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The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-24
ROOSEVELT TO TAKE NEXT STEP
CAN TAKE UP NICARAGUA ROUTE
OR ALLOW MATTERS TO
DRIFT.

Washington, Sept. "a. - When the
state department closed yesterday at
4. O'Clock it was agreed that the Pan
anna canal treaty was dead, although
eight hours yet rem aimed within which
the Colombian congress. might take
affirmative action upon it, Nothing,
however, had been received during the
day, either from. Minister Beaupre at
Bogota, or from MIR. Herran. Colon
bian charge here, which gave the
slightest hope Of favorable Issue. A
report is current here that the Colon
bian congress in secret session has
clothed President Marroquin with full
power to negotiate a treaty. ~ttais'
report should turn out to be correct,
President Marroquin, who IS counted
"a friend of the treaty, coulu proceed
alntrammeled by
The Fear Of Future
reckoning with his congress. In any
event President Roosevelt must now
take the next step. He can ~l~~t to
proceed under the Spooner act and
take up the Nicaraguan route or he
can allow matters to drift for the
present in the hope that a way may
yet be found to straighten out the
present difficulties in the pe.h OF the
Panama route.
Contrary to his custom during the
summer. Acting Secretary Adee OF the
state department, remained in the city
last night in order to be on hand to-
act promptly on any information which
might come from Mr.. Beaupre regard
ing canal matters at Bogota. Up to
$50 O'Clock, however, nothing had
been received. Or. Herran, the Colon
bian charge, also waited anxloEsly for
news from his government, but
Likewise Was Disappointed.
Colombia, it is known, is anxious to
keep alive the canal NEGOTIATIONS.
What form her new proposition with
that object in view will tale, is not
known in Washington. One interest
ing feature in connection with the leg
islative situation in Colombia is the
fact hat the terms Of one-third u the
members of the senate, numbering
nine, will expire on the Goth OF next
July, when the life of the present
congress ends The nine senators, it
is said, are averse to the canal treaty
The hope Of the advocates Of the.
treaty will be to elect senator's in
their places who are favorable to the
convention. 1t is expected that the
campaign for the legislatures will be
made on this issue. r.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-24
Bait!

A class in a Sunday school was list
ening to a lesson on patience. The
topic had been carefully explained, aud
as an aid to understanding the teach
er had given each pupil a card bearing
the picture Of boy 1shing. Even
pleasure" said she, requires the exer-
else of patience. Look at the boy fish
ing! He mus sit and wait and wait.
He must be patient Having treated
the subject very fully, she began with
the simplest, most practical question:
And now can any little boy tell me
what we need most when we go fish
ing?" With one voice was the answer
shouted" bait! "a s~I
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-24
Losses by DROUGHT in Australia.

The wheat harvest of 1902 in New
South Wales is only one-tenth of the
harvest of 1901, and this represents
loss to the wheat growers of over G2,-
coo, 0OO The losses in grain, hay and
vegetables are at least as great in the
aggregate, while the disasters of the
pastoral industry are on a yet more
tragical scale In the foclls and herds
of the state there is decrease OF
AZ, 401 horses, 319,4 61 cattle and 15,.
e69, 632 sheep! Taken at low rates,
this represents an immediate cash loss
OF something like G8,000,O0O.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-24
Here's a New "Drink" Cure.

A novel remedy for the drink hab-
tor, rather, for enabling those
who have Sworn off" to remain
"on the water car" consists of ice
water drunk through a raw potato.
Take a bowl of ice water and pota-
to. Peel the potato and cut down one
end of it until it can be easily insert
ed in the mouth. Dip the potato in
the ice water and suck it every time
a craving for strong drink comes on.
1t is claimed that this treatment will
effect an absolute cure. The why and
the wherefore are not stated, but the
process is s,7ch simple one that
there can be no harm in trying it if
any one is afflicted with a thirst
which they really and truly desire to
lose.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-24
Wla Good Cause for Divorce.

The widow Of a large estate owner
in Germany, who recently married q
count of small means, has obtained a
separation from her second husband
on exceedingly novel grounds. After
the marriage the bride discovered
that her husband wore wig and re-
ceived such shock at the sight Of
his bald head that she took violent
antipathy to him, and commenced
proceedings against him. Her suit
was successful, and she obtained a
separation after three weeks mar
rage. The grounds upon which the
decision was based were that If she
had known of the wig she would
never have married the count.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-24
A Mother to the Girl.

The woman who had lost her maid
at the moment that she was expecting.
visitors went to the janitor in her
distress, hoping that he might be able
to find some one to help her out. He
was Hibernian and effusively sym.
pathetic. "Shure an it's too bad,'' he
assured her, .an' you afther bein'
mither to that girl" As the girl was
as black as a negro could be, the
woman took the compliment with res.
erv atoms,
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-24
VITALITY OF BURNS, FAME.
II Is One Of the Great Facts OF Our
Literature.a


f'The inquest" on Robert Burns was
concluded long ago, but from time to
time the findings are reviewed by crit
ical writer's, as in a recent symposium,
says Golfers. A curious result thus
chances. From every such inquisition
the poet energies the more radiant and
triumphal-the critics are lost in the
splendor they have evoked. 1t is one
thing to make literature; it is another
and quite different thing to write about
literature and the makers thereof. This
is truism, and vet the distinction is
often confused, especially by the writ
ers Of criticism. Burns has survived
several generations Of critics, many
of whom made a vain bid for remem-
brance by their praise or dispraise Of
him. The vitality of his fame is one
of the. great facts Of our literature.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-24

What We're COMING To.

AS we have already transmitted fair.
ly recognizable pictures of individuals
by wire we may be able, before long,
to do the same thing without wires.
Why not?2 And then for the wireless
20 lychromotelepantop nophotoscope
by which we can see everybody, hear
everybody, talk to everybody, when.
ever and wherever we please without
cost, anywhere on the surface of the
globe. And then, hurrah for short
trip to Mars just to initiate our chests
and show off!-Magazine of Humor.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-24
The DEVELOPMENT Of Mexico

Facts in regard to the commercial
annexation of Mexico are given in the
National Magazine. Twenty-eight mil.
lions of United States capital is now
invested in that country, and forty
Mexican investment companies in Chi.
cago are sending in million dollars
a month. In the city of Monterey
alone $4,000, 600 was recently invest.
ed in one plant The Standard Oil
company has invested s1S,0OO,0OO in
Mexican mines within two years, and
will put in s4o,oOo.0nn more.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-24
Eyieted kaffirs.

The correspondent of London pa
per, writing from British South Afri-
ca says the Kafirs are bound to in
crease in population more rapidly
than the whites, whom they already
greatly outnum Der, and, being barred
from work in many cases by the in
portation of cheap labor from India
and forced to leave their land hold.
ings, which they (.etain only under
lease from the Beers to whom it has
been allotted, and under liability Of
eviction, serious Uprising of the ma.
tves is not beyond the possibilities Of
the near future.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-24
A NEW BOILED DINNER.
Little Ones Astonishment Natural Un-
der the circumstances.


der the Circumstances.
II have a little niece said the "a.
contour of the Sewing Circle. who
is never so happy as when she is al
lowed to visit the kitchen and watch
the servants at work. Fortunately,
her mother has good-natured servants
who rather enjoy having the child
around, so many are the charmed
hours which Jessie spends downstairs
making little pies under the cooks
ssperlnt endsnee, and pretending she.
is grown up.
"The other day she descended to the
laundry to oversee the family wash in
her busy little way. She gave one
look of utter establishment as Mary
put on the clothes to boil, and then
fairly flew upstairs to her mother, ex-
claiming:
"-Oh, mamma! What do you think?
Mary's cooking the clothes for din
ner! New York Times
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-24
Charity Ia Ennland.

Some idea of the charitable dispose
ton of the British people is found in
the report Of the charity commission.
ers, just issued. The total value of in.
vestments held by the official trustees
of charitable funds at the close OF
last year was a22,314,735. divided
into 22.79S separate grants. The ag-
gregate income from stocks, securities
and ahnuities aggregated G646,517 in
1902. During the three-quarters end
ing Dec. 81, 1901, 1870 new charities
founded by will or deed came to the
notice OF the commissioners, involving
q capital Of a6,5oo,Oo0 and upward.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-24
Corean a College Graduate.

Roanoke college at Salem, Va,
which has had more foreign students
than any other college in the south,
will this year graduate -the--second
Sorean to take the degree of bachelor
ST arts anywhere in the world, the
first being Kin Beung Surb, who re-
ceived his A. B. at Roanoke in 1898
and his A. NJ. at Princeton in 1899.
Kinsic Kimm, who will be graduated
this year, is SO good speaker that
he won prize in defamation several
years ago.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-24
The Roentuen RAYS Failed.

Hearing of the efficacy of the
Roentgen rays for the removal Of
hairs from the upper lip lady in
Hanover, age thirty-fiye, applied to
Dr., Karl Bruno Schurmayer, a prop
erly qualified doctor and Roentgen
ray specialist, for treatment. He
operated twice, but instead Of remov-
ing the superfuous hairs the opera
ton resulted in the skin Of the face
becoming red and the lips swollen.
The lady thereupon brought an
action against the doctor and was
awarded $50 damages, against which
he appealed, but the decision has
Just been upheld.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-24
Inspecting American Railroads.

]. T. Tatlow, John Wharton, George
Banks, F. r. Dale and H. O'Brien, Off
Gals Of the Lancashire and Yorkshire
railway of England, are in this coun-
try and will make extended inspec-
ton of American railroads. they
have been viewing things in several
eastern cities and will shortly visit
Chicago. They represent the me-
chanical, freight and passenger de-
partments of the Lancashire and
Yorkshire road.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-24
Costly Skippinq-Rope.

A skippin g-rope has been presented
by fond Pittsburg millionaire to his
six-year-old daughter The handles
are gold, studded with an odd jewel,
while the cord, the finest procurable,
cost more than dollar per inch.
When the child grows little older
she will be able fully to appreciate her
papa's gift. At present she treats 1t
-s Il It we're an ordinary rope
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-24
NOT TO BE TRUSTED.

Why Conductor Thought Women
Should Not Have Ballot.
How many.sided and how funny is
the life load in a city street car. Not
long ago woman gave the conductor
of one a dollar bill. On receiving the
change she counted and recounted it.
'"This is not right" she called after
him. "Ain't, eh; there's 95 cents.
Don't suppose yer wanter ride free. y
She made another mental calculation
and b1ushingly subsidized. AS the man
reached the rear platform he was
heard to grunable:: Sand them's the
things as wants to vote"
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-24
This Lunch Was a Success.

A lady in Budapest recent gave a
charitable lunch party to the poor Of
her district. She placed no limit on
the number of invitations, and the re-
suit was that 5000 people arrived, all
eager for the treat Eventually the
police had to draw their sabers to keep
CIDER among the jewellers. There were
ii two opinions about the success OF
the function The guests to man
declared they had never assisted in so
intense and exciting a lunch before in
their lives. They were quite cut up
when the time came to go.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-24
Differing Views on Providence.

A recent traveller in Macedonia
writes "The views on Providence
entertained by Turks and Jews re-
spectively and the extent to which be-
lief Influences the conduct of each
are we'll Illustrated by the following
anecdote: A Turk and Jew were
one day in boat. Suddenly the
weather changed and a fierce squall
arose. The Jew proposed that they
should turn back at once. The Turk
was for going on. Fear not, my
friend; Allah is great he said, Allah
is great retorted the Jew, but our
boat is small''
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-24
Got Il.

At the close of the third act the
gifted tragedian was called before the
curtain. "My friends" he said, ap-
parently much astonished and embar.
raised, your kindness oyerwhelms
me. have striyen conscientiously to
win your approval, but was not pre-
pared for SO magnificent a welcome
and in the surprise of the moment
find myself utterly hesitate for
want of suitable word "Rats!s
shouted a gallery hoodlum.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-24
Had Him in Doubt.

us your wife a good manager?"
81 really don't know" Don't know!"
mo. You see, l always thought had
pretty much my own way in every
thing, but the other day 1 got hold
of an article on the diplomatic man
agement of husbands, and since read
ing that I'm not at all sure that my
wife hasn't been managing me right
along. If that's so, you can put her
down as one Of the best and cleverest
managers that ever lived
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-24
Different After Five Years.

William Glackins, who admires
Whistler, cited the other day two let
tiers written by collector OF etchings
to a certain print seller. Between the
letters there was an interval of five
wears. The first said: 81 do not want
etchings by Whistler. They impress
me as if flies that had fallen in an ink
well had walked on old paper. The
second letter said: "Send me every
etching by Whistler the price of which
is not ruinous. Philadelphia Record.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-24
TIE DEVELOPMENT Of Africa.

IN Ethiopia and the Soudan, the
work Of development and exploitation
is progressing. The treaty recently
concluded between King Menelek and
the British government probably
means the early construction of the
Berber-Suakin railroad via Kassala
Costing some $15,000,000) and the
subsequent extension of the Kassala
line southwark to Lake Rudolph,
where eventually it will form a juno
ton with the Uganda railway, at the
same time marking long step toward
the realization of the Cape-to-Cairo
scheme.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-24
From Immense Wealth TO Poverty.

George Kettler, an aged cobbler
who died recently in Argentine, Kan,
at one time was worth $12,000,000.
Kettler was of German birth, and dur
ing the -Prussian war operated
a large shoe factory in Hanover.
Profitable army contracts swelled his
fortune to the figure named, but he
lost everything in speculation. Then
he came to this country penniless to
begin life anew.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-24
Woman's LOGIC.

AS one phase of life this is interest
ing. A woman was overheard to re-
mark to her companions: eyes, she
=was=terribly sore about that day she
lost $45 on the races" What did
she dc it for?" asked the man. why,
she must have some fun; she works so
hard all the rest of the time"
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-24
FELL EIGHT STORIES.

Turned Three sonnersauIts but Es-
capped With Slight Injuries.
New York, Sept "a Failing from
the eighth moor OF a building in course
of erection at % West Eighteenth
street, a distance OF about eighty feet,
and turning three somersaults in his
descent, Joseph Heiser an iron work
er, escaped with only slight lacera-
ton of two fingers.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-24
Policeman Not Guilty.

Norristown, Pa, Sept. 244.-After be-
ing out fifty minutes the jury in the
trial of Harry McElmoyle, a former
coal and iron policeman charged with
the murder of Patrick Sharpe, a strik-
ser, brought in verdict of not guilty.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-24
A GOOD PLACE TO BE CAT"
lnconsruity Of Surroundings in Wild
Country.

County,
One Of the strangest sights l ever
saw in wild country was little min
lister CARRIED in solemn black, white
dog" collar, buttonless vest and stiff
black straw hat. The dominic was
standing in a leaky boat in the midst
of primeval woods, fishing the boil
ing waters of a mountain torrent. At
his back cataract roared and
pounded the rocks, churning the water
to white suds; above him the eternal
snow glistened on the mountains, and
but few yards away gaunt CHINA
mon bear was quietly nosing among
the driftwood-D Beard in the
Worlds Work.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-24
Man Jumps Overheard.

Cleveland, Ohio, Sept. 24-W While
the passenger steamer City of Straits
was en- route from Cleveland to De-
troit we'll dressed man jumped over
board and was drowned. The suicide
took place opposite Port.au-P elee.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-12-08
HARRINGTON, DONNELLY 4
NEWEIl'g SUB

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latasmit6 Jesse NJ, ali lots %, q and .
~. 3Smith, Franklin H., all lot 80,
100. loISmth Franklin ", all lot ...,.,,,,
al WEST DRIVE SUBD.
White, Jno H.. All lots aud . q.
iS.@Qulnn Lawrence, all lots 20 and ..|
ise' oScott, Augusta h., all lots and. p.
~. Y Mitchell SusauRah, 80 II OF lot ..
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-01
'B0AKD CAN
FIX FAIR
RENTALS
Thirteen Men at Work in the
Field Make Reports.
SYSTEM Is DIFFERENT
Information Given Enables
Farmers to Appraise.
SYSTEM is DIFFERENT

Guthrie, o. T, July S1.-The thirteen
men now in the field for the school land
department are doing work somewhat
differently from that done by the ap-
praisers in previous years Heretofore
appraisers have been sent out TO inspect
the land and to fix the rental value
themselves.
For long time the board has been
contemplating a change in this proceed
ure, and the men sent out this year are
working as viewers and elassifiers and
not as appraisers. The information
which each one is required to secure and
transmit TO the school land office is so
full and complete that 1t is an easy
matter for any good Judge of land and
farm conditions to fix the fair rental
value for the land after inspecting the
report made on particular quarter sec
tion by the viewer.
At meeting of the Territorial School
Land board held yesterday plan for
fixing the rentals which has been under
consideration by the board for some time
was formally adopted. After the-viewers
OF EiaSSlleTS nave IldUc tiIciI iuli
ports, giving al of the Information desired
about the land, accompanied by plat of
the land upon which all streams. water
courses. springs. timber. stone, etc. are
marked, also the rental value as esti-
mated by the appraiser, a board Of five
practical farmers, IN no way connected
with the territorial government or the
school land department. WIN be appointed
who vii sit as a reviewing board for
thirty days, classifying all OF the lands
and fixing the rental values. After the
rents have been fixed by this board,
lessees Will be notified to appear before
the board if they feel that the rent has
been placed at an exorhitant figure.
This takes the final fixing of rents out
of the hands of the department. placing
it in the hands OF practical farmers. and
will undoubtedly result IN fixing the rents
on an equitable basis both for the in
terests Of the territory and the fessees.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-01

mixing it with water swallowed the COM
pound. Mrs. Mcclure found the unfor-
tunate girl lying under a tree in the back
part of the premises, ard Immediately
sent to Dixie for physician. The girl
was conscious after the doctor came and
tried 10 make a statement She left o
note. the particulars OF, which we did not
learn In spite of the doctors efforts.
she died at about 7:25 Wednesday evening.
Miss Hensel's father is said to be a
street car conductor in Dallas, Tex
where her two brothers are employed il
railroad offices. She was known to be
engaged to young man in the naval
service, whose vessel is at present lying
at San Francisco It seems he has been
on a furlough. and though he came back
to Dallas he Gid .Rot-SErite 10 her here or
show any intention of coming to visit her.
Unable TO bear up under his neglect or
desertion, she chose death as her prize.
The girls mother was wired to come,
but il was impossible to keep the body.
owing 10 the excessive heat. and she
was buried at Dixie last Thursday. The
tragedy has cast a gloom over the entire
ueighbOrhood
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-01
MOVING TO GOLTRY.
Town of karoma Moving to Goltry,
on A. ". e. w. Railroad.

Goltry, Okla, July 30.-This has been
one of the busiest weeks ever experienced
in this community, made so by the NOV
ing of the town of Karoma to Goltry,
which Is twenty-five miles northwest of
Enid. Karoma has been on wheels all
week and as result. you will find the
lively and industrious firms of Chapek &
Hakel and S. Mutersbaugh comfortably
located in the new town although looking
little shaken up by the moving. James
Haskins. DR.. Rhodes, r. p. Trast, James
Hagmeyer, Ben voth. Bank of Karoma
E. A McCutcheon are all moved and all
doing business in the new town, and the
stores at Aivaretta and Rusk will soon
be on wheels ready for the new town OF
Goltry on the new railroad. Besides
those who have moved from Karoma,
there are the GHetry Lumber company
and the Enid Lumber company and B.
Mathey, all of whom are putting up good
lumber sheds. besides the bank buildings
for the Bank OF Goltry and many other
new buildings are on their course of
construction. This community has been
about twenty-five miles from the railroad
and the people are all rejoicing TO know
that they will soon have one of the best
roads in the west, and a good town of
about three thousand Inhabitants. For
any Information regarding -tewnsites as
business locations address.
T. S. CHAMBERS, Enid. o. T