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The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-10-28
DEMOCRATIC LEADERS MEET.
Bryan, Hill and Towne Hold Confer
sszsssa sserce In New York city. ssfss .ss9


New York, Oct. 2s Through the
presence Of several leading men in
the Democratic party in this city 1t
has been learned. says the Herald,
that q conference at which were pres
ent William ]. Bryan, David B. Hill,
former Senator Charles A. Towne OF
Minnesota, Frank Campbell, chairman
of the New York Democratic state
committee, and j. N. Carlisle, chair
man OF the Democratic executive COM
mittee, has just been held. It is as
serted that the meeting convened in
the rooms at an uptown hostelry oc-
cupied by. Mr.. Hill, but nothing could
be learned as to the subjects dis
cussed or the result.
Senator Teller OF Colorado, who also
is here, was asked what he knew re-
garding the matter.
'It must be q coincidence" he said.
81 am here from Washington for three
or four days on private business.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-10-28
LEvEE CONVENTION MEETS.
Mississippi Valley Delegates Gather at
New Orleans.

New Orleans, Oct Attended
with considerable ceremony, including
the firing of cannon, the largest and
in point of personnel the most infiuan.
tial leyee convention yet held in the
Mississippi valley opened here during
the day at Tulane hall. President
Charles Scott Of the Interstate Missls.
sippi River Improvement and Levee
association called the body to order
The purpose of the meeting is to ap.
peal to the national government for
sufficient aid to ~levee both banks OF
the river and to maintain those levees
at maximum grade. reclaiming and
giving protection to the alluvial lands
and improving navigation. The at
tendance included governors, senator's,
members Of congress. railroad officials,
representatives Of commercial ex-
changes and levee boards from many
states of the valley.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-10-28
LOCOMOTIVE BOILER ExPLoDEs.
Two Railroad Men Killed and Two
Others Dyinu.

Lancaster, Pa, Oct. 2S.-Two rail
road employees were killed and two
others fatally injured by the explosion
of locomotive on the Pennsylvania
railroad near Rohrerstown.
The engine was drawing a west
bound freight and when short dis
tance west of Rohrerstown, exploded.
James Rowan, the conductor, was in
stantly killed and Brakeman thinner
man died half an hour after the acci-
dent. The fireman and engineer were
blown fifty yards from the engine and
were terribly mangled. They cannot
recover. The explosion was Of terri
BILE force, the tracks being torn up for
q distance Of 200 feet.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-10-28

era1 Br1slow mere VIII De a tnor.
ough overhauling Of all the affairs OF
that office, every department OF which
will be thoroughly investigated
The inquiry is supplemental to the
general postal inquiry recently con.
cluded and is likely to occupy at least
a month and probably longer.
1t is. stated at the postoffice depart.
ment that the investigation OF the
New York Office has long been contem.
plated and that an order for it was
issued several months ago.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-10-28
STRIKERS USE DYNAMITE.
Spanish Miners Destroy Much Prop.
y erty at Bilbao.

Bilbao, Spain. Oct. 2S.-The strik-
Ing miners destroyed with dynamite
during he night a railroad ,ouud-
house and the electric light and tele-
phone plants.
The strike, which has now spread
to all the mines in the district. causes
great anxiety, as the employers per-
sist in refusing to consider the de-
mands for the weekly payment of
wages until the men resume work.
The aim of the employers, it is said.
is to induce the men to negotiate with
them directly without the Intervention
of the unions.
The socialists are taking promi.
nent part in the agitation
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-10-28
ALLEGED WILL A FORGERY.
AppeaI of Albert T. Patrick Denied by
Court of Appeals.

Albany, N. Y. Oct. 2S.-The court
of appeals has handed down decision
denying the appeal Of Albert T. Pat
rick in the matter OF the probate Of
the will Of William NJ. Rice, OF whose
murder he stands convicted. The
court concurs in the judgment Of the
lower courts that the alleged will OF.
fered by Patrick Is a forgery.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-10-28
DEPUTY CHARGED WITH CRIME.
Ohio Marshal Led into a Trap and
Murdered.

Flushing, O., Oct 23.-As a result
of the autopsy made by the authori-
ties since the shooting of Town Mar
shall George D. Elliott last Friday
night it is announced that John
Wheeler, one of the five men depu-
tized by the marshal to assist him in
the raid on the camp of negro des-
peradoes, is suspected of firing the
fatal shot.
If the police theory proves correct
Elliott was led into a trap. 1t was
Wheeler who gave the information
that led to the determination to make
the raid. The contents Of the shell
that killed the marshal came from the
gun placed in the hands of Wheeler
and there are empty barrels as further
evidence.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-10-28
Jealousy Causes Double Tragedy.

Seattle Wash. Oct. 2S,-Crazed
with the knowledge that she had de-
serted him for another man Claude
II. Arbuckle, formerly a floor walker
In a local dry goods house, fred two
shots at Gladys Grey, formerly q
variety actress at Nome in a room at
the Hotel Cecil and then blew out his
brains. The woman will die.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-10-28
MYSTERIOUS MOVEMENTS.
Russian Troops Cross Into kcr.- ans
Subsequently Retire.

Yokohama, Oct %. = Mysterious
movements OF Russians in hol g on
tinue to be reported A L, ent
of 200 Russian troops is sal nave
crossed the river Tumf in' ~rea
and anothcr eo.tia~nat - Is
SLAMS appeared at N'iju on f .ast
and subsequently retired.
Tne newsia sre res sit
uation as b r<sie- sve
that Baron 'N-I an
minister, an. e1..,.sh q.t 40
mura are nearer to reaching rec
inert.
Mrs. Louis Iverson, whc i;illed
three of her children at Pae owe.
CT, on Sns
and committed 70 "a asylum .agnpay.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-10-28
THREE TRAINMEN KILLED.
Failure of Airbrakes Causes Disas
trous Collision.

1IVU0 SV'''S'S'''
salida, Colo, Oct. 28.-By the air
falling to work on the second section
of freight train on the Denver and
Rio Grande on steep grade the train
ran into the rear of the first section,
wrecking the engine and four cars.
Four men were buried beneath the
wreckage. Three of them were killed
outright and one was injured The
dead are Samuel Brown, engineer;
Henry Simons, brakeman, and John
Mulcahey, brakeman.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-10-28
STEAMER sAuBER WRECKED.
Captain w. e. Morris and oiler Frank
Robinson Drowned.

HUpTHSOH OTUWHeu'
Sault Ste. Marie, Mich, Oct 28.-
The steamer w. F. Sauber was wreck
ed off Whitefish Point, thirty miles
from here, and Captain w. e. Morris
and Oiler Frank Robinson were
drowned
The rest of the crew of nineteenmen
were taken off the Sauber by the crew
of the steamer Yale.
Robinson was pinched between a
yawl boat and the Yale and went down
before he could be reached.
Captain Morris was on the deck Of
the Sauber after all the others had
been taken off, when the steamers
boiler burst and he was blown into the
lake
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-10-28

i, is rrporreu rom quito, Ecuador,
that dense column of fire Is visible
from there emerging from the crater
of the Cotopaxi vol cano. The neigh
boring villages have not sustained any
damage.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-10-28
WEALTHY FARMER ROBBED.
Rob ert Robinson and His Wife Poison
ed by the Robbers.

Perryville, KY, Oct. 2s.-Robbers
ransacked the home of Robert Robin
son, a wealthy farmer, during the
night and administered poison by
Robinson and his wife. Mrs. Robin
son will die, but her husband may re-
cover. Paris green and corrosive
sublimate were found in the coffee
pot and corrosive sublimate was also
found in a crock of milk.
1t is not known what amount Of
property the robbers secured.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-10-28

uaJof General II. C. Corbin, who
was appointed to relieve General
Chaffee as commander of the Depart
ment Of the East, assumed his new
duties Monday.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-10-28
ROOSEVELT is FoRTY-FIvE.
Hundreds of Messages Of congratuIa
ton Received.


Washington, Oct. %. = President
Roosevelt Tuesday celebrated the
forty-ffth anniversary OF his birth.
Many beautiful and touching reminders
of the event came to him from every
part of the country. Hundreds OF tele-
grams and letters OF congratuiation
were received at the White house dur
ing the day and the cabinet members
joined in extending cordial congratula-
tions to the president. The cabinet
room and the presidents private Office
were filed with exquisite floral offer
ings.
Early in the day a committee repre-
senting the Hungarian Republican
club of New York, OF which the presi-
dent is an honorary memuer, called
to convey to him the annual express
sion of the clubs good wishes aud TO
congratulate him upon his birthday.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-10-28
i IRELAND's NAME SECOND.
List Of American Preiates Available
as Cardinals.


New York, Oct. G8.-Tne pope has
requested frora Mgr. Merry del Val,
the papal secietary OF state, and Car
dinal Gotti q list Of the foreign prelates
under the jurisdiction of the secre-
taryship of state and the congrega-
tion of the propaganda who are con
sidered available for appointment as
cardinals. cables the Rome correspond
ent OF the Tribune.
In the list OF Americans presented
by Cardinal Gotti Archbishop Ryan OF
Philadelphia stands first, Archbishop
Ireland OF st. Paul coming next, fol
lowed by Archbishop Farley of New
York and Arch bishop Chapelle of New
Orleans.
Contrary to rumors that several
American cardinals will be created at
the January consistory only one will
be nominated, Il even he be not left
out at the last moment.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-10-28
Only the Women Perished.

OH1y tT1e 7VVU1ITeII q 'S11eez'
Brest, France, Oct 28.-The crew OF
thirty.one men of the French bark
Savoyard, reported Monday to have
been wrecked near here, who were
thought to have been lost, have been
saved. The captains wife and this
four other women who were on board
the vessel were drowned.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-10-28
STREET CAR TELEscoPED.
Six Persons Injured at Chicago, One
Fatally,

Chicago, Oct 2S.-Through the fail
ure of a gripman to drop the lever
while passing cable vault a North
Clark street grip car and trailer
crashed together, practically telescop-
ing the latter. Six persons were seri-
ously injured, one of whom will die,
while a score Of passengers were cut,
bruised and shocked by the accident.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-10-28
RESULT OF AN OPERATION.
District Judge M. Nj. Estee Dies In
Honolulu.

Honolulu, Oct. 2s.-United States
District Judge NJ. M. Estee died here
during the morning OF prostration fol-
lowing an operation performed two
days ago for kidney trouble
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-10-28
POSTAL INQUIRY CONTINUES.

Thorough Investigation OF New York
Office Planned.
Washington, Oct. 2S.-A special in
vestigation of the New York city post
Office will begin in q few days by in
spectors working under the direction
OF Fourth Assistant Postmasten Cen
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-10-28
Attempted Extortion AIIeoed.

New York, Oct. 28.-Joseph Stinson.
said to be member of wealthy fam
lily Of York, Pa. and formerly attached
to the census bureau in Washington,
is under arrest here, together with II.
B. Glroy, alleged to be the accom-
plice of Stinson in an attempt TO ez-
tort s1G.n99 from . Eo-f ,.i .gg,..is u4e.la.a,
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-10-28

perior, burned during the night near
! Beacon light and the charred hulk is
now resting safely on Sand point. The
crew were taken off safely by the tug,
WA I'd
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-10-28
Crew Taken Off Safely,

Munising, Mich, Oct 2s.-The
steamer Manhattan, with 5000 bush
els of wheat, which endeayored to find
shelter uuuei AIADl island I-sks~ S,l-
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-10-28
Two Men Instantly Killed.

Wheeling, w Va, Oct. 2S.-Two
foreigners were instantly killed and
explosion of sixteen-inch gas main
at Cameron.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-10-28
EIkins, Condition Hop eless.

Philadelphia, Oct. 2S.-The condition
OF William L. Elkins, the financier. is
reported as being grave. He spent a
restless night and as a result is,sald
to be considerably exhausted. His
physicians say there Is but little hope
of his recovery. gg
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-10-28
HALF MILE In Sc SECONDS.

Dan Patch Lowers Prince Alert's Re-
cent Record.
Memphis. Oct 2s-Dan Patch broke
the half mile pacing record here by
going the distance in Sc seconds. The
former record-57h seconds-was
made by Prince Alert at Providence,
r last SATURDAY..
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-10-28
Attacks Tammany Leader.

New York, Oct. 2S.-Hugh McLaugh-
lin of Brooklyn has issued another
statement attacking Charles F. Muir
ply and Tammany Hall. Mr., Nc
Laughlin said that had his advice been
taken the Kings county Democrats
would not have entered the recent
city convention.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-10-28
PRESIDENT OF ARMENIAN REvo.
LurloNlsTs IN LONDON AS
sAssiNATED.
LAST OF A LOhG SERIES OF MURDERS
CRIME BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN
COMMITTED BY POLITICAL
OPPONENTS.

London. Oct 2S.-Sagatel .Sagouni,
president of the Armenian revolution
ary society in London. was murdered
In the suburb Of Nunhead late In the
evening. The crime has created
sensation. as 1t has every appearance
of being of political character and
has been preceded by the assassina-
tions OF other officials OF branches OF
the same society on the Continent
Sagouni. who returned to London
Monday after settling up the affairs
OF an associate in Switzerland who
was recently assassinated by stabbing,
was entering his residence when
man rushed across the road and nred
four shots at Sagouni in quick success
sion, the last bullet entering the re-
gion OF the heart The murderer, who
appeared to be a foreigner. fled. The
only clues to the man In possession
Of the authorities are felt hat and
silver plated revolver, both made In
New York, which no dropped in his
flight
Other Armenlans Suspected.
The murdered man, who was min
AuS SllSlHeeT, DeCuL1e WGdltIy III tu0
Caucasus and devoted his money to
the Armenian cause. His society was
entirely passive and opposed to yio-
lence and it Is thought this attitude
anspired the advance section OF the
Armenlans with the desire for ven
geance. the lattcr claiming that Sa-
COUNTS society devoted funds to char
tty which would have been better APP
piled to violent remedies for the Ar
menian grievances.
Sagouni Is said to have moved to
England from New York early In
1902
A convention Of the Armenian Pas
sivists has been In session here and II
is suggested that the opportunity was
chosen by the violent faction as a
favorable one for disposing OF the
principal leaders. The murderer was
noticed waiting hours for the arrival
OF Sagouni and the former was ap-
parently supplied with information
concerning the latter's movements by
two accomplices.
Before his death Sagouni told q
friend that he did not know his assall-
ant. but he said enemies had been fol-
lowing him for long time.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1903-09-11

Remember" sadmouished the rev.
erend gentleman. when you begin to
notice the note in yeHr neighbours eye
there is pretty certain to be a beam In
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1903-09-11
Women.

Bearded wone have existed at all
periods Of the worlds history. Even
Herodotus, the father of history
gives US an account of one Pedasnes,
who lived above Halicarnassus." a
priestess of Minerva, whose chin regu-
larly budded with a large beard when
rel any great public calamity impend-
ed. Bartel Careful, a woman of Copen-
hagen. had a beard reaching to her
waist. Charles XII. of Sweden had q
female grenadier in his army who pos
sessed the beard as well as the courage
of a man Margaret, duchess OF Aus
tria and governess of the Netherlands,
had a large, wiry, stiff beard. of which
she was very proud. OF late years
Albert, duke of Bavaria, reports having
had a young lady g%overness in his
household who was 1.-The proud pos
SCISSOR of n very large black beard"
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1903-09-11
RESTING IN MI3AlR.
Faculty Of lPofsinE ePossessea ~
Some Of the Largest Birds.

Faculty of lPofsing sPossessea By
some of IA Largest Birds.
while I never have seen ii explained
In print" said one of the archaeological
sharps of the zoo, 1T Is d wonder To
me persons should express amazement
At the ability OF certain birds to hang
poised In the air without wing motion.
1T is q favorite trick of the great
condor. Away in the air, far beyond
the mountain tops. these birds hang
poised as motionless as if perched on
solid rock. True. their wings are out.
stretched. but even through glasses not
the slightest motion is ~perceptible.
They remain in this position for many
minutes. sometimes for an hour, MAJ
ing a careful scrutiny of everything be-
low them in their search for prey.
Then. with a slight fitting of the wings.
they flap slowly away. or. hlving
found what they were seeking. dart
like Il bullet toward it. The eagle.
hawk and other species have this same
faculty Of posing apparently on moth
ing.
These birds move about until they
meet an uprising current of air. 1t
may come from Immediately beneath
them, from wind DETECTED by striking
a cliff along the sea. or may come
from a great distance. where a rush
ing wind struck the side of a moun-
tain and was turned upward. Being
on the wing most of the time in search
of prey, they have learned TO utilize
these uprushing air currents for their
own purposes. Coming to one of these
and heading to the wind, they fiNatheir
piniOnS at an angle which will permit
them TO rest there and scrutinizessoine-.
thing that has taken their attention
perhaps OH the plain below. Thus,
while they seem poised on nothing. the
air current rushing upward huoys
them.
You see the same thing in mid
ocean when ships are followed by
f1ocks of gulls. in m rare case clear
across the ocean. When the ship&st
out the gulis fly here and there. some
times away Oh high and again skim
ming the surface of the wafer in
search of food. As the hours ami days
pass they tire. and then you VIII see,
them pOise for rest on the air c;Irrent
rising from the stern of the ship. The
onrush of al ocean greyhound creates
a swiftly rising air current in its wake.
This curls over like Il wave and PUSHES
into he vacuum made by the teamer
and on it the gGels are carried along
without effort and at;the same speed
at which the ship is traveling."-New
York Press.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1903-09-11
SCIENCE SETTINGS.

Uranus is the only one Of our system
of planets which rotates backward.
Glycerin has the property. eXtraor
binary among liquids. of not evaporat-
ing.
The star Campus surpasseS the sun
in brightness b. more than 10000
times.
The equator of Mars is inclined 10 the
plane of its orbit about - degrees.
That of the earth is inclined % degrees
a minutes.
The different worlds of the solar fam
lily are at different stages of their evo-
luton. IL the moon is a waif of the
past, Jupiter Is \ world of the future.
The electrical charge of the gaseous
ion is .OO000000034 e~lectrostatic units.
The number of molecules in one cubic
centimeter of gas under standard con-
ditions is $40 multiplied by the nine
teenth power of 10.
Such common substances as sugar,
glucose and chalk having been found
to absorb sunlight all day and to give
it off in rays during the night, the dis
covery of some means for rendering
those rays useful in Illuminating houses
at night with little expense seems a
possibility of the near future.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1903-09-11

A tepid bath at about 90 degrees
Fahrenheit, taken just before retiring.
In a tub where the whole body except
the face is immersed. is an excellent
substitute for sleep, says Henry Ben
nett weinburgh in Perfect Health. To
be exact, he says 1t is the only substi-
tute known to science for natures
sweet restorer. II have known cases
Of prolonged and chronic insomnia to
be cured by this form Of bath. Sleep.
with the exception Of the heart beats.
II intended for perfect vest. The bath
above named will come near enough
producing this result 10 answer many
months for sleep I'm eases Of insomnia
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1903-09-11
Weekly Stock Train,

Beginning Monday, July 9th,
1908, and continuing every
Monday thereafter until Novem-
Der %, 1903, or as long as the
business shall demand, we will
operate our regular Weekly Stock
train for the season of 1903, in
connection with the Ar. & ST..
Ry., to Kansas City, ST.. Joseph
and Chicago markets. This train
is put in service in order to offer
the best possible facilities for the
shipment OF market cattle
in less than train-load lots
from New Mexico and the Pam
handle of Texas. Particulars as
to schedule, etc., can be obtain
ed by writing
Don A. SWEET,
Traffic Mgr,
Amarillo, Tex.
Southern Kansas Ry. of Texas
and Pecos Valley Lines.
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Development of the walking stick

Development of the walking stick.
Probably the patriarch's staff was the
first adaptation of the walking stick.
and from its first inception to the pres
ent day it has undergone almost end
less changes. In 1901 foOtmen attend
ing gentlemen were forbidden to carry
swords. these being replaced by a por-
ter's staff. Thirty years later gentle
men were forbidden to- carry swords.
but allowed to carry large oak sticks.
Before many years vanished and pol
ished woods with ornamental heads
came into use and in one form or an
other have held their own in public
popularity.