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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-06-04
sWlhpLED OUT or $4,000.
Rich Australian Fleeced by New York
Cam

Tang.
New York. June 4. A wealthy Aus
tralian who arrived In New York ten
days ago from London was sWindled
a week ago out Of $4,000 BY men pre-
tending to be wire taf,pcrs. fhe story
has just become public. On5acconnt Of
his large business connections and also
because OF the fact that he was equally
guilty with the swindlers the Aus.
tsalian made no report OF the matter
to the police, but sailed on tho follow
ing day for London.
It appears tina, the victim met we'll
known New York sWindler In London
three weeks ago. The New Yorker
urged the Australian To come over
here, promising him great results on
racing Investments. The Australian
came and was .lreccd After the coup
II appears that the gang paid the dceoy
only $500 instead Of the $4,000 which
should have been his share under the
agreement In a fiji Of plqn4 the dccey
Informed the police. During the past
week Losses of $4,000 have been ne.
ported by other victims of swinalers
operating In the same manner.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-06-04

will return to Tenstrike some
time next fall.
Refrigerators is the order of
the day. Naylor has them. v
John McDougald, of Blackducll
is in the citygo business today.
Armstrong & Underwood serve
ice cream at all hours Of the day
and night.
Attorney Lanyard, of Black
duck, is in the city on business
before the probate court.
a fine picture given away with
every ten dollar cash purchase
at Ma lol,
Miss 10 Hegg, Of the News,
went to Cass Lake todayto spend
Sunday, the guest Of friends.
Delicious ice cream daintily
served at Armstrong & Under
wood S.
john 'Neil, boo keeper for the
j. A. Irvine company at Black
duck, is a Bemidji visitor today.
There is no lever so powerful
as plain and simple facts Mark S
Lung Balsam will cure your
cough.
A. G. Rood and NJ. H. Engen,
two prominent CroolSston bust
ness men, were in the city on
business yesterday.
All Modern Woodmen and Royal
Neighbors are requested to meet
at Masonic hall at 2 p. M, also at
Z D. m, Sunday, June 5. 4
H. r.. Palmer, who was several
years at Omichss news stand, has
accepted 4 position with AL Car
son at the Princess grocery.
Do not fail to read the Bazaar
ad today OF take advantage Of
this sale and save about one half
the price on articles mentioned.
The committee of the Northern
Pacific shopmen who have been
n.the city for several days ar.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-06-04

Dr. f. G.. Shaefer. widely known
Chicago physician. died suddenly at
his home there Friday.
John HopIey, one OF the oldest
editors in Ohio, is dead at Bucyrus.
He was eightythree years old.
Governor Mickey of Nebraska has
honerea the reasisition issued by Coy,
ernor Cummins Of Iowa for the arrest
OF Tom" DennisoH OF Omaha, accused
OF completely OF diamond robbery III
Iowa. --=.-
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-06-04
Lost a Leg in Midair.

New. York. June 4.-While at work
on 20-story building in Lower Broad
way John Sullivan. a laborer fell five
stories and lost one of his legs in mid.
air. AS he dropped down an open
chute Sullivan struck an iron girdef
with great force 1t cut off one of his
limbs above the knee ike knife.
Sullivan probably will die.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-06-04
THREE KILLED BY LIGHTNING.
severe storm IN Indiana Does Much
Damaqeg

Bonneville, Ind, June 4.-1'hree chill
dren wen. killed, one man fatally in
jnred and a woman and child seri-
ously injured by an electric shock
which partially destroyed their home
near this city.
The dead are: John Gentry. Jr..
aged fourteen; Opal Gentry, ten; q
baby, two John Gentry, Sr., was IA.
tally In iured. $3.50 % s = q
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-06-04
THE CITY

Cream puffs at the Lakeside
Bakery today.
Ice cream and strawberries.
Armstrong & Underwood.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Fuller
are the parents Of a baby girl
born last evening.
The Modern Woodmen will eel
ebrate their 22d memorial day,
Sunday, June 5.
AS school has closed the boys
must have something to play
with.so buy an express wagon at
MAYORS:
VIM. McClure's family have ar
rived from Minneapolis to spend
the summer and will go to house
keeping in Bemidji.
Caesar dead and turned to clay
might stop hole to keep the
wind away. Take Marks Lung
Balsam, and avoid this fate.
John Thompson, Of Blackjack.
is in the city on his way to #Cass
Lake to make final proof on a
homestead near blackduck.
Martin Stennick, who has been
a popular employc of the Hotel
Richards at Tenstrile for some
time past, left yesterday tospend
the summer at his old home in
New Brunswick. Mr.. Stennick
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-06-04

a. p Henrionnet OF Park Rap,
ids was a visitor in the city last
might.
Cat flowers at the Grill.
Mrs. G. w. Speelman is down.
from Northome for a visit with
BemidI friends.
Cut flowers at the Grill.
City Attorney Russell is. at.
Cass Lake on business before
tn lard office t. afternoon.
Uncle Josh Spruceby will be
the next attraction at the City
opera house and comes the latter
part of the present month.
Best cup Of coffee on earth at
the Grill.
The Catholic Order of Forest,
ers have candidates to initiate at
their next regular mectlnsg,Fues-
day Of next week.
r. II. Muncy and George q
Shea, two of the Pine Tree 60. IS
cruisers, are in the city from
Little Falls.
We will frame yoar1pictures
while you wait at MAYORS.
Special Agent Britt, who looks
after the Great Northern inter:
ests in this vicinity, is IN the city
today on business.
Mrs. I'll. j Koldenof Blackjack
was the guest Of Bemidji friends
today on her way to Grand Forks
where s he goes for a visit with
her parents.
G. w. BaSan bach, vice presi-
dent of the Lumbermen's State
bank, is in Oklahoma on business
and will be absent from Mime.
sofa for several weeks.
Go to the Grill tomorrow for
Your Sunday dinner.
Andy Danahcr, who was down
from Tenstrike yesterday, says
the boys up there arc organic ns
| a ball team and there may Be
something doing with Bemidjl
soon.
George Willard, Of the First
National bank,Sis enjoying q two
weeks vacation which will be
spent at his old home at Mar
shall and with relatives at Owa
tOnna.
| Manager Kayne of the base
ball club will try and have a good
game Of base ball for one week
from tomorroWand arrangements
may be made to runan excursion
from the north line towns.
John Jinkinson reports that
the Grass Lake ditch is nearing,
[completion. The culvert under
the railroad track is still to be
Iput in. Work was. suspended
yesterday on account Of the rain.
Two of the colored men with
Mahara's minstrcls We're partici
pants in fierce hand to hand
fight ust-befOre theshoW left the
city yesterday morning and both
were discharged by the manage
ment.
Cut flowers at tie Grill.
A. p. White returned this
morning from a trip to Kelliher
and Northome and says things
fare little quiet up that way at
present. The hand-car now
meets the passenger trains on
days when the freight doesn' t
run and 'sDad Palmer has ceased
to repine about the terrible train
Eservice with which his town is
Favored.
Esz -------.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-06-04
Driven TO Desperation.

Living at an ont of the way
place, remote from civilization, a
family is often driven to despera-
ton in case Of accident, resulting
in Burns, Cuts, Wounds, Ulcers,
etc. Lay in a snpply Of Buclilen's
Arnica Salve. It's the best on
earth, 225c- atlaLl drug stores.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-06-04
SMITH DONATES 100000.
Minneapolis Lumbernaan Makes Gift to
Kansas College.

Lindsborg, Kan, June 4.-CoIonel G..
a. Smith Of Minneapolis has donated
10n,0O6.On0 feet Of timber to Bethany
college Of this place. The timber Tins
donated is not to be sold until It Yields
100000.
Colonel Smith asks that the college
authorities, the alumni and students
try 10 raise an equal sum by Jan. /,
1906
Mr.. Smith is president and principal
stakeholder in the G. A. Smith Lumber
company and one of the wea1thiest
men TN Minneapolis.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-01-16
DANCING for Children.

II is never good idea to send O.
child to the dancing class so distract
ingly gowned that she cannot put her
mind on the instructions of her teach
er. A simple little frock, not any
more "frilly" than any afternoon
pique dress she might wear, is best.
And for Reginald the same notion is
the most satisfactory, says the Phila-
delphia Inquirer Do not insist on
making him tog out as brother Will
would when going to his first big din
ner. 1t seems almost a shame to
insist that children should wear high
buttoned or laced boots for the dane
ing class. but 1t is by far the most
sensible, for until the ankles are
strong and not prone to any turning
the high shoes, with, however, very
low heels, are the best.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-01-16
. Was He Jokinq7

Several Philadelphia men recently
went on a cunning trip to Virginia.
The first evening they elected to stop
at little, out of the way hotel. Along
with the other guests they had re-
paired to the dining room for supper.
and had been seated some little while
when the proprietor appeared in the
doorway and to their establishment re-
cited in stentorian tones the bill of
fare.
One OF the party inquired later why
this novel method prevailed in lieu of
the usual printed cards.
Its a practice | began some years
ago." replied the proprietor with q
smile, when / kept a hotel in an
other state. Most of my guests were
members of the legislature, and they
couldn't read"
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-01-16

der, Just In advance of the procession.
Here was a religious ceremonial par.
taking OF the characteristics of
Fourth Of July celebration. The
crosses were deposited In the church.
and more formulate were gone through
with. When this was concluded, the
Indians began to celebrate in good
earnest, and red poison circulated
freely the whole night long.
One OF their old games of peon was
played, but DRINKS became 70 numer-
Gus and unruly that the policeman
and his deputy had their hands full.
An old adobe hut with grass roof was
improvised as a calaboose, and the
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-01-16
Historic Church Reatnrnd.

A religious ceremony has just been
performed in remarkable church in
the heart of Milton Abbey Woods, Dor.
set, England, The little church was
erected there in the year 93S by King
Athelstan and dedicated to st. Cath.
'rne, and until the reformation was
regularly used by the monks of Mil.
ton Thereafter 1t fell into disuse,
and in process Of time into desecra.
ton. In turn it was utilized as
pigeon-house, as laborer's cottage
rs a carpenters shop and as lumber
store, and was rapidly falling into dc
cay when Everard Hambro, the lord
II the manor, resolved to restore it
The restoration was completed about
l week ago, but has been so reverent,
~ done that most of the old Saxon,
Norman and perpendicular work il
contained remains intact, and an in.
Used Indulgence" inscription on it's
outh door has been perfectly pre-
served.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-01-16
Turtle OFF Britain.

A huge turtle was found of the
island Of Lewis last week. The fisher
men had never beheld such queer
beast" and got it into their boat and
brought 1t across to Mallaig with their
cargo Of fish. They were considerably
astonished when a gentleman staying
at the lJtel there informed them that
the creature was worth more than the
whole OF the rest of the catch. They
sent it Off to the Birmingham market
along with the other fish, and were de-
lighted beyond words when they
shared the resulting check. It is ex-
ceedingly rare to find turtles off the
coast OF Britain.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-01-16
Especial Correspondence.)

policeman Jailed his prisoners as fast
as they needed his services. But at
the very outset n difficult problem had
to be met and overcome before the
Jail could be made serviceable. The
door was a light, flimsy affair, With
no very good iastenings, and either
this had to be strengthened or the
Jail idea abandoned. But for an in
genious idea, which would have re
nected credit on Connecticut
Yankee, the latter calamity would
have befallen. BY removing all the
boots and shoes before incarceration
all danger of an outbreak was avoid
ed. This was forthwith put into eX
ecution, and the boOtless and sock
less contingent of the fiesta were
ruthlessly thrust into the Jail to sleep
off their drunken debauch, while a
marvellous array of footgear grew into
a FEARFUL and wonderful pyramid out.
side, an exhibition that would make
some of our esthetic shoe merchants
green with envy. Ten or more were
corded up inside, and the old Jail
could hold no more, and many appli.
cants had to go jailless, very deplor.
able state of affairs.
Events proceeded at this rapid pace
all night, and probably three fourths
OF the males were more or less intox.
icated, some lying around sleeping of
their booze, and others making a no.
BILE but fruitless effort to stand erect
AS soon as the eastern sky began
to tighten, the pots and ollas were
over the campfres, cooking the bal
ance of the rations, and soon the sa.
worry odors of coffee, beans, beotes
and biscuits began to permeate the
redolent atmosphere. 1t seemed tc
penetrate the jail and revive the dor.
mant faculties of the prisoners, whose
greatest fear seemed to be that they
might miss some of the good things
whose odor was as the battle smoke
to the war horse. As their battering
rams were useless they had to think
of some more feasible plan than tc
smash the door down with their bare
feet. They soon began to tear down
the tule roof, and soon a wild, frowsy
head came through, followed by q
body, and this by another, until the
door had to be unfastened to protect
the entire roof from being torn down
The prisoners poured out pretty mad
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-01-16
THE TANNING OF A TIGER,
How Clever Snowman Got the Best o,
Ferocious Man-Eater,

The trainers of wild beasts" said
John Lover of the Zoo, sometimes
show a good deal of originality in do.
vising means to subdue intractable
animals. For instance, there was
Snowman | used to know named Mel
chior. He once bought for a song
magnificent Bengal tiger, getting
It so cheap because it had already
killed two men. This tiger had a fe
rocious nature. Melchior at nrst would
put his foot or his hand into the cage
but from the way 1t would leap at
him he knew that to put himself en-.
tirely in its power would be suicide
Nothing he could do would establish
friendly relation between himself
and the tiger. Some originality was
needed, and Melchior showed II nv
taking some old clothes, stuffing them
with rags and throwing them in the
cage. The tiger in a jiffy tore the
old clothes to pieces, thinking them
human being. Next day, and the
| next day, and the next, Melchior CON
| tinued to throw in to the tiger stuffed
| figures, and the tiger continued to
destroy Them only, as time passed.
the animal ceased to put heat into
its work, and in the end, to make a
long story short, it gave up altogether
these attacks on the scarecrows-it
would just play with them or else not
notice them at all. Now was Melchiors
time. He opend the cage door one
morning, walked in boldly and
slapped the tiger Familiarity on the
back. 1t gave him a friendly look
and purred. 1t took him, you see, for
another mannikin. 1t lived seven years
with Melchior and finally died of heart
trouble, and through all those seven
years it was as gentle as a kitten. A
child could have handled it."-Phila-
| delphia Record.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-01-16
A PAPER HE RIO
By WALTER @. PROCTOR.
Copyrighted, 1908, BY The Authors Publishing Company

'Mornin', Mary; mother letter from
Fred, | 'spose-'t'as the South Africa
stamp ont" said the postman, hand.
ing letter to the rosy.cheeked maid
en- waiting for him at the gate in the
break of the hedge.
Blushing, Mary took it and FASTENED
to the rosebower in the corner of the
garden where she had spent the last
blissful hour with Fred before his de-
parture for the front. To her it
seemed a fit place to read his letters.
She read and re.read this particular
letter. Then with bounding step and
happy heart she ran into the cottage
and threw it into her mothers lap.
Read it, mother" she exclaimed.
what do you think? Fred's hero"
While her mother was reading the
letter, some of Mary's girl friends
came in.
from Fred" said one; do tell us the
news, Mary; there's dear"
Only too anxious, Mary took the let
ter from her mother.
I'm only going to read the news
to you, girls" she said, excitedly;
but that's enough. Fred's real
hero. He's saved a whole battalion.
Here's what he says:
81 expect you have read about It
In the papers by this time. But there.
you don't know yet. Our battalion
was ordered to take a strong position
held by the Beers, from which they
have been sneaking out and doing a
lot of mischief lately, blowing up
trains and cutting off transports. We
started out bright and early without
transportation, and with only three
days rations. We marched until
noon, when we encamped and rested
until sunset. Then we resumed our
march, and marched all night, in or
der to surprise the enemy at dawn.
We had to cross a river to get to
them. That river came near being
the slaughter-house for the whole bat
talion-it was for quite a number. The
road to the ford ran through q deep
gorge which opened into a narrow val
ley, walled in by steep hills, and
through which flowed the river. We
cleared the gorge and our vanguard
was already halfway across the riv.
er, when the enemy opened fire on us
from the hills on the opposite side.
Somehow they had heard of our in
tended attack. We were completely
surprised and at their mercy. We
were in the open and unprotected.
while not a head of the enemy could
be seen. From every rock belched
forth fire and bullets. In a moment
all was confusion. Our colonel,
conspicuous mark for enemies bull.
lets. kept his wits, however, and or.
dered the battery to play on them.
But II was no use. There was moth.
ing to do now but to retreat, and our
colonel reluctantly gave the order.
but no sooner had we right-about
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-01-16

On Nov. II the scattered Indians of
the fast dwindling Santa Ysabel tribe
in California, together with num-
Der of their friends from Mesa
Grande, Anahuac and Captain Grande,
celebrated one of their characteristic
festas. This kind of fiesta is a COM
bination of the oldfashioned harvest
home, Fourth of July and Thanksgiv-
ing. 1t celebrates the successful
ending of the harvest season, and cor
responds to the corn feasts of the
Yumas, with the church ritual add
ed. Santa Ysabel at one time con-
tanned the largest village of Indians
probably in San Diego county, and ac-
cording to ancient white-haired lndi-
ans. they were as countless as the
ants. To think of that peaceful dairy
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-01-16
Good Use for Automobiles.

Russia, first of European countries,
intends to put automobiles to a prac.
ical use by organizing a service OF
hem on the coast road that leads
from Novorossisk to Soukhoum. Kale,
in Transcaucasia. This Is a road,
none too wide, that dips into deep ra.
vines and runs for the most part be.
tween tree.clad mountain slopes and
The Black sea, whose waves whiten at
tho foot of an embankment many feet
below. There is little protection on
the sea side, at any rate-though there
Is sometimes barbed wire fence
and the road OF course, is not lit al
night. But it is fine and useful piecs
Of work, facilitating communication
in dihicult country. when even in
summer is visited only twice a week
by steamers coming from Odessa.
Automobiles are comparatively rare in
Russia, though there are at least three
factories where they are made.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-01-16
A Santa Ysabel Home.

ranch, with its hundreds of cattle.
large modern creameries, barns and
outbuildings, overrun by hordes of
long-haired, naked savages, is far
stretch of the imagination, but the
greater number of mortar holes and
the tales of early pioneers leave no
room for doubt. OF this once thriv-
ing village, only two houses remain
inhabited to-day, the rest having fall
en- in ruins, marked only by mound
of earth, and most times not even
that. OF the old church only frag-
meht of wall remains, and this Is an
nually covered by ramada, or
brush shelter, In which services are
held occasionally. But the real glory
and pride of the Santa Ysabellas,
their old mission bells, remain today,
as sweet-toned as when they were
cast, nearly 40 years ago, in old
Spain. Each of these bells weighs
about 400 pounds, and when 1t is re-
membcred that they were brought up
from San Diego nearly century ago,
on the backs of Indians, over fifty
miles, without stop, one can imagine
the power the old padres exercised
over the simple, superstitious saw
ages.
For a week previous to the fiesta
the hat Is passed around, and collec-
tons secured, to the amount of some
times fifty or more dollars, coffee,
beans, etc; with which to feed all the
invited guests during the continuance
OF the good time.
From early dawn till dewy eve on
the lith the Indians kept arriving
from different parts of the country, in
aR kinds of rigs. and on all sorts of
mounts, although it is to be remarked
that most of the. horses seemed well
fed and in excellent condition. Some
of the late corners had gaZed too fix
eddy on the wine when 1t was red, and
were inclined to be hilarious.
As relay after relay arrived they
were fed and turned loose to make
room for more At shutdown the PEG.
pie all gathered near the remnant of
a once vigorous old sycamore on the
banks of the beautiful Santa Ysabel
creek, and there three crosses were
brought to them by Salvador Duro,
the master of ceremonies. These
crosses were made of the heads of
wheat in the form of n Greek cross,
and fastened to long sticks, and were
borne at the head of procession,
which Immediately formed, and
walked bareheaded toward the
church. chanting and going through
responsive service. During this
time the bell ringer kept up an inces-
SAINT jangle of sweet sounds, while
many of the young men shot off pis.
tolls and guns in a somewhat reckless
manner, and one industrious Indian
kept setting off sticks OF giant pow.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-01-16
Spirit Photography.

An Irish woman went to a photog-
rapher's and, after stating that her
husband was dead requested a pic
ture of him. On being asked for q
likeness, she said
"Shure, if had wan picture of him,
wat wud come here for?"
The photographer always ready for
fun, replied:
"lf you give me IS and description
fyour husband. think | can accom-
modate you"
We'll" answered the woman, "he
had red hair, gray eyes, was tall an
thin and rather narvus."
On receiving the picture, and with
tears streaming from her eyes, she
said:
"Oh, Dennis, how you have
changed"
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-01-16

hat, but we got the guns into action
long enough to enable the battalion
to re-enter the gorge, where we were
protected by the rocks. How any Of
us escaped is a mystery. We were
compelled to leave the guns in the
valley, but once under cover of the
rocks, we were able to prevent them
falling into the hands of the Beers.
"'When night came on the colonel
called for volunteers to save the
guns. Again | led few men to the
guns and brought them in. A few
doses of lyddite cleared the hills OF
the enemy and enabled our ambu-
lance corps to attend to the wounded
and bury the dead. The colonel COM