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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-05-07
IMMENSE DAMAGE DONE.
Storm of Unusual Severity at St.
Louis and Vicinity


st. Louis, May "A thunder storm
Of unusual severity, accompanied by
high wind of almost tornado veloc-
fly, swept over this vicinity, doing
much damage to property and Indirect
ly causing loss of life.
A bridge on the Louisville and
Nashville road near Belleville, ILL.,,
was washed out and wrecked a freight
train. Engineer Ward, Fireman
Chasm and trainman were caught
under the engine and drowned. The
train was piled up in mass in
Schoenlaub creek, which was swollen
into a torrent. .
The village of Edgemont, ILL.,, was
flooded and many persons were forced
to take refuge on improvised RATS.
The whole area of lowlands, known as
the American bottoms, east of East
st. Louis, ILL.,, and comprising thirty
five square mile. of territory, is under
water. The first floors of houses in
the American bottoms are flooded and
farmers are utilizing RATS and boats
in rescue work. 1t is believed the loss
of live stock will aggregate a large
amount.
French Village, town of 1000 in
habitants, one of the oldest settle
ments in Illinois, was struck by a
miniature tornado and many houses
were unroofed. The panic stricken
inhabitants fed into the storm to es-
cape injury by collapsing houses. Tel
ephone and telegraph wires are down
and there is no communication with
French Village.
Traffic is impeded on electric lines
running to various points east and
north of East st. Louis, ILL.,, because
of high water.
In st. Louis the wind blew down
trees, sign boards, broke in many
store show windows and crippled tele-
phone and telegraph wires to large
extent
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Collins Jury Completed.

Chicago, May 1.-THE jury which is
to try ex-Chief of Police Collins and
former Police Attorney Frank D. Com
erford for alleged conspiracy to de-
fraud the city of Chicago of the serv-
ice of its paid employees by using po-
licemen for political purposes in the
last municipal election has been com
pleted and the taking of evidence be-
GIN
Admiral Evans Again at Sea.
Delmonte, Cal, May 1.-The spe-
c1al train bringing Rear Admiral Ev-
ans from the Paso Robes hot springs
arrived at the Monterey depot at $3.50
a. m. After brief delay the rear ad-
miral was taken on board the flagship
Connecticut, which Immediately sailed
to rejoin the feet.
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REPUBLICANS HOLD CAUCUS
But Adjourn Without Achieving Any
Definite Result.

Washington, May THE Repub-
lican members of the house Of repre-
sentatives were in caucus for three
hours in an effort to agree upon a
plan for currency legislation, but ad-
journed without achieving any def
mite result. The meeting was early
resolved into conference and pre-
ceeded with the understanding that
the result, whatever it might be,
should not be binding upon members
There was large attendance. but no
very marked enthusiasm except of
personal character when Speaker Car
non took the floor. 1t was eviden
from the beginning that there were
SO many members who would desire
to be heard that it would be impossi-
BILE to reach conclusion at one sit
ting, and it was unanimously agreed
to adjourn for twenty-four hours. The
discussion was based on the following
resolution, which was introduced by
representative Bennett Of New York:
Resolved, That the conference ap-
proves the underlying principles Of
the Vreeland bill, namely, the recogni-
ton of commercial paper through
clearing house associations as safe
and logical asset for emergency cur
rency, and also approves the PROPOSE
tion for currency commission, and
be it further resolved that COM
mittee of five be appointed to perfect
the bill. such committee to reDOrt the
perfected bill at an adjourned meeting
to be held in five days."
A number of speeches for and
against the resolution were heard,
notably one by Speaker Cannon warm
ly supporting it.
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Distinguished Norwegian Visitor.

New York, May Bishop Anton G.
Bang, at one time secretary of the
late King Oscar II. of Sweden and
Norway, has arrived from Christiania
on the steamer Helligolav. The bishop
came here to unveil on May II the
statue of the Norwegian poet, Henri
Wergeland, which was presented by
Norway to the Normonne society of
Minneapolis. Bishop Bang will pay a
visit to President Roosevelt, to whom
he brings personal greetings from
King Haakon of Norway.
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WEAK FROM SUFFERING
UNABLE TO PERFORM WORK
Discouraged After Spending Money Without
Benefit-Found Help at Last.

Mr.. Earl Mccoy, living at 1906 So.
Branson Street, Marion, Ind, has
passed through an experience that is
being duplicated every day in every
town and city of any consequence in
the United States. 1t furnishes abun-
dant proof of the correctness of L. T.
Cooper's theory in regard to the de.
generacy Of the human stomach, and
shows conclusively the merit possessed
by his New Discovery medicine to re-
store the weakened system to full
strength and vigor.
Mr. Mccoy says: "For long time
l have been Sufferer from stomach
trouble. 1 was unable to retain any
food, and became so weak and run
down that was compelled to stop
work. My system was nearly a wreck.
and had tried so many remedies and
spent SO much money without deriv-
Ing any benefit. that I became dis
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Says Government Was Cheated.

Washington, May Yin a speech
in the house Representative Hitchcock
Of Nebraska charged that the govern
ment had been cheated out of no less
than S57,000,000 by the sale by the in
terror department of 100000 acres of
timber and stone lands at the mini
mum price. He contended that where
as only $2.5S an acre had been re-
ceived much more could have been OBJ
tanned if the department had not sold
the land for the lowest price fixed by
the law.
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Boy Cuts Inroars OF rive.

New York, May IA sixteen-year-
old boy known only as Carmello and
employed in barber shop in Brooklyn
cut the Threats of his employer, An
tonic Peraso, Mrs. Peraso and three
BARRIERS while they lay asleep in Pc
raso's apartments at 107 Fulton street
The wounds Of Peraso and his wife
are believed to be mortal, while those
of the three BARRIERS are serious, but
probably not fatal. The boy escaped.
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Canadian Crops Very Good.

Winnipeg, Man., May I'm speak
Ing of the crops in Western Canada
Premier Robin said that never in the
past thirty-one years has he seen the
wheat crop in such good condition.
Weather conditions are perfect and
everything points to a good year. Re-
ports from all over the country are
the same, conditions being fine for
both grain and cattle in Alberta.
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couraged and gave up hope of ever
being well again.
= heard a great deal of Mr.. Coop
ers theory and medicine, and after
much hesitation decided to try it. The
result was pleasant surprise. Before
l mad taken half of the first bottle
was able to retain all food eaten. and
my strength began to return. I have
taken six or seven bottles, and am
feeling fine. I eat and sleep well. do
not cough at night, and am able to
perform hard days work. can
cheerfully recommend Cooper's New
Discovery, for it has done wonders
for me-"
4 The Cooper remedies are meeting
with remarkable success wherever
they are introduced. They are with
out rival in toning up weakened
and rundown system. We sell them.
e. N. French & Co.
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Assert Company Is lnsoIvent.

Milwaukee, May 7.-Three of the
creditors of the Koch & Loeber COM
pany, paper dealers, with claims ag-
gregating about $4,000, have filed an
involuntary petition in bankruptcy
against that company in federal court.
1t is said the total liabilities of the
company will aggregate 100000,
while the assets are estimated at
about $150,OO0.
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would pass both houses and become a
law without serious opposition.
Italian Factions Clash.

Marquette, Mich, May AS the
result of vendetta warfare at Prince
ton, near here, Andrea Collio Is dead
and three other men are wounded.
Italians from hostile provinces clashed
and two men named Berrando and
Dozi are accused of shooting Gollio.
They are in jail here.
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ELEVEN OF THE CREW LOST
Steamer Off Oregon Coast Hit by
Huge Wave.

Newport, Ore, May During a
storm on the coast the steamer Mime
e. Kellon shifted and sprung a
bad leak. A few hours later a
huge wave struck the vessel and
washed her deck and cabin, leaving
the vessel waterlogged and unmanage-
able. Eleven of the crew were
drowned, some while trying to launch
boat.
Four men on raft tried to get
ashore, but only one succeeded and he
sustained a broken leg. The lifesav-
ing crew of this place took nine men
off the vessel and landed them on the
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Forty-four Governors Will Attend.

Washington, May FORTY four
governors of states and territories will
participate in the White House con-
ference on natural resources, which
will be held here next week. All of
these have definitely promised to at
tend, including Governor w. F.. Frear,
who is making 4,O0O-mile trip from
Hawaii especially for the conference.
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HOT FIGHT ON HARMON
Bitter Opposition to His Candidacy
for Governor Of Ohio.
TOM JOHNSON IN CONTEST
Former Attorney General Alleged to
Be Supported by the Liquor Inter-
ests and His Connection With Labor
Injunctions Is Revived.

Columbus, O., May A sensation
was created preliminary to the meet
ing of the Democratic state conven-
ton by the rumor that Mayor Johnson
of Cleveland has prepared an address
to the people of Ohio which he will
give out shortly, saying that the can
didacy Of former Judge Judson Har-
mon for governor is trap set by
enemies of William J. Bryan to catch
Bryan's friends. Johnson admitted
that he had prepared an address and
said it was practically as stated. In
addition he says that the Harmon
movement "is foolish attempt on
the part of the liquor interests of Ohio
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King Manuel Takes the Oath.

Lisbon, May liking Manuel of
Portugal has sworn allegiance to the
constitution. Lisbon was decorated
and befiagged in honor of the cere-
mony. Guns were fired at minute in
tervals, beginning at daylight, from
the inland forts and the port fortifica-
lions. The populace was summoned
to the churches by the ringing of the
bells and listened to the singing of TIE
Deums
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POSTAL SAVINGS BANKS.
President Expresses Earnest Desire
for Legislation.

Washington, May g. President
Roosevelt expressed to Senator Carter
Of the senate committee on postofices
and postroads his earnest desire TO
see a postal savings bank bill become
q law at this session. Senator Carter
told the president he thought the bill,
which had been favorably reported to
the senate, would be taken up by that
body at an early date and that it
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DELEGATION UNRESTRICTED
That of New Jersey Not Pledged to
Any Republican Candidate.

Trenton, N. j., May THE Re-
publican state convention to select
delegates to attend the national con-
vention at Chicago named delegation
that is uninstructed. The convention
also voted down resolutions endorsing
the candidacy of Secretary of War
Taft for president and favoring the re-
nomination of President Roosevelt.
A resolution fayoring former Gov
ernor Franklin Murphy for vice presi-
dent was adopted without opposition.
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YARD FULL OF BODIES
Sensation Follows Recent Quad
ripple Murder in Indiana.
SOUTH DAKOTA MAN A VICTIM
One of the Corpses Found Buried at
Laporte Identified as John Heldgren
of Aberdeen-Four Others Also Dug
Up by Officials. .'-

Laporte, Ind. May Sheriff But
Ter, under direction of John Heldgren
of Aberdeen, S. D., began digging in
the ground near the wrecked home of
Mrs. Belle Guinness, who with three
children was burned to death week
ago. At the depth of four feet the
body of Andrew Heldgren, brother of
John Heldgren, who came here Jan. 2
to visit Mrs. Guinness, was found. In
another place the body of woman
was dug up, which is thought to be
that of Jennie Olson Guinness, a six
teen-year-old girl whom Mrs. Guinness
had reared and who disappeared in
September, 1906, when it was said she
had gone to Los Angeles, CAL, to at
tend school.
It appeared that Andrew Heldgren
became acquainted with Mrs. Guinness
through matrimonial agency. At
that time Heldgren spent almost a
month visiting Mrs. Guinness and 9th
ers in this city. He was supposed to
have started on a trip to Norway and
Sweden. He has never been heard of
since.
At that time Mrs. Guinness was try
ing to make loan from local bank.
When Heldgren learned of this he
offered to lend her the money. Early
in January she borrowed $1,000 from
him. Just before that Heldgren had
drawn $4,000 from Aberdeen through
local bank.
When news of the burning of the
Guinness home was received by John
Heldgren he started for this city to
investigate the disappearance of his
brother. Heldgren's body was found
to be dismembered and the arms, legs,
trunk and head put in different sacks
and buried.
Hired Man Under Arrest.
Sheriff Butler and Prosecutor Smith
say they are confident that Ray Lam
phere, now under arrest here charged
with the murder of Mrs. Guinness and
her children, knows of the Heldgren
murder. I.amphere is a carpenter and
the way in which the Heldgren body
was dismembered indicates that some
one familiar with the use of a saw did
the work.
Lamphere worked for Mrs. Guinness
at the time of the disappearance of
Heldgren and it is stated appeared
one day in local barber shop
wearing a hat belonging to Heldgren
and carrying Heldgrens gun. Asked
why he was carrying a gun he said,
it is reported, he did not know what
! moment he might need it. It was cur
rent gossip at the time that Lamphere
| was jealous of Mrs. Guinness and Held
gren.
Later it was announced that three
additional bodies had been dug up in
the Guinness yard. They were bodies
of two males and female. The
searchers are still digging with the
expectation of finding others.
The body of Miss Olson was found
buried two feet under that of Held
gren and covered with mattress, on
top of which it is reported the bodies
of the other three unknown persons
were found. 70
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Hetty Green in Marble Halls.

New York, May 6.-Mrs. Hetty
Green, "the richest woman in the
world" has moved from the fiat in
Washington street, Hoboken, for
which she has paid SIS month for
several years, and now lives at the
Plaza hotel, where her rent is thirty
times as much as it was in Hoboken.
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Duluth Wheat and Flax.

Duluth, May 6.-Wheat-To arrive
and on track-No. hard, $1.1O5a; No.
! Northern, $1.085s; No. 3 Northern,
sl04%; May, s1.o65s; July, s1.061a;
Sept, 90Ac. Flax-To arrive and on
track, $1.20; May, $1.19h; July, ST.
21h; Sept, $1.22h; Oct, $1.213s.
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shore about fifteen miles north OF here.
The Minnie =. Kellon was bound from
Aberdeen to San Francisco loaded
with lumber in command of Captain
James McKenna. The vessel was
picked UP by the steamer Washington
and towed to Astoria.
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MARKET QUOTATIONS.
Minneapolis Wheat.

Minneapolis, May 6.-Wheat-May,
$1.osA; July, $1o7A @1.07ss; Sept,
SING. On track--No. 1 hard, $1.111s;
No. 1 Northern, $1.091s; No. 2 North
ern, $1.077s; No. Northern, 99hc@
$1o41k.
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St. Paul Union Stock Yards.

st. Paul, May 6.-Cattle-Good to
choice steers, $6o0@6.75; fair to good,
$5.00@5.75; good to choice cows and
sheifers. $500; veals, $3.75@5.25. Hogs
-$5.3O@5.50. Sheep-W ethers, 1925;
good to choice lambs, $6.25@6.5O.
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WAGE DISPUTE UNSETTLED
Indiana Miners May Decide to Go on
.sz-ssT. Strike.

Terre Haute, Ind, May The dele
gate convention Of Indiana coal miners
met to hear the report of the joint
scale committee appointed March 80
and which has been meeting almost
daily since. No agreement has been
reached. The points of difference
with the operators were discussed be-
hind closed doors. Members of the
scale committee desire authority to
make concessions or to declare a
strike. The operators say the ques-
ton is up to the miners.
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Abe Ameer of Afghanistan seems
to take really American delight in
twisting the British lions tail.
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iraI Evans Again at Sea.
Warner Resumes long Speech.

Washington, May Senator War.
ner Of Missouri resumed his speech on
the Brownsville ARRAY which, owing
to Ill health, he had been unable to
conclude. This was the fourth install.
ment of his remarks on this subject
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Chicago Union Stock Yards,

Chicago, May Cattle Beeves,
$4.75@725; Texans, $4.6O@6.5O; West
ern cattle, $4.70@6O0; stookers and
feeders, $3.70@5.SO; cows and heifers,
$3.50 G6.60; calves, $4.75@625. Hogs
Light, $5.30@5.671z; heavy, $1,000
$40; rough, $5.30@5.45; mixed, $5.35
'@5.75i pigs, $4.40@52O; good to
choice heavy, $5.45@b70. Sheep, $4.25
@o.1o; yearlings, $6.25@6.so; lambs,
s575@a60,
Chicago Grain and Provisions.
Chicago, May 5.-Wheat-May, 81
o2A; July, 9o@9oAc; Sept, S6Mc.
Corn-May, 70Ac; July, $3.50; Sept,
62hc; Dec, 54Ao. Oats-May, old,
64Ac; May, 53c; July, old, 1880;
July, 45c; Sept, 367s @37c Pork
May, $13.271a; July, $3.50; Sept,
S13.77h. Butter-Creameries, 1870
25c; dairies, 18@24c Eggs-14%c.
Poultry-Turkeys, 14c; chickens, Tic;
broilers, per dozen, $3.50@5.50.
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In spite of the attacks of his
enemies Senator Bailey has had
rather smooth sailing in Texas.
Perhaps the oil helped little.
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OBSERVATIONS.
by Doc."]

Congress is still marking the con-
gressmen for action on election day.
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According to woman physician
the soul of the dead travel due east
when they leave their earthly dwell
ings. Starting for Paris, evidently.
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A Chicago minister suggests the
theory that moving day was origin
ated by the devil. Rather an ex-
IRENE measure for finding work for
idle hands.
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A California woman has awakened
after eighty-seven days of sound
sleep. Not until she sees her
friends spring hats will she realize
how much she has missed by her
nap.
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Pencils.

In this line we carry the Fa-
bers, Kohinoors, Dizons, in
black, colored or copying. We
have the artists extra soft PEN
ellis as well as the accountants
hard pencils.
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Type Writer Supplies
9 We carry line of Ribbons
! for all Standard Machines,
either copying or record; Type
Writer Oil, Carbon Paper, Box
Type Writer Paper from 8Oc per
box of 500 sheets up to $500.
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on local bank for ten per cent
of amount bid must accompany the
bids, On this motion the following
voted aye: McCuaig, Smart, Miller
E. ]. Gould, Rhea and w. A. Gould.
Absent-Johnson, Brinkman and
Washburn.
The matter of $50 which the
Minnesota Loan & Trust company
claims is due them was referred to
the city attorney, who is to report
at the next meeting.
A motion was then passed in.
structing the street commissioner
to place the four points of the city
pump into the new wells and connect
them with the small pump in order
to keep the tank full in the case of
fires.
The council then adjourned.
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CHOLERA CONTINUES
TO SPREAD RAPIDLY
Russians Unable to Check the
Present Epidemic.

st. Petersburg, Sept. 22.-The chol-
era continues to increase rapidly day
by day in ST. Petersburg The efforts
of the authorities in stopping the sale
of liquor between Saturday and Mon
day and the other preventive measures
taken have had but little, if any, eff
ect in checking the spread of the epi-
demic.
In the past twenty-four hours the
municipal hospitals reported $50 cases
and 155 deaths and the addition of the
statistics from the military and su-
burban hospitals for this same period
of time swell this total to truly formid-
able proportions. There are thirty
four cases of policemen alone in the
Seminoffsky military hospitals.
Dispatches received here from three
provinces report 4SS new cases and
POI deaths III twenty-four hours, Ros-
tov-on-theDon furnishing 1872 cases
and 80 deaths.
The police of St. Petersburg sum-
marily closed several restaurants that
had violated the order against the sale
of spirits and seized stocks of some
unlicensed dealers.
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Might Live in the Past"

The Pioneer of Tuesday says:
1T has been stated by many that
T. ]. Miller and family were to give
up Bemidji and live in the future ir
St. Paul."
Certainly, they will live in the
future. At least that is the wish oil
their many friends. But after ALL,
who knows what the future may
hold for us. "-Bemidji Sentinel.
The above is one of the Jokes"
which the new Sentinel man is
springing.
Relative to the above bit of sar.
casm, we will bet a big, round red
apple that they will not live in the
past" as have a couple of Daily
Sentinels, which publications are
laid away in the Pioneers private
burial ground. And it might be
that this same fate is what the
future may hold for US meaning
the present Sentinel.
How do you like this cheap John"
editorial department, anyway, Brown?
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STOCKS AGAIN DECLINE.
Political Situation Not ReIished by
Wall Street

Wall Street,
New York, Sept. 22.-The stock mar
ket started in unsettled as a conse-
Quence of the weakness last week.
Selling orders from outside sources
caused declines on the first transac-
tions of 1 to 214 points in the market
leaders. The rally which followed
caused a bclief that important banking
and financial interests are determined
to protect prices against further in.
roads. The recovery only invited re-.
rewed selling and acute weakness fol-
lowed in the course of the first hour,
most of the stocks falling III to 2h
points. The turn taken by the polit-
1cal canvass towards increased prom
inence of the anti-corporation issue
was not rel1shed by the element active
In stock speculation.
The stock market became demoral-
lied late in the day, when prices took
downward plunge again and closed
In disorder at losses from 3 to AZ
points in the Hartman and Hill
stocks, st. Paul and Reading. The
final break came after a midday pc
riod OF quiet, during which supporting
measures had restored prices practi-
cally to last weeks level.