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The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1901-01-10
News of the State.
WISDOM AND TRUTH.
Marble Statues for New Capitol Are
Being Carved.

Being Carved.
wisdom and Truth are half-ready
at the new state capitol These beau
tiful statues are being carved IN
marble after models designed by Daniel
Chester French, the famous New York
SCULPTOR.
5 IN the ''attic'., $ above the main en-
trance to the new capitol will stand
six symbolic figures, representing Vir-
tues idealized by lawmakers ana aa-
illustrators. All the figures We're
nodded by Mr.. French. They are actu-
ally half-again as big as life. but when
viewed from below they will appear
no larger than the virtues. look usuaiiy
about the capitol.
AS the legislature woEks on and the
marble carvers toll Wisdom will pc
shortly completed. But truth must pc
handled with more care, because,
said a commissioner at O recent meet
( ing Of the state capitol COMMISSION
.ssl1e is not well protected SO far a. !
could see, against the rigors OF q Mill Mi
nesota winter.'' When the statue ls
completed it viii be inspected by nc nc
combined board. D
The nlallet and chisel are also snap
ing Slowly twelve marble eaglss tiai1
! are to perch respectively upon twelve
marble columns around the capitol
dome. The eagles Will he not Only
large But lifelike. They will be BY no
means the rnna turals Great lures 50 OFTEN
seen upon old coins and new fiagstaf1ls'.
4 Much Of a long session was passed
by8 the commission in discussing It's o..
ennial report. The report will be SUD
@mitted to Gov. Van SAINT shortly q
supplementary report will be rendered tite
to Cass Gilbert, the commissions arch-
irect. A monthly estimate amounting
to s11 ,442 was passed in favor OF the
Butler-Ryan company. contra tors Or ( Is. IoI
erecting the capitol dome. The WORK
done during December was practlcaily
confined to cutting stone under. shelter.
The cold weather prevented outsi e !.
work upon the dome. 1t was estimated
that the marble needed will all pc cur
by FEB. is. From that, time until ma
sonry can be set early in April the CON on
tractors will be almost idle The sicapl-
tot dome will be completed next sum
rner. Work will then begin upon tne
Interior OF the building. At sf
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1901-01-10
SHERIFF OVERCOME.
Cnpturde Prisoners Lock Him In Snfl
md Escape.

sCnpturde Prisoners Lock Ham In SRfl
and Escape. y
), Fort Dodge. Iowa, Jan. 6.---Mars1ai
Kortie of W.hittmore caught two men men
stealing tubs Of butter from O. cream
cry. had arrested one Of them and was
taking him to jail when the other
struck him over the head with some
blunt instrument, and when he came
to himself he was bound and gagged
and his prisoner had escaped. The
thieves had tied him and locked him
sup in his own jail. The captive mar
shall finally succeeded in getting the
gag out of his mouth and soon aroused
the town. 1t was discovered that the
thieves had stolen $50 pounds OF butter,
but it was all recovered. The thieves
Were later captured In Emmetsburg.
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1901-01-10

Minneapolis, Jan. S.--A loss OF lie
aaualing in number that following the
never to be forgotten Tribune fire,
which occurred NovLSo. 1883, is the re-
suit Of the blaze which Quilted the
four-story brick building occupied az 9
store and lodging house at 10 WASH
ington avenue south early YESTERDAY
morning. s
Eight men persisted In the suff ocat lns
smoke. Had they hastened to q pace
of safety at once they would not have rave
lost their lives. Failing to realize the
seriousness Of the situation they nrst
attempted to dress themselves. Be
fore they had time to get on their
clothes the top floors were filled Win g
smoke in which no human being could
live. j
AS soon as the bodies were recovered
anxious hands set to work TO fecus-
citate them. An hour and more VIII
ing firen1erl, under the direction q
physicians present, worked the arms,
pulled out the tongues and IN every
manner known to modern science az
tempted to restore respiration ne
deadly smoke was the victor, howevei'
and had done its work completely.
That the unfortunates might nave
saved themselves had they been mere
prompt in seeking exit is shown by the .aae
fact that several Of those who are SUI i
alive occupied adjoining rooms
The fire started under the stairway
Heading to a half story in the store OF
I the STANDARD Furniture company
which occupied the ground floor. lts
origin is unknown but spontaneous e 4, 9 Y
Icombustion is thought to have been re-
sponsible. The fire made rapid head
Eway, finding several mattresses ana up p,
hoistered furniture excellent food.gsl'
soon burst into a bed room on the ssc-
ond floor and inme diately the entire
structure was filled with smoke.
Almost directly above the piace
where the fire started 8 large cam o.
kerosene stood on the secondsfloor. The
heat soon melted the solder and tne
fluid ran out. At once the flames
made amazing Roadway and In an IN
slant the second floor at the rear was
a mass of flames. This is what caused
1.-THE dense smoke, and this also &C
counts for the terrible rapidity VIII
1 which the flames spread. ss5s
The monetary loss is estimated a
Hess than $4,000.
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1901-01-10
VETERAN punLIsHEn CONE.
OrvifIe Brown Dies of Old Age
Came to MinnesDtn In 1S45.

OrviiIa Brown Dies of Old Age--
Came to Minnesota In 1S45.
st. Paul, Jan. 8.--Orville Brown, a
well known Minnesota pioneer. died
yesterday at the home of his son, p, 10.
Brown, $50 Dayton avenue. Mr..
Brown was ninety years old, and was
born at Pierrepont Manor, N. Z. He
came to Minnesota in 1855 and settled
at Chatfield, where he published the
Chatfield Republican. He then moved
to Faribault and for years published
the Faribault Republican. Later he
moved to Mankato and published the
Record UP to a. few years ago. when he
retired from active work. He was for
eleven years postmaster at Mankato,
and was throughout an ardent Repub-
Iican.
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1901-01-10
canfeasea Hia Guilt.

La Crosse, Wis, Jan. 6. - Charles
Klein, janitor of one Of the city branch
schoolhouses, was arrested, charged
with making a criminal assault on his
twelve-year daughter. He adj
mitted his guilt to the police and later
PLEADED guilty before the court and
was sentenced to two years at Wau-
pun. The little girl is in a serious
condition. @
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1901-01-10
USELESS STRUGGLE.
nothn Tells the Bocrs Tint Kruger
mission Has Failed.

Pretoria, Jan. S,-Gen. Louis Botha.
the COMMUNICATIVE chief of the Beers.
has traversed the country with one OF
his commanders, from Eremelo to This
Springs Reports differ as to whether
he has been advising the burghers to
sue for peace or TO continue the strus-
gle. All reports. however, agree that
he has told the Beers frankly that Mr.
Kruger's mission to Europe has been o.
failure and that 1t is useless to hope
for foreign intervention.
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1901-01-10
STRANGE DECLINES.

bryant VIII he Appointed Wiscon-
e sin superintendent of Public Prop
Il erty.
z Madison, WIS. Jan. 6.-John Strange
ssof Oshkosh, who was offered the posi-
tion of state superintendent Of public
property by Gov.-elect La Toilette and
.who had accepted it, has declined the
appointment and George Bryant OF
Madison will be appointed. Gen. Bry-
can't I'D chairman of the Republican
state central committee and a lifelong
follower Of La Toilette. Cen. Rryant's
appointment takes him out of the list
Of possibilities for the adjutant gen
eralship.
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1901-01-10
NEW IsHERITANcE TAX Law.

state Andftor Dunn VIII Ask the
Legislature to Pass nm Improved
statute.
state Auditor Dunn will make re-
quest for inheritance tax legislation.
The desired enactment will avoid the
defects of the law passed in 1897 and
declared invalid by the supreme court
in February, 1900. and will provide
measures for the equitable taxation Of
all transferred estates.
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1901-01-10
Rowdies Are Punished.

LIE Roy, Mimi. Jan. G.--rhe city au-
thorities rounded up a gang Of young
men who have been in the habit OF
using Indecent and profane language
on the streets and insulting passers-
by, and each was fined $40 and costs.
J. w. Collins, father of one of those ar
rested assaulted Marshal Boyd and
managed to release his son, but he him
self was arrested and fined $40 and
costs,
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1901-01-10
n,p land Den1 in Anolxn.

Anoka. MINI, Jan. s.--The largest
realty deal ever consummated in An
Okla county took place tlSs week when
J. w. johnson Of Minneapolis sold to
George Dayton of Mobiles county $3.50
acres in the townships of Ham Lake
and Columbus. The consideration was
S36, 900.
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1901-01-10
sn,n1lpnx Rcnches Dnl,naue.

DUBUQUE, Iowa, Jan. 6. Smallpox.
which il SO prevalent between here and
La Crosse, has reached this city.
Martin Dale, laborer from Waukon,
was taken with the disease and is In
the pesthouse. His companion, Fred
Roby, is also in charge of the au-
thorities.
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1901-01-10
CLARK IN CONTROL.
He VIII De Elected md Also Dictate
the Short TERRI HOnOrs.

He VIII be Electeu sHiU 3Aisn DiC esa.NN
the Short Term Honors.
Butte, Mont, Jan. S.--The caucus OF
fusionists held in Helena on the
speakership indicates that W. a. Clark
has absolute control Of the legislature
and that he will not only be elected to
the senate, but will be able to name
the man for the short term. T. A..
Heinze, the Republican who was an
ally Of Clark in the campaign. has far
less strength than he had been credited
with. The result. 1t is predicted, viii
be that the legislature will not pass
the dangerous legislation which Heinze
had promised to drive the Amalga-
mated Copper and Standard Oh com
paniss from the state. An eight-hour
workday will, however, probably be
passed.
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1901-01-10
Mic Lumber Deal Consummntcd.

Marinette, Wis, Jan. 6.-The largest
lumber deal of the year was consum-
mated this week. The Diamond Match
company purchased Of the Jacob
iMortenson company of Wausau 10000
1000 feet OF lumber the seasons cut of
the company during 1901, The consid-.
Grafton is over $500. 900.
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1901-01-10
COAL MINERS KILLED.
walked QUITO n Charge They Has
Set On.

ottumwa, Iowa, Jan. S.--W. A. Jenk-
ms and Thomas Bennett, employed as
professional biasters in Mine No. at
Cleveland. west of this city, were in
stantly killed. They were putting or
a number of shots and in come man
ner became confused and walked onto
a charge that exploded just in time to
kill them Both were married and
they had been working for the White
breast Coal company in this and other
mines for years.
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1901-01-10
Gif to rnyya's Normal Library.

Cedar Falls, Iowa, Jan. 6.-The state
board of examiners has donated to the
state normalc school model library OF
63s volumes, among which are some
of the latest and best books for young
people. The gift was secured through
President Seerley, who is member OF
the board.
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1901-01-10
orered nog as a sacrIflce.

Baraboo. Wig, Jan. g. - Religious
matters has caused Willard Newell to
become insane, and whae in this con-
dftion he astonished his neighbors by
Offering up his dog as sacrifice. He
first cut off the head of the animal and
then removed It's heart.
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1901-01-10
sa,oonIseeper becomes Bankrupt.

Red Wing, Mimi, Jan. 6. - +. g.
Seherf has closed his saloon and VIII
file papers under the bankruptcy law.
The Standard Distilling company has
been pressing claim for $1,000, and
there are other creditors.
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1901-01-10
.EIGH / LIVES LOST
TERRIBLE cATAs'rRoPHE occurs
IN MINNEAPOLIS.

EARLY Morning Fire II Attended
with Loss OF Life--Hoomers in =
Lodging House Are Awalened'
only to he sunocnted 40 Death
several Of the ictims Die After
Being Rescued Anxious Hands a
work to Resuacitate the Victims
but the Deadly smoke Was me
victor.
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1901-01-10
SILVER Fol. LIND.
Military STAFF Presents Token to the

Military STAFF Presents Token TO the
81 ##Hlf Governor. #
4 st. Paul. Jan. 6.-The military stan
! of Gov. John Lind gave luncheon In
the governor honor yesterday after
noon at the Minnesota club. After the
luncheon Rukard Hurd, speaking for
the staff, presented to the governor
silver soup toureen, ladle and tray.
The governors thanks included rec
ognition Of the efficient assistance he
had received from his staff.
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1901-01-10
MANITOBA FIRES.
nusiuess Blocks Burned in Winni-
reg and Brandon.


winnipeg, Jan. s. = Fire here badly
damaged the block on Main street oc-
cupicd by the Grundy Music company.
Barraclougl1's music store, Thurman's
iewelry store and II. b. Marcy, pianos
and organs The building was owned
by w. r. Baker. The total LOGS was
about $4,000; insured for one-half.
At Brandon the Reesor block, two
story frame building, was burned.
Loss, $4,000.
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1901-01-10
IN the senate.


Washington, Jan. while the sem
ate was in session for more than three
hours Saturday little in the way OF i'm.
sportant legislation was accomplished
The committee amendments to ting
army reorganization bill to which mo-
objection had been raised was agreed
10, but none of the contested arnend-
ments was considered.
5s I'm the House.
The feature Of the debate upon the
reapportionment bill in the house was
a two hour speech by Mr.. Littlefield or
Maine in favor of the Burleigh bill 20
Increase the membership Of the house
to 1856. During the day Mr. Hopkins
expressed Willingness to accept an
amendment to This bill which gives an
additional representative each TO
Florida, Colorado and North Dakota.
the three states with majority fractions
.unreprecented in his bill.
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1901-01-10

An attempt to agree upon a time for
the final vote on the bill failed. al
though the general impression that the
debate will conclude early next week
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1901-01-10
scarlet Fever Closes Normal school

MadISOn, ~ u, , an. 6.---tStH It 1IUIIlIaT
school closed suddenly owing to deyel-
opment of a case of scarlet fever In
the ladies' dormitory. Miss O. C. Mel
of Fedora was visited by her sister ten
DAYS ago. The latter is now down with
fever at home. The Former is the case
in school here. There is a case quar-
antined. The faculty closed the school
and $50 students departed for horne.
The Conservative, 1901-02-14
Captain Kidd
and the bloody
rascals who sailed
PIRATES.

with him under the black flag were
relatively-when compared to the hold
up lobby at Lincoln-very conscientious
and admirably honest gentlemen. The
laws relative to kidnappers should offer
bounty for the kidnapping of all the
members of the lobby gang, now engaged
in introducing bills inimical to the very
best and most important industries and
interests Of Nebraska. Even the en-
ployment of Pat Grove as state kid
napper for the purpose of catching and
killing the dirty, cowardly lobby at
Lincoln which prepares and introduces
bills threatening capital in every form,
for the purpose of extorting money from
corporations and individuals whose
property is menaced-would be almosta
righteous thing. 1t is a wonder that
Nebraska can allure capital in any cor
porate form to plant itself in Nebraska
while such lobby is tolerated and such
legislation proposed.
The Conservative, 1901-02-14

to make himself a public man or to get
office for the money that might be in it.
On the contrary he worked. He thought
Arriving in Denver, as it is now called
he studied the possibilities. He saw
into Future which is today his Present
and he planned and strove tirelessly to
make it materialize. He succeeded and
David Ell. Moffat-for that was the name
of the youths now rated one of the
wealthiest men of the Countrywide
wealthiest in Colorado and estimated at
twelve millions of dollars.
And he is the type of man, the charac-
ter of citizen, whom the agrarians, the
populists, the vagarists, the maliciously
envious and indolent mouth workers of
Bryanarchy deride, condemn and de-
nounce. Of the common people who
live by work, not talk, by deeds, not
words, who know cheese from chalk and
never complain that they have no chance
to achieve, to acquire, to rise higher and
higher in the social scale financially,
politically and in every way, are all the
best types of Americanism, in every part
of the republic. We want more and
more of the common people to more and
more emulate and initiate the big men
who have climbed the heights and
fouted their flags of victory defantly
over the rough and rugged asperities
which they have vanquished. This is
free country. The race for fame and
fortune is open to all who will think,
work and be temperate.
The Conservative, 1901-02-14
T h ere me,
many years ago, to
Arbor Lodge, as a
welcome guest t, q
THE COMMON
PEOPLE.

young man from the state of Ohio who
was seeking location in the new terri
tory of Nebraska. He only remained
over one day and night and then pushed
on to Omaha where he finally located.
He was strong in good habits, accurate
of Judgment, far-seeing and absolutely
honest. In 1860 he became the builder
Of the first telegraph line connecting the
Atlantic with the Pacific coast. His
was strenuous life upon the plains and
in the mountains, among hostile savages
and environed day and night with
dangers which would have appalled, a
man of less courage, fortitude and
endurance. But he knew no fear, no
Incidence and pushed the great work to
early completion so that New York
soon talked with San Francisco over the
Western Union telegraph wires. Sub
sequently he invested in mining supplies
and vast freighting equipments for the
gold diggers in Montana. Eventually
he became a financial and commercial
leader for the centralizing of capital at
Omaha and for the upbuilding of that
metropolis. Work, ceaseless work, was
his alchemy for transmitting into gold
his genius and energies. His success
was commensurate with his integrity
and ability and when he passed away he
left to institutions of learning and
charity, through the hands of his
brother, about two millions of dollars.
And the INDECENT are thus-through the
munificence of Edward Creighton
placed in touch with the means of educa-
tion at the college which bears his
honored name, while the sick and
afflicted find at the Creighton Hospital
in Omaha comforts and care which his
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labors and life have provided. His
brother, John A. Creighton, with won
derful fidelity to the memory of Edward,
is constantly contributing to the enlarge
ment of these noble institutions which
are the monument to one of the right
kind of common people!
Oh that Nebraska may have more
and more of such characters, more and
more of men whom the demagogues and
place-hunters denounce as plutocrats,
gold-bugs and aristocrats Nebraska
needs and welcomes such men. They
are the pride, the glory and the richest
fruit Of this free government, under
which the common people may rise to
the loftiest heights of usefulness and
benevolence
In 1857 and 1858 there was a deli
cate, pale faced youth filling, in
Omaha, the position
David H. Moffat. of teller of the
Bank of Nebraska
The CONSERVATIVE knew him we'll
and had the satisfaction of being
upon terms of personal friendship with
him. His habits were those of an
ambitious and industrious youth aiming
to make unto himself fame and fortune
He was truthful, capable and honest.
He could be and was implicitly trusted
and confidence reposed in him was never
betrayed And so he worked and toiled,
day after day, saving from his scanty
earnings as best he could, until the gold
discoveries at Cherry Creek, in Colorado,
where Denver now stands, attracted his
attention and aroused his energies to
become pioneer to Pixies Peak, as the
parlance of that day termed all the gold
bearing part of the Rocky Mountains.
And in the spring of 1859, armed with
an ox-gad with which to propel the
bovine motors that he was to engineer
across the plains, with rifle, revolver
and letter of commendation from the
acting governor of Nebraska, this finely
organized individuality, which had been
evolved from frugal, Industrious and
intellectually strong family, in central
New York, left Omaha for the mines.
With whip in hand, courage in heart
with will to do, and eye to see, and judg-
ment to weigh opportunity the youngster
went westward whistling, "Jordan am
hard road to travel"
That young man never asked for
legislation that should make him an
opportunity. He never made orations
damning all his environments and de-
claring that he was getting poorer and
the rich getting richer, nor did he seek
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Entered at the postoffice at Nebraska City,
Neb., as Second Glass matter, July 49, 1893.