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The Daily Pioneer
PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON.
EDWARD KAISER. Publisher.
Entered in the postofflce at Bemldji, Minn.
as second class matter.
Official County and City Paper.
NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS
Copy for changes of advertisements In
The Dally Pioneer must reach this office
10 o'clock a. m. in order to insure theii
appearance in the issue of same day.
The latter is determined to show
that the influence of
Hill, Cleveland and Gorman has
not overthrown his prestige.
i
th
A i
land or Marcus A. lianna, also
he would not ha ve rooted out the i
1
having thoroughly done the lair,
got down to business yesterday
and for the next three weeks will
be busily engaged in adjusting
the returns of the various coun
ties of the state. The returns
lor 1903 show that there has been
an increase during the past year
in the total assessed valuation of
personal property in Minnesota
of practically $7,000,000.
HE COLOMBIAN government
is "gettin'sassy." It has been
holding up cablegrams from the
United States government to
Minister Beaupre at Bogota. We
always thought authorities down
there were a little light in their
uppers.
A prominent Italian physician
is going to issue a pamphlet on
the late Pope Leo's illness, which
will, it is stated, give rise to a
heated discussion, because its
author will contend tkat the pope
did not die of pleurisy. What's
the use*?
nighttime, thinking she was a
burglar. And the chances are
he growled at her when the doc
tor's bill came in.
THIS
Million Dollars Damage.
Fargo, N. D., Sept. 9. The second
day's rains have made conditions in
North Dakota much more serious, and
it is predicted that farmers will lose a
GET THEIR SENSES
COLOMBIANS STIRRED UP
THE POINTED TALK FROM
UNITED STATES.
O O WOR IN REA EARNEST
1 (PLAN TO FORM BASIS OF LAW
PROVIDING FOR A NEW
TREATY.
-'ORIGINAL TREAfY OR NONE
GREAT CAMPAIGN IS OHIO.
There is something- doing in a
political way in Minnesota but it
is as nothing when compared to
the disturbances in Ohio, where
a great election is approaching. Washington, Sept. 9. The pointed
In November it will be decided communication from Washington
whether Tom Johnson of Cleve-
STATE DEPARTMENT WILL NOT
STAND FOR ANY HAG-
GLING.
a
Han ns a influence Clevelnd.'
PanamaW,
Johnson has beenin supremea oeen b^eui*
Colombia government evidentlto
^ect.
a
A telegra
of Cleveland, is the uppermost says that the committee of the senate
man in the state. Johnson was yesterday presented a plan to form
j, I the basis of a law providing for a new
recently nominated for governor, cana
treaty
in
that city for the past four years,
the whole state. He is a man of
large fortune, $2,000,000 or more,
which he has made out of street
railway appliances. Johnson will
spend his money with the ut
most liberality and place it where
it will do the most good to him
self and the Bryan party. He
will be aided largely by Mayor
Jones of Toledo, another local
popular idol. The state will be
thoroughly organized for John
son, and Bryan is coming from
Nebraska to stump the state.
quirretiring: sent
and now he will make a try for delegation. 1 have been informed that
Senator Obaldia has been appointed
governor and he is on his way with
received from Bogota
whic
standing squarely on the Bryan! authorized to negotiatee witehn the Unit-
platform of 1900. ed States.
i ,y ^\an\ Dr. Harran, the Colombian charge,
Johnson must be popular else.
th
receive
th
govimen
foUowln
th
-ixi of dignified patience. No indication of
itg cours
Parker, of aio
the
Colombiacnt
THE State board of equalization, Colombian congress already is regret-
A MINNEAPOLIS MAN nearly) lary was murdered by a mob of native
Choked his Wife to death in the P^ at Cabuga a few clays ago
while attempting to arrest a policeman
for disobedience of orders. His as-
is the open season for
ducks, but the Mallard Call is
still heard.
Indicted for Making Whisky.
Deadwood, S. D.. Sept. 9\The three
men accused of illicit distillation of
liquors, George Coy, John Strickland tions in Tel
and William Tufts, arrested near
Bdgemont, were indicted. When ar
raigned they pleaded not guilty.
is
c.MBtafa fro
governor of Panama, dated
yesterday, in reply to an tn
Notn
know
wjthdrawal
her
egardln
from congresse ofr Panamg a
Representative Fahuoga."
The state department yesterday re
ceived a routine message from Mr.
Beaupre, the American minister at
Bogota, acknowledging the receipt of
Secretary Hay's cablegram of Ang.
26, stating that the Washington gov
ernment would enter into no engage
ment which would hamper the presi
dent's freedom of action under the law.
Treaty Must Stand.
This was all the cablegram stated,
although it has been the basis foi
speculative reports about Mr. Beau
pre's ideas of the Bogota situation.
The state department's attitude is one
congress rejects or
iri tn
evea
amends the treaty will be forthcoming
until the time for the exchange oft rati
fications expires Sept. 22. It is known
at the state department that the
sailants were arrested.
million dollars by damage to crops and brawl at Lafond and Kent streets
from loss in grades. about midnight Sunday night, and so
badly injured that he died at the city
hospital yesterday morning.
This is the day when people are
looking for big returns from
small investments. You are as
sured good returns if you use
our want column.
ha
ting its hasty action in rejecting the
treaty
suggestb nto
remedy for the mistake.
th
department will
Once and for alstathe state department
"has announced that the treaty as ap
proved'by the Washington government
and ratified by the American senate
must stand. It is up to the Bogota
government to ratify that identical
treaty if Colombia desires an isthmian
canal.
The state department regards all the
reports as to the connection of this
government or even its interest in *he
unrest on the isthmus as of trivia* con
sideration. Dr. Herran, the Columbian
charge d'affaires, indignantly scouts
the idea that the United States would
lend itself to the encouragement of
this unrest.
REBELS HAVE BEEN ROUTED.
American Forces Drive Insurgents
From Mountain Stronghold.
Manila. Sept. 9. A body of scouts
and constabulary combined have suc
ceeded in scattering the insurrectos
who were reported a few days ago
causing trouble in Covite province, in
the district fronting on Laguna de Bay.
They have been driven out of the
mountain range to which they had
fled for shelter when routed by the
constabulary in an engagement which
took place last week. After dispers
ing them, the force returned and cap
tured their camp, together with, a
large amount of supplies and ammu
njtjon. i,ierit. Sutton of the constabu-
CONCESSIONS FROM SULTAN.
For Exploration of Neighborhood of
Ancient Babylon.
Berlin, Sept. 9. President Harper
of the University of Chicago left Con
stantinople yesterday after having se
cured valuable concessions from the
sultan in connection with the explora
tion of the neighborhood of ancient
Babylon. The university has now ob
tained special rights to begin excava- i
Ibrahim. The dispatch I
says that Dr. Harper brought his mis
sion to a successful issue after nego
tiations that were exciting in the ex
treme.
Killed in Street Brawl.
St. Paul. Sept. 9.Otto C. Kirchoff.
724 Lafond street, was struck on the
head with a stone during a street
Young Greer Loses His Leg.
LanesboTO, Minn., Sept. 9. Guy
Greer, son of R. R. Greer, in attempt
i lng to jump upon a car at this station.
i fell beneath a wheel which severed
his.right foot above the ankle.
ROOSEVELT THE ORATOR.
Addresses
BY
Labor Day Gathering at
Syracuse, N. Y.
Syracuse, N. Y., Sept. 9.President
Roosevelt opened the state fair here
yesterday, reviewed the labor parade
and delivered the oration of the day. I
There was never before such a demon-'
stration by organized labor in this
city. Fully 5,000 men and women were I
in line. The Labor day committee, as:
it reached the stand, sent its chairman
to greet the president'and to pin a
badge upon his coat. The president:
xpraased his pleasure in a few words,
and the line began to move. Union
after union uncovered as it reachod
the stand. Now and again
fhe pnBsi-
dent shouted compliments to a fine
looking body of men.. From start to
finish his attention was never diverted
from the worklngmen. The president's
address was listened to with marked
attention.
THREATENED THE PRESIDENT,
Syracuse Man Who Talked of Shooting
Is Arrested.
Syracuse, N. Y., Sept. 9.John Mill
er, a German, was arrested vesterday i
afternoon at his home, and is charged
witli having threatened to shoot the
president during his stay in this city, i
Sunday evening the police learned
that a man named Miller, living in the
southwestern part of the city, had
said that he would shoot the president
while the letter carriers parade was
in review. They could find no trace of
the man until yesterday afternoon,
when he was arrested. He denies that
he made threats against the presi
dent'.s life, and says a woman, through
Sunday morning. He is held pending
a more thorough investigation..
THREE PERISH IN A MINE.
Cut Off From Escape by Fire Res
cuers Are Injured.
Springer, N. Mex Sept. 9. Last
Friday afternoon Mine No. 1 of the
Dawson Fuel company caught fire and
is now burning. In room No. 8 of the
mine were three men, all of whom
perished. Some one set fire to a cur
tain at the entry of the mine, and
from this the fire started. Saturday
evening the superintendent of the
mine, with a posse of men, started to
rescue those inside and put out the
fire. The fans were working ano
when the force was quite a distance
inside a terrible explosion took place,
throwing some of them as far as thirty
feet.- All came out scorched and
scratched and some badly hurt. The
mine is still on fire and the bodies of
the dead have not been recovered.
PIER GAVE WAY.
Three Hundred Persons Dropped Into
the Water.
New York. Sept. 9.Three hundred
negro men, women and children, all
dressed in their Sunday best and sing
ing gospel hymns, havp been precipi
tated into three feet of water and mud
at low tide in Newark hay at Bayonne,
N. 3. The pier on which they were
standing collapsed just as Rev. John
T. Thornton was about to baptize a
member of his flock. Forty persons
were injured, the majority by the hys
terical efforts of their companions to
escape from what for the moment they
thought was death by drowning. But
when the ambulance surgeon looked
over the bruised ones he found only
four who needed attention. The rest,
bedraggled by mud and water, waded
ashore, and the baptism was post
poned.
DUG THEIR WAY OUT.
Murderer and Two Other Prisoners
Make Their Escape.
Albany, N. Y., Sept 9. "Sheeny"
Harris, one of the gang of five that
murdered Night Watchman Matthew
Wilson at Cobleskill two "years ago,
and two other prisoners, Edward
Caine. colored, and James Kelly, both
charged with burglard and grand lar
ceny, dug their way out of the Scho
harie county jail at Schoharie some
lime between 10 o'clock Sunday night
whom the police learner! of him, is ly- ficially announced that it would not
ing. When questioned at police head-j build the proposed $1,000,000 line
quarters he was unable to give a clear from Janesville to Madison owing to
explanation of his whereabouts since I the condition of the franchise, which
made its life thirty-five years instead
of fifty years. The company is backed
by a Cleveland syndicate.
FIRST CLKSS SHMPLE ROOM
CHOICEST BRANDS
MHOS MINT
GEO. M'THGGffRT, PROP.
CHOICESM1NES, LIQUORS HND CIGARS
PFLTR7TMJ AVE.. BEMIDJI. MINN.
and 6 fiffoni^.y morning anJ escaped.
Three other prisoners were in the Jail
but were locked in cells and could not
escape.
BUILDING COLLAPSES.
Number of Persons Injured in Labor
Day Accident.
Vincennes, Ind., Sept. 9.A son of
Edgar Snyder was probably fatally in
jured and about fifteen persons were
painfully bruised last evening by the
collapse of a building at the fair
grounds, wlifre a Labor day celebra
tion was holding. A band was playing
in the building and a number of boys
had climbed to the roof, which was
weak. The roof collapsed, throwing
the boys on th'e people below. In the
panic many were trampled on and
bruised.
Lightning Kills Horses.
Canton, S. D., Sept. 9. During a
brief thunder storm a terrific crash
aroused Canton. The electric bolt
struck the big barn on the E. E. Car
penter farm south of town, killing four
horses and badly damaging the barn.
Bitten by Mad Horse.
La Crosse, Wis., Sept. 9. G. Nack
was bitten by a horse afflicted with
rabies and his thumb was chewed off.
The horse was killed by a veterinarian.
Three weeks ago a dog belonging to
Nack went mad and bit the horse.
WILL NOT BUILD LINE.
Road From Janesville to Madison Is
Abandoned.
Janesville. Wis., Sept. 9The Janes
vllle Traction company yesterday of-
DRINKS CARBOLIC ACID.
Despondency Over Death of Wife
Causes Suicide.
Superior, Wis., Sept. 9.After being
dead a week Ole Johnson, a well-to-do
carpenter, was found in the barn at
the rear of his home, where he had ev
idently committed suicide by drinking
carbolic acid. Despondency over tne
loss of his wife a year .ago is supposed
to have driven him to the deed. He
leaves five children.
FATAL DYNAMITE EXPLOSION.
Three Men Instantly Killed and Three
Others Injured.
Everett, Wash., Sept. 9.Three men
were instantly killed and two other
men and a boy were injured by an ex
plosion of dynamite in the Bride mine
in the Monte Cristo region last even
ing. The men were thawing powder
when the explosion occurred.
Farmer Accidentally Killed.
Ellsworth, Wis., Sept. 9. Thomas
McLeavy, a prominent farmer of the
town of Ellsworth, accidentally shot
and killed himself. The jugular vein
was severed. He had started to in
vestigate a noise in the yard when the
accident occurred.
New Bank at Brownsdale.
Spring Valley. Minn., Sept. 9. A
new bank has been organized at
Brownsdale, a town twenty-five miles
west of here. The following are its
officers: President, W. S. Woodward
vice president, N. K. Dahle cashier,
J. H. Leary.
Nine Horses Burned.
Fort Dodge, Iowa, Sept. 9.The liv
ery barn of Bricke Bros, of this city
was destroyed by fire in a mysterious
manner. A strong smell of kerosene
leads to the belief of incendiarism.
Nine horses were burned.
Charged With Horse Theft.
Argyle, Minn., Sept. 9.J. W. Cum
mings was bound over to the district
court here, charged with stealing a
horse and buggy and $50 in cash from
a farmer. He was taken to the county
jail to await thrial.
Why is it that Daily Pioneer
want ads bring such good results?
Livery Stable
A. M. BAGLEY
SUCCESSOR TO J. JINKINSON
New Carriages
and Good Horses
New and Second Hand
Carriages For Sale
BEMIDJI MINN.
CHARLE S H, BABBI1
Washington, D. C.
933 MASS. AVE. N. W.
Attorney in Lund Cases.
All kinds of business before the U. S.
Land Department.
17 years in U. S. General Land
Office. 9 years in actual practice.
fiEFKKENCESJ
Hon. Knute Nelson, U. S. Senate.
Hon.. Moses E. Clapp, U. S. Senate.
Hon.H. Steenerson, Crookston, Minn.
Hon. John Lind, Minneapolis, Minn.
Hon. J. Adam Bede, Pine City, Minn.
A
RAILWAY COMPANY.
In Connection with the
..Northern Pacific.
RAILWAY
Provides the best
tween Blackduck,
and intermediate
apolis, St. Paul,
COMPANY train service be
Bemidji, Walker
stations and Minne
Fargo and Duluth
and all points east and west. Through
coaches between Blackduck and the
Twin Cities. No change of ears.
Ample time at Brainerd for dinner.
TIME CARD
Effective Sept. 1st, 1902.
Daily 07. STATIONS Daily ex.
Sunday Sunday
7:00 a. m.l-v Blackd-jck Ar 7:05
7:17 Tenstrike Lv. 6:46
7:28 FaTley 6:35
7:32 Turtle 6:31
8:10 Beraidjl 6:05
8:32 Nary 5:26
8:43 Guthrie 5:15
8:57 ..Lakepovt 5:02
9:28 Walker 4:35
9:57 HackonsacU ....4:00
10:15.. Bucku* 3.42
10:36 Pin River 3:21
10:48 Jenkins 3:09
10 55 Pequot 3:02
11:13 ubert 2:45
11:25 Mcrri field _. 2:35
11:55 a. m. Ar. Brainer Lv m.2:00
N. P.RY.
Brainerd Ar. m. 1:05
.Little Falls .'Lv. 12:05
..St. Oloud a. m.11:07
..Elkltlvpr 10:08
Anoka 9:48
oils Lv. 9:10
Lv. a. m. 8:40
4:05 p. in. Lv
2:05 3:04 5:14 i:37
4:20 Ar Minnuai
4:50 Ar St.
polls
Paul.
5:10 p. m. Lv Brainerd Ar.p.ro .12:45
6:53 Aitkin Lv. a. 11:49
3:43 Carlton 0:50
1:38 West Superior 55
1:55 Ar Duluth Lv. a. 8:40
1:25 p. m. Brplnerd Ar. p. 12- 5
4:00 A Farjaro Lv.a. 8:00
W. H. GEMMELL. G.A.WALKER
General Managrer Ajrent
SHORT ROUTE
FAST TIME
-TO-
ALL POINTS
IN THE
NORTHWEST
AND ON THE
PACIFIC COAST
(Bemidji Schedule.)
TIME TABLE LOCAL TRAIN?]tl
EAST BOUND
No. 40...Park Rapids Line. :10a.m.
14.
26
.Duluth Express.
13 25
.12:27 p.m.
12:34 a.m.
EC
WEST BOUND
11
3:12 a.m.
39...Park Rapids Line..7:17
FULL INFORMATION FROM
E. E. CHAMBERLAIN, Agent,
Bemidii. Minn
Subscribe for the Daily Pion
eer now is the time.
Jay Reynolds
Attorney-at-Law.
Oflice Over Lumbermens Bank
St. Louis and
the South
Are conveniently arid comfort
ably reached by our two trains
a day.
The Limited, leaving
Minneapolis at 7:25, St.
Paul 8:00 p. m. daily,
arrives in St. Louis the
following-
afternoon.
Combination Compart
ment and standard
Sleepers and Reclining
Chair Cars.
The Scenic Express, leaving
Minneapolis at 7:30, St. Paul
8:05 a. m., except Sunday, ar
rives in St. Louis early next
morning. Sleeping Cars from
Rock Island south.
This is the most direct route
from Minneapolis and St. Paul
to Clinton, Davenport, Rock Is
land, and all Mississippi river
cities. Close connections with
lines South, Southeast and
Southwest in St. Louis Union
Station.
ASK YOUR HOME AGENT TO
MAKE YOUR TICKET READ
BY THIS LINE
To Chicago
By Daylight
If you have made the trip
ryou probably wa-nt to make
it aerain. If it is still before
you, make a note that the
river
Mississippi along the
scenery
on1
6W?
ft St Paul
is well worth the trip. You
can leave Minneapolis at
7:50 a. m., or St. Paul at
8:30 a. m., and enjoy the
most interesting day's r-de
in the central west, arriving
in Chicago at 9:25 p. m.
Three other excellent trains
east every day.
W.B. DIXON, N.W. A
3 65 Koliert .Street, ST. PAUL
A Great Railway.
The Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Railway owns and operates all equip
ment on its 6.000 miles of road, includ
ing Sleeping Cars, Parlor Cars and
Dining Cars, maintaining an excel
lence of service unequaled on any rail
way in the world.
ilsTJaylight Express) making direct
connections at St. Paul and Minne
apolis with morning trains from the
North and West) leaves Minneapolis
7:50 a. m. and St. Paul 8:30 a. m.,
daily, reaching Milwaukee 7:00 p. m.
and Chicago 9:25 p. m. same day.
This train is electric lighted, carries
new Coaches of latest type. Observa
tion Buffet Parlor Car, and Dining
Car serving supper.
Its No. 2 (connecting at St. Paul
and Minneapolis with the fast trans
continental lines from the coast) leaves
Minneapolis 5:25 p. m. and S.t. Paul
0:00 p. m. daily, reaching Chicago
7:00 o'clock next morning, at which
point direct connections are made with
all trains for the East and South.
This train is electric lighted, carries
modern Coaches, first class Standard
Sleeping Cars, and Dining Car" serv
ing supper.
Its PIONEER LIMITEDthe
Famous Train of the Worldleaves
Minneapolis 8:00 p. m. and St. Paul
8:35 p. m., reaching Milwaukee 7:00
and Chicago 9:30 next morning. This
train is brilliantly lighted by elec
tricity, inside and out, and carries
Compartment Sleeping Cars, Standard
Sleeping Cars, Buffet Library Smok
ing Car, Free Reeling Chair Car,
modern Coaches, and Dining Car
seruing breakfast a la carte. The
quipment composing the Pioneer is
the costliest and handsomest in the
world.
In purchasing your tickets to the
East or South, request your home
ticket agent to route you via the Chi
cago. Milwaukee & St. Paul Rv. from
St. Paul.
For folders, maps and lowest rate?
to all points, write to W. B. DIXON,
Northwestern Passenger Agent,
St. Paul. Minn.
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