Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, May 11, 1910, Page 2

THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER PURLISHED EVENY AFTERAOON EXCSPT SUNBAY BY THE BEMIDJI PIONEER PUBLISHING CO. E. H. DENU. Q. EMCARSON. Eatered n the Postelttve at Semid]l, Mimeastey as second clasymatter. SUBSCRIPTION---$5.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANGE CITY OF BEMIDJI County Seat. Population—In: 1900, ‘1500; 7000. Summer Resort—Hundreds of outsiders make their summer homes: on :Lake Be- midji. Fishing, boating..and bathing acs, commodations are second to none in the. United States. Area—Ten square miles. incorporated. Altitude—1400 feet above sea level. Water Power—2200:..developed “horse- power, Mississippi river. ‘Water—Absolutely pure. Two artesian wells. Water Mains—About seven miles. Boating—500!miles by lake:and river.' Death Rate—5.4 a thousandrin 1908. ' | Aannual Rainfall—33.7 inches. Temperature—20,. above, winter; 75 summer, mean. Sewer Mains—About three:miles. Cement Sidewalks—Sixwand a half miles. Lakeshore Drives-<Ten miles. Parks—Two. Water Frontage—Ten miles, two laker and Mississippi. river. A Home Town—1600 residences. Taxpayers—1200. Churches—8. School Houses—Three. Bank Deposits—$750,000. Manufactures—Hardwood -handles;:lum- ber, lath, .shingles, and various - othes industries. Great: Distributing Point—Lumber prod- ucts, groceries flour, feed and hay. Postal Receipts—$17,000 for 1909, 10th place in state outside of St. ‘Paul, ‘Minne- apolis and Duluth. Railroads—Great Northern, Minnesota & International, M., R. L. & M., Minneapolis St. Paul & Sault: Ste:Marie,” Wilton & Northern, Grand Forks to [Duluth,. and Bemidji-Sauk Centre. Railroad Depots—Four. Passenger Trains—Twelve daily. Hospitals—One. Distances—To St. Paul, .230. miles; to Duluth, 167 miles. Hotels—Fifteen. Breweries—One. Sawmills—Four. Handle Factories—One. ‘Wholesale Houses—Four. Banks—Three. Auto Garages—One. in 11910, On to Crookston—That’s the Slogan, The man who has no faults is gen- erally insufferably.dull. If you did .not wish so. much you would not be disappointed so.-often. Using stimulants. to . work. is -like burning your house..to:.warm:.your hands. Most of the -girls who .go.- wrong blame their stepmothers for their misfortune, The man who:wants to:stop-Ruth Bryan marrying as: many»times::as/ her. father: has run for:president is; certainly “real mean.” Dr. Pearsons.of:Chicago says his money is: like.a boil: on:: his::neck, and:like: the world at:large-he.would like: to transfer:the:boil to-anothen Did Ringlings’ elephants=tear:up Danville because it was the home of Uncle Joe? ' Coming: from:Wisconsin they had naturaully -been: expased to - insurgentitis. New York . dispatches.naote as.a curious fact that Mark Twain, de- ceased, will be: counted=neverthe- less in: the :census; . having died after-April 15. Well,).Ma rk ‘Twain, dead, counts:more than many men-living. Tom Taggart, Indiana demo- cratic:boss, will seek ‘velectionte] the - United States:zsenate, -He/: takes ‘no- lesson from ~Aldridge, republican boss, who sought a seat in congress in the recent New York election. There are fifteen automobile «facs tories in: Lyons; France, nine making motor vehicles and six making:parts thereof. One factory is patticularly noted for its zperfect equipment;:i covers 6,000 -acres and employs} 1,000...men. the ‘entire businessithat this firm has a constantly increasing trade 'in France, vAlgeria,: Belgium,~ Brazi Germany; ‘Great “Britain, Holland; Italy, Roumania, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland. One of the features of its success-is its reputation—for turn- ing out uniformly good machines. Politicians.inimany parts zofathe stateraresfreely predicting:that:if the “slate’} goesthrough in the:rcomin republican state convention, W. A. So. well organized 'is}| ggaec, Nolan of Grand Meadow will be the nominee for lieutenant governor. Just why Cole, who has heretofore been looked upon as the slate candi- date, is to be thrown overboard, ll not explained. The! .Gazette =should: take such reportsiwith & grain ofssalt. - If the slate referred to goes through, Dr. A. B. Cole-will be -the- nominee-and Wilkin county might just as well retire-its-candidate- for-auditor--ani get in line. The Ninth district does not want to-be-put -in the Ramsey county class and " therefore does not expect more than two places ou the ticket. Kaiser - for treasurer Cole for lieutenant governor will be the two.—Breckenridge Gazette. +'DON'T WEAR: STREET* SHOES-INDOORS. | Street shoes should ‘never be worn indoors; it scuffs them ~and makes them prematurely - shabby (not to: mention-the harm it'does- ‘the-feet). If onecannot get shoestrees; it is' a good plan to stuff paper or * cotton into.them. to: preserve..their. . shape; —see.that the buttonsiand laces. are; in.good..condition..and :the shoes: put_-away. The . heels.should :be straightened as..soon .as.they:.are perceptibly.run -down. . . A well-shod- of the toilet..since. .the.. very.:short skirt.has:become.such 'a..prominent feature:of our-fashion; and it aseems destined to: remain.: so. We..ishould be. just as. ‘particular”. of .our..foot- wear as we.are ‘of .. oir. neckwear— The Delineator-for:June, OVER-ONE THOUSAND- BODIES: RECOVERED Only Soldiers-and.Workers. AL * lowed-in “Ruins of ‘Cartago.” San Jose, Costa Rica, May 11.—More than. 1,000 dead bodies: =have :been |: taken from the ruins of Cartago. No one is allowed within: the precincts of the'-devastated ‘city except the Red Cross workers and gangs of soldiers and volunteers employed in ¢learing away the debris, removing: the bodies and dynamiting the dangerous build- ings. Most of the survivors of the earth- quake are now at San Jose. Medi: cines and food supplies from the American warships are being rushed from Port Limon, but the condition of those who still remain around the’city' :is .such_that extraordinary: measures' must be. taken -to: provide-assistance and shelter for them. Even in San Jose the residents are for.the most: part: living: in'tents: and' ‘wooden -structures, fearing:to occupy their homes, as the earth tremors still continue. APPROPRIATION. -T00. i SMALL | Experts S8ay the Maine Cannot Be || Ralsed for$100;000. 'New:York, May 11-—Wrecking' com:- | -panies-here-declare-that-the battieship | Maine cannot .be raised-for $100,000,' the sum appropriated by the bill which now awaits the president’s signature. The -bill+ contemplates=that: the: work shall be done by the engineer corps ot the army. ¢ "Anvofficer-of the Merritt & Chapman ‘Wrecking:company, which:sent:itsibig wrecking steamer, the Right Arm;-to the sceme directly after the disaster, says that the-work will consume-a’ full year-aud will-cost-a: considerable:sum beyond the. appropriation. GRAIN AND-PROVISION FRICES Minneapolis Wheat. ; Minneapolis, ‘May 10.—Wheat—May, $1:09%@1:10;:+ July, /1 $1.09%% @1.09%; Sept;, $1.0034. .On:track—No,: 1. hard; $1.13%; No. 1 Northern, $1.11%@1.- 127%'}’ No. 2 Northern,"$1.09% @1.. 10%, No. 8 Northern, $1:06% @1:087%. St. Paul Live Stock. 8t. Paul, May 10.—Cattle—Good to chotee-steers;-$6:60@7.50; fair-to-good, good to ehoice cows: and .00@8.00; veals, $6.00@7.265. Hcrss»” 10@9 26. -Sheep—~Wether ‘$7.25@7.40; - ‘yearlings, $8:.00@8.2| spring lambs;- $8:50 @8.75. :Duluth’ Wheat dndi:Flax. Duluth, May 10.—Wheat—To arrive and on-track—No. 1.hard, $1.1157 No.; 1 Northern, $1.11%; No. 2 Northern, $1.09%; May, $1.11%; July, $1.11;) Sept., :01%. Flax—On ' track, in store, to arrive and May, $2.35; July, $2:31%; Sept., $1.76%4; Oot., $1.68%. Chicago:Grain ami Pn;vlclon-. Chicago, May. 10.—~Wheat—May, $: 11;- July, $1.03%; Sept., $1.00%. Corn,|} —May, 61%c; July, 625c; Sept.; 63 Oats—May, 42%c; July, 40%c; Sept., 38%c¢. - Pork—July, $22.- 60;- Sept., $22.62%. Butter—Creamer- thoroughly cleaned before ~they. -are| foot is an.extremely importaunt: item RODSEVELT AND EMPEROR MEET Ex-President Gordiallyi#el- comed by German-Kaiser. S AT ROYAL'PALACE Amerloan: Visitors:Esconted From Ber- Meets His Visitors at the Entrance to'the' tmpertal Residence—Number of* NetablesPresent - at. Luncheon Following. Their-Arnival. Potsdam, May 11.—The much dis- tussed meeting of Emperor William and Theodore Roosevelt took place here. The:visit:of thn former president-at the..new..palace. was devoid..of -any: pectacular feature.inconsistent .with e court mourning for King Edward, Wt'the occasion- lacked nothing from the :wiewpoint=of hospitality ‘and':the purpose--torr honor:-the; disinguished American. Mr. Roosevelt, who. spent the fore- Roon at the American embassy in Ber- ini;“was-eacorted to: Potsdam by ‘Gen- ieral Alfred:von Loewenfeld,cpersonal representative ‘of:the:emperor: : Mr, Roosevelt . was . accompanied- here by Mra. Roosevelt, Miss Ethel Roosevelt pnd -~ Kermit; - Ambassador Hill and the. military. attache, ;:and. Lieutenant Commander Reginald R. Belknap, the - haval attache of the-American embas: BY. courtyard .Emperor William appeared at-the“ principal entrance of the new palaceccand =descended ithe steps to meet - his. guests..: He. .extended. his hand first to Mr. Roosevelt, then to Mrs. Roosevelt-and' to ‘Ethel and Ker- mit; greeting each:most:cordially. His (jmajesty :wore the uniform of the Garde du Corps, with a helmet. Escorted Into the Palace. Preceded by the lord chamberlain, Count - zu Eulenberg, 'and master' of thecdmperial :-household,::Baron:::von Lyncker, the:emperor, with Mr. Roose- velt at.his right, entered the.palace and, passing through the large apart- ment :popularly: known as.the: shell room,.showed his. guests. into: the smaller salon beyond. ‘Within the-salon the party “was re- ceived /by Empress “Auguste Vietoria, Crown : Prince.: Frederick . William, Crown Princess Cecilie, Princess Vic- toria’ Louise, Prince -Joachim'-and Prince Oscar. The luncheon that.followed. was-at- tended by a large number, including many government officials and-others prominent in public-life. There were ed his .majesty, with Mrs. Roosevelt at his left and the-crown- princess on his right; the chancellor;. General. von Plessin, Kermit-Roosevelt, Count zu feld' and: Lieutenant.Commander : Bel- knap. At another table:the ‘empress-was seated between Mr.:Roosevelt and the orown -prince. VOICE - STILL::BOTHERS:HIM to Throat:8pecialist. t;s arrived in-this city from -Sweden. e was met at the railroad station by Becretary- of - Foreign-~Affairs'~ von Bchoon on behalf ‘of-the-emperor; ‘the Btafr of the' American' embassy; €onsul Béneral ~Alexander H.“Thackara; T. Bt. ‘Johmw Gaffney;-American--consul eneral at Dresden, and ‘many ‘mem- ers of the American colony. Among 6'‘Germans" to-“meet - Miv “Roosevelt mbmtmnt «Colonel:von: Koerner, Wedelp who. will:ishave harge- of ' the:;general: arrangements . uring :Mr.:: Roosevelt’s stay. ‘The railway:authorities had:decorat: d thesmain:staircase:descending: from e platforny ofsthe station with-double rows ofzputted plants. His majesty sent>courticarziages:to he depot -to--convey—the: Roosevelt arty to the residence of American Ambassador David J. Hill The' colonel’s~ firsti-engagement in Berlin swas:with arthroat specialist;ias heis stillsuffering fromhoarseness. - DOZEN ‘MOREARE. SUSPENDED (Collector Losb Lets Out Number of Customs Employes. New:York;May 11.-+That Colsctor: ;! Loeb’s vigllant watch over the cus- tomsiservice here:has not relaxed was evidentwhen the:announcement came of twelve additional suspensions as a lresult of fresh investtgations. Nine guthe suspended men are inspector: «twelve werei:formerly engaged iin’ eighing simportations of sugar,. nd clreese. Explosion Fatally Injures Twe. . Redfield, 8. D.;-May 1+.—As a result a dynamite explosion here two men ere fatally:dnjured: and: thiree: sthers (lorippled for-}ife. The men: were & “well: wirich- had * got beéyond ‘co; w Several: chargesihad be red: ‘while.the men: were preparing: an-ifiterfere with -some -of -their dsprua her cartridge the dynlmfln explodtd. fes, 23@26c; dairies,-22@26c. Eggs—1' 16@19¢: Poultry—Turkeys, 18¢; chick-s ons; 16%c. ChicagosLive 8tock. Chicago, May:-10.—Cattle—Beeves,| $5:80@8:55;~ Texas steers; $4:80@6.50 ‘Western steers, $5.10@7.50; stockers: and ~feeders, $4.00@6.70; cows andi heifers, $2,75@7.50; calves, $6.00@8.+ 25. Hogs-+#Light; $9.35@9.605: ‘mixed; | $9.35@9.65; heavy, srough, i90.85@9.45; i cg heavy, $9.46@9:62%; pigh»$885@9.50! Sheep—Native, $4.36@7.90; yearlings BEMIDJI ’ ANDERSON & BLOCKER, Props. " Ice Season Is Here . lin to Potsdam, Where the Emperor. Mrs: ‘Hill, CaptaimSamuels G-:Shartle; ; As. their..carriages ~drove: into: the | six tables.. At,one.of these.were.seat- Eulenberg, Mr. Hill, General Loewen- i ‘Rooseveit's First:Visit iniBertin-Was | Berlin; ‘May 11.—Colonel “Roosevelt | pting to stop the flow of an arte-. EMPEROR WILLIAM, German Kalser. Host of e 2 . . ‘Ex-President #Roosevelt: 4 u‘ Nlcm g e | Denies He Ever Poisoned Any <of-Swope=Family.- | ADNITSI(BBYENG CCYANIDE He Used Drug to Kill Insects, | for Cleaning ‘His Hands and for Dis.. “Infecting-Towels==8ome of the Pol-; son, He''Testified; Disappeared From | His Office While He Was Planning.}: to Make Experiments. Declar ! ‘Kansas City, May 11.—Emphatically ~tdenying «that: heiever: polsoned ‘any 3 member of the Swope.family or.. any; other person Dr. B. C. Hyde completed, ‘f‘hisi direct:‘testimony: in'-his ‘trial tor murder, Dr. Hyde’s dealings with cyanide of ‘potassium formed the subject of the. larger part:of:the examination::::The | physician acknowledged his purchases. of the poison. He said he used the drug to /kill insects,-to: clean' nitrate“of silver stains.from: his<hands:and:to | disinfect towels. On cross-examination.Dr. Hyde said || while he had used cyanide for several yoars ‘he ‘could ‘not recall' any- place heever purchased:it:except:atBreck- lein’s drug store here, where he: baught 100 grains of the drug last fall. The ‘physician testified he learned Arom:a: pamphlet: that:.cyanide swoul kill . bugs. . Government : scientists; -he sald, had also recommended the use of the ‘drug for this purpose. Some -oficthecyanide; -the- witness | avers, disappeared-at.the-time:that Dr. E. L. Stewart took germs from the office. In this-connection Dr. Hyde also averred:he planned: as early as August, 1908, to experiment with vari- ous kinds of germs. Prosecutor Conkling introduced on, cross-examination: several: patent ‘bug powders: and asked Dr.-Hyde why he did not use them. Dr. Hyde said he used so much bug powder that proved ineffective that he: finally: gave up ex- perimenting with it and began the use of cyanide. Frequently ~ during - the morning Prosecutor Conkling:and: the. defend- ant exchanged:remarks, the witness expressing his opinion that the ex- amination was lmproper HIDDEN <DANGERS. ‘THEATER "SEEKS™ INJUNCTION Mayor and -Police . Commissioner ] Closed New York Playhouse. New York,-May 11.—Mayor Gaynor and Police Commissioner Baker,| through:: counsel,.must .appear.in the supreme court and explain to Justice MeCall- why ' a« permanent - injunction should not be granted to.prevent them from interfering with the musical :comdy;, “The Girl:With: the ‘Whooping. Cough,”.in. which Valeska Suratt has been starring. The theater-:was relosed:: Monday night by .Commissioner Baker,. who; declared he-acted at Mayor Gaynor's The play, which opened recently in‘| ‘Washington andwas‘eensored-by-the police. there; has. been..severely critl- elsed for its suggestive lines and scenes. 2 RAILROAD. MEASURE - PASSES .THE"HOUSE “Efforts to ‘Amend-or-Recommit +/Bill-Are:Yoted: Down ‘Washington, May 11.—The “admin- :istration. raflroad- bill:was!passed by the house by a vote of, 200 to 126. The passing of the bill followed the deteat;-by a vote of:169:to 160, of the -amendment:.offered- by:Representative Mann of Illinois, authorizing. the -ac- quisition by railroad companies of the, stock of noncompeting-lines. ‘A motion:to-recommit:the:bill iwas then defeated by a vote of 157 to.176. The measure was then passed. Onrthesfinal passage of:the bill in the house..every . Minnesota .-Repub- lican, as well as all the.Republican representatives from the Northwest, voted-forithe bill. : On:Manu’s-amend- ment to restore to the bill the merger. section, which was defeated, .169: to 160, the’‘Minnesotans voting against i} the:amendmentwere Davis; Hammond and Lindbergh. . Messrs.: Tawney, -Ste- vens, Steenerson, Volstead,.Miller and | Nye'voted for the restoration of the ‘Nature Gives Timely ‘Warnings That No Citizen . Can . Afford to Ignore. DANGER SIGNAL NO. 1 comes will _warn . you .when..the. kidneys are sick. . Well kidneys excrete a clear, amber fluid. Sick kidneys send out a thin, pale. and foamy, or a thick, red, .illsmelling urine,.full . of amerger: seition: sediment.. and irregular of ,passage. | .- Theslegislative outlook.is;somewhat| DANGER SIGNAL NO. 2 comes i| improved. The administratiort forces | from the back. Back. pains,.dull n'‘ the-senate ‘have recovered’ from 2 2 i| their«demoralized . statei-of ‘last week; and heavy, or sharp and acute, tell have gained. one or two.recruits and | you of sick.kidneys and.warn you of now claim that they will put the rail- i ‘roadibill ‘throngh- i substentially-the | ¢ 2PProach of dropsy, diabetes and “. | Bright's disease. Doan’s Kidney Pills cure sick kidneys and cure them form desiréd-by:the*president. DOES NOT: NEEDASBISTANGE Taft Tells Congress He Can Attend to {] Executive Matters. ‘Washington, May 11.—President “Taft, in -a “special::message “to the ‘houseof representhtives toldicongress it was encroaching on his prerogatives an- executive in investigating the sugar frauds in the customs service and:intimated-thatihe could attend to the executive department without the d1d of congress. ‘congressional:dnvestigation vat this time. would .embarrass the:execu- tive department in..the .continuance and completion of the investigation of the appraisers and other:officers<of the. customs. service,”-heisaid. Mrs. L. Kane, 615 Fourth 1 Street, ys; © “Iowas-a sufferensfrom:kidney: complgint.-for a--number: of:years. Doan’s: Kidney Pills bave given me greatsrelief and I amwilling- to—recommend them;:as Iamcconfident thut:any- oneswho uses:therzemedy: will:re: ceive great benmefit.: My trouble pains throughout my body. system seémed-to. be~filled.with:uric acid and I felt miserable. Fiat:last procurred Doan’s Kidney Pills at 1{the Owl Drug Store-~and:=through their use receivedsirelief.” For saleiby:alludenler: ice 504 cents. Fostet=Milburn:Co., Buffalo; New York,::sole::agents:: for:~the United States. Remember-:the:name —-Doan’s— and take no other. - Child Ablaze 1s Rolled in Sand. La Crosse, Wis, May 11.—Luella Holmes, aged seven, was“saved-from beingrburned:to:death by the existence of an. unpaved. street:in: front of her. parents’ residence. The child’s cloth. ing-was ignited by+the ‘explosion ‘of a basiniof gasolinebeing used: in: clean- ing. When she ran in flames.from the house, a neighbor dragged the child to lthe sand in the street and rolied-her | untikthe fire/was extingulshed: .:Gang Fatally Wounds Policeman.: - New. York, May 11.—A score of po- || | Hoemen, ‘plain ‘clothes men and detec- |/ itives are scouring the: dark:corners of | the East Side in-aneffort to round up lmembers. of :the: so. called .car. barn |bang, who attacked and fatally inju; iPoltceman - Lawrence ' '‘Cummings, “l'young bluecoat who endeavored:to in: 1uo L3 ICE CO. Names in Full '$£0.00 _JFill_in, cut ‘out.and mail to the Pionssr Cansus Dept. Qur Business Hours. from .the: kidney: secretions: They| fine! ' So'is the service in general. permanently. . Heve’s/Bemidji proof: | Help the Census Enumerators! Do you know of any persons who won’t be in the city when the census is taken? Send in theirinames to the:Bemidji Pioneer; using this blank. The help ‘will be most gratefully received by the officials, and will help ““MAKE. BEMIDJI GRO THE PIONEER, Bemidji, Minn. The: followmx named:residents of this city are away from home; and no one will be there » who can give the census facts to the enumerator: : How BIC IS BEMIDJI? iin Gold For the First to Hit the Mark State Census 1900—1,500. In '1905—3,850. How many in_ 1910? --..18 my.guess of the number of inhabitants in Bemidjl, according to 1910 census AdAress.......ccvviiveiiiiieieeroianniiinesisnnssnnas $5 forsbest estimate. $3 and $2 for each of two next best. In case of tie first answer has preference. Award on official count All guesses must be In by May #I5th, 1910 Census Enumerators and- Pioneer ‘Employes - Barred .Guess as:Many Times as You Like From 7 a. m. to-8p. m,; ex- cept Saturdays. we. close at 10 p.sm. Our Aim Is to please the ‘trade at all times. Kindly give -us your trade. Satisfaction: Guaranteed Phones 65 and 390 Corner Fourth and-Minnesota Great Big ‘Baked Potatoes! S They’re a feature: of the Northern Pacifie’s Dining Car Ser- vice. - They weigh at least two pounds apiece. They are Tender meats; good fish; eggs from our own poultry. farm; bread, cakes, pies and ice - cream.made at- our-own bakeries in-Seattle “and St. Paul; : Washington -ereamery butter;: milk in individual bottles. whipped cream for coffee. All prepared by:.expert ichefs and. served by .experienced waiters—a. corps of DiningiCar Instructors is maintained to keep-the service “‘up to‘the-handle.”’ Northern Pacific Railway *Provides service that sets the pace—not ‘only" in its Dining Cars, but all the way through. Several-electric:lighted:trains East and West every day. Low Summer Tourist Fares. Let me help you plan your trip. G. A WAEKER,/Agent ‘M. & I, BEMIDJI The Scenic Railway A. M. CLELAND, General Passenger Through the Agent, ST. PAUL. ‘Land of Fortune ubscribe For The Pioneer : House No. Sh'eet‘oiAwenue S