Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, June 17, 1907, Page 4

Always the Same Bakin Powdgr The only high grade Baking Powder sold at a moderate price. Slayor and Sleighsr. Tn the number of the Atlantle Monthly Ralph Waldo Emerson had & poem called “Brahma,” which puzzled both critics and common readers. Some s2id it was the greatest poem of the century. Some said it was non- sense. The first verse ran as follows: If the red slayer think he slays, Or If the slain think he is slain, They know not well the subtle ways I keep and pass and turn again. That winter it happened that a rela- tlve of the poet Longfellow, living in another state, bought a sleigh, and in a family letter to the cousins in Cam- bridge there was a wall lest the Janu- ary thaw which had followed the pur- chase should keep them from enjoying the gay cutter that season. When the letter answered, Longfellow con- tributed this verse, which, it is said, has never been printed before: TO — ON THE PURCHASE OF A SLEIG If the red sleigher think he sleighs, Or if the sleighin think it is slelghin, They know not well the subtle ways Of snow, that comes and goes again. v . Surprised the Ghost. A ghost, a vague white form which fiitted about a small neglected grave- yard In Galway, much to the alarm of those who lived near by, one of the gentlemen of our party undertook to lay. Going out not far from midnight, he did indeed soon become aware of a white figure looming toward him through the darkness. Our friend, however, held on his way undeterred. “Ghost,” he said in sepulchral tones when he came near, “could you drink a glass of whisk; “I could so, your honor,” blithely re- sponded the ghost, taken off his bal- ance by the unexpected offer and standing revealed as the principal poacher of the neighborhood, who had availed himself of this spectral guise to set his night lines and carry on his other depredations undisturbed.—Black- wood's Magazine. Ducks and Drakes. The momentous day had arrived, and the inspector was putiting his usual series of inquisitive questions to a class of small boys. “Now, tell me,” he said, “why it is that a duck c¢an swim and a hen can't.” “Because a duck has webbed feet,” plped one of the miniature philoso- phers. 5 “Yes,” sald the inspector.” “Now, can any of you swim#?”’ Stony silence, during which the in- spector and the teacher whispered to- gether. “Come, come,” said the inspector; “you should all know how to swim. Your teacher tells me he can swim. Why is it you can’t if he can?”’ “Please, sir,” said the same little boy, “the teacher has very big feet.'— London Answers. B Limit of Human Strength. Experiments upon a number of men have shown that a man five feet high and weighing 126 pounds will lift, on an average, 156 pounds through a ver- tleal distance of eight luches, or 217 pounds through a height of 1.2 Inches. Others 6.1 feet high and weighing 183 pounds could lift the 156 pounds to a height of thirteen Inches, or 217 pounds to a height of six inches. Other men six feet three inches high and welghing 188 pounds could lift 156 pounds to a helght of sixteen inches, or 217 pounds to a height of nine inches. By a great varlety of experiments it was shown that the average human strength is equivalent to ralsing thirty pounds through a distance of two and one-half feet in one second. How to Make Oil of Swallows. Among the valued specifics of a by- gone age was oil of swallows: In the “Countess of Kent's Choice Manual” (1676) there are the following curious dlrectlons for making it “Take one handful of mother thyme, of lavender cotton and strawberry leaves of each allke, four swallows, feathers and all together well bruised, three ounces of sallet ofl, beat the herbs and the swal- lows, feathers and all altogether, until they be so small that you can see no feathers, then put in the oil and stir them well together, and seeth them in a posnet and strain them through a canvas cloth and so keep it for your use.” Easy Rhyming. ‘William Makepeace Thackeray in his Ines “Peg of Limavady” acknowledges himself a cockney. It was hardly nec- essary for him to do this, as not only in that poem, but in others, he makes the syllable “ing” rhyme with sylla- bles like “In” and “en,” failing to sound the concluding “g.” Richard Harris Barham of Ingoldsby legends, a most faclle rhymer, has done the same thing over and over again, thus lightening his labors greatly In the pursuit of rhymes. 8he Smacked of Books. “They tell me you kissed Miss Son- net, the poetess, on yesterday’s auto- mobile excursion.” “Yes. That is true.” “Indeed! And how did you—ah—find her?” “Miss Sonnet has a marked literary taste.”—New Orleans Times-Democrat. Best Sleep of All. “I see that an eminent physician de- clares that two hours of sleep before mlidnight are worth more than six after that hour.” e “Nonsense! Two hours of sleep after you're called In the morning are worth more than anything else.’—Philadel- phia Press. Conflicting. “Haven't 1 told you,” asked the father, “always to tell the truth?” “Yes, you told me that,” the young man admitted, “but at another time you told me never to become the slave of a habit.” The Wily Arab of Tripoli. Down the street the faint intermit- fent tinkling of a bell was heard. ‘Burr-ro!” (*Get out!”) in warning rasped the high pitched voice of a samel driver. I dodzed quickly into :he shop of a silversmith and watched four lum¥ering camels squdge softly ‘To prevent those behind the driv- being stolen the halter rope I Is tied to the tail of the one of and on the tail of the last camel he flips and flaps it from side to side linkles a bell. A wily one of the faithful, not belng rich in this world’s zoods, turned covetous eyes on g nomadic brother who passed through the town leading a string of six cam- els. lah! Allah ursel el Allah! Could not the brother spare one of his Jimal?" (camels). So, dusting the flies from his eyes and hooding himself with his barracan, he stealthily follow- ad. He was aware that near the New zate the street narrowed and made a Jouble turn. No sooner had the driver and head eamel rounded the first cor- ner than the wily one seized the bell attached to the hindmost camel. With 1 stroke of his knife he severed it from the tail of the animal, and, keeping it tinkling, he quickly fastened it to the tail of the next, cut loose the last peast and—“Allah wills”—made off with his loot—C. W. Furlong in Har- per’s. A Mysterious Booming. A strange phenomenon is that of the so called “guns of Burrisaul,” in In- dia. Burrisaul is a station in the Sun- derbunds, the marshy delta of the Ganges, a reglon covered with a vast and luxuriant jungle of trople vegeta- tion. Here In the rainy season there is occasionally heard a loud, booming noise like the discharge of distant ar- tillery. It seems to come from the south, but if one follows the sound in that direction Its apparent distance does mnot diminish. Travelers have suggested that it may be produced by the heavy surf of the monsoon season thundering on the shores of the bay of Bengal or on an island, but the place of its origin has never been identified, nor has it been explained why the roar of the waves should be heard sv much farther inland here than on other coasts. When “Girl” was “Gell.” Concernlng the “pronunciation of “girl,” it is to be feared that only very careful English people fail to rhyme it with “pearl” nowadays. The song of some years back—“My dear little girlie girlie, with hair so nice and curly, and every morning early”—shows the cus- tom of the great public in our time, though in the “Vilikins and his Dinah” period “girl” was rhymed with “dwell.” “Gell” was no doubt the nearest the average man could get to the sound imperfectly represented by “gairl” and at any rate was better than the vulgar “gal’’ But in these days few authors would go to the trouble of writing “gurl” to show that a character was peculiar in thus pronouncing the word as Thackeray did in the case of Mrs. Bungay. So says a London correspond- ent. Pretty Bashful. At a vlllage church a wedding was fixed for a certain date. The happy morn arrived, and in due course a youthful swain and falre ladye pre- sented themselves at the chancel steps. Che service proceeded smoothly as far 18 the question, “Wiit thou have this woman to be thy wedded wife?” Whereupon the supposed bridegroom stammered blushingly: “Please, sir, I'm not the right man.” “Not the right man,” exclaimed the nan, achast. “Then where is the man?” “He's down at the bottom of the church, sir. He’s asheeamed to come up.”—Church Family Newspaper. A Russian Pastime. If the human jaws need some occu- pation in the intervals of meals and gossip, says Health Culture, mastica- tors could learn a lesson from the peasants of southern Russia, who ex- ercise their teeth on the hard seeds of the Caspian sunflower. There Is not a suspicion of a stimulant about it, no chewing gum dyspepsia or navy plug nulsance. It is a pastime and inci- dentally an excellent dentifrice. In Astrakhan a pint of the requisite seeds can be bought for a quarter of a penny. A Plausible Inference. “Mirlam,” sald her mother, “have you ever glven young Mr. Stapleford any reason to believe you cared for him enough to marry him?” “He seems to think so,” answered the daughter, “because I told him the other evening that he was sending me too many costly flowers and ought to begin to save his money.”—Chicago Tribune. Merely a Suggestion. Wright—I've tried everything, and my novels don’t seem to sell. Penman —Excuse me, but you bave not tried everything. You know, it is said that Dickens’ novels sell four times better than during his life.—Yonkers States- man. Retribution. Minister (meeting a small boy on Sunday afternoon carrying a string of fish)—Johnny, Johnny, do these belong to you? Johuny—Y-e-s, sir. You see, that’s what tliey got for chasing worms on a Sunday.- -Philadelphia Inquirer. Not Her Business. Husband — Another new dress! ‘Where do you suppose I shall get the money from to pay for it? Wife—You must excuse me. I didn’t marry you to give you financial advice. Mohammedan meals begin with salt vinegar assures him increased prosper- ity. He Told Her. and end with vinegar. The salt defends the bellever from seventy diseases; the DRAFTS N EVIDENCE State Shows Haywood Sent Funds to Jack Simpkins. ™ PEABODY BOMB IDENTIFIED Former Governor of Colorado and His Daughter Tell of Seeing Orchard in Canon City, Thus Corroborating the Latter’s Testimony. Boise, Ida., June 17.—The prosecu- tion in the Steunenberg murder case won its fight for the admission of the contents of the telegram Steve Ad- ams sent from Ogden to the defend- ant, Haywood, at Denver, in June, 1903, and Detective Pender of Ogden was permitted to testify to the con- tents. The message was an appeal from Adams to Haywood for money. The state then produced and se- cured the admission of six drafts sent by Haywood to Jack Simpkins at various times in 1904, 1905 and 1906. One was sent just before and one Just after the Steunenberg murder and the purpose for which they were in- troduced was to show the relations of Haywood and Simpkins, who aided Harry Orchard in the first attempt to kill Steunenberg. The state next produced the frag- ments of the pistol and device by which the infernal machine placed in the Vindicator mine was set off and this led to a general digression into the whole story of the Cripple Creek stiike of 1903-4, in which the defense sought to show violence and incite- ment to violence by agents and offi- cers of the Mine Owners’ association and high handed injustice by the mili- tia after martial law was declared. Peabody Bomb Identified. Then the evidence went back to the Peabody bomb to prove its recovery from the Coeur @’Alene river. Former Governor Peabody, Mrs. Peabody and Miss Peabody, who had seats within the rail, intently watched the produc- tion of the bomb casing which so long held tragedy for them. Charles T. Roach, a plumber, testi- fied that he made the casing of what is known as the “Peabody bomb.” It was made to order. Ho identified the bomb casing, examining it carefully. He said he did not think he could identify the person who ordered it. He did not know Orchard. Miss Cora May Peabody, daughter of former Governor Peabody, testified to seeing two men near her carriage during her father’s term of office. Her mother and sister were with her. Orchard testified that one night he waited to shoot the governor, but ladies got out of the carriage. E. F. Richardson cross-examined Miss Peabody closely. She was ex- tremely nervous, but answered every question without contradiction. Rich- ardson’s questions directed to an ef- fort to show that the witness was en- deavoring to bolster up Orchard’s tes timony. Former Governor Peabody was the last witness. He saw Orchard in Canon City at the time Orchard said that he went there for the purpose of killing the governor. COURT DENTES APPLICATION Attorneys for Mayor Schmitz Formally Apply for Balil. San Francisco, June 17—Bail for Mayor Schmitz, convicted of extortion, was refused by Judge Dunne when for- mal application was made by the mayor’s counsel. Sentence will be pronounced on June 27. Judge Dunne then called the sheriff | before him and said that Schmitz was not to be allowed his liberty, but was to be confined in jail unless upon or- ders of the court. Counsel for Schmitz then obtained an eorder allowing Schmitz to be out of jail, though in custody, until 1 p. m, . EXPORTS CUT IN TWO. Havana Cigarmakers’ Strike Paralyz- ing the Industry. Havana, June 17.—The cigarmakers’ strike is paralyzing the industry. The-| most recent compilation of statistics by experts shows a rapid decline since Feb. 23, the date of the beginning of the strike:“The total number of cigars exported in five months this year was 63,897,000, against 105,111,000 for the corresponding months last year. The value of the exports during this period was $4,277,000, compared with $6,632,- 000 during the corresponding period of 1906. Woman Burned to Death. Eldora, Ia, June 17.—Mrs. Maggle L. Frazier, wife of William Frazier, a farmer living near Eldora, was burned to death by the accidental spilling of a can of heated floor paint over her body, burning off her clothing and compietely charring and cooking the flesh. She had left the can on the kitchen range and the heat melted the golder oft the bottom of the can, caus- ing the fatal accident. Cost of Wisconsin Senatorship. Madison, Wis., June 17.—Isaac Ste- phenson, United States senator-elect from Wisconsin, spert $3,866.71 to get the office, according to a sworn state- ment filed by him with the secretary of state.” William H. Hatten, New London, spent $791.48 and Congress- man J. J. Esch, La Crosse, $591.60. The other candidates, Lenroot and Congressman H. A. Cooper, have not yet filed statements. CHICAGO THEATER BURNS. Dldes_l Vaudeville House in the City A good highland minister was en- deavoring to steer a boat load of city young ladies to a landing place. A squall was bursting. The steering was difficult. One of the girls annoyed him by jumping up and calling anxiously, ““Oh, where are we golng to?”. “If you do not sit down and keep still, my young leddy,” said the minister pilot succlnctly, “that will verra greatly de- pend on how you were brought up.”— Dundee Advertiser. Destroyed. Chicago, June 17.—The Olympic the- ater, the oldest vaudeville house in Chicago, was practically destroyed by fire at midnight. The loss will exceed $150,000. The fire caused terror among the guests in the Union hotel, which adjolns the theater on the east.. All were advised to pack their trunks and vacate. Crossed electric wires between the first and second galleries are sup- Dosed to have caused the fi Thy flames made rapid dway gt fret and gave the firemen a hard struggle, threatening for a time to spread to the Union hotel and the Ashland block. Chief Horan, while directing his men at the Clark street entrance, was felled to the floor by a shower of de- bris and but for the helmet that was crushed down on_his face probably would have been killed. Several of hig men were hurt. ‘When the playegs who throhged the College inn and the Union hotel and restaurant became aware of the threat- ened loss of their belongings they rushed into the street and in front of the burning structure offered big re- wards for volunteers to carry out their things. When none appeared some of them descended the basement steps leading to the dressingrooms and car- rled as much of the materials as they could seize. ATTACKS NEW RATE LAW. Pullman Company Declares It Is Un- constitutional. Washingten, June 17.—An important answer questioning the constitutional- ity of a part of the railroad rate law has been filed by the Pullman com- pany to a complaint recently filed with the interstate commerce commission by George S. Loftus of St. Paul, in- volving the fairness of sleeping car rates. The complzint alleged that the Pullman company exacted excessive and unreasonable charges for its sleep- ing car accommodations and urged the commission to compel the com- pany, under the recently enacted rail- road rate law, to reduce the rates. The company’s answer insists that the charges are entirely just and proper. It denies the authority of the interstate commerce commission to issue the order demanded. In making this defense Pullman company at- tacks the constitutionality of part of the railroad rate law. It maintains that the law defines a common carrier and makes it clear that express com- panies and sleeping car companies are not common carriers under the law. It was expected by the commission 2at the Pullman company would make just cuch an answer and it is well understood that the company ex- pects, in the cvent of adverse de- cision, to appeal the case to the higher conrts. BIG DA¥ GOES OUT. Wall of Water Rushing Down Colo- radg Valley, Fort Col , Colo., June 17.—Great alarm is feit here over a report from up the river that the big dam at Cham- bers lake, which has been holding back 70,000,000 cubic feet of water, has gone-out and that a wall of water five feet high is now rushing down the Cashe Lapoudre river. It is believed that all the people living in the low- lands and on the river banks have escaped, but it is feared that many fishermen may have been capght in the flood. ENTIRE TRAIN DESTROYED No Loss of Life in Wreck on the Great Northern. Minot, N. D., June 17.—The wreck of the Oriental limited on the Great Northern road at Palermo, forty miles west of here, did not result in any loss of life, as at first reported. Twenty e ns were injured, how- ever, three ously, and the entire train was destroyed by fire. The train, which was reported in Minot on time, reached Palermo about 5:30, It was not scheduled to stop between Williston and Minot and was going at high speed as it passed through Palermo. When the train reached a short distance east of Pa- lermo a rail spread and the engine and every car plunged into the ditch. No sooner had the cars reached the ditch than they caught fire through the ex- plosion of the acetylene gas and all were destroyed. Word reached Minot soon after the wreck and Dr. L. H. Kermott, with assistants and a wrecking train crew, left for the sceme. The injured were brought to this city. FOR ALL RAILROADS. Uniform System of Accounts After July 1. Washington, June 17.—The inter- state commerce commission, has pro- mulgated a uniform system of ac- counts for railroads, provided for un- der the railrcad rate law passed at the last session of congress. The system will go into effect July 1 covering op- erating revenues and operating ex- penses and thereafter railroads will be compelled to file monthly reports. The method adopted is intended to insure a correct statement of net revenues from operations and is expected to re- sult in keeping the cost of improve- ments ont of operating expenses and therefore exclude them from the count of performing business. The expense of soliciting traffic is separated from the expense of hauling trafic. The construction - accounts are to be so drawn that a record of the physical value of railway property is always Accessible, Will Close Big Steel Plant. New York, June 17.—The receivers of the Milliken Bros. corporation, which failed June 10, have decided to close the steel mill of the $7,500,000 plant on Staten island and have dis- charged 1,500 steel workers. Most of the workers will go to other steel ¢en- ters to secure employment. The rea- son behind the receiver’s action in closing the mill was said to be their discovery that they could buy steel in the open marKet cheaper than they could manufacture i Big Lake Steamer Launched. Superior, Wis; June 17.—The 600- foot freighter George F. Baker, built for the Pittsburg Steamship company, was launched at noon. Miss Mary D. MacFadden of Duluth christened the ship. The launching of the Baker was delayed about ten days by the strike of the riveters, but the steamer will ‘within six weeks be ready to take her place as a cargo carrier. WAR 1S UNAVOIDABLE Universal Peace and Disarma- ment Unattainahle. SECOND PEACE CONFERENCE Head of Russian Delegation in Open- ing Speech Declares Conflicts Be- tween Nations Are as Inevitable as Conflicts Between Individuals. The Hague, June 17.—M. Nelidoff opened the second peace conference by affirming that universal peace and disarmamen?¢ were unattainable. The deliberate utterances of the Russian statesman, although pessimistic to the extent referred to, were hopeful when later he said he believed that a better method for thejudicial adjustment of disputes was possible, even though all conflicts between nations were no more avoidable than conflicts between individuals. In the course of his address M. Neli- doff greatly pleased the American del- egates-by the high tributes which he paid to President Roosevelt and An- drew Carnegie, not “mentioning any other countries or rulers. The refer- ences to President Roosevelt “in the speeches of both Dr. Van Tets Van Goudrain, The Netherlands foreign minister, and M. Nelidoff were greeted with rounds of applause. The whole ceremony lasted hardly twenty minutes, when the conference adjourned unti-Wednesday. Tea was served in the main hall and the committeerooms after the ad- journment. City in Gala Appearance. A drizzling, overcast day ushered in the peace conference. The depressing weather conditions, however, did not prevent the government of The Neth- erlands from trying to give the city a gala appearance. The red, white and blue flag of Helland, side by side with the orange standard of the house of Nassan, was hoisted over every ‘public building and many private residences flew the national colors. Fortunately the clouds began to break toward fioon and the people were soon gathering to witness the arrival of the distin- guished foreigners at the ancient por- tals of the Binnenhof, within the walls of which is lccated the old eastle in which the sittings of the conference will be held. « As upon the occasion of the first conference the government of The Netherlands, in order to lay stress on the peaceful character and objects of the corerence, specially requested the delegates and military and naval at- taches not to appear in uniform or wear any insignia of their rank, PURELY EURGPEAN QUESTION United States Will Not Bring Up Lim- itation of Armaments, ‘Washington, June 17.—Jt can be stated on authority that the American delegates to The Hague conference will not bring up for discussion the question of limitation of armaments. That matter is regarded as a purely European question at present and as the result of a year’s work by Profes- sor de Martens at the various capitals of Burope has been to thresh out pretty thoroughly the whole matter and make evident the fact that at least four of the great powers are averse to the consideration of the dis- armament question the Washington governizent regards itself as relieved from the necessity of bringing this matter to the attention of the foreign countries. It is the opinion here that the subject of limitation of arma- mernts will not. now be broached by any of the powers represented at The Hague conference, NO CAUSE FOR ACTION. Jap Foreign Minister Declares Latest Incident Not Grave. Tokio, June 17.—It has been learned that Foreign Minister Viscount Haya- shi, at a conference on the American question held by the elder statesmen and ministers, announced that the last incident reported in connection with the attacks upon Japanese residents in California was not grave enough to warrant diplomatic action. The views of hoth governments are fully in ac- cord and the trust is expressed that the federal government at Washington will furnish a speedy solution of the question at issue. Walsh Pleads Not Gullty. Chicago, June 17.—John R. Walsh, former president of the Chicago Na- tional bank, in the United States dis- trict court entered a plea of not guilty to the indictment charging him with misapplication of the funds of the bauk. The plea was entered after the court had sustained demurrers to eighty of the 357 counts of the indict- ments. Cars Drop From High Bridge, Niagara Falls, N. Y, June 17— Three freight cars broke from a Grand Trunk train of fourteen cars in the middle of the lower steel arch bridge and plunged iuto the Niagara rapids, 250 feet below. In leaving the track they damaged both. the upper and lower decks of the bridge to a con- siderable extent. Grand Stand Collapses. East Liverpool, O., June 17.—During a baseball game at Wellsville, near here, a portion of the grand stand col- lapsed, injuring a dozen persons, sev- eral seriously. A hundred spectators were on the stan ONLY ONE BUDY ON BOARD Missing Launch of Battleship Minne- sota Found. Norfolk, Va., June 17.—A report to the Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch from Old Point Comfort says: Only the body of George W. West- phal, first class fireman, who was found at his post of duty, was in the Minnesota’s launch when she was raised to the surface. There was no trace of any of the six midshipmen or the other four seamen who were said to have been on board the launch. Hand Painted China Rich Look Cut Glass In Plates, Bowls, Sugar and and Creamers, Salt and Pep- pers, Tooth Pick Holders, Pitchers, Vages, etc. NAME We manufacture any style wedding ring on short mo- tice. Hand engraving done while you wait. JUNE WEDDINGS Are at hand and we are ready with the new creations of the season. 4 >4 > 3 ENGRAVED FOR ON THE t 6‘59 ~ EVERY Sterling Silver _ Fine Plated Ware Berry Spoons, Cold Meat PIECE- Forks, Olive Forks, Cream Spoons, Plain band rings are sol’ by weight. We churge for ithe gold, plus our modest | profit for making same. GEO. T. BAKER & C0. ° Located in City Drug Store Furthermore none of the capes, eaps or other articles of wearing apparel belonging to the midshipmen were to be found and there was nothing in the launch to indicate that the midship- men were aboard when the boat went down. The launch looks to be badly wrecked, her hull and part of the framework which hold the canopy be- ng stove in. The canvas canopy is 8o badly torn that it is impossible to tell whether the flaps were fastened down at the time of the collision. There is no 16nger any doubt that the launch was run into and sunk by some otlier vessel, the condition of the boat completely silencing all those who have said that the launch foun- dered during the storm. ALARM ARONG PASQENGERS Irish Express Steamer Badly Damaged by Hitting Rock. Holyhead, Wales, June 17.—The Trish express steamer Anglia, with mcre than 500 passengers on board, struck a submerged rock in a thick fog. The passengers were greatly alarmed, but the officers maintained order, distributed the lifebelts and prepared the beats for lowering. After half an hour the Anglia succeeded in getting off under her own steam and the passengers were landed. The Anglia’s bows were stove in above and below the water line, but her watertight compartments saved her. THREE KNOWN TO BE DEAD Cloudburst Causes Great Dam- age in Black Hills. Deadwood, S. D., June 17—The Black Hills has been entirely cut off from communication. with the outside world since the evening of the 12th. A rain and hail storm, lasting six hours, washed out railroad bridges and tracks and destroyed telegraph wires. ‘Three people are known to have lost their lives. Mrs. Anderson of Pied- mont was alone with her two children in her home when a cloudburst swept Jown the canyon. The torrent cut a WANTS ONE CENT A WORD. HELP WANTE®D, WANTED—For U, S, army, able- bodied, unmarried men between ages of 19 and 35, citizens of the United States, of good character and temperate habits, who can speak, read- and write English. For information apply to Recruit. Officer, Miles Block, Bemjdji, - ; Minn, WANTED—For the U. S. Marine Corps; men between ages; ‘of 21 and 32, An opportunity_to see the world. For full information apply in person or by letter to 208 Third street. { WANTED: Two live carpenters, Call at Thome & Mayer’s new building. Kreatz the contractor, WANTED—Dishwashers and din- - ing room girls. Good wages. In- quire at Armstrong’s restaurant, WANTED: Girl for general house- work: Apply to Mrs, A, J. Aber- crombie, 514 Minn, Ave, WANTED: Two laundry girls,dish- washer and a porter. Inquire at Brinkman hotel. WANTED—Good lady cook and a laundry girl. Palace Hotel, | Blackduck. FOR SALE. P A A A AP NP PN FOR SALE: A First-class full cab- in, gasoline yacht, with fine speed; very reliable and sea-worthy, Engines are first class. Call at this office for full description, FOR SALE: = Fifteen head good milch cows. Inquire of Wesley Ackerman, six miles southwest -of channel twenty feet wide and ten feet deep, sweeping away all buildings in its course with no warning in time to escape. Mrs. Anderson and two -chil- dren were drcwaed. Reports of !oss and destruction con- tinue to come in from surrounding towns and mining camps, but until communication is again established it is impossible to know the loss of life | or property. From twenty to thirty railroad bridges are down and the roadbeds ‘washed out in many places. FOR BREACH OF PROMISE Jury Awards St. Paul Young Woman $1,500 Damages. St. Paul, June 17.—The jury which tried the breach of promise case of Miss Alma Peterson against Albin Johnson gave the plaintiff a verdict of $1,500. The parties to the suit reside in East St. Paul. The verdict means that the jury believed Miss Peterson when she swore that Johnson ‘had courted her for six years; had prom- ised to marry her and then broke his promise. Neither party to the suit appears to fee! any bitterness towards the other. Miss Pecterson, who says she is twenty-five, desires Mr. Johnson, who is thirty-two, to carry out his promise to marry and, in fact, frankly admit- ted that she would marry him right away if he were willing. Woman Given $25,000 Damages. Denver, June 15.—District Judge Greeley W. Whitford has awarded Mrs. Jose A. Hill, wife of Frank W. Hill, damages in the sum of $25,000 against Mrs. Anna Bent, wife of Ed- win Bent, a banker of Ouray, Colo, for alienation of the affections of her husband. All parties concerned are prominent sccially. ~ American Schoolfér Seized. Halifax, N. S, June 17.-=The gov- ernment cruiser Canada has<seized the American fishing schooner Fannie E. Prescott on the charge of fishing inside the three-mile 1imit, The Can- ada'is towlng back the Prescott to Halifax. The Prescott is owned in Boston. Bemidji on the John Goodman Farm, FOIIK SALE—Rubber stamps. The Pioneer will procure any kind of a rubper stamp for you an short notice. FOR SALE—Good hotel property. For particulars inquire at Chal- lenge Hotel, Bemidji, Minn. FOR SALE—Magnificent moose head mounted; will be sold cheap, Inquire at this office, FOR HENT: ! FOR RENT—Two furnished rooms. Inquire 921 Minnesota Ave, MISCELLANEQUS T ST SN PUBLIC LIBRARY—Open Tues- days and Saturdays, 2:30 to 6 p. m. Thursdays 7 to 8 p. m. also. Library in basement of Court House. Mrs. E. R. Ryan, librar- ian, WANTED—To rent good six to - eight room house. Modern pre- ferred. Address P. 0. Box 686, Bemidji, Minn. Ghe PIONEER Delivered ‘o >your door every evening