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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-01-27
EXPLOSION FELT FOR MILES
Five Hundred Pounds of Dynamite
Blow Up at Hooking, la.

Des Moines, Jan. 27-Five hundred
pounds of dynamite in a box car at
the mining town of Hooking, two
miles from Abba, exploded during a
fire which started in the company's
store and five men were injured and
100000 worth of property destroyed.
The shock of the explosion was felt
for five miles around and at Abba,
two miles distant, windows were
broken.
The fire started from an unknown
cause in the company store of the
Hooking Supply company, a frame
building containing a stock worth
$4,000. On sidetrack near by was
a string of box cars, one Of which
contained 500 pounds of dynamite.
The flames jumped to the cars and
when the dynamite was reached it
exploded.
Miners fought the flames, even
when they knew the dynamite was in
the car next to the fire and that it
was likely to explode at any time.
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CLAPP WAS BRAVE TO
TACKLE THE PASS LAW
Senator Expects 70 Amend Hepburn
Act in Behalf of Railroad
Employees.

Washington, Jan. Ex-senator
Clapp of Minnesota is the first
member of either house to attempt,
In all seriousness, to amend the
antl-pass section of the Hepburn
rate law. He is very much in favor
of the amendment which he pro-
posed last week, and says he be-
lieves it will become law at this
session of congress. He has back
of him in urging the bill every rail-
way employee in the country.
In the rate law at present." says
Senator Clapp, there is no provision
whereby the remains of a railway
employee, killed in the performance
of duty, may be transported from
the scene of the tragedy to his former
home, or whereby the members of
his family may have free transporta-
ton in attending the funeral. The
railway employees have unanimously
Endorsed the bill which l have intro
duced, and it is likewise favored by
the railway managers; so l do not
look for serious opposition to it,"
There are members of the two
houses of congress who do not agree
with me, but it is my Judgment that
congress will provide in some form
or other for the guaranteeing of bank
deposits. There is a strong senti-
ment in both houses in favor of that
proposition, and it seems to be grow
ing"
That is the way Senator Clapp
talks about currency legislation.
He calls attention to the fact that
the bankers in the larger cities do
not favor this kind of legislation,
but that the country bankers, and
the country people generally, favor
it, and that since they are in a great
majority, their wishes are likely to
prevail.
1t isn't more money that we
want" says the Minnesota senator,
but freer circulation of the money
we already have. To guarantee
deposits would be to go straight to
the heart of the present trouble, and
correct it by the simplest method.
This idea isn't new for other coun-
tries have had it in operation for
years. 1t has worked we'll wherever
tried, and I believe would work we'll
with u.s."
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Will Build Hotel at HibbinQ,

George and Walter Markham will
erect hotel at Hibbing in conjunc-
ton with stock company,according
to the following telegram which has
been going the rounds of the daily
press of late:
George Markham and his cousin,
Walter Markham, of Bemidji, are
organizing a stock company for the
purpose of rebuilding the Miles
hotel, which was destroyed by fire
last fall. 1t is their intention, if
successful in securing the necessary
capital, of which they are now prac-
tically assured, to erect a 1OO-room,
tlre-proof hotel, modern in every par
ticular and worthy successor of the
one that was burned"
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make war upon her because of her
alliances and friendships has created
a deep impression throughout the
country.
NJ. Delcasse, in his speech, prac-
tically assumed personal credit not
only for the British, Italian and Span
1sh ententes with France, but also for
bringing Great Britain and Russia to-
gether.
4 portion of the French press is of
the opinion that M. Delcasse's re-
marks may bring a number of sur
prises, but a majority of the newspa-
pers advise prudence. Nevertheless,
the utterances of the former foreign
minister undoubtedly will stiffen pub
lie sentiment in favor of more ener.
getic action in Morocco.
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The Imperial bank of Germany has
reduced irs rate of discount from 6b
to 6 per cent.
Jack London and his wife have ar
rived at San Francisco on the steamer
Mariposa from Tahiti.
Joseph c. Bloch, senior member of
the whisky brokerage firm of Bloch
Bros, shot and instantly killed him
self in his office at Louisville, KY.
A mysterious explosion in a hard
coal stove started fire which de-
stroyed the greater part of two city
blocks in. the heart of the business
section of Madison, III. The loss will
exceed 100000.
The shipbuilding summary for 1907,
compiled by the Shipping. World,
shows that the United States ranks
second for the year in the total ton
mage of ships constructed, only Eng
land having outstripped this country.
Charles E. Conway, forty-three
years old, founder of the Buckhannon
and Northern and Fairmont and South
ern Railroad companies and one of the
largest Independent coal operators Of
West Virginia, is dead at Fairmont.
He was one Of the wealthiest men in
the state.
James Stillman, president of the
National City bank of New York, has
resigned from the directorate and also
from the executive committees of the
Union Pacific and Southern Pacific
railways. Frank A. Vanderlip, vice
president of the National City bank,
has been elected to the vacancies left
by Mr.. Stillman's designations.
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LEADER IS EXECUTED.
Latest Revolutionary Movement
in Hayti at an End.
WAS OF SHORT DURATION

Rebellion Began on Jan. IS by the
Landing of an Expedition of Adven-
turers Not Far From Gonaives,
Which Was Speedily Occupied.
Port au Prince, Hayti, Jan. 27.-The
revolution has been suppressed. Jean
Juneau, the leader of the movement,
was captured at Dessalines, little
hamlet close to Gonaives, and was at
once shot to death by the government
troops that made him prisoner Con-
afves has been occupied by govern
ment force.
The revolutionary movement in
Hayti, which has come to an end with
the execution Of it's leading spirit,
Jean Juneau, was of very short dura-
tion. 1t began with the landing on
Jan. Is of an expedition of adven-
turers on the Haytian coast not far
from Gonaives, which was speedily
occupied. The Haytian government
at once undertook measures to sup
press the movement and troops were
dispatched against the invaders. The
American gunboat Eagle was sent to
Hayti and the navy department stood
ready to, send two other warships
should occasion require. President
Nord was on the point of bombarding
st. Marc, where the revolutionists had
congregated, but was dissuaded by the
protest of the American minister, DR..
Furniss. The revolutionists sustained
another setback by the arrest in New
York city a few days ago of Jose St.
Pierre Giordani, the agent of the in
surgents, on the charge of counterfeit
ing the paper money of the Haytian
government.
General Firn1in, who was the leader
of the Haytian revolution of 1902, was
concerned also in this movement. At
the head of score or more of ex-
lied Haytians he made an unsuccess-
full attempt last week to land on the
Haytian coast. The government de-
c1ared the vessel which carried him
to be a pirate and drove him off.
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ROOSEVELT TO BLAME
Union Pacific Official Discusses
Reduction Of Forces.
SEES DULL TIMES AHEAD
Will Be Necessary Just as Long as
the Administration Keeps Up Its
Reform Activity"

Omaha, Jan. ,27.-The reduction of
working hours of Union Pacific shop
men Is to be followed with reduc-
ton of working days from six to five
a week. At the headquarters of the
Union Pacific it is stated that Omaha
will not be the only place affected and
that there soon will be general re-
ductiOn of the mechanical force of the
road along it's entire length. This re-
duction probably will affect several
thousand men, either by reduction of
working hours or final dismissal.
The World-Herald quotes Vice Pres
1dent Mohler as charging the reduc-
ton to president Roosevelts mania
for reform" and indicating that his
company would work with reduced
force so long as the presidents activ-
1ty against corporations continues.
"You may say that the Union Pacific
Is only cutting down because it has
to-" he said, "and not because it is any
pleasure to the company to throw
thousands Of men out of work. The
public will be in no way affected by
the reduction in force and all the COM
forts to travel will be preserved just
as before.
1T is this Roosevelt prosperity that
makes this step necessary and it dis
gusts me to think that his mania for
reform should make the working class
thus suffer. This retrenchment and
economy will be necessary just as long
as this administration keeps up it's
reform activity and so am unable
to say how long it will be before the
old working time and the rest of the
working force will be reinstated."
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would be needed, as the pardon
board had committed Munn's. SEN
tence to life imprisonment.
Sheriff Bailey had began prepar-
ations for the building of double
gallow, when he was told by the
board to make preparations for but
one; and this last communication by
the board does away altogether
with the carrying out of any death
penalty, which,at best, is an exceed
ingly unpleasant duty for any per.
son to perform.
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Must Not Use Intoxicants,

Baltimore, Jan. 27-It is officially
announced that hereafter employees of
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad hav-
ing anything to do with the direction
of the running of trains will not be
permitted to use intoxicants at any
time, either when on or off duty, and
no person using such beverage will be
employed. A general notice to this
effect has been sent out by George l..
Potter, third vice president and head
of the operating department.
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Given a TWc-Year Sentence.

st. Louis, Jan. 27.-William R.
Coyne, manufacturers agent, who was
recently convicted of perjury in con-
nection with his testimony before the
October grand jury during investiga-
ton into the charges of boodling in
the municipal assembly, was SEN
fenced to two years Imprisonment in
the penitentiary. Coyne's counsel
asked for time to perfect an appeal to
the supreme court and was granted
thirty days. Pending the appeal Coyne
was released on $4,000 bond.
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GREAT MOUNTAINS OF SNOW
About $4,000 Necessary to Clear
New York Streets.

New York Streets.
New York, Jan. 27.-That it will
cost $150,000 to clean the streets of
New York of the snow which fell in
the recent storm is the estimate of
the snow removal bureau. In addition
to this direct outlay by the municipal
ity it is figured that in injuries to
horses and vehicles, delays in trans.
portation Of goods and the increased
cost of coal, which jumped so cents a
ton on account Of the increased cost
of handling, the loss to citizens
through the storm will be at least as
much moro.
In spite of the fact that 5000 men
are at work clearing the streets Snow
Inspector Worth expresses himself as
fearful that, barring the speedy adj
vent of thaw or a warm rain, New
Workers. will have to encounter con-
siderable amounts of snow on city
streets for FIVE or six days to come.
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Good Residence for Sale.

c. c. Woodward is offering for
sale his residence property on Be-
midi avenue, between Fourth and
Fifth streets. This place is one of
the most modern in the city, we'll
built and good property for one
looking for modern home with all
conveniences,
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-01-27
Garfield EXPLAINS Estimates.

Washington, Jan. 27.-Secretary of
the Interior Garfield appeared before
the subcommittee on legislation of
the house committee on appropria-
lions and explained the items in the
portion of the general appropriation
bill pertaining to tile estimated ex-
penditures for the reorganization and
maintenance of the interior depart
meat.
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new WATERWAY OPEN.

Sabine Lake Canal in Texas Used for
First Time.
Houston, Tex, Jan. 27.-The first
shipment through the Sabine Lake
canal, the last cut in which was made
by the government Friday, was of OK
port lumber for England by lumber
company of Orange, Tex.
Congress has expended $536,300 on
this canal. It is fifteen miles long,
connecting the Sabine and Neches
rivers. Dredging began Jan. II, 1905.
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RESULT OF ALLEGED FEuD
sIcefie'd Of Sioux City Dealers Blown
Up by Rivals.

. Sioux City, Ia, Jan. PA desperate
feud among the icemen of Sioux City
came to climax when big charge
of dynamite, alleged to have been laid
by rival dealers, blew up the Missouri
river icefield Of H. NJ. Nickum and
Charles Lungren, destroying $4,000
worth of the product The detonation
ratified all the. windows in Sioux City.
and suburbs, causing general alarm
lest a gas tank or a big boiler had ex-
ploded. The dynamite toresa hole out
of the river ice as big as four city
blocks. The deed is believed to be
the result of plot in which several
ice dealers are concerned.
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Was Recently Wed.

Albert Draversey of Hibbing, an
old friend of Tom Bisiar, left for hiz
home this noon, after having spent
Sunday in this city with his wife.
Mr.. Draversey was married Janu-
airy Fl, at Hibbing, to Marie Lasezki.
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EXCHANGE OF IDEAS
Democratic Sena tors Confer on
Financial Legislation.
WIDE DIVERGENCE OF VIEWS

Of Their Own and They Spoke at
Length In Support Of Their Meas,
ures-No Action Decided On.
Washington, Jan. 27.-The Demo.
cratic senators held a conference fol-
the purpose of trying to agree upon a
policy to be pursued with reference
to the proposed financial legislation.
Speeches were made by almost all
the senators present and developed a
wide divergence of opinion on the
Ques lions at issue. Several of them,
including Senators Bailey, McLaurin
and Owen, are the authors of bills and
each of them spoke at length in sup
port of his own measure.
Senator McLaurin's' bill authorizes
the issuance of treasury notes on the
deposit of cotton warehouse receipts
and was outlined at length by that
senator, who urged its adoption be-.
cause of the standard character Of
NOSCoAA e|ho q NOAAAAAOAAIy E1Au USCduS0 Ol
the necessity for ready money in NOV.
ing the cotton crop. He contended
that the cotton producer is more en-
titled to the favor of the government
than spectators who hold stocks and
bonds.
Mr.. Owen brought his several bills,
authorizing the use of government
bonds as legal tender, limiting specu.
lative loans by banks and regulating
deposits in banks, to the attention Of
the conference and urged their &C.
ceptance as providing a complete sys.
tenn for the protection of the public
and conservative bankers. Reassur
ance was given to certain of the SEN
ators at the beginning of the confer
ence that ~ =. .'
No Vote Should Be Taken
and that there should be no action
of any kind that would be binding on
senators when it came to the consid-
Grafton Of financial legislation In. the
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Rector's Wife to. Seek Divorce,

Hartford, Conn, Jan. 27-Mrs. Jere
Knode Cooke, wife of the unfrocked
and fugitive rector of Hampstead, l..
l., is preparing to divorce her hus-
band. Rev. Cooke eloped with Floretta
Whaley, aged seventeen, nine months
ago. Friends Of Mrs. Cooke say that
divorce proceedings will be begun as
soon as necessary evidence can be OBJ.
tanned in San Francisco, where Cooke
and his girl victim and their babe are
said to be living.
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CUBAN COURT SCANDAL,
Mayor Mcclellan Demands Resiqna-
ton of Judge.


New York, Jan. 27.-Mayor McClel-
Ian has asked for the resignation of
Magistrate Otto H. Droege following a
scandal as to conditions in the court
over which he presides. The magis.
trate admitted publicly that he had
paid $3.50 to newspaper man to sup
press a story which, it is alleged, de.
scribed lax methods in his court After
consulting with lawyer the news.
paper man accepted the money through
third person and then published the
fact, in addition to the original ex-
pose of the court methods. Mayor
Mcclellan, in his letter to the mag
istrate, regrets that the law does not
vest in him the power of removal and
states that the public interest de-
mands the magistrates immediate
resignation. Magistrate Droege de-
clines to discuss the letter or the &C.
ton he will take.
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Chicago Grain and Provisions.

Chicago, Jan. 25.-Wheat-May,
$1.001s: July, 97h@97Ac; Sept,
945sc. Conway, 601z@6O5kc; July,
.69@591hc; Sept, $3.50. Oats-May,
old, 53Ac; May, 511ac; July, old,
46Ac; July, 4411ac; Sept, 1880. Pork
Jan. $12.475s; May. $12.971k. But
ter-Creameries, 21@31c; diaries, 20
@2sc. Eggs 20k 0211ac. Poultry
Turkeys, chickens and springs, 1Oc.
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Chicago Union Stock Yards,

Chicago, Jan. 25.-Cattle -Beeves,
S3.6o@6.15: cows and heifers, $1,000
4.65; Texans, $3.25@4.0O; calves, $500
@7.Oo; Western cattle, $3.7O04.65;
stockers and feeders, $2.65@4.60. Hogs
$4.15@4.45; mixed, $4,000
4.5O; heavy, $4.20@4.52k; rough, $500
M4.30. pigs, $3.60@4.25. Sheep, 1925
$3.50; yearlings, $4.90@5.65; lambs,
$5.OOM7.OO.
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St. Paul Union Stock Yards.

st. Paul, Jan. 25.-Cattle-Good to
choice steers, $5.00@5.75; fair to good,
$3.25@4.75; good to choice COWS and
heifers, $3.00@3.75; veals, $3.75@5.O0.
Hogs-$4.10@4.30. Sheep-Wethers,
$4.75@5.10; good to choice lambs.
$625@6.5O.
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Conference on Swamp Lands.

Washington, Jan. 27.-The secre-
tary of the interior held a conference
with members of congressional dele
cations from swamp land states in
order to reach an agreement on bill
for the reclamation of such lands.
Those present included Senator Clapp
and Repres entativs Stevenson of
Ninnaaota
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Order for ScaffoId Countermanded,

Sheriff Bailey returned yesterday
from Duluth, where he had been to
look after the manufacturing of the
scaffold on which it was expected
that Merten S. Mum would be
hanged. 49, -
While Nh. Baily was at Duluth,
he. received word that no gallows
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STIRRED BY DELCASSE,
Dramatic Speech of French States
man Causes Sensation.

Paris, Jan. 27.-The dramatic speech
made in the chamber Of deputies by
M. Delcasse, who spoke upon foreign
affairs for the first time since his re-
tirement from the foreign ministry
during the crisis of 1905, has pro
duced a veritable sensation in polit-
zeal circles, where it is regarded as
trumpet call summoning France not to
taxed backward step in the Moroccan
situation. His charge that France, in
a moment of panic, consented to the
Algeciras conference when in reality
Germany would not have dared to
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Gould and Hartman at Peace.

San Francisco, Jan. 27.-The Exam
liner says that E. H. Hartman and
George J. Gould have ended their war
over the rival interests of the South
ern Pacific and Western Pacific rail-
roads. 1t is. said that under the peace
agreement the two roads will cease
fighting each other and that pending
lawsuits will be settled. This arrange
ment, it is said, was made in New
York at meeting between Messrs.
Gould and Hartman.
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FULL OF SURPRISES.
Another Sensation in Connection With
bruce Case.

London, jan 27.-The bruce case.
which has been so prolific of sensa-
tons, has offered still another.
The. solicitor for George Hollamby
bruce, who claimed to be the son of
the Duke of Portland in the latter's
dual personality of Thomas Charles
bruce and as such to be heir to the
title and estate, has made public the
correspondence he has had with the
2ublls prosecutor in which he asks
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Duluth Wheat and Flax.

Duluth, Jan. 25.-Wheat-To arrive
and on track-No. hard, $110h; No.
l Northern, $1.0S1a; No. 2 Northern,
$1.o5k; May, $1.0S1As: July, $1.09N.
In store-No. 1 Northern, $1.O5h; No.
2 Northern, $1.021a. Flax-To arrive
and on track, $1.17A; May, $1.20A;
July, $1.22A. - -. -
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Trade Outlook Rrioh+er

Reading, Pa, Jan. 27.-Nearlv I .00O
employees of the Reading Hardware
company have been ordered on fifty
hours per week. They have been
working thirty-nine hours. The out
look IN the hardware trade is brigheer.
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v 4 n IS
ONE CENT A WORD.
HELP WANTED,

WANTED FORU 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.
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MARKET QUOTATIONS.
Minneapolis Wheat,

Minneapolis, Jan. 25.-Wheat-Ma
$1.oSh; July, $1.0S3s @10SK. On
track-No. 1 hard, Slip; No. 1 North
ern, $1.09; No. 2 Northern, s1.06M@
1.O7; NO. 8 Northern, $1.O2@1.04.
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PROHIBITION FOR MICHIGAN

COMMITTEES Reports to constitutional
Convention.
Lansing, Mich, Jan. 27.-A drastic
prohibition proposal was unanimously
and favorably reported to the consti-
tutional convention by the committee
on liquor affairs. The section reads
as follows:
"The manufacture and sale of malt
br%wed, vinous and intoxicating liq-
uors shall forever be prohibited in
the state after May 1, 1908, except for
medical, scientific, sacramento and
medicinal purposes"
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FOR SALE: At Mcintosh: So
horsepower steam engine. Address
Anton Jensen, Mcintosh.
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FOR SALE-House and lot, cheap.
Inquire of John Washburn, 6O7
Irwin avenue.
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FOR SALE,

FOR SALE-Rubber stamps. The
Pioneer will procure any kind of a
rubber stamp for you an short
notice.
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FOR RENT.

FOR RENT-A Groom fiat and a
5-room fiat, steam heat and electric
light, in Brinkman Hotel Annex.
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FOR RENT-Six room cottage, o13
Bemidji Ave. H. A. Miles.
Phone 8.