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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-08-08

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! Nj. & Nj.
| Read the Daily Pioneer.
Extra special in shoes at Ber
mans great fire sale.
o. E. Bailey went to Funkley
last evening, on business.
! Sweeping reduction in prices
now on at Schneider Bros.
"Sailor Pete" Johnson Of
Northome spent the day in the
city. --. ~ ~
Sweet cream at the Lakeside
Bakery, Phone 118.
A. E. Weyler was at up-line
points on the M. & I. yesterday
and returned home this morning.
Schroeder & Schwandt have
installed new plate glass counters
which add very much to the up
to-date appearance of their store.
The Christian Endeavor society
of the Presbyterian church will
give an ice cream social at the
parsonage on Friday evening OF
this week.
Miss Jennie Mes bet, who has
spent several months with her
parents at Grand Forks bay, left
yesterday afternoon for her home
in Grand Forks.
Sweet cream at the Lakeside
Bakery, Phone 118.
@. A. Reinhart returned to his
home at Grand Forks yesterday
afternoon, after having made ar.
engagements for some improve
ments to be made to a residence
which he owns here.
Do not forget the ice cream and
cake social to be given at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. J. M.
Price Thursday evening. Pro
ceeds go for the benefit of ST.
Phillips Catholic church.
G. A. Muenzie. auditor for the
Minneapolis Brewing company,
arrived in the city last evening
and has been spending the day
with J. F. Essler, local agent fol-
the company.
DR.. and Mrs. B. A. Phillips re
turned this morning to their
home at Merriam Park, after
having visited in Bemidji during
the last three weeks. They were
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. I. Black
while here.
AT recent meeting of the
library association Miss Mabel
Kemp was elected secretary tc
take the place of Mrs. M. G..
Hays, who has been acting secre-
tary since the resignation OF
Mrs. Harry Reynolds.
Constipation, bowel Irregular
ity, headache, dyspepsia, torpid
liver, bad kidneys, rheumatism,
disorders incident to sedentary
life, positively cured by Hol-
listers Rocky Mountain Tea, the
greatest American remedy. Tea
or tablets, IS cents. Bankers
Drug Store.
Word comes from Crookston
that G. A. Pitkin, formerly law
partner of E. E. Mcdonald, was
married recently to Miss Ethe1
Corbett, of Spring Valley, Mimi,
and that Mr.. : Pitkin and wife
have taken up their residence al
Grand Forks, N. D., where they
will make their permanent home
The Bemidji friends of Mr.. Pitkir
extend congratulations.
The M. & I. passenger trair
was two hours late last evening
Two cars of logs were derailec
at Brainerd yesterday in such /
manner as to delay the arrival O
the Northern Pacific train ii
Brainerd, and as the M. & I
awaits connections with thi.
train, the local passenger wa.
compelled to wait two hours, be
yond the schedule time for leav
ing Brainerd for Bemidji.
| n T Walsh uh0 - ;ncr,oo%o
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-08-08

Sam Gone, who travels for the
L, S. Loeb company of Duluth,
is in town today. Sam is the
only man in the state for whom
Jerry How of Brainerd, the man
with the "iron grip. has a whole
some respect. Sam s right hand
is extremely supple.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-08-08

A. B. Allen Of the Sentinel left
this morning for his old home at
Morton, Mimi, where he intends
to dispose Of some property and
visit until Saturday evening,
when he will return to st. Paul,
prepared to Htak6 in" the g. A.
r. encampment next week.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-08-08

envelopes a. unc IiOneer ONCE,
ten cents q package.
John r. Gibbons fled yester-
day as q candidate for the repub.
lican nomination for county at
torney.
The Pioneer carries the lead
ing grades of typewriter paper,
which sells from Doc to So per
box.
Fred Wrinkle and Harold Boyd
of Bridge spent last night in
the city and left for points in
j North Dakota.
| Rev. A. L. Hall-Quest of
Blackjack was passenger on
the n0rthbound M. & [. passen-
ger this morning.
| Steve Rhodes of Lake George
went to Cass Lake this morning,
where he has some business at
the U. S. land Office.
! The Ladies Aid Society of the
! Methodist church will serve ice
cream and cake, and lunches
during the week of the carnival.
st. Phillips Aid society will
meet at the home of Mrs. George
| McCrea, 1905 Lake Boulevard,
on Thursday afternoon at 2
o'clock. 1888.
The Christian End society
will give a lawn social at the
Presbyterian parsonage Friday
evening. Ice cream and cake
will be served. e..
Makes children eat, sleep and
grow. Makes mother strong
and vigorous. Makes a healthy
family. That's what HOLSTERS
Rocky Mountain Tea does.. Tea
or tablets, IS cents. Barker's
Drug Store.
| W. D. Russell and family came
over from Grand Forks yester
day and will visit here for week
or more, taking an outing on the
lake. Mr.. Russell but recently
returned from Rochester, Mimi,
where he underwent an opera
ton.
! Frank Tufts, deputy United
States marshal, came in yester-
day from the country over east
and stopped at the Brinkman
over night, leaving this morning
for the Red Lake Indian agency,
where he has official business to
|attend to. .~ ..-.-
| Engineer Egan. in charge OF
the local surveying crew on the
M. & l., and his two assistants
came down this morning from
Big Fails, where they had been
taking levels and making surveys
for the new bridge which will
span the Big Fork river at that
place.
Word comes from Bagley that
Wesley McTaggart, brother of
George and Joseph McTaggart,
has rented his farm, three miles
north of the Itasca State park,
sold most of his farm imple-
ments and left for British Col
umbia, where he will undou bted.
ly make his home hereafter.
i S. r. Moorhead came down
from his home at Turtle River
yesterday afternoon and has
gone to Shevlin, where he will
have charge of the Shevlin AID
vocate during the absence of V.
L. Ellis, the editor, while the
latter is taking vacation of two
or more weeks.
Il H. E. Anderson, Dan Wine
bremen, Henry Buenther and
| Thomas Bailey, Jr., left this,
morning for fishing trip to the
northwest corner of the Cass
4 Lake Indian reservation, three
miles southwest of Long lake
. There are several small lakes
J there which are noted for Their
fine bass fishing, and the boys
: expect to make q big haul before
they return.
+ Two DRINKS we're up before
] Justice Skinvik this morning
,Oae Of the offenders was fin, 3
) ne dollar and costs, which h
: I, = - :. !.
The Washington times., 1906-07-21
ICE IN CAPITAL
SOLD AT LOSS,
SAYSCOMPANY
WeIl-Posted Citizen Declares Dealers Are
Making No Effort to Get Supply
From Maine.
Ice Man S Side

The plain fact is the crop Of
fee is so short that the company
has been compelled 10 charge
such a price in the various cities
in which it operates as viii pre-
vent waste and keep the con
sumption within the amount of
fee they have 20 deliver 10 the
people.
Its responsibility is 10 the
public whom it seS7es, and that
responsibility compels it to so
handle its stock Of ice that il
viii not be exhausted before the
season terminates. - American
Ice Company's Defense.
The Washington times., 1906-07-21

that there Is a marked indlsposition o.
somebody part 10 take {. awav from
lhefe and distribute II among the peo-
pie Of the country"
II VIII be remembered thar froy,
uine 10 time officials OF the Americas
ace Company have said that they were
DHying al tho ice they could sfors
IHu7f Ihe circumstances. Il was also
oeelaFed that the ice men on tGe Ken
4eDec are speculating and hat they
are holo4hB their ice with the h0na or
EsllIhB q big price for 1t. From M
CAtSe statement IL seems apnaren+
mat with such a large supply of fcs
oh AAhu, the dealers could hardly ev.
pect 10 get such a gigantic price for
Il as would warrant them in holding
IL until the summer is almost over.
Ice Crop Records.
With the public statement sent o,t
by Mr.. Oler IS a deposition bv T5t+is
.. Reeve. who has been in the whole
sale and retail ice business I'm Nav,
York since lS65. IN :his deposition ba
says: ''0
HE records show that only on tbree
occasions since the wear 1879 has thu
amount OF ice harvested on the Hudso,
river been as small as that harvested
N 1906 namely. in the year 1870. when
only $4,000 tons were housed and ice
sold at 81 per 100 pounds. and In the wear
lSsJ when the Hudson river ice croD
Iailed entirely and the price OF ice 10
me family trade reached me figure of
1850 and In 1900 when the crop was
! 4SO.e'o tons and the price was 90 cents
per 100 pounds.
The Maine crop of 1900 was only
'z5,tso tons. and I'm 1886 only 10000 tons
Figures were put out by the American
Ice Company today 10 show that no ex-
toruonate prices have been charged
judging from the records OF the past
years. These figures are as follows:
The Washington times., 1906-07-21

Samuel A, Kimberly, manager OF the
company in this city. said today:
This talk about a conspiracy IN re-
straint % trade 20 raise the price OF ice
is absurd on the face OF Il. We are sell
ing ice from our platforms today at
$3.50 per ton. II we wanted 70, we could
get at any time from s. TO SO per tol.
for f. IL Is a thing which everybody
must have. But. instead OF raising the
price, We are selling IL 10 the people Of
Washington at a loss. That doesn't look
much like a conspiracy IN restraint Of
trade"
A different story is told by z. ".
Chase. Of this city, who IS thoroughly
couversant with the ice situation in
Maine and who has Just returned from
a trip up and down the Kenuebec river.
tie greatest Zee field in winter in the
United States.
Absence Of Shipping Activity.
AS 1 came down the river the other
day" he said 70 The Times. I was
astonished by the lack OF activity along
its banks. There were the ice houses
and all Of them were practically full,
but there was q woeful lack Of ships
and barges loading with the commodity
for which the entire country IS ct pres
ent crying out.
There IS no doubt Of the fact that
the ice is there and that lot Of it
is there. Also, it cannot be doubted
The Washington times., 1906-07-21
ELM COURT BARRED
TO MRS. BUREE-ROCHE

NEW YORK, July 21.-Frank Work.
father OF Mrs Burke Roche. married
recently to Aurel Batonyi. is employing
at least one. and. II is believed. several
other New York detectives to watch all
incoming steamers and trains. The
purpose OF the quest IS kept secret.
Meanwhile. the o gates OF the Work
the gardener has been instructed to
permit no one to occupy the house.
Mr Work declares that Mrs. Batonyl
never can enter Elm Court again This
apparently Contradicts the rumor that
he has forgiven his -dapghtera
The Washington times., 1906-07-21
Citizen S KeD Point

As came down the Kennebec
river, I was astonished 20 see
that, although practically al the
ice houses along the river were
full, there were no vessels worth
mentioning on the river taking
on eargoes with which to re-
lieve the shortage that is being
felt throughout the country.
The ice is there, and 1t Is not be-
ing hauled away.-F. ". Chase, a
citizen of Washington who is
thoroughly conversant with ice
operations.
The Washington times., 1906-07-21

Is the American Ice Company procedure conspiracy in re-
straint price or It PLAYING
fair with the people of this supplying with ice to
the full of its possibilities?
query greatly appreciated bv the D
Justice.
Wesley NJ Oler president of the company with prc
that the ice prices have 70 be rsisd
the various cities in which the company operates IN order n
public possible the use Of ice
CONSPIRACY CHARGE an ARsuRn1rr
The Washington times., 1906-07-21
Defense for Ice Dealers.

1T is very serious affair when
Boreas refuses TO puff his cheeks and
blow cold during the winter months.
Twenty-Five thousand tons OF ice that
Washington could gladly use are lack
ing and cannot be replaced The failure
of the ice crop last year has left
natural ice dealers with lest than half
the normal supply. The 10 q, quantity
of natural Ice from. which the city
may draw for It's supply this summer
is. therefore. represented IS consider
ably less than the total bur. nf ice lost
by wastage in a normal year Natural
Is Washington has felt the shortage.
but the increase ia price Ygeald hardly
show it.
IN June. 1895. with q normal sup
ply of natural ice, the average price
per ton for all that was sold was
S39S. This year, ddring the same month,
IN spite Of the 90 per cent shortage, it
had risen only TO S4i6. an increase Of
about ~ per cent.
But, meanW hile, the cost In Maine
20 the dealer-and this does ncS in
clude subsequent freight, storage, and
deliYeFy-had risen from S23J per ton
to $500 an increase of about 80 per
cent. or course, the inability 10 Sc
cure ice is a real loss and hardship 10
the consumer as well as 10 the dealer,
but from these hgures tie lot OF the
ice man hardly seems SO rosy as fable
and song have painted II.
The Washington times., 1906-07-21
FIRST INSURANCE PAID
FOR LOSS BY BALLOON

LONDON. July IA general insur-
ance company Is now issuing policies
against damage done by balloons. The
first claim was paid today for damage
done 10 green house, caused by ballast
thFown out OF a balloon when close TO
the ground, breaking the glass
AeTonauts are agitated over the Ques
ton or the ownership of the air AS the
law at present stands a balloon is tres
passing when It passes above private
AropeftX at any altitude WhatgosYsR
The Washington times., 1906-07-21
Ability Don't Count.

Nor does the Government recognize
executive ability as do the coroporat tions
and large manufacturing enterprises.
The report will also call attention 10
the fact that IN many instances the
Government has lost the services Of val
liable clerks simply because there was
no incentive for the clerk OF large abil-
ity TO remain I'm the department for the
small salary. where political influence
is necessary to secure advancement to
positions that require confirmation bv
the Senate. An increase In salaries of
positions OF the higher grades win be
strongly recommended while a reduction
Of salaries in the lower grades viii be
advocated. An adjustment of salaries
on the lines Of the subeommissIon. it is
believed. can be done without increasing
the appropriation for the clerical force
as the cut in the lower grades will offset
the increase.
In other words. It will be an equaliza-
ton of salaries and win also provide for
a. more regular system of promotion.
The Washington times., 1906-07-21
No Progress on New Ice Plants.

No material progress was made today
I'm the plans for the construction 81 In
dependent ice plants in the District of
Columbia TO supply the city of wash
ington with ice, but the promoters are
stu staunch IN their declarations that
one, and probably several. UT these
plants will materialize and be tu a con-
dition to sell from 200 to sOy tons OF ice
TO the people here next summer.
a friend OF the ice company had this
70 say today:
The Washington times., 1906-07-21
BOND ALLOTMENT
NOT TO BE MADE
UNTIL NEXT WEEK
Announcement Made At
Treasury Department
This Afternoon.

Az 2 o'clock this afternoon it was de-
clded at the Treasury that the allot-
mont of Panama bonds would not be
made until next week.
All national banks that bid l0850 or
higher. VIII be designated as depositor-
les Of public moneys To those bidders
whose offers were among the highest.
but who are unknown TO the Secretary.
be VIII make the proposition that they
pay, by August !. the premium ou the
bonds FOR which they bid. whereupon he
VIII allCS them their securities. In this
way he expects 20 ascertain whether
,heTe VIII be any bidders that fan 10
make good. Until then II cannot be as
certalned just how many or the bonds
viii 80 20 Fisk & Robinson They wiIl
however. get the bulk OF them.
Secretary Shaw and Assistant SeCre-
tary Keep had immediate supervision OF
tie work CT opening the bids Yesterday
afternoon with the assistance Of about
a dozen clerks waO opened the envelopes
and tabulated the bids. Il took about
three hours 10 finish the work When
the average had been cast it was seen
tina. the prevailing price was 10A
There were two bids for the $3J. g0, 600
one from Fisk S. Robinson of New
York, who split their bid in lots of
S5ueVOuJ, and one from a man named
j. II. Lindsay. OF New Orleans. The
latter wanted the entire issue al 406. but
as conditions were attached TO his bid
Il was rejected. The Fisk & Robinson
bid was in six parts Of 100000 each.
with prices ranging from IG23. I04lO,
1883. 1878 1855. 10 1854. which made
an average of l03.S5 for the entire
$4,000. 900 OF bonds As they will not get
the whole Issue at 103.S5. they VIII. how
ever get between 5000 00J and S2g. .0J3 900
worth.
II. A. Dobs0n wanted bond No. 1
which will be of the denomination OF 500.
ana 10 make sure that ne would Uet il
he pat in bid at the rate of rs. Ia
other words, he gives So for a $50 bond.
Many national banks aYaiied themselves
o. Secretary ShaW's offer and bid higa
tUr small amounts, thus having their
banks designated as Government depos-
ttOries
While the clerks were busy oueuing
the bids and tabulating them Secretary
shaw sat on sofa surrounded bv news
paper men, and entertained them vvira
lively stories. Occasionally he went into
the room where the bids were being tab-
ulated, and on his return would ask the
newspaper men to make a guess on the
average price for the entire issue. 4
number OF gueeses were made. including
one from the Secretary, but every one
was too low,
Among the bids Of 1865 and over are
the following:
The Washington times., 1906-07-21
TERMS PROVIDE
ARBITRATION Of
FUTURE DISPUTES
Roosevelt and Diaz to Be
Referees of Com
plants.

The treaty of the Marblclead. as
the peace protocol bringin.. about
the settlement Of the war in Cen
tral America win be known in his
tory, was signed late yesterday aft
ernoon on the American cruiser on
the high seas of the Guatemalau
coast. News TO this effect was re-
ceiyed last night and today in cable.
grams at both the State and NAVY
departments
Commander Mulligan Reports.
The following dispatch, dated al
San Jose, Guatemala, last night, was
received at the Navy Department
this morning, it being sent by Com
mander MuIigan in command Of
the warship:
Conference has been terminated.
Treaty of peace has been signed.
Proceed at once 10 Acajutla."
After the agreement had been
reached the Marblehead was imme-
diately put in to the coast of San
Jose, where the GuatemaIan mem
bers of the peace commission, to-
gether with American Minister
Combs, were put ashore: the shin
then proceeded Immediately TO
Acajutla, where the Salyadorean
members and American Minister
Merry win discmbark.
Dispatch From Ministers.
This dispatch was received by the
State Department this morning from
United States Ministers Combs and
Merry who were present during the
peaC = conference aboard the Marble
head g.
Peace conference a success. Guate-
mala, Salvatore and Honduras have
agreed 10 the following articles.
" Article 1. Peace established. with
draWal of armies within three days. dis
armament within eight days.
" Article 2 The exchange OF prison
ers; the release of political prisoners:
general amnesty, recommended.
" Article 8 Vigilance OF emigradOe
CrevOluIiOnists) In order 10 prevent abuse
Article 4. To negotiate treaty OF
friendship. commerce, and navigation
within two months.
Article 3. ANY difficulties over the
treaty and all future concrete complaints
between the three countries shall be
submitted TO the arbitration Of the
President OF the United States and the
President of Mexico.
" Article 6. This treaty made with the
moral sanction of the mediating nations
and others assisting at the conference,
namely. Costa Rica and Nicaragua 20
The Washington times., 1906-07-21
THE WEATHER REPORT.

There will be showers tonight IN the
middle Atlantic and northern portion OF
the south Atlantic States, followed by
generally fair weather Sunday, In the
lower lake region, the Ohio valley, he
east Gulf and southern portion OF the
south Atlantic States the weather viii
be fair except IN eastern Florida, where
there viii be showers Sunday.
The Washington times., 1906-07-21
To Baltimore and Return, sI.as,

via Pennsylvania Railroad, every Sat
Ceyt fb4- congressional Limited" Tick.
cts good TO return until Sunday night
Adv
The Washington times., 1906-07-21
False Family Standards.

Most of the putridity of private char
meter as disclosed I'm the revelations Of
courts and the press. grows out of fam
sly relation with false standards and
without religion. and not from a lack
OF family relations.
Returning 10 the civic side OF the
question, IL may be asked why II see
such close relations between the moral
ity OF business and religious training in
the family, i did not join the policy
holders committee in its efforts TO do
away with the scandalOus conditions
that prevail in these Comnanies.
Il was reluctant 10 decline the place
offered me on that committee, but I be-
lieve that the questions involved are
very intimately associated with great
and vital matters of finance. With such
] am not sufficiently familiar 10 enable
me 10 judge fairly should doubt arise,
and / felt that my best course was 10
decline which / have done.
NV resignation has been received by
the committee and reluctantly accepted.
THE whole matter is IN good hands
now, and / trust and believe viii be
worked out wisely
Asked about the possibility of the ap-
pOintuent Of another American cardinal,
his eminence said.
WHO knows2 His holiness alone can
say what ought to be done. What ought
u be will be done in due time