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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-02-09
RESCUERS IN GREAT DANGER
Efforts to Recover Bodies Of Miners
Nav Be Abandoned,

May Be Abandoned. Fl.
Cherry, ILL.,, Feb. 8.-Efforts to re-
cover the bodies of the miners who
lost their lives in the st. Paul mine
last November were practically aban-
doned following the narrow escape
from death CT a crew of rescuers who
were almost buried in an avalanche of
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-02-09

falling coal and rock while trying to
remove five bodies found in passage
way south of the air shaft.
Rescuers have seen many other de-
composed bodies lying about, but it
is problematical when the work of
rescue can be resumed. The rescuers
are now endangering their lives So
poisonous are the gases in the mine
that the least scratch causes an ulcer
ated sore.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-02-09

Candidate for Alderman, First Ward.
l hereby announce myself can
didate for alderman in the First
ward to be voted on at the city
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-02-09
LOSSES BY FIRE
ARE VERY Heavy
Average $l,50o,o00 a Day in.
the United States.
FRAME BUILDINGS BLAMED
Loss Per Capita in This Country Eight
Times as Much as Any Country Of
Europe-Governmen Saves Half Mil.
lion Year in Insurance Premiums
by Constructing Only Fireproof
Structures. s.--

by Constructing Only Fireproof
Structures.
Washington, Feb .L-Fire, stolen
from heaven by Prometheus, accord
ing to ancient Greek mythology, and
as blessing brought by him to earth
in hollow reed after Beus had de.
prived mankind of it, levies upon
Americans each year an enormous tax
calculated by the United States gov
eminent officials at $1,500,000 day
and 1,449 lives year. AS result of
an investigation just concluded by Of
ficials of the United States geological
survey it has been ascertained that
cheaper fireproof materials can be
used to advantage in construction, that
three to six times the necessary
amount of material is habitually used
in structural work in the United
States, that the building codes are
laxly enforced, that the fire loss in the
United States is eight times as much
per capita as in any country in Europe
and that the great fire waste in the
United States is due principally to the
predominance of frame buildings and
to defective' construction and equip
ment
Not one person in thousand knows
that the United States government
owns buildings that cost more than
$300,00O,0O0 and is spending $40,
900 year for new buildings. It will
be surprise to every one, too, to
learn that not one cent of insurance
against loss by fire is carried on these
valuable buildings. Insurance at the
ordinary rate would cost more than
half million dollars a year and the
government avoids this great tax by
constructing buildings that are secure.
ly fireproof.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1910-10-18
OYSTERS ARE LAZY.
They Spend Practically the Whole OF
Their Lives In Beds.


Their Lives In Beds.
Just like confirmed invalids. oysters
spend their lives in beds. The prin-
cipal parts of an oyster are salt water
and handsome stomach.
Every oyster has mother-of-pearl
lined overcoat with the moss on the
outside. But a Waldorf Astoria oys-
ter gathers no moss.
Oysters, as a rule. keep their mouths
shut. but when they have been in so
ciety too long they begin to cape.
They are fond of playing games, one
of their favorites being ring-around-
a-rosy. In this game they join shells
in circle on a plate. They live in the
ocean in summer and during the win
ter months frequent the principal ho-
tels and restaurants, where they have
reserved seats on cakes of ice spe-
cially prepared for them. They are
rarely met with at huskings or church
fairs.
An oyster is a conchologist by ma
ture. bivalve by profession and am
appetizer because he cannot help him
self. There are girl oysters as well as
men oysters; but, so far as Is known.
one is not superior to the other.
Oysters vary in size according to
their circumstances and their bringing
up. Some are harder to swallow than
others. There is no particular rule
about this. But if at first you don
succeed. try. try again.
In June the oysters ought to be as
rare as the days.-Thomas L. Mason
in Judges Library.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1910-10-18
Roofing and SpoutIiI

We are IN the market for ~
spoutlng, any kind sou may ~shl' "a
able prices. Call aud see ns sasu m q
need Of work OF the kind. at lteso4-
street, Charles Town, W Va. vk
May 3. EAsi EkpAl -
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1910-10-18
Beaten to a Mummy.

Until pretty late in the eighteenth
century mummies entered into great
variety of drugs, balms and other
indictments As the genuine mummy
was then expensive, recipes were Civ
en- by many ancient writer's for con
verting human flesh into mummy
Usually only certain portions OF the
body were used, and these were beat
en-, dried, macerated and spiced out OF
all likeness to their natural condition
hence beaten to mummy" Numer
Gus illusions are made to the prac
tice in ancient literature, and in al
old play, Bird In a Cage" are the
directions, make mummy of my fest
and sell me to the apothecaries."
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1910-10-18
CASTORIA
For Infat is and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
signature sssss the Of 1Mzz5zu
Society Meetings

r. A M.,-Jefferson Chapter No. 5, 4th
Monday night of each month.
l. o. r. M.-Shenandoah Tribe, No. 80,
every Monday night.
Knights Templar. COmmandery
No. 5, LIST Tuesday of each month.
Royal Neighbors of America. Camp No.
1862, every Tuesday night.
X. of P.,-Blue Ridge Lodge No. lS1, every
Wednesday night.
l. o. o. F..-Wildey Lodge No. 81. every
Thursday night,
Al IL A. M.,-Malta Lodge No. SO, I'd and
4th Friday nights of each month.
Modern WoOdmen.-Chares Town Camp
Nc. 1854, every Friday night.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1910-10-18
Farm for Sale

A good jefferson County Faim q
50aacres Of good, tillable. liIne s''osils
acres in timber, with vein Of Dys
ming across the tract. Wei ilnp'S
eantifully located, Apply a 45 lss oFg
Jan.9-tf. sPlkii
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1910-10-18
TAXlDERMY.

Mr.. Samuel Michael, of the vicinity of
Dufiields, is prepared to stuff and mount All
kinds OF birds ard animals. at short. motto.
and at reasonable prices. Post Office Shen-
andoah Junction, W. Va. Nov. I. 1905
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1910-10-18
ROBERT JENKINS.
General Contractor
CHARLES TOWN, W. VA.

VIM do all kinds of ExcayatIno stona
orushlng. Blasting, &c. Crushed Son .. ~
s ways On hand. and orders for came promptlv
July 23-tf.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-01-27
Another Beauty Spot in the Unit
ed States Treasury REPORT

In the official Report Of the United States
Treasury, for January Is, 1910, it appears
that the National Banks hold nearly $780,
100000 of your money.
Of this amount, upwards of $12000,000 is
entered "To the credit of the Disbursing
Officers.
But more than 36,Oo0,000 Of it is not sub
ject to the drafts of the Discussing Officers.
A formal call, in advance of checking out,
would be necessary, before the funds would
be available for governmental purposes.
In other words, the $36,274 ,967.13 consti-
tutes loan of your money to the National
Banks Why does the Government lend your
money to the National Banks? Partly, for
the purpose of enabling The Pets to lend it
to you.
You ask: 'Do The Pets pay the Govern
ment any interest for the use of our money!"
No, indeed The idea of such thing
You must be "cracked", to ask such ques-
ton.
You ask: "Do we pay interest to The Pets
for the use of some of our own moneys"
Why, of course, you do! Why do you ask
such foolish questions, anyway?
Inasmuch as the National Banks ordinarily
have the free use of about $150,000,000 of
your money! the Morgan Money Trust has
demanded that another bond issue be made.
Morgan's President and Cabinet have con
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-01-27
5be 3efferson,an

This Mr. Ellis, this malicious and menda-
cious slanderer from the North, is playing
into the hands of the Social Equality Educa-
honal Trust. I am battling, with might and
main, for my own flesh and blood, the boys
and girls of the South: and am doing all that
| can to arouse our people to a sense of the
necessity of concentrating oar time and
nooneq on the moral, educational and mate
rial 6etteqmaent of THE SOUTHERN
WHITES.
In the name of God What Will be the
condition in the Southern States fifty years
hence If the Rockefeller Educational Trust
(aided by dozens of similar endowments) shall
have continued to educate and Enthusiastically
train the negro, while the whites have con
tinued to pour into foreign countries the
money so vitazzy necessary to the education
and industrial training of WHITE BOYS
AND GIRLS?
It is terribly big question. Give the
heather what Paul gave them-uothing
more! Don't undertake to educate, industri-
ally train, medically treat and unsteady de-
velop 800000,0O0 heathen-besides supplying
them with medicine, food clothing, orphans
homes widows homes, hospitals and trained
nurses.
P. S.-This Mr.. Ellis is the same man who,
"curously enough, advised Bryan to read
my life and Times of Jefferson, ''in that
campaign Of 1896 when | was one of the
two tails to the Democratic calf. The book
which Ellis advised Peerless to read, ''in that
campaign, was not written and published
until several years afterwards AS prophet,
therefore, Fills ranks high: as narrator of
facts he lacks good deal of being George
Washington Fills can tell EN-.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-01-27
Amswerimg Some Questions
CONCLUDED FROM PAGE NINE)

respect, he arouzd roZiere y0u Of ena6agrass-
ment By getting ont.
az I don't think that any investigating
committee ever did, or ever will get at the
truth Of any matter in dispute when only one
side is allowed to be heard. The underhand-
ed manner which John Lee has adopted, is
doing the Union more harm than it does me.
1t would be very much better for the Union
to hear both sides. sift the conflicting evil
dence, and thus arrive at the truth. If Lee,
Duck, Bode and I4adson did not know that I
can prove everything charged against them,
they would not hide ''behind closed DOORS
(5) An open investigation of the charges
brought by me against those indiuiduazs.
would not involve the Union, nor necessitate
the exposure of single one of its secrets
co. No mistake was made, when the chal-
lenges of Ellis and Broughton were declined.
Foreign Missions is too big a subject for one
debate; and, besides, such debate would
have brought personalism into the question.
Because of the challenges, [ was almost COM
PEELED to offer $500 and my half of the gate
receipts for one or two debates with Bryan
but you won't catch me in verbal debate
with preacher, or one of the paid partisans
of the missionaries.
At the same time that verbal discussion
with DR.. Broughton was declined, offered
10 UoOdCo Gne subject Will HILl III NY paper
or Magazine. Any of them can get bellyful
of that sort of discussion that is the
most satisfactory way to debate topic Of
that kind.
(7) Have not sought any debate with Lee,
Duckworth and Boodlehunter. Would not
have any oral discussion with either of them.
Have merely suggested that they oa0ed 1t to
the Union, to meet those charges by holding a
public inquiry. If they qcere innocent, that's
qchat they q0ould demand.
Even Ballinger demanded an investigation,
you know. The better class of farmers are
ashamed of these leaders who are openly ac-
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-01-27
cused, By Irresponsible person, and ayho skuzh

cused, By irresponsible person, and saoho skuJh
"beha,ad closed DOORS.
(8) Possibly But Hoke was and is
very large, and a somewhat oppresslvely
handsome man; whereas, Joe Brown amt
Hoke seemed to be contrasting his own physi-
cal splendors with the scrawniness and home
illness of Little Joe. Hence, the bad taste Of
Hoke, and it's bad effect upon his campaign
Now, as to John Lee and myself things are
different. John is the tall, stalwart, hand
some man, while I'm the slender and ugly
one.
The canons of good taste forbid any refer
ence to personal appearance, where such ref
erence IS derogatory, and suggestive of physi-
cal imperfection. Thus one may not, with
propriety, allude to lady's lack of personal
attractions. Ii she has carroty hair; or
long Wrinkled neck; or bad teeth and green
eyes, or misshapen figure and big feet, gen
tility demands thatAwe seem not to see these
blemishes. To speak of them, would be bar
barous.
But If a lady is beautiful, we may compI-
ment her appearance, praise the glory of her
eyes, complexion, pearly teeth, symmetrical
figure, and dainty little feet. If one is poeti
cal, one raves over these PROJECTIONS, and
writes verses about them
Now, the same rule applies to men. 1t IS
not proper to make comments, of deroga
tory character, about the physical makeup of
such men as Little Joe and /. We are not
responsible. It's bad enough to be burdened
with our physical shortcomings, without be
ing censured and derided.
But if man is big, and handsome exam
pies: Taft, Hoke, and John Lett is per-
fectly permissible to speak of it. One may,
with absolute decorum, compliment either Of
these gentlemen on his genial countenance,
his sparkling eyes, his manly FORM his dig
nifed department. The POLITICALLY gifted
may even rave over it, and write verses
about it.
John Lee is going to be terribly cut up,
when he learns that my questioner took him
out of the handsome class, and put him into
the Ugly Group. My curious questioner has
virtually declared that John is no better look
ing than Joe Brown and Yours Truly. That's
an awful slam on John.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-01-27
PAGE TWELVE
Els, of philadelphia. VilJies
W0fSOn
Watson
CONCLUDED FROM PAGE ONE

has 1urlSdlctlOn over my person anu property.
If W. t. Ellis is not the most a17a'et coaoard
and unbzqtshing liar that erer came from
Yaqekeedone to abuse q Southern man, he will
enter suit for damages against me-
He told the Macon Convention that | had
slandered the missionaries. If that be SO, 1T
is his duty to prove it, and have me pun
ished
Let him try 1t on-the coacordzy, uenonooas,
UituperatiUe car!
He told the Macon Convention that | had
compared the pure missionary women with
Elsie Sigel; and to that falsehood he tackled
another towit-that Elsie Sigel was not
missionary.
Every reader of the two JEFFERsoNIANs
knows that have never compared any pure
missionary woman to Elsie Slgel.
In lecture at Charlottesville, Indiana,
last June, the missionary, DR.. Paul Wake
field, declared that the instruction OF China
men by European women fraught with
dan0er for the qooneen that the missionaries
had long known that the system had led to
the ruin of many white girls; and that, there
fore, eve missionaries aoere not at all sat1-
p1>ised to learn Of the Elsie Sigez Tragedy"
Regarding this statement as one of the
most frightful confessions that was ever seen
in print, [ wrote the editorial SWAT We
MISSIONARIES CONCEALED."
Dr. S. J. Corey then in Georgia, wrote me
that Wakefield would make denial Of that
statement. In due time, the denial arrived
But / made an investigation, and with the
aid of Dr. John n. Taylor of Crawfords-
vile, got positive proof on Wakefield.
One of the two reports from which
quoted qcas dictated to Nr. Charles Boooers
Ireporter) By DIR. Wakefield, himself This
was previous to the delivery of the lecture.
After the lecture, the reporter Of the other
paper Mr.. Peterson got has story Of the lee
ture from the acife of the Christian minister,
IN qn10se church Wakefield zectured.
IN Every ESSENTIAL PARTICU-
LAR. THE TWO REPORTS ARE IDEN-
TICALLY TIE SAME.
How could such coincidence have hap
pened, accidentally? The Christian lady did
not know what DR.. Wakefield had dictated
to Mr.. Bowers; and of course he could not
have known what she was going to tell the
other reporter over the telephone.
There was no motive to falsify. There was
no chance for collision. And no denial of
terribly Wakefezd's cat-out-of-the-bag acas
damaging "the cause''
The confession of Dr. Paul Wakefield
horrible as it is! was corroborated by Mrs.
Florence Todd, Mrs. Julia Smith, Rev. DR..
Asa p. Blackburn and Others
To cap the climax, DR.. August H. Bach, re-
Gently returned from China after twelve
years work in the mission field, has aban-
doned the job as hopeless: and he says that
there nre many Elsie Sigez cases n, the CHI
nese field.
I have not slandered any one. Proofs have
been offered for every statement of fact The
missionaries themselves supply me with am
munition. From their books, pamphlets
magazines, papers, interviews, and newspa-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-04
On the Ground Floor.
t1T DINED with Henry James. the

UT DINED with Henry James, the Amer
lean novelist" said a magazine
editor, ''at his London club. the .rdie-
naeum- over the dessert / reproaclred
James for the dreadful way he roasts
the morals and manners OF our million
aires IN The Jolly Corner James said
they deserved roasting-and TO prove IL
he told me a story.
lie said a New York multi-miilioa-
aire got converted one night at a revival
meeting, and, standing up in his plate
the rich convert declared that ms -egn-
version was retroactive. and he prsS55esed
10 make restitution TO any one he had
ever wronsed ic~r tTr
We'll. about O'clock that mofHfnssyhe
millionaire was awakened By a long ring
at the bell. He put his head out Of rne
window. ~
Who's that?' he said. .tr r.
am Thomas J. Griggs,' was the re-
ply. i heard about your conversion and
I'd like you to pay me back than Two
hundred thousand you cheated me out o.
in the L. IL. ID. receiyership.'
All right, I'll pay you, said the mil
lionaire. But why the deuce ne added
angrily. do you want TO ring me up at
this hour?'
We'll. you see.' was the reply. 1
thought I'd come early and avoid the
rush. i"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-04

would really ask as much for this one
as for both the others.
Perfectly satisfied that he had been
honest he rose 10 take his oath. With
his head uncovered. except for his snow
white hair. and his hand raised, he swore
so solemnly and reverently that the whole
room was hushed. Even in the rush and
hurry of business the clerks saw and re-
membered this little display of honesty
and good citizen ship.
The appraisers. with the aid of the field
books. are now going from door to door.
assessing all tangible property In most
OF the states stocks and mortga ges and
all that intangible property consists OF
are taxed as well. But il is often so diff
ficut 10 determine the amount of intan-
gible property that this law Is not carried
out in the District.
The appraisers report Of the property of
each person or corporation il then writ
ten in the books with the report of the
returns made. Notices are sent out in the
fall TO all persons who fail 10 make
return or whose declarations are rejected
or raised to higher amounts. The prop
erty owner is then afforded an oppor-
tunity 70 appeal from the assessment.
Appeals from all assessments may he
had before the board of personal tax,
which convenes on the first Monday in
February and sits until the second Mon
day in March. Careful consideration IS
given TO the statements of every one APP
pearing before the board, in order that
the disputed tax may be adjusted a
basis fair to the owner and 10 the Dis
trict.
The board of personal tax appeals is APP
pointed for life by the Commissioners. 1t
is composed of the assessor and five as
sistant assessors. Mr.. William +. Rich
ards, the assessor of the District, is chair
man of the board. Two of the members
of the board, Mr.. Francis Nye and Mr..
+. NJ. Talcott, are the personal tax ap-
praisers, while Mr.. s. T. kalbfus. Mr.
Alexander Mckenzie and Mr.. Matthew
Trimble, the real estate appraisers, are
connected with the personal tax through
the board of appeals. There is another
personal property appraiser. though he is
not a member of the board-Frank 4.
Gunther. Mr.. Gunther has charge of all
the county assessments. Mr.. Daniel H.
Edwards is in charge of the personal tax
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-04
He Fooled Himself.

John B. LENNON. treasurer of the
J American Federation OF Labor. said in
Bloomington. apropos OF Labor day:
The workman today Is wise enough.
but In the asst he was easy TO fool and
delude and that is why he failed so long
to get justice.
when / think OF the easy, unsophistt-
Gated workman OF other days / am re-
minded of a man passing a golf course
who got hit in the eye with a bell.
THE man clapped his hand over his eye
and ran toward the player who had hit
him. shouting:
This viii cost you FIVE dollars"
but / shouted Fore" my good
friend said the player. earnestly.
- Did you, boss?' said the man. IN Q
mollified tone. We'll. i didn't hear you.
I'll take four" /.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-04

ters a learned committee of government
savants have been repeating ii with
old Mother Earth herself, but, unhap-
PLY. they have not had the law on
their side. TO make the old dame answer
up, or go To Jail Instead. they have
had 10 gauge her years by examining
anew her time-worn teeth. by meas
uring the depth Of her wrinkles. BY
analysing the fluid of her arteries. Thus
they have revised all previous estimates
of her span of life.
They say that she is about twice as
old as Lord Kelvin found her when he
last looked her over. a bakers dozen
Of years ago. but not nearly So aged
as the great Darwin thought her
Not above seventy million, nor be-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-04

HE taxes The law of 1909 DEGREES that
III the taxes on personal property que
and payable In each year shall not De
paid on or before the list of June. the COL
lector of the tax or his deputy may as
train sufficient goods and chattels round
within the District of Columbia and ne
longing to the person charged with sucn
tax to pay the taxes remaining due. to-
gether with the penalty thereon and the
costs that may accrue. and for want OF
such goods and chattels said collector
NAV levy upon and sell at auction the
estate and interest Of such person In any
parcel of land In said District" There
is not always strict enforcement OF thls
law. because the personal tax depart
ment is comparatively new In the DIS
trict.
Under the law of 1902 the personal tax
returns have been steadily increasing
until this year the figure has reached
over million dollars. From the year
1870 to 1902 the contribution was yolun-
tary and the highest total was about
S1S2Oc0 But after the establishment OF
the law Of 1902 the returns have steadily
increased. There was al increase or
about $3.50 in the tax of 1.R1 over that
Of the preceding year. And this year
the amount has grown by about SsI,atb
This increase is due largely TO the per-
centage Of the gross receipts OF the vari-
Gus utility corporations.