Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, May 4, 1909, Page 4

THIS IS A RARE TREAT FOR BRINKMAN PATRONS Madell & Corbley and Noel Make Hit With Lovers of High Class Vaudevil'e. A rare treat is in store this week for patrons of the Brinkman Family Theater, when Madell & Corbley will introduce their famous comic act, “Summer Boarders and Sum-R- Not,” which made a decided “hit” with a crowded house last night. Another of the chief attractions at that popular place of amusement is Joe Noel in his impersonations and comedy specialties, which are among the best on the American stage. These acts combined comprise tbe best program of high class'prcduction MADELL AND CORBLEY. villes cannot afford to miss it. The pictures are exceptionally !Ecod. | Manager Brinkman did himself proud in the securing of such an ex- cellent bill this week. It is his en- ever witnessed in this city and one that is a lover of high class vaude- | deavor to give his patrons the very ibestobtainable regardless of cost. » JOE NOEL. Notice to Heating and Plumbing Contractors. Sealed bids will be received at the office of Graham M. Torrance, clerk of Independent School District of Bemidji, Minn., until 8:00 p. m. May 14, 1909, for the installation of the heating and plumbing of a High School building at Bemidji, Minn. Each bid must be accompanied by a certified check in the sum of five per cent of the amount of bid made payable to T.J. Andrews, Treasurer, as a guarantee that theK successful bidder will enter contract and furnish a Surety Com- pany Bond, satisfactory to the School Board in full of the amount of his bid. into| Plans and specifications can be seen on file with Graham M. Tor- rance at Bemidji, Minn., or at the | office of the Architects W. R. Par- !sons & Son Co., at 601 Phoenix }‘Building, Minneapolis, Minn. The work must be completed on or before the 15th of August, 1909. The Board of Education reserves the right to reject any or all bids. By order of the School Board. Graham M. Torrance, Clerk. Drill, Wednesday Evening. Company K will drill, at the New | Armory, Wednesday evening, at | 8:30 sharp. —Adam E,Otto, | Captain. Large patterns. Elder Likes Bemidji. G. A. Flder of Duluth, represent ing the Commercial Investment company, came to Bemidji Satur- day evening from Walker, where he had been to look after some busi- ness matters in connection with his company. Mr. Elder stayed at the Markham until the night train over the G. N. went east, when he de- parted for his home in the “Zenith City.” “Speaking of Bemidji, Mr. Elder said: “I like to stay in Bemidji, and came over here from Walker purposely to meet a few of your ‘good fellows’ during the few hours’ wait before my train left. You certainly have a fine town here, and I will come again when sum- mer is on and I can enjoy some of your unexcelled fishing.” Mr. Elder purchased the Bemidji waterworks bonds, from the sale of which the city realized the sum of $50,000 for waterworks improve- ments. Stock Pastured. We can take horses or cattle for pasture at my farm at Wolf Lake. Running water and plenty of good feed. Woven wire fence. Inquire of F. M. Malzahn. Union Investment . Gompany MINNEAPOLIS July 24, 1907. To Whom it May Concern: It gives me pleasure to state that I jam the holder of a $10,000 policy in the Northwestern National Life Insur- ance Co. of Minneapolis. This policy was taken out only after several mouths of careful consideration in which the advantages, safety and desirability of a policy in this com- pany was compared with the old line companies of the Rast. Ihave had occasion to come into close touch with the active officers and i directors of this Company and have found them keen, dilligent workers for { the interests of the policy holders, and carefui conservative investors of the money that daily is entrusted to their care, and everything is done in such a manuer as to stand the scrutiny of the most skeptical. I koow of my own knowledge how the funds of the” Com- pany are being invested, and this is a privilege that is open to every policy holder, The Company is a product of the great Northwest and its success is beyond question. Its policies, taken either for protection or investment, cannot be surpassed by any other Company, in the endless benefits afforded. Believe me, Yours very truly, F. H. WELLCOME. Lawrence J. Anderson, i GENERAL AGENT, BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA. | Office with Markham-Bailey Co. MARKHAM HOTEL BLOCK. Berman Emporiu JUST RECEIVED and Suits on display. to inspect our line before purchasing. BERVMIAN EMPORIUM shipment New Wash Goods Ginghams, Highland Tissues, Zephyr Lawns, French Plissia Crepe, Fancy Silk Crepe, latest in Wash Suitings. - White Goods The largest line ever shown in this city. India Linon, Persian and French Lawn, Wash Chiffon and Figured Mulls. The greatest line to choose your graduating dress from. The entire line now on display so as to make selection easy. Also an enormous line of magnificent laces and embroideries in the newest An elegant assortment of White Dresses, It will be of interest Game Warden - Lomam Does Good Work. Word comes from International Falls to the effect that G. W. Loman, warden for the State Game & Fish Commission, has seized more than a ton of wall-eyed pike which had been illegally caught by parties who live at Long Sault, on the Rainey river. west of International Falls. The parties who caught the fish were arrested and brought before a justice of the peace, where they were fined heavily, the men paying their fines. Not any particulars are available concerning the catch made by Mr, Loman, but much credit is due the warden, who has been doing excell- ent work along the Rainy river, during the past two years. Bijou To-Night, The two Wrens, are making a de- cided hit at the Bijou this week. Mr. Lew Wren, who holds a number of medals as the champion whistler of the world, held the vast audience spellbound with his numerous tations. Mrs. Wren is also exceptionally clever along her line and her gowns are simply wonderful being the pro- duction of all that art and money can make them. Also three thousand feet of the best moving pictures ever seen in this city presented nightly. Biggest and best show for the least money ever presented in Be- midji. Admission fifteen cents. imi- Meeting Real Estate Exchange. The Bemidji Real Estate Ex- change, which includes in its mem- bership every dealer in Beltrami county “dirt” who resides in this city, held an interesting meeting yes- terday afternoon. Several talks were made, princi- pally along the line of *boosting” lands in this vicinity, and ‘W. R. Mackenzie, secretary of the Beltrami county fair of 1909, gave a lively talk about the fair to be held next September. Guild Meets Wednesday. The Episcopal Guild will meet with Mrs. J. P. Riddell, on Lake Boulevard, Wednesday afternoon at 2:30. Please take notice that the day of meeting has been changed from Thursday to Wednesday. E. H. Cornwall of this city left last evening for Tenstrike on a brief business trip to attend to some personal business matters. =T m Announcement, - A representative of ome of the largest eastern fur houses will show his complete line of new furs, for the falls of 1909 and 1910, all day tomorrow at the Berman Emporium. No. 5582, REPORT of the Condition of The First National Bank, at Bemidji, in the State of Minnesota, AT THE CLOSE OF BUSI- 'NESS, APRIL 28, 1909. RESOUROES. Loans and Discounts.... Overdrafts, secured and upsecured S. Bonds to secure circulation... Bonds, securities, etc. Banking house, furnt tures ... Due from National })Zlnks $279,969.20 591.16 25.000.00 53.830.15 .. 14,000.00 cy, nickels, and cents. 534.96 Lawful Money Reserve lsnsfifls?nk, viz: Specie 556, Lesfl-menfle!‘ notes | 3,025.00 146,609.38 Redemption fund with U. 8. Treas- urer (5 per cent of circulation).... _1,250.00 Total - - 8224989 LIABILITIES. Capital stock paid in. 0 Surplus fund... © 10,0000 Undivided profits, less expenses and taxes paid... we . 2,411.96 National Bank ou I 25.000.00 Due to other National Due to State and Private Banks aud Bankers.. 21,100.97 Individual deposits sub- ject to check 25.331.70 Demand - cert] deposit 11,605,44 Time = Dosit 134475.91 Certifi 645.00 Gashier's checks ~ out- Standing.... coceveensenee 2,117.58 433,837.93 Total - - 1,249.80 STATE OF MINNESOTA, } ‘County of Beltrami. L R, H. Schumaker, cashier. of the above- named bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true to the best of my knowledge and belief. R. H. SCHUMAKER, Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 30th day of April, 1909. [Seall H. J. Loup, Notary Public, Beltrami Co., Minp. My commission expires Aug. 21, 1915, CORRE(,T—ANS‘SL' SHELDON, W. A. GoULD. A. G. WEDGE, JR. Directors. MAJOR HAINS ON THE STAND Testifies at Trial of Brother Accused of Murder. jor John P. Hains, the defendant’s brother, on the witness stand, the third week of the trial of Captain Peter C. Hains, Jr., for the killing of ‘William E. Annis, opened here. According to present plans the de- fense will call Mrs. Virginia Hains, the mother of the defendant, as their last witness. District Attorney De- ‘Witt began his cross-examination of Major Hains by asking him about the first interview he had with the de- fendant after the latter's return from the Philippine islands. The district attorney went into this conversation again with the view of showing that each act of the defendant at that time ‘was not necessarily irrational. “Did your brother wear eyeglasses when you met him after his return from the Philippines?” asked Mr. De- Witt. “He wore them off and on,” replied the witness. “Do you know when he stopped wearing glasses?” “I don’t know that he has stopped ‘wearing them,” the major replied. It is contended by the prosecution that Captain Hains stopped wearing the glasses since the shooting and be- cause of his nearsightedness this would account in a manner for the peculiar stare in the defendant’s eyes which had been referred to repeatedly by the witnesses for the defense. EMBEZZLEMENT IS ALLEGED Minneapolis Bank Teller in Custody of Detective. Minneapolis, May 4—Ellis W. Niles, aged thirty-two, receiving teller of the First National bank, is in the custody of a private detective on the charge of having embezzled $37,876 from the bank’s funds. Niles is under guard in the home of Detective Colwell, acting for the bank. It is said he has made a com- plete confession, saying he spent the money in high living and in speculat- ing. It is understood that $9,000 has al- ready been made good by Nile’s friends and that his brother, a wealthy resident of Toronto, Can., is in Minneapolis to help him out. : Niles has been in the employ of the First National bank five years. He is bonded, so the bank will lose nothing. AFTER FIGHT WITH OFFICERS Number of Escaped Convicts Surren- der to Posse. Evansville, Ind, May 4.—After a rvnning battle in which from fifty to & hundred shots were exchanged five of the ten men who escaped from the Daviess county jail at Owensboro, Ky., were captured at Newberg, Ind., ten miles from this city. The five men who were captured with two others were located in a small house at the edge of Newberg by Thomas Cravens, town marshal, and three deputies. The officers opened fire on the men and they re- turned it, as all were heavily armed. ‘When their supply of ammunition was exhausted five of them surrendered, but two escaped. Noted lowa Pioneer Dead. Cedar Rapids, Ia, May 4.—Colonel ‘8. W. Durham, a noted Iowa pioneer and who was a member of the state constitutional convention of 1844, is dead at Marlon, aged ninety-two years. . ISHELD TOBE CONSTITUTIONAL Supreme Court Passes on Commodities Clause. i AR i LOWER COURT REVERSED thile Highest Tribunal Declares the Hepburn Law Valid It Decides That Railroads May Transport Products of a Company of Which the Stock Is Owned by the Carriers Concerned in the Transaction. ‘Washington, May 4.—That the “com- modities clause” of the interstate commerce act of 1906, known as the Hepburn railroad rate law, is consti- {tutional was in effect declared by the supreme court of the United States. The decision was announced by Jus- tice White. The court reversed and remanded the decision of the United States circuit court, but the only di- tectious were to enforce and apply ithe statute as it is now construed. | Briefly summarized the decision of the supreme court holds the iaw to be constitutional, but it does not con: cede the contentions of the govern- ment as to its scope. An especial ex- ception was as to the ownership of stock in a different corporation, which it was held did not constitute such lownership as would" prohibit trans- | portation under the terms of the law. ‘ JUSTICE HARLAN. Flushing, N. Y., May 4—With Ma-|" It was also held that ownership of the commodity applied only to.the time of transportation. If before {transporting it the railroad company has in good faith parted with a com- modity it may carry it. The principal 'point of the decision was in relation to railroads holding the stock of |subordinate companies and on that [mportant point the finding was favor- able to the roads. Dissents on Stock Feature. Justice Harlan dissented on the stock feature, but otherwise the de- cision was unanimous. Intense interest was manifested by the interstate commerce commission in the decision. The decision did not come as a surprise, because it had been anticipated on the basis of the debate in congress that the court would hold that ownership of the stock or bonds of coal companies did not constitute a violation of the act. No member of the interstate com- merce commisssion in advance of the teading of the opinion of the court would express an- opinion as to its effect. The concrete situation is that only two of the anthracite roads.own, operate and market their own coal. It is regarded that under the decision of the court the law applies to these roads—the Lehigh Valley and the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western. The effect of the decision, it is be- leved, will be to induce those lines to organize separate coal companies and conduct their operations - through them, because the mere holding of stock in such coal companies is held by the court to be not a violation of the law. STOCKS AT FIRST DECLINE Decision Causes Confusion on New York Exchange. New York, May 4—Philadelphia and Reading stock slumped three points in the New York stock market on the announcement of the com- modities decision and the rest of the market weakened moderately. Be- fore 1 o'clock Reading recovered its loss and the whole market became in- tensely dull. Delaware and Hudson lost 134 and Pennsylvania 1 on the break, but both recovered the losses. Confusion as to the effect of the supreme court decision caused an ex- treme of uncertainty on the stock ex- change and brokers bought and sold stocks for a few minutes entirely on #eports of the decision that reached the floor. The execution of orders contingent upon the court’s decision was necessarily accomplished with ymuch confusion and frequently bro- kers had to rebuy what they had al- ‘ready sold when the reports became conflicting. Activity on the stock ex- change floor centered almost com- pletely in Reading and thousands of shares of that stock were bought and sold. Surprise to Lawyers Interested. Philadelphia, May 4.—The decision of the United States supreme court in the commodities clause was a surprise to lawyers and others in this city in- terested in the case. It had been confidently expected that the court would affirm every point in the lower court’s decision, which was written by Judge Gray and concurred in by Judge Dallas. Judge Duffington dis- sented from the majority decision. Judge Dallas has since retired; from the bench, having reached the retiring WANIS ONE CENT A WORD. HELP WANTED. WANTED—Good girl for general house work. Inquire Mrs. M. D. Stoner 415 Bemidji avenue. WANTED—Cook at Lakeshore hotel. FOR SALE, FOR SALE—Oil stove, gasoline stove, lamps, a largessized tent, fruit jars, kitchen dishes, bench ringer, clock and fishing tackle. Mrs. Ole Greenlund, 522 Fourth street. FOR SALE—Cottage and three lots on Dewey avenue between 10th and 11th streets. -Address Mrs. M. F. Street, Royalton, Minn. A SNAP—Building 16x32, new sills siding and floors, $300. Cash if moved at once. W. W. Browne, 700 Minnesota Ave. FOR SALE—Challenge hotel, fur- nished. Reasonable price; easy terms. Inquire A. L. Smith, Bemidji, Minn. FOR SALE—Rubber stamps. The Pioneer will procure any kind of a rubber stamp for you an short notice. FOR SALE. — Good piano, standard excellent condition. second-hand make, in FOR RENT. FOR RENT—Furnished rooms. In- quire at 921 Minn. Ave. FOR RENT—Five-room house, In- quire A. Klein. LOST and FOUND = A A A A AN NN NN LOST—Fountain pen, along side road on Twelfth between Bel- trami and Minnesota. Finder leave at Pioneer office and receive reward. MISCELLANEOUS. {PUBLIC LIBRARY—Open Tues days, Thursdays and Saturdays 2:30to 6 p. m., and Saturday evening 7:30 to 9 p. m. also. Library in basement of Court House. Mrs. Donald, librarian. WANTED—A few more table board- ers at Challenge Hotel. $3.50 per week. A. L. Smith, Prop. WANTED—To buy, a second-hand electric piano. Apply at Bemidji Music House. @ No. 3, statloners, Solld glass, detacbable spring. JAMES ‘ADAIR _PITTSBURG, P4, For Sale at T HE PIONEER OFFICE Every Stationer Should Investigate ! TS 00w osed by the leads ing frms and Buliness mea, All who have ‘Poerloss Molstinar say “It’ 13 indispensable, i Prepaid the Retail stationors write for prioss ., @oney back I weates, © PEERLESS MOISTENER CO. Ghe PIONEER Delivered to your door every evening Only 40c¢ per Month C. J. Pryor. 4 R A, SRS =