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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-02-22


struction Of a fleet of battleships, but
also a certain amount of photographic
work at several of the ports of Rus
STA. The expenditures involved amount
to $1,07S,000,000 and increase yearly
from the $43,5O0,000 already included
in the budget of 1908 for the laying
down of four new battleships to a
maximum of $125 100000 in the year
1a14. The expenditure then decreases
to $S5,O00,000 in 1918 and the subse-
quent expenditures are to be main
tanned at this figure. One of the fea-
lures of the programme is duplicate
complement Of guns for every ship to
be constructed.
In reply to a question Admiral Wi
renius, chief of the. general staff Of
the navy, declares that the Russian
yards would be able to handle and
complete the entire programme, in
Guiding the installation Of turbine ma
chinery and other late developments
in naval construction. The first ships
called for are to be completed in four
years and the others in three years
after they are laid down.
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Maintaining His Argument.

One night at Brooks when Coke was
present Fox. in allusion to something
that had been said, made very dis
paraging remark about government
powder. Adam, attorney general to
the Prince Of Wales. who heard it, con-
sidered it a personal reflection and
sent Fox challenge. At the time ap-
pointed Fox went out and took his sta
ton, standing full face to his adver-
sary. Fitzgerald pointed out to him
that he ought to stand sideways
What does it matter?' protested Fox
81 am as thick one way as the other!"
The signal to fire was given. Adam
fired, but Fox did not. His seconds,
greatly excited, told him that he must
fire. "I'll be - If I do!' said Fox
81 have no quarrel" Whereupon the
two adversaries advanced to shake
hands. adam" said Fox complacent-
ly, you'd have killed me if it hadn't
been for the badness Of government
powder."-London Bellman.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-02-22
MOTHERS PLEA UNAVAIlING
Asks Courts clemency for kidnappsrs
Of Her Child.

Chicago, Feb. 21.-Mrs Oscar Wulff,
mother of Lillian Wulff, after an in
tensely dramatic trial in which both
she and her husband appeared as wit
nssses against the kidnappers Of their
eight-year-old daughter and during
which the mother interrupted the pro-
oeedings of the court by historical
sobbing as the little girl told of the
cruelty which she had suffered at the
hands of her captors, cried out in pro-
test when Judge Kersten sentenced
the abductors, William Jones and his
wife, Alzina Jones, to thirty and
twenty five years, respectively, in the
state prison at Joliet.
It was too severe, she declared. She
had not supposed the law would i'm
pose any such penalty as that. The
child was safe now and she was sure
there was no need of such fearful
punishment.
The mothers pleas, uttered in in.
tensely dramatic tones, brought the
case to close. It was with difficulty
that Mrs. Wulff finally was quieted
sufficiently to be led away by her hus-
band. The Judge refused to be moved
by her words and allowed the SEN
tence to stand.
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SENATOR zzLATIMERz.DE
Had Represented South Carolina ir
Congress for Years.

Had Represented South Carolina in
Congress for Years.
Washington, Feb. Ex-senator AS.
bury G. Latimer of South Carolina
died at Providence hospital of peri.
tonitis. He had been at the hospital
since Sunday last, when he underwent
an operation for appendicitis. It was
then discovered that he was suffering
with far more serious ailment. The
bowels had become twisted and his
condition was such that surgeons held
out little hope for his recovery.
Senator Tillman announced the
death of his colleague when the sen.
ate convened and Immediately ad.
journment was taken.
Senator Latimer was born July 81,
1851, near Lowndesville, S. c.; was
brought up on his fathers farm !;
spent much Of his life in active par
ticipation in agricultural pursuits ;
was educated in the common schools
then existing; took IN active part in
the memorable campaign of 1875; was
elected to the Fifty-third, Fifty-fourth,
Fifty-1fth, Fifty-sixth and Fifty-sev-
enth congresses; was elected to the
United States senate over J. q. Evans
to succeed John L. McLaurin and took
his seat March 4, 1903.
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Some Theatrical Jokes.

In a performance of 'eThe Lady of
the Lake. the actor who took the part
Of Roderick Dhu was known to be in
pecuniary difficulties. When Roderick
gave the line, II am Roderick Dhu,"
Fitzjames responded, eyes, and your
rents due too" On the production Of
a piece called ''The Spy the early
acts showed that it was going to prove
q failure. So when at certain point
a character had to rush on and shout,
Five hundred pounds for the spyv'
the author-actor, who was concealed
behind rock, arose and cried, cts
yours = copyright, manuscript and
partsv That was the end Of the per-
Torrance.
When eating takes place on the
stage, the temptations to play tricks
with the food are naturally great. In
"Henry "" the leek which that mimi
table braggart Pistol has to eat Is
usually made from an apple. But on
one occasion at Sadler's Wells the
Fluellen Of the evening gave him a
real onion, and he had no choice but
to struggle through it, though the
tears coursed down his fat cheeks
Cornhill Magazine.
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The SAUSAGE.

The sausage dates back to the year
S97. It-has been asserted that the
Greeks in the days Of Homer manufac
tured sausages, but this prehistoric
mixture had nothing. in common with
our modern product. The ancient so
called sausage was composed Of the
same materials which enter into the
makeup Of the boudin of the French
market and the blood pudding of the
French Canadian. The ancient sausage
was enveloped in the stOmachs of
goats. 1T was not until the tenth cen
tury that sausage made Of hashed pork
became known. 1t was in or near the
year 1900 that. thanks TO the introduc-
ton into Germany of cinnamon and
saffron, the sausages of Frankfort and
Strassburg acquired universal repu.
tation.
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Stevenson as He Talked.

Stevenson as He Talked.
He used to stand on the hearth rug in
the smoking room, says Walter Crane
in his IAN Artists "reminiscences Of
Robert Louis Stevenson, the center Of
an admiring circle, and discourse very
much in the same style as that in
which he wrote It gave one the i'm
preston of artiiciality rather-I mean
his manner Of speaking and choice of
words, as if carefully selected and cul-
tivated. If a remark was offered by
one of the company he would perhaps
accept it and turn about, much as a
conjurer does when he borrows hand
kerchief or a hat from some one in his
audience, or perhaps he would work it
into his next sentence, returning it to
his interlocutor improved wrapped in
silver paper, metaphorically speaking.
His personal appearance was quite as
unusual as his speech-a long, pale,
thin face and lank hair, quick and pen
etrating eyes and a rather sardonic
smile. The world in general, especial
~ in clubland, wore white shirts and
collars as rule, but Stevenson sported
black ones.
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Endowment for Spelling Matches,

Andover, Mass, Feb. 21.-The will
OF Vernum Lincoln, just probated,
leaves $500 to the treasurer Of the
town of Andover in trust for the pur-
pose of providing prizes for the an
nual old fashioned spelling matches
to take place here. 1t is provided
that the matches shall take place In
a public hall, the contestants being
between ten and eighteen years old,
the old fashioned method of "choos-
Ing up" to be used. Prizes of $40, Sc
and 81 are to be awarded yearly to
the three who are last to be Spelled
down."
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-02-22
A Queer Ad.

can italian with piano organ was
turning the handle of his machine rap
idly, but not note was to be heard. I
stopped at once. What on earth could
be the matter?"
The speaker, an advertising agent,
smiled.
"Finally," he said, II went up close
to the man.
ga breakdown asked.
'He pointed to small placard on
the organs front, and read:
"'The interior of the instrument has
been removed. The relief that in con-
sequence you experience is as nothing
compared with that which immediate
~ follows a dose Of Sure Cure Cough
Mixture
cit was an original ad.," the expert
ended, land 1 followed it up. From
what the Sure Cure people told me,
found that the same ingenuity and
money put in legitimate newspaper
advertising would have brought SO per
cent more returns" = New Orleans
Times Democrat.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-02-22
NELL TO INVESTIGATE
Labor Commissioner Ordered to
St Paul by the President.
WAGES OF RAILROAD MEN
Government Official Will Confer With
Receivers of the Chicago Great
Western Relative to Present condi-
tion of That System.

Washington, Feb. Labor Com
missioner Charles P. Neill has left
Washington for St. Paul, where he
will confer with officials of the Chi
cago Great Western road relative to a
proposed reduction in wage scale to
its employees.
Commissioner Neill goes by direc-
ton of the president, who is deter
mined to ascertain the exact situa-
ton concerning the proposed wage
reduction by several systems. The
president thinks that some one is mis-
repres enting the situation relative to
present conditions. 1t has been
claimed that the Hepburn rate act
has not reduced rates but increased
them and that there is more business
waiting for many roads than there are
cars to handle it.
The Chicago Great Western was the
first to give notice of a reduction of
wages, the line being in the hands of
a receiver, and the receivers have
asked for conference with employees
of the road March 8.
The Louisville and Nashville and
other lines also propose reductions.
Labor organizations have protested
against this proposed cut and made
an appeal to the arbitration provisions
of the Erdman act at the first move
of the railroads to reduce wages in
the hope that a check may be admin
istered.
The fear of the railroad employees
that the roads are preparing for a big
cut all down the line was first brought
to the attention of President Roose-
welt and the interstate commerce
commission by w. S. Stone, grand
chief of the Brotherhood of Locomo-
tive Engineers. He said the employees
have reason to believe general reduc-
lions covering the whole country are
being planned. The arbitrator un-
der the Erdman act are Chairman
Knapp Of the interstate commerce
commission and Commissioner of La
Dor Neill.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-02-22
He Came Back at Her.

MANY mendicants," said a New
York charity official, "are humbugs,
and we do well to refuse their requests
for help. What excellent digs, though,
they sometimes give us in return. l
remember the case Of a farmers wife
who refused a tramp nights lodging.
We'll, then, ma'am,' said the tramp,
would you mind if I slept in that big
meadow there behind your barn?
"'No,' said the woman, you may
sleep there if you like
"'One thing more, ma'am,' said the
tramp, before say good night. Will
you please have me called at 4 O'clock
sharp? I want to catch the cattle
train to market"
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-02-22
Great Events From Little Causes.

=
While staying at the court of Fred
erick II. Of Prussia Voltaire presented
Nine. de Pompadour's compliments to
the king, who scornfully replied, "Je
ne la connais pas" Out of vengeance
for SO much insult, as she deemed it,
madame induced the weakminded Lou
is XIV. to convert his country's long
standing hostility against Austria into
friendship. A Franco-Austrian army
then took the field against Prussia,
and as it was an easy matter for ma
dane to enlist the practical sympathy
of Elizabeth Of Russia, who had been
the subject Of Frederick's indiscreet
remarks also, half million lives were
lost.-London Notes and Queries.
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Date of GilIette's Execution.

Albany, N. Y, Feb. 2,.-Chester E.
Gillette of Cortland, convicted of the
murder of his sweetheart, Grace
Brown, is to die in the electric chair
during the week beginning March 80.
The court of appeals, which unani.
mously sustained the judgment of con.
viction of murder in the first degree,
has fixed the new date for the execu.
ton of the death sentence.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-02-22
General Francis s. Dodge Dead.

Washington, Feb. .-Brigadier
General Francis S. Dodge, U. S. A.,
retired, who was awarded a medal of
honor by congress for distinguished
gallantry at the battle of White River
in Colorado in the Indian campaign in
the sixties, is dead at his residence
here. General Dodge served with the
Twenty-third Massachusetts volunteer
regiment during the Civil war. He
was sixty-six years old.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-02-22
Bank Cashier pleads Guilty.

Norfolk, Va, Feb. 21.-Alex B. Butt,
cashier of the wrecked Peoples bank
of Portsmouth, Va, pleaded guilty
upon three of the twenty-five tndict-
ments against him and after making
restitution to the depos1tors to the
extent Of $4,000 on the total shortage
Of $252,066 was sentenced by Judge
Balm to three years in the peniten-
tiary and to pay. 9 fine Of 81 ,184.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-02-22
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY.
Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine Tablets
Druggists refund money If 1t fails to cure
~. w. GROVES signature is on each box,
NOTICE OF APPLICATION
for
LIQUOR LICENSE
STATE OF MINNESOTA, j
County of Beltrami IS.

STATE Gegn GE d Ff RslsFani SIS
City of Bemidji
!, n Notice is hereby given; That application
council of said city Of Bemidji and fled
in my office. praying for license to sell intox-
icating liquors for the term commencing on
arch LIST, 1908, and terminating on M arch 1,
1909. by the following persons. and at the
following place. as stated in said application
respectively. towit:
GENNEs & LAYON. Copartners,,
At and in the front room. first floor. of that
certain two story frame building located on
site of Bemidji. Minnesota.
Said application will be heard and deter
mined by said city council of the city of Be-
midi at the city clerks Office in the city
hall IN said sal city Of Bemid1i in Beltrami
the 24th day Of February. A. ID 1908. at s
o'clock p. M. OF that day.
Witness my hand and seal OF said city this
10th day Of February. A. D 1905. -
[sEALl THOMAS MALOY,
City Clerk.
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Wanted in New York State,

Portland, Ore, Feb. 21.-Howard G.
Green, formerly private secretary to
J. G. Fargo, president of the Amer
lean Express company, was arrested
here at the request of the New York
state authorities on charges of forgery
and defaIcation.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-02-22
DENIES WHITEWAsH STORY
Ex-Governor Pennypacker on Stand in
Graft Trial.

Harrisburg, Pa, Feb. 2 Former
Governor Pennypacker, in his testi-
mony at the state capitol conspiracy
trial, denied the statement of Stan
ford B. Lewis, assistant to Architect
Joseph M. Huston, that the Hus ton
letter to former Attorney General Car
son was prepared at conference be-
tween Pennypacker, Lewis and former
Auditor General Snyder, one of the
defendants. T..
Mr.. Pennypacker declared that
when Lewis stated that this letter
was intended to be a "whitewash'' he
stated what was absolutely false.
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WOMAN GOES TO PRISON.
Mrs. Aimee Lloyd Pleads Guilty at
Rochester, MINI.

Mrs. Aimee Lloyd Pleads Guilty at
Rochester, MINI.
Rochester, Mimi, Feb. z'.-Mrs.
Aimee Lloyd, the famous woman in
brown" who is charged with swim
ding business men of Washington,
Baltimore and other Eastern cities by
means of forged checks and who was
arrested and bound over here in De-
cember for obtaining merchandise
and money from business mon of
Rochester under false ~pretenses,
pleaded guilty in the district court
and was sentenced to the state re-
forn1atory. She is twenty-four years
of age and will remain in the reforma-
tory until released by the state board
of control. .... .... -....... T.. ~
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-02-22
Kicks Shoes OF After Drop Falls

Philadelphia, Feb. 21.-William H.
Johnson, negro, was hanged here
for the murder of his wife, whom he
shot eighteen months ago because of
jealousy. After the drop Johnson
struggled so violently that he kicked
his shoes loose and they dropped sew
eral feet from the gallows
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-02-22
Many Girl. Overcome by Smoke.

Philadelphia, Feb. 21.-Several hum
dred girls employed in the large hos
iery mill Of Thomas Henry & Sons
were driven from their work by fire
which destroyed the mill. About
twenty of the girls were overcome
by smoke, but they soon revived after
reaching the street. The loss is
$4,000,
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-02-22
PHYSICAL GeoS~anb,

The following answer was recently
given in geography examination in
reply to the question, "From what di-
rection do most of our rains Gomez"
Most Of our rains come straight
down, but some of them come side
ways
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GENERAL STOESSEL,

acquitted. s.. -
The court recommends that the
death sentence upon Stoessel be COM
muted .to:ten years. imprisonment in
a fortress and that he be excluded
from the service. -. =~-..--
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A Safety Match.

"Papa, what is a safety match?"
Nj. Henpecked Cooking carefully
about to see If his wife is within hear
ing)-A safety match, son, is when a
baldheaded man marries an aImless
woman!
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-02-22
M0ORs AGAIN ROUTED.
French Engaged in Further Fighting
in Morocco.

in Morocco.
Paris, Feb. 21.-Dispatches giving
further details of the fighting in Mo-
rocco have been received here from
General d'Amade, the French COM
mander-in-chief. He relates that the
French lost four men killed and TWEEN
ty-seven men wounded in two new
engagements on Feb. 10 in the vicin-
ity of Fidallah, forty-five miles south
west of Rabat. The Moors were rout-
ed in each encounter General
d'Amade is preparing to make con-
centrated and impressive attack on
the enemy at point not far from
Abdel Merlin.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-02-22
WILL SUSTAIN PRESIDENT
Senate Committee to Vote on Browns
Vile Question.

Washington, Feb. 21.-The Browns
vile question will be voted on by the
senate committee on military affairs
on Tuesday next, according to an
agreement reached. The majority of
the committee will vote to endorse
the action of the president in dismiss
ing three companies of negro soldiers
of the Twsnty-fifth infantry on &C
count of the raid on the Texas town.
Senator Foraker will make minority
report. 1t has not been determined
how many will join in his view.
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INVOLVES $1,078, 900, 900.
Russian Naval Programme Submitted
to the Duma.

st. Petersburg, Feb. 21.-Represen-
tatives OF the Russian admiralty have
submitted to the commission of ma
tional defense of the duma the fnan-
oial outline of the much discussed ma
val programme. The matter was dis
cussed with open doors instead of in
private, as had been expected.
The programme is to be completed
in 1917 and includes not only the con-
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A fathers pride in his children's
music is based largely upon what it
cost him.
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Do all the work you can; there are
lots of lazy men who will do the
rest.
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OBSERVATIONS.
by "Doc"l
Even a kleptomaniac may take the
cake-in bakery.
By holding her tongue a woman
can keep man guessing.
Do all the work you can; there are
lots of lazy men who will do the
rest.
A fathers pride in his children's
music is based largely upon what it
cost him.
Some men imagine they are decent
because they wear a clean collar
every day.
Some men keep their religion
locked up in safety deposit vault
six days of the week.
When man kisses girl for the
first time she tries to act so that he
will think it is her first experience.
After getting the average man
started on his hobby nothing short
of a steam street roller can stop
him.
If it wasn't for getting her front
hair mussed no girl would object to
being kissed against her will once in
awhile.
Many a man who gives up a dollar
to the church on Sunday, expects
the Lord to give him back $40 the
next day.
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Some men imagine they are decent
because they wear a clean collar
every day.
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STOEssEL IS CONVICTED.

Death Sentence Accompanied by Rec
ommendatlon for CIemency.
st. Petersburg, Feb. 21.-General
Stoessel, charged with surrendering
Port Arthur to the Japanese, has been
condemned to death. General Fock
has been reprlmanded and General
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-02-22

Some men keep their religion
locked up in a safety deposit vault
six days of the week.
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When a man kisses a girl for the
first time she tries to act so that he
will think it is her first experience.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-02-22

Many man who gives up dollar
to the church on Sunday, expects
the Lord to give him back $40 the
next day.
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Even kleptomaniac may take the
cake-in bakery.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-02-22

After getting the average man
started on his hobby nothing short
of a steam street roller can stop
him.
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If it wasn't for getting her front
hair mussed no girl would object to
being kissed against her will once in
awhile.
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By holding her tongue a woman
can keep man guessing.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-10-23
TALK OF THE TOWN.
PubIIo bath Al Hotel otI., 25c.

Publlc bath nc Hotel Gus, zoe,
A few childrens heavy coats at half
price at Abbott's.
Three pairs of warranted hose at Alb
bolts for $l00.
You get more for your money at the
Central Market.
More Of those 25c Arnold suitings TO
close at l2lac yard at yaughan's
Look up D. A. Perry's Real Estate
agency's ads in the for sale column for
bargains IN real estate.
A Scotch dance win be held in Miles
hall, Saturday, Oct. "a, at 1880 p. m.
Gentlemen so cents, ladies free.
James N. Gall returned yesterday from
Camden, Me-, where he acted as grooms.
man at the Stoughton. Mann wedding,
Deer hunters should 60 to the Frank
MeWhorter Co. for their outfit heavy
lined coats, sweaters, shirts, hose, gloves,
etc.
Come to our store any time and we
will put our time against yours showing
you our line Of ranges and heaters, We
are headquarters. Reynolds & Son.
Mrs. w. +. Root, who has been visiting
the past few days at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. d. +, Davis and attending the
ladies' week festivities at Montpelier, re.
turneu to-day 70 her home in Brattle-
boro