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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-10-09
DON EXP :R|lMENT'.
You Will Make No Mistake if You
Follow This Bemidji Citizens
Advice.
Never neglect your kidneys.

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Never neglect your kidneys.
If you have pain in the back,
urinary disorders, dizziness and
nervousness, it is time to act and
no time to experiment.. These are
all symptoms Of kidney trouble, and
you should seek remedy which
is known to cure the kidneys.
Doan's Kidney Pills is the remedy
to use. No need to experiment. It
has cured many stubborn cases in
Bemidji. Follow the advice of a
Bemidji citizen and be cured your.
self. .s vi :. :.
Mrs. G. E. Meyer, living at $40
Beltrami ST., Bemidji, Mimi, says:
| have suffered from kidney troubles
for a number of years. There was
a dull pain in the small Of my back
the greater part of the time and I
often suffered from pains in my
loins which made me very miser-
able. I have used great many
remedies but did not receive relief
until three years ago when Doan's
Kidney Pills were brought to my
attention, procured box at the
Owl Drug Store. In short time
l felt better but some time later
had another attack. Doan's Kid
ney Pills gave me just as satisfact-
ori]y results as in the first instance.
1t gives me pleasure to recommend
them to others suffering from kidney
trouble" @ r @@s
For sale by all dealers. Price
50 cents. Foster Milburn Co. Z
Buffalo, New York, sole: agents
for the United States.
Remember the name-Doan's
and take no other. III
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CAUSED SENSATION
IN PHILADELPHIA
Killing Of J. Clayton Eth, Prom
inent Politician. +. :. !: ]

Philadelphia, Oct. THE killing at
Red Gables, his country home near
here, Of Captain J.. Clayton Erb, trust
ed lieutenant and confidential man of
Israel W. Durham, former leader of
the local Republican organization,
caused sensation in this city. Cap
tain: Erb was shot dead by his sister
in-law, Mrs. Katherine Beisel, during
a. quarrel over domestic affairs. He
was extremely well known in all walks
of life in this city and had many
friends throughout the state. ,..
Captain Erb and his wife had had
considerable domestic trouble of late,
their differences becoming so serious
that they finally reached the Delaware
county. courts. Each accused the
other of unbecoming conduct and it
was expected that divorce proceedings
would ultimately be instituted by one
or the other. Notwithstanding their
troubles they continued to live at Red
Gables and quarrels were frequent.
Tells Story Of Tragedy.
According to Mrs. Beisel she heard
an exchange of angry words on the
second floor and on going up the stairs
found Erb beating his wife. Whether
Mrs. Beisel had the revolver with her
at the time or ran into her bedroom
and got 1T vas not disclosed. Accord
ing to her story, as related to the off,
cials on the case, Erb turned from his
wife and started to attack her and,
fearing for her life, she pointed the
revolver at him and fired. She emp.
tied every bullet in the chambers into
Erb's body and he staggered and fell
In his tracks. +. Il. = u
'sClayt" Erb, as he was Familiarity
known, had been prominent figure
Id the Republican political affairs of
this city and state since the ascend
anoy of his friend, Israel w. Durham,
Later Mrs. Beisel repudiated her
confession of the shooting and the
authorities caused the arrest of Mrs
Erb. It was the latter's pistol that
was used in the shooting and the
weapon was found in Mrs. Erb's room
after the tragedy.
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suBsCRIPTI0M:.-s5.0 90 PER ANNuM
Granite Falls Tribune: County

Granite Falls Tribune: County
option is being forced as an issue
when it will never be heard of in
the coming house of the legislature,
but serves to afford an. excuse to the
people who want to support johnson
and must have an excuse for so
doing. Forced to make the state
ment both candidates have said they
would sign bill favoring county
option if passed by the legislature
any where is the percentage between
them on that score? A man shows
his ignorance of conditions who
harps on that proposition to attract
public attention.
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/ IS one OF
He ERS
Deep aterVa ys Convention
Opens at Chicago.
SPEECH EYOKES APPL AUSE

Republican Candidate Discusses Con.
servation Of Our Natural Resources
in General, Naming the Deepening
of Waterways as Factor in the
scheme-Taft and Bryan Guests at
Banquet in the Evening".
Chicago, Oct With William H.
Taft as the principal speaker the
Lakes to the Gulf Deep Waterways
convention got under way and COM
pleted the first session with great
promptitude and success.
4 Judge Taft entered on the heels Of
Governor Deneen Of Illinois amid the
music of many instruments and the
cheering of delegates and visitors,
each one of whom waved a small
American flag till the whole Audi
forum became a ripping sea of red,
white and blue. =. "
The convention was called to order
by President William K. sKavanaugh
Of st. Louis. The body Of the Audi
torium theater was not quite filled,
but as many more delegates and Wis
ftors, easily distinguishable by their
badges, filed the Hobbies of nearby.
hotels. AS the routine business of
the meeting, including the address Of
the president the report Of Secretary
Saunders and the appointment Of COM
mittees proceeded, however, the va
cant seats, became filled and it was a
large audience which greeted the Re
publican standard bearer. e=.
THE United States have longer
haul to the seaboard than any other
country competing for foreign trade -
said Judge Taft. -t.We must overcome
the disadvantage Of the longer haul
by the lesser freight rate, for which
we must look to the waterways, nav
igable all the year round.'' This and
many other statements made by the
speaker provoked applause.
Judge Taft spoke Of the conserva-
ton Of our natural resources in gen.
eral, naming the deepening of water
ways as a factor in the scheme. 1t
was a policy, he said, and not a
project. s z.=s~> ,;t-@@
At the conclusion of his speech
Judge Taft departed for Galesburg.
where he was scheduled to deliver the
principal address at the Lincoln
Douglas celebration.
In the evening Judge Taft and Will
lam J. Bryan were guests at the BAN
quet given by the Chicago Associa-
ton of Commerce. ~
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The 1ndiscretiCn Of Kern.

Mr.. Bryan's running mate on the
Democratic ticket, Mr.. Kern, in the
course of speech in Baltimore Sept.
% declared himself as follows: "Under
our system Of jurisprudence every
man is presumed innocent until his
guilt is satisfactorily shown
This is an amazing statement. 1t
shows that Mr.. Kern has either i'm
perfectly rehearsed the part assigned
to him by Mr.. Bryan or has deliber-
Rtely changed his lines to suit his own
fancy. In any event he is likely to
receive sharp reprimand from his
chief.
It is self evident that if Mr. Kern's
proposition is true of individuals it is
equally true Of corporations. Yet Mr..
Bryan's contention is that the mere
existence Of an interstate corporation
proves that it is lawless organiza-
ton and should be smashed on gen.
eral principles. The idea that such
body has definite legal rights and that
those rights cannot be forfeited except
by due process of law is intolerable to
Mr.. Bryan. He would destroy the
corporations and, if need be, try them
afterward. He complains that the
trust magnates" have not been slap
ped into prison. The fact that they
have not been indicted, tried, convict
ed and sentenced in due form as pre-
scrlbed by law is nothing to him. He
Is reaching out for revolutionized
system, under which the president
shall be judge, jury and executioner,
and he won't be happy until he gets it.
Mr.. Bryan is an advocate of lynch
law for interstate corporations he
has convicted them already and would
subject them to summary execution If
he could have his way. His policies
would not only forfeit the property
rights Of shareholders in such corpora
tons, but would enormously increase
the cost of production and distribu-
ton In many Of our greatest indus
tries. The highly organized methods
which now provide unsurpassed facili-
ties for exchange between producer
and consumer would be seriously in
jured If not actually destroyed by the
application Of the Bryan policies. Who
can doubt that the result would be an
increase in the cost Of production, an
increase In the cost Of transportation
and hence an increase in the cost to
the consumer of commodities SO af
fected?
Mr.. Kern's talk about Furnishing cor
porations only after due process of
law is a grave indiscretion. It Is
contradiction and almost betrayal Of
the whole Bryan programme. The
Nebraska agitator has already entered
q verdict Of guilty against the corpora
lions and passed the death sentence
upon them. His policy is, due process
Of law be hanged, and the corporations
along with itv' -. :. =
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It is commended here, will prove fatal
TO the future of Servia. .-.
The Servian parliament has been
summoned in extraordinary session
Tor Oct. 10.
The popular clamor for a war with
Austria-Hungary continues unabated.
Special steps have been taken to
insure the safety of Austrians in Ser
via.
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cation and III this respect The e;viI-
dence is regarded as favorable to the
accused officer
Lieutenant Evans admitted during
the hearing that he had left the deck
while on watch, but presented evil
sdence to show that he went below. to
zquell a slight disturbance. s5ssa
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The sheath gown fad proved as
feeting as one of Colonel Bryan's poll
cies ~.
! In the case Of Bryan it Is question
not Of what he would, do for the peo-
pie, but of what he would do to the
people. .s$s
Bryan Is as shy about his abandoned
issues as are some stars in the theat-
rical armament about the matrimonial
alliances they have severed.
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DENIES BEING INT0xI0ATFD

Evidence Concluded in Evans Court
martial Case.
Manila, Oct. THE taking Of tes-
timony in the case Of Lieutenant
Frank T. Evans Of the battleship Lou
isiana, courtmartialed on a charge Of
absenting himself from his post while
officer Of the deck, disrespect to his
superior officers and intoxication, has
been concluded.
The chief contest by the defense
/ was against the allegation OF intoxi-
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SENDS PROTE
TO he POWERS
.SerVia Objects to Anneza-
ton Of Provinces.
PEOPLE CLAMOR FOR War

Feeling Of Hostility Against Austria
Hungary Continues Unabated and
Steps Have Been Taken to Insure
the Safety of Austrians in Servia.
Extraordinary Session of Servian
Parliament Summoned. j. a
Belgrade, servia, Oct. The gov
eminent has addressed an energetic
protest to the signatories of the Ber-
lin treaty against Austria Hungary's
breach of the provisions Of the treaty
In Selling the occupied provinces of
Bosnia and Herzegovina. This step,
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Advised to Reconsider Action.

London, Oct. In reply to the no.
tidoatfon of Austria Hungary's inten-
tions with regard to the provinces OF
Bosnia and Herzegovina the British
government made practically the same
reply it did to Bulgaria when informed
Of that country's declaration of indie.
pendence and the British ambassador
at Vienna has been instructed to urge
upon the Austro-Hungarian govern
ment the necessity Of reconsid ering
ia action. .
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Isn't it too bad that the Demo-
Gratis cannot dig up something
bad in Jacobson's past-and with
eighteen years of public life to
dig in, too?-Foley Independent.
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BRYAN AND MACK CONFER
Democratic Candidate Says the Tide
Is Strong His Way.

= Is StrUHg IT'S Way.
Chicago, Oct. PLANS for the final
weeks of the Democratic campaign
were outlined and discussed at con-
ference between William J. Bryan and
Norman E. Mack, chairman of the
Democratic national committee. The
conference was held in Mr.. BryaD's
room, where he rested for a couple e
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JEROME QUITS THAW CASE
Court Finally Refuses to Transfer the
Hearing.

SSNl = : % W - eIlolS 81 #IHe
Hearing.
White Plains, N Y, Oct. After
charging that Harry X. ThaW, who
killed Stanford White in the summer
of 1906 in the Madison Square Roof
Garden, was still a dangerous para
snoiac and recently had threatened to
kill himself, District Attorney Jerome
withdrew from the. case when Justice
Mills refused to transfer the hearing
on the question of Thaw's sanity from
Westchester to New York county
Thereupon Justice Mills declared that
he would name two experts to exam
inc Thaw as to his sanity between
now and Saturday and settle the case
upon their report on Monday.
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NOTICES OF ANNEXATION

Proclamations Posted in Bosnia and
Herzegovina. -sI So
sarayevo, Bosnia, Oct. The i'm
peflal proclamation setting forth the
annexation of Bosnia and Herzego-
VIVA to Austria-Hungary has been
posted throughout the occupied prov
hees. The announcement has been
given mixed reception.
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EXCITEMENT IN CRETE.

movement 0nuer way f0f a Union
With Greece.
Geqea, Island of Crete, Oct. 1.-The
events h Southeastern Europe, the in
dependence of Bulgaria and the an
hexatton Of Bosnia and Herzegovina
IRE having their effect here. The
Cretans are preparing a coup d'etat in
favor Of union with Greece.
Athens, Oct. dispatches received
here from Canea announce that the
people Of Crete have proclaimed the
unten of that island with Greece,
Panama City pilot., 1908-07-02
St JOSEPH AND lola
RAILROAD.

THE undersigned announce to the public tha'
l. the st Joseph lola Railroad is COM
plete for purposes of transportation.
Cars suitable for the transportation of all kinds
of merchandise, building materials, and live stock
are provided.
A wharf and warehouse are erected at the
ChipOla Depot, where goods and produce to am
from the interior will be received and delivered
The houses and sheds attached to the Railroad
at lola and st Joseph are large and cOmmodious,s
and cotton and other merchandise if so directed
will be placed at either point under cover.
The despatch, economy and safety with which
merchandise and produce may be transported by
the new route, through the city of st Joseph,
when practically tested, will be fully appre-
ciated by discerning public, and all the under
signed now ask is, that the Planters, Cotton
buyers, and Merchants of the interior will make
the, experiment conf dert that it ki,. .fsui: ~
their profit and satisfaction.
RATES OF CHARGES ESTABLISHED ON THE
ST JOSEPH & lola RAILROAD.
Panama City pilot., 1908-07-02
orida. July 2nd 1908. No. 6

seph, and l think one of its promo
tiers.
He said the location was selected
because of the harbor on the magni-
ticent bay of that name, but realizing
that there was no back country to
support town, the construction of a
railway was determined on as a part
of the enterprise. The road was %
miles long, was actually construct
ed from St. Joseph to lola, point
on the Apalachicola river, the eXpec-
tatiOn of the promotion being that it
would divert the trade or part Of it,
from the town of Apalachicola to st.
Joseph.
The road failed signally to accom-
plish anything; this from several rea-
sons. The people at ApalachicOla
realizing that the success of st.
Joseph meant the wiping out of their
town, fought the enterprise tooth and
nail, and then they had the longest
purse. Then again they, the Apa-
lachicOlians, were chiefly New Eng
landers, and in a scrimmage of that
kind they could give odds and win
out.
Panama City pilot., 1908-07-02

Railroad construction was, in those
days, in it's infancy. The Baltimore
& Ohio, the South Carolina Central,
and few others built about the same
time were all the railroads in the
United States, so that our little road
to lola had many difficulties to con-
tend with here, and much to learn as
it progressed.
Such difficulties might have been
overcome in time but about that time
the town of st Joseph was visited by
a virulent epidemic of yellow fever
that killed hundreds of people. | re-
member it well for my mother was
one of the stricken. She recovered
however.
Then it was that the people had
but one thought, and that was to get
away from there by every and any
means, so that within about a year
after the yellow fever, St Joseph was
a bowling wilderness, without soul
left to tell the tale. The houses, and
even the brick chimnies were torn
down and carted away, so that Mr..
Sheppard in writingto me afterwards
said only fence post here and there
was left to show for the city of St.
Joseph, which
Left in sober minds a sense of some mys-
FERROUS Providence,
In saving that"
Panama City pilot., 1908-07-02

bed can be found some heart pieces
of the long lived yellow pine that wero
so filled with resin as to defy the raw
ages of the years, and at the termin-
US on the bay are two stringers Of
this same material, that project from
the sand bank that has drifted over
them.
At nearby turpentine still hangs
a driving axle of one of the early
locomotives, which is now used to
call the men from quarters. Our cut
shows this relic as it is now being used.
These few silent mementOs, and the
leveled grade and narrow cutting
through the timber, are all that now
mark the terminus of this remarkable
railroad
In these columns will be found fac
SMILES of the advertisements of the
company operating the railroad,
which are of interest as showing rail
road practice and methods at that
date. The road however was never
self supporting, and with the epidem-
ic Of yellow fever that nearly depOp-
ulated the city in 1871, the road was
deserted, and soon became but path
Panama City pilot., 1908-07-02
St Joseph Company.

At the annual meeting of the stockholders of
the Lake Wimico and st Joseph Canal and Rail
road Company the following gentlemen were
elected Directors of the Company for the ensu-
ing year:
John Fontaine, John Jenkins, j. g. Gamble,
H. S. Smith, r. c. Allen, E. j. Hardin, Geo W.
Smith, Seaborn Jones, T. B. Howard, F. G. Glib
son, L. W. Dubois, j. L. SmallWood.
AT a subsequent meeting of the Directors John
Fontaine ESQ. of Columbus, was chosen Presi-
dent, T. B. Howard, Esq. late President, declin-
ing reelection
Panama City pilot., 1908-07-02

Mr.. Warham Cromwell, r. |. Moses
and | think Mr.. John DeBlois, left
St. Joseph for Columbus, Ga, and
others scattered to different points,
| do not know where. My personal
"reminiscences are of too trivial
character to write about, being when
| left there but small boy. Never
theless it has been one of the hopes
of my life that l be permitted to see
the old spot once more.
Panama City pilot., 1908-07-02
From St Joseph Times, 1S39-4O
Railroad Notice.

THE cars will run as follows between st Joseph
- and lola, until further notice.
Will leave st Joseph every morning at So
o'clock a. m.
And arrive at lola, at 1919 o'clock a.
Will leave lola every afternoon at 1-2 O'Clock,
p. M, and
Arrive at st Joseph at p. m.
Passengers are requested to procure tickets
at the Office before the starting of the cars,
an no person will be allowed to take a seat with
out his name is entered on the way bill.
All goods not deived at the Railroad Depot by
O'Clock, a. m, will be left till the succeeding
train.
JOHN ID. MAY,
st Joseph, Nov 1St 1899.
Panama City pilot., 1908-07-02
MERIDIAN

On each bale of Cotton per bale, Is
Hhds, Bills, half or casks, Tierces
Boxes, Bales or Packages of Merchan-
die, at the rate of per Dbl. 10
On each bag of Salt Coffee, Pepper
and Pimento Corn, Oats, or Grain of
any kind not measuring over feet,
per bag 10
On all Iron castings, Kegs of Shot,
Lead, or Nails, Grind Stones, Mill
Stones, and all heavy articles at rate
of per 100 lbs 5
Lumber, &c per 1000 feet 50 30
Bricks per 1000 SO 90
Shingles, put up in bundles, per 1000 30
Shingles per 1000 in bulk 81 90
Slaves, per 1000 So 90
Hoop poles, per 1000 90
Wood, per cord 50 90
Pine or Oak Logs per cubic foot
Cedar logs per lineal foot IL
Gigs and Carts, each 81 90
Four wheel Carriages, each 81 %
LIVE STOCK.
Horses and Oxen, per head SO 90
Cows and Calves, per head 50 90
Sheep and Hogs, per head 20
Poultry, per hundred 81 90
WHARFAGE.
Each bale of cotton, per bale
On each Barrel of Merchandise, per
On all other heavy goods, per 1OOOlbs 10
STORAGE.
The following rates UiU be charged for all goods
&c, stored in the Compdny'S Warehouses.
On each bale of cotton, not
exceeding go days ID
On each barrel of Merchandise, &c, not
exceeding 60 days, per Dbl III
On all measurement goods, per foot
On castings and all heavy articles, per
100 lbs D
JOHN D. GRAY,
st Joseph, October 2sth, 1889
Panama City pilot., 1908-07-02

Our pictures show all that now re-
mains of this early work of men who
foresaw the possibilities of transport
tation over iron rails, moved by steam
power. Here and there in the road
Panama City pilot., 1908-07-02

In its issue of July 18th, 1910, there is
an ordinance prohibiting locomotives
passing through certain portions of
the city of StJOseph under steam"
it being feared that if permitted to do
so it might cause fires. Being depriv-
ed of steam pOwer trains must have
been handled through the prohibited
territory by horses or mules. Such
a restriction sounds queer to present
day readers.
The ordinance reads:
"Inasmuch as great danger is daily
to be apprehended from fire by the
Locomotive Engines running into the
city by steam: