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VOLUME 1. NUMBER 13*
END OF MO RULE
AT S00
Men Implicated in Riots at
Canadian Soo Are
Arrested.
WORK HAS BEEN OFFERED THE
IDLE Wfflr-
That, With Absence Destitution,
Has Brightened the
Outlook.
Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., Oct. 1.
The arrest of nine men charged with
being implicated in the nut at the
Canadian Soo Monday of a mob of dis
charged employes of the Consolidated
Lake Superior company and an at
tempt of a number of the men forcibly
to resist detention by the concern at
Wilde station on the Algoma Central
were among the developments in the
situation at the Soo yesterday. Numer
ous requests by employment agencies
for the services of many of the em
ployes thrown out of work by the clos
ing of the concern and its various af
filiated companies, to which they are
responding, and the absence of desti
tution have
Given the Men Hope,
and, with the exception of the incident
mentioned, everything was again quiet
yesterday. Mayor Plummer up to yes
terday has, with the sanction of the
municipality, readily aided the needy,
who are declared to be few, but he an
nounced in a statement last night that
with the arrival of a detachment of the
militia to-day all unemployed men of
the company who have refused to ac
cept the offers of work elsewhere will
be forced to leave. Last night and
since the attack by the mob on the
company's office, the local militia, re
inforced by the police, has guarded the
plant and offices of the company,
But Order Was Observed
yesterday, and communication be
tween the two Soos, which was or
dered stopped Monday night, was re
sumed. There are 00 woodsmen in
the camps of the company, but as a
measure of precaution the company,
according to William Coyne, assistant
to President Shields, will not allow
them to come in until to-day, when all
of the troops en route will have ar
rived. Although they are said by Mr,
Coyne to be well provided with food
and to have been given good sleeping
quarters, the men, he says, are dis
satisfied, which has caused them to
protest against being left at Wilde sta
tion, which ended in a demonstration
similar to that which occurred here
Monday, but not so serious.
BIG STEAL ALLEGED.
Fraudulent Transactions Amounting to
$50,000 Charged.
Indianapolis, Oct. 1. Addis S.
Pratt of New York filed a complaint in
the United States district court
against Charles Medias, Emil Mantel
and Harry R. Wallace, deputy county
recorder, charging them with conspir
ing through the Western Undergar
ment company with Louis Levin of
New York, lately of Indianapolis and
now missing, to rob wholesale and
supply companies of $50,000 worth of
goods used in making women's gar
ments. The court issued an order
summoning the three men to appear
Thursday morning and show cause
why a receiver should not be appoint
ed for the company.
TROUBLE FOR AN EMPEROR.
Hungarian Premier Hands in His Res
ignation.
Budapest, Oct. 1. In consequence
of an adverse vote in the lower house
of the Hungarian diet yesterday Pre
mier Hedeveray again submitted his
esignation and telegraphed to Emper
or Francis Joseph begging for its ac
ceptance. The resignation of the pre
mier will be formally announced in
the lower house to-day. Count Hed
everay resigned in consequence of his
own party voting against him. on the
ground that his repudiation of the at
tacks made by the Austrian premier,
Dr. von Koerber, upon Hungarian na
tional rights in the reichsrath were
not pronounced enough. The situation
is critical.
Shot Dead on the Street.
San Francisco, Oct. 1. Marie Jor
dan, saleswoman in a cloak store, was
shot dead on the street yesterday by
Edward de la Bronisse, who then
fired a shot into his head, inflicting a
wound which probably will prove fatal.
The tragedy was the result of jeal
ousy.
British Steamer Lost.
Valparaiso. Chile. Oct. 1. The
British steamer Laurel Branch. CaDt.
Cass Lake Land Office Crowded
With Seekers for Agricul
tural Lands.
The Cass Lake lane office is
besieged with settlers from all
parts of the country seeking iri-
foimmUcmjabout the opening of
the half-million acres of Red
Lake lands in the Big Fork coun
try to take place Nov. 10. Full
instructions have been forwarded
from Washington to Duluth,
Crookston and Cass Lake land
offices.
Commissioner Richards says
that a larger area would have
been opened but it was found
that the surveys were erroneous
and it was desired that the lands
be in shape to give good title.
They preferred to open those
that were correctly surveyed.
The other will be pushed as
quickly as possible. The gen
eral office at Washington is re
ceiving an average of 100 in
quiries a day making inquiries
about the opening.
SWAMP LANDS
Not as Much Agricultural Land
in Reservation as Was
Believed.
Of the 768,887 acres of land in
the land in the Red Lake reser
vation located in the Cass Lake,
Crookston and Duluth land dis
tricts, originally classed as agri
cultural land, it is now found
that 522,000 acres are really
swamp land. Of this amount of
swamp land classified as agri
cultural there are 199,000 acres
in the Cass Lake district, 280,-
000 acies in the Crookston dis
trict and 73,000 acres in the Du
luth district.
Lost is Found.
Advertisements in the want
columns of the Daily Pioneer are
result getters. This has been
demonstrated time and again.
Yesterday morning Helmer Pet
erson, Western Union Telegraph
operator, lost a valuable gold
watch. A lost ad was inserted
in the Daily Pioneer and this
morning the watch, which was
found by E. S. Kincannon, was
returned. There were no marks
on the watch, but the finder saw
the little advertisement.
L,ee, Has been lost off Stewart Bay.
Twenty-eight of her passengers and
crew were saved. It is feared the rest
were drowned.
Found No Indictment.
Elyria, Ohio, Oct. 1. The grand
jury which has been investigating the
Reichlin murder case has reported no
indictment. Nothing definite as to -who
killed Agatha Reichlin was brought
out.
Arrested on Old Charge.
New Ulm, Minn., Oct. 1. William
Buggert was arrested and brought to
the county jail charged with a crime
committed in 1898. The charge is that
he assaulted Barbara Schlagel, eighty
five years old. After the crime was
committed he enlisted in the army and
served his three years in the Philip
pines and upon his return was imme
diately arrested. Killed a Saloonkeeper.
Rhinelander, Wis., Oct. 1. The
body of John J. Johnson, a saloonkeep
er of Gagen. was brought here last
night. His death resulted from blows
delivered by Jerome Fry, a Soo line
section foreman, with whom Johnson
had boarded at Oagen. Fry is in cus
tody. The assault was due to non-pay
ment "f board by ^ohnson.
Will Bore for Oil.
Sturgis S. D., Oct. 1. The Bare
Butte Oil company has been incorpor
ated at Pierre with a capital of $10,000.
This is the company that is to sink for
oil at Spring Creek, north of here. The
work will b begun just as soon as the
machinery arrives and is placed in po
sition.
RUSH FOR LAND REBELS IN EASTlARE NO
OPEN UP
THEY M\\ HOPE TO AROUSE
WAR FEELING
Sofia, Bulgaria, Oct. 1. A celegram
received here from the camp of Gen.
Zontcheff, the commander-in-chief of
the Macedonian insurgents at Razlog,
fifty-five miles east of here, announces
that a general rising was proclaimed
Sept. 27 in the districts of Razlog,
Nevrokop, Demirhissar, Melnik and
Seres, and that all the insurgent bands
in Eastern Macedonia had received di
rect orders to begin operations.
The chief hope of the revolutionary
organization now centers in the out
break in Eastern Macedonia, which is
expected to assume considerable pro
portions, as the leaders there are all
officers of the Bulgarian reserve. This,
the sympathizers with the Macedonian
cause hope, will
Arouse a V/ar Feeling
in the Bulgarian army and force the
government to espouse the Mace
donian cause. A dispatch from Rilo
monastery says the town of Razlog has
been in flames'since Sunday night.
The insurgents are attacking: Butch
evo and severe fighting is reported to
be going op between the insurgent
bands and the Turkish troops. The
sound of artillery is plainly heard at
Rilo. Another fight is reported to
have taken place near Okhrida, twen
ty-eight miles from Monastir, in which
fifty Turks were killed and many
wounded. It is reported that all the
intelligent Bulgarians of the town of
Okhrida were recently
Arrested on Suspicion
of communicating with the insurgent
hands and were sent in chains to Mon
astir. A letter from Phillipopolis,
dated yesterday, says the authorities
there have distributed rifles and am
munition in all the frontier v^lages
for use in case of an attack being
made by the Turks._
Dispatches received here from vari
ous sources say Gen. Zontcheff has
been greeted everywhere w. .h the
greatest enthusiasm, and that all the
peasants are flocking to his banner.
A dispatch from Rita Jirila reports
continuous fighting all along the lines
across the Turkish frontier, results of
which are at present unknown.
HARRISON IS WRATHY.
Says Chicago City Hall Is Full of
Grafters.
Chicago. Oct. 1. "Grafting is go
ing on in the city hall. It is going on
in nearly every department from the
top to the bottom. I know it as well,
as a man can know anything he can't
absolutely prove. If I had the power
I would discharge as many people as
George B. Swift did when he became
mayor. The 'grafters' would be flying
out of every window."
Mayor Harrison made these remark
able declarations last night. He ad
mitted everything that had been re
peatedly charged against his adminis
tration. His admissions were not the
result of a hasty illconsidered burst of
confidence. The mayor was talking
about the charges against the health
department scandals when he sudden
ly disclosed his knowledge of the uni
versal "grafting" that is going on.
CHICAGO'S GREAT PARADE.
Big Feature of the Centennial Celebra
tion.
Chicago. Oct. 1. The great parade
of the centennial celebration which
filed for three hours last night through
the streets was a wonderful success.
A crowd estimated at a million people
lined the streets through which the
procession passed and cheered its
features lustily. A large number of
floats were exhibited in the parade,
some of them of great beauty.
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BLOWN TO ATOMS.
Two Men Killed and Two Seriously
Injured by Powder Explosion.
Wallace, Idaho. Oct. 1. Two
miners were killed last evening and
two others were injured by the acci
dental explosion of powder at Mam
moth Hot Springs, a short distance
from the mining camp of the Black
Bear. The dead men were literally
blown to atoms. The largest piece
that could be found of either of the
two men was a to or.
The Daily. Pioneer want col
umns are srood result getters.
Try them.
THE DAILY PIONEER.
BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA. THURSDAY. OCTOBER 1, 1908
Operations in Eastern Mace- Detectives Now Believe They
donia Are Begun by Know Leader of the
Insurgents. Dynamiters.
And Force the Government to Evidence Already in Hand Will
Espouse Cause of Lead to the Capture of
Macedonians. the (Jang.
W SURE O
GET THEM
SECRET SERVICE MEN HAVE
MANY CLEWS.
St. Paul, Oct. 1. Although until
late last night no definite clues to the
-^hereabouts of the Northern Pacific
.dynamiters had been obtained, the de
tectives of the road have gathered ev
idence which they believe will soon re
sult in the identification and capture
of the leader and another member of
the band. It is believed that the first
arrest will uncover information that
will make tho capture of the rest of
the gang an easy matter.
Posses are scouring Idaho. Detec
tives of the road are working in Hel
ena, Butte and other "principal points,
but they have failed to locate the
gang. Many elms have been found,
which may lead to arrests at any time.
Send Threatening Letters.
Helena, Mont., Oct. 1. Save for
the fact that the threatening letter
was received by the Helena police de
manding the release from the city jail
of Joseph Jarvis and William Stadts,
arrestedTn the Northern Pacific yards
here shortly after the Livingston and
Bozeman explosions, on a charge of
dynamiting railroad property at these
points there are practically no new de
velopments in the $50,000 Northern
Paciiie blackmail case.
It is stated that the residence of
Chief of Police Travis, instead of the
city jail, will be blown up and a
strong guard has been concealed for
several days in Travis' house, but as
yet no overt acts have been committed
and it is believed the friends of the
prisoners hesitated to attack a build
ing within the city limits because of
the'improbability of making their es
cape.
It has been learned that the letter
contained personal threats and direct
ed vile epithets against Chief Travis
and Officer O'Brien, who have taken
leading parts in weaving a chain of cir
cumstantial evidence against Jarvis
and Studts. The letter was postmarked
Helena and at the bottom bore a pic
ture of the usual skull and crossbones.
Best Corn Crop in Years.
Egan, S. D., Oct. 1. The reports
that are being circulated that the re
cent frosts damaged the corn crop
more than at first thought does not ap
ply to this section of the state in the
least. Corn here is going to be the
best crop of all. Ears are large and
well developed. No complaints are
heard here at all, but the farmers per
sist in saying that they harvested the
best crop, all around, this year that
has been harvested in many years.
Horses Bitten by Mad Dog.
Blue Earth, Minn., Oct. J. Sev
eral weeks ago a dog belonging to
William Miller of Barber township
went mad and ran to the farm of John
Rernp, two miles distaflt, entered the
barn and began biting the horses.
Shortly afterward one of the horses
showed signs of rabies and was "shot.
Last Thursday another of the horses
had to be shot. A cat was also a vic
tim of the dog.
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GHOST SCARE
An Apparation Dressed All in
White Appeared Before War
field Engineer,
There was a ghost scare at ih*
electric light plant the other
night. An apparation, dressed
all in white, appeared before the
startled eves of \YarrXohTs en
giiieer sometime between mid
night and morning. The thing
was white as snow, from heel to
erown, ami oven tin* face and
hands looked as though they had
boon plunged in a barrel of Hour, i
Standing in the doorway* sharp
ly outlined against the blackness
of the night, it was a sight to i
frighten tho boldest. Before tho
engineer could recover from his
fright suihicietly to limber up
and run, the ghost spoke.
"1 guess 1 had a of a
drunk on last night,'' it said.
Then did the manipulator of.]
oil cans recognize in Ihe spook a
woman who had suddenly ap
peared before him the evening
previous, gloriously drunk. flej
had succeeded in getting her off!
the premises and thought that
that was the end of the matter.
It seems that instead of leaving,
however, tho creature had gone
to tho rear oI' the building and
crawled into the unslaked lime
bed, "to sleep it off." The liiiie
was dry and tine as Hour. It
took but a lew minutes rolling
about in her drunken sluinb6r to
make the soiled dove appear
white to the eye once more.
MAN HOUSES
Has Been Great Deal of Building
in Bemidji This
Year.
Although it is getting rather
late in the season building oper
ations hi Bemidji continue active.
Most of tho work now being done
is on additions, outbuildings,
etc., though there are still a
number of houses which are far
from being complete. Tho finish
ing touches are now being put
on others. Between two and
three hundred houses have been
put up in Bemidji this year,
aside from the business blocks
and smaller offices and store
buildings. The First National
bank, Street and old court house
buildings will be ready for oc
cupancy this month. Remodel
ing the old court house and facing
it with brick has made it prac
tically new.
To obtain the best tend quickest
results, use the Daily Pioneer
want column.
FRED C. SMYTH, President TH0S. P. SMYTH, Sec.-Treas. D. C. SMYTH. Manager
BEMIDJ I MERCANTIL E CO.
Opposite the Old Court House
Groceries, Flour, Hay and Grain
Phone
2 I 5
TEN CENTS PER WEEK
DISORDERLY BOX
GO BOXED
Created a Disturbance and
Then, With Friends, Re
sisted Arrest.
CHEERFULLY PAID $2.9
LEFT T0YV&
AND
Has Bad NameBit Man's Xose
Off About Two Years
or More Ago.
Al Box, known in most of the
towns of the Northwest as a
tough character, was fitted 29
by Judge Reynolds this morning
and ordered out of town for be
ing drunk and disorderly. He
also resisted arrest but this was
not included in the charge.
When brought into court he
plead guilty.
Box was arrested at 9:30
o'clock last night. With several
comrades ho was standing before
Dudley's place on Minnesota
avenue. Two ladies came along
and Box rudely bum pod against
them. Officers Helmer and Gline
were near by and one of them
spoke to the man. Ho disputed
the policeman's right to do this,
and, after a few words, showed
fight. The officers here attempt
ed to arrest him and his many
friends standing about, all of
them lumberjacks, stepped for
ward to rescue Box. Helmer
and Cline were forced to bring
their, clubs into play and soon
had the disturbance quelled and
Box landed safely ill the city
lockup.
This morning tho man apol
ogized to the court for his be
havior of lust night and said that
the officers were justified in mak-^
ing the arrest, and that they
showed they were no cowards by
taking the decided stand they
did against the tipsy band of
woodsmen.
Box is a big fellow, six feet in
height and strong as an ox. "He
got into trouble here two years
ago and in a fight bit a man's
nose off. He has been in several
brawls at different times and has
a bad name throughout the
Northwest.
A want ad in the Daily Pioneer
is a winner. Try one.
Why is it that Daily Pioneer
want ads bring such good results?
Tho sheriff of Aitkin was in Be
midji yesterday after Frank
Shippinan, who has deserted his
family. Tho man was captured
by the loctd police and was taken
back to Aitkin last night in
charge of the sheriff.
THINGS
GOOD O
EAT