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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-09-10

John Wimann the present county AUDITOR
and deserves the hearty support at the
polls Sept. 10, 1906
Mr. Wman has made envae county auditor and
have always found him his post ready accumulate
the people,
Mr. Wmann had difficult task before him took
the office two The and after
working hard day and night the year he has
succeeded in Strengthening the affairs that
they in better shape than present time
He has added thousands Of that have
for years escaped taxation.
His handling the forfeited with the
Of the state auditor the aud
tors Office at the time Of the sale s
The office OF the county auditor
needed there who competent and willing
t9ress of the
auditor, John Wlmann who is seeking election
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-09-10

: a. .-a E
William B. Stewart of Benid-
j, who seeks the Republican
nomination for county superin-
tendent of schools of Beltrami
county, is a man of wide exper.
fence as an educator. Professor
Stewart has been identified with
school work the past twenty-five
years, either as a teacher, in
,structor or superintendent. He
was assistant superintendent of
Otter Tail county for nearly four
years, which Office he resigned
to attend the University of Min
nesOta, of which institution he is
a graduate. He has been identi-
fed with the public schools of
,Beltrami county for the past six
years as superintendent of the
BEN dji schools, and holds pro-
fessional state certificate good
for life. No better selection
could be made by the voters of
Beltrami county, than that Of
Prof. Stewart, who solicits your
support at the primaries on Sep
tim Der Is, 1906.
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SULLIVAN REPLIES TO BRYAN.
Another Chapter in illinois Demo.
cratic Eiaht.

Another Chapter in illinois Demo-
cratic Fight.
New York, Sept. 1O-The private
opinion which Roger G. Sullivan holds
of William j. Bryan is made public by
the Illinois Democratic committeeman.
Mr.. Sullivan defends the position he
has taken. defends his friends and his
calling. He compares these with the
associates, stand and occupation of
Mr.. Bryan, much to the detrinent of
the latter.
In conclusion Mr.. Sullivan chal-
lenges the Nebraskan to a duel of bal
lots. The members of the Democratic
state convention of two years ago are
to be polled, according to the "def,'
and are to say whether they repudiate
Sullivan. Mr.. Bryan said he had let
tiers from more than half of them to
that effect.
If the count of the ballots favors
Bryan Sullivan is to resign. If the
vote is on the side Of Sullivan Bryan
Is to retire as candidate for the
presidency, for, as Mr.. Sullivan says,
mo man is fit to be a candidate for
that high position who goes out in
public and lies about any member of
his party"
Mr.. Bryan is addicted to the use of
untruths, according to the Sullivan
statement. Some of these are called
deliberate" and others are plain I'M
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-09-10

Jens J. Opsahl, candidate for
the legislature from the 61st dis
trict, comprising the counties of
Red Lake, Clearwater and Bel
trami, was born in Norway in
1865, two years later the family
crossed the ocean, settling in
Munroe county, Wisconsin. ..
At this time they we're twenty
four miles from the railroad and
experienced all the hardships in
cident to pioneer life.
In the year 1889 he moved to
Todd county where he spent
three years, afterwards moving
to Moorhead where he had
charge of the large retail lum Der
yard belonging to Shellabarger
Lumb Der Co.
In the year 1896 he resigned
LID pOS4OAOu WILL Ullo III III U0I
company and moved to FELTON,,
Minnesota, where he went into
business for himself in the gen.
eral merchandise line and also
continued in the lum Der business
for himself.
In the year 1901 the Selkce
Land & Mercantile Co., was
formed by Mr.. Opsahl and
Mes,rs. Dahl & Melbye, with the
main Office at what is now called
Wilton.
Since becoming identified with
the interests of this county Mr..
Opsahl took up a homestead in
the Battle River country, where
he and his family spent year of
frontier life, improving the farm
and erecting suitable buildings
thereon. Mr.. Opsahl is still in
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-09-10
BRIEF BITS OF NEWS,

King Edward has returned to Lon
don from Marienbad.
Anf1oos Kaid, with 300 men, has
captured the city of Mogador, Moroc-
co, after defeating the government
troops
William ]. Bryan and Joseph w.
Folk will stump Wisconsin in the fall
In the interest of John A. Awkward,
Democratic candidate for governor.
Manager Roche of the National Ath.
letic club of San Diego, CAL, has
offered purse of $4,000 for a fight
between Joe Cans and Jimmy Britt.
Alfred Hansen and Henry Frank,
sleeping in car on the Northwestern
track at Turtle Station. Mich. burned
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possession of the farm and prides
himself on having one of Bel
trami county's best homesteads.
Mr.. Opsahl, since becoming a
resident of this county, has
been the means of bringing more
actual settlers to the county than
any other person. The Battle
River country and the Rapid
River country has been particu-
larry settled by the efforts of
Mr.. Opsahl and many an actual
settler in these parts Of the
county will, on the 18th, testify to
this by the vote he will receive in
that part of the county.
Fifteen years ago when the
government survey was made in
this county Mr.. Opsahl was with
the crew and today is in a posi-.
ton to locate the old land marks.
His experience in this line, and
which is strengthened on every
trip he makes into that country
together with a NUM- Der of origi
nal ideas on the development and
drainage of that part of the
state, makes Mr.. Opsahl prac-
tical and strong man for the
position he seeks at the hands of
the people.
He stands on good road,
drainage and development of this
part of the state, platform, is a
practical man for the place,
knows the condition of northern
Minnesota as we'll as any man in
the state, and if nominated and
elected will provs an influential
and practical man for the legis-
lature.
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Just What Bryan Expected.

Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 1O-"You can
expect that kind of attack from that
kind OF people" said William J. Bryan
regarding the attack made upon him
by Roger Sullivan of Illinois. Mr.
Bryan said he was not prepared to
answer Mr.. Sullivan's charge and
could not say just when he would
issue statement regarding the ILL
nOis situation.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-09-10
SUFFERS INTENSE AGONY.

Laborer Slips Into Pot of Hot Water
at Detroit, Mich. 900 t.
Detroit, Mich. Sept 10.-John Mel.
Ike, a laborer at the plant of the Rail.
way Steel company, is dead after hav.
ing been parboiled in a pit of hot
water ~ .. - ~ FL. =
Mielke's shoes had become greasy
from walking about the engineroom
end as he was passing the pit which
received the boiling water from the
cylinders Of the engine he slipped and
fell headlong into the scalding liquid
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Hi9hWaymen Rob Bookmaker.

Newark, N. j., Sept. 10.-In lonely
part of Arlington avenue two masked
highwaymen intercepted Frederick
Brewer, a bookmaker at Sheepshead
Bay, and after beating him with the
butt end of a revolver fired two shots
at him from the weapon and made of
with $1,731, which he carried in his
pockets. -
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70 death. Both men were drunk and
set fire to the car from their pipes
The annual report of the Chicago,
st. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha rail-
road shows gross earnings for the
year ended June 80 of $12,943,75O and
total expenses of $S,31O,944, leaving
net earnings of $4,632,SO6.
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Captain Of American. Filing Smack
Makes Complaint.
Galveston, Tex. Sept. 10The
American fishing sina elk Eat .e.ass be
longing to tile Calf fis,ser:es com
pany of this city, has .saaa sd hese
from Mexican waters, W.Ac.sa Ter com
mander states. he was led up by 4.
Mexican gin cat Aug. Is W.;ie. seven
miles off Triangular reef N tae. MI ode
OF the Gulf CT Ca;lireeae Armed
Mexican marines boarded the Amer
lean boat and ordered the captain to-
show his papers and also to open his
matches and display Fart of his cargo
Of fish,. Manager Mann OF the Gull.
Fisheries company wired the state de-
partment requesting Immediate action
for the necessary protection Of Amer
lean vessels while fishing in the open.
sea or proceeding to and from the.
common fishing waters.
HnMOrlsSs.
Humorists frequently have sad faces,
but humorists are not sad because they
are humorists. They are humorists be-
cause they IRE sad Humor is born Of
acute sympathy Keble Howard n
Sketch
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-09-10

JOHN f. GIBBONS FOR COUNTY ATTORNEY
For the Office county attorney better
IMAM TO elect John T. Gibbons. Mr. Gibbons
been Identified with the of Bemd and the building
Belraml county Mr. Gibbons able attorney
lawyer and by his carefuness faculty making friends
wherever he meets people The county attorney an
Gibbons.
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truths.
OF Mr.. Bryan's Illinois friends and
advisers Mr.. Sullivan has an exceed
ingly poor opinion. He calls them un-
convicted felons, bribers of conven-
lions and various other >uncompli,
mentary things. Murder and highway
robbery are two of the crimes not men.
toned in the indictment.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-09-10

Henry Funkley republican days attorney
candidate county attorney
has been resident OF county successful handling
for long tme first set ling eases Funkley is good
Blackjack and two years ago speaker friends
moving Bemi Mr. Funkey wherever goes conducting
had considerable practice aggressive
criminal law has quite the office and has hopes
successful Durine the landing
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RELIGION A NECESSITY.
President Speaks at Bicentenary OF
Oyster cay Church.

Oyster Pay, L. L., Set 10.-In q
half hours address at the bicentenary
celebration Of Christ Episcopal church
here President Roosevelt talked CT the
necessity of religion and clean living
for the welfare C the nation
cannot understand any Amer
lean Citizen" he said, who has the
faintest feeling Of patriotism and de-
votion to his country failing to appre
ciate the absolute essential need of
religion in it's broadcast sense to the
welfare of this country.
"lf it were not for the fact that in
our villages and towns as they have
grown up the churches have gScwn up
in them and in the churches men
whose work is not fer the things of
the body but for the welfare Of the
soul it WOald net he a nat;Gn to-day,
because this nat!sn would net he a fit
abode fer civilized man.
The mission of the church was not
to work in the interest CT one sect,
but for humanity as whole In this
connection he said he had been struck
by the prediction of Bishop Burgess OF
Long Island, who had just Sc id that in
two or three generations there would
he but one church in this country.
He spoke OF TIE necessity CT the
members of Christian c,1urcaes con
demning vigorously those who take
religion as cloak for their evil deeds.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-09-10

J. F. Riddell, known among
his friends and in baseball circles
as Freddy, " who seeks the re-
publican nomination for register
OF deeds, has been a resident Of
Bemidji for tho past four years
and during this time has been an
auditor for different camps. He
is well qualified for the position
he seeks, being a graduate of the
Chippewa Falls. Wis, high.
school and also the military
academy Of Delafeld, Wis. He
is a competent and obliging
young man and should receive
the merited support OF tie
people for the Office he seeks.
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&. p THURSTON, CANDIDATE FOR SHERIFF
M Turston who seeks republican nomination for sheriff.
has resident Of county the past eight
well voraby known He ranks first among party
ers and having wide acquaintance is good position
your support al the primaries September IS 1906.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-04-26
CHEERS At A REVIVAL.

NORTHFIELD, Mimi, Some OF the
conversions during the recent series
of meetings held here by Evangelists
Lyon and Patterson were almost SEN
sational Among others, two promi-
nent men, one OF the professions, the
other a business man, confessed at
one of the meetings that they had long
deceived the citizens Of Mortified as
to their real character
One said he had been a halfway
Christian but now desired to be the
real thing and make a complete sur
render The other said that he had
been studying infidelity for three years.
but now wished to declare publicly
that there was nothing in it. The re-
ligion of Jesus Christ, he said, was the
only true religion. Five hundred men
in the mems meeting cheered and
cheered the twain for the courage they
had shown in making their confess
SiOnS,
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Confederate Societies Are Holding
Big Celebration Today.
MONSTER CELEBRATION IN ATLANTA
DAUGHTERS OF CONFEDERACY
TAKING PROMINENT PART
INTHE DEMONSTRATION.

ATLANTA, Ca April 26.-Through-
out the state of Georgia Memorial Day
was observed today by the confederate
societies and the people in general.
The thoughts of the southern people
have been directed more than usual of
late to such things, because of the re-
cent Wheeler memorial and the reunion
of the blue and the grey. The result
was that a great deal more interest
in the observance of Memorial Day
was shown this year than ever be-
fore.
The Memorial Day exercises in this
city will take place at the Grand opera
house this afternoon. Judge Marcus
Beck, of the supreme court, will be the
orator of the day and Rev. T. P. Cleve-
land will be the chaplain. The ex-
ercises will be in charge of the la
dies Of the Memorial association, and
representatives of the various chap
ters in this city will take part in
the exercises. The parade this fore
noon was in charge of Chief w. r.
Joyner of the fire department, who
was selected marshal Of the day. Ma
jor J. Van Holt Nash was his chief of
staff. The parade was formed in front
Of the Grand opera house and marched
to Oakland, where the confederate
graves were decorated.
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WOMAN RoUTs GANG OF OUTLAWS
Mrs. Fairgraves, Of Iowa, ARRESTS
Three Desperadoes and
Heads a Posse.

CHICAGO, ILL.,, April 26.-Threatened
with death by a robber who entered
her candy store last evening, Mrs.
Emma Griffith grappled with the in
truder, snatched the revolver from his
hand and shot him twice, the second
time inf1icting a fatal wound. Then
she calmly sat down and waited for the
arrival Of the police, who took the
dying robber to the hospital.
At the hospital, the man said his
name was Charles Hilgendorf, and that
he lived at Elmhurst, Ill. He admitted
that he attempted to rob the woman
and said his only relative in Chicago
was a brother, who was employed in
a downtown department store.
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At GAINESVILLE,

GAINESVILLE, Ga, April 26.-Me-
mortal Day will be celebrated here in
the usual manner. There will be a
Daughters of the Confederacy in the
auditorium Of the Gordon institute, and
confederate veteran of Columbus, Ca,
has consented to deliver the principal
Grafton. After the exercises a parade
will be formed which will march to the
cemetery to decorate the confederate
and federal graves with flowers
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Gives Town Gold Craze.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, April 90
Percy, a village Of 200 people, five miles
from Morocco, Newton county, has
been the scene of virulent attack of
the gold fever. In three days five
separate mining companies were or
ganized and options taken on hum
dreds of acres of land for mining pur-
poses.
The excitement began when a drill
which was being sunk in a gravel bed
brought up particles of shining metal
that were at once pronounced to be
gold by local jeweler. He pronounced
the particles gold, lighter than Califor-
MIA gold in color, but it's genuineness
was certain.
The pump was stopped and with
drawn and curiosity to see haW much
of the precious metal the cylinder con-
tanned led to taking the pump apart.
Then the secret of the find was dis
closed. Two ten-penny nails had In
some way got into the cylinder, and
these, grinding against the brass, had
cut off the little particles that had
been brought to the surface with the
gravel.
The jeweler Immediately revised his
verdict, and the Percy Consolidated
Gold Mining company went out of ex-
istence, the options to the thousands
of acres of land not being closed.
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by his wife, who testified that she
heard Rocker crying out in a dream
one night, Nov, August, I've got you
at last" And in his sleep he acted
out the part of murderer.
The wife demanded to know what it
meant, and, after he had said he would
kill her if she told. Rocker confessed
He said that he had given Schroeder
no;son the night before and had drag
ged his body to the barn and hung 1t
there. The state showed that Rocker
had three other wives living, and there
by avoided the state law against &C
cepting the testimony of wife against
her husband.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-04-26
KearsageACc viii Cause Trouble
For Expert
SEVERAL THEORIES ARE BEING ADVANCED
NOT LIKELY Definite CAUSE OF
THE EXPLOSION WILL EVER
BE KNOWN.

WASHINGTON, D. c., April 90
The explosion on the Kearsarge may
resolve itself into another of those
mysteries which so frequently battle
the expert who is required to give an
explanation of an accident and furnish
measures to prevent it's recurrence.
Nothing of a specific character has
been received from the naval authori
ties in southern waters, but private
advices indicate that the fatality may
have been due to personal carelessness
1t seems, at least, that all the prescrib-
ed precautions were observed on board
the ship, and it is for this reason
considered unnecessary to amend the
existing regulations or add to the re-
quirements, already voluminous and
exacting. One explanation given by
the ordnance officers who know some
thing of the situation on board the
Kearsarge is that the powder was 1g-
nited when it was removed from the
gun, and that the minute spark was
famed into a blaze with fatal effect,
as soon as it was taken from the
breech of the gun. There are all sorts
of rules which would guard against
this condition, and, of course, in hand
ling powder, the new regulations are
specific and have been, in fact, criticiz-
ed by some officers as needlessly exact
ing 1t is realized that men become
careless in handling ammunition, or ar
times, make short CUTS to save time.
Probably these liberties taken with the
regulations of safety are rarely dis
astrous, and for this reason 1t Is
thought that some of the men who
handle powder come to have certain
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At M acon.

MACON, Ga, April 26.-Under the
auspices of the Sidney Lanier chapter
of the Daughters of the Confederacy,
will be held here this afternoon, with
Major Walter Harris, of this city, as
the principal orator. After the exer-
cises the locay camp of the Confed-
crate Veterans and Sons of Veterans,
as we'll as the local militia companies,
will march to the cemetery to decorate
the graves of the confederate and
union soldiers.
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At MONTGOMERY.

MONTGOMERY, Ala, April 90
Major John G. Harris will be the
nrincipal orator at the Memorial Day
exercises which will be held at Oak
wood cemetery under the auspices OF
tho Ladies' Memorial association here
this afternoon. Judge A. D. Sayre
will preside and Father I. j. Eaton
will act as chaplain for the occasion
Judge J. NJ Carmichael will act as
grand marshal Of the parade.
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At jacksonville.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla, April 90
Although the ranking officers Of the
Florida division, United Confederate
Veterans, and many of the leading
members Of the local camp are In at
tendance at the general Confederate
Reunion in New Orleans, Memorial Day
will be celebrated here as usual. There
will be a memorial meeting this after
noon. and after that the graves of
the confederate soldiers will be dec
Grated
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LEARN ABOUT DISASTER.
New York Construction Men Study Eff
fects of Earthquake.

NEW YORK, April 26.-The big con-
struction companies in this city are
taking great interest in the San
Francisco disaster. Every particle of
news dispatches relating to the man
ner in which the modern buildings
there withstood the shock of the earth
quake and the condition they were in
afterwards is scrutinized eagerly by
building engineers.
Paul Starrett, of the George A. Full
Ter company, said that he would start
an engineer for San Francisco at once.
Mr. Starrett said that this move was
not being made in the hope Of securing
new business as much as it was to get
a thorough line on just what condi-
ton the buildings, especially the steel
frames. We're in after the Shocks.
Theodore Starrett, of the Thompson
Starrett company, is due to arrive in
this city from Chicago today. There
will be a meeting of the heads of the
concern then, and it is stated that in all
probability one of the firms best en-
gineers will be hurried to the stricken
city to take observations of the condi-
ton of the buildings.
All of the building engineers are Of
the opinion that careful examination
of the damaged steel structures in
San Francisco may lead to some dis
covery whereby steel-fram buildings
may be put up in the future with new
devices that will make them proof
against earthquake shocks.
Great satisfaction was expressed at
the offices of the Thompson-Sta
company over the fact that the San
Francisco Chronicle building had with
stood the shock in good shape, and
was practically uninjured until assail-
ed on all sides by flames. Theodore
Starrett drew the plans for the steel
construction of this building.
George Simpson, the chief engineer
of the Thompson-Sta company, is
of the opinion that the big modern
buildings in this city would withstand
such arthquake shocks as those felt
in San Francisco.
1.-THE east, and especially New York
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INDICTED A SECOND TIME.
Acted Part of a Murderer in His
Sleep.

ROCK RAPIDS, Iowa, April 26.-
Charles Rocker, tried and convicted of
murder upon the strangest testimony
ever given in an Iowa court. sentenced
to life Imprisonment and later granted
a new trial by the supreme court, has
just been convicted a second time, and
he will be tried again at the next term
of the district court.
Rocker was employed as a hand on
the farm of August Schroeder, near
here In 1900 the body of Schroeder
was found hanging in his barn. and it
was pronounced suicide. Three years
alter Rocker, who had married Cchroe-
der's widow, was arrested in South
Dakota and brought here for trial.
The principal evidence was given
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At BIRMINGHAM.

BIRMINGHAM, Fla, April Cow
ing to the fact that many members
of the local camp of the United Con-
federate Veterans have gone to New
Orleans to attend the general Con-
federate Reunion, the observance OF
Memorial Day by the local veterans
has been postponed until June 8.