The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1911-12-28
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Mrs. Adolph O: Eberhart, wife of
the governor, who was operated on
in Minneapolis yesterday for appen-
dicitis, passed a good night and her
condition today is much improved.
Carl Morris, the Oklahoma engi-
neer, ascended rung on the "white
hope" ladder by decisively out-point-
ing Tom Kennedy, the New York
heavyweight, in ten-round bout in
| New York last night.
A notable celebration was held in
Baker, Ore, today to commemorate
the Tooth anniversary Of the arrival
of Wilson Price Hunts party in the
! Powder valley, which event marked
/ the first coming of the white man to
eastern Oregon.
the divinity school of Lombard Col
lege, was ordained to the Universal
ist ministry today in the town of
| Markesan, Wis. DR.. Effie McCollum
Jones, of Waterloo, Iowa, preached
the ordination sermon.
Fnn
ling champion, defeated Alec Munro,
the English champion, in straight
falls at Kansas City last night. The
first fall came in IL minutes, and the
second in minutes seconds, each
with half nelson and crotch hold.
Some one told l.. L.. Chadwick, a
laborer, in Denver, Colo, any bad
habits his year old son might pos
sess could be cured by rolling the
youngsters naked body in the snow.
Chadwick followed the a6Hice and
| was fined 500 in the Denver NUM-
cipal court.
With ri\e which was Christ
mas gift, 10 year old Harry Leowall
shot and instantly killed his mother
Mrs. G. Leowall, at their home near
Jefferson Barracks, on the outskirts
of st. Louis. Harry did not know
! the rife was loaded.
A. G. Weiss, publisher of the Du-
luth Herald, will be Dan w. Law
ler's opponent for the democratic
snomination for United States senator.
That is the program said to be agreed
upon by the leaders of the state dem
ocracy, who are opposed to Bourbon
ism, which they say Lawler repre-
sents.
Several hundred representatives of
the leading railroads of the United
States, Canada and Mexico assembled
in Jacksonville, Fla, today for the
opening of the annual convention of
the American Association of Passen-
ger Agents. Following a two-day
session in this city the passenger ag-
ents will make tour of Florida and
Cuba.
Delegates from 40 colleges and un-
iversities, representing a three-fold
increase in membership the past
year, we're in attendance at the third
annual convention of the Intercolle-
giate Socialist Society which met in
New York city today. The conven-
tion speakers included Congressman
Victor L. Berger of Milwaukee and
Mayor-elect George r. Lunn of Sche-
nectady.
Stockholders of the Childs Com
pany at a special meeting today in
New York voted aftirmatively on the
proposal of the directors to increase
the common stock. from 100000
to $4,000,000. The company, which
is said to have the backing of the
Standard Oil group of capitalists,
controls string of dairy lunch
rooms in many of the large cities of
the country.
One of the most important matters
to be considered and acted upon by
the Massachusetts Legislature when
it assemblies in Boston next week will
be the measure known as the mini
mum wages bill, which is designed
to insure living wage for woman
and child workers. The measure
proposes the creation of a perman ent
state commission of three memb ers.
A fine ranging from $40 to $50 for
every violation, or by imprisonm ent
of from ten days to three months, is
proposed.
The discussion of live topics by
men prominent in public life prot dis
es to attract wide attention to the
fifth annual meeting of the Ameri can
Association for Labor Legislation,
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