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VOLUME 1. NUMBER 70
COL. AMES IN JAIL
THE SUPREME COURT DECIDES
AGAINST FORMER CHIEF
OF POLICE.
HE MIST SERVE HIS SENTENCE
HAD EVIDENTLY EXPECTED UN-
FAVORABLE ACTION BY
THE COURT.
SAD EAREWELl TO HIS PAMILY
SIX YEARS IN PRISON THE PEN-
ALTY FOR CORRUPTION
IN OFFICE.
Minneapolis, July 11.Frederick W.
Ames, iormer colonel of the Thir
teenth Minnesota volunteers and
former superintendent of the Minne
apolis police department during the
administration of his brother, Dr. A.
A. Ames, now occupies a cell at the
Hennepin county jail.
The prisoner will be taken to the
Stillwater penitentiary this morning
to begin a six-year sentence.
County Attorney Fred H. Boardman
received information from the su
preme court yesterday forenoon that a
decision had been reached in the
Ames case, that that decision was un
favorable to the convicted man, and
that the decision would be filed this
moaning.
Col. Aames had evidently prepared
himself for this final ordealthe cul
minating act in a series of
Sensational Incidents.
He had evidently calculated upon un
favorable action by the highest judi
cial tribunal to which he could appeal,
for during the past week or two he has
been getting his private affairs in
shape for his departure for Stillwater.
Col. Ames was found at his home
a once happy and refined home that
has been terribly saddened by the un
fortunate developments of the past
fifteen months. After taking affection
ate leave of his children and the sor
rowed wife who has continued loyal
and true and her husband's best and
most comforting adviser since he was
Indicted nearly a year ago, the former
proud commander of Minnesota's gal
lant contingent in the war in the Phil
ippines accompanied the deputy sher
iff to the county jail. The prisoner was
then placed
Behind Prison Bars
for the first time in his life. He was
calm, yet his somewhat expressionless
face showed plainly that he fully ap
preciated the terrible position. When
asked if he had anything to say be
fore he left to serve out his sentence,
Col. Ames simply and firmly said:
"I have nothing whatever to say."
The decision of the supreme court
in this case does not surprise the pub
lic in the least. The trial and all the
preliminary proceedings had been
watched with very great interest, and
there was a feeling that the result of
the trial was entirely warranted by
the facts and that the case, having
been carefully and impartially tried,
there was absolutely no loop hole
through which tne condemned man
could escape the sentence of the dis
trict court.
WITH HER OWN BROTHER.
Mrs. Katz Eloped With Him and Left
Eight Children.
Port Huron, Mich., July 11.Local
officers are trying to locate Mrs. Philip
Katz of Chicago and her brother,
Charles Steinmann, also of that city.
Philip Katz, accompanied by a grown
up daughter, arrived in Port Huron
from Chicago in search of his wife,
who, he said, had eloped with her pwv.
brother. Mrs. Katz left eight-children.
the youngest being a year old. Stein
mann left a wife and four children.
GUAYRA RECAPTURED.
Venezuelan Rebels Suffer Heavy Loss
and Flee to the Hills.
New York, July 11. Venezuelan
gunboats arriving here, says a Herald
dispatch from Port-of-Spain, Trinidad,
confirm the news of the bombardment
and recapture of Guayra and the en
tire Venezuelan coast along the Gulf of
Paria by the government forces under
Vice President Gomez. The rebels,
after a heavy loss, fled to the hills.
LARGE RELIEF FUND
Has Been Collected for the Benefit of
Oakford Park Flood Sufferers.
Jeannette, Pa., July 11. Almost
$30,000 has been collected for the re
lief of the sufferers by the Oakford
Park dam disaster of last Sunday, and
the work of relief has been system
ized. About $60,000 more will be
needed. The greatest problem now Is
that of speedily clearing up the wreck
age.
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PROTECT AMERICAN INTERESTS.
Interference With American Shipping
bv Venezuelans Must Cea~e.
V.'ashington. July 11.The navy dp
payment, at the instance of the state
department, has taken steps to pre
vent further interference with Ameri
can shipping in the Orinoco by either
government or rebel forces. This ac
tion was taken upon the advice of Mr.
I Russell, United States charge at
Caracas, dated on the 6th inst.. to the
effect that the government forces had
detained two ships belonging to the
Orinoco Steam Navigation company at
San Fernando, and the insurgents had
detained and were likely to destroy
three other ships belonging to the
same company at Ciudad Bolivar.
Orders were cabled yesterday to the
United States ship Bancroft at Port
of-Spain to proceed at once up the
Orinoco and release the detained -ves
sels. No resistance is anticipated.
SUSPENDED IN MID AIR.
Man Falls Through Bridge and Is
Qa-uoht bv His Foot.
Chicago, July 11. Writhing and
shrieking in terror as his body swung
'in mid air, suspended by one foot,
which had caught between the trestle
work of the Ninety-sixth street bridge^
Lee Gillen of Milwaukee yesterday
passed through an experience which
nearly caused him to lose his reason
through fright. As his body swung
over the Calumet river a heavy freight
train which he had been trying to
board, was passing over the bridge,
adding to the victim's danger of death.
Gillen was rescued only when a tug
steamed to his assistance and Cayt.
Johnson climbed the bridge and by a
feat of muscular strength caught hold
of the man and drew him to safety.
He was unconscious and was taken to
the hospital.
BOTH GET RIGHT OF WAY.
Controversy Between the Soo and
Great Northern Settled.
Washington, July 11. The secre
tary of the interior has solved the
problem arising out of the controversy
between the Soo road and the Great
Northern over the right of way
through the White Earth Indian reser
vation in Minnesota by granting the
right to both companies. The two
companies desire to connect their
lines north and south of the reserva
tion by building connecting links
across the reservation, and each
sought to keep the other out on tech
nical grounds. The proposed roads
will parallel each other.
NEGP.OES ORDERED OUT.
Texan Town Greatly Excited Over the
Scooting of a Brakeman.
Sour Lake, Tex., July 11. Word
reached here yesterday that a brake
man on the Southern Pacific, 3ud
Thompson, had been shot and fatally
wounded by a negro at New Junction.
In a few mlniues notices were posted
in conscicuous places about town,
reading.
"Nigger: Don't let the sun go down
on yoa in Scar Lake to-night."
Many negrt^s hastily left the city.
Over fifty let- for Houston and Beau
mont. Ths exodus continued last
night arid many walked out of town.
A restaurant which employs negroes.
is being guarded by armed men. The
situation is grave.
CLOUDBURST IN IOWA.
Railroad Track Washed Out and
Towns Inundated.
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, July 11.East-
ern Iowa WE visited by a destructive
cloudburst. The loss to crops was
heavy, and much damage was done by
lightning. Johnson county was the
center of the storm. In the vicinity
of Wheeling several hundred feet of
track of the Chicago, Milwaukee &
St. Paul railroad was washed out. A
portion of the town of Wyoming was
inundated, and many inhabitants were
driven from their homes. A number of
small buildings were damaged. No
lives were lost, however.
Dead of His Injuries.
Wilder, Minn., July 11.A. A. David
son, the young man who was so se
verely injured July 4 by the premature
explosion of a piece of gas pipe he
was loading, is dead. The explosion
tore away the thumb, first, third and
little fingers, and also the inside of Ifis
hand, and burned him about the
stomach and bowels very bad. The
remains will be taken to his home at
Glenwood, Iowa.
Huntley Ranch Sold.
Helena, Mont., July 11. For the
consideration of $100,000 cash and a
mortgage for $25,000, Mrs. Anna S.
Huntley of Helena has transferred to
the Riverside Land and Live Stock
company the Huntley ranch, twenty
miles east of Helena. The ranch prop
erty consists of 11,000 acres and
leases calling for 6.000 more are alBO
transferred to the corporation.
Drowned While Bathing.
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, July 11.Cha.
Wagner, a stenographer and popular
young man here, was drowned while
in swimming.
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S IM HANGS
\H BALANC
CARDINALS HEADED E0R ROME
THE DAILY PIONEER
ANOTHER DAY OF ALTERNATE
HOPES AND FEARS HAS
PASSED.
ALL PREPARATIONS BEING MADF.
IN EXPECTATION OF
LEO'S DEATH.
Rome, July 11, 6:30 a. m.It is re
ported that when shortly after sunrise
this morning Dr. l.apponi went to see
the pope he found him wiih his hands
together in the attitude of prayer. In
reply to the request whether his holi
ness required anything, he replied:
"To-day finishes a week since I was
taken ill. I thank God for giving me
strength to still pray to him."
Life Hangs in the Balance.
Rome, July 11, 2 a. m.Another day
of alternate hopes and fears has
passed and Pope Leo's life still hangs
in the balance. Beginning with re
newed hopes the day closed with the
scales tending slowly, but surely,
downward.
No night bulletin was issued, but at
12:15 this morning it was learned
from Dr. Mazapni that the condition of
the pontiff had not changed since the
issue of the evening bulletin at 7:30
o'clock, which announced that the pa
tient's state was grave, and at which
hour Dr. Lapponi had declared his
fear that there was no hope, but that
the end might not come during this
night.
The condition of Pope Leo at times
yesterday morning
Seemed So Favorable
that the hopeful Dr. Mazzoni and the
more conservative Lapponi united in
expressing the belief that there was
some slight prospect of recovery, but
within a few hours these brighter
prospects disappeared before the most
alarming conclusions reached after the
lengthy consultation of the doctors.
The earlier hopes had been inspired
largely by the pontiff's outward evi
dence of vigor, as he was able to rise,
walk and command all his faculties,
but the later consultation disclosed
that these outwara evidences of
strength were entirely deceptive, as
the real danger consistei the grad
ual internal progress of the insidious
diseases.
The mere fact of the consultation in
Itself, gave rise to the
Gloomiest Forebodings.
Indeed, this was the first actual con
sultation, as the previous frequent
meeting of the doctors were not re
garded as formal consultations. Yes
terday, however. Dr. Rossoni, the dis
tinguished specialist of the Baccelli
school, was called into a consultation
lasting two hours, during which every
phase of the patient's cise was mi
nutely goi.e over. The conclusions
announced in the 7:30 o'clock bulle
tin showed that liquid is again rapid
ly gathering In the plural cavity and
that the pope's general condition is
very grave.
Following the issuance of this bulle
tin the doctors freely expressed their
personal convictions regarding the ex
treme gravity of the case. Dr. Lap
poni said, without qualification, that
the patient's condition, was beyond
hope. He did not
Expect a Final Collapse
to-night, but rc^ber a gradual sinking
until the end ruva. How long the
sufferer may Ut* the doctors will not
venture any r*'/.fiction. Ordinary cal
culations^ that- 1*. fail to apply to this
extraordinary snae.
Whatever may be the outcome, the
Vatican world has fully made up it*
mind that the death of the pope is only
a question of days at the most, and
probably only of hours. TVlth this be
ing the prevalent view, every detail
for conducting the affairs of the
church during the interregnum and
for carrying out the election of Pope
Leo's successor is being systematical
ly arranged. Following advices from
the Vatican, the cardinals throughout
the world are hurrying Romeward, an
ticipating the holding of a conclave
for the choice of a pope.
Six Deaths From Heat.
New York, July 11.There were six
deaths from heat yesterday in New
York, six in Brooklyn and fully two
score prostrations. The temperature
reached 94 degrees.
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BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, SATURDAY, JULY 11. 1903,
POPE'S DEATH QUESTION 0E HOURS
DOCTORS SAY WITHOUT QUALIFI-
CATION THAT THERE IS
NO HOPE.
Wholesale and Reta il
MOUNTAIN RANGES RUINED.
Hundreds of Thousands of Acres Are
Made Barren by Sheep.
Red Lodge, Mont., July 11.Thanks'
to the sheep, the Bull mountain
ranges, covering hundreds of thou
sands nf acres, are now only deserted,
barren planes, on which an Indian
syuse could not make a living. These
ranges had for a long lime been the
very best in the state, and the cattle
men were looking forward to the com
ing of the summer to rash tlfeir herds
onto them. But the sheep men of this
part of the country had enst an envi
ous eye on the magnificent ranges,
and long before the snow was on" of
the ground they had driven their big
flocks to the grounds. I? the range is
ever a :ain good for anything it will
have to be reseeded from one end to
the other. This will cost a small
fortune, and there is little likelihood
of its being done.
BEARS SHOW SHREWDNESS.
Rob Ranches and Th i i Seek Safety in
National Tark.
Gardiner, Mont., J-'.y 11.Roars are
becoming BO numen us and such a
nuisance in and near the National
Park that the ranchers in this section
are -up in arms, and are threatening to
put In a bill for damages to the gov
ernment, which has control of the re
serve. While the bears are fed regu
larly at the various hotels within the
confines of the park, they appear to
grow weary of Cooked foods and
sweets. As a result, they are making
regular trips to the ranches in the
neighborhood, where they are dding
great damage. The animals make
their raids and then quickly fly back
to the park, carrying with them fine
porkers and fat calves, which they eat
at their leisure^
TOWN BORN OVER NIGHT.
Excuse for Existence Is That Railroad
Will Run There.
Kalispell, Mont., July 11. A new
town, with stores, saloons, residences
and even a canvas church has
sprung into being in a night fewer
than fifty miles from here. As yet no
railroad r'.ins to the place, and every
thing has been packed in by horses.
The place already has a population of
nearly 500 and is steadily growing.
Whiteflsh is the name of the town. It
is between this city and Columbia
Falls, and the excuse for its existence
is that the Columbia Fa'ls railroad will
be completed to the town this year.
Dance halls and saloons are, of course,
the most conspicuous buildings in the
town Just now, and the number is in
creasing cr-"=tantlv
as the days go by.
NEW BUINCO UAMfc:.
Victims Are Secured on Plea of Or
ganizing a Lodge.
Sioux Falls. S. D., July 11.A young
man who recently visited Plankinton
for the purpose of instituting a lodge
of a well known order succeeded in
victimizing a number of citizens. He
failed to secure the necessary number
of charter members and has not re
turned to those who agreed to join the
proposed new lodge the sums which
they paid for the privilege of becom
ing members of the order. Since his
disappearance from Plankinton he has
been seen at another town, where he
was engaged in manipulating a chuck
aluck machine in a gambling house,
having doubtless been removed from
the position gf tidr organizer.
JUDu_ w.o KETIRES.
After Long Official Career He Seeks
Resi in Private Life.
Madison, Wis., J4ily-1LJudge V.P.
Lyon, president of the state board of
control, will relinquish his office in a
few days. His resignation awaits the
return of Gov. La Follette from Da
kota. His resignation is solely on ac
count of his age and desire to rest. He
will go to California in a few weeks
to make his home with his children
there, having sold his fine homestead
here to O. H. Brandenburg of the Mad
ison Democrat.
FRED C. SMYTH. President THUS. P. SMYTH. Sec.-Treas. I). C. SMYTH. Manager
BEMIDJ I MERCANTIL E CO.
Opposite the Old Court House
Groceries, Flour, Ha and Grain
Phone
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GIVE RIJSS1A
NOTHING WILL BE DONE IN MAN-
CHURIAN QUESTION UNTIL
SEPTEMBER.
LET CZAIMIAVt CHANGE TO HAVE
FULFILL PROMISE TO EVACUATE
ACCORDING TO LAST AN-
NOUNCEMENT.
HURRIES THE JEWISH PI IIII0N
LEADERS TOLD THAT PRESIDENT
DESIRES TO HAVE THE MAT-
TER OVER.
Washington, July 11--The president
has decided that the matter of the
Jewish petition must be finally dis
posed of before any further effort is
made here to compose the- issues aris
ing out' of the Manchurlan situation.
Therefore it Is now said that nothing
is likely to be done in reference to
Manchuria until next September, by
which time, according to the late Rus
sian announcement, the evacuation of
Manchuria, by Russian troop%, save
and farmers.
El
Till: NEW TOWN OF
KELLIHER
situated as it is, at'the head Bullhead Lake, and
at the terminus of the Bullhead branch of the M. &
railway, and being* in the heart of the timber dis
trict where logging will he carried on extensively
for the next fifteen years, is bound to be a thriving
town in a very short time. The soil In this vicinity
is loam with clay subsoilj showing excellent pros
pects in regard to agricultural purposes. The
O'Kelliher" Mercantile Co.
of Blackduck
will build a lartre general store, to supply Toggers
TIIK voting towns in Northern Minnesota JareJ fam
ous for their rapid growth, and everything goes
to show that KELLIHER will be one of the busiest
logging centers in this district.
For information regarding prices of lots, or other general
information, write or call at the
Crookston Lumbe Company
LOGGING DEPARTMENT
BEMIDJI MINN.
TEN CENTS PER WEEK.
We Sell Large
Quantities and
Our Goods Are
Always Fresh
railway guards, snouiu tie completed.
It is understood that the Riissiau gov
ernment has set up as one reason for
opposing the opening 01 new ports in
Manchuria, the necessity of allowing
her to first complete the evacuation of
Manchuria, and although the reason
ing is rather obscure on cast point. It
Is understood our government is will
ing to wait until September before
making the nexl move.
Hurry Up the Petition.
Secretary Hay was in tuTtffef con
fer, nee yesterdaj with some of. the
Jewish lenders and communicated to
them the presnTent's desire that they
i should call at Oyster Hay next Tues
day to consul! respecting the disposi
tion i" lie ramie rn Urn Jewish petition
to the*czar. The secretary took oc
casion to emphasize the president's
.It sire thai there should be no further
delay In the submission of the petition.
it is probable the course to be pur
sued will consist in the dispatch of
cablegrams to Mr. Kiddle, United
States charge at St Petersburg,-dlreGt
ing him to Inquire of the Russian gov
ernment whether it is willing to re
ceive a petition, the nature of which
will be hriolly outlined by Mr. Riddle.
Further proceeding! will be governed
by the Russian answer.
Luncheon to Officers.
London, July 11.-The Pilgrim club
yesterday tendered a luncheon to the
officers of the American squadron at
the Carlton hotel. Vice Admiral
Beresford and Admiral Cotton spoke,
each expressing friendly sentiments.
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