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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-03-09
J. J. HILL.

rent accounts in financial journals 1t
Is still impossible to state with any
degree of accuracy what money has
gone into the properties of the Great
Northern system. It would be diff
cult to devise scheme better intend
ed to confuse and to conceal than that
employed in the development and op.
GRAFTON of the Great Northern railway
system
In considering the capitalization of
the Great Northern the commission
finds that $30,000,0O0 of the stock has
been issued without payment Of any
monetary consideration to that COM
pany, thus making the actual out.
standing stock $12O,OOO,0 instead of
$1s0,O00,000. AS all this has been
placed upon the market and sold to
innocent investors the harm cannot
now be safely undone.
In conclusion it is stated that for
the last six years the Northern Pacific
road has earned from 10 to IS per
cent upon it's capitalization of 1885,
100000, in addition to the payment of
Its taxes and fixed charges, and that
the Great Northern has earned about
the same percentage, in addition tc
accommodating surplus Of about $780,,
100000. This, the commission de
clares, Is manifestly too much.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-03-09
ASKS INJUNCTION
IN CHURCH CASE
Chicago Religious Scandal
Gets Into Courts.
HUSBAND SEEKS A WRIT

Would Enjoin Methodist Minister and
the Trustees and Stewards OF the
Church From Printing and circulat.
ing Among the Members a Con.
fession Made by His Wife to the
Pastor.
Chicago. March IA situation
which involves the resignation of a
pastor from his church, the threat
ened disruption of another church and
scandal which is without founda.
ton" was presented in bill for an
injunction filed in the superior court
here. The bill was filed by John
Lavender and seeks to enjo1n Rev.
Edward B. Crawford, pastor of the
Woodlawn Park Methodist church,
and the trustees and stewards of the
church from printing and circulating
among church members confession
made by Mrs. Mary Lavender, wife Of
tho plaintiff, to DR.. Crawford. The
bill recites:
During January or February, 1909,
as pastor of said church, in converse
ton with certain lady received from
said lady, who believed she was con-
versing in confidence between pastor
and communicate, certain statements
regarding her spiritual condition, ex-
perience and progress, but which he
interpreted to be misconduct between
said lady and certain minister and
by threatening to publish said alleged
confession caused the resignation of
said pastor"
The pastor who resigned was Rev.
John D. Leek of the Western Avenue
Methodist church. When asked why
he resigned he replied:
S Because I am a Christian and a
man.
The bill for Injunction declares that
there is no exigency which makes 1t
necessary to the welfare of the con
gregation to publicly disseminate any
information Gin further betrayal OF
said confession, but, on the contrary
the less agitation there is the better
it will be for the welfare of the
church ard of the congregation
Judge Barnes refused to issue the
Injunction because he said the other
side had not been notified of the ap.
D]icatiOn.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-03-09
CRITICISM OF
HILL METHODS.
Commission Baffled by Acs
counting System.
FIGURES ARE CONFUSING

Unable to Determine From Great
Northsrn's Reports Whether Its
Earnings Are Observation-Disclosures
! Sso,ooo,ooo Of Its Stock Has Been
Issued Without Payment of Any
Monetary Consideration.
Chicago, March I'm it's decision
in tho Spokane rate case the inter.
state commerce commission launched
a scathing denunciation of the financ-
ing and accounting methods en-
ployed by James J. Hill. In the effort
to ascertain the value of the Great
Northern road, with view of deter.
mining whether it's earnings had been
excessive, made so by high freight
rates, the commission was completely
baftled. The report states:
I'm the development of it's system
the Great Northern company has
sometimes built railroads, becoming
itself the owner of their capital stock;
It has sometimes built railroads by
advancing the money and afterward
capitalizing the interest of it's stock.
holders in that property. After spend.
ing days in examining the annual re.
ports to this commission, the annual
reports to its stockholders and cur
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-03-09
HALF SETTLED IN NEW YORK
Sixteen Thousand Irish Emigrants
Landed in 1908.

New York, March Figures issued
by the Irish Emigrant society show
that during the year 1903 there land.
ed at the port of New York from Ire.
land 1C,341 persons. OF that number
$500 we're males and 1851 females;
1878 were under fourteen years OF
age; 1850 between fourteen and
forty-hve years old and 684 over forty.
five years old OF this total number
Of arrivals here more than half re-
manned in the city, while the rest were
scattered throughout the United
States, the greatest number going to
Illinois. New Jersey came next and
then Pennsylvania. The immigrants
brought with them in cash nearly
$500, 900. During the year ninety were
debarred from landing.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-03-09
CHAMBER AIMS
COUGH REMEDY
"A MEDICINE OF REAL WORTH
AND MERIT.
It Not Only Cures Colds and Grip,
But Prevents Them From Re-
sulting in Pneumonia.

Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is intended
especially for acute throat and lung diseases,
Of which colds, Group and whooping cough
are the most common. Those who have
used it for years and are in position to
know its real value, assert that It is with
out an equal for the treatment of these dis
eases. It not only cures colds and grip, but
counteracts any tendency toward pneumonia.
It has come into almost universal use as a
preventive and cure for Group, and has never
been known to fail.
In cases Of whooping cough it keeps the
cough loose, expectoration easy and renders
the paroxysms Of coughing less frequent and
less severe, depriving that disease Of all dan
gerous consequences.
It is pleasant to take, which is Of much
Importance when the medicine must be given
to small children.
Il contains no opium or other harmful
substance, and may be given as confidently
to a baby as to an adult.
It is an ideal remedy both for adults and
children, and we think the most perfect and
most efectual yet produced in any country.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-03-09
FACES SERIOUS DANGERS
Professor Starr Discusses RooseveIt's
,.@- African Trip.

Chicago, March - Theodore
Roosevelt will never return to the
United States alive if he carries out
his announced intentions in exploring
the dark regions Of Africa in quest of
big game"
This is the opinion of Professor
Frederick Starr Of the University Of
Chicago, whose prophecy is based
upon his knowledge of the dangers of
that country, particularly the insidious
levers, through his expeditions to the
Congo Free State.
The ex-president, according to the
educator, will invade section Of the
country where few white men have
dared to venture heretofore on account
OF the fatal nature of the epidemic of
fevers and a disease known as the
sleeping sickness"
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-03-09
SOME PRODUCERS FAVOR IT
Congress Asked for Reciprocal Coal
Trade With Canada.

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Pittsburg, March In an attempt
to persuade congress to establish re-
ciprocal coal trade with the Dominion
of Canada practically every coal OPP.
orator in the Western Pennsylvania
district has signed his name to a petit
tion addressed to the ways and means
committee of the house Of representa-
tives.
Such an agreement, say these men,
would mean an immense increase in
the output Of bituminous coal, as un-
der the existing circumstances the en-
tire middle portion Of Canada would
draw directly from the Western coal
fields Of this state. The high duty on
coal at present makes such trade al.
most prohibitive.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-03-09
VIII Continue Under Taft.

Washington, March B.-The conser.
walton commission will continue tit
existence under the Taft adm1nistra,
ton. This conclusion was reached at
a conference between President Taft
and the members of the joint commit
tee representing the state conserva-
ton organizations and the national or
CARNATIONS appointed last December.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-03-09

embraced In indian reservations OF +
forestry reserves. Mr.. Dinehart ex-
plains that the state could use this
land TO enlarge the university fund,
Tor the schools or for other public
purposes. a bill providing for the
cession az Indicated will be introduced
at the regular session Of congress, be-
ginning Ia December.
Minnesota members express the be-
lief that the bill in question can be
passed without difficulty.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-03-09
Barker Drug Store
TRIAL OF CAPTAIN HAMS
Case Indefinitely Postponed by New
York Court.

Case Indefinitely Postponed by New
York Court.
Flushing, N. Y, March Efforts
made by the district attorney of
Queens county to have an early date.
set for the trial Of Captain Peter c.
Hams, Jr., accused Of the murder Of
William e. Annis, were brought to
naught by a decision Of Supreme Court
Justice Garretson postponing indefi-
nitely the naming Of date for the
Hams trial. Justice Garretson replied
to Assistant District Attorney
OIeary's application that date be
set on Wednesday next for Captain
Hams trial by stating that, as there
were two men in the Queens county
jail who had been awaiting trial there
for murder in the first degree for
more than year, he believed their
cases should first be disposed OF. He
set the date for these trials for March
~ and % next and said he would post
pone Indefinitely the naming of date
for the Hams trial
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-03-09
RESULT OF LOWER PRICES

Reading Iron Company Announces Re.
duotion in Wages.
Reading, Pa, March IF. G. Smink,
president of the Reading Iron com
pany, has issued a statement in which
he says that there has been great
decline in the price Of the various
products manufactured by the COM
pany, wrought. iron pipe having
dropped $40 to $11 per ton. Ow.
ing to this condition he announced a
reduction in wages in the different
departments from w to Is per cent.
The pudding basis will be at the rate
of 1918 per ton. The former rate
was $3.50 a ton. rs
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-03-09
Fatal Avalanches In Austria.

Vienna, March ).-Telegrams re-
eeived here from Carinthia, Austria,
report that a series of devastating
avalanches have occurred there and
numbers of houses in the different vii
lagos Of the section have been swept
away. It is already known that ten
deaths have resulted.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-03-09
LIABILITIES Y ]. VERY HEAVY

Chrlstle Grain Company Of Kansas
City, Kan, Fails.
Kansas City, Mo-, March 1.-The
Christie Grain company Of Kansas
City, Kan, has failed. Judge Fischer
OF the Wyandotte county district court
appointed w. NJ. Whitelaw as receiv.
er for the grain firm. The liabilities
will reach about SIPS 900.
The Christie company was the
heaviest operator in grain, stocks and
provisions on the Kansas board OF
trade. It had 10 correspondents III
the principal cities Of Illinois, Iowa.
Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska and Colo.
RADIO.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-03-09
PARTY POLITICS BANIsHED
Colorado Springs Starts Innovation
by Revising Ballots.

Colorado Springs, Colo, March L.
Following the policy announced in a
previously adopted resolution the
charter convention placed the ban on
party politics in this city.
The elections report provides that
mo ballot shall have printed thereon
any party or political designation or
mark and there shall not be appended
to the name of any candidate any
such party or political designation or
mark or anything indicating his views
or opinions"
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-03-09
MORE LAND FOR MINNESOTA
State Treasurer Has Plan Which May
Brind 100000 Acres.

Washington, March ).Approxi-7
mately 100000 acres Of public land In
Minnesota will pass into the possess
sion Of the state If congress can be
induced to put into the form Of law
plan submitted for the considerar
ton Of the Minnesota delegation by
State Treasurer Lawrence Dinehart.
Mr.. Dinehart proposed that the gov
srnment shall cede to the state all the
public lands within It's borders not
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-03-09
LAW BOOKS FILL HIS CELL
Albert T. Patrick at Work on His
Brief.

/. Ossining, N. Y, March ,).-By d.
rection of the court Warden Frost has
relieved Albert r. Patrick from rou-
tine work as a life prisoner in the
state prison at present. The prisoner
is allowed to obtain books from the
law library and his cell looks like a
law Office. The appellate division in
Brooklyn, before which court he made
a dramatic argument for his liberty,
gave him two weeks in which to file
a brief pending the decision of the
court on his motion.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-03-09
MatrIcide Given Life Sentence.

Allegan, Mich, March D-Elton
Baldwin, who murdered his mother,
Mary baldwin, on their farm two
miles east of Sagatuck Thursday
morning, was sentenced by Judge
Padgham in circuit court to life i'm
prisonment at Jackson.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-03-09
PASSES SECOND READING
Bill to Compel EngIishmen to Rise
and Retire Earlier.

and Retire Earlier.
London, March 1.-THE daylight
saving bill passed its second reading
In the house Of commons by 1870 votes
to "a.
This bill was drafted to promote
the earlier use of daylight in certain
months yearly by putting forward the
clock twenty minutes on four success.
sive Sundays in April and by revers
Ing the process on the four Sundays
In September. The bill, it has been
argued, would be Of great benefit to
all classes by giving the people just so
much more sunlight in which to have
recreation. while the wage Garner
would retire earlier and thereby save
the expense Of light.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-03-09
PROMINENT l0WAN is DEAD
J. w. Blythe, Leader of standpatters,
Expires Suddenly.

2
! Des Moines, March "A long dis.
lance telephone message from Wa
.pellO states that J. w. Blythe of Bur.
lington dropped dead while stopping
at a country place. He was out hunt
ing. Mr.. Blythe was one of the most
prominent men of the state. He was
born in Cranbury, N. j., in 1850 and
was graduate Of Princeton univer.
sity. He was admitted to the bar in
1876, since which time he has been
practicing law in Iowa. For the last
six or seven years he has been gen
eral counsel for the Chicago, Burling-
ton and Quincy railroad. He was
recognized as state leader of the Iowa
"standpatters."
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-03-09
Hospital Patient Burned.

Iowa City, Ia, March lin a fire
which damaged the university honeo.
pathic hospital Mrs. Arthur Meyer, a
patient from Keokuk, Ia, was fatally
burned. Her year-old baby was
slightly burned. The fire originated
In Mrs. MEYERS room.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-03-09
TO DISCUSS WAGE SCALE

Operators and Miners to Hold Confer
ence Thursday.
Philadelphia, March ,.--Confrma-
tion was had at the Office of President
Baer Of the Reading railroad Of the.
statement made by President Lewis
of the Mine Workers union that there
will be conference here Thursday
between representative of the union
and the companies owning the mines.
This conference, 1t is expected, will
settle the question Of wage agree
ment between the anthracite miners
and operators for three years from
Anri1 I
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-03-09
Manufacturer Ends His Life.

Piqua, o., March W. H. Wal
burn, aged 6fty-tWo years, a leading
manufacturer Of St Parish, near here.
committed suicide by hanging himself
IN his barn. The body was discovered
by Mr.. Walburn's son.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-03-09
SHOOTS HIS sTEPsIsTER

Mother-in-Law and Himself.
Waterloo, Ia, March g.-Winston
Bucknell at Greene, Ia, fatally shot
his stepsister, Frances Miller, aged
sixteen years, in a family quarrel. and
tried to kill his mother-in-law, Mrs.
Frederick Butzlass. Bucknell then at.
tempted suicide by shooting, but a
watch chain DETECTED the bullet. He
was captured by citizens who threat
ened to lynch him. Deputy sheriffs
are protecting Bucknell.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-03-09
AFTER WEEKS OF EFFORT

Tentative Jury in Calhoun Graft Case
Complete.
San Francisco, March with the
tentative jury at last completed, after
weeks of effort, the trial of Patrick
Calhoun, head of the United Railways
company, charged with offering and
giving brides to secure favorable &C
ton in the city council, will proceed.
The next step will be to allow each
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-03-09
TO CURB 4 COLD IN ONE DAY.

Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine Tablets
Druggists refund money, If it fails to cure.
3. w. GROVES signature is on each box. &c
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-03-09
ACKNOWLEDGED TO
Be D|SQU|ET|NG
Situation Between Austria-Hun.
gary and SeTVia.

Berlin, March THE situation be.
tween Austria Hungary and Servia,
arising from the efforts of the latter
country to obtain compensation for
the annexation by the dual monarchy
of Bosnia and Herzegovina, is &C
knoWledged to be disquieting. There
Is, however, this advantage, the is.
sues are more clearly defined: It can
be said with authority that everything
now depends upon the position Russia
takes. The situation is as follows:
Servia has undoubtedly renounced
all her direct demands, both territorial
and economical, but at the same time
she charged Russia to place these de.
mands before an international confer.
ence. Austria-Hungary declined to &C.
cept such a conference before the
points at Issue with Servia were set
tied.
Austria-Hungary is prepared to
grant favorable commercial and eco:
nomical compensations to Servia If
Seryia consents to negotiate direct;
but should conference be called to
deal with these questions Austria.
Hungary, with the support of Ger.
many, would oppose any concessions.
ustria-Hungary and Germany con-
slider that a conference should be
called only to satisfy agreements al.
ready made and they do not recognize
the right of the powers in any way to
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-02-03
A CHARMED KEY.

It's Refusal to Work and What Might
Have Happened.
You may be interested to hear of q
thing which happened to me in Brit
tany last summer. had to sign some
railway transfers before the nearest
British consul, who was at Brest. I
locked up the papers and railway
stock in a Breton cupboard as high as
the ceiling and very solid. kept the
key in my pocket.
When my cousin and l were ready
to start, I took out the key, and it
would not open its own cupboard. The
servants came in turn and tried in
vain. We had to miss our train to
Quimper, which was our first stage to
Brest. Now, our village locksmith was
very rough and ready, so tie next
morning I said I would try the key
myself once more before be perhaps
ruined my lock.
The key fitted perfectly, the cup
board opened easily, we got the pa
pers, and we went. But, imagine, we
found at the station placards posted
up telling Of the awful wreck of the
Brest train the day before, and it was
the train il which we should have
been but for the otstinacy Of the key.
We saw the carriages all fallen into
the river, and the dead and dying were
IN the hospital at Quimper. We feel
this to be a preservation wrought
from. the next world that is so near
Mrs. Hodgson Pratt in Light.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-02-03
EXPLOSIVES.
How They Are "set Off" and How
Thew Nav Be Handled.

How They Are "set Off" and How
They May Be Handled.
There are two ways in which an ex-
plosiye may be set of-by burning and
by detonation. The burning process is
progressive from one particle to an
other as of fire in 4 CRATE. only infinite
ly more rapid. This process IS adapted
TO gunpowder, requiring, as it does, a
very short time for the burning up Of
the explosive body. The other form Of
explosion, the decorative, being at
once throughout the mass, is unified
for use in guns, which would be smash
ed to pieces, but is ssadapted to shat
tcring or breaking purposes, such as
blasting rocks in mining operations and
bursting charges in shells. torpedoes
and submarine mines. Substances Of
the latter sort are termed high explo-
sives Some examples may be given
of the safety with which the most dan
gerous explosives may ordinarily be
handled. For instance, a considerable
quantity of gun cotton. such as pure
cotton treated with nitric acid, may be
set afre and will burn quietly, but If a
sufficient mass be set afre the heat and
pressure on the surface of the burning
body will cause the whole to be eX-
ploded. A torpedo filed with wet COM
pressed gun cotton will not explode if q
shell from a cannon should penetrate it
and burst in the mass Of gun cotton.
Even nitroglycerin will burn like oil in
small quantities. and stick Of nitro
glycerin cay be set on fire without dan
ger Of harm.-St. Nicholas.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-02-03
WAYS OF THE ARABS.
Dodsins the Evil Eye and Tests of
Fiiial Piety.

Dodsns the Evil Eye and Tests Of
FiIial Piety.
Very curious to the occidental mind
are some Of the ways Of Arabia and
other Mohammedan countries. 4 trav-
eler says: Zone Of the objects Of the
most anxious solicitude for Moham-
medan parents is the shielding Of their
children from the evil eye. Any person
expressing admiration for a child e1-
cept by pious ejaculation OF the invo-
cation Of blessings upon the prophet
fills the heart Of the parent with ap-
prehension. When children are to be
taken into the street their faces are
often even smeared with mud OF
greasy substances lest their comeliness
should attract attention. and in order
that the person Of the child itself
should escape attention gaudy and gilt
tering ornaments are hung about it
and written charms sewed into leather
medallions suspended from its neck.
Zone Of the best Of Arab character
istics IS that of flial piety. Sons and
daughters Of deceased parents take
upon themselves all sorts Of irksone
tasks accounted as eNpiatory Of the
minor faults committed by the depart
ed ones during their lifetime and dis
charging faithfully every payment or
obligation left unfulfilied by dead par
ents, for has not the prophet said that
martyrdom even will not atone for an
unpaid debt?
.'Eloquencc Is accounted the greatest
Of all possible gifts. According to
Arab tradition. the most superlative
degree Of eloquence was attained by
King David, such being the beauty OF
his diction. added to the poetry Of his
words, that when he declaimed the
Psalms even birds and Wild beasts
were speubound, while on some occa-
sions as many as 400 men died from
the excess Of delight induced By his
reading. g."-Chicago News.