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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-05-25
MISS WOOD ARRESTED.
Sensational Termination Of Suit
Against Senator Plat.
WOMAN ACCUSED OF PERJURY
Action of Court Follows Testimony
That Blanks of Marriage Certificate
Were Not Autographed Until Three
Months After Alleged Marriage.

New York, May The case of
Mae G. Wood, the Omaha woman who
sued United States Senator Thomas
G. Plat for divorce, came to sudden
and sensational end when Justice
O'Gorman Of the supreme court dis
missed the complaint and directed
that the complainant be committed to
the city prison under $4,000 bail on a
charge of perjury. Miss Wood was
taken to the Tombs. The climax came
after the Introduction in evidence of
the deposition of man who manufac-
tured the blanks upon one of which
the alleged Wood-Platt marriage Ger.
tiicate had been prepared. In which
he declared that the blank form in
question was not Autographed until
three months after the marriage of
Miss Wood to Plat is alleged to have
occurred.
The senator's son, Frank H. Plat,
also had testified that in his belief no
such letters ever had been written to
Miss Wood by his father as were rep.
resented in alleged copies offered i,
court by the complainant, The case
has attracted exceptionally wide at
tention on account of the prominence
of the aged senator and the names of
other widely known persons whom
Miss Wood involved in her sensational
charge in support of her complaint.
Miss Wood was at once taken to the
Tombs prison. On the way she chat
ted laughingly with the officers.
The commitment on the perjury
charge was made by Justice O'Gor-
man on his own initiative. He had
personally questioned the complain
ant, who had been recalled to the
stand, and when she reiterated her
former testimony regarding the mar
riage the Justice said:
"The court cannot believe there was
marriage. Being convinced Of the
plaintiffs guilt In committing perjury
IN tho case commit her to prison un-
less she furnishes $4,000 BAIL"
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-05-25

called out to clear the thoroughfare.
They arrested six of the noisiest dem
constructors. The women appeared in
Downing street by twos and threes
and sent in to the premier a petition
asking that the franchise be granted
at the present session of parliament.
The premier sent word through a con-
stable that he had no reply to make.
The women thereupon mounted the
steps of the house and harangued
crowd which quickly gathered.
The six women taken into custody
all went to prison for periods of from
one week to one month rather than
give recognizances for their good be-.
hayior
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-05-25
FLEET in PUGET SOUND.

Eight RattIeships Drop Anchor at Bel
bingham, Wash.
Bellingham, Wash, May 2.-Eight
vessels of the Atlantic battleship fleet,
flying the double star pennant of Rear
Admiral Sperry, dropped anchor in
Bellingham bay and were formally
welcomed by Mayor J. P. de Mattos.
The division of the fleet which arrived
here was composed of the flagship
Connecticut, the Rhode Island, Louis
lana, Vermont, New Jersey, Kansas,
Nebraska and Virginia, carrying 42S
officers and 1000 enlisted men. The
remaining vessels of the fleet dropped
out of line and anchored in the har-
bors Of Port Angeles and Port Towns
on6
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-05-25
CONTENTS NOT DIvULGED
Report of Referee in Vanderbilt d.
vorce Case Filed.

New York, May 2'.-The report of
the referee in the suit of Mrs. Elsie,
French Vanderbilt for divorce from
Alfred G. Vanderbilt, head of the Cor
nelius Vanderbilt branch of the famous
family, was handed to Justice O'Gor-
man in the supreme court. All the
papers in the case were at once sealed
and filed.
An intimation that the report of the
referee was favorable to Mrs. Wander
bilt was given when the attorneys
made motion that the report be con-
Armed. The motion was taken under
advis ement.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-05-25
ADJOURNMENT DELAYED.
Congress to Remain in Session Pos
sibly Until June I. s..

Washington, May 1t was stated
at the Capitol on apparently good au-
thority that congress would not ad-
tourn earlier than Wednesday, May
n, and that there was possibility of
the session being prolonged until
June I. The unsettled condition of
several important measures which are
now in conference between the two
houses and the doubt that exists as to
the final disposition of the public
buildings bill have combined to make
impossible an adjournment this week.
While Speaker Cannon was not will
Ing to make any statement for pub
LEGATION it is known that the house
leaders are planning to get away some
time next week if possible.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-05-25
MORE JEWELRY FOUND.
Trnkets Belonging to Rochester IN.
w Woman on Guinness Farm.

Laporte, Ind, May After ten
days delay digging on the Guinness
farm in search for more bodies has
been resumed by order of Sheriff
Shutter and Coroner Mack. The en-
tire garden where the graveyard" Of
Mrs. Guinness victims was located will
be dug up. The basement floor on
the site of the Guinness home and the
ground near the rows of evergreen
trees will be excavated.
Jewelry belonging to May O'Reilly,
who lived in Troup street, Rochester,
N. Y, was found by Sheriff Shutter,
who communicated the fact to the
Rochester police. They replied by
telegram that the woman disappeared
from her home several months ago.
Later in the day Sheriff Shutter
found human skull in a cesspool on
the Guinness farm.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-05-25
Two New Bishops Chosen.

I Baltimore, May 2 Rev. DR.. Will
lam F.. Anderson of New York and
Rev. DR.. John l.. Nuelsen of Naste
Theological seminary, Berea, O., were
elected bishops of the Methodist Epis-
eopal church upon the second ballot
at the session of the general confer
ence held at the Lyric.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-05-25
WIND STORM in IOWA.
School Building Wrecked Few Min.
utes Before Assembly Time.

Ottumwa. Ia, May Southern
Iowa was hit by terrific wind storm
which at Abba assumed the form of a
tornado. The Grant school in Abba
was wrecked and the roof crashed
through to the rooms below just tif-
teen minutes before assembly time.
Pupils and teachers escaped injury
completely. J. M. Taylor was instant
1y killed by heavy corn crib which
the whirlwind picked up and dropped
on him.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-05-25
ImpaIed Boy Dies of Injuries.

Minneapolis, May 2l!.-James Too
hey, the eleven-year-old boy who was
impaled on picket fence through
jumping from the roof of a shed in
order to escape being struck by bricks
which August eau, an aged man, was
throwing at him, is dead of his in
juries. eau, who has been held to
the grand jury on charge of assault,
will now be charged with manslaugh-
ter.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-05-25
CHILDREN GREET EMPEROR
Elghty-five Thousand Gather at Resi-
dence of Francis Joseph.

dence Of Francis Joseph.
Vienna, May 2.!-The school chill
dren of Vienna, numbering upwards
of $4,000, gathered in the park of
schoenbrunn castle, the suburban res
idence of Emperor Francis Joseph, to
pay homage to the aged ruler who
this year celebrated the sixtieth ami
versary Of his accession to the throne.
The spectacle was favored by bright
and warm weather. The emperor ap-
peared at balcony of the palace and
was greeted with great enthusiasm.
The children then sang several hymns,
after which the emperor descended
from the balcony, walked among the
children and talked with them. His
path was strewn with flowers by little
girls. He appeared to be in splendid
health 49,. --
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-05-25
Jealous Of Former Sweetheart.

Rushyille, Ind, May 2i-Insanely
Jealous and brooding over the fact
that his former sweetheart was going
to marry another man Marshall Hol-.
lowell, aged thirty, shot Miss Mary
Ertel, aged Twenty-Five, three times
at her home in Washing ton township,
north of this city. He then fred the
remaining bullets into his own head
and will die. Miss Ertel may recover.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-05-25
CLAIMS ARE ADJUSTED.
General Land Office Settles With
North Dakota.

General Land Office Settles With
North Dakota.
Washington, May 2,.-The general
land Office has adjusted its account
with the state of North Dakota under
the act of Feb. 20, 1889, showing the
per cent of net proceeds of sales of
public lands within said state for the
period beginning July and ending
Dec. 81. 1907, as shown by the adjust
ed returns from the various local land
offices. The receipts from the sales of
public lands during the same period
were $1,102,181.91. From the sales of
Indian lands it was $38,S81.0S and
from the fees and commiss ions $685.
1924, a total from all sources Of
$1.239.891.23.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-05-25
MAY PRECIPITATE STRIKE
Negotiations in Canadian Pacific Dis
pute Broken Of.

Winnipeg, Man., May The board
OF Cancellation, which has been in ses-
sion here the past few days to deal
with troubles between the men and
company in connection with Canadian
Pacific reduced wage schedule in rail
road shops, has dissolved, the COM
Dany withdrawing it's repres entative.
This may precipitate strike, as the
men desired the board to deal with
the grievances of the 10000 mechan-
les along the entire system, east and
west, which the company refused.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-05-25
Burrows Visits the President.

Washington, May 2 Senator Bur
rows. who was selected as the tenn
porary chairman of the Republican
national convention at Chicago, had a
brief conference with the president.
He declined to talk about his call ex-
oept to say that it was a personal one.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-05-25
WILLIAM MONTGOMERY.

tuition, in the Allegheny county Jail in
an endeavor to convince Montgomery
that he owed to them the duty Of
throwing some light on his operations
In order that an effort might be made
to recover some of the missing money.
The former cashier refused to say one
word which might in any way help to
clear up the tangle.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-05-25

The Parnassus, Pa, baseball team
has hired girl to play first base.
Your new woman refuses to play
second fiddle to man in any walk in
life.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-05-25
TWENTY PEASANTS HANGED
Death Penalty for Agrarian Outrages
in Russia.

Death FehaIty Tor Agrarian Outrages
In Russia.
Kherson, Russia, May Twenty
peasants who took part in recent
agrarian disorders in the Yekaterin-
oslav district were hanged here under
decree of a courtmartial. They. be-
1onged to peasant association the
avowed object of which was to drive
out landed proprietors by the burning
OF their estates. The resort to the
death penalty for agrarian outrages
Ia new departure, fiogging and short
terms of Imprisonment having been
the usual punishments even during
the great disorders of 1906.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-05-25

Women are not wholly to blame
because leap year shows falling off
in marriages. You must remember
the men had ample warning.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-05-25
sUFFRAGETTEs ARRESTED
Make Demonstration at Residence Of
British Premier.

London. May 2 "A party Of mil
liant women suffragists, dissatisfied
with the reply Of Prime Minister As
quith to an important delegation 81
Radical members of the house of com.
mons on the question of claims Of
women for enfranchisement, made
demonstration in front of the pre-
miers residence in Downing street
and the police reserves had to be
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-05-25

The $500 kitty" in a Pittsburg
poker game has been stolen. We
are afraid that this is one of the cats
that won't come back.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-05-25
MONTGOMERY is SILENT.

Embedding Cashier Refuses to Dis
cuss His specuIations.
Pittsburg, May BIT is said num-
Der of the directors Of the defunct
Allegheny National bank paid visit
to William Montgomery, the cashier
whose speculations wrecked the insti.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-05-25

Andrew Carnegie says this country
has the worst money system in the
world. Still, he scenes to have
done pretty we'll with it.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-05-25

Pittsburg's spring floods would be
looked upon as blessing if they
washed away some of the scandals
of that city's millionaires.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-05-25
Murdered ard Robbed.

Chicago, May 2 A.-Robert G. p.
Holmes, purchasing agent for the
Commonwealth Edison Electric COM
pany, was found dead, with the marks
Of garroters on his neck and his face
black from the strangulation, in an
alley in the down town district. Not
the smallest coin or the slightest art
icle of jewelry was left on the gar.
roted mans person.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-05-25

Simply to avoid wasting space
Rockefeller put on a $4,000 addition
to his ice box. 1t was merely a
matter of cold cash.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-05-25

The New York World is worrying
over whether the American mother
is failure. Not as long as the
shingles hold out.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-05-25
OBSERVATIONS.
L"By Doc. >"

That Grand Rapids man who
tried to swallow a porter.house in
single mouthful made fatal misteak.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-01-31
TO MY CHILDREN.

Alma and Theron, aged s and 1O.l.
My son, my daughter-young and fair,
While yet the twig is bending,
For you fathers fervent prayer
To Heaven is now ascending
That you. through all the coming days,
Be guided and protected,
Till safe into discretion's ways
Your feet shall be directed
The blessing l would thus impart
The prayer for you | offer.
No anxious, loving parents heart
With warmer zeal could proffer;
And, though the counsel l would give
At best might ill-avail you
AS how through life to walk and live.
dis word shall never fail you.
The snares and pitfalls of this life
Are treacherous and deceiying.
Where one wrong step may bring great
strife
And years of hard retrieving;
But there's one road, and one alone,
Where danger and disaster
Are unpncountered and unknown
The highway of our Master.
What, golden, fruits His servants yield
On heavenly mamma nourishedi
How like the lilies OF the field
His faithfuf ones have fiourished!
And thus may You, my children dear,
AS now, in childhood tender,
Go forth to balm lifes atmosphere,
And dazzle with your spIendor
Whatever tasks on you devoIve,
Do well and shirk no duty;
The hardest problems that we solve
Unfold to joy and beauty.
March forth meath hOnor's beacon lights
And let no power despotic
Usurp your grand, God-given rights
Be free-be patriotic!
Then, when your work on earth is done
With lifes brief day declining.
O'erhead the bright, unsetting sun
For you will still be shining
While round the scenes you here have trod
Enhanced by your attendance,
Shall smile the legacies Of Cod
Peace, Love and Independence.
Henry Reed Conant in Evening News, Los
Angeles, Cal
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-01-31
Homeopathic Doses.

Recently a middle-aged professor at a
college i'll the north of England became
lndisposed, and consulted a physician.
The latter advised bis cousultant to do
less desk work. take more exercise and
to drink as a tonic little beer. some
thing the professor had never cared for.
The doctor net his patient few
iege, and stopped TO inquire how he
was feeling.
About the same" replied the profess
ssor' Did you take beer as l directed?'
inquired the physician.
Yes" responded the professor. 81
took it a few times. but it became so
nauseous that ! had TO discontinue it,
How much did you take?"
why. | bought a whole bottle and
took a spoonful before each meal" an.
swered the professor. Tele-
graph
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-01-31
Exploring for Eucalyptus.

The Atchison, Topeka & Santa f.
railroad has sent the manager of lis
tie and timber department. E. o. Faux
ner, on an exploring journey to Hawai-,
Japan and Australia to study the euca-
lyptus in those countries and nerhaps
to buy trees for planting. The Santa
Fe railroad has 1000 acres in eucalyptus
in California, which are intended 10
supply telephone poles and railroad ties.
These are doing wei, but it is hoped
that Mr.. Faulkner can find still better
varieties. 1t is a novelty for a railroad
to be undertaking agricultural explrra-
tons, in foreign lands.-F orestry and Ir.
rigation.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-01-31

Although the turbine ships of the
Cunard line have not shortened the pas
sage across the Atlantic to a practical
extent, they have demonstrated that with
the time of leaving port properly ar
ranged in relation to the estimated time
of arrival the delivery of the mails may
be 50 expedited that business men on
both sides will experience benefits as a
result of the driving of the ships for
record passages. The turbine steamers
introduced on the Mediterranean by the
Egyptian Mail Steamship line have
achieved the passage from Marseilles TO
Alexandria in three days. enabling trav-
elers to go from England to Egypt in
four days. The two ships of this line
have engines of 21,000-porse- power cap
able of driving them at a speed of
twenty-one knots. 1t is evident from
this performance that with fast steam
ers covering routes where close CON
nections can be arranged, the journey
around the world can be made in much
shorter time than it has heretofore been
accomplished by globe-girdlers.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-01-31

The railroads of Pennsylvania which
carry anthracite coal hauled during 1907
a total of 67,109,393 tons, the largest
years business in the history of the
trade, exceeding the aggregate Of 1906
by 100000 tons. These figures are of
especial interest at the present time, as
they show the magnitude of the rela-
tionship between the coal roads" and
the anthracite mining corporations,
which are for the most part owned by
the carrying companies. The law die
tates that the coal roads" and the coal
companies must be divorced by the LIST
of July next, and the combinations are
said to have been baffled in attempts to
bring about a legal separation. This is
something that must be settled within a
few months. as anthracite mining and
anthracite hauling must proceed unin-
terruptedly, so great is the demand for
hard coal.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-01-31

The city of Berlin, Germany, has re
Gently introduced an automobile street
cleaner which is said to do its work eff
fectiyely without creating dust. The
cleaner proceeds through the streets with
its own power, sprinkling the dust and
other debris before the brushes
throw it into the hoppers. A contri-
vance of tais Kind ought to be of value
in every city which has streets that are
surfaced with asphalt. The present
method of scraping the refuse into heaps
that tester in the sun is crude in COM
parison with system of promptly gath
ering it and carrying it away, in COM
bined automobile sprinklers and sweep
ers.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-01-31

and perilous voyage successfully students
of ethnology will have evidence tending
to strengthen the theory that the Alas
kan Esquimaux are of Asiatic origin.
There would be far less peril in taking
junk to the Alaskan coast from the
China seas than in navigating one of the
queer ships around the Horn
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-01-31
Packing for South American Trade.

4 big firm in town, which manufac-
tures delicate instruments, received an
order a short time ago for a quantity OF
their instruments to be sent to South
America and packed in certain man
nor The packers of the firm thought
they knew best how 10 pack the ccnsign-
ment of goods and accordingly ignored
the instructions sent on with the or
,ler A while later the iirm received
! letter from South America asking why
the goods had not been packed as or
dered. The letter went on to say that
! mack mule which has been loaded with
tbe valuable burden had salleu over
the edge OF a precipice and had rolled
down the side Of the mountain and the
instruments were demolished.
The firm had to make good the loss
BoSton ReCC fd.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-01-31

Reasoning people viii not be alarmed
over the inclination OF the War Depart
ment to permit japanese laborers to as
sist in building Notifications in Hawaii.
The structures will be in accordance with
advanced military science, and when
Americans are inside of them their OPP.
ponents will have a big job in trying to
drive them out. 1t would be impossible
to maintain secrecy as to the form and
thickness of Notifications.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-01-31

While the feet of sixteen battleships
has thus far proceeded southwark in ac-
cordance with schedule the torpedo boat
flotilla has experienced delays which
were not unexpected, but which it was
hoped might not be encountered Rough
weather caused minor accidents to two
of the destroyers and delayed the fiotilla
FIVE days, and two more days were lost
because Of the sailing of the boilers oe
one of the destroyers. Delay was suf-
fered by the Panther and the Yankton,
the conveying steamers, due to short
age of coal which compelled the former
to tow the latter Only the larger ships
of a fleet stay at sea for long periods,
because they have coal bunkers of ample
size
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-01-31

Although it will be several months be-
fore Rear-Admiral Evans fleet reaches
the Manila, Golfers are already head
ing for that port, and for Honolulu:
Fully 100000 tons of fuel win be ready
for him at the former port. Fleets can
not move promptly nowadays, unless adj
vance agents provide store of fuel at
stopping places.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-01-31

The decision of Judge Kohlsaat in the
United States circuit court at Chicago,
gives the government 100000 which
was found in the possession of Capt.
Oberlin Carter, the conspirator who with
Messers. Greene and Gaynor swindled the
government out of 100000 in harbor
construction at Savannah, Georgia. As
Capt Carter has served > term in Leav-
enworth prison, and as his co-conspira-
tors Greene and Gaynor, are now under.
going similar punishment in another
prison, lovers of justice may feel salts
lied that in this particular case rascality
has been properly punished.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-01-31

The practical combination of the
North German Lloyd and Hamburg
American Steamship Companies, so far
as routes and rates are concerned, is evil
dence from Bremen that German inter-
ests on the sea are to stand together
against British and American interests.
Travel between the continents has grown
so tremendously that it makes a big
bone of contention for rival shipowners
of the various maritime nations
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-01-31

1t will be of interest to park authorities
to know that the commissioners of the
District of Columbia have decided upon
the use of liquid asphalt as a binder for
the surfaces of macadam roadways, and
that the decision was reached after ex-
pertinent with crude oil and tar. The
roadways are first carefully prepared,
and the liquid asphalt must be applied
only when the surface is perfectly dry.
After the roadways are properly
sprinkled with the asphalt the surfacng
must be permitted to harden. This is the
teaching of experience at Washington,
where the roadway question has been re-
ceiving much attention of late.