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\y i ir Around the Lake. August 6. Mrs. M. Schornveiler is expected today to be the guest of her mother, Mrs. J. Sorley, at Grand Forks Bay. B. G. Skulason and family of Grand Forks have a cottage at Grand Forks Bay for the remainder of the season. Mrs. Duis and little daughter, Katherine, of Grand Forks arrived yesterday to be at the Williams cot tage at Lake Side for a couple of weeks. Charles Williams of Grand Forks returned to his Lake Side summer home Saturday. He will stay the rest of August. Wellington Corliss of Grand Forks is at Lake Side, the guest of William Holmes. No Water Tomorrow Afternoon. Notice is hereby given that the city water will be shut off tomorrow afternoon from one o'clock until needed repairs have been made. Users of city water should govern themselves accordingly. James R. Miller, Street commissioner. FOR SERVICE IN MOROCCO Makeup of French Expeditionary Force Announced. Paris, Aug. 6.The expeditionary force to be sent to Morocco by the French will consist of two battalions of Algerian sharpshooters, a battalion of the Foreign legion, making a total of 2,400 infantry two batteries of ar tillery, 300 light cavalry and half a squadron of Algerian cavalry in the French service. Part of these troops will be embarked at Oran on board cruisers and the remainder at Algiers aboard transports. Your Money's Worth O'Lear and Bowse The Leading Department Store Final August Disposition of Summer Bargains You may have no immediate need for the "specials" quoted you may believe that later on you can purchase the same articles at a still lower figurebut you must remember that at least on the merchandise mentioned, prices are at the lowest notchand even though you are not in particular need for these goods, can you afford to neglect the opportunity of sav- ing a few dollars? Embroidery at Half Price finest 35c quality at BYONESTROKEOFPEN Federal Judge Renders State Leg islation Inoperative. AFFECTS FIGHT IN ARKANSAS Injunction Issued by Circuit Court at 8t. Paul Restraining Officials of Southern State From Forfeiting Property of Rock Island Road. St. Paul, Awg. 6.State railroad leg islation, which for months has stirred every Western road whose lines pene trate the confines of Arkansas and which has threatened the confiscation of every mile of trackage of the Chi cago, Rock Island and Pacific In that state, was swept away temporarily hy the single stroke of a pen in the hands of Judge Willias Vandevanter of the United States circuit court An injunction was issued by Judge Vandevanter returnable In the fed eral circuit court at Little Rock Oct. 2 restraining the secretary of state of Arkansas from declaring forfeited the property, of the Rock Island in that state and also stopping the proceed ings to collect $1,000 a day fine from the railroad company for violating the state statute. The legal battle which has been begun with the signing of the re straining order involves solely the Issue of state rights as opposed to the rights granted corporations by the Constitution and laws of the federal government. The fight promises to be hotter than those waged by the governors of North and South Caro lina against the railroads, reports of which have held the attention of the American public for weeks. Unlike the fieht in the East thia The cream of our beautiful embroidery assortment has been selected and placed on the special table at Half Price. This means embroidery bargains that are the best of the season. $3.00 Heatherbloom Skirts at $1.98 35c Fancy Hose, 25c Includes our entire stocks of Colored Heatherblc.om SkirtsRed, Nile, Gray, Lavender and Whitean un- usual value at the regular $3.00 price, df A now tple t/O The Lace Bootleg in black and colors, embroidered hos- iery, fancy and plain color, each paii4 $1.75 Fine Dress Goods. 95c per yard The finest patterns of the season, novelty plaids, Black embroidered Batistes, Mohair, Foulards, Stripes {\tZ* and fancies, Regular $1.25, $1.50, $1 75, at... /OC 10c Valenceines and Torchon Laces. 5c Pickings from the best. Not a small assortment but a big lot of laces that are fine and desirable, worth f^g* up to 10 a yard, at O Taffeta Silk Ribbon Specials The best ribbon offering of the entire season. Taffeta Silk Ribbons in all colors, worth 40c per yard, only 35c Wash Dress Goods. 22c men Sash Rods These prices will continue throughout the August sale. All 35c wash goods........ All 25c wash All 50c and 60c wash goods l&\j goods All Dress Goods Remnants will go at Half Price Ladies9 Initial Handkerchiefs Japanette, Lawn and Initial Handkerchiefs at O fir 10c3 for ^OC Douglas Shoes for Me While we do not guarantee Douglas Shoes on account of closing them outwe do say that at these prices they are the best shoe value in the city. Fine Vici and Pat- ent Leathers, Street and Service Shoes. $5 Shoes $3.95 $4.50 Shoes $3.45 $3.50 Shoes $2.95 Men's and Boys9 Straw Hats The entire lot of remaining hats will be sold at 25 per cent discount. One lot of 60c Caps for A We at all times carry a complete |A/ OK A assortment of Brass Rods IVV I *UV September 1st we discontinue the Busy Bee Talking Machine Coupons. Secure these this month. Mail Orders Filled being of O/C/* mm ^Ot 5 inch 25c 22c 39c OtIC +%*?}& fjb 'fl1' fsf Arkansas struggle,.which win seT"a precedent for the whole country, opens with a victory for the railroads. NO CLUE TO MURDERERS. Five Fatal Assaults the Day's Reoord at Chicago. Chicago, Aug. 6.Five mysterious assaults, in which four men were killed and another fatally wounded, have aroused the entire police force to energetic action. The victims In the affairs were: Eusarto Rocco, found on the door step of his home with two stiletto wounds in his body. He had been in stantly killed by the knife thrusts, both of which went entirely through his lungs. Edward Smith, a policeman, was shot and killed by an unknown man while walking a short distance from his house. John L. Barbour, found dead on the Illinois Central tracks fifty feet north of the Thirty-first street suburban sta tion. The head had been cut off by a passing train and was found 100 feet down the track. It is believed that Barbour committed suicide, but there are circumstances that make this, doubtful. John Naughton died in the hospital after being assaulted by three stran gers at Thirty-seventh street and Lowe avenue. William Donovan, dying in the coun ty hospital from a bullet wound in the abdomen. Donovan was found in a basement at 448 Hermitage avenue and said he had been robbed by three men, one of whom shot him when he attempted to resist. In none of the cases have the po lice been able, thus far, to obtain the slightest clue to the murders. VICTIM OF AN ASSASSIN. of General Karakozoff, ex-Governor Odessa, Shot and Killed. Platigorsk, Caucasus, Aug. 6.Gen- eral Karakozoff, ex-governor general of Odessa, was shot and killed in the center of the town. The assassin es caped. General Karakozoff was commander of the Lubna dragoons when, July 3, 1905, he was appointed governor gen eral of Odessa. Early in August of the same year he banished M. Yaros chanko, mayor of Odessa, for having represented Odessa at the Moscow zemstvo congress and later he took severe measures to repress disturb ances, instructing the police to Are directly into the mobs. He was suc ceeded as governor general by Gen eral Kaulbars on Oct. 23, 1905. IMJUNCTIQN PERMANENT. Judge Landis Dissolves School Furnl ture Trust. Chicago, Aug. 6.Judge Landis, in the United States district court, has ordered the dissolution of the church and school furniture trust, recently punished by fines amounting to $43,000 for admitted violation of the anti-trust laws. The court entered a decree making permanent injunctions previously is- trust agreements or conspiracies to monopolize and restrain trade in vio lation of the law. STRIKE APPEARS BROKEN. Practically All Mines on the Range in Operation. Duluth, Aug. 6.The strike on the Mesaba range is a thing of the past. Practically all of the mines are in active operation and there has been no sign of any trouble. MAY USE STATE TROOPS. Alabama's Governor Will Carry Out Edict Against Railroads. Birmingham, Ala., Aug. 6.A con ference is being held between Gov ernor Comer, Attorney General Gar ber and the lawyers associated with the attorney general in the prosecu tion of the litigation arising from the enactment of the new railway laws in this state. The purpose of the con ference is to determine just what course the state will pursue in deal ing with the Southern Railway, the license of which was revoked last week because it transferred a civil suit from the state courts to the fed eral court. It is understood that wholesale arrests may follow the con ference, in which event matters will bo brought to a head. The, statement Is made that Governor Comer will, if necessary, use the militia to enforce the state's edict. It is also said that he may call an extra session of the legislature, to take steps to place the Southern Railway into a .receivership if the road persists in defying the tate authority. It is the view of the state authorities that the road has placed Itself in. the attitude of an out law or mob and must be dealt with as such. Some vigorous developments are looked for. ON EVE OF THEIR WEDDING Pennsylvania Girl Wounds Fiance and Kills Herself. Lancaster, Pa., Aug. 6.*-"Take this," said Miss Agnes Caruthers to her fiance, John Nehr, son of the late Al derman Nehr, as she handed him half of a lemon. The man took the lemon and, as he stood looking at it, the girl stabbed him in the breast. The man rushed out, and to a hospital. The girl followed him a short distance and then, going into her uncle's yard, Inflicted twenty knife wounds upon herself. She was nearly dead from loss of blood when discovered and she cannot reoover. The man will get well. The tragedy was the result of al most insane Jealousy on the part of the girl. The couple were to have been married within a few days. 8lxteen of the Crew Lost. Muscat, Arabia, Aug. /.The Ger man steamship Teutonia, from Bus serah, Asiatic Turkey, for Hamburg, was totally wrecked July 20 near Has madrak, on the southeast coast of Arabia. Sixteen members of the crew are believed to have been lost. They left the wreck in boats and have not since been heard from. DEFECTIVrPAGE SPECT LM BLAZE Fire at N Broa York Throws lower Into Turmoil. BIG BUii SIGS THREATENED Thousands 'ersons, Many of Them Women, iiy Escape From Struc- tures in i ger Zone Despite Great ExcitemeWhat Prevailed. New Yor| \ug. 6.A spectacular Are, which I not do great financial damage but iich for a time threat ened to su to two large office buildings lit iiich thousands of per sons are ployed, threw Lower Broadway i great turmoil and ex citement. fire started in a paint shop in Fu street and owing to the inflamn nature of the mate rials in tl building soon spread throughout five floors of the struc ture. Ther was an explosion and then great jts of flame leaped out and threatel the big buildings of the Wester* [Jnion Telegraph com pany and t| Evening Mail. Thou sands of pes as, many of them wo men, are en Dyed in the upper por tion of the estern Union building and as sooni it appeared they were in danger th were directed to leave the building rapidly as possible. This they d: in good order despite the great ea tement that prevailed. Several of tl young women fainted, but they we carried out by their comrades. Fire Chief oker responded, on the first alarm Jffl Deputy Police Com missioner Hajon rushed to the scene and took perianal charge of the po lice. He ord&d a large force of the mounted men nto the district and a cordon was dh svn around the threat ened area to Keep Back Enormous Crowds which stretchy I away for blocks in every directia Dozens of fire en gines were at once put to work and the auxiliary fi 3 fighting apparatus in the threatened buildings were placed in commission immediately. In spite of the efficient work done by the fire department th- flames shooting out from the pain shop menaced the Western Unioi building for fully an hour before Ch if Croker was satisfied that he had tbi situation in hand. The great crfwd around the threat ened area became much excited as they saw the hatless women and hurrying men feave the nearby struc tures. All traffic on Broadway and in the neighboring side streets was com pletely interrupted and business gen erally in the~djDwn town part of the city came to a standstill. The mount ed police rode,along the lines press ing back the excited people and mak ing lanes through which the fleeing persons from the Western Union and the Evening Mail buildings were taken to Places of safety. was interrupted by the exodus from the Western Union headquarters and this further impeded business in the Wall street district. The offices of the Associated Press are situated in the Western Union building, but the As sociated Press service was not Inter rupted. HAYWOOD AT HIS DESK. Expresses- Pleasure at Reception Ao corded Him at Denver. Denver, Aug, 6.William D. Hay wood, secretary treasurer of the West ern Federation of Miners, Is at his desk In the headquarters of the fed eration. A constant stream of visitors poured through the room, offering greetings and their congratulations on his acquittal at Boise. Mr. Haywood expressed his pleasure at his reception in this city on his arrival and spoke enthusiastically of the demonstration at Colorado Springs and other points along the road. Secretary Haywood looks well, al though he says he is thirty pounds lighter than he was when arrested. He expects to remain in Denver for some time and as soon as possible will take up the thread of his work where he dropped it. HELD IN $10,000 BAIL High Officials of Long Island Railroad Arrested. New York, Aug. 6.Ralph Peters, president of the Long Island railroad, who, with General Manager McCrea, were held responsible by the cor oner's jury for the deaths of Dr. Gal lagher and Miss Madigen, who lost their lives in an automobile collision with a Long Island railroad train at. St. Albans crossing,"was served with a warrant of arrest at Jamaica and held by Coroner Ambler in $10,000 bail to await the action of the grand jury. Bail was furnished. General Manager McCrea was served with a warrant and also held in $10,000 bail. The coroner's jury found both rail road officers criminally negligent for not safeguarding the St. Albans cross ing. Czar Views German Maneuvers. Swiuemuude, Prussia, Aug. 6.Em- peror William went on board the Rus sian Imperial yacht Standart and took Emperor Nicholas with him on board the German battleship Deutschland, the flagship of Prince Henry of Prus sia, which stood out to sea, followed by thirty warships, battleships and cruisers, to take, part in a series of maneuvers. MAY APPEAL TO GOVERNOR Suggested That Troops Be Called Out for Duty in New York. New York* Aug. 6.Mob vengeance has added to the seriousness of the situation in this city caused by the recent remarkable series of crimes in which women and young girls are the victims. The mob attacks reveal a state of public exasperation approach ing frenzy, which, it is feared, may easily lead to serious disorders. Prompt action by the police alone saved two men accused from summary justice, especially ~Tn the case "of George Kestner, a Russian bookbinder, around whose neck a mob had tied a rope when the police reached the scene in force. It is noteworthy that the other man^attacked, Louis Con conela,. was innocent of any attempt at crime and indicates how readily a mistake can be made in time of public agitation or excitement. The police are bending every effort to give adequate protection and to further this end 1,000 plain clothes men have been scattered about the city, particularly in the congested quarters, the scene of most of the as saults. The first organized body to take up the question is the Central Federated union, which has appointed a commit tee to call on the mayor with a de mand that he take action that will put a stop upon the attacks on chil dren. It was stated that if the city authorities do not quickly stop the crimes Governor Hughes will be ap pealed to. A negro delegate spoke at the meeting, at which the committee was appointed in praise of the "quick justice" of'the South. This is sig nificant of the feeling that exists in some quarters. Another suggestion made at the meeting was that unless the attacks were quickly stopped the governor should call out the militia. TURKS RAID PERSIAN TOWN Seventy-eight People Killed, In cluding Many Christians. Teheran, Persia, Aug. 6.The in cursions of Turkish troops across the northwest frontier of Persia, which for some.time had been in-abeyance, have again broken out. A serious raid has occurred "near Urumiah, 6,000 Turkish troops, with artillery, having crossed the frontier and destroyed the village of Mavaneh. Seventy-eight persons, of whom sixty were women and children, mostly Christians, were killed. Subsequently the Turks drove a small force of Persian troops from a nearby camp and instituted them selves in it. According, to an unoffi cial report a large body of Persian cavalry subsequently joined the Turk ish invaders and the combined force is said to be threatening the town of Urumiah, twelve miles west of Lake Urumiah and sixty-four miles from Tabriz. Urumiah, which has a pop ulation estimated between 30,000 and 50,000 persons, including many Chris tians, is noted as a center of mission ary activity and is the seat of the Fiske seminary for girls and of Uru miah college. It is considered prob able that Russia and Great Britain will be appealed to and bring pressure to bear upon Turkey with the view of stopping the raids. MALET E IS DOOMED. Death Rate Thirty Per Cent Greater Than Women. Chicago, Aug. 6.The strenuous life is killing the men of Chicago at a tre mendous rate, while the women of the cALv-arp, .Inp.raaalnfr their. InngeadtvJby. the simple life. In the official health bulletin just issued Health Commissioner Evans declares that a few centuries will see Chicago an Adamless Eden. Dr. Ev ans draws his conclusions from the death rate in Chicago for twenty years and particularly in the last seven months, when three members of the stronger sex died for every two of the fairer. Dr. Evans makes the startling statement that during the first seven months of 1907 In Chicago about 12,000 men succumbed, as com pared to 8,000 women. He says that in the last year the ratio jof difference in the death rate between men and women has been 30, as against less than 10 per cent twenty years ago. The cause for this is attributed by the physician to the strenuous life. Contributory causes are the quick lunch, constant exposure and careless ness. "The men," he says, "are living at a rate that is 80 per cent faster than that of the women. They work hard er. They take less care of themselves than of their wives and daughters. They- court danger. They dissipate more. They exhibit a carelessness begotten of familiarity with danger." The remedy, according to an em inent physician,' lies in the return to the simple life of our fathers. COACH DROPS INTO RIVER Forty-one Persons Drowned in French Railroad Wreck. Angers, France, Aug. 6.Forty pas sengers in a third class railroad car and the engineer of the train were drowned in a railroad accident here. The locomotive of a crowded local train jumped the track when entering the bridge over the river Loire at Les Ponte-de-Ce and the train plunged Into the river fifty feet below. The conductor and the fireman were the only persons whose lives were saved. In the third class coach not a single passenger extricated himself and all were drowned like rats In a trap. OFFICIALS NOT WORRIED. Pay Ne Attention to Threat of Cana dian Adventurer. WashlngtohrAug. 6.The state de partment officials are not in the least concerned over the reported intention of Captain Young and.Jais party of Canadians to raise the British flag over Isle Royale, in Lake Superior. They point out that the treaty of 1842 expressly names the channel between Isle Royale and the Canadian main land as marking the international boundary at that point in Lake Su perior, so that there could be no ques tion as to the American title of the island. Moreover the state depart ment has never heard that the Cana dian government ever challenged that title. The island is a favorite sum mer resort for people from Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul, the Unit ed States, and from the larger towns of Manitoba, in Canada. If Captain Young trespasses on any privately owned property he will, of course, be dealt with according to the laws of Michigan, which exercises jurisdiction over the island. Dayton, 0., Girl Murdered and Her Escort Nearly Killed. BROTHERS AND SISTER HELD Relatives of Young Woman Make Damaging Admissions and Are Placed Under ArrestBody 8hows Evidences of Brutal Mistreatment. Dayton, 0., Aug. 6.Anna Marko witz, twenty-four years of age, a pretty Jewish girl, lies .dead at the county morgue, her throat bearing the mute evidences of the ttrangler's death clutch. Her body, bruised and cut, hears evidence of brautal mistreat ment. At the hospital, with a mortal wound in his abdomen and his head a mass of bruises, lies Abraham Gor don, a young traveling man from In dianapolis. Held on suspicion by the authorities at Dayton are James, Ja *ob and Bertha Markowitz, brothers and sister of the dead girl. This is the situation in a very com plex murder case and one In which brutality and cruelty rival the fate of pretty Dona Gilman, whose pitiful end was reached but a very short distance from where this latest crime occurred. Abraham Gordon, sometimes known as Cohan, went out walking along a lonely road near the National Sol diers' home. He was accompanied by Anna Markowitz and her younger sis ter- Bertha. They had walked to a lonely spot when the crime was com mitted. Two stories, widely different in their intimations.^are told. What took place has up to this time not been clearly developed. Story of Younger Sister. The story of Bertha, when she rushed breathless and terror stricken to the Soldiers' home, was that while her sister, young Gordon and herself were strolling along a secluded path a highwayman slipped unheard behind' Gordon and struck him with a black jack. Gordon, she said, turned about and as he did so the highwayman shot him in the stomach. As Gordon fell she says the man made a dash for either herself or her sister. She ran screaming from the scene in terror, leaving her older sis ter Anna to her fate. Bertha said she did not stop until she got to the Sol diers' home, where she gave the alarm. The sheriff was notified and a posse formed. When they reached the spot of the crime they found Gordon al most dead. A trail showed where Anna had been dragged. They fol lowed the beaten down path and came upon the body of the girl lying in the weeds. The clothing had been nearly torn from the body. There were evi dences of a fearful struggle and an assault. The girl was dead from strangulation. The Markowitz brothers and Bertha see what had been learned about the crime. Questioned, the brothers are said to have admitted that their mother objected to further attentions being paid by Gordon to Anna. The brothers would not deny that they had followed their sisters, Anna and Ber tha, into the woods when they went with Gordon. STANDARD OIL EARNINGS Profits In Twenty-four Years at Least $790,000,000. Washington, Aug. 6.Significant revelations are made public in a re port submitted to President Roosevelt by Herbert Knox Smith, commissioner of corporations, concerning the opera tions of the Standard Oil company. Commissioner Smith says: "The Standard Oil company is re sponsible for the course of prloes of petroleum and its products during the last twenty-five years. The Standard has consistently used its power to raise the price of oil during the last ten years. "The increase in annual profits of the Standard from 1896 to 1904 was over $27,000,000. The total dividends paid from 1882 to 1906 were $551,922,- 904, averaging thus 24.15 per cent per year. The dividends, however, were much less than the total earnings. The entire net earnings of the Stand ard from 1882 to 1906 were at least $790,000,000 and possibly much more. "The enormous profits have been based on an investment worth at the time of its original acquisition not more than $75,0.00,000. "The history of this great industry is a history of the persistent use of the worst industrial methods, the ex action of exorbitant prices from the consumer and the securing of exces sive profits for the small group of men who over a long series of years have thus dominated the business." DENIED BY TRUST OFFICIAL Report That Advance In Price of Oil Was Contemplated. New York, Aug. 6.Charles M. Pratt, secretary of the Standard Oil company, said that the company has no intention of advancing the price of oil. Mr. Pratt said: "The statement attributed to Mr. Chamberlain of the National Petro leum association of Cleveland that such an advance is to be made is en tirely unwarranted and absolutely un founded. Mr. Chamberlain, who rep resents a competitor of this company, is challenged to reveal the source of his misinformation." Chicago and Alton Inquiry,vll^ Chicago, Aug. 15.Preparations for the investigation by the federal grand Jury of the charges against the Chi cago and Alton in connection with the granting of rebates to the Standard Oil company of-Indiana,, were com menced during the day. ONE CENT A WORD. HELP WANTED. WANTEDFor U. S. army, able bodied, unmarried men between ages of 19 and 35, citizens of the United States, of good character and temperate habits, who-can speak, read and write English. For information apply to Recruit Officer, Miles Block, Bemidji, Minn. WANTEDFor general housework, a neat, intelligent girl good laundress. Two in family. Good wages. Inquire 519 Bemidji Ave. WANTEDWoman for house clean ing. Apply at Hotel Challenge Monday morning or at Arm strong's restaurant. WANTED: Competent girl for general house work. $5.00 per week. Inquire of Mrs. Thomas Bailey. WANTEDTwo waitresses for res taurant- Good wages. Apply at Armstrong's. WANTED: Girl for general house work. Apply at Pioneer office. WANTED: Boy to drive delivery wagon. J. A. Ludington. WANTED Dishwasher. Inquire Hotel Brinkman. FOR SALE. FOR SALETuesday, August 6, I will be at the Hotel Markhani at which time I will offer for sale my residence property, corner Fifth street and Bemidji avenue. R. W. Hitchcock. FOR SALERubber stamps. The Pioneer will procure any kind of a rubber stamp for you an short notice. FOR SALE: The Nymore meat market. Inquire of G. A. Lasher at Hawkins meat market, Bemidji, Minn. FOR SALEMagnificent moose head mounted will be sold cheap. Inquire at this office. FOR RENT. FOR RENT: One large furnished room with privilege of bath. In quire 320 Minn. Ave. FOR RENT Three furnished rooms. Apply 921 Minnesota ave. MISCELLANEOUS. PUBLIC LIBRARYOpen Tues days and Saturdays, 2:30 to 6 p. m. Thursdays 7 to 8 p. m. also. Library in basement of Court House. Mrs. E, R. Ryan, librar ian. WantAds FOR RENTING A PROPERTY, SELL- ING A BUSINESS OR OBTAINING HELP ARE BEST. 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