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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1905-01-25
Early Morning Fire Destroys
Home of John Schmidt,
West Of Bemidji.
INMATES OF CABIN NARROWLY
ESCAPE THE FLAMES.
Forced to Leave in ScanIy Raj.
ment and Walk Nearly a Mile
In Bitter Cold.

Between the hours of 8 and 4
O'Clock this morning the home of
John Schmidt, a homesteader
who lives on the Mississippi river
four miles west of the city, was
burned to the ground, together
with all his household goods
and personal effects of the family.
The fire was discovered short
ly after 8 o'clock, but not before
the entire cabin was a mass of
flames, and the mother and father
barely escaped with their lives
and those of their five children.
They were forced to abandon the
burning house with nothing but
their night clothes to protect
them from the intense cold, and
walk nearly a mile to the farm
house owned by DR.. Rowland
Gilmore, where they were afford
ed shelter. The origin Of the fire
is unknown, but it is supposed
that it started from an overhead
ed stove.
Every men. Der of the family
was asleep at the time the blaze
started, and it was miraculous
that it was discovered until they
were all cremated. Mrs. Schmidt
was slightly burned while escap-
ing through the door, but her in
juries are net serious.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1905-01-25
STEVENSON
PETITIONED
Bemidii People Ask the Con.
gresham to Aid in Pass
ing the Nelson Bill.

A petition is being circulated
among the people Of the city to-
day which asks Halvor Steener-
son, as a member of the U. S..
Congress, to use his influence in
aiding in the passing of bill
which will be introduced by Sen.
Nelson, and which provides for
the purchase by the Minneapolis,
Red Lake & Manitoba Railway
company of tract of land on the
Red Lake reservation to be used
by them for terminals. The pc
tition has received a large num-
Der of signers and will be for
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1905-01-25

warded to Washington in the
near future. Under the laws now
existing relative to Indian lands,
the red men are not allowed to
sell or convey any part of the
lands set apart as a reservation,
and in order to secure proper
terminal facilities for the new
railway a special act of Congress
will be necessary.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1905-01-25
ROYAL NeiGhbOrs.

The Royal Neighbors and the
Woodmen will hold a joint install
lation. supper and dance at the
Masonic hall Thursday evening
of tl.is week. The exercises
and all that follows will be public
and everyone is cordially invited.
Mrs. Francis Millett, Oracle of
the Royal Neighbors of Cass
Lake will be present and will act
as installing officer.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1905-01-25
Eagles Entertain Tonight.

The local aerie at Eagles have
made arrangements for one of
the most enjoyable social events
of the season which will be given
at their hall tonight. A large
nun Der of guests have been in
vited to the affair and a delightful
time is anticipated. The evening
will be spent in playing cards and
the successful players will be
awarded prizes. A bounteous
repast has been provided for the
occasion.
Chester Snow left for Cass
Lake this afternoon. Mr.. Snow
is one of those who are affected by
the decision Of the general land
office at Washington to the effect
that some Of the land sales at the
q. S. land Office at Cass Lake
were illegal.
Halvor Halvorson of Blackjack
was a Bemidji visitor yesterday.
A. A. Warfeld left this morn
ing for Nary.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1905-01-25
OFFICIALS
ARE SLACK
Hubbard County Officers
Said Take Poor Care of
Their Paupers.

B. E. Sutton, the aged home
steader who was cared for in Be-
midi for a short time last week
after he had been driven from his
homestead by nergro to whom
he relinquished the land, was
taken to Park Rapids yesterday,
where he will be confined at the
Hub bard county poor farm. The
homestead upon which the old
man lived is located in Hub bard
county, and it is said that al
though the officials at Park Rap
ids knew of the condition of
affairs regarding the man they
refused to take proper care of
him until compelled to by the
officers Of Beltrami county.
James Cahill is spending a few
days in the town Of Maple Ridge
locking after land interests.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1905-01-25
". G. Y Ely
LEAV Els BIG WAD
Copy Of Last Will and Tesla
ment Of Capitalist Filed
in Bemidii.

A transcript Of the last will and
testament of w. G. Yawkey, the
millionaire mine owner and CAPT
talist, who died in New York last
fall, was filed with Register of
Deeds Harris yesterday. The
estate OF which the deceased was
owner at the time Of his death is
valued at 1000, 600, and Of this
amount ST., 600, OOOin cash is given
away to his two children, w. H,
YaWkey and Mrs. A. L. Austin,
and large sums are bequeathed
to various Observation-Disclosures.
Mr.. YaWkey was one of the
heaviest holders of pine lands in
Beltrami county.
Edward Thieling of Tenstrike,
G. A. Leopold Of Hagali township
and A. Edwards of Nebish were
in the city today and left this
afternoon for Cass Lake, where
they will appear at the U. S. land
Office in that city as witnesses in
a mum Der Of contest cases which
will be tried today.
Attorney P. J. Russell left this
afternoon for Grand Rapids,
where he will appear in a case to
be tried before Judge McClena-
han in the district court of Itasca
county.
DR.. j. Warninger left this after
noon for Ballclub, where he was
called by the Standard Lumber
company to render veterinary
services to a number Of sick
horses.
Freddie Wheelock, who has
been suffering with an attack of
typhoid fever for some time past
is reported as being convalscent.
Mrs. G. r. Martin leaves to.
morrow for Osakis, where she
will be the guest Of relatives for
short time.
DR.. E. IT. Smith went to Shevlin
last night on professional bust
ness, returning home this after
noon.
A. =. Morris, cashier of the
Beltrami County bank, is in the
city today from Tenstrike.
A regular meeting Of the fire
department will be held at the
city hall tonight.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1905-01-25
Do Not Suppress a Cough.

When you have a cough do not
try to suppress it, but remove
the cause. The cough is only a
symptom Of some disease, and
the disease is what you should
cure, then the cough will stop it.
self. The most common cause of
coughing is a cold. Anodynes
will promptly suppress the cough
and preparations containing
chloroform, opium, etc, are used
for that purpose, but they do not
cure the cold. Chamberlain S
Cough Remedy on the other hand
does not suppress the cough, but
relieves it by removing from the
throat and lungs the mucus
which INSTRUCTED the breathing
and allaying the irritation and
tickling in the throat. It also
opens the secretions and effectu-
ally and permanently cures the
cold as well as the cough. For
sale by Barker's Drug store.
T J. Andrews left for Cass
Lake this afternoon on land bust
ness.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1905-01-25
.DOINGS AT
CASS LAKE
Maccabees Give Party Thurs.
day Night. Cass Lake
Inventors.

| Cass Lake, Jan. 25. Cass
Lake Tent, No. 1913, Knights Of
the Maccabees, and the local
hive of Lady Maccabees will hold
a joint installation of the newly.
elected officers Of both lodges, at
Strawbridge hall, Thursday even
ing, and it is the intention of the
members to make the affair one
Of the most successful, from a
social standpoint, in the history
of either organization. The party
is strictly invitation affair, and
the ''bids' have been issued only
to the "Bees" and their imme-
date friends. Among those from
abroad who will participate is J.
N. Chellow, state commander,
who will have charge of the in
stallation ceremonies. The pro-
gram is as follows: Joint installa.
ton, at s. Musical and literary
numbers. Address of welcome
by Rev. Singer. Response by
lady commander of the hive.
Address, J. N. Chellow. Ban,
quet, followed by dancing.
Cass Lake is rapidly forging to
the front as the home of men
with new ideas, as witness the
lnrge mum Der of patents issued
to our local inventors during the
past year. A. b. Hovey is among
those who have been achieving
greatness along the lines of in.
Yention. He and J. E. Tapley
invented a street car indicator
that promises to revolutionize the
method of designating stopping
points on street cars, and they
also patented an iron fence post
that is the envy of parties desir
ing the exclusive manufacture Of
the posts. And now Hovey has
Invented and secured the patent
on two fans that are UNIQUE
simple, and will undoubtedly be
eagerly sought when placed
on the market. There are two
models of these fans, one being
run by spring motor, the other
to be attached to an incandescan1
lamp and run by electrical power
Ole Ferguson will finance the
production of the fans.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1905-01-25
Reds on the Reservation
Better Fixed Than Ever
Before.
HAVE"HEA MUCH'PROVISIONS
FOR THE WINTER.
Efforts Of Major Scott Meeting
With a Comfortable Measure
of Success.

| Physically, financially and NOR.
ally, the Indians on the Cass
Lake, Leech Lake and Winnibi-
goshish reservations are in bet.
ter condition then they have been
for several years and the average
red that you meet this winter
wears a self-contented, peaceful
look that is good to see. He has
cheap much provisions, his
credit is fairly good, and he pur-
sues the even tenor Of his way to
the entire satisfaction of his
white brethren. For several
years prior to this winter, it has
been necessary to solicit addi-
tional rations and financial assis-
lance for the reds on these reser-
vations, and they have often been
in such Strengthened circum-
stances that many narrowly
escaped starvation. During the
past two years, the Indians have
been hardening to the council
of Major Scott, acting Indian
agent, who has ever advised them
to assume the habits Of the white
man and learn to think more of
the morrow, and lay up stores
and provisions for the trying
times Of winter.
Last year, it was found neces-
sary to solicit several thousands
dollars from the Indian depart
ment to aid the worthy reds, who
were in a mostneedy condi ton,
as a result of poor crops during
the previous summer and lack of
forethought in preparing for the
rigors of cold weather. They
suffered not a little, despite the
efforts of Major Scott to provide
means for their existence, and
during the past eight months
they have made ample prepare.
tions to tide over this winter.
Conditions have been favorable
for their laying in good supplies,
and they have apparently taken
advantage of the opportunity.
The sugar crop last spring was a
bountiful one, and they gathered
much Of the sweet stuff and real.
lied handsomely on the fruits of
their labors. The blueberry sea.
son was also productive Of good
prices, and while the crop was
not as large as the year previous,
they laid by gooaly sum. The
wild rice also brought good
price, and more to enrich the ex.
chequer was secured
The thirst for frewater among
the reds has been curbed, to a
large extent, by the vigorous
prosecutions inaugurated by
Major Scott against those who
have sold liquor to the wards of
the government. Several of the
parties who furnished the stuff
to the natives were given heavy
fines and long terms in tine penl.
tertiary, and the moral effect on
the Indians has been very notice
able-Lo is slowly becoming a
sober-th thinking citizen, and is un-
able to secure his teddy as easily
as was his won't a few years ago.
All these conditions are for the
betterment of the Indian, and
point to an increasing usefulness
as good citizens Of the aborigines
and his Offsprings.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-01-19
WOULDN'T BRAND BOY A FELoN.
Judge Rebuked Mother Who iHvok-
ed Laws Vengeance for Theft.

Judge Rebuked Mother Who i1vck-
ed Laws Vengeance for Theft.
81 don't approve of this proceed
ing at all. 1t is disgraceful, in my
opinion, to bring a boy into court for
taking IS from his mothers, bureau.
His father ought to discipline him
and II he still persists habitually-.
then he is really criminal, but to
act as has been done here and brand
the boy as a felon is outrageous.
will suspend sentence in this case"
In these words Judge Ralston to-.
day rebuked a woman who persisted
in asking that her boy be sent to
Jail for a petty theft from her. The
boy had confessed the theft. He was
fearful, but the mother was unfor-
giving and insisted that the full pen
atty of the law should be visited up
on him.
He did not look like bad boy, and
his mother acknowledged that he was
ordinarily a good boy, as boys go.
He was not addicted to crimo, she
acknowledged, and this was his first
offense.
The judge ordered him TO be re-
leased and to go home with his
mother, cautioning him at the same;
time to profit by the leniency of the
court to prove that It was deserved.
The mother and son departed, the
boy glad to have escaped prison and
the mother dissatisfied because the
judge would not discipline him.
Philadelphia Ledger.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-01-19
MIGHT HAVE SAVED 1T
A Lot of Trouble from Too Much
Starehy Food.


A little boy of eight years whose
parents did not feed him on the right
kind Of food, was always nervous and
suffered from a weak condition OF the
stomach and bowels. Finally he was
taken down with appendicitis and
after the operation the doctor, know
Ing that his intestinal digestion was
very weak, put him on Grape-Nats
twice a day.
He rapidly recovered and about two
months thereafter, his Father states,
He has grown to be strong, muscu-
lar, and sleeps soundly, weighs 81
pounds, and his whole system is in a
fine condition of health" Name given
by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
1t is plain that If he had been put
on Grape-Nuts at an earlier period in
his life, and kept from the use of
foods that he could not digest, he new
er would have had appendicitis. That
disease is caused by undigested food
decaying in the stomach and bowels,
causing irritation and making for the
growth of all kinds of microbes, set
ting up diseased condition which is
the active cause of appendicitis, and
this is more marked with people who
do not properly digest white bread.
Grape-Nuts il made of the selected
parts of wheat and barley and by the
peculiar processes Of the cooking at
the factory, all of the starcn IS turned
Into sugar ready for immediate diges-
ton and the more perfect nourish-
ments OF all parts Of the body. :partIcu-
larly the brain and nerve centers.
Read the little book, THE Road tG
welKiIie, fond in each pkg.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-01-19
CLUBS FOR BOTH SEXES.
Wife Now Has Opportunity to Enjoy
Conueniai Society.

Conqeniai society.
Now men can go off to their clubs
in the comfortable knowledge that
there is no deserted wife sitting at
home, but that she is quite safe and
happy. enjoying equal refreshment ia
the society of thoroughly nice women,
and that she is not at all aggrieved IL
he In turn enjoys the society Of his
confreres.
If man desires woman's society, he
is always free to come as guest at
her club, for women are far more hos
pitable than men, and do not lock their
clubs against the intrusion of men
guests. Only In her club the woman
reigns. Man is no longer corralled in
to the precincts as an envied prize.
Naturally this is changing the as
pect of society a little. l know at
least half dozen men who are open
ly anxious to get married, who want
companion and friend in their wife.
Constance Smedley in London Ex-
press.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-01-19
plsFieuRINe ULCER
People Looked at Her in Amstemsnt
pronounced lneurable-Facs
Now Clear as Ever-Thanks
God for Cutioura.

Mrs. p Hackett, of 400 Van Buren,
ST., Brooklyn. n. Y, says: Il wish
to give thanks for the marvellous cure
of my mother by Cuticura. She had
a severe ulcer. which physicians had
pronounced incurable. 1t was ter
rible Disagreement. and people would
stand in amazement and look after
her. After there was no hope from
doctors she began using Cuticura
Soap, Ointment, and Pills, and now,
thank God, she is completely cured,
and her face is as smooth and clear
as ever"
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-01-19
DIAMONDS in Meteorle STONE.

In a mass Of meteoric stone Prof.
Moissan. the celebrated French physic-
list, has discovered a number of dia-
monds of microscopic dimensions, but
of regular octahedral form and perfect
water.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-01-19

An Ohio dentist is doing some
work for the sultan of Morocco. The
sultan has taken precautionary meas
ures by having eunuch stand by for
orders, with an AK; the dentists sim
pie but diplomatic reply was a rub
Der dam.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-01-19
Lost His Thouohts.

Our readers will please excuse the
dearth of news this week. Ye editor
returned from Knoxville Sunday and
has not been able to concentrate his
thoughts SINCE Montgomery (Tenn.)
ViudicatOr.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-01-19

Bandit Raisuli is banditing around
in search of somebody else whose
IF tcds will be willing TO put up a
satisfactory ransom. The bandits who
caught Ellen Stone seem to have got
enough out of their first transaction
TO be able to retire permanently.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-01-19

An Ithaca man has committed sui
eide because he was removed from
the position of police sergeant. What
strange notion that man had of the
limitations of human fallacyl A great
many of us are not police sergeants,
yet we are happy. happy. so happy.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-01-19

Vicar General Fox of Trenton, N.
j., says: Men do not destroy wom-
en-; women destroy men, Washing
ton statisticians say that men in the
United States are numerically supe-
rior TO women. but that women live
longer. Now, what is that old idea
we had about weaker six?
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-01-19

Now that the girl students at Ogontz
have hazed their principal. Miss East.
man, by mistake, taking her for one
of their number, and sousing her in
q tub of ice-cold water, hazing at
Ogontz will stop, or the principal will
know the reason why.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-01-19

Prof. Loeb has been making fur
Their important experiments in heter.
ogeneous naturalization of echino-
derms. And all for results which.
though wonderful. are so small that
they can't be seen with the naked eye
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-01-19

The cables tell of an American lady
abroad who is 1.-The life and soul of a
house party-always full of fun, with
never disagreeable word for any
one" There is fine recipe for pop
ularity in the last seven words.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-01-19
Rear,s EIeah GOOD EATING.

The value of bears ham as an ar
ticle of food is pretty generally known,
but it is not, perhaps, quite so well
understood that every part of the ami
NAL is just as useful as that of the
hog.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-01-19
consumptives Retain Weight.

1t has been found that 20 to 80 per
cent of the consumptive patients at
one of the Swiss sanatoriums retain
for several years the extra weight
gained there during several months
treatment.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-01-19

The Pasteur Institute has at last
succeeded in Transforming radish in
to a potato. They should now try
their hand at turning boarding house
steak into a. small porterhouse, with
mushrooms on the side.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-01-19
stones at Glass r1ouses.

Glass houses may soon be made
stone-proof. Silesian glassmakers are
turning out glass bricks for all sorts
of building purposes. and hope that
the proverb will soon have no sig
nifcance.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-01-19

Father Angelo of Pennsylvania says
lovers should not sit on the same
sofa. AS they have experience in
such matters and he has not; his pro-
test lacks power.-Grand Rapids Her.
aid.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-01-19

A lock of Thackeray's hair was
sold at auction for $3.50 the other
day. If some barber had saved the
tonsorial clippings of the novelist, he
would have left a rich heritage to his
children
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-01-19
A Georgia Girl.

The Georgia girl has won new lau-
rels. At College Park yesterday a
beautiful young heroine sprang into
a burning house and saved baby
that had been forgotten.-Cordele
News.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-01-19

A Cleveland dispatch asks Where
did Mrs. Chadwick's money go?" which
should be framed and hung alongside
the poetical query, Where are the
flowers of long ago."
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-01-19

Buildings Have Roof Gardens.
In the southern part of California
roof gardens are becoming features Of
all the new buildings.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-01-19

Closely following Chicago's I'M
kissed professor comes Chicago's un-
smiling school principal for a brief
run through the newspapers of the
country.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-01-19
school for Porto Rieana-

There are 800 Porto Ricans In San
Francisco who want to be educated at
the public expense. and the board of
education is providing separate even
ing school for them.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-01-19

In this country there are, according
to the census, fifty-one girls to every
fnrty-nine boys. Yet in spite of the
census almost any boy will tell you
that there is only one girl.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-01-19
milkman,s Clever Defense.

In defense to charge of selling
milk wholly devoid of fat an English
cowkeeper said that his cows had
been eating cabbages. but the defense
did not aid him.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-01-19

Churches in Australia.
Australia has 210 churches to every
100000 people, England has la and
Russia about fifty-fiye.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-01-19

After long and unaccountable de-
lay the man who licked Theodore
Roosevelt when boy at last has
made his appearance on the scene.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-01-19
ceoroia pbilosorl,v.

Some folks wouldn't be happy II
they had the moop," says a Georgia
philosopher. unless they threw in a
few stars for good measure. ATTAIN
n Constellation
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-01-19

Japanese Expression of 0isapproval.
When a Japanese audience wish to
express disapproval of play, they
turn their backs to the stage.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-01-19
nitv and Seif-Improyem

Nothing is SO common and barbar-
Gus as vanity, and nothing SO en-
nobling as self-improvement.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-01-19

There is a good deal of mistletoe
that might as well not have been hung.
Girls who don't know enough to hang
their mistletoe behind the doors can
blame only themselves.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-01-19

1t is reported from the East that
somebody has invented an automobile
sleigh. Some people are never salts
fed unless they are adding to the
worlds troubles.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-01-19

An exper; says Noah was million
aire. Yes, We also know that he car
ried lot of watered stock.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-01-19

Richard Parker. aged IA. and Grace
Morris, 13 years of age. were married
the other day in Stewart county, Ten
nessee. Think of what's coming to
them before they reach middle age.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-01-19

Are the American people growing
shorter?" asks the Medical Record.
Those who have had dealings with
Cassie Chadwick will probably join
in the opinion that they are