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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-01-13
Steamship Rate War Ends.

Berlin, Jan. 13.-The North German
Lloyd Steamship company and the
Nippon Yusen Kaisha Japanese
steamship company have entered into
an agreement whereby the Japanese
company gives up it's Indo-C Chinese
trade in favor of the North German
Lloyd. The conditions of the agree
ment are not made public, but they
are declared t. be satisfactory to both
sides. The rate war between these
two companies is thus at an end.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-01-13
Grange Favors Parcels Post,

Washington, Jan. 13.-General Bach
elder, master of the National Grange,
and members of the legislative and
executive committees of the grange
conferred with Postmaster General
Meyer concerning his plan to extend
the parcels post. General Bachelor
said the National Grange was heartily
In accord with Mr.. Meyers PROPOSE
ton and would support before the
committees of congress the PROPOSE
ton of Mr.. Meyer. 49,
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-01-13
Duluth Wheat and Flax

Duluth, Jan. 11.-Wheat-To arrive
and on track-No. 1 hard, $1.11A;
No. i Northern, $1.O9%; No. 2 North
ern,, s1.o7A; May, $1.12%; July, ST.
1871. In store 1 Northern, ST.
0S%; No. 2 Northern, $1.06A. Flax
TO arrive and on track, $1.16% .
May, s1.20%; July, $122A.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-01-13
Korean Insurgents Surrenderinq

Toxic, Jan. 19.-Dispatches from
Seoul say that in consequence of the
PRONUNCIATION of an edict granting i'm
munity to insurgents surrendering
their arms large numbers are coming
in and the country is quieting down.
The ex-emperor of Korea intends to
visit Japan. .~'
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-01-13
Chicago Union Stock Yards,

Chicago, Jan. 11.-Cattle- Beeves,
$3.65@6.25; cows and heifers, $1,000
$50; Texans, $3.1O@3.9O; calves, $5.25
$500; Western cattle, $3.7O045O;
stockers and feeders, $2.25@415. Hogs
Light. $4.1O@4.40; mixed, $4.10@
AS; heavy, $4.1O@445; rough, $41O
@4.2o; pigs, $3.50@4.15. Sheep, $3.50
@4.60; yearlings, $4.90@5.80; lambs,
$5.25@7.3O.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-01-13
Chicago Grain and Provisions.

Chicago, Jan. 11.-Wheat-May,
$1.05M; July, $3.50; Sept, 95Ac Corn
May, 60c; July, 5sk@5S%c; Sept,
5SAc. Oats-May, old, 53A@53%c;
May, 52hc; July, old, 47Ac; July,
4bkc; Sept, 1870. Pork-Jan., $12.
82k; May, s15.37A. Butter-Cream-
cries, 2O@29kc; diaries, 1S@25c. Eggs
-24@26c. Poultry-Turkeys, s@11c:
chickens, SIC; springs, &c. -a.. .
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-01-13
DISCUSS CURRENCY BILLS
Democratic Members of House Com
mittee Hold Meeting.


mittee Hold Meeting.
Washington, Jan. 13.-The Demo
cratic members of the house commit
tee on banking and currency held a
meeting for the discussion of the Fow-
ler and Aldrich currency bills and
voted unanimously to support any mo-
ton for hearings on both bills before
the full committee. 1t was developed
that all of the minority members are
opposed to the Aldrich bill because it
enlarges the policy of securing cur
rency by the deposit CT bonds.
Some of them also look with dis
favor on the Fowler bill as too revo-
lutionary in it's proposal of complete
retirement of all outstanding currency
and the substitution of a currency Sc
cured by national bank assets.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-01-13
Americans Murdered in Mexico.

Spokane, Wash, Jan. ia. c..
Coggin of Seattle, state manager of
the Loyal Americans; J. w. Vessey
and John Peters, wealthy sheepmen
of Prosser, left for Durango, Mex,
last March to purchase land. They
took along about $4,000. No trace Of
them has been found since last April,
though it is known they reached Du-
range. 1t is suspected they we're lost
in the mountains or were killed by
Indians, .~
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-01-13
Purchases Branch Line,

Helena, Mont, Jan. 13.-The Great
Northern Railway company, for con-
sideration of $6,135,454, has purchased
the line of the Montana Central rail.
road, which runs from Great Falls to
Butte. 1t has been controlled by the
Great Northern for a number of years,
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-01-13
Storage Rates Again Cut.

Liverpool, Jan. 13.-The Cunard
Steamship company has made fur
Their reduction of $3.50 in its steerage
rates to meet the White Star lines
second cut. The Cunard company has
also followed the White Star line in
it's reduction in the second cabin rates.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-01-13
Burglars Fire Business House

Muncie, Ind, Jan. 13.-Disappointed
at not finding money after they had
broken into a grocery store in the
business district burglars saturated
the place with kerosene, set fire to it
and then left. The flames were
checked by firemen.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-01-13
MARRIAGE LICENSE ISSUED

Count szechenyi and Gladys Wander
~sr- bilt Authorized to We'd.
New York, Jan. ia marriage Ii.
conse has been issued to Miss Gladys
Moore Vanderbilt and Count Laszlo
Jeno Maria Henrik Simon Szechenyi
of Hungary. There were few persons
In the marriage license bureau at the
city hall when the couple arrived IN q
public carriage and they were not
Obliged to stand long in the waiting
iine of prospective brides and grooms.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-01-13
st. Paul Union Stock Yards.

St. Paul, Jan. '11.-Cattle- to
choice steers, $5.00@5.75; fair to good,
$3.26@4.75; good to choice cows and
heifers, s3.oO@3.75; veals, $3.75@6.00.
Hogs-$4.15@4.25. Sheep-Wethers,
$4.75@5.25; good to choice lambs,
$6,5O@6,85.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-01-13
Banks Show Necessary Reserve.

Banks Show Necessary Reserve. :
Now York, Jan. 13.-The weekly
statement of the clearing house banks
showed a surplus of reserves under
the requirements of the rs per cent
rule for the first time since the finan-
cial stringency began in October. The
surplus was $6,OS4,050.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-01-13
MARKET QUOTATIONS.
Minneapolis Wheat.

Minneapolis, Jan. 1.-Wheat-May,
$1.12A; July, Slips. On track-No.
hard, $1.14h; No. 1 Northern, ST.
1213; No. 2 Northern, $1.1OA; No. 3
Northern, $1.06h @1G8A.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-01-13
CAR H0N0RS FATHER JOHN
We'll Known Russian Priest Made
Member Of the Synod.

WSH'OST u tne oyno0. -
st. Petersburg, Jan. 13.-Emperor
Nicholas has manifested his conf
dence in Father John of Cronstadt, the
well known Russian priest, by ap-
pointing him to take part in the sit
tings of the synod of this year, an
honor which up to the present time
has been enjoyed by only two men,
bers of the non-monkish clergy, in.
Guiding the emperor's own confessor.
There has been some improvement
In the health of Father John, but his
feebleness is still a source of anxiety.
This years sessions of the synod
will be important, for during them i'm
portant principles of church reform
will be elaborated.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-01-13
Travelling Dispatcher Killed.

Rockford: ILL.,, Jan. 13.-Fred Otto of
Miles, a., travelling dispatcher of the
Chicago Great Western railroad, was
killed at Egan, ILL.,, while assisting in
clearing a wreck.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-01-13
Shoots His Boy and Himself.

eSso ''1o w dITU I1II1SCNs ~
Ravenna, O., Jan. 13-Edwin Col
Her took his eight-year-old blind son
Edwin to his wifes grave in Ravenna
cemetery and shot him dead and then
put bullet through his own body,
near the heart. He will die.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-07-18
HANDS OFF THE
FORAKER TOGA
Taft'S Manager Says Senator
ship Will Not Figure in
Ohio Fight.

Hot Springs, Va, July 17--Arthur /.
Vorys. manager of the national campaign
in Ohio, issued a statement today in re-
gard to the senatorial situation in his
state. which he declared ought to be sat-
isfactory TO all persons concerned The
purport OF the statement Is that the man
ayers of the national campaign will not
interfere with the election Of a United
States senator TO succeed Senator For
aker.
II have no candidate for the senator
ship" said Mr.. Vorys. This Is and has
continuously been Secretary Taft's atti-
tude respecting the senatorship. He stands
where he always stood. determined not to
promote any ones candidacy or to place
obstacles in the way of any one who
wants to be a candidate. The fight for
the national ticket In Ohio has been and
will continue to be divorced from the
senatorial fight which stands on its own
merits. There is no concerted effort on
the part of the Taft men to defeat For
aker Senator Foraker. in statement
made recently in Washington. put it right
when he said that we should proceed to
elect a Republican legislature. After that
the question of who ought e be senator
can be settled. Everybody ought to be
content to stand on that proposition and
| indOrse it,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-07-18

Chicago, July 11.-Frank II. Hitch
cock. chairman of the Republican ma
tional committee, and James T. Will
liams, jr., a member of Judge Taft's
political staff, arrived here today from
Washington and will leave tomorrow
for Colorado Springs, where Republican
state chairmen and members of the ma
tional committee from the states west
of the Missouri river will confer with
Mr.. Hitchcock on July 20 and 81. The
meeting has been called for the purpose
of bringing western Republican leaders
closer together and to plan systemat-
ically to run the campaign that is to
be made in the west for Taft and
Sherman. Later a similar conference
will be held in Chicago, at which the
leaders of the central states will be
present, and after that the eastern Re
publican leaders will meet Mr.. Hitch
cock in New York.
Hard Battle in the West.
In discussing the political situation
today Mr.. Hitchcock said the hardest
battles would have TO be fought west
of the Missouri river and that he
planned to secure the benefits of po-
ltical assets never before available for
the reason that state chairmen con-
fined their efforts in the past to their
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-07-18
SALT LAKE MAY Be A DISTRIBUTING
POINT FOR FAT NOW BEING FRIED
Office to Be Opened This City Denver for Distribution of
Campaign "Material'and Supplies"

own territory. Mr.. Hitchcock will try
to bring them, together in the matter
of getting speakers and so far as pos
sible wipe out the state lines in carry
ing on the campaign.
We want to show the people that
we are at work and mean justice" said
Mr. Hitchcock.
There is not a state that will be
neglected.: not a state that will be
abandoned to the other party"
Thinks the East Safe.
The opinion was expressed by Mr..
Hitchcock that the east is pretty safe
for Mr.. Taft, and on that account he
said that he may devote much of his
time TO the west. with headquarters at
Chicago. This will not be determined.
however, until after the conferences
with the state leaders.
In addition to the headquarters,
which will be established in New York
on Aug l and in Chicago a few days
later. an office will be opened by the
Republican committee at either Denver
or Salt Lake for the distribution of
campaign material and supplies.
No political conferences were held
here today BY Mr.. Hitchcock. He
spent the time talking with agents OF
buildings which offered rooms for po-
litical HEADQUARTERS
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-07-18
GOMPERS DIDN'T
SEND A MESSAGE
Hearst Syndicate Works a
Fake to Take a Fall Out
of Bryan.

Erie, Pa. July 17.-President Samuel
Gompers of the American Federation
of Labor said to a representative of the
Associated Press that there is absolute
ly no truth in the published report that
he had cabled W. r. Hearst, leader
in the Independence League, asking
him to use his influence to prevent the
league from nominating its own can
didate for president and to urge the
league to give it's support to William
j. Bryan. because the Denver conven-
ton Incorporated in it's platform
planks urged by organized labor Mr..
Gompers said:
Il read in the newspapers that 1 am
credited with asking Mr.. Hearst TO
support Bryan, and that Mr.. Hearst
had made reply to me through the
press. Now, / did nothing of the kind.
( don't know where the message Mr..
Hearst. claims to have received came
from. / did not send it. or any other
message to Mr.. Hearst"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-07-18
SENATOR SERIOUSLY I'LL
Clarence D. Clark of Wyoming Is
Stricken With Nervous Col
lapse at Chicago.

Chicago. July 1i.-Clarence Don
Clark. United States senator from Wy
oming, was stricken with a nervous
collapse and general breakdown at the
Auditorium Annex hotel here tonight.
So serious was the senator's condition
that for a time his life was despaired
Of He soon rallied, however, and. al
though still in a precarious condition,
the physicians stated at midnight that
they expect him to recover. Senator
Clark came to Chicago Wednesday
from Washington. He is accompanied
by J. c. Adams of the United States
Indian bureau. with whom he was
going to Wyoming to investigate sew
eral affairs in connection with the In
dams of that state.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-07-18
Good Reading for Sunday

p R. James used it'll be hot tomorrow and
much time possible in the hammock in
shady spot enjoy the hammock and the shade unless
something worth while read Here's the Let be The
Sunday Herald will be full good reading for
father well as little Bill 1t will contain plenty
fiction special and all the partial table of
tents follows
Love in Valley" short story by Mrs l. H Harris
the Master Mind detective o
by Frank Lowell Nelson.
"Shortys Go With Art Shorty McCabe SERIES by sewcn
Ford.
Summer Plays in New York" by Franklin Fyles.
"a Maker Of History" Mr.. 0ppenhems great
Duty Author being interview with David Graham
Phillips.
Newest Notes of Science
How the Tariff Affects Living by Ex-Governor Douglas
of Massachusetts.
The comic section the be had for love money
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-07-18
CLEVELAND BANK FAILURE
Institution Could Not Realize Upon
Its Securities and a Run Did
the Rest,

Cleveland. O., july flowing to- run
that gradually depleted its vaults of cur
rency. the Farmers & Merchants Bank
ing company. at No. 1897 West Twenty
fifth street, failed to open its doors this
morning.
Later deed of assignment was filed
In the insolvency court and Edward S.
Spurney was appointed receiver.
The bank was capitalized al 10000 The
assets and liabilities are each estimated
to be about s500.000.
The run upon the bank started In a
small way two months ago. when two
smaller banks failed here. The bank
could not realize upon Its securities. and.
as result, Ii was decided to close the
doors. II was said the securities. when
realized upon. will be sufficient to pay
all depositors in full.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-07-18
Advance in the South.

Louisville, Ky, July 11.-An advance
In freight rates into the territory of the
Southern Freight association and of
commodity rates into the territory OF
the Southeastern Mississippi Valley as
ISOLATION probably will be the outcome
of the conferences of executive officers
of southern roads now being held in
Louisville. Although the railway Off
ciais were still unwilling today to dis
cusjs the object of the conference, il
was reported that an advance had al
ready been decided upon.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-07-18
WATCHING EACH
OTHER CLOSELY
Detectives Employed by Frank
J. Gould and Wife for Di-
vorce Purposes.

New York. July 7.-COntrary TO the ru-
mors that Mrs Frank j. Gould had been
reconciled to her husband and that their
differences had been amicably settled,
Mrs. Gould's suit for divorce is on the
motion calendar of the supreme court to-
day and II is expected that it will be
brought to trial within the next few
weeks. All efforts OF friends of the young
couple to bring about settlement % the
marital difficulties without resort to the
divorce court are said to have failed. For
several weeks. 1t is reported. both Mr..
and Mrs. Gould have had detectives at
work getting evidence for the coming pro-
ceedings.
Nova Scotia Witnesses.
1t is alleged that Mrs. Gould has had
brought down from Nova Scotia two men
who are ready 10 testify as 10 certain
things alleged to have happened on a
yachting trip taken by Mr.. Gould to Nova
Scotia during the summer of 1905. These
men. it is said. were in court last week.
but Mrs. Gould's attorneys on that date
found some defect in the sapers, and an
adjournment was obtained until today. In
the meantime, IA Is reported. 1t was
deemed advisable to smuggle the Nova
Scotians out of the city as quietly as
they were brought In. Accordingly the
men were taken to an out-of-the-way VIII
lage on the north shore of Long Island.
There with their identity carefully con-
cealed, and watched by detectives. they
have been staying for the last week.
Road House Figures In Case.
Mrs Gould is said to base her hopes
for the success of her case In a great
measure on the testimony of these two
men. The older man. Hector Mcdonald
drives a rambling old hack between sgd
ney Cape Breton and North Sydney. a
suburb about three miles out, where mos,
of the taverns road houses and life" OF
the fishing community are located The
other man. Richard Jeans. young fell
low in the twenties. Is the son of woman
who runs a road house at North Sydney.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-07-18
GENERAL TO GO ALONG.

Washington, July 17.-Because Lord
Roberts, the highest officer in the
British army. is to accompany the
Prince of Wales to Quebec, this gov
eminent will probably designate a
general officer of the army to accom-
pany Vice President Fairbanks when
he goes to meet the prince. This Of
ficer. whose selection may be an
nounced tomorrow. will be I'm addition
to Major T. Bentley Mott. already de-
signated as Mr.. Fairbanks aide.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-07-18

was not opportune for an advance in
all class rates applicable to the entire
territory represented at the meeting,
which embraced lines east of the Mis-
sissippi and north of the Ohio rivers.
THE traffic officers, however were
requested to further consider the ad-
visibility of an increase in rates in
specific cases when the present rates
are particularly low in comparison with
other rates and in view of the service
performed"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-07-18
BRYAN AND KERN CLUBS.
Democrats Urged to Organize for the
Great StruqQle.

Fairview. Lincoln. July 11.-Another
day of comparative quiet was spent by
Mr.. Bryan today. few struggling
delegates on their way home from the
convention called on him and paid
their respects. The slogan OF Fairview
is "Organize a Bryan and Kern club. :"
and departing visitors all are made to
realize that they must get out the votes
in November in order to secure a Dem
ocrat tic victory.
John f. LAMB. national committee
Continued on Page 8.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-07-18
WILL GET HIS TITLE.

London, July 1.-THE house of lords
has taken the first formal step In recog-
milton of the claim of Albert Kirby Fair
fax. native of Virginia. to the title Of
Lord Fairfax IT has given permission to
the claimant to deposit proof of his con-
tention and the committee of privileges
will consider this proof and report there
NM
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-07-18
QUESTION Of HIGH FREIGHT RATES
HAS NOT BEEN DEFINITELY DECIDED
Eastern Railway Officials Agree That the Time Is Not 0ppor-
tune for General Advance

Philadelphia. July lin state
ment issued today with reference to
the meeting of railroad presidents In
New York yesterday. at which was
discussed the question of raising
freight rates. President McCrea of the
Pennsylvania railroad. who was pres
emf said that the conclusion reached
was that the time is not opportune for
an advance in rates in the territory
represented at the meeting.
President McCrea's Statement.
Mr.. McCrea. in his statement, says:
ut appears that there is some mis-
understanding in the public mind as
TO the exact question under discussion.
A general advance In all rates has at
no time been contemplated, but there
has been general feeling among
railroad officials that class rates. upon
which the miscellaneous traffic is car
ried were. all things considered. upon
too low a basis. After full considera-
ton and exchange of views the con-
clusion was unanimous that the time
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-07-18
CONSERVATIVE CANDIDATE.

Plymouth, England. July 17.-WaldoIt
Astor. the eldest son of William Waldorf
Aston was chosen tonight as conservative
candidate for member of parliament from
Plymouth at the next general elections.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-07-18
LABOR UNION
MARCHES OUT
TO fAIRVlEW
Mr.. Bryan Presented With
Resolutions of Confidence
and Support.
DISCUSSED
BY DEMOCRATIC LEADER
SOME OF THE STRONG POINTS
BROUGHT TO ATTENTION
OF THE WORKINGMEN.

Lincoln. Neb.. July 17.-Tonight Mr..
Bryan received at his home large dele
CATION from the local labor central union.
The chairman of the delegation pre-
sented to Mr.. Bryan resolutions express
ing their confidence in him and pledging
their support of his candidacy for presi-
dent.
While this feature was purely local the
resolutions afforded Mr.. Bryan an oppor-
tunity to make his first real political
speech since his nomination
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-07-18

We are none Of us so very bril-
liant. He who is inclined to think
so had better get the private opin-
ion of his stenographer.-Park's
Piping PARALLELS.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-07-18

Thank God, not every man who
gets there with both feet wishes
himself a centipede.-Buck's Shot.
The midland journal., 1908-10-02
Indian Engineer.

a descendant OF Tama's band of
Musquakie Indians is now the en-
gineer Of n fast passenger train on the
Burlington road. He is here on the
came ground where his ancestors
lived for many generations. He
irosses the same rivers, surveys the
same landscapes. observes the same
phenomena of wind. temperature,
storms. ETC., that were familiar to
his ancestors of centuries ago. He
Wears more clothes than they wore,
and he speaks a different language,
and he is serving civilization instead
VI Nars1saisn. Few If any of the pas
sengers who ride behind him know
that aeTama Indian sits in the cab Of
the engine as it speeds over the
crairies- The Burlington Post.
The midland journal., 1908-10-02
A Century Ago at Sea.

A. M. Devereux. of Castine, Me-.
has In his possession the ships
articles of the schooner Classia and
Eliza on a voyage from Boston to
Castine, thence to some port in the
West Indies and return, in 1902. The
schooner was in command of one
Matthias Rider, Jr., master, and was
manned by crew of first and second
mates, cook, ships boy and three
seamen, which in these days would
be considered sufficient for q large
three master. The pay list is of in
terest as compared with the present
day, as by this paper the master re-
ceived SIS a month, the two mates
$22 and SIT respectively. and the
seamen $12 month, while the boy
received $3.50. The back of the
articles shows copy of the laws for
the government of seamen in the
merchant service signed by George
Washington, President; John Adams.
and Thomas Jeffer-
son, Secretary of State.