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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-01-25
REGARDING BRYAN's ADDRESS.
Fersuson's Paper Comments or the
Great Commoner.

Guthrie. o. T.. Jan. 2$-WiHism Jen-
nings Bryan has received nothing but
commendation since his arrival ia Okla
homa on his mouey-making tour This
week his veiyety path Is roughened some
and from an unexpected source. more
/ over.
This is what the paper published by
Governor Thompson Is. Ferguson says
of the great political speech
The lectures which We're recently &C.
Iivsred by W J. Bryan in oklahoma
were yery gloomy pictures OF SOCIAL con-
dit'ons Mr.. Bryan IS an orator lie
Il an orator because nc holds attention
and interests his audience. lie b. not
convincing orator. however because
there IL 90 much venom In his honeysd
sentences that II can De tasted Wy those
whose opinions may differ from his SEN
tiestiments. There are not many pab-
lie speakers who possess Bryan's pecull-
arities. lie waves the olive branch. ana
speaks words Of good cheer. and "a
tbs same time every word that he seads
forth * poisoned dart he looks Ike
a bishop preaching the gospel OF peace.
and 1T the same time his uttsrances. u
not direct. az least by Implication be-
tray hatred FOR existing Institutions
that might easily - mistaken for the
misanthropy Of a mailman Yet Mr..
Bryan Is ENTERTAINERS His lectures. 10
not scholarly. ere polished and smooth
Again. the man is believed 20 be sincere.
His worst political enemies say nothing
against his moral character. lie draws
the darkest pictures - existing ceuai-
fions. however. % any man Ia public life.
This peculiar misanthropiSt viii COM
mence a discussion on "a particular sub
Jet. talk eloquently about cur eo.In-
,ry." "our people "our fax. our ma
ton but will simply lead hia hearers
up the hill and there let them pswss
and by Implication gaze upon the darkest
ricture OF woe ard wrong that ever sfisz
20 the lot OF mortsls TO behold. lie does
not say the dark things thai his words
reflect. brit while he " drawing the very
b.igh. pictures OF things thst should b.
ne frnprfsses his audience with trs
thought that be Believes that eoadisssn
II things exists In this government that
Is yer5. very dark and gioony. % szy
the least.
Several women in Texas are making
success Of rsrrhIng One q them IL Mira
Pauline Whitman. who owns = ranch Of
za.0os acres in m. Panhandle There she
raises is 10 cattle annually.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-01-25
LETTER FROM SHERMAN GATES.
From Australia. Telling Of His Long
Travels

Matthias Gates Of ihss city has received
Z very entertaining letter from his son
Sherman Gates. now II Australia Shsr-
man lived for years II Wichita in fact.
was raised here. and Al account of his
recent travels VII interest many old-iirus
friends He writes.
sydney. y. : W. Oct :. tec
Dear Father-tt is : long tine siacs /
have written you and / do not blame
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-01-25
Has 4 NEW WORRY.
Uncle Sam Wants People 20 Let Bears
Afn-o

Uucle Sam has a new ana curious worry
row. 1t is 10 prevent persons from go
ing around and petting his big Wild bears
in the woods and feeding them with good
les
Funny as this is II Is true So true is
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-01-25
Goal Famine in Rawnee.

Guthrie. Q. T. Jan. "a report comes
from Pawnse that 4 coal famine is
threatening that city again and thst
even wood IS becoming scarce. Several
cars Of coal which are supposed TO be
on the way are past due. and are being
anNioUsly awaited. Thus Tar there has
been no suffering on accoun; Of the coal
scarcity, bst unless a supply IS received
within the next day or two the sttua-
ton viii be serious
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-01-25

The suhjusaiion OF the Indian has cost
sSsS.oaaee9 and his education Sis.0soee.
The bark of the giant redwood Of Cali
fornia is In some cases two feet thick.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-12-21

mitted into the presence OF his
majesty, the Com missioner,
where you take the thirty second
degree. You are there firmly
informed that it is to your inter.
est to let the matter drop. You
are given to understand that the
destiny of all homesteaders is
held in the hollow of the hand OF
the Commissioner, and that you
had better ''be good" or ven
gence will be Wreaked upon, you
and your posterity "foreve1
more, !" in the shape of contests
and protests. And confdentially
you may be given the tip that
his majesty, the Commissioner,
is a "bad man. and rthat upon
PROPAGATION he is liable to shoot
a hole into your bread basket
through which your immortal
soul will leak out and take flight
to "better land" if you insist
upon being dissatisfied with the
homestead you have been as.
signed.
Chances are that you will chose
one of two alternatives, number
among the missing" Qike "Sul-
livan,'' who has the unusual dis
tinction of being inquired for by
an affectionate mother) or let the
matter drop, either of which is
equally satisfactory to the Com
missioner and his gang.
There are u. S. Commissioners
who are on the square, but they
are few and far between.
Mr.. Funkley says that he is
going to do all he can to have
their rascality put into form of
formal charges and submitted to
the proper officials for investiga-
ton. This is somewhat difficult
on account of the reluctance of
publicity of many victims.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-12-21

after her. Miss Cyr at Tenstrike
is making good canvass, and it
is said that she has big bunch
of votes in reserve.
One of the surprising features
OF the vote today is the way Mrs.
Mary Balm of Blackjack has
forged to the front. Miss Mead
however is but few votes be-
hind her and the other Blackjack
candidates are making a good
showing.
The contest up the north line
is anybody's contest at present.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-12-21
Charter Commission Holds
Second Meeting and Settles
= Down to Work.
FIVE COMMITTEES APPOINTED
TO DRAUGHT CHARTER.
Much Vigorous Work Is Outlined
to be Accomplished
by Each.

The charter commission held
it's second meeting at the Office
of Clerk of Court Rhoda Satur-
day night, the various commit
tees to draught the charter were
appointed and the commission
will now settle down to active
work.
Roberts Rules of order have
been adopted to govern the de
alterations of the body and the
topics have been assigned to
committees as follows:
Wards and Election G.. E.
Carson, L. Fl. Bailey, r. M. NAL
zahn, r. w. Rhoda and NJ. d.
Stoner.
Executive, Legislative and Adj
ministratiye-L. II. Bailey, A. p.
White, G. r. Martin, Porter Nye
and Edwin Trask.
Police, Fire and Health-C. r.
Martin, e. L. Naylor, Geo. Nc
tTaggart, A. Gilmore and Yves
Wright.
Public Improvements and Tax
alton Porter Nye, Edwin Trask,
Matt Thome, G.. b. Carson and
M. D. Stoner.
Franchises and Ordinances
A. p. White, Edward Kaiser, l..
H. Bailey, r. w. Rhoda and M.
D. Stoner.
AS soon as the various com nit
tees have completed their labors
a meeting of the commission will
be called and the reports of each
will be adopted by the commits
sion. The commission must re-
port some time within the first
six months after it's organization,
but il may be allowed longer
time to draught a charter in the
event that it is found necessary.
There is a general disposition
to work together in harmony and
to give the ,>ity a charter that
will be every thing desirable. The
com mission will push the work
as fast as possible and the
charter will no doubt be ready
for submission at the spring
election.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-12-21
Inyincibles Defeated.

The much talked of whist
match between the Messrs.
Meyer and Wyler and the Messrs
Browne and George came off
yesterday afternoon at the whist
club before quite a crowd of
spectators. The invincibles
were given a very bad beating.
In sixteen boards they were
reversed eight points
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-12-21
Big Seat Sale.

The seat sale for "Ben Hur"
at Duluth has broken all records
and is the largest in the history
Of the city. Thursday people
stood in line for hours to secure
seats for the opening perform.
ance. The Pioneer has already
engaged the seats for it's popular.
ity parties. They are among the
best in the house.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-12-21
Seriously Sick.

G.. r. Wright, one of the sub
.stantial farmers of northern
Hubbard county, living near
Maltby is seriously i'll with pneu-
monia. He has been sick for sew
eral days and was taken worse
Saturday. Mr.. Wrightis seventy
two years Of age but it is hoped
that his vigorous constitution
will enable him to pull through.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-12-21
Work Resumed.

Work on the school house adj
dition, which was suspended by
Contractor Miller several days
ago, was resumed this morning
by a force of men acting under
the instructions from the school
board committee appointed to
look after the work. 1t is ex-
pected to have the addition com
pleted and ready for occupancy
by January 4.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-12-21
Invincibles Defeated.

The much talked Of whist
match between the Messrs.
Meyers and Wyler and the.
Messrs. Browne and George
came off yesterday afternoon at
the whist club before quite a
crowd of spectators. The irwin
cibles were given a very bad
beating. In sixteen boards they
were reversed eight points.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-12-21

Mabel Johnson of Turtle River
takes the lead today in the out of
town contest. Miss johnson is
showing great deal of strength,
but several contestants are close
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-12-21
Buy Blooded Stock.

A stock company of farmers in
this vicinity has been formed to
purchase the full blood Percheron
stallion ''Prince of Ballochmyle. =
The animal is one of the finest on
the N. P. Clark stock farm and
was brought to the city last
Saturday.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-12-21
Bar to Meet.

A meeting Of the local bar is to
be called in the near future to
consider the advisability of urg
ing on the charter commission a
clause in the charter providing
for the creation and maintenance
Of a municipal court There is a
difference Of opinion as to the
scope of the commission in the
matter and it is deemed advisable
to have the opinion of all the
local attorneys in the matter. {
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-12-21
Did Thirty Day Stunt.

John Irwin wound up a thirty
day stunt with the booze by
pleading guilty to charge OF
drunkenness in the municipal
court this morning. Irwin had
spent large sum of money on
the time and was in a terrible
condition when arrested yester-
day. He was very sick for a
time and a physician was sum
moned to give him relief. Irwin
was sent to the county jail for
ten days.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-12-21
Close Christmas Day.

An agreement has been reached
by the barber shops of the city
by which they will remain open
Thursday evening until 10 p. m.
and will close Christmas day at
noon.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-12-21
From an Ohio Minister.

Rev. G.. W. Hagants, of Clyde Ohio
says: 81 have used DR.. Warmers
White Wine of Tar Syrup for sore
throat, weak lungs, cough, cold, and
any diseases of the kind it surpasses
all other remedies. Many thanks to
the doctor for his valuable remedy. "
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-12-21
Blackjack Attorney Gives
the u. S. Commissioners
a Grilling.
HE. SAYS MANY OF THEN ARE
UNSCRUPULOUS.
SAGE Of Blackjack and Commits.
siOner Noble Have a Set to
Saturday Morning.

If Henry Funkley, the Black
duck attorney, is man of his
word. there will be interesting
developments in the u. S. Com
missioner business up country.
Mr.. FunkIey ordered o. S. Com
missioner Noble outof his office
at the end of a stove poker Satur-
day morning, with the distinct and
emphatic promise that his com
missioner methods would be
brought to light.
Mr.. Funkley claims that Noble
wanted him to advise land
seeker that in order to become
possessed of a certain homestead
he must pay Noble one hundred
dollars. This Mr.. Funkley re-
fused to do because the land
was already taken by another
party. Words and action fol
lowed with the result that Noble
beat a hasty retreat. Mr.. Funk
ley says that it is an open secret
that the commissioner business
is much abused, as in their
capacity as officials of the govern
ment these commissioners gain
the confidence of the land seeker
whom they victimize with their
many clever locating schemes.
Zone pet scheme, = said Mr..
Funkley, ''is to take the victim
out and show him a good piece of
land, tell him it is vacant, get a
large locating fee and let him file
and go home. When this home
steader returns to build on the
land some months later he finds
that his papers call for a tract OF
Doggy swamp and not the land
he was shown. .
ssAnother scheme that is said
to have worked to good advantage
is to have the US. Commissioner,
in addition to the dignity of his
office, also pose as a capitalist, in
company with a locator. The
locator offers to locate the victim
on valuable tract of tim Der land
for, say $3.50 locating fee. The
u. S. Commissioner-capitalist
steps up and says that he has
estimates Of this particular tract
and will pay $4,000 for the tim
Der as soon as title is obtained
from the government. And in
order to have the land applied
for at once he will pay $50 earn
est money to bind the bargain.
This looks like a sure thing and
the victim takes the $50 from the
commissioner capitalist, and to-
gether with 5000 of his own
money hands it over to the
locator so that he may acquire
title to this valuable tract. When
he goes upon the land that his
papers call for he finds it to be a
floating bogg on some heretofore
undiscovered continuation of Red
Lake, with no timber on it save
an occasional porcupine care
fully navigating through the
distant terra frma. ("
eyes, what does the Commits
sioner do when his rascality is
discovered, and you demand a
return of your money? Well, if
you are persistent enough run
the gauntlet of "side-kickers"
and the ordeal of the ''knock-out-
drops dispensary' you are ad-
= - ~ -
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-12-21
THINGSARE GETTING VERY HOT
UP AT BLACKDUCK.
Miss johnson of Turtle River
However Takes the Lead
Today.

While the vote today in Be
midi does notshow much change
several thousand votes have been
issued and all parties are prepar-
ing for the final struggle. Miss
Brannon drops out of the contest
today and it is understood that
she will lend her support to one
of the other candidates. The
fight is a three cornered one and
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-12-21

Outside towns:
Mabel Johnson, Turtle River. 2240
Mary Balm, Blackjack. 2O14
Miss Cyr, Tenstrike. 1866
Miss Mead, Blackjack ]. 1859
Letha Carleton, Blackjack. 1913
Mrs. Pacha, Blackjack. 936
Miss Craig, Kelliher 80. 936
Miss Leak, Blackjack .731
Ida Gumont, Tenstrike ZIP
ida Moen, Bagley .........624
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-12-21

the friends of each young lady
are fully determined that she
shall win.
There seems to be an impress
sion abroad that the successful
candidate will be limited in the
choice Of the three persons who
are to accompany her. This is
not SO. The fortunate winner Of
the contest may choose anyone
she pleases, old or young, male
or female. The Pioneer has alb
solutely nothing to do with the
matter except to register the vote
and pay the expenses of the
winner. y.
All Bemidji candidates who
have less than 5000 votes tomor-
row will be dropped from the
list.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-01
LOCAL BREVlTIES.

Gate City hive No. 9, Ladies' of the Mac
cabees, will give a social dance at the
Continental hall annex Tuesday evening.
June 2
Nell shannon for keeping an opium
Joint and Sam Majors, for patronizing the
stablishment are in Jail TO await a hear
Ing before Judge Berka.
Between and o'clock Sunday morning
someone pried open the back door OF the
saloon at Twelfth and Douglas streets and
robbed one Of the slot machines OF S m
pennies.
Frank Mclean, a guest at the Andrews
hotel, tells the police that. someone raidei
his saloon Saturday night and stole his
open-faced silver watch and $50 I'm cash.
Owing to the inclement weather. yes
terday aftern )on's meeting OF the PhilO-
sophical society, at which w. A. Foster
was TO read a paper on "Signs OF the
Times" was postponed
William u. Horne and Mrs. Horne living
at the intersection OF Tenth and Jones
streets, fought themselves into jail last
night. Mrs Horne got In the goods first
and William hadIto be patched on the top
OF his head.
Sam Thompson and Christian Thomson
both OF Council Bluffs were arrested YES
terday afternoon on charge OF being
drunk and driving recklessly. The horse
was taken TO JOness- barn TO await the
renppearance Of the two after their con-
ference this morning with Judge BeTk&
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-01
ATTACK FRENCH GOVERNOR
MoOres Invite Him to Visit Their
City and Then Fire on
His Party.

LONDON, May 31.-Advices from Algeria
report that M. Jonnart, the governor gen
eral, was attacked by nomads near Figuig
While journeying from Djennan- -Ed-Dar to
Beniounif with a large party. brisk
fusilade ensued, in which thirteen persons
were seriously wounded. NJ Jonnart was
not hurt.
Later dispatches from Beniounif shows
that the attack on the governor general
might have had the gravest consequences
M. Jonnart, who was recently appointed to
the governor generalship. was making a
tour of inspection.
Speaking at a banquet at Djennan- Ed
Oar Friday, he announced that a number
Of guns would be sent to the port to com
plete. its armament and concluded:
Actions speak louder than words and
we do not need to dissimulate. Without
encroaching on the domain Of diplomacy
We mean to enforce all of our rights and
resolutely to defend the honor of our flag -
Governor Jonnart left Djennan- Ed-Dar at
o'clock Saturday morning. Arriving near
Henaga pass, he was met by the ameer of
Figuig, who invited him to enter the
Senaga valley, a series of ravines. bogs
and dinicult ground The party advanced
to within 200 yards of Figuig and inspected
the town. all the walls of which were loop
holed and manned. The women in the town
raised loud cries
After observing the scene for some min
utes the party retraced It's steps along the
road toward the pass, but had proceeded
scarcely 800 yards when a shot was fired
from Figuig and this was speedily followed
by fusilade, which company Of French
sharpshooters. who were with the gov
ernor generals party. returned as well aa
the difhcult nature of the ground permitted
Governor Jonnart, with General O'Connor,
Senior Gerente, Deputy Aynard and others
OF the party reached the pass amid the
hiss of bullets, but they were uninjured.
Reinforcements meantime were sent from
Djennan- -Bd-Dar.
All the wounded belonged to the escort.
The ameer of Figuig expressed Indignation
at the attack and promised TO prevent a
recurrence of 1t, but II is doubtful whether
he has the means to enforce order. II is
reported that the attacking party num-
bered 600 and that II returned to FiKuig
with heavy losses several Moors having
been killed by the bayonet. Troops will
be sent to encamp In the Zenaga pass 10
endeavor TO capture the caravan raiders.
and an ultimatum has been sent threaten
ing to lombard Henaga and Fig1ig unless
the Moorish raids upon caravans in Fren N
territory cease. There is no doubt that the
incident will decide the French government
to police the border
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-01
wEARE eRAIN coMPANY.
Omaha Branch I1C-I11 Board of Trade
Building.

CHICAGO. May 3l.-Possibe restrictions
10 the grain movement caused by labor
troubles in different sections of the country
have had the effect Of curtailing the gem
eral interest in the speculative markets and
have given rise to waiting disposition
among the trade, as there are different
long drawn out strike and as TO whether
the troubles are not liable TO be settled
without long fight The weather has been
an important factor and where the rains
have not been too excessive crops all show
a marked improvement. Big stretches or
territory, however. have been so severely
drenched that replanting is necessary. The
speculative feature has been the eulmina-
tion OF the May operations which went out
without hurting any one, ana result, so ISr
supplies of choice No. ! northern in the
hands of those interested In the May
manipulation. Toward the end OF the week
there has been a noticeable increase In the
AMOUNT Of corn moving towards terminal
points and about next week the increased
moyement should be well under way:
advice TO our clients in any particular.
We still think well Of purchase Of July
believe that September sold outright above
7Oc will prove a profitable operation.
Corn we think cheap In all positions, but
now that II Is up around best figures, we
would be conservative in making our pur-
chases and on any sharp bulges secure part
of the profits, as We DO not look Tor a
runaway market either way, and oa Is
under SIC for July or under 3ic for the
September we believe good investment pur-
chases
ing passed under the control OF the pachnl
combine covered their short lard which
has been the feature Of the provision trade
this week We understand that at present
prices there Is a nice margin TO packers n
cutting hogs and as the price of product
is undoubtedly high we would not be sur
sions generally before long.
wEARE GRAIN COMPANY.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-01

SHEEP-There were no fresh arrivals of
sheep on hand this morning. For the week
receipts have been about normal for this
time OF the year. There is decrease OF
about $500 head as compared with last
week. but an increase OF about l.OOO head
as compared with the same week of last
year. For the month Of May there Is an
Increase as compared with the same month
OF last year amounting TO 1900 head. For
the year to date the Increase amounts to
over 1856, 900 head.
The quality OF sheep received here this
week has been very inferior. and as a
result Il Is difficult 10 tell much about
what choice grades would bring From
the action OF buyers and from the tendency
OF prices at other points. IL Is safe 70
quote ewes, wethers and yearlings of all
kinds fully a quarter lower. Common
lambs are also that much lower but
strictly choice lambs have held steady. As
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-01
EXILE FOR THE BULeARIANS
Turk Hopes Thereby to Restore
order I'm Albanian
Provinces.

LONDON, June 1.-Dispatches from Con.
stantinople TO the Times show that the
porte claims that the exile OF 100 Albanian
chiefs has restored tranquility. but the
Cskub correspondent OF the paper says he
expects further lighting in Albania. The
Turkish authorities propose to exile with.
out trial i0a leading Bulgarians from the
whole OF Macedonia. These exiles are
mostly schoolmasters and merchants OF
high standing and have been selected as
the most dangerous OF the 800 persons long
suspected OF being rinsleaders, who were
recently arrested there. There is a dis.
tinct "reminiscences OF hostilities on the
part OF the rebel bands and six conflicts
are reported from various directions. Large