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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-25
Vic. pre.laent FaIrban,ss.

Indianapolis, Ind. June z4-Nice President Fairbanks. now at his home in this city said today that he prop ably would attend the funeral or MT. Cleveland. Speaking Of the former President. the Vice President said:
 -Grover Cleveland was one or the ablest and most patriotic statesmen the country ever produced. He devoted himself to the public service with sin gieness of purpose and stood by ms convictions on important public oues- tions with a sturdy courage that com manded admiration among the grea. bodv Of people. He was a many -sided man. a man of broad and generous sympathies. His influence was always for good. He was indeed the very best type of public servant and private cit. izen.~
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-25
rrssiaens Roosevelt.

Oyster Bay, N. T., June 24-President Roosevelt's message of coincidence 10 Mrs. Cleveland follows
 .afrs. Grover Cleveland. Princeton. N. j.
 Your telegram shocked me greatly. Mrs. Roosevelt joins in very deep anu sincere sympathy. l have oL couIse' aav for the New London boat races, so that if the funeral Is either Thursday or Friday, I can attend. l can attend also if 1t Is Sunday. but if 1t Is satur day d number of men are coming nere from various parts of the country on 2 business engagement which cannot well break Will you direct some one to wire me when the funeral IS 70 De' and where?
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-02-10
IN DANGEROUS CHANNEL.
sattleship Fleet Proceeding Through
Straits of Magellan.

sattleship Fleet Proceeding Through
Straits of Magellan.
Funta Arenas, Straits of Magellan,
Feb. 10.-The American battleships,
accom- panied by the torpedo boat flo
tilla, have cleared from the harbor on
their way through the western half of
the straits to the Pacific coast of
South America.
Through the dangerous channels of
the western portion of Magellan
straits, navigating with extreme eau
ton until Cape Pillar, the western
most point of the southern side of the
straits, has been left we'll behind and
the waters of the broad Pacific fairly
entered, the American battleship fleet
and torpedo boat destroyer f1otilla now
continue their remarkable cruise.
From Punta Arenas their course lies
southwark to Cape Froward, the south
ernmost point on the mainland of
South America. From Cape Froward
the straits turn and extend $50 miles
in northwes terly direction. After
Cape Pillar has been cleared the bat
tleships' prows will be turned north
ward and course laid along the Chill
can coast to point off Valparaiso
and thence to- Callao
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-02-10
WOULD LIMIT THE SALOONS
Cardinal Gibbons Believes Prohibition

Cardinal Gibbons Believes Prohibition
= Impossible in Large Cities.
New Orleans, Feb. 1O-Cardinal
Gibbons, who is stopping here, in an
interview on prohibition says: .
s II am persuaded that 1t is prac-
tically impossible to put prohibition
into effect in2Iany large community
and the best means therefore to pro-
mote temperance is to limit the num-
her Of saloons by high license l
would be in favor of inficting severe
punishment on the proprietors of sa-
looms who violated the law in the first
instance and in the second instance
of violation would withdraw the
license altogether.
"Tn the country places would sug-
gest local option as an excellent means
for the repression of intemperance If,
in the judgment of the majority of the
voters, the sale of liquor should be
entirely eliminated.
Laws like prohibition that are GER
tain to be violated had best not be
made, for incessant violation draws
down upon them disrespect."
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-02-10
OPERATES SIXTEEN PLANTS
Receiver Named for Big Hardware
and Woodenware Concern,

New York, Feb. 1O-The appoint
nlent OF Nicholas H. Colwell as re-
ceiver of the Hardware and Wooden
ware Manufacturing company, which
owns and operates sixteen hardware
and toy manufacturing plants in Con-
necticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts,
New Hampshire, Vermont, Pennsyl-
vania Michigan, Ohio and Missouri, Is
announced. Judge Martin of the Unit
ed States circuit court made the ap-
pointment on bill of equity filed by
counsel for. Orville R. Noble and
Ralph B. Cooley of Granville, Mass,
who are holders of notes of the cor
poration.
The company took over the property
and business of the National Novelty
corporation last year and is capital
lied at $3,75O,0O0. James R. Burnet,
counsel for the receiver, said that its
assets are $3,5OO,O0O and liabilities
$1,160,00O and that it's quick assets
would probably exceed the liabilities.
The company's embarrassment, he
said, was due to the contraction of its
bank credits during the recent finan-
cial stress. A plan for resuming bust
ness is under consideration.
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THREE BIDS ACCEPTED.
War Department Purchases Several
-. Flying Machines.

Washington, Feb. 10.-The secretary
of war has approved the recommends
zion of the board of ordnance and for
LITIGATION that bids for furnishing heav-
Ter than air flying machines to the
United States government be awarded
as follows: J. Scott of Chicago, for
$4,000, to be delivered In 1875 days;
A. M. Herring of New York, for $780,
900, to be delivered in 1870 days;
Wright Bros of Dayton, o., for $4,000,
to be delivered in 200 days. These
three were the only. bids out of the
forty-one received that complied with
the requirements of the ADVERTISE
ment. They have been examined by
a board Of experts and are believed to
embody the principles of practical fly
Ing machines. 1t was part of the
agreement in issuing the call for bids
that none of the particulars Of the
bids were to be given out for publica-
ton but were to be retained as conf
dential.- T ~
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hibiting the shipping Of liquor into
prohibition territory, Chairman Jen-
kins said that 80 per cent of the bills
of the kind under discussion brought
before his committee were aimed at
the very throat of the government
Men full of sentiment would appear
there, he declared, and urge the com.
mittee to report bill and ask con-
gross to pass law to be tested be-
fore the supreme court.
Your argument said Mr.. Jenkins,
us to put it up to the supreme court.
We are not here to report bills that
appear to us to be unconstitutional
1t is our duty to prevent, If possible,
the passage Of laws that are unconsti.
tutional. do not think that we should
listen to you sentimental gentlemen
when you try to oyerpersuade us. We
are trying to save this government
and do not want to be continually re-
t1anity or anything else that will be
turned, down by the courts. have
been in prohibition territory and have
seen how the laws were evaded. There
l saw the men with prayer book in
one hand and knife for an enemy in
the other"
Mr.. Nicholson explained that it was
not his intention to ask the committee
to do anything wrong.
Judge Jenkins said that politics had
nothing to do with the work of the
judiciary committee, but that there
was a. diversity of opinion as to
whether the various liquor bills we're
constitutional or not.
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STARTS HOME AT ONCE,
Charles w. Morse Already on Way
Back From Europe


Liverpool, Feb. 1O.-C. w. Morse of
New York has left here for New York
on the steamer Etruria This COM
plete change in Mr.. Morse's plans
was caused by the receipt of a cable
gram from New York. Mr.. Morse az
rived here earlier in the day on the
Campania. The message changing his
plans was received at Queenstown or
by wireless between Queenstown and
Liverpool and when he landed here he
informed a correspondent of the Asso-
ciated Press that he was going to re-
turn at once instead of proceeding to
the Continent.
MIR. Morse fingered in his cabin on
board the Campania and was the last
OF the saloon passengers to step
ashore. His face bore distinct traces
Of worry when ne finally appeared at
the gangway, down which he hurried
1t was evident. that he was anxious to
escape interviewers and he fastened
in the direction of the baggage room.
Mr. Morse declined to discuss in any
way the status of his financial affairs
or his prospects of getting out of his
reported difficulties.
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Athletic Association With Militia.

Ex-Sergeant Otto, who is acting
as recruiting officer for the proposed
new Remidji militia company, de-
sires the Pioneer TO state that it is
the intention to have an athletic
club in connection with the organ
ization of the company, and he says
further:
Il notice that there is consider
able talk among the young men of
the city relative to organizing an
athletic association and putting in a
gymnasium. That is just what we
would like in connection with the
military company. In fact, ath-
letics is essential to a good soldier,
as none but strong, able-bodied men
will be taken in as members. Ger
tainly, gymnasium would be a
desirable addition to the militia
quarters"
1t is expected that the resolution
required by the adjutant general
will be offered for passage at this
evenings meeting of the council,
providing ways and means for quar-
tiers for the proposed militia COM
pany.
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K. P.'s Plan a Good Time,

The Remidji Lodge, K. of P. is
planning on having a real, old-fash-
Toned, enjoyable time, next Tues
day evening, when the Knights
will bring their wives and lady
friends to the lodge room to get
better acquainted with each other,
and also to work up a more lively
interest in the order.
1t is proposed to have a nice
feed" and to agitate among the
ladies the proposition of resurrect-
ing the Ladies lodge.
All members of the order and their
lady friends are invited to attend.
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MINOR DETAILS IN DISPUTE
Cause of Delay in Japanese-American
NEGOTIATIONS,

Toxic, Feb. 1O.-The delay in reach
ing a final settlement of the emigra-
ton question between Japan and the
United States is due to differences be-
tween the two governments concern
ing statistics and minor details.
The Japanese government in it's
memorandum of Dec 81, maintaining
the incorrectness of the figures pre-
scented by Ambassador O'Brien, which
showed an extraordinary number of
Japanese entering America since
March, replied to~the American mem
crandum with the Japanese figures,
showing a wide divergence. -
The American memorandum of Jan.
IS, couched in the friendliest terms,
said that it appeared impossible to
reconcile the discrepancy in figures
and suggested the possibility of frauds.
The Japanese government, determined
to discover the exact cause of the dis
crepancy, engaged last week in a com
prehensive investigation to unearth
possible frauds and it is conceded that
some cases have been discovered, but
these are insufficient to explain the
disparity.
This Investigation has caused ten
days delay in the negotiations. The
foreign office has pointed out to the
Associated Press, however, that while
1t doubtless would be gratifying to be
able to write fms to the vexatious
problem 1t believes it best to clear up
the Statistics In the meanwhile no
passports will be issued to 1aborers
The fact that emigration is completely
stopped removes an element of dan
ger. The foreign Office is confident of
satisfactory outcome of the question.
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FAST TRAIN WRECKED.
Guard Rail Saves Coaches From Go
inc Into River. s~.~.. III

0uard Kali saves Coaches From Go.
ing Into River.
Detroit, Mich, Feb. 10.-A heavy
iron and cement guard rail on the
Wabash railroad bridge over the HUI
ron river at French Landing, about
thirty miles west of here, saved the
fast New York; Chicago passenger
train, which had been derailed by a
sprung rail, from falling into the HUI
ron river, which is forty feet deep at
this point. The train was moving
about thirty miles an hour when it
was derailed The engine did not
leave the rails, but all five passenger
cars behind the baggage car jumped
and when the train was stopped sew
eral of them were resting against the
guard rail after having scraped along
against it for number of feet. The
frightened passengers rushed from the
day coach and Pullmans, but it was
soon learned that no one had been
injured. They were taken to Romulus
and quartered in the hotels and resi-
dences there. The derailment block.
AIDED the line for a number of hours.
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DEFENDS OUR navy
Admiral Converse Submits Result
Of His Investigation.
ANSWERS RECENT CRITICISM
Fighting Ships Of United States at the
Date of Their Design the Best of the
World in Their Glass and They Are
Today the Equal Of Any. IF

Washington, Feb. 10.-Admiral Con.
verse has submitted to Secretary Met
calf a report upon the results of his
investigation into the recently pub
lfshed criticisms of the designs of
American naval vessels. >
It is not probable that it's contents
will be made public until the presi.
dent has had an opportunity to read
the report if then. 1t may be stated,
however, that the report undertakes to
demonstrate as clearly as figures, com
PARSONS of foreign navies and scale
drawings can establish the fact that
the fighting ships of the American
navy were at the date of their design
the best ships in the world of their
class and that they are today COM
parable on even terms with the ships
of any other navy. It is declared in
the report that everything that human
forethought on the part of intelligent
and highly trained naval officers could
do to insure this result is shown to
have heen done by the veteran naval
officers, both line and staff, who per-
fected the designs for the vessels of
the new navy. Few, if any, of the OBJ
jectfons which have been found by
later day critics were unknown to the
designers of the ships, who consid-
cred them while the plans were being
prepared, which, it is said, represented
the necessary compromise between ex-
IRENE views of different schools Of
construction.
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AFFlNITIES IN FIGHT.
Woman Who Had Two Cause of the
Trouble.

Trouble.
Chicago, Feb. 10.-Mrs. Grace Franks
Of Sault Ste. Marie boasts of a. hus-
band and two soul mates. Hence she
Is in Jail here.
"This talk about affinity is right, -
said Mrs. Franks, "but it's ridiculous
to talk about having only one soul
mate I have had two. But you must
not let your affinities mix"
Mrs. Franks is a prisoner in the
Harrison street police station annex;
Todd Naylor, soul mate No. 2, seri-
ously wounded, is patient in the
county Jail hospital and Percy Nc
Donald, soul mate No. 1, is confined
in the Maxwell street police station.
The two men fought knife duel in
an apartment house for the possession
of the woman.
Mrs. Franks gave a graphic descrip-
ton of her life since she adopted
affinity principles. She is twenty-one
years of age and attractive.
81 was married when I was SIXTEEN -
she said, land soon afterwards be-
came acquainted with Mcdonald.
From the first I knew he was--well.
what professors call an atfinity-so 1
left my husband and went with him
to Minneapolis. He was employed
there by the Northwestern Railway
company. Life was happy for several
years, when my second soul mate
appeared and we came to Chicago to
live.
"But before we were settled here
Mcdonald dropped in from apparently
All I remember after that
was that some one was stabbed and
the police came and ARRESTED all of
U.S."
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Clearwater County District Court.

A term of district court for Clear
water county will be held at Bagley
this week, over which Judge M. A.
Spooner of this city will preside,
the judge having returned this
morning from St. Paul.
The term will begin tomorrow
forenoon, at 10 o'clock. The cal
endar is an extended one, there be.
ing, so it is said, some seventy
cases already on the calendar.
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BRIEF BITS OF NEWS,

Rear Admiral Seth NJ Ackley, U. S.
NJ, retired, is dead at WASHINGTON.
aged sixty-tWo years.
The Pittsburg police authorities
ra1ded alleged mediums and fortune
tellers on the North Side, taking forty
women in custody. All are being held
in $500 bail for hearing.
Captain William M. Forrest, son of
General Nathan Bedford Forrest, the
Confederate cavalry leader who was
recent y stricken with paralysis while
witnessing play, is dead at Mem.
phis, Tenn.
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NATION MOURNS DEAD
Portuguese United in Prayer for
Murdered King and Prince.
FUNERALS WITHOUTlNClDENT

Bitter Partisan Feeling Apparently
Forgotten for the Moment and the
Whole Country Joins in Fitting OBJ
seaues for Their Dead Leaders.
Lisbon, Feb. 10.-The funeral serv.
ices over the bodies of King Carlos
and his son Luiz, crown prince of Por-
tugal, who were shot to death a week
ago, was held in the Church of San
Vincente. The ceremonies were sim
pie but impressive and the final act
In the bloody tragedy of Feb. / was
carried to close without any unto
ward incident. The line of the funeral
procession from the royal chapel in
the palace to the church was guarded
by troops, several additional regiments
having been brought into the city for
the purpose.
All the governments of Europe and
America were represented by special
missions.
The day was one on which the Por.
tuguese people united in prayer for
their murdered king and prince. Op-
preston, real or fancied, the restric-
ton of liberty, the bitter clash of
party, sinister intrigue, merciless
vengeance seemed all to have been
aband oned, for the moment at least,
as the nation prepared for the funeral.
It was the day of the burial of their
royal dead-the day also of the burial
of fellow Roman Catholics-and fol-
lowing the custom of Roman Catholics
in the solemn mass which was offered
up for the spiritual welfare of Carlos
and his son.
Streets Thronged With People.
The streets were thronged with peo-
pie. They poured in from the country,
from towns of the provinces and from
nearby cities, some by trains; some by
carriages or by cart and many on foot.
In the crowd were large numbers of
simple peasants and tradesmen from
LAiC l1OF1uCOS w liz h1lSW VI CdI0u HULL
ing of political strife, but wished only
to mourn the dead leaders.
The route of march between the
palace and the church was densely
lined by the mourning people. All the
business houses and shops OF Lisbon
were closed and the ministerial Offices
situated in the Praca do Commerce.
were closed as a measure Of precau-
ton. Furthermore all the windows Of
these buildings were carefully shut
tered.
Yielding to earnest solicitations
King Manuel did not take part in the
procession. He and his mother, Queen
Amelie, and the mother of the late
king, Queen Maria Pia, were present
at the services in the. mortuary chapel
and followed the collins to the doors of
the chapel, whence they returned to
the palace
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-02-10
Kills His Father and Suicides.

Chicago, Feb. 10.-Wilhelm Will
Jams, twenty-five years old, who shot
and killed his father, John Williams,
is dead at st. Bernard's hospital. The
tragedy was the result of a quarrel
Both men had been out of employment
for several weeks. The father re-
turned from a search for work and
found the young man at home par
TALLY intoxicated He upbraided his
son for not trying to get work and
the son thereupon drew a revolver
and shot his father twice and then
turned the weapon on himself.
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TO WE'D HUNGARIAN COUNT
Said Mrs. Vanderbilt Will Follow Ex-
ample of Dauqhter.

Berlin, Feb. 1O.-The Tageblatt pub
fishes dispatch from it's Budapest
correspondent purportipg to confirm
the reported engagement of Mrs. Cor
nelius Vanderbilt to Count Alexander
Hadik. The correspondent says that
the count has already notified his fam
lily that the wedding will take place
Immediately. Count Alexander Hadik
was born in 1865, the correspondent
continues. He was at one time very
rich, but his fortune has been greatly
reduced. He is member of the i'm
perial council and is we'll known on
most of the racecourses of Europe and
he belongs to the Jockey and other
exclusive clubs of Budapest. - ,.-H
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the ground he was exempt. The elder
Cifelli demanded the amount Of the
bill and Grasso, becoming enraged, at
tempted to stab him. The girl went to
her fathers assistance and the knife
thrust entered her head. Grasso then
shot the father. The brother, hearing
the commotion, rushed to the room
and received a bullet in the heart.
The ARRAY occurred in a room in the
Clfelli home, where about ten Italians
were playing cards, and Grasso held
them at(bay while he backed from the
room and escaped.
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Overdue Liner Causes ANXIETY,

Philadelphia, Feb. 10.-The Philadel-
pbia Transatlantic line steamer Eagle
Point, from London for this port,
which was spoken in latitude 4S, longi-
tude 40, on Jan. rs with a broken shaft,
has not since been heard from and
there Is some anxiety here as to the
safety Of the big steamer. The Eagle
Point Is now twelve days overdue.
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COUNTRY NEEDS REST
James J. Hill Says It Is Time to
Stop Ghost Dancing.
WILL BE DULL FOR a TIME
Be Positive That Railroad Earnings
the Coming Summer Will Be Less
Than Last-Northwest Not Hit as
Hard as Other Sections.

New York, Feb. Johannes J. Hill,
chairman of the board Of directors Of
the Great Northern railway, has ar
rived in New York from St. Paul and
stated that the coming summer would
show a decrease in railroad earnings
over last summer
II am not so much OF an optimist,"
he said, "as to predict that railroad
earnings this summer will not be be-
low those of last summer. 81 am sure
that they will be. But there are more
people in this country today than ever
before and they are people of fair in
telligence. What the country needs
now is rest. Let it have rest and let
a stop be put to this ghost dancing
and everything will work out all
right.
Things are quiet enough every.
where, but up in the Northwest we are
feeling it less than in some other
places. We have no large industrial
plants there and the farmers will
plant as much wheat as ever. I
should say that the percentage of idle
equipment on the Great Northern was
somewhat less than the percentage re-
ported to be idle on the roads of the
country as a whole"
Commenting on the earnings of the
Great Northern, which a few days ago
reported a large increase in gross
earnings for the month of January,
Mr. Hill said that it had to be borne
in mind that comparison was being
made with the same period last year
when the road, was greatly handi-
capped by an unusually severe winter.
Mr. Hill, in reply to questions, said
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Woman Commits Suicide.

Philadelphia, Feb. 10.-Miss Harriet
Baird Huey, former president of the
Philadelphia chapter, Daughters of the
American Revolution, committed sui
eide at her home in this city by inhal-
ing Illuminating gas. Efforts were
made to keep the matter secret,
special inquest having been held in
the case by the coroner.
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OBJECTED TO BOARD BILL
Young italian Kills Ono Person and
Wounds Two Others.

& Philadelphia, Feb. .10.-Search is be-
ing made for Pasquale Grasso, young
Italian, who stabbed nineteen-year-old
Marie Cifelli, shot her father and In
stantly killed her brother, aged six
teen years. The father and the girl
are in serious condition. The trag-
sedy was over a board bill. It is said
sGrasEo was a sutton for the hand Of
the girl and refused to pay board on