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WALL STREET NOTES
Expected Disclosure of Bear Account in London Fails
 to Materialize.
SPECIALTIES FEATU RE D
Large Amounts of Union Pacific Bonds Change Hands--Preliminary
 Railroad Statements.

Yesterday was the first day of Lon- Jun's fortnghtly stock exchange set clement )f accounts, and in view of the past weeks sharp decline in prices, notably, for American shares, Wall street had rather generally ex- pected that an extensive bear ac- count in London would be disclosed, compelling large foreign purchases in our market for delivery in London. Nothing like this occurred; on the contrary foreign houses sold fully 20,000 shares to New Workers in the early rise here The reported large maturing options on our stocks, all leged to have been sold some time ago by London interests to New York. did not come to light. These discoveries largely explain the failure of our own market to continue its recovery yes . terday morning. As a matter of fact. London prices for our stocks, just be- fore the New York opening. were l 4 tu l 14 point below our closlngs of Monday
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THE COTTON MARKET.

Reported over private wires by Hayden, Stone X O.. members of New York and Boston Stock and New York Cot ton Exchanges, New Haven branch, SS Center street.
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Does the World Owe You a Living?

or does a nm Wlh energy and dailS Ii' to whom sgoodr returns
 IT Son want to sueceedayc somelngopen Don't sS m llai od ul or le great men of is America Ato,-cNch much smaller than making.
 Il TOT H. Open
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Primary statements, compiled from reports of forty or fifty railways, showed gross earnings In June IS per cent. below 1907, in July Is per cent, under last year, in August i per cent Similar returns now at hand for Sep tember show only per cent. ls- crease A few actually increased Financial interests close to a western railroad which has made perhaps the best comparison, were asked yesterday to explain this great Improvement all tho more remarkable because gross earnings of all our railways las $ S'p- tember, showed lS per cent ,nerease over even the boom year" 1906. They answered.: "All the railroads have stopped rebating, During the past year there has been so much talk at Washington and so many suits brought for rebating and giving spe- cial privileges, that shippers AS well as railroads are now allowing traffic to pay its way fairly, and move along the lines of least resistance How ever, deliveries of grain by railroad at the inland markets. durings July and August, were not very much in excess of the same months of 1907, But in September, movement of quite unex- ampled magnitude began.
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Thought you said she had good teeth.
 She has"
 T saw her laugh just now, and she hasn't a tooth in her head" Must have been on the closet shelf" Nashville American
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Although the general sentiment seemed to be bullish there was said to be still some bears who were willing to try conclusions on the short side, and some well known market judges expressed the opinion that there would be a shart reaction at least a week before the election Some com mission houses reported that several of their customers, while bullish on the market outlook preferred to stay out of the market until the result If the presidential election could be more clearly foreseen.
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NEW yoHn STOCK MARKET

Heported over privatr wires Of Prince x Whitely, members or the New ,ork ana Boston Stock E~chang as
 C"n;er .ttrec' New iiaven
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ERIE RAILROAD MEETING

New York, oct 13.-- annual meeting of tho stockholders of the Eric railroad was held to-day The annual report of the road on the year ended June 30 showed operating rev. enue of s50.00r6o2; operating ex- pensos, $3o,9714N7, operating income, sS,91S570. In tho previous year the net earnings were Sl6,T477sS.
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BOSTON STOCK MARKET.

Reported over private wires of Horn
 blower & Weeks members of the New York and Boston Stock EX- changes, Frank D. Wetmore. mana
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in the last week, while bank loans were in process of rapid expansion to take uI foreign sales ot securities, The .nreatened re-opening of the labor dis putc in the English cotton mills was an unsatisfactory development and caused decline in the price of cot- ton The hositatine tendency of stocks persisted throughout
 Bonds were irregular Total sales par value $3,S3OOO0,
 IT. $, bonds were unchanged on call
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Our own opening prices did not re- fleet London's declines from parity, Most stocks opened unchanged; a few such as St Paul and Missouri Pacific as much as l2 point up. 4 rise above these opening prices in the speculative favorites during the forenoon was not maintained; whereupon, as Is usual at such times, the "specialties came to the front. American Can preferred rose 2 7S points 10 a new high rec ord, and St, Louis Southwestern, Den yer and Rio Grande, Tennessee Cop per, Western Union. Missouri Pacific, and others of the sort, went up a point or more An assortment of news was produced 10 account for these movements; in connection with the rise in American Can shares. 1t was reported that the Moore and Reid interests had taken over the holdings of the late w. D. Leeds.
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Trading in stocks for the first time in ten days was mostly of narrow professional character Ii was of con siderably smaller volume than Mon day. There was good deal ot hcsi- tation at times and doubts about the European situation seemed to be re- vived--perhaps because of the renew ed decline in British consols and an early advance in wheat, Price move pnents were up and down all day within a narrow range, but indicated no great selling pressure, and actual losses were quickly recovered. Opera tors who handle from 5000 to 25,000 shares each did most of the business.
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Large amounts of Union Pacific convertible bonds changed hands at 99, the highest price on record but a level which was reach once before. in the third week in September These bonds are convertible into the stock at s175 per share at any time before July 1, 1917
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CLOSING PRICES.

Reported over private r'rrs er Prlnon S Whltely. members of tha Now York and Boston Stock Exchanges, New York once 59 BroadWas anu 10 Center street New Haven Conn
 New York Oct. l3, 1908
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-03-26
A Doubtful Guarantee.

The Arabs and, indeed, all Moslems
have the practice of reinforcing prom
ises by adding to their word of honor
the Arabic phrase Inshauah C'Please
God'). How much meaning it conveys
In some lands of the east is told in the
pages Of ''In Moorish Captivity"
The pious proviso is very useful
formula to the Moors and is frequently
used in making promises that they
have no intention whatever of keeping,
as they can then take refuge behind
the Almighty when they are taxed
with their breach Of faith.
There is story told of a man who
kept a shop in Gibraltar and who
knew the ways of the Moor. To him
one day came one Of the faithful, who
was DESTROYS Of buying some cloth.
On being informed that the price was
81 a yard, payment in sixty days, he
replied:
Cali right. I will take so much and
will pay you in sixty days, Inshallah."
mo-" said the vender, "the price is
81, payment in sixty days. For sixty
days, Inshallah, the price is $780,"
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ILLINOIS FOR BRYAN
State Committee So Declares in
Emphatic Language.
SULLIVAN MEN IN CONTROL

Resolution Endorsing the Nebraskan
Adopted by Vote of Thirty-three
to one-state Convention to Be
Held on April %.
Chicago, March 26-In a harmoni-
GUS meeting of the Democratic state
central committee held here William
). Bryan was endorsed for the presi-
dency In emphatic language. It was
decided that the state convention
should be held In Springfield, Ill.,, on
April %. The friends of Roger Sui
Ivan, Illinois member of the Demo
cratic national committee, were In
complete control of the meeting The
only point upon which there appeared
to be division of sentiment was over
the manner Of selecting delegates to
the state convention. In this the Sui
Ivan men won their point, defeating
the followers of M. F. Dunlap of Jack
sonvllle, ILL.,, who wanted to put
through a rule requiring county con-
Ventions to be held. The resolution
endorsing Bryan was adopted by a
vote OF 80 to l. James H. Donohue of
East st. Louis being the only dis
senter. Sullivan voted in the afirma-
tive.
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REPORT ON JUDGE WHITLEY
1t Opposes Impeachment but
Criticises Jurist.

Washington, March 26-Impeach-
ment proceedings will not be insti-
tuted in the United States senate
against Lebbeus R. Whitley, judge of
the United States court for China, as
a result of the charges of misbehavior
in Office brought against him by Lorin
Andrews and other American lawyers
resident in Shanghai. The report of
the special committee, consisting of
Representatives Moon of Pennsyl-
vania, Webb Of North Carolina and
Diekema of Michigan, appointed by
Speaker Cannon to determine whether
the charges were based upon facts
sufficient to warrant impeachment of
Judge Whitley, has submitted it's re-
port to the house committee on judic-
larry.
This report is in the nature of
verdict, holding Judge Whitley guilt
less of the bad motives necessary to a
legal cause for Impeachment, but find
ing him guilty-though more by force
full inference than by direct accusa-
tion-of high handedness and harsh
ness and some serious mistakes in
the conduct of his court.
The investigation by the special
committee followed the introduction
in the house by Mr. Waldo of New
York of a memorial comprising twen-
ty-nine distinct charges made by Mr..
Andrews and his colleagues. In. the
report of the committee, an exhaustive
review written by Chairman Moon and
concurred in by Mr.. Webb and Mr..
Diekema, each of these charges and
the real facts relating thereto, as
brought out by the testimony taken,
are judicially discussed and disposed
of and the conclusions announced.
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REMARKABLE RECORD
MADE IN NORTHWEST
Young Man with New Theory Is Astonisl1-
ing1y Successful in Minneapolis.

The remarkable success that has at
tended L. T. Cooper during the past
year has not been confined to any one
locality, but is so widespread that the
young man is now a well-known figure
in most Of the leading cities of the
country.
Mr.. Cooper believes that the stom-
ach is the foundation for most i'll
health, and claims that his prepare
ton, by regulating the stomach, is a
true specific for most diseases. The
following extract from the Tribune of
Minneapolis gives an idea of the sur
prising number Of people who are ac-
cepting Cooper's theory. The article
was one of many that appeared during
Cooper's stay in Minneapolis, and is as
follows:
"The sale Of Cooper's preparation
is now phenomenal in this city. and
an estimate made today seems to indi-
cate beyond all doubt that it will equal
the large figures reported from Pitts.
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BRIEF BITS OF NEWS.

The British premier, Sir Henry
Campbell-Bannerman, is steadily grow
ing worse.
Baron Yanosuke Iwasaki is dead at
Toxic. He was a we'll known mer-
chant and banker
The condition of United States Sen
ator Penrose, who is seriously ill, is
reported to be unchanged.
Governor Guild of Massachusetts in
the past twenty-four hours has held
his own, according to physicians.
There is no marked change in his con-
dition.
Free passes to honorably discharged
veterans of the Civil and Spanish
American wars may be issued by rail-
roads under the terms of bill intro
duced by Senator Teller.
Senator Foraker has introduced a
bill to legaliZe contracts and agree
ments not in unreasonable restraint
of trade" The bill is intended to ap-
ply to corporations of every character.
Only nine of the salmon canneries
of Puget sound will be operated this
season and the Chinese labor con-
tracts are being let on basis of less
than half of the pack of an average
season.
Rev. DR.. Charles Cuthbert Hall,
president of the Union Theological
seminary, is dead at his home in New
York city. He had been ill about two
months and recently submitted to a
surgical operation.
Frank H. Norcross, justice of the
supreme court of Nevada, has been
awarded the prize of 81, 900 offered by
Senator Bourne of Oregon for the best
argument why Theodore Roosevelt
should and would be selected and
elected for a second elective term.
Brigadier General Elisha 1. Bailey,
U. S. A., retired, is dead at the army
general hospital at the Presidio.- He
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-03-26
Durability of Glass.

It does not seem odd to find inscrip-
tons written ages ago still visible on
the Tower Of London or on the steeple
Of some cathedral, but one would hard
ly look on fragile pane of glass in a
common window for characters 200
years old. A notable case in point is
that Of the old house in London where
in the notorious Jack Sheppard once
lived as a carpenters apprentice. One
Of the window panes still bears an in
scription cut in it by glaciers dia-
mond recording. the name and address
Of man who preceded Jacks master
in that house.
The inscription is, "John Woolley
Brand, Painter and Glazier, March L.,
1906"
That was nine years before the COM
ing to the house of the famous Jack
Sheppard and over 200 years ago.
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In the Ghost Laying Business.

III the 0nOSC Laying business.
This advertisement appeared in Lon
don in 1777:
Haunted Houses.-Whereas there
are mansions and castles in England
and Wales which for many years have
been uninhabited and are now falling
into decay by their being haunted and
visited by evil spirits or the spirits Of
those who for unknown reasons are
rendered miserable even in the grave,
a gentleman who has made the tour Of
Europe Of a particular turn Of mind
and deeply skilled in the abstruse and
sacred science Of exorcism, hereby Of
fers his assistance to any owner or
proprietor of such premises and under
takes to render the same free from
the visitation of such spirits, be their
cause what it may, and render them
tenantable and useful to the proprie-
tors. Letters addressed to the Rev.
John Jones, 80 st. Martins lane, duly
answered and interview given If re-
quired. N. B.-Rooms rendered habit
able in six days."
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The Choice.

A young man stood before the mirror
completing the finishing touches to a
toilet Of which he felt justly proud.
He was going to call upon the girls
widowed mother to ask for her daugh-
ter's hand in marriage.
At last everything was complete ex-
cept his cravat, Before him on the
dressing table spread the two cravats
between which his choice rested. one, a
neat black with a narrow white stripe,
which he had bought himself; the 9th
err cravat which the girl had given
him for Il present. tie such as only
women purchase.
"If | wear the black and white one,
ri look my BEST" he mused. ION the
other hand. if | wear the one she gave
me III please her Immensely. but will
look like fright"
Then he whistled, walked around the
room and carefully tied his cravat
The mother said. Yes" although
there were tears in her eyes, and the
girl thought he was the handsomest
and best dressed man in the world.
Which cravat did he wear?-Bohe-
milan Magazine.
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Alexander the Greats Escape.

As young man Alexander the
Great escaped death in a curious man
ner. A great banquet was being held
at Pella, the capital of Macedonia, at
which were present the future con-
queror of the world and his father,
Philip. During the feast one Of the
guests proposed toast and prayer Of
fensive to Alexander, who hurled
goblet at him. King Philip, angry at
this outrage. started up, drew his
sword and rushed furiously upon his
son, but he had drunk so deeply that
before he reached him he fell PROSTATE
among the terrified merrymakers. Not
whit perturbed at this extraordinary
escape from death, Alexander retorted,
"Here is man preparing to cross from
Europe into Asia who yet cannot step
surely from one couch to another"
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he will return to London soon and &C.
cupy house he has rented for the
season.
The announcement that Mr.. and
Mrs. Vanderbilt will not make New
port their home this summer has &C.
casioned much surprise in society cir
cles.
Alfred Vanderbilt inherited upwards
OF $6O,00O,00O from his father, the late
Cornelius Vanderbilt. Much of his
time had been spent abroad during
the past year. Mrs. Vanderbilt was
Miss Elsie French, daughter of the
late Francis Ormond French, presi-
dent of the Manhattan Trust CON-
pany.
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London's First Pawnbroker.

No one would guess that uncle" had
so illustrious an ancestor as a right
reverend prelate, yet this seems to be
so, for pawnbroking was first intro
duced into England by Michael de
Northburg, bishop Of London, in Ed
ward ILLS reign. He set up an estab-
lishment for lending money to the poor
er Londoners on portable property, and,
according to Dugdale, if any sum so
borrowed was not paid at the expira-
ton of year the preacher at st. Paul's
cross was to announce that the pledge
would be sold In fourteen days unless
it was previously redeemed.-Pearson's
Weekly,
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Our Lanouaoe.

An Intelligent foreigner is said to
have expressed himself after the fol-
lowing fashion on the absurdities of
the English language: "When 1 dis
covered that was quick, was fast;
If I stood firm, I was fast; if l spent
too freely, was fast, and that not to
eat was to fast, I was discouraged.
But when I came across the sentence,
The first one won one 81 prize was
tempted to give up English and learn
some other language"
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on CHARGE OF LIBEL,

Minister Arrested for Remarks Made
at Funeral.
Reading, Pa, March 26.-Charging
ibellous remarks at the funeral of his
wife Jeremiah Werner caused the ar
rest of Rev. H. H. Stettler. The &C.
cused entered bail in $500 for a hear
ing on Monday, April 20. ..
At the funeral of Mrs. Werner last
Sunday at st. Johns Lutheran church
Mr.. Stettler preached the sermon. It
Is alleged he said that the husband
knocked his wife down a week before
she took to her bed; that the woman
had no shoes or clothing that were fit
to wear and for that reason did not go
to church as often as the other women
of the congregation.
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Students Must Be Vaccinated,

Minneapolis, March 26.-All stu
dents failing to show satisfactory
proof of recent vaccination, or a GER
tificate showing that they have been
vaccinated, are to be barred from the
University of Minnesota. This order
has been issued by the state board of
health, through it's secretary, DR.. H.
M. Bracken, and it goes into effect at
once. Frequency of smallpox cases
among the students is the cause of
the order.
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VANDERBILTs ESTRANGED.

Mrs. Alfred G. Quits Husbands Home
at Newport.
New York, March 26.-It has just
become known here that Mrs. Alfred
Gwynne Vanderbilt has removed her
personal effects from Oakland farm,
Newport, her hus bands country home
Her home during the summer, it is
understood, will be at the residence
of her brother, Amos Tuck French, at
Tuxedo. Mr.. Vanderbilt, who recent
ly came to New York from London,
Is now at the Hotel Plaza. It is said
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burg during the thirty days Mr.. Coop
er spent in that city.
During the past twenty-five days
Mr.. Cooper has been in Minneapolis.
the sale Of his preparation has aver.
aged about two thousand bottles day.
When the amount of medicine disposed
OF throughout the state is added to
this. the amount will be doubled.
Therefore, the young man has sold in
twenty-five days Lightweight thousand
bottles of his medicine in the state Of
Minnesota alone, which is a truly re.
markable record.
During the past week 80 many hun.
dreds Of Minneapolis people have been
calling to thank Cooper for the good
ne has accomplished with his medi-
cine, that it is safe to say that his
visit will long be remembered by the
sick of the city,
We sell the famous Cooper prepare
ton which has made a similar record
to the above wherever introduced
e. N. French & Co.
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The Servant.

Remember" said the patriot, that
so long as you hold public Office you
are a servant of the people, a plain
servant .. ....
Great Scottp' answered the subur-
ban resident who had just been elect
ed. "Can I act as naughty and over
bearing and take as many holidays as
all that ?"-Washing Star.
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General Lockout Threatened.

New Haven, Conn, March 26.-As
an outcome of strike of the cigar
makers in the factory of J. P. Kill
feather the Cigar Manufacturers as
ISOLATION of this city has issued an
altimatum threatening to close all
factories in this city unless the Kill
feather shop is declared open to un-
ion men by March 81. This will af-
feet approximately 1000 men.
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CarlxIe,s Creed.

Man is born to expend every par
ticle Of strength that God Almighty
has given him in doing the work he
finds he is fit for, to stand It out to
the best breath Of life and do his best.
Thomas Carlyle. .
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Hard,

"Pa, is it true that all men are made
Of dustY' .
"I've had reason to think lately" re-
piled the man who had been trying to
get his notes extended, that good
many of them are made of CEMENT
Chicago Record Herald.
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St. Paul Union stock Yards.

st. Paul, March 25.-Cattle-Good to
choice steers, s5.25@6O0; fair to good,
$4.25@6.00: good to choice COWS and
heifers, $S.60@4.75; veals, $3.75@5.0O.
ss-$4.s0G5.10. Sheep-Wethers.
$3.50 @6.00; good to choice lambs.
$6.5O@7.OO.
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Chicago Grain and Provisions.

Chicago, March 25.-Wheat-May,
94asc; July, ssA@s9asc; Sept, se5sc.
Corn-May, 66!Mc; July, 64Acj Sept.
6SAc. Oats-May, old. $3.50; May,
53c; July, old, 4s1hc; July, 48Nc;
Sept, 3SAc. Pork-May, $12.474;
July, $12.s5; Sept, 1920. Butter
Creameries, 22@ss1kc: dairies, zoo
e6c Eggs-13kc. Poultry-Turkeys,
l4c; chickens and springs. 12Mc.
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Chicago Union stock Yards.

Chicago. March 25.-Cattle- Bseves,
$4.70@7.16; cows and hetfers, $4,000
6.65; Texans, $4.40@5.6O;, calves, $500
@6.25; Western cattle, $4.50@5.5o;
stookers and feeders, $315@5.1O. Hogs
Light, $4.90@5.25; mixed, $4.95@
b.25; heavy, s4.95@5.25; rough, 1895
@5.O5; pigs, $4.1O@4.S0. Sheep. $3.50
@7oo: yearlings, $6.o0@76o; lambs.
't6.S5@7,90.
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Women In japan.

A japanese saying runs: woman Is
an unmanageable creature; fatter her,
She Is elated; thrash her, she weepeth;
kill her, her spirit haunts you"
We would suggest that the best rem.
edy is to love her.-Japan Times.
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was attached to the medical depart
ment and his retirement took place
twenty-five years ago. General Bailey
was born at Westchester, Pa. eighty
four years ago.