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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-06-09
SIX ARE GIVEN
JAIL SENTENCES
Judgment Passed in Cincin=
natl Bucketshop Case.
USED MAILS TO DEFRAUD

Court Declares Government Absolute
Iy Proved That the Defendants Con
spired to Misappropriate Funds
Placed in Their Hands by Custom
ers-Are Said to Have Divided One
Million of PubIic's Money.
Cincinnati, June 9.-Lewis w. Eos
ter, John c. German, Walter Camp
bell, A. c. Baldwin, Edwin He'll and
J. M. Scott were each sentenced tC
six months in jail and a fine of $780,
They We're convicted of using the
United States mails to further
schemes to defraud in conducting q
bucketshop.
Judge Thompson overruled motion
for a new trial. Attorney Outcalt
moved for stay of execution in or
der to appeal the case to the United
States circuit court of appeals. Mean
time each of the defendants will be
at liberty under $4,000 bond.
The defendants operated the buck
etshop known as the Odell Brokerage
company. William J. Odell came to
Cincinnati from Savannah, Ca, with
$4,000 cash and opened bucketshop.
He soon had branches in all the prin'
cipal cities and towns in the West
III 1,11Uir
largest of the kind in the country,
When Odell died few years ago he
left an estate valued, it is said, at
100000.
All the six defendants were clerks
and telegraph operators for Odell
They continued the business.
Judge Thompson, in passing sen
tence, said the government had abso'
lutely proved that the defendants had
not only appropriated the 100000
cash assets OF the Odell company, but
had deliberately conspired, under the
guise of a bucketshop, to misappro.
pirate the money placed in the com.
panys hands by customers. The de-
PENDANTS reorganized the Odell Broker.
age company with a capital of $780,
900, of which only $4,000 was paid in
and the institution was always in
solvent in their hands. Yet the pub,
lie furnished the defendants with
more than $1,0O0,OOO, it is said, to
divide among themselves. The prose.
cution, it is said, was actively assist
ed by the Chicago board of trade.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-06-09
Courtship In ireland.

An Irish boy marries when he has a
rid house and an Irish girl just when
she pleases. Sometimes she so pleases
while yet her years are few; at other
times she is content to wait upon wis.
dom. In the latter case, Of course, she
makes wise choice, but In the for.
mer almost always lucky one, for
luck Is the guardian angel of the Irish.
you're too young to marry yet,
Mary" the mother said when Mary
pleaded that she should grant Lau.
renee O'Mahony a particular boon.
IF you only have patience, mother,
ri cure meself Of that fault was
Mary's reply.
Sand she's never been used to work.
laurence" the mother said to the
sutton discouragingly.
If you only have patience, ma'am,"
was Laurence's reply to this, ''I'll cure
her of that fault" And he did too
Seumas MacManus in Lippincotts.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-06-09
The Ungrateful Cuckoo.

To hear the cuckoo's CHEEKY note you
might think he had the clearest con-
science in the world. He can have nei-
Their memory nor moral sense or he
would not carry it off so gayly. We
say nothing of the "raptores," who are
a race apart, but the most disreputable
Of birds, as rule, are guilty Of moth
Ing worse than peccadillos. The jack
daw will steal for the mere fun of the
Of plate or jeWelry, and sometimes I'M
der temptation may make a snatch at
q pheasant chick. Sparrows are, of
course, notorious thieves, but they rank
40 higher In crime than the sneaking
piclzpockets. But the cuckoo, so to
speak, is murderer from his cradle.
He violates the sanctity Of hospitable
hearth. His first victims are his own
foster brothers, and before he tries his
wings on the first flight he is imbrued
In fraternal blood, like any Amurath
or BaZajet-London Saturday Review.
Emersons memory.
Emerson was q notable sufferer from
the vagaries Of memory. His biogra-
pher relates that he met him one day
in Boston apparently at a loss for
something and asked him where he
was going. "To dine," said Emerson,
with a very old and dear friend.
know where she lives, but hope she
won't ask me her name" And then he
proceeded to describe her as "the
mother Of the wife Of the young man
the tall man-who speaks so well,''
and so on, until his interlocutor guess
ed to whom he was referring. Even
the names Of common objects often
failed him completely. On one occa-
sion when he wanted an umbrella he
said: *1 can't tell it's name, but I can
tell it's history. Strangers take 1t
away" This failing Of Emerson led to
a pathetic scene when he attended
Longfellow's funeral and remarked as
he gazed at the coffin, Gle was a
sweet and beautiful soul, but have
entirely forgotten his name"
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-06-09
Vicissitudes of a Picture.

The vicissitudes Of Leonardo da
Vincis picture, "Last Supper" re-
minds a correspondent Of the strange
experiences of Holbein's "Field Of the
Cloth of Gold" which may be seen
any day at Hampton Court palace.
After the downfall of Charles l., Crom-
we'll in order to raise funds proposed
the sale of certain pictures, this among
the number. The bargain was already
made, but when the would be pur-
chaser came to inspect Holbein's mas
terpiece he discovered that the head
Of Henry VIII. had been cut from the
canvas. He naturally withdrew his
offer, and the picture was preserved
to the nation. On the restoration
nobleman confessed to having CON-
mitted the theft for love of art and his
country, and he returned the missing
head, which now occupies it's original
position in the canvas. The circle
made by the knife is still plainly visi.
ble.-London Chronicle.
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Cold Storage Rats.

The attendant came out Of the cold
storage room with an aWed look.
rats are wonderful" he said. 1--WE
thought modern plumbing would abol-
ish them, but they live in the clean
light and dryness Of the best modern
plumbing more comfortably than they
did in the damp and filth and darkness
of the past. We thought the modern
ship would abolish them, but the Luz
sitania has as many rats as had the
Columbus caravels. And here
He made an awed gesture.
"And here I find rats in our cold
storage rooms at temperatures that
freeze the breath and cause it to fall
in the form Of snow. To and fro they
prowl. Their coats are thick and warm
like fur, and, with frost on their
whiskers, they feed heartily on meat
and game frozen to rocklike hardness. 2
Exchange.
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John Hanyo was business caller
at Warroad Wednesday.
Church services were held at
Calvert Canfeld's home last Sunday.
J. C. Prosser of Roosevelt visited
his daughter of this place Sunday.
Several of our people went down
to Pitt to attend church Sunday.
The Ladies' Aid met at the home
Of Mrs. Ferguson Wednesday.
Officers were elected.
F. M. Sweigart returned on
Saturday from Crookston, where he
acted as witness to the proof of
Mrs. Thompson.
Pat Ganyo went to Warroad
Wednesday to make final proof on
his claim. F. M. Sweigard and
Calvert Garfield went as his wit.
nesses.
We are informed that C. l..
Dickinson is about to take charge
of the postoffice and also put in a
stock of goods at Graceton. We
hope so, as it will be much more
convenient to be able to purchase
our goods at home than elsewhere.
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Casualties Expected.

During one Of Speaker Cannon's BIT
ter political fights in his district in I'LL.
nois the opposition resorted to desper-
ate tactics. Among other things friends
Of Uncle Joe were summarily dismiss
ed from positions they held in the pub
lie service. Some Of his friends be-
came alarmed at this, and one of them
called on the speaker at his residence
and said, somewhat excitedly:
"Joe, Smith and Jones have just lost
their positions in the postoHce. What
are we going to do about it?"
Uncle Joe took another puff at his
cigar and then answered, with a benev-
olent smile: Nothing. If you 60 into
battle, you have got to expect to have
some dead and wounded"
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-06-09
WhY Not Be an Euotist?

There is much mistaken sentiment as
to the sin Of egotism. The fact is ego
tism is not sin. On the other hand,
it Is somewhat Of virtue and an in
dispensable element in all real prog
ress. Some phases Of egotism are un-
pleasant to the beholder and unfor-
tunate for the possessor, but if all of
self love, or, rather, the love Of other
peoples admiration and good will, were
to be extinguished there would be little
to hold society together and less to
give impetus to the great enterprises
which spring from Individual thought
and eliminate in personal proft.-Les-
lies Weekly.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-06-09
The Retort Courteous.

A lady passing through the negro
quarter In Mobile, Ala, heard an old
woman chanting dirgelike tune.
"Auntie," she observed, "that is a
mournful song you are singing"
''Yassum," was the response, IT
knows it's mo'nful, but by singin' dat
song an 'tendin' to my own business
I spects to git to heaben."
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-06-09
QUARTER OF A MILLION LOSS
Over Hundred Buildings Burned at
Pressure Isle, Me.

Over Hundred Buildings Burned at
Pressure Isle, Me.
PresQue Isle, Me-, June 9.-The fire
which ravaged this town destroyed
125 buildings, with an estimated loss
Of $25O,O00. No person was injured
seriously.
The conflagration is the worst of it's
kind in Maine since 1903, when the
town of Houlton, also in this county,
lost about as many buildings. Aside
from ten potato storehouses, the Con-
gregational church, Masonic hall and
the Canadian Pacific railway freight
station the fire here was among resi-
dences.
Many tons of potatoes were burned.
The ruined area covers about half a
square mile and includes North Main
street, Allen street, Third street,
Blake street and South street to Main
street. Between 500 and 1000 people
are homeless.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-06-09
BLACK HANDLERS ON TRIAL
Nineteen Italians in Court at Fair
mont, w. Va.

Fairmont, w. Va, June e.-With
counsel table piled with knives, re-
volvers and other paraphernalia of an
alleged Black Hand society nineteen
Italians, arrested two months ago in
raid, were placed on trial before
Judge Mason in the circuit court.
Orazio Parabelli, nineteen years old,
whose initiation into the society
caused the arrests. is the principal
witness for the state. The boy claims
he was forced to join the organization
under penalty Of death and compelled
to pay SIS.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-06-09
Ed Callahan Still Alive.

Lexington, KY, June ed Cal
Iahan, the feud leader, who was shot
during an attempt to assassinate his
family. is still alive, but he is par
alyzed from the waist down and like
iy to die at any time. Members of the
Callahan clan are said to be gather.
ing at his house and a reopening O.
feud troubles is expected.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-06-09
Turks to Occupy Urumiah.

st. Petersburg, June 9-The CORE
spondent at -Constantinople of the
Novoe Vremya says in dispatch that
the commander of the Fourth Turkish
army corps has been instructed to
occupy Urumiah, in Persian Armenia,
and he has sent out advance detach-
pents on the road to Tabriz.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-06-09
More Wheat to Come.

A Chinese doctor, as punishment
for causing his patients death, had to
pay ten loads of wheat. While carry
ing the grain he was met by a man
who asked him to come and treat
sick member Of his family. "All right"
said the doctor, II will be there short.
~, but in the meantime you may be
getting your barn cleaned o,it."- Scrap
Book.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-06-09
BREAKS ENDURANCE RECORD
Balloon University City Remains In
Air Long Period.

Indianapolis, June 9.-The balloon
University City, John Berry of st.
Louis pilot and Paul Mccullough
aide, which landed at Lookout Noun:
tain, Ala, broke the endurance record,
previously held at forty-four hours,
and no doubt has won the national
distance race of the Aero Club Of
AAmerica, which started from Indian
apolis late Saturday afternoon.
THE exact time made by the Uni
versity City Is not yet known. The
distance from Indianapolis to the
landing point is nearly S75 miles, The
distance record is 852 miles, made in
1907 by the German balloon Pommern,
starting at St. Louis and landing at
Asbury Park, N. j., winning the James
Gordon Bennett cup.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-06-09
Fire Threatens Lumber Plant,

McCloud, CAL, June "a fierce for
est fire is sweeping toward the big
plant of the McCloud River Lumber
company and crew of fifty men has
been sent out on lumber train with
tanks of water to attempt to check
the flames. The fire is within half a
mile Of powder magazine belonging
to the company and containing car.
load of explosives.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-06-09
Assassinated From Ambush.

Pittsburg, June 9.-While returning
home from a picnic at Oakland Park,
near Uniontown, Pa, in company with
Mrs. Fannie Rodgers, Charles Fro
man was assassinated. Five shots
were fired at Froman from ambush,
tour of them taking effect. Mrs.
Rodgers was arrested charged with
being an accessory to the murder.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-06-09
Earthquake Shock Registered.

Washington, June 9.-An earth.
quake, officially estimated as 1000
vicinity of Northern Chile or the
Aleutian islands, was recorded at the
weather bureau. The shock was we'll
defined and Of moderate intensity.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-06-09
Order Shows Remarkable Growth.

Detroit, June 9.-Reports read by
Sovereign Clerk John T. Yates at the
opening of the biennial convention of
World, showed a remarkable growth
of the order during the year 1908.
The sovereign camp is the lawmaking
body of the order and will b. in ses-
sion here for ten days.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-06-09
IN BAD SHAPE PHYSICALLY
Jack London Outlines Gloomy Sketch
Of His Condition.

Honolulu, June 9.-In the letter to
DIR. E. s. Goodhue, Jack London, nov.
elist, outlines a gloomy sketch of his
physical condition. He specifies five
different diseases from which he has
suffered and tells of being relieved OF
two of them by operations in Sydney,
but says he still has malarial fever,
while nervous affliction has wrecked
his strength and prevents him from
doing any work. Q
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-06-09
The Real Version.

Napoleon sat inadvertently upon a
smoking cannon and scorched the seat
Of his white trousers.
II cannot turn back now" he NUT
tered to an aid as he hastily dismount-
ed. II have burned my britches be-
hind mel" -
This historic expression has been
grossly corrupted by later WRITER'S
Pathfinder.
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SAID TO BE SHORT $4,000

New Haven Bank Employe Placed
Under Arrest.
New Haven, Conn.,, June 9.-Fred-
erick H. Brigham, head bookkeepeg
Of the Merchants National bank
this city, was arrested charged with
embezzlement. 1t is said the short
age will reach $4,000. Brigham is
about forty-seven years old and mar
r1ed. He had been in the employ of
the bank eighteen years.
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A Precaution.

"Young man. said her father, II
don't want you to be too attentive to
my daughter"
"Why-er stammered the
timid young man, ri had hoped to
marry her some"-
Exactly, and I'd like to have you
marry her, but if you're too attentive
to her you won't have money enough
to do it. Liverpool Mercury.
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Nothing.

Mature plans we'll for mankin&
needs"
II should say so. What coulA Il
more convenient than ears to f1ok
spectacles over Washington H6eald
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MRS. ANNls TO BE MARRIED
Widow Of Captain Hams Victim to
Quit the Stage.

Quit the Stage.
New York, June 9.-Mrs. William
e. Annis, who is appearing in a mu.
steal speciality at New York theater
because she was called on to support
herself and her two little children
since the Staying of her husband by
Captain Peter c. Hams, Jr., announces
that she is to be married to pros
porous real estate broker.
II have only been on the stage a
week." she said after she had re.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-06-09
MISCELLANEOUS

PUBLIC LIBRARY-Open Tues
days, Thursdays and Saturdays
2:3O to f p. m, and Saturday
evening 7:30 to 9 p. m. also.
Library in basement of Court
House. Mrs. Donald, librarian.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-06-09

WANTED-Good girl for general
housework. Inquire at Hotel
Blocker.
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FOR SALE-Two lots, new cottage,
nice location offer wanted. H. A.
Bliler. 1917 Bixby Ave.
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FOR SALE-Seven-room house at
I'LL Lake Boulevard. Inquire of
Henry Stechman, 719 Bemidji
avenue.
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FOR SALE-One 6-horse Grew
gasoline engine, for sale cheap.
Floyd Brown.
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FOR RENT.

FOR RENTING barn known as
the S. P. Hayth barn at the rear
of the postofice. Inquire at 4O6
Minnesota Avenue.
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WATNED-Good lady cook for
hotel work. Inquire at this
office.
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FOR SALE,

FOR SALE-Rubber stamps. The
Pioneer will procure any kind Of a
rubber stamp for you an short
notice.
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FOR SALE-Cheap, saddle pony, by
Bisiar & Murphy, III 3rd street.
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WANTED - Dishwasher at Chal~
lenge hotel.
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sponded to several curtain calls, land
1t is all very nice and the audiences
are very kind to me, but 1 want my
own home, where I can have my
children and be with them. The hope
for return of the happiness which
was mine before Mr.. Annis was killed
is only dream, but the man who I
am to marry sympathizes with me
thoroughly and ! know that if any.
thing is possible he will accomplish it.
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Stomach Trouble.
Your tongue is coated.
Your breath is foul.
Headaches come and go.
These symptoms show that
your stomach is the trouble. Te
remove the cause is the first thing,
and Chamberlain Stomach anc
Liver Tablets will do that. Easy
to take and most effective.
For Sale at BARKES'S DRUG STORE
DO|NGS AMONG BEMIDJrS
COUNTRY NE|GHBORS
Live Correspondents of the Pioneer
Write the News from Their
Localities.
GracetOn.
June 8.

June 8.
John Hanyo was a business caller
at Warroad Wednesday.
Weekly journal-miner., 1909-01-20
PROBATE BUSINESS.

The final accounts of Phil Pecarich, administrator of the estate of Mike Babich, deceased, were allowed, ap. proved and settled in the probate court yesterday. There being no income from the estate the expenses of admin istration were credited to the admin. istrator. A half interest in a lot in Jerome was distributed to John Ba. bicb, brother of deceased, and the nd. ministrator was discharged and the es- tate closed
 A decree was made and entered set. ting aside lot IS and the north half of lot 20 in Block F, Prescott, as n homestead to Charles l.. Parker, sur viving husband of Julia Parker. de. ceased.
 Decrees were entered establishing notice to creditors in the estate of Ju. lin Parker, deceased, James Drum. de. ceased, and George Jackson, deceased
Weekly journal-miner., 1909-01-20
TAFT ON WATER WAGON.

When William 1T. Taft rides into the White IIouse on March ith next it
 will be on the "water wagon. |" Moreover, he will try to make this the popular vehicle during the four years of his administration, though there are certain society folk here in the ma. tion's capital who doubt his ability. In banishing the hnndwork of Baccus from the presidential residence, Mir. Taft will not desire the impression to go forth that he is seeking fame as the country's foremost "white ribbon CT, nor, on the other hand, will be aim blow at the dcvotees of the cheering cup. With Mir. Taft sobriety IS n conviction, not fad. It is his firm belief that if the executive work. shop is to deserve and hold it's present reputation of being one of thes busiest in the government fold dts atmosphere and the minds of it's workers must not he clouded with the distracting fan. cies of King Alcohol.
 MT. Taft's belief in tae virtue of m uncloudcd mind in the presidential body is born of seeing the effect on others of too many trips to the flowing bowl. In the Philippine Islands. where he went ns oovarnnr ma l.t,r as secretary of war, he found that the spirit of conviviality rcigned among the army officers, sometimes to their disadvantage. That he surrounded himself with administrative aelpers who were known as consistent passen- gers of the water wagon, therefore, was evidence that he doubted the die. tary valne of alcoholic beverages for men labomng under the burning rays of the tropical sun.
Weekly journal-miner., 1909-01-20
Editorial Comment

out the United Kingdom and Ireland show that of the 60O,O27 claims re. eeiyed up to December 3l last, moro than j00,000 persons have been dealt with by the pension officers. IL is computed that for these half mi lliOn claims thirteen tons of silver were re- quircd. In London alone during the first week of January more than 30,00O pensioners received an average of $l each. In Ireland sij0,00O was paid to 10000 aged persons. the successful claimants in Dublin numbering 4,jO0, most of whom received the maximum of ] shillings, ar about sl 25 each.
 Remarkable scenes have attended the inaugural of the old age pension payments throughout England, Ireland and Wales. In London many pathetic figures presented themselves at the postofiices, aud some of the old folks were SO ovcrioyed that they brought with them presents to the sympathetic government officials. In several in. stances the Joy of the aged recipient $ was SO great that they were overcome by the excitement and have since died
Weekly journal-miner., 1909-01-20
RUN OVER BY WAGON
Dick Nelson Suffers Broken Thigh and
 Minor Injuries
,From Tuesdays Daily,

With left thigh broken and suffer. ing from minor bruises on the body and arms, Dick Nelson was brought here yesterday from Alvarado and lodged in the county hospital. Nelson fell from wagon Sunday evening at s o'clock at Alvarado, the hind whee! passing over his broken limb.
 He was employed as teamster by inc II. !. Walter Company. The wag on. the wheel of which broke his ibign, was loaded with 4,5OO pounds of freight The accident happened as he was driving towards the barn to. un. hitch for thc night.
 The bones of the broken limb were set after he reached the hospital, only first aid bandagcs being used after the accident, as there was DO surgeon in the camp.