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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-04-16
MEETING OF BOARD OF
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
Bonding for Roads and Bridges Dis
cussed.- Matter Of City Bridge
Laid Over.

The adjourned term of the board
OF county commissioners convened
yesterday and the matter of bond
ing the county for road and bridge
Improvement was discussed, it being
the intention of the board to submit
to the people the proposition to
bond the county for a sufficient
sum to do considerable road build
ing.
A number of applications for
abatement of taxes were submitted
to the board. Some were allowed,
some were rejected, and the balance
were referred to the supervisor of
assessments.
At the city election, the citizens
of Bemidji voted $1,000 bridge to
be built across the Mississippi be-
tween Lakes Bemidji and Lake
Irving, it being understood that the
city was to pay one.half this amount,
and by law the county is required
to pay the other half. This matter
was presented to the board by a
committee from the city council, and
after considerable discussion, was
laid over until next meeting.
Several applications for change
of school district boundaries were
allowed.
Thr auditor was instructed to
advertise bids for road work near
Farley, beginning at Spur los and
run along the .right-of-way of the M.
& I. north to boundary line of the
village of Tenstrike Centre. The
The settlers near Farley will appre-
ciate this road when built as it will
give them a better. road to Farley OF
Tenstrike.
The claim of George w. Parks
against the county was allowed at
the sum of S132.5O. In 1902 Mr..
Parks bid in a tract of land at a
forfeited tax sale. The three
years required for redemption were
allowed to expire, and through the
neglect of D. L. Sylverter, who was
comfy auditor at that time, no
deed was given for the land. Mr..
Parks only course was to recover
from the county by, a civil action.
He was represented by attorney, G.
! w. Scrutchin.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-04-16
States can hope for permanent

States can hope for a permanent
career of peace on only one condition
and that is on condition of building
and maintaining a first class navy;
and the step to be taken toward this
end at this time is to provide for the
building of four additio7al battleships.
I earnestly wish tkat tle congress
would pass the measuTo3 fer which
have asked for strengthen and rem
dering more efficient the army as wei.
as the navy; all of these measures as
affecting every branch and detail Of
both services are ssorely needed and il
would be the part of far sighted wis
dom to enact them all into laws, but
the most vital anHimmediate need is
that Of.the four battleships
ST cannot recommend to your notice
measures for the fulfllment of our du.
ties to the rest of the world without
again pressing upon you the necessity
of placing ourselves in condition of
complete defense and of exacting from
them the fulfillnent of their duties
toward U.s. The United States ought
not to indulge persuasion that, con
trary to the order of human events
they will forever keep at a distance
those painful appeals to arms with
which the history of every other ma
ton abounds. There is rank due tc
the United States among nations
which will be withheld, if not abso
lutely lost, by the reputation of weak
ness. If we desire to avoid insult we
must be able to repel it; if we desire
to secure peace. one of the most pow.
erful instruments of our rising pros
perity, it must be known that we are
at all times ready for war"
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-04-16
G {. CROKER RETURNS
FROM SPANISH HONDURAS
Lack of Transportation Facilities Forces
Abandonment of Operations by
Louisville Concern.

G. f. Croker of this city, the
manager for the Grand Forks Lum-
Der company, has returned from a
trip to Spanish Honduras, in the in.
terest of c. c. Mengel & Co., ma
hogany dealers of Louisville, Ky.
Mr.. Croker made several long trips
down the Blanco and Chemelecon
rivers, in Honduras, going back
up river" riding mules. He in.
vested the country throughly with
relation to the mahogany industry,
and formed the conclusion that to
continue the operations meant the
expenditure of large sums of money
that could never be realized from
the results of the work, and he rec.
ommends to the Louisville company
that the operations be abandoned.
Mr.. Croker states that the means
OF transportation in Honduras are
simply abominable, it being i'm.
possible to make any Roadway in
getting products out of the interior,
even the driving of logs being a big
task. The Louisville company
owned much mahogany timber, but
the lack of transportation facilities
makes the timber almost valueless.
During his visit Mr.. Croker
noted that the country was very
fertile, and is rich in minerals anc
timber, but the development is re-
ta1ded by inability to move the
products. A proposition is now
being considered whereby theeHer
riman interests are trying to secure
grant to build a railway across
the country.
Mr.. Croker says that the country
still feels the effects of the recen,
revolution, and the government i:
very unstable.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-04-16
Meetings Drawing to Close.

The Special meeting at the Baptist
CHURCH will in all probability close
next Sunday night. The attendance
has been splendid, and a good work
has been accomplished in the deepen
ing of the Spiritual life with the
Christians, retaining of backsliders
and the conversion of sinners.
Mrs. AIvord is not only soloist of
rare ability, but a capable and wise
personal worker. She has won her
way in the hearts of the people of
this city, who have had the privilege
of hearing her both sing and speak.
Remember just three more nights
of the special SERVICE" Don't
miss the opportunity of hearing Mrs
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-04-16
Warrants Payable.

Notice is hereby given that there
is money in the treasury to pay out
standing warrants as follows:
Warrants registered against the
revenue fund prior Nov. 4, 1908.
Warrants registered against the
poor fund prior to July 81, 1906.
Warrants registered against the
road and bridge fund prior to July
27, 1906.
Interest will cease from the date
of this notice.
Dated at Bemidji, April 10, 1908,
c.. H. FRENCH.
County Treasurer.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-04-16
John Moberq's New Residence.

Thomas Johnson has been en-.
gagged to erect a fine new resi-
dence for John Moberg, the log.
ger.
The house will be built on the
lots owned by Mr.. Moberg, at the
corner of Beltrami avenue and Tenth
street, and will be credit to that
vicinity. The residence will be OF
pressed brick, and will be modern
in every respect. The cost when
completed will be about $4,000.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-04-16
Good Farm for Sale.

One CT the best 200 acre farms
in Beltrami county. 40 acres nearly
ready for pillow; so acres under cult
walton and 40 acres good meadow.
Some saw timber and pulp wood.
Log house and barn; root cellar;
good we'll aud good spring on the
place. Good school within so rods
of the place. Will trade for city prop
erty. Will sell on easy terms.
c.. c.. Woodward,
Bemidji MINI.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-04-16
JOHNSON AT CHICAGO.
Mnnesota's Governor Delivers Two
Brief Addresses.

Chicago, April Ex-Governor John
A. Johnson of Minnesota arrived from
Louisville, where he delivered an ad-
dress. He was entertained at lunch
con by the Chicago Press club and
delivered short address. Later he
met the members of the Chicago Ad-
vertisers' association and spoke a
second time.
Governor Johnson declared emphat-
ically that he and his friends are TAX
ing no part in the fractional fight in
this state between the friends and
opponents of Roger G. Sullivan, the
national committeeman, and William
J. Bryan. He said he was not at
tempting to influence in any manner
the personnel of the delegation that
will be sent from this state to the
Denver convention.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-04-16
JEFFERs0N'S BIRTHDAY,
Prominent Democrats Celebrate It.
Anniversary in New York.

New York, April 1s.-Democrats
prominent in the state and nation to
the number of 400 gathered at the Ho
tel Knickerbocker where the 165th an
niversary of the birth of Thomas JEFF
ferson was celebrated at dinner by
the National Democratic club. III
ness prevented the attendance of two
OF the promised speakers, Senator
Robert l.. Taylor Of Tennessee and
Edward M. Shepard.
Judge Warren w. Foster of the
court of general sessions presided and
the principal speakers were United
States Senator Owen of Oklahoma
United States Senator Simmons oil
North Carolina and President Wood
row Wilson of Princeton university.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-04-16
The New Pure Food and Drug Law.

We are pleased to announce that
Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs,
colds and lung troubles is not
affected by the National Pure Food
and Drug law as it contains no
opiates or other harmful drugs,
and we recommend it as a safe
emedy for children and adults.
E. A. Barker.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-04-16
How to Avoid Appendicitis.

Most victims of appendicitis are
those who are habituaIly consti,
pated. Orino Laxative Fruit
Syrup cures chronic constipation
by stimulating the liver and bowels
and restores the natural action oil
the bowels. .Orino Laxative Fruit
Syrup does not nauseate or grippe
and is mild and pleasant to take.
Refuse substitutes. E. A. Barker
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-04-16
An Accounting Asked For.

Caracas, Venezuela, April 15.-The
Venezuelan government has entered
suit against Ambrose H. Garner, for
mer receiver of the New York and
Bermudez Asphalt company, to COM
pei him to render an accounting of his
four years administratio Of the
sequestrated property. The bond has
been fixed at 100000 and failing to
put up this surety Mr. Garner cannot
leave the country pending the trial.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-04-16
Refuses to Transport Hindus,

Winnipeg, Man., April 15.-The Ca
madam Pacific railroad has stopped
selling tickets to Hindus for transpa-
cific voyages. There are several hun
dred Hindus at Hongkong and the Ca
madam Pacific declined to allow them
passage on the company's steamers in
view of trouble to secure landing in
British Columbia
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-04-16
Rush of Workmen 10 Alaska

\ Victoria, B. c., April 1.-With ev-
cry berth occupied and with men
Sleeping on shakedoWns spread about
the saloon and elsewhere the steamer
Prlncess May left for Skagway and
Prlnce Rupert. The departure of the
steamer was reminiscent of the days
OF the klondike rush. Most of the
travellers are bound to Prince Rupert,
Wnere the contractors expect to have
o'ooo men at work by the end of May.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-04-16
Broker Pays s22,5oo to Stop Suit.

Chicago, April 15.-Charles w. Gil
lette, Chicago broker, has paid $22,-
500 to the directors of the First Ma
tional bank Of Seymour, Wis, in set
Element Of suit started against him
to recover nearly $4,000 that had
been lost in speculation by default
ing cashier.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-04-16
TAFT DELEGATES CHOSEN AT
STATE CONVENTION THIS PM.

Minneapolis convention
of
con
Senator Brewer of St. Cloud chairman
Ringing speeches favorable Taft president
smNhTa ftenthusa
The platform declares for Taft
F. Bentley Moevileo of PIN
chosenal enasa largebv
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-04-16
STATE POLICE STONED.
Strike sympathizers Attack constab
uIary at Chester, Pa.

chester, Pa, April 1. "A strike Of
conductors, motormen and other EN-
ployes OF the Chester Traction com
pany, followed by the importation OF
about $50 strike breakers and the
summon1ng of a detachment of the
state constabulary to assist the local
police in preventing violence, precipi
lated a series of clashes between
strike sympathizers and state police
Inc state police. were stoned and
mobbed and several officers and civil
lans were hurt, though none danger.
Ously.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-04-16

Alvord, and enjoying such helpful
services.
Subject tonight, Cornelius"
hour 500.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-04-16

The Pioneer has in stock the
largest and best selected line of
of Easter postal cards.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-04-16

HELP WANTED.

HELP WANTED,
WANTED FOR U. S. ARMY: Able.
bodied unmarried men, between
ages of IS and IS; citizens of
United States, of good character
and temperate habits, who can
speak, read, and write English
For information apply to Recruit
ing Officer. Miles Block, Bemidji
MINI. @
WANTED-Two girls, at Brinkman
Hotel. -..a-
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-04-16
FOR RENT.
MISCELLANEOUS,

PUBLIC LIBRARY-Open Tues
days, Thursdays and Saturdays,
2:3O to p. M, and Saturday
evening 7:3O to 9 p. m. also.
Library in basement of Court
House. Mrs. Harriet Campbell
librarian.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-04-16

WANTED: To purchase good sec
ond hand safe. Inquire at this
office.
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WANTED:- rent good six or
seven-room house in good location.
Will pay fair rent for desirable
place. Telepone 276.
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WANTED TO RENT.-5 or E
room house for small family; water
and sewer desired. Apply to
Pioneer office.
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WANTED-To rent, five or six
room house for the summer.
Apply to the Pioneer.
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WANTED: Board and room, by
single lady. Apply or address
Pioneer.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-01-23
SAYS He WAS NOT
SENT TO WATCH FLEET

st. Petersburg, January 23.-The
controversy arising out of the report
that Commander Alexis Diatchkoff, .
Russian naval officer, is in an Of
fetal capacity following the American
fleet on its trip around South Amer
lea has taken a new turn from the
publication of communication by
the Naval Ministry, in which 1t en-
tirely disavows the alleged naval at
tache, stating that Diatchkoii never
represented Russia in the United
States and never addressed requests
to the Government of the United
States on behalf of the Naval Minis
try.
The communication proceeds to say
that neither Commander Diatchkoff
nor any other Russian naval Of
ficer is cruising with Rear Admiral
Eyans's fleet.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-01-23

A SHOVEL
Giant $40, 900 Machine is
Wrecked by Mask d
Men.

Cleveland. o.. Jan. 23.-Dynamite
bombk carefully placed in the frame
work OF giant $4,000 steam show
el last night, at construction camp
,on the Belt line at the foot of Mar
celline avenue, s. e., blew the ma
Ichinery to bits. shaking houses for
miles around. Manus Mcbride, fore
man, was seriously injured.
"A half hour before tTo masked
men advanced on the night watchman
of the Mill creek bridge, 200 yards
away. and drawing revolvers, drove
him away. The watchman was run
ming away when he saw the big show
| ell go to pieces In an explosion that
shook the earth.
The Mill creek bridge as half de-
stroyed New Years eve by yandals,
who, evidently went back last night
TO finish the job The bridge is be-
ing built for the Pittsburg & Lake
Erie railroad and the shovel was used
in the work of excavation.
Great piles of sand standing near
ithe shovel We're sent up in she air
lby the upheaval and descended over
the tracks below, completely bury
ling them for over 200 feet.
Mcbride had gone back after sup
per to look over the machinery when
the explosion occurred. He was
tlnkering away in the back part of
the, machinery shovel. McBride's
escape from instant death was mir
Iaculous. He was carried away with a
broken leg and severe injuries, but Is
Expected to recover.
! AT the same time, ~. J.. Phesenvitz
watchman of the Mill creek bridge
was pacing along when two men
sprang out from the dark, carrying
packages. One dropped his bundle
and attacked the watchman, trying to
throw him off the bridge. Phesen-
vitz was holding his own until the
second man Joined the first.
| 'Gct out and don't come back
he said in low tones, holding revolv-
er close to tho watchman's ear. AS
Phesenvitz hurried away the expIo-
sion came. He caught glimpse oi
the two men running away throug'
the woods.
Phesenvitz secured posse of Ia.
borers and Lake Shore railroad de-
tectives and is securing the neighbor
mood for the dynamiters. The Soutl
Newburg police are working will
him. Ta
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-01-23

,of the Hundred Families, not be-
cause an acute social censor might
not double the number or cut that
number in two. but because govern
Iment in Chile is even more family
affair, perhaps, than in any other
country of South America, and be-
cause Santiago Is the capital After
IT'S separation from Spain and pre-
ceding the great war with Peru, there
We're four presidential dynasties, so
TO speak. of ten years each, each pres
i1ent selecting his successor and see
ing him put in office, regularly and
in good order Forty years of or
Iderly government was rather a Won
Iderful thing for South America, and
during II the rugged little country
made money and built it's navy and
got ready to win the struggle with
Peru. Since then, as the spread OF
commercialism and modern practic-
lality has tended to weaken the sway
Of the old landed aristCcracy, there
has been a more or less open opposl-
! tion between the Famiies-that is
! to say, the Senate and Chamber of
| Deputies-and the executive, which
consists of the President and his min
listers. Chilean government Is of the
extreme parliamentary pattern, and
the Families have rarely hesitated to
compel dissolution of the Presidents
cabinet whenever his and their poll
cies did not agree. In 1889, in Pres
! Iident Balmaceda. q man OF culture and
of an ambition for his country per-
Ihaps ahead of this time, they found
one who would not yield to them.
Revolution followed, many lives were
wasted. and millions of dollars worth
of property destroyed, and the Bal
Imacedists lost. Balmaceda, who was
IA proud and very sensitive man, COM
limited suicide: but there Is Balma-
cedist party in Chilean politics today.
And although Santiago is a city of a
Few Families still, in a way, one
OF the very live questions in the
iChile OF today--with its foreign pro-
moters, its labor-unions, night
schools. incipient socialism. and in
dustrial strlkes-is how long the
country will be ruled by an oligarchy
of jealous families, and when these
scattered units will be absorbed into
political parties each with It's we'll
defined policy. which, when II gets
in power. It can hope to carry out.
From "Santiago: the Metropolis
Iof the Andes" bv Arthur Ruhl, in the
February Scribner.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-01-23
NAMES
MIXED
Norwalk's Strongest Finan-
cial Institution was Made
to Fail.

Norwalk, o., Jan. 23.-By the
confusion of names in q special sent
out Of this city, It was made to APP
pear that the Norwalk National bank
was in financial distress. The name
of the Norwalk Savings bank, which
closed its doors Monday afternoon by
voluntary deed of assignment,
should have been used.
The Norwalk National bank Is one
of the Oldest and strongest financial
institutions in northern Ohio, and its
president, John Gardiner, the Oldest
active banker in the state II not the
whole United States. Mr.. Gardiner
has been continuously engaged in
the banking business for nearly sew
enty years and has weathered every
panic and financial disturbance during
that time. %
The financial depression of the
country for the past few months or
the more acute distress in this city
the past few days. with its two bank
failures, are those OF the Ohio Trust
CO., and the Norwalk Savings bank,
have caused him no worry, for his
old fashioned banking methods wiped
that care away. 1t has been a by
word on the streets OF Norwalk the
past week that "if your money is in
the Gardiner bank It is perfectly
safe"
The situation here Is much relieved
and conservative businessmen believe
the crisis has been passed.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-01-23

There Is more Catarrh in this sec.
ton of the country than all other
diseases together, and until the
last few years was supposed to
be incurable. For a great many
years doctors pronounced 1t q local
disease and prescribed local rene
dies. and by constantly failing to
cure with local treatment, pro-
nounced II incurable Science has
proven catarrh to be constitutional
disease and therefore requires
constitutional treatment Hall IS
Catarrh Cure. manufactured by
+. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio
is the only constitutional cure on
the market. IL is taken internally
in doses from 10 drops to a tea
spoonful. It acts directly on the
blood and mucous surfaces OF the
system. They offer one hundred
dollars for any case It fails to
cure. Send for circulars and testi-
monials.
Address r. ]. Cheney & Co., To-
ledo. Ohio.
Sold by Druggists 75c
Take Halls Family Pills for
constipation.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-01-23
SECRETARY MAKES CALL
ON NEW YORK BANKS

Washington. Jan. 3.--The secre-
tary CT the treasury announced that
owing f. The great Improvement in
financla! conditions throughout the
country be had begun the gradual
Withdrawal OF deposits of public
moneys, in moderate amounts from
the national banks.
The first call has been made upon
New York banks and amounts to APP
proximately $l0,000,00O. This Is in
addition TO about 10000. 900 returned
by the New York banks since Decem-
ber 26.
The secretary also announced that
a general call for a moderate amount
will be made upon banks in other
cities at an early date.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-01-23
JANUARY BURR MCINTOSH
MONTHLY.

This first Issue of the new year is
Unusually attractive. The color plates
are varied and striking in character,
Ione in particular being flashlight
view in colors of Madison Square,
New York, at night. The first of a
series of juvenile picturers by Mar
Iguerite Downing appears in this num-
ber. In the world of the stage are
portraits of such celebrities as Ger
lyille-Reache and Lantelline of Grand
Opera, Ethel Jackson, Frances Starr,
olga Nethersole, Mrs. Patrick Camp
bell and Perla Sanders. In the De-
lpartment of People of Note are shown
fine portrait of Dr. Edward Everett
Hale, David Starr Jordan, the King
and Queen of Norway and Prince VI
lof Korea. The panoramic pictures in
this number are exceedingly fine and
as usual, presented in the magnificent
photogravure speia inks. Altogether
this issue will more than please low
ers Of the beautiful in Photographic
IreDroductlons. Burr Publishing Co.
4 West 22nd ST., New York City.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-01-23
PREFERRED DEATH TO
SIEGE OF RHEUMATISM

Newcastle, Pa, Jan. 23.--Prefer-
valid and possibly crippled by rheu-
matism, Mrs. Emma Piesser, fifty,
drank carbolic acid.
She was found by her husband,
Norris Piesser. He hastily summoned
a physician, but she was dead before
the doctor arrived.
Mrs. Piesser had been i'll six months
and was rapidly growing worse. Last
week she told her son she would
rather die than be drawn and bent
by rheumatism. but this statement
was not taken seriously.