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The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1908-04-13
RECENTLY LOST FORTUNE
Prominent New York Lawyer Com
nitS Suicide

New York, April 1l.-Charles A.
Murphey, prominent lawyer and real
estate dealer, committed suicide in a
room in the Astor House by shooting
through the head. A brief note which
Murphey left for his wife showed that
he had planned to kill himself. He
was president of the Brooklyn Heights
Improvement company and secretary
and treasurer Of the Key West (Fla.)
Electric company. His suicide is at
tributed to financial troubles.
A few months ago Mr.. Murphey con-
sidered himself worth between $780,
900 and 100000, mostly tied up in
the Key West company. Through an
unfortunate syndicate operation he is
said to have lost control of this prop
erty and all his assets were swept
away. The blow completely discour-
aged him.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1908-04-13
ON SHILOH battlefield,
Monument Erected by State of Min
nesota Dedicated.

Shiloh Battlefield, Tenn, April NJ
The monument erected by the state of
Minnesota in the national park at Shi-
lob to the memory of the Minnesota
soldiers who fell on that battlefield
was dedicated here. Governor John
son and his staff, accompanied by a
party of fifty prominent men of Min
nesota, were present and participated
in the dedicatory exercises. Ideal
spring weather prevailed
General L. F. Hubbard, chairman of
the Minnesota monument commission,
presided and Governor Johnson made
the principal address. He confined
his remarks mainly to paying tribute
to the men who fell in battle, but took
occasion to say that the recent de-
cision by the supreme court in the
railroad rate case was an unhappy
one and made an ardent plea for state
rights.
G. G. Andrews of st. Paul, secretary
of the commission, also delivered an
address. .
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1908-04-13
INVITED TO MEET IN LONDON
Experts to Formulate Plans for Inter-
national Prize Court.

Washington, April ..-Great Brit
ain has invited the governments which
participated in the last Hague confer
ence to send experts to London whose
duties shall be to formulate a code of
procedure for the proposed interna-
tional prize court, the establishment
of which is provided for in one of the
treaties resulting from the conference.
The American government will be rep
resented at the London conference.
This conference is regarded as infor-
NAL in character and the participation
of the United States will require no
legislation except perhaps a small ap-
preparation to meet the expenses Of
the American representatives. The
date for the conference has not been
fixed.
1t is indicated here that the ratifi-
cation of the treaty providing for this
court will doubtless be delayed by the
nations until after the report of this
body of experts has been made.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1908-04-13
SUBsCRlPTI0N.--s5.O 90 PER ANNUM
THE EVENING NEWS.

The Bemidji Evening News, with
the Christensen Publishing company
as publishers and Chris Christensen
as editor and manager, made its
appearance Saturday evening.
In his announcement to the public
Mr.. Christensen says, among other
things: The Evening News is
under no obligations to any person,
party, faction, interest, or corpora
tion," and also that The Evening
News will be no temper Try institu-
tion."
The new daily starts out with a
fair amount of advertising, and the
news columns contain considerable
up-to-date matter.
Whether the newspaper field of
Bemidji will be able to support two
daily papers is question which will
be determined in the future; and if
the Evening News is, as it's editor
and manager claims for it, no
temporary institution" the people of
Bemidji will have the best there is
in the way of "boosting" the city.
In the meantime, we extend our
hand to our new contemporary,
believing that there is nothing too
good for Bemidji.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1908-04-13
Bridegroom Accused of Murder.

Minneapolis, April L.-William
Griswold, bridegroom, will have to
face the charge of having shot and
killed Bennie Navaratil, aged six, who
innocently Joined a charivari party
and serenated Griswold and his bride
at Hopkins. Griswold denies that he
committed the crime and asserts that
another man across the street, who
had a grudge against him, commenced
shooting at him and missed and
struck the boy. The police give little
credence to the story.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1908-04-13
Catholic Priest Ends His Life.

Albany, N. Y, April 1.l.-Rev. JOS
eph Graham, rector of the Roman
Catholic Church of the Blessed Sacra-
ment; killed himself by shooting in
the vestry of his church. He was
native of Albany and brother of
State Bank Examiner Edward J. Gra-
ham. Father Graham was about
forty-fve years old and was regarded
as one of the most brilliant men in
the Albany diocese. He has recently
been in poor health and respondent.
His friends believe that he was tenn
porarily insane.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1908-04-13
CANNOT EXPLAIN IT
Russian Press Discusses Action
OF American Consul.
OFFICIAL NOTE is PROBABLE
st. Petersburg Government Expected
to Issue Statement Reiterating That
Country's Claim to Control of Rail-
road Zone in Manchuria.

. ~ 'SoaS S1easStitCtt NSitSFdtN1S nat
Country's Claim to Control of Rail-
road Zone in Manchuria.
st. Petersburg, April 1t is the
purpose of the Russian government
shortly to issue a statement in the
matter of the question of territorial
administration that has arisen at Har-
bin and Chailar. 1t is understood that
this announcement will reassert the
attitude set forth recently in Wash
ington by Baron Rosen, the Russian
ambassador there. This entire uues-
ton was brought to the front about
three weeks ago by the refusal of F.
D. Fisher, the American consul at
Harbin, to recognize Russian jurisdic-
tion and his insistence that he was
accredited solely TO China.
The Novoe Vremya publishes a dis
patch from Harbin detailing the prog
ress of the conflict and saying that
the antagonism between Russia and
OIAASt 10 S1O"AASo SCCctllly. SLlud W.
poses all Russian administrative es-
Establishments in Manchuria on the
ground that the railroad concession
carries with it only the rights of a
common carrier and does not imply
governmental functions.
The incident continues to engross
the attention of the st. Petersburg
press, but the comment is somewhat
one sided, owing to absence of infor-
nation regarding the attitude of the
American government. The Novoe
Vremya sharply criticises the foreign
office for suppressing Secretary Roots
statement of April 7, as we'll as the
details of the interview of April be-
tween Secretary Root and Baron Ro-
sen, neither of which has been COM
municated to the newspapers here.
The paper says that the attitude of
China is due to belief in the weak
ness Of Russia, but it can find no eX-
PLANTATION for the American opposition
to measures taken in compliance with
existing treaties and designed for the
best interests Of civilization and COM
merce and it hopes that Secretary
Root, after investigation, will admins
ter the necessary reprimand to Con-
sui Fisher.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1908-04-13
ASKS $4,000 WIN OR LOSE
Tommy Burns Willing to Fight John
son, the Negro.

New York, April / ..-"Billy" Neill,
manager of Tommy" Burns, the pu-
gilist, who is in England, has arrived
here on the steamer Lusitania. Neill
will try to arrange match with John
son, the negro, and it is said he will
cover Johnsons deposit of $4,000 with
$2,500 additional. Burns has said he
is willing to allow the money to re-
main in the hands of the stakeholder
frem nine to twelve months in order
to give promoters an opportunity of
arranging the contest. He demands
100000 as his share of the prize
money, no matter what is the result of
the battle, and would prefer a contest
of forty-five rounds or to finish,
which would limit it to California or
Nevada.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1908-04-13
Insane Man Fires His Clothes.

Akron, o., April 1 Antonio Pes
soline, an insane tailor, set his clothes
on fire in the padded cell of the coun-
ty Jail and was burned SO badly that
he will die. In attempting to rescue
Pessoline Deputy Sheriff James Corey
was seriously burned and several at
tendants received slight injuries. The
jail, modern stone structure, was
not damaged.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1908-04-13
Cochran Continues Argument.

Washington, April 14.-Representa-
tive Bourke Cochran made an argu-
ment before the house committee on
the election of the president, etc., in
support of the theory that a law re-
quiring campaign contributions to be
made public could be made applicable
to presidential electors. This position
was antagonized by Representative
Hardwick Of Georgia, who contended
that the regulations of electors should,
under supreme court decisions, be
left entirely to the state
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1908-04-13
Frontier Author Dead,

Washburn, N. D., April 1').-Joseph
Henry Taylor, the frontier author,
died here of heart failure Taylor
reached the Platte river in 1854 and
worked north along the Missouri river.
He was among the first white men to
take up his abode in these parts. He
was author and publisher Of Beavers
and Their Ways" Frontier and In
dian Life,' etc.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1908-04-13
Reduced Rates Ordered.

Lincoln, Neb., April 1.-THE Ne
braska supreme court has granted a
restraining order against the express
companies doing business in the state
forbidding them to charge rates in
excess of the schedules prescribed by
the Sibley act. The order goes into
effect April Is. The Sibley act re-
duces express rates Is per cent.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1908-04-13
American Car Reaches Alaska.

Valdez, Alaska, April 1.-The
American racing automobile has ar
rived here on the steamship Santa
Clara and was welcomed to the wharf
by the entire population with brass
band. The automobile will run twen-
ty miles through keystone canyon,
then, owing to the narrow trail, will
be sledded to Teikhill. From there to
Fairbanks the trail has been broken
with double sleds and the automobile
will easily run under it's own power
to Fairbanks.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1908-04-13
SETTLEMENT LOOKED FOR
Ohio Miners Expect to Resume Work
ShortIy

Columbus, o., April 1 1t is prob
able that the $4,000 miners who are
now idle in Ohio will resume work
about April Is or 16, following the
conference of the miners and oper-
ators at Toledo next Tuesday, declared
William Green, state president of the
miners. ~
1T is likely that the operators and
the miners will reach an agreement at
Toledo and that the old wage scale
that was in effect up to April will
be readopted," said he:
President Green said that the min
ers' officials and the operators have
had several conferences and that
there seems to be no hesitancy of the
operators to sign an agreement.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1908-04-13
Big Lockout of Workr1en.

Frankfort, Germany, April Fully
$4,000 workmen in the various
branches of the building trades will
be locked out shortly in Southern Ger
many, Hesse-Nassau, part of the Rhine
provinces and in several North Ger
man cities because Of the failure of
the negotiations between the builders
and the painters to reach a basis of
hours and wages.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1908-04-13
DANIEL SULLY INJURED.
Actor Narrowly Escapes Death in ;
Runaway.

Kingston, N. Y, April 1.--Daniel
Sully, the actor, had a narrow escape
from being killed here and as it is
was quite badly injured. Mr.: Sully
lives in Woodstock. He had been in
this city shopping and while driving
home his team of horses ran away.
The wagon struck a stone and was
overturned, throwing out Mr.. Sully,
who landed on the side CT his head
and shoulder. He was picked up un-
conscious and carried to a house and
a hospital ambulance from this city
was sent for. Doctors say no bones
are broken and think no serious re-
suits will ensue.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1908-04-13
Niqht Riders AGAIN Active,

Lexington, KY, April 1 Might
riders are again becoming active in
Montgomery county. Warning notes
have been sent to various farmers
threatening them with a whipping by
the riders, who say they will make
their visit in the daytime if the Of
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1908-04-13
MUCH PROPERTY BURNED.
City Of Peking Scene of Many Incen
diary Fires.


Peking, April The continued at
tempts at incendiarism at Peking,
many of which have been successful,
have aroused the government to &C.
ton and the throne has ordered an
investigation. Such condition of
affairs never has been known in Pc
king before. It is estimated that prop
erty to the value of 100000 taels has
been wilfully burned down during the
past three weeks. The firebugs are
believed to be revolutionists. The ap-
prehension Of the government is re-
flected in the repressive measures
adopted by the police and military.
An official gazette just issued con-
tains the names of a large number of
revolutionists and no less than fifty
seven Japanese whom the authorities
are ordered to arrest on sight.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1908-04-13
Indicted for Alleged BoodIinq.

Little Rock, Ark, April 1.-THE
Pulaski county grand jury delivered
to Judge Lea eighteen indictments,
four of which were against the Wa
ters-Pierce Oil company, charging dis
ordinations against individuals and
towns and conspiracy for granting re-
bates. Thirteen indictments are
against former legislators and asso-
ciates for alleged boodling in the leg
islature of 1905.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1908-04-13
milwaukee MAKES DEAL,
Jap Steamship Company to Connect
With New Overland Road.

Jap steamship Company to Connect
With New Overland Road.
San Francisco, April Il Vice Pres.
fdent J. Fl. Hiland and General Pas
senger Agent F. A. Miller of the Chi
cago, Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad
have closed a deal in Japan, it is said,
for transpacific steamship service
for the company's new overland rail-
road, which is being built to Seattle
through Montana, Idaho and Washing
ton, and will arrive here on their way
home to Chicago next week. Their
deal is with the Osaka Shosen-K Kaisha
company, which will make the third
Japanese steamship company plying
between the Orient and American Pa
cific ports. The Nippon-Y Yusen- Kaisha
runs out of Seattle in connection with
Hills Great Northern road, while the
Toyo-Kisen-Kaisha operates out Of
this port in connection with the South
ern Pacific and Santa Fe.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1908-04-13
DRY TOWN WILL BE WET
Found to Be Located in Two Different
Townships.

Danville, ILL.,, April ! 1t has been
discovered that a small portion of the
town of Westville, nominally situated
in Georgetown township, which voted
"dry" in the local option election last
Tuesday, is really in Danville town
ship, which went wet" by a large
majority in the same election. The
thirty-six saloons of Westville are pre-
pairing to move into the "wet" district
on May z, the time set by law for
them to close down in Georgetown
township, and in this way a "dry"
town will be as "wet'' as it was be-
fore the election which made it dry"
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1908-04-13

years old, and Solomon, aged three
years, who lived on the fifth floor
The mother saved herself and her
eighteen-months-old daughter only
after she had dashed through flames
which set fire to her hair and burned
the flesh from her feet. The father
saved himself and his eldest son, six
years old, after flames had encircled
him, burning off his hair and his
heard
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1908-04-13
campbelI-Bannerman Worse.

London, April The condition of
former Premier Sir Henry Campbell
Bannerman has undergone a serious
change during the past twenty-four
hours and is now the cause of grave
anxiety. The last bulletin issued
Says that Sir Henry passed a restfuj
Hight. but his weakness has become
Increased
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1908-04-13
Declares There Will Be No Strike.

Chicago, April 1 1N-William Penje,
president Of the Lake Seamen's union,
declares that in his opinion there will
be no strike Of the members of his
organization at the opening of naviga-
tion ut is little early to say just
what will happen" said President
Penje, "but I feel sure there will be
no strike
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1908-04-13
SENATE PASSES HOUSE BILL
Employers Liability Measure Gets
THROUGH Conuress


Washington, April THE bill re-
lating to the liability of common car
riers by railroads, passed by the house
of representatives on April 6, was
passed by the senate without amend
ment and without a division
The senate bill on the same subject
was not confined to railroads, but cov-
cred all forms of common carriers and
Senator Dolliver, who had reported it
from the committee on education and
labor, sought to substitute it for the
house bill, but his motion was defeat
ed. Numerous amendments were Of
fered to the bill, but all were voted
down. AS passed the bill is expected
to meet the objections of the United
States supreme court to the common
carrier liability law of 1896, decided
to be unconstitutional by the court.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1908-04-13

At the republican convention for
Hubbard county which was held at
Park Rapids last week, B. F. Wright
of Park Rapids was endorsed for the
judgeship of the Fifteenth judicial
district. Wright is said to be in a
respective mood, and good judicial
timber.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1908-04-13
ON COMPLAINT OF NEGROES
Southern Roads to Appear Before
Commerce Commission,

Washington, April 1l\-The inter-
state commerce commission expects
soon to hold hearing in a case of
great interest in connection with the
letter sent by President Roosevelt to
the department of justice in regard to
enforcing the laws requiring equal ac-
cDommodations % for negro and white
passengers. The case is that of five
bishops of the African Methodist Epis-
copal church against four large rail-
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1908-04-13
Hiqhwaymen Shoot MarshaI.

Kent, Wash, April l. City Mar
shal Harry Miller of Kent was fatally
wounded in a pistol duel with five
highWaymen Night Marshal Charles
Guiberson, who helped Marshal Miller
in the fight, escaped unscathed The
highwaymen escaped.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1908-04-13

The express employe who admits
he is short $1,000 forgot to say
anything about the sense he lacked.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1908-04-13
FOR HOLDING NAKED PARADE
Nineteen Doukhobors Go to Prison for
Six Months.

Six Months.
Fort William, Ont, April 1l.-Nine-
teen Doukhobors, nine women and ten
men, were sentenced here to six
months in Central prison at Toronto.
They were arrested by the police for
holding naked parade and locked in
the police station. Clothed in blan-
kets they were escorted in closed car
riages and handed over to the county
Jail authorities at Port Arthur, await
Ing shipment to Toronto Fifty three
others residing here have been warned
of their fate if they persist in their
refusal to wear clothes and conform to
regulations
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1908-04-13
TWO SMALL BOYS PERISH
others Narrowly Escape Death in
New York Tenement Fire.

WV OTK e1eN1eHC + ire.
New York, April Two small
boys were killed and several other
persons injured in fire which caused
a loss OF $4,000 to the five-story tene-
ment house at 25 Pitt street. The
hre drove twenty families from their
homes in the five-story building and
emptied tenements and lodging houses
for a block.
The boys who perished were chill
dren Of Jacob Chesner, Willie, four
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1908-04-13
OBSERVATIONS.
L"By Doc."]

A tank steamer has been lost at
sea. Another result of the Prohibi-
ton wave.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1908-04-13

Seaborn Wright is put forward as
the probable Prohibition candidate
for president. They must think he
can land.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1908-04-13

A Chicago scientist announces
that he has discovered the origin
of heat. Must have just received
his winters coal bill.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1908-04-13

A musician who rewrote a song
for a woman brought suit and the
jury returned verdict of IS. If
the song was of the popular"
variety this appears too small a
fine.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1908-04-13

George Gould has ordered Prince
Helie de Sagen's past sent over from
Paris. The transatlantic freight
business is looking up.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1908-04-13

Tommy-Pop, what are the sins
of omission? Tommy's pop-The
sins of omission, my son, are merely
those we forget to commit.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-01-03
A Good Thing for Lazy People.

Chicago, Jan. 3.-Dr. Siebel, a
physician of this city. announced
Thursday before the Association for
the Advancement of Science that he
has discovered a method of general
ing energy within the human body.
He asserted that electricity stored in
the human body can be released and
made to do work This work, he
said. is the prolongation of life
through the additional vitality sup
piled to the human body working as
its own electrical generator. DR.. Sic.
bel announced that nutrtive elements
such as alcohol, sugar and fats during
their consumption by the human body
act as generators of electricity In
the miniature batteries that comprise
the muscular structure.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-01-03
RUsslA's NEW WAR MACHINES.
Submarine Boat and instrument 70
Aid Gunfire Tested.

st. Petersburg.--The admiralty ID
conducting trials of submarine boat
of new type, invented by Russian
engineer. the distinctive feature Of
which is the elimination OF the accu.
mulators ordinarily used In subsurface
running. The new boat also employs
the same motors above and below the
surface. The first new submarine
boat of the lake type built here, of 46O
tons above water and 500 when fully
submerged will be launched soon.
During the autumn maneuvers OF
the mosquito feet Off the Finnish
coast, the officers were tested In new
tactics, submarine boats acting In con-
junction with torpedo boats, which are
said to have given remarkable re.
suits
Another Russian naval invention Is
system OF eyroscopic fire control.
which has been constructed at the ad-
miralty works here and will be In
stalled and tried on one of the big
battleships. 1t Is designed to prevent
the discharge of heavy guns. except
when the ship is on an even keel. and
to avoid the misses, resulting from
unexpected rolling.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-01-03
CONSPICUOUS BY
THEIR ABSENCE
WERE MANY PARTY LEADERS Al
A MEETING CALLED
TO AID HUGHES CANDIDACY
Plans for State Organization Were
Mapped Out by Those Who At
tended a Conference Held
in Albany, N. Y.

Albany, ~ Y, Jan. 3.-Plans for o
state organization in the interest OF
the nomination of Gov. Hughes for
president of the United States by the
republican national convention were
made Thursday at a conference of re
publicans, legislators and others, in
this city,. State Senator Alfred X
Page. OF New York, presided and
there were also present Congressman
Waldo. Of Brooklyn; State Superin.
tendent of Prisons G. " Collins
State Water Commissioner John A
Sieicher, Republican State Commit.
teeman II. G.. Tennant, Charles II.
Young, president of the New York
Republican club, and A. b. Humphrey
who introduced in that club the re.
cent resolution endorsing Hughes for
the presidency.
Assemblyman Merritt, of st. Law.
renee, who is to be majority leader in
the assembly, was expected, but sent
word that he was indisposed.
Senator John Raines, republican
leader in the senate; superintendent
of Public Works Frederick c. Ste
vens, Speaker Wadsworth and Sena
tor SAKE, of New York, the attitude
OF each OF whom Is OF special interest
in this connection, were not present
"All these present at the confer
ence," said Senator Page, declared
that there was a strong public senti
ment in favor of the nomination OF
Gov. Hughes, and II was agreed that
a provisional organization should be
instituted by the selection of n man
in each assembly district. Further
meeting was left subject to the cal
of myself as chairman"
"Do you intend that the organiza
tion shall be confined to republic
ans?" the senator was asked
"Oh, yes. 1t will be composed of re
publicans," Senator Page replied.
II believe the republican conven
tion will instruct it's delegates In
favor of Hughes"
The governor was informed of tho
action of the conference, but declined
to make any comment.