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The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-12-30
FIRE AT MENTOR
Store of n. @. Madison DESTROYED
and $1,000 Stock Nearly
Total Loss.

The general store of n. O.
Madison, at Mentor, was totally
destroyed by fire yesterday a
$1,000 stock Of general merchan-
disc covered by only $500 insur-
ance is also a total loss. The
fire caught in living rooms over
the store building.
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To Wed At Mcintosh.

NJ. Kaufman, who for the past
year has been employed at the
BemidI Meat Market, left this
morning for Mcintosh, where
he will tomorrow evening be
united in marriage to Miss Lena
Knutson. The wedding will oc-
cur at home Of the brides par
ents and will be quite an elabor-
ate affair. Both the young peo-
pie are we'll known in Benlidji
and return to this city to reside.
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The kelliher Journal.

The first number Of the Kel-
liner Journal, Martin & Christ
proprietors, will be issued
at Kelliher next week. Mr.. Mar
tin will personally superintend
the publication Of the paper for
the first few weeks, but it will
be managed for him as soon as a
competent man can be secured.
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Married Yesterday.

The wedding of Carl Calf and
Miss Inga Gunderson occurred
in this city yesterday afternoon.
The groom is an engineer and is
employed at Blackjack. The
bride is also from that city and
both have many friends who will
extend congratulations.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-12-30
Robbed a Clothes Line.

Lewis O1kes was in Judge
Skinvik' court this morning on
charge of petit larceny committed
in stealing a tablecloth from the
clothesline Of w. r. Cowles.
Oke's entered a plea of..'guilty
and was fined 81 andIcosts.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-12-30
COLORADO MILITIA DEFIED.
Order for Citizens to Surrender Arms
Causes a Battle.

Cripple Creek, Colo, Dec, 30,--Con-
siderable excitement was occasioned
during the day by the action of Attor-
ney John Nj. Glover, formerly a CON
gresham from Missouri, in defying
the military, barricading himself in
his office and only Isurrendering after
receiving bullet wound in the arm.
Colonel Verdeckberg received a let
ter from Mr. Glover denying the legal
ity of the recent order for the sur
render of arms by the citizens.
He declared that he had two guns
In his Office and defied the militia to
take them from him.
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MR. s. R. b. FO S II Err
PIANO sTRUcT
Leschetizky !7etf1od.
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Sentence Of Death Confirmed.

Manila. Dec. aao-The supreme court
has confirmed the sentence OF death
imposed on four natives who butchered
three marines in September, 1902
Major Noble, who has had consider
able experience in connection: with
the government of the Philippines,
will remain here as aide to Acting
Governor Wright.
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BEAuPRE COMING HOME.
Minister to Colombia Brought to Co
lon on Warship.

Colon, Dec. 3o.-The United States
rruiser Olympia has arrived here from
Cartagena, whittier she went to fake
on board Mr. Beaupre, the American
minister to Colombia, who is on leave
of absence, and Mrs. Beaupre. They
sailed for New York later on board
the regular mail steamer Yucatan.
The reception of the Olympia at
-Cartagana was FRIENDLY
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Shipped From Minneapolis.

Fifty men to work in the log
ging camps of hammers Bros,
near Northome, passed through
the city last night on the NJ. 4 /.
passenger. They had been hired
in the Twin Cities as it was inn
possibleeto pick up idle men at
any Of the numbering towns in
this Vicinity.
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Confer Past Master FDegree.

Judge Reynolds, Earl and
Frank Carson go to Cass Lake
tonight where the local A. T. and
A. M. lodge holds it's installation
and will confer the past master
degree upon two candidates.
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THE CITY
We mix paints toorder. Jones

We mix paints toorder. Jones
Pierce Getter was down from
Wilton on business yesterday.
B. E. Guy is the latest recruit
to enlist at the Markham hotel
recruiting Office.
Hark We to the peasant strain.
People are often saved by taking
Marks Lung Balsam.
George Cook, with the Brain
erd Lum Der Company, is in the
city on business today.
After getting disappointed
elsewhere come to Peterson
and get what you want.
Words are weak as water when
it comes to telling of the wonder
full cures of Marks Lung Balsam.
G. A. Rose, the Brainerd man
who sells beer, was shaking
hands with his Bemidji patrons
last evening.
3. j. Kline, representing the
Walker & Akeley interests in
this vicinity came in last night
from the cities
Z. W. Smith who is in the en-
ploy of M. d. Stoner at Black
duck passed through the city last
night returning from a visit to
relatives at Wadena.
The Bemidji employment Of
fee shipped a crew of men to
Guthrie this morning, where
they will be employed in one Of
the camps of the Brainerd Lum
Der Company.
Not a game of blind mans buff.
We don't ask you to 90 blindly in
to the purchase of single bottle
Of Marks Lung Balsam. It's a
sure cure for cough, throat and
lung troubles
The general store of Richards
& Lundin, insolvent, will be clos
ed at Nebish some time this
week. Invoice will be taken and
the store will probably be re-
opened for business by the as
signe.
Miss Alice Kavanaugh, one of
the popular lady clerks at the
Berman Emporium, left last
week to visit in the Twin Cities.
There is a possibility that Miss
Kavanaugh may not return to
Bemidji, but her many friends
here earnestly hope that this
will not ,,ro1,a to lna tho oaco
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The Best in the World

Dir. j. w. Hamilton. of San Fran-
cisco. Cal, says II have sold " ar
ner's White Wine Of Tar Syrup for
years. 1t is the best cough medicine
in the world, and has no equal for
asthma 4 For sale at City Drug store.
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his BemlQ]l interests toudy'
Apples 81 per bushel, twenty
five cents per peck at Peterson's
fruit store.
A. P. White, Of the First Ma
tional bank was at Crookston on
business last night.
Mrs. M. Page, matron at the
agency school at Red Lake, was
in the city last night.
Mrs. F;O. Sibley, of Solway,
was calling on Bemidji friends
yesterday afternoon.
A mail bag full Of PERIODICALS.
arrived this afternoon at Peter
sons news department..
r. w. Reed is back from Orion
vile, where he spent Christmas
with relatives and friends.
Rev. Clarke went to Cass Lake
this afternoon, where his church
work is progressing very nicely.
Call on A. p. Winter the lead.
ing jeweler for up-to-date goods.
Next door to First National
bank.
DMrs. M. E. Thurston and chill
dren have gone to Aitkin for a
several weeks visit with Mrs.
Thurston's sister.
The Pioneer employment of
fee shipped crew of men to the
Barnard & Gorter camps near
Solway yesterday.
Dave Long, who is popular
with many Bemidji friends, is in
from the camps where he has
been employed as chef for some
time.
H. "A. Pierce, one of the Pho
neer's valued correspondents
who is teaching school near Bass
Lake, is in the city today,
For coughs, colds or any lung
trouble do you know Marks
Lung Balsam is the best? Try a
bottle. Ask your druggist.
G. j. Winter, of Portland, n. T.,
has arrived in the city and is to.
accept5a situation at the general
store of his brother, Ell Winter
Pat Connally was dismissed
from ST. Hnthony's hospstal this
morning, where he has been re-
ceiving treatment for fractured
knee.
Thanking my friends and the
public for their generous patron
age, I wish them all happy and
prosperous New Year. J. Peter
son, Jr.
The Thursday Musicale club
meets with Mrs. r. B. Foster to-
morrow afternoon and one OF the
most interesting programs yet
is to be rendered.
The Pioneer Employment Office
sent a crew of twenty men to
Sandy River this morning to
work in the camps Of the Bel
trami Lumber Company.
Special receipts for New
Years, bananas, grapes, pears,
oranges, apples, lemons, figs,
dates, nuts, candies, pop corn,
ice cream and fresh oysters.
Peterson's.
A. A. White, interested in
the Bemidii Townsite Com
pany, is in the city looking after
his interests today. MI. White
is just returning from a trip to
the coast country.
Carl Fugleruv. of Blackjack,
who has been suffering from
bronchitis at St.Anthony,s hospi-
tai was dismissed from the hos
pital this morning and has re-
turned to Blackjack.
D. spinney, who formerly re
sided in this vicinity, is in the
CITY today renewing acquaintan-
ces. He is at present located at
The Dalles, Oregon, and has re-
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+H
torneys at the local bar and a number Of
newspaper men and court officials there
were but few in the courtroom when a
loud rapping was heard on the door lead
ing into the jury-room. In a moment
all were astir. That was the first sound
coming from the room since the jury re-
tired Wednesday afternoon. Hasty
summons. were sent. out, and, with as
little loss of-time as possible, the court
had the jury's announcement made, thus
terminating this important a S which
was begun 18 days ago.
Soon after the jury retired Wednes-
day a ballot was taken, the result being
ten to two for acquittal. After some de-
liberation n Of the two went w to
the side of acquittal, but it was not until
about 20 minutes before the jury sent
word to the court Thursday morning
that an agreement had been reached that
the twelfth man yielded. Very few Of
the jurors got any sleep during the
night. The long delay caused appre-
hension that a mistrial would result.
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CONFER WITH PRESIDENT,
special Counsel for Prosecution Of
Post Office Cases Seek Advice
of the Executive.

washington, Oct. le.-The president.
Attorney General Knox and Assistant
General Purdy had a conference at the
white house: Thursday with Charles J.
'Bonaparte,so f Baltimore, and Holmes
Conrad, of this city, special counsel for
the government in the prosecution OF
the, post office cases. Messrs. Bona
parte and Conrad went over the entire
ground, Of their investigations.an and
sought the advice of the president and
the attorney general as to what future
action should be. taken in a number Of
cases where. indictments have ALREADY
been found and in The cases Of some
persons who have not yet been ii.
dicted. No formal report was made
and nothing of special consequence
was developed, the conference having
to deal principally with the routine
matters of the Investigation.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1903-10-22
A SLAVE TO T
Industrious Servant Who Made His
Employers Existence Most
.. Miserable.

To have a servant so Industrious as
to interfere with all chance of COM
fort was the unfortunate experience
of Mr.. Portman, who lived in Africa,
and is the author of "Station Studies.'
The trouble was, writes Mr.. Port
man, that nothing could stem the
flow of his good intentions. I had
only, for instance, to leave my lodg-
ings for. a few moments to find on
my return my campbedstead are
fully folded UP in one corner of the
room, the mattress and blankets
forming a neat roll in another, and
any clothes which I had happened to
leave about snatched away for wash
ing. 1t mattered nothing that I
wished to lie down on the bed, use
the mattress to encourage my siesta
and change into, the clothes; all this
lay outside Hamis' view of his duty.
Nothing. would induce him to
swerve from his unvarying rule of
life, 0 any remonstrance gain any
response but the three words, de-
livered with a pitiful smile at my ig-
norance, ut is custom"
Custom" for example, decreed that
he should sprinkle water on the ver
anda at. daybreak to lay the dust. 1t
mattered nothing that a flood of rain
had been pouring all night and had
removed all possibility of dust for
hours to come; custom still had it's
way, and the stones were sprinkled
according to rule.
Custom babe him bring me a cup
Of tea before I rose. I did not want
it, and told him, so day after day;
but weeks passed before I managed
to prevent his bringing it. In accord
tance with custom he daily seized my
bed, bedding, and all the undercloth-
ing on which he could lay his hands.
and spread them on the patch Of
grass or, worse still, on the wall sur
rounding it. But custom hardly ever
reminded him that if rain fell they
would possibly get wet; and as rain,
stormsin Africa are likely to resem.
BILE waterspouts in volume and April
showers in frequency, the chances of
my having a dry bed by the evening
soon grew to be very small.
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verdict
OF NOT GUILTY
Jury Acquits Ex-Lieut. Gov. Till
man, Charged with Murder
of Editor Gonzales.
DEMONSTRATION Of FRIENDS
FOLLOWS The ANNOUNCEMENT
Decision Is Arrived at After Twenty
Hours Observation-Disclosures is
Case at Lexington, 8. c., Termin-
ated After Lasting Eighteen Days.

Lexington, S. c., Oct. 16.-The jury
in the case of J. H. Tillman, charged
with the murder. of Editor Gonzales,
has found him not guilty. The jury an
nounced at 10:45 that a verdict had
been agreed upon. The defendant and
attorneys were sent for and the jury
then. filed into the courtroom and the
verdict was read.
A demonstration followed the an
n%ouncement, friends of. the defendant
giving vent to their feelings in a shout.
The court previous to the reading of the
verdict had admonished the spectators
to refrain from any demonstration.
Counsel for defense moved the de-
PENDANTS discharge from the sheriff's
custody. No objections being made by
the state, the court made the order.
The jury was out about 20 hours before
returning a verdict. = The defendant
shook hands with the judge and men,
bers Of the jury and left the courtroom
accompanied by his friends and counsel.
The court was proceeding with civil
business and aside from some of the at
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to. Her stepmother was Godfrey's
enemy: her father was helpless. No,
there was nc one, unless, indeed, it
might be she could use Aunt Rachel
or Gabriel. Both had been house
servants for her Aunt Susannah and
had known Godfrey from his baby
hood; both would almost lay down
their lives for him. She. hur-
riedly sought Aunt Rachel's quarters.
After a consultation with the
negress, she few to her stepmother's
Dom Mamma" she cried, bursting
in upon that lady as she sat before
the powder from her thinning locks,
do you know that Godfrey Worth
ington is a prisoner in our garnet and
that he is to be hung before the break
of day."
Mrs. Ellery, not a little startled by
this sudden interruption, gazed at
her stepdaughter with eyes at once
annoyed and plying.
Yes, yes, child" she answered, II
knew he was here, and I had heard
some whisper that such a fate awaited
him; but, after all, much as I deplore
it, especially that it should happen
on these premises, yet, if half the
bandit acts with which he is accred-
tied are true, it's no more than he
deserves"
But he should not be starved as
well as hung" Jane proclaimed We
hemently. ".How often have I heard
you boast that no n in your house
ever went hungry, yet that poor. old
gentleman who was brought here this
afternoon has not had one bite to eat
since his arrival, o has Godfrey. If
they must meet so bitter an end,
should they not have food to sustain
them in facing it with fortitude?"
"Assuredly," Mrs. Ellery answered
promptly, her hospitable instincts
aroused, as shrewd Jane had known
they would be. Il will order it now"
half rising from her chair.
Nay, first you must have per-
mission from Col. Bessemer," Jane in
terposed, 'else the sentries will let
nothing pass them. Will you not ask
the colonel to grant this request?
See,-I have pen and paper ready for
you. There is no time to be lost, else
the colonel may have retired, and you
would not wish to disturb his rest"
Mrs. Ellery, warm-hearted, if of
irritable temper, and at the same
time, fortunately, a woman of no
great c~leverness and less imagination,
fell into the trap and unsuspectingly
wrote the note which Jane adroitly
dictated.
"Now, Gabriel" whispered Jane,
when the coveted order had been Sc
cured, "for heavens sake, make no
mistake. This to the sentry, and that
to Master Godfrey and General
PIERCE" While Jane was interviewing
her ~stepmother and sending the note
to Col. Bessemer, Rachel had been
preparing the viands, which Gabriel
nov bore up the back stairway on q
huge tray poised triumphantly upon
his head. -
ITO Be Continued
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THEIR HELP.

Back where he was a freckled boy
With ragged trousers on
The girls made fun of what he WORE,
The common nickname that he bore,
Was "Empty-Headed John"
lie packed his clothes and went away;
Not that he wished to go,
But that they did not seem to care
-To help bring out the talents there
OF one so far below.
He looked back at the dear old town,
This "Empty-Headed john"
And where he went his tears We're strcwn,
But they that stayed wept not, and soon
Forgot that he was o
lie toiled through wearing weeks and
years.
Unaided and alone,
+riu j%oyously. one day, he found
His feet upon the topmost round,
His greatness widely known.
Down in his heart a fondness for
The old town fingered on:
They hailed him there with shouts; Ger
head
a banner waved on which he read:
Thrice welcome Our John"
S. e. kiser, in Chicago Record-Herald.
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VERMONT MARSHAL BUSTED
President Removes F. A. Field for
Dsreliction of Duty.
In Charged with Permitting Escape
of Three Cinnamon to
Him for Deportation.

Washington, Oct. 16.-The president,
upon the recommendation of the attor-
ney general, has removed Marshal Fred
A. Field, of the district Of Vermont, for
dereliction of duty in permitting the es-
a p at Providence, r. l., of three China
men intrusted to him for deportation.
|, The prisoners, who@escapedi with::l1
others, were under sentence o deporta-s
ton and were conducted to Providence,
r. l., on the evening of June 20 n placed
ON board a steamer at that point some
time prior to five o'clock. At 5:3Osthe
marshal left the boat and returned.foS
, Boston, leaving the prisoners In charge
of his son, who was actingas his deputy,
to accompany the prisoners to San Fran
CISCO. 8;
Before leaving them the marshal In
formed his son that two men on the boat
| whom he claims had been pointed Quito
him as proper persons, but whom he'had,
never seen before" might assist himsn'
necessary and that he might leave the
prisoners in their charge while he went,
to supper. .. 80.
The deputy did so, and upon his re-
turn from supper found that the two men
and the three prisoners had escaped.
The marshal claimed that these two
men had been pointed out by the agent
of the railroad company with which the
government had arranged for their trip
across the continent.
The agent positively denies this state.
ment, and without passing upon the
question Of veracity raised by this de-
NAL, the attorney general was of the
opinion that upon the marshal's own
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MAIL TRAIN is DERAILED.
Accident in Outskirts of Kansas City
in Which switchman Is
killed. - > :;

Kansas City, Mo-, Oct. 16.-Fast mail
No. 8, from the west, OF the Atchison,
Topeka & Santa Fe railway, was partial
ly derailed in the eastern outskirts of
the city Thursday. All of the cars re-
NAMED upright and none of the passen-
gers were injured. Frederick Horn, of
Kansas City. switchman, was killed; j.
H. Barr and w. A Rogers, mail clerks,
and E. M. Gilbert; a second switchman,
all of Kansas City, were hurt slightly.
The accident was caused by the forward
mail car jumping the track at a switch.
The rest Of the train went in another
direction and struck a work train, but
the passenger was going at so slow a
rate that no material damage resulted.
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CHAPTER TX.

H PLEA.

The prisoner heard her exclama-
ton. His quick glance took in her
figure and that of her escort A
scowl settled upon his handsome
brow and his lips set in a firm line of
anger. AS they advanced, he drew
himself up between his captors and
made a stately but freezing abeisance
to the lady.
What is the meaning of this dis
t~urbance?' Bessemer demanded of
the sergeant in charge of the SOL
diers.
This is the rebel. sir" the man
answered., saluting, upon whose trail
you sent us. We captured him some
miles back and were bringing him
into camp, but when we reached the
gate yonder he broke away from u.s."
Well" Bessemer inquired sharply.
"what did you find on him? ANY
thing?'
Il searched him as soon as we cap
tured him. the sergeant answered,
but could find no papers,"
Bessemer tapped his foot upon the
ground and studied doubt
less" he said at last. she carries his
dispatches in his head instead of in
writing. You come from Gen. Gates,
[ be'srwe?" He turned to the prison
er.
"Indeed?" the other responded,
with a a interrogatory infection.
Bearing messages to Col. Sum-
ter?"
"Ah?"
Bessemer's black eyes flashed IN.
grily. "No in~solence, sir. I recog.
5iZe you now. Unless I mistake
greatly, you are one of those arch
conspirators who last month hung
three of his majesty's most loyal
servants. The leader Of your band
is in my hands, a prisoner. He hangs
Mt sunrise. You hang with him, save
on n condition ~only-that you re.
veal within the hour the contents OF
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Never Touched the scotchman.

1t is related of the late Shirley
Brooks that he had at one time q
very favorite pig who, alas, went tho
way of all pigs, and was converted
into bacon. Brooks. sent some of
the delicacy to a friend, with a note
as follows:
"His end was peace, and I send you
a. piece of his end"
The joke was related to a Scotch
man, who laughed very heartily, and
shortly .afterward, having occasion
to kill a. pig of his own, sent some to
n relative with the remark: His
end was peace, and I send you a
piece of the pig and he wondered
why nobody saw the joke.-LoadoA
King.
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AMI WROTE
THE NOTE.
precious minutes were wasted in
listening to good-byes and the usual
compliments upon the evening. At
length, however, she shook herself
free and turned in search of her
brother. She found him draping
Mistress Peggy Winston's shawl about
her shoulders and tying her hood be-
meath her chin preparatory to de-
departure. With a hurried word of
apology, she drew him aside and ac-
quainted him with Godfrey's impend-
ing fate.
ooh Edward" she cried, scannot
you do something to gain him at least
a reprieve?'
Her brothers brow contracted, and
he gazed at her suspiciously.- "Nay.
nor would, if 1 could" he answered
harshly. "He well deserves his fate.
You little know what a menace he
and his band of outlaws have been to
Us this season. Let him take his
medicine. 'Tis such a dose as he would
put down the throats of Others"
With difficulty Jane restrained her
self from wringing her hands. More
guests were leaving. In fact, the
party was breaking up. Let them CO.;
oh, let them go, that she might seek
her room and think. Edward had
ordered his horse and ridden away
as an escort for the Winston r
rage lest some bold rebels should at
tempt to kidnap the ladies, forsooth.
There was NO one Jane could turn