The daily pioneer. [volume], September 30, 1903, Image 1

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EXCITEMENT WAS
INTENSE
Bold Mink and a School
Teacher Have Battle in
Chicken Coop.
ASSASSIN ESCAPED UNHARMED
AND IS STILL AT LARGE.
lignTl'fTp^rirroirginhe DaTRness
After Trap Had a Sad
Ending.
Let an American schoolmam
and on intelligent American mink
get into a dispute, with a flock of
^plunrp. juicy spring chickens as
the bone of contention, -and there
is bound to be something inter
esting doing. The result of such
a mix-up is a free and happy
mink, several dead chickens and
an indignant schoolmam. An
actual experiment at Grant Val
ley the other day proved this to
be a fact and now the wondering
admiration in the teacher's eye
when the small boy tells how he
trapped a mink on Grant creek
last winter leads him to retell
the tale next day with several
embellishments, and a fancy
fringe around the edge.
Miss Alice Mills is the teacher
in the case. She teaches the
Grant Valley school and boards
at the home of the Misses Pen
dergast, situated far from a
neighbor and near a patch of
woods. The two Pendergast
sisters own, 1 or owned, a fine
flock of chickens, their particular
pride and joy. One night last
week a mink got into the coop
and killed some of the leathered
beauties. The same thing oc
cured the next night, and the
I night following. The little ras
cal was not content with a fowl a
night four or five were more to
his taste.
The nightly visits continued.
Each morning showed the ranljfj
of the old rooster's harem sadly
depleted. Something must and
should be done, said the teacher
of the young idea. There was no
man about the premises, but
there was a gun, a neat little
rifle, and this, said Miss Mills,
should figure in the final account
ing. Her plan was to catch the
assassin in his nightly crime and
deal justice to him on the spot.
That night at 10:30 o'clock the
usual commotion in the back
yard found the three ladies at
the chicken coop door, one carry
ing the gun, one a lantern and
the other a broom. Cautiously
the door was pushed open and
the lantern thrust forward. The
chickens on the perches stirred,
clucked uneasily and blinked at
the light, In a distant corner a
lithe, furry little animal crouched
over a heap of feathers.
With actions quite distantly re
lated to a sportman's grace, the
elder Miss Pendergast took care
ful aim. The gun went off and
so did the mink, winking slyly at
the tiny round hole a foot above
his head as he dodged through a
crack in the wall.
Disappointed, the three re
turned to the house, confident
that the miscreant would remain
away for that night, at least. But
their victory was short lived.
Hardly had they crept into bed
and fallen asleep when they were
awakened by a mighty cackling.
Again the enemy was charged.
They had lost faith in the gun (it
didn't shoot straight!) and it was
left behind.
How the mink was cornered,
how the broom vigorously
MAYOR IS IN TROUBLE.
Chief Executive Suspected of Working
Graft Scheme.
Springfield, 111., Sept. 30.For sev
eral days tUys Sangamon: county
jury has been collecting evidence
against against Mayor Harry Dever
eux, with a view to returning an in
dictment against him. Although Sher
iff Bainerd's name has been associated
with Mayor Devereux's in the official
investigation, no effort has been made
by the grand jury as yet to indict the
sheriff. Because of the secrecy that
prevails among the grand jurymen the
definite charge to be made against Che
city's executive is not known, but it is
understood that he is to be accuse of
entering into a contract to furnish pro
tection to the gamblers, saloons and
"immoral TesortjT-"
ROBBED THE MINT.
Forgotten Pocket Knife Leads to the
Conviction of R. J. Kjlpatrlck.
Philadelphia, Sept. 30. Robert J.
Kilpatrick was convicted in the Unit*
States district court of robbing the
vaults of the United States mint in
this city of $858. Kilpatrick was .n-
ployed at the mint as a laborer, and
it was charged he cut open the bags
containing the-money while at work in
the vault A knife which Kilpatrick
accidentally dropped and had forgot
ten led to his .arrest and subsequent
conviction. Sentence will be imposed
later.
THE MARKETS.
Latest and
Quotations From Grain
Live Stock Markets.
St. Paul, Sept. 30. Wheat No. 1
Northern, 83 84c No. 2 Northern.
79@82c No. 3, 73@77c no grade, 65
78c CornNo. 3 yellow, 47@471-2cj
No. 3, 47c No. 4, 46 l-2c no grade,
46c. RyeNo. 2, 53 1-2@ 54c. Barley
Malting grades, 47 56c feeding
grades, 42@46c.
Minneapolis, Sept. 30.WheatNo.
1 hard. 79 3-4c Mo. 1 Northern,
78 3-4c No. 2 Northern. 75 3-4c.
Duluth, Sept. 30. Wheat No. 1
hard. 79 l-8c No. 1 Northern. 7Sl-8c
No. 2 Northern, 75 1-Sc flax. $1.01 1-4
cats. 35 5-8c rye, 52c barley. 42@57c.
Milwaukee, Sept. 30. WheatNo.
1 Northern. 8,4@85c No. 2 Northern,
82(&,83c. RyeNo. 1, 57 l-2c. Barley
No. 2, 65c sample. 45@60c. Oats
Standard, 39c. CornDecember, 46c.
Chicago, Sept. 30. Wheat No.
2 red, 79@79 l-2c No. 3 red, 77@78c
No. 2 hard.wint er,76@79c No. 3 hard
winter, 74@79c No. 1 Northern
spring. 90c: No. 2 Northern spring, 88
@90c No. 3 spring. 82 88c. Cash
CornNo. 2, 51@51 l-4c No. 3, 51
51 l-4c. Cash OatsNo. 2, 36 1-2,
37c No. 3, 36@36 l-2c.
Sioux City, Iowa, Sept. 30. Cattle
Beeves. $4 5.40 cows, bulls and
mixed, $2.20@3.70 stockers and feed
ers, $2.50@3.70 calves and yearlings,
$2.50^3.60. Hogs. $5.50(5 5.75 hulk,
$5.55@560.
Chicago. Sept. 30.CattleGood to
prime steers, $5.25 6 stockers
and feeders, $2.50@4.15 calves, $3.50
@6.80: Texas-fed steers, $3.25@4.6o
Western steers, $3.25@4.50. Hogs
Mixed and butchers. $5.50@6.25 good
to choice heavy, $5.80 (g) 6.15. Sheep
Good to choice wethers, $33.65 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 30. Cattle
Good to choice steers, $4.25@o 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, $3b(g45 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@3.25 heavy, $3@3.25
good to choice ewes, medium weight,
$2.75@ 2.90 culls and stock ewes, $2 25
@3.50.
thumped the floor in his im
mediate vicinity, how he dashed
for liberty, and how the three
oppressors of the innocent little
animal hopped about and scream
ed, all unobserved, as he ran the
gauntlet, is too long a story to
give in detail. Let it suffice to
say that he got away.
It was next decided that the
elder Miss Pendergast and Miss
Mills should tramp two miles
through the night toSchroeder's
place and borrow a rat trap
while the sister was left to guard
the flock. This was done. After
a journey of indescribable hard
ship the two returned, only to
find that during their absence
the mink had killed four more
chickens. While the guardian
was in one room of the coop she
said she had heard the mink at
his deadly work in the other
room, but was afraid to inter
fere. The trap was set, but at
last reports the mink was still at
large and waxing fat on his ill
gotten trains.
THE DAILY PIONEER
NEW SERVICE O
N0RTH0ME
First Regular Passenger
Train Will Run Into New
Town Tonight.
XEW SCHEDULE GOES INTO AF-
FECT TOMORROW.
Train Will Make Run From Hero
to Xorthome in Two
Hours.
The Minnesota & International
Railway company has completed
its tracks into Xorthome and the
first regular passenger train will
run'into the new town tonight.'
The extra distance to be traveled
by all regular trains necessitates
a change of time along the entire
system and a new schedule will
go into effect tomorrow.
No. 31, the northbound pas
senger train which has hereto
fore arrived in Bemkl ji at 5:50 p.
m., returning at 8:10 a. m., will
get here at -5:36 p.m. and leave
for Blackduck and Northome at
5:50 p. m'., arriving at the latter
place at 7:30 p. m. Returning,
the train, known as No. 30, will
arrive here at 8:10 and leaves
Brainerd at 8:20 in the morning.
There will be a regular local
fright, which will carry passen
gers, leave for northern points
each day at 12:30 o'clock. This
train goes uptheKelliher branch,
then cames back to the main line
and proceeds to Northome, ar
riving there at 10 o'clock in the
evening. On the return trip it
does not touch Kelliher. Leav
ing Northome at 12 30 each day
it is due to arrive in Bemidji at
5:30 p. m. Passengers going to
Kelliher will take the passenger
train to Hobey Jc. and will there
transfer to the freight.
CASE DISMISSED
Jack Oringer, Charged With Sell
ing Indians Liquor, Had Trial
at Fergus Falls.
John Oringer, Thomas Newby
and John Smith have returned
from attending United States
district court at Fergus Palls,
where tshe case of Mr. Oringer,
charged with selling liquor to
the Indians, came up for trial.
The case was dismissed. Every
thing went smoothly after it was
called until A. H. C. Knoke, who
is employed in Mr. Nangl's store,
came onto the stand and testified
that the defendant was in the
store huying goods on the date
on which he was accused of the
liquor transaction, and the books
of the store substantiated the
statement. The prosecution was
not aware that any such evidence
was forthcoming and moved to
dismiss the case.
fcaten By Wolves.
Kansas City, Sept. 5Details of the
death of Barnet Malone, a local poli
tician, while camping near Noel, Mo.,
show he either died of exhaustion af
ter straying from camp or was killed
by wolves. Most of his face, arms
and legs were eaten off.
Train Kills Three Women.
I Ligonier. Ind., Sept. 5. A fast
freight train east-hound on the Lake
Shore road killed three women at
Felton's crossing. They were walk
i ing on the tracks.
Man Killed by an Engine.
St. Paul, Septn. 26James M. Owens
I "was struck by a Great Northern en-
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P yards and died
unio
I a few minutes later from a fracture of
the skull and other injuries.
TILLMAN IS ON TRIAL.
Charged With Murder of Editor Gon
zales at Columbia. S. C.
Lexington, S* C. Sept, 30. James
II. Tillman, formerly lieutenaiit gov
ernor of South Carolina, was placed on
trial yesterday in the circuit
I i xlngton co inly, under an indictment
charging kirn with the murder, of il.
6 Gen_a4es liter of Ehe Columbia
State. Judge Pi ink B. Gary presided
It was 11 o'clock when the prosecutor
for this circ it. i 11. Thurmond, an
nounced that the state was ready to
trial of the ease, ami
Was IV. a II lie..
trial that ov.
to be mt
Una was placed
Hi
m.
at the outset tlu
inch of tbe around is
Nevertheless
th. pourinn
BACK IN THE WHITE HOUSE.
President Returns to Washington Af
ter Thirteen Weeks' Absence.
Washington, Sept. 30.After an ab
sence of thirteen weeks spent at
Oyster Hay, President Roosevelt re
turned to Washington yesterday. The
president was a-Gcompanied by .!rn
Roosevelt. R513S Alice Roosevelt and
other members of the family and by
Private Secretary Loeh. The presi
dent was greeted by several hundred
people who cheered when ho entered
his carriage. The president and fam
ily drove direct to the White House.
RECALLS "JACK THE RIPPER."
Body of a Boy Found Who Had Been
Cruelly Murdered.
New York, Sept. 30.With the dis
covery of the body of a boy, fourteen
years old. on the bulkheads at Kath
erine strnet
and East river yesterday,
the police are confronted witlj evi
dence of a crime that recalls the deeds
of "Jack the Ripper." Marks on the
boy's body showed thnt ho had been
cruelly maltreated, and the police are
satisfied that he was murdered. There
are evidences that a woman was con
nected with the crime.
GOMEZ SENTENCED.
ganization.
Manila, Sept. 30. Domingo Gomez
was yesterday sentenced to four years
and two months' imprisonment and
fined $300. Maximum bail was refused
pending an appeal. The Filipino as
sessors dissented from the decision.
Gomez, who was a former Spanish of
ficer, was charged with founding the
Union Ohrera, an organization which
was inciting the natives to rebellion.
GALE STRIKES BERMUDA.
Property and Crops on the Island Suf
fer Severe Damage.
Hamilton, Bermuda, Sept. 30. A
heavy gale from east southeast began
at 10 o'clock yesterday morning and
increased in strength until it became
a hurricane, shifting to the northeast
and then to the northwest Consider
able damage was done to property and
crops throughout the island. Many
houses were blown down, while oth
ers had their roofs torn off.
Type Founders on a Strike.
Cincinnati, Ohio, Sept. 30.The em
ployes in the Cincinnati branch of the
American Type Foundry company
went out on a strike yesterday after
noon on orders from their organization
headquarters in Chicago. The men
say it is to be a general strike at all
the type foundries in the country.
RETURNING FRO
THE WEST
nirt of Influx of Men Looking bor
Work in Woods Has
Begun.
proceed wut
by the time
taken at 1:S0 in. the defend^nl had I
been arrai^ie d. a jury draw :i and ____
charged and all was in readiness for
the introduction of testimony
The.|.g Talk of Opening Variety
court room was well filled, but not
crowded. Piohobly never in the his
tory of this judicial district has there
Iven so sreat an ana of counsel en- I
gaged In the trial ol a case in the eir- I
cult, of perhaps in the entire state, it
,'.i
av recess was
Penalty -for Founding a Seditious Or- score. There is some talk ol al
WHOLE SrtA E
A
RETAIL
fcJB
SCORES ARE ARRIVING IX BE-
MIDJI DAILY.
Theatre on Second Street
Again.
Men looking for work are rio-w I
rapidly estcrdaye \wst adth local (Milfrom
case proceea
ImmeiSiateTybn fe'conveiilhg at 3 p.
the examination of wttnesses was be
gun and when court"* adjourner'sx ]M ondify nigllt'irlTrrtrrnnOTlUtUir.Ml
witnesses had testified
into tseitnaji the'
ploy liu'tlt
oflices are doiuflr-.a'sood business.
men stopped (iff here and last
njglHjin ecjL_ual iiumbof arrived.
They come here expecting to get
work in the \vools and in this
respect are not disappointed.
Orders tor lumberjacks keep
coming in and men are being
sent out to till then) every day.
So far most of them have boon
sent to the woods in the vicinity
of Solway and Nebish.
Prom now on lumberjacks will
be more or less in evidence on
the streets. Bemidji is a con
venient place for them to spend
their mone y, and when given a
chance they come, here by the
lowing the opening of the variety
theatre on Second street again
this winter, and if this is done it
will prove an additional drawing
card to the woodsmen.
In-speaking-of ..the project one
of the councilmeii said:
"If the proper provisions for
running the house in an orderly
manner can be made there seem
to be no reasonable grounds for
objecting to a cheap variety show
of the better class being con
ducted there, provided the license
fee demanded is paid. A variety
show must not necessarily be of
the low character of the last one
operated here to be a success.
The show might interfere to
some extent with the business of
the gambler and saloon keeper,
but otherwise would be compar
atively harmless.!5
Read Daily Pioneer want ads.
You'll find that it will pay you to
do so.
HI i
FRED C. SMYTH, President TH0S. P. SMYTH, Sec.-Treas. I). C.SMYTH, Manager
BEMIDJI MERCANTILE CO.
Opposite the Old Court House
Groceries, Flour, Hay and Grain
Phon 2 1 5
The demand for any work out
side of that in the woods is
slight. There is an occasional
request from the railroads for a
few men, but niilroads arc at Hug plums. Extensive "experiments-m
this season of the year a small phim culture are belt
factor in the employment agent's
calculations. He deals princip
ally with the lumber companies,
although there is some call for
ditch diggers.
BUTCHERS INSIST UPON DEMANO
Fifty-Thiee Thousand Men Will Quit
Unless Packcs 3nck Down.
Chicag. cattle butch-
-i, 'i reji ct
submitted
in secrcj
forking
k is,
i is voti
the new
by tbe i.
that 53.000 emploj
industry i (entitled
ated Meat Cutters
ers of America will go unless
the packers recedi theIT isj
ten Toe piiica ail chers
leeal decided to stand by
derua nd ir an Im 11 a I
out any rears anj chient ol ih hi
ule Ar
on
an ear) horn est rday
i. a! in were rt A ed iron'. tin
I carl :n a i City rntft-h-ri Si le
sepii uTitrr Theriiaeklnjt Itoti^
stat ing that I his
rrjm n-ew 'v
pickers 111 be
this action at i
to day Itli
pael
.\eo
IUI to
ti
1 11
i ttenerao i si i ike or i wio.w
oorrlini to the stateim
v. ,1 .1
i the work
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GERMAN CATHOL1QS.
Annual Convention of the Minnesota
Souetic.:.
Wabaslm, Minn Sep,l 30 The
tlfty-ninth annual convention of the
German lie Societi* of Minneao
ta opene I in this city rdaj Five
hundred and twenty deli ?at a are in
atteiidaiico, besides a targe number of
the order from St. Paul, Minneapolis,
Winona and the other In!
Wis=consin Pluo,^ Win.
Ma.lison. Wis Sepl 30. At the re
cent meeting in Boston ol the Anion
can I'oinoio^ieai seeier. a bronze med
al was awarded the agricultural ex
perinieni station id tin state univer
sity for its ex-blbil of improved seed
station with a view to socurlhg a plum
which will have all the qualil tea of
general excellence and at the same
time the hardiness required In the
Wisconsin climate,
End of Lumber Jack's Life.
Sifpei ior, Wis S pt. 30 Drink and
a slight attach ot p.no imonla are sup
po*"i! io have caused the death of
August Koskl, a Fintan ler, at the town
Of Maple He was found dead in a sa
loon alter having been banging around
there several days He wa.s a lumber
jack.
Cattle Killed by Corn.
Sioux Fulls. S. Sept 30 The
first report to lie received this tail of
the loss of cattle from getting into
corn fields comes froth Turner county
Twenty-three cows belonging to Daniel
Mtilhalr broke out of a pasture and
strayed Into a coin field. They aie a
great deal of corn, and In a short time
twenty of them were d'ad. Opinions
do not agree- as to whether it was th
quantity of then corn they ate that
caused tho deaths or whether it, wo*'
the condition in which the corn waa
fro3t
m,
th
lef
Tow Mill Burned.
Sheldon. N I).. Sept :m. Tbe tow
mill at this place was destroyed by fire
of Unknown origin Saturday morning.
AN the machinery except the boiler
was badly damaged. The loss was
about $6,000. The building carried a
small amount of insurance. The prop
erty was owned by Eastern parties.
Death of a Pioneer.
Crookston. Minn., Sept. 30.Michael
C. Malone, one of the old time pio
neers of the valley, died here yester
day of cancer.
Escaped Convict taught.
Reno, N :..*i Woods,
one of th( convictl .vho escaped from
Folsom, Cal on July 27. was arrested
yesterday while 1' a-'.er 8hor
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