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The Bemidji pioneer., 1901-12-05
THE BEMIDJI
COLONY
A Newspaper Woman Writes En-.
tertainingIy of Old Time st.
Cloud People.

Charles Gilbert, contractor and
builder at Bemidji, left st. Cloud
in 1898, and is one of the well
known business men of that
thriving village. He has built
many Of the finest structures in
that city. He married a st,
Cloud lady in the person Of Abbie
Raymond, who is among the first
in society and church circles.
John Raymond, formerly Of st.
Cloud, is acting as bookkeeper
for his brother-in-law, Charles
Gilbert, at Bemidji. Mr.. Ray.
mond took an interest in the or
ganization Of the Young Men s
Athletic Club and is manager of
a basket ball team, which is per.
fecting itself for the champion
ship of the Northern Minnesota
towns. He is a graduate Of the
st. Cloud Normal school of the
class of 1900. " ;.
Garry Brennan is a st. Cloud
man who will be remembered by
a large circle of friends. He be-
came a resident of Bemidii four
years ago, when the metropolis
of Beltrami county was then in
it's infancy, and thinks there is
no place on earth to compete
with it. He was a member of
the police force in st. Cloud five
years ago, and looks back upon
his record in that Office with con-
siderable pride and satisfaction.
At present he is engaged.in lum-
bering.
Thefollowing st. Cloud Normal
graduates are teaching school at
BemidI: Misses Katherine and
Josephine Mcmahon of Sauk
Rapids, May McLennan and Rose
McDougal. .
Mrs. A. P. White of Bemidji
was a former st. Cloud girl. Her
maiden name was Nelly Polly,
and she is a sister of Mrs. w. A.
Shoemaker. Mr.. White conducts
the National Bank. of Bemidii
and is a prominent man of the
county. Mr.. and Mrs. White
occupy a beautiful residence
overlooking Bemidii lake. -
E. Fl. Jerrard, of the Jerrard
Plumbing Company, is doing a
tremendous business at Bemidji.
He put in the city waterworks
plant, and since that time has
had his hands full, his business
being of such magnitude as to
demand a night and day force.
w. F. Street, Is years ago a
resident of st. Cloud, where he
The Bemidji pioneer., 1901-12-05
The Ball a Success

The dance given by the firemen
|on Thanksgiving night was prob
ably oneof the bestsocial features
OF the season. Everything went
off merrily, no person of dis
orderly inclination being allowed
in the hall to mar the pleasure of
the evening. Kelsey's orchestra
furnished most elegant music for
the occasion. One hundred and
thirty five couple were present.
the amount cleared after paying
all expenses being $77.
r =. M --ae--~-..A4-s-&---a--e.--4- ..@"a y
Landlord Jack Dale Of Turtle
River was in town yesterday.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1901-12-05

they decided to renew the, affair
II the present able management
will announce and make prepara-
lions for late date in December
or New Year. H.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1901-10-12
THE CASE Of MISS STONE,
Public Interest in the Fate of tho
American Missionaryis In.
tense in Bulgaria.
PATRIOTIC BUlGARIANS ARE lNCeNSED,
A Queer Statement Extracted From
a Bulgarian Prisoner, Under Tor
ture, BY the Turkish Authorities
The Confession il Not Considered
of Any Value.

Philippopolis, Bulgaria. Oct. o.
Public interest in the fate of Miss Ell.
len NJ. Stone, the kidnapped American
missionary, intensifies here. There Is
widespread condemnation of the gov.
eminent for allowing such freedom to
the Macedonian committee as to ena-
BILE it to engineer the outrage. Miss
Stone resided here before she went
to Salonica, and she is well known
throughout the country. The patriot.
&c Bulgarians are incensed, as they
recognized that Miss Stone and her
colleagues of the American missions
in Bulgaria and Macedonia have been
their best friends throughout the
troubles. There is no lack of indica.
tions that Prince Ferdinand is inn
periling his own position by permit.
ting such license to the committee as
to enable it to blackmail prominent
people in support of the Macedonian
cause.
Consul-General Dickinson, when
here on his way to Sofa from Con-
stantinople, thought it probable that
if the brigands understood from head
quarters that the ransom would not
be paid they would release Miss Stone,
as the Macedonian cause would not
be helped by the murder Of the
woman.
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CRIME IN THE PHILIPPINES.
Horrible Stories of Cl lines Committed By
Natives In the Philippine
Islanda.


Washington, Oct. 9.-Horrible stor'
les of murder and rapine are con-
tanned in the records of number OF
court-martial cases in the Philip
pines, copies of which have reached
the war department. Five natives
were seized, bound and carried from
their houses through Filipino resi-
dents of the town of Pozorrubio, to-
gether with an lgorrote harvester
named Quivas. Conveying these cap
tives to an isolated spot they murdered
them and added to the horrible crime
the rapinc of women. The motive for
the deed appeared to have been re-
venge on the part of one of the inur-
derers because of the fact that the
victims had damned u stream which
diverted irrigating waters from the
lands of the murderers. All five OF
the natives were sentenced to be
hanged.
A native named Batting, with one
or more companions, assasslnated
with daggers Private jas. i, Burgey,
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Logan, Utah, Oct. 0.-Abe Majors,
popularity known MS "the boy MUIR
dcrer,' was yesterday sentenced to
life imprisonment for the killing Of
Capt Brown, chief OF the Ogden po'
lice, three years ago. Majors, who Is
barely out Of his teens, was convicted
of the crime nnd sentenced to be
shot In 1909, but the supreme court
granted him u new trinl, which was
concluded on Saturday last.
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WILL OF KIRK B. ARMOUR.
Widow and Children Made to share
Alike Except that Homestead
Goes TO the Former.

Kansas City, Mo-, Oct 9.-The will
Of the late X. b. Armour was filed
in the probate court yesterday, B5
its terms the estate is left, share-and'
share-alilie, to the widow, Mrs. Annie
II. Armour, and the three children,
Andrew Watson Armour, Lawrence H.
Armour and Mary Augusta Armour
In addition Mrs. armour is left, with.
out reservation, the homestead at Ar.
mour and Warwick bouleyards. Mrs
Armour and c. w. Armour are made
executors Of the will without bond
This stipulation makes an accurate es
innate of the value of the estate
practically an impossibility.
While no public requests are men.
toned in the will, II Is known that
this was not overlooked by the de-
ceased.
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DIED OF HEART DISEASE.
A Well-I<nOwn Historian Drops Dead
WAS u Pupil of the Late Sir
Arthur sullivan.

Ogden, Utah, Oct, 9,-prof William
Robinson, well.known to theatrical
people throughout the United States,
dropped dead of heart disease In this
city yesterday. Robinson was pupil
Of the late Sir Arthur Sullivan, at the
Royal Academy of Music, London. For
eight years he was musical director
Of the Gilbert g. Sullivan operas. lie
had led the orchestra for the Castle
Square companies in New York and
Chicago, and later was connected with
the Southwell company Robinson
came to Ogden about u year ago with
an opera company which disbnndcd,
Since then he hnd resided here,
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1901-10-12
TWO NEGROES EXECUTED.
The First Double Hanging in the
City of Brotherly Love
in Twelve Years.
CHARLES PERRY AND HENRY IVORY.
They Suffered for Participation In
the Murder of Prof. Roy Wilson
White, of the University of Penn
sylvania, on the Night of May 10.
1900.

Philadelphia, Oct. 9.-Charles Perry
and Henry Ivory, coiored, were hanged
in the county prison for the murder
of Roy Wilson White, professor of law
at the University of Pennsylvania.
The drop fell at 1O:o6k. The men
met death bravely and neither made
any statement on the gallows. Ivory
was quickly strangled to death, but
the knot slipped under Perry's chin
and it was some time before life was
extinct. The hanging of Perry and
Ivory. was the first double execution
in this city in ~ years.
story of the Crime.
Roy Wilson White, a professor in
the law department of the University
of Pennsylvania, was attacked on the
street near that institution in West
Philadelphia at late hour on the
night of May 10, 1900, and beaten to
death with an iron bolt. The motive
was robbery, as the victims clothing
was almost torn off and his pockets
had been rifled. Soon after the COM
mission of the crime a citizen met
two negroes u block distant from the
spot where Prof. White was muir
dered. On the following day the po-
lice dragnet was thrown out and
many negroes were arrested. Henry
Ivory, of this city, was among those
captured and identified as one of the
two men seen in the vicinity the
previous night. Later, Chas. Perry
was arrested. Both were subjected tc
the sweating" system by the detec-
tiyes and confessed completely in the
crime, but said the actual murder was
committed by Amos Stirling, com
psnion. Stirling was afterwards ar
rested at Trenton, N. j. He denied all
knowledge of the murder and said he
was not acquainted with either Perry
or Ivory. These two were tried TO-
gether, convicted and twice respited
Stirling had a separate trial and was
convicted in the first degree. He Sc
cured another trial on a technically
and was again convicted. He is now
awaiting sentence.
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STATE DEPARTMENT BUsY.
Extraordinary Efforts Under Way In
Miss stones behalf.

"tSS ''p"'
Washington, Oct, 0,--Not since the
successful attempt TO save the life OF
John Hays Hammond, the American
engineer implicated in the Jameson
raid, has the state department put
forth such energetic efforts to save
q human life rs IL is now exerting in
behalf of Miss Stone, the American
missionary who was captured by But
garian bandits. A sum of money mas
been forwarded by the agency of the
cable to Spencer Eddy, the United
States secretary Of legation at Con-
stantinople, who has shown remark
able energy and ability in unearthing
the qualifications Of the plot which
resulted in the kidnapping Of Miss
Stone. There liz little doubt that the
Turkish government has done oil that
II could be expected to do to run
down the bandits, and what IN now to
be done IN to secure similar action on
the part Of the Bulgarian govern
ment, and to that end influences more
potent with the Slav races than that
Of the United States government are
now at work. Should these measures
fail, then the ransom money must be
paid, and that Is why Mr.. Eddy has
been placed In possession OF this pow
erful auxiliary. The state depart
ment officials deprecnte most earnest
ly newspaper discussion of the meas
urcs II IL taking In Miss Stones be-
holf, claiming that II IL being greatly
embarrassed In its efforts by such
publications..
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AN EXPORTED CONFESSION.
Queer Statement Made by Prisoner
Under Torture.

NuueT
Paris, Oct. "a letter received by
the Havas agency from Salonica, dat
ed October A, says:
"The American consul here has just
received orders to make the arrange
ments with the vail (governor) for
the payment of the ransom of Miss
Stone. The United States will ad.
vance the money, afterward settling
with Turkey.
"The Turkish authorities have made
numerous arrests among the Bulga'
ran population, without distinction OF
religion, and nearly all have been put
to torture in the hope Of extracting
information. A prisoner named
Dimi'ri said an understanding exist.
ed between the Protestants and tho
Macedonian committee, and that Miss
Stone was even acting in concert with
them, with the view of obtaining
funds for a political religious propa-
ganda. These declarations, wrung
from Dimitri under torture, are val
ueless. What is certain is that the
captain of the band designated for the
payment of ransom place in prox.
unity to the Roumanian frontier,
which proves that he hopes to es.
cape the Turkish police, and that the
Bulgarian police do not cause him
anxiety.
This condition of affairs is shown
by the fact that five or six bands OF
brigands of ~ or 10 men each have
become so bold between Strumitza
and Kuprili that the officials Of the
Oriental railroad have requested the
Turkish military authorities to rein
force the troops guarding the track
and bridges.
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THE SHAMROCK WILL REMAIN.
viii Sail n Number of Races Next
Season for Prizes to ne
Offered.

New York, Oct. cit is settled that
the Shamrock ii. is to stay in Ameri'
can waters this winter, and next sum
mer she will probably be seen IN races
on Long Island sound and elsewhere
Sir Thomas Upton said, yesterday
that the yacht would be laid up at
Erie Basin and not at New London,
as originally intended. The tall steel
mast will be taken out and all her
other spars taken on shore and stored
for the winter. By reason OF the
great height of the mast the yach'
will either have to sail around Long
Island in the spring, to get into the
sound. or fit out at City Island, for
the spar is far too long to go under
the Brooklyn bridge at any stage OF
the tide.
A member of the New York Yacht
club, who is prominent in racing,
said last night:
'Tf the Shamrock should meet the
Columbia and Constitution in that
smooth water on the sound next sum-
mer, / feel sure she would win
number of races, and that would give
yachting in this country big boom.
There is thought to be no doubt
but that the Larchmont, Sewanhaka
and other Sound clubs would give
prizes for the 90-feet yachts, and in
vite the Shamrock to compete for
them. Sir Thomas and his friends be-
leve there is a great deal more speed
in the Shamrock than has been
shown, and they are willing to try
her against any 90-footer afloat.
Sir Thomas suffered considerably
with his leg, yesterday, and kept very
quiet on board his steam yacht Erin.
On Thursday he will give dinner to
Capt. Sycamore and the crew of the
Shamrock, and on Saturday he will
be entertained by the Lotus club. On
Sunday night or early Monday morn.
ing he will leave for Chicago for sew.
eral days. He will sail for the other
side soon after returning from Chica.
60.
Capt. Sycamore and the crew of the
Shamrock are to return to their
homes by one of the ocean liners next
week, after the Shamrock has been
stripped.
Sir Thomas was the guest Of the
New York Yacht club at a reception
and dinner given at the club last
night. About two hundred members
of the club were present. Commodore
Lewis Cass Ledyard acted as toast
master, and Sir Thomas occupied 0
seat next to the commodore. The
banquet was served in the famous
ship room of the club, which was fit.
tingly decorated for the occasion.
The affair was entirely informal
and none but members of the club ano
invited quests WAS present
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Drowned In tho Little Missouri

Paschal Hudson, aged 20, Elsie
Franks, aged IA, and Pearl Grlssom,
aged II. were drowned In the Missouri
river near Murfreesboro. Mr.. Paschal
was crossing the river In small boat,
accompanied by five children, when
the boat sprung a leak. The three
children who chung to the boat were
rescued.
Judge Mitchell, presiding at Heber,
fined u witness $50 and committed him
to Jail because he could not "remem.
Der" from whom he purchased blind
tiger" whisky.
In excavating for building at Fay
etteville, workmen struck vein Of
coal about n foot thick.
Little Rock cotton mills are paying
SIC per ton for seed delivered,
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1901-10-12

The report, of the state land Office
for the quarter ending September 80,
1901, Is as follows: s.
Fees, $2,l7050; swamp land sold,
1894 acres, $1,2374l; internal i'm.
provement land sold, 24797 acres,
$S09.06; Saline land sold, S0.S2,
S100.40; Real Estate Bank land sold,
100 acres $3.50; forfeited land sold,
10,25O.96 acres. s12,S1S,7b; forfeited
land redeemed, 7,4sS,7b acres,
s1,176,50; forfeited town lots sold.
s35S,3S; forfeited land donated, 49,.
BOSS acres decided to actual settlers,
7,311.19 acres total acres, 5O,4479S;
total funds received, $1S,4ts.9O; total
acres, 13,136,74,
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Omaha, Ncb., Oct. 0.--Slmon Bloom,
%. depositor In the Omaha savings
bank, which failed Ave years ago, ycs'
terdny asked the district court TO mp
point receiver for the bank. Bloom
alleges that the officers Of the bank
gave bond for the payment Of deposi.
tors IN full but that they have fnllcd
TO do NO, and, In consideration of one
dollar, have transferred 100000 worth
Of rcal estate TO local firm, lie asks
that the court compel the officers OF
the bank TO make u showing of the
actual value Of this property.
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The Doyle burns case.

Council Bluffs, Ia, Oct. 9.-After
hearing the arguments OF attorneys
for both sides In the millon-dollnr
mining case Of james Doyle against
james Burns, on tho admissibllty Of
evidence touching tho relations Of
Doyle md Burns prior TO the date Of
the alleged contract between them.
Judge Macy yesterday afternoon made
q ruling which In conceded TO give the
defense q decided advantage. The rul.
Ing IN 10 the effect that the contract
os related In the plaintiffs petition,
comes within The statute Of fraud
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1901-10-12

To Tap Michigan Fruit Holt.

Chicago, Oct. 0.--Mcmbers OF tho
Steel trust nrc behind an electric rail-.
woy which will run from Benton
llarbor to Grand Rapids, Mich, BIZ.
sccting the richest fruit country Of
western Michigan.
The corporation will also run two
lines of steamers, ono from Chicago
TO Benton lIarbor, and tho other
from Benton llOrbor TO Milwaukee.
The boats ARE now being built In To-.
ledo.
The name Of the corporation Is tho
West Michigan Traction Co
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1901-10-12

The grand and petit juries for TIT
fall term of the United States cour
which opens in Little Rock Octobe
81 are as follows:
Grand Jury-G. NJ Walthal. Con
way; j. w. Puryear, Carlisle, Lononk'
county; Matt Mailer, Scottsville, Pop
County; G. M. Croeger, Tollville, Pra
irie county; Fritz Zimmerman, Ulf
Prairie county; J. w. Rick, McAlmont
Pulaski county; G. w. Burris, Isabel
Pope county; John T. Harris, New
Edinburgh, Cleveland county; W. X
Bryant, Hazen, Prairie County; W. J
Greenloss, Calmar, Cleveland county
Henry Mcclure, Little Rock, Pulaski
county; Mark L. Phillips, Tyro, Lin
coin county; j. B. Palmer, Little Rock
Pulaski county; Cecil Price Stuttgart
Arkansas county; c. c. Falls, Lonoke
Lonoke county; Edward Moore, Beebe
White county; ]. T. Davis, Little Rock
Pulaski county; j. E. Eldridge, Eg
lantine, Van Buren, county; Thomas e
Hammott, Monticello, Drew county
G. H. Booth, West Point, White coun
ty. Alternates-O. j. Keyler, Pint
Bluff, Jefferson county, A. ]. Jones, Lit
tie Rock, Pulaski county; Lewis e
Webb, Stuttgart, Arkansas county; A
J. Marsh, McCrory, Woodruff county
M. Nadoo, Carlisle, Lonoke county; L
Hill, Kingsland, Cleveland county.
Petit Jury-T. B. Upton. New Ed
inburg, Cleveland county, e. T. Leon
ard, Carlisle, Lonoke county; A. P
Bryan, Russellville, Pope count; A. J
Stevenson, Crook, Cleveland county
w. H. Crouch, Preston, Faulkner coun
ty; B. c. Simms. Greenhrier, Faulk
ner county; j. "A. Brewer, Rison
Cleveland county; ]. A. Darlington
England, Lonoke county; Jonathan
Click, Carlisle, Lonoke county; ]. D
Duncan, Warsaw, Pulaski county;
J. H. Johnson, Atkins, Pope county
A. M. Keith, Little Rock, Pulaski
county; Guilford D. Gardner, Oden
Montgomery county; James D. Lea
Tulip, Dallas county; A. Reiman, Lit
tie Rock, Pulaski county; Ernest D
Gregory, Hamburg, Ashley county; J
c. Mills. Morganton, White county
w. H. McHughes, Doe Branch, Pulaski
county; l.. G. Call, Perryville, PER-,
county; c. H. Newell, Fordyce, Dallas
county; A. L. Holt, Little Rock, Tu
laskl county; James M. Holland, Der
mott, Chicot county; P. G. Thompson
Joplin, Montgomery county; ]. II
Douglass, Jacksonville, Pulaski coun
ty; A. G. Chrisman, Little Rock, Pu
laski county; G. v. Edgar, Fordyce
Dallas county; T. ]. Hunter, Choctaw
Van Buren,; W. M. Knight, Greenbri
er, Faulkner county; John Gentry
Guy, Faulkner county; N. M. Twom
bly,, Perryville, Perry county; Shocl
Westbrook, Sweden, Jefferson county
e. A. Duyall, Benton, Saline county
H. B. Walker, Higglnson, White coun
ty; l.. H. Thompson, Benton. Salin,
county; B. F, Thompson, Cabot, Lo
noke county; Young Workman, Searcy
White county; Dan Nelson, Index
Conway county; r. o. Carpenter, Sil
yer, Montgomery county; Granville A
Wilmington, Mount Ida. Montgomer.
county; J. G. Tucker, Leconte, Pulaski
county.
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Tht following pensions have been al.
lowed for Arkansas: David A.
Greene, Williford, SO; minors Of Ma
than Deaton, St.. Paul, $l4; Anna
knight, Howell, IS; Georgianna P.
Keeran, Murillo, IS; Jas, A, Craig,
Shawnee. SO; John Harris, Lonoke,
So; George W. Smith, Rogers, $40;
Hilly Mitchell, Garretson, IS.
Increase, restoration, reissue, ETC.
John Harris, Lonoke, Sc; George w.
Smith, Rogers, $40; John W. Phelan,
Fayetteville, $12. Original, widows,
etc.--Milly Mitchell. Garretson, IS.
Richard Boxes, the alleged murderer
Of James Cater at Dufas, was cap
tured In bradley county.
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The Public asts i,spst,t,

San Francisco, Oct. D.---Another az.
gressive movement has been made by
the Western Sugar Refining Co, IN the
campaign II has begun against the
beet sugar industry. The cut In the
price Of granulated sugar TO all Mis-
souri, river points, which was an.
nounccd last week, has been followed
by u reduction In the price OF beet
and cane sugar In oll states from
Colorado TO California. The reduction
amounts to 10 cents u hundred on
beet sugar, and 20 cents u hundred on
cane sugar. ..-...
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Shock to German Egotiam.

Berlin, Oct, 0,--"Ihc University OF
Gocttengln recently offered the now.
ly.founded chair OF inorganic chemls'
try to Theodore William Richards. OF
Harvard university, which conferred
upon DR.. Won lIollcbcn the honorary
degree Of doctor of laws" says thu
National Icltung.
1.-THE Offer was probably the first
German recognition OF the young, but
acolously striving, natural sciences,
and heretofore II had been quite UNI
heard of that an American should be
called TO n German university"