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The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-07-21


-uasa iul noslIm Tnrougn long island
sound Attending the immediate
medical wauss OF the patient is As
sistant Naval SURGEON James S, Tay-
lor. who is a friend of the Payne faml-
ly, and strict orders have been issued
to allow no visitors TO come on board
Afriend who called at the boat yester-
day was surprised 70 note theschange
in the postmaster general His face is
said to be drawn and sallow and his
nervous condition is such that from
tile newspapers carried to him are
clipped all reference to the Indictment
Of George w Beavers in connection
with the postal scandals, with the
probability Of the latters immediate
arrest
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-07-21
HONORED BY THE CAR.
Order for American Who Founded the
" M. C, A. in st, Petersburo

New York, July 21.-In recognition
of the success attained by the st.
Petersburg Y. Nj. c. A. known there
as the Society for the Horal Improve
ment Of Young Men, and founded by
czar has conferred upon Stokes the
order of Stanislaus of the First Class.
The insignia was received by Stokes
from a cousin who In delivering them
to him said the st. Petersburg associa.
ton had become the nose efficient and
popular organization in the city.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-07-21
TRAIN SPARES CHILD.
Baby Girl crawIs Unhurt Out From
Under the Last Car.

Hawarden, Iowa, July 21-The two
year-old daughter of D. A. Savage was
playing on the Chicago & Northwest
ern tracks as a passenger train ap-
preached. The engineer spied the child
sitting in the middle of the track, but
his efforts to stop the train were un-
availing and he turned his head away
that he might not see the child struck
When the train had stopped the crew,
hurrying to search for the child, found
her crawling out from under the last
car. She had fallen over as the train
came near her, and the engine and
cars passed over without striking her.
She had only slight bruises.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-07-21
SHERIFF ASKS FOR MILITIA, TO
PROTECT THE OTHER
PRISONERS.
CATTLfMEN ARE UNDER ARREST
sYMPATHIzERs THREATEN sHER.
zlFF,s LIFE If HE TRIES TO
REMOVE THEM.

Red Lodge, Mont, July 21. ~ jim
German, who killed his brother about
year ago and ran off with his broth
er's wife, and a man named Walters,
who killed a widow named Hoover at
Hot Springs two years ago because she
refused to marry him, were lynched
at Basin. Wyo., early yesterday. c. 3D..
Pierce, a deputy sheriff, was killed dur
ing the attack on the Jail.
A state of lawlessness now prevails
in Northern Wyoming as result Of
which all law and order seem to have
been abolished. From President Mof-
fit of the Montana & Wyoming Tele-
phone company, who is now making a
tour of inspection of his company's
lines comes the news of the lynching
and of an appeal for help from Sheriff
Fenton of Big Horn county, who has
arrested number OF
Prominent CattIemen
near Thermopolis and has appealed to
the governor Of Wyoming for assis-
tance from the militia in getting his
prisoners to Basin.
Saturday night mob Of about fifty
unmasked men rode up the east bank
of Big Horn and compelled the ferrXss
man to carry them across the river.
They made no demonstration until
they entered Basin, when five shots
were fired as a warning. The}mob pro-
ceeded at once to the county jail and
fired a volley into the Jail. Deputy
Pierce and Special Deputy Meade
were guarding the prisoners at the
time. One bullet grazed Meade's shout
der and entered Pierce's heart. Mem
bers of the mob then tore up the tele-
phone poles and
Battered the Jail
doors down They first came to
Walters, who was crouched in his cell
piteously begging for mercy. No need
less torture was resorted to. Walters
was shot instantly.
The mob next found German, whose
body was pierced by five bullets and
was left for dead. He fingered, how
eveer, until yesterday forenoon.
A still more alarming state Of affairs
mopolis. About six weeks ago, as re-
suit of the range feud that has been
so bitterly waged, a sheepman, Ben
Minnick, was killed by cattlemen.
The sheriff, it is asserted, has cap
tured the murderers, who are all prom
inent cattlemen and whose names
have been withhehld owing to threats
made against the sheriff. Sheriff
Fenton is unable to get his prisoners
to Basin.
Asks for State Militia.
1t is said that the same mob that
lynched German and Walters are SYM
pathizers and have declared that Sher-
iff Fenton will never get out Of the To-
cality alive with his prisoners. Sheriff
Fenton has wired the governor of Wy
oming for permission to use the state
militia at Lander, and has also sent a
telephone message to Basin and other
towns asking for volunteers to assist
him in upholding the law Every
where hardy Westerners are respond
ing to the call, arming themselves and
Fastening toward Thermopolis 1t is
probable the militia will be ordered to
the scene and bloody battle may be
fought. The country about Thermopo-
lis is wild and lawless one. The
last message from Sheriff Fenton said
he still held the prisoners and that he
believed he could hold out until rein-
forcements came.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-07-21
MINNESOTA GROWS.
Range Towns Show an Increase in
Population.

FOPtiidAiotl.
Dullth.=.Iiiy 22l-=According to the
r. l.. Polk n Co. directory of the range
towns for 1903. the aggregate popula-
ton of twenty towns covered is $500,
as compared with $4,000 two years ago.
There are three new towns in the list
this year. however-Ch Chisholm, Nash
wa,lk and Scanlen. The population of
Eveleth Is $500. as compared with
$500 in 1901. Hibbing during the
same space has advanced from $500
to 1000. Grand Rapids has $500 as
compared with 1.50o Virginia now has
45o0 as compared with $500. Ely's
population Is 5000. an increase of
1000 In two years. Other towns show
increases OF population and several
show slight decreases.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-07-21
WAR IN 4 HE FAR EAST.
Increasing Danger Of Conflict Between
Russia and Japan.

Pekin, July 21-According to diplo-
mats here the greatest factor in the
Eastern situation is the increasing
danger of war between Russia and
Japan They believe it is becoming
plain that Russia is willing to fight
japan II convinced that no other pow.
ers will assist her The Russians are
confident Of their ability to easily
defeat Japan ana are said to be anx-
ious TO settle definitely her position in
Eastern Politics and end her ambition
to oppose Russias progress in Man
churia.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-07-21
WAR DANCE STARTS.
Red Men lmbbe Too Much Enthusi-
asm on Circus Day.

Sioux City. Iowa, July 21.-A half
dozen Indians from the Winnebago
reservation in Nebraska were among
the victims of circus day in Sioux
City, when the Forepaugh-Sells circus
exhibited here, and the redskins land
ed in the police -court-on= charges Of
intoxication They had taken too
much corn juice aboard and were hold
ing a war dance in the rear OF the
Freeport hotel when the police
swooped down upon them.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-07-21
PAYNE's HEALTH is BROKEN.

Postmaster General on the Verge Of
Collapse.
New York, July 21 - Broken In
health and on the verge Of physical
collapse Postmaster General Henry G.
Payne yesterday left on board the
United States revenue cutter Onon-
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-07-21

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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-03-26

vailed during the first six months Of
the fiscal year Of 1903, the dispOsals
will probably amount to at least
twenty-five million acres, or fully as
much as was alienated at any time
during the great rush of emigration
to the west.
AL this simply means that under
the homestead law as it stands today,
the desert land act, a measure born in
sclfiEhness and chicanery and under
the timber and stone act, the people of
the United States are being robbed Of
their landed estate, which Lord Ma
caulay said, is the only thing which
lands between the people of this
country and the time when will come
the real test of republican institutions.
During the past winter quiet but
effective work has been done by those
who are aware of the pernicious use
to which the present land laws are
being put, and, as public sentiment
has been aroused to the real situation,
the demand for change Of method is
becoming more general. The situa-
ton is such today that it would be
practically impossible to get any bill
through congress which violated the
now well-established principle Of the
conservation Of the public land for
homeseekers so clearly set forth by
President Roosevelt in his two mes
sageS to congress.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-03-26
AN ONTARIO VIEW
OF WASHINGTON

There is much in the character and
work of George Washington which
appeals to the thoughtful in both
countries alike He was born a Brit
ish subject, and while he was one he
displayed the same kind of intrepidity
and resourcefulness that character
lied him later on in the wider arena.
Washington was not specially active
in promoting the revolution, as some
of his contemporaries were, but they
instinctively turned to him when war
broke out, and he did not disappoint
their confidence. His career as a gen
eral had no more to do with the right
or the wrong of the cause he fought
for than the merits of the boer war
had to do with Lord Kitchener's
dOgged and versatile tenacity in try
ing to bring the protracted contest tC
an end. Washington, unlike most
military commanders, was a states
man, and he was probably more of q
statesman than a general. Doubtless
he has been unnecessarily ldeaIized
by his fellOw-cOuntrymen as has been
the revolution in which he bore so
prominent a part. If blood had not
been shed at Lexington a modus
vivendi might have been found and
Washington would probably never
have become eminent; that is no
reason, however, fCr refusing to recog-
nize him as an honor to his country
and his race-TOrOntO Globe
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-03-26

congress and elsewhere the United
States could give more efficient aid in
directly, and give it through such
means as would moreover, Sc
cure most important benefits to the
whole country in addition to good roads.
Two thousand dollars a mile is cheap
enough for a perfect road, good for a
generation without repair, and if the
money could be borrowed, for i'll
stance, at the lowest rate which is
paid by the United States government
2 per cent. per annum-the yearly
interest charge would only be $40, or
just what it costs to keep up the
earth roads of New. York state, count
/ ing labor at $3.50 per day. But to get
the money in vast amounts at that
rate is the problem. and there is where
one of the special features of metal
roads construction comes in. In stone
! roads there is nothing worth remoy-
ing, nothing that can be pledged as
security for a loan, but steel rails and
their attachments will afford SUBJ
stantiaI and available pledge; adding
this pledge to the credit of a county
should make the country road bonds
a peculiarly safe investment. No coun-
ty would ever permit its roads to be
! stripped Of their metal by default in
its interest. Moreover, improved
roads of any kind increase property
values many times their cost, and road
bonds may thus be said always to null
tiply their own security.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-03-26
The Left Side of the FACE.

y photographer was asked the
other day by the Philadelphia Record
if there is any special reason why
most photographers . show the left
side Of the face and not the right.
Yes, there is a reason" he an
swered In a majority of cases the
left side is the good-lCoking side,
and photographers know this and
take advantage of it. On the other
hand, if you want to get at thu real
strength and charcter Of the persons
face-man or woman-study the
right side of it. There you viii find
the lines bold and harsh, comparative
~ sc at any rate, with every defect
accentuated. On the left side, now
ever, everything is softened down,
and the face is at its best
Whenever you suspect a man of
trickery or deceit-or a woman either,
for that matter, stand on his right
and closely watch his expression.
There never was an actor skillful
enough to cover up the marks of his
real personality, as nature has
stamped on the right side of his
face"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-03-26
SONGS OF ASPIRATION.

Aspiring toward the peaks your fond
eyes hold me,
And teach, not show, disdain
For all the yision-dwarfing things that
now enfold me
I cannot love the plain,
This be my title to you, dear
l care not for mems shout:
His song was but a seeing clear;
His life, its iying out.
II.
Not wave doth pause the prov,
When we shape the downward
course;
Seeming to stand still. somehow
We are baf1ed from the source;
Fair as are these sheltered ways.
Dream we still of brighter days.
Only those who follow far
Know thee, light of souls desire;
'Tis enough to see the star.
We must burn within its fire;
All who would make true their dream
Must follow far, against the stream.
Alexander Jessup.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-03-26

aggregate net income OF all the Nor
gan corporations is probably nearly or
quite equal to the public revenues OF
any of the great powers Of Europe,
and the taxes on those companies pay
the entire cost of maintaining the
executive departments of New Jersey.
But Mr., Morgan does not depend
on the dividends Of his stocks for the
bulk Of his income. His chief bust
ness, at present, is promoting on a
gigantic scale. When he organized
the underwriting syndicate that
launched the United States Steel cor
poration the subscribers were pledged.
if called upon, to pay in 100000, 900,
They actually advanced only $25,000,-
900, and that was returned in the final
settlement. Their profit on this III
vestmept was $50 900, or over 200
per cent. The share of J. P Morgan
& Co. was about S11,000,000. Every
company Mr. Morgan foats-and the
number is Iarge-yields profits pro
pOrtiOnally.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-03-26
CLEVER IN ROBBERS ART,
I How a Large Sum of Money Was
| Stolen From a Stage Coach.

How Large Sum of Money Was
Stolen From Stage Coach.
In the first quarter of the last cen
fury it became necessary for the
Bank Of Ireland at Belfast to send a
large sum of money in notes to it's
branch at Armagh to meet a special
requirement there, the amount to be
RENTED being almost 100000.
Only two courses were open to the
management TO effect this, one being
to send special messenger in a
| postchaise and the other to send the
consignment by the mail coach. The
latter was the mode of transportation
chosen.
The coach left Belfast. on Monday,
Wednesday and Friday at Il o'clock
noon, returning from the archiespis-
i copal city each Tuesday, Thursday
and Saturday.
On the previous afternoon of the
! day in question a stranger called at
the coach Office and booked four in
side seats to Armagh paying for them
in advance. Just prior to the start
ing Of the coach two men only put in
an appearance, explaining that the
other two passengers would join them
en- route at place beyond Lisburn.
The mail coach was in charge OF
John Byers, an old and trusted serv-
ant of his employer and the premier
whip on that coach line.
The ieatnern wallet containing the
notes was handed to him by an Off
cial at the bank, who instructed him
under no circumstances to lose sight
of it till it reached its destination.
! He duly gave effect to his instruc-
tons, placing the wallet in the front
loot, as it was called, underneath the
driving seat, and where the coach
''dined," having his dinner brought
out and eating it on the box.
When the coach arrived at the rem
! devious beyond LisbOrn the two in
side passengers conferes were not to
be seen. After waiting a few mo-
ments both guard and driver said it
was impossible to wait longer and the
two inside must either continue their
journey or remain behind After
some demur they chose the latter al
! tentative and retraced their steps to-
ward LisEurn.
When the coach arrived at Armagh.
! to the horror and CONSERVATION of
| those in charge, it was discerned that
the wallet containing the consign
ment was missing. The cloth in the
inside had been cut, the hair stuffing
removed and the dividing panel be-
tween it and the boot had been sawn
through and the wallet distracted.
| The whole robbery had been care
fully planned. After abstracting the
wallet the thieves replaced the panel
and stuffing and sewed up the cloth
again, so that should any one go in
! side en- route no disturbance would
be perceptible 1t was ascertained
that the thieves obtained a convey
ance in Lisburn, drove to Belfast,
where they negotiated the notes fci
draft on Glasgow, made their way
to Donaghadee, thence to Portpatrick
and eventually to Glasgow.
| They were never captured and t,
the present day it has remained a pro-
found mystery how the information
was obtained that remittance was
| to be warded-London Tit-Bits.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-03-26
MORGAN INTERESTS CONTROL.
Manipulate Capital Three Times
Greater Than Debt of u. S.

Greater Than Debt of U. S.
New YOrk-In September, 1902, the
Morgan interests controlled $500
miles of American railways, or more
than the mileage Of Germany, Great
Britain, and Ireland combined. This
is how Success computes it. These
lines have a capitalization of $3,OO2,-
949, 571. which is more than three
times the total interest bearing debt
Of the United States. In addition, the
Morgan influence is powerful in al
most all the other important railroad
systems of the country. The direct
Morgan interests include eighteen
railroad systems, one monster steam
ship company, thirteen industrial com
binations. seven banks, three tele-
graph and cable companies, seven
great insurance companies, and in
Vulnerable smaller corporations Of d.
vers kinds. The total capitalization
Of these various combinations is S.
44S, 500. OOO-an amount greater thar
the national debt of any country III
the world, and twice the debt of Great
Britain The capital Of a single one
of the Morgan comprehensive United
States Steel cOTpOration-is equal to
about twice the cost Of the boer war,
and it's net profits for the current
year are estimated at $40, 100000, a
sum about equal to the annual cost OF
the British navy, and but little short
of the total revenues of Spain. The
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-03-26
WE NEED NO MORE HOLIDAYS
Columbus Doesn't Require One to
Perpetuate His Glorious Memory.


We must confess to a long standing
| liking for Christopher Columbus. No
good American will hesitate to own
| up to the same sort of feeling. All
our eighty millions of people are
| largely in his debt any way. If he
| did, 40 years ago, there is no know
| ing how long it would have remained
INSTRUMENTATION long it might have
taken some other daring explorer to
have pushed his way as far west
ward. Doubtless it was a sentiment
Of appreciation and obligation to CHS
TOPPER akin to this that moved Rep
resentatiye Martin Of South Dakota
to frame and introduce in congress
the other day this little BILL
"'Be it enacted by the senate and
house of repres entatives of the Unit
ed States of America, in congress as
semDled, That the tWenty-first day of
October Of each year, the anniversary
Of the discovery of America by Chris
TOPPER Columbus, is hereby made
legal public holiday under the name
of Columbus day, to all intents and
purposes in the same manner and eff
feet as the first Monday of Septem-
Der, known as Labor day, is now made
by law public holiday"
Let us hope that this bill, no mat
ter how little it is may fail of pas
sage. It came up a little late. We
have somehow struggled along for
nearly 40 years without any Column
bus day, and we ought to be able to
dot it for a while longer. We have
set up quite a lot Of monuments to
the discoverer of our country, named
an exposition for him, and in a mill
ion other ways done honor TO his
memory. He was great worker in
his day, and we don't believe he took
much stock in holidays. But he is a
good deal Of a dead one" now, AMI
we haven't SO much room and time
for holidays as we used to have, eth
er. There are only 313 secular days
in the year, anyway, and what with
Christmas, New Years. fourth of
July, lincoln day, Washington's
birthday, '1e'~-~'al day, fast day,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-03-26

! Thanksgiving, Labor day, and a lot
Of other old days, not to mention day
OF, it is much to be feared that the
calendar will become a total wreck
If this sort Of thing keeps on. If we
are going to continue making legal
holidays as fast as in the recent past,
the time may come when business
will have to de done in the nighttime
or else stretch the calendar out be-
yond all recognition. Mr.. Martin has
our leave to withdraw" New York
Commercial
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-03-26

To clean rings and anything with
high settings take a toothbrush, rub
some soap on it and tap (do not
brush) on the space beneath the set
ting.
When clean rinse in clear water and
dry with a linen cloth. Your ring will
now be clean and also the setting.
In regard to jewels, the first is car
rying them or concealing them I
made a chamois bag the size and
shape of an envelope. This was lined
with softest blue silk. I then bound
it with satin ribbon an inch wide,
which allowed of five rows of ma
chine stitching. The flap was made
large enough to come to the bottom
Of the bag and was secured with but
ton and buttOnhole. At each top
corner a ribbon is secured to cone
around the neck, or some other ar
rangement to fasten inside the waist
or underclothing, as each person has
their own way Of cOncealing their
jeWelTy.
| clean all stones with the softest
tissue paper, passing it back and
forth under the stone until it is brill
liant. Do not have the paper too wide
Torn in strips about one-half inch
wide is best and the end twisted to
pass through easily. Nearly all other
jeWelry except filigree can be cleaned
by rubbing briskly with chamois. For
a busy woman it is far better and
wiser to have some skilled jeweIer
clean her jewels than to attempt it
herself if it becomes very dirty. Have
a special box for putting away your
JeWelry. Even though there is a bad
ded bottom to the box put in a layer
of good absorbent cotton mot medi
cated cut to fit the box. Now put in
the heaviest pieces, each separated by
a small piece of cotton. Put over this
layer of the cotton and put in the
next heavier pieces and continue in
the above fashion until they are all in
the box. Have all the cotton cut to
fit the box and if the person is very
neat they will bind the edges loosely.
JeWelTy that is much worn needs con-
slant attention, especially rings. They
should be carefully examined to see
that the prongs do not wear down or
the stones loosen and fall out. If a
prong is worn it needs immediate at
tention.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-03-26
Gewei Hints.


Gold chains, earrings, etc, should
be well washed with good suds and
dried for brilliancy.
Cases of gold watches should be
kept tightly closed to exclude all dust
and foreign matter A watch should
be wound each day at about the same
hour
Set rings, earrings, etc, should be
cleaned with alcohol and dried in
lockwood sawdust; afterward cleaned
gently with fine brush
Jewels should be kept in their
separate cases as much as possible
when not in use SO as not to loosen
settings.