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The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1910-01-17
IN MINNESOTA RATE CASES
State Contends That Great Northern
Is OvercapitaIized.-

- oVSTCdpi ldIL0u'
st. Paul, Jan. 17.-That the Great
Northern railroad is overcapitalized
many millions of dollars is the con-
tention which the state, through At
torneys E. S. Durment and E. T.
Young, sought to establish in the hear
ing now being conducted in the freight
rate cases before Charles E. Otis, mas
ter in chancery.
The principal witness was G.. w.
Hillman, an expert accountant who
has been employed by the state to go
over the books of the Great Northern
for the purpose Of ascertaining, if pos
sible, the actual amount of money
which was put into the building of the
road and the acquiring Of its proper
ties and also to show some of the
procedures in the matter of bookkeep-
ing and its method of handling and
treating various matters.
Among the points brought out in
Mr.. Hillman's testimony was his show
ing that the actual cost of the st.
Paul and Pacific when it was bought
up and reorganized as the. St. Paul,
Minneapolis and Manitoba, the road
which afterward became the Great
Northern, was, in round figures, $10,-
100000.
Yet the first entry on the books of
the Manitoba road, after it's reorgani.
zation, was the cost of the old road,
which was placed at little less than
eQf 00n 00n a sudden incroooo of oho,,+
$21,OOO,OOO.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1910-01-17
BLOW TO SURETY COMPANIES
Judge Lands Bars Their Bonds Be-
cause of Alleged Trust. r..

Chicago, Jan. 17.-Surety companies
which have annually reaped lucrative
profits from the bond business done in
the federal courts are smarting from
stinging blow dealt them by Judge
Kenesaw Lands, who has decreed
that he will never again approve a
bond signed by surety company and
that hereafter defendants in criminal
cases, receivers and others who wish
to give bond must get their friends to
act in the capacity of bondsmen to win
the sanction of the court.
Judge Lands explains this action
by the statement that the surety COM
panies have recently formed trust
agreement to raise the prices on all
bonds and that this action is in real.
ity "holdup." In some instances, he
declares, the companies have in
creased their prices as much as 300
per cent. .z
The action of Judge Lands in bar
ring the surety concerns is the first
Of it's kind.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1910-01-17
SUPPLIES ARE RUNNING Low
Chicago Rapidly Approaching State OF
. Besieged City. ..s,. ....

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Chicago, Jan. ,17.-Chicago is rapidly
approaching the state of city be.
sieged, for the blizzard that continues
unabated in many parts of the country
has destroyed all present hopes of re.
plenishing the practically exhausted
city's supplies of coal, milk and other
necessaries.
Heroic efforts are being made to pro.
tect the babies of the city by various
civic and charitable organizations.
with the result that the big milk com.
panies will not deliver to any home
where there is not an infant. Officials
of hospitals, especially those for chill.
dren, feel the result of the milk short
age keenly, but they are, however,
hopeful Of getting limited supply.
Unless the fluid can be furnished to
those institutions it is predicted that
many deaths will result. --..
The coal situation is worse than at
any time in the city's history and the
small amount in the bins is rapidly
dwindling. Little encouragement for
the coal dealers and consumers is Of
fered by the railroads.
The insane asylum at Elgin faces
the prospect of being fireless within
twenty-four hours.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1910-01-17
NATURE. TELLS. YOU.
As Many Bemidji Reader Knows too
Well.
When the kidneys are sick,
Nature tells you all about it.

When the kidneys are sick,
Nature tells you all about it.
The urine is natures calendar. IL
Infrequent or too frequent
action;
Any urinary trouble tells OF
kidney ills. ~ -. -G 81
7 Doan's Kidney Pills cure all
kidney ills. -.a
People in this vicinity testify to
this. -,- "'s@@
y Jacob Scheerer, of Park Rapids,
Minn., says: i. .s.I.>.@....s>
II do great deal of hard work
and I believe this, together with
being in a stopped position,
brought on my kidney trouble.
My back ached severely and there
was soreness across my kidneys.
The kidney secretions were at
times very unnatural. I tried
several remedies, but did not get
much re Lief until friend told me
of Doan's Kidney Pills. l pro.
cured a supply and the contents ol
two boxes removed the pain in my
back and restored my kidneys to
normal condition." H..
For sale by all dealers. Price
so cents. Foster Milburn Co.,
Buffalo, New York, sole agents for
the United States
Remember the name-Doan's-
and take no other.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1910-01-17
GREAT GORGE .0N
The Ohio HOLDS
People Ready TO Flee at First
Sign Of Break

Louisville, Jan. 17.-Wolf creek
gorge In the Ohio still holds, the six.
ty-five-mile ice jam apparently grow.
ing stronger with drop in tempera'
ture. Watch fires are kept burning at
night along the river. Everywhere
people are ready with their telephones
to give warning of the first sign of q
break. II
The river has reached flood stage
in Louisville for the first time this
winter. Ten barges Of the Mononga
hela Coal and Coke company were
torn from their moorings at Tow
Head island, five miles above Louis
vile, but were caught before going
over the falls,
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1910-01-17
MORE BANKERS IN GRAFT net
Further Arrests in Connection With
Pittsburg Scandal.

Pittsburg, Jan. 17.-President E. H.
Jennings and Vice President F. A.
Griffin of the Columbia National bank;
Max G.. Leslie, county delinquent tax
collector and former Republican city
chairman; former Councilman Charles
Stewart and T.. F. Nicola, a capitalist
and real estate operator, were arrest
ed on warrants charging them with
conspiring to cause the selection of
the Columbia National bank as city
depository.
The charges are the result of the
graft scandals of 1908, when it was
brought out that councilmen had been
paid money to vote for six deposit
tories.
Officers of other banks who were
found guilty had taken an appeal to
the superior court. AS no decision
seemed likely until March, when the
statute of limitations would have ex-
empted those just arrested, the dis
trict attorney took summary action.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1910-01-17
A Statement Of Facts Backed by a
= Strong Guarantee. RI -

We guarantee immediate and
positive relief to all sufferers from
constipation. In every case where
our remedy fails to do this we will
supply it free. That's a frank
statement of facts, and we want
you to substantiate them at our
risk. &c., .-.... .a....
Rexall Orderlies are a gentle,
effective, dependable and safe
bowel regulator, strengthened and
tonic, that are eaten like candy.
They re-establishnature' sfunctions
in quiet, easy way. They do not
cause any inconvenience, gripping
or nausea. They are so pleasant
to take, and work so easily, that
they may be taken by any. one at
any time. They thoroughly tone
up the whole system to healthy
activity. They have most
beneficial action upon the liver.
Rexall Orderlies are unsurpass-
able and id cal for the use. of chill
dren, old folks and delicate
persons. We cannot too highly
recommend them to all sufferers
from any form of constipation and
its attendant evils. That's why
we back our faith in them with
our promise of money back if they
do not give entire satisfaction.
Two sizes: 12 tablets TO cents
and 36 tablets rs cents. Remem-
ber. you can obtain Rexall Rem
edies in Bemidji only at our store,
The Rexall Store. Barker's
Drug Store.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1910-01-17

The Ortonville Herald-Star is of
the opinion that when Doc"
Rutledge of the Bemidji Pioneer
gets ready to take another fall out of
the State Editorial Association he
will probably decide to write a
spring poem instead. -Brainerd
Dispatch.
Possibly. And with few of the
ready-print, type foundry, railro"d d
and other plutocratic members of
the association we will start the
first stanza thusly: MY country,
tits of thee, land of plutocracy," etc.
The Herald-Star man is one of those
who have benefited considerably
through certain influences" which
are obtained by just the methods of
which the writer has previously
spoken.
You never touched US, brother.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1910-01-17
WOULD REQUIRE COUNTY BOARDS TO
ASSIST FAIR SOCIETIES.

At the meeting of the Minnesota
State Agricultural society, last Fri
day, the delegates went on record
as favoring the enactment by the
legislature of law that would re-
qu,re boards of county commission
ers in the several counties in which
fairs are held to appropriate for the
aid of such fairs an amount equal to
that appropriated for each fair by
the State of Minnesota, and in the
judgment of the association the
state appropriation should be in
creased at least so per cent annually.
This resolution was introduced
principally because of the talk that
was rife during the meeting of the
state society as to the prodigal
liberality shown the state fair, in
comparison with the appropriation
made to aid county fairs in paying
their premiums.
AS the law in this matter now
stands, the board of county CON-
missioners are given the power to
designate the amount that may be
given to aid county fairs; and the
delegates to the state meeting were
of the opinion that law requiring
the payment of specified amount
would prove beneficial and would
be but a commendable act of as
sistance in maintaining organiza-
tions that are of great value to
the development of the states
agricultural and industrial interests.
The county board of Beltrami
county has been liberal with the
agricultural association of this
county, and the association appreci-
ates this assistance; but it is differ
ent in many of the other counties in
the state, which are much more able
to render aid to their fair associa-
tions and which do not tender such
aid. The passage of the law recon-
mended would make it mandatory
on county boards to furnish the
amounts specified.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1910-01-17
INDIAN WOMAN PLEADS CASE
Would Prevent Sale Of Burial Place Of
- ts Ancestors.

-
Washington, Jan. IA dramatic
scene took place in the United States
supreme court when Miss Lydia B.
Cooley, full blooded Wyandotte In
dian, pleaded her own cause in an
effort to prevent the sale of the burial
ground of her ancestors.
The ground in controversy is stu
ated in the heartsof Kansas City, Kan,
and covers about three acres. The
sale was ordered by the secretary of
the interior under the provisions of
the Indian allotment law.
+ Miss Cooley's father, mother and
sister are buried there and she
brought suit to restrain the sale. Miss
Cooley asserts the ground was set
apart by formal treaty with her tribe
and that it could not be diverted for
purposes other than the burial of the
bodies of Wyandotte Indians.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1910-01-17
suBscRlP1loA-.-s5.Oo Per YEAR IN ADVANCE

The kind words which are being
published in the press of the state
concerning A. Kaiser's candidacy
for the republican nomination for
state treasurer are but deserving
commentator of Mr.. Kaiser and
his staunch republicanism, which
has been of the steadfast, working
kind for a score of years past. His
candidacy is gaining new adherants
every day, and he is leading the
others who aspire for the nomina.
tion.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1910-01-17

It's report says:
"The average weekly wage received
by the applicants was $1065 for 1906.
BY 1908 it had dropped to $9.96 and
in 1909 to 1894. The bulk of these
men were unskilled workers and we
are convinced that the wages for this
grade of labor has gone down stead
lily in the last FIVE years. It is true
that employment is more general, but
the father Of the family is receiving
less than before and this means that
the children have to 60 to work earlier
and eke out the difference"
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1910-01-17
Chicago Live Stock.

Chicago, Jan. 15.-Cattle- -Beeves,
$4.15@7.S5; Texas steers, $4.00@5.00;
Western steers, $4.10@6.10; stockers
and feeders. $3.00@5.10; COWS and
heifers, $2.15@5.6o; calves, $7.85@1O..
90. Hogs -Hght,j $8.45@8.80; mixed
$s.40@S.90; heavy, sS.45@s.95; rough,
$8.45@S.65; good to choice heavy, s8,.
65@S.95; pigs, s730@s.40. Sheep
Native, $4.O0@6.10; yearlings, $3.50
500; lambs, $6.25@8.80.
3a.4 H3sa;-+- - >~
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1910-01-17
Admits He Has Three Wives.

Terre Haute, Ind, Jan. Hilary
Epperly, who was arrested here at the
request of the police at Anderson, Ind,
admits he has three wives, Carrie
Kennedy Epperly at Anderson, Ind;
Emma Decker Epperly at Monmouth,
ILL.,, and Bessie Dunbar Epperly, with
whom he is living in Terre Haute
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1910-01-17
St. Paul Live Stock.

st. Paul, Jan. 15.-Cattle Good to
choice steers, $e.75@7.5o; fair to good,
$5.0O@6.75; good to choice cows and
heifers, $4.25@5.25; veals, $6.00@7.50.
Hogs-$S.15@8.45. Sheep-Wethers
$5.25@5.75; yearlings, j $8.75@775;
spring lambs, $8.0O@82 2b.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1910-01-17
Duluth Wheat and Flax.

Duluth, Jan. j15.-Wheat-To arrive
and on track-No. 1 hard, $1.131h; No.
I Northern, $1.13; No. 2 Northern
Sill; May and July, SLIP. Flax-O1
track, In store, to arrive and May
1924; Sept, $1.75.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1910-01-17
New York City at Mercy Of
Violent Storm.
FIVE DEATHS REPORTED.
Transportation Lines Near the Point
Of Complete Paralysis, While Much
Suffering Results in the Poorer Quar-.
ters of the city-chicago Faces Sc.
rlous Shortage Of Supplies, Follow.
Ing Recent Severe Blizzard.

ing nSCenC severe 6llZZarO.
New York, Jan. 17.-After a brief
let up the storm which struck this
city and buried the streets beneath a
foot of snow, resumed with violence
With the rise of the storms force came
fall of temperature and high winds
which piled the snow in huge drifts.
Transportation lines in the outlying
sections were near the point of com.
plete paralysis, while surface traffic in
the city was difficult and uncertain.
Five deaths due to the storm is the
record SO far, with long chapter of
casualties being written as the reports
from suburban points come to hand.
There was much suffering in the poor.
er quarters of the city. r.
r. Long Island, as in the Christmas
storm, was severely hit. Mayor Gaynor
is recovering in Hicksville from the eff.
fects of harsh experience which re-
suited from his efforts to get to his
home in St. James and afterwards to
get help for companion, Charles e..
Shepard, an editor, of Huntington,
who met with a possibly fatal accident
in falling from a trestle while walking
the tracks with the mayor. The roads
in this territory we're badly blocked.
Conditions on Staten Island, in New
Jersey, Connecticut and suburban
points are simply appalling. Traffic
is absolutely tied up. In some places
the snow, carried by the driving gale,
is banked ten and fifteen feet high.
In New York city the hotels are
packed by persons unable to reach
their homes in the suburban towns.
Fifteen thousand men, under the
direction of "Big Bill" Edwards, the
former Princeton football star, are
trying to keep the main arteries of
traffic open, but their efforts are fu-
tile. .e.r
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1910-01-17
Chicago Grain and Provisions.

Chicago, Jan. 15.-Wheat-May,
$1.11k @1.11b; July. $1.02h@1.02%;
Sept, $3.50. Corn-May, 6SW@69c;
July, '6S% @6S12c;r Sept, 68Ac. Oats
May, 4SR@4S%c; July, 45Ac;
Sept, 42c. Pork-Jan., $21.87a; May,
$22.07k. Butter-Creameries, 26@
34c; dairies, 25@3Oc. Eggs-24k@
S8c. Poultry Turkeys, Ito; chickens,
14hc; springs, '>15c. 49,
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1910-01-17
GRAIN AND PROVISION PRICES
Minneapolis Wheat.

Minneapolis, Jan. 15.-Wheat-May.
$1.11% %@1.12;~ July, s1.117s. On track
NO. hard, s1.13% No. !
Northern, $1.13A @I14A;eN No. 2 North
ern, $1.11A @1.12A; No. Northern
$1.1O@1.11A.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1910-01-17
Piled twenty-five Feet High.

Kansas City, Jan. 17.-1nterest in
the condition of the Kansas river as a
result of ice gorges centered on a
great jam near Edwardsville, Kan.
twelve miles up stream from here. Ice
is piled twenty-five feet high there
from bank to bank. That heavy dam.
age will result when the gorge breaks
is feared by river men. -,
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1910-01-17
UNSKILLED LABOR PAID LESS
Average Wages at Present Lower
Than Four Years AGO.

New York, Jan. 17.-Althougr the
wages of skilled workmen have In
creased during the past few years the
Public Education association of New
York finds that the average wage Of
the unskilled laborer in this city is
nearly 81 a week less than it was in
1906.
The society has kept accurate rec
ord of men whom it has sent to the
employment bureaus to obtain work.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1910-01-17

ceive his instructions from them and
decide the date upon which he will
leave for the Orient.
until see the officials of the state
department" said Mr.. Calhoun, 81
shall not know exactly when shall
leave for China, but the date will
probably be some time in February. II
is possible that shall remain In
Washington for a week or more"
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1910-01-17
RETIREs TO MAKE MONEY
Congressman Dawson Says He Cannot
Afford to Remain.

Afford to Remain.
Washington, Jan. 17-Representa-
tive Albert F. Dawson of the Second
Iowa district will not be candidate
before the primary next June for re-
nomination. His decision is announced
In a letter which he sent to former
Representative Lane, chairman of the
district Republican committee In his
letter Mr.. Dawson says:
Every man owes it to his family
to provide against the day of need
and, having devoted six years to the
service of the district, 4 feel that plain
duty requires that I return to private
life in order that may have oppor-
tunity to make financial provision for
those dependent on me-"
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1910-01-17
TO RECEIVE INSTRUCTIONS

New Minister to China Will See Taft
and Knox.
Chicago, Jan. 15.-William ]. Cal
houn, the new minister to China, has
left for Washington to confer with
President Taft and Secretary Knox
regarding his new duties. He will re-
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1910-01-17
MYSTERIOUS CHICAGO CASE
Well Dressed Woman Found Uncon
scious IN SnoWbank.

Chicago, Jan. II 1l-Bedecked in dia-
monds and fashionably dressed wos
man Of evident refinement was found
unconscious in a snoWdrift suffering
from poison. She was hurried to a
hospital and revived, but deepened the
mystery by refusing to state her name
OF give any information as to her iden.
tity.
She was found lying face downward
81 the snow and had evidently lain
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1910-01-17

Boy" Indian ReServation-PIan OF
Opening Avoids Expense Attached to
Lottery System. .s-.f =.
Butte, Mont, Jan. 17.-Nearly mil.
lion and half acres of what is known
as the Rocky Boy Indian lands'' will
be thrown open to homesteaders in the
extreme northeastern corner of Mon.
tana next March and may be entered
without any of the formalities of
drawing at one time and filing six
months later, according to an an
nouncmenr received in Butte as fol-
lows:
"By order of Richard A. Ballinger,
secretary of the interior, about 1,400,-
900 acres of land in Valley county,
Eastern Montana, known as the
"Rocky Boy Indian lands" will be
thrown open to white settlers March
/, 1910, and will be subject to both
settlement and entry March 81 and
thereafter"
The order of Secretary Ballinger
provides for settlement and entry of
the lands under the usual homestead
laws. There will be no registration
and no drawing. First to come will be
able to make their selections and
know to a reasonable certainty that
they will be able to secure the land
fled upon.
Avoids Expense and Delay.
All the expense of going out to reg.
lister; the delay of waiting for the
drawing and the additional delay of
waiting several months before making
entry are done away with under this
system. Those who have made settle
ment on this land prior to Dec. 10,
1909, the date of the secretary's order
or who may make settlement between
March 1 and March 81, will have a
preferred right to make entry on the
lands secured by their settlement any
time within three months after March
81, 1910. Filings must be made at the
United States land office at Glasgow,
Mont, on and after March 81.
lie lduuS 10 De Opeueu are UOuuueu
by the Missouri river on the south, by
the international boundary on the east
and by the Fort Peck Indian reserva.
tlon. The lands can readily be reached
from Culbertson and Bainville. Most
of the land is rolling prairie and said
to be unusually fertile. The opening
of this land is really of more impor-
tance than any of the big reservations
that have been opened in the North.
west in the last few years. =
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1910-01-17

there for several hours. After she was
taken to the hospital the police found
q small revolver In her handbag.
Every chamber but one was empty and
in that was an unexploded cartridge.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1910-01-17
MONTANA LANDS
TO BE OPENED
Subject to Entry Under the
Homestead Laws.
SAID TO BE VERY. FERTILE.

Tract Consists Of One Million Four
Hundred Thousand Acres in Eastern
Part of State Known az the "Rocky
Boy" Indian Reservation-PIan OF
Opening Avoids Expense Attached to
Lottery System. T.. -
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1910-01-17
NO REASON FOR DOUBT /.

lu FssR..-
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1910-08-19
Washin6to n
Letter.
BY rAvUsNER

BY TAvENNER.
tsrnciAL cosaRsroxbsxtl
Kansas City, No., Aug. iS--
Tho usands OF Rspu blicana
throughout the land. and In the
insurgents districts particularly,
are bscoming impatient at Rooss-
velt's apparent reluetAncs TO ststs
exactly where he stands on the
subject Of insurgency.
The result 10 that Theodore
Roosevelt is not quite ss popular
an ex.presidsnt as he was i'm.
mediately following his return
from Africa.
This is an unbiased conviction
that has been forced upon me
after having travelled from Wash.
ington to the Pacific coast and
back. Ihave talked with hun
dreds Of persons Of ell Glasses,
and have sojourned especially
In the insurgsnt districts.
Roosevelt is not unpopular.
do not wish to convey that i'm
preston. He still has Q large
following.
But many Of Roosevelt's ad'
mirers seem 10 feel the ex.presi'
dent is waiting to see which fac
ton Of his party 10 the strongest
instead Of making q decision or
the basis Of which faction is NOR
ally right.
II Roosevelt acts quickly ant
with clesr.cut candor he ma!
prevent further inroads on hiI
popularity. II no does not 90 40
1.-THE movement which he is giveI
march on without him, with Il
Toilette or some other progressiv'
at the head.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1910-08-19
WILL T. r. AID LODGE.

Word has come into the west
via the Associated Press that
Roosevelt will campaign for the
election of Senator Henry
Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts,,
who declares that the ultimate
consumer 10 . myth.
Roosevelt's admirers are gulp.
ing hard over this information.
They have been educated by Ii
Toilette and other genuine pro-
grsssiyss to know Lodge ss q tool
Of Aldrieh and the special inter.
ests.
They also have the word Of no
lesser authority than Represen-
tative Butler Ames, q Republican
insurgent Of Lodges own state Of
Massachusetts, that the political
machine Of Senator Lodge sis
backed by oil the large corpora.
tions'' and is used TO advance
the selfish financial schemes Of
the large railroads, banking and
manufacturing interests he
(Lodge) serves In the halls Of
Congress-"
Roossvels's great popularity
has been largely due 10 the be-.
Lief Of the people that he was the
enemy OF such corporation ssrv-
ere as Lodge.
Therefore ell over the land the
sx.prssidsnt friends are asking
"Hos can Roosevelt consoisn.
tiously speak for . man like
Lodge, whsn Ls does nothing foi
men like LsFolisstsf
The mere asking Of this quss.
ton he's the tsndeney Of placing
Roosevelt on tie defensive. And
Il l. bed for any politician. greal
Or small. 10 Be On the defensive.
THE pmocRAzIc POSITION.
Republican spellbindsrs hav,
intlmatsd The Democratic party
stands Tor free trade. Absolutl
free trade e inDrscticls With thI
United States. Every country ID
the world, including Greet Bril-
|tain, lsvies sous tariff, and thiI
country must always do .,