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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-04-27
NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION
of Independent School District of Bemidfi

Whereas petition has been presented to
the undersigned. as clerk Of said district re-
Questing that special meeting of the legal
voters Of said district be called at the time
and place. and for the purposes hereinafter
set forth.
Now therefore, notice is hereby given. that
special election Of the legal voters Of hide
pendent school district OF Bemidji will be
held at the Central school house located in
block four az of the First Addition to Be-
midi, in the city OF Bemidji. Beltrami
county. Minnesota. on Friday. the LIST day
OF May, 1908. at 4:30 o'clock p. M. for the pur-
pose of voting upon the proposition OF auth
orizing and directing the school board OF said
district to purchase the following tract Of
land, in said district. for a school site for a
high-school and graded school building. and
of authorizing and directing said school board
to use and expend, out OF general funds now
in the treasury of said district. the sum of
five Thousand dollars, or such portion thereof
as may be necessary, for the purchase and
acquisition of said SITE
The following is a description of said school
site to be so acquired: Block D. of Bemid il
ToWnsite & Improvement Crmpany's Subdi-
vision OF Outlets G, d. and 3, In Bemid il.
Minnesota. according to the plat thereof on
file and of record in the office OF the Register
Of Deeds Of Beltrami County: Minnesota.
Dated this Goth day OF April, 1908.
GRAHAM ID. TORRANCE.
! Clerk. 3
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-04-27
Painful Etiquette.

The royal court of France used to be
great place for etiquette. Louis XIV.
once caught severe cold owing to
the fact that on his arising from his
bed one cold morning the lord Of the
chamber, whose duty it was to hand
him his shirt, happened to be absent
Not one of the numerous courtiers
present had the courage to trangress
etiquette by handing the garment to
the shivering monarch.-London Scrap
Book.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-04-27
A Use For His Obituary.

A well meaning and conscientious
editor on being shown by the man
most interested that the death of the
commandant was falsely reported in
his paper, apologized profusely and of.
fered to make it all right.
SWELL print a correction at once," be
said.
Well" said the man who wasn't
dead, perhaps it would be better to LET
It stand. I'll show it to my friends
when they want to borrow money"
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-04-27

An official OF the department Of JUS.
dce said In Washington Of a rumor
brought to him for confirmation by q
reporter:
''This rumor springs from ignorance,
Grass ignorance Of the law. I am sur"
prised that you should have credited it.
"The originator Of that rumor is as
plainly ignorant Of the law as a Ger.
tain schoolboy was of French.
'This boys father said to him one
night at dinner:
We'll, how are you getting on with
your French, my son?'
every well, thank you, SIR the lad
replied.
The father beamed with pleasure.
"tAsk politely in French for some
peas he said.
'There was an awkward pause
Then
"'But, father said the boy, 4 don't
want any peas.'"
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-04-27
Tenderness Of the Hanging Judge

Tenderness Of the Hanging Judge.
Mr.. Justice Hawkins tenderness for
women prisoners was well known. He
admitted it, and he had great dislike
Of sentencing these poor creatures to
death who had been recommended to
mercy and would probably be repriev-
ed. On one such occasion the sheriff
asked If he was not going to put on
the black cap.
''No." he answered, s"I am not. do
not intend the poor creature to be
hanged, and am not going to brighten
herst DEATH
Addressing her by name, he said:
"Don't pay any attention to what I
am going to read. No harm will be
done to you. am sure you did not
know in your great trouble and sorrow
what you We're doing, and will take
care to represent your case so that
nothing will harm you in the way Of
punishment
He then mumbled over the words Of
the sentence of death so that the poor
creature did not hear them.-London
Graphic.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-04-27
Indifferent.

II can't give you an opinion on that
question: the statesman replied, ...be.
cause it's question pay no attention
to. I am Indifferent to it-as indiffer-
ent as the backswoodsman's wife.
That lady, you know, looked on while
her husband had a fierce hand to hand
tussle with bear, and afterward she
said it was the only fight she ever
saw where she didn't care who won .
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-04-27
Hunters Waterproof Matchbox.

Huntef's WaterPr0oT WatchboX.
There is not a match safe made, SO
far as I know, that meets all Of the
requirements of the sportsman as well
as ten or twelve gauge brass shell
closed with a cork stopper. This makes
safe that is absolutely waterproof,
easily opened, is cheap and that will
float. If one wishes to provide against
the loss of the stopper, cord may be
fastened about the cork and the other
end fastened about the base Of the
she'll Cor. Forest and Stream.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-04-27
LOCAL HAPPENINGS

| turtle enjoyed Saturday in the city
]. w. Stewart, cruiser, registered
in the city last night from Cass
Lake.
F. E. King of Grand Rapids was
registered at the Markham last
night.
H. w. Whitman and A. w. Doug
las were Crookston visitors in the
city last night.
Glenn S. Harding, son of H. w.
Harding of Cass Lake, was visitor
in Bemidji last ght.
Mrs. J. A. Smith and baby were
among the out-of-town visitors from
Turtle in the city Saturday.
Pure food is just what you get
in Hunts Perfect Baking Powder
and Extact. Guaranteed under
the law.
A. H. Harris, travelling representa-
tive for the Melges Bros. company,
left this morning on a business trip
to Wadena.
Miss Anna Mills returned Satur-
day night to her school at Turtle,
after spending the day with her
parents in this city.
John R. Stewart, manager for
the Beltrami Cedar & Land company
passed through the city this morn
ing from Blackjack to Minneapolis.
Will Olson returned this morning
from Northome, where he visited
over Sunday with his father, Christ
Olson, who is now engaged in bust
ness at Northome.
NJ. D. Stoner, proprietor of the
townsite of Gemmell, returned this
morning from an over-Sunday visit
at that place. Selling lots fast, up
there" says M. D. .
Court Reporter John E. Samuel
son came up from Walker Saturday
evening and spent Sunday in Bemidji,
returning to Walker with Judge
Stanton this morning.
Fred Wilson of Blac kduck, who is
an announced candidate for sheriff
of Beltrami county, spent today in
the city, having come down from
his home this morning.
Matt Jones, owner of refresh
ment emporium at Northome, came
down from his home this morning
and spent the day in the city looking
after some business matters.
c. w. Stanton, judge of the Eff
teenth Judicial district, returned
Saturday evening from Walker where
he is holding court. He left this
morning for Walker to continue the
term.
Charles S. Carter of Hines and
A. L. Morris of Tenstrike passed
through the city Saturday evening
on their way from the twin cities,
where they were boosting northern
Minnesota, to their homes. -
Hugh Mcintosh, one of the popu-
lar business men of Northome,
passed through the city Saturday
evening on his way home from
Brainerd, where he had been So
journing" for the past week.
Mrs. c.. w. Shannon and Mrs.
Mitchell will entertain the Ladies
Aid society of the Methodist church,
at the home of the former, 8O1 Irwin
avenue, next Wednesday afternoon
at 2:30.. There will be an election
of officers and other important bust
ness.
P. J. McKeon, superintendent of
the M. 81. boarding cars, came
down this morning from Inter
national Falls, where he has been
arranging to board the men who
will do the surfaceing on the M. &
I. from Big Falls to international
Falls.
William Benton of st. Paul, attor.
ney for the Great Northern railway
company, came to the city Saturday
evening from Walker, where he had
been attending the term Of district
court for Cass county. Mr.. Benton
left Saturday night via Duluth fol-
his home in St. Paul.
A. o'Kelliher ("Jerry") came
down this morning from Blackducl
on a peace mission. jerry asserts
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-04-27
The Continued
Story Of
Current Events.

on the noon train Sunday, tor Duluth.
Fred LaFavre and wife spent Sun
day in Cass Lake, visiting with
friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. MCLAUGHLIN left
this noon for visit with friends at
Cass Lake.
w. T. Blakeley, the Farley logger
and merchant, was an over-Sunday
visitor in Bemidji.
Julius Larson, helper at the Great
Northern station in Bagley, was a
Sunday visitor in this city.
Elmer Lewis, of the Bagley Mer-
camille company, spent Sunday in
the city, the guest of friends.
Earl w. Allen, Indian agent at the
Red Lake Indian agency, spent
Saturday in the city on business.
Carl Otterstad spent Saturday in
the city, returning to his home at
Turtle River on the evening train.
Miss burlington, who is teaching
school at Nary, spent Sunday in the
city and returned to Nary this morn
ing.
H. c. Mickey, who owns cigar
mandatory at Blackjack, was one
of the busy" men in the city Sat
urday.
Gus Carlson, who has spent the
past winter in Floodwood, was re-
newing acquaintance in Bemidji
yesterday.
Joe Bacon of Turtle River spent
Saturday in the city on business
and returned to his home on the
evening train.
A. A. Berdahl and wife came in
from Spaulding Saturday noon and
left on the evening train for their
home at Gemmell.
Sergeant Eilek, manager of the
local U. S. A. recruiting office, left
this morning on a posting trip to
Walker and Akeley.
Dawes Amadon, night man. for
the Great Northern at Shevlin, spent
Yesterday in the city, the guest of
friends and relatives.
= P. H. Kray went to International
Falls Saturday evening in the in
terest of the Cold Spring Mineral
Water company of Cold Spring,
Mimi.
Oscar Johnson passed through
the city Saturday evening enroute
from a visit with old friends at
Moorhead to his home at Turtle
River.
Adeline Pattie (queen of song)
says: The Kimball Piano ranks
with the best instruments before the
world" Sold by Bisiar & Fraser,
81 Minnesota Ave.
A. Gilmour, who pounds the
mortar" at Blackjack, and wife
spent Saturday in the city attend
ing to some business in the probate
court, and returned to the Duck"
on the evening train.
S. G. Byerly, travelling auditor for
the Minneapolis Brewing company,
spent several days in the city look
ing after the various interests which
his company has here.
J. F. Hawkins returned on Satur-
day from his trip to St. Paul. Mr..
Hawkins has not yet fully decided,
but will undoubtedly engage in bust
ness here in the near future.
K. L. Rauk and Frank Hanson,
of the Pioneer force, visited Shevlin
yesterday and it is more than likely
that Mr.. Hanson will accept posi-
ton with liver Krohn as foreman of
the Shevlin Herald.
E. ]. Swedback, Chester McKu-
sick, Bert Getchell and w. E. Neal,
representing the Beltrami County
Tax League, were passengers on the
noon train yesterday for st. Paul,
where they met with the State Tax
Commission today.
L. Amadon, the logger, came to
town Saturday from Mallard, where
heis finishing up the handling Of
considerable timber. He spent Sun
day with his family in this city, and
will return at once to the scene of
his labors.
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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-04-27
a Pair Of Trade Winners.

i've never had any great luck" de
clared the pessimist.
Neither have IT, admitted the opti-
mist. {.
Made my money by hard work and
advertising"-Louisville Courier-Jour-
nal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-26
AN OBJECT LESSON.
Foreigners Invited to Attend an Execu-
ton in Pennsylvania.

Pottsville, Pa, May 26.-In order that
they might impress their countryRen
with the enormity of the crime Of mur-
der and the terrible punishment that
the law of this country calls for, a
large number of Slavs, Hungarians,
Poles, Italians, Russians, Lithuanians
and other foreigners were invited to
attend the execution of Felix Radzius,
a. young Pole convicted of the murder
Of a woman and her child at Shenan-
doah, six months ago. Five hundred
persons were in the prison yard to
witness the hanging. the sheriff having
distributed tickets literally on his the
ory that the story of the execution told
from the lips Of the foreigners will
have a salutary effect in curbing muir
derous tendencies.
Just before leaving his cell for the
scaffold Radius made confession OF
the Shenandoah murder and acknowl-
edged having committed a murder In
Russian Poland. He appeared to be
greatly relieved after admitting his
crimes and walked with firm step be-
tween two priests to his death.
Radius was a boarder at the home
of Mrs. Mary Cherkoskis and had been
denied admission to the house when he
came home in an intoxicated state. The
next morning he sent the woman's Z
year-old daughter on an errand and
while she was gore. he cut Mrs. Cher
lxoslxis' throat with her husband 8
razor. Her 4-year-old son followed her
and to stop his crying Radzius muir
dered him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-26
WORST IS OVER.
Flood Waters Are Rapidly Receding
in Oklahoma.

Guthrie, Okla, May 26.-The sun
is shining in Oklahoma today and the
flood waters are fast receding. No
additional loss of life Is reported and
the homeless are beginning gradually
to return to their homes. The death
roll remains at eight. With miles of
tracks washed out and bridges dam
aged or destroyed, the railroads are still
demoralized; train service on many
lines must remain annulled for sew
eral days yet, while on others only a
partial service is possible. The dam
age to crops and railroads can of
course be only roughly estimated, but
a conservative figure places the aggre-
gate at close to 10 millions of dollars.
1t marks the costliest disaster ever
sustained either in Oklahoma and In
dian territories, or by the new state
of Oklahoma.
Hundreds of passengers are stalled
at Shawnee, Tulsa, Muskogee, and at
other points. At Muskogee the
Arkansas river continued to rise up
to last night, but this morning began
gradually to lower. At that point
$500 consumers are still without gas.
as a result of the principal main
breaking. Three-fourths of the great
potato fields between Muskogee and
Fort Gibson are submerged.
In West Guthrie, where more than
five hundred houses were submerged,
the water drained off fast today and
conditions began to assume a normal
aspect. The bottoms, however, will
likely be under water for many days
yet
Around Shawnee, Sapu1pa, Tulsa.
Jenks and other points hundreds of
railroad laborers are at work repair
ing tracks and bridges At Stigler the
Canadian river has made a complete
change of course and railroad bridges
that formerly spanned that stream are
rendered useless.
Ardmore has had but one mail in
So hours, and in that time has been
practically without telephone or tele-
graphic communication with the out
side.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-26
VALUATION DOUBLED.
Topeka Real Estate Assessment Is
Boosted.

Topeka real estate has been increas-
ed in it's valuation just double by the
board of assessors who will complete
their work this evening.
Yes, more than twice." said c. E.
Jewell, one of the assessors. Taking
it all in all, city property has just been
appraised twice as high and then some.
The business and the residence proper
ty have been treated the same. All OF
the business property south of Fifth
street on Kansas has been more than
doubled there has not been SO much
change north of that street. In North
Topeka we have tried not to make any
material increases. Aside from this
and the few scattering cases of where
some of these old time residences, the
good ones, were assessed up to the
limit, the increases were more than
double.
"A lot of these good old time resi-
dences have been sold for less than
they could be built and we have taken
this into consideration in making our
appraisement. Then too, they were
appraised right up to the notch in the
paSt'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-26
Trinity River at Fort Worth Is
Again Rising.
THE DEAD NUMBER 10.
Thirteen Men Marooned on Top
of a Tank
Surrounded by Four. Miles of
Water Since Monday.

Fort Worth, Tex. May 26.-With
the waters of the Trinity river still
near the summit Of the banks, an
other great volume of water began
pouring from the west fork of that
stream toward this city late last night
Early today the river is rising at a
rate of inches an hour and with
such conditions as already prevail,
the outcome when the crest of this
second rush of water reaches this city
can not be foretold. That consider
able property loss and suffering will
result is considered certain.
From Sunday night until noon
yesterday the river was receding but
slowly. During the afternoon the
water was at standstill. Last night
the second rise the crest of which
should reach Fort Worth by late to-
day, began.
The number of dead here stands
at 10. Two of the bodies of those
drowned Saturday night were re-
covered yesterday. One was that of
a man named Welch, an empl6ye of
a saloon and the other was of far
mer. The railway situation shows
but little change. The Rock Island
is making but little effort to run
trains in any direction. The joint
Kansas & Texas, and Cotton Belt will
not be opened for traffic before
Thursday at least. The Missouri,
Kansas & Texas is making no effort
to run trains north and the Frisco is
stopping all southbound trains at
Carrollton and turning them back.
The Fort Worth & Denver hopes
to put a train through today, but its
success is uncertaln. Communica-
ton was attempted yesterday with
Dallas over the Houston & Texas
Central, by way of Ennis, but the
trains could not proceed further than
the last named point. Only the In
ternationaI and Great Northern and
the Houston & Texas Central had
their tracks open yesterday.
A conservative estimate places the
loss OF the railroads at a round mill
developed here in Tegarc to the city
water supply The smains are filled
with black muddy water unfit for
drinking even after being boiled and
settled. The city authorities declare
it may be a week before they can
restore the normal water supply. In
the meantime those who can afford
it, are buying water from private
artesian wells and those who can not
afford it are drinking the water that
comes from the mains.
Thrilling rescues were reported
from CuIrowton and Grapevine.
Thirteen men, women and children
were caught in the overflow of the
Denton river. Their condition be-
came so precarious that they were
forced to hold the children upon
their shoulders in order to keep them
from drowning. These people stood
in water almost to their necks for
ten hours until rescued. Thirteen
railroad employees engaged in repair
ing a bridge at Grapevine were
hemmed in by the rising waters on
Monday. They sought refuge on top
of a big water tank and at last ac-
counts were still on the tank sur
rounded by four miles of water. An
effort will be made today to rescue
them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-26
CAN'T PAY HER BILLS.
Dowager Queen of Portugal Sued by
the Trades People.

Lisbon. May 26.-The royal house
hold of Portugal is being besieged by
creditors and newspapers of Lisbon
are filed with notices of suits brought
by trades people against its members.
The courts already have awarded a
butcher $210, and costs, the amount
of an unpaid meat bill against Dow
ager Queen Marie Pia and the Duke
Of Oporto.
This situation arises from the fact
that the members of the royal house
hold have not received a single penny
from the state since King Carlos and
his son were assassinated four months
ago, because the new civil list cannot
be approved until after the financial
accounting of the reign of the late
King Carlos, is completed and this is
held UP by threatening revelations
from Senior Carvalho, who was min
lister of finance under Premier Franco.
regarding moneys which went to
members of the present government.
Alfonso Casta, the Republican lead
er, has publicly proclaimed his readi-
ness, II the government sincerely de-
sires it, to go to the bottom of the reg
icide plea and furnish the names OF
the monarchist politicians impncatea
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-26
OUT OF A CALM SEA.
Arose a Wall of Water Thirty Feet
High.

New York, May ga single great
wave directly in front Of her bow al
most wrecked the Norwegian tramp
steamer Joseph K Cuno, on a cruise
from Port Antonio, Jamaica, which
she has just finished.
1--WE were in a perfectly calm sea" 4"
said Captain Aamdt, in quarantine,
"on a sunshiny day when suddenly a
wall of water 80 feet high reared in
front of our bow and pitched US up
and up till I though we would never
stop. We almost turned somersault.
hut this time we kept level. That was
all-except hundreds of dead fish
floating on the surface as we steamed
away"
He thinks the waves were caused by
a submarine earthquake. The ship
was not harmed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-26

Burglar Takes His Star as Well as All
His Valuables.

Chicago, May ga burglar with q
humorous turn. of mind who picked as
his victim a detective noted in his dis
trict as an expert "thief catcher is
one of Chicago's latest acquisitions.
TIE midnight prowler broke into the
policeman's room while he lay asleep
in bed, appropriated diamond cuff but
tons, stick pins, other articles of jew
elry and $50 in cash, which he found
under the detectives pillow.
The thief added insult to injury-he
left the policeman's gun, not even re-
moving the cartridges before he left,
but took his star.
Detective Sergeant P. A. Reynolds
was the victim of the midnight raid.
William Levy, alias George Davis,
negro, under arrest is said to be the
burglar.
REYNOLDS asserts he was chloro-
formed before he was robbed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-26
CITY OF STONE AGE.
Lies Buried Under Campus of Cali.
fOrnia University.

Berkely. Cal, May 26.-Buried a few
feet under the classic soil of the Uni
versity of California campus lies a citv
of the stone age, whose massive walls
respond to the instruments of the mem
bers of the Berkley Society for Phvsi-
cal Research and show their well de-
fined locations, according to inyestiea-
tion made by Prof. Joseph VeriI. nresi-
dent of the local Physical society and
other members. The Investigations to
find the lines of the buried city which
antedates by thousands of years the
time of Columbus, have been carried on
quietly, it is said, for the last few
months
None of the professors of the uni
versity has as yet thoroughly investi-
gated the finds of the society, but it is
likely that if their discoveries are
found to have a foundation excavation
work will be begun at once along scien-
tihc lines.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-26
IT is WARM ONCE MORE.
Mercury Reaches SO Degrees at 1880
Today.

Today has been scorcher and the
heat has been felt a great deal more
than it would have been if the ground
was not so water soaked. At 80 this
afternoon the mercury took a sudden
jump and registered Sc for few min
utes thought at o'clock it had drop
ped back 2 degrees. This is the high
est point that the mercury has reached
this season at this hour though at a
later hour it has reached one point
higher. There was just trace of rain
Monday afternoon at o'clock but it
was hardly noticeable excepting on the
attendance at the ball game.
The forecast indicates fair weather
over the entire state for Wednesday
with cooler conditions prevailing to the
western portion of the state. A six
teen mile an hour wind prevailed at z
O'Clock today from the south which
somewhat tempered the effects of the
heat The following are the -tempera-
lures recorded in Topeka since seven