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VOLUME 1. NUMBER 81.
CHARGE O STATE
EXHIBIT
Captain Wellman of Frazee
Appointed by World's
Fair Commission.
WILL PREPARE AGRICULTURAL
EXHIBIT FOR STATE.
The Captain Is*Now In Bemidji
Looking Up Grains and
Grasses.
Captain D. L. Wellman of Fra
:zee, Minn., engaged by the St.
Louis World's Fair commission
to gather an agricultural exhibit
from the state of Minnesota for
the big fair, spent Wednesday |at
the experimental farm at Crooks
ston, and says that he found just
what he was looking for, nice
stock and all kinds of grains.
5 The captain spent yesterday and
today in Bemidji. He appeared
enthusiastic over what he had
seen at Crookston, and the Red
river valley will probably be well
represented at St. Louis next
year.
In an interview with the Daily
Pioneer yesterday, Captain Fra
zee said: "I thought that the
timber region in the northern
part of the state should be repre
sented, and came over here to
see what you had in the way of
nice grains. Judging from what
I saw back at Carmen the grain
in this northern section will
hardly do to exhibit. The drouth
has affected the growth to a con
siderable extent, and to take the
..grain I saw would not give justice
or a good representation of what
the northern counties will grow.
I would be pleased to receive
from the settlers of Beltrami
and other counties any grains,
.grasses or other products of
their fields and gardens that will
do to take to the fair. Should
anyone have nice grain stalks
measuring five"or live and a half
feet I will place it in the Minne
sota exhibit if it is sent to me at
Frazee. It should be pulled out
by the roots and tied once around
at the bottom. Then hang it to a
I rafter, heads clown, so that the
stalks will dry straight and neat.
Later it can be sent to me in a
suitable box and I will prepare it
for the fair this winter. Further
particulars can be obtained from
C. L. Smith or Judge Reynolds,
who are interested in the exhibit."
Evening Wisconsin: It will not
be a compliment, after this, to
tell postoffice people that they
are working like beavers.
Oskosh Northwestern: It is ru
mored that Sir Thomas Lipton
has promised to take an Amer
ican wife if he succeeds in "lift
ing" the cup this time. Fie, Fie,
i Sir Thomas! Lift the wife first
and perhaps it will change your
lack.
MINNESOTA MOB IS FOILED.
Another Attempt Is Made to Lynch
the Negro, Joseph Scott.
Glencoe, Minn., July 24. Sheriffs
Hartley and McKensie attempted to
remove the negro, Joseph Scott, who
'murderously assaulted Miss MifuTie
Olson at Watson early Saturday morn
ing, to the Montevideo jail, but they
weT turned back by a mob at Minne
sota Falls, and a lynching was averted
only by a hand-to-hand fight.
The sheriffs escaped with their pris
oner in a buggy, followed by the mob,
but they distanced their pursuers and
hope to place the negro behind the
bars here early to-day.
The negro was saved from the ven
geance of the mob by a seventy-mBe
drive. At Bird Island, thirty miles
from Minnesota Falls, the sheriffs
were distancing their pursuers, and re
ports at 8 o'clock, an hour after they
passed through with their prisoner,
stated that the mob was thinning and
that hope of overtaking the negro was
waning.
WAS NOT PROVEN
GUILTY
Jens Hansen, Charged With
Selling Liquor to Indians,
Discharged.
SO DOUBT THAT WHISKY CAME
FROM HIS SALOON.
But Evidence Did Not Show That
Hansen Himself
Sold It.
Jens Hansen, the Bemidji sa
loon keeper arrested Wednesday
on the charge of selling liquor to
the Indians, had a trial in Judge
Achenbach's court this morning
and was dischdrged for lack of
evidence, and it was ordered that
his bondsmen be released.
In rendering his decision the
court stated that there was no
doubt in his mind but that the
liquor had been procured from
Mr. Hansen's place of business,
but he said that the somewhat
tangled evidence did not prove
beyond a doubt,or even beyond
a reasonable doubt, that Hansen
himself had sold the liquor. It is
thought likely that the Indians
got the whiskey from the roust-,
a-bout. The judge warned Han
sen to see that hereafter no man
about the place sold or gave in
toxicating liquor to the Indians.
County Attorney Loud repre
sented the state in the action and
Bailev & McDonald defended.
ROAC VICTOR
Log Rolling Contest Last Night
Witnessed by an Immense
Crowd.
Reviere was thrown into the
water three times in succession
by Ed Roach in the log rolling
contest at the city dock last even
ing. An immense crowd wit
nessed the match and loudly
cheered Roach every time he
ducked his opponent. Roach and/
Allan Stewart, the latter of Min
neapolis, who claims to be the
champion log roller of the world,
will-hold a championship contest
at Blackduck Sunday.
New Towns.
Silver Bros, will open a branch
office in Duluth, where they will
be headquarters for lots in the
new towns along the Duluth, Vir
ginia and Rainy River railroad.
These towns will be located at
the crossing of the Little Fork
river, Pelican lake and Ash lake.
Ashawa, the new town at the
Little Fork, will be on the market
within the next ten days. The
building of the railroad will be
pushed and the steel will be laid
into Ashawa within the next
30 days.
Real Estate Transfers.
The Crookston Lumber Co. has
purchased from Oscar Miner two
lots and two houses at the corner
of Beltrami avenue and Ninth
street. The consideration was
3,250. It is understood that the
property will be for the use of
Mr. Murch. superintendent of
the company's sawmill in Be
midji.
Mrs. Jennie Ward today pur
chased lot 4, in block 4. from the
White & Street Townsite Co. for
for a consideration of $425.
Sons of Veterans.
A Bemidji lodge of Sons of
Veterans was formed at the court
house last nisrht.
REGION'S GROWTH
AMAZING
Gov. Van SantSays Northern
Minnesota's Advancement
Is Remarkable
SPOKE IX PATRIOTIC ADDRESS
O GREAT PROSPERITY.
Said Northern Minnesota Would
Become a Great Dairying Sec
tion of the State.
"I am amazed at the remark
able growth made by Bemidji
and northern Minnesota in the
past few years,'.' said Gov. Van
Sant last night in his patriotic
address delivered in the park to
the old soldiers. ''Two or three
years ago we to the south looked
upon this region as a veritable
wilderness, inhabited by Indians
and wild beasts of the forest.
Now your beautiful little city
appears as cultured, as refined
and as prosperous as Winona
and to me that is the best town
in the world. Your people look
to be as well fed and as happy
and enlightened as any in the
Uriited|States."
All space within earshot of the
speaker's standwasoccupiod last
night when the governor stepped
to the front of the platform, and
he said that it was the largest
outdoor audience he had ever
addressed. He spoke of the
prosperity of the country, and of
how proud every one within the
borders of the United States
should be to be a citizen of so great
a nation. Governor Van Sant
spoke in eloquent terms of the
bravery of the American soldi
both of ^he north and the south
during the civil war and of the
canse for which they were fight
ing. He said
THE DAILY PIONEER.
BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, FRIDAY. JULY 24. 1903.
that the greatest
victory of the war was not at
Gettysburg or Appomatox, but
rather in the stacking of arms at
Washington after the war and
returning home to resume the
work at the plow, and that if the
north had wop at Bull Run and
pushed on and taken possession
of Richmond, ending the war,
there would very probably have
been slavery in America today.
In speaking of what the "war
had accomplished, the governor
came as a natural result to the
prosperity and rapid growth of
the country, and particularly of
Minnesota at the present time.
The value of Minnesota's dairy
products last year, he said, were
$14,000,000, and asserted that it
would not be a great while before
the value each year would reach
$70,000,000. He also stated that
northern Minnesota would be
come one of the greatest, if
not the greatest dairying sec
tion of the state. The speaker
did not forget to pay his
respects to women, and said that
though men held the reins it was
women who told them where to
drive. At the close of the speech
three rousing cheers were given
by the immense audience, every
person waving hanker chief or
hat. Following this three
cheers were given for Gov. Van
Sant. Here little Miss Derothy
Nangle presented the governor
with a handsome bouquet of
flowers, and a cane, handsomely
carved by a Chippewa Indian es
specially for the governor was
also presented to him.
Following the governor's speech
were other addresses and mu
sical selections. Mrs. Reynolds,
in her inimitable way, told "The
Soldier's Story of the War,"
Wholesale and Retail
aaid Comrade Mattocks sang
"The Army Bean," which tickled
the audience hugely. Mrs. Stark
weather and others thanked the
local G. A. R. post and Bemidji
citizens in general for the hand
some entertainment provided the
visiting soldiers and all their
friends.
DENNY NOT IN IT.
Marshal of Ortonville Had Nothing to
Do With Negro Capture.
Montevideo, Minn., July 24. The
early dispatches concerning the cap
ture of the negro, Joseph Scott, which
gave some of the Credit to Marshal
Denny of Ortonville. was caused
through the confusion incident upon
the capture, coupled with the presenco
of Denny upon the train which brought
the negro through Montevideo to
Glencoe. Marshal Denny had nothing
to do with the capture. He knew noth
ing of it until the train was stopped by
the posse and Sheriff Hartly^at Milan.
Denny was aboard the train, and it
was naturally thought by the corres
pondents that he had taken part in
the capture of Scott, and hence he
was exploited.
HUSBAND WANTS ALIMONY.
Butcher Says That His Wife Attacks
Him With a Big Knife.
Sioux City, Iowa, July^'4. It sel
dom occurs that a husband In a di
vorce action in the courts demands
judgment for alimony against his
wife, but this is what is done by
George T. Rowe in a cross petition to
his wife's divorce suit filed some days
ago. He asks the court to give him
judgment for $l,0ur'i permanent ali
mony and dismiss his wife's petition.
Rowe is a big butcher in (Jrrenvilie
and he charts that his wife has
choked him repeatedly, attacked him
with a carving ltnire and called him
vile names that his Hie is endangered
by his wife's treatment of him.
WINKLE JEERS IN COURT.
He Is Held for Trial on a Charge of
Brutal Murder.
La Crosse, Wis., July HI. Max
Winkle, a young farmer of Arcadia,
was yesterday bound over to the cir
cuit court without bail on a charge of
having robbed and brutally murdered
James Campbell, an aged and wealthy
farmer whose mangled remains were
found in a pool near his farm house
early hi May. Winkle was arrested on
suspicion aroused by his jeering atti
tude toward the case. He still jeered
when in court yesterday, hut the testi
mony was damaging. It is believed
that there will be a second party to
the murder arrested within a short
time.
CASE PLANT IS SCORCHED.
Fire in Paint Shop Threatens to De
stroy the Whole Establishment.
Racine, Wis., July 21. For three
hours yesterday afternoon the plant
of the mammoth J. I. Case Machine
company, valued at $3,000,000, was In
danger of total destruction. Shortly
after noon a dull explosion was heard
and the paint shop, which occupies
part of a building covering nearlf a
block situated in the center of the
manufacturing district, hurst Into
flames. By 2 o'clock the fire was un
der control with the loss estimated at
between $100,000 and $12.7.( 00 fully
insured. It will be rebuilt at once.
CLARK TO THE RESCUE.
Declares That He Is the Only One
Concerned in a Bribe Offer.
Butte, Mont., July 24.In the Shores
disbarment case yesterday the deposi
tion of Charles W. Clark, son of Unit
i ed States Senator Clark of Montana,
was read. It was taken at San Fran
cisco in March, and states positively
that the deponent alone wa* the man
who offered Harney $200,000 to con
fess that he had been bribed in. th
Minnie Healy case.
FRED C, SMYTH, President TH0S. P. SMYTH, Sec.-Treas. D. C. SMYTH, Manager
BEMIDJI MERCANTILE CO.
Opposite the Old Court House
Groceries, Flour, Ha and Grain
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ENCAMPMENT IS
ENDED
Many of the Old Veterans
Have Already Gone
Home.
THE AFFAIR HAS BEEN A VERY
SUCCESSFUL 0NJE.
Gov. Van Sant Is in Town Today
Taking in the
Sights.
Today ends the Parle Region
(i. A. K. encampment, which has
been in progress in Bemidji since
last Tuesday. Some of the old
veterans loft for their homos this
morning, others on tho noon
train, and most of those still here
will leave tonight. Gov. Van Sant
is still in town and has spent
most of the day looking over the
city and its surroundings.
There were no special features
and fanners.
niilt(
TEN CENTS PER WEEK.
We Sell Large
Quantities and
Our Goods Are
Always Fresh
on today's program. There was
a camp tire this morning, some
thing in the nature of a love feast,
which was well attended. This
afternoon man}' of the old boys
are viewing the big saw mill in
company with the governor.
Taken altogether the encamp
ment has been one of the most
successful ever held in the state.
All the visitors wore pleased with
their reception and the enter
tainment provided, and theyaie
high in their praise of "Beaul il'nl
Bemidji." The park was an ideal
place Cor the pitching of tents
and the establishing of iieadquar
tors. It was particularly pretty
at night when the many electric
lights wore in full blast.
Loji Rolling Contest.
A log rolling contest for the
championship of the world will
be held at Blackduck next Sun
day between Allan Stewart, pros
ent champion, and Bd Roach of
Bemidji. Both men are in excel
lent trim, and it thought that the
wi
|)0
one.
O'Kelliher Mercantile Co.
of Blackduck
will build a larue general store, to Bjipply lowers
T*HE voting towns in Northern Minnesota are fam
ous for their rapid growth, and everything goes
to show that KELLIHER will be one of the busiest
lodging centers in this-
district.
For information regarding prices of lots, or other general
information, write or call at the
Crookston Lumber Company
LOGGING DEPARTMENT
BEMIDJI MINN.
lst m( oxc iting
Advertise in the Pioneer.
Till: M-A TOW N OF
KELLIHER
situated as it is, at trie head Bullhead Lake, and
at the terminus of the Bullhead branch of the M. A
I. railway, and being In the heart of the timber dis
trict where logging will be carried on extensively
fop the next fifteen year-, fa bound to be a thriving
town in a very short time. The soil in this^idnity
is loam wfirTcTay subsoil, ih~owing excelleni pros
pects in regard to agricultural purposes. The