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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-11-17

St. Paul's new million.dollar hotel
will be called THE St. Paul." and
the new hostelry will be headquart-
ers for all great gatherings, of any
nature, in the capital city. While
The St. Paul' may be made the
headquarters for all important gath
erings, it will hardly efface from the
memory of politicians all over the
Northwest the many POLITICAL Jobs
which have been framed in the old
Merchants Hotel, and it is not pos
sible that the Merchants will be sup
erceded as POLITICAL headquarters,
by The St. Paul.. Many a polit-
ical leader has been shorn of his
prestige as the result of conferences
held at the Merchants; and many a
scheme was matched" at the Mer-
chants which was subsequently car
ried into execution whereby men of
prominence were placed in high
places.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-11-17
LETTERS OFFERED IN CASE
Prosecution Shows Motive for Murder
of Mrs. Guinness.


Laporte, Ind, Nov. 17.-For the
purpose Of leading up to the motive
for the setting fire of the Guinness
house by Ray Lamphere Prosecutor
Smith, in the Lannphere trial, offered
Ill evidence a number of letters writ
ten by Mrs. Guinness to A. X. Hell
gelein regarding the disappearance Of
his brother and also placed before the
jury certain documents and such pa
pers by which the signature of Mrs,
Guinness will be identified. In sys-
tematic order this evidence is being
gotten before the jury and the climax
of this phase of the case will be the
reading of the letters.
In the cross-examinaticn of Mrs.
William Flynn the defense accident
ally brought out a strong point in ia
vor of the state when the witness tes-
titled that the rings which she saw
on the fingers of Mrs. Guinness in life
were so tight and Mrs. Guinness fin
gers were so fat that they could not
have been removed without filing
them off. These are the rings which
were found on the fingers of the dead
woman after the fire and we're identi-
fed by Mrs. Flynn.
Three Helgelein letters were offered
in evidence through Mrs. Ray Turner,
who had translated them from Nor
wegian into English, but they we're
not read at this time.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-11-17
five men KILLED IN BATTLE
Oklahoma Officers Fight Negro Des-
perado,

Oklahoma Oftcers Fight negro DeS'
perado.
Okmulgee, Okla, Nov. 17.-Five
persons were killed and ten others
were wounded in fight between Jim
Deckard, negro desperado, and law
officers. The dead are: Sheriff Rob-
inson, Assistant Chief of Police Kla-
Der, two brothers named Chapman,
colored, and Deckard, the desperate.
The disturbance began at the st.
Louis and San Francisco railroad sta
ton, where Jim Deckard engaged in
a fight with an Indian boy, Steve Gray
son, and beat him into insensibility
with a rock. Friends of Grayson no.
titled the police and when Policeman
Klaber went to the station Dec!lar;!
fled to his house nearby, barricaded
himself in and when Klaber ap-
preached Deckard shot and instantly
killed him. Sheriff Robinson gathered
a posse in a few minutes and hurried
to the scene. Part of this posse was
made up of a group of negroes whom
the sheriff commissioned as deputies.
AS the posse approached the house
Deckard opened fire with rife, firing
as rapidly as he could load his weapon.
The sheriff fell first, instantly killed.
Then the two Chapman brothers, ne
gro deputies, were slain. A frenzied
mob then surrounded the house and
Deckard was shot to death.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-11-17
BIG LOSS OF LIFE
NARROWLY AvERTED
Helpless Steamer Picked Up as
She Is Going on Rocks.

Seattle, WASH, Nov. 17.-With six
y passengers cheering as only per-
sons can cheer when snatehed from
what looked like certain death the
tug Pioneer and the army quarter
masters tug General Evan Thomas
got lines to the Straits Steamship
company's steamer Perdita as she
was going on the rocks at Middle
point, near Protection island. When
picked up the Perdita was within a
few ship lengths of the shore and as
there was full southeast gale blow
ing it is certain there would have
been a serious loss of life. The Per-
dita was making her way up the
straits on the run to Seattle when
some of the boiler tubes blew out,
leaving her in a helpless condition.
She was sighted and word sent to
Port Townsend. The Thomas and
the Pioneer were at once sent to the
rescue, but did not pick up with the
Perdita for several hours. In the
meantime a stiff blow had developed
into full gale and the little craft
was being carried on rocky and pre-
c1pltous lee shore when rescued.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-11-17
How Nora Coaxed the TIPS,

A group Of women were standing in
the corridor Of summer hotel when
an aged scrubwoman started upstairs
with a pail Of water. Just then a
bright faced, buxom Irish chamber
maid came up.
'This looks purity heavy for the likes
of ye," she said cheerily to the old
woman. "Better let me help"
She took up the paid and whisked off
upstairs with it.
How thoughtful Of Nora!' isn't
she kind?" and similar expressions
rose to the lips Of the women. The
proprietor Of the hotel and another
man also witnessed the incident.
'Clever girl, that Nora," said the
hotel man to his companion. "She's
always doing something like that when
there are people looking on. She gets
more tips than any two other girls in
the house. She could afford to pay me
for the privilege Of working here.
Every summer she makes enough to
spend the winter in idleness at her old
home in Ireland."-Ne York Tribune.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-11-17
The Pole Star.

ursa Major and Ursa Minor are
known also as the triones and as the
Greater Vain and the Lesser Vain. 1t
is curious to note that the larger con-
stellation was given the figure Of the
bear by the Arabs and by the 1roquois
red men. The assumed forms are Or
dinarily fanciful, and the identity Of
the names in this instance affords food
for specula tion Homer uses both bear
and vain (wagon) in his references to
these stars. It is evident that the
name bear was translation from
some original Aryan language, as the
constellation is called in Sanskrit
riksha, word that in different gen
ders means both a bear and star. OF
course the polar star in the tail of Ursa
Minor is the CONSULTATIONS point Of
glory. In this case we may say fairly
that the tail wags the dog, because the
group of stars was once called the
dogs tail, or cynosure. From that@we
have our word cynosure, that toward
which all eyes turn, as to the dogs
tail for sight of the pole star.-Minne-
apolis Tribune
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SUITS AGAINST
SUGAR TRUST
8. ss1&"s{=EE.s 80 5
Government Seeks to Re-
cover $3,600,O0o.
FALSE WEIGHING ALLEGED

Complaint Charges Violation of the
Customs Act Of 1890 in That the
Checker at the Brooklyn Refinery
So Manipulated thosPIatform Scales
as to Conceal the True Weights on
lmportations. -
New York, Nov 1.-THE United
States government has brought six
suits against the American Sugar Re-
fining company to recover forfeitures
and customs duties amounting to 49,
626,121 on sugar delivered at the
Havemeyer and Elder refneries in
Brooklyn during the past six years.
The government alleges fraud in
weighing the shipments.
The first of the suits was for ST..
100000 and was filed with the courts
On Oct. 16 and the others were filed
Oct. %. The filing Of the action was
kept from public knowledge until
after the election.
The American Sugar Refining CON-
pany has filed a general denial of the
charges.
Two of the suits were brought for
the forfeiture of all importations of
sugar delivered at the Havemeyer and
Elder redneries for period of but
two years, owing to the statute of
limitations, although the first action
alleges fraudulent weighing for six
years.
The complaints, alleging violations
of section of the customs act of
1890, charge that the checker at the
Brooklyn refinery so manipulated the
platform scales as to conceal the true
weights. The second and third suits
involve amounts exceeding 100000,
the others varying between 100000
and 100000.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-11-17
Oddities Of Color Blindness.

Color blindness, or the inability to
distinguish certain colors, is by no
means rare. Incomplete color blindness
is when a person cannot distinguish
one Of the fundamental colors, red,
green or violet. If person is told to
select colors resembling violet, he will
If red blind usually select blues as we'll
as violets. If he is green blind, he will
select green or gray, with possibly
some blues and violets Of the brightest
shades. Violet blindness is rare To
red blind person the American flag ap-
pears to have green and white stripes,
while the white stars appear on vio-
let field. To green blind person the
stripes have the proper colors, but the
field for the stars is red violet. To a
violet blind person the stripes are nor
NAL, but the stars appear to be set in a
dark brownish gray field. TO person
who is totally color blind the blue Of
the flag appears a light yellowish
brown, while the red stripes seem to
be darker brown.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-11-17

A recent fire at Spooner destroyed
the building in which the Northern
News was published, and caused the
type in the office to be fearfully pied,
reminding US of one dark night when
we set bunch of pie out of a sack.
It is said that the origin of the fire
is unknown, but it is barely possible
that the hot stuff which Brother
Huss has recently been publishing
concerning his brother editor of the
Baudette Region caused spontaneous
combustion and fire.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-11-17
Ar Idol Shattered.

Some one has said that people that
are fond Of hero worship should never
make a pilgrimage to see the hero.
Here is an instances:
An enthusiastic young lady admirer
called on her favorite author. In
speaking Of her visit she said:
''I'm sorry 1 saw him. He didn't
look at all like an author-no long,
wavy hair; no dreamy expression; no
eyes fixed on the stars as If to read
the secrets Of the heavens; no musical,
low voice-nothing to suggest the
genius. No, I found him leaning on
the garden gate, in his shirt sleeves,
swearing at a grocery boy! And his
hair was close cropped. and he looked
as if he hadn't shaved in a week. He
was the most terribly human specimen
I ever saw."-Atlanta Constitution.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-11-17
A Rich Woman's Closet.

~ nICn "Oman'S NIoSets
'eThe nearest approach to Blue
boards closet that ever saw" said a
woman the other day, twas in the
country house Of one of New York's
most fashionable women.
II didn't know her, but in a queer,
roundabout way I was once shown
over the house and saw Mrs. VS. pri-
vate apartments. pretty nearly faint
ed when walked into a room where a
dozen or more women were apparently
hanging from the ceiling.
when l came to found that what
I had taken to be a choice collection
Of female corpses was really a lot Of
manikins. Mrs. V. had them made
after her own measurements, and her
choicest costumes were kept on them
when not in use.
"Her maid would fasten a gown on
to man1kin, put something over it to
keep the dust off and then by means
Of rope and pulley draw the whole
thing to the ceiling. It was a fine ar
rangement, but looked as If Bluebeard
had been around."-- York Sun.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-11-17
SHOULD BE RADICAL CHANGE.

The Republican press of the state
is busy at the present time urging
their organization to keep compact
and begin laying plans for two years
hence. There is, however, one piece
of advice they seem not to take into
consideratlon-namely, to lay aside
bossism. AS it has been practiced
during the last three state conven-
tons, delegates have been paying
their way two or three hundred
miles only to find that half dozen
men control the whole thing, even to
the extent of changing the vote of
counties, unknown to the delegates,
thus sending them home working
against the candidate nominated.
Let the delegates rule the conven-
ton, get a fair chairman and clerk,
and then-and not until this is put
in practice-can you succeed Shev-
lin Herald.
The above suggestion is timely
one; and the Pioneer would add that
if the republican party of Minnesota
expects to elect a governor, the
members of the party must aim to
secure some candidate who was not
prominently identified with the
Collins Dunn feud, which made it
possible to have a Governor John
son. While ]. F. jacobson may
have taken no part in that partydls-
rupting scrap" his nomination was
advocated by Mr.. Dunn himself at
what was supposed to be party
HARMONY meeting, last winter.
Bob" Dunn is a good fellow; but
the lessons of the last two campaigns
should teach the republican leaders
that the Honorable Bob" should be
kept little more in the background,
if they wish to elect a republican
governor.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-11-17
Born That Way.

There is perhaps no point on which
the librarian and child disagree so en-
tirely as that Of the proper condition
Of the hands. A child whose hands
were black with dirt solemnly stated,
II was born that way" Another de-
clared that the doctor said ''he must
not wash his hands till the weather
got warmer" Another whispered,
"Teacher, that's the color Of my skin"
A boy who brought back book with
its cover soiled and greasy refused to
pay the fine and finally brought his
mother in to speak in his behalf. We
had been very unjust and unkind to
her boy, she said, "for he is very care
ful. He puts his book in the icebox,
where the baby can't get it, and moth
ing but our food and Willie's books
ever goes In that icebox."-Library
journal. = -@...
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-11-17
The Wickedest Bit of Sea.

Nine out of ten travellers would tell
inquirers that the toughest piece Of
water is that cruel stretch in the Eng
lish channel, and nine out Of ten trav-
elers would say what was not true.
AS a matter of fact, "the wickedest
bit of sea- is not in the Dover strait or
in yachting, for example, from st. Jean
de Luiz up to Pauillac or across the
Mediterranean "race' from Cadiz to
Tangier, nor is it in rounding Cape
Horn, where there is what sailors call
true" sea. The "wickedest sea" is
encountered in rounding the Cape Of
Good Hope for the eastern ports of
Cape Colony.
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500 Reward, $500

The readers of this paper will be pleased
to learn that there is at least one dreaded
disease that science has been able to cure in
all its stages. and that is Catarrh Halls
Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure now
known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh
constitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure is taken internally acting directly
upon the blood ana mucous surfaces of the
Of Of the disease. and giving the patient Strength
by building up the constitution and assisting
nature in doing it's work. The proprietors
that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any
case that it fails to cure. Send for list OF
testimonials.
Sold by all Druggists. 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-11-17
break Of guerrilla warfare Is threat.

break Of guerrilla warfare Is threat
ened. BY order Of the Austrian au,
thorities number Of prominent Ser,
VANS are being confined to their
homes The garrison at Trebibje has
been reinforced by 10000 men and
preparations for its defense are being
made Frontier incursions Of Monte
negrin troops into Bosnia and Here.
govina are expected. The Austrians
are reported to have mined all the
passes, as we'll as the water springs,
that men coming from Montenegro
are likely to traverse.
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Hearing Set for Nov, Is.

Chicago, Nov. 17.-Mae L. Otis,
charged with an attempt to conspire
to bring about the murder of her
mother, was arraigned in the munic-
1pal court and the hearing set for
Nov. rs. Miss Otis was accompanied
by a number of friends belonging to
Bible class of which she is a. men,
her
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-11-17
Sims Gives Notice Of Appeal.

Chicago, Nov. 17.-District Attorney
Sims has served notice on counsel for
the Standard Oil company Of Indiana
that on Nov. 80 the government will
apply to the supreme court of the
United States for a writ of certiorari
bringing the record Of the famous re-
batting case before that tribunal. This
Is the case in which the court of ap-
peals reversed Judge Lands, who had
recorded a fine of $29,240,000 against
the corporation. - -~.-.. 49,
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-11-17
RooseveIts to Visit ltaly,

New York, Nov. 17.-A special ca
BILE to the World from Rome says that
it is learned from a trustworthy
source that President Roosevelt is
planning to take his family to Rome
in 1910. Inquiries, 1t adds, are now
being made for suitable villa and
this, it is thought, indicates a long
stay in Italy.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-11-17
Chicago Union Stock Yards.

Chicago, Nov. observation-disclosures,
$3.30@7.50; Texans, $3.50@4.50; West.
ern cattle, $3.20@5.S5; stockers and
feeders, $2.60@4.6o; COWS and he1fers,
$1.50@5,2o; calves, $5.50@5.9o. Hogs
Light, $5.00@5.70; mixed, 5000
$50; heavy, $5.2o@5.9o; rough, $500
@5.4o; good to choice heavy, $40
$3.50; pigs, $8.7b@5.00. Sheep, $40
@450; yearlings, $4.1o@4.So; lambs,
$S.75@5.90
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-11-17
Duluth Wheat and Flax.

Duluth. Nov 16.-Wheat-To arrive
and on track-No. l hard, $1.081a; No.
1 Northern, SLOT; No. 2 Northern,
$1.05: Dec, $1.04; May, $1.08; Now,
$1.0572. Flax--To arrive and on
track, $1.41%; Nov, $1.40%; Dec,
$1.39M; May, $143%.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-11-17
What a Scotsman Wears.

A Scottish correspondent, signing
himself "Haggis," writes to us as fol-
lows:
Dear Sir-Please state in your column
that Scotsman wears kilt, not kits.
Thus Harry Lauder went to amuse the
king clad in kilt, not in kits.
We regret to say that we find our
selves unable to accede to our CORE
spondent's request. Respect for truth
compels us to state that a Scotsman
almost invariably wears neither kilt
nor kits, but trousers.-London News.
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Quite of Her Opinion.

ooh, I did SO want to have a talk
with you! I'm simply mad to go on
the stage" exclaimed gushing young
lady to a popular actor.
eyes, should think you would be,
my dear young lady," remarked the
great histrion.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-11-17
St. Paul Union Stock Yards.

st. Paul, Nov. 16.-Cattle-Good to
choice steers, S6.0O@6.75; fair to good,
$5.O0@5.75; good to choice COWS and
heifers, $4.00@5.00; veals, $5.25@6.Q0.
Hogs-$5.00@5.60. Sheep-Wethers,
$4.00@4.25; yearlings, $3.90@4.00;
spring lambs, $5.O0@5.35.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-11-17
Chicago Grain and Provisions.

Chicago, Nov. 16.-Wheat-Dec.,
$1.025s; May, SLOT; July, $1.o1%.
Corn-Nov., 625sc; Dec, 62%c; May,
62Kc; July, 61%c; Sept, 61%c. Oats
Dec, 4S%c; May, 50%c; July, ASH c.
Pork-Dec., $14.45; JAM, $16.021a;
May, $16.12K@1615. Butter-Cream-
cries, 22@29c; dairies, 1917 @25c.
Esgs-2Sc. Poultry-TWkeys, 15c;
chickens, 5000; springs, lie.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-11-17
AUSTRIA REPEATS WARNING
Servja Must Cease Provocations o,
Suffer Consequences.

Vienna, Nov. 1.-THE possibility Of
trouble between Austria-Hungary and
Servia has not yet been eliminated.
A semi-offi cial statement issued here
says that the Austro-Hungarian gov
eminent will be compelled to take de-
cisive steps if the Servian provoca-
lions do not cease. The dignity of
the dual monarchy forbids it longer
to tolerate Servia's actions A final
decision as to the course of the gov
eminent will be reached in a few
days.
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The Bohemian.

"Ah, once a bohemian always a bo-
hemian!" exclaimed the unscissored
poet. "A bohemian never changes" <
mo, not even his collar" replied the
practical man, who had met few bo>
hemians.--Chicago News. p s.s.~ =
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MARKET QUOTATIONS.
MINNEAPOLIS Wheat.

Minneapolis, Nov. 16.-Wheat-
Dec, $1.03%; May, $1.08A: On track
NO. hard, $107%; No. Northern,
$1.06%; No. 2 Northern, S1.04&@
LOS; No. Northern, $1.02M @1.03h.
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Consistent.

''Why do you wear a yachting cap,
deah boy? It's your brother that owns
the yacht
every true, old chap. This is me
brothers p."-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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Easy Job.

Easy Job.
Il would be willing to work." said
tyre Dout IF l could get the sort of
job want"
what would that job be?"
well, l wouldn't mind calling out
the stations on an Atlantic liner"
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Scientific,

Br1ggs-1s there such thing as a
scientific kiss? Griggs-Surely; one in
which you succeed in breaking away
from the girl without becoming en-
gagged to her.-Kansas City Independ-
ent.
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Wayside Communings.

Wareham Long-Wot started the hard
times anyway? - 8
Tufold Knutt-We did, ye ole fool!
We wus sufferin' with 'em long fore
anybody else caught 'em. - Chicago
Tribune. 81.
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Beauty is part Of the finished Ian
guage which goodness speaks.-Eliot.
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Belgrade, Nov. 17-Hostility to
Austria-Hungary is spreading among
the population of Bosnia and Herze-
goyina and in. several districts an out
Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-19
HOLD ELECTION SOON FOR
MUNICIPAL LIGHT PLANT
People viii Be Asked to Vote on
Bond Question During Latter
Part of January or First
of February

PASADENA, Dec. 1S.-Mayor Farley
stated this afternoon that during the
latter portion of January or the first
part of February the council will in
all probability call an election for the
purpose of voting bonds to complete the
municipal electric light plant. The ad-
ministration is more or less forced to
this attitude because of the criticisms
made over the seeming lack of interest
in this phase of the city government.
The opponents of the administration
claim that not so much interest is being
taken in carrying out the municipal
electric light scheme as there was in
trying to get municipal water for Pasa-
dena.
1t will take something less than $780,
900 to complete the plant and General
Manager Koiner has the alternative
suggestion that the city try to buy out
the Edison company's distributing sys-
tenn and kill two birds with one stone,
getting the plant furnished and doing
away with competition.
Koiner says that if a suitable sale
could be arranged he would favor buy
ing electrical energy from the Edison
company if the charge were not too
high.