Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, August 25, 1905, Page 2

W i i i - HER POSITION UNCHANGED. Russia Will Not Pay Indemnity Nor Cede Territory. St. Petersburg, Aug. 25.—The cor- respondent of Reuter's Telegram com- pany has been authorized by Count Lamsdorff, the foreign minister, to state officially and in the most formal manner that Russia will pay Japan uo'vonlribufion, direct or indirect, ner will it make any cession of territory whatever. Milwaukee, Atz 25 —Duluth and Superior will have Milwaulkee and Chi- cago “connections next season over a new line of road, now in process of construction by the Wisconsin Central Railway compgny, which will connect: with the main line at Owen, a station between Abbotsford and Chippewa Falls. The work of building the line from Owen to Ladysmith is already well advanced and construction work on_the Superior end will be rushed as rapidly as possible. Our Facilities for PLUMBING of ALL KINDS are Unexcelled. Let us Quote you Prices. Ask our local agent about the side trips to the many show places along the line of the Great Northern Railway “The Comtortable. Way”’ TO THE Lewis & Clark Exposition For rates'and further information call on your local agentlor address F. 1. Whitney, Pass’r Traffic Mgr., St, Paul. pre— ) B g d : i Is one of the Four Railway and Com- mercial Centers of the Northwest Bemidii - No other city of its size in the State of Minnesota has such Railway and Shkipping Facilities. Lots for H. A. SIMONS, Agent. otfers unpanlelled opportunities for Business and Manufacturing sale h‘\' Bemidji Townsite & lmprovément Co | PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON. Official Paper Village of Bemidii PIONEER PUBLISHING CO. By R. W. HITCHCOCK. ‘ntered in the postofice at Bemidji, Minn., ‘as second class matter. 7 — |SUBSCRIPTION 85 PER YEAR Time to Advertise. MiINNESOTA has made a gain of 7.65 per cent in population ‘dur- ing the past five years according to the official figures of the cen- sus of 1905. For the ten years immediately preceeding the per- centage of gain was 34.5. Here is a tremendous falling off in the ratio of gain. While it is not to be expected I that the ratio of gain will be as great during the present decade : (as during the ten years from 1890 to 1902, the falling off which 'Q the census of this year shows]| N | speaks loudly of the folly of fail-|’ \ling to advertise the resources of 2 |the state. During these five years the Canadian land boom has been on, stimulated by the vigorous efforts on the part of the Canadian government, the Canadian railways ard by Cana- While Canada has carried on this vigorous and systematic.campaign for settlers Minnesota has been content to welcome those who came of their own accord. The census figures tell the result. & It is indeed high time that a state immigration bureau was dian land men. organized and we are confident that the increase in population during the ensuing five years will show a much larger percent- age of gain. instruction gives out figures to show that young women in north- ern Minnesota begin teaching at the average age of seyenteen while in the southern part of the state the average age is fully twenty one and the department is at a loss for an explanation. Maybe it is just a matter of en- Swedback Bldg. NAME YOUR | ROUTE EAST In purchasing your tickets Fast,2if you call for an excelllence in ‘service dnd equipment not obtainable elsewhere, name your route CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE & ST.-PAUL RAILWAY No additional charge to ride on the Pioneer Limited or the Fast Mail, the two most pop- ular trains between and Chicago. Your Route. aneapo]xs, St. Paul But it is necessary to Name terprise. THE publication of a history of ! Kandiyohi county in a volume of 446 pages with one thousand half tone illustrations, forty colored maps and numerous drawings is !a distinct contribution 1o the pro- | per compilation of the history of Minnesota. J. Apam BEDE’S candidacy for governor would prove no joke for John A. Johnson—Mower County Transcript. But suppose the people should look upon it as a joke? Ir HIS press agents can made reciprocity the wital issue of the national campaign of 1903 Governor Cunnins of Iowa is as good as nominated for the presi- dency. THE republican party has a fine lot of timber for the guber- natorial cutting but it must re- member that it has need to cut the biggest stick next year. THE Anoka Union gets out a state fair number that is a hum- mer for advertising. NEW ORLEANS should remem- W. B. DIXON . NORTHWESTERN PASSENGER AGENT 365 ROBERT STREET, ST. PAUL S A ) A SR T T \ ber strenuous ’62, Ben Butler. Base ball Sunday afternoon at the city rase ball park. Attend the base ball game be- tween Bemidji and Wadena Sun- day afternoon. The Daily Pioneer i THE state department of public | NORTH B 1% & | COUNTRY T b ITS | ROM H E [ head. —0— Akeley keeps a watchman in its park. = —— Breckenridge street fair, weathers a e Roseau gets a “Railroad Addi- tion’’ anyhow. —0— Fine large fat mosquitoes still busy at Koochiching. —— Ada buys 100 car loads of gravel for its streets. —— White Earth was pretty red in the face for a little While. —0— Moorhead had a little dramabe convertion of its own today. e Polk county has $2000 worth of old warrants that nobody calls to claim. —0— Life is one continuous round of street paying assessments at Little Falls, —0— The Border Budget wants a business man for the next re- publican candidate for governer. —— There is plenty of brains in publishing but too little muscle in printing the Mentor Herald, —0— Mr. Holler buys the Little Fork Guardian. Now we’ll find out if there is anything in a name. : % —o— Brainerd’s commercial club accomplishes the feat of re-instat. ing night mail service with Du- luth. —0— There are a whole lot of people dreadfully disappointed over Representative Cole’s refusal to run for congress. —_—— Crow Wing county would look prettier and more progressive if its farmers would paint their buildings thinks ‘“‘an interested visitor.” —0— Two Norman couaty sports- men took offense because the Herald published the game laws so they stopped the paper. Hot sports! Bemidji vs. Wadena at the city ball park Sunday afternoon. Luamber Dealers Here. H. S. Childs of Minneapolis, A. L, Wall of Fargo, N. D., E. J. Stearns of Hutchinson, Minn., and C. E. Grief of Eldora, Iowa, are in the city today. The gentle- men are lumber dealers and con- duct retail yards in their re- spective cities, They are looking over the <Crookston Lumber Street fair just dying at \door Satisfied for One Cent A Word FOR SALE. house. Inquire one door west St. Anthony’s hospital. FOR SALE_Magnificens moose |V head, mounted; will be sold cheap Inquire at this office. FOR SALE—Good seven room HELP WANTED. WANTED — Girl for general housework, Call at Dr. Gil- mores oflice, Miles Block. WANTED Reliable renter “for paying hotelproperty. Reason- able rent. Inquire at thisoffice. good location, with 33 foot lot. Inquire at 907 Minn. Ave or of D. H, Fisk. FOR SALE— Rubber stamps. The Pioneer will procure any kind of a rubber stamp for vou on short notice. FOR RENT _FOR RENT—Two nicely fur- nished ' rooms. Inquire 615 Minnesota avenue. FOR RENT—Well furnished five room house. Desirable loca- tion. Address Lock box 501, Bemidji, Mion. MISCELLANEOUS. WRITE A. D. STEPHENS,Crooks- FOR SALE—Five room cottage | WANTED—For U. S. army able- bodied, unmarried men be- tween ages of 21 and 33, citi- zens of United States, of good character and temperate habits, who can speak, read and- write English. For in- formation apply to Recruiting Officer, Miles block, Bemidji. Minnesota. Lost and Found. A SRR R B i S FOUND—In Barlow’s Bast, the best baking flour on the mar. ket. LOSTAOPPDrhupities for profif when you neglect the Pioneer want columns. PROFESSIONAL Gersham Stohl of Park Rap- ids Finds Her With An- other in Bemidji. Gersham Stohl of Park Rapids arrived in the city last night from Tower City, N. D. in search of his wife who he claims de- serted him and went away with another, Albert Smith, while Mr. and Mrs. Stohl were living at Park Rapids last May. The man found his missing wife here and confronted her, but she refused to admit that she had been livirg with Smith. Stohl also found Smith, who after a short talk with the irate wifehunter turned and fled, and his whereabouts are unknown. Stohl claims that the woman had him arrested at Park Rapids upon a fictitious chargeand he was held to the district court, but when he was arraigned before Judge Spooner he was dismissed. He claims that while he was confined in the Smith disappeared. The return of County Attorney McDonald to company’s stock with a view of purchasing their fall supply. JUMPED THEIR BOARD_BILLS Warrant Issued This Morn- ing for Arrest of R. E. Tubbs and C. C. Miller. A warrant was this morning issued by Judge Pendergast for the arrest of R. E. Tubbs and C. C. Miller, two men who have been staying at the Challenge hotel: The men disappeared from the hotel last night and did nof settle their board bills. An inyestigation this morning re- sulted in assertaining that they the city will be awaited before any action will be taken. Base ball Sunday afternoon at the city base ball park. Peter Derett Released. The habeas corpus proceed- ings in'district court in the case of Peter Derett of Nebish, accus- ed of perjury and bound over by Judge Pendergast to await the in Derett’s being released from the county jail, Judge Spooner deciding that the evidence pro- duced in justice court was not sufficient to hold the man. *"YOUR MONEY I¢ NO GOOD” wnd will be refunded te you if afier ™ ‘ng half a bottle of had left the city and a warrant was issued on complaint of Mrs. A. L. Smith, proprietor of the hotel, and placed in the hands of Sheriff Bailey, who will attempt to arrest the men and bring them back to Bemidji for trial. g § Webster @ Cooley § 1 Wall Paper & Paint Store One door south of old P. O. ‘ building. Telephone No. 283. THE FAMOUS Raiee ¥ 1e il MmJ JOHNSONS] RHEUMATISM and .BLOOD CURE M are not satisfied with results. ( This is our guarantee which goes w wery bottle. ® Sar Sale and Guaranteed Only M ‘s City Drug Store Park Rapids: jail his wife and|. action of the grand jury, resulted E | & : g pr;ces accordingly. Phone ka ton, Minn., about the new ‘towns of Holt, Middle ‘River. Strathcona and Grenbush on CARDS the Thief River Fails extension. PUBLIC LIBRARY — Open LAWYERS. Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sat- : urdays, 280t 6 p. w. Thurs-| - D, H. FISK day 7 to 8 p. m. also. Li-{Attorney ana Counsellor at Law brary in basement of court Office opposite Hotel Markham. | House. Mrs. E. R. Ryan, li- S0 [abanian P. J. Russell g 2 = i Attorney a.t Law CLAIMS WIFE =~ | »omo - - - - mn E. E, McDonald DESERTED HIM LAWYER Bemidjl, Minn. Office: Swedback Block PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS. L. A. " Ward, M. D., Physician and Surgeon. ' Diseases of the Eye a specialty. Glasses fitted. Dr. Rowland Gilmore Physician and Surgeon Office: Tliles Block Dr. E. H. Marcum Physician and Surgeon Office: Gver First National Bank Residence Phone 231 Office Phone 13 DRAY AND TRANSFER. Wes Wright, Dray and Transfer. 404 Beltrami Ave. Phone 40. Tom Smart, Dnv and Baggage, Safe and Piano: Moviny a Spedialty. Phone No. 58 | 618 America Avenus DENTISTS. Dr. R. B. Foster, Dr. Phinney SURGEON DENTISTS PHONE 124 MILES BLOCK, Dr. C. M. Smith, DENTIST Office over E. H. Winter’s 3tore. Praternal Order of les, Aeri Mects eve, Efidneldly -t’ 8p. ;N'.Jm lmour’s Hall. A.T.Wheelock, ~ =« - Preside: H.LeBlew, - . . w: Snnh:; Visiting Eavies urdhlly Ill'm‘ THOS. JOHNSON Builder - AND Contractor For any Work in- the line of building be sure to see me and get your work right it 3 i Great base ball game Sunday afternoon. Rev. Driscoll to Preach: secretary of Macalester College in St Paul, will preach at the Presbyterian church Sunday in the absence of Rev S. E. P, White. Rev. A. E. Driscoll, financial =