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PUBLISHED IBVJBRY AFTERNOON.
EDWARD KAISER. Publisher.
Entered In the posbofflce at Bomidji, Minn.,
as second class matter.
Official County and City Paper.
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10 o'clock a. m. in order to insure tlieii
appearance,in the issue .of same day.
^DOES IT?
The following editorial clipping
from the "Minneapolis Tribune,
handed in with the remark that
it applies very veil to the situa
tion in BemtcLji at the present
time, is published by request,
and without comment:
"The Tribune has no taste for
newspaper controversy. The
Tribune discusses public quf3.s-
tions. It deals with their dis
cussion by other public journals.
On this it seeks to throw all the
tight it can, from any quarter. If
this should chance to give of
fence, The Tribune pauses to in
dulge a sentiment of polite re
gret, and then goes on about its
business. One objection to the
controversy is that it has a fatal
fascination for intellectual pros
titutes without convictions, char
acters or manners, debate with
whom is neither edifying nor
fruitful."
QUEER SCHOOL FACTS.
William E. Curtis has, during
the summer vacation, been writ
ing for the Chicago Record-Her
ald a series of articles from Iowa
very complimentary to that state.
Nothing has been too good to any
of the Hawkeyes and their ways
and possessions but in a recent
letter it is ovddent he has dis
covered a weakness in the state,
otherwise nearing perfection in
the esti mation of this noted cor
respondent. He has discovered
that while Iowa boasts of her
school system, of her school
houses, or her colleges and uni
versities, her teachers are paid the
most poorly of any of the states,
in fact a beggarly amount. The
Evening Telegram of Superior
comments on this fact and-says
that its being a fact detracts
from the reputation of the state.
"Iowa is especially proud of
her school houses," says Mr.
Curtis, "which, perhaps, will
average better than those of any
state in the union, Massachusetts
and New York not excepted.
Wherever there is a town the
most conspicious building is a
schoolhouso, and if it is a small
town the school house is the fin
est building in the place. Never
theless, to the disgrace of the
local school boards, the janitors
in many cases receive larger sal
aries than the principal or any
teacher in the building."
In the article referred to a
table showi rig the average month
ly salaries paid to the school
teachers in the central states is
given. According to the table
the highest average salary is paid
men in Wisconsin, where male
teachers receive on the average
$67.90. The lowest average for
men, 35, is in Ohio, and Iowa
comes next with 37. Illinois
pays its women teachers highest
of the states given] the average
being $50.69. The lowest aver
age for women is in Ohio, $29 a
month. The average for Minne
sota is 45.50 for the men and
34.7H for the women. It is fig
ure i that the average paid male
teachers in the United States is
only 322 per year and the female
teachers 270.
When all these facts are taken
into consideration it does not
seem strange that the more
highly educated of our men and
women averse to taking up
teaching as a profession, and the
fact of so many failing to pass
the examinations is explained.
The salary in most instances is
as high as the intelligence of
those trying for positions the
.schools.
The Daily Pioneer flGlflT A BEIRU
FIERCE STREET BRAWL OCCURS
BETWEEN MUSSULMANS AND
CHRISTIANS.
SfVFN CHRISTIANS ARf KILLfD
.ADMIRAL COTTON AND MINISTER
LEISHMAN REPORT THE
AFFAIR.
COTTON MAY UNO MARINES
READY TO PROTECT AMERICAN
CITIZENS IF SITUATION
DEMANDS.
Washington, Sept. 10.Cablegrams
were received at the state and navy
department yesteruay from Minister
Leishman at Constantinople- and Ad
miral Cotton, commanding the Ameri
can squadron now in Turkish waters,
respectively, giving an account of the
riot which occurred at Beirut Sunday.
It was stated at the navy department
that no new instructions had gone to
Admiral Cotton in consequence of
yesterday's reports. Instructions sent
to Minister Leishman yesterday con
template that he keep the state de
partment constantly informed as to
the situation that the department may
know to what extent protection is be
ing afforded American citizens.
Leishrnan's Report.
Minister Leishrnan's report says
that seven Christians were killed and
several wounded by the Mussulmans.
Two houses occupied by Christiana
were pillaged by the soldiery. The
pan is was general.
An officer and a signal man from
Admiral Cotton's fleet are now in the
consulate, and aa investigation of con
ditions at Beirut is being made by a
flag lieutenant, Consul Ravndal and
other consular officers.
Minister Leishman says that the
origin of the trouble is not distinctly
stated by our consul. He further shys
that it is claimed by the sublime porte
that conditions at Beirut are again
quiet and that the force now there is
sufficient to guarantee the safety of
the city.
May Land Marines.
The navy department received the
following cablegram from Rear Ad
miral Cotton, dated Beirut, Sept. 7:
"Violence and bloodshed between
Mohammedans and native Christians
occurred at Beirut Sunday. Six Greeq
Christians, two Mohammdans and,one
Turkish soldier killed three Greek
Christians, three Mohammedans and
three Turkish soldiers wounded seri
ously. Other murders reported.
"Flag lieutenant and United States
consul were present. Sunday and Mon
day in the disturbed quarter and veri
fy details of statement. Turkish gov
ernment willingly
Afforded Facilities
for their investigation and guard
promise 1,000 more Turkish soldiers.
Turkish soldiers present sufficient if
properly disposed of to handle situa
tion at Beirut. Well patrolled and all
quiet Sunday ulghfTand to-day. Turk
ish governor promises to do all in his
power to restore authority. Many
houses closed and business suspended.
"1 fcave prepared to land force for
the protection of property of American
citi/.or.s if situation deniHmls. Will
act. with caution! Present trouble due
to animosity between inimicable and
native Christians and failure to con
trol crimes."
As Reported From Beirut.
t. 10. A con
Heirut, received at
..ere, states that
Constant inri'h
sular dispatch fr
one of the by
a fierce brawl occurred there Sunday
between partie uss and
Christians. It was due to a & :ot fired
by a Mussulmans at a Christian em
ployed -it the A.nerir-.n college. The
Christian was wounded.
The fight broke out while
fho vali
was on board the United States cruis
er Brooklyn, returning Admiral Cot
ton's visit. No further details have
been receiveil. In diplomatic circles
here the affair is regarded as being
serious, and a renewal of the disturb
ance is feared.
Grows Blacker ar.d Blarksr.
London Sept. 10. Everything
seems to point to new and terruL de
velopments in Macedonia. Or top of
the appalling accounts of the results
of the Turkish methods of "restoring
order" in the viia-yet of Monastir
comes the threat by tea insurgenta to
resort to reprisals on the same sca'e.
The porte's anxiety to suppress news
by expelling newspaper correspond
ents from the operations is held to
have but one meaning. This mornings
papers comment upon the significance
of the news that Itussia and Austria
are seeking to persuade the powers to
coerce Bulgaria as showina bc-lief that
war is inevitable.
150.000 Persons in Hiding.
Sofia. Bulgaria, Sept. lfiThe Mace
donian interior organization estimates
that 150,000 women, children and old
men are hiding in the mountains and
forests of Macedonia. The Turks are
burning the forests in the districts of
I.eren and Kostur, and killing fugi
tives who attemnt to escape to the
pjams.
FARMERS PLAN OHGANIZAT.ON
For Protection Alang Lines of Co
operation.
Chicago, Sept. 10. The "farmers'
convention" met yesterday morning in
the breakfast room of the Grand Pa
cific hotel. About fifty representatives
of agricultural associations were pres
ent. They came from many states.
Little was accomplished at the morn
ing session beyond perfecting the or
ganization and listening to preliminary
speeches. The officers chosen were:
Chairman, Selden Williams of Texas
secretaries, Dwight C. Clapp and J. R.
Burton of Chicago, The purpose of the
convention is to unite ail the various
farmers' societies and unions into one
grand union, with the view of raising
and making the price of farm products
and bettering the condition of farmers
generally. The union may be capital
ized at $100,000,000.
MINNEAPOLIS WANTS IT.
Would Have Next National. Prohibition
Convention.
Chicago, Sept. 10.Oliver W. Stew
art, chairman of the national Prohibi
tion committee, has lssi:ed the call for
that commit.ee to meet at the Auditor
ium hotel in Chicago at 10 a. m. on
Wednesday, Oec. 16, to fix a time and
place for the next national Prohibition
convention. The committee consists
of two members from each state and
territory, ar.d it is expected that all
will have at least one representative
present, while a majority of them will
have two representatives. Consider
able rivalry has already developed for
the convention. Applications have
been filed, or not ice given that they
will be filed by Minneapolis, Buffalo,
Detroit, Indianapolis, Columbus and
Kansas City.
FAMINE IS THREATENED.
Desperate Conditions Prevail in lee
land.
Dublin, Sept. 10.Reports from the
farming district of Ireland disclose
desperate conditions. Rain, wind, per
sisting from early spring to the pres
ent hour, have damaged wheat, hay,
oats, barley, potatoes, turnips and
mangcld-wurzel to an extent the most
conservative observers pronounce dis
astrous. It is impossible as yet to
estimate the total loss throughout the
country, but it probably will exceed
that of any previous year of the lant
quarter of a century, and the indica
tions are that there will be a famine.
TWO ARE CAUGHT.
Third Fugitive Oklahoma County Com
missioner Still at Large.
Washington, Sept. 10. Secretary
Hitchcock received a teiegram from
United States Attorney Speed of Okla
homa announcing that two of the com
missioners of Kiowa county, W. B.
Poole and J. A. Blair, who were in
dicted lsst week for making false
vouchers and certificates against the
government in connection with the
erection of bridges, were arrested.yes
terday. The third commissioner is
still at large.
LOGS ROLLED OVER HIM.
Head of Young Willoughby Crushed
Into a Jelly.
Weiser, Idaho, Sept. 10.A young
man named Earl Willoughby was
killed at Fuller's sawmill, about twelve
miles from Cambridge, this county,
about noon Sunday. He was banking
logs with a team of horses when the
logs began rolling. A large log caufifit
young Willoughby and rolled over him.
His head was crushed into an unrecog
nizable mass. He was about twenty
years cf age and the son of an Advent
ist minister.
TO SUPPRESS NEWSPAPERS.
Chinese Government to Insert Article
in New Commercial Treaty.
Shanghai, Sspt. 10. The Peldn
government proposes to insert an arti
cle in the American commercial treaty
instructing the United States consul
general at Shanghai to promptly sup
press any newsrapsr published in the
foreign settlement containing sedi
tious or offensive articles. The Sup.an
affair is sttll d( ad-locked between the
consular and diplomatic bodies, ea.cn
leaving the decision in the matter to
the other.
JAIL FOR MINE OPERATORS.
Refused to Answer Qussticns in Coal
Trust Inquiry.
Topeka, Kan., Sept. 10. Judge
Hazen yesterday sentenced Mine Ope
rators John Jack and John Bell to jail
until such a period as they might con
clude to answer the questions of the
attorneys in the coal trust inquiry.
The men had refused to testify on the
theory tuat it might incriminate them.
The prisoners will ajrptal iu the su
preme court.
Missinc M'n Returns.
Fort Dodge, fowa -t. io C. C.
Perfc'er, the missing ''nr.enpoli &
St. Louis agent at Burns! Io, who has
been causing the raTIroa 1 coupmya nd
friends considerable apprehension in
the belief that he had been foully
denlt with his at hist been located at
Plainfield, 111., at the home of his
parents. He has returned to his posi
tion.
Heavy Ran in Wisconsin.
Ashland. Set. 10. Within
*he past twer-ty-fTr hours there has
been nearly three inches of rainfall in
Northern Wisconsin. In mnny places
the ronds are flooded and impassable
and streams are badly swollen.
SHOOTING AFFRAY
SLEEPY EYE AROUSED TO HIGH
PITCH OF EXCITEMENT BY
TRAGEDY.
JEALOUS BOARDER USES A GIN
SHOOTS WOMAN, FIRES AT CITY
MARSHAL AND DEFIES
THE CROWD.
TRAMP THRESHER THE HERO
LAYS FRENZIED MAN LOW WITH
A BULLET BOTH WILL
RECOVER.
Sleepy Eye, Minn., Sept. 10Charles
Kimball and Mrs. M. J. Toomey were
the central figures in aa tragedy en
acted here yesterday afternoon. Kim
ball is a member of the barber firm of
Hammond & Kimball. Mrs. Toomey is
an attractive divorced woman about
thirty years of age, and is the daugh
ter of a well-to-do farmer. Kimball,
for two years, has been boarding at
the home of Mrs. Toomey, and was.
it is said, very much infatuated with
her. Instead of going to his barber
shop as usual yesterday morning he
remained at the house of Mrs. Toomey,
and it was at this time it is reported
the trouble began. Kimbail accused
her of paying attentions to another
man.
The quarreling continued until noon
when some of the boarders came home
to dinner. Mrs. Toomey, it is said,
nodded her head at one of the men.
motioning toward Kimball and wink
ing, meaning to infer that Kimball was
Very Angry and Ugly.
Kimball saw this and evidently
thought a flirtation was going on, for
he jumped out of the chair and or
dered all the boarders out of the
house, threatening*to shoot any one
who dared to remain. A second invi
tation was unnecessary for immediate
ly boarders were streaming from every
door.
The quarreling, it is said, continued
until about 5 o'clock in the afternoon,
when Mrs. Toomey ran out of her
house and started for the house of a
neighbor, Kimball following her with
a revolver in hand and ordering her to
return. She rushed into the house of
her neighbor and secreted herself in a
bedroom. Kimball followed and be
gan firing his revolver at^Mrs. Toomey,
two bullets taking effect, one in the
shoulder and one in the arm. He then
took her in his left arm and with the
revolver In his right hand started to
cross the street to her home.
By this time a crowd had gathered,
attracted by the shooting and excite
ment. City Marshal Franz ordered
Kimball to
Throw Up His Hands,
and Kimball replied with two shots at
the marshal, neither of which reached
their intended victim, but came very
near hitting some women in the crowd.
The marshal started for one of the
hardware stores three blocks distant
to get a rifle. In the meantime Kim
ball had become perfectly crazed, and
threatened to shoot the first person
that made a move toward him. Dur
ing the excitement Mrs. Toomey suc
ceeded in getting away from him and
rushed into her house, locking the
doors.
By this time the marshal returned
with the rifle and ordered Kimball to
surrender. Kimball again shot at the
officer, this time nearly ending his
life with a well-directed bullet. Franz
was too exhausted to take effective
aim, and offered the rifle to several
men standing behind trees and or
dered them to shoot. No one seemed
anxious to take chances with Kimball,
until an
Inoffensive-Looking Stranger,
who proved to be a tramp thresher,
stepped up and took the weapon. He
walked straight toward Kimball and
commanded him to surrender. Kim
ball shot again, the bullet passing
through the rim of the stranger's hat.
The thresher kept on walking, and
when within twenty feet of his op
ponent he saw Kimball once more
take aim to fire.
Kimbrll never pulled the trigger, for
quicker than a flash the stranger
raised the gun and fired Kimball
dropping instantly to the ground. The
bullet had taken effect in the top of
Kimball's head.
Mrs. Toomey, who was nearly dead
from Iocs of blood, and Kimball were
taken to a doctor's office for examina
tion, and excitement, being high, the
city officers thought best to remove
him to the hospital at New Ulm, an.i
he was hurried away. He may live,
and it is expected Mrs. Toomey will
recover.
Railroad Man Killed.
Washburn, Wis.. Sept. 10.William
Hoats. superintendent of construction
on the Washburn & Northwestern rail
road, was killed by an Omaha passen
ger train in this city last night. He
was walking on the track.
Takes Acid by Mistake.
St. Paul. Sept. 10.John T. Connolly
I last night drank from a bottle contain
ing carbolic acid in mistake for hft
regular medicine. A physician was
called but when he arrived Mr. Con
uully was dead.
Livery Stable
SA M. BAGLEY
SUCCESSOR TO J. J. JJNKIUSON
New Carriages
and Good Horses
New and Second Hand
Carriages For Sale
BEMIDJI
wmtmm
MINN.
CHARLES H.BABBI'I
Washington, D. C.
933 MASS. A VIC. N. W.
Attorney in Land Cases.
AH kinds of business before the U. S.
Land Department.
17 years in LT.
S. General Land
Office. 9 years in actual practice.
REFERENCES:
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.
Minnesota International
RAILWAY COMPANY.
In Connection with the
.Northern Pacific.
RAILWAY COMPANY
Provides the best train service be
tween Blackduck, Bemidji, Walker
and intermediate stations and Minne
apolis, St. Paul, Fargo and Duluth
and all points east and west. Through
coaches between Blackduck and the
Twin Cities. No change of cars.
Ample time at Brainerd for dinner.
TIME CARD
Effective Sept. 1st, 1902.
Dally ex. STATIONS Daily ex.
Sundav Sunday
7:00 a. m.Lv Blackduck Ar 7:05
7:17 Tenstrike Lv. 6:46
7:28 Parley 6:35
7:32. Turtle 6:31
8:10 Bemidji 6:05
8:32 Nary 5:26
8:43 Guthrie 5:15
8:57 Lakeport 5:02
9:28 Walker 4:35
0:5" Hackensack 4:00
10:15 Backus 3.42
10:36 Pino River 3:21
10:48 Jenkins 3:09
10 55 Pequot 3:02
11:13 Hubert 2:45
11:25 Merri field 2:35
11:55 a. m. Ar Brainerd Lv p. m.2:Oi)
N. P. RY.
4:05 p. in. Lv Brainerd Ar. m. 1:05
2:05 Little Falls Lv. 12:05
3:04 St. Cloud a. m. 11:07
5:14 Elk HI ver 10:08
1:37 Anoka 9:4S
4:20 Ar Minneapolis Lv. 9:10
4:50 Ar St. Paui Lv. a. m. 8:40
5:10 p. m.Lv Brainerd Ar. p. .12:45
6:53 Aitkin Lv. a. ru 11:49
3:43 Carlton 0:50
1:38 West Superior 55
1:55 Ar Duluth Lv. a. 8:40
1:25 p. m.L Bwinerd Ar. p. m. 12- 5
4:00 Ar Fargo Lv.a. 8:00
W. H. GEMMELL. G. A. WALKER
General Manager Ajrent
SHORT ROUTE
FAST TIME
-TO-
ALL POINTS
IN THE
NORTHWEST
AND ON THE
PACIFIC COAST
(Bemidji Schedule.)
TIME TABLE LOCAL TRAINS
EAST BOUND
No. 40...Park Rapids Line. .7:10a.m.
Duluth Express.. .12:27 p.m.
12:34 a.m.
WEST BOUND
.Fosston Line 3:26 p.m.
14. 26
13 25
39.
3:12 a.m.
.Park Rapids Line..7:17 Zl
FUtL INFORMATION FROM
E. E. CHAMBERLAIN, Agent,
Bemidji. Minn
Subscribe for the Daily Pion
eer: now is the time.
Jay L. Reynolds
Attorney-at-Law.-
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BuTlfflitl
St. Louis and
the South
Are conveniently and 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 Sceaic 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
you probably want to make
it again. If it is still before
you, make a note that the
Mississippi river scenery
along the
II,
Ilwcibe & St. Paul
Railway
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 ride
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
305 Robert Street, ST. PALI,
A Grea 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 servi.ee unequaled on any rail
way in the world.
Its Daylig-ht 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 St. Paul
6:00 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 World leaves
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
equipment 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 Ry. from
St. Paul.
For folders, maps and lowest rates
to all points, write to W. B. DIXON.
Northwestern Passenger Agent,
St. Paul. Minn.
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