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Frank Schultz Dies This Morn ing After Sickness of Five

Months.

Prank Schultz died at an early hour this morning from cancer of the throat at his home on Mis sissippi avenue and Fourth street. He has been suffering from the disease for the last five months.

Mr. Schultz was 45 years old and had been a resident of Be midji for six years. He leaves a widow and three children He also has three brothers living, one in Morris, Minn , and two in Caladonia. A sister is living in Kansas, and his mother lives in Caladonia.

PETITION FOR DIVISION FILED

Itasca Voters to Decide Question of New County Kooch

iching

Governor Johnson's prociama tion submitting the proposition of dividing Itasca county, to the voters at the November election, was received for filing bv Auditor Spang this week.

The new territory will be named Koochiching county, and International Palls as the county seat. The first set of commis­sioners will consist of Ronald S. McDonald of International Palls, Nels L Olson of Little Pork, Fred Smith of Reedy, C. M. Bowman of Big Palls and Hugh Mcintosh of JN orthome.

CONDUCTORS TO BE LINGUISTS

G. N. "Cons." Must Learn Twenty five Words of Norwegian,

German and French.

In order that foreigners travel ing on the Great Northern may be given every attention, the pas senger conductors will be re­quired to learn twenty-five words of Prench, German and Norwe­gian.

The new order has not reached here yet but it is expected by the men in the passenger ser vice, who have been advised to that effect. Several of the men who handle trains for the com pany are not worrying much over the acquirement of the designated words, as they al­ready handle languages other than English and will have only two new ones to acquire.

Letter files and letter presses at the Pioneer office.

PICKARD Hand Painted China

in its varied and artistic colors,

designs a n d decorations, makes

wedding gifts which are highly

prized and always appropriate. The

special monogram work in gold will

be particularly pleasing to the bride.

We have afull display cf this beautiful art work and we

shall be glad to have you come in

and see it. Beautiful

booklets for distribution

See our windows

Geo. T. Baker & Company.

Located: City Drug Store

TO GOOD ADVICE

Rev Mr. White Talks to Graduat ing Class of High School

Yesterday.

Rev. S. E P. White preached the baccalaureate sermon to the graduating class of the Bemidji high school last evening in the Presbyterian church The house was filled to its utmost capacity many being turned away.

The speaker chose as his sub­ject "Educational Ideals ," and preached a sermon full of sound advice. He dwelt upon the point that a man or woman might have a good school education and yet not be well educated for the bat tie of life, Und also besought them not to forget that the most important thinsr of all is to pre pare for the life to come.

LIBRARY DISPUTE NEARS AN END

Crookston Commercial Club Set­tles Wrangle.Over Site of

Carnegie Gift.

Crookston, Minn , May 28 — After more than two years of de lay, prospects for the building of the Carnegie public library are brightening. The delay was caused by a wrangle between the city council and the library com mission over the location, the former selecting a site in the city park and the latter, backed by an in]unction secured by citizens, desiring a location which would give the s t ructure a better dis­play.

The question was brought up in the newly organized Commer­cial club this week and through its determined stand that action should be taken at once, the li brary commission held a hasty session, selected a site, and it is probable that the city council at its next meeting will concur in the selection. The library will cost $12,500.

MARKHAMBOYS WIN BALL GAME

Five Inning Contest Between Hotels—Brinkman Loses

5 to 6

The Markham hotel employees trimmed the Brinkman hotel employees in a game of baseball Saturday afternoon, the score being G to 5.

The game was fast and furious while it lasted, but only five in nings were played. There was much friendly rivalry and a large crowd witnessed the con­test.

Card of Thanks. At a meeting of the Library

Board of Directors held at the home of the president, Mrs. A. E ' Henderson, May 2G, the ladies were unanimous in a vote of thanks to E H. Winter & Co , who so generously gave them a per cent of the sales from the E. EL Winter Dep't store on May 19 Mr. Winter handed the ladies a forty dollar check which will be much appreciated by all patrons and well wishers of the Public Library of Bemidji

A R. Brooks, Sec'y-

Buys Additional Ground. The Northland Trade company

has purchased a lot from C. Car­son on Park avenue running back to the Red Lake road and giving the company trackage on both lines of railroad and also addition­al grounds for stables and other buildings.

No Paper Wednesday. Wednesday being a holiday

there will be no paper issued and notices intended for Wednesday or Thursday daily and ads for the weekly should be banded in to this office tomorrow forenoon.

- Gustaf Larson and Andria Johnson of this city were united in marriage Sunday by Judge Skinvik.

There will be some inteiestmg moving pictures of San Francisco before and after the earthquake at the city hall Tuesday evening, May 29.

DEER RIVER IS BADLY TRQUNCED

Bemidji Ball Players Do Visitors Up by Score of -* ^'*J

II to I. * I

The Bemidji ball team played another game yesterday and it was again a case of too much Be­midji—score, Bemidji 11, Deer River 1

During the past two weeks the locals have been resting, princi pally for the reason that it has been impossible to arrange a game with any outside team that could give our ball tossers any­thing like a contest.. The boys had become restless from their enforced idleness, and yesterday they gave the fans here an ex­hibition of ginger that made them glad, and they had visions of something like Bemid]i 10, Hibbing 0.

But to resume Earlier in the season, Bemidji and Deer River clashed (that is the proper term to use, as there was ill feeling) and BemidJL won the game, easily. Deer River, later, shut out Cass Lake, 10 to 0, and again a week ago, to demonstrate that the first game had been no acci­dent, trimmed Cass Lake, by a large majority. But, alas, and alack, they grew somewhat chesty and like all pride which goeth before a foil, they tackled Bemidji—with the usual result.

The weather man (who had been handing out an assortment of weather that made the oldest settler shiver, for several days previous to Sunday) decided to favor the Sabbath with some real summer atmosphere—with the result that there was a fair sized crowd out to those grounds which are only removed from being at the extreme end of the city limits by the fact that the city cemetery is an insurmount able obstacle,

Those same fans and their friends wearied of the frightful slaughter which Leigh LeGore and his aids were handing out to the visitors and indulged in the less strenuous pastime of horse races, political discussions and song.

But, in passing, Leigh LeGore should be given credit for having pitched a fine game and he was given good support The locals hit the ball, fielded in a sensa tional manner, and were encour agmg each other at all times. They stole bases with an audac lty that would make a Philadel phia alderman blush with shame; and when Berg (the new man from Duluth) deliberately walked from third base to the home plate while the two Deer River Indians (from Toman, Wis.) were Hashing signals to the sun, the fans broke forth into melody that was both loud and deep, and John Doran and George Flem-ming started for the stable for consultation.

We are, like Caesar, looking for more baseball worlds to con quor—principally Hibbing.

I t is understood that the Walk­er team will play here next Sun day. I t will be the entire Walk er team—and there will be a real game on.

Detroit and Return $12, Buffalo.

N. Y., and Return $14 00 The Duluth, South Shore &

Atlantic Ry., will run their Popu lar Spring Excursions to Detroit and Buffalo from Duluth June 8, 12, 15, and 19.

Excursion trains will be run from Duluth at 6 20 p. m. to St. Ignace where connection will be made with one of the Palatial Steamers of the famous D. & C. Line.

For the occasion the following rates will be made*

Buffalo and return $14.00 Cleveland and return $13.50 Toledo and return $12 50 Detroit and Intermedi­

ate points and re­turn $12 00

In planning your Summer tr ip don't fail to figure on this de­lightful route "Along the Coast Line" of Lake Huron.

For further particulars and sleeping car and stateroom res­ervation apply to, A. J. PERRIN, Gen.-Agt

430 West Superior St.," Duluth, Minn. ^

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Hawkin's & Co. pays the high­est price for fresh lake fish. «-

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IN MEMORY OF » I SOLDIERS DEAD

aww»—:%tm& Memorial Exercises in City Hall

J^sjerday—Rev. Mr Bloom .T^field Gives Address. Vv"

Memorial services in honor of the old soldiers who have gone beyond were held in the city hall yesterday morning and were par­ticipated in by the local churches and the local lodges. The hall was crowded to the doors.

Rev. Thos. Bloomfield preached a powerful sermon. He chose as his topic a comparison between the Israelitish nation and the United States, and pointed out how the Israelites tried a repub­lican form of government and failed, where we have succeeded

The speaker brought out some strong points which lingered in the memory of his hearers. Among them were the three rules. The golden rule, with which all are familiar; the silver rule, "Do unto others as they do unto you," and the brass rule "Get there." Rev. Mr. Bloom field declared that too many Americans were following the third rule. *

BREAKS GROUND FOR BUILDING

Business of Northland Produce Company Is Already Under

Way.

The Northland Prodnce com pany started breaking ground to day for its new warehouse and the business will soon be under way. In fact, the company is already handling some goods in a small way at the present time.

A. A. Melges, local manager of the concern, has just returned from a tr ip to Redwood Falls, St Paul and other points where he has been looking after the inter ests of the company, making ar rangements for the shipment of goods, etc

Examinations This-Week. State high school examinations

for the high schools and the rural schools are being held through out the county this week and the program for the remainder of the week is as follows

Tuesday; anthmeti3, solid ge ometry, elementary algebra, physics, chemistiy, Cicero, Ana­basis history of England,

Thursday, geography, Caesar, English composition, civil govern ment, senior geographv, freehand drawing, modern history from 800 A D,

Friday, American history,high er algebra, plane geometry, Eng­lish history, astronomy, book­keeping,

Saturday. German grammar, German literature, zoology, bot any, ancient history to 800 A. D.

HAS LETTERS OF LOBBYIST

INDIANA LAWYER TELLS OF NE

FARIOUS WORK IN STATE

LEGISLATURE.

Wabash, Ind , Mav 28—Aithur I, Hughes, a l avve i , said dining the daj he has a laige nunibei of le t te is of O A fiakei, who is in hiding to es cape the effects of an indictment on the chaige of at tempting to biibe m the last legislatuie m connection with the passing of the anti ciga ette law Mi Hughes agieed to place the let t e i s in the hands of the goveinoi if assuied of immunitj for Bawei The governor declined Mi Hughes m dis cussing these le t te is ^aid

"One ot the lot was signed by a man named Gibbs, whose office was m New l o i k cit>, and who was connect ed with the tobacco trust The con tents of this lettei re fened to the puichase of legislative votes and ap piaised one member as woith $1,000 anothei at $500 and a t h u d at $25o

I know who these men a ie and Gibbs was jiot fai as t iay in his val uation I know, too, what membeis of the legislature weie approachable and those who were not and a lot ot them belonged to the fust class Gibbs was succeeded b> a man named Cole, who was connected with the tobacco t ius t and heie is a telegram to B a k d In cipher Translated it inst incts Baker to 'go ahead with the deal' wheieby ceua in votes were to be ob tamed against the cigarette bill

"Baker was in communication with the insurance companies duimg the sessions of the legislatuie He was not emploved by the tobacco trust alone and the work done for the m surance organizations wras quite ab nefarious as tha t -of the tobacco t rus t Baker has the documents to show that to be the t ru th £.,, IT ^ 5f^^^s'\

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Because we have too many of these small sizes.

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FIGHT ON BRIDGE TRUST

NINETEEN CONCERNS AND THEIR

AGENTS INDICTED BY GRAND

JURY AT LIMA, O.

CERTAIN PUBLIC OFFICIALS INVOLVED

COUNTY FORCED TO PAY FROM

THREE TO FIVE TIMES THE

ORDINARY PRICE.

Lima, O , Ma^ 28—Nineteen budge companies and agents hove been in dieted by the giand juiv but the coun ty officials 1 efuse to make then names public until sei vice can be had upon them Thn ty toui indictments in all weie le tuined, but t iue bills against the budge companies and agents weie ' s e c i e t "

Conditions m Allen count\ , because of the o p e i a t n n of the budge t iust , a ie repoited by the giand ju i j as even woise than expected

Of the t h n t j foui Indictments le turned 1 heie a ie two each against foi mei Count j Commisbioneis T C Bums, Oeoige \Y Kanawd and Albeit Heftnei

The exposures legaidlng the budge trust opeiations he ie a ie said to show that the countj has pi id fiom thiee to five times what should have been the oidinai j cost of biidges

The most sensational evidence, it is said, came t iom the budge t ius t agents, James T Adams ot Pmdlaj John Dun of Columbus and John Reed of Canton each of whom was exempt fiom am local piosecutions

FIGURED ON DIFFERENT BASIS.

8tandard Given Big Advantage i r Computing Mileage

Cleveland Ma> 28—W E Mac Ewen, a toi mei chiel clei k m the cai depaitment oi t h t Lake Shoie and Michigan Southern geneial offices in Cleveland was the fiist witness ot the daj in tne Standaid Oil investiga tion bj the lntei s tate commeice com mission He testined that he had chaige of the compiling ot the mile age ot the cais ot the Union Tank line He said that lepoi ls weie toi waided eat h daj at noon to the Cle\e land office oi the Standaid Oil com pan} The l a k e Shoie companj , he declined g i \ e the s t anda id a big ad \ an tage in tabulating lecoids of tank cais m that the mileage ot Standaid tank cais weie figiued on a diffeient basis than he cais of competing com i a o j a c 1 V)f> l d v a n t a a o ain«>ivi*a^J nil

the wav fiom 8 cents to 54 c<.iit3 ^ei oai, accoidmg to the distances be tween diffpiont points on the load

The wi ness chaigcd that ceitain freight emplo\es ot the Lake Shoie load l ecened monthh sa lanes fiom the Union Tank Line com pa m , a Standaid concern toi making speci »1 effoits to facilitate the mo\ement ot Standaid Oil shipments

Z D 1 lis an independent oil dealei of Cincinnati t , u e evidence showing that the names ot his customeis weie s y s t e m a t i c a l obtained bv the Stand

j aid bv bnbins, emploves and some I weie bs nelaiious means induced to ! take Stand ud goods

C h a i l es E C a s e \ a w ell know n c lub man, was found dead m the Palmei House at Chicago

Dispatcher to D u n s Tiade Review indicate that business activit\ is maintained and the outlook is most encom aging

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R O E ®L M A R K U S E N

UNION NOT RECOGNIZED.

Anthracite Operators Deny Statement by Mitchell.

New York, May 28—Theie was nothing in the form of the lecent set-dement of the anthracite coal contio Versv to constitute even in a I emote degiee a lecognition of the Mine Woike i s ' union, accoiding to a state ment issued at the headquai tei s of the anthracite opeiators heie

The s tatement was issued as a leplj "to asseit ions made by Piesident Mit chell m addieasing the mine woikeis ' convention at Scianton on Mav 8 " In this addiess Mi Mitchell «said, ac coidmg to the s tatement

, l ,ioii have taken a most advanced step and have seemed foi vouiselves advantages never before eniojed in the histoiy of joui movement You have an agreement not only with the . United Mine Workei s of America, but with its officers " {

'Mi Mitchell's speech," the state ment continues, "has alieady given u s e to a t tempts to exclude nonunion men n o m le employment in some parts of the anthiaci te region The arrangement lecentlv concluded in­volved no fuithei concessions to the United Mine Woike i s legaiding its standing than was involved in the I s t n k e sett lement of 1902 This ai rangement does not constitute an agieement with that oiganization oi with anv one professing to repiesent it At no point whatever was the ex istence of the union recognized and even when the final agieement was made it was meiely one between the respective companies and then own emplov es "

HIGH GALE AT DULUTH. *

Lifesavers Rescue Sever Men En gaged in Wrecking Work.

Duluth, May 28— Memoues of the awful gale of last Jvovembei weie l e vived d u ing the morning when the iifesavmg ciew was called on to res cue seven firemen fiom the s t eane i Mataafa, from which nine men weie drowned last tall Wieckmg opeia tions have been in piogiess toi sev eial weeks on the steamei and seven men weie left aboaid the vessel to keep the pumps going The gale m creased so duimg the night that the waves again bioke over the wieck, putting out the flies and placing the men m peul So high was the sea m the moinmg tha t the wrecking tugs could not appioach the vessel and the lifesavers T\eie summoned The life ooat was launched and the men. taken off safely, ft

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Opposite Post Office

$28.00 $31.50 $34.50 St Paul to Boston

and Retvirn Rates Proportionately Low from Other Points

May51-June.9 Good till June 18 wi«h privilege of extension to July 15, on payment of $1

Mississippi River Scenic Line to Chicago; choice of lake or rail lines between Chicago, Detroit , Cleveland and Buffalo; Toronto and Montreal; Kingston or Clayton and Montreal.

** _ - . r u l l details regarding all loutos will be furnished bv

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