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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-02-04

Townsend of Michigan Reviews Re-
publican Legislation.

Townsend of Michigan Reviews Re.
publican Legislation.
Washington, Feb. 4.-During the
consideration of the Indian appropria-
ton bill in the house of representa-
tives Mr. Townsend of Michigan de-
livered a speech in which he rehearsed
the history of Republican legislation,
which. he said, he did for the purpose
of "disputing the unwarranted claims
of our Democratic brethren" He was
not, he said, defending the present ad-
miristration. 1T needs no defense
with the American people," he said.
"Its record will illumine the pages of
United States history and mark an
epoch in popular government" He
said that the legislation of the last
two congresses had been charged with
producing the late financial disturb
ance and he undertook to refute the
charge as untrue. He referred espe-
cially to the railroad rate legislation.
He knew, he said, of no self-respect-
ing railroad manager who even
claimed that the rate law injured the
railroad business. Some criminals, he
said, were brought to justice and 9TH
ers were at least exposed to arrest,
but railroad earnings grew no less.
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BILL: 81 PASSES 2 HOUSE
pleasure Granting S12 a Month
to All Soldiers Widows.
INVOLVES $12,741 900 A YEAR

Proposition Goes Through Without
Division and With Only One Voice
In Opposition-Property Holdings
No Longer Bar to Government Aid.
Washington, Feb. 4-Without divi-
sion and with only one voice in oppo-
s1tion the house passed the Sulloway
bill granting fiat pension of $12 a
month to all widows of honorably dis
charged soldiers. Its provisions were
explained by its author, who said it
involved an additional expenditure of
$12,741,000. He described destitute
widows Of soldiers who were unable
to secure pensions because of some
technically Of the law regarding prop
erty holdings and received applause
when he said these technicalities
should be swept away. -
Mr.. Underwood (Ala.) secured a
round of applause by expressing his
approval of the measure on the ground
of its general character and its JUS
tice to many who heretofore have been
denied the privileges of the pension
laws
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most SO many words that there Is dan
ger Of similar event here. The
slamentable and awful tragedy in Por-
tugal, this paper says, was due to the
TACT that the king did not understand
his people and was attempting to
stem by dictatorial methods of repres-
sion the Irresistible striving Of the
masses to take part in the govern.
ment The tragedy happened at the
very moment when Premier Franco
seemingly had succeeded in restoring
7order by series of unprecedented re-
pressive measures. @
The Novoe Vremya, although at
tributing the direct execution of the
plot to anarchists, to whom all govern
ment Is obnoxious, also connects the
crime and the dictatorship of Franco,
which met with both open and secret
resistance from all political parties.
The paper says that Franco proved
himself child in the face of danger
which evidently was known to large
number of the population.
Other newspapers express horror at
the assassinations and voice their
sympathy for the Portuguese nation
and the bereaved queen. =
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Tho Manchester Martyrs.

Along in 81 or Whereabouts some
Irishmen tried to rescue a bunch Of
Fenian prisoners in Manchester, and
police sergeant was shot and killed.
The prisoners got away, which may
have had something to do with the up
shot too. The government was natur-
ally sore, and they managed to hang
three of the rescue party without too
much fine haired fuss as to whether
they had anything to do with the shoot
ing or not. At that time Fenians and
Nationalists were at daggers drawn,
and the church was heavy against the
Fenians, of course, but they were all
one, one in agony and shame over
those Irish boys strung up in an Eng
lish town. All their helplessness, all
the bitterness of England's might, Eng
land managed with those halters to
drive fostering deep afresh. Think Of
a town the size Of Dublin turning out
a funeral procession Of 10000 people,
and think Of how those 10000 Irish
were feeling when tell you they were
quiet-quiet in those streets where
the lowest novels had hung out their
bits Of gHen-twined black.-McC lure's
MAGAZINE
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BRIEF BITS OF NEWS.

Zever zeverson, aged 1O4 years, is
dead at Calamus, Ia.
Major Charles w. Anderson. aged
eighty-two, member of General For
rests staff, is dead at Nashville, Tenn.
Mrs. Clara cambridge Harris, wife
OF Abram w. Harris, president of
northwestern university, is dead at
Evanston, Ill.
Louis and Michael Blake, brothers,
While walking on the Buffalo, Roches.
ter and Pittsburg railroad near Brad
ford, Pa, were instantly killed by a
fast train.
Judge Thomas D. Mellen, retired,
one of Pittsburg's foremost citizens
and we'll known throughout tho coun.
try as banker and capitalist, is dead,
aged ninety-dve.
George w. Smith, Democratic candi.
date for county superintendent of
schools, committed suicide by hanging
at his home near Pilot Mound, Ia. No
cause is known for his act.
Because the girl to whom John Mol
lott OF Chicago had been engaged re.
fused to talk to him Mollett fatally
shot himself while standing at a tele.
phone. The shot was heard over the
telephone by the girls mother, who
had just telephoned the refusal.
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'UBSCRIPTlON---S5.OO PER ANNUm
POINTERS FOR OFFlCEHOLDERS.

The following little item clipped
from the columns of the Pelican
RAPIDS Press will be of interest
to the uninitiated in search of a
public Office.
Uneasy lies the head that
wears a crown Yes and his days
ase full of turmoil and trouble who
is holding political position of
any kind. His every act and deed
are watched and criticised. His
very best intentions and works are
bitterly denounced by his enemies.
His public utterances are interpre-
ted as meaning anything but what
they were intended to convey.
His reputation is shot full of holes.
His domestic and private life is
laid bare to the public and in
many ways his life is made miser.
able. Verify, I would rather be a
private citizen with a host of good
loyal friends than to be a public
servant and a target for all the
venomous and vitrolic attacks of the
public"
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Shop Without a Name.

In the Devonshire town Of Woodbury.
there is butchers shop which has no
name nor has it had one for the last
12O years. The reason affords a strik-
ing illustration Of the superstitious ma
ture Of west country folk. When this
particular business was started, the
owner for some reason or other did not
have his name inscribed on the prem
ises. Whether this fact had anything
to do with the success Of the business
or not it would be difficult to say.
Trade, however, was brisk, and the
butcher duly retired, leaving the name
less shop to his son. The business has
been handed down from father to son
for more than 12O years, but none Of
those into whose occupation it has
come would have his name put up on
any consideration, fearing AS, In fact,
the present owner does today-that
such q procedure might break the spell
Of good fortune with which the bust
ness has been favored.-London Stand
ard.
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RESTS WITH The VOTERS
sryan's Reply to Question If He Is a
Candidate. -s~.

Philadelphia, Feb. 4.-William Jen-
nlngs Bryan was entertained at lunch
con by Roland s. Morris, president of
the Pennsylvania Democratic club
Asked whether he was a candidate for
the Democratic presidential nomina.
ton MIR. Bryan dictated the following
reply: 49, .--..-......
IF the voters of the Democratic
party want another than myself nom.
mated at Denver they ought to in.
struct their delegates to that effect.
II they want me nominated they ought
to instruct their delegates for me-"
To one visitor Mr.. Bryan said: 81
have noticed of late as I have gone
about the country a marked change,
especially among the clergymen.. They
were very largely opposed to me be-
fore, but they have been studying af.
fairs during the last ten years and
their views have changed. This is a
very hopeful sign, to my mind. Now
am invited by ministers to address
conferences and they show in other
ways that instead of being hostile they
are interested" $3.50 ..a
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WILL REPLY TO CRITICISMS
President Preparing Letter on Subject
Of Appointments.

Washington, Feb. The excite
ment aroused by the presidents spe-
cial message to congress will be dupli.
Gated within few days by the publ
cation of a letter from Mr. Roosevelt
to William Dudley Foulke of Rich.
mcnd, Ind, on the subject of nomina.
lions sent to the senate. There have
been charges that the president has
used his power to appoint to boost the
political future of Secretary Taft
Foulke had been chairman of the
civil service commission. He read
the charges made by senators and
came on from Indiana to Investigate.
He saw the president and the secre-
tary of war and went home to await a
letter that he had reason to believe
would arrive by an early mail ~
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ASKS RIFLES FOR KNIGHTS
Head OF Uniform Rank, K. of p,
Would Arm His Men. -.

Washington, Feb. J.-Major General
Arthur J. Stobbart, head of the Uni.
form Rank, Knights of Pythias, is here
to confer with the war department on
the question of equipping the uniform
rank with rifles. If the new militia
bill, which practically places the ma
t1onal guard on a war footing and
makes each organization subject to
the call of the president, passes there
would be no local military organiza-
tons left at home in event of an
emergency.
General Stobbart, who represents
$4,000 of the uniform rank, says that
since congress gave charter for the
incorporation of the order of knights
of Pythias it is entirely proper to ask
for arms for the uniform rank, which
has adopted regular army drill tactics.
He conferred with Assistant Secre-
tary of War Oliver and General Gro
zfer, chief of the ordnance bureau, on
the subject.
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UPH0LDS NEVADA PRIEST,
Roosevelt Supports Sermon on Rae,
Suicide and Celibacv.

'NSSSSvSiS SuPPOI - oSIItlOIi OF mace
Suicide and ceibacy.
Reno, New, Feb. Presidential
approval of the sermon delivered in
the Catholic church here Sunday, Jan.
10, has been received by the author of
the opinions, Rev. Father Tubman.
A letter from Theodore Roosevelt
tells of his endorsement of the priests
views on race suicide and the asser-
lions that "celibacy is false to God,
false to country and false to SELF" are
essentially upheld. The president ap-
plauded the sentiment that race sui
eide, "afinities" and "other outgrowths
OF modern marriages and divorces" de-
serve more than condemnation from
the clergy. The priests utterances
created sensation at the time be.
cause he said he desired no unmarried
men or women to remain in his par
ish,
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Dynamite Found in Coal.

Washington, Feb. 4-The com.
handing officer of the battleship Ohio
reports that while taking coal from
the chartered collier Fortuna at Port
OF Spain, Trinidad, a stick of dyna
mite about five inches long was found.
The Fortuna had cargo of New River
coal supplied by the Berwind- White
Coal Mining company at Newport
News, Va. This is the second time
that dynamite has been found in coal
furnished United States men-of-War.
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BROOKLYN BANK CLOSES.
Small Institution With Less Than
~ = 100000 Deposits.

New York, Feb. The Home bank
Of Brooklyn, a state institution, has
suspended. The Home bank is a
small institution located in South
Brooklyn. 1t has capital stock of
100000 and surplus and undivided
profits amounting to $53,67O. It's clos
ing is without bearing upon the gen
eral financial situation. The depos-
it's, which formerly averaged about
$500,000, have been reduced greatly
since the October panic.
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St. Paul Union Stock Yards.

ST.. Paul, Feb. 3.-Cattle-Good to
choice steers, $5:0o@5.75; fair to good,
s3.25@4.75; good to choice COWS and
heifers, s3.00@3.75; veals, s3.75@5.OO.
Hoss-$4.0004.25. Sheep-Wethers,
s475@5.10; good to choice lambs,
$6.25@675. Z.
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Chicago Union Stock Yards,

Chicago, Feb. Seattle Beeves,
$3.60@6.15; cows and heifers, $1.7O@
400; Texans, $3.30@4.4O; calves, SIS 100
@7.00; Western cattle, $3.7O@4. 60,
stockers and feeders, $2.6O@4.6O. Hogs
Light, $410@4.40; mixed, $4.15@
400; heavy, $4.15@4.50; rough, SAILS
@4.25; pigs, $3.5O@4.2O. Sheep, 1926
@5.6O; yearlings, $4.90@5.6e; lambs,
S5.OOM7.15. &
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William Fife Seriously Injured.

Glasgow, Feb. William F.. Fife,
the yacht designer, was seriously in
1ured at his shipyard at Fairlie. While
experimenting the construction of Sir
Thomas Lipton's new racing yacht Mr.
Fife fell from the deck into the hold,
struck his head and was rendered I'M
conscious. He was carried to his
home, where he is still in critical
condition.
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Duluth Wheat and Flax,

Duluth, Feb. 3.-Wheat-To arrive
and on track-No. 1 hard, s1.O714; No.
l Northern, $1.05A; No. 2 Northern.
S1.02A;; May: $104%; July, $1.O6A.
In store-No. Northern, SLOPPY; No.
z Northern, e9Ac. Flax-To arrive
and on track, SLY; May, $11s1l;
July, $1.2OA. ~
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Aged Couple Killed by Gas.

Wahpeton, N. D., Feb. 4.-Mr. and
Mrs. Peter Whitman, an aged couple,
were both killed by coal gas at their
home In this city. They were found
dead by their son-in-law, Sylvester
Dletz, who went to the house with
some provisions. When found the old
gentleman was sitting in chair near
the stove and his wife was lying near
the bed, as though she had been over
come just as she was getting out of
he'd
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Receiver for Big Power Company,

Asheville, N. c., Feb. "A receiver
has been appointed for the Whitney
company of Rowan county, near Sails
bury, which has been developing wa
ter power at a point called The Mar.
rows, thirty miles below Salisbury,
where already s5,00O,OO0 has been
spent. = ~@#r.@ .5s
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Chicago Grain and Provisions.

Chicago, Feb. 3.----Wheat-May, Gee:
July. 92A@92Tc; Sept. 9OA @9Oasc.
Corn-May, 59% @59hc; July, 581sc;
Sept, 5Sc. Oats May, old, 51Mc;
May, 491hc; July, old, 445sc; July,
431sc; Sept, .371hc. Pork-May, S12.-
90; July, $3.50. Butter Creameries,
20@s21sc;; dairies, 20@2S1sc. Dogs
l1@22c. Poultry Turkeys. 10c; chick
ems, 10; springs, 10c.
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cabbaae Leaxea.

s'Do you think cabbage Is unwhole-
Bome2" asked dyspeptic.
1T depends somewhat" answered
the food expert, ION whether you eat
It or. try to smoke 1t. "-Washlngton
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MARKET QUOTATIONS.
Minneapolis Wheat.

Minneapolis, Feb. 3.-Wheat-May,
$1.o4%; July, $1.o4h @1.O4s. On
track-No. hard, $1.091s; No. l
Northern, $1.o6A; No. 2 Northern,
$1041s. - -r->+ +,
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Lucedale, Miss, Feb. a tornado
passed through here and two persons
were killed. J. B. Hinson's house was
blown away and an eight-year-old girl
was killed and six persons seriously
hurt. George Bailey's house was
blown down and a young woman
killed. Several other occupants were
injured.
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CITED AS a WARNING.
Russian Papers Comment ON Double
Tragedy at Lisbon.

st. Petersburg, Feb. 4.-Tho tragic
occurrences at Lisbon have created q
deep impression on all sections of So
ciety here and the newspapers COM
ment gravely upon the events that led
up to the double assassination. The
Russ, In daring editorial, draws q
thinly yelled parallel between the con-
d1tions in Portugal and those in Rus
STA and warns the government in al
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TORNADO IN MISSISSIPPI.
Six Persons Killed and Many Injured
s- Four Fatally.

Wesson, Miss, Feb. Six persons
We're killed outright by a tornado
which laid waste strip of farming
country three-quarters of mile wide
aud several miles long. W
-Four persons were probably fatally
injured and many others were Slightly
hurt when their homes were blown
down.
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Antony and Cleopatra,

Cleopatra was riding in her barge.
1T is beautiful view from here" she
remarked in Egyptian words to that
effect.
Yes" responded Antony. Il took
care to get you Nile seat"
Whereat the rowers did laugh Justify.
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Even pessimist can see more
good in the world than the world
can see in him.
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TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY. 7A ..
IKE LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine Tablets
D ruggists refund money II it fails to cure
p. w. GROVES signature is on each box
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A woman is seldom jealous of her
husbands first love after meeting
her.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-02-04

The female matchmaker usually
goes about disguised as chaperon.
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There may be hyporcrites in the
church but think of the vast number
outside of it.
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Women that cheaper themselves
soon learn that men do not care for
bargains.
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The man who pays his coal bills
always has money to burn.
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Once in great while man
actually needs his wife's advice.
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OBSERVATIONS.
[By "Doc"]

Yet the bunko mans little game is
only skin deep.
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THE OWL DRUG STORE
POST OFFICE CORNER

POST OFFICE CORNER
New-York tribune., 1908-01-05
By HARYOT HOLT DEY

ton 10 say that whenever new coffee pot ap-
peared on the market II only d short time
before 1t found place the pantry shelf where
II Joined the collection.
One week Ciarlssa making the most delicious
coffee without sign OF egg, and the next week
she was using TWO. One week the coffee was ground
10 a powder and the next were browning u
ourselves One week II was drIpped IN a minute
and the next II was stepped an hour One week
II was made with boiling water. and the next II
was soaked over night. Sometimes II was made
by electricity, and then again 1t was boiled on the
table by means of alcohol lamp Always the
coffee formed suitable interesting and iInpersonal
topic OF conversation the family.
Again. whenever ClaTIsSa 10 the Citv she
always came home with idea-it was either
q new blend new receipt new coffee pot
One time II would be that the FletChers who had
Just returned from abroad had brought such de
hclous coffee and had gwen her some, and 50 for
time we had coffee JuSt like the Fletchers OR II
was the dressInaker who made such splendid coffee
and used SO little and then Tor a few times We had
coffee Just like the dressmaker. Or II was the
Grahams who bought the most expensive coffee
New-York tribune., 1908-01-05
ass

n New York and used only a tkiu.t.sfu- t.- ...r
person. and then Tor 4, time We had cy-ee ->-
S'rahaInS- Always there was Irep-cver-t-- &c ....
kind
There wouldn't be any story N this q l-
peen Tor C.arI>S,. romance The news c-rs
tn4lly from the CITY. where she had rro..r-s.
VISIT 20 a significant length. THAT clans.
sweetheart and by Of detail and
ratlNe evidence, that he was coffee broke
~ course We understood IL seemed as d We
trace the late through ClarISsa'S LtS -ha- --.
-4St brought her INTO her own. What more -.--...
than that the bond OF sympathy should ls ,.-s-
Al last ClarlSSa would have coffee Iutcc-- -or
that coffee
tlarlSSa came home wiki a glad hight -l-r.r- -
her eyes We knew her secret. but ...
near Il from her own hpS. although wis
Us she Sdld nothing about coffee It Was
topic, and no wished 70 he the mrs, O..
OF what We all regarded the bond OF >.u-.....
and 50 a week passed. during which Cl4-ls-l ...
OF coffee remained UnJaStcd. and t-llNeL ot D-s
things Finally We could stand II no longer -,- ..
asked her pOIntbIaEk about The coffee
toiiee exclaimed C.Irlssa # she had never
heard 81 II Oh Well vuu see, Il S hike t1-~
Charles and never drlnk coffee He IS s>lerli~I
and -and-weI, We drnk t4-lO-COruO altogeThgE.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-05

measles. Then she said.
Let ; renounCe membership
in the society of Congressional
harpies and knockers for a
time and 60 10 the corset eX-
position in the green parlOr
As We passed the carriage
entrance a man and woman
came IN through a sort OF mill
wheel door they have there,
and my irrepressible pilot
whispered. No gold brick,
Straight goods, That 5 Baron
and Baroness Won lutZ
The woman was very tall
and graceful. and somehow
her walk seemed like a slow
swOop before the wind on
ice skates; but the man was
very much older, and when
his high hat was of reached
lust about on a level with her
belt buckle. | thought per
haps 1t had been one OF the
cases OF infant betrothal We
read about IN history, and
that the poor fellow found
he'd bought two yards too
much of wife after she d got
her growth. But the woman
with ME increased my infor-
nation.
She was a daughter of
Senator PlunkS of California %
was hiSSed IN my ear.
| knew | ought not 10 stand
and stare. and Vet. as this was