certain
type of corporate finance.
And in the comparative stiffness
now prevailing, it may be possible
to hear the public asking itself:
What is shaking confidence"
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-09-09
Her Suggestion,

In the Beecher family the name of
Mrs. Stowe was often quoted to the
rising generation as one having au-
thority. She was also quoted ad nau-
seam, it would seem, from a story told
by the Woman's Journal. On one oc-
casion grandniece Of Mrs. Stowe be-
came very angry at playmate and,
stamping her foot, said, II hate you,
and don't want anything more to do
with you, nor your manservant, nor
your maidservant, nor your OK, nor
your ass" Her mother sternly re-
proved her, asking he If she knew
what she was saying.
Little Miss Beecher promptly replied,
eyes; the Ten Commandments"
"Well, do you know who wrote
them ?" ~ ---:,
The child, looking Disguised, answer
ed: Goodness, yes. Aunt Harriet did,
I s'pose." a -.~. 5
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-09-09
FEARS HEAVY DAMAGE SUITS
illinois Road, Scene Of Recent Wreck,
In Receivers Hands.

IN ncCelver0 0anoes
Mattoon, ILL.,, Sept. THE Nation
City railway and the Central Illinois
Traction company have been put In
the hands Of receiver. The applica-
ton was made by the Colonial Trust
and Savings bank of Chicago and
Judge Craig of the circuit court named
w. T.. Alvey, cashier Of the Nation
Savings bank, receiver.
While the receivership was granted
on Judgment for $3.50 confessed by
the companies in Charleston, the
county seat, and held by the Colonial
Trust company. the action will act as
a protection to the Central Illinois
Traction company, the interurban line
between here and Charleston, against
damage suits which are expected to be
filed against that company on ac
count Of the wreck last week In which,
seventeen passengers were killed and
forty-tive injured.
In case Of a property in the hands
OF receiver suits cannot be brought
without the permission Of the court
and, while this is generally granted,
the receivership prevents trouble by
making attachment suits and Other,
vexatious actions impossible
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-09-09
The Word "Poultry."

Poultry, according to the definition
given in one standard encyclopedia, in
cludes 1.-THE whole Of the domesticated
birds reclaimed by man for the sake Of
their flesh and their eggs" The word
comes from the Latin "pullus," which
could mean young horse or donkey
as we'll as chick (the English "foal"
is akin to this), through the French
'poule," fowl. But it is curious that
poultry" has no French version, the
nearest equivalent being VOLATILE" or
"oiseaux de basse cour," birds Of the
low yard. German in its descriptive
way knows poultry as ''federvich,"
feather cattle.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-09-09
Jack Tar at a CHRISTENING,

A sailor went up to the font to have
his baby baptized. Sailors as a class
claim little stock in babies, and natu-
rally enough this one presented the in
FAINT feet foremost.
"The other way" said the minister,
and accordingly Jack turned the infant
upside down.
Excuse me-" said the clergyman, IT
mean the other way" So back came
the embryo foretopman to the first po-
sition, to the encouragement Of every
body. 9" 49, .--.
wind it, Jack" said the nautical
assistant, and with an "Aye, aye, sill"
Jack promptly turned the baby end for
end, and it was duly christened head
flrst.-"On a Man-of-w