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The Bemidji pioneer., 1901-01-31
TO IMPROVE GUARD.
The Retiring Adtntnnt General
Makes Many Recommendations.


Makes Many Recommendations.
Adjt. Gen. Lambert has completed
his biennial report. A summary or 1t
shows that during the past two years
the national guard was completely re-
organized, reuniformed and provided
with new ordnance In advance OF the
other states. Tactical maneuVers were
introduced at camp. and the old rlile
team was reorganized. ~.
The claim of the state against the
federal government for expenses in
Cured in the late war were prosecuted
and the following sums were recovered:
Ordinance and quartermas-
ter's stores. go. .$59,9l3 Oh
Other items paid or allowed. 53.Tol 30
1000 volunteer claims. ..,.... 45.1S2 62
Accrued sums for pensioners. 33,o3S 0o
Annual income to pensioners. 2S,332 90
National guard appropriation
increased TO. ........ ls,4oS ~
The increase in the federal appropri-
alton FOR the national guard OF the
state is S11, s45.26 per year.
In contemplation Of the expiration Of
his term of office the adjutant general
beapeaks a larger salary for his sue"
ccssor. He thinks the pay of captain
without allowances Is not sufficient for
a brigadier general expected to uphold
the dignity of the state and his posi-
ton in official relations with the fed
cral government and with other states.
The recommendations are that the
commander in chief be allowed to nix
the number of grade officers In the
guard from time to time, provided the
change is made to conform more close
ly to the number and grade Of officers
and enlisted men maintained in times
Of peace in the army Of the United
States;
That the assistant adjutant general
be allowed increased pay;
That regimental depots be estab~
lisfed for each regiment and the bat
talon of artillery under the supervis-
ion Of the regimentai quartermaster;
That provision be made for an ade-
quate water supply on the camp
grounds and that an appropriation suf-
ficient to allow e. ten days encamp-
ment be made;
That preliminary steps be taken TO
gather material for complete history
Of Minnesota in the Spanish war;
That the muster rolls Of the civil
war be copied and indexed for the use
of this office in order that originals
may be saved from destruction;
That provision be made for further
prosecution of Spanish and Indian war
claims against the federal government,
1t is a great pity that the average
man cannot draw check as easily as
he can draw an inference.
It's when man speaks without
thinking that he's most apt to say
what he thinks.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1901-01-31
GUILTY. OF DISCRETION.

Verdict OF La Crosse jury AEainst
the Former Preacher.
La Crosse, Wis, Jan. 26.--fhe Han
son desertion case went to the jury at
ter one Of the most amusing trials
that has ever taken place in the court
room. Seyera! love letters to and
from other women living in Minnesota
towns where the reverend gentleman
was travelling We're introduced into
court, but Judge Fuit refused to allow
them to go into the evidence. They
are delicately scented missives. The
Jury returned a verdict Of guilty after
being out several hours. A motion for
a new trial was made by his attorney.
He will be sentenced in a few days.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1901-01-31

La Crosse. Wis, Jan. 26.-The inyes-1
tigation Of the management of the La
Crosse county insane asylum began IN
West Salem, yesterday. Some Of the
testimony was sensational. n
/. Martin Lyden, a former employe.
who, together with f., B. Smith, ex- x.
trustee, preferred about thirty Of the
charges against Supt. McKown. told
Of the latters Knocking down 9. harm
less patient named Chase and who
kicked him in the face and stomach;
4 he also told of the superintendent or
dering two patients to be locked up
thirty-six hours without food. ,
The witness saw Lizzie Heinze. an
attendant, hold the head Of patient
named Swenson in pail of soapsuds
until she was nearly strangled because
she could not understand English anl No.
therefore. could not obey the attend
ants orders. In reply to question as
to the quality Of food used In the
asylum the witness said the patients
were fed on barley coffee, sour bread
and meat that could be snelled all over
the kitchen. Several other witnesses
testified along similar lines.
Mrs. Scales of La Crosse, former
employee, testified that the coffee was
frequently mixed WithSrye, and the lat
ter was kept in the basement and' the
cats slept in it. One witness tod
about Walter Brown, the author OF
"Mitilene,"" who died very suddenly IN
the asylum two weeks ago, being hand
cuffed and his arms lacerated to the
bone.
Thomas Scales told Of several IN
stances O.. misusage of patients, One
night five Of the patients We're frozen
about different parts OF the body on
account OF not being properly clothed.
Several instances were cited where at
tendants did not receive their pay;
also of the attendant in one Of the
wards being forced to leave forty or
fifty patients to run the asylum laun-
dry In one case q patient named
Putnam died while the attendant was
away doing his work s
The Bemidji pioneer., 1901-01-31
Tn the senate.

Washington, Jan 25.--The senate de-
voted the day to the Indian nppropria-
ton bill and made only fair progress.
The chief features of the debate was a
sharp attack by Mr.. Pettigrew on the
Dawes commission, which he said was
extravagant and was accomplishing
little in the way of results. An inter-
esting announcement made by him was
that he did not purpose to filibuster
against any bill. The shipping bill was
not taken up, but to-day will witness
a speech on 1t by Mr.. Depew. 1t then
will give way to appropriation bills,
Mr.. Frye saying he did not wish to de-
lay them. At the opening Of the day
the senate adopted Mr.. Pettigrew's
resolution concerning the reported de-
portation of A. Mabinf. a citizen of the
Philippines, to Guam.
In the House.
The house yesterday considered the
naval appropriation bill all day and
completed il with the exception of one
paragraph. The item for increase OF
the navy will remain as reported,
namely, two battlesbips and two cruis-
ers. Some opposition was manifested
TO any Increase of the navy, and Mr..
Cannon nll.) sounded a note of warn
ing as to the size Of our annual appro-
priatfons and added that with the
present appropriation 1920, 00o,0 600 would
have been spent on our navy, ana we
should stop.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1901-01-31
CRUSHED TO DEATH.
Young Lady Gets CnuEht in nm Eie-.
ynfOr. T ff

Young Lady Gets Caught in nm Eie-.
vnt0r. #
Chicago Jan. 29.-Miss Stella Thorn
as, twenty years Of age and resident
Of Burlington, Iowa, was crushed TO
death by the elevator in the Young
Woman's Christian association build
ing. A physician had been called at
the institution for the purpose Of vac
cinating the inmates. Miss Thomas
watched the proceedings for time
and then took the elevator to. go to her
room. While going UP in the car she
suddenly tainted, as a result, 1t Is be-.
lieved Of having watched the vaccina-
ton process, and, falling forward, her Ter
head was caught between the floor
and the ascending car. Her head was
badly crushed, and she died within
five minutes.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1901-01-31
: Northwest News
KILLING LIONS.
Gov. Roosevelt Thoroughly Enjoy.

Gov. Roosevelt Thoroughly Enjoy.
ing Himself I'M Colorado.
Rifle, Colo, jan 49, ~ DR.. Gerald
Webb and Philip Stewart, the Colorado
Springs men who have been out with
Roosevelt on his lion hunting expedl-e
ton, have arrived here from Meeker.
They say that the party has been nav
ing a big time, and the governor Is en-
joying it so well that he has decided
to stay two or three weeks longer. He
had killed six large mountain lions and
three smaller ones up to the time these
gentlemen were obliged to return TO
their homes and business. They say
the newspaper reports have been ex-
aggerated, but the governor placed the
muzzle of his gun into the mouth OF
big lion in order to pry it away from
the dogs after they had all but killed
it. He then finished the beast with his
knife.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1901-01-31
wants Some Of victoria,s Wealth.

Racine, Wis, Jan. %. = Mrs. Adam
Mutchie of this city claims that she
is a relative of Queen Victoria and
entitled to some Of the fortune left by
the queen. She states that her grand
mother was a cousin of the late Queen
Elizabeth of Holland and there was
direct relationship between Elizabeth
and Queen Victoria. When Elizabeth
died. she left 81 900. 600 invested in New
York property.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1901-01-31
Another Burglary MT Fnribault.

Faribault, Mimi, Jan. 29.-The jew
elry store of r. C. Sherwood was brok
en- into by burglars and large amount
Of valuable goods were taken, besides
some money which had been left in the
cash drawer. This makes the fifth
burglary of business houses In this
city within few weeks. The jewelry
store Of J. P. Compel was also en-
tered the night previous, but nothing
valuable was missed. The police have
no clue. e-=st-4f -, .,g ~
The Bemidji pioneer., 1901-01-31
In the House.

Representative Deming of Hennepin
offered a resolution. of coincidence with
the people of Great Britain on the loss
they have sustained by the death of
Queen Victoria. reciting her virtues as
a woman and ruler and requiring that
the flag over the capitol be displayed at
half-mast as q token of respect on the
part of the state. There was no OBJ
lection to the resolution, and it was
passed unanimously.
The session was very brief and fea-
tureless.
Mr.. Whitford, by request, introduced
The Bemidji pioneer., 1901-01-31
Young Kingsbary Insane.

Yankton, S. D., Jan. 26 = George
Kingsbury, Jr., who is well known in
this section as newspaper man, has
been temporarily committed to the in
sane asylum. For some time he has
been mentally incapacitated and spent
several weeks under treatment at The
Sacred Heart hospital, but became so
yioent it was necessary to remove him.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1901-01-31
s.nnIlpox Patient mt nemidji.

Benidji,. Mimi. Jan. 26.-Bemidji has
its first case of what it's doctors all
agree is smallpox. N. S. Sawyer, a
North Dakota man, was brought in
from lumber camp and has been as
signed to the pesthouse. The health
officers will probably quarantine the
camp, but the patient refuses to say
what camp he has been working in.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1901-01-31
sixty nnys for As,auIt.

Winona, Mimi, Jan. 26.-John Vine
zewski. who was indicted by the grand
jury for assault in the second degree.
the offiense being the shooting of
Thomas Connaughty last summer, ell
tered a plea Of guilty TO the charge or
assault in the third degree and was
sentenced to imprisonment in Jail for
sixty days.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1901-01-31
Rcfare Insnnitr Rnara,

Fargo. n. D., Jan. 26.-David Larson
Of Erie has been sent to the city for
examination by the insanity board.
Miss Mollie vaag of Lake Park, Mimi.
who has been in this city for some
months. was adiudged insane and TAX
en- home by her father.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1901-01-31
: Stole for His Family.

Bloomfield, Iowa, Jan. 26.--Gov. Shaw
has been asked to parole Joe Wilson,
who is under sentence to serve six
months In the penitentiary for break
ing into the summer kitchen of John
Ro.ninger and securing food for. his
family. He is fifty-five years old and
has a large family depending on him
for support. The general sentiment Is
in his favor. =. - ss,.a . . Il
The Bemidji pioneer., 1901-01-31
Cr;n Closes Schools.

winona. Mimi, JAM. 29.-On account
Of the prevalence of the grip in the
winona county schools number OF
them have been closed. 1t is expected
that this condition will be only tenn
porary.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1901-01-31
SEVEN DEVILS.
Famous Copper Mine Sold to Michi-
gan Syndicate.

u Helena, Mont, Jan. 29.--Ex-Gov. s.
T. Hauser. A. M. Hotter and the
KIeinschmit brothers Of this city have
2corcluded a deal by which they dis
pose Of the Seven Devils copper prop
erty in Idaho to q syndicate repre-
sented by Capt. Lewis A. Hall, one Of
the large lumbermen Of Michigan, and
C. w. Whitcomb. The purchase price
is reported to be $1,OQ0,0o0. The syn
dicate is building railroad into the
district which will be 10 miles long
and completed by July |.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1901-01-31
STRUCK BY A LANDSLIDE.
Great Northern Freight ImbeG led in
Mud and Gravel. st&

Mud and Gravel. " .stE.
Tacoma, Wash, Jan. 26. - A west
bound Great Northern freight train
was struck by a landslide near Rich
rlond Beach and was wrecked The
engine and several cars were embedded
in a noass of mud and gravel. Traffic
over the line was blocked for the rest
of the day.
The Zindorf Construction company
has sued the Great Northern for $1S,-
14O damages in the alleged breaking OF
a contract by which the railroad was
to purchase Of the plaintiff 400 ties
daily for six months.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1901-01-31
SAVED THE CORPsEs.

Supt. McKoyyn Charged with Ped,
ding Them fer Dissection. e.
La Crosse. Wis, Jan. 29-Witnesses In
the Investigation Of Supt. McKown Of
the county insane asylum at West
Salem, stated that he kept bodies Of
inmates who died for physicians as
subjects. r. -
The Bemidji pioneer., 1901-01-31
SLEPT IN THE WOODS.

Escaped Lunntic Picked Up ut Ln
Crosse Badly Frozen.
La Crosse, Wis, Jan. 29.-The police
took Robert Anderson, an escaped in
mate Of the insane asylum, in custody.
He had nat eaten for four days, and
had walked a hundred miles, sleeping
in the woods at night. His body was
badly frozen. 4&@ s& r.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1901-01-31
In the senate.

Washington, Jan. 26. ~ Senator De-
pew Of New York yesterday delivered
In the senate characteristically force
full and eloquent address In support OF
the shipping bill. The address, Whicn
occupied Just an hour, was In the ma
ture Of an appeal for the upbuildins
Of the American merchant marine py
the granting Of subsidies as PROVIDED
for in the pending measure. Ills dls-
cpssion of the problems Of transporta-
tion which now confront American
manufacturers and American farmers
was notably interesting and effective.
The perOration, in which he urged thal
the American flag be restored to the
mastheads Of the freight-carrying
ships of the United States, was bril-.
liant piece of oratory and elected COZ
dial applause from senators on the
floor and the crowds in the galleries.
Little progress was made with the In
dian appropriation bill, The last houF
of the senate was consumed IN tne
passage of private pension bills.
In the House.
The house yesterday adopted the con-
ference report upon the army reor-
ganization bill. The contest over II
was brief. Mr.. Hull, chairman Of the
military affairs committee, preventing
prolonged debate The debate was
chiefly notable for short exchange
between Mr.. Richardson, the minority
leader, and Mr.. Hay (Dem.. Na,l,
member of the conference committees.
who reproached the Democratic leader
for not making fight for temporary
army when the bill was originally be-
fore the house. The naval appropria-
ton bill was finally passed; also sew.
enty-seven pension bills.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1901-01-31
BREAKS QUARANTINE.
Wis. Doctor Causes More
Trouble.

M Appleton, Wis, Jan. 29-Dr. Roder-
mund, the physician who. to support
his theory that the disease is nom
contagious, deliberately exposed him
self to smallpox contagion in this CITY,,
broke quarantine Saturday evening
about I clock, eluded four officers,
aided by H. w. Rathbun, principal Of
the Appleton School of Business, drove
forty miles to Waupaca and boarded
train for Chicago. Rathbun returned
here last night, was arrested and put
in the pest house.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1901-01-31
Rin Tobacco Dealer Dend.

cnarta. Wis, Jan. 90. - Albert H
,,orriu one of the heaviest toba eco
aao1ars in this section, died Of pneu-
moniar -, 49, 49,
The Bemidji pioneer., 1901-01-31
MANS lNHUMANITY
AWFUL CONDITION OIc AFFAIRS In
LA CROSSE ASYLUM.

Of the Management Of
the In Crosse County Insane Asy-
Ium Reveals some Sensational
Testimony Former Employees
Testify That Patients We're
Knocked Down and Kicked and
Imprisoned for Thirty-six Hours
without Food-Barbarous Treat.
ment.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1901-01-31
GOV. DICKEY DEAD.
First Lieutenant Governor of North
Dakota Passes Away. ~. b..

-"I----7-|- HNhUtH I stsses 1HSs<1ss - : : ~
Jamestown, n. D., Jan. 20. = Gov.
Alfred DicSey of this city died Satur-
day. When Mr.. Dickey was taken sick
last Tuesday he was arranging to open
at his own expense a public reading
room for the city. He was manager OF
the Alliance Mortgage Company Of
England. Mr.. Dickey was the first
lieutenant governor Of this state, elect
ed in October, 1889. --
The Bemidji pioneer., 1901-01-31


Washington. Jan. 2s.--National irri-
cation was discussed In the senate for
three hours Saturday, the text being
an amendment to the Indian appropri-
alton bill providing for surveys. look
ing to the construction Of an irrigation
dam and bitches for the watering or
the reservation Of the Pima and Mari
copa Indians at San Carlos on the
CHA river in Arizona. Mr.. Platt OF
Connecticut led the opposition and was
assisted by Mr.. Quarles of Wisconsin.
Mr.. Stewart, Mr.. Chandler and Mr..
Thurston argued for the experiment.
During the day the report OF the con-
ference committee on the army reor-
ganiZation bill was presented and Mr'
Hawley announced that he would call
1t up to-day. ~.
In the House.
The house Saturday made good prog
ress with the bill to revise and codify
the postal laws. Attempts were per-
sistantly made to load the bin with
amendments to change the existing
postal laws. The pressure was practi-
cally strong in favor Of reclassifying
certain classes of postotilce employees.
but Mr.. Loud OF California, In charge
of the bill. fought them off, The latter
part of the session was devoted TO
eulogies upon the life and public SER
vices Of the late Senator Gear or Iowa
The Bemidji pioneer., 1901-01-31
q % % 81 % N % .,
QSOD&lRGSS
RESUME OF THE
WEEK's PROCEEDINGS.
a. o. O. "a % ~ 60 o. g
In the House.

Washington, Jan. 22.-The house yes
terday, after deyoting some time to
District of Columbia. business, passed
number of bills under suspension OF
the rules. They were to provide a
home for the aged and infirm colored
people out Of the fund now in the
treasury to the credit Of deceased col
ored soldiers, amounting to about $780,
0o0: to establish branch soldiers
home at johnson City, Washington
county, Tenn, and to increase the
salary of the commissioner of education
Of Porto Rico from $4,000 to $4,000, A
bill to give citizens of foreign coun-
tries to sue in the court Of claims for
indemnity for alleged injuries which
had been been recommended by the
state department, was disastrously
beaten. H
I'm the Senate ~a.
No business of special Importance
was transacted by the senate yesterday
in open session. An executive session
Of more than two hours duration was
held and siSty-six pages Of the legisla-
tive, executive and judicial appropria-
ton bill Were completed before ad-
journment.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1901-01-31

1T is a great pity that the average
man cannot draw q check as easily as
he can draw an inference.
It's when a man speaks without
thinking that he's most apt to say
what he thinks.
Bisbee daily review., 1901-12-08

THE manner in which Texas deals with trusts is peculiar. This intricate matter is not cause for worry in Texas. and after a trust or corporation gets through with Texas court they gen erally emerge at the small end of the horn. It has become the established policy of railroad companies in Texss to always plead guilty or settle matters with their patrons in an amicsble man. ner out of court rather than trnst the case to a Texas jury. In support of the above we quote the following spe- cial from Dallas, Texas:
 The Dallas Brewing company of Dal- las, which was sued for violating the antitrust laws, entered plea of guilty and paid penalties aggregating $7,500, according to the agreement with other breweries.
 The Lone Star Brewing company of San Antonio also confessed judgment and paid s7,500, and the Anheuser- Busch Brewing association of St. Louis also paid s15, 900, according to the amount agreed upon for foreign brew cries.
 This makes the last foreign brewery to settle up. All the breweries are now settled up except the Houston Ice and Brewing company of Houston and the Galveston Brewing company of Calves tOQ
Bisbee daily review., 1901-12-08
Tnt ISIHMIAN TROUBlfS.

The action of the United States dur ing the late troubles on the isthmus of Panama has not been understood by a large portion of the intelligent readers of the published accounts of the part taken by the United States navy i,. that connection.
 By the treaty with New Granada fnow Colonbia) the United States un dertook to guarantee and protect free transit across the isthmus, and as & second stipulation also guaranteed ''the rights of sovereig nty which New Granada has and possesses over said territory" The inference that this second guarantee required the United States to in any way or in any degree to take part in any internal dissensions that might occur within the confines of rhe United States Of Colombia (New Granada when the treaty was madeD is entirely at variance with the plain intent of the treaty, since it would be . distinct departure from the tradi- tional policy of the United States with regard to South American and Central American disturbances generally. Had the revolutionists in Colombia pre- vailed and established themselves in control of it's government there would have been, it is true, . change of ad- ministration by revolution and not by ballot, but the rights and sovereignty of Colombia 1ould e . nation have remained unilnpsired- It is only when the rights of property and the sover- eighty of the de fscto government are attacked from tbS outside that this sec ond stipulatlou imposes upon our gov ernment any duty of intervention be- yond that of keeping open the route of inseroceanic trafic. Any furtEer com plicaticps on tho isthmus will be com plications of mere circumstance, not of the principles controlling our gov ernmenf's action These principles are plainly established, although re- cent comments on the iethmian situs- tion have shown that even the press oi the country was not unit in its un- dsrstanding cf them.
Bisbee daily review., 1901-12-08

THE Benson Press is again talkil 2 about the underground railroad, said by that paper to exist in Cochise count y for the purpose of smuggling Chinese into the United States. The latest iu- formation as published in the Press is contained in the following:
 If the government means business and really wants to close up the line of underground railway that h s been pointed out. let the properly author ized representatives of the government come to Benson with power to act, and to act rigbt, and the Press will put them where they can learn a great deal they don't know now.
 Here is a chance for an energetic government official to make a record for himself and at the same time the Ben -on Press will have received its just reward for the fearless manner in which it has exposed crime. Such a golden opportunity shoul2 not be al lowed to pass unobserved.
Bisbee daily review., 1901-12-08

FROM the tone of the presidents message it is evident that he is not nearly so strenuous an individual as we had been led to believe, or else the office of president has had a decidedly soberIng effect. On such important questions as the tariff, trusts, reciproc- ity and ship subsidy he utterly fails to take a decided stand one way or the other. The west in general should be pleased with the message. His posi- tion regarding the reclamation of arid lands and the re-enactment of the Chinese exclusion law is alone cause for hearty congratulation.
Bisbee daily review., 1901-12-08
TH Ea.sention at present attracted to

TH Eatsention at present attracted to this section of Arizona is astonishing. A traveller from Bisbee is besieged on all hands with questsons regarding Cananea. Bisbee, Naco and Douglas, and each train is crowded daily with intending investors bound for these places. The growth and activity of this particular section is only fully ap. ? 'eciated after an absence in other 10 calities for few days.