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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-08-07
wtlvuMts The TITLE.
Governor cummr rs Does Not Resent
Being CaIIad an Aaitator.
NHHEFrT

~''2 S0''0O |S'SosS''
Plainfeld. ILL.,, Aug. .-Governor A.
B. Cummins of Iowa welcomed the
title Of agitator in a Chautauqua> lee
ture here, declaring that Noah also
was an agitator and that he was will
ing to take his place with the, CON-
mander of the ark. p
:'There are distinguished politicians
in these parts who proclaim that every
man who dares not stand pat on the
tariff is an agitator and demagogue,' y
the governor declared. II am willing
to be called an agitator. Noah was
one. He went around predicting the
food and his friends laughed at him
and called him a demagogue. Had
they listened to him they might have
been saved"
The governor condemned the over
capitalization of railroads strongly.
lie placed the Chicago and Alton and
the Rock Island railroads in the class
with Standard Oil for questionable
business Dealings declaring that the
manner in which the, stock of these
roads was watered was no less than
a crime" j O.
-Four years ago the capital stock of
the Rock Island W as 100000" said
Governor Cummins. "since that time
earnings have increased and instead
of giving the public the benefit of the
profits which it had heaped up for
the road the capital stock was watered
until today it has reached the gigantic
sum of $412,ooo,oog; In the SAME nah
ner the Alton stock has been watered
from $33,oo0,ooo to $1l3,000,000. When
we learn of such business tactics it
does not take any great mental acu-
men to see that we must call a halt"
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1 L i !. s 8 So
on the train the other day and laugh
Ing over It, and that's why ! want 1t.
"Of course am not expected to
knowfwhat it is, but should think any
one who knew books and was handling
them all. the time ought to know!
mo, 1 don't tthink 1t was either OF
those books-it was thicker than that
one and more ON the cerise shade than
that one. a.
swell, 1, can't WYATT any longer for
you to hunt it up"
AS the young woman passed out OF
the shop she turned to her companion
and remarked saudibly: Strange how
stupid some of these clerks are! Well
I wasn't going Ito really get 1t anyway
I just wanted to find out what it was!
Youths Companion.
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A BUSINESS PARABLE.

Once farmer had 1900 bushels
of wheat, which he sold not to a
single grain merchant, but to 1900
different dealers, a bushel each. A
few of them paid him in cash, but
far the greater number said it was
not convenient then; they would pay
later. A few months passed and the
mans bank account ran low. How
is this?" he said. MY 1900 bushels
of grain should have kept me in
affluence until another crop is raised,
but I have parted with the grain
and have instead only vast number
of accounts, so small and scattered
that I cannot get around and collect
fast enough to pay expenses"
So he posted up a public notice
and asked all those who owed him
to pay quickly. But few came.
The rest said, Mine is only small
matter, and I will 60 and pay one
of these days." forgetting that,
though each account was very small
when all were put together they
meant large sum to the man.
Things went on thus. The man got
to feeling so bad that he fell out of
bed and awoke and, running to his
granary, found his 1900 bushels of
wheat still safe there. He had only
been dreaming.
Moral 1.-The next day the man
went to the publisher of his paper
and said Here, sir, is the pay for
your paper, and when next years
subscription is due you can depend
on me to pay it promptly. I stood
in the position of an editor last night,
and know how it feels to have ones
honestly earned money scattered all
over the country in small amounts"
Exchange.
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A Wonderful Creature

The polyp is the most remarkable
creature on earth. If cut transversely
or longltudinally into several parts,
each will become a perfect animal
Trembly turned them inside out and
they ate and enjoyed themselves as
much as ever. He slit two longitude
nally, placed the halves together and
united them into two animals. He
divided two transversely and created
one with two heads. He pushed one
down the throat Of another, third
down the throat of the second, and thus
formed a creature with three heads.
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A Widow Who Was Calm,

A lawyer was entertaining dinner
guests recently with stories from his
personal experiences. -
"A woman came into my Office one
afternoon and said she wanted to see
lawyer on rather important mat
ter" he said. "She was very prim and
self possessed
"'What can do for your asked.
"'Well,' she said In an easy tone,
my husband was hurt in the wreck
the other day.
II noticed she was dressed in mourn
ing, but from her Indifferent tone I
gathered that it had no connection
with her husbands accident.
"'Was your husband badly injured?'
I asked.
"'Yes,' she answered in the same
quiet voice. he got his head cut
off, kansas City Times.
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Brief BITS OF NEWS.

It Is announced that the surveys for
the proposed canal from Lake Erie to
the Ohio river have been completed.
At Baltimore Mrs. Christine Nena-
dial, aged twenty-four, strangled her
two small children during a fit of in
sanity.
g Despondent over financial troubles
Louis M. Levy, a retired merchant
and one of the most prominent He
brews in Little Rock, Ark, blew his
brains out. *;.' ''s@..%
Alonzo Greene Smith, former lieu
tenant governor and attorney general
OF Indiana and one Of the best known
Democrats in the state, is dead at
Indianapolis. /
The fourth annual convention Of the
Transfers International union, which
opened in Boston Monday, had more
. delegates in attendance than any pre-
vious gathering of the organization. !:
John H. Lozier, known as the fight
, Ing chaplain" is dead at Mount Yer
non, 1a., at the age Of seventy-eight
JOoi0' lis was pOpuldI dS al VI dIOl
and was the author Of several war
songs.
Thomas Myler, who claimed that he
hoisted the Stars and Stripes over
Santiago de Cuba during the Spanish
American war, was drowned off Cour-
tow, Ireland. while praoticing for an
attempt to swim st. Georges channel.
The struggle of the Lithographio
Artists, Engravers and Designers
league with the National Association
of Employing Lithographers, which
began in August. 1906. has been end
ed as a result of'the abandonment Of
the fight by the union.
Augustus st. Gaudsns, LII. D., L. II.
D., Americas famous sculptor, Is dead
at Cornish, N. H., after long illness.
Death was due to a general break
down Of the4system, caused in part BY
form OF nervous dyspepsia with
which he had long been troubled.
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PaternaI Duties.

Modern life with it's haste and
hustle leaves too little time for the
joys of fatherhood. One father comes
home late from business, tired and
peevish, and cannot devote much time
to his children, even If he would. An
other has had enough Of the cares and
worries Of the day and seeks dissipa-
ton outside the home. Yet fathers
can give their children something bet,
ter than money; they can give them
selves.-Deutsche Monatschrift.
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OFFICIAL

Bemidji. Mimi. July 26, 1907.
At called session Of the city council the
following proceedings were had and done
Council called to order by Chairman Gould
Present-Aldermen Bowser. Smart. Nc
Ouaig. Erickson. Washburn. Mayer. Brink
man, Gould.
Absent aggart.
The Chairman read the Mayors call under
which this session took place. and
1t was moved and seconded the committee
on streets be Instructed to obtain terms fol
right of-way for road to be opened from M. &
|; R. R. track east to the poor farm. and that
the city engineer furnish route and numbers
and both committee and engineer report to
next meeting of council. Carried.
Moved and seconded the matter of side
walks referred to in Mayors call be laid over
till next regular meeting. Carried
Moved and seconded the use of the streets
BE- denied the Carnival 60. mentioned in
to 50 inform said Carnival Co. Carried.
Moved we adjourn.
Adjourned.
Thos. MaloE.
City Clerk.
w. A. Gould.
Chairman.
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Time to Quit.

A newly enlisted fireman Of only
average pluck was serving at his first
nre, and the chief rushed up to him
and shouted: "Shln up that ladder to
the eighth story, crawl along the cor
nice to the fourth window, drop down
three stories and catch that wooden
sign you see smoking there, swing
yourself along to the second window
that the red glare is coming from,
break the glass and go in and rescue
those three old ladies. Well, what
the deuce are you waiting forY' "For
pen and ink, SIR" said the new man.
II want to hand in my resignation."-
Argonaut. st..
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OFFICIAL

Bemidil, Mimi. July %. 1907
Council met at City Hall in regular meet
Called 70 order leI BY lce.President Rowser.
Smart hs.n Was sn1,1d M and Brinkman
Ing Washburn's vete to mo- instead ~ "ane,,
On award Of sewer contract to Jerrard & Co.
The following bills on motion and second
were allowed. viz:
j. A. LudingtOn mdse for city park
1886. mdse. for street supt S. 80 $500 s12 Is
streetgang. teams and labor side "
:. A. Mayo lib: iiormaaldeehyde Tor 40 W
3. +. kellogg rig tor Supt. streets, go
st; Hilafre Lumber Co. lumber for
bridge and dock sundrytimes. ......... III Is
n 4: R Trask Justices costs city vs.
y. s. Chapman 81 bridge bolts. ...... 81
grsds aro %sGh SoF 1E 81 so yds estimate
Applications Of Frank Lane and Frank
i nogers Tor LIQUOR license was on motion and
REQUEST Of Earl Cell and !. J. Doran for a
deed to Mrs. Carlisle Of lot in cemetery with
out cost was granted: -
crossings ordered fled. - 1850
Mayer took his seat.
Resolution. offered by NcCuaig. seconded
elected to the Office OF Justice Of the City Of
Remidji at the last city election and duly
ualifed and entered upon the duties OF
MS SAID Office. and whereas the said Robert
Ciark has Changed his residence from the city
OF Bemidji Minnesota and has absconded from
months. - WV
And. whereas said Robert Clark has failed
ana neglected for over period OF two months
to attend to the duties Of said Office OF city
Now therefore be it resolved that the said
Robert Clark be and he hereby is ousted from
the office Of city Justice Of the city OF Bemidji.
,Ayes"-Bowser. McCuaig. Erickson. SIN art,
'No's"-none. Absent-Gould. McTaggart.
Petition of D. n. Fisk and other attorneys
asking for disappointment of II. A. Simons
as city justice to fill vacancy was accepted
and FLED and 1t was moved and seconded we
proceed to appoint a city, Justice by ballot.
81. A. Simons received votes, T. J. Miller
l vote and A. NJ. Crowell vote. -
ID: A. Simons was declared duly appointed
Justice OF the Peace of the city OF Bemidji.
He to give surety bond in $500. 80.
moved ana seconded the Lumbermans
Nation al Bank be permitted to build cross
Ing rom In front OF the bank across Third
st, under supervision OF Street Supt. Car
ris Moved and seconded tho - IT.. .,.ooooa 80
build cement side walks ahutting.Or in front
OF lots II and II In block 2. lots 1 and in
block 5. lots and in block and lot In
block II CITY of Bemidji: Carried.
Moyed ana seconded the Street supt. build
Irvine Ave: to Bemidji Ave. and on south
side of 3rd St. from MINI. Ave. to Bemidii
Ave. Carried.
Moved we adjourn.
Adjourned.
e City I cieTkk:.
WA. Gould
Chairman.
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John Was huffed.

In the olden time a woman in the
north Of Scotland went to visit her
husband, who was condemned to be
hanged upon the following day. The
man began to give his last Instructions
to his wife preparatory to bidding her
farewell, when all at once she broke in
Oh the conversation and exclaimed,
by the bye, John, whaur will 1 plant
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Don't WabbIe.

There Is one sort Of man that there
is no place for in the universe, and
that Is the wabbler-the man on the
fence, who never knows where he
stands, who Is always slipping about,
dreaming, apologizing, never daring to
take a firm stand on anything. Every
body despises him. He is weakling.
Better thousand times have the repu-
tation Of being eccentric, peculiar and
cranky even than never to stand for
anything.-Success Magazine.
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8he Wanted a Book.

A fashionably dressed young woman
came hurrying into bookstore re-
Gently and approached q salesman with
the statement: II want to get book
it's red book-not very thick! No, /
don't know the name Of it or what It
Is about, because haven't read It. 1t
has picture in the middle of the cover
at least 1 think 1t Is picture-it Is
something round, done in gilt. 1t may
be the name.
II wish you would hurry and hunt up
the book, because I am taking a train
to New York and want it to read on
the trip. / saw some one reading 1t
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!KiBESMEN HAVE RETIRED
Defeated In Bloody Fight With Ma
tives at Casa Blanca.

"S'S0sSA ~ ~'oHoy '9hS WIN W."
tives at Casa Blanca.
Tangier, Morocco, Aug. The lat
est advices from Casa Blanca say that
most of the hostile Moorish tribesmen
surrounding the town have retired
after bloody fight with the natives
inside. Signals have been arranged
by WHICH the French cruiser Galilee
will lombard the native quarter Of
Casa Blanca in the event of renewal
Of the attacks on Europeans.
The French cruiser Du Chayla has
gone to. Mazagan, off the west coast
Of Morocco, in answer to the appeals
Of Europeans there, who reported that
the natives were greatly excited and
that 1t was feared that there would
be duplication of the recent massacre
at Casa Blanca.
Advices from Rabat, west coast of
Morocco, under the date of Aug 1,
were received here during the day
and reported the situation there as
being disquietening. The neighboring
tribes were moving around the town
and the French residents declared
that unless a warship~ was sent to
Rabat they would leave that place, as
the number of troops guarding the
town was ina6ennato
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The TaImud.

The Jewish Talmud has come down
to us only through the heroic efforts
Of the Jews themselves and the in
trepid service Of John Reuchlin. Its
reading was condemned by various
edicts Of emperors and kings; its cir
culation was prohibited by popes and
theologlans. Twelve thousand copies
Of this monumental work were burned
at Cremona In 1869, and similar. fate
befell 5000 copies Of the Koran by or
der of Cardinal Ximines on the taking
Of Grenada by Ferdinand and Isabella.
Boston Post
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CONQUERED St. Peter.

A Boston clergyman tells how wit
ty 1rishman stood before the gate Of
the other world, asking for admission,
says Lppincott's Magazine. st. Peter
refused him, however, telling him he
was too great a sinner to enter there,
and babe him go away. The man
went little distance from the gate
and then crowed three times like a
rooster. st. Peter at once threw open
the gate and cried out: Come In, Pat!
Well let bygones be bygones!
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Saved Him Trouble.

He was about to start on a weeks
trout fishing. Rods, reels, gait, creel-
everything was in readiness. But his
wife, smiling joyously, hurried into the
room, extending something toward him
"For goodness sake" he exclaimed,
what on earth are you doing with
those old fly papersY'
II saved them for you from last
you always had to buy flies when you
went a-fishing."- Answers.
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kipllna's Response.

The Cantab, the Cambridge univer.
sity weekly, once asked Rudyard Kip.
ling to contribute to its columns. In
response came the following reply:
There once was a writer who wrote,
Dear Str-In reply to your note.
OF yesterdays date,
am sorry to state
It's no good at the prices you quote"
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A Little Mixed.

Sportsman wonder what's become
Of Mike? told him to meet me here.
Driver-Ach, tits no use tellin' him
anything! shure, sort, ut just goes
in at wan ear and out at the other,
like wather off a ducks back!-London
Tt-Bits.
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the tatties this year," The unfor-
tunate man, as may be imagined, grew
exceedingly indignant at the indiffer-
ence of his wife and exclaimed angri-
": What need care whaur We plant
them? I'm no likely to need ony O.
them" "Hech," replied the woman,
turning to the warder, with a wag Of
the head, poor Johns huffed because
he's gaun to be hanged in the morn!"
and marched out Of the CELL
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They Both Pitch.

Which is the greater marvel, the
crack baseball pitcher or the circus
man? The baseball star, to be sure,
pitches a ball with wonderful facility,
but the circus man pitches a tent
Boston Globe.
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Never Touched Him

Mover Touched Him.
Il hate work." said Languid Lewis.
Il don't see why" rejoined Humble
Harry. TITS a safe bet dat work new
or done youse no HARM" Chicago
News.
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The Speedier Term,

Englishman-In England we "stand"
for parliament, but in America you
rum for congress. That's
because you are slower than we are
New York Press.
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Cruel.

Cruel.
Thought you said you were a mind
| reader?" ~-
$50 I am" replied the professor.
swell, why do you hesitate? Why
don't you read my mind?"
"I'm searching for it!'
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MAKES |DRk EASIER.
eem'dJ' People r Pleased to Learn
Howl Is Done

It's pretty had to attend to duties
With a constantly aching back;
With annoying urinary disorders.
Doan's KidntY Pills make work
easier. 1.s
They cure ba:kache.
They cure ev,fy kidney ill.
Frank Howe, engineer on the
Milwaukee r. II, 3O11 Cedar Ave-,
Minneapolis, Nnn., says: Il used
Doan's Kidney Pills in the fall of
1899 with beneficial results. Like
most railroad mn, continual jar and
jolting brought On kidney trouble.
bad pain in my back and loins. I
doctored witho,t success until l pro-
cured Doan's Kidney Pills at drug
store. They son cured me and
there has been 10 sign of return. "
For sale by az dealers. Price so
cents. Froster-Milbnrn Co., Buffalo.
New York, sole gents for the United
States. =
Remember t. e name-Doan's-
and take no othsr.
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Which Did He Mean

Which Did He Mean7
Slysoke Introducing friend to his
private closet - Now, mind, not a
breath Of this before my wife!-Puck.
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In Ptolemy's time any one who
killed cat was put to death.
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Mount Morgan, Queensland, Aus
tralia, Is practically hill Of gold bear
ing mineral.
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Bemidjl. Mimi. July %. 1907.
. Council met at City Hall in regular meet.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-06
PEARY MAKES PLANS
FOR NEXT TRIP NORTH
Naval Officer Preparing to Sail for Far
North on the Roosevelt, to be
Gone Three Years.

Portland, Me, Aug. G.-Commander
Robert E. Peary left here Yesterday
for New York, whence he will sail in a
few days on an expedition in which
he will try again to reach the north
pole. Telling of his plans, Commander
Peary said before leaving:
My crew this time will be practic-
ally the same as on my last trip. CAP
tain Robert Bartlett is to command the
Roosevelt. l am going prepared to
make every effort to reach the po!g.
If | do not succeed next summer I
shall stay over year. If l do not
succeed | shall stay one year later. |
am taking along everything for a three
years trip.
Whether I shall find the north pole
or not is a question which will not b.
answered until l have either reache
it or failed. 1t will not be because |
am not prepared or do not try"
Asked if he should ever try again if
not successful this time, Commando
Peary said:
THE newspapers have credited me
with saying that l shall never make
the attempt again. | do not say wheth-
er l shall or not. Future circum-
stances and conditions only will gov
ern me in that"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-06

dren's Home society. The parent So
ciety here in Illinois is placing over
800 children into good family homes
each year. Such as need only tenn
porary care, and can then return to
their own relatives, are mostly left to
the care of the various local orphan
ages; but where there are no friends
able or willing to provide for the child,
this society secures for such children
family homes far away from their for
mer environments, so that foster par
ents may not be disturbed by unwor-
thy relatives of the child.
J. w. Welch is president of the local
advisory board, and E. B. McKown
treasurer. Rev. G. c. Knobel, field sec.
retary of the society, is here for few
Idays, and may be found at 643 Seven
teenth street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-06
GEORGIA WITNESS
FOUL PLAY VICTIM?
Henry r. Lynch, Marine on 6attIeshio
Mysteriously Missing and Father
Asks Investigation.

New York, Aug. 6.-Henry Francis
Lynch. a marine on the batleship Geor-
gia lying at anchor today in the Hud-
son river is strangely missing from his
ship. The ships officers say Lynch
toppled over the side of the ship while
hanging light Saturday night. .
Daniel Lynch. father of the missing
sailor, believes his son, who has been a
witness in the investigation of the ex-
plosion in the gun turret on the Geo.
gia, has met with foul play and aske
the police TO investigate.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-06
ASSAULTS ON WOMEN AND
CHILDREN ARE UNCHECKED

iency for the state being degrees, the
lowest temperature occurring the la =
ter part of the week. MaXima of 81
degrees and more were registered gen
orally until the 2nd. The lowest min
ina occurred on the 2nd and 3rd. The
temperature extremes were 80 degrees
on the 30th and A degrees on the 2nd.
A rainfall, not fully covered by re-
ports received, occurred on the night
of the 4th. With the exception of
scattered showers, mostly of light
measurements, it was the principal fa!l
of the week 1t is believed that it was
general throughout the state. Rail-
fall. at this time, is not needed, except
at isolated places, the soil conserving
ample moisture from heay rainfalls OF
the previous week.
The weather for the week was gen
orally favorable, drying winds and
bright sunshine being the characte :.
fstics The sunshine averaged about
rs per cent.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-06

out among the crowd At the first
turn the Judge thought he had made a
landing, but the fugitive was just !,
trifle to quick for him and instead he
grabbed a woman. The woman's dig
nifty was hurt, and thinking that Judge
Akers was pickpocket himself, at
tackled him with her parasol
The next time little child brought
the pursuer to ga standstill and the
quarry again disappeared.
Then came worse troubles for the
judge. The crowd, not understanding
his quick movements, adopted the No
ton that he was trying to escape from
the officers. and when he came TO a fu;I
stop he was seized by a score of will
ing hands. Explanations brought OF
fers to aid him continue the search
but the pickpockets got away.