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in the vicinity of Bemidji while he
was agent for the Sundby Tea com
pany of Duluth and Mr.. Ekstrand is
we'll and favorably known here
through his connection with Melges
Brothers. The gentlemen will
assume personal management Of the
new store and will doubtless soon
have a large number of customers. 81
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Pencils ! Pencils !

Those who desire good lead
pencil for bookkeeping work should
remember that the Pioneer has in
stock the celebrated Koh-I-Noor
and Faber pencils from H to
HHHHHHHHH. We also have
the soft pencils from B to BBBBBB.
We carry in stock a full line of
cheap pencils; also the Mephisto
and Venus copying pencils.
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Sold His Ienstrike Store.

William McCuaig, who owns a
department store in this city, re-
Gently sold a general store which he
possessed in Tenstrike, to L. L.
Reynolds & Co. of Tenstrike.
Mr.. McCuaig has owned the store
in Tenstrike for several years and
the new proprietors are farmers liv-
ing in that vicinity. Mr.. McCuaig
will now devote his entire attention
to his store in Bemidji.
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DEMOCRATS
ASK PROBE
Demand Inquiry Of Panama
Canal Purchase.
ECHO OF LATE CAMPAIGN

Charged in Newspapers That Douglas
Robinson, Brother-in-LaW Of Roose-
Welt, and Charles P. Taft, Brother
+, Of the President-Elect, Had Profited
by n-Congressman H. p.
l. Rainey Introduces Resolution.
Washington, Dec. 8.-The Demo
Gratis of the house are planning to de-
mand an investigation of the purchase
of the Panama canal property and in
conformity with this programme Rep
resentative Rainey of Illinois intro
: duced resolution asking the speaker
to appoint committee of five to cas-
certain how much of the $40,O00,O00
which appears on record to have been
paid to the French company was
really paid to that company" It is
said that the national Democratic
committee requested Mr.. Rainey to
present the resolution.
The resolution provides that the
committee shall ascertain if any por-
ton of the $40,00o,000 was directly or
indirectly paid to American citizens
or to an American syndicate and if
any member or senator profited by
the transactions.
During. the recent campaign it was
charged in newspaper articles that
the DreSidnnt'S~ hrOthar.in.la Do11p,
las Robinson of New York, and
Charles p. Taft Of Cincinnati, brother
of the president-elect, had profited by
the transaction. It was this charge
and newspaper comment thereon
which provoked the letter from Pres
tdent Roosevelt to William Dudley
Foulke of Indiana denying the state
meDts and saying that all the papers
in the matter were open to the public.
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Is Growing Popular.

The grand march at the Coliseum
skating rink is growing more popu-
lar each evening and the skaters are
becoming very enthusiastic over this
novel march" on rollers.
Last evening there were about
twelve couples in the march, Mr..
Abe Weyler and Miss Leila Solberg
leading the procession. The skaters
looked very graceful, this being
especially true of the leading couple.
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REGARDED AS A THREAT
VenezueIans Aroused by Dutch Naval
Demonstration,


Demonstration.
Caracas, Dec. S.-The recent naval
demonstration along the Venezuelan
coast by three Dutch warships-the
vessels in question steamed along the
coast from Puerto Cabello to La
Guayra and later one of them ap-
peared off Maracaibo-has aroused
popular indignation, being regarded
as threat.
Vincente Gomez, acting president of
Venezuela during the absence in Eu-
rope of President Castro, held a re-
ception. Baron Won Seckendorff. the
German minister, made a brief ad-
dress in which he complimented Senior
Gomez. In reply Senior Gomez said:
"You may rest assured that while I
exercise the duties of president I will
strive for more friendly and cordial
relations between Venezuela and for
eign states"
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Cholera Hospitals Reopened,

st. Petersburg, Dec. 8.-The .Asiatic
cholera, which last week averaged
twenty-five cases a day in st. Peters
burg, again shows an increase. There
were thirty-three new cases and eight
deaths for the past twenty-four hours.
The cholera hospitals are being re-
opened. y: =.
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1909 Diaries.

The largest and best line of 1909
diaries ever carried in this part of
the state can now be seen at the
Pioneer office.
We have made special efforts OF
secure the largest assortment ever
shown in the northwest. Those who
want special kinds should call early
and make their selection.
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TRAGEDY in Roadhouse.

Columbus, o., Dec. S.-The bodies
of Victor NJ. Wentz, cashier of the
First National bank of Dover, and
Alice Holliger stenographer, coming
here from Ulrichsville two years ago,
were found in Bellwood inn, a road
house. Death appears due to acct
dent. According to Coroner Murphy
they were asrhyxiated by gas from a
stove
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PANAMA CANAL BONDS SOLD
Disposed Of at an Average Price Of
S1O24362

Washington, Dec. 8,-Secretary Cor
telyou announced that the Panama
canal bonds had been sold at an aver
age of $1.O24368. The lowest accept
ed bid was at $1.02277S. There we're
159 accepted bids, amounting to $780,
100000. Six hundred and seventy
two bids were rejected, amounting to
$72,S08.S00. The total number of reg
ular bids, therefore, was S31, SUBJ
scribing for $102,80S,S0O.
The bona fide character of the bids
is shown by the fact that of the 1874
received all but three were accom-
panied by certified checks or cash
for per cent of the face value of the
bonds applied for.
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Mrs. inqerso!i Wins Case.

Washington, Dec. 8.-The supreme
court of the United States decided in
favor of Mrs. Ingersoll the case of
Mrs. Eva A. Ingersoll, widow of the
late Robert G. Ingersoll, against
Joseph Coram and others involving a
claim of 100000 by Mrs Ingersoll on
account of services rendered by her
husband in breaking the will of the
late Andrew J. Davis, q Montana mil
lionaire.
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COUNCIL C0MMENOS TAFT
Congratulated for His Stand on the
Liquor Question.


Philadelphia, Dec. 8.-Temperance
and the better observance of the Sab
bath were the principal subjects dis
cussed at the days session of the Fed
eral Council of Churches of Christ in
America, now in session here.
Bishop Wilson of the Methodist
Episcopal church presented the re-
port of the committee on temperance
and also a set of resolutions One of
the resolutions adopted recommended
that committee be appointed to call
upon Presit!T Tlect Taft and con-
graduate hi ? the stand he has
taken in req y y intoxicating liquor
and to urge him to use his influence
for the suppression of the liquor
traffic.
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"kID" FANDRIE WILL DO
BATTLE WITH WHITEHEAD
WeIl-Known Local MiddIeweight |:
'-~ Scheduled for a &c.," on the
Range, Soon.

kid" Fandrie, the pugilist who
is we'll known in Bemidji, and
who recently went to Duluth, look.
ing for a match, will 20 on with
Walter Whitehead, at some point
on the Iron Range, next week, and
the prospects are that he will have
a gruelling go"
The Duluth News-Tribune says of
Fandrie and his latest match for a
fight:
kid Fandrie, the great middle
weight fighter whom, Alex Sloan, the
we'll known St. Paul sporting writer,
its booming for the worlds cham
pionship, has been matched to box
Walter Whitehead on the range some
day next week. The bout is
scheduled to 60 20 rounds and it
will be governed by Marquis of
Queensbury rules.
Both men are in the pink of
condition right now, 50 that neither
will need many days in which to
train. Fandrie and Whitehead met
in Dakota last spring and put up
gruelllng contest for IA rounds, when
Whitehead won on a foul.
"Flandrie has been telling around
that be can beat me in five rounds,
and I want to see him do it, said
Whitehead last night. When I
meet him on the range I will con-
vince all of the fans just how much
chance he has of ever beating me-
He has a pair of good wallops that
are always dangerous, but I have it
over him when it comes to science.
Then, you know, I have one or two
kicks myself
Tom McCunne returned yester-
day faom Port Arthur, where he
beat Jack Parres Thursday night in
seven rounds of easy fighting. He
was not marked up any. 'Parres
never laid a glove on me all through
the contest said McCune. He
couldn't hit me with a pail of water,
1 had him going in every round. In
the seventh round, when I put him
down, he was so hopelessly beate n
the referee never tolled off the count.
The Jack Parres referred to above
is also known here, having appeared
in the Squared arena" in this city
several years ago when boxing bouts
were almost a nightly occurrence.
Parres was never regarded as any.
thing much less than a dub" and a
fakir.
Fandrie is a good man, when in
condition; and he is able to give
any man, no matter what his weight
may be, a run for the money
Whether Whitehead wins or loses
the match with Fandrie, the colored
man will know ne has been in q
fight, when he is through.
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Excelsior,

Uncle-And what will you do when
you are man. Tommy? Tommy
l am going to grow a beard. Uncle
Why? Tommy-I>ecause then I won't
have nearly so much face to wash
Harper's Weekly.
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Duluth switehman Killed.

Duluth, Dec. S.-J.r H. Hail., aged
forty-tive years, switch tender at this
end of the Northern Pacific's Rice
point bridge, was struck by transfer
engine on the Great Northern tracks
and instantly killed, his body being
horribly mangled.
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Absent Treatment.

. "What is the matter with Mrs Spicy
saw her sitting on her porch as l
came by gritting her teeth and looking
daggers into vacancy"
Her husband is half hour late
and she is giving him absent treat
ment. "-Chicago Journal
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FOR SALE-Rubber stamps. The
Pioneer will procure any kind of
rubber stamp for you an short
notice.
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FOR SALE.

FOR SALE OR RENT: CITY meat
market, complete, building and
fixtures, 800 Third street, Inquire
City Meat Market.
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SUBMITTED TO CONGRESS
Estimates for Fiscal Year 1910 Total
$824,4O8,948.

Washington, Dec. 8.-The secre-
tary of the treasury transmitted to
congress the book of estimates of ap-
preparations required for the service
for the fiscal year ending June 80,
1910. The following shows the esti-
mates by departments:
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Gunboat Sent to Gonaives.

Washington, Dec. 8.-Because of
unsettled conditions at Gonaives,
Hayti, the dispatch boat Dolphin, now
in Central American waters, has been
ordered to that place to protect Amer
lean interests.
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The Donald Land & Lumber Co.

Requests all persons having claims
against it to make same out in
DUPLICATE and mail one copy to the
Secretary, Schroeder Block, City and
the other to
Roger c. Spooner, President.
R. F. D. No. l., Wilton, MINI.
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ably would come in the case of dis
turbance Of the peace.
The financial situation is precari-
Gus. The government is expecting the
arrival of 100000 local currency in
nickel coins ordered by the previous
administration.
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The children who are to take part
in the Christmas exercises of the
Presbyterian church will meet at
the church Wednesday after school.
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MISCELLANEOUS.

PUBLIC LIBRARY-Open Tues
days, Thursdays and Saturdays
ESQ to 6 p. M, and Saturday
evening 7:3O to g p: m. also.
Library in basement of Court
House. Mrs. Harriet Campbell
librarian.
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FOR RENT-Three front rooms in
Blocker block. Apply No. sos
Minnesota avenue.
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FOR RENT,

FOR RENT-Two nicely-furnished
rooms, with all modern improve
ments. Call at 600 Bemidii Ave.
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ONE CENT A ORD,
HELP WANTED,

WANTED-Cigar salesman wanted:
In your locality to represent US.
Experience unnecessary; $11O per
month and expenses. Write for
particulars. Monarch Cigar Co.
ST. Louis, Mo.
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WANTED-Girl to work for board
while attending school. Mrs. S.
S. Long, 518 Fourth street.
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city,.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-09-09
ATTACK ON Mr.. BALLAH.
WAS ALL UNCALLED FOR
GRAND JURY MAKES
ITS FIRST REPORT
One Felony and Eight Misde-
meanor Indictments Are
Returned BY II.

At Tuesday mornings session JI
the circuit court the grand jury re.
turned one felony and eight misde.
meanors. The felony indictment Ii
against Virgil Martin, charged with
the murder OF Henry G. Ice. The
misdemeanors are as follows:
Almanzor Bailey. charged with as
sault upon Ira d. Jerden.
Earl Crayton, assault upon War.
den Stewart.
Reuben B. Shaver. assault upon
Warden Stewart.
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Com
pany, destroying county road hear
residence of Templeton Smith.
Jerry Martin, two cases, selling
liquor without a state license.
Lawrence Bailey, assault on
Charles Queen.
Melvin F. Hurst. carrying a revol-
yer.
Judge Lynch lntimated his will
ingness to hold court until the last
of October. thus making the impress
sion that the term will be a long
one, there being much criminal and
civil business to be done.
The famous Butcher-Sommeryille
case arising from the controversy over
the Adolphus Armstrong estate, in
volving large amount, will be tried
at this term here.
Wade Burnside was admitted tu
practice and took the oath required.
The chancery cause of the Pine
Grove Company against William s..
Williams was dismissed, settled.
The cause of Phoebe A. Gore and
others against the Clarksburg zirc
Company was continued until Sent,
IA and E. G. Pearlman, lessee, was
ordered to be made party defend
ant.
Edward James was admitted to
practice.
The Butcher-sommerville case was
set for September 2S.
Justice Gould decided to appoint
an examiner to take testimony and
William Herbert Smith was desig-
mated to perform that service Thirty
days were given each side for the pur-
pose of taking testimony.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-09-09
GRAND JUROR IS SHOT
AT BY HALF-WITTED MAN
PEOPLE FOR TAFT
SA Us MR.. WILLETT
Prominent Platform Lecturer
Here After Tour of
Central States.

Philip Willett. who formerly re-
sided in Clarksburg, was in the city
Wednesday on his way from Oshkosh,
Wis, where he delivered a lecture,
to his summer home at Mountain
Lake Park, where he will remain
with his family for several days. Mr..
WilleH has been OH tour of cities
in Wisconsin, Illinois and Ohio where
he delivered his lectures. The tour
was a most successful one and he was
greeted by large audiences in every
city. After his stay in Mountain
Lake Park Mr.. Willett will go on an
other lecture tour OF the western
states and will be gone until the holi-
days. He is booked for every night
from October to Christmas.
Mr.. Willett says that most OF the
people are greatly interested in ma.
tional politics at present. Judging
from the sentiment in the central
states that l visited" said Mr.. VIII
lett, William Howard Taft will be
the next President of the United
States. From feeling manifested at
the different Chautauqua entertain
mei<s where have been and from
the platforms where John Sharp Will
liams, Samuel Gompers, Governor
Hanley, OF Iowa, and others of ma
tional prominence have spoken. /
have no hesitation in saying that the
sentiment of the people is strongly
for Taft. Bryan is regarded as a
good man and is we'll liked by some
of the Democrats but in some quar-
ters he Is regarded as an unknown
quantity as to administrative ability
and this will no doubt turn many of
his old supporters into the Taft
line"
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-09-09
As Also That on Judge Dayton
BY a Correspondent
from BeIington.
ARTICLE NOT BOURNE OUT
BY the Facts and Newspaper
is lmpOsedonin the
Matter.

Regardless Of all the care than can
be taken by them, newspapers, es-
peclally in campaign times, are Inn
posed upon by correspondents Seek
ing to vent their personal spite and
i'll will toward some one at the ex-
pense of the newspaper We And
that the Telegram was so imposed
upon by a correspondent ~ gefington,
whereby there appeared in our issue
OF Friday, SEPTEMBER 4, under the
head of Rotten Work is Shown Up"
an article which we regret was not
more carefully scrutinized, for II 1t
had been 1t would not have appeared.
From information furnished the
Telegram from Barbour county after
the publication OF the article, we
must conclude that was both Inn
pertinent and wholly incorrect, in
deed, false, rejecting as it did upon
Judge Dayton and A. e. Ballah. So
far as Judge Dayton is concerned It
is hardly necessary (for his reputa-
ton is so we'll known for us to say
that the imputations contained in
that article to the effect that in any
of his campaigns at Horton or else.
where he used whiskey or money cor
ruptly or knowingly allowed it to be
used are undoubtedly wholly false.
But SO far as Mr.. Ballah is concern
ed, not so well known, the article was
calculated to do great injustice. We
now take pleasure in saying that Mr..
Ballah is one of the leading business
men of Philippi universally esteemed
and respected and that the reflections
upon his moral conduct were wholly
unwarranted, in short, the Telegram
was imposed upon and frankly adj
mits it.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-09-09
BODY OF KELLEY
Who Escapes from the Weston
Asylum is Found in the
Muskingum River.

The Marietta Register has the fol-
lowing concerning the finding of a
tioater in the Muskingum river there
Saturday:
A ftoater, supposed to be the body
of Albert Kelley,an inmate of the
asylum for insane at Weston, w. Va,
sent up from Grafton, was found in
the Muskingum river Saturday eve
ning% shortly before o'clock. The
grewsome find was made by two small
boys and the body was towed to the
boat house, Undertaken Doudna
took the body in charge and It was
examined by Corner Athey. at his
place on Tiber Way, later.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-09-09
TOWNS ARE FIGHTING
RAGING FOREST FIRES
Several Larger Towns on the
Range Are Threatened
With Destruction.

DULUTH, Mimi. Sept. 9-It was
a night of terror on the range, but
today conditions appear changed for
the better. All yesterday and last
night fires threatened half dozen of
the larger towns on the range. Hib-
bling fought almost persistent fires
from 3 o'clock in the afternoon until
late last night. Similar experiences
are reported from dozen other range
towns. but so far as is known there
has been no others destroyed. Re-
ports received this morning say the
wind is dying down and the fires ap-
pear to be gradually burning them
selves ont.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-09-09
new STORE TO
Open FRIDAY
"The Leader" will Have a
Complete Line Of Ready
to-Wear Goods.

With large and comprehensive
stock Of ready-to-wear clothing for
men, women and children, The Lead
er. the new store that is being es-
tablished in the Smith building on
Main street, formerly occupied by
the Watts, Lamberd department
store, will be formally opened to the
public Friday. The proprietors,
Messrs. Lipscomb, nustling young
business men from Baltimore, cor
daily invite all to call and see them
on that day.
The building has been undergoing
extensive repairs for several days and
the best OF facilities for the handling
OF an immense stock OF goods and
accommodating a large patronage are
being provided.
The proprietors will devote thei-
personal attention to the stock and
the management OF the store and as
they are experienced in their line, a
store modern in every particular will.
be established. Quality will be The
Leaders watchword as we'll as bar
gains, the latter being made possible
only by the purchase of stock in
large quantities direct from the man.
ufacturers, thus cutting out the mid
dleman's commissions.
1t is predicted that the new store
will meet with great success and add
further business to the rapidly grow
ing and progressive city of Clarks-
burg.
The Leaders opening announce
ment will be published in a day or
so and it should be carefully read by
all purchasers.
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JURY WANTED
By the American Federation Of
Labor Officials in
the Case.

WASHINGTON. D. c.. Sept. 9-In
their answers TO the petition of the
Bucks Stove & Range Company to
have Samuel Gompers, John Mitchell
and Frank Morrison, OF the Ameri-
can Federation OF Labor, punished
for contempt on the charge of vio-
lating the order of Justice Gould en-
joining them from continuing a boy.
colt against the stove company. by
publishing the name of that com
pany in the I'VE don't patronize''
list, which they filed today in the
supreme court Of the District of Co
lumbia. the three defendants named
asked that the issues be tried before
a jury and not by Justice Gould,
alone.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-09-09
FALSEPRETENSE
TO GET MONEY
Charged Against Edmond Viii
cox by the Crescent
Liquor Company.

Edmond Wilcox was released from
custody Tuesday evening, warrant
against him charging him with OBJ
tanning money under false pretense
having been withdrawn.
Wilcox was apprehended Sunday
night as he was believed to be pre-
pairing to leave for New York. The
warrant was sworn out before Justice
Harry Gordon by David NJ. Morris,
OF the Crescent Liquor Company and
alleged that Wilcox had obtained
5000 from the company upon the
false representation that he had al
ready made sale of preferred stock
of the company.
Wilcox's liberation was the result
of an adjustment of the difficulty.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-09-09
COFFIN NAILS
viii Have to Be Taken Along, if
Soldiers Want Them
in Camps.

While no official order viii be is
sued from the headquarters of the
West Virginia National Guard notify
ing the members of the Guard that
they must put away a few packages
Of cigarettes in their equipment when
they leave West Virginia for Fort
Benjamin Harrison. Ind. the guards
men must either take their coffin
mails with them or abstain from the
habit while in Indiana.
A law passed several years ago in
Indiana, prohibits the sale or pur-
chase in the state of any cigarettes
or cigarette papers and the guardman
who goes TO the Hoosier state without
his own supply Is going to be worried
about his smoking. 1t is believed
that those in the guard who smoke
cigarettes will carry large bundles
with them when they leave the state
September 10 for maneuvers in In
diana.