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VOLUME 1. NUMBER 52.
IN IjRfAT ALARM
JACKSON CITIZENS FEAR BLOOD-
SHED WHEN TROOPS ARE
WITHDRAWN.
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ENTS ARE BELIEVED TO BE
IN DANGER.
MRS. EWEN ADVISED TO LEAVE
COMMANDER OF TROOPS FEARS
SHE WILL BE ASSAS-
SINATED.
Jackson, Ky., June 18.Arguments
in the case of Curtis Jett and Thomas
White, on trial for the murder of J. B.
Marcum, was not concluded when
court adjourned late last night and the
case will not go to the jury until noon
to-day.
A hung jury .is expected because of
the alleged attitude of two of the
members. As the case draws to a
close, alarm among citizens because of
the probability of troops being with
drawn is manifest. The assassination
of every person who has become ex
posed as antagonistic to the feudists is
threatened. Arson may substitute as
sassination where the latter is for any
reason not expedient.
Even newspaper correspondents are
believed to be in danger. One of them
last night received an anonymous let
ter signed by "A Feminine Admirer,"
in which he was told that
His Assassination
had been ordered and warned him to
get out of town before to-night.
Every one feeels that a verdict or
failure to return a verdict will pre
cipitate a crisis, and there is appre
hension that bloodshed is coming.
Jackson people are not easily alarmed
and thej point to a series of crimes
that have shocked civilization as de
fense against tht suspicion that they
may be hysterical in their dread For
what they believe is to follow the re
moval of troops should the real cul
prits ever be reached. If the defend
ants should be found guilty it is ^re-
dieted that the members of the jury
and even the circuit judge would be
in danger.
Maj. Embry Allen, who is now in
command of the troops here during
the absence of Col. Roger Williams,
yesterday earnestly advised Mrs. B. L.
Ewen
To^Leave Jackson.
She has taken an active part in ac
cumulating evidence against the men
who burned her husband's hotel and
are directly connected with the power
ful faction in Breathitt county. Maj.
Allen expressed the belief that Mrs.
Ewen's life was in danger, notwith-
acee&tseecefrefrce.
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An
What They Do
Eave Troughing
Tin Roofing
Wood or Coal
Furnaces
Steam Fittings
Bike Repairing
Repairing of all
Kinds
Pumps and Wa
ter Pipes Ou
Specialty.
"PHONE 225.
standing rne iact max women ann
children have heretofore been spared
by dssassin3 in Jackson. Mrs. Ewen's
bravery and courage have frequently
been shown, especially during the re
cent trials through which sne has
passed, and it was but the expected
when she replied: "I will stay here
until our interests are properly pro
tected and our contracts fulnlled. If
they want tc kill me they will find me
here for at least a month."
RELIANCE IS CRIPPLED.
Topmast Snaps Off Just After Crossing
Starting Line.
New, York, June 19. Two minutes
after she had crossed the starting line
for a thirty-mile race with the Colum
,bia and Constitution over the Larch':
mont Yacht club's course in Long
Island sound yesterday Reliance's top
mast snapped off under the pressure
of her big topsail and balloon jib top
sail and she withdrew from tht race a
cripple. Mr. Iselin, managing owner,
said after the accident that the Reli
ance would sail her next race on Fri
day. The Constitution and Columbia
continued the race and the Constitu
tion outsailed the former cup defender
by 9 minutes and 46 seconds, elapsed
time, and won the cup offered by Com
modore Adams of the Larchmont club.
KING WIRES "GOOD LUCK."
Edward Sends Message to Sir Thomas
on His Departure for America.
London, June 19. There was a
large gathering of people at the Easton
railroad to bid good bye to Sir Thomas
Lipton, who started for Liverpool to
take a steamer for New York. The
crowd cheered him heartily while Sir
Thomas waved his farewell. On the
same train was J. P. Morgan, who also
was cheered. King Edward tele
graphed to Sir Thomas as follows:
"As you are just about leaving for
America let me wish you a prosperous
journey and all possible good luck for
the great race in August.
"Edward, R. and I."
OSBORNE IS QUEER TOW N.
Has Three Mayors and Five Elections
Within Five Weeks.
Osborne. Ohio, June 19. Through
the resignation of O. J. Butt, mayor ot
Osborne, this place will have its third,
mayor within a period of five weeks.
It has also had three presidents of the
city council and five elections in that
time. The people of Osborne have
been so busy holding elections lately
that they have no time to attend to
their private business.
STOLE POSTAGE STAMPS.
Burglars Hi
Relieve Postmaster of
New Supply.
Marshalltown, Iowa, June 19.
Burglars broke into the postoffice at
Rhodes, in the southern part of this
county and abstracted from Postmas
ter Satterfield's desk $300 worth oi
stamps, comprising a new invoice just
received. So far as known nothing
else was taken. No definite clue has
yet been obtained.
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We work day or
night.
We can do any
thing with a
stove.
No one could appreciate
Your patronage better
than we.
No one will give you more
attention .or can give
more satisfaction.
When you throw a dollar
at us you know you
have a string on it.
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CZAR SETTLES IT
HIS MESSAGE TO KING PETER
ENDS POSSIBILITY OF IN-
TERNAL RISING.
MAJcti &m ttuws SAP E
APPROACHING RECEPTION OF THE
KING SOLE TOPIC OF CON-
VERSATION.
PETER ISSUtS A MANIFESTO
PROMISES PROTECTION FOR MOR-
AL AND MATERIAL LIFE OF
HIS PEOPLE.
Belgrade, June 18.The receipt of
the czar's telegram of congratulation
to King Peter finishes, in the opinion
of the best informed persons, natives
and foreigners, all possibility of an in
ternal rising against the provisional
government of Servia.
The dispatch has so strengthened
the hands of the conspirators that
there is no chance whatever of oppo
sition to them.
King Peter has received congratula
tions from King Victor Emmanuel and
Emperor Francis Joseph.
Nothing is now heard but talk of the
approaching reception of ih.3 new
king. The municipality of Belgrade is
also sending a deputation to meet
King Peter, and intends erecting three
triumphal arches between the railroad
station and the town. Large crowds
are constantly before the windows of
a shop on the main street of Belgrade,
where, since the recent of the czar's
message, a large photograph of the
chief military actors in the late drama
has been displayed. The skupshtina
and senate during che day adopted a
modification of the constitution of
1888.
Peter to His People.
Geneva, June 19King Peter yester
day telegraphed to Belgrade the follow
ing manifesto, to be proclaimed to the
Servians:
"Thanks to the will of God and the
favor of the people, I am called to the
throne of my ancestors. I submit my
self to the popular decision and to-day
ascend the throne of Servia.
"I consider it to be my first duty to
thank God for the favor accorded us,
and I express the hope that the powers
will hail my succession as an event
which will give Servia an era of re
pose, progress and order.^
"I give my word to respect the
rights acquired by all. I will be the
protector of the legality and well-being
of the people.
"I call upon the head of the church
and the military and civil functionaries
to retain their functions and execute
them conscientiously.
"I declare that I banish from mem
ory all acts committed during the past
forty years bearing upon me. Every
honest Servian will find under my
reign protection for his moral and
material life.
*J "Xhe motto of my dynasty is: 'For
ftJ-tnesacreC cross and cherished liberty.'
It is witn that motto, assured of the
attachment of the army and church,
that I ascend the throne as Peter 1.,
king of Servia."
CHEERS FOR CHAMBERLAIN.
South Africans Approve Colonial Sec
retary's Preferential Tariff Scheme.
Cape Town, June 19. Premier
Sprigg, in the course of a debate in
parliament on the South African cus
toms convention, has taken occasion to
refer in terms of warm approval to
Colonial Secretary Chamberlain's
preferential tariff proposals. He said,
although he had always been an ardent
free trader, he was bound to admit that
there was something greater than free
trade, namely, the consolidation of the
empire. The premier's remarks were
I cheered on both sides of the house.
RUSSIA CARRIES POINT.
Manaoe the Customs at Dalny
Under Agreement With China.
Pekiu, June 19.Russia and China
have arranged that the customs man
agement of Dalny and the adjoining
frontier shall be similar to the German
arrangement at Kiau Chou. Gov.
Alexieff's financial secretary will be
manager of customs at Dalny. The re
ceipts will be deposited in the Russo
Chinese bank.
MISS ANKROM KILLED.
Only Woman School Supervisor In
Porto Rico Meets Violent Death.
San Juan. P. R.. June 19.Miss Jean
Ankrom, formerly of Waynesburg, Pa.,
the only woman school supervisor in
Porto Rico, was thrown from a car
riage in a runaway accident at Ponce
last night and died in fifteen minutes.
Her neck was broken.
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SEVEN BODIES FOUND.
Total Death List at Heppner Reaches
Nearly 200.
Heppner, Or., June 19Seven bodies
of ..u...i victims were exhumed yester
day from a pile of debris Of the
seven one was a Chinaman and one a
woman. Two hundred persons, many
of them women and children, asked
for permission to sleep on the floor of
the Catholic church, the court house
and the school house during the night.
The officers granted permission. It is
expected that nightly refuge will bo
sought for some time In the public
buildings and churches, which stand
well up on the hill. The people gen
erally are under a spell and business
has been abandoned. An oilicial esti
mate shows 100 persons missing and
probably lost. This is in addition to
130 bodies already recovered, making
a total death list of over 200.
GOES TO PRISON.
Convicted Man Was Son-in-Law of
Chief Justice Fuller.
Milwaukee, June 19.Matt Aubery,
formerly 4^n-in-law of Chief Justice
Fuller, was sentenced to four years in
the state prison by Judge Braze yes
terday for forgery. The judge reviewed
Aubery's career, calling attention to
the faci that two years ago he had
been before the court charged with a
similar offense, but escaped punish
ment on account of his family connec
tions and because of the hope that he
would lead a better life. Aubery
made a long, rambling plea for mercy,
saying that although he had been con
nected with several deplorable affairs
none had'been committed while he was
in his right mind. Aubery formerly
lived in Chicago. His wife procured a
divorce several years ago and remar
ried.
RED WING'S ANNIVERSARY.
BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 1903. TEN CENTS PER WEEK.
Strawberries
Cucumbers
Green Onions
Dry Onions
Cabbage
Is As-
Semi-Centennial Celebration
sured.
Red Wing, Minn., June 19. There
will be a celebration in September of
Red Wing's semi-centennial. The
boundaries of Goodhue county were
established in 1858, the townsite was
organized, the first election was held
and Red Wing was chosen as the coun
ty seat. A committee of nine has been
appointed by a public meeting for
which Mayor Piei.:r the Commercial
club, the manufacturers' association
and other bodies jo...ed in the call. It
is proposed to emphasize as a feature
a reunion of former residents !ik
the
old home days of down East, jwwl^to
make local features prominent in the
celebration.
WILL UNIONIZE.
American Book Company Agrees to
Favor Former Enemies.
Helena, Mont., June 10.The Ameri
can Hook company, through its repre
sentative, has filed an agreement with
the state text book committee, now en
gaged in the consideration of b'ids for
text books for the public schools of
Motana, to unionize its plants. The
last legislature effected a law requir
ing the commission to contract only
for books containing the union label.
This action ends a long standing war
between the company and the Interna
tional Typographical union.
DOCTORATES GRANTED.
Honors for Clergymen Who Help
Raise Pearson's Fund.
Fargo, N. D., Juno 19.At Fargo col
lege, a Congregationalist institution,
the degrees of doctor of divinity were
conferred upon Rev. C. H. Dickinson
of Fargo, Rev. A. Cushing Dill of
Niapara Falls, N. Y., and Rev. C. S.
Rollins of Minneapolis, in honor of the
completion of the Pearson's endow
ment of $-50,000. This year's gradu
ating class is composed of twelve
young men. Only one other doctorate
of divinity has been conferred by this
college.
Fred C. Smvth, Pres. Trios. P. Smvth, Sec-Treas. D. C. Smvth, Manager.
BEMIDJI MERCANTILE CO.
302 Beltrami Avenue.
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
GROCERIES, 'F'L0KRf--'FEED-f-4tA^--rttAi-N-j- P-ROWrCn&r
Phone No. 215.
Whole Wheat Flour
Fresh Groceries
AXE AGAIN fALLS
SUPERINTENDENT OF THE MONEY
ORDER SYSTEM IS DIS-
MISSED.
INDISCRETIO N IS HI S TAUT
OPPOSED GIVING ACONTRACT FOR
PRINTING TO THE LOWEST
BIDDER.
TH E GOVtHNMtNT LOSES $45,000
FAVORED A COMPANY. OF WHICH
HIS SON IS AN EM-
PLOYE.
Washington, June 19.As ao'resntf-0f
alleged indiscretion in mutters pertain
ing to the award of contracts for
printing the money order forms of the
government. James T. Metcalfe, for
many years superintendent of the
money order system of the postoffice
department, yesterday was removed
from office by the postmaster goue'ral.
A full investigation of the case will be
made later. The dismissal is the re
sult of acts of Mr. Mqtcalfe in -opposi
tion to the bid of Pan) Herman of
Rutherford, N. J., the lowest bidder by
$4!,000 and in favor of the next high
est bidder, the Wynkoop-Hallenback
Crawford Company of New York, of
which company Mr. Metcalfe's son is
an employe.
Metcalfe advised Herman, who was
formerly employed by the Wynkoop
Hallenbeck-Crawford company, to
withdraw his bill and return to the
employ of that company, promising, it
is alleged, that if he complied his $.",
000 deposit would be. returned to him.
He Also Discouraged
the granting of a hearing on the ques
tion of the financial responsibility of
Mr. Herman and manifested desire
that the contract he awarded to the
Wynkoop-Hairenback-Crawford com
pany.
Post master General Payne, in an
nouncing his action, said that there
was no charge that Mr. Metcalfe- had
done anything that was amenable to
the law. but said that his conduct was
serious indiscretion that could not be
overlooked. Mr. Metcalfe, he said,
always had been considered a faithful,
efficient. pa*instaking and honest em
ploye. The postmaster general later
conferred with President Roosevelt
regarding the case and the order of
dismissal followed.
Mr. Payne's voice trembled with
emotion as he announced the dismissal
to the newspaper men late yesterday
afternoon. He said it had come his
duty to make the removal and was a
step which he could not avoid in the
proper discharge of his duties.
CORNER IN CORN.
Large Holders Have the Shorts at
Their Mercy.
Chicago, June 19 A corner in corn
is likely. July corn yesterday reached
50B-8c aft^r opening-rat 19 1-2 and
closing at 50 3-8e. a sain of 7-8c for the
day. There is an immense shortage in
July and September corn. The shorts
are the men in the country. The prin
cipal longs are J. Ogden Armour, the
Gates-Elwood crowd. D. O. Reid of
New York and several others In Wall
street. The country shorts expected
that the weather would be favorable
for their deliveries, but in this they
have been disappointed and they are
hard pressed. It now is practically
certain that the price of July and Sep
tember corn will ultimately he forced
away up. The big holders have the
shorts at their mercy.
Fresh Dairy Butter
Fresh Creamery Butter
Fresh Eggs
Best Patent Flour
Tomatoes
Oranges
Lemons
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RUSSELL SAGE MUST PAY.
Caught Napping Over Personal Proper
ty and'Must Pay on $2,000,000.
New York. June 1'.'. Russell Sage
has been caught napping in the matter
of personal taxes, and as a result will
be obliged to pay taxes fin ah assess
ment of $2 000,000 instead of $fi00,000,
as he heretofore has done. The aged
financier, it seems, thought he had
until July 1 to secure alterations in his
assessment, whereas the time expired
May 1. He allowed the matter to run
along, and when he sought, the latter
part of the month, to secure a change
im'his asiesTmehT^ he could not do so.
the persona! tax books being closed,
and his assessment of $2,000,000 must
stand.
IN EXTRA SESSION.
Kansas Legislature Will Pass Bills to
Restore Flood Damage.
Topeka, Kan June 111 -Oov. Bailey
yesterday MM a proclamation call
ing the Kansas legislature in extra
ordinary session June 24 to provide
means to enable the cities and counties
to restore the bridges sw away by
the Mood.
FEDERAL COURT PENALTIES.
Fines Are Laid Upon Violators of the
^National Statutes.
West Superior, Wis.. June ID. In
federal court yesterday George A.
Young was lined $120 foi embezzle
ment of postoillec fUnaa while post
master at Filield. Ernest Morrison was
fined $1,1102 for encroaching upon gov
ernment lands in Burnett county.
George Ames was lined $lin) for selling
liquor to Indians on the Flambeau
reservation. Max Osiramski was ac
quitted, of the same charge.
MUST FEED BUFFALOS.
Scotty Philip Will Have to Raise for
age for the Herd This Year.
Pierre, 8. tine 19 Scotty Philip
la this year putting a large acreage of
forage crop to be used in feeding his
buffalo herd through the winter. Tho
homestead settlement along the river
Is cutting down the hay acreage, which
has always been free to tho man who
wanted to go after it wlfh a mowing
machine, and something has to be pro
vided to take the place of it for winter
food.
THREE KILLED IN WRECK.
Result of a Collision on the Rock
Island.
Cedar Rapids,- Iowa, June 19.--Three
men were killed and four Injured as
I the result of a collision of a Rock
Island passenger train and a gravel
train at Einjira, twenty miles south of
here. The accident was caused by tno
failure of the gravel train to dear the
malntrack before the passehgec ar
i rived.
Held Without Bail.
St. Francis, Kan., June la.j-rhaun-\
coy Dewey and his companions were
S bound over without ball for the mur
der of the Berry family.
Accidentally Killed.
Mellette, S. I).. June 19. John
Touse, while riding on a load of tim
ber, fell from it and struck on his
head, from the effects of which ho
died. He was about thirty years old
and a stranger here.
Shot the Hired Man.
Finley, N. D, June 19.Last even
ing while examining a 22-caliber rifle a
twelve-year-old boy shot a hired man
of Ole Bjugstad. The wound Is in the
I head, and it Is thought that the man
I will die.
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