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The San Francisco call., 1904-03-20
Escape From Burning Building.

NEW YORK, March 19.-During a
fire in the seven-story furniture store
house of r. ]. Horner & Co. to-day
one man was badly burned and an
other was seriously injured by jump
ing from a window. Ten men were
forced to jump from the second story
to roof below. Annie Helwig. who
was working alone in the rear of the
fourth floor, was cut off from the
stairway. Two employees carried her
to a window and by forming living
bridge helped her to a near by build
ing. Loss, $4,000.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-20
FACTIONS FIGHT
IN CONVENTION
Adherents of Foraker and
J. Followers of Senator Dick
Engage in a Fistic Battle
POLICE RESTORE ORDER
Each Set Holds Meeting and
NOminates It's Own Ticket
and National Delegates

CLEVELAND. Ohio: March 19.-Wild
scenes of disorder marked the opening
of the Twenty sixth Congressional Dis
trict convention here to-day as a result
of d fight between the Dick and Fill
pino factions. The trouble started when
the Dick men nominated Charles Leach
as chairman, the Filipinos having al
ready selected ]. G. Ward of Lake
County as the presiding officer. When
Leach attempted to take the chair he
was assaulted by the Filipinos and a
hand to-hand fight followed, which
quickly became general.
The police finally arrived in force and
restored order. Each faction, however,
nominated its own committees and
ticket The Filipinos renominated ia
cob A. Beidler for Congress and A. T.
Splitter and F. H. Eggers as delegates
to the national convention. The Dick
delegates nominated Jacob A Beidler
for Congress by acclamation and chose
]. B. Serge and A. T. Splitter as dele
gates to the national convention.
The local adherents of Senator For
aker are known as "Filipinos." The
former Hanna followers are now
termed Dick men, being under the lead
ership of Senator Dick.
The delegates to the national conven-
ton are unpledged.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-20
CHICAGO POLICE
FORCE SCORED
Former Member of New York
Commission Reports on In
efficiency Of Department
FINDS OPEN GAMBLING
Says Patrolmen Spend Time
in the Saloons Instead OF
Walking Their Districts

CHICAGO, March 19.-'There is
practically no discipline and the force
! could hardly be in a worse state"
With these words to-day Captain Alex
ander Ross Piper, retired, former
Deputy Commissioner of the New
! York Police Department, who has
! been in Chicago for seven weeks in
vestigating the Chicago police force.
electrified the members of the City
Club. He was making a report of his
J investigation, which was begun at the
! instance of the club as the result Of
the alleged undue prevalence of crime
i in Chicago. According to Captain
Piper's report the Chicago police are
in disgraceful condition of demorali-
zation and inefficiency. Instead OF
protecting citizens from criminals the
members of the force are drinking in
saloons, playing slot machines or gos-
siping on the streets. Patrolmen
were accused of taking to their holes"
at every opportunity instead of walk
( ing their beats. Old and incapacitated
men were found in soft snaps" rob-
! bing the department of active men,
sorely needed. Open gambling was
books were running practically all
over the city. Some police station
houses were asserted to be unfit for
use and disgrace to the city.
The administration of the criminal
laws at the Harrison-street Police
Court was said to be more like mob
law than order"
Captain Piper expresses sympathy
for the head of the Chicago force and
declares that Chief O'Neill is an
honest, overworked man, doing the
best he can with the tools at his COM
mand.
Police inspectors and sergeants come
in for rough handling in the report.
A Police Commissioner to be ap-
pointed by the Mayor and to hold Of
flee for at least five years, an increase
of 1000 more patrolmen and the weed
ing from the present force of fully
400 men who are characterized as too
old or incapacitated by bad habits are
Captain Piper's remedies.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-20
whitecappers Sent to Penitentiary.

HELENA, Ark, March 19.-Federal
Judge Trieber to-day passed a peni-
tertiary sentence upon three white
cappers, convicted of conspiracy to in
timidate negro workmen at a sawmill
in Poinsette County. The defendants
attorney took an appeal to the Su-
preme Court of the United States, pro-
posing to test the constitutionality of
the Federal statute enacting into a
law the fourteenth amendment to the
constitution, claiming that under this
statute the negro citizen is granted a
protection in the Federal courts that
is not given to white men.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-20
WOODS COUNSEL MAKES
MOTION FOR NEW TRIAL
PIacerviIle Murderer Delays His Sen
tcncc by Use of the
StafutPS

PLACERVILLE, March 19.-This
morning at 10 O'Clock, the time set
for passing sentence on Convict John
H. Wood, who was convicted of mur-
der in the first degree by jury on
March 16, the prisoner appeared in
court with his counsel. On his being
asked whether he had any legal cause
to show why judgment should not be
pronounced against him, his counsel
made a motion in arrest of judgment,
which was denied. Woods counsel
then made a motion for new trial
on statutory grounds and the hearing
of the motion was thereupon set for
Monday, March 26, at 10 o'clock.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-20
Gen. Middleton Benefited by Pe.ru-na

General John Middleton, Colonel of
Hancock Regiment, U. V. u, in letter
from Ill E St. n. W., Washington, D. c.,
writes:
Your preparation of Peruna as a cure
for catarrh. as well as a tonic, deserves
the gratitude of those afflicted with that
disease. as we'll as physical prostration-
1 have been very much benefited in every
respect in various ways. and I feel IL a
duty to recommend it's usefulness to my
fellow citizens. Gen. John Middleton.
General Payne Writes:
Gen. Eugene B. Payne. 407 Fourth St,
n. w. Washington. ID. c., writes:
II join with my comrades in recon-
mending Peruna to my friends as a re-
markable remedy for coughs, colds and
catarrhal trouble. and to anyone who
needs an invigorating tonic to build up
the system"
General ErwIn'S Recommend.
General John B. Erwin. Washington.
D. c., writes:
Many of my friends have used Peruna
as a dyspepsia remedy with the most
beneficial results"
Hon. Dan A. Gro sVenOr OF the
Famous Ohio Family.
Hon. Dan. A. Grosvenor, Deputy Audi
tor for the War Department, in letter
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-20
NON-UNION HACKDRIVER
RECEIVES MORTAL WOUND
Men Supposed to Be Strikers Decoy
Him Into Outskirts of Kansas City
and Shoot Him.

KANSAS CITY, March 19.-Albert
Ferguson, a non-union hack driver, was
shot and mortally wounded to-day by
one of four men, probably strikers, who
had decoyed him into the outskirts of
the city. The quartet escaped. Fergu-
son answered call from downtown
hotel, where the four men, one dressed
as a woman, entered the carriage.
When they alighted later they attacked
and shot Ferguson.
In another part of the city Andrew
Meyers, a nom union hack driver, was
badly beaten by strikers, and at still
another point hack driven by a
strike-breaker was demolished by un-
ion men. No arrests were made.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-20
Big Cut in steerage Rates.

NEW YORK, March 19.-Another
cut in steerage rates from this port
to Mediterranean points has just been
announced. The most radical reduc-
ton was that made by the Hamburg
American line, which announced that
on March % the fast steamship Prinz
Adelbert will carry steerage passen-
gers at SIT each. This marks the
low water mark in the rates for east
bound steerage traffic and is a drop of
$14 from the rates which obtained a
few months ago before the war be-
gan.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-20

written from Washington, d. c., says:
ALLOW me to express my gratitude
to you for the benefit derived from
one bottle of Pergn0. One week has
brought wonderful changes and ! am
now as we'll as ever Besides beng
one of the very best spring tonics II
rs an excellent catdrrb remedy. -
DAN. a. GR0SKEH0R.
In a recent letter he says:
~ CONSIDER PerVno really moro
mentOrogS than ! did when I wrote
you last. IreceiVs numerous letters
from acqg0int0ncss ell over the coV1-
try asking me If my certificate -
genuine. invariably answer, yes"
Dan. A. GrosVen0r.
If you do not receive prompt and salts
factory results from the use OF Peruna,
write at once to DR.. Hartman. giving a
full statement Of your case. and he will
be pleased to give you his valuable ad-
vice gratis.
Address DR.. Hartman, President OF The
Hartman Sanitartum. Columbus, o.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-20
Brighten up the carpet-make
the room look cheerful.
Our advertisers will quote you
prices.
Sec CARPET CLEANING
columns.
Heirs Settle with Claimant.

NEW YORK, March 19.-Adminis-
traitors of the estate of the late George
Francis Gilman, the millionaire tea
merchant, have finally settled the
claims of Helen Potts Hall for $780,
900. They paid her $4,000 in cash
and $4,000 in scurities. The settle
ment was reached after much litiga-
ton by agreement among the legal
heirs and the administrators now be-
lieve the estate will be settled in two
or three months.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-20
WUSt HUV6IU SUUTC0 Ut T5H6T'
Spring Time the Best Season
of the Year to Treat Chronic
Catarrh.

Notwithstanding that great number
of people have been cured of chronic ca
tarrh by taking Peruna during the past
cold season. yet it cannot be denied that
the cold, wet. stormy weather has re-
tarded many cures. and. in some cases,
actually prevented a cure.
But Springtime has come at last. and
now Is the time for all catarrh sufferers
to begin systematic course of treat
ment for this disease. The greatest diff
ficulty in the way of treating chronic ca
tarrh is that the patient is so liable to
catch cold during the treatment and thus
delay a cure.
This liability at this season of the
year is, in a great measure. removed.
and no one should neglect the opportu-
nifty to take treatment.
Peruna is acknowledged by every one
to be the only reliable and unfailing cure
of catarrh wherever it may be located.
When you take Peruna you are not ex-
perimenting with an unknown remedy.
Men and women of national reputation.
as we'll as thousands in the humber
walks of life. publicly endorse Peruna-
Peruna does all that is claimed for it. 1t
cures catarrh.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-20
Russian Exposition oniciaI Departs.

Russian Exposition Official Departs.
ST. LOUIS, March 19.-Following
the abandonment by Russia OF her
plans for participation in the Worlds
Fair. Alfred Gutbur, an architect OF
st. Petersburg, whom the Russian
Government sent here to supervise the
construction OF the Russian pavilion,
departed for st. Petersburg to-day.
He was the last Of the Russian expo
sition officials to leave st. Louis. Mr..
Gutbur called on President Francis
to say farewell. There were tears in
his eyes as he shook hands.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-20
EmbezzIer Mastcrson Is Extradited

LOS ANGELES, March 19.-The
District Attorneys office is in receipt
of a telegram from Governor Pardee
stating that he is Informed by Secre-
tary of State Hay that E. A. Master
son. whoEis wanted here on charges
of extensive forgeries, has been extra
dited from Germany, whence he fled,
and is now in his way to this country
on the steamship Moltke. The extra
dition of Masterson was accomplished
through United States Embassador
Tower.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-20
RAILWAY
ESTABLISHES NEW SERVICE
Towns of Los Gatos, San Jose and
Saratoga Now Connected by
Electric Line.

SAN JOSE, March 19.-The San
Jose-Los Gatos Interurban Railway
inaugurated it's daily service between
San Jose and Saratoga and Los Gatos
to-day. A half-hour service between
San Jose and Los Gatos by way OF
Saratoga is given between a. m. and
p. m. A mail and express car is also
run over the road at stated intervals.
Work on short line will shortly COM
mence between San Jose and Los Ga
tos by way of Campbell.
An observation car service was also
put in operation over all the electric
roads of this city to-day. Tourists are
taken for ride of 104 miles for 81.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-20
WOODEN TRESTLE BRIDGE
COLLAPSES FROM DECAY
at a Time When 1t Was Not Being
TraverSed hY Pedestrians

PORTLAND, Or, March 19.-An
immense wooden trestle bridge, cross
ing what is known as Sullivans Gulch
in East Portland, collapsed to-day
from sheer decay. The bridge, which
was more than 800 feet long and near
Iy a hundred feet high, was condemned
to team traffic a year ago, but had
been used as a pedestrian bridge con-
tinuously.
The Chapman-street bridge, which
partly collapsed last night as the re-
suit of the flood waters from a broken
sewer is in danger of complete wreck
age.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-20
Instruct Delegates for Parker.

NEW YORK, March 19.-Demo-
cratic county conventions held in Or
leans, Chemung and Cortland coun-
ties to-day to choose delegates to the
St. Louis convention instructed their
delegates to favor Judge Alton B.
Parker of this State for the Presi-
Dental nomination.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-20
Fined for CARRYING Dynamite.

LIVERPOOL, March 19.-Van L.
Jubanovic, an Austrian, who reached
Liverpool on February II on the
White Star Line steamer Majestic
from New York and who was ar
rested on the charge of being in pos
session of explosives with felonious in
tent, was to-day acquitted of felonious
intent, but was fined $50 for having
dynamite concealed in his trunk.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-20
Ticket scalpers Are Enjoincd.

ST. LOUIS, March 1S.-Judge Amos
Thayer in the United States Circuit
Court of Appeals to-day overruled the
demurrer of the thirty ticket brokers
to the petition of certain railroads
which asked the court for an injunc-
ton to restrain the brokers from
scalping Worlds Fair tickets. The in
junction to restrain the scalpers will
therefore be granted.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-20
Say Success Is in Sight.

WASHINGTON, March .19. = AL
though success is in sight, according
to his statement to the Fortif1cations
Board, Professor Langley has declined
to make any request for further al
lotment of money to carry on his ex-
periments with his aerodrome. The
board also has decided that it is not
advisable at this time to make further
expenditures in that direction.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-20
Fire Damages Refining Plant.

ELIZABETHPORT,. N. j., March
19.-The plant of the Bayway Rein
ing Company in this city was destroy
ed by fire to-day. The flames spread
to the plant of the Pennsylvania and
Delaware Oil Company and the ware
house and part of the docks were
burned. About 200 feet of the dock
of the Pennsylvania and Delaware
Company was destroyed. Loss $780,
900.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-20
Robbers BLOW Up Bank BuiIding.

OMAHA, Nebr., March 19.-Rob-
bers blew the First National Bank
building at Firth, Nebr., to pieces in
an attempt to loot the safe, but failed
to secure the treasure. They were
scared away by citizens without secur-
ing any booty.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-20
BurgIars Shoot Bank Cashier.

PERU, Ind, March 19.-Cashier
Atkinson of the Mama County Bank
at Amber was shot in the head by
burglars and seriously wounded last
night. The burglars had blown out
the front wall of the building when
Charles Warren and Atkinson attack
ed them and caused them to flee. The
robbers failed to obtain any of the
$4,000 in the banks vault.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-20
Carnepie Gives Five millions.

NEW YORK, March 19.-Andrew
Carnegie has given another $4,000, 900
for educational purposes, says the
Globe, the fact becoming known just
previous to Carnegie's sailing to-day
for Europe. The formal announce
ment of the gift and it's purposes will
be made in few days. 1t is said the
gift is for the Carnegie Institute of
Pittsburg.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-20
CONDEMNED PRISONERS
MAKE DASH FOR LIBERTY
Attack the Guard and Fight Their
Way Through Gates OF City
.IaiI in Seoul

JdII IN SEOUL.
SEOUL, March 19.-Emboldened by
the sight of the execution Of criminals
in the city prison Wednesday night,
thirty condemned prisoners made a
dash for liberty. They attacked the
guard. fought their way through the
gates and escaped half-naked.
The prisoners had been imprisoned
for three years, charged with assist
ing the Korean political refugees who
escaped to Japan in 1900.
Fearing possible trouble, Japanese
military guards have been distributed
throughout the city, although so far
everything is quiet.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-20
Santa Fe Car Department Is Burned

ALBUQUERQUE, N. M, March 19.
The car department of the Santa Fe
Railroad shops here has been destroy
ed by fire. One hundred men are
thrown out of employment as a con-
sequence of the fire.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-20
Masked Men Lynch Negro Murderers.

CLEVELAND, Miss, March ia
mob of masked men stormed the Jail
here last night and secured Fayette
Sawyer and Burke Paris, negroes.
charged with the murder of a negro
porter. and hanged them from the
railroad bridge.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-20

The deepest gold mine in the world is
at Bendigo, Australia. It's shaft Is
down 5000 feet, or only sixty feet short
Of three-quarters Of a mile. The heat
at that depth is 1o8 degrees.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-20
WHO CANNOT BE CURED.

The proprietors and makers of Dr. Pierce's
Favorite Prescription now feel fully war
Tanted in Offering to pay $500 in legal
money of the United States for any case of
Lcucorrhea, Female Weakness, Prolapsus,
or Falling of Womb, which they cannot
cure. All they ask is fair and reasonable
trial of their means of cure.
uYou have my heartfelt thanks for your kind
advice to me (" writes Mrs. Geo. Fletcher of 100
Victoria Avenue. Calf, Ontario cwas troubled
with catarrh of uterus for over wear The
doctors said would have to go through an op-
Grafton, but l commenced to use DR. Pierce's
Favorite Prescription and Golden Medical Dis
coverv' also his Lotion Tablets and 'Antiseptic
and Healing Suppositories.' Now / am COM
pletely cured after using six bottles Of Dr.
Pierce's medicines. am glad to say his medi-
cine has made me new woman"
Weak and sick women are invited to
consult Or. R. v. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y,
by letter, free
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are easy
and pleasant to take. A most effective
Laxative.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-20

General hameR OB Oy Washing lat tt ta Charities New York kCty " 7,
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and
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-20

Hon. Dan. A. Grosvenor, Deputy Audi
tor for the War Department, in a lette
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-04-19

Short mill wood. Phone POS

Short mill wood. Phone 2Os
Mrs. Mary Gallagher, Of Tur-
tie River, was visiting Bemidii
friends yesterday.
Lowney's chocolate bon boas
are the best. For sale only at
Peterson's
Miss Haldeman went to Black
duck last night to take the testi-
money il a case tried by Attor-
ney's Funkley and Nc Kusick.
Lay ina supply Of short mill
wood for the season. Drys quick
". Delivered for - per load.
CrookstonL um Der Co. Phone POS
City Attorney Russell is at
Walker in attendance at the
spring term of the district court
and has three cases on the cal
ender.
Mrs. A. Danehar, who was
called to her old home at Morris,
Mimi, by the serious illness of
her mother, several weeks ago,
returned home last night.
M. D. Stoner went to Blackjack
last night and will 60 to Brainerd
tomorrow morning, where the
final details of the sale Of his
lumber interests at Blackjack
will be wound up.
Frank Richards, formerly with
the Red Lake Transportation
Company here, came up from
Minneapolis last night, and will
spend week visiting in Bemidji
and at Nebish and Red Lake.
A bunch Of rivermen went
north on the M. & |. last night.
Their destination was the Pine
Island camps Of j. A. Irvine and
they were old and experienced
men picked up in the Twin Cities.
f. D. Vibert, of Cloquet, editor
of the Pine Knot, was a pleasant
caller at the Pioneer office yester-
Eday afternoon. Mr.. Vibert-is
deputy internal revenue collector
and was on his way to Northome
on official business.
Guy Knott-Was at -Blackduck
last night on business. Mr..
! Knott leaves some time this week
| for the southern part of the state
where he has a position as col
Hector for the P. F. Collier pub
Fishing compang.
1 Thos. Bailey, Jr., returned
last night from Ashland, Wis,
where he has been on business
! for several days. Mr.. Bailey
has accepted a position as travel
ling salesman for the Ashland
Cigar Company and assumes his
iduhes the first Of the month
/ His territory is undecided, but
he viH either travel in this sec
| ton Cur in western Montana.
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IA Whole Family

Rev. l.. a. Dunlop. 81 Mount. Yer
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afflicted with a cough resulting from
measles, my wife with a cough that
had prevented her sleeping more or
less for fyc years, and Your White
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all. =,
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A Remarkable Case.

Thos. Reed, dt Neiilsville, Wis,
Your White Wine\of Tar Syrup. IS the
best medicine for the lungs that has
becn-soid- if,-tit i--ee,tttttt.r,: fspeak
from my own experience. think il
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lungs. 1t cured my neighbor, Mr..
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i'm for years.
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Rev, w, j Conard, of Park
Rapids, is in Bemidji.
Advertise III the Daily Pioneer
lisa good Investment -
u W-Joyce, Of Northome, is L
visitor in the city today.
Willitts 4 Gallitl this morning
sold the j !. j Robideau property
on Beltrami avenue to Peter
Cruise.
j. B. Kelley, an old time lum-
herman and one Of the best river
men in the Northwest, is ii the
city today from Menahga:
The FireyDepartment will give
a dance in about three weeks.
The proceeds will be used to do.
fray the eNpenses Of thesrunning
team 1T the Hallock tournament.
Tracy Bardwell loft today for
his old home at Fairmont, Mimi,
wherehc will8spend several weeks
renewing old acqnaihtances. Mr..
Bardwell inten.ls to interest.
some Of lis old Martin county
friends in this section and upon
his returnzcSpects to have som
them accompany him to make
some Investments III the cut over
lands ia this Vicinity
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For wall paper see J. A. Hoff,
Miles block.
Father Murphy went to North
ONE last night and served mass
there this morning
Attorney McK usick was q
Black visitor onslegal bust
ness last night.
Why balance on the verge Of
consumption when Marks Lung
Balsam will cure.
George Buckley went to North
ONE last night to look after his
interests there.
Mrs. Norman Helmer, who has
been on the sick list for some
time is improving.
Samuel Golfer, of Duluth, speci-
al agent of the U. S. land depart
ment is in the city on business.