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The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1900-08-16

Born--To Mr.. and Mrs.. Smart,

Born-To Mr.. and Mrs.. Smart,
a son.
Miss Minnie Hanson was down
to Aida on Wednesday of last
week, on her way to Sank Centre.
She intended to make the home
Journey on wheel and was accom-
panied by Mr.. lngval Johnson to
Park Rapids. Johnson returned
on Sunday last.
p. Lundin drove to Fosston, on
Monday last week, and returned
the following Wednesday. On
the trip he traded away one of his
horses for another one.
The roof Of Ole Stephenson's
barn accidently broke down, last
Sunday, and came pretty near
killing one Of his horses.
Rev. Thoreson will hold services
in the schoolhouse of Dist. IA, in
the forenoon and in the school
house of Dist. IL in the afternoon
Sunday, Aug. 10.
Some of the Bear Creekites haye
finished haying on the reservation
but some are still keeping on.
The people from Lundinville,
had a walk down to Rice Lake
last Sunday.
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1900-08-16
How They Kiss.

Some sentimental cuss who must be
an excursion with o rosebud nature
bursts into poetry in last weeks Lit
tie Falls Herald. In the interests of
education, we reprint the etfusion:
The Brainerd girl powders and
paints,
And is loved by both sinners and
saints;
She sticks out her lips, takes few
sips,
And then falls over and faints.
The Detroit girl values up to the
rack,
Slightly crooking up her back.
She sticks up her nose, turns up her
toes,
And gives you a hearty good
smack.
The Royalton girl is. right on her
muscle,
And always gets there in Il hustle;
She catches her pard and kisses SO
That she usually shakes off her
hustle. - .. ....
The Bemidi girl is pretty and fair,
With golden brown or jet black
hair. .... ,..
And If there is bliss in sweet little
kiss,
The Bemidii girl always gets there.
The St. Cloud girl is juicy and plump
And raises her lips in a lump
Right under her nose and says There
goes, Z
And the noise it sounds like sue
tion pump.
The Long Prairie girl is fat and
naughty,
But doesn't think it very naughty.
She yells "yum yum" says otis nice
by gum,
If you don't give me more II get
wrathy,n
The saux Rapids girl is dainty
miss, r
And knows exactly how to kiss.
Her soft red lips press while you stop
and caress.
And sip the nectar in ecstatic bliss.
The Little Falls girl II!
IL !-l-!-Oh-o-ol
ALL ALONE.
The age-herald., 1900-08-16
A LESSON IN TRUSTS

From the Boston Herald.
 There is much feeling throughout the Stale of Michigan over the collapse of the Page Fence Company of Adrian, which, on account of financial embarrassment, has passed into the hands of receiver. It had been one of the, most prosperous organiza- tions of its kind in the world, was de- veloped by legitimate methods, was liberal and public-spirited, and, with it's weekly pay roll of $2O,O00, did more than any other one institution to make Adrian prosper ous city. The reason of it's failure is given in the Detroit Free Press in these graphic termsl
 But the company had the temerity to de- cline an invitation to be swallowed by the American Wire Fence Company. It being the special mission of that great trust to crush out competition, the wire trust, which owns the wire fence trust, proceeded to squeeze the Page Company by advancing the price of wire over 100 per cent So far as the plants comprising the fence trust were concerned, it would make no difference had the raise been a thousand or million per cent, for the same capital that was selling was buying, and could give it's prod uct away to itself or quote 1t at it's weight in gold without making dollars difference in the outcome of Its business. It was by this process that the Page Company, rich in all the vital requirements of great industrial enterprise, willing to stand or fall upon its own merits, and refusing to com pine for the purpose of arbitrary dictating outrageous prices, was driven to the wall. It is one of the most fragrant examples of trust tyranny that has come to the people of this State, and cannot but multiply the number demanding an efficient regulation of these financial cormorants, the only alter native being their complete demolition. It is feared that this example of the work ing of trusts will have unfortunate ef- feet upon the party in power, to whom the people are apt to ascribe, often unjustly, the evils from which they suffer, and es- pecially upon the political prospects of Con- eressman Henry c. Smith of the Adrian district
The age-herald., 1900-08-16
THE oHlY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN AlABAmA
Republican Majority in the Senate.

It is not altogether certain that the Sen ate is hopelessly Republican At present the Republicans have a clear majority of fifteen in that body, and they will retain that majority to March 1 of next year but at that time thirty seats will be re- filled These thirty seats are now filled by seventeen Republicans, eleven Demo- crats, one Populist and one Silverte. The Democrats have already gained seat in North Carolina, and are certain to main- tain their numerical standing, but if the Republicans hold their own they must elect a Senator in each of these States: Illinois, West Virginia, Delaware, Idaho, Nebraska and Montana.
 In West Virginia they had one majority on joint ballot, and no Democrat in that State comedies the Legislature to them this year. In Delaware the Democrats, taking advantage of the Addicks ruction, will elect two Senators or none at all In Montana W. A. Clark will be accompanied by Democrat, if he win at all. In Idaho the fusionists have no intention of swap ing Senatorial horses, and in Nebraska two Democrats or fusionists will be elect ed if MT. Bryan carries the State, as he undoubtedly will. Illinois is a contested State, and if the Democrats carry it for Bryan and Stevenson, a Democratic Sen- ator will be elected.
 These probable changes would not ob- hterate the Republican majority in the Senate, but they would reduce it to mar row proportions-to six or seven votes, and bills of the ship subsidy sort could not be passed under the whip and spur of Mark Hanna
The age-herald., 1900-08-16
THE CRAZE FCK DOUToRING
From the New York World

From the New Aork world
 Dr. Jacobi, writing in the Medical Rec ord, says that in the United States there is one physician to every 600 people-propor- tionately twice as many as in Great Brit ain, four time as many as France has, five times many as Germany has, and six times as many as Italy has. And pr. Jacobi might have gone on to show that we take an interest in patent or proprie- tary medicines, and in various other forms of extra-professional treatment which is almost non-eXistent in Europe.
 There must be some explanation of this American craze for doctoring. Certainly it is not that we arc sickly and an ailng race. On the contrary we are exceptionally hardy and enduring.
 It may be that our backwafdness in the art of cooking has a great deal to do with it. Outside of a few directed chiefly to the concocting of sundry fried messes that are interesting to the palate but produc- tive of that lumpy feeling in the pit of the stomach and afterward of all manner of disorders, from a general sense of gloom and dissatisfaction and need of some sort of medicine to complete collapse and a fierce struggle with death.
 A good cook can come pretty near to keeping the doctor out of the house.
The age-herald., 1900-08-16
For the BattIeshlp Alabama.

The handsome sum netted by the Press Club of Mobile towards a testimonial of some sort for the battleship Alabama, should be at least doubled in the remain der of the State, and the Age-Herald de- clines to think that Birmingham and Montgomery will be backward in this matter not to mention Anniston, Hunts vile and a score more of the prosperous towns of the State.
 But whatever the rest of the State out side of patriotic Mobile does, Jones Valley must not be found lacking in this patriotic effort The cleanest way in which Bir- mngham can do her part consists in find- ing 100 men who will give $1O each to this purpose-a purpose that will lift refec- tion from the State. and be source of pride and satisfaction to it. If some of the proposed 100 want to give more, let them put their good wives or children 100 men who will second Mobiles splendid achievement; and what Birmingham can joint resolution will be a fitting answer to the honor conferred on the State in the naming of the splendid ship that is nearly ready for her trial trip
The age-herald., 1900-08-16
named five per cent money is in ample

named five per cent money is in ample supply.
 The farmer appears prosperous at any rate He has money with which to make Improvements. He can enlarge his house, and paint it, and buy drainage pipe and new machinery, and pianos, and as long as crops are good he does not feel the bur den of interest He has had three good crop years. and the present year will be the fourth, if an early frost does not kill the immature corn. Let, however, four years of small crops come, and the condition of the western farmer would probably be as distressing as it was five or more years ago. Not even a low rate of interest will then save him from distress. The truth is, the western farmer owes too much. The southern farmer does not, partly because the interest rate Is high, and partly be- cause capital prefers western farms as se- curity to southern farms Whatever the reason be, it is at least best that the farmers of the cotton Sates have not the burden of indebtedness to bear that the farmers of the ten western States have &C., cumulated.
The age-herald., 1900-08-16
POINl PARAGRAPHS
From the Chicago News.
 The optician is a toiler of the sea.

From the Chicago News.
 The optican is a toler of the sea.
 Dead crows are silent mementos of the lost caWs.
 Some men never do anything without overriding 1t.
 The less man boasts the more true worth he possesses.
 A lovers quarrel is the sauce that sea- sons the courtship.
 Reform is an airship that is always on the verge of starting.
 A woman's mirror will tell her what none of her friends will.
 Good nature is a glowworm that sheds light Tn the darkest places.
 The man who is driven to desperation usually assists in the driving.
 An envious person is apt to disparage everything, be it good or bad.
 The oftener a man falls the greater the applause when he finally succeeds.
 Society is a fashionable game in which diamonds are Wagered against hearts. It matters but little what your ancestors were-it's what you are that counts.
 A hen may be made to lay perpetually By hitting her on the head with a stout club.
 A crusty old bachelor says that when a COW can climb ladder one may expect to find wisdom in women,
 Some wives, like watches, have pretty faces, delicate hands, and are good to look upon-but somewhat difficult to regulate. 'An ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure" as the pig remarked when he ran away from the butcher. The triple transmission of household chat tels from one domicile to another is equiv alent to a conf1agration-or, in other words. three removes are as bad as fire.
The age-herald., 1900-08-16
AGAIN ST ICE COMPANY
Governor Davis Brings Suit in the
 Arkansas Courts

Little Rock, Ark, August 15.-Attorney General Jeff Davis today filed suit in the County Circuit Court against the Inde pendent Ice Company, the Little Rock Brewing and Ice Company, the Little Rock Ice Company and the North Little Rock Ice Company praying judgment for 5000 damages for being alleged members of an ice trust in violation of the laws of the State of Arkansas. All the defendants are local manufacturers of ice, and it is alleged that while engaged in the business of selling ice in the city they became members of a pool, trust, agreement, com bination, confederation and understanding with each other to regulate or fix the price in the city of Little Rock, raising the price from 40 cents per 100 pounds to 50 cents. The Attorney General says he in- tends to prosecute the suits to the end, and calls upon citizens to assist in making the necessary proof.
The age-herald., 1900-08-16
Central West the BattIeground.

. New York has been the battle-ground of the two parties in Presidential years ever since the civil war was ended; but it is tested this year on that basis. In all frank ness it is given over to the enemy, or rather the Democracy of the State are left to take care of themselves as best they can. If they carry the State, all the greater will be their victory, for they will get but little help from outside sources.
 Both sides have come to consider the central west the true battleground-that and best efforts are to be brought to bear upon the honest and intelligent voter. By the words "central vest is meant the States that are central along the northern half of the country-Ohio, Michigan, h. diana, Illinois and Wscinsin All of these States cast heavy Republican majorities or pluralities in 1S96 except Indiana, where the vote was close, and in Ohio, where the Republican majority was not heavy.
 By common consent Indiana and Illinois are the two States of this group of five in which the vote of November offers the most doubts. Neither side feels assured of either State There is a heavy German vote in both States, and it is firmly believed that the men who ran away from one-man power in the fatherland will not vote to foster such a scheme in the land of ref uge. Indiana is and always has been at heart Democratic, and Illinois has become complex and so cosmopolitan that no one can name her political status. But if Illinois is ready for a change, Wisconsin and Michigan and Ohio must also be, for the five States are very similar in their makeup and political tendencies
 It will be conceded by almost any un- prejudiced political student that Bryan and Stevenson can be elected if they can carry Indiana and any other one of the five cen- tral Western States. As things stand today Indiana. and Illinois are the two States that Bryan and St. nson may carry. These two States cast 39 electoral votes. In 1896 MT. BryAA received 176 votes It is con ceded that he will this year carry Ken lucky and Maryland, 21 votes. This would Five him 236 votes, or P more than a ma jority of the electoral vote
The age-herald., 1900-08-16
Western Farmers Indebtedness.

A recent writer In the Philadelphia North American, Republican paper, states that "in the opinion of financial experts the farming indebtedness throughout the mid dle west is larger, if anything, than it was ten years ago." The mushy campaign talk of the administration spelbinders had led to contrary view of the situation, but the North American writer goes on to show that this view is erroneous. He puts the farm Indebtedness in the States of Ohio, Michigan Indiana, Illinois, Wiscon- sin. Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas and Nebraska at S225, ,OOO O0O, as against s2OO, ,OOO,- 900 In 1S90
 It is claimed, however, that this increase in indebtedness does not denote lessened prosperity, because the rate of interest has fallen to 5 per cent, and local capital is competing with insurance companies in se- curing farm mortgages. The farmer bor- rows as much or more money, but the bur- den is less. Some farm mortgages have been negotiated at a four and a half per cent rate of interest, and In all the States
The age-herald., 1900-08-16
Keason for Strained Relations

the strained relations beh n Roumania and Bulgaria." says special dispatch from Vienna, is the recent discovery of plot laid by the revolutionary committee in Sofia to assassiante King Charles of Rou- mania while attending the requiem for King Humbert at Bucharest.
 ''The police got wind of the plot and warned King Charles, who did not attend the service. Two women well known in >Roumanian society, and a number of Bull garians have been arrested in Bucharest. Notwithstanding this, the Bulgarian gov ernment refuses to interfere with the revolutionary committee
The age-herald., 1900-08-16
MEANS BUILDING OF
 NICARAGUA CANAL

Washington, August 15.-(Special )-The Post says: "The news that the government of Nicaragua has cut off the concession heretofore granted to the Eyre-Gragin ca nal syndicate is received in governmental circules with hardly-suppressedc chuckle.''
 Tt means" said an officer on service with the Department of State. that the syndicate which was to pay s500,0OO for it's concession has forfeited the $1OO,OO0 already paid down, rather than come to time with the remaining si0000O on the date when it fell due
 Tt has been charged, suggested the correspondent, that the whole affair was a mere speculation in the nature of 'hold-up, whereby the United States gov ernment would be forced into buying out the syndicate's rights. Is this sop
 "Oh, well, We can't speak positively as to the motives of the syndicate but I don't believe this government will shed any tears because the concession was wiped out Did you see the concession? It was the most all-inclusive thing I ever came across. It authorized the building of canals, railroads, telegraph and tele- phone lines, the locating and development of mining properties, and heaven only knows what else. Now that it is out of the way, the path is clear for us to go ahead and build the canal, if we wish to, except that the Senate has not yet rati- fled the Hay-Pauncefote treaty. Perhaps it will when the elections are over"
 Had our government any hand in caus- ing Nicaragua to take such prompt meas ures with the syndicate?"
 Tt is supposed so; though only the Sec retary of State could tell you positively, and he would not. There is reason to be- lieve that our Minister was instructed to intimate to the Nicaraguan government that it would be good idea to get rid of of all embarrassments in time to be able to negotiate freely when Congress meets for its work next session and decides what it is going to do. Of course any outstand- ing private cJucession was something which our government would have right to balk at. It would probably have com pelled Nicaragua to buy the syndicate off, as preliminary to doing any business. To have sold a concession for $500 C00 and then obliged to buy it bac,. to the tune of $5,O00000, would not have been either prof. table or agreeable to Nicaragua
 "But the syndicate is composed of rich men, and why should $40O00O more have frightened them, if they thought they could make $5,000,OOo?"
 q suspect that they have felt of the ground, and assured themselves that Con- gross would not dare vote $5, ,0O0 900, but that they would be obliged to look to Nicaragua for their compensation This is a good deal like looking to stone for sustenance.'
The age-herald., 1900-08-16
HARVEST HYMN

John Hampden Gurney. Lord of the harvest. Thee we hail; Thine ancient promise doth not fail: The varying seasons haste their round With goodness all our years are crowned
 Our thanks we pay
 This holy day: Oh, let our hearts in tune be found! If spring doth wake the song of mirth, If summer warns the fruitful earth: When winter sweeps the naked plain, Or autumn yields its rlpen'd grain;
 Still do we sing
 To Thee, our King; Through all their changes Thou dost reign But chiefly when Thy liberal hand Scatters new plenty OCT the land. When sounds of music fill the air; As homeward all their treasures bear;
 We, too, will raise
 Our hymn of praise, For we Thy common bounties share. Lord of the harvest! All is Thine! The rains that fall the suns that shine, The seed once hidden in the ground, The skill that makes our fruits abound;
 New, every year,
 Thy gifts appear; Naw praises from our lips shall sound.
The age-herald., 1900-08-16
TWO SERIOUS WRECKS
Occurred on the Mexican Central With
 Fatal Consequences

San Antonio, Tex, August 15.-A special to the Express from San Luis Potosi, Mex ico, says:
 Two serious wrecks occurred on the Mex ican Central with fatal consequences. On the 4th instant, between Guanajato and Si- lao, bridge gave way under passenger train, killing the engineer two passengers, four soldiers and injuring other passen- gers.
 On the Sth instant the north-bound pas- senger train, just before arriving at Que retaro, encountered a small wash-out, which threw the engine from the track with such force that the whole train was derailed. No one was killed, but many pas- sengers were hurt more or less seriously. Among the injured was Baron de Weeber, Minister Plenipotentiary of Russia, who was travelling to the United States.
The age-herald., 1900-08-16
RECORD BREAKING TIME
H. E. Huntington's Special Travels 4So
 Miles in Ten Hours

Atlanta, Ga, August 15.-H. E. Hunting ton, vice president of the Southern Pacific Railway Company, passed through Atlanta today en route to New York to attend the funeral of his uncle, Collis P. Huntington, late president of the road. MT Hunting ton was on his way to San Francisco and had reached San Antonio, Tex, when noti- fled of the death of his uncle.
 A record breaking trip is being made by MT Huntngton's train. The run from New Orleans to Atlanta, a distance of 4Sa miles, accomplished in little over ten hours.
The age-herald., 1900-08-16
A Ghastly Find

Vancouver, B. C., August 15.-The mana gers of the Charleston party engaged in stringing the all-Canadian telegraph wires to Dawson returned from sections of the KlondllSe country where it is thought no white man had ever been. They report hav- ing found in dense forest near Pike river the skeletons of twelve horses. Farther on there was a complete saw mill and several houses. No human beings were in sight, but all the cabins were stocked with pro- visions and overalls, and grindstsones and axes were found. It is supposed the party owning the things were frozen to death.
The age-herald., 1900-08-16
Bnbonic Plague Discovered

Boston, Aug 15.-Dr. H. w. Hill, bacteri- ologst of the Board of Health, has com pleted an examination of two cultures re- ceived from Johns Hopkins University, sent to Baltimore from the University of Cali fornia which were taken from Chinaman who was supposed to have the bubonic plague. pr. Hill developed the cultures and inocuated a white rat. The rat died in three days. Afterwards the baccilli were taken from the tissue and the results obtained were typical of bubonic plague Dr. Hill has forwarded to the University of Cali fornia his opinion that the baccilli are those of bubonic plague.
The age-herald., 1900-08-16
DE CROSSE BRoKE HER RECORD
New York Letter in the Pittsburg Di

New York Letter in the Pittsburg Dis
 patch.
 There was great deal of dignied rejoic- ing in the offices of the Hamburg American steamship line today when the cable mes sage came that the Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse had won the ocean race from New York to Europe, in which three other big steamers competed-the Deutschland, Oce- anic and St. Paul The officials declared that they were not surprsed, because they had such perfect faith in the Kaiser Will helm. We did not know that she would break the record. although we thought it possible,' remarked an attache of the of- flee. But, as you see, she has done so, hands down."
The age-herald., 1900-08-16
Ancient Tablets Found

London, August 15.-The mail advices t the Daily News from Constantinople date, August Sth, announces the arrival thert of Professor H. V. Hilprecht, president O. the University of Pennsylvania expedition to Nippur after having discovered thu library of the Great Temple, with over l.,-.J tablets dealing with the historica and literary matters, not one of them oi later date than 22S0 B. c.
The age-herald., 1900-08-16
Stock Firm Suspended

Kansas City, Mo-, August 15.-The live stock commission of w. B. McAllister and Company has been expelled from member ship and the right to do business at thu stock yards by the directors of the Liv, Stock Exchange. The technical charge, al 1t appears on the minutes of the secretary is "uncommercial conduct"
 James Brady, a stock man of Lebanon Kan, accused McAllister and Company msappropriating $2,700.
The age-herald., 1900-08-16
James NJ. Moody Nominated

Asheville, N. C., August 15.-James Mon traville Moody was today nominated for Congress by the Republicans of the Ninth District This was a surprise, it was supposed Richmond Pearson would be named to succeed himself. Pearson busted w. T. Crawford in the present Congress on a contest.