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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-01-20
Saved by Wireless MESSAGE.

Fall River. Mass, Jan. 2O.That
George H. Allen is alive today is due
to the fact that there was a wireless
telegraph installation on the sound
steamer Plymouth. While the steam
or was on its way here from New
York wireless message was received
to the effect that Allen was aboard
and that he had left letters III New
York saying he was going to kill him
self. A search OF the steamer was
made and Allen was located in
.stateroom with a bottle OF poison
which he was about to drink. He was
restrained and brought here.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-01-20
Different FROM LAST YEAR
Hundreds Of Freight Cars Idle in Rail-
road Yards. ....--

Salt Lake City, Jan. 2O.-One year
ago this city was threatened with a
coal famine because the railroads
lacked cars to haul the fuel. Today,
according to the Tribune, 500 freight
cars are standing idle in the yards of
the Oregon Short Line. Freight cars
to the number of 1900 have been re-
tired from service on the Hartman
lines within the past forty days, max
ing a decrease of 10 per cent in the
active car equipment of the system
Twenty locomotives stand in the
roundhouse cold. Contrasted with an
Unsuitable demand for all kinds of la
Dor last winter the Short Line has
laid off 5000 trainmen and workmen
since Oct. 1. The Rio Grande West
ern has let out IT'S men in the local
shops, but has not called in any OF
the rolling stock. Railroad men say:
that the merchants are not buying
goods and that this is the principal
cause of the falling off of traffic and
the suspension of trains. 49,.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-01-20

room during the recital of what he
termed horrible tale"
The notice included the representa-
tives of newspapers as well as the
public generally. Attorney Martin w.
Littleton. of the defense, Joined it to
shield the young woman from hun
dreds of curious eyes and said that
SO far as the constitutional right to an
open hearing was concerned he was
ready to waive that point In any iron
clad manner the court might suggest.
Judge Bowling adjourned the case
without giving his decision on the
question. ..a... ,..z--.-
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-01-20
COUNTIES MUST DECIDE
ON ROADS Immediately
II They Wish to Participate in the
State Aid Fund This
Year.

Minneapolis Tribune: George w.
Cooley, secretary of the state high
way commission, yesterday sent out
circular letters to the boards of
county commissioners of the various
counties of. the state, warning them
to at once decide upon new roads
which they might contemplate build
ing and thus make early application
for state aid.
The state highway commission
will hold its regular annual meeting
in St. Paul on Tuesday, March 3,
for the purpose of alloting to the
different counties such amounts from
the state aid fund as it deems advis-
able. This fund will be so distri-
buted that any one county may
receive maximum of per cent. or
a minimum of one-half of 1 per cent.
The total fund will approximate
$4,000 so that the maximum may
run as high as $3.50 while the
minimum will average about 1887.
Whatever the amount received it will
be entirely expended on roads to be
designated as state roads.
Section Is of Article TX, of the
constitution provides that the state
shall only pay one-third of the cost
of. such road work, so the county
must contribute twice the amount
contributed by the highway COM
mission; that is to say, if the state
aid allowed any county is $1,000,
the county must appropriate double
the amount, or $4,000, all of which
is to be expended under proper
supervision on some designated state
road under the rules and supervision
of the state highway commission.
Application must be made by the
counties Immediately, and rules gov
ernlng the expenditures will be- sent
out until Feb. l.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-01-20
New Hello" MANAGER,

Charles Bang, who succeeds A. E.
Harris as local manager for the
Northwestern Telephone Exchange
company, came over from Crookston
Saturday to assume his new duties.
Mr.. Bang will from now on make
this city his home and will be ,identi-
fled with the business men of Be-
midi
.Charley" Bang has been a resi-
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-01-20
ORGANIZE ENTIRE COUNTRY
Bryan Volunteers to Make Campaign
z.&..- in Everv State -y..

= Omaha, Jan. 20.-Mayor James C.
Dahlman, Democratic national COM
mitteeman for Nebraska, will have
active control Of the movement to or.
ganize the Bryan volunteers. He said
that steps were being taken to organ
lie the Bryan volunteers in every pre-
cinct in the United States. He says
he believes that by the middle of
July the organization will be ready to
take up the campaign all over the
In every state in the Union. The
mayor said the Bryan managers would
depend to large extent on this or
ganization to provide campaign fund
to be used by the national committee
the coming fall.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-01-20
BIG INCREASE IN CASH.
Tremendous Flow of Currency to New
r.. York City Banks.

Tremendous Flow of Currency to New
~. York City Banks.
New York, Jan. 2O.-A tremendous
flow of cash from the banks through
out the country to the New York city
banks was indicated by the bank
statement, which showed an increase
of SIG, 1S5,SC0 in the amount of cash
held by the New York clearing house
institutions. This increase in cash is
believed to approach within few mil
lions of the largest increase ever
recorded in a single week in this city
Financiers declared that it showed
clearly that the interior banks were
entirely reassured by the showing of
the banks last week, when for the
first time since October a surplus o.
reserve was established in place OF
the deficit which had long existed.
An increase in the surplus reserve
this week of $685., 425, bringing the
surplus up to s22,635,4 shows that
the position of the banks IS greatly
strengthened over last week, notWith
standing the renewed activity in the
stock market and the increased loans
incident thereto.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-01-20
Two Small Banks Suspend.

st. Paul, Jan 20.-Two banks owned
by A, z. Drew, registrar of Hanline
university, the Bank of Hamline and
the Midway bank, have closed their
doors. The former institution is To-
Gated in Hamline, suburb of st.
Paul, the other in the Exposition
building at Midway Professor Drew
was at the head of both institutions.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-01-20
Killed in Automobile Accident.

Baltimore, Jan. 20. George L. Bill
lups, proprietor Of Billups hotel, and
his wife were Instantly killed by be-
ing thrown from an automobile at
Park Heights avenue and the Pimlico
road entrance to Druid Hill park.
Leo Il. Shaad of Elk Ridge, Howard
county, the owner and driver of the
machine. was hurt internally, but not
fatally.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-01-20
Entire Family Chloroformed,

New York, Jan. 20.-Burglars chloro-
formed the seven members of Herman
Graugner's family in their home in
TWenty-second street and carried
away $3.50 in cash and Graugner's
watch, worth SIS. Graugner had no
use for banks and he sewed up his
money in the lining of his vest
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-01-20
ENRAGED MAN KILLS Three
Further Slaughter Prevented by Bullet
in Shoulder.


Golconda, ILL.,, Jan. 20-Enraged at
his sweetheart's refusal to marry him
John Echster shot and killed the girls
father, her uncle and a friend of the
family who happened to be at the
girls home. Then he fired at the
girl, but missed, and he turned his
weapon Upon her brother, who had
been attracted to the scene of the
shooting and had hastily secured a
revolver
A we'll directed shot from the
brothers pistol dropped Echster and
the helpless youth was carried off to
Jail by the police, who arrived in time
to save his life from tho fury of the
brother.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-01-20
IS A BRITISH CONCERN.
President Castro AnnuIs Contract
= With Salt Monopoly.

Caracas, Venezuela, Jan. 2O-Pres-
ident Castro has annulled the contract
made by the government with the
Venezuelan Salt Monopoly, limited, an
English corporation with capital of
$4o0,O0O. A representative of the
company has protested to the British
legation against the action and also
against the decree annulling the
match monopoly issued few days
ago. This company also owned the
match business. The British legation
is awaiting instructions from the home
office. -. - 81 - - :.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-01-20
Rush to Europe Continues.

New York, Jan. 2O.-The rush of
emigrants to return to Europe keeps
up and the figures for January will
show an enormous increase over the
same month last year. Already in
seventeen days 30,056 steerage pas
sengers have left New York, as
against s,476 last year. During the
same period this year only 7, 1888 steer
age passengers have arrived at this
port.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-01-20

WANTED: Competent track man
to take charge of seventeen miles of
narrow guage logging railroad in
Yucatan Mexico. Liberal wages to
right man. Inquire or address
G. E...Crocker, Bemidji, MINI.
WANTED: An all-around black
smith and wood worker. No
boozer" need apply. A. B. Par
mer, Solway, MINI,
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-01-20
WOULD EXCLUDE PUBLIC.
Only Interested Parties May Hear
. Evelyn Thaw's Story.

New York, Jan. 20.-In the ThaW
trial, just as Evelyn Nesbit Thaw was
about to relate anew the story of her
life as she told it to Thaw in Paris in
1905, District Attorney jerome arose
and suggested that inA the interest of
public morals all persons save those
Immediately interested in the case
anould be excluded from the court
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-01-20
AFTER REASONABLE DELAY
Haytian Government to Bombard
Towns Held by Rebels.

Washington, Jan. 20.-J. N. Leger,
the minister from Hayti, had talk
with Assistant Secretary Bacon re-
garding the revolutionary movement
there. Latest information which Mr..
.Leger has from his government is
that reasonable delay will be grant
ed before the bombardment of the
ports of Gonaives and st. Marc, now
occupied by the insurgents. There
are four vessels in the Haytian navy.
American interests, the minister said,
will be fully protected.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-01-20
BY PRIVATE STEAMERS.
Russian Naval Officer Following the
American Fleet.

American Fleet.
st. Petersburg, Jan. 20. The impor-
tance attached by the Russian ad-
miralty to the lessons to be learned
from the voyage of the American bat
tleship fleet under Rear Admiral Ev-.
ans is shown by the fact that Rus
sian naval officer, Commander Alexis
Diachkoft. is following the fleet on its
trip around South America, travelling
from port to port by whatever means
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-01-20

ONE CENT A WORD.
HELP WANTED.

WANTED FOR u. S. ARMY: Able
bodied unmarried men, between
ages of FL and IS; citizens of
United States, of good character
and temperate habits, who can
speak, read, and write English
For information apply to Recruit.
ing Officer, Miles Block, Bemidji
MINI. .s.-.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-01-20
FOR SALE.

FOR SALE-Rubber stamps. The
Pioneer will procure any kind of
rubber stamp for you an short
notice.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-01-20
CONSPIRACY NOT SHOWN.

Lumbermen Get Decision in Federal
Court.
Minneapolls, Jan. 2O.-Judge Loeb
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-01-20

FOR SALE: At Mcintosh; So
horsepower steam engine. Address
Anton Jensen, Mcintosh.
FOR SALE-Pair, young horses;
weigh t 1000 pounds each. Apply
u Pioneer office.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-12-18
$4,000 FOR NEGLIGENCE
Engineers Widow Brings Suit Against
Construction Co.

Brattleboro. Dec. lS.-A suit for
$4,000 damages has been brought
against the Loring n. Farnum Com
pany Of Boston By Mrs. Emma +.
Cutler of Hfnsdale. y. H.. widow
of Frank Eugene Cutler who was
fatally injured October II while work
ing for the company The writ was
served on George S. Hewins, superin-
tendent Of the company by Deputy
Sheriff Myron p. Davis. Mr. Hewins
promptly furnished bond.
The case will be tried at the April
term Of Wndham County court. The
defendant company is building a dam
across the Connecticut river between
Hinsdale and Vernon Mr.. Cutler was
engineer OF a marrow gauge locomo-
tive which plunged from the complet.
ed portion OF the dam at curve.
He was fatally injured dying soon az.
terward Mrs. Cutler claims the curve
was not high enough; that the track
was not properly constructed and the
accident was due TO the company's
negligence.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-12-18
educational" Legislation.

In spite OF the soolding administer.
ed by the Herald, the Banner still In
sIsts that an expression OF opinion by
the legislative body. elected by the
people has an educational value even
though this expression In the end
when enacted into law fails to stand
the test OF the supreme court. In this
instance Of the passing OF House bill
4l9 by the members OF the lower
branch Of the Vermont legislature
demonstrated that there Is a demand
by the people Of this state for two.
cent ticket law. FOR II must be admit.
ted that our legislature composed as
II is OF representatives from every
town is as close to the people as Il Is
possible to make Il. So much for the
expression OF opinion
10 20 further: Should this two
cent rate bill pass the Senate aud be
signed by the governor and should Il
aftorward. through an attempt nc en-
forcemont. be found that the law were
unconstitutional the people will have
learned that they cannot lcgislate In
this direction. they will have obtained
knowledge from the highest obtain.
able source and they viii have obtain.
ed IL In The only possible way.
Could Il be known to a certainty
just what is and just what is not con
stitutlonal the lawmakers OF the ma
tion would be able to accomplish def
mite results In far less time but this
trying out process between the logia
lative and the judiciary Department.
OF government. both from the capita
at Washington and the headQuarteri
OF the state governments. Is contlnu
ally In progress. Laws are enacted b.
Congress and legislatures. aud. n thel
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-12-18
Capital Punishment.

1.-THE Rutland News believes that
the bin giving iuries the privilege OF
returning vcrdicts for murder In the
first degree with or without hanging
should have been enacted into a law.
Such legislation would practically
mean the abolition OF capital punish
ment, and few iuries. with the option
thus provided, would hereafter return
verdicts with the death penalty at
tachcd. II the state is ever TO take
hanging on its statute books Il ought
to bo done In an open and direct man.
ner. Makcshlfts like the bill propos-
cd only serve to weaken the respect
for law."-Bennlngton Banner
Our friend has given It's case away.
Ifit is true. as II says and as The Mes.
songer itself verify believes, that
Few jurles. with the option thus pro
vided would hereafter return yordicts
with the death penalty attached
then II is time 70 change the law any
way. because iuries are enforcing a
law they do not believe in simply be
cause Il IL the law. And these iurie'
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-12-18

Cafeteria.
e..-h, 1lhe Kind You Ham khaB Bougt
Signature ENHL{1zZzx
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-12-18
ANOTHER DENIAL Of THE
HAY WORRICK
MARRIAGE
CONTINUED from LIST page)

itatiyely denied before My father
took endless pains TO discover the
truth and It is unjust TO US that the
story should be revived in this way
The story Of the Worrick woman is
that the marriage took place in Allan.
tic City on Aug. 90 1900. There is no
record In the Court OF Common Pleas
there OF any license having been grant
ed for such a marriage AS a matter
Of fact. Adelbert Hay left this coun
try In November 1899 for Pretoria,
and the state department records
show that he reached his post on Feb.
3, 1900. He remained there until Feb
II, 1901 In almost daily communica-
ton with the state department on
the very day ON which Miss Worrlck
claims TO have been married to him
at Atlantic City he telegraphed the
state department from Pretoria.
1t is strongly indicated on the part
OF the Hay family here that legal
measures will be taken to prevent fur
Their circulation Of this story.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-12-18
NotIee 70 Patrons Of AIah school.

The school authorities do not favor
the giving Of pretentlons, dramatic
productions by pupils Of the high
school Teachers have had no part
I'm those given during the past two
years neither in the choice of the
play nor the selection OF the cast and
trainer The superintendent, princi-
pal and teachers are unanimous In the
opinion that such plays are an injury
to the school; that they take too
much time from school work aud seri.
ously interfere with the even progress
not only OF the cast but Of the whole
class. They, however, have no con.
troll OF pupils actions when out of
school, and parents alone must as
sumo responsibility for all social,
literary, or dramatic Efforts made out
side Of the school building.
Albert w. Varney
Superintendent
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-12-18

are supposed to be representative
men.
Then, If juries do not believe in the
present law and are loath to enforce
it and if they are representative men,
why do they not bring about the re-
peal of the law and the abolition Of
capital punishment? That's a natural
question, and the Messenger believes
the answer is obvious to anyone Of
much experience in Vermont affairs.
In the first place, it is hard to make
capital punishment a public issue in
this state because it involves matters
and things that do not come into the
immediate experience of one person
out of a thousand. All that the great
mass Of people know about capital
punishment in this day and generation
speaking generally, of course, is that
it is a shuddering something done in
a gloomy corner of distant prison to
| some relatively obscure or unknown
person by men most people never say
and whose names they never heard
The sober fact is that so long as the
rank and file Of Vermonters can thus
emulate plate and call for water in
which to wash their hands Of the
whole matter it is difficult to arouse
them to the consciousness that this
dreadful thing they have never seen
is out Of joint with our present-day
civilization.
Buff executions were public and
if Tom, Dick and Harry were likely
at any time to be summoned by the
sheriff as executioners to take the
condemned wretchs life just as they
may be any day as a posse commita
tus TO deprive one Of his liberty-it
would not be long before ,ae spectacle
aroused such storm of popular re
yulsion that the law would be wiped
off the statute books forever So long
| uONtN1lf 40 We NO Hol nave " w
this awful thing ourselves or even
have to see it done by others, we are
content to be Indifferent to the con
tinuance of the most CHASTITY anach
ronism in our twentieth century of en-
lightenment.
Let the Messenger suggest two
queries for the thoughtful-minde(
reader to ponder over in this connec
ton
What is wrong with a punishment
pracdced in this age thar is so revolt
ing TO our refined sensibiides anC
that has such a morbid and degrading
effect upon mankind that it Is no Ion
ger permitted In public and only the
strict number Of legal witnesses is al
lowed 10 s.e the Law executed In pri
yate?
How can we continue a law the en-
forcement Of which depends absolute
ly upon there always being presen
somewhere in the state a little hand
ful OF men that are willing to do 70
hire what the average man could no
be hired to do at any price?-st. Al
bans Messenger.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-12-18
LEGISLATURE TO ADJOURN
FOR CHRISTMAS
Continued from LIST page)

Fits and Ernest w. Gibson of Brat
tleboro. William F. Walker of Ludlow
John l.. Lewis Of North Troy, Allen
NJ. Fletcher of Cavendish, James b.
Donoway Of Middlebury, Harland b.
Howe of St. Johnsbury, Charles d.
Watson of St. Adams, John II. Senter
and Joseph A. DeBoer of Montpelier,
are appointed commissioners to inyes-
tigate the need of the state for addit-
lonal buildings for the use Of the state
library, supreme court and state Off
GERS. or any of them, and to report
their findings with such suggestions
as appear to them desirable to the
general assembly of 1910 The bill
continues. said commissioners shall
consider whether in the expenditure
of sum not exceeding $250,0OO i
would be advisable to make additions
to the capitol or to construct sepl-
rate building upon land controlled by
the state within the city Of Montpelier
and shall report the amount of money
in their opinion approximately neces-
sary for carrying their recommends
lions into effect, if more adequate ac-
commoda tons are found necessary
THE governor shall be chairman
and. the secretary of state secretary
of said commission, and said commits
sioners shall not be allowed any sums
for compensation and personal expen.
SEES except expenses necessarily incur.
red in procuring plans for building the
cost OF which to the state shall not eX-
coed in the aggregate one thousand
dollars and the auditor Of accounts
is hereby directed to draw his order
upon the state treasurer for such ex-
peuses as are approved by the COVER
nor not exceeding in amount the ag-
gregate sum aforesaid.
THE report Of said commissioners
shall be published in the volume Of
public documents for the biennial
term ending June 20, 1910
This bin introduced by Senator
Donoway Of Addison. numbered S. ill
to regulate the practice OF veterinary
medicine and surgery provides for a
state veterinary board to consist OF