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Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-11
IN SLEEP TELLS WIFE
He SLEW HER HUSBAND
Special to The Herald.


SIBLEY, Iowa, Nov. 10-Because he
talked in his sleep and told all about
a murder which he committed, Charles
Rocker was sentenced to life imprison-
ment. There was no evidence against
the murderer until the story he told
in his sleep was investigated, when suf-
ficient evidence to convict him was Sc
cured. Two years ago August Schroe-
der was murdered. Charles Rocker, a
farm hand, married Schroeder's widow
some months later. Mrs. Rocker in
formed the county attorney that her
husband, talking in his sleep, had con-
fessed to having murdered her first
husband, even to telling where he had
purchased the poison which he had ad-
ministered. t'
The story was investigated and the
purchase of the poison traced to Rock
er. Schroeder's body was exhumed and
traces of the poison found. Rocker was
arrested Immediately.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-11
LONG BEACH IN PICTURES
Elaborate Edition of the Daily TeIe-
gram Is Model of
Beauty

The spirit of enterprise and progress
that pervades Los Angeles has struck
Long Beach with full force. The Long
Beach Daily Telegram appeared last
week with an elaborate supplement,
designated the Proclamation of Pros
perity" Long Beach Harbor Edition, a
highly creditable publication of twenty
eight pages. This supplement alone
contains many long columns of full de-
scriptive matter, confined to Long
Beach, now a thriving coast city of
about $4,000 inhabitants, a charming
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-11
THIS BRIDE GL0RlES
IN HER RIPE OLD AGE
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Nov. 10.-Phoebe
Brownlee, 30 years old and unashamed
of it, refused to get married until a
mistake of her husband, making her
five years younger, was corrected by
the probate court.
Miss Brownlee was to marry John c.
Karshner, 26 years old, and he gave
her age as 25 when he got the license.
When she saw the license she insisted
that he go back and have it corrected,
saying she would not get married until
it was.
Man like, he did not want to- and
finally she took 1t back herself and
watched the clerk correct both license
and record. Then she went back home
triumphant. and the wedding came off
as arranged.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-11
Fortunes at searchliaht

Searchlight, New, the least obtrusive
of the boom Nevada camps, is vieing
just now with Goldfield and Greenwa-
ter in the number of new-made mil
lionaires that can be produced by dab
bling with the secrets of natures gold
laden treasure vaults. And while it is
admitted that Goldheld is the greatest
stock center. still it is also a fact that
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-11

Talk about roasted fresh daily" the
way to get a cup Of coffee that tastes
Ike coffee. with all the delicious favor
and aroma intact. Is to buy Arbuckles'
ARIOSA and grind il as you want to
use i. w.EuiAa Il = lids d.udsos he a.s~ sni
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-11

Searchlight, from the standpoint of
rapid increases in real estate values, is
the equal or superior of any of her
contemporaries.
1t is a fact that the fifteen hundred
lots embodied in the present town of
Searchlight could have been bought
two years ago for $4,000, about S. lot:
and within eighteen months an option
was held by Los Angeles parties on the
Original Townsite, waterworks and ho-
TEL with $4,000 as the purchase price.
Early buyers have cleaned up fortunes.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-11
$4,000 FOR POSTAGE STAMP
Collectors in United States in Eager
Search for Rarest Specimen
in the World

WASHINGTON, Nov. 10. - That
there is a United States five-cent stamp
which is worth $10,000 a price exceeding
the highest figure ever paid for a stamp
of any country, may seem surprising
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-07-21
Hablt-f0rfni1g Medicines.

Whatever may be the fact as to many
of the so-called patent medicines con-
tanning injurious Ingredients as broadly
published in some journals of moro or
less influence, this publicity has certainly
bet Ct great .h benefit in aroqsipg needed
considerable measure, resulted in the
most intelligent people avoiding such
foods and medicines as may be fairly sus-
pected of containing the injurious ingre-
dents complained of. Recognizing this
fact some time ago, DR.. Pierce, of Buffalo,
N. Y, "took time by the forelock,n as it
were, and published broadcast all the
cines are composed: Thus he has COM
pletely forestalled all harping critics and
all opposition that might otherwise be
urged against his medicines, because they
are now OF KNOWN COMPOSITION. Fur
thermOre, from the formula printed on
every bottle wrapper, it will be seen that
these medicines contain no alcohol or
they contain any narcotics or injurious
agents, their ingredients being purely
vegetable, extracted from the roots Of
medicinal plants found growing in the
depths of our American forests and of
we'll recognized curative virtues.
Instead of alcohol, which even in small
portions long continued, as In obstinate
cases of diseases, becomes highly objec-
tionable from it's tendency to produce q
craving for stimulants, DR.. Pierce en-
ploys chemically pure, triple refined
glycerine, which of itself is q valuable
remedy in many cases of chronic diseases,
being a superior demulcent, antiseptic,
antiferment and supporting nutritiye.
It enhances the curative action of the
Golden Seal root, Stone root, Black
Cherry bark and Bloodroot, contained in
rGolden Medical Discovery" in all bron.
cnlal, throat and lung affections attended
the writings of the eminent Drs. Grover
Coe, of New York; Bartholow, of Jeffer.
Cincinnati; ElIingwood, Of Chicago !;
Hale, of Chicago, and others, who stand
as leaders in their. several schools OF
practice, the foregoing agents are the
verY best ingredients that DR.. Pierce
could have chosen to make up his ia.
nous rDiscovery" for the cure of not
only bronchial, throat and lung affec-
ti0ns, but also of chronic catarrh in ell
its various forms wherever located.
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Duplicate order books and
commercial mems expense &C
count books at the Pioneer office.
Removes the microbes which
impoverish the blood and circula-
ton. Stops all trouble that in.
terferes with nutrition. That's
what HOLSTERS Rocky Mountain
Tea will do. Tea or tablets, IS
cents. Barker's Drug Store.
Judge of the cost Of paint by
the amount Of surface it will
cover and the years Of service it
will render not by the price per
gallon alone. It's economy to
buy Blood's Paint, even if it costs
a few cents more than the 'just
as good" kind. Sold by w. M.
Ross.
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THE CITY.
M. & Nj.
Read the Daily Pioneer.

Read the Daily Pioneer.
The Bemidji Elevator company
are exclusive agents for Barlow's
Eest, Mascot and Creme flour,
Fred w. Smith and wife came
down this morning from Red
Lake to spend the day in the city
shopping.
Put life preservers in your
boats. Jerrard Plumbing com
pany.
r. B. Foster and w. N. Bowser
left this morning for Hackensack,
whore they will spend the day on
a fishing trip. Mr.. Bowser is
noted for his fine casting.
If Ernest Engleking will
communicate with Chief of Police
Bailey he can receive informa-
ton that will be of interest to
him. The chief has received a
letter from some friends of
Engleking asking as to his
whereabouts.
G. b. Godfrey, a resident of
the east end Of Cass county, and
a prominent candidate for the
republican nomination for
sheriff, stopped over last night
at the home of his brother-in law,
A. A. Carter. Mr.. Godfrey was
on his way to Walker and left
this morning for that village.
Wanted:-10O railroad labor
ers, station men, day men. team
sters and extra gang men, for
work in North Dakota and Mon
tana. Ship daily, free fares.
Call at Anderson & Johnson s
Employment office, Bemidii,
MINI.
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On motion Of Commissioner Gunderson, Sec
onded by Commissioner Saxerud, the bond of
John Krueth for road work in the town of
Dormant and Battle was accepted and ap-
proved.
On motion of Commissioner Wagner, Sec
ended by Commissioner Saxerud, additional
Temporary relief was granted Freeman Pike to
the amount of fifteen dollars.
Moved by Commissioners Wagner, seconded
by Commissioner Saxerud, that the application
and interest on certain delinquent taxes, be
recommended to the state auditor.
On motion of Commissioner Wagner, sec.
onded by Commissioner Saxerud, that athe
auditor be instructed to advertise for bids for
the construction of certain road, beginning
at the southeast corner of section seventeen
Town of Port Hope, and running thence due
north a distance Of one mile to the northeast
corner of said section seventeen.
On motion duly m ade, seconded and carried
the following bills we're allowed and the aud
itor instructed to draw warrants on the prop
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-07-21
HOW'S This?

We offer One Hundred Dollars
Reward for any case of Catarrh
that can not be cured by Hall s
Catarrh Cure. F. J. Cheney &
Co., Toledo, O.
We, the undersigned have
known F. J. Cheney for the last
Is years, and believe him per-
fectly honorable in all business
transactions and financially able
to carry out any obligations made
by his firm. Walding, Kinnan &
Marvin, Wholesale Druggists,
Toledo, 0.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken
internally, acting directly upon
the blood and mucous surfaces
of the system. Testimonials
sent free. Price 75c. per bottle.
Sold by all Druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills for
constipation.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-07-21
Read the daily Pioneer.

Read the daily Pioneer.
See Jerrard Plumbing COM
pany for your life preservers.
Christ Olson left this morning
on a short business trip to Brain
erd. He expects to return home
this evening.
Government inspected life
preservers. solid'block cork, ten
sections = Jerrard Plumbing
company.
The Pioneer carries the lead.
ing grades of typewriter paper,
which sells from 8Oc to So per
box.
G. G. Whitney and E. D. Whit.
ney arrived in the city this morn,
ing from Hibbing, and spent the
day here.
For eruptions, sores, pimples,
kidney and liver troubles, consti-
patton, indigestion, use Hollis
ter's Rocky Mountain Tea.
Carries new life to every part Of
the body. Tea or tablets, IS
cents. Barker's Drug Store.
Pc. Schauble of AVIAN, MINI,
was in the city yesterday and
transacted a little business in the
real estate line.
St. Philips Aid Society will
give lawn social and apron
sale at the residence of Mrs. j.
F.. Boss, Thursday afternoon and
evening, July Goth for the benefit
of the Catholic church.
Brainerd is to hold a market
day August II, offering a fine
list of premiums. 1t tried the
market day plan of securing
trade last year and found it sue
cessful.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-07-21
Read the Daily Pioneer.

Read the Daily Pioneer.
Typewriter ribbons of all
standard makes, either record,
copying or indelible, can be pro
cured in the color you wish at
the Pioneer Office.
Tied down to his desk in the
office, while others are free and
at play, papa fancies he is having
a vacation, while drinking Rocky
Mountain Tea. Barker's Drug
Store. - -
A. A. Warfeld left last evening
for Duluth, where he will meet
his brother, John Warfeld, and
from there they will go to the
formers claim near Tower.
The North Star will make a
trip to Lake Plantagnet tomorrow
leaving the dock at the usual
time. This is a delightful trip,
and allows an hours stop at
Plantagnet.
"Hooligan," the world famous
tramp, will be assisted by a sing
ing and dancing chorus of pretty
girls and number of other
comedians in the presentation of
his "Trou bles" here July Is.
Officers and people desiring
the very best lead pencils should
bear in mind that the Pioneer
car ries in stock a full line of the
best pencils among which are
Fabers Hi, AHH, HHHH,
HHHHH and HHHHHH; the
Kohinoor, Mephisto, stenograph-
ers, and several grades of the
best SC pencils.
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$27 40 to Denver & return from
st, Paul or MINNEAPOLIS

VIA
Chicago, Great Western Railway.
Tickets on sale daily to Sept.
80. Final return limit Oct. 81.
Equally low rates to other Colo
RADIO and Utah points. For fur
Their information apply to J. P.
Elmer, G.. P. A., St. Paul. Mimi.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-07-21
POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
Candidate Tor Sheriff.

hereby announce myself as candidate
for the republican nomination for the office
OF sheriff Of Beltrami county. to be voted up-
on at the primary election to be held Sept. Is.
1906, and should receive the nomination and
later the election will conduct the Office In :
good and business like manner. a.
N. e. THURsrON.
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Better Than Spanking.

Spanking does not cure children OF bed
wettng. If 1t did there would be few child
rem that would do it.. There is a constitution
al cause for this: Mrs, NJ. Summers, BOX 426
Notre Dame, Ind. will send her home treat
ment to any mother. She asks no money.
Write her today II your children trouble you
in this way. Don't blame the child. The
chances are they can t help It. "
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80. AmdsemeQts 80.

"Hooligan's Troubles" soon to
be PLAYED here, is said to be full
of life, pretty girls and enough
humor to stagger the audience.
At Opera House July 25. ~. =
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"H0Oligan's Troubles

AUUlIS0H AEVOUIOO. 49,
Those who read the illustrated
Sunday supplements of the news
papers have long been familiar
with an individual named "Hooli-
gan" who has captivated the fun
loving public by this ability to
continuously absorb trouble and
yet present a smiling counte.
nance. ''Hooligan's Troubles"
has been dramatized, although
the plot would not lnjure the
brain fabric of a mosquito, but
the troubles are strongly in evil
dence and for those who like to
laugh "Hooligan" will distort
himself on the stage of the Opera
House next Wednesday. The poor
tramps troubles are so >ludi-
crous that there is a ripple of
laughter almost from the rise
to fall of the curtain in each act.
In addition bright music,
splendid dancing, catchy songs
and merry complications add to
the charm and fun of the enter
tainment. ~
Burk's big doub BILE Uncle Tom s
Cabin company will exhibit in
Bemidji one night only Thursday.
July 26, at night only, showing
in their big waterproof tent seat
ing 5000 people. Burk's show
now employers actors, musicians,
singers and dancers and troupe
Of colored cake walkers and
Jubilee singers. Ferocious blood
hounds are used in this big pro-
duction, also ponies and donkeys,
a big new street parade will be
given at noon and a startling free
exhibition will be given free on
the show grounds at z p, m.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-08-11
The Uauderer Returns.

Ii was old home week. ana the re-
turned sons and grandsonS had been
telling with more or less pride of the
changes time had wrought for them.
AT last Edward Jameson spoke:
Il Went away from here twenty
years ago Il poor man. with only one
solitary dollar in my pocket. | walked
the four miles from my fathers farm
to the station, and there | begged Il
ride to Boston on Il freight car. Last
night | drove into town behind 4
spirited pair of horses. and my purse
guess how much my purse holds i'll
money to-day, besides Il large check"
and Mr.. Jameson looked ABOUT him
with Il brilliant smile.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-08-11
LEARNS LANGUAGES IN JAIL.
Berkmann. Who Tried to Kill Henry
c. Prick. Becomes Linguist.

When Alexander Berkmann left the
Allegheny County prison in May last.
after having served fifteen years for
an attempt to kill Henry g. Frick.
the coke and steel magnate, he found
himself able TO ~fiuently In
eight languages.
The years behind prison bars have
converted him from an avowed an
archist 10 n student and philosopher.
Many persons have forgotten both
Berkmann and his crime, yet they
startled the nation during the days of
the great Homestead strike OF 1892.
Mr.. Prick was one Of the managers OF
the steel industry when it grappled In
the gigantic struggle with its work
men. Berkman-i was so radical, nj
the other end of the scale, that he
was classed rs a leading anarchist.
During the excitement of the indus
trial controversy Berkmann found his
way into the Pittsburg Offices of Mr..
Prick. reached that magnate's pres
ence and shot him twice, then attempt
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-08-11

ing to complete the work with a dag.
ger.
Overpowered before he could accom-
pllsh his full purpose, Berkmann was
hurried to Jail. Being convicted at
his trial he was given "A fifteen year
term in the penitentiary for attempt
TO kill. This was supplemented by "A
one-year term in the Allegheny County
workhouse for carrying concealed
deadly weapons.
Once behind prison bars he gave up
all his leisure time to study. At the
beginning of his term he could read
and write English and German. Dur
ing the first years of his imprison-
ment he eagerly perused all books In
those languages that he could secure.
In course of time he mastered the
Slavic, Polish and Hungarian Ian
guages, and also acquired IA good gen.
eral knowledge of Italian, Spanish and
French.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-08-11
Worked The Double Cross.

"Thls," said the jeweler, sis what
happened here last month.
'Mr. b. drove up in a hanson and
entered my shop, accompanied by his
valet, who carried an oblong box of
steel. Mr.. b. asked for n private inter
view and l took him into my office.
There he opened the box exposing n
splendid array of diamond and pearl
necklaces, earrings, tiaras, and stom
1achers.
Mrs. b. he said, is now abroad.
Before she returns l want you to ex-
tract all these stones and to replace
them with good limitations, selling the
real jewels and giving me the money.
This. of course, Is to be a confidential
transaction. Mrs. r. is TO know moth
ing of it.
II looked at Mr.. i. think |
blushed n little"
My dear sir | said, L should be
glad to 10 what you ask. but il is
impossible. Two years ago Mrs. r.
called here on the same errand that
now brings you, and this errand. in
her case, was successful. The paste
jewels that You offer me are worth
little more than the hira of the hanson
awaiting you outside
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-08-11
He Liked The Game.

"A seedy looking individual, APP
parently from the rurals, entered
Flockner's barber shop one day last
week." says the Hobart News-Repub-
lican. "He got in the second chair,
and told Charley he wanted the
whole works.
after Charley had trimmed him
up till he would have passed for Leslie
Niblack, he woke him up.
Hair cut says the sleeper, drows-
lily.
Hairs cut says Charlie.
SHAVE says he, still half asleep.
dome shaved you
Shampoo
You've got 'er.'
Isl inc
"'Been shined.'
"'Neck shave
ALREADY been there's
"'Singe hair
"I've burned it,
The customer settled down In the
chair until he was sitting on his neck,
and says, Pull a TOOTH"
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-08-11
HOW THINGS GROW IN THE SOUTHWEST UNDER IRRIGATION.

moisture. But the big farms are not
prosperous. They are largely cult
waited by tenants and are strangely
devoid of features which make the
true southwestern farm one of the
most delightful home-spots in the
world. The men on the land sell all
they produce and buy nearly all they
consume. And so they pay tribute
to others "going and coming"
l have been visiting a farm in the
Sacramento Valley which consists of
one single acre of irrigated land and
which makes n better home and larger
net income for Its owner than many
of his neighbors enjoy on places of
thousands of acres each. The little
farm is at Orland, In Glen County,
and Is the property of a man named
Samuel Cheeks, who has grown old
and gray while tilling it for the past
thirty years.
Mr.. Cheeks tells me that he has no
difficulty whatever in making n COM
Portable living from this one acre of
irrigated land. Not only so, but he Is
able to save an average of four hun
Ired dollars a year beside. He has
money TO loan, as well as fruit, yege-
tables and poultry products to sell to
hose who are getting poorer every
year In carrying on big farms without
irrigation. | was SO curious to know
how he could get such good results
from so small an area that | asked
him to give me n list of what the
place contained. Here 1t is:
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-08-11

not such as are provided for steer
age passengers on the Pacific, and if
vessels SO equipped We're owned and
operated by a private line, that line
would be long in getting rid of them,
should the army be suddenly recalled
from the Islands. Furthermore, the
army transport must carry a battery
OF rapid fire guns in her bows, some
thing for which private steamship
companies have very little use.
The second argument advanced by
the adherents of the present system
needs no comment.
The third and last contention IS
best supported by a report made OH
January II of this year by the Gen
eral Staff of the Army to the Senate
Committee on Merchant Marine, in
which ii was stated that "to embark
o division would require ten 6,5O0-ton
ships and nine 5.500-ton ships. With
the strength of the regular army two
divisions could be made ready to en-
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-08-11
SIDE LIGHTS.
Methods Employed for Gouging the
Hard Worked Agent.

During the recent scandal and the
airing of insurance methods in general
which followed, one of the endereSt
spots of that business was left un-
touched. 1t is the system known In
the variance of industrial insurance
workers as arrears and advances
The taking of arrears and advances
occurs weekly on the book of every
agent. when the agent must pay FOR
each week on everv policy which Is
beyond the grace period allowed by the
company. namely -four weeks
Specifically it Id appear easy
to obey the company's rules or-sup-
posed rules: but the clnccllin.r e 1
policy or policies might p~reclpitate
what is known as thrown off claim
Ing" whereby the company refuses
to pay further special salary until Il
sufficient number of substantial app'i-
cants are approved to offset the can
cellations. SO ii may seem expedi-
ent TO the needful agent. to pay a dol
lar for the current week. rather than
TO lose the prospect pf receiving fifteen
for the week following. He thereby
borrows money from the company a
n large rate of interest-one dollar for
the loan Of fifteen for II week-and
If he wishes to retain this loan he
must pay for the week following.
comes n case of the spider and the
Fly"
Unless he be an uncommonly good
writer. or an exceptionally wary man,
the web tightens and his source OF
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-08-11

livelihood wanes, until he Is finally
forced from that field of labor. to be
followed by another whose experience
is most likely TO be ii repetition of his
predecessors.
This stupendous gouging system Il
startling in its yastneSS, for about
two hundred thousand men are en-
gagged in lis vocation Throughout the
country as agents, and the amount Of
money thus obtained by n company
alone employing about fifteen thou
sand mem. is upwards of n million
dollars annually. The officials resort
to many methods of intrigue to pre-
vent the real mission OF t-.e ARE ars
and advance" manipulations from be-
coming apparent 10 the agents. among
which is the lacking of placards In the
offices %forbidding agents TO pay on In
suranceS which is beyond the COM
pany's grace period. To the expert
enced agent t reads, 1--WE know You
will pay
Why this subtle system of graft
has rema med almost unmOlested for
more than thirty years is a subject
for conjecture.