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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-04-16
The Virginia Bonds.

An investigation into the buying
and proposed sale of the Virginia
bonds held by the state by the house
committee of public accounts is re-
vealing the fact that the state paid
about 100000 more for the bonds
than the actual market value at~the
time they were bought. At the pres
emit time, the market is low and If sold
the bonds would bring about $4,000
less than the amount paid for them.
1t looks as though the state lost $780,
900 at the start and stands to lose
$4,000 if the bonds are sold now.
The figures on which, the above
statements are based are as follows:
Virginia Bonds in State Treasury
Purchase total paid by
StosO 81 ,oOO,OS 10
Apparent market value
asked" ......... 1,SO2,206 rs
Apparent market value e.
"bid" ..........:. 1,797,S6s. rs
Add n of per cent for
commissions and ex-
penses to "asked''
quotations would
make. market COST. 1,8O6,711.
Apparent net difference
between cost to state
and outside market
cost ............. 59,878. 80
Cost Versus Present Value.
Total par value. of
bonds DECENTRALIZATION 90
Total cost, to -A state
when purchased .. 1,866,54O. O5
Present market quota
ton "bid" ........ 1,7e4,2e2. SO
Present market value
ASKED .......... 1,772,35O 90
Present "asked'' price
lower than purchase
cost by ........... 94,24O. O5
The bonds were purchased by the
state board of investment during the
period from 1896 to 1901. For
years there abs been an agitation to
have these bonds sold and the money
used in internal improvements. The
efforts have been consistently block
ed and the house committee is to
show that the bonds are not and never
We're a good Investment for the state,
Northern Minnesota is particular
ly interested in these bonds and be-
lieves that the fullest possible inves-
tigation should be made. The mo>
ney is eneded here. If the bonds are
bringing the state less than the mo-
ney would bring if loaned to- the
counties for internal improvements.
the bonds should be sold and the
money reloaned.. 49,. -
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-04-16
For Small Dealers.

The smaller dealers in any line of
business sometimes say they can't
afford to ADVERTISE Did they but.
realize it, though, they are just the
ones who have peculiar reasons in.
their, business why they can and must
advertise. E..:.a5 81. r. 81
Theaman with a small capital cam
not afford the most expensive loca-
ton. He cannot pay high price, for
the good will of some long established.
and profitable business s
He must start in some less favor
able location. often on some side or
back street, or in some crowded and
cramped quarters. -. :.
This situation, however,, has dis
tinct advantages of it's own, provided
he knows how to utilize them. His
rentals in the side street or less fa-:
Vorable location are, of course, much
below those paid by the long estab-
Ashed place Of business They consti-
tute a smaller charge on his expense
account. If he can but get people to
coming to his place of business, he is.
on better than even terms with the.
old store.
s. It has been demonstrated over and
over again that people will walk all
over a town to hunt up a store that
3 seems to give unusual values. They
rather enjoy poking around out OF the
beaten track, led by the fun Of bar-
gain hunting. After they get their
friends, as sample Of their superior
The Red Cloud chief., 1913-03-06
Much Work Before Them.

Ninety-one bills have boen passed
BY the senate and sent to the lower
legislative house, while only thirty
even measures have survived the lat
ter body and been transmitted to the
senate. The percentage In the smaller
body, therefore. is considerably in en-
cess OF the number OF measures acted
upon by the larger and more unwieldy
body. A total of 457 bills In the SEN
ate and S72 in the house constitutes
the labor which the bodies faced when
the barrier was thrown up against
the further introduction OF bills
The Red Cloud chief., 1913-03-06

Just what caused the blaze never
will be known. 1t is not far wrong.
however. to say that 1t originated in
the furnace room in the basement of
the hotel. This plant supplied heat
for the entire building. including the
business houses on the ground floor.
The blaze was first seen by an A.
ID. T. watchman. who was making his
rounds. This was about i:45 o'clock,
SO far as can be determined At that
time the flames appeared to be eating
their way through the whole structure.
There came big puff like n muffled
explosion, then death and ruin.
Policemen on their way to head.
quarters a few minutes before mid
night, saw sparks issuing from the
chimney of the hotel. House attaches
were warned that fire might exist,
but after an examination 1t is de-
clared no flames were discovered
Firemen, led by Chief Charles A.
.Salter, battled desperately against
overwhelming odds to stay the flames.
Handicapped by almost zero weather,
many for a time feared the blaze
might get beyond their control and
sweep the entire block that lies in the
shadow OF the w. o. w. building. How
ever, n few hours after daylight the
flames were under control.
The appalling loss of life is due
principally, it is said, to the fact thai
the hotel was a fire trap. and second
ly to the fact that the sulfocatinl
smoke made It almost impossible fol
the guests to find their way to tn,
two fire exits,
Working feverishly, but with 6
system that accomplished wonders
more than 100 laborers are employed
In the icebound ruins of the Dewe,
hotel, clearing away the tons of bricl
and mortar. charred timber and twist
ed metal supports in frantic effor
to reach the score Of more of bodie
believed to be buried there.
Pickering electric lights on uncel
tain strings and supplied with an ur
certain amount OF current shed
ghastly glow over the ruins OF tn
burned structure Friday night. TIL
great mass of debris, glazed with ic,
threw off iridescent shafts OF ligh
that served to light the whole wit
the varied cOlors of the rainbow.
resembled an aurora borealis.
Despite the manner In which tn
pace was cleared, however. but one {
the bodies OF the missing men an
women were recovered. And whe
they are located. 1t is almost certai
they will be frozen solidly in the W,
ter that fills the hotel basement a
most to overfiowing
The Red Cloud chief., 1913-03-06

My plain talk to young men in my
last article certainly brought out
many responses from young men. |
take this means of answering them
briefly, for the benefit OF other young
men who did not write me. One
writer says:
II was greatly interested I'm your
talk to young men. I wish I was
strong and well as you describe your
self to be. am going to begin at
once and follow your advice and take
care Of myself as ! ought to. ! will
quit the use Of all stimulants, tea and
coffee. go to bed early. will take
the cold water towel bath every morn
ing. I want to live to be old and
useful, like you. And shall also
keep Peruna at hand. in case of slight
ailments as they may arise. thank
The Red Cloud chief., 1913-03-06

you in the name Of thousands Of 9th.
er young men. like myself"
To this letter replied:
My Dear Boy:-I cannot tell you
how much good your letter has done
me. To know that ] am arousing
the young men in matters of right
living flls me with gratitude and en-
thusiasm. want to help you Nrite
me any time you wish and will con-
slider your letter strictly confidential
and give you prompt reply. Follow
the advice I gave in my article. When
ever you have occasion to consult me
further do not hesitate. Let us be
friends. II you will be obedient to
me as son ought to be will be
faithful and true to you as father
ought to be- Yours sincerely. 8. B.
Hartman. NJ. D.. Columbus. Ohio.
Peruna Is for sale at all drug stores.
The Red Cloud chief., 1913-03-06
See Necessity for Speed.

Members Of the Nebraska legisla-
ture were brought to a realization
during the past week that practically
half of the session has already gone.
with only small proportion of the
pending bills acted upon. Friday was
the thrty-frst day in the house and
the thirteth in the senate. The men,
bers receive pay for only sixty days,
but some Of them usually stay and
work for week longer before the
windup comes. The necessity for
speeding up is becoming apparent, es-
pecially in the house, if the legislature
is to accomplish all that has been ex-
pected Of It, Talk Of sitting COM
mittee for each branch has already
been heard, although the rule in the
past has been to reserve its appoint
mept until after the fortieth day.
The Red Cloud chief., 1913-03-06
Bowels Get Weak
AS Age Advances
The First Necessity is to
Keep the Bowels Gently
Open With a Mild
Laxative Tonic

Healthy old age Is so absolutely de-
pendent upon the condition of the
bowels that great care should be taken
to see that they act regularly. The fact
Is that as age advances the stomach
muscles become weak and inactive
and the liver does not store up the
juices that are necessary to prompt
digestion.
Some help can be obtained by eat
ing easily digested foods and by
plenty of exercise, but this latter Is
irksome to most elderly people. One
thing Is certain that state OF con-
stipation should always be avoided as
1t Is dangerous to life and health. The
best plan is to take mild laxative
as often as Is deemed necessary. But
with equal certainty 1t is suggested
that cathartics. purgatives, physics,
salts and pills be avoided, as they DO
but temporary good and are SO harsh
as to be a shock to a delicate system.
A much better plan, and one that
thousands of elderly people are follow
ing. is to take gentle laxativetonic
like DR.. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin
which acts as nearly like nature as Is
possible. In fact. the tendency of this
remedy Is to strengthen the stomach
and bowel muscles and so train them
to act naturally again. when medicines
of all kinds can usually be dispensed
with. This is the opinion OF many
| people of different ages, among then
MIR. O. y. Miller. Baroda. Mich, whe
writes: "I am 80 years old and have
been constipated for many years. Since
receiving your sample bottle ! have
procured two SOC bottles and find tina
The Red Cloud chief., 1913-03-06
The Known Dead.


Charles Cummings, bartender at
the Henshaw.
Unknown man, about so years
old.
Mrs. Alice Bonnevue, sister OF
Mrs. c. e. wilkins, wife Of the
proprietor OF the hotel.
A man named Beverly, who
worked at the Cole oyster house.
The injured:
Mrs. C. e. wilkins, serious burns
and mental collapse.
Miss Ida Nelson, channbermaid,
broken leg and burns.
Grace Lee, 104 South Eleventh
street, minor burns.
lizzie Stipps, mailer, at hospital
with bruises.
lola Jennings, s3s North Nine
teenth street. burned about face
and body
Clara Newman, 838 North Nine
teenth street, slightly burned.
Mark Henenway, Ewing, Neb.,
hands cut by glass.
Robert OIived, fireman, foot hurt
by flying hose.
Grace Burton, s22 Spring street,
condition serious.
The Red Cloud chief., 1913-03-06

1t Is the best remedy l ever used and
does just what you claim for 1t to the
very letter. l can not recommend 1t
too highly"
A bottle can be bought of'any drug
gist at fifty cents or one dollar. Peo-
pie usually buy the fifty cent size first,
and then, having convinced themselves
OF its merits they buy the dollar size,
which is more economical. Results are
always guaranteed or money will be
refunded. Any elderly person can fol-
low these suggestions with safety and
the assurance OF good results.
II no member of your family has
ever used Syrup Pepsin and you would
like to make C personal trial of 1t be-
fore buying 1t in the regular way of a
druggist, send your address-a postal
will do--to DR.. w. b. Caldwell, 2O3
Washington St., Monticello, ILL.,, and a
! free sample bottle will be mailed you,
The Red Cloud chief., 1913-03-06
KIN Bill for University Removal.

The question of university removal
took up the time Of the house Thurs
day from 2 p. m, until after o'clock.
Members refused to take recess un.
til decision had been reached. This
finally came after four hours Of argu.
ment and resulted in the killing Of the
removal bill by the majority Of 6S to
20. The question of appropriating
one.half of one mill for six years for
the extension Of the present campus
was then voted upon and carried by
vote OF so to IS. Losey OF Dodge
and Brott Of Cheyenne being absent
The extension bill went through with
out the provision Of donation from
the city Of Lincoln of 100000, that
matter being left to the judgment Of
the city after the bill Is passed.
The Red Cloud chief., 1913-03-06

Veliet was reading a newspaper In
the little office at the head of the
stairs leading to the hotel floor from
the Thirteenth street entrance about
4:45 o'clock when puff of wind
swlrled dense cloud of smoke into
the room. He was almost suiforcated
before he could arouse Mold.
"For Gods sake get up and awaken
some OF the people" Veliet cried to
Mold, as he pounded frantically on the
latter's bedchamber door. There's
Q fire In the building.
The Red Cloud chief., 1913-03-06

n committee Of five members be ap-
pointed to investigate the character
and competency of the appointees and
to report their findings back to the
senate before action on confirmation
is taken. The forenoon of March 6
was set as the date for hearing the
report of the committee. Considera.
ton of the committees report will be
in executive session.
The Red Cloud chief., 1913-03-06
Against Capital Punishment.

BY vote of so to 80 the house went
on record in committee Of the whole
in favor of abolishSg capital punish.
ment and also recommended bill
calling for the iniliction OF the death
penalty by electrocution rather than
by hanging. The abolition bill will
come up for third reading ahead OF
the electrocution proposition and II
the former carries the latter will be
killed, very probably.
The Red Cloud chief., 1913-03-06
First Warning OF Fire.

1t was few minutes before mid.
night Thursday night when Sam Nor
ris and NJ, p. Ryan, policemen. passed
the Dewey on their way to police
headquarters. Sparks were flying from
the chimney at the rear of the house,
and the officers told Jesse ID. Mold.
manager. OF this fact.
An investigation in the furnace
room failed TO reveal any fire. Then
Mold turned the house over to Gar
ret F.. Veliet, night clerk. and went
to bod
The Red Cloud chief., 1913-03-06
BOARD OF CONTROL
UNIVERSITY REMOVAL BILL IS
FINALLY DEFEATED.
IN THE LEGISLATIVE BUDGET
The Work Being Done In Both Houses
by the Lawmakers OF
Nebraska.

In executive session the state sen.
ate Wednesday formally received the
message from Governor Morehead an.
nouncing the appointment Of Henry
Gerdes OF Falls City. G. II. Gregg Of
Kearney and Charles Graf Of Ban.
croft as members of the state board
of control soon to come into existence.
In accordance with q predetermined
plan, agreed upon at republican
caucus, Kemp of Nance moved that
The Red Cloud chief., 1913-03-06
For Employment Of convIcts.

Among the measures passed by the
senate was the Dodge bill providing
for employment of convicts Of the
state prison in making clothing and
furniture for other institutions OF the
state. The Grace bill. requiring that
railroads give transportation both
ways for shipper OF live stock, de-
spite the fact that they may. have
shipped only one car Of stock, was ap-
proved by the senate, with the pro.
vision that the enactment should not
pertain to hog shipments.
The Red Cloud chief., 1913-03-06
Until Debris is Cleared Away Exdct
Number of Deaths Will Not
Be Known
THERE ARE MANY SCENES OF HORROR
Blaze. Starting from Unknown Source. Destroys the
Dewey Hotel. Guests Trapped Property
Damage SiS5, 900.

a former from
the and many or the latter
pershed
hotel
entang pecunry loss of
proxmately $S5OO0.
positively that three personstwo men ana
the
friends believe did
= missing.
The Red Cloud chief., 1913-03-06
Takjno a Lesser Chance.

A government inspector was con-
ducting an oral examination for ma
rine engineers. Said one:
If you had tested your gauge cocks.
had looked at your water glass and
had found no water in the boiler. what
would you do?"
Came the answer. swift and true:
Il would jump overheard"
The Red Cloud chief., 1913-03-06
Sea.food.

what's daughter doing?"
Making shrimp salad"
81 didn't know we had any shrimp
In the house"
I'VE haven't, but there is one going
TO call on her this evening. Houston
Post.
The Red Cloud chief., 1913-03-06
Left Ita Curse.

There are not many girls these
days named Bedelia."
mo. I'm afraid It will be a long
-me yet before that blamed song 10
forgotten"
The Red Cloud chief., 1913-03-06
She Knew.

Her Father-What are the young
mans business prospects?
Daughter don't know that, pa. All
know is that he means business.
The Red Cloud chief., 1913-03-06
Pas Explain alton.

"Why did Diogenes go around with
lantern, pa?" 81 suppose the auto
mobile law required it,"
The Red Cloud chief., 1913-03-06

In some circles men are like pianos
If square they are considered old
fashioned.
The Red Cloud chief., 1913-03-06

your druggist will refund money IL PAXO ONT
MtNT fails To cure any case OF itching, Blind,
Bleed ng or protruding Piles In G to Ia days tNc.
The Red Cloud chief., 1913-03-06

On:o II.
Blobbs-Skinnum Is trying to pro-
mote new mining company. Did you
fall for It?
Slobbs--No; I tumbled.
The Red Cloud chief., 1913-03-06

Anyway, the man who follows your
advice always has some one to blame
II he fails.
The Red Cloud chief., 1913-03-06

Write for book saving young chicks. send MS
names OF friends that use incubators and get
book free. Raisail Remedy Co.,. blackwell, Okla.
The Prescott daily news. (Prescott, Ark.) 1907-1941, 1913-12-30
Way Of the World.

The poor man. penniless, friendless,
was starving.
Rather than that, he cast himself
In the river to drown
A passerby, seeing the poor man in
the water drowning, plunged in, swan
TO him, and brought him, almost in
his last gasp, ashore
There waiting hands labored with
the poor man and at last brought him
back to life.
Then they congratulated the poor
man on there having been help at
hand to save him from a watery
grave.
And making up a purse for the
brave fellow who had thus gone to
the poor mans rescue, he and they
went their ways.
And the poor man starved.-Brown-
ing's Magazine.
The Prescott daily news. (Prescott, Ark.) 1907-1941, 1913-12-30
Modern Salome.

Queen Victoria, who was very fond
of step dancing, one night at Bal
moral asked her maid, who she knew
had been taking lessons of an emf
nent dancing mistress. for little eX-
hibition of her art. Princess Henry
of Battenberg, chief musician on the
piano. at her mothers court struck up
tune on the piano and Miss Lam
bart forthwith began her dance. The
queen, delighted asked her at it's
close to name something she would
like for a reward. Now the maid of
honor was conservative in the ex-
IRENE. Il should like she said, the
head of Mr.. Labouchere on a charger
The Prescott daily news. (Prescott, Ark.) 1907-1941, 1913-12-30
NOT A CASE OF DECEPTION
Probably YOUTHS Wish Gave lnspira.
ton to the Neat Way He dag
nosed Situation.

Not until boarding houses cease to
exist will all their romances be writ
ten. Shabby romances, most of them
are, like that of the young woman
who got SO tired of being called poor
thing" because she received no invita-.
lions and had to eat all her meals at
the boarding house table that she took
to eating alone once in while at a
cheap restaurant, and then brazenly
lying about the friends who had in
vited her to dinner.
There was young man in that
house who never went anywhere eth.
er. The first night the girl stayed out
lifes desolation nearly overpowered
him.
Even that poor little white-faced
soul has made friends who want her.
he said Nobody wants me. I'm no
good on earth"
Then on rare occasions his place at
the table was vacant.
New friends?" asked the landlady.
Yes the young man lied.
One night the man and the girl met
at 25-cent restaurant. They blushed,
they fenced, they finally confessed.
We're a pair of frauds" said the
girl. 1T is awful to think that to-
night when we go home we will have
to swear that we have been dining
with friends"
Well said the young man softly,
amt WEI"
The Prescott daily news. (Prescott, Ark.) 1907-1941, 1913-12-30
HAVE A SENSE OF MEMORY
Experiments Prove That Horses Are
Capable of Remembering Either
Pleasure or Pain.

The horse is generally considered a
stupid animal, and so he is about
many things. But he certainly has a
mind of a kind. A correspondent III
the Glasgow, Scotland, News, tells of
an animal which conveys his majestys
mails from the postoffice to the sta
ton and he is actually capable of cal
culating particular runs.
1t is the practice of his driver to
lunch previous to taking away the
sixth load of mail and, being rather
deficient in molars himself, his horse
falls heir to the crusts of his masters
piece Occasionally for the delec-
tation of the staff. he endeavors to de
part with the sixth load without eat
ing the lunch or handing over the
crusts; but his calculating horse can
not be induced, even with chastise
ment, to leave until the customary
feed has been forthcoming
The same animal on another run
enjoys a delicacy in the form of ba-
mana skins at the station, and should
the supply of skins ever run out, let
tiers would be delayed.
Some horses show by their man
ners that they don't forget when they
have suffered pain from operations.
such as firing and docking.
The Prescott daily news. (Prescott, Ark.) 1907-1941, 1913-12-30
REFLECTIONS OF THE KAISER
Fourth Volume of German EmperoTo
Speeches, Just Published, Con-
tains Pithy Sayings.

The fourth volume of the speeches
of Emperor William, delivered from
1906 to 1912, has appeared, its S26
pages crowded with addresses and
toasts on all kinds of subjects, sus-
tanning his reputation as the greatest
royal speechmaker of the era.
Among the most interesting and
characteristic passages in the collec-
ton is the following:
The world belongs to the living,
and the living know best l will toler-
ate no pessimists. Whoever Is not
ready to work may drop out, and, if
he wishes, hunt up q country better
suited to him.
Il am an optimist through and
through / want to progress l should
be delighted If people only understood
what am trying to do and would give
me their support. We are bound to
consider every man honest until he
has proved the contrary. This is the
principle on which l have always
dealt with everyone with whom l have
to do. The results are occasionally
bad, but one mustn't be dissuaded by
that
I'VE (the monarchy are always in a
thankless position, since no one cred
its us with any independence. If
pull off something successful every
one asks, Who put him up to it?' and
If fail, the word is, He didn't under
stand how to do it,
Confidence in God gives self-confi-
dence, and self-confidence gives the de-
termination to accomplish that which
you have set as your goal
Until wars cease our army will be
the rock of bronze on which peace is
founded Our army is here to main
tain for us this peace and to assure to
us the position in the world which be-
longs to us.
MY first and last thought is given
to my army and navy"
The Prescott daily news. (Prescott, Ark.) 1907-1941, 1913-12-30
QUESTION REMAINS A PUZZLE
Unable to Tell Just What Country
First Found Value Of
Cotton.

Where did cotton originate? The
question comes up because Brazil
claims that it is indigenous to the
Amazon valley 1t is a fact beyond
dispute that cotton, from the earliest
ages of the world, has been grown in
China and for five to ten thousand
years the people of that country have
worn cotton clothes. The same is
true of India. There is no record Of a
time when the people of India did not
wear cotton cloth, at least a strip of
ii.
On the American continent the rec
ord is much shorter but equally as
positive. The first white men found
cotton cloth a regular dress of the
Indians of Mexico and the Indians of
Peru.
1t is impossible to say where cotton
originated unless it was originated on
two continents. The lost Atlantis
may have connected the old world
with the new, and cotton may have
been carried from the new world to
the old, or 1t may have been brought
to America many thousands of years
ago. All in all we can see no reason
why Brazil should claim the distinc-
ton of having originated cotton.
Ma would consent to that.
Wool is the oldest of fabrics, cotton
is next and silk third