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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-10-13
A. Keam & Co., of Chicago bid
$4,000 less $500.

$4,000 less $4,000.
After a discussion of the bids, the
council, by resolution decided to
leave the awarding of the bids until
their meeting on Oct. 10.
C.. D. Fisk, clerk of the municipal
court, reported fines collected for
week ending October S, $135; for
week ending October ~, $46.12.
George Kirk appeared before the
council and requested that his sewer
assessment be lowered on the ground
that he was assessed for 42.1 feet
when he owned but 26 feet. Mr..
Kirk then addressed the council with
few remarks in which he stated
that it was mistake to extend the
sewer before the water system was
extended up Dewey avenue. The
correction of Mr.. Kinks assessment
will no doubt be made at the time oil
the extension of taxes in the auditors
office.
A number of bills were laid on the
table for the o. k. of the proper Off
Gals before allowance.
The bond of the Empire EN- ploy
ment company, which consists of
Peter Quinn and G.. w. Gordon, who
are doing business in the Major
building was accepted.
The petition of J. H. Sullivan ask.
ing that his license be extended fol-
one month to make up for the loss
caused bp fire in February of this
year was presented to the council,
and after consideration the council
rejected same on the ground that
they have no authority to make an
extention of that kind.
City clerk Maloy was instructed
to wire Mr.. McCarty of Minneapolis
that the city has all the materials
on the ground ready for the neces-
sary repairs on the city we'll.
The liquor license applications of
L. Blooston, F. Brinkman and John
Bye were granted and their respec.
tive bonds accepted.
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G0MPERS ISSUES AN
APPEAL TO LABOR
Says Country Is Threatened by
Despotic Rule Of Judges.

Washington, Oct. 13.-"In perform
ing a solemn duty at this time in sup
port of political party labor does not
become partisan to political party,
but partisan to principle" declared
President Gompers of the American
Federation of Labor in a circular is.
sued regarding labor's attitude in the
campaign. He charges that the Re
publican party and it's candidate stand
for further extending into this country
g. despotic government vested in the
judiciary and that the Democratic
party and it's candidate stand for gov.
eminent by law vested in the people.
The circular is addressed to "men
of labor, lovers of human liberty" and
says, in part:
"The judiciary, induced by corpora
tions and trusts and protected by the
Republican party, is step by step de-
stroying government by law and sub
shutting therefor government by
judges, who determine what, in their
opinion, is wrong, what is evidence
who is guilty and what the punish
ment shall be. This revolution is de-
priving the workers of their rights as
citizens and will inevitably be made
applicable to the business men later
This virus and poison has in several
instances entered upon the legislative
field by making laws which may be
enforced by equity process. Despotic
power under the ermine is as danger
Gus as despotic power under the
crown"
The circular refers to Judge Taft as
"the originator and specific champion
of discretionary government" and Mr..
Gompers reiterates that there is no
political Office in the gift of the Amer
lean people, elective or appointive,
that I would under any circumstances
accept"
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M0NTENECR|NS TALK
OF SHEDDING BLOOD
Be||icose Message From Prince
Nicholas to Assembly.

Cettinje, Montenegro, Oct. 13.-The
Montenegrin national assembly opened
here in extraordinary session. The
war fever resulting from, the annexa-
tion by Austria Hungary of Bosnia and
Herzegovina, which already is running
high, has been strengthened by bel
licose message to- parliament from
Prince Nicholas, who declared that
the annexation of these two provinces
had inflicted crying wrong upon the
people of Montenegro and that the
people We're prepared to sacrifice their
last drop of blood unless the peaceful
endeavors now on foot resulted in
righting this grievance. The message
was received with cheers and other
demonstrations Of approval.
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CONTRACT is ANNULLED.
Earl Of Yarmouth Will Get No More
ThaW Money.

London, Oct. 13.-By an order of the
divorce court all the rights and inter-
ests of the Earl of Yarmouth, under
the financial settlement made prior to
the 'earl's marriage to Miss Alice Cor
nelia Thaw in Pittsburg on April 27,
1903, are extinguished. According to
counsel the financial settlement
amounted to $6O0,00O. This sum was
settled upon Miss Thaw for life. If
she died before the earl the sum of
100000 was to pass to him. The set,
Element also gave the earl an income
of $4,000 year from the day of the
wedding. The earl made no objection
to the courts order.
The marriage of the Earl of Var
mouth to Miss Alice Thaw was an
nulled in London on Feb. 5 of this
year.
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NO ENGAGEMENT EXISTS.
Senator EIkins Denies Stories Abou,
His Daughter.

Pittsburg, Oct. 13-In an authorita-
tive statement to the Associated Press
United States Senator Stephen B. Ell
kins of West Virginia branded as un-
true an alleged interview accredited to
his wife to the effect that there was an
engagement between Miss Katherine
Elkins and the Duke of the Abruzzi
In an emphatic manner Senator Ell.
kfns said that neither his wife nor
himself could give such an interview
for the simple reason that it was i'm
possible to deny something that did
not exist.
Senator Elkins was much exercised
over the numerous wild reports pub
1ished from time to time concerning
the alleged engagement of his daugh-
ter to the Italian nobleman.
"There is no foundation for the
many reports" he said. "Neither in
Europe nor in America has any an
nouncement of an engagement been
made. There is no engagement"
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GEORGE & GEARLDS HAD
FINE FORMAL OPENING
Their Buffet was Crowded Saturday
Evening With Friends Who Par
took Of Good Cheer.

In the rush of getting out yes
terday's Pioneer, we neglected to
mention the formal opening of
George & Gearld's buffet, which was
held last Saturday evening.
The opening was one of the
most successful affairs of the kind
ever held in this city.
The lunch was served under the
personal direction of Frank Rogers,
one of the very best caterers in
the state. There was roast pig and
other kinds of meats, salads, and,
in fact, every delicacy of the season;
all of which was prepared in a
delectable manner that greatly
pleased the many guests of the
evening who called to pay their
respects to the popular proprietors
of the place-Messrs. ]. F. George
and F.. E. Gearlds.
There was many of the best
brands of wines, liquors and cigars
on tap, and both bottled and key
beer, with which to replenish the
inner man.
Messrs. George and Geralds were
present among their guests and dis
dispensed hospitality with lavish
hand, gaining more friends and
making themselves generally agree
able.
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OUTLOOK IS FAR
MORE PEACEFUL
Friendly Solution Of Balkan
Crisis Expected.
SERYIANS COOLING DOWN

Assembly Simply Passes Resolution o1
Confidence in the Government anc
Future Action Is Now in the Hands
of the Cabinet, Made Up Of Mer
Who Are Aware of the Actual Con
dition of Affairs.
London, Oct 1 THE news received
from the storm centers in the Near
East confirms the belief held in Lon
don that the powers will find friend
ly solution of the crisis which has agi
tated Europe for more than a week
Servia, it is now thought, has fallen
in line with the other states directly
interested and is taking a more quiet
view of the situation. The resolution
of the Servian national assembly
which amounts practically to a vote Of
confidence in the government, has
taken the matter of Servia's attitude
towards Austria-Hungary out of the
hands of that easily swayed body and
placed it with the cabinet. The mem
bers of the cabinet are aware of the
actual condition of affairs and doubt
less will heed the warnings of the
powers and take no rash steps. The
Lowers can, therefore, continue their
negotiations in the matter of an inter.
national conference without fear OF
interruption by an outbreak from any
of the Balkan states.
A majority of the powers continues
in favor of the conference and are op
posed to Great Britain's suggestion
that the matter could be more quickly
settled by an exchange of notes and
Lossibly a meeting of the ambassa.
doris at Constantinople, course that
would avoid the Introduction of ques-
tions other than accomplished facts.
There is reason to believe that NJ
1swolsky, the Russian minister of for
eign affairs, in asking for this confer
ence does not desire to reopen the en-
tire Near Eastern question; that he is
asking for something, however, is con-
1irmed by statement made by an
official of the Russian embassy that
"Great Britain cannot adhere to the
stand she has taken, namely, that the
conference must be confined to the
actions of Bulgaria and AUSTRIA Hun
gary"
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-10-13
CREES DYING BY SCORES
Deadly Disease Wiping Out Canadian
Indians.

New York, Oct. ia deadly dis
ease, in some respects like the grip,
but highly contagious and far more
mortal, has attacked the already de-
pleted tribes of the Cree Indians on
the shores of James and Hudson bays,
killing men, women and children by
scores. Alanson Skinner of the de.
partment of anthropolgy Of the Amer
lean Museum of Natural History, who
recently returned from an exhaustive
study of the people of that. country,
brought the news of the plague to this
city. Mr.. Skinner said:
1.-THE illness manifested itself in
colds, followed by coughs, fever and
nausea. Unless the sufferers were Of
very strong physique they died very
quickly"
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THAW APPEALS
FROM DECISION
Goes to Higher Court to Sc
cure Jury Trial.
ORDERED TO MATTEAWAN

WV 'SS'S1 l''NSs sASeAI ~ " |Noy
Ium for Criminal Insane Pending
the Outcome of the APPEALING Evil
dence Submitted Bearing on the
Question Of His Sanity.
White Plains, N. Y, Oct 13.-Harry
K. Thaw will have to remain in the
state hospital for the criminal insane
at Matteawan, N. Y, until the court
of appeals shall decide whether he is
entitled to a hearing before jury to
determine the question of his sanity.
Justice Mills of the supreme court re-
fused a week or two ago to grant the
application of Thaw's counsel for a
jury trial on the sanity question and
decided to hear the case himself
When ThaW was brought into court
his mother and several relatives were
present. The prisoners counsel again
moved for jury trial and when this
was denied asked that Thaw be dis
charged from custody on the ground
that the jury in the last trial for m1:r-
der did not find him insane This aIsi,
was denied.
Thaw's counsel then declared that
they had appealed to the New York
state court of appeals from the de-
cision refusing jury trial and that
until the higher court had given a
decision they would submit no evil
dence on the quasti IN of Thaw's san
ity.
Justice Mills said there was no
other alternative than for Thaw to be
returned to Matteawan asylum and he
was ordered to be returned to that
institution.
District Attorney Jerome of New
York, who withdrew from the case
when Justice Mills refused to transfer
it to New York, did not appear in
court.
AS soon as the judge had ordered
Thaw sent back to Matteawan an Or
der citing him to appear in Pittsburg
forthwith and give testimony in the
United States court in the bankruptcy
proceedings brought against him there
was served upon the prisoner.
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''Scrib.' a Good Loser.

Walker, Oct. 13.-(Special to
Pioneer. 1.-The decision of Judge
McClenahan, whereby Funck OF
Cass Lake was declared the repub.
lican nominee for county attorney
over J. S. Scribner of this city, was
received here this morning.
When informed of the result, Mr..
Scribner said:
I am a good loser; congratulate
Mr. Funck and I will give him my
hearty support at the polls.'
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.FUNCK DECLARED WINNER
IN CASS COUNTY CONTEST
Judge McClenahan Decides Agains,
SerIbner in Contest for Republican
County Attorney Nomination.

.Brainerd, Oct. 13.-(Special to
Pioneer. Nv. S. McClenahan, judge
of the Fifteenth Judicial district,
this morning rendered decision in
the contest case of Richard Funck
of Cass Lake VS.. J. S. Scribner of
Walker, which involved the result of
the recent primary election for the
republican nomination for county
attorney of Cass county, the decis-
ion favoring Mr.. Funck.
On the face of the returns of the
primaries, J. S. Scribner, who is the
present county attorney of Cass
county, received the republican
nomination for reelection by a
majority of two votes.
Mr.. Funck, who was Mr.. Serb.
ner's opponent at the primaries, in.
stituted a contest in which he al
legged that the precinct Of Cuba, a
few miles southeast of Cass Lake,
was wholly within the national forest
reserve and that the vote cast there
was illegal.
Cuba precinct gave Scribner a
majority of eleven. AS this vote
was declared by Judge McClenahar
to be illegal Funck wins the nomina
ton by a majority of nine votes
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NO DECLARATION OF WAR
servian Assembly Simply Passes Vote
of Confidence,

Belgrade, Oct. 1I.-At an extraor-
binary session of the skupshtina the
following resolution was unanimously
passed:
"The skupshtina, after hearing the
explanations of the government and
the steps taken by it, expects vigorous
activity will be displayed for the pro-
lection of the nations threatened in
terests. With this object in view the
skupshtina will support the govern
ment to the fullest extent"
The skupshtina has sent an encour-
aging telegram Of greeting to the Mon
tenegrin national assembly and voted
an extraordinary credit Of 100000
to the ministry of war. Further i'm
portant decisions are expected.
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MIR. Bryan would have Jared oetter
in Della ware had he gone there looking
for peaches instead Of votes
Bryan Is Touring Illinois.

Streator, ILL.,, Oct ! .-Declaring
himself to be 1.-The advance agent of
prosperity" William J. Bryan, Demo-
cratic candidate for president, in his
speeches in this state en- route to Han
nibal, Mo-, is seeking to batter down
the arguments of his opponents that
business depression and panics will
follow his election.
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Dead at Age Of 100.

Seneca Falls, N. Y, Oct. 13.-Mrs
Charlotte Decker is dead here. She
would have been 10 Years "a 81. Nov.
81. Her father, Godfrey Reals, Was a
volunteer in the colonial army and
served until the colonies were free.
Mrs. Decker could remember her
father telling of the privations of the
soldiers at Valley Forge. Mrs. Decker
was married three times, the last time,
at the age of 102 years, to Samuel
Decker, aged sixty-tWo.
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Soldier, Lawyer and Poet.

Washington, Oct. 13.-Colonel De-
witt c.. Sprague, soldier, lawyer and
poet and United States consul in Ger
many and Italy under the administra-
ton of General Grant, died here of
pneumonia. He was seventy-two years
old. He will be buried in Arlington
National cemetery with military hon
Srs.
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Earthquakes Cause Panic.

Kiev, Russia, Oct. 9.-Earthquake
shocks in Southwestern Russia have
caused serious panics among the occu-
pants of public buildings, many per-
sons being injured in attempting to
escape from the building. No fatal.
ties, however, have been reported
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T|ERNEY TELLS OF FIRES
IN VICINITY OF BEM|DJ|
representative of State Fire Warden's
Office Was Here, Incog, for
Several Days.

Dillon Ilerney, who has been
with the State Fire Commission for
several months past, recently made a
trip to Bemidj and in this vicinity
to ascertain the cause of the forest
fires which did much da mage to
personal property and destroyed a
considerable area of young growth
in the timber.
Mr.. Tierney personally tramped
over the burned territory in the
vicinity of Farris and Rosby and
also south of Bemidji and at Shevlin;
and also went to International Falls.
He was in consultation with a local
party, and his presence was kept a
secret, in order that he might not be
hampered in any manner in investi
eating the causes of the fires. In a
recent inteaview, Mr.. Tierney says
of the fires in this vicinity:
An investigation of the forest
fires that occurred in the vicinity
of Bemidji and along the NJ. & 1.
railroad to International Falls, and
between that point and the range
towns, showed there had been a
great number of comparatively
small fires. While the damage to
mercahantable green timber in this
territory was slight, the value of
cordwood, ties, posts and pulpwood
material destroyed would amount to
large figures.
In one district alone 10000
cords of wood were destroyed,
enough to keep 1000 families warm
this winter, and this loss might
have been avoided by the proper
expenditure of few dollars when
the fires were small.
Invariably the fires were allowed
to gain great Roadway and to threat.
en- homes, and lives even, before
attempts we're made to fight them.
In the woods no fire is to small
to be put out.
The drought was broken not a
day too soon. All the points visited
had been literally surrounded by
fires, with new ones starting up every
few hours.
The best possible system of forest
fire protection would have been
severely tested if called upon tc
handle the situation at that late
stage.
1t is to be hoped that at it's com
ing session the legislature will give
this problem of forest fire protection
the attention it deserves. The
people of the state need all the tim
Der and the owners of timber have
no right to allow the loss of its
utility"
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SUPPOSED to Have Been Lost.

Boston, Oct. 13.-Captain Monroe
and five of the crew of the British
schooner Sirocco, who were supposed
to have been lost when their vessel
was wrecked off the Florida coast on
Oct 1, we're landed here by the fruit
steamer Horatius.
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BOY DEAD; GIRL WOUNDED
Innocent Bystarders Shot by Mime
apo!is Policeman.

apo!is Policeman.
Minneapolis, Oct. 13.-Patrolnan
John Connolly Of the South Side sta
ton accidentally killed Theodore He
dine, aged five, and disfgured Miss
Julia Churchill for life.
The~officer had arrested Ernest
Dwinnell for drunkenness in the Hub
of Hell" district and a mob of about
a hundred surged about him and at
tempted to take his prisoner. Stones
were hurled at him and angry threats
made Drawing his revolver he COM
handed the crowd to stand back, but
they crowded in closer. He fired a
shot to the ground, but the bullet
glanced off the pavement and the He
dine boy, who was standing $50 feet
away with his father, fell to the
ground, shot in the right eye.
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AN ADMINISTRATION VIEW

Secretary Straus Says Labor Is Not
Following Gompers.
Washington, Oct. 13.-Secretary
Strauss of the department of commerce
and labor has returned here after a
visit to New York, where he went to
register for the November election.
Labor is not being misled by Mr..
Gompers and his coterie," said Mr..
Straus, although the laboring men
recognize that they had not received
from the last congress the recognition
they asked for. They also recognize
that the administ ration has done ev.
erything In its power for them"
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Gar Ferdinand Enters Sofia

Sofia. Oct. 13.-Ferdinand, the "czar
Of Bulgaria." made his entry into the
capital and was given a demonstrative
reception by all classes. He entered
the city on horseback, accompanied by
a brilliant staff, amid salutes from the
artillery.
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Union of African Colonies.

Durham, Natal, Oct. ia national
convention of British and Dutch dele
gates, with the object of drafting
constitution which shall unite all the
South African colonies In one fedora
ton, was opened here. Sir Matthew
Nathan, governor Of Natal, and most
of the Boer generals who were con-
spicuous in the war are among the
dA1eratoa
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Co. K Attention.

The members of Company K, will
meet at the city hall Wednesday
evening, at the usual hour, in blue
uniforms, for regular drill.
Don't forget the informal after
the drill.
Adam E. Otto, Captain.
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Seventeen Killed in Explosion.

Richford, VT, Oct. 10.-It is gener-
ally believed that seventeen persons
met their death in the explosion of
the grain elevator on Wednesday
night, the accounts of Timekeeper w.
G. Bonney, who himself was burned to
death, showing the names of at least
1--WE laborers not accounted for up to
the present time.
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Great Britain Recedes,

London, Oct. 13.-Great Britain has
receded from her previously expressed
determination to confine the questions
to be discussed at the proposed inter-
national conference regarding the Bal
kans to the recent events in Bulgaria
and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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ward Grey, for Great Britain. 1t is
understood here that Sir Edward does
not oppose the principle of the confer:
ence dealing with the question of the
Dardanelles, providing that the straits
are not opened exclusively for the
benefit of Russia and that Turkey con,
SCENTS
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REGARDED AS BRIGHTER.
French View of the Balkan Situation
at Present.

Paris, Oct. 13:-The Balkan situa-
ton, both automatically and locally,
is regarded brighter here. M. Cam.
bon, the French ambassador at Berlin,
reports that Germany is ready to par
ticipate in the proposed conference
and official advices from London lead
to the hope of an early agreement be-
tween Foreign Minister Iswolsky, for
Russia. and Foreign Minister Sir Ed
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Cretan Parliament Acts,

Cretan Parliament Acts.
Canea, Island of Crete, Oct. 49,
The Cretan parliament met and for
mally voted the union of the island
with Greece. The Moslem delegates
were not present.
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MISCELL-ANEO

PUBLIC LIBRARY-Open Tues
days, Thursdays and Saturdays
ESQ to E p. M, and Saturday
evening 7:3O to 9 p. m. also.
Library in basement of Court
H House. Mrs. Harriet Campbell
librarian.
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purchase ten to
forty acre tract of land near City
OF Bemidji. Address all communi-
cations to Box sol, Bemidii,
MINI
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LOST-White silk shawl, with blue
flower. Finder leave at Pioneer
office.
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LOST:-Between ]. Essler's and
Armstrong; cafe lady's gold
brooch set with nine pearls.
Finder please leave at this Office.
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WANTED-Position as engineer in
a small sawmill. State wages paid.
K. H. Lindseth, Erskine, MINI.
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FOR SALE,

FOR SALE-1 span horses heavy
and light harness, wagon, sleigh
two-seated canopy-top buggy, also
runners for buggy. T. J. Andrews.
Corner Irving avenue and 18th
street.