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The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-10-19
IOWA PIONEER DEAD.
A. c. Fulton Passes Away at The Age
Of Ninety-two.

Davenport, Ia. Oct. IA. c. Full
ton, one of the pioneers of Davenport,
died Friday. aged ninety-two. He was
born in Chester county, Pennsylvania,
and in his youth went to New Orleans
and engaged in the shipping business.
In 1885 he organized the New Orleans
Grays, a company of 800 Of the best
young men in New Orleans, and led
them against Santa Ana, the Mexican
dictator. He went to Davenport in
1912 and was connected with nearly
all the improvements that brought
railroads and business enterprises to
the young city of that day. During
the Civil war he earned the personal
thanks of Simon Cameron, secretary
of war, for the mass of detailed infor
nation about the city of New Orleans
which he supplied the war depart
ment. He was member of the Iowa
legislature in antebellum days.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-10-19

APRoPRos Of the silence of Bob
Dunn we quote from the Prince
ton Union:
ssThe publisher of the Union is
not a millionaire. He cannot at
ford to indulge in the luxury OF
thirteen months active political
campaigning. At the proper
time his friends can rest assurec
that they will hear from then
and he will not disappoint him.
Bob Dunn's silence is most elo
quent!
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-10-19
Fred Beauteau Claims to
Have Been Robbed
of $1OS.
TELLS DRAMATIC STORY TO
CHIEF BAILEY.
Went to Bed Sober Saturday
Night. Money Gone Sunday
Morning.

Fred Beauteau, "a lumberman
who is we'll known in the city
yesterday reported to the police
department. that he had beer
|'robbed Of $1O8 last Saturday
night. Il tell you Mr.. Bailee, !
said Beauteau, yesterday after
noon, II am poor man, but Sl0s
she lef me las mite
Beauteau wasyery much dis
concerted by the loss. His story
of the affair is to the effect that
he is in the employ of the S. A.
Gray Lumber Company as a
teamster and together with an.
other man he arrived in the city
Saturday morning with two cars
Of horses which are to be used
by the Gray company at some OF
their camps north of this city.
The Gray Co.'S agent had en-
trusted him with $3.50 to get. the
the stock through from Edgely,
N. D., from which point they
were shipped. Beauteau confes-
ses thai he some times gets in
toxicated but solemnly ayers
that he was in a sober condition
when he went to bed at the
Thompson hotel on the lake front
at a late hour Saturday night.
He wore two pair of trousers
and they money was in a pocket
in the inside garment. He count
ed it before he went to bed,
securely locked his room and re-
tired to dream of Quebec and the
st. Lawrence, where he got his
start as a lumberman many years
ago. Sunday morning when he
awoke, his room door was open
and the $108 "she had left" ac-
cording to Mr.. Beauteau's best
story Of the affair.
Landlord Thompson says he
knows nothing of the occurrence
and states that he does not be-
lieve Beauteau ever had that
much money. Beautesu sticks
to Bae story, however, and as
serts that he was robbed at the
hotel. The police are investigat-
ing, but have absolutely no clue
to the theft, if any was commit
ted, at present. The agent Of
the Gray Company is expected
to arrive in the city tonight and
will probably be able to throw
some additional light on the
affair.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-10-19
PERJURY is CHARGED.
Commander of Colorado Militia in Sc
rious Predicament.

Denver, Oct. 19-The charges on
which Brigadier General John Chase
of the Colorado national guard has
been summoned before military
court are perjury and disobedience of
orders. The perjury is in connection
with the Imprisonment of Davis, one
of the strike leaders at Cripple Creek.
General Chase signed court papers
which stated that Davis had been re-
leased. His friends say he did not
read the papers carefully and com
mitted the, act Inadvertently. His
enemies say that is no excuse for the
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-10-19
A CERTAIN Mr.. Yost of Mich

!. A CERTAIN Mr.. Yost of Mich
gan was in Minneapolis Saturday
and conceived a mighty respect
/ for the Minnesota football team.
After the game was over and q
TO DIN favor of Minnesota had
been recorded Yost' hurried up,
home to 81 put ii a { few extra ticks
before matching his Wolverines
against the husky gophers.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-10-19
BRITISH MINERS WARNED.
sennsylvas,ia Operators Adve rtising
ter Men Abroad.

ICE FviCTl wSAUl CeO
indianapolis, Oct. 19.-The follow
ny -cable9ram has been sent BY VIII
lam E. Wilson, secretary of the Unit
ed Nine Workers of America to Sec
Rotary APiekard of the British Fedora
ton of Miners, Secretary Wilson of
the Durham Miners association and
President Abrahams Of the Welsh
Miners association:
British miners being deceived by
Advertisements for miners at Els
worth, Pa. Statements in advertise
ments false. Government officials in
vestigating. Possibility that miners
who have come may be deported.
Warn Miners
This eablegram was sent on ac-
count of attempts the miners say the
operators at Ellsworth, Pa, have made
In order to get miners for their mines.
Advertisements have, been posted
throughout England asking for miners
to work at the Ellsworth mines In
these advertisements is the pr omise
of $1G3 month for the miners A
number of Eng lish miners, 1t is GATED,
have been attracted by these adver-
tisements, signed contracts with the
operators and come to this country,
whore they are now working at the
Ellsworth mines The attention Of the
United States immigration bureau has
been called to these miners having
been brought to this country under
contract.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-10-19
< " Bits From x V
B e ltr O. m

A Wabano Lake young woman
pursued by moose Skinned up
a tree and calmly used her kodak
to advantage during the two
hours it took for the animal to
become discouraged and leave
for home. It is much to be re-
GREETED that the limitations of
the situation made it impossible
for the young woman to appear
in any of the kodak views.
A Tenstrike man recently made
away with Two barrels ofWhiskey
and what little he couldn't drink
was found on the floor in the
morning.
The Rainy River Region gives
notice that it will refuse to pub
fish ice cream notices alter Nov
ember |.
Curfew will ring tonight and
every other old night at Black
duck.
The three weeks old Kelliher
Post/i is a likely infant.
It seems 1l1atjt has rained up
at M;zpah.
BRITISH MINERS WARNED.
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-12-25
Appropriate to the Dav.

TO the Christmas dinner let us
bring every good and wholesome,
thought, kind hearts and the spirit OF
happiness. Let us call to us at that,
lhailowed hour the memory of loved,
pnes not with us now, whether thew
tbe dead or living; let US give a,
thought to the hayward, to the prisi
cner, about whose very cell the broad.
charity OF to-day twines a piece of,
molly; TO the sick who lie on hospitaE
beds at this hour; to the men In,
khaki who bear the flag In our far.of,
tropic isles. and who may only dream,
tonight OF the snow and home cheer,
they cannot share; to those on the sea
IN peril among the winter storms of
Jake and ocean; to the babes lust,
breathing the first breath of life
christmas gifts indeed for pale. happy,
mothers; to the aged who realize that
christmas and death are coming very
close together about them; to the men
VINO labor In our great forests where
the snow banks up high among Gods
own christmas trees; to all, men and
women n little children, shut ont IN
any way from the cheerful glow of the
nome nre, or who, having homes. NAV
nave put little fire to burn.
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-12-25
The children's Christmas,

IL we are TO keep Christmas day ft
for the children it must be full of sim.
pie enjoyment. 1t is not the elabo
rate celebration that counts. Better n
stocking with popcorn, nuts, raisins
and apples, and a rollicking good TINA
over it. than a conventional party o,
a gorgeous tree and a cross family
In ono Of the magazines last year there
was an amusing story Of the Christ,
mas celebration prepared for two or
three children by their admirinc
grandparents, aunts and uncles. Com,
plicated and expensive toys were i'm
profusion. There was a beautiful tree
but the grown.ups were the oneJ
who enjoyed all this, and the littlo
boy retired to the servants quarteri
for a sensible conversation with thu
man, who had given him the one pres
ent that was valued.
After all, nothing in the world haJ
the same mysterious charm that in.
vests the knobbed, unwieldy stocking.
You feel of it, and pinch IL gingerly as
1t lies on the bed, and imagine what
the various lunches are. The very
stocking lends itself to prolong the
uncertainty. How it mufies its con.
tents! 1t opens unexpected depths
n swallows the particular article
you were lingering. 1t twists itself
about reluctantly when you try e,
hurry out a bulky object that o are
almost bursting to see. But in the
end 1t is all ours for inspection and
consumption.
A stocking does have this advantage
over a public tree that it does not
force on the youthful mind the sharp
lines drawn by the possession Of
worldly goods. Many a poor little
Eve has coveted. seeing that the fruit
OF the tree was exceeding fair, only to
be old that Jennie Jones father and
mother haven't so many little girls
and boys TO get presents for as your
father and mother"-as IL that were
ANY fault Of hers!
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-12-25
Csuss of Typhoid Epidemic

DR.. George A. Soper, OF New York,
q sanitary expert, engaged by the En-
gineerfng News to investigate the
typhoid epidemic at Butler. Pa. and
It's causes, will report that the epi-
demic has by no means attained its cul-
mination. about SO per cent of the
cases not having the critical stage.
The epidemic which he regards as the
most severe II OF typhoid OF recent
record. he attributes to the suspension
OF the mechanical alteration of the
city water supply. The report saws
that b water for the town is OBJ
tained from surface sources and is
usually treated by mechanical dItera-
ton. but that during changes in water
works plant unfltered water from
ConQuenssing creek was supplied
from October 20 to November 9. the
epidemic starting on November s. In
three weeks there were 1000 cases and
up to December IA. 1,247 cases and
nty-one deaths had been reported In
vestigation Of the drainage areas
showed the existence of numerous
sources Of pollution and particularly
the occurrence Of cases of typhoid on
the banks Of C~onoQuessing since July.
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-12-25
NOTHING NEW IN SIGNS.
Custom Of Marking Business Houses
Goes Back to Ancient Greece.

The custom OF marking a business
house by means of a sign Is OF very
ancient origin. says December st.
nicholas. In the great cities OF the
East and among the ancient Egyp-
tians such a practice must have been
unnecessary, as all trades were classi-
fed and confined to certain sections
of the city, and then all wares were
exposed to full view, as they were
displayed in open booths.
The history of Grecian sign boards
is meager. yet the allusion of Aristo.
phanes and Lucian TO sign boards war;
rants our belief in their use by the
Greeks. Athenaeus tells us He hung
the well.known sign in front of his
house"
Advancing to Roman times, there is
abundant evidence Of signs, as the
discoveries of Pompeii and Hercula
neum amply testify. In the Eternal
City some of the streets derived their
names from signs; just as hundreds
of London streets have been so named
The Roman street "Vicus Ursi Pileati'
was named from the sign, for, as the
name indicates, il was the street Of
THE Bear with the Hat on" But it
was not until late in the fifteenth
century that the custom gained a
footing in England. first Of all among
the taverns and ale houses. Later
came the necessity of distinguishin,
between certain shops. brought about
by the fact that the houses were not
numbered, and the people could not
read word signs even If they had beeu
lettered in gold.
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-12-25

desired. II was an institution peculiar
TO the South, peculiar not in being con-
fined to those sections, but peculiar in
the manner in which II was o n
Quoted. For husking bees have been
l.nown in New England since the
mind OF man remembers and Indian
corn has been gathered.
When a "co'n shuckin'" was decided
upon notices were sent out TO the
slaves of all adjoining plantations stat
ing that on a certain night Judge S.
or Squire b. would give u corn shuck.
ing OF 80 many thousand bushels. and
that all colored people, male and fc-
male, were invited to attend. Great
preparations were made by ole
massa" and "ole missus" for this
event. for, while he expected a good
Lights work in the shape of wagon
loads of yellow corn. pleasure was to
be the main part of the program.
Supper was always provided on n
large scale, and generally consisted of
two or three roasted pigs, turkeys,
chickens, with side dishes of vegeta.
bic in equal proportion. Bushels of
sweet potatoes were baked. boiled and
fried, and hundreds of rich golden
pumpkin pies were turned out of the
ovens. done TO "a mountaineering
brown.
a band of musicians was engaged.
for no con shuckln'" would be com.
plete without il. On those nights
negroes worked not happily save 10
the twangling of the banjo and wall.
ing OF the fiddle.
A corn shucking always lasted three
nights continuously on one ~Isantation,
and then the negroes moved on to the
next, where three more were devoted
to the corn of the owner. and so on
until all the maize Of the n~eighbor.
hood had been husked.
About twilight the darkies began TO
arrive from all over the country. The
boys clad In their suits Of Jeans.
with that pride Of the darky's heart.
his "longtailed, claw.hammer blue"
Every negro who made %pretensions to
being anybody possessed one-in
more or less conditions of wear.
The female portion Of the gathering
was coquettishly dressed in linsey
woolsey frocks, with their heads tied
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-12-25
The Omaha Trading Sta mn War

The trading stamp fight in Omaha
has become q fast one. aid every mer-
chant has lined himself up on one side
or the other. Those merchants who do
not use the stamps have threatened to
boycott every jobber who sells to the
business firms using them unless they
Insist on cash and on the buyer send
Ing his wagon to the jobbing house
for goods. One of the large depart
ment stores. which use the stamps has
experienced the most trouble. and has
gone SO far. it is said, as to have IA
Sioux City jobber furnish groceries TO
the store and establish a branch In
Omaha. For this large firm the state
ment IL made that it wishes to do it's
buying In Omaha as far as possible, but
will insist on doing business in any
manner 1t sees fit. and will go to Chi
cago and other cities for goods IL forced
to do so. :
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-12-25
REYENUELAWYALID
Unanimous Opinion Given by the
Supreme Court
AS A n o LAW is GOOD
No. Objections to Law Of Such In port %
TO Require Declaration Of Whole OF
Part Of Act Unconstitutional

without stopping to pass on any
particular, section of the new revenue
law, the Nebraska supreme court has
given an opinion holding that the act
Al a whole is a constitutional express
sion OF the will OF the Legislature. The
court likewise refuses to give direc-
lions TO tax officers as to the manner
In which they shall enforce the law for
the reason that the court Hoes not de-
eide matters until specific suits are
brought.
As TO the provisions for taxing for
cign insurance companies. the court
says the state may impose whatever
conditions IL desires upon foreign cor
porations seeking to do business in
this state. Regarding sections IS and
81, relating to life. Ore and accident
companies. 1t was charged that a dis
crtpination Is made in favor of do
mesttc companies. without stopping
to corstrue the two sections. the court
suggests that II the foreign companies
are dfscriminated against they may
secure redress by q proper action and
that they might successfully contend
that the sections are invalid and I'm
b . event the law must be enforced
wAhou them. In any view OF the
matter the court says h is not required
by sound reason or legal necessity to
deoSase tho whole law invalid.
IL 10 suggested by the court that It
isteH A<tser that the citizen prejudiced
by the operation OF the law be re-
Quired to bring proceedings in court
than that the very life of the govern
meft should be imperiled.
IT Is SUFFICIENT TO say nj this time"
says Che court, that no objections to
h Law have been ralsed of such seri-
Gus import az to require us TO declare
ne whole act unconstitutional. As a
Who'll, w believe the law to be n good
one and TO have been framed with the
object OF reaching all property in this
STATE ana impose upon all taxable
property ~ due share of the public
burden. That 1t may fail in some in
seenses does not require US 10 con
denan II a. Q whole, and the writs ap-
plls0 Tor are accordingly denied"
Chief Justice S%ullivan's name is at
ttehed to the opinion of the court
which Ia concurred in by Judge Hol-
comb and Judge Sedgwick. making it
tho unanimous decision Of the court.
hnotRer opinion sustaining the law
oease The mamie Of Commissioner Duff
- concurred in by Commissioner
3kletfiNk aYd Letton. was also filed.
pue thAs mas no effect, being fled mere
y oy tho courtesy OF the court as a
mark or respect to the commissioners
who recently heard argument in the
case and wrote opinions which were
placed before the court for adoption,
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-12-25
ST. Joseph Gets Convention

The general committee of the young
peoples Christian union of the United
States met al Braddock. Pa. and spent
the time in mapping out work for the
union during the coming year and in
arranging for the biennial national
convention next July. Delegates from
Buffalo. Philadelphia. Lincoln. Neb.. St.
Joseph. Mo. and Cedar Rapids. la.
were present 10 urge the selection OF
their cities for the next biennial con-
vention. st. Joseph was selected after
all the conditions Of the committee.
were met. The convention will be held.
from June 20 10 July 3 and about four
thousand delegates will be present. II
was decided that the characteristic
portion OF the program for the on
vention should be evangelistic and mis-
sionary.
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-12-25
The Day for Resolutions.

The first day of the new year. What
an hour for resolutions; what a mo,
ment for prayer! II you have sins in
your bosom. cast them behind Won
now. In the last year God has blessed
us; blessed us all. On some his angels
waited, robed in white, and brought
new joys; here a wife to bind men
closer yet to Providence; and here n
child. a new Messiah. sent to tell Of
innocence and heaven. To some his
angels came clad in dark livery, veil.
ing a joyful countenance with unpro.
pitious wings, and bore away child.
father, sister, wife or friend. Still
they. were angels of good Providence,
all Gods own; and he who looks
Alright finds they also brought a bless,
ing, but concealed and left it, though
they spoke no word of joy, One day
our weeping brother shall find that
gift and 1t as a diamond on his
breast.-Exchange
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-12-25
Tho AHof Sea DryIax Up

The sea Of Azof is disappearing and
remarkable enc are in course of en-
actment. At Taganrog the waters
have .receded to such an extent during
the last i've days that the bed OF the
sea Is visible for a distance of thous-
ands of feet. High winds hurled clouds
of sand shoreward. covering the town
Vessels are lying high and dry and
the greatest confusion prevails in the
harbor. Work In the factories has had
70 be reduced to a minimum owing to
lack Of water.
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-12-25
L.ouI=iasa whits-Cappers VII, Paw

The Louisiana supreme court has
given damages In the sum of Sc. 900
eaoh to Peter Warner, Reuben Brown.
and edward Warner, against thirty cit
liens OF Dodson, Winn parish, who had
w~hitecapped them in an effort to secure
Information as to the authorship OF
several incendiary fires recently.
The jury In the district court gave
each OF the victims $500. This was in
creased tented by the supreme court
winch declared that the action of the
,whiteeappsrs. in refusing to await a
nearing In the fire cases by the grand
Jury reduced the community OF which
,hey PROGRESSED to be the representatives
20 the level Of !awless and ignorant
savages.
IL Is believed that this decision will
oreak up whitecapping in Louisiana.
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-12-25
Hunting for q Sneak Thief

Of3cers in Lincoln. Omaha and
Council Blurs are desirous Of catch
ing a man who in Lincoln called him
self Clark. but whose real name is not
known. 1t is said that he stole an
overcoat belonging to Guy Green in
Lincoln. pawned II in Omaha. stole
some jeyelry from the pawnshop in
Omaha and pawned It in Council
Bluffs. took a quantity of gold filling
from a dentists office in the latter
city and returned to Omaha and dis
posed OF the metal. Then he disap-
peared. Sometimes Clark uses a
crutch and sometimes he is lame with
out a crutch. Sometimes he is not
lame at all.
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-12-25
COLBY SQUARES HlMSEL
Governor savage Disproved Impending
the Money for Blankets

Governor savage D'sproved E~spcndinr
~ Money for Blankets
Gen. l.. w. Colby. formerly adjutant
general OF the Nebraska national
guard, whose accounts have been in
yestigated by the federal grand jury
at Omaha, In accordance with the d.
rection of Governor Mickey, has turned
over to his successor in Office 81, 1882.
This is the principal amount in dis
pute. The money was accompanied by
a draft for the full amount Of receipts
for the sale OF Quartermaster's stores.
This latter sun is a very small item.
The $2.2S2 vas appropriated by the
Legislature for the purchase OF blan-
kets to replace Others given by the
adjutant general to the state for the
use or convicts at the p~eniteptiary.
The money was drawn from the state
treasury by General Colby for the pur-
chase of blankets during Governor
Savage's term of Office, but Governor
Savage did not consent to the pur
chase and General Colby retained the
money.
II is believed that the turning over
Of the money to the state by General
Colby will have some effect on the ac-
ton OF the grand jury and may pos
sibly end the Investigation. The grand
jury for several days is said to have
been considering the question whether
or not the money belonged TO the state
r 10 the government.
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-12-25
The Jsps May Fight

IN consequence OF Russia's reply a
speciai conference of the elder states
men OF Japan, including the MARQUIS
Ito, n the cabinet ministers, is pre-
cedlhg. IL is understood the states
men are considering the adoption of a
nrm stand against Russia.
'eneral komura, the war minister
was present for the first time, at the
Ihere Is renewed activity at the adj
miraly' In view OF a possible riy,
demonstration. "
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-12-25
Robbed on the Big Four

d. A. Ross, a railway contractor Iiv.
ing at Excelsior Springs. No, discov.
cred that he had been robbed Of 5.1OC
in cash somewhere on the Big Four
road between Washington, d. c.. and
st. Louis. Mo. Mr.. Ross believes the
money was taken from him at some
point between indianapolis and Gin.
cinnati while he was occupying a
sleeper.
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-12-25
Turkey VIII Have to- Rend TN. Ku..

Acting Secretary OF State Adee has
taken a firm STAN In the matter Of the
assault upon United States Consul Da-
Wis by Turkish officials and police at
Alexandrett He has cabled Minister
Lieshman to present the facts to the
Turkish government and inform that
government tn. the case Is one seem
ing to invite an Expression Of regret
reparation. The state department
does not indicate what of re-
paration is expected. but 1t is UNDER
stood the Turkish government certain
ly will, by removal or otherwise. pun
ish the offending Turkish officials and
compensate Attarian for the losses
and injuries he has sustained.