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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-10-05
ROOT HIS EMISSARY.
Investigated Republican Management
for Roosevelt.


New York, Oct. THAT President
Roosevelt sent Secretary of State Root
to this city to look into the manage
ment of the national Republican cam
|paign and that Mr. Root reported that
the chief difficulty lay in the collec-
ton of campaign funds by Treasurer
George r. Sheldon was the statement
published here as coming from "a
high authority" 1t was also stated
that the president and Mr.. Taft had
objected to the collection of CAM
paign funds from some of the corpora
lions with which Mr.. Sheldon is init
mately associated. From others it is
said Mr.. Sheldon experienced difficulty
IN securing contributions.
! Mr.. Root is said to have reported
that Chairman Hitchcock was not re-
sponsible for any of the conditions
which had aroused criticisms of the
campaign, but was doing the best he
could with his part of the work.
Mr.. Root was said also to have re-
ported to the president that there was
not enough money on hand to run the
campaign and that speakers have been
cut off the programme for that reason.
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Greatly Underestimate,

"Bobby," asked his Sunday school
teacher. do you know how many dis
ciples there were?" The little boy
promptly said that he did and answer
ed, "TWelve." Then he went on,
And know how many Pharisees
there were too"
"Indeedw
"Yes'm. There was just one less
than there was disciples"
"Why, how do you know that? It is
nowhere stated how many Pharisees
there were"
Il thought everybody knew it," said
Bobby. "The Bible says, Beware Of
the 'leven Of the Pharisees,' doesn't it?
YOUTHS COMPANION
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CROWDS Greet
BATTLESHIPS
Arrival at Manila Evokes
Great Enthusiasm.
THOUSANDS VIEW SIGHT

Vessels Present Magnificent Ap-
pearance as They Move Slowly and
MajesticatIy Across the Battlefield
Where Dewey and His Men Fought
Their Historic Fight With the Span
ish Fleet Ten Years Ago.
Manila, Oct. with the brilliant
tropical sunlight pouring down on
their polished guns and cleaning
paint and swift land breeze whip
ping their many flags out straight
from the stats and stirring the bun
ting that covered the half hundred
launches and excursion steamers that,
crowded with cheering thousands, es-
corted the big ships up the bay, the
Atlantic battleship fleet steamed SLOW
ly into Manila bay and, sailing majes-
tically across the battlefield where
Dewey and his men fought their his
toric fight with the Spanish feet ten
years ago, dropped anchor off the city,
The ships presented a magnificent
appearance as they moved slowly
along and the sight of the long line
evoked the widest enthusiasm and
admiration of thousands that crowded
every point of vantage. AS the Con-
necticut led the line past Corregidor
the garrison there fired the admirals
salute. The passage of the channel
was made in single column, but as
soon as the last ship in the long line
was safely through signals were hoist
ed for the double column formation
and in this manner the ships steamed
up the bay two abreast. AS the ships
anchored General Weston, military
commander in this city. sent a wire
less message conveying the greetings
of himself, his Off GERS and the men of
the army to Admiral Sperry and his
men. Admiral Sperry replied, thank
ing him for his kind welcome.
Governor General Smith witnessed
the arrival of the fleet from his
launch, where he entertained large
party of officials.
The fleet will sail for Japan on the
evening of Oct. 8.
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The Funeral SPONGE.

IF you attend Persian funeral thew
hand you at the door a small, fine
SPONGE" The speaker, a popular un-
dertaker, smiled.
1T is amusing to think off," he said.
Imagine it-by means of these sponges
all the mourners' tears are collected
and preserved in tiny vases of crystal.
They are used afterward as medicine
for they are thought to have wonder
tul healing power. During the serv-
Ice each mourner keeps his sponge
ready, and every tear that wells into
his eye is sopped up before it has a
chance to escape. The undertaken tip
toes politely about, he extends tenta-
lively the crystal vase, and those who
have anything to add to it's contents
squeeze their sponges solemnly there
in. Then. with bow Of acknowledge
ment, the undertaken tiptoes on his
way, extending the vase politely, now
to the right, now to the left, murmur-
ing in his gentle and soothing voice:
"'Have you shed, sir? Madam, have
YOU shed?''
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Tna Ketort Cor. teous,

A young man in a hurry went
through the left side of pair Of
swinging doors in the senate wing Of
the capitol at Washington last session
and almost knocked over a senator
who was about to push through the
right side.
The young man apologized profusely
''1'm very sorry-I didn't know 1 was
Il am in a great hurry"
'That's all right, son." said the SEN
ator. "But let me give you a piece
Of advice about going through doors
like these. Always go through on the
right side and turn to the right. Then
If you meet anybody coming through
and bump into him you needn't apollo
gize. He'll be a burned fool, and it
won't be necessary. Good morning.
Saturday Evening Post
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A Tonuue 1wister.

A member Of the Players club whose
simple delight in life is collecting old
blue china returned the other day from
England and as usual after such q
trip had some new blue treasure got
on one of his customary off the beat
en- path tramps. He showed it freely,
talked about it eloquently, but always
when asked where be found it evaded
answering. Finally one who had noted
several such evasions said to him:
you've reached the very worst stage
of the collectors mania. You refuse
to tell the place of your treasure house
for fear Of rival looters."
"You are wrong as to my motive,
but right as to the fact that won't
tell. l can't, but I'll write the name
for you"
Laboriously be wrote on a card this
fearsome thing: 'Mynyddyslwyn."
AS his questioner stared with startled
eyes at the nerve SCATTERING word the
collector explained that it was the true
and lawful name of a parish in Mon
mouthshire, near Pontypool, England.
New York Sun.
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From Trolley to Pullman.

Peoria, ILL.,, Oct. 3.-From trolley
car to Pullman palace car was the
transition made here by James. S.
Sherman, Republican candidate for
the vice presidency, when he left this
city for Rock Island, ILL.,, after three
days. vigorous campaigning via trolley
in the corn belt district in an effort
to interest the farmers in the political
issues. But two days more remain of
Mr.. Sherman's itinerary in the state.
In this brief period, however, he will
visit twelve towns, in most of which
he will make speeches, one of them
being in Salem, William J. Bryan's
birthplace.
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HITCHCOCK ON FINANCES
Republican Chairman Says the Out.
look Is BRIGHT

New York, Oct. ',.-Chairman Frank
H. Hitchcock of the national Repub-
lican committee did not go to Wash
ington to meet President Roosevelt.
Instead the chairman was in confer
ence with several prominent Repub-
lfcans.
After the conference Mr.. Hitchcock
said the financial outlook was encour-
aging and that subcommittee were
now at work on the details of plan
which will be satisfactory, it being
understood that the various states
which hitherto had looked to the ma
tional committee for assistance would
now render assistance to the national
committee. He added that he expect
ed to go to Washington at an early
day on matters purely personal.
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The Grandest,

"What is the grandest thing in the
un1verse?" asks Victor Hugo "a
storm at sea-" he answers and contin.
ues, "And what is grander than a
storm at sea?" '"The unclouded heav-
ems on a starry, moonless night -
"And what is grander than these mid
night skies?" "The soul Of mana
spectacular climax such as Hugo loved
and still, with all it's dramatic effects,
the picturesque statement of a vast
and sublime and mighty truth.
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quis Inouye, in which she declared
her intention Of offering up her life.
The marquis relatives and Prince
Ito may be tranquil" the message
read. Il am going to the eternal
sleep In the place of the Genera. I
am an orphan and there is none to
mourn for me. By the time this is
received ! will be on the way to
heaven"
A similar sui cide occurred when the
present car Of Russia was visiting
Japan as the czarevitch. He was the
victim of conspirators who attempted
his life. A young girl, Yuko, stabbed
herself to death to atone for, the deed
ard many novelists in Japan have
written romances concerning her act.
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MAKES AT .ACK
ON SHELDON
Chairman Mack Arraigns Re-
publican Treasurer.
STATEMENT IS ISSUED

Charges That Fund Collector Is Con.
+ nected With No Less Than Seven
teen Corporations and Declares That
for This Reason Governor odeII in
1902 Refused to Permit Sheldon to
- Be Named for Lieutenant Governor.
New York, Oct. ',.-Chairman Mack
of the Democratic national committee
made an attack on the corporation
affiliations of George r. Sheldon,
treasurer of the Republican national
committee, charging that Mr.. Sheldon
was at this time connected with no
less than seventeen financial COM
panies. Mr.. Mack made the following
statement:
"The trust and corporation affilia-
lions of George R. Sheldon, treasurer
of the Republican national committee,
for the past ten years make interest
ing reading in view of the recent de-
velopments in the campaign.
II wish to recall in this connection
that because of these very associa-
lions of his Governor Odell in 1902 re-
fused to permit the party leaders to
put Mr.. Sheldon in nomination for
lieutenant governor.
Governor OdelI at that time de-
clared that he would not accept the
denomination for head of the state
ticket if Sheldon were named as his
running mate. But while the Repub-
lican party has refused to put up Mr..
Sheldon's name for a public Office it
has for the identical reasons for this
refusal selected him for it's campaign
fund collector.
'This cannot be denied. Most of
the corporations with which Mr.. Shell
don is identified are capitalized for
millions. How much of their stocks
are of the liquid variety can be easily
ascertained. Yet Mr.. Roosevelt has
defended him and his
Resignation Was Not Demanded
when Mr. Du Pont was invited to step
down and out. Mr. Du Pont was only
identified with one trust, while Mr..
Sheldon is at the present time init
mately identified with no less than
seventeen prominent financial con-
Germs.
Zone of~these, the Bethlehem Steel
company, does not employ union labor
and has opposed the organization of
it's employees for the past sixteen
years.
MR. Sheldon is a director of that
company. He is also treasurer and
director of the North American COM
parry, capitalized for $30,000,000, a
concern known as the mystery of
Wall street. It is but a few years
back since he was prominently identi-
fled with the whisky trust A glance
at his connections with various CON-
panies for the past ten years will ex-
plain tersely the reason of his present
POSITION. No further comment of
mine is necessary"
The corporations named by Mr.
Mack include railway, Industrial and
financial concerns here and elsewhere.
Chairman Hitchcock of the Repub-
lican national committee was shown
Chairman Mack's attack on Treasurer
Sheldon, but declined to make any
statement.
Mr. Sheldon said the statement did
not contain anything to which he de.
sired to make reply.
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Denies Authorship Of Letters.

Clinton, ILL.,, Oct. Authorship of
the sensational letters alleged to have
been written by Mabel Smell McNa-
mara of Kansas City, niece Of the late
Colonel Tom Smell of Clinton, and
which were the sensational feature of
the suit to break Smells will, is EN-.
phatically denied in an answer filed in
the De Witt county court by the niece.
The answer is made to a suit recently
filed by the contesting heirs to have
deeds of land which Colonel Smell
gave Mabel set aside
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Six Workmen Meet Death,

Portland, Ore, Oct. IA logging
train belonging to the Chapman Log
ging company at Scappoose, twenty
miles north of Portland, was in COL
lision with Northern Pacific train.
Six of ths crew of the logging train
were killed and eight injured Of the
injured one is fatally hurt, five seri.
busly and two slightly.
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SHERIFF IS, SUMMONED.

Must Answer for Refusing to Produce
ThaW at Pittsburg.
White Plains, N. Y, Oct. J.-Sheriff
Lane of Westchester county, who re-
fused to comply with an order from
Judge Archibald of the United States
district court in Pittsburg to produce
Harry K. Thaw for examination in
that court, where bankruptcy proceed
ings are pending against Thaw, has
been directed himself to appear before
that court. The sheriff said that he
will respect the latest order and with
his personal counsel will appear be-
fore Judge Archibald. It is expected
that he will be questioned concerning
his refusal to comply with the order
directing him to take Thaw to Penn
sylyania, .'- @--.' .~.s..
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For Murder Of Mrs. Guinness

Laporte, Ind, Oct. In the circuit
court here Judge J. G.. Richter set
down for trial on Monday, Nov. 9, the
case Of Ray Lamphere, charged with
the murder of Mrs. Belle Guinness and
her three children. Lamphere is also
accused of completely with Mrs. Gun
ness in the murder of Andrew Hell
gelein. States Attorney Smith said
that he would have no difficulty in
proving the death of Mrs. Guinness,
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Absent Treatment,

Absent Treatment.
what is the matter with Mrs. Spicy?
l saw her sitting on her porch as
came by gritting her teeth and looking
daggers into vacancy"
'Her husband is half hour late
and she is giving him absent treat
ment.".Chicago Journal.
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School Tablets.

The Pioneer has prepared special
school tablet of the uniform size,
6x9, which we will retail at cents
per tablet. This tablet has been
prepared especially for the Bem1dji
public schools, and with cloth back,
which makes the tablet very durable.
These should be purchased by all
pupils.
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School Children InsufficientIy Fed.

Chicago, Oct. Ten thousand
school children in Chicago are INSULT
GENTLY nourished, some live on the
verge of starvation and many are not
clad warm enough to keep them in a
healthy condition, according to a re-
port made to the board of education
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Foraker Says Invoke the Law.

Cincinnati, Oct, THAT the lay be
invoked against him if he has done
any wrong is the conclusion of
statement by United States Senator
Foraker. Before making this sugges-
lion he sums up the various charges
that have been made and discusses
briefly the legal ethics as to service
for various clients.
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JAPANESE GIRLS DEED.
Sacrifices Life to ProIong That of
- - .-.= Marquis Inouye.

Victoria, B. c., Oct Sacrificing
herself in the belief that by giving up
her young life that of Marquis Inouye,
lying ill at Okitsumi, might be pro-
longed Fukumora Takeho, a seven
teen-year-old orphan girl at Osaka,
stabbed herself to death, according to
advices brought by the steamer Iyo,
just arrived from Yokohama. Before
taking her life the girl sent post
card marked with her blood to Mar
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Mob Clamors for Their Money.

New York, Oct. Following close
On the failure of three East Side bank
ing institutions a receiver has been
appointed to examine the affairs of the
bank of Edward Rosenfield on Fast
Houston street and throngs of excited
aliens gathered in front of the build
ing shrieking threats and hurting
epithets at the bankrupt. About $780,
900 of the savings~of the poor are in
yolved. .ss~.s.zz IL. 5...s s..
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midas FLOOD HORROR,
Natives Place Loss of Life as High as
Fifty Thousand.

Bombay, Oct. The correspondent
Of local newspaper, who has reached
Hyderabad, the capital of the flooded
district, describes that city as vast
grave. The streets and bazaars have
been transformed into grewsome
mass of stone and mud and decom-
posed flesh. 1t is impossible accurate
~ 10 estimate the death roll in the
stricken region. the correspondent de-
clares, but some natives put it as high
as $4,000. Six hundred corpses were
taken out of the mud at one spot. The
funeral pyres are burning day and
night. The damage is estimated at
200, 100000 rupees
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W. J. Markham Owns Peculiar Stone.


w. J. Markham of this city wears
a pin that is something of a curiosity
and which attracts the attention of
all who see it.
The pin is made from a piece Of
stone called saginite, which is white,
with thin streaks of red running
through it, making it a striking
piece of jewelry.
Mr.. Markham states that he
mined the stone himself, on a piece
of land which he owns in North
Carolina, and which is considered
of considerable value.
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Street Car Hits Automobile.

Detroit, Mich, Oct. Mrs. Hattie
Demer of Kalamazoo, Mich, was in
stantly killed and Louis J. Feys of
Detroit was fatally injured when the
automobile in which they were riding
was struck by street car. Mr. Feys
sustained fractured skull and a
broken arm and survived several
hours. Mrs. Demer's neck was broken.
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Two Killed and Many Hurt.

Spencer, n. c., Oct. Two lives
were lost and twenty or more persons
were injured in Spencer by the ex-
plosion of a powder storage house in
the yards of the Southern Railway
company and most of the buildings
near by were damaged by the shock
ard the fire which followed.
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Refuses the Nomination,

Manchester, N. H., Oct. Judge
George H. Bingham of this city has
declined to accept the Democratic
nomination for governor. He was
notified of his nomination by a COM
mittee of the convention and shortly
after announced that he would be un-
able to accept
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Excelsior,

Uncle-And what will you do when
you are man, Tommy? Tommy
I am going to grow a beard. Uncle
Why? Tommy-Because then I won't
have nearly so much face to wash
Harper's Weekly.
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Highly Practical,

"Your business college for young la
dies seems to be all right"
ut is all right"
do you give the girls good practi-
cal business training?'
I'm reply to that question can only
say that 60 per cent of our graduates
marry their employers the first year."
louisville Courier-J Journal.
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Will Be Married in December.

Paris, Oct. A special dispatch
received here from Rome says that
the Duke of the Abruzzi and Miss
Katherine Elkins, daughter of Senator
stephen B. Elkins of West Virginia,
will be married on or about Dec 10.
Ohclal notification of the wedding will
be given out Nov. 10.
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Crazy.

Wigwag-I believe there's a tinge Of
insanity in all religious enthusiasts
Henpeckke-Yes; take the Mormons,
for instance. Any man that wants
more than one wife is plumb crazy.
PHILADELPHIA Record
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Vessels Blown Out to Sea

Nassau, Bahamas, Oct. A hurri->
cane swept over New Providence.
There was no serious damage ashore,
but several vessels were blown out to
sea and it is estimated that six lives
were lost
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OFFICIALS IN CONFLICT.
Russians in Dispute Over Care Of
Cholera Patients.

st. Petersburg, Oct. "A conflict
has arisen between General Dracheff-
ski, project of st. Petersburg, and the
municipal sanitary commission over
the premature discharge of cholera
patients from the city hospitals AS
soon as the attention of the project
was called to the danger of infection
from this source he issued an order
that all patients be detained until the
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STORY ALARMS RESIDENTS
Reported That American BattIeships
Would Seize Annoy.

Would Seize Annoy
Annoy, Oct. Local agitators have
been circulating report to the effect
that the American battleship beet,
which will visit this port the end of
October, purposes to seize Annoy as
a base of operations in Forthcoming
war against Japan. The people be-
came alarmed and began leaving the
city. Then, to prevent a general exo-
dus Of the population, the municipal
authorities issued a proclamation for
bidding people going to the interior
to take heavy baggage with them.
Two of the agitators have been ar
rested and punished with severe whip
pings.
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THIRTY FAMILIES EVICTED
Fire Destroys Considerable Property
at Chicago.

Chicago, Oct. A-Seven persons
were rescued, more than thirty fam.
lilies were driven from their homes,
many of them in scanty attire, and
property valued at many thousands of
dollars was destroyed when fire start
ed in the rear of the Columbia livery
stable at $50 Rush street, destroying
the building and firing several others
in the vicinity. More than enc hun
dred horses quartered in the barn
were rescued by stablemen, but six
teen of them were burned.
The fire is thought to have been the
result of an explosion on the fifth
floor. The loss on this structure is
estimated at $4,000. The loss on the
surrounding property is estimated at
$4,000.
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Getting Personal.

"How does man get game Leg
pa"
"Well, you see''-
lis it by getting into game and
having it pulled ?-New York Press.
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MISCELLANEOUS,

PUBLIC LIBRARY-Open Tues
days, Thursdays and Saturdays
ESQ to 6 p. M, and Saturday
evening 7:3O to 9 p. m. also.
Library in basement of Court
House. Mrs. Harriet Campbell
librarian.
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Thirty Million Pickles Burned.

New York, Oct. 1.-The big pickle
factory of ALERT {, Mcguire at Hicks
vile, L. l., has been destroyed by fire.
Forty tons of sauerkraut was roasted
to black cinders. Thirty tons of
pickles, averaging 100000 pickles to
the ton, or 30,0Oo,OO0 pickles in all,
were destroyed.
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purchase ten to
forty acre tract of land near City
of Bemidji. Address all communi-
cations to Box sol, Bemidji,
MINI.
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FOR SALE-16-inch dry slab wood
SIPS per cord delivered. M. E.
Smith Lumber yards. Phone 81.
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LOST and FOUND

ESTRAYED:- Lively bay pony,
white stripe on face, weight about
800. Seen about September 20 in
Grass Lake and Wilton vicinity.
$1,000 reward for capture. Write
K. E. Smyth, Nebish, Mime sofa.