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Ll Phone 40. NOTICE.. ——1 WANT YOUR—— REPAIRING THIS IS THE CHEAPEST PLACE IN THE CITY Men’s Sewed Soles $! Men’sNailed Soles 75¢ Rubber Heels that won't slip REPAIRING DONE WHILE YOU WAIT M. NURICK 207 Beltrami Avenue, Opposite Hotel Markham PROFESSIONAL CARDS ARTS MISS DICKINSON ART OF PIANO PLAYING 407 BELTRARI AVE, MRS. JOHN R. STEWART Instruction on Piano, Pipe Organ and Harmony 600 Bemldji Ave. Phoune No.9 LAWYER . FRANK: A. JACKSON LAWYER BEMIDJI . D. H, F Atto ney and Counsellor at Law Otfice over Post Office E. E McDonald ATTORNEY AT LAW Bemidy, Mina. Offics: Swedback Block FRANCIS S. ARNOLD, LL.M. Land Titles Examined and Deraigned 802 Beltrami Ave. MINN Valentine post cards at the Pio- neer office. William Groves of Kelliher came | in yesterday morning for a short visit among Bemidji business men. C. C. Crippen, of the Reed Studio, returned to the city this morning from a few days’ trip to Northome, W. T. Blakeley, the logger, re- turned to his home at Farley last evening after a brief business visit in this city. - Valentine post cards can be se- cured by calling at this office. A good selection can be had by those who call early. George Harding, one of the busi- ness men of Deer River, arrived in the city yesterday afternoon on a short business visit in Bemidji. G. W. Ambrich of Minneapolis arrived in Bemidji last evening for a short business visit here in the inter- ests of the American Sunday school Union. Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Harvey and little son of this city departed on the south-bound M. & I. passenger train for the twin cities. They expect to be gone about a week. Deputy Sheriff Chris Olson left on the south-bound passenger train this morning for Pequot to attend to some official duties in a civil case. A. H. Pitkin of Crookston, who owns a store at Kelliher, came . in from a brief business visit at Kelli- her yesterday morning and returned home on the west-bound train in the afternoon. O. S. Keay of Park Rapids, one of PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS. Dr. Rowland Gilmore Physician and Surgeon Office: Iles Block DR. E. A. SHANNON, M. D. Physician and len:gcon Oftce in Mlayo Block o (0 M. D. Phone No. 51 Phone 396 L. A.WARD, Office over First National Bank. House No. 601 Lake Bivd. Dr. A. E. Henderson Physician and Surgeon Office over First Natlonal;Bsnk, Bemidji, Minn Office Phone 36. _ Residence Phone 72 Phone No. 351 DENTISTS. D. L. STANTON DR. DENTIST Office in Winter Block DR. J. T. TUOMY Dentist rst National Bank Bu 1d°g. Telephone Ne. 230 DRAY AND TRANSFER. ‘Wes Wright, Dray and Transfor. 404 Beltrami Ave. Tom Smart Drayand baggage. Safe and Plano moving. Phone No. 5! 618 America Ave. Want Ads FOR RENTING A PROPERTY, SELL- ING A BUSINESS OR CBTAINING HELP ARE BEST. Pioneer the state land examiners, spent last night in this city and departed on the south-bound passenger train this morning to look over some timber south of here. W. E. Rowe, a well known attor- ney of Crookston, came in yesterday noon and spent a few hours attend- ing to some professional business in this city, returning to Créokston on the afternoon train. A. A. Richardson, the view photo- grapher, left on the north-bound M. & 1. freight train this morning with three cameras and supplies to photo graph several of the logging camps in the vicinity of Blackduck. Conductor J. J. Crawfield, of the M. & I, accompanied by his young bride, nee Miss Nellie Hennessy of this city, returned last evening from a short honeymoon trip to Brainerd and will be at home to their friends in Bemidji. J. H. Beagle and son, W. J.of Duluth and Oliver Keay of Park Rapids, state land examiners, ar- rived in the city last nigh on the M. & I freight train from Turtle River and spent the night here as - | guests at the Markham Hotel. E. R. Dampier of Akeley, cou}:ty attorney of Hubbard county, came in last night from a short business trip to Crookston to look after the business affairs of his brother-in-laws the late J. H. Bailey. Mr. Dampier returned to Akeley on the Sauk Center train this morning. John Wilmann, the county audi- tor, returned to the city last even- ing on the M. & I. passenger train from St. Paul where he has_ been looking after some business matters during the last few days. While in the cities, Mr. Wilmann attended a state meeting of the county auditors. F. J. Kline of Minneapolis, the well known logger, left this morning for Laporte on his way to the camps of the Red River Lumber company near that village. Mr. Kline reports that his work is getting along fine and that he has already logged forty million feet out of the eighty million which he expects to take out thls winter. Bowling Alley 1 have opened a first class Bowling Alley i the building formerly occupied by Klein’s moat market, and the public is cordially invited to try their skill at this game. Wednesday and Saturday af- ternoons, from 2 until 6 o’clock, have been set aside for the ladies. Your patronage solicited. J. P. OMICH 318 Minn. Ave. |lage. The Continued Story of Current Events. Do it now! -Select your valentine post cards from the Pioneer stock. A, P. Blom of Spaulding was a business visitor yesterday, returning home on the afternoon train, - Birch wood, jack pine and tamarac, four foot and sixteen inch, Hayth wood yard, rear of P. O. block. George T, Elletson returned last night on the midnight train from a short business trip to Grand Forks, N.D. Iver Krohn, publisher of the Shev- lin Herald was a business visitor in Bemidji yesterday, returning home on the afternoon train. Mark Devine, the Blackduck log- ger passed through the city last night enroute home from a business visit to points south of here. John E. Croone, proprietor of the Nicollet hotel of this city, left last evening for Mizpah to look after his saloon at that place. F. J. Dunwoody; who lives ona farm near Bass Lake, spent yester- day on business at the coart house in this city and returned home last evening. Nels Nelson, of the Town of Northern returned to the city last evening from a ten days visit with his brother, who lives at Omabha, Nebraska. Miss Maude Altermitt of Kelli- her arrived in the city yesterday morning and is enjoying a short visit in Bemidji as a guest atthe Markham hotel. : Harry Koors of this city, who travels for the Thomas Thompson Fruit company of Duluth, went to Walker this morning on business for his company. H. B. Lee, of the Bagley Mercan- tile company, spent a few ~hours between trains in the city yesterday, returning home on the Great North- ern train in the afternoon. C. P. Cocks, who travels for the Green-DeLaitre company of Minne- apolis, went to Blackduck last might on business for his company and returned on this morning’s train. 1909 Dairies at the Pioneer office. D. P. Newcomb, route .agent for the Northern Express company, left last evening on the north-bound] passenger train for Blackduck to check over the office at that place. Omar Gravelle, the popular mer- chant at the Red Lake Agency, came in yesterday morning fora brief business visit to this city, re- turning home on thls afternoon’s train. Mrs. A. A. Smith of Kelliher en- joyed yesterday shopping in this city while a guest at the Markham hotel. Mrs. Smith returned home last night on the M. & I. passenger train, D. D. Miller, of the J. T. Miller Real Estate company of this city, went to Blackduck last evening to write out some insurance policies and returned on this morning’s M. & I. train. Sam Bugge, who is employed in CUBA AGAIN A FREE COUNTRY President Gomez Inaugu- . rated in Havana, OUR GOVERNMENT CEASES With the Sailing of Magoon the Au- thority of the United States in the lslands Ends, Although Some Troops Remain: Until April 1—American Warships Fire Presidential Salute In Honor of New Executive, Havana, Jan. 28—With the admin- Istration of the oath of office at noon today to Jose Miguel Gomez; the new president” of the republié¢ of Cuba, American occupation of the island ceased and the history of this coun- try entered on a new era. This after- noon Charles B. Magoon, until today provisional governor of Cuba, will embark for the United States, leaving the government entirely in the hands of President Gomez and his advisers. Most of the 5,000 American soldiers ‘who have occupied the island since 1906 have been sent home and the re- mainder will leave by April 1. The oath of office was administered to President Gomez and Vice Presi- dent Zayas by President Barreiro of the supreme court of Cuba in the presence of a great throng of Cubans and Americans and other foreigners. k. " PRES/DENT GOMEZ. . Today is-a general holiday dhroughout Cuba and from all the six states men prominent in the political, commercial and social life of the island have gath- ered to attend the inaunguration. The principal officers of the American troops still in Cuba, reinforced by ) officers of the American warships in the harbor, made a brave showing i | ithelf dress uniforms. The imaugura- tion ceremonies were preceded by 3 parade of the rural guards and other ‘Cuban troops, in which the American soldiers did not participate, as it was thought that their presemce in the proceselon might recall too strongly the f'act that for more than £wo years the fsland has been under foreign domination. Congratulations for' Gemez. At the close of the cere.monies Pres- ident Gomez was warmly congratu- lated by the foreign envays, whe ex- tended to him the good wishes of their respective governments for the welfare of his coumtry. A consyvcueus figure was Mgr. Aversa, representing. the Vatican. Many messages of <on- gratulation were received, notalMy from President Roosevelt amd Wills iam H. Taft, president-elect of the United States. He has many friends among prominent Cubans. ‘Word of the taking of the oath of office by President Gomer was sant to the American- battleships Maine and BACON SECRETARY OF STATE 8enate Confirms ‘Nomination of New .+ York Man, Washlnztou. Jan, 28—The senate has confirmed the nominations of Rob- ert Bacon to be secretary of state and John Callan O’Laughlin to be assist- r!zcns-r‘Anv ROBERT BACON. ant secretary of state. The nomina- tions were acted upon by the commit tee on foreign relations and were unanimously reported. HIS OFFER OF HELP "~ WAS TURNED DOWN| | One of Ayer’s Not too much, g_ust a llttle, Just enough to start the bile nicely, time is all you need. These pills act directly on_the lwer. Made for the treatment of constipation, biliousness; dyspepsia, sick-headache. Ask your doctor if heknows lbett 4 ggish liver. Then follou’r' hisadvice. 1.5AV530 Lumber and Building Matterial We carry in stock at all times a com- plete_line of lumber and bwlding material of all descriptions. Call in and 1661( over our special line of fancy glass doors. We have a large and well assorted stock from which you can make your selection. WE SELL 16-INCH SLAB W00D St. Hilaire Retail Lbr. Co. BEMIDJI, MIRN.' 1 Vessel Captain Says He Could Have Saved the Republic. New York, Jan. 28.—The opinion of Captain Thomas Fenlon of the whale- back steamer City of Everett that he could have towed the steamer Repub- Hc into a place where she could have been beached if Captain Sealby had accepted his offer of help was com- municated to the officers of the White Star line. Vice President P. S. A. Franklin of that line said that the matter would be taken up with the general subject of the collision. The information concerning the City of Everett’s offer of help was sent by Captain Fenlon from Philadelphia to 0. L. Hallenbeck, manager of the ma- rine department of the Standard Oil company, in whose service the whale- back is employed. Captain Fenlon’ s'! statement was to the effect that he was in communication with the Re- pubkic at 6 o’clock Saturday morning, the day of the collision, and reached the damaged liner at 8:20 o’clock that night. Captsfln Fenlon added that he offered to take off the passengers and beggage from the ublic, but that Captain Sealby declincd the offer. Captain Fenlon added thaf ;he could beached the Republic op the .shore of Marthas Vineyard. GREAT FRENCH ACTOR DEAD Bonoit Constant Coquelin Expires at Height of Career. Paris, Jan. 28.—Benoit Constant Coquelin, the great French -actor, whose culminating triumph had been awaited in Edmond - Rostand’s “The Chanticleer,” which is now being re- hearsed, died at Pont aux Dames, Seine et Marne. The death of M. Coguelin is an in-| calculable loss to the French stage. Only a few days ago M. Rostand, whe wxecently has been giving the finishing itouches :}o “The Chanticleer,” arrived | idn Parx from Cambo and he was ready 4o beesn the rehearsals of the play, #n which #l. Coguelin, who had the leading role, was expected to du- plfeate ;his famoug success obtained in M. Rostand’s “Cyrano Je Bergerac.” Only Tuesday M. Cloguelin recited gayly fong passages of “Fhe Chan ticleer” ¢o some of his friends, put he succumbed suddenly to an acute at- tack of emborism, from which he long Massachusetts, lying in the harbor as representatives of the United States government. Immediately the shores of the harbor began to echo with the the Clearwater County Bank at Bagley, came in yesterday noon for a short visit among the local business men and returned home on the afternoon train, R. B. Sturdevant of Grand Forks, N. D, arrived in the city yesterday noon and left last night on the M. & I. train for Hayden’s logging camps near Blackduck, to look after some of his horses which are being reports of a presidential salute fired in honor of the new president by the two ' vessels. The booming of - the guns was greeted with applause by the crowds of Cubans, who hailed it as the sealing of the official recogni- tion by the United States of the new government. The second American occupation of Cuba by the United States began in September, 1906, when the resignation of President Tomas Estrada Palma, since ~deceased, was followed by a used at that place. Mrs. A. B. Clair of Grand Rapids came in this morning from North- ome where she has been visiting with her husband, who is engaged in the timber business near that vil- Mrs. Clair ‘returned to the ““Rapids” on this noon’s train. Dan Rose, who travels through this portion of the country seeking pulp wood for the Watab Paper company, went to Kelliher last night on the north-bound passenger train to attend to some business on the Funkley-Kelliher branch of the M. & 1. for his company. Charles Minnick, head shipping clerk of the Shevlin-Matthieu Mill at Spooner, was a Bemidji visitor yes- terday. Mr. Minnick had been visiting relatives in .the state of New York for the past four weeks and was on his way home, returning to Spooner on the evening train. A complete line of 1909 dairies. may be seen at this office. Captain Keeler Dead. Columbus, O., Jan, 28-—Captain Alexis - Keeler, sergeant-at-arms nine congecutive Republican national conventions, 18 :dead of heart trouble. He was seventy-elght years old. | lished a provisional government in short™ perfod of disorder in the {sl and. Under the Platt amendment the United States intervened and estab- the island, with Willlam H. Taft as provisional governor. Judge Taft was succeeded In October, 1906, by Charles E. Magoon. Statehood Bills Nearly. Ready. ‘Washington, Jan. 28.—Every effort 1s being made by the house committee on territories to report the Arizona and New Mexico separate statehood bills by the end of next week. The statehood bill is being framed by the Republican members of the commit- ‘tee, but will be exhibited to the minor- 3ty members before hearings are held by the full committee. Toh?;eo Monopely Void. Willemstad, Curacao, Jan. 28— President Gomez of Venezuela has is- sued a decree declaring vold the ex- isting monopoly for the manufacture of cigarettes in Venezuela and permit- ting every one to import tobacco and manufacture it. ' He declared further that Venezuelan planters' were entire- 1y free to raise and prepare their own tobnccn 2 Broken Flange the Cause. Cheyenne, Wyo.,, Jan., 28—It is learned that a broken flange was the cause of the wreck of the Oregon ex- press on the Union Pacific railroad near Dana, in which one person was killed and thirty. injnred ‘There are 1o further additions to the Iist of cas- | ualties and it is sald that all ot the had been a swferer. . . Are You Loekisig for a Pudding? Mot people are, and D-Zerta Qnick P\ ding is the only quick dessert that dellghn; and satisfies every housckeeper and the oy tire famlly. Every package guarantecd un- der the Pure Food Laws. Try o Dackags of D-Zerta Pudding today fromyour rocer agd on Will by often and Cell Vour frienge Farious flavors at all grocers, 10 cents, Or: der today, Roe & Markusen’s Editorial We want every family in the City of Bemidji to try our different brands of coffee, ‘as we are positively sure our coffee cannot be Excelled by any other brands: One of the largest coffee concerns in the United States is back of us on this deal and will help us to give the People of Bemidji, the Best Coffee That Money Can Buy. Nothing is too good for the people of our beautiful City. Our brands like: “GOLD MEDAL,” “NICKLE CUT,” “OUR WINNER” we confidently offer to our most partlcu- lar coffee customers.. Careful Experiment has proven to -us conclusively that these brands warrant our Fullest Guarantee as a coffee of exceptional value, and superior merit, Now all we ask, is to give us a trial on these brands of coffee, and you can be the judge. Yours very truly, : ROE & MARKUSEN, The Reliable Crocers. 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