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The Washington times., 1903-11-15
AUTHORITIES CANNOT
LIMIT ENTERTAINMENT
Corporation Counsel Advises Against
Granting Request OF Those Complain
ing Of True ReformeTs' Eall.

The District Commission, s and the
Police Department have no authority TO
limit the length of time for any enter
tainment IN the District, according to an
opinion submitted yesterday by Corpora
ito Counsel Duvall.
The opinion was submitted IN con-
nection with a complaint made by F.
H. Marble and other residents IN the
vicinity. OF True Reformers' Hall. at
the corner Of Twelfth and L Streets.
who stated that their rest had been dis
turbed during the early morning hours
for several weeks past. by yells and
noises alleged 10 have been made by
persons attending entertainments at this
hall.
The complainants asked that in grant
ing future permits for entertainments at
the hall the provision be inserted that
the entertainment should close at mid
night
The Washington times., 1903-11-15
CHOP SUEY SUNDAE.

The chop suey sundae is the newest
drink" said the white-clothed youth
behind the white marble bar Of the soda
water place. III mix you one for a
sample"
Since chop suey. the solid, IS made OF
onions, young bamboo, pork, celery and
chicken blood. the inqu1sitOr hesitated
about trying il In liquid form. But the
attendant. smiling, said;
The ingredients OF the real chop suey
of Chinatown are not used in the chop
suey sundae. The drink gets its name
because IL resembles chop suey in hue
II is, IN fact, black-black as midnight.
Il might be called "A nOcturne.'
The young man then made a chop suey
sundae He mixed together dates, figs
chocolate, and soda water. The drink.
when IL vas finished, looked Ike some
sort OF effervescent ink. In taste. how
ever. 10 was strange and pleasant
Philadelphia Record.
The Washington times., 1903-11-15
AN UNFORTUNATE NAME.

The new Pope, IN deciding to be known
as Plus. has assumed name which has
anything but a. fortunate record in the
history OF the papacy. The first Plus,
who ruled in the second century was
martyred. No Pope took the name again
for 300 years. The second Plus was
somewhat Of an adventurer in his lay
DAYS. and was poet laureate at Vienna
on becoming Pope he had TO face a re
bclIion In Rome. Plus III, ruled for a
fsys days ia 1893, and Is said to have
died frpm poiscn.-Boston Transcript.
The Washington times., 1903-11-15
BIG KANSAS WHEAT FARMS.

To the Eastern farmer. who Is con-
tent 20 farm his eighty" the farming
operations in Kansas seem too gigantic
for ordinary credibility. A wheat farm
OF Il thousand acres is a very common
sight In the Sunhower State. In Paw
nee county IN fact. the average farm is
about 1000 acres. although there are
many larger ones. To harvest the crop
from such farms. Of course, requires
the use Of most modern harvesting ma
chiuery upon a large scale. And a wheat
raiser may own several thousand acres
and not possess pillow or a harvester.
he contracts for all the work from the
time the ground IS plOwcd until the
grain Is delivered at the elrvator.-Chi-
caxo Record Herald
The Washington times., 1903-11-15
Mr.. HARPER'S BODY T0LIE
IN NATIONAL CEMETERY

Funeral services viii be held at ?
o'clock this afternoon over the bdy Of
Thomas II. Harper. who was stricken
with paralysis at the Peace Monument
Thursday and died few hosrs liter
The services VIII be held from the iesi-
dence OF his brother-in-Iaw, John T.
Chancey. at 221 / street northwest
Interment viii be at Congressional Cen
etery.
Mr., Harper was a native Of Baltimore,
having been born there IN 1887, He
served IN the ranks Of the Union army
through the civil war and after the
conflict had ended made his home in
Washington, He engaged In the con-
tracing business, and was awarded the
contract for some Of the large build
ings In the city. OF late years hs had
been employed at the Capitol
He is survived by a widow and EDWr
children
The Washington times., 1903-11-15
A SUBSTITUTE BLARNEY STONE

Blarney Castle is. OF course. ceIe-
brated because Of the wonderful stone
which has given a verb and noun 10
the English language, and which no
wise tourist leaves Erin without at
least once pressing reverentially 70 his
lips. Unfortunately. the real blarney
stone Is situated just below the parapet
Of the tower battlement. and IL Is Wits
pered that the difficulty and danger of
reaching il are so great that another
blarney stone was, long time ago,
substituted in a more convenient spot.
The verses originally written concern
ing the power OF this remarkable stone
are worth quoting. so quaint and so
typicauy Irish are they;
There Is a stone there that whoever kisses,
Oh, he never misses 20 grow eloquent:
IT'S De may chamber To- my lady's chamber,
OF become q member OF parliament
London Sketch
The Washington times., 1903-11-15
HORSEAEN VI VIEW
VIRGIA DRIVEWAY
Plan TempOTg Speedway
South of ltOmac.
GEN. MILES lSNTERESTED
Purpose Not to LOssight of PeTma-
nent ImprOvemenAccording to
Colonel SimorScheme.

In anticipation ofhe permanent
Speedway To be- built connection with
the Potomac drivewa after a favor
able report by Congre. owners Of fast
horses in Westinghouse now inter
ested IN the plan pr0p.d by the Road
Drives and Riders AsciattOn to have
a temporary track wine horses may be
speeded across the RI. on the Vir-
ginia side IL is conentIy expected
that the system of paing and drive
ways recommended Col T w
symoas. SuperintendC of Public
Buildings and Ground to be under
taken under an appropHion of $l60.0OO
will be approved, and lch TO the de
light OF horse owners, pvision Is made
in these proposed implements for a
speedway of the best ks
Want DrivewaNow.
Meanwhile. owners Of sod horses are
anxious TO secure thebest facilities
possible for the present,nd II was de-
Cided at a recent meetil OF the direc-
tors Of the Road Drive and Riders
Association TO take advaage Of an Of
fer that had been ma TO select a
temporary course on thVirginia side
For this purpose. at e instance Of
Gen. Nelson A. Miles, rsident of the
association, the member Of the board
and all other members Interested, to-
gether with many mObers of the
business Mems AssociDn. and citi-
zens generally who careo participate,
Will meet Tuesday muing at $50
o clock at the entrance to the New
Potomac driveway. Sevenenth and b
Streets and proceed there on horse
back over the driveway the parking
east of the railroad at Il intersection
OF the new road and he reclaimed
ground beyond the Long ridge.
To Look Over Curse.
The party viii cross GER into the
reclaimed ground now bng used by
the Department OF Agrmture, and
viii look over the cours thoroughly.
member of the Road Drisrs' Associa-
ton said yesterday that here was a
stretch of fully two mileson the Vtr-
ginia side which is admirably suited
for a temporary track. which the
horses could speed up a it, and fur
thermOre. the road, he sad, could be
pat into excellent shape at only a
trihing expense. It Will be dirt course,
and is so level that fas line can be
made on it.
The horsemen, however, az, of course,
particularly anxious that III permanent
speedway recommended by bloneI Sym
ons as part Of the plan forbeautifying
and improving the city be built. and
they are confident that IL isone Of the
most important plans 20 beat fy Wash
ingtOn that has been brougt up IN re-
cent years. The speedway i TO be one
and one-quarter miles lone and viii
connect the Potomac drivewy through
Georgetown with the presnt Rock
Creek Road.
The plan is 90 make ystem Of
driveways and parks all the ,ay to the
National Observatory Grouns, In all
a distance of about fifteen miles of
country drives. Much has bee done fl
driveway improvements alread, and the
work viii he kept up.
The Washington times., 1903-11-15
mbers Added to the Century Catslogue.

The "DrOOp.'
Five years ago believed we could produce a
plano which in points durability could be
classed strictly hieh-grade hrst-cass instrument
Today than convinced this effect,
and If you piano possessing those qualities
satisfy the musician. LET Us TELL YOU ABOUT THE
INSTRUMENT which the years experience
and knowledge of the essentials entering piano
The DrOOp Piano Is Made for Us
And after patterns.
FULLY WARRANTED.
Only One PriC0-S4OO.
Among others using Droop Pianos are:
Mr.. Reginald DeKOven. Academy Visitation.
Georgetown.
renee Holy Cross Academy,
Prof. John s. Zimmerman Massachusetts,
The Washington times., 1903-11-15
THIRD FLOOR.

By arrangement with music cutters, all
'Ceciiian' rolls, excepting the $500 ones,
sold at one-hah price.
Cecilian Circulating Library Until
Jan. Ist. $40 yearly; after that, SIS.
Send for circulars.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-01
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Overflow From the Wires in Con
densed Form.

Overflow From the Wires in Con-
densed Form.
Four persons were seriously injured
and others narrowly escaped death
from fire in a fat building in Kansas
City.
The Turkish consul general at Mar
settles, M. Gaetanki, died suddenly
while preparing to give great feast in
honor of the sultan.
Johnnie Regal, bantam, Of Brooklyn,
and Abe Atell, feather-weight Of San
Francisco, have been matched to figtt
before the West End club at St Louis
Sept. 80 for the Legitimate feather
weight championship Of the world, IL
pounds, ringside.
Gen Giovaninelli died at Sc .c1,
after an illness lasting two days. Tie
general distinguished himself during
the French campaign in Mexico IN
1868 as a lieutenant. He went ttlraasl
the entire siegs, of Metz in 1870 and
commanded a regiment in Tonkin III
1884.
Fred Bonge, one of the best known
newspaper men from New York to the
Middle West, died in Superior, Wis.,
of typhoid pneumonia Mr.. Bonge went
to the head of the lakes from Chicago
last winter. He has done work on the
New York, Chicago and Twin City
newspapers.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-01
THE MARKETS.
Latest Quotations From Grain and
Live Stock Centers.

i've Stock CenterS,
ST Panl sent - Wheat - No. 1
Northern s50087c: No p Northern.
S30S5c: No 3. 91mS3c. no grade. III
s0D75c. Corn-No. 3 yellow, 53c; No. 9,
50 1-2c; No. a. sic; no grade, 4704Sc.
Rye-No. Q. $50 40 1-2c.
l hard, S6 $40; No. / Northern, So SAC;
No. 2 Northern, SO 1-2c.
Duluth, Sept l. Wheat II No. /
hard, 81 Sic; NO. 1 Northern, 81 3-4c;
No. 2 Northern, 80 SAC; fax, s1.oo ~;
oats. rs 18c; rye, SEC; barley. 35057c.
Milwaukee. Sept. L. Wheat no.
| Northern, SGMS0c; No. 2 Northern.
S3MS7c. Rye - No. /, SO 10 a sic
Barley No. 2. 6oc. Oats, 32lz2- q
SIC. Corn, so 5-SM5O 3-4c
Chicago, Sept 1. Wheat = No.
2 red, 81 1-2c; No 3 red, Sic; No 2
hard winter, S0@so 1-2c: NO. 8 hard
winter, 7a@sOc; No Northern
spring. 9oc; No. 2 Northern spring.
SIC; No. 3 spring, 83c Cash Corn
No. 2, 81 Ia a 81 1-2c; No. 3, 81 %
81 1-2c. Cash Oats-No. 2, 32@31 l-2c:
No. 8. 81 81 032 Lac.
Sioux City. Iowa, Sept. l. - Cattle
- Beeyes, 81 q S; COWS, bulls and
mixed ". 5OM4; stockers and feeders,
S2.5O@S.1O; calves and yearlings, $3.50
g2.9U hogs, 95.O5@5.25 bulk, $5.1a
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-01
POWERS FOUND GUILTY..
Former Kentucky State Official Sen
fenced to Die.

IcnCcQ TO OIc.
Georgetown, Ky, Sept. 1.-The jury
in the case of ex-Secretary of State
Caleb Powers, charged with compile
ity in a conspiracy of the murder .o{
Gov. William Goebel in 1900, found
the defendant guilty and i1qp6sed the
death sentence. Powers vas vas sentenced
to IMPRISONMENT 2or life in his two
i former trials. was on motion tnat
ne secured neF trials each time. This
Vefulc1 has6aused great excitement
among ~AK friends Of other defendants
IL these cases. Special Judge Robbins
overruled a motion for the granting of
new trial to Powers. FIe then passed
the sentence Of death. After a state
ment from the prisoner OF 81 am not
guilty, Judge the court fixed Nov. %,
1903, as the day for the execution.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-01
ing IN 1eu oe JOE, and the shots
were not directed with design against
the United States vice consul, Mr..
Magelsson.
HAS MILLIONS NOW.
Bishop Potter's stepson Gets His Big
Fortune,

Coopers town, n. Y, Sept. 1.-Stev-
enson E Clark. sterson Of Bishop
Henry G, Potter. became of age yes
terday. b. the terms of the will of
his grandfather, Edward S. Clark, and
the devise made by his father, Alfred
Corning Clark, Mr.. Clark now comes
In possession of about $4,000, 900, large
ly made by the Singer Sewing Machine
company Mrs. Potter gave a ball in
honor Of her son The latter is to
enter Harvard law school in Septeln-
ber
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-01

HAVING finished his course of
lectures on Russia at the uniyer
sity Of Chicago, Professor Paul
Milyoukov is about to return
home with the agreeable ex-
pectation of being arrested and
imprisoned as soon as he gets
there. DR.. Harper, it is to be
hoped, pays his Russian lecturers
well, comments the Springfield
Republican.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-01
A Great Railway.

The Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul.
Railway owns and operates all equip
ment on its 5000 miles of road, includ-
ing Sleeping Cars, Parlor Cars and
Dining Cars, maintaining an excel~,
way in the world.
It's Daylight Expresst making directs
connections at ST. Paul and Mime
apolis with morning trains from the
North and West) leaves Minneapolis
1850 a. m. and St. Paul $50 a. M,
daily. reaching Milwaukee 700 p. M
and Chicago 9:25 p. m. same day.
This train is electric lighted, carries
new Coaches of latest type. Observa-a
tion Buffet Parlor Car, and Dining
Car serving supper.
Its No. connecting at St. PAUL
and Minneapolis with the fast trans
continental lines fro M the coast leaves
Minr eapolis 5:25 p. m. and ST. Paul.
600 p. N. daily, reaching Chicago3
200 O'Clock next. morning, at whlcha
pOin, direct connections are made With
all trains for the East and South.
This train is electric lighted, carries5
modern Coaches. first class StandardS
Sleeping Cars, and Dining Car serv-s
ing supper. Il
Famous Train of the World-leaves
Minneapolis 500 p. m. and St. Paul
S:35 p. M, reaching Milwaukee ZOO
and Chicago $50 next morning. This
train is brilliantly lighted by elecyi
tricity, inside and out, and carries
Compartment Sleeping Cars, Standard
Sleeping Cars, Buffet Library Smokx
ing Car, Free Keeling Chair Carl
modern Coaches, and Dining SRE
seruing Breakfast a Ia carte.
equipment composing the Pioneer
the costliest and handsomest in the.
world. .
In purchasing your tickets to the
East or South, request your home9
ticket agent to route you via the Chi3
cago, Milwaukee 4 ST. Paul Ry. from
ST. Paul.
For folders, maps and lowest rates.
to all points. write to W. B. DIXON, I
Northwestern Passenger Agent, 4
ST. Paul. Minn-l
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-01
Saw Eouad IN His Cell.

Pierre, S. D.. Sept IA search Of
the cell of William Kunnecke. the
man who is being held on murder
charge. was made, ana a 1T It were
found saw made. ST ar old caseknife,
a stove poker: a large bottle and a
stick Of W@Gd. KunaeclSe has made
one effGrt to escape and is being
WATCHED, but had managed to secure
these articles by some means.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-01

TWO SISTERS DROWNED.

Father Attempts to Ford Stream and
Wagon Upsets.
Dickinson. N. D., Sept. MARY and
Christina. daughters Of Anton Hacalel,
aged fifteen and eighteen respectively,
were drowned in the Hart river near
here. Not realizing the swollen con-
dition of the stream, the father at
tempted to ford with his team. The
wagon collapsed i'll about ten feet of
water and the girls went under.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-01
viii. WORK Among Chinese Girls.

Williams Bay, Wis. Sept. L, ~ The
Young Women's Christian association
was addressed by Miss Martha Ber-
minger, who will sail this fall4sfor
Shanghai, China, as an extension
worker for the city associations of
Grand Rapids and Detroit. She will
work among the girls in the factories
of China.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-01
THERE ARE NO NEW DEVELOP.
MENIs in CASE OF CONSUL
MAGELssEN.

Salonica, Sept. 1. - The Bulgarian
insurgents sustained a severe reverse
! at Smilovo Friday, one thousand Of
them being killed
The insurgents to the number Of
5000 occupied position on height,
which was stormed by six, -battalions
Iof Turkish troops commanded by
Servet Pasha After losing 1000 Of
| their number the Bulgarians fled in
the face of the heavy Turkish artillery
fire. The Turkish losses were insig-
nifcant.
Reports of New Risinss.
Sofia, Sept. 1-Dispatches received
tir and Adrianople reveal an equally
unsatisfactory condition OF affairs IN
I Macedonia. From Salonica comes re-
| ports Of new risings. At Monastir the
Insurgents az said to be masters of
the situsyion. kilograms from Adrian
! ople declare that the insulrgent bands
are continuing their ravages.
A new outbreak is reported to have
+ occurred in the enyirons of SaloDica
and several skirlnishes have==taken
place between Gievgyeli and Salonlca
and there has also been a fight near
Edidjaverda, both sides losing heavily
! In the district between kastoria and
Florina, south of Monastir, the insur-
gents have destroyed AL the for fed
residences of the wealthy Beys. A
notorious brigand narled Abdul Medjid
recently delivered a harra-.eue to tine
inhabitants of Tetovo, telling them to
prepare themselves to slaughter all
the Bulgarians upon the first appear
ance of revolutionary bands in the
!, neig hborhood. @4.-.s
Warships Sail for Beirut.
Washington, Sept. l. Oth.r than
nouncing his departure with the cruls-
ers Brooklyn and San Francisco for
Beirut there were no developments in
the Turkish situation yesterday SO far
as Washington is concerned No adj
ditional information came from United
/ hay saying he had not heard from our
minister to Turkey since Saturday
, morning.
i The orders to Admiral Cotton to
proceed to Beirut will not be canselled
| it is officially stated unless the presi-
dent so decides. Such an order at this
time, however. apparently- will not
avail anything, as the admiral is now
on his way to Turkey.
The gunboat Machias left Genoa
/! yesterday. The cruisers are much
faster than the gunboat and Admiral
Cotton cabled that he expected they
,, would reach Beirut by Friday next.
Anarchy Reiens Supreme.
London, Sept. 1.-The salonied cor s5i.
}respondent7of the Daily Mail d6scr Des
| the situation in MacedoniRa as being
one of the utmost gravj q" The insur-
gents are eyerywherg increasing in
numbers a9ydd. flo1lf their own against
the ottsnan soldiers. Anarchy reigns
supreme. asserts the correspondent,
Me vast Turkish army being complete
ly out of control and eating UP the
\ country. In few weeks famine must
ensue. causing untold misery. Any
outrage in the city Of Salonica now
| would turn the Turks into soldiers and
! the populace into wild beasts. The
country west OF the River Varda to-
ward the vi'ayet of Monastir is ex-
pected to rise daily
Merely a Ecu de Joie.
London, Sept. The Sofa cores
pondent OF the Times telegraphs that
! it is explained that the Beirut affair
was merely a wedding party indulg-
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-01
Panic at a Picnic.

Racine, Wis. Sept. In a panic at
the first annual picnic of the butchers
of Racine, held at Sunnyside Park yes
terday, four persons We're injured by a
mad steer, which broke loos and ran
through a crowd CT 1000 people, A
hundred or. more persons We're
knocked down and many women
tainted
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-01
coIonizins Dunkards in Idaho.

Idaho Falls, Idaho, Sept. III. G..
Wagner of Illinois. and Rev. G. e.
Lowell Of Unionville, Iowa, who are
in this city with a view to selecting
land for a colony of Dunkards, have
decided on a site on the bank of the
Snake river, a few miles from hera
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-01
Scratched bY a Cat.

La Crosse, Wis. Sept. |. = The
scratch OF a cat has caused blood
poisoning, from the effects of which
Ray Higgins is in very dangerous
condition. The arm is swelled to
twice its normal size. Medical attend
ants ag.ee the case is most serious
one
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-01
THREE ARE DROWNED.
Rowboat Containing Party capsizes
an White Rear AXE

On White Bear Lake.
ST. Paul, Sept. 1.-Wilfred Carlson
and his wife and Seth Johnson were
drowned last evening in White Bear
lake. The boat in which they were
rowing toward shore is supposed to
have been tipped over through care
Ilessness and all three sank before
their friends could go to the rescue.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-01
YOUTHFUL MURDERER.
Poisons His Stepmother in an Effort
TO Kill His Stepaunt

Norfolk, Va, Sept. John D. Dey,
aged thirteen, white, has confessed
that he put strychnine in a glass of
water which his stepmother drank
She supposed it to be dose of salts.
Mrs. Dey died an-hour after drinking
the poison. The boy declared that he
intended the poison for his stepaunt,
who had been visiting the Dey house
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-01
Austrian Gunboat Sinks.

Cadiz. Spain. Sept 1.-The Austrian
gunboat Siberia has foundered Off this
port Eleven of her crew were saved
by a French transatlantic liner.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-01
Live Wire Kills Two.

Beaver, Pa, Sept. J. A live wire
fallen from a pole of the Beaver Valley
Electric Power company cost two lives
near here yesterday on the farm Of
John Galley. at Windy Ghoul
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-01
Meet at TIE HAGUE Sept. I.

The Hague, Sept. lit is officially
announced that the arbitration court
for the Venezuelan claims will assem-
BILE Sept. I
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-01
RAILWAY COMPANY

RAILWAY COMPANY
Provides the best train service be-
tween Blackjack, Bemidji, Walker
and intermediate stations and Mime
apolis, ST. Paul, Fargo and Duluth
and all points eastl id west. Through
coaches between Blackjack and the
Twin Cities. No change of cars.
Ample time at Brainerd for dinner.
TIME CARD