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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-01-09

Nimocks of Minneapolis Has the Dis.
tnction Of Introducing House File
No. I. Bill Permitting Street Rail-
ways to Carry City Employees Free.
Four Senate Measures Relate to
Railways and Their Regulation.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-05-27
POSTAL DEPARTMENT
AFTER THE ROBBERS

Washington, May 26.-Stirred W. as
1t has not been over a train holdup in
years, tho officials of the p%ostof1ce de-
nartmont have taken prompt n Wig
orous steps to capture the robbers and
secure the booty taken by the men
who held up and robbed the Union
Pacific overland limited train near
Omaha last Saturday night.
The office of Chief Inspector Nc
MILAN, of the rostofhce department, is
today one of unusual activity over the
daring robbery, and the greatest in
terest Is being manifested in the case.
A force of postal inspectors, men
picked for their known bravery and
nerve, are already on the scene of the
holdup, working In cooperation with
he Union Pacific inspectors and au-
thorIties in an effort to run down the
robbers. This force will be increased
by tomorrow with several more men
In whom the chief inspector has every
G lnfidence in their nerve and ability.
This force will work directly under
the chief inspector here.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-05-27
YANKEES AS DESIGNERS
OF ORIENTAL RUGS

Chicago, May 24.-That practical,
commercial America Is today supply
ing the inspiration and designs for
some Of the best industrial art works
OF the Orient Is the interesting fact
that has just come to light as a re-
suit Of an investigation into the ORR
entail rug industry, reports a Chicago
dealer. Trained designers are now
regularly retained, 1t appears. by sew
eral Of the large importing houses to
supply patterns for the most valuable
Persian and Indian rugs, the proper
designing Of which Is fast becoming a
lost art in Asia, the land Of its birth.
Chicago Is the center Of this work,
which has grown 80 important that
special training for 1t is now provided
by the Art Institute of Chicago. the
largest art school in the country. The
men and women who intend to adopt
this profession III given a complete
grounding in the theory and practice
Of design and the principles of histor-
ical ornament such as the simple rug
weavers of Asia Minor and Khorassan
never dreamed. The designs produced
by these workers, which are truer to
the old standards than most Of the
modern Oriental creations, are sent to
the East, where they are made up into
u 6 by native workmen and are then
shipped back to the Windy City.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-05-27
MORSE MANSION TO
GO UNDER HAMMER

New York, May 26.-The announce
ment Is made hat the Charles w.
Morse mansion at 72S Fifth ave, is to
be sold under the a~uctioneer's hammer
on June 10. Creditors have more than
1900. 900 In claims against the residence
having obtained a court order authoriz-
ing the disposal of the property to the
highest bidder,
This means that Mrs. Morse, wife Of
the former ice king, will be dlspos-
sessed, unless friends Of the imprisoned
capitalist come to her aid n raise
more than half a million dollars to
save the remnant of what was five
years ago one of the greatest fortunes
In America. The house is the last rem
nant of his fortune, which once reached
$40, 000, 900. She said that h knew
nothing about a sale and had made no
plans to leave. Her friends said she
would fight for her home to the last
ditch.
The house, q five-story structure on
the west side OF the avenue, adjoins
the residence of Harry Payne Whit
ney, and Is one of h show places OF
the famous "Millionaire's Row"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-05-27
BRAND OF CAIN" WAS
MARK OF POISON IVY
Wife Murderer, Who Gave Him
self Up, Pointed to a Red
Streak on Forehead.

New York. May 2~4.-"Oficer I have
murdered my wife. Here is the re-
volver I did 1t with, and here upon my
forehead Is the curse mark that would
tell h world my crime If / tried to
hide 1t. The bible story OF the brand
ing Of Cain Is true"
Thus ran the simple confession Of
his crime that George Yes made to
Sergeant Mulligan at Perth Amboy po-
lice headquarters. AS he told his story
he placed on the desk a revolver with
two shells empty, and pointed to an
angry red streak running across hin
forehead. "
The mark was of poison Ivy, but Yes
did not know that. He did not know
he had been in a tangle Of the plant
on the wooded, brush-grown hill back
Of the town where he had shot his wife
the evening before.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-05-27
AMERICA TALKS PEACE;
RIVALS PLAN FOR WAR
international Arbitration Is
Urged by Mohonk Lake
Conference.

Lake Mohonk, N. Y, May 24.-The
Lake Mohonk conference on interna-
tional arbitration today unanimously
adopted a platform. It reviews with
profound satisfaction the cause OF in
ternational justice during the past de-
cade, and urges upon our government
prompter action toward perfecting the
important measures that have been in
a~ugurated at The Hague. 1t urges ne
gotiatfon of treaties of arbitration with
all nations, looks forward hopefully to
the day when all international disputes
not settled by diplomacy shall be re-
ferred to The Hague for adjustment
and declares that the clear logic OF
Hague conventions prescribes h linn
itation and gradual destruction Of the
machinery of war by the nations par
ties to these conventions.
The great ornaments of the nation
are declared to be intolerable burdens,
which fill the world with apprehension
and alarm and create an atmosphere
~unfavorable to the system of arbitra-
ton, and a drain Upon the resources
of the people so exhausting as to men,
ace all national treasures and check
d~isastrously the social reforms n adj
vances which the interests of human
ity demand. The nations are called
upon to examine as to the possibility
of agreements which will effectually
limit war budgets, and 1t is suggested
that the United States take the initia-
tive to that end.
VIM. I. Buchanan, OF Buffalo, and
Judge 8. E. Baldwin, of New Haven,
seconded the motion for adoption Of
the platform and commended 1t for
what II contained as well as for what
1t did not contain.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-05-27
FIRE BURNING so YEARS,
SUDDENLY GETS WORSE

Tamaqua, Pa, May 25.-Despite the
fact that hundreds of thousands of dol
lars have been spent in an endeayor
to. extinguish the fire burning for so
years III the Lehigh Coal & Navigation
tompany's mine at Summit Hill, the
fire is now spreading toward the Spring
Tunnel workings and so OF the Read
ing company's carpenters and masons
were sent from the Ashland to aid in
erecting concrete walls to check the
spread of the flames. Great quantities
If sulphur abound in the burning
shafts and the work Is dangerous. 1t
may be necessary to I'LL the shafts with
water in order to continue the battle
with the spread of the fire.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-05-27
PRESIDENTS WIFE
is OUT OF SOCIETY

washington, May 26.--Mrs. Taft, wife
OF the president. will not participate fur
Their In the social gayeties at Washington
this season. Mrs. Lewis More, of Gin
~cinnati, sister OF Mrs. Taft, will remain In
washington until May 30 to act as hostess
at the garden party next Friday after
noon, for which Mrs. Taft issued invita-
lions some weeks ago.
Mrs. More. who was Miss Elecnor Her
ron. IS a OUNCE sister Of Mrs. Taft and
the wife Of one OF the most prominent edu-
Gators In Cincinnati, her husband being a
professor in the University OF Cincinnati.
She has charmed society here by her graz
ciousness and the extreme ease will
which she has fallen into the difficult po-
sItion OF hostess at the White House.
Mrs. Taft is not seriously Ill, but Is "all
used ID" Mrs. More was accompanied
to washington by Judge Heron, her faith
er, who is still a guest at the White House.
Mrs. More will remain here until May 30.
by which time the social calendar at the
White House will have been exhausted.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-05-27
Three BIRTHDAYS
IN A SINGLE YEAR
Perennial Boy Immigrant, IT
Times Deported, Makes His
35th Trans Atlantic Trip.

New York, May 24r-That distin-
guished transatlantic tourist, Rcnnie
Axelrod, who has crossed the ocean 35
times, usually with iron shackled to
his wrists and ankles, Is again knock
ing at Uncle Sans door. On II occa-
sions Bonnie has knocked, only to have
the door shut in his face and with rude
commands from the immigration au-
thorities to begone.
There are some queer things. about
Bonnie. Last year when he was over
here he was IS. Now he is 16. Hav-
Ing three birthdays in one year hasn't
strained Bonnie In the least. His
cheeks are rosy, his blue eyes are as
bright as violets in the early morning,
and his mouth is always ready to
stretch into a winsome smile.
The secret of Bennie's jump in age
Is this: Since early in 1906 the boy
has been striving to enter this coun-
try. In that year he ran away from
his fathers home in Odessa, slowed
himself away on a steamship and
eventually landed in New York. He
got as far a Ellis Island and was
promptly deported.
Since then Bonnie has been coming
back almost with the regularity Of
clockwork, and usually he got no
nearer his goal than Ellis Island.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-05-27
DECISION GIVEN IN
PORTLAND CASE

Washington, May ga decision
was handed down to day by the Inter-
state Commerce commission in what
has come to be known as the Port
land gateway case, in which conten-
ton Of the travelling public for through
routes and joint rates from eastern
points via Portland, Ore, is sustained.
The roads which were defendants In
the proceeding are required by order
of h commission to establish before
July 1, 1909, through routes and joint
rates via Portland and to maintain
them for at least two years.
BY the terms OF the decision, which
Is highly important to the travelling
public, n to the western and north-
western railroads, the Northern Pa
cific, the Union Pacific lines and the
Chicago & Northwestern railway ara
ordered to join in the sale of through
passenger tickets between Seattle and
other points in the Pacific northwest
and eastern destinations, via Portland,
Ore, Inc to accord through facilities,
like the checking of baggage, over the
route.
The case was instituted on the In.
iative Of the commission itself in view
of numerous complaints 1t had re-
ceiVed.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-05-27
OPEN THOUSANDS
OF ACRES OF LAND

Washington, May 25.-President Taft
today issued a proclamation providing
for the opening UP to settlement and
entry of about 440, 900 acres of and In
the Flathead reservation, Montana;
200. 900 in the Occur D'Alene reservation,
Idaho, and between 1000 and 10U, 600 in
the Spokane. Wash, reservation.
Registration, which will commence
on July IL and close August 8, must
be executed and sworn to at either
KalispelI or Missoula, Mont, for the
Flathead lands; at Spokane for the
Spokane land, and at Occur D'Alene
for the lands In the Occur D'Alene res
ervation. Applications for registration
must be delivered through the mails
only to the superintendent of the open
ing at Occur D'Alene, which will be,the
point of drawing for all three reserya-
lions. The drawing will begin at 10
o'clock, August 8, and will continue
until completed. The time for making
entries mas been fixed as April 10, 1910,
for all reservations, In order to enable
the successful applicants to make per-
sonnl investigation of the lands which
will be subject to entry.
Regulations regarding the opening Of
the lands will be available about June.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-05-27
MRS. LONGSTREET IN
DUEL WITH BURGLAR
IN HER OWN HOME

Gainesville, Ga. May 26.-Mrs: Helen
Longstreet, widow OF the confederate
general and postmistress of this place,
Fought a duel with a man whom she dis
covered in her home about 2 o'clock In
the morning.
Mrs. Longstreet was awakened by a
noise. and, securing a pistol, went to In
yestiGate. When she entered the dining
room she saw a man trying to open a
closet in which the table silver was kept.
She called to lin and the man turned and
ran for a window. Mrs. Longstreet fired
and the man drew a pistol and nred once.
Mrs Longstreet continued firing at the
deeine man until her pistol was empty.
She thinks she hit the man, as he stag
Rered and nearly fell.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-05-27
JUDGE IN A GRAFT s
WITH B00TLEGGERS

Shawnee, Okla, May 2~5.-Confessing
his own guilt and duplicating others
in a charge of grating in the protec-
ton Of "bootleggers' and 'joint" keep
ers. Virgil Biggers, recently suspended
as county attorney of this county, tes-
titled here yesterday in a bribery case
In which William Maben, district judge,
is defendant.
Biggers declared that Judge Maben
himself and others met the bootleggers
in conference, agreed upon terms and
later accepted money brought to them
by County Commissioner Robert Hagar.
Biggers said certain sums had been
delivered to Hagar in an envelope by
Oat Johnson ard L. b. Howell, joint.
lists. Johnson then took the stand and
reiterated the story of the conference
and the passage OF the money.
Mr.. Bulgin charged that in the ~ost
year 1925, 900 had been paid for pro-
lection. .
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-05-27
MISSOURI INSURANCE
SALARY LAW UPHELD

Jefferson City, Mo-, May 25-The Mis-
souri, supreme court, sitting en- banc
today sustained the state law which
denies licenses to insurance companies
which pay any of their officers salaries
in excess of $50, 900. The act was passed
two years ago and has been the sub
ject of extended litigation.
Today's decision was on an applica-
ton from three large eastern compa-
MES for a writ of mandamus to compel
the state insurance department to Is
sue licenses to them. The writ was
denied to the petitioners-the Equitable
Life Assurance society, the Prudential
Insurance company and the Metropolis
tan Life Insurance company.
While upholding the validity of the
statute, the court declared that 1t was
unwise legislation and recommended its
repeal. .'. ~. 20
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-05-27
WEATHER MAN WITNESS
IN IMPORTANT SUIT

Chicago. May A.-An affidavit of Henry
J. Cox, in charge OF the Chicago office Of
the weather bureau, was presented to
Judge Wells by Attorney Sydney Stein in
support of a motion that the court set
aside a verdict of $4,000 given by a jury
in Judge Wells court q few weeks ago to
Miss Mary Mates, $500 Michigan ave, in
a breach of promise suit against Hugh
Crabbe.
Miss Mates testified that she went to a
fiat at 3505 Michigan ave. with Crabbe on
the evening of October 20, 1906, in order to
get out of the rain and at Crabbe's sug-
gestion. Attorney Stein said: II have
here an affidavit from Professor Cox
showing that there was no rain on that
evening or any other Saturday evening in
October, 1906"
The affidavit Of Professor Cox was read
to the court in support of the motion. No
decision was given.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-05-27
MISSOURI APPEALS
FROM S. MCPHERSON
Another Step Taken by State
to Prevent Return to g.
Cent Fares.

Kansas City, May 24.-Another step
was taken by the state to restrain the
railroads of Missouri from restoring the
Scent passenger fare, when Jeptha
Howe, of st. Louis, representing See
bert Jones. circuit attorney of that city,
today filed in the federal court here an
appeal from the recent decision of Fed
eral Judge Smith Mcpherson, continu-
ing in force a temporary injunction re-
straining the circuit attorney from
prosecuting an injunction suit against
the railroads.
The appeal was filed with consent of
Judge Mcpherson, who was not pres
ent, but from whom a telegram was
read sanctioning the action. The ap-
peal Is based on allegations of error In
the ruling of Judge Mcpherson.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-05-27
COLONEL ASToR INvENTS
MACHINE TO USE
PEAT FOR FUEL

New York, May 24.-Colonel John
Jacob Aston has applied for a patent
for a machine which it Is hoped will
make possible the utilization of peat
deposits as a fuel for power. The cur
rent number OF the Scientific American
contains an account of the process and
says that Colonel Aston intends to pre-
sent it to the public in the hope that
1t ma be of wide general use.
Colonel Astor is about to try out this
invention at his place, Rhinecliff-on-
the-Hudson. He will erect q 150-horse
power plant and attach 1T to a stone
crusher. If the peat gas succeeds in
running this, II is believed an inter-
esting engineering advance with far
reaching effect will have been achieved.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-05-27
WYOMING VS.. CANADA;
$4,000 IN DAT RACE
Contest to Determine Superior
ity in Raising Big Crops Is
on in Earnest.

Laramie. Wyo., May 26.--"Bet you
10000 / can raise more oats per acre
on my Laramie plains farm than any
other man I'm the world can raise on his
farm" says Colonel e. ]. Bell, of
Laramie.
wen take that bet" answers a SYM
dictate OF western Canadian farmers,
headed by Professor w. III. F%airchild,
OF Lethenbridge, Alberta.
And the great international oat rails
ing contest is on. The contest is not
alone one of Canada against the United
States, but IL is a contest of two sys-
TENS of farming as well.
The stakes have already been posted
and the oats are now being planted.
The harvest will come in September
and the championship award will be
made by the officials OF the National
Corn association, Immediately after
threshing. @
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-05-27
ROOSEVELT HUNTING
SECOND HAND LIONS?

Boston, May 26.-Two Of the largest
animal dealers in Europe, Calignari, of
Naples, and Hagenbeck, OF Berlin, are
said to have been purchasing animals
from the menageries n zoos of Gu
rope for the last year and shipping
them by devious routes to British East
Africa.
According to Giovanni Locatelli, a
trainer of animals, who arrived from
Naples on the Romantic, en- route for
Canada, aged lions, decrepit hippopo-
tami and consumptive leopards, which
had been in captivity so long they
would feed out OF the trainers hands,
and several gnus, all obtained from
the animal shows of Europe, in ex-
change for better specimens, were
shipped to Malta. Locatelli estimates
that at least 100 large beasts have been
shipped to the neighborhood of Nom
basa by the two. firms.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-05-27
{. r. SHAW BEGINS
ACTION FOR DIVORCE

Boston, May ga libel praying for
divorce from his wife, Nettie e. Shaw,
and custody of her son. Eldredge F.
Shaw, was fled at Salem today by
State Senator James F. Shaw, Of Man
chester.
The libel alleges statutory offenses
with II. Keno Marble, the chauffeur for
the Shaw family, with whom 1t is al
legged Mrs. Shaw eloped to California.
Recently an attempt was made by
Senator Shaw to obtain possession of
his son, who was with the mother and
Marble, in California.
Mrs. Shaw Is o at Chatham, Mass,
where she arrived last week from Cali
fornia with her son and her father, II.
Fisher Eldredge.
Senator Shaw said today hat every
effort would be made to obtain pos
session Of the child.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-05-27
France and England Prepare to
Make Large Increase in Their
Fighting Navies.

Paris, May 24.-The superior council
of the navy has decided upon q pro-
gram that includes bringing the number
that would insure France fourth place
among the naval powers Of the world.
1t is proposed to lay down In 1910 two
21,O0O-ton vessels of an enlarged Dan
ton type.
The armament has not yet been de-
cided upon, but the council Is In favor
OF IL 12-inch guns in six turrets. those
aft to be superimposed. The naval ar
tillery experts, however, have brought
forward arguments in favor Of 16 10.s-
inch guns in eight turrets.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-05-27
MRS. C. d. GlBS0N'S
HAT Is IN FLAMES

New York, May 28.-Mrs. Charles
Dana Gibson had a narrow escape
from serious injury at a lawn fete on
Lenox Library field. Fifth avenue and
Seventy-first street, for the benefit OF
Hope Farm.
smokers supplies are sold and where
Mrs. Richard Stevens, Mrs. Joseph
Hartman and Mrs. Joseph s. Stevens
were busy. A cigar lighter in full
fame, unnoticeable in the daylight.
came in contact with the plumes OF
Mrs. Gibson's hat. In a moment the
handsome plumes We're ablaze, and had
1t not been for Mrs, Joseph Stevens
Mrs. Gibson would have been the loser
OF more than a fine ostrich plume.
Mrs. Stevens beat out the flames with
no injury to herself.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-05-27
FRIGHTENED YOUNG MAN
SLEEPS; CAN'T BE REUSED

Philadelphia, Pa, May 24.--When
Louis Cohen, a young Russian, who
boards with Hyman Weinstein, at COS
Green St., is frightened he almost
Immediately falls asleep. Once SOM
nolent, there Is nc telling when he will
awaken again. 1t may be days or it
may be weeks. At present he Is I'm
the Roosevelt hospital and is sleeping
as though wound up for a month to
come. ~
The Ease Is one of the most puzzling.
the hospital physicians say, that they
ave come across. Every effort has
been made to awaken him, without
success. To electric shocks he has
proved impervious. Douches Of ice
water have not disturbed him, MOI have
baths of almost scalding water. Not
even the pricking of pins has served
to rouse him.