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” “Night 25e, 50c, 75¢, $1.00 -Seat sale o] KRR R R KRR KKK KKK X LEST WE FORGET x LR AR R RS RS TR T The next meeting of the board of county commissioners will be held May 26. . s x That news items telephoned to the Ploneer are appreciated both by the publishers and readers of the paper. Phone 31. s The next convention of the N. M. D. A. will be held at Thief River Falls on June 8, 4, 5, and 6. Be- midji is expected to send a large de- legation. BREVITIES B. W. Lakin went to ‘the twin cities last night on business. Miss Iva Smith of Becida was in the city calling on friends yester- day. . = We repair.pipes. Geo. T. Baker & Co.—Aadv. Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Simpkins of Turtle River transacted business in Bemidji yesterday. Charles S. Rider of Omaha, Neb., of the Midwest Hotel Reporter, spent today in Bemidji. Umbrellas, repaired and re-cover- ed. Geo. T. Baker & Co.—Adv. Miss Cora Brennan went to Wilton yesterday, where she will visit rela- tives for a short time. Mrs. P. J. Russell, who has been visiting friends in Brainerd, will re- turn “to Bemidji tonight. H. H. Shepeck of Wells, Michigan, is the guest of Joe Christie, of the Crookston Lumber company. A complete line of field and gar- den seeds at W. G. Schroeder store. —Adv. City Attorney P. J. Russell will return from St. Paul this evening, where he has been on business. Rev. S. E. P. White will go ‘o Turtle River on the six o’clock to- night, where he will hold services. Olof Olson of Pinewood was in Be- midji the first of the week to meet his mother who came from Sweden " Clocks, called for, repaired and de- GRAND THEATRE TONICGHT The Mexican’s Gratitude (Edison) A thrilling tale of the early days in Culorado Hearst-Selig News Pictorial Some very interesting news from all over the world Love’s Oblivion (Melles) An amusing eccentric offering One On Batty Bill (Melies) A comedy scream Coming, Friday and Saturday, AN AFFaIR OF DRESS, the third Of the Dolly of the Dalies Stories. Watch for Mary Pickford In the COOD LITTLE DEVIL. Athletic Club Theatre Wednesday Matinee & Night, May 13th The supreme event of the season —J. E. Clein presents America’s foremost legitimate actress of the younger class 7 MAY STEWART and her distinguished company in Victor Hugo’s powerful play -Lucrezia Borgia -Sarah Bernhardt’s recent and- greatest success Special Matinee 3 p. m. Romeo and Juliet Shakespeare’s immortal love tragedy BEAUTIFUL SGENERY MAGNIFIGENT GOSTUMES Speclal Prices Matinee 25¢, 50¢, T a. m. at’ egzex s’Dmt “lorclock at the home of Mrs. A. A. *| midji, one ot the county option can- Jl‘ Baker & Oo Phone| (183" Don'nia Lycan, of Little Falls, | & ts4ife uest of Mrs. Clyde B, Parker: ~4Bi alnerd _Datly Dlspatch, (May TEgio= ; Margaret Mayer of Grant Valley is spending a few days as the guest of her aunt, Mrs. Matt Thome, of this city. Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Runyan of Northern were in the city yester- day calling on friends and transact- ing business. One of these days you ought to 40 to Hakkerups and have your pic-| rure taken.—Adv. Miss Fern Smith of Beclda has ac- cepted a position in the W. G. Schroeder store and began her new dutles yesterday. T. C. Rider, the banker of Shevlin, was in Bemidji yesterday enroute to Minneapolis, where he will . spend several”days on business matters. -W. M. Runyan of Northern return- ed from Verndale, Minnesota, yes- terday, where he has been visiting at his old home for a short time. Have your furniture repaired at the bargain store first class work at reasonable prices .—Adv. 3- Herman Stich, clerk at the John Ziegler second hand store, went to St. Paul last night where he will visit relatives and friends for a sho:t time. A number of the Royal Neigh‘bor members of the Bemidji lodge went to Cass Lake today where they will meet with the Cass Lake lodge this afternoon. Mrs. Rawlston and son of Rock- ford, Illinois, arrived in Pinewood a few . days ago, and will spend the summer there, with Mrs. Rawlston’s sister, Mrs. Nelson. ‘Whether the depositor has one dol- lar or one thousand in the Northern Natlonal Bank the interest rate is the same-——4 per cent—compounded every six months.—Adv. E. M. Sathre returned from Funk- ley last night, where he went to look over the books of L. Latterell's store, in the capacity of an account-| ant. The accounts were found to be in first class shape. The Ladies’ Aid society ‘of the Presbyterian church will be enter- tained tomorrow afternoon at 3 Warfield, Lake Baulevard. ladies are cordially invited. Mrs. Joe Wells, cook at the Blondo restaurant, had the misfortune to step through a board Monday after- noon and sprain her ankle. The sprain is a bad one and her ankle has been jput in a plaster paris cast. Attorney A. A. Andrews of Be- All the didates for the state senate from this district, is spending the day in town on judicial ditch matters.—Interna- tional Falls Daily Journal, (May 11). The Samaritans will hold a meet- ing in the city hall tomorrow night at 8 o’'clock. All members of the lodge are requested to be present as a large class will be initlated and deputies from Duluth mwill be pres- ent: Finley D. McMartin of Louisville Seminary, will have charge of the Presbyterian church at Tenstrike this summer, for which place he left today. While in this city, he was the guest of Rev. and Mrs. 8. E. P. White. Tams Bixby, of Muskogee, Okla., formerly of St. Paul, president of the Bemidji Townsite. & Improvement company, arrived in Bemidji this morning. The townsite company is conducting a lot sale here of its property. George Moody, of Brainerd, -official court reporter for Judge McClenahan, was in Bemidji yesterday on busi- ness. While in the city Mr. Moody was the guest of Attorney Chester McKusick. He returned to his home last evening. Mr. Bare of Nsbraska, who has bought land in the western part of Alaska township, arrived Saturday, having driven the entire distance NO REASON FOR IT When Bemidji Citizens Show A Way There can be no reason why any reader of this who suffers the tor- tures of urinary disorders, the pains and dangers of kidney ill§ will fail to heed the words of a neighbor who has found relief. Read what a Bem- idji citizen says: Mrs. P. Schoendeman, 814 Bemidji Ave., Bemidji, Minn., says: “One of ‘| recommended to him as the best 4 remedy for kidney disorders and he g}ens on Mondas at. l(lj the family had trouble from - his back and kidneys, caused by hard work. He suffered badly from lame- ness across his loins. Whenever he stooped he could hardly get - up again,. Two -years- ago, while living in Brainerd, he was having so much trouble that he knew he had to do something. Doan’s Kidney Pills were began taking them. In a short time he was rid of the trouble. Since then he has taken Doan’s Kidney Pills occasionally and has™ always had quick reliéf. We have great faith in thls -remedy." = e 50c, at all dealers. «Don't snmfly ‘ask for a kidney remedy— get Doan’s Kidney Pills—the same ‘that Mrs. Schoendeman recommends mmm Co. |that place. fisheries department of Washington, | bandit because I w: Props., Buffalo, | with’ & team and. wagon, Mr. ‘Bare {will make his future home on “his, farm in Alaah Mrs, Nona Belding of Osakis, Min=| nesota, visited friends in Bemidji for| a short time yesterday, while en- route to Blackduck, where she is go- ing to- visit®friends. Mrs. Belding]| was . formerly employed in this city. as sa!eslady'at the Bazaar store. The Episcopal Guild will-be enter- tained by Mesdames - Flatner and Sheperd,- at the Flatner home, 515 America avenue, tomorrow afternoon at 2:30. Officers for the next year will be elected at this meeting. The ladies are cordially invited to at- tend. Miss Hazel Southworth, who for the past two years has been em- ployed as a stenographer at the Be- midji Lumber company . office, has accepted a similar position with O. L. Dent, ditch referee. She began her duties at the court house tMn morning. William H. Schmitt, owner and manager of the North Bemidji Gro- cery store, on Doud avenue, returned yesterday from Minneapolis, where he has been on business. His daughter, Miss Edna, of Thief River Falls, who accompanied him to the cities, will remain for several days longer. Andrew Johnson, sheriff of Bel- trami county, left last evening for Kelliher ‘where he went for the pur- pose of placing a levy on property on which the taxes have not been paid. Only a few weeks now remain during which this method may be taken to assure the county of receiving -tax money due. Twenty-five cans of white fish fry from the government fish hatchery at Duluth, were planted at the river yesterday by J. W. Collins. The fry were in fine condition and are what is known as advanced fry. There was four hundred and fifty thousand of the. miniature fish let loose to help increase the population of the finny tribe in the Lake of the Woods. The shipment was received at the request of Hon. Paul Marschalk of: Warroad and would have been placed in the lake at Warroad, but for the fact that the lake is still frozen and it was impossible to plant them at Chas. A. Hurbry of the D. C,, came here yesterday in charge of the shipment.—Spooner News. HIS FAMILY WAS IN NEED Captured Train Robber Tells Why He Turned Bandit. San Francisco, May 13.—"I turned s out of work and desperate. My wife was sick and my two children in need:” That is Janies S. Hogue's explana- tion of his attempt to hold up the Southern Pacific’s coast line limited train. After he had obtained about $1,50 in money and jewelry from pas- sengers Hogue encountered two rail- road detectives in the dining car. A pistol fight e: ~ued, in which Hogue received two bullets in the hand and one in the face. The car's cook then knocked him senseless with an ice packer and when he recovered consciousness Hogue turned his pistol against himself, but succeeded only in inflicting a slight wound In the cheek. BOY IN ROBBER BER ROLE KILLED Caveln of “Dcn" in Sand Bank Nearly Costs Two Other Lives. Burlington, N. D, May 13.—While playing members of a robber band, with a cave in-a sand hill as their den, Oscar Tilner, fifteen years old, was killed and his two companions narrowly escaped death when the bank caved in, burying them. A fourth boy in the party was just outside the cave when the roof fell and he- gave the alarm. Two of the lads were extricated immediately. The Tilner boy was so deeply buried that it required forty minutes of frenzied digging to reach his body. Life was extinct. MOUNT ETNA MORE ACTIVE Another Severe Eruption Feared by People of Vicinity. Rome, May 13.—Mount Etna be- came more active and the thousands of fugitives in the Catania district, shaken by the severe earthquakes of last week, were thrown into a state of terror. Great clouds of smoke poured from the crater of the volcano, with sheets of flame leaping h!gh in the air at intervals. Cinders- showered down upon the villages near.the base of the volcano. There were almost constant tremors of the earthquake the past twenty- four hours, but none was severe enough to cause additional damage. NAVAL BILL IS INCREASED Total Appropriation in Senate Meas- . ure Is $140,990,833. ‘Washington, May 13.—The naval ap- proptiation bill was reported to the senate_by the naval affairs commit- tee, with an increase of. §1,182,000 over the bill as it left the house. In all the bill carries $140,990,833, or $3;- 500,000 less than the esumates for the coming year. | LA e -.- * MAN'WHO DRAFTED 1898 . TREATY DEAD. May 13.—Bugenio 4 known Spanish statesmen and- < the man who drafted the treaty < whieh brought ‘the Spanish- % American war to a close in o 1898, died: aged eighty- E tw + o Slar Wiless at Flrst Trlal New York, . Rou. star witness- pf -the first-trial of Charles Becker for the murder of Herman Rosenthal, appeared in that Tole again. A trifle stouter than when he ap- peared: before, he took the stand and calmly told of the part he played in the events leadfng up to the gambler’s death, Substantially it was the same story that he told at the firat trial. Briefly, Rose recited how Becker and Rosenthal had entered into part- nership in a gambling establishment; how they quarreled; how expasure for Becker was imminent and how Rosenthal’'s death was plotted. ‘When the trial was resumed Dis- trict Attorney Charles S. Whitman called Dr. Dennis Taylor to:the wit- ness stand as the last of several wit- nesses to establish ths death of Rosen- thal. Dr. Taylor at the time of the mur- der was an, ambulance surgeon and his testimony was necessary -because it was he who prondunced the gam- Dbler dead. S e St ol vl el ole ke o oo b o efeels de ool b ol sl SUICIDE POISONINGS AND ACCIDENTS-EVEN. Chicago, May 13,—Nearly as many Chicagoans suffered death last year ‘by taking poison ac- cidentally as by taking them with suicidal intent, according to a report by Peter M. Hoff- man, coroner of Cook county. One hundred and forty-eight persons died as the result of taking poisons accidentally and 163 persons committed suicide by deliberately taking poisons. bk kool b b ok bl b ++++++-x-++++-x-++++'+ o L R R o HEN ERSON NEXT GOVERNOR Alabama Prlmary- Returns His Nomination. Birmingham, Ala., May 13.—At Dem- ocratic headquarters here it was es- timated from the retufns received thus far from the Democratic runoff primary that Charles Henderson; president of the state railroad com- mission, will have a majority of more than 11,000 votes over former Gov- ernor B. B. Comer, for the nomination for governor when the complete re- turns are in. Nomination is consid- ered equivalent to election. AT LESS MEAT IF BACK HURTS Take a glass of Salts to flush Kidneys if Bladder bothers you—Drink lots of water. Indicate Eating meat regularly eventually pro- luces kidney trouble in some form or sther, says a wellknown authority, be- zause the uric acid in meat excites the kidneys, they become overworked; get slnggish; clog up and cause all sorts of distress, particularly backache and mis- y in the kidney region; rheumatic.twin- ges, severe headaches, acid stomach, con- stipation, _torpid liver, sleeplessness, bladder and urinary irritation. The moment your back hurts or kid- neys aren’t acting right, or if bladder bolliers you, get about four ounces of Jad - Salts from any good pharmacy; take u fibloipoantil tn & glass of water before breakfast for a few days and your kidneys will then act fine. This famous salts is made -from the acid of grapes and lemon juice, combined with lithia, and has been used for generations to flush clogged kidneys and stimulate them to normal activity; also to neutralize the acids in the urine 8o it no longer irri- tates, thus ending bladder disorders. Jad Salts cannot injure anyonme; makes a delightful effervescent ~lithia- water drink which millions of men and women take now and then to keep the kidnevs and urinary organs clean, thus -voiding serions kidney disease. 9 for Mexico Gity's Defense. Mazatlan, Mex., May 183.—Mexican federal troops defending San Blas, - ‘seaport -half way. between Masatlan end Manzanillo, haveevacuated the town. Itis underqtuod_thnt flxey ‘were ordered™ by .Provisional - President Huerta to proceed to Mexico -City to strengthen the force there. -If is be- lieved troops at other points on th west coast- will be, ordered to the csnltal “Americans in the Ym;ux vnllay have decided to remain on their Tanches, General Obregon is said to have guar-| anteed every protection. ‘Walker Neal, an American, wounded by federals recently near El Favor mine, is safe with his family aboard the cruiser Maryland at Manzanillo according to a wireless message re- ceived from that vessel. . Neal confirmed the report of an at- _tack on the mine April 26 and the kill- ing of -C. B. Hoadley, an American, and of G. E. Williams; an English- man. Desultory fighting contlnues at Mazatlan. « The gunboat Guerrero, which left 7, carrying city officials | Mazatlan May 7, and other vefugees, touched at Man- zanillo. and discharged several pas- sengers. TOLL EXEMPTION ATTACKED Senator Hoke Smith Comes to Sup- port of President. ‘Washington,-May 13.—Senator Hoke Smith of Georgia championed the re- peal of the clause in the Panama canal act granting exemption of /tolls lo American coastwise vessels in'the coastwise trade. He told the senate he .would vote for repeal ‘“becausg of our treaties with Great Britain.and Panama,” and that the owners of these ~vessels should bear, for using the canal, a fair part of the cost of our government -of building and operating it.” lf you keep on usiog a cheap carbon paper, some day it will canse you a bigger loss than the cost of all the carbon paper you'll buy in a life-time. MultiKopy Carbon Paper gives you absolutely temnnenl records. In blue its copies NEVER fade, rub mor smudge. Economical, too ecause you can m:ke 100 good, legible copies from one sheet and can make 20 copies at one writing. What is more, MultiKopy doesn’t curl, dry out nor skin over. Bemid)i Ploneer Pub. #Z8: Company Fourth St. Bemidji, Minn, Troops to Leave West Goast| ]Lbecause, in his- opinion, “it is. right | 'pt Northern h’nu.m ane, aged many bullaings, set afire by Hghtoing, perendentiond S 0 - |with $5.00 Ughting equipment; out- S g fit costs $45.00; for sale at $35.00. They Are Coming! . . BXCELSIOR- AUTO GO, The Alabama: Jubilee Singers ara|- et S ‘coming. ~ Prof. James' A. Dooley, : principal of the Southern’ Manual and . Industrial College of Brewlan, | Alabama, with his family, the Doo- ley ‘Quintette, Alabama Jubilee Sing- ers, will give one of their concerts |- ‘here for the Athletic club on. Wednes- day, May 20. ,‘Thls ‘concert consists of old plantation melodies, mnegfo ¢amp meeting songs and - lullabys, and-sketches from Paul Lawrence Dunbar, tire negro poet. The pro- gram is high” class and first class. Tickets, 25 and 36 cents—Adv. RROW COLLAR 2for25¢ London has a school for servants A jury of a half million has found a verdict in favor of the Ford. More than five hundred thousand Fords sold into world- wide use have earned a reputa- tion for serviceability and econ- omy unparalleled in the motor car world. Five hundred dcliars is the price of the Ford run-about; the touring caris five fifty; the town “car seven fifty—f. 0. b. Detroit complete with = equipment. .Get catalogue and.particulars from Northern Automobile Co., Bemidji, Minn. Women's Summer Dresses In addition to our large stock of summer dresses we will show this week 25 Dresses Direct from New York These dresses embody the latest styles in cut and fabric and the price is with- in the reach of all. Starting at $6.00 and ranging up to $20.00 a dress. A dress for every occasion. It will pay you to look theém over. " BEMIDJI, MINN. ~ The Rex THE NEW-THIRD STREET THEATRE " Under the management of Fred ‘Brinkman ON-IGHT g At The Brinkman- Tonight THE HARRY ST, CLAIR &T0cK €O, Present MY Dixie Girl ° ° AT THE REX : S - The new Third Street Thefltre * Under the management vof, Fred Brinkman i an _matinees £ - 12th nnd 13th Y e nchnegro cemedy runs through the play yery funny, ai ; his is the prettiest allaround Southern drama |ever written.