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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-11-22
A Question of Class,

"They are constantly catching more
Erafters," said the hopeful citizen.
"Not regular grafters," answered Mr..
Dustin Stax. '"Those who get caught
ire only amateurs" -Washington Star.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-11-22
An Intelligent Servant.

The Mistress-Who hung the Their
mometer to the ceiling?@The Servant.
I. ma'am. You. were complaining be-
cause it was so low!-Translated For
Transatlantic Tales From II Motto
Ridere.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-11-22
Well Nannad.

"This IS the parlor, chi" tentatively
remarked the real estate agent, who
was looking over the house.
Eyes," replied the old man Kidder,
but I usually call it the courtroom.
I've got seven daughters, you know"
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-11-22
Not tho Music He Loved.

Mrs. Talkamore-Your husband is
great lover Of music, isn't he? Mrs.
Chatters-Yes, indeed, have seen him
get up in the middle of the night and
try to compose. Mrs. T.-What7 Mrs.
C.-The baby.-Stray Stories.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-11-22
Condemned.

"Here is an article on How to Live
q Hundred Years."
Eyes, and the whole subject can be
condensed into two words"
"What are theyr
"'Don't die" - Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-11-22
ALHS-cuPED.

ALEs CURED IN s TO "a DAYS
PAZO OINTMENT is guaranteed to cure any
case OF Itching. Blind, Bleeding or Protruding
Piles in to IA days or money refunded. SEQ.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-11-22

One cannot be and have been.-
tErench Proyerb.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-11-22

II you make money your god, twill
plague you like devil.-Fielding.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-08-22
RMATORY SCANDAL
UnspeakaNe and ReUolting Testi-
mony ReUealed by assembly PrObers.

Railway, Aug. 21.-The Assembly investigating
committee which has been inquirng into the al
fairs of the State Reformatory here last night re-
quested Prosecutor George Berdine of Mlddlesex
County, in which this place Is situated. TO attend
upon it to-day. An outline Of the testimony taken
before the committee given him. 1t relates
TO unspeakable and revolving conditions Of which
witness after witness has told the committee 1t Is
expected the matter will be laid before the grand
jury and indictments result 1t Is stated by
members of the committee that the worst possible
conditions are being brought to light in the insttu-
ton.
To-day testimony was taken showing that IN
wood alcohol which an inmate of the institution
was using in his work a painter. and for DONG
so he was strung up in the centre by keeper
named Fordham and kept so strung while SUFFERING
the fearful agonies of wood alcohol posonng' tl"t
he kept grooming, that he was dying ana tiia'
he did die after being let down.
II was at first testified by the guards concerned
that Fordham had been examined by Dr. Houeh' VI
tie institution, but when the doctor was caled he
testified he had not FOrdham. but hfau peen
called on phone. and he recalled IL was 'oiu
Fordham was suffering from alcohol. he pre-
scribed aromatic spirits of ammonia
He did not know the trouble was from "Oou
alcohol. If he had he would have gone at once 10
the sick man. The keeper who was in charge Ut
the time said he did not know wood alc-hol WAS
poiAnouS.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-08-22

Possession of ancient Implement
May Mean Right to Great Estate.

w. j. Anderson. who arrived here last hish'
from the Panama Canal zone. has in his pos
session a razor that may identify him as the
heir TO an estate in Ireland worth millions just
where the vast property is is not knoWh' ou'
family history has passed the Implement OH
from youngest son to youngest son for many
generations with the expectation of the uiti-
mate great reward.
Mr. Anderson came on the Royal Mail PACKET
liner Tagus, in from Colon and Kingston. ia
maica He had been employed on the canal as an
engineer and is his way TO his nome III
Columbus Ohio. The family is of Scotch-lrish
descent. The mysterious razor is over two nun
bred years old. Anderson received IL from MS
father with the admonition that, according I"
the traditional custom. the young man must
hand it down to his youngest son, and, If he mas
none must will 1t to cousin The final pur-
pose. according to the tradition. is to have the
razor identify its owner as the heir to the mys-
terious estate.
Several months ago Mr.. Anderson saw an
advertisement in New York newspaper for
records of the English Chancery Courts and
which he believes is the estate of which he
IS the sole heir He returned from the Panama
Canal to devote most Of his time for while
toward solution of the matter Mr.. Anderson
is about twenty-eight years old.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-08-22
POLICEMAN HELD AS BR1RE TAkEk
Case Goes to Grand Jury and Waterman
Must Answer Perjury Charge

Holm NJ Long a patrolman of the oIst fre-
cinct was held in 81 900 bond for the graho
iury Yesterday on a charge of accepting q ofipo
10 make a less serious charge against prisoner
John Cosgrove, the Waterman at Suffers har-
lem River Casino who mixed up IN tho
case was held for a hearing by Magistrate
House on August %. Inspector Dillon was III
cou-t 10 press the charge against the patrol
man.
Holm Walsh. an East Side youth. was accused
of stealing a metal dog from the park. and was
arrested by Long. was his friend Johh
Toorney, on the complaint Of Cosgrove. "alsh
testified that he was taken 10 the night court
from the East 126th street station by Patrol
men Long and Cameron. Walsh swore that
Long told him that grand larceny was seri-
Gus charge and that If he had SO Long thought
the charge could be made disorderly conduct. as
Cosgrove was a friend OF his Walsh ana
Toorney say they made up the amount between
them.
After they reached the court Walsh says mat
Long went out, ostensibly TO see Cosgrove
When he came back he said everything was all
right and it was then that the money is alleged
10 have changed hands When Long was held
for the grand jury Inspector Dillon made
charge of perjury against Cosgrove. and he was
held for a hearing
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-08-22
MAYOR INVESTIGATES CRIME WAVE
Police Submit Figures of 1906 and Present
Year for Executives Comparison.

The Mayor received yesterday from the Acting
Police Commissioner comparative table OF
arrests and convictions for assault and attempt
ed assault from July 10 TO August ID Of this
year and Of 1906. This year sixty-two arrests
were made for such crimes against twenty-nine
IN the same period last year.
The totals found by the Acting Commits
sioner for crimes of violence IN 1906 as fol-
lows: Arrests. %; assault, %; attempted as
sault 8; bona fde cases. %; convictions. ..
For the corresponding period this year, which
covered the so called crime wave" the figures
are: Arrests. 81: assault. 80; attempted assault.
81; bona flde cases, 30; convictions. 6; pending,
80; discharged. is.
Mayor Mcclellan asked for these statistics last
Monday, and Commissioner O'Keefe had the
commanders Of the eighty-f1ve precincts. sub
precincts detective and squad headquarters 10
send him the transcripts Of all entries on the
blotters relating TO such crimes. AS soon as
they were received they Were put into tabulated
form for ready reference Mr. O'Keeffe called
on the Mayor and discussed the police situation
with him. No part Of the conference was made
public.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-08-22
LOW 4BATES NUISANCE.
Er-Mayor amazed Upon Finding
Water PolIufing Stream on Estate.

Ex-Mayor Seth Lows estate near beu,o III No
,age received visit from an inspector oi 'no
+roebt of water Gas and Electricity receht.S'
PC, .. ,ta o,oazement of the superintendent OF the
estate n nuisance found-one that -,
into a brook one of the many feeders Vi .re Ut
Ton River. The inspector demanded that ,llo NJ
80 So oooted at once The employe or MI 10"
as 90 haya ANYTHING done without the consent
of the ex-Mayor =. o,d
This the inspector was forced to consent To- az
= NJ 7 o,v was seen and the situation expiaiheu'
ITO was as much amazed as was his super'i'ei'u
ont But there was hesitation In agreeing "
closing I'D of the nuisance which was accoluisi'
5o,e Mr. Low commended the Inspector ior MS
zeal and also praised the city for Its aeuVy III
.a,,,,e, the water supply from pollution
This Is an example of the activity vi 1"e - =,
-, g., Tho watershed. They are not cohiIilhs INC"
a,,.rtion TO the village nuisances out aio 49,
listing the great estates. institutions ana m anu
email country dwellings. 1t is said at 'ne ICY" =.
a,t Of Water Gas and Electricity tna' '"e
oo,,ons are made frequently lest nuisaiices iiaS
deveIop after the first visit
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-08-22
'RRE4K IN "PEACE HOME.
Wife and Minister Depart IN
Search of Harmony.

After staving away from her home since iasN
THURSDAY Mrs Anna Moffet, eighteen years oiu'
the wife of Charles Moffet of No 5i5 Bergen street
Brooklyn, came home late last night So did the
Rev Asbury s. Wheedon. a boarder IN and the
s11ritua adviser Of the offets Christian household
The Rev Mr. Wheedon is a Methodist clergyman
and was the superintendent of the Lighthouse
Mission in East New York until five weeks ago
The clergyman said that he had taken the WlIe
10 the home of 4. common friend and that they hao
not eioped He had simply taken her away De-
cause Mr.. Moffet had made a breach in the ChFls-
tian peace of the household. He had a special rev.
citation do this. and after reading the evening
papers last night, in which it appeared as thonSh
they had eloped, he had had another reVel1ti04i
that il was time TO bring her back.
Moffet married the girl last June. the Rev. MI
Wheedon performing the ceremony. and then max
ing his home with the couple. They founded what
they called a Christian household, where the
wife was in supreme command and Peace was
the watchword.
Mr. Moffet says that the relations OF the three
were purely spiritual and that once or twice wheIi
he made some slight breach of the peace CT the
home his wife and Wheedon left him. USuaIis
they STAYED away a few hours. but sometimes they
kept away a whole day. This is the first time tha'
they have remained away for any length OF urne'
for the pair have missing since Inst THURSDAY
Mps Mofret left following note to her husband:
God has told me to-day that you have not sur
rendered yourself TO Him; that there would DC
trouble tonight when you came home So nave
decided TO stay away until God tells me to como
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-08-22
NEGRO CLERGY IN FIGHT.
Charges of Graft Made AGAINST
Bishop at Conference.

Tbare was an exciting time yesterday afternoon
at the meeting of the Greater Ne" hoih
Long Island District of the New 1oIh -,
of the African Methodist Episcopal Church "ihcii
is NOW in session in the Union Bethel African
Methodist Episcopal Church. SCHENECTADY -,
and Dean street, Brooklyn. when BlshoP riehi' -
Turner of Atlanta. the senior bishop Oh inc -.
ventIon was openly charged with maladministra-
,ton and grating" The allegations were iia-0
an an address by the Rev w. II. Lacey, OF lui
ing Long Island who charged the bisnop -
having transferred to the New Ehsl'i'u :,
one of the ministers who was eNpeiieo iioih ~
New York Conference, and appointing nm
Springfield Mass. He said the Bishop toiu 'iie
Non york Conference committee on disbursements
that the expenses from Atlanta to Broohish W
s60 and afterward appeared before the '
and demanded So declaring that he had eiio"sh
of the New York Conference.
DR. I.acey'S charge created n scnSatloh III -.
conference Rishop Turner is the most popui''.
head of the convention. and DIR. r. e fals,
Bethel Church. and DR.. A X cooper VI u ,ha
Street Church, Brooklyn, attempted u - w.. er,
F;shop but the clergymen who were 49,, al
With the Rev Dr. Lacey. and applauoeo H. -, 70
though they afterward attacked MIN
fected upon the morality OF the raee. forence
The subject was brought before inc p,,er
through the presiding elder. Dr. W. H. -, s,,b
assigning the Rev. DR.. Lacey TO spe'h On az
loot .eThe Moral Conditions or the 'e 10
Jee' o. Tbo+ of the Whites" DR.. Lacey De-
gon bv saving that morality among 'ho :.
us at a very low ebb. and the negro iuea -
morality was embryotic and would no. DC - al
HUI 90 ~ 80, or immoral character were al
,o,,od 70 occupy some OF the best puipits' WINE
those who preached integrity and morality WEE
cont 70 the woods. He declared that inc rehs'oh
os the negro was an emotional one and hao no
conception of moral ethics The negroes oou'u
hardly be held responsible for this. as they had
racaIvad their religious ideas from bishops VINO
were teaching immortality The administration VI
the three last bishops of the New York conference
p,as not I'D TO the standard he said Ihen ne toiu
of the happenings at the annual coiiie'e ''N
In June In Brooklyn.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-08-22
MANCHESTER SHIP CANAL REPORT.

The report OF the Manchester Ship Canal Com
pary for six months ended June 20 last. which
has lust been issued, shows revenue receipts for
the six months amounting 10 f24s.3S3 and expendi-
lures for the same period Of f134.f03 To the re-
sulting credit balance Of f1ls625 should be added
the halfyears net profit Of the Bridgewater Canal.
which is operated by tie Manchester Ship Canal
Company. amounting 10 H74os. thus making the
revenue for the six months f1Si.053. The re-
ceipts for the half-year show increase OF u.s.
80. while the working expenditures show in
OF only ts27. The weight Of the tol-paying
merchandise which passed the canal during
,he half-yea- amounted 20 2.2f3.I3s tons Of 22io
pounds each. increase in seaboEne traffic OF 49,
40 tons over the corresponding haf-year in 1886.
The deepening Of the canal thirty feet has been
completed TO large extent and the remaining
part OF the work. is well under way.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-08-22
MANUFACTURER SHOT ON LAKE.
Revolver Accidentally Discharged Wounds
Father and Son Near Ausable Forks, N Y.

Plattsburg, n. Y, Aug. 21.-J. n. Otis. a prom
inent Western manufacturer. visitor at Silver
Lake near Ausable Forks. N Y, was accident
aIlv wounded on the lake yesterday afternoon
He was in skiff with his young son. The boy
was handling a revolver. which was suddenly
discharged the ball going through the boys
hand and into his fathers leg at the knee. 1t
passed up the thigh and lodged somewhere In
the hip.
The two came hastily to shore and the injured
man was carried to the hotel. The wounds were
dressed and the surgeons probed for the ball.
but could not find it, Fearing that blood poison
ing would set in if there any delay the
wounded man was brour'it TO this city last night
and hurried on TO the Montreal Hospital. The
boys hand was painfully but not seriously in
iurei.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-08-22
THREE AUTOMOBILE VICTIMS BURIED
Stores and Factories Closed During Funeral
of the Roots.

Bristol. Aug. 21--Stores and most of the fac
tories in town closed to-day out of respect to
the family when the funerals of Charles j. Root.
Mrs Joel Root and Miss Candace Roberts. the
victims of the automobile accident at Ashley
Falls. Mass. on Sunday, were jointly held from
their home In High street. The service
conducted by the Rev. Calvin B. Moody, of the
First Congregational Church. assisted by the
Rev. T. NJ Miles, former pastor. now Of Acton
Mass. and the Rev. Arthur III. Goodenough, of
the Prospect Methodist Church. The burials
i'll the family lot.
Close friends of the family say that Mr.. Roots
estate is estimated at between $4,000 and
S20O0OO. and it is left to Theodore T. Root. a
brother and his daughter. Miss Catherine Root
The latter has fully recovered from the acct
dent
A telephone message from Pittsfield. Mass.
said that while Miss Mary p. Root had taken a
little nourishment. her condition was no better
and continues critical
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-08-22
PAVING DECISION NOT FINAL.
Corporation Counsel Says Point at Issue Is
Not Applicable to Recent Cases.

Corporation Counsel Pendleton made statement
Yesterday regarding the decision OF Referee Hami-
ton Oden, in the suits of the city OF New York
against the street railroad companies. TO make
them pay the money the city expended In having
the space between the railroad tracks paved. The
compan MES ought do the paving but the law per
mIts the city 70 Il and then charge the cost to
the companies but must first order the companies
10 do the work Failure TO notify them in certain
instances led Referee Odeli TO decide against the
city in test cases. Mr.. Pendleton said
There seems to be some misrepresentation regard
ing the decision. The question involved in the de-
mand was to the form of notices given by tho
CITY to the railroad companies. and has no applica-
ton to recent cases after 1856 An appeal Will be
taken from Nfr. Odells decision.
the time the more recent cases not af-
feced by the decision will he pressed for trial AL
though referees decision against the city
on one particular point. his opinion favorable
TO the city the general question involved In the
later suits He particularly held that the city is
entitled to recover in all instances where proper
notices have been given. which was done in the
recent cases.
The city has claims of s5l2.O00 against the
face roads for paving between the tracks.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-08-22
SPEAKER CANNON PLANS TRIP.
Going to Thousand Islands on Congressman
Sibleys Yacht.

Plattsburg. y. Y. Aug. 21-JOseph G. Cannon.
Speaker of the House of Representatives. will leave
Vacour, the summer home of Congressman Joseph
c. Slbley. whose guest he has been. tomorrow
morning for the Thousand Islands. making the
trip in Congressman Sibley's yacht down the lake
via Montreal his destination opposite Alexandria
Bay the summer home OF Congressman Lowden.
whose guest he will be during the coming ten
days.
Then he will return to ValcOur. where he VIII
remain until September 8 On that day Mr. Can
non will make speech at Burlington W. at a
reunion of Civil War veterans on the invitation or
CONGRESSMAN Foster on September the Speaker
will return to this side OF the lake and will make
a speech at Hotel Champlain at the annual dinner
OF the Vermont Fish and Game League. al which
the other principal speaker will be Governor
Hughes.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-08-22
ASSAULTED, SAYS BROKER.
!. Brandt Walker accuses Book
maker at Saratoga.
IBy Telegraph TO The Tribune J

Saratoga. n. y, Aug. N--While }. Brandt
Walker, a broker. OF New York City, was din
ing with a party Of friends on the piazza OF
one of the Saratoga Lake hotels last night
he alleges that he knocked down ana
pounded and kicked. He appeared as complain
ant in the police court this evening against
Thomas Woodford. a bookmaker, OF New 1orh'
charging him with the assault
woodford, who was represented by Senator
Grady, of New York City. and Carleton H
Lewis. Of ex-senator Brackets law office.
waived examination to the next grand jury,
thereby disappointing big crowd of racing men
and brokers. who had expected to hear interest
ing details The alleged assault is said to nave
been caused by trouble over money TRANSACTIONS
between Walker and Woodford previous TO the
formers recent winnings in Wall Street
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-08-22
REVENUE REFUND DELAY.
No Action To Be Taken Until After Further
Conferences on the Subject.

Washington. Aug. Reconnaissance John u.
Gamers of the internal revenue bureau announced
to-day that while he had approved the opinion of
the solicitor of the bureau as 10 the claim or
the estate OF John b. Ball for refund OF taxes
maid upon n legacy in the hands of trustees, in
volving a construction OF the act repeating the
war revenue act and the decision of the United
States Supreme Court In the case OF Vanderbilt
act Eidman, the opinion would not be promul-
GATED nor become effective for the present The
case involves the refunding of at least sloOO.Oo-
The Solicitor of Internal Revenue is out of the
o;,v Until his return and further discussion of
,he questions involved looking to possible modica-
tions of the opinion the claims division of the
internal revenue bureau has been instructed by
the Commissioner to take no action under his ap-
provaI of the general position taken by the solicitor
in the matter.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-08-22
CH4NLER URGES CAUTION.
Lieutenant Governor Idlhs
Pioneers about Legislation.

Olcott Beach. n. Y, Aug 2I-Caution IN lesiS"
ation dealing with the commercial interests vi 'le
ountry-as he put 1t, the providing OF reconstruc-
ton and not destruction remedy for any evils
round to exist-was urged by Lieutenant Governor
Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler in an address al ule
annual picnic of the Niagara County Pioneer AS
ISOLATION here to-day. Mr.. Chanler was the spe-
cjally invited guest OF the association ana ms
address heard by thousands OF peFsohS' iio
said. in part:
has distinguished between equal rights to all ana
sOcialstc s9phstry We share t t6e man Who
wins honestly by industry brains or thrift is not
loser We recognize the right of individual sue
cess to claim and keep the prize if rightly e won m
our dealings or pay the forfeit ,,oo- -, Win
ne Po forget the proper observance the law
It : not late bring the law to 9 ,a: AS
rigid enforcement of the law. but let us also in
sist upon just and not hystecai snd o y.
picated as ours not to be shattered by the sud,
as a regulator. without doing untold and unde-
We cannot cure disease by an overdose of
medicine All cures take time. patience and com
mon SENSE 9e tb BG' medcne, needs the
knife Then let US have the knife but not i Tor
breaks We not me parting Of the ways
are mSTsy mang up me o STs md
10 administer We admit that there evils
i0 he sref 3a ay be that no medicine vim
Perhaps II IS a case for the surgeons knife and
arnp,fation alone will suffice. in that
we shall not resort to deCapitaton. but 20 the
Inider method OF removing the corrupted parts ana
nv the application OF the proper remedies restore
the body its normal state of health
We shall destroy. but rebuild. The remedy
is not destruction but reconstruction We have
plenty of time and unlimited resources. We can
well afford TO go slowly until we are sure OF the
wav and when sure. strike hard and no turning
back. Let the guilty rich suffer as speedily and
as peraonally for their wrougdoings the guilty
poor and the law will be better respected Do not
make the innocent poor suffer for the rich wrong
doer. The innocent holders OF presumably honest
securities should not be made TO suffer general
and undeserved penalty because OF individual
wrong that can be individually punished.
Is Il possible TO punish directly the officer
of the corporation who breaks the law. instead Of
the innocent public who have invested their saw
ings In the stock OF the Corporauon2 II bank
cashier absconds with the depositors money he IS
punished when caught. The depositors are not
fined for his wrongdoing. Let the man who does
the wrong suffer the penalty without regard 10 his
social. political financial position, and laws Will
be respected and confidence restored