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The Daily Pioneer
EDWARD KAISSR. Publisher.
Entered la tbe ppstbfflee at BotaldJI, Minn.,
as second class matter.
Official Couiity and City Paper.
^NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS
Capy for c'.iiH^es of advertisements in
The Diily Pianejr must reach this office
10 o' Io a. m. in order to insure theii
appearance in the issue of same day.
OFjTHE RIGHT STUFF.
It has been stated that the
Tosultbf the] suits brought by
Henry Biiemmer, the taxiderm
ist, against the state game and
fish coin mission and Samuel
Fallerton, its executive agent,
would be oj interest not only
sportsman in Bemidji, but all
other citizens as well, for if Mr.
Buenther wins he will continue
business at the old stand, but if
he loses, he says he will leave
Bemidjiand start afresh else
where, knowing that a defeat
will practically ruin his business
as a taxidermist, whijh has al
ready been greatly damaged by
the actions of Mr. Fullerton and
liis deputies.
Bemidji can ill afford to lose
Mr. Buenther. He is of the stuff
from which good citizens are
made. Fighting and staying
qualities such as are possessed
by the taxidermist are what go
to build up a business or a city.
About two years ago Mr,
Buenther was working as a tax
idermist out in Mandati. He
could do better work than his
employer, yet his wages were
unsatisfactory. B3sides, he
loved independence. He decided
to seek a new location and make
:a start for himself-. Forty Dol
lars was the extent of the
German's worldly wealth, and
from the beginning the fight was
a hard one. He came to Bemidji
Tind rented a small shack neai.
the M. & I. depot, where he kept
bachelor's quarters. His family
had been left behind and $40
wouldn't keep him long at a hotel
and at the same time set] him up
in business.
Cards were printed, little ad
vertisements inserted in the
local papers and Mr. Buenther
set energetically to work. Speci
mens for mounting were slow be
ginning to come in. The tax
idermist was unknown, and
people feared to trust their work
to him. He sold a few Indian
goods and this fact alone carried
him through. Often he was
down to his last quarter, when' a
lucky sale of a birch bark novelty
or Indian trinket would Oplace
him on "Easy street" again. But
he won out. His work was of
a high grade, and when the tide
was fairly turned in his favor it
came on with a rush. His|pres
ent handsome quarters on Second
street, with their great variety
of be.utiful furs and mounted
specimens, are the result. To
be forced to leave them ^now
would be a blow indeed. It
looks, however, as though the
taxidermist had very much the
best of the situation. His con
tention that game loses its ident
ity as such when mounted||seems
to be a sensible one. A mounted
specimen is no more game Jthan
is the buck horn handle of a jack
knife, to use Mr. Buenther's ex
pression, or wild fowl feathers in
a pillow. On the face of it it
looks as though the attempt to
make the taxidermist seal his
game heads was a piece of spito
work, for seals, as stated in the
law, are for the purpose of plac
ing on game at the season's
close, to be left there till tin1
meat is consumed.
THE Crookston Times cami
out in twelve-page form Satur
day, and each Saturday here
.after it will issue a twelve-page
edition. Crookston people have
reason to feel proud of the ex
cellent appearance of the Times
and of the energetic way it is
pushing its way into the front
rank of newsy Northwestern
newspapers.
INVITED TO WITHDRAW.
Porte Desires That the American
Warships Depart From Beirut.
Constantinople, Sept. 27.The porte
has expressed a wish for tlie with
drawal of the American warships now
off Beirut, "so that the settlement of
the questions pending- between the
United States and Turkey can be pro
ceeded with." It is thought here that
the United States will not consent to
withdraw her ships. Official circle.)
take a calmer view of the Balkan situ
ation, and advices from Bulgaria
point to a relaxation of the tension.
London, Sept. 27.A correspondent
of the times, writing from Beirut, says
nothing but the presence of the Ameri
can squadron prevented the recent riot
there from enlarging into a general
massacre of the Christians.
More Troops Mobilized.
Sofia, Bulgaria, Sept. 26.Simultan-
eously with the issue of the irade ap
pointing the mixed Macedonian com
mission the report comes from Con
stantinople that the porte has ordered
the mobilization of two additonal di
visions of Asiatic troops. The irade
as created little impression here,
ihe.belief prevails that the .sultan
is acting soleeiy in view of the ap
proaching meeting between the Rus
ainn and tha Austrian emperors and
with the hope of convincing them
that he is anxious to maintain peace.
FRAUD SCENTED IN HAWAII.
Territorial Legislature Is to Be In
vestigated.
Honolulu, Sept. 27. The United
States grand jury, which meets on the
first Monday in October, will investi-
4*"fehe-lo-sg of tfeu *^:Titorial legis
lature which ended its sessions sev
eral months ago, and it is expected
that Indictments will be returned
against some of the members of the
house, If not for misuse of public
funds, then for the concealing and de
struction of public records. Judge
Estee has just returned from a visit in
California and is reported to be de
termined to punish some of the mem
bers of the lower house who were re
sponsible for the scandals during the
last session. ROBBERS USE DYNAMITE.
Blow Up a Contractor and Carry Off
$5,000.
Washington, Pa., Sept. 27. Dyna
mite was exploded under the buggy of
Contractor Ferguson of the Wabash
railroad near West Middleton last
evening. Ferguson was killed and his
bookkeeper, Martin, was severely
hurt. Ferguson had with him the
weekly pay for the men, amounting to
about $5,000. The satchel containing
the money is missing. Two men have
been arrested and two others are
surrounded in an abandoned mine.
THE MARKETS.
and
Latest Quotations From Grain
Live Stock Markets.
St. Paul, Sept. 28. Wheat No. 1
Northern, 85(g'851-2c No. 2 Northern,
82 l-2@83 l-2c No. 3, 80@82c no
grade, 69@78c. CornNo. 3 yellow,
51c No. 3, 50c No. 4, 49c no grade,
47(g) 48c. Rye No. 2, 531-2 54c.
BarleyMalting grades, 47@56c feed
grades, 42@46c.
Minneapolis, Sept. 28.WheatNo.
1 hard, S4 3-8c No. 1 Northern,
83 3-8c No. 2 Northern, 80 7-Sc.
Euluth, Sept. 28. Wheat No. 1
hard, 80 7-8c No. 1 Northern, 79 7-8c
No. 2 Northern, 76 7-8c flax, $1.00 1-2
oats, 36 l-2c rye, 52 l-2c barley, 40
@57c.
Milwaukee, Sept. 28. WheatNo.
1 Northern, 76@78c No. 2 Northern,
75 76c. RyeNo. 1, 58c. Barley
No, 2, 65 l-2c. OatsStandard, 38 3-4
@39c. CornDecember, 47 l-4c.
Chicago, Sept. 28. Wheat No.
2 red, 81 l-2c No. 3 red, SO 81c
No. 2 hard winter, 78 l-2c No. 3 hard
winter, 72@7S l-2c No. 1 Northern
spring. 90c No. 2 Northern spring, 88
@90c No. 3 spring S2 SSc. Cash
CornNo. 2, 51@5il-4c No. 3, 51
51 l-4c. Cash OatsNo. 2, 36 1-2
37c No. 3, 36c.
Sioux City, Iowa, Sept. 28. Cattle
Beeves, $4.35 5.50 cows, bulls and
mixed, $2.25@4 stackers and feeders,
$2.75@4 calves and yearlings, $2.50@
3.75. Hogs, $5.50@5.80 bulk, $5.60
5.65-
Chicago, Sept. 28 CattleGood to
prime steers, $5.50 6.15 stockers
and feeders, $2.50@4.15 calves, $3.50
@6.80 Texas-fed steers, $3.25@4.65
Western steers, $3.25@4X0. Hogs
Mixed and butchers, $5.50(?t 6.25 good
to choice heavy, $5.80@6.15. Sheep
Good to choice wethers, $3@3.65 fair
to choice mixed, $2 3 Western
sheep, $2.75@3.70 native lambs, $3.50
@5.50 Western lambs,$3.50@5.25.
South St. Paul, Sept. 28. Cattle
Good to choice steers, $4.25@5 good
to choice cows and heifers, $3 4
good to choice feeding steers, $3.25@
3.75 good to choice stock cows and
heifers, $2.15 & 2.35 good to choice
milch cows, $3545. Hogs Price
range, $5.40@5.90 bulk. $5.55@5.65.
SheepGood to choice shorn lambs,
$4.25@4.75 good to choice yearling
wethers, $2.50(a3.25 heavy. $3@3.25
good to choice ewes, medium weight,
$2\75{&2.U0 culls and stock ewes, $2 25
@3.50.
MOVING SIDEWALK.
New York May Build One to Cost
$8,000,000.
New York, Sept. 27. It has been
decided by the extensions committee
of the rapid transit commission to
recommend the immediate adoption of
a plan to build moving platforms to be
operated from the Brooklyn end of the
new "Williamsburg bridge to the Bat
tery in Manhattan, by way of the rapid
transit tunnel, now being dug In lower
Broadway. The outlay will be about
S8.0C0.OOO
TAKES AWFUL RESPONSIBILITY.
Engineer Rushes by a Signal and Pre
vents Train Robbery.
Woonsocket, JR. I., Sept. 27. Be
cause the trained eye of Engineer
George W. Boss recognized in the
awkward swing of a lantern the, work
of a novice, he pulled the throttle
wide and drove his train swiftly by a
danger signal set dead against him
and frustrated what i3 believed to
have been an attempt to hold up the
boat train at Plummer's Ledge, a
lonely spot a mile north of Whitin's
Station, on the New York, New Haven-
& Hartford railroad. Four cars full of
passengers, unconscious of probable
peril, were landed safely in Provi
dence, and the engineer, who had as
sumed an awful responsibility, went to
the office of Supt. A. R.-Whaloy to re
port that he had matched his judg
ment against the ironclad orders of
the road and won. That there was a
deliverate attempt by ten men to hold
up.the train there is little doubt.
COLOMBIANS INDIFFERENT.
Congressmen Showed Little Interest in
Hay-Herran Treaty.
New York, Sept. 27. Indifference
was manifest in congress, says a Her
ald dispatch from Bogota under date
of Sept. 21, toward the death of the
Hay-Herran canal treaty. Although
the period for the ratification of the
treaty was to expire at midnight of
the 22d, the speeches delivered on the
subject were mild and referred more
to the possibility of a new treaty rath
er than to the fate of the present one.
The commission appointed by the sen
ate to prepare a new treaty continues
its work, but it is not known when its
report will be-presented.
WAR IS AVERTED.
There Will Be No Trouble Over Rates
for Whisky.
Louisville, Sept. 27.An agreement
was reached yesterday by traffic men
representing all the roads in this part
of the country, whereby the threatened
war as to whisky rates will be averted.
The freight men are reticent as to the
nature of the agreement. Representa
tives of every railroad involved and of
the Central Traffic association and the
Chicago and Ohio river committees
were present.
SANTO DOMiNGO WARNED.
Must Live Up ti Its Agreement, Says
Mr. Powell.
Santo Domingo City. Sept. 27.It is
reported in government circles that
United States Minister Powell has in
formed the Dominican minister of for
eign affairs that the agreement made
by the late Dominican government re
specting the claims of the Santo Do
mingo Improvement Company of New
York, must be respected and its pro
visions carried out without further de
lay.
TO BOOST FREIGHT RATES.
Movement on Foot by Railroads of
Entire Country.
Chicago, Sept. 27.A movement is
on foot by the railroads of the entire
country to bring about a general ad
vance in freight rates, the general
reason assigned being the big increase
in the wages of all classes of labor
and in the price of all material used by
the railroads. A similar advance was
made one year ago for the same rea
sons and went into effect Jan. 1 last.
Man Killed by an Engine.
St. Paul, Sept. 26.James M. Owens
was struck by a Great Northern env
gine in the union depot yards and died
a few minutes later from a fracture of
the skull and other injuries.
PIONEER HARNESS SHOP
I recently purchased the shop and
have greatly replenished the stock, which
is the most complete in the county. All
work guaranteed to give satisfaction.
Repairing a specialty.
WINTER IN EXTREME SOUTH.
Frightful Cold Experienced in the Ant
artlc Circle.
A sailor on the antarctic ship Dis
covery, whose commander, Capt. Scott,
has approached nearer the south pole
than any other explorer, writes as fol
lows of his winter experiences: "We
had 123 days without the sun, and 104
day's complete darkness. We went
through it all gay. Lowest tempera
ture registered, 58 degrees below zero.
You do not feei the cold very much
without tne wind then, with wind,
look out! First your nose, then ears,
then fingers go. We never go out
alone on account of the heavy bliz
zards. Your companion will turn
round and say: 'Your nose is gone.'
It turns as white as this paper. You
turn away from the wind and pull your
mittens off to bring your nose around
by that time your lingers ,are gone,
so it's no pleasure going out in a
slight breeze. The blizzards are fear
ful. Mr. Bernacchi and the engineer
went to a hut fifty yards away, and,
though roped from hut to ship, were
lost in a blizzard for two and three
quarter hours."
HAIRY AINOS OF JAPAN.
Peculiar People Whose Characters Be
lie Their Looks.
A traveler in Japan thus describes
thebairy Ainos of. that country "The
~""5ii""are" about the middle height,
:road chested, broad shouldered, thick
set, very strongly built, the arms and
oet'large. The bodies and especially
the limbs of many are covered with
-hort, bristly hair. I have seen two
"joys whose backs are covered with fur
as fine and soft as that of a cat. We
were ferried over a river by an Aino
completely covered with hair, which
on his shoulders was wavy like that of
a retriever and rendered clothing quite
needless, either for covering or for
warmth. A wavy black beard rippled
nearly to his waist over his furry
chest, and v/ith his black locks hang
ing in masses over his shoulders he
would have looked a thorough savage
had it not been for the exceeding
sweetness of his smile and eyes."
The Methods of Novelists.
And here is Maxim Gorky paying
$150,000 cash for a beautiful palace on
the banks of the Volga. This is the
reward of the skilful use of his pen
in glorifying the tramp and the out
cast, and vilifying and scandalizing
their opposites in Russian society and
politics. It is frequently thus, though
Tolstoi began at the other end of the
social ladder, sacrificing a title and a
fortune for the rewards that have
come to him as a novelist and a cham
pion of the oppressed.
Few Motor Cars in Portugal.
Motor cars as yet show no signs of
being used in Portugal. Last year only
twenty were imported, of which
eighteen were French, one English and
one German. The bicycle trade is
also languishing only 572 bicycles
were imported in twelve months222
from the United States, 151 from
France and 35 from the United King
dom. The population of Portugal is
about the same as that of London.
London's Army of Horses.
In a recent paper on "Electric Auto
mobiles," read before the Institution
of Civil Engineers, Mr. H. F. Joel
stated that in London alone there were
over 16,000 licensed horse-carriages,
apart from private vehicles, trades
men's vans, etc., and it was estimated
that over 200,000 horses were stabled
each night in London, necessitating
the daily removal of more than 5,000
tons of manure ami rofnso.
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GOULD
There Is Land
Still Left in
the Northwest
And the Northern Pacific has a new and very Low Rate
for Colonists and Homeseekers in effect from .September
15 to November 30, 1903.
This gives the Farmers a good chance to go homeseeking,
after crops are harvested, or any others who wish to move
into the growing, teeming, improving Northwest to visit
it at a trilling expense.
The finest valleys in the Northwest, good for grain, hay,
fruits, root crops, for mixed, stock or dairy farming, for
irrigation or not, as one wishes, are found along the
Northern Pacific or its branch or connecting lines. The
growing, thriving towns are found there, too. It is a
great country.
Call on any N. P. R. agent for rates and detailed infor-
mation or write to Chas. S. Fee, General Passenger Agent,
St, Paul, Minn.
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Liver S.ab.
A. M. BAGLEY
SUCCESSOR TO J. J. JIXKIN'SON
New Carriages
and Good Horses
New and Second Hand
Carriages For Sale
BEMIDJI MINN.
CHARLES II. BABBI1T
Washington, D. C.
933 MASS. AVE. N. W.
Attorney in Land Cases.
All kinds of business before the U. S.
Land Department.
IT years in l\ 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
RAILW AY 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.
Sunday Sunday
7:00 a. m.Ev Blackd-.iek Ar 7:05
7:17 Tenstrike Lv. 6:46
7:i!8 .Furiey 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
!i:57 Hackensack 4:00
10:15 Backus 3:42
10:36 Pine River 3:21
10:48 Jenkins 3:09
10 55 Pequot 3:02
11:13 Hubert 2:45
11:25 Merrifleld 2:35
11:55 a. ra. Ar Brainerd Lv p. m.2:00
N. P. RY.
4:05 p. in. Lv Brainerd Ar. p. rn. 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 9:48
4:20 Ar Minneapolis Lv. 9:10
4:50 Ar St. Paul Lv. a. m. 8:40
5:10 p. m. Lv Brainerd Ar. p. .12:45
6:53 Aitkin Lv. a. ni 11:49
3:43 Carlton 0:50
1:38 West Superior 55
1:55 Ar.. Duluth Lv. a. 8:40
1:25 p. m. Lv BrninerdAr. p. m. 12- 5
4:00 Ar Fargo Lv.a. 8:00
W. H. GEMMELL, G. A. WALKER
General Manager. Agent
SHORT ROUTE
FAST TIME
-TO-
ALL POINTS
IN THE
NORTHWEST
AND ON THE
PACIFIC COAS1
(Bemidji Schedule.)
TIME TABLE LOCAL TRAINS
EAST BOUND
No. 40...Park Rapids Line.".7:10a.m.
14...Duluth Express... 12:27 p.m.
26 12:34 a.m.
WEST BOUND
13 Fosston Line 3:26 p.m.
25 3:12 a.m.
39. ..Park Rapids Line..7:17
FULL INFORMATION FROM
E. E. CHAMBERLAIN. Agent,
Bemidji. Minn
Subscribe for the Dailv Pion
eer: now is the time.
Attorney-at-Law.
Office Over Lumbermen* .Bank
St. Louis and
the South
Are Conveniently and comfort
ably reached by our two trains
a day.
The Limited. leajring
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
Sunshine in California
Prom now on through
the winter season there
is no place so comfort
ably warm and attract
ive as California. The
rates are low. Until
November 30 only
$32.90 VIA THE SUNSHINE
ROUTE
Through tourist ear
service every Tuesday
morning from St. Paul
and Minneapolis. The
berth rate is $6. Route
is via the
ago,
Milwaukee & St Paul
Railway
AND THE SANTA FE ROUTE
For additional information write to
W.B. DIXON, N.W. A
365 Robert Street, ST. PAUX
A Great Railway.
The Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Railway owns and operates all equip
ment on its 6,000 miles of road, includ-t
ins: Sleeping Cars, Parlor Cars and
Dining Cars, maintaining an excel
lence of service unequaled on any rail
way in the world.
Its Daylight 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, aDd 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
equipment composing the Pioneer is
the costliest and handsomest in the
world.
In purchasing your tickets to the
East or Souths 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. DntON,
Northwestern Passenger Agent.
^St. Paul. Minn.
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