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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-10-08
MAKES SERIOUS CHARGES.
Wealthy Lumberran Answers Wife's
Suit for Divorce,

Wealthy Lumberman Answers Wife's
Suit for Divorce.
Chicago, Oct S-A special from
Milwaukee says: .-
James l.. Gates, the wealthy lumber
man and land dealer, whose wife,
Gertrude Ruhl Gates, is suing him for
divorce, has filed his answer to the
complaint. In it he makes some SEN
sational charges. Among others he
accuses Mrs. Gates of conspiring with
Harry Mills of Chicago to get his
money through the marriage of Mrs.
Gates to him and also charges wrong
full acts on the part of Mrs. Gates and
Mills. The answer first denies all the
charges. Gates asserts he never treat
ed his wife cruelty or "endeavored to
induce or constrain said plaintiff by
violence or in any manner whatever
to consent to improper or immoral
acts" He alleges he furnishes his wife
with comfortable home and supplied
her not only with the necessities but
Injuries of life. In spite of this, he
says, his wife left him and refused to
return to his home He denies he is
worth $1,000,00O, as asserted by his
wife, The couple were married in
August, 1904, and separated last Feb
ruary.
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flames. dear. will you bring me up
4 scuttle of coal from the cellar?" said
busy wife.
That's just the way with you," said
James, with a frown, as he put down
his book and rose from the armchair.
lust the way with me?"
yes" he snapped. LAS soon as you
see me enjoying myself you have some
thing or other for me to do. Didn't
you see l was absorbed in my read
ing?"
"Well. dear. will do 1t myself
"Yes. and tell verybody, your moth
er especially, that you have to carry
your own coal up from the cellar.
No, I'll do it. Let me mark my place"
So he marked the place In the book
ut which he had ceased reading, and
when he went down to the cellar, grum-
bling all the way she picked up the
volume and found it was a love story
and that the passage he had been alb
sorbed in was as follows:
My darling. when you are my wife
1 will shield and protect you from ev-
cry care. The winds Of heavens shall
not visit your face too roughly; those
pretty hands shall never be soiled by
mental tasks: your wish shall be my
law; your happlness"-
Just then he reappeared and, drop
ping the scuttle upon the floor, said:
There's your coal! Give me my
book. "-Tit-Rits.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-10-08
IRON ORE DEAL CLOSED.
steel Trust Secures Lease Of the Hill
Properties.

New York. Oct. 8.-The terms of
the lease Of the Hill ore properties in
the Northwest to the companies con-
trolled by the United States Steel COR
'poration have been announced by E.
H. Gary, chairman of the board of
directors Of the corporation
The terms are based on system of
royalties and give no indication of the
amount of ore to be taken out of the
lands except to show that it is expect
ed to be many millions of tons.
The price to be paid for the first
year of the lease is $1.65 per ton, de-
livered at upper lake ports. This price
Is to be increased three-quarters of a
cent per ton in each succeeding year
until the ore lands shall have been
exhausted. It is provided also that
the United States Steel corporation
must take at least 100000 in 1907 and
increase the amount mined by 100000
tons for eleven years until the amount
mined annually has reached S,250,000
tons, at which rate it must continue
to take out the ore annually until it is
exhausted,
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-10-08
The Unicorn.

The unicorn was one of the tabled
monsters Of antiquity. 1t was, accord
Ing to summary Of the opinions Of
several Of the old time writer's, a beast
about the size of common horse, but
with very short legs. The people Of the
middle ages believed In the existence
OF three kinds Of unicorns-the magnifi-
cent white unicorn, which had purple
face and blue eyes and single horn a
yard In length; the eglisserion, which
resembled gigantic deer and had a
verv sharp horn growing from the mid
q Of the forehead, and the monoceros,
or common unicorn. The white uni
corn's horn was of three different COL
ors-white at the lower part, black as
ebony In the middle and red at the
point. Common unicorns were said to
have had horns about eighteen inches
In length, but so strong that they could
easily kill an elephant.
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LOUIS WAGNER, WITH FRENCH
CAR, WINS VANDERBILT Au-
ToMoBILE ROAD RACE.
FOREIGNERS SECURE AL THE HoHoRs
ITALIAN FINISHES IN SECOND
PLACE AND FRENcHMEN IN
THIRD AND FOURTH.

New York, Oct. 8-Louis Wagner,
In 110-horsepower French car, won
the third international automobile
road race for the William K Wander
bilt, Jr., cup, completing the distance
of 297.1 miles in 29O minutes, 1923
seconds, or at the rate of more than
mile minute.
Vincenzo Lancia, in a 120-horse-
power Italian car, was second in 1913
minutes, 2S4s seconds. :
Antoinine Duray, in 120-horse-
power French car, was third in 293
minutes, 4445 seconds.
Albert Clement, in 1OO-horsepower
French car, was fourth, in 301 min
utes, 5945 seconds.
Camille JenatZy, in 120-hOrse-
power German car, was fifth, in 3O4
minutes, 80 seconds.
Lancia actually finished the course
about three minutes ahead of Wagner,
who, however, started six minutes
later than his rival and had that much
margin at the finish.
Only five cars finished the race, but
there were fourteen of the seventeen
cars that started running at the time
the race was declared off, which was
done as soon as Clement had won
fourth place. -
1t was with the greatest difficulty
that the crowds were kept back from
the course during the last lap. With
out regard to personal safety they
swarmed over the reads, giving way
only when the fast flying racing ma
chimes were 100 yards away.
Wagner, who held the lead from the
very first round, came very near to
losing the race when twenty miles
from the finish, one of his tires ex-
ploding He had lead of seven min
utes at the time, changed tires and
managed to win by approximately
three minutes Lancia, Duray and
Clement went through the race with
out mishap. -....-. --...-
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Clock inscriptions.

In former times it was the custom Of
clockmakers to inscribe on the dial
plates of their clocks quaint verses,
one Of the most common being the fol-
lowing:
I serve thee here with all my might
TO tell the hours by day. by night.
Therefore example take by me
To serve thy God as serve thee.
Another favorite inscription was
'Tempus Fuglt," or thine FNes," and
thereby hangs a tale. A we'll known
English clockmaker who f1ourished to-
ward the close of the last century, on
being asked by customer whether a
certain clock was Of home manufacture,
replied: "Oh, certainly. Don't you see
the name, sir-Tummas Fugit7 I often
have his clocks through my hands,"
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ANGRY MEN DASH TO DEATH.
ciutched In Each Others Arms They
Fall From Window.

AtutOneo IN 6aOu OSneT0 ATme MY
Fall From Window.
Cleveland, Oct. 8.-Clutched In each
others arms two young men fell from
the fourth story of the Lake Shore
railroad office building and were hurled
to death on the pavement below.
The dead men are J. v. Bunts, aged
thirty, and Harry Wilfred, aged sew
enteen years. both of whom were
clerks in the Office of the superintend.
ent of motive power of the Lake Shore
railroad. Bunts was killed instantly
and Wilfred died on the way to hos
pital.
The young men had had some trou-
BILE previously and a renewal of this
led to an alteration between them. 1t
was as result of this that they fell
from the window, which was open
directly in front of them.
During their flight through the air
from the fourth story to the pavement,
In which their bodies were hurled over
and over again, neither of the men
relaxed the deathlike grasp they main
tanned from the beginning of the
scuffle which led to their fall and each
held on to the other with deathlike
grip till their bodies struck the pave
ment
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D|SARMED BY AMERICANS
INSURGENTS RIDE INTO CUBAN
TOWN AND THREATEN.TH
INHABITANTS.

Havana, Oct. S.-A detachment of
200 insurgents during the day rode
into Carload, a suburb of the city of
Puerto Principe, waving machetes and
threatening people. Twenty American
marines from the detachment on duty
at Puerto Principe went to Carload,
dispersed the insurgents and arrested
thirty-nine of them. General Cabal-
lsro, the insurgent leader, with 100
men, thereupon proceeded to the head
quarters of the commander of the
marines and demanded the release of
the captured insurgents. Instead Of
releasing them the Americans dis
armed Caballero and all of his follow
ers who could be caught. Thereupon
Caballero promised that all the insur-
gents under his command would dis
arm.
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Man and His "Galluses.o


The 'gallus" marks the freeman and
the man Of genuine, unpretending cul-
ture and civilization. Your snob and
your savage abhor it, In Mesopotamia
the wild bashi bazouk wears belt; in
Yucatan the Indian wears girdle of
sharks teeth; in Senegambia the
shameless cannibal sports gunny sack:
In Atlantic City some years back the
dudes used to wear sashes. But find q
man who when he throws of his coat
to begin his daily toll lays bare a pair
Of heavy sky blue galluses and you'll
find man who pays his way in the
world, loves his wife, rears his chill
dren In the fear Of the Lord and votes
the straight ticket. The "gallus' Is
useful, it Is graceful. and properly
adorned with hand painted flowers and
brass buckles 1t Is beautiful. To be
ashamed Of It, to conceal 1t or to aban-
don 1t for somber leather belt Is to
fail In an essential Of true manhood
and fly In the face Of fate.-Baltimore
Sun.
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WILL COST ABOUT $4,000, 1000.
Work to Be Pushed on Philippine
Railroads.

San Francisco, Oct. g.. The Philip
pine Railway company is preparing to
push operations on the new roads that
are being constructed on the islands
Of Panay, Negroes and Cebu and w. p.
Poland, formerly an official of the
Alaska Central railway, has been APP
pointed vice president and chief engi-
neer Of the Philippine roads. He will
leave San Francisco for the Orient
about Nov. l to take complete charge
Of the new work.
For the construction of the road a
large amount of material has been
ordered. Eight thousand tons Of rails
are now on the way to the islands by
way Of the Suez canal. The entire
cost Of the Philippine system when
completed will approximate about
tsO, 000. 900.
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TO WITHDRAW COAL LANDS
PRESIDENT WILL STOP FURTHER
ENTRY AND ASK CHANGE
IN THE STATUTES.

Washington, Oct Sit Is under
stood that the president has finally
made up his mind to withdraw all of
the coal lands, not already taken up,
from entry under the land laws of the
United States. The expectation is
that he will, by special message, re-
quest congress to change the statutes,
but that meanwhile he will himself
temporarily withdraw the coal lands
from further entry.
It is stated, however, that before the
withdrawal can take place the geolog.
ical survey must determine exactly
which are the coal lands of the coun-
try as basis for the order.
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THIS LID FITS TIGHT.
owatonna (Minn.) Officials Will En-.
force All Laws.

Owatonna, Mimi, Oct. S-The cid"
Is on in Owatonna and the people are
sitting up and rubbing their eyes.
A notice has been sent out to all
tobacco dealers that hereafter they
shall not sell to any pupil of any
school in this city, nor to any other
person under the aged of eighteen
years, any tobacco nor give to them
any cigarette papers.
All children under sixteen must be
off the streets and in their respective
homes when the curfew tolls.
The final blow to the wide open"
merchants came in the arrest of half
dozen saloonkeepers for failure to
keep their. curtains drawn on Sunday
and after II o'clock so that passersby
might have a clear view of the in
terror of their places of business.
The administration evidently means
business and the police officers have
instructions to enforce the edict to the
letter. -... .sr.
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KEEPS TAB ON cABBY.
Ingenious Invention introduced in New
York City. ......

Ingenious Invention introduced in New
York City.
New York, Oct. 8.-New York is to
experience complete transformation
of it's cab service within the next six
weeks. One hundred auto vehicles,
equipped with an ingenious device
which registers automatically and in
full view of the passenger the number
of miles travelled and the amount due
for time and distance, will be placed
In operation and will be the vanguard
of an army of revolution which is to
extend to every city in the United
States
Not only will the patron be protect
ed against imposition but the cab COM
pany itself will have registration of
every cent collected and every mile
travelled. -. #a7
The "taxameter" is the name given
to the device, which is a German in
VentiOn.
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FIVE PERSONS INJURED.
Fire Destroys Laundry Building at
s.: MINNEAPOLIS.


Minneapolis, Oct S.-Five men were
hurt, none seriously, and six horses
burned to death In a fire in the Henne-
pin laundry block. Three of the in
1ured men are firemen. The none
tary loss is 100000, generally insured.
Fire from an unknown cause was
discovered at midnight by julius John
son and Jens Kreg, employees, who were
in the building at the time Johnson
was burned about the hands and body.
Kreg's arms and hands were burned.
The firemen hurt were Edward Ben
jamin and George Smith, who were on
the roof of the building when heat
drove them toward an alleyway. They
fell to the alley, sustaining painful in
juries. Lieutenant Charles Craigie
jumped into a blanket and was hurt
by the blanket sagging to the pave.
ment.
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FooTBRIDeE coLLAPsEs.
One Student Killed and Score In
jured, Four Seriously.

Oconto, Wis, Oct. l8-The foot
bridge at Oconto falls collapsed while
twenty-five high school pupils stood
watching the falls, hurting the whole
party into the stream forty feet be-
low John Bestenlepner was instantly
killed. Twenty young people were in
jured, four of them seriously. Pro-
lessor NJ NJ Newcomb, an instructor,
was badly hurt
The water being shallow probably
saved the lives of the survivors of the
tragedy, but many were badly injured.
Bestenlepner was killed by striking
on rock. The water was swift and
all were carried 800 or 400 yards in a
short time.
Three girls, two Of whom are hang
ing between life and death, and one
boy were seriously injured. Most of
the party received bruises and
scratches.
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GIVEN FINAL INSTRUCTIONS.
Governor Maqoon confers With the
President.

Washington, Oct. 8.-Secretary Root
and Governor Magoon were in confer
ence with the president at the White
House for some time, the purpose be-
ing to instruct the governor relative
to his treatment of the Cuban ques-
ton when he assumes office at Ha-
vana. General Bell, chief of staff,
who loft Washington later in the day
with Governor Magoon for Havana by
way Of Tampa, also called on the pres.
ident. 1t Is now stated that there Is
no present intention Of departing from
the programme originally outlined for
the dispatch Of troops for Cuba and
within few hours it is expected that
some of the troopships will be leaving
Newport News for Havana. Whether
or not other detachments in addition
to those originally ordered to Cuba
will be sent will, it is declared, de-
pond upon Secretary Taft's report on
conditions there.
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SECOND ATTEMPT TO LYNCH MO-
BILE SUSPECTS SUCCESS
FULLY CARRIED OUT.
SHERIFF AND POSSE ovEaPoweRED
PRISONERS WERE BEING TAKEN
BACK FROM BIRMINGHAM
TO STAND TRIAL.

. NAOpAiC, Ald., OCl. o. llS ClILuOo
committed upon Ena May Fowler,
Lillian May Savall. Ruth Sussaman
and attempts. on others have been
avenged by party of forty-five men
in lonely spot just in the neighbor-
hood of Pritchards Station Sheriff
Powers was bringing Robinson and
Thompson, the two negroes accused
of assault from Birmingham to this
city for trial and the mob held up the
train. The leaders ordered the men,
who were all armed with revolvers,
shotguns and rifles, not to fire shot
and the orders were carried out.
Robinson, the negro who committed
the first crimes that startled the peO-
pie of Mobile and worked them into
q fury, Was first strung up. A long
half-inch rope was thrown over the
limb OF tree. According to the
statements of the leaders Robinson
confessed and was then swung up.
He slowly strangled to death. Thomp-
son, the other negro, was hanged i'm
mediately after Robinson.
The hanging of the negroes was
conducted in very. quiet manner and
during the time it was going on hard
ly word was spoken.
The negro Thompson was very sui
len from the time he was taken off the
train until the rope was placed around
his neck. Neither of the men showed
signs of fear, Robinson saying all the
time that he was going to heaven.
When Mount Vernon was reached
On the trip from Birmingham, where
the negroes had been taken for safe
keeping, eight men wearing white
masks boarded theetrain. Five of them
Covered Sheriff Powers
and deputy with .reyolvers and told
them that they had come for the pris-
oners. The reyolvers of the sheriff
and deputy were then taken from
them. The conductor was asked to
move all the people in the first class
coach to the rear seats, as more of
the crowd were going to get on at
Plateau. The conductor complied
with the request and some of the pas
sengers were also placed in the
sleeper.
One of the leaders, who stood on
the platform of the train, heavily
masked, said that the crowd which
had just boarded the train were all
business men of Mobile and that their
action had been decided upon only
after careful consideration.
When the train reached Creole, fif-
teen miles from Mobile, large num-
Der of men wearing masks and one of
them carrying bag which contained
straps and ropes came on board and
were given their orders -.s
At Pritchards Station the masked
mob, with the prisoners closely guard
ed, got off the train and started down
the road. About 100 yards from the
tree on which the hanging took place
the cry was given to hurry and the
mob and prisoners broke into a run.
After running twenty-five yards big
oak tree was reached and the mob
stopped and ropes were produced.
Fearing trouble with the neighbor-
hood negroes scouts armed with rifles
guarded the main road. The negroes
were then strung UP. Nearly every
body in the crowd took part of the
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Every one has noticed how, when a
large branch Of tree is cut off, small
branches will shoot out around the
stump. These branches are from the
reserve buds, of which all trees have a
great number at every portion of their
surface. Under ordinary circumstances
these never come to maturity, but when
the tree Is wounded or cut of or loses
some Of its branches the reserve buds
at once come into play and renew the
foliage
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-10-08
FIFTEEN MEN EhToMsED.
Fatal Explosion Occurs in Mine in
New Mexico.


New Mexico.
Denver. Oct. 8.-According to spe-
cial to the News, fifteen men are be-
lieved TO have been entombed in the
Dutchman mine at Blessburg, N. NJ,
by an explosion which wrecked the
walls and roof of the tunnel in which
they were working. However, only
six men are positively known to have
been in the tunnel at the time of the
explosion, but the usual night shift
numbers fifteen and none of them has
been located outside
Rescuing parties have taken out
four dead bodies, one of which has
been identified as Jams Jeniski, sin
gle man forty years DID, All except
one of the shift were Austrians, the
exception being an American. Fire
damp has settled in the tunnel, max
Ing rescue work difficult 1t is not
thought that any of the entombed men
can live. AS yet no fire has been re-
ported
The cause of the explosion is not
known.
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The Circle County.

The oldest shaped county among the
thousands which 60 to make up the
separate divisions Of the various states
is Warren county, Tenn. 1t lies almost
exactly in the geographical center of
the state and is about as near a perfect
circle as any division of land could
possibly be. The circle would be per-
feet but for the fact that there is a
short stretch Of the northern boundary
line which follows a small stream for
short distance 1t is bounded by Can
non, Dekalb, Coffee, Grundy, Van Bu-
rem and White counties.
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The Sheridan AGAIN Floated.

San Francisco, Oct 8. "a cable mes
sage received in this city from Homo
lulu states that the United States
army transport Sheridan has been
f1oated The transport ran ashore
near BARRIERS point on Aug. 81. The
vessel was foated on Oct !, but com
menced to founder and was rebeached,
near Pearl harbor.
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Husband and Wife Fight Duel.

Rock Rapids. Ia, Oct S.-Because
her husband insisted on attending the
street carnival at Sioux Falls Mrs.
Bert Smith seized a pistol and opened
fire on him. Smith retaliated and an
exchange e shots followed Smith
was wounded in the back and will
die. Mrs. Smith received a slight
flesh wound in the arm.
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FEW RIFLES TURNED OVER.

Insurgents Scatter Without Giving Up
Their Arms.
Santa Clara, Oct S.-The disarma-
ment commission in this city has re-
ceived in three days only $50 rifles
from about 5000 disbanding insur-
gents, who have scattered according
to their own wishes.
General Hernandez of the commits.
sion has telegraphed to General Fun
ston that so long as the government
volunteers are allowed to retain their
arms the task of disarming the revo-
lutionists in Santa Clara province will
hardly be possible.
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Under Arrest in Mexico.

Bisbee, Ariz., Oct. S.-A man whose
name is as yet unknown, but who is
believed to be Simpkins, member of
the Western Federation of Miners,
connected by the authorities with the
dynamite murder of Ex-Governor Frank
Steunenberg of Idaho, is under arrest
at Cananea, Sonora, Mex, and is being
held there by the request of the Ari-
ZOna rangers
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Wins Suit for Life Insurance.

st. Louis, Oct. 8.-A suit by George
Z G. Rankin, receiver Of the First Ma
tional bank Of Niles, Mich, against
the New York Life Insurance company
for $7,736 insurance on the life Of
George A. Kimmel, was decided in his
favor by jury in the United States
circuit court here. Kimmel, who was
former president Of the Farmers
State bank Of Arkansas City, Kan !.
mysteriously disappeared in 1898.
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Another Vessel Wrecked.

Pensacola, Fla, Oct. 8.Another
vessel has been added to the many
wrecks now scattered along the gulf
coast as q result Of the tropical hur-I
ricane. The vessel is the schooner
Jennie Hurlburt. from Moss Point,
loaded with q cargo Of lumber, and II
the captain and crew did not escape
In small boats they have been lost.