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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-08-05
FREE TRADE CONGRESS,
International Convention in Session a,
London.

London.
London, Aug. 5.-The International
free trade congress was opened in
this city with Lord Welby in the
chair. Delegates were present from
the United States, France, Germany,
Belgium, Holland, Denmark and Italy.
In his address of welcome Lord We'll
by said the prospects for free trade
were somewhat gloomy and that the
Idea of protection was advancing in
IN aggressive manner, but in spite of
this the policy of free trade ultimate
~ must prevail. Free Trade and It's
Bearings on International Relations"
the subject for discussion at the first
session OF the congress, was intro
duced by Winston Churchill, president
of the board of trade, who argued that
Great Britain was an object lesson.
She had pursued the free trade policy,
yet she remained prosperous and pow
erful and it had been found that Brit
1sh goods entered all other countries
on az good terms as were secured by
any nation by the most elaborate use
OF fiscal weapons. Without customs
duties, except on a few articles, the
country raised an enormous revenue
and conducted business on gigantic
scale. $780,. e. .@~.1
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-08-05

line FOR this city, arriving here at :55
o'clock. The ship continued on its
way and within another hour had COW
cred forty-fve kilometres and was
over Schaffhausen. From that point
1t continued along the Rhine to Basic.
Strassburg, Aug. Count Yep
pelin's airship was sighted from
Strassburg at 1:14 p. m. It appeared
to be going at the rate of forty miles
an hour. It circled the great church
tower, moving slowly at an elevation
q little above the tower.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-08-05
SUNK BY FALLING WALL.
Crew Of Chicago Firetus Save Lives

Crew Of Chicago Firetug Save Lives
by Jumping.
Chicago, Aug. 5.-The firetug ILL.
nois. which had been working all
night on the smouldering ruins of
elevators e and F. was sunk in the
river by the falling of wall of ele-
vator F. Tons of brick fell on the
deck and the tug sank beneath the
weight. Members of the crew jumped
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-08-05

The city is decorate ID with flags and
as the ship Of the all Y,assed over the
crowds which filed the streets and
SQUARES shouted heirs approval and
encouragement.
The airship then laid its course
straight down the Rhine
Mannheim, Aug. 5.-The Zeppelin
airship passed over this. city at $40
p. M. The entire population came out
into the streets and cheered vocifer-
ously.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-08-05
Knights Of Columbus Meet.

Nn7gHCS OF COIUmbUS Meet.
st. Louis, Aug. 5.-With more than
one thousand delegates and visitors
present the twenty-sixth annual ma
tional convention of the knights of
Columbus opened here in Glennom
hall after a parade from Forest pal
to Archbishop Glennon's residence.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-08-05
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
ADJOURNED LAST NIGHT
Decide to Submit to a Vote Township
System of Caring for Poor
Allow Bills. i
+

The special meeting of the board
of county commissioners adjourned
yesterday afternoon after transact
ing considerable business. !
A resolution was passed submit
ting to the voters at the general
election in November the question of
changing from the county poor
system" to the township poor
SYSTEM" The board has discussed
this for some time and believe that
the township system is better for the
county and that the poor will be
taken care of, under the township
system much cheaper than they are
being taken care of under the pres
ent county system. They claim
that the residents of each township
know better the requirements sfor
the poor than do the county COM
missioners. Anyway, this will be
one of the questions the voters will
be asked to decide in November.
One hundred and fifty dollars was
apportioned out of the road and
bridge fund for road work in the
Township of Spooner and 500 to
the Town of Turtle River. Two
policies of insurance on the county
poor farm buildings, written by the
T. ]. Miller Agency, were accepted.
The school petition of residents
of a certain part of the Town of
hammers was set for hearing August
rs.
The township of Redby was or
ganized out of territory known as
Township No. 1888.
Several applications for abatement
of taxes were acted upon and large
amount of bills passed.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-08-05

into the river and only one was in.
Jured. The tug is valued at 500, 900.
It will cost $4,000 to raise and re:
pair her.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-08-05

Mayens, Aug. 0.-Count zeppel1n.s
a1rship was sighted from here at 8: 80
p. NJ. The distance from Friedrichs
hafen to Mayens is 261 miles.
Violent earthquake IN Algeria.
Constantin, Algeria, Aug. 5.-A VIC,
lent earthquake was experienced here.
It lasted ten seconds and did great
damage. No people were killed here,
but it is reported that a number of
lives were lost in the nearby towns.
The population, especially the Arabs
were thrown into state of panic
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-08-05
STARTS ON LONG TRIP.
Count ZeppeIin's Airship Makes suo-
cessfui Ascension.

Konstanz, Germany, Aug. 5.-The
weather was excellent when, at $3.50
a. M, Count Zeppelin's great airship
emerged from the floating dock at
Friedrichshafen. The airship arose
Immediately from the waters of the
lake to a height of about 400 feet and
after describing one magnificent cir.
Gle oyer-the lake proceeded in a bee
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-08-05
Store Closed Tomorrow.

Owing to the fact that we are
getting ready for our big "change of
management sale," our big store will
be closed all day tomorrow.
Friday morning the store will be
opened to the public and at that
time our customers will be able to
get better bargains than eyer before.
Remember the early buyer gets
the best selection of goods.
Schneider Bros.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-08-05

Marriage License.
Emil ErSbo to Jennie Bjallan.
liver Russian to Olga MOen.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-07-02
CONLEY GETS DRAW
Kenosha italian and Jeff 0'Conn.
ell Fight Eight Furious
Rounds in Racine
GOODMAN AND LARSEN DRAW

Frank Conley of Kenosha and jeff
10 Council, the hard hitting English
featherweight met in mighty battle
before the Badger Athletic Club Friday
evening in Racine, going eight rounds
to draw. Conley put up great fight
considering his condition and many Of
the Kenosha fans who witnessed the bat
tie declare that he should have had the
decision Conley led all the way
through the fight, Notwithstanding the
fact that he was fighting under the
heaviest possible handicap. The Ke-
nosha featherWeight had great car
buncle on the left side of his neck and
this fact was known to his opponent
with the exception Of the fact that he
did not know on which side of the neck
the carbuncle was growing. The sur
geon who took care of Conley worked
a slick scheme on O'Connell. He took
and painted the carbuncle a ruddy flesh
tint and then on the opposite side Of
Conley's neck he put large blotch of
tincture Of iodine and O'Connell nearly
broke his arm making an effort to
hit the spot of iodine hue. Conley in
this manner managed to save the car
buncle and avoided lot of unnecessary
pain. O'Connell has no punch that can
put Conley out and this fact developed
early in the fight. O'Connell outpoint-
ed Conley in the early rounds of the
fight, but in the last three rounds Con-
ley bored in and gave O'Connell an
awful whipping The decision of a
draw was entirely satisfactory to the
crowd. " 50 81
"Chuck" Larson, the other Kenosha
boy, met Danny Goodman of Chicago,
and the two boys went six rounds to a
draw. Larson had the better of the
first four rounds of the fight, but Good
man showed form enough in the last
two to get draw decision. The Lar
son-Goodman fight was better battle
than the go between Conley and O'Con-
NELL It is thought that Conley will
now meet Wolgast at the Waukegan
show early in July and If he. gets rid of
the carbuncle by that time he should
have an excellent chance to trim his
old Milwaukee opponent.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-07-02
BIG DITCH FINISHED
Great Work Of Digging Mt. Pleas
ant.Somers Drainage Canal
Is Nearly Completed
HAS REDEEMED MUCH LAND

The Mt. Pleasant and Somers canal
or ditch, dug under the direction of
Birdsall and Galloway, contractors, is
about completed. The dredge which
has been constantly at work for more
than year, is to be removed to Chi
5cago by the owners. John Leight
superintendent most of the work and
during it's progress struck many a snag.
At times soft muck would appear and
then quicksand and. the. dredge would, go
down half out of sight and upon one
occasion it capsized. Recently the
heavy rains delayed the work three
weeks. When things went right the
dredge would complete two hundred
feet of digging per twentyfour hours.
Most of the time two crews were kept
at work, night and day.
The canal passes through one humid
red and seventeen parcels of land in
the towns of Mt. Pleasant and Somers.
These lands, in the boundaries, to a
great extent, are of the marsh, swamp
and overlooked condition. Farmers in
terested represented that most Of the
year the lands were covered with
stagnant pools Of water, that it was de-
trimental to health and that the gen
eral health Of the people would BE
greatly improved by the digging Of the
canal and the lands overlooked made
suitable for cultivation and valuable.
~
The. probable cost of the work is
estimated at $4,000 and the expense
of keeping it in repair $3.50 per
annum. The total distance Of the
drain is 1850 feet; six foot vide for
1900 feet and three feet for. distance
of 1880 feet and about 12 feet wide
from bank to bank.
By the digging Of the ditch humid
reds, Of acres of lands have been re-
deemed and the farmers admit it is the
best improvement ever made in the
two townships through which it passes.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-07-02
U. S. Court Holds That Hans
Peter Guttormsen is Entitled
to $4,000
BUT CONGRESS MUST PASslT
Court Holds Workman Is Entitled to
Damages From the Government
But There is No Law
to Pay it By

Hans Peter Guttormsen, a Kenosha
man who has been fighting the govern
ment for the past twenty-seven years
in an effort to collect a claim of $4,000
which he demands as damages for In
juries while workman employed by
the government, is getting close to the
money, but it may be another twenty
five years before he is able to break
through the red tape of congress and
get the money appropriated.
For the second time in ten years
the United States Court has handed
down a decision finding that Guttorm-
sen is entitled to recover. All that now
remains is to have congress appropriate
the money. Guttormsen who claims
to be permanent cripple was employ
ed on government work at Rock Island
in 1875 and in 1880 he slipped and fell
forty feet from a scaftold striking
against mortar box and was so badly
injured in the fall that it is alleged
that he has been incapacitated for
work since that time Guttormsen at
once filed claim for damages against
the government and it was not until
1898 that the case was reached by the
United States Court and at this the
court sent set Of findings to the
congressman showing that Guttormsen
was entitled to recover from the gov
eminent, but showing as well that the
court could not order the payment of
damages on account Of the fact that
there was no law on the statute books
under which the payment could be
made. Congress was instructed to pass
a special act directing that the Kenosha
man be paid the money. Congress did
not pass the bill and since that time
Guttormsen has been travelling between
Kenosha and Washington and other
places where Congressman live to get
the matter taken up and the monew ap-
propriated. Two years ago Congress
again referred the matter to the United
States Courts and the findings which
have just been handed down are the re-
suit of this conference of the case.
Congressman Cooper has written Gut
.tormsen that the findings of the court
were not ready when the omnibus bill
was made up and that for that reason
it was necessary to have the matter left
over until the next session Of Congress.
Guttormsen is still hopeful. and he is
going to Racine tomorrow to take the
matter up with Cooper with the new
findings as basis of action. The
friends of Guttormsen are convinced
that he is entitled to damages and an eff
fort viii lbe made to have the bill carry
a provision Of interest from the original
claim of Guttormsen. This was made
in 1882 and should interest be allowed
the total amount would be considerably
over $4,000.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-07-02
Haynes & CIausento Seek Reyer.
sal Of Judgment in Famous
Railway Fight
BILL Of EXCEPTIONS FILED
Attorneys for the Promoters Claim that
the Court Erred in Many Rul-
ings in Deciding Suit for
Large Sum Claimed

The end Of the famous suit of Haynes
and Clausen the Chicago Railway pro-
meters against the Kenosha Electric
Railway Company and other companies
connected with the construction Of the
line IN this city is not yet in sight
as Attorneys Wegner, Blatchley and
GiEbertson of Milwaukee, who repre-
sented the Chicago men in the .litiga-
ton covering period Of FIVE years
filed bill Of exceptions to the deci-
sion Of the Circuit Court this. morning
and the case will be taken to the Su-
preme Court at once.
The bill of exceptions finds many flaws
in the judgment of the court in the now
famous case. In the first clause of the
bill, the attorneys attack the decision in
regard to the legality of the franchise
and declare that the court erred in
finding that the Council attempted to
pass the franchise as the evidence in the
case showed that the franchise was
passed. The. oil takes into question
the action of the Supreme Court by
which the franchise ordinance was de-
clared null and void and it declares that
the court erred in finding that no work
except Of a fragmentary sort was done
on, the line under the old franchise.
The attorneys now declare that the
work done was turned over to the Ke-
nosha Street Railway and accepted by
the company and cars were operated
over the lines as built In the bill
there is a general tendency to eliminate
the Arnold Electric Company as the
contractor for the road as it is claimed
that the principal defense of the de-
PENDANTS in the action was built up
about the fact that the Arnold Com
pany was in charge of the work of
constructing the line.
The attorneys Of the promoters de-
clare that the court erred in nearly
every clause of the findings of the
facts in the case and in addition to this
an objection is made to two of the
conclusions of law.
The attorneys representing the sever
al defendants including The Kenosha
Electric Railway Company and B. J.
Arnold had expected an appeal in the
case and they will be ready to meet it
when it is taken into the Supreme
Court. d % a 81 ri II
= One OF the unique features of the
appeal is the fact that the Supreme
Court will be- asked to pass on the
justice of it's own decision as one of
the main objections to the findings is
the objection to. the clause finding that
the Supreme Court hao declared the
franchise null and void. There is lit
tie chance that the case will be taken
up. in the Supreme Court until some
time next year
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-07-02
WANTED TO WRECK TRAINS
Austrian Laborers Charged With Plug
ging up Switches on G. & M. Electric

Switches found plugged along the
Chicago Il Milwaukee Electric Railroad
Company right of way from here to
Racine have given rise to suspicious
that Austrian and Italian laborers have
arisen in rebellion and a wreck near
Racine Tuesday is also charged to them.
ltdls believed that Austrian laborers
stirred to anger by low wages and high
fees alleged to have been imposeu upon
them by labor agents who got them
their jobs, placed a tie across the
the tracks of the Chicago Milwaukee
Electric Railroad Company at the Four
Mile road, deraiHng four large western
steel cars and breaking and bending
the cars and the rails.
The wreck of the train, which was
a construction train hauling gravel took
place Tuesday afternoon north of the
city of Racine. @
The train was running thirty miles
an hour and the wreck took place lust
at the top Of a small grade, the brake
man being unable to distinguish be-
tween the tie and the crossing planks,
both being of the same dun color.
The brakeman was thrown against
the side. Of the cut and covered with
gravel, the crew digging him out. Work
was delayed for a day.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-07-02
OFFICE FOR DR. STALKER
Kenosha Physician Elected First Vice
President of State Organization

Dr. H. J. Stalker of this city was
elected vice-president of the Wisconsin
State Medical Society at. the closing
session of the annual meeting of the
society in Milwaukee on Friday after
noon. DR.. Gilbert E. Seaman of Mil
waukee was elected president of the
state organization and Madison was Sc
lected as the place for the next meet
ing.
In connection with the meeting of
the state association there was a meet
ing of the Wisconsin State tuberculosis
committee and it was decided to form
a state organization to take in the
members Of all the local committees
in the great fight against the white
plague. Dr.. g. Windesheim president
of the local committee represented Ke-
nosha at the meeting and he will at
once take up the work proposed and
seek to secure members for the state
society in Kenosha.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-07-02
SAVE THE SHADE TREES

The Common Council of .Kenosha
Should pass an ordinance that would
allow the preservation of trees. on all
public thorough fares now OPEN,
If this ruthless destruction, which
has but just begun is continued, our
beautiful city-now noted for the park
like appearance, viii soon resemble a.
mining camp or the ugly woods strip
ped towns of northern Wisconsin and
Michigan.
The founders of this city and their
posterity including the present genera
ton, have planted and grown many
shade and ornamental trees at the ex-
pense of great labor and much time.
Our city is made beautiful by them.
Strangers speak Of it; and we suffer a
serious loss in the. destruction of even
one of these, trees which has taken a
generation, and in some cases a cen
fury to produce.
In the New England States every CON
trivance is resorted to for the protec-
ton Of the trees. 800
I In New Haven and Hartford as in
fother eastern cities, walks are built
taround trees-individual trees are even
fenced around in the middle Of streets
mo cement is allowed within a given
ildistance Of the trees and every possible
protection is given them.
The result is that the fame of the
beauty of New England towns AID
cities is worldwide.
In New England a man s life would
be in danger if he dared chop down
rows Of American Elms as has been
Gone on Elizabeth street in this city
and as is beginning to be done IN
other streets.
We should awaken to these facts be-
fore it is too late. It takes but few
hours to cut down the growth of life
time.
Far more beautiful is it to have less
exact mathematical lines in our side
walks-to have a few gentle slopes in
our pavements by following the natu-
raj lay of the land as designed by
nature than to have absolutely straight
lines and by SO doing sacrifice our
glorious trees.
Take from Kenosha her elms and
naples and what has she leftg
The trees must be saved at all ha-
yards. A Tree Owner.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-07-02
SYNOD HEAD rs ILL
Misses First Session of German Luth-
eran Synod in Thirty Years
From Friday S Daily

(From Fridays Daily
The German Evangelical Lutheran
synod for Wisconsin and other states
is in session at ST. Jacob s church.
Eighth and Forest Home avenues, Mil
waukee. The annual meeting began
yesterday to last until next Tuesday
evening. The meeting brings together
about 200 ministers, of whom about $50
responded to roll call yesterday. There
are also present 118 lay delegates and
100 teachers from the parochial schools.
For the first time in thirty years the
Rev. Philip Won Rhor of Winona, Mimi,
president Of the synod for nineteen
years, is absent, being detained on az
count of serious illness. The synod re-
membered his absence yesterday by ap-
propriate resolutions.
Vice President G. E. Bergman Of
Fond du Lac preached the sermon at
the opening session in the morning and
in the afternoon read the president s
address. It showed that there had
been a gain to the number Of ten min
listers in the synod for the past year.
The chair Of president of the semi
nary at Wauwatosa has been filed since
the death of DR.. A. Hoenecke, Jan. 3,
by his son, the Rev. Otto j. r. Hoe
necke of Milwaukee This week, how
ever, committee Of the synod waited
upon DR.. Fred Bente of Concordia sem
mary at st. Louis and offered him the
position. It is believed that he will
accept.
The neurology of the past year men
toned deaths of two other ministers,
the Rev. G. Jaeger of Racine, whose
death occurred last March, and the Rev.
George speerbrecher, Richmond, whose
death occurred on last Tuesday and
whose funeral was held today.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-07-02
WE'D AMONG DAISIES
Miss Naomi Elizabeth Hossefross Bride
of Jay Schumacher Thursday 4
(From Thursdays Daily


Park avenue M. E.. church was the
scene Of a very charming June wedding
this afternoon, when Miss Naomi Eliza
beth Hossefross, daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. j. J. Hossefross of Crate street,
was united in marriage to Jay Schu-
macher. The ceremony was performed
by the Rev. W. W. Stevens, pastor of
the church in the presence Of large
number Of invited guests from Keno
sha and other cities. The church was
deliberately decorated in honor of the
wedding the prevailing colors being yell
low and white. The chancel of the
church was completely hidden in pro-
fusion of marguerites and yellow
daisies while bank of palms and car
nations hid the pulpit The bride en-
tered on the arm Of her father. She
was gowned in a wedding dress of
white and carried a shower bouquet of
sweet peas. Mrs. James Harrison
Karnes, Jr., was matron of honor. Sac
also wore white and carried pink sweet
peas.
The groom was attended by Louis F.
Rahr, as best man and the ushers were
Chester Ozanne, James Fl .Karnes, Jr.,
Charles Schumacher and Albert Van
Wald.
After the ceremony at the church
Mr.. and Mrs. Schumacher held an in
formal reception at the home of the
bride, on Crate street and weddir I
luncheon followed at which covers we-e
laid for about seventy guests The
home of the bride was prettily decorat-
ed for the luncheon, the coloTs being
the same as at the church.
Mr.. and Mrs. Schumacher will leave
late this afternoon for a short honey
moon in the west after which they
will make their home at AL Crate
street. They will be at home to their
friends after the first of August.
Both the bride and groom are widely
known in Kenosha, both being active
workers in the Methodist church. They
will have the best wishes Of a large
number of friends.
Quite number of guests from other
cities came to- Kenosha to attend the
wedding and the reception.