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The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1909-02-11
CLEVELAND BROKERS
MAKE ASSIGNMENT
Prior to Recent Panic Firm Did
an Immense Business.

Cleveland, Feb. ID Lamprecht
Bros. & Co., bankers and brokers,
filed deed of assignment in the in
solyency court. The assignment was
made tc T. H. Bushnell. The assets
were stated to be $50,O00 above the
liabilities. The only reason given for
the assignment was general business
depression"
I4amprecht Bros. & Co. are members
Of the New York Stock Exchange, the
Chicago board of trade, the Chicago
Stock Exchange, the Cleveland Stock
Exchange and the Toledo Stock Ex-
change. The concern occupies an en-
tire floor In the big Rockefeller build
ing.
Up to two years ago the company
did an extensive brokerage and bond
business. The company was also
prominent in the financing of several
interurban electric railways. Since
the panic of October, 1907, the COM
pany has suffered a great loss Of bust
ness, which eliminated in the assign
ment.
From the best information obtain
able it is learned that no one will
probably suffer loss outside of the
members of the company as a result
of the failure. Assignee Bushnell
90 an Examination oT the books Of the
company as to the total assets or liza
bi1ities.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1909-02-11
SOON WILL Be
INTRODUCED
Bill Embodying State Auditors
] Recommendations.
FOR A LAND COMMISSIONER

Measure Will Provide for New Off.
cial to Be Elected by the People to
Take Charge of That Part of the
State Auditors Work Which Re-
= Iates to Public Lands-Proposed to
Pay Salaries to Sheriffs of Smaller
Counties.
st. Paul, Feb. ga bill embodying
the recommendations of State Auditor
s. G. Iverson for state land commits
sioner Is being prepared and will be
introduced in both houses in a couple
of days. AS the auditor recommends
in his annual report, it will provide
for commissioner to be elected by
the people, who will take charge of
that part of the state auditors work
which relates to public lands and
leave the auditor free to perform the
duties which the name implies, that
Of auditing and keeping the accounts
of the states moneys. Outside of this
the bill will make no radical departure
xIOu Lu0 pl 0SCuI ASGAOASs
The other plan, that recommended
by the governor and embodied in the
bill introduced by Senator S. D. Works
of Mankato, is to have commission
of three to take over all the states
lands, forests and minerals and per-
form the duties now done by the land
department of the auditors office, the
forestry commissioner, the forestry
board, the timber board and the immi-
grafton bureau. These commission
ers are to meet once every two weeks
or oftener and are to receive salaries
Of $4,000 year each. This bill is in
the hands Of the judiciary committee.
The Iverson plan would not abolish
any of these boards. The forestry
commissioner, now appointed by the
auditor, would be appointed by the
state land commissioner.
Not Required by Constitution.
There is nothing in the constitution,
as some have said, requiring the state
lands to be placed under the state au-
fitor. --. -
Increase of communication for work
on roads from s1.50 to 81 a day is
made in a bill read in the senate. The
measure was drawn by A. L. Hanson
Of Ada. 8 --. ~ ..
Under the present law taxpayers
are permitted to work out a portion OF
their taxes by work on the roads un-
der the direction of the overseer. For
each day of work they are permitted
$3.50 rebate on their taxes.
l. The proposition to license all places
where butter is renovated will attract
attention in number of centers, es-
pecially in the lumber camps. Reno
waited butter cannot be made without
being labeled as such. The bill by
Senator D. E. White of Clairmont
fixes graduated license system for
factories and wholesalers and lumber
camps from 5000 to SO.
Salaries are provided for the sher-
IFS in the smaller counties in bill
introduced by Representative F.. T.
White of Elk River. In counties of
less than 10000 the salary is $500 and
an additional $100 is added for, each
5000 people up to $4,000, after which
the present law applies.
The bill exempts counties with over
$500 square miles Of territory, coun-
ties where there are over 120 prison
ers, counties where there are indict-
ments against thirty or more persons,
counties where the court sits seventy
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1909-02-11
Deadlock in Illinois Continues

Springfield, ILL.,, Feb. 1t.-On the
twenty-ninth ballot the total vote in
the joint session for United States.
senator was: Hopkins, 73; Foss, 1S;
Stringer, 81; Shurtleff, Il; Mason, a;
Mckinley, Il; Sherman, Q; Lowden,
/; Calhoun, 1; P. w. Gallagher, Il;
Frank McDermott, i M. Z. Mckinley,
3; e. J. Rainey, 1; John ]. Mitchell,
I; constitutional majority Of joint
session, 1O3; majority OF members
present and voting. 90. ss<sst
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1909-02-11
Three Of the Crew Dead.

Norfolk, Va, Feb. 10.-The Norfolk
and Portsmouth Traction company's
ferry steamer running between VIII
loughby Spit and Old Point Comfort,
was burned to the waters edge at her
Willoughby pier. Three OF her crew
were burned to death in their hunks.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1909-02-11
FRANCO G GERMAN AGREEMENT
Friendly Relations on a Broad Basis
Established.

Paris, Feb. 1,l-France and Ger
many have signed q farreaching agree,
ment concerning Morocco, thus ban.
ishing specter which for years has
loomed up internationally as the cause
Of strained relations between the two
countries. OF more Importance, still,
perhaps, than the actual settlement Of
pending difficulties and the harmonic.
ing Of views concerning Morocco Is
the moral effect of establishing
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1909-02-11
-Four Men smothered to Death.

Pottsyille, Pa, Feb. i !. Four men
were smothered by rush Of culm at
the st, Nicholas washery Of the Phila-
delphia and Reading Coal and Iron
company. They were digging at the
bottom of the bank when the rush
occurred.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1909-02-11
smeiter Closed by Strike.

smelter Closed by Strike.
Torreon, Mex, Feb. ll-The big
smelter at Velardena, owned by the
American Smelling and Refining com.
pany, has been closed on account Of
8 strike. The plant employs about
thousand men.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1909-02-11
No Choice for Senator.

Madison, Wis. Feb. i. The eighth
joint ballot in the Wisconsin legisla-
ture for United States senator result
ed in no choice. Senator Stephenson,
received So out Of a total OF liz votes,
lacking two Of a majority There were
fourteen absentees.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1909-02-11

Washington, Feb. 1o-senator La
Toilette of Wisconsin has given out
the following statement concerning a
report that he is using his efforts to
prevent an Investigation of his col
league, Senator Stephenson:
Sensational Madison dispatches
published here say that my friends
will vote against proposed investiga-,
ton Of Mr.. Stephenson because Of
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1909-02-11

covert threat that Stephenson pro-
posed to tell how he had spent money
in my behalf in former campaigns. g.
"Let no threat deter any friends of
mine from supporting the resolution
to Investigate charges of violation of
law in connection with the senatorial
primary. ] should be glad to have MT,
Stephenson state fully and specifically
the exact amount contributed to each
Of my personal campaigns, whether to
me or any one authorized to accept
such contributions. 1 do not recog-
nije money invested in Mr.. Stephen
sons newspaper as contributions to
my personal campaigns
Stephenson Prepares Statement,
Milwaukee, Feb. IA Daily News
special from Madison says Senator
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1909-02-11
crum Nomination Will Go over:

Washington, Feb. 10. senator Frye
has abandoned his efforts to have the
nomination of w. ID. Crum, the negro
reappointed as collector Of customs at
Charleston, s. G., confirmed at the
present session. Is u. 80. =. s-..z..-.l.-E
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1909-02-11

Isaac Stephenson mas prepared
statement showing that his expendi-
tures in the last primary campaign
were $1O7, ,7s3. OF this sum $4,000
was expended outside Of Milwaukee
county and the remainder In Milwau-
kee county The statement, It is said,
will be filed with the secretary of
state at once.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1909-02-11
s9gsg = ~ - - iAJ Z 1.I1T0D
NOT OPPOSED I D TO
INVESTIGATION.
Senator La Toilette Denies 8
Newspaper Stories.
WELCOMES AN INQUIRY

informs His Friends in Statement Not
to Be Deferred by Alleged Threats
Of Senator Stephenson to Make Pub.
tic Details Of Money Spent by Lat.
ter to Further Political Ambitions
of Mr.. la Toilette.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-12-30
Senator McLaurin of Mississippi
Dies.

Jackson, Miss. Dec. United States
Senator A. j. McLaurin died sudden.
ly Wednesday night at his home in
Brandon. Death was due to an at
tack of heart failure and came with
out the slightest warning at $50
O'Clock.
When the fatal stroke came upon
him Senator McLaurin was seated in
a rocking chair in front of the fire in
his library. He suddenly fell forward
without speaking a word, and life
was extinct when members of his
family reached his side.
The swift summons of death fol-
lowed within a few moments a re-
mark by Senator McLaurin that he
was then feeling better than he had
felt at any time since his recent
severe illness, resulting from an at
tack Of patomaine poisoning.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-12-30
Big Sacrifice For Her Boy.

Thirty-five square inches of her
skin is the price paid by Mrs. Anna
E. Kelley of 25OS East Eleventh street
in an effort to save the life of her
son, Leo, IA years old. The boy was
terribly burned November Z when
he seized a live wire.
After spending over two weeks in
st. Joseph's Hospital, recovering
from the operation by which skin
was removed from her body, Mrs.
Kelley is able to be out. Her son
still is in the hospital with his life in
the balance.
The operation was performed De-
cember 2 by DR.. J. w. Perkins at St.
Joseph's Hospital. The skin was re-
moved from the mothers thighs in
three strips each ten inches long, and
grated to burn that measures 8 by
5 inches on the boys left arm and
one A by 8 IL inches on his left leg,
X. C. Star.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-12-30
Wealth From Missouri Farms.

Columbia, NO., Dec. 24.-Missou-
ri's farm crops this year are worth 81
million dollars more than last year,
according to the report compiled by
Geo. B. Ellis, secretary of the state
board of agriculture. The total val
ue this year of the products OF the
soil is 2O9 million dollars, not includ'
ing live stock, butter, eggs and poul'
try sold. Compared with last yeaI
the value of the corn crop is l6 mil
lion dollars more, wheat ten million
dollars more.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-12-30
Following is corrected time of trains:

Freight trains do not carry passengers.
All freight for forwarding must be at depot
not later than eleven O'Clock O. m or be held
for following days forwarding Freight for
Interstate Division must be delivered before
I've O'Clock p. m, No freight billed for this
train in morning. &c. vAsDkRvooRr,
Agent.
The Missouri Pacific have through
package car service which delivers
merchandise from New York in But
Ter on the fifth morning out, fourth
morning delivery from Cincinnati
and Cleveland, third morning from
Indianapolis and Chicago, second
morning from St. Louis. Will be
glad to furnish you routing orders
which will insure quick time.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-12-30
NyAIlDS' HOTEL and
SURGICAL INSTITUTE,

buffalo, m X
A model Ssnifarium with every equip
menf and appliance and 9 complete Staff
sfexperiesoed and skilled SPECIALISTS for
the frestmeRf Of the most difficult cases
Of Chronic ailments whether requiring
Medical or Surgical treatment for their
eure Send two stamps 70 shove address
for ThE lNvALiDS' GUIDE BOOK.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-12-30
CLUB FIRES COOK
FOR FALSIFYING
STORY OF CLIMB
Governors of Explorers Society
Bow Heads as they Expel
Brooklyn Physician.
Friends Testify He Was in no Position
to Ascend Mt. Mckinley.

Friends Testify He Was in no Position
to Ascend Mt. Mckinley.
New York, Dec. A.-The Board of
Governors of the Explorers Club met
in executive session, and, standing in
silence, voted with bowed heads that
Doctor Frederick A. Cook be Drop
ued from the rolls of the club for
frauds practiced on its members and
on the public.
Coming hard upon the heels of the
crushing verdict lately rendered by
the University of Copenhagen, the ac-
ton of the Explorers Club is the re-
suit of independent investigations
which in no way touch upon the polar
controversy, and the weight of its
disapproval thus becomes cumula-
tive.
Preliminary to its vote of expulsion,
the board met to pass upon the report
of its committee, which has been in
vestigating the validity of Doctor
Cooks assertion that he reached the
summit of Mount Mckinley. This
committee, in concluding an exhaus-
tive report, recommended that ''Doc-
tor Cooks claim that he assembled the
summit Of Mount Mckinley in 1905 be
rejected by the Explorers Club as
unworthy Of credence."
The committees recommendation
was based on its finding that Doctor
Cook had repeatedly made statements
that have not been in accord with the
facts, and that he had entered into
agreements which he has failed to
keep, aud that the misstatements and
broken agreements deal not only
with matters appertaining to discov-
cry, but to ordinary financial transac-
tons, so that no credence can be Civ
en- to statements made by him"
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-12-30
Looking Ones Best.

It's a Woman,s delight to look her
best but pimples, skin eruptions,
sores and boils rob life of Joy. Lis
ten! Bucklen'S Arnica Salve cures
them; makes the skin soft and vel
vety. 1t glorifies the face. Cures
pimples, sore eyes, cold sores, crack
ed lips, chapped hands. Try it; In
fallible for piles. 25c at F. 1. Clays.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-12-30
Youth Kills Korean Premier.

Seoul, Dec.-Premier vi, head of
the Korean Cabinet, was killed by a
young Christian, who stabbed him
twice through the abdomen and lungs
while the official was riding in his
iinriksha. The jinriksha man was
also stabbed and killed.
The assassin is a young man who
for many years lived in the United
States.
vi had the name Of fostering anti
Japanese sentiment in Korea, and he
was bitterly opposed by the faction
which favored annexation with Japan.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-12-30
n tic OF Final settlement.

Notice is hereby given 10 all creditors and
others interested In the eetate OF John W {.
administrator Of said estate, intend to make
snail settlement thereof, at the next term OF
the Bates County Probate court, In Bates coun-
ty, state OF Missouri. to be held at nutler
Missouri, on the 2sth day OF February, 1910.
W. ID. C0RBIN,
l0-t Administrator.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-12-30
Holiday Excursion Rates.

Tickets on sale Dec. % to Is inclu-
sive Dec. 81 and Jan. l 19l0-Good
returning to Midnight of Jan. 9Th
1910. AT open rate of one fare and
one third for the round trip with
minimum selling rate of SO cents.
E, C.. VandervoOrt.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-12-30
Nu'ic. al Final Settlement

Notice Is hereby given to all creditors and
others interested In the estate OF G. b
DAVIS. deceased, that John q. Hayes,
administrator Of said estate, intend 10 make
final settlement thereof, at the next term OF
the Bstes County Probate Court, In Bates coun-
ty. State OF Missouri, tn be held at Butler,
Missouri, on the 9sth OF February, 1910.
JOHN G. HAYES,
l0-tt Administrator.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-12-30
Notice of Final Settlement.

Notice lie hereby given to ell creditors snt
others Interested In the estate Of G W. ED
ridge, deceased that l. W. C. Eldridge, ex'
ecutor OF said estate, intend to make nnal set
Element thereof, at the next term of the Bate
county Probate Court, In Bates county, Stat,
OF Missouri, to be held at Butler, Mo, OF
the 3sth day OF February 1910.
WK. ELDRIDGE,
l0-t Executor.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-12-30
500, 900, 900 Bond Issue Decided
On.

Washington, Dec.-That a bond
issue of 500, 600, 600 to replenish the
Treasury is necessary, was decided
after meeting between President
Taft and Secretary MacVeagh, in the
course of which Senator Aldrich was
called in. Secretary MacVeagh is to
prepare the plans for issuing the
bonds at once
The deficit for the first six months
of the fiscal year, beginning July l
last, is now over $28, 10000. There
has been an increase of receipts, but
the income has not been large enough
to equalize the outgo.
The issue will be made under the
authorization of Congress for the sale
of Panama Canal bonds. The Trea-
sury is now out more than $99, 900, :
600, which has been spent upon the
canal.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-12-30

PUTNAM FADELEss DYES cost
you no more than others, but
they color more goods brighter
and faster colors.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-12-30

} CASHIER OF
SALMON BANK
is RELEASED
Thomas NJ. Casey, of Clinton.
Mo-, has his Full Citizen
ship Restored.
Former Law Partner of Judge James
B. CAN'T Was in Penitentiary
Four Years.
Jefferson City, Mo-, Dec. %
Thomas NJ Casey. formerly cashier
OF the Salmon & Salmon Bank, at
Clinton, Mo-, was released from the
Penitentiary today and left town with
his citizenship fully restored. 1t is
said that he has good position await
ing him in banking house in anoth-
er state, but for obvious reasons
neither Casey nor his friends will dis
close the name and the location of the
bank.
Casey was formerly a law partner
Judge James B. CAN'T of the Supreme
Court. He married a daughter of
Doctor G,Y. Salmon, one of the own
ers of the Salmon & Salmon Bank,
now defunct, and became cashier of
that institution. When the bank
closed its doors and after an investi-
cation had been made, Casey was
charged with forgeries amounting to
about 100000.
AT that time Gov. Hadley was At
torney General, and he took charge
of the prosecution of Casey. The
latter entered plea of guilty and was
sentenced to five years in the peniten-
tiary. He completed three-fourths of
his sentence today, and under the
rules of the prison was released.
Soon after he had been released
from the prison, Casey, accompanied
by Judge CAN'T, called upon the Gov
ernor. Some time after Mr.. Hadley
was inaugurated number of CaSey's
friends petitioned the Governor for
his pardon. About three months
ago, while at theIpenitentiary on Of
ficial business, the Governor met
Casey and informed him of the inter-
est his friends were taking in his be-
half.
Casey told the Governor then that
as he had entered plea of guilty, he
did not want a pardon, but would
like to have his citizenship restored
when he had completed his sentence.
The Governor said that he would
do this.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-04-22
MORAL UPLIFT
LOSES TWO WORKERS

Two notable people typifying the
highest things in their respective
spheres of life have died in the
last few days-Helena Modjeska.
the polish actress, and Ethan Allen
Hitchcock, the statesman. Madame
Modjeska was type of the actress
that is seldom seen. She attained
the greatest fame almost that the
stage affords and yet her private
life was clean and pure. She was
the best product of the theater, her
influence being all ror the good.
The stage is better for her having
lived and 1t loses by her death.
Just such a position did Ethan Al
len Hitchcock hold towards public
life. His was purifying force AMI
our government is better today tha.
he lived and worked for it. Enter
ing the Interior department under
Roosevelts administration he i'm
mediately became involved in some
of the most sweeping investigations
this government has ever under
taken. AS the result of his work
United States Senators and repre-
sentatives were indicted in connec.
tion with various crafts and many
big steals were uncovered 1t mat
tered not to him who was hit in
the exposure of grating. lie expos
ed big men but he kept his nerve
through it all and came out victori-
Gus. An immense start was made
under him in digging up the west
ern land frauds and the publ,
services of this country is undoubt-
.edly in a much better condition as
the result OF his efforts. He
worked for honesty in big and lit
tie men alike and MS influence has
been felt for the good Two work
ers in the moral uplift will be
missed but their influence will still
live on.-Urbana Times-Citizen.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-04-22
ENGINEERS
DISAGREE
Two Experts Have Different
Ideas About the Pan
anna Canal.

New York, April 22-Views, great
ly at variance, are expressed in the
outlook by John r. Freeman, hy-
draullc engineer and graduate of the
Massachusetts Institute of technology
and PHILIPPE Bunavarilla the French
expert and graduate of the Lecole
polytechnique after a personal in
vestigation of the Panama canal
Freeman upholds lock canal de-
claring the cost of construction to be
much less than the sea level and that
1t will handle greater traffic in less
time and will accommodate ships
fifty per cent. larger than are now
used. The estimated cost OF $780,
100000 will later be reduced by a
salvage construction plant. and will
be completed in five years.
Bunavarilla objects to the lock
canal and says it may be crippled by
wrong maneuver of warships, de-
stroyed by dynamite laden ships ex-
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-04-22

too sure the people are all aA 'leep.
The siumbering giant of Democ racy
may take notion to wake up this
summer and Senators had bettei be
found right than found tied up with
wicked monopolies.
The people want the truth andl the
facts and they expect their Sen ators
to hold in even scale the bale mces
between the manufacturers and the
consumers. Senator Dick has sug
gested that people who have an t,pin-
ion on this matter go on the wit ness
stand and here is plain unvar iish
ed tale of what we think
The Senator's circular reads as
follows:
To the Editor:
The tariff bill having passed the
House, has just been reported out
of the Senate Finauce Committed and
is now before the Senate.
After it passes the Senate there
will be no chance to amend it, in as
much as the only matt ers in coll
| ference between the House and Sen
ate will be the amendments made to
the bill by the Senate, consequently
all parties wishing to express them-
selves concerning this legislation,
producers and consumers alike,
should promptly acquaint their Sen
ator with such information and opin'
ions as would be of value in the ad-
justment of schedules and provisions
especially those in which conStitu-
ents may feel special interest
You may wish through the columns
of your paper to convey a reminder
to your readers on the above lines.
either by giving space to this let.
ter or otherwise and appreciating
in advance the courtesy OF such
consideration as you may be inclin-
ed to accord this suggestion. ! ex-
tend cordial regards, and remain,
Very truly yours,
CHARLES DICK.
|, If the consuming millions would
fire letters to their Senators telling
them what they want it would help
to get enacted an honest tariff