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The Washington bee., 1908-03-28
CHASE TO DOVER
Washington, D. c.,
March 23rd, 1908
Ion. Elmer Dover,
Sec Na+iOn9f COr,rn;ttaa

-fAtAlSA5 81 u ASOO.
Hon. Elmer Dover,
Sec. National Committee.
Dear Sir:
Saturday, March 18th, 1903, be-
tween the hours of 1890 and IIsa.m.,
! called at the Office OF Mr.. Sidney
Bieber, chairman Of the RiectionBoard
for the District of Columbia, ap-
pointed by the National Republican
Committee in December, 1907, for
the the purpose Of arranging for the
election of delegates from this city
to the National Republican Conven-
ton, which is to meet in Chicago,
illinois, June 10, IoS. The chair
man, Mr.. Bieber, had previously an
nounced that he and his committee
would be in his (Bieber's) office on
that day from nine o'clock am. to
= noon, for the purpose of allow
The Washington bee., 1908-03-28
PARAGRAPHIC NEWS.

The rumor that the old Government
Printing Office is regarded as a men,
ace is being denied by the officials.
Robert L. Downing appeared be-
fore three large audiences last Sun
day as an evangelist.
The Washington bee., 1908-03-28

Things are becoming lively now
Between now and the ime for the
election of delegates you will see
many changes.
My genial friend. Hon. Ralph w.
Tyler, is a journalist of ability. He
knows how to run a newspaper. and
knows how one should be conduct
ed.
I never saw so many hungry poll
ticians in my life Bob Keys, one
OF the managers of the HOrner-Fla-
thrs ticket, as well as my friend Hor-
ner, declared that the discharged ex-
Negro detective would be reinstated
in his old Job. 1t would be easier for
The Washington bee., 1908-03-28

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The Washington bee., 1908-03-28

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Douglas Island news., 1908-10-07
The NOrthIand
The Latest News, from Reliable Sources, Concerning the Great
 North, Condensed.
Information for Everybody,

An earthquake shock was felt at Fair banks on Sept. 30th.
 Valdez is threatened with another railroad excitement.
 The Petersburg cannery is credited with GO,OOO cases for the season.
 One of the boundary survey parties existed for week on beans straight.
 The mine at Dolomi closed down on account of the excessive wet weather.
 Mrs. Chas. Frias, one of the pioneer women of the Klondike, died last month.
 The last steamer to leave Fairbanks for Dawson was the Schwatka, on Sep, tember 3.
 Cold weather is beginning to show the near approach of the close of the season at Nome. The Str. Corwiu will leave Nome for Seattle about. the 10th inst. She will winter at the Sound city.
 At any rate it is relief to Alaska that the troubles of H. D. Reynolds are being threshed out at Boston.
 More than a million cases of salmon were canned at Nushagak this season. The profits are estimated at 92,0OO,0OO. R. W. Tompkins pastor, of the Chris tian Science church at Fairbanks, died September B, of paralysis of the heart.
 The freigbter Seward, bound from Cordova to Seattle, lost one of her an- chors at Nuchek during terrible sto:m.
 The Annie M Nixon, 27-ton gas oline cannery boat, went on the reefs five miles north of Ketchikan last month.
 H. s. Ferris, formerly U. s. commis- sioner at UnaIaska, has been employed as government school teacher at Susitna station.
 Jack Roman and Judge Kellum have each forwarded s25O as personal con- tributions to the Bryan campaign fund from the Tanana.
 
 The Skagway Alaskan mentions as a matter of news that an Englishman re- gently passed through that town, "trav- cling with valet"
 The news comes from Atlin of the discovery of remarkably rich placers about 200 miles northeast of Teslin lake, by man named J. L. Cox.
 Mir. B. H. Bennetts, superintendent of the Hadley smelter, reports the plant to be running smoothly and treating from 250 to 400 tons of ore daily.
 To be sure that Lee Johnston, accused of murdering his wife, was not secreted in the hold of the Str. Victoria, the ship was fumigated at Nome.
Douglas Island news., 1908-10-07

A clause in the new ordinances of the city of Skagway reads as follows: "Whoever willfully interrupts or dis turbs a funeral assembly or service in the town of Skagway shall, upon con vction, thereof be punished by a fine of not more than $50 or by imprIson. ment not more than ten days or both"
 The Nome court decided that one half of the license money coming into the hands of the city treasurer should be turned over to the school board. The Nome council has appropriated 525O for the purpose of employing coun. sel in San Francisco to appear before the court of appealsand try to have the decision reversed.
 The news that comes from Cordova of the wind storm that visited that sac- tion on Septem Der l3, if true, will take away from Skagway the title of "Windy City" aad give it to that town. One re. port says that the wind attained a velocity of 100 miles an hour, and that the damage to buildings in that town will amount to Sl0000
 When the fishermen return to Seattle from a summers work in Alaska they are paid off in the United States ship. ping commissioners office. With his pockets full of money the fisherman is an easy mark, and before he gets out of the office he Is asked to contribute to one of the local charities, which he usually does most liberally.
 An application has been forwarded to the office of the surveyor general for a survey of the townsite of Valdez for the purpose of securing patent to the same. The chamber of commerce and the council are working jointly ill the mat ter and the application will cover the inhabited portion of what is called the reservation" as we'll as the town.
 In an article in the Sitka Thlinget, Prof. Wm. 4. Kelly says that it is time for the missionaries of the various de- nominations to unite in petitioning congress to determine the legal status of the natives of Southeastern Alaska. The same article suggests that the only reasonable determination will be to grant to the natives all the rights, privileges and immunities of American citizeus.
 The Alaska Yukon magazine for De- tober contains among many other in- teresting articles one written by August Toellner, telling of the first marriage in the Koyukuk. In the absence of a preacher French Joe acted as master of ceremonies. The groom started the ceremony by repeating the following; "By my Gee-pole 1 swear under this tree, a good and kind husband to Maggy Dalton Til be; to love and pro- tect this maiden so frail from the sour dough stiffs on the Koyukuk trail" He then grasped Maggie Dalton's band and Maggie said: "Ten miles up from the Yukon by the banks of lake, the hand of John Gillis for husband l take; no preacher is here, no chance for ring, but we'll get to the Koyukuk if it takes till next spring" Then French Joe swelled out his chest and in a loud, clear voice said; "For two dollars in cheechaco money make this couple in matrimony. He be rancher and she school teacher, I do the job just as good as preacher"
Douglas Island news., 1908-10-07

The Herald refutes the contention that there are only seven people left in KataIla by remarking that there ll5 votes cast there at the delegate cleo tion.
 Fifteen to twenty car loads of ma terial are used daily in preparing the grounds and buildings for the Alaska. Yukon-Pacific Exposition in Seattle in 1909
 A feature of the Alaska exhibit at the 1909 exposition in Seattle next summer will be a display of $1,25O,O0o in real gold-coin bullion, dust, nuggets and other forms of khe native state.
 A bunch of four Slavouians with tickets for Dawson were met at the Summit by the immigration officer and turned pack, because the most money any one of them could show was g.
 The work of surveying the townsite of Prince Rupert is now being rushed forward in a way that leads the "Em- pire" to the belief that there may be something doing this fall and winter.
 The one-huadredth anniversary of the discovery of the Fraser river will come next year. It is proposed to eel ebrate the event by proper observances at the flask -Yukon-P Pacific Exposition.
 Sixty of the eighty five Japs con- fined in the Valdez jail awaiting trial for seal poaching, made a desperate break for liberty, but were overpowered by the guards with the help of the citi. zens.
 The Seattle folks declare that the story told by John Kalem, who went down from Alaska with a live eagle which he claimed had carried off Q child, is a fake, and they have con- fiscated the bird.
 The rumor has reached Valdez that the progress of railroad operations out of Cordova has encountered new dif3- culties in the, way of quicksand that swallows 3OO.foot piles as though they were toothpicks.
 Five hundred thousand dollars is be- ing spent on new construction work, eX- tensions and improvements for the street car lines of Seattle to accommo- date the crowds at the A.-Y.-P. Exposi. tion next summer.
 The postponement of the great expo sition planned at Tokio, Japan, for five years will enable the Japanese to de- vote their time and energy to a greater display at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacilc Exposition at Seattle next summer.
 The Yukon Gold company's large ditch will be extended next summer from the mouth of the Bonanza to Gold Hill, at the confluence of Bonanza and Eldorado. The ditch will have ca pacity of 5000 inches right to Gold Hill.
 Dawson is having another Lords day observance spasm, notices having been served on all drug stores, fruit and ci- gar stands to close up hereafter on Sum- day, Dawson is peopled with wicked and perverse generation and it is not meet and proper Shat they be given too much rope. There are people in DawT son who, if not closely watched, would actually smile on Sunday. Others would even "smile. ."-Whitehorse Star.
Douglas Island news., 1908-10-07

Canada has officially accepted rhe in, vitation to join in the Alaska Yukon, Pacific Exposition in Seattle next sum, mer. She will make an extensive ex- hibit of minerals, timber, fruits, fish and agricultural products.
 The Nome Nugget described Labor Candidate Chilberg as being seventeen different kinds of an "anarchistic so- cialist," whatever that means. And Mir. Chilberg proceeded to poll more votes than any candidate except the successful one.
 It is said that there are over fifty ap- plications on file in the office of the superintendent of provincial police for licenses to sell liquor at retail in Prince Rupert. That is remarkable when we consider that the town has less than 800 men and women.
 Blue laws are rapidly going into eff, feet in the TanaDa. Following the closing of the dance halls and the sup pression of gambling comes an order from the district attorney to the effect that no more rallies by merchants to promote trade will be permitted.
 On September 18th a Russian gun boat, with the provincial governor aboard, captured a number of miners engaged at work in the mines at Anadir, which are controlled and being worked by John Bosene, together with 8lO,OOO in gold that had been taken out.
 Judge Reid, who has returned to Alaska and has taken up his work at Valdez, assures the people of that town that the next session of congress will make two districts out of the Third. Judge Reid has already put in plea that he be given the coast division.
 Fifty natives for the Eskimo village at the Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition arrived in Seattle recently. The na- tives brought with them their huts, sleds, reindeer, ivory carving tools and everything that goes to make up com plete reproduction of their native habits.
 MT. M. c. Marsh, United States fish agent, who has been visiting the Yes Bay hatchery, tells the Ketchikan Miner that the salmon do not return every four years, but some may come back in three years and others not un- til the fifth, because some mature sooner than others.
 Two gangs of men recently quit the employ of Ross & Carlson, subcon- tractors on the grade of the G. T. F., near Prince Rupert. One gang had got but one days pay in three months and the other gang quit just $500 in the hole. This firm is having some diti- culty in getting more men to take their  places.
 A Miners and Merchants association has been formed at Dawson, the object being to induce laboring men to winter there instead of going to the outside. The plan is a good one andif the proper class of laborers can be induced to re- main, it will be we'll and good. But as a rule "free soupers" are not of very great benefit to any town or commun- ity. Judging from the bunch which passed through here last spring for Dawson, she has quite sprinkling of population she would do we'll to "get shet oF."-Whitehorse Star.
Douglas Island news., 1908-10-07
SSIONAL.
NOTICE!

From and after Aug. 18th, and until further notice, the Ferry Time Sched- ule will be as follows:
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-11-27
Asked Too Much.

In R. F. Johnson's book, "From Pc
kin to Mandalay," the author tells the
story Of poor Chinese scholar noted
for his piety, who heard the voice Of
an Invisible being who spoke to him
thus: tFYour piety has found favor in
the sight of heaven. Ask now for
what you most long to possess, for 1
am the messenger of the gods, and
they have sworn to grant your hearts
DESIRE" ~ ASK" said the poor scholar,
''for the coarsest clothes and food, just
enough for my daily wants, and beg
that may have freedom to wander at
my will over mountain and fell and
woodland stream, free from all world
ly cares, till my life's end. That is all
ask" Hardly had he spoken than
the sky seemed to be filed with the
laughter Of myriads Of unearthly
voices. Gall you ASK" cried the mes
senger of the gods 'Know you not
that what you demanded is the high
est happiness Of the beings that dwell
in heaven? Ask for wealth or rank
or what earthly happiness you will,
but not for you are the hottest joys Of
the GODS"
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-11-27
Spider Cures.

In China spiders are highly esteemed
In the treatment Of Group. You get
from an old wall the webs Of seven
black spiders-two Of which must have
the owners sitting in the middle-and
pound them up in mortar with lit
tie powdered alum. The resulting
mixture must then be set on fire, and
the ashes, when squirted into the
throat Of the patient by means Of a
bamboo tube, are said to effect GER
tain and Immediate cure.
Black spiders are evidently full Of
medicinal virtue, for they are largely
employed In the treatment of ague as
we'll. In Somersetshire, if one is af-
ficted with the unpleasant ailment,
the way to get well is to shut up a
large black spider in a box and leave
It there till it dies. At the moment
Of it's disease the ague should disap-
pear. In Sussex the treatment is more
heroic; the patient must swallow the
spider. s 1-zl 10 ! . ~. s
Perhaps, after all, this remedy may
not be- so disagreeable as it appears,
for a%German lady who was in the
habit Of picking out spiders from their
webs as she walked through the woods
and eating them after first depriving
them of their legs declared that they
were very nice indeed and tasted like
nuts.-London Chronicle.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-11-27
The Unurateful Cuckoo,

To hear the cuckoo's CHEEKY note you
might think he had the clearest con-
science In the world. He can have nei-
Their memory nor moral sense or he
would not carry it off so gayly. We
say nothing of the "raptores," who are
a race apart, but the most disreputable
of birds, as a rule, are guilty Of moth
ing worse than peccadillos. The jack
daw will steal for the mere fun Of the
thing, for he can make no possible use
Of plate or jewelry, and sometimes un-
der temptation may make a snatch at
a pheasant chick. Sparrows are, of
course, notorious thieves, but they rank
no higher in crime than the sneaking
pickpockets. But the cuckoo, so to
speak, is a murderer from his cradle.
He violates the sanctity of hospita BILE
hearth. His first victims are his own
foster brothers, and before he tries his
wings on the first fight he is imbrued
in fraternal blood, like any Amurath
or Bazajet.-London Saturday Review.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-11-27
The Russian Joke Teller.

Story telling and jesting have al
ways been counted the favorite amuse-
ments Of semibarbaric people. To the
first we owe the ARABIAN Nights
and to the second the clowns, who
were formerly the appendage Of all
great houses. In Russia the paid
joker still fourishes, and the people
pay so much an hour to listen to his
jokes and witticisms. He provides
himself with two or three hundred
tickets, and, mounting sort Of ros-
trum, he announces that he is going
to regale his audience with choice It'd
bits Of mirth provoking lore. He be-
gins selling tickets at penny each,
and when he has sold enough to war
rant his beginning he turns himself
loose, and the audience remains spell
bound by his humorous stories for an
hour or two. A recent traveller who
saw a number Of these jokers in st.
Petersburg says, 81 listened to them
several times, and, although I could
not understand one word the joker
said, was sure from the way the au-
dience greeted his stories with roars
Of laughter that the jokes were above
the average"
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-11-27
men ARE HELPLESS AS
CHILDREN.
When Taken Suddenly lIl.-Here is
a Common Sense Safe
gudTus T. \

Big, strong man is as helpless as
a infant when he is suddenly i'll. =
The sturdiest chap in town usu-
ally loses his self control and is
utterly unable to regard his con-
dition with the common sense that
characterizes his everyday actions.
, For example: He comes home.
tired, eats heavy dinner and sits
down to read and smoke away a
quiet evening. -
Suddenly he notices a weight on
his stomach; then sharp pains
around his heart, and a feeling of
suffocation. Thoughts of heart
disease" rush over him, and in his
agony fears the worst.
His trouble was acute indigestion,
brought on by overlooking his
tired stomach. IT,
A couple of Rexall Dyspepsia
Tablets would have given him in
slant relief-would have saved him
hours of suffering. +.
Garry package of Rexall Dys-
pepsia Tablets in your vest pocket
or keep them in your room. Take
one after each heavy meal, and
indigestion can never bother you.
Rexall Dyspepsia Tablets cure
stomach troubles by supplying the
one element, the absence of which
in the gastric juices, causes indi-
gestion and dyspepsia. They enable
the stomach to digest all kinds of
food and to quickly convert it into
rich red blood.
We know what Rexall Dyspepsia
Tablets are and what they will do.
We guarantee them to cure indlges-
ton and dyspepsia. If they fail
we will refund your money.
Price, rs cents per full package.
Sold only at our store or by mail.
Bankers Drug Store.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-11-27
Worst of All.


Mr.. Lane, Mr.. Hobart and Mr.. Meek
had been off fishing the day before.
They had gone unexpectedly from the
postoffce, where they met, and neither
Mrs. Lane, Mrs. Hobart nor Mrs. Meek
had been informed Of their where
abouts until nightfall. "And it did
beat all what poor luck we'd had!'
said Mr.. Lane when the three friends
met the next day.
II tried to explain to Sadie that we
kep' staying in the hopes Of fetching
home something that would show why
we'd stayed, but she said we'd acted
like parcel O. yearlings and it would
be one while before she'd have hot
apple pie for my dinner again and
dumplings. She ran me uphill and
down, 1 tell ye"
maria spoke Of my Clothes" said
Mr.. Hobart forlornly. "She pointed
out the way the dampness had cockled
that coat I had on. She said 'twouldn't
ever be the same again and if I knew
Of anybody that was going to spend
summer days heating great irons and
pressing out clothes for a man like
me she didn'ty'
"Marthy never said word," said
Mr.. Meek as the other two men turned
to him, but as they remarked with one
accord, ''That's the kind Of wife to
havev Mr.. Meek looked much de-
pressed. ...- 49,. -...' - -sz:
1.-THE only trouble u.s." he added, "she
hasn't spoken yet, and don't know
when she will"
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-11-27
Tho Uses Of Adversity.

"Grogan," said the head Of the de-
partment store, eying him sharply,
you've quit drinking, haven't your"
eyes, sor," answered the red headed
Hibernian who worked in the pack
ing department. II haven't taken a
drink av anything stronger TIM
iced tay f'r three MONTHS @
Il am glad to hear it, Grogan. I'll
make it an object to you to stay quit
But how did you break yourself Of the
habit?"
"Be> hittin' me thumb nail wild
hammer whin was packin' a box o.
goods" 1.@.
II don't see how that could cure
you" @ ~
q "Well, Misther Barker, it was this
way. If I'd been sober, dye moind, I'd
niver have done it, but wasn't. Whin
I, whacked me thumb instead av the
nail was thryin' to dhrive it made
black spot at the root av me thumb
nail. Il says to mesilf: 'Grogan, I'll
punish We f'r that. Ye shan't have a
dhrink av ayther beer r whusky until
that black spot has gone H.. VI.
''Well, sor, it was two months befure
It had growed out to the end O. me
thumb an I cud cut it off, an be that
time I'd lost all me appetite FIR beer
an whusky. s. 1,=..-@ =
Thin I says to meself: 'Grogan, I'll
reward We f'r that. Ye're sober man
now, an yell stay SOBER That's the
whole story, sor. ''-Youth's Companion.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-11-27
SEVEN TRAINMEN INJURED
Great Northern Flyer Crashes Into
Ereiqht,

Benson, Mimi, Nov. 27.-Seven
men, either members of the train
crew or postal clerks, were severely
injured at Clontarf Station, five miles
northwest of Benson, when Coast
flyer No. 4, running east on the Great
Northern, crashed Into the rear end
of freight train which was standing
on the main track.
Those injured were Engineer Ira
Denney, St. Paul, of the passenger
train engine; his fireman, two bag
gagemen and three postal clerks. Den
ney was caught under his engine,
which was overturned by the shock
of the collision, and was badly scald-
ed, but in the opinion of the surgeons
will probably recover.
The engine of the passenger train
plowed it's way, before it was derailed
and fell on it's side, through the ca
boose and two freight cars. The bag
gage car, mail car and three passen-
ger coaches were mingled in one ruin.
Fire started up almost instantly and
all the passenger train cars, as we'll
as those of the freight train which
had been telescoped, were quickly
burned
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-11-27
BROTHER TAYLOR TO RETURN %

We learn from Bro. Taylor, pub
Usher of the Enterprise, that he is
seriously contemplating the removal
of his paper to the county seat in the
near future.-Blackduck American. :
Brother Taylor's serious thought"
has undoubtedly taken tangible
form, as it is matter of common
rumor that the Enterprise" man
will again move his portable paper
to Bemidji and, backed by local
capital, will re-enter the field with
publication that will espouse the
cause of those who are in charge
of the "Beltrami County Tax
League"
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-11-27
ANOTHER "ScARE" EXPOSE.

We refuse to be agitated by the
New York Worlds special expose"
of the Kaiser's suppressed Century
article. There yet fingers in our
memory the fact that the World, in
another special expose, accused
Theodore Roosevelt of selling the
Republican party body and bones"
to Mr.. J. Pierpont Morgan. If we
recollect Alright, there was but the
lamest and most belated retraction
when this wierd dream was dis
proved.