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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-12-07
REBELS NEARING
port AU PRINCE
General Simon Plans Tri=
ulllph han Entry.
CITY QUIET AT PRESENT.

Leaders Of Various Political Parties
Are Gathering at the Capital and
Their Presence MayeLead to Com,
pIications It the Question Of Who
ls to Be the Next President Comes
to an Open Contest. E. :" !.
Port au Prince, Hayti. Dec. J.-The
night passed quietly in Port au
Prince. There were no disorders of
any kind and hopes are entertained
that normal conditions will be rap
idly restored. " II 4: - j.
General Simon, the leader of the
revolutionary movement, proposes to
make triumphant entry into Port au
Prince at the head of all his troops,
some 5000 or 5000 men, and his en-
tire force has not yet been concen-
trated. The general is about fifteen
miles from Port au Prince. ,-
The committee of public safety has
reorganized the municipal police
force. New police stations have been
established and there is good reason
to believe that henceforth order will
be maintained throughout the city.
The various political parties that
have in the past attempted to install
their presidents through revolutionary
movements are perfecting their Or
CARNATIONS, which have become more
or less imperative. General Sam is
here and le arrival of General Fir
min and General Fouchard is expected
any day. The presence of these lead
ers in the capital may bring about
complications. There are fears that
the northern part of the republic may
be arrayed against the southern Sec
ton if the question of who is to be
the next president comes to an open
contest. There is strong element in
favor of the candidacy of Cincinnatus
Leconte, who was at one time minis
ter of foreign affairs. General Simon,
however, has the distinct advantage
of being At the head of a well organ
lied and, equipped force and he would
seem to be master of the situation.
1t has been decided that Nord Al.
exis is to go to Kingston, Jamaica.
The former president and the men
who took refuge on board the French
cruiser Dugury Trouin with him will
be transferred to the German steamer
Siberia.
The government garrison at Million
ard, when Informed of the fight of
Nord Alexis, made off to the north
They consented to surrender their ar
tillery to the provisional government,
but insisted on taking their rifles
with them.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-12-07
Court Orders Case Expedited.

Boston, Dec. The certificate of
Attorney General Bonaparte request
ing that the case of the United States
government to compel the New York,
New Haven and Hartford Railroad
company to relinquish its holdings OF
stocks of the Boston and Maine rail-
road be expedited was granted by
three judges of the United States cir
cult court and the contention of the
attorneys of the railroad that the ex-
pediting act is unconstitutional was
OVerrul6d.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-12-07
IN CLEVELAND'S MEMORY
Exercises by Association Of Life In.
surance Presidents.


surance Presidents.
New York, Dec. I-Notable exer-
cises in memory of the late Grover
Cleveland, ex-president of the United
States. constituted the opening ses-
sion In this city of the Association of
Life Insurance Presidents, Of which
he had been chairman during the
year and half between the time of
It's organization and his death. The
programme, which was brief, included
addresses by President Paul Morton
Of the Equitable Life Assurance sOci.
ETY. and DR.. John H. Finley, president
of the College of the City of New
York, and the reading Of letters which
had been received from former Vice
President Adlai E. Stevenson and Gov
ernor Hoke Smith and Hillary A. Her.
bert, members of Mr.. Cleveland's cab
met. This meeting had been looked
forward to as an interesting forerun-
ner OF the general memorial meeting
for Mr.. Cleveland to be held in this
city on March IS of next year.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-12-07
Has Had No Narrow ESCAPES

Washington, Dec. "j.-Recent news
paper stories connecting the president
with narrow escapes from accident by
being run down by automobiles, mes
senger boys and later a fire engine
have resulted in the giving out at the
White House of an official statement
characterizing the stories as *.pure
invonfiOnan
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-12-07
MANY FAMILIES HOMELESS
Fire at Centralia, Pa, Destroys Much
Property.

Centralia, Pa, Dec. i-Sixty-fve
families are homeless in this city as
the result of a fire which wiped out
three squares of property in the heart
of town. The fire started in a build
ing occupied by a moving picture
show and spread rapidly among the
frame houses. Lack of water, the
result of the prolonged drought, left
the town at the mercy of the flames
for a time. The total loss is esti-
mated at about 100000.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-12-07
Two Trainmen Killed.

Little Rock, Ark, Dec. j-Passen-
ger train No. 43 on the Rock Island
railroad, while running at high rate
of speed near Kerrs Station, split the
switch at that point, derailing the en-
CINE, baggage car, express cars, COM
bination smoker and one chair car.
Two trainmen were killed and two
others injured.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-12-07
Report DepIorable Conditions.

Chicago, Dec. 5.-The special grand
jury which has been investigating
fraud alleged to have been perpe
trated in the primary election of Aug.
s reported "deplorable conditions
which prevailed at the primary elec-
ton" and returned fourteen new in
dictments. In all the inquisitors re-
turned eighty-one indictments against
sixty-one alleged offenders. Those
named in the bills were judges or
clerks Of election and minor poll
ticians. The charges range FROM
misleading voters to conspiracy.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-12-07
Illegal Practices Stopped.

Findlay, O., Dec. |.-Standard Oil
company prosecutions in this (Han-
coclz) county came to a sudden ter
mination when, at the request of
Prosecuting Attorney David, all the
indictments against the company
were nolled. Judge Duncan made the
entry. Prosecutor David's action re-
suited from the fact that the alleged
Illegal practices that he sought to
correct have, it is declared, been elm
mated.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-12-07
ENDS LIFE BY SHOOTING

Prominent st. Paul Attorney Com
mits Suicide. - "
! st. Paul, Dec. AS yet no posi-
tive reason has Deen found for the
suicide Of T. r. Palmer. He was re-
moved from the head of the Mutual
Life Insurance company short time
ago and made chief counsel OF the
company. 81
This nay have affected him to some
extent. hut It IS ~ .l hs.i41ci = have
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-12-07
Jewish Land confiscated.

New York, Dec. IA cable dis
patch from Russia via London, re-
ceived in this city by the Jewish
Morning Journal, says that all the
lands Of Jewish agricultural colonists
have been confiscated by the govern
ment in the province of Ekaternaiv.
They had held the right to colonize
the land in question since 1910. Thou
sands of persons will be affected by
the confscation.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-12-07
N SESSION AT LONDON
| N

International Conference Of Powers on
Naval Warfare. .. .s-. T.
London, Dec. 1.-The conference of
the powers called by Great Britain
for the framing of code of laws for
naval warfare and for the formation
of the international prize court rec
commended by The Hague congress
was opened at the foreign Office here.
With an interval for the Christmas
holidays it is expected that the con-
ference will continue until about Feb.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-12-07
No Government in Hayti.

Washington, Dec. IJ.-Dispatches re-
ceived by the state department from
Minister Furniss point out that there
Is no government in Hayti at this
time and in fact no president Legi-
time" Legitime, : Mr.. Furniss ex-
plains, is merely chairman of the
committee on public safety.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-12-07
College Dormitory Burned.

Springfield, Mo-, Dec. 1.-Two hun
bred students of the Springfield busi-
ness college fled in their night clothes
from the dormitory of the college
building when the building caught fire
from spontaneous combustion in the
coal bin. Edward Boyerston, a one
legged student, dragged his trunk
from the building and then went back
after his crutches. No one was hurt.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-12-07
In Behalf of Herman BiIIek.

Chicago, Dec. j-Attorney Francis
Il. Hinkley announced that on Monday
next he will appeal to Governor
Deneen to commute the sentence of
Herman Billek, sentenced to be
hanged Dec. II for the murder Of
Mary Vzral, to life imprisonment.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-12-07
Wire Service DemoraIized.

Chicago, Dec. WINTERS first on
slaught on wire service in the East
was made when wet snow, accom-
panied in some places by high wind,
jemoralized telegraph service be-
tween Chicago and Pittsburg. Line
men were ordered out all along the
line to make repairs as fast as pos
sible. In other directions from Chi
cago conditions were reported normal
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-12-07
ONE. HUNDRED ON. BOARD
Vancouver Ferry Steamer Badly DAM
-,% aged in Collision.

Vancouver Ferry Steamer Badly DAM
z.:S aged in Collision. :
Vancouver, B. G., Dec. 5.-With her
hold rapidly filing with water, the
result of collision with a heavily
loaded barge, the gulf ferry steamer
Charmer was beached at the entrance
of Vancouver narrows to save the YES
sci from sinking in deep water.
.- With 100 passengers aboard the
Charmer had ten minutes before left
her wharf for Victoria. A heavy cur
rent in the narrows swept a coal scow
in her path. After the collision the
Charmer Immediately commenced to
sink. She was beached within five or
six minutes and is still resting on the
sand. All the passengers were taken
back to Vancouver after the accident
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-12-07
Accepts the AIueciras Act.

Paris, Dec. 1T is announced here
that Mulai Hafid, the new sultan of
Morocco, has definitely accepted the
Algeciras act and the attendant con-
ditions laid down by the powers for
the recognition of his su1tanate.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-12-07
NO OPPOSITION TO CLARK Al

Will Be Chosen Minority Leader In
the House.
Washington, Dec. j.-Representa-
tive Clayton of Alabama has an.
bounced that the Democratic members
of the house of representatives would
hold caucus Saturday night for the
purpose of forming it's organization
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-12-07

Throw a Brick on It First.
Arctic Explorers Wife - Goodby,
John, dear. Arctic Explorer-Farewell,
my love. Arctic Explorers Wife-And,
John, be sure that the ice Is perfectly
safe.-Judge.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-12-07

for the coming session of congress.
Mr.. Clayton said that Representative
Champ Clark of Missouri would be
elected without opposition leader of
the minority party to succeed John
Sharp Williams.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-12-07

Grief for Dog Cause of Suicide.
Louisville, Dec. 5.-Crazed with
grief because he had accidentally
killed his pet dog Frank E. hammers,
thirteen years old, shot and killed
himself with the same weapon.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-12-01
Produce Dealers Prepare To Move

from Western Avenue is the result of
dissatisfaction over the action of the
Northern Pacific Railroad, which owns
the land on which the present commits
sion quarters are located, and the fail
ure to reach satisfactory arrange
ments with the lessees, the Pacific
Warehouse Company.
The new commission district is on
Fourth Avenue South, comprising the
block on the east side of Fourth, be-
tween Connecticut and Vermont, and
three lots north of Vermont. 1t is
proposed to cut a new street through
the center of this block, parallel with
Fourth Avenue, on which will be run
spur from the Great Northern tracks,
giving the dealers much better ship
ping facilities than they now have.
1t is proposed to have the buildings,
which will be owned by the individual
firms moving to the new district, of
uniform style and construction. The
receiving and shipping departments
will be located below, with the railroad
tracks passing each door, while above,
on the level with Fourth Avenue, will
be salesroOms and offices.
The new district will afford the
firms moving there greatly improved
facilities for transacting their bust
ness. There will be opportunity to
construct more convenient and more
commodious buildings, and in addition
to this plans are under way for the
construction of large cold storage
plant, with the possibility of a de-
natured alcohol plant where spoiled
and damaged fruit and vegetables may
be converted into a profitable by-prod-
uct. The new quarters will be CON-
plete and perfectly appointed in every
particular and will mark a long step
forward in this branch of Seattles
business affairs.
Among the firms that are interested
in this project are ]. B. Powles & Co.,
G. W. Chamberlain Co., Smith &
Bloxom, Walter Bowen, Hamill Bros,
M. j. Cornell, H. L. Klock Co., Miller
Reed-Pease Co. and Frye & Co. j. B.
Powles, one of the largest and best
known dealers on the street, who is
president of the Seattle Produce AS
ISOLATION, has been active in the effort
to secure better accommodations for
the etrade and has devoted much time
and energy toward making the plans
for the new district as near perfect as
possible.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-12-01
Good Times Coming.

That the continuance of the Republi-
can party in power in this country and
the election of Hon. VIM. H. Taft as
president insures general prosperity for
the country, is tn ebelief of VIM. Meis-
ter, the proprietor of the California
Commission Company. Referring to this
particular section of the country, Mr.
Meister believes that the next four
The advertising which the Alaska
YukonPacific Exposition is giving Sc
attic and the North Coast, he believes
will bring to Seattle no less than 1907
900 people, and in his opinion 1T will
take Seattle only two years to catch
are going to be ahead. This big ad-
vancement is going to affect business in
his line and means that there is going
to be an increased demand for all kinds
of farm produce. Speaking of the farm
ers, Mr.. Meister said the best thing they
can do is to raise plenty of all kinds
of farm produce the coming year. They
will not need to look further than Sc
attic for market and the prices he
thinks are sure to be good. 1t might
be mentioned that Mr.. Meister has been
here since 1889 engaged in the commits
sion business in Seattle, during good
times and hard times, and his long ex-
perience here certainly makes his opin-
ion worthy of consideration. The old
and we'll known California Commission
tons and individual shippers and their
business has increased during the past
season from about 400 accounts to over
1900. They are prepared to handle any
thing that is raised on the farm Poul-
try, game, hogs, veal, eggs and fruits
died in any quantity. The firm also
imports large quantities of fruits and
is prepared to fill orders for grapes,
cranberries, nuts, figs, honey and dried
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-12-01

1t isn't often that you find a little
settlement among big trees on
choice assortment of hills, developing
into a great city in the incredibly
short time that it has taken Seattle to
develop into city.
AS a matter of fact, you couldn't
find another city in the whole country
with a record for growth as rapid and
as substantial and permanent in char
acter sthat of Seattle. Nowhere else
have country roads and logging trails
and COW paths grown into business
streets and avenues and boulevards as
swiftly as they have here. Nowhere
else have the little frame stores and
office buildings been so RACED or
moved away to make places for the
brick and steel and concrete Skyscrap-
ers.
And in no other place is there such
changing and moving and preparing
for greater business there is not
another city which has such wonderful
prospects for continued advancement
and growth.
One of the most important changes
of recent times, affecting one of the
Olu UuSluCOS ulOCI ICCo, 10 CuO lO'lIOF1i
of several of the largest produce firms
from Western Avenue, which has long
been the distributing center through
which came the farm produce to sup
ply the city, and where also great
quantities were gathered for shipment
to Alaska.
The uneven board walks along sew
eral blocks on this street have for
many years been piled high with the
choice apples from the famous or
chards of Eastern Washington, and
peaches and other fruits and vege-
tables from the productive farms of
the North Coast country, along with
oranges and bananas and lemons from
the South, and fruits from foreign
countries, and the street has been
blocked with huge drays and big
horses doing their work very quietly,
and drivers doing their work very nois-
lily.
A large part of this business, how
ever, is to be taken from Western
Avenue, for while the Pacific Ware
house Company is building modern
commission block on the block be-
tween Madison and Marion, several
other large dealers will open new quar-
ters on Fourth Avenue South, south
of the King Street Station.
The removal of these large firms
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-12-01
NOT AFFECTED BY DEPRESSION

When a manufacturing establishment
reaches out in a year of depression and
increases and expands it's business, while
others in the same line diminish their
outputs or stand still, it is because
there must be some unusually good rea,
son for it. In this instance a splendid
reputation and a more-than-ordlnafy
meritorious product were responsible for
the showing made.
The Mayer Boot & Shoe Company Mil.
waukee the largest shoe establishment
in the Northwest, has just closed it's
fiscal year, and reports an increase IN
sales over the corresponding period of
last year.
Most of our readers, mo doubt, have
become familiar with the shoe adver-
tisements of this enterprising firm, that
have been appearing in the columns OF
this publication for number of years
past To those who have not yet be-
come familiar with the extraordinary
wearing qualities of Mayer Shoes. we
recommend closer acquaintance by
purchase of a pair at the first OCCASION;
The leading brands are "Ho honor ut
fine shoes for men, Leading Lady nne
shoes for women, "Yerma" Cushion shoes
for both men and women, the popular
martha Washington Comfort Shoes
and the Special Merit" School shoes.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-12-01

whom will vouch for our ability to han
die goods Give us a fair trial and be
convinced. WE REMIT WEEKLY OR
OFTENER IF REQUIRED. We report
the day the goods are received and their
condition on arrival. WE REPORT THE
DAY THE GOODS ARE SOLD. The
proprietor of The California Commits
sion Company, Mr. William Meister, has
devoted his entire life to the fruit bust
ness and all consignments are handled
under his direct supervision. Our house
Is headquarters for Cashmere fruit and
we also handle a large volume of fruit
from the Wenatchee Valley. We have
tho largest list Of shippers in the State
of Washington, with endorsements from
each Of them which ought to be good
enough for you. We handle everything
grown on the farm and In addition we
handle veal, hogs poultry, hides or any,
thing that is marketable. We refer you
to r. G. Dun & Co., the largest CONNER
cial agency in the world; Puget Sound
National Bank of Seattle, also the prin-
cipal and largest growers in Washing
ton, Oregon, California, Canada and the
Hawaiian Islands.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-12-01
MAMMOTH BRONZE TURKEYS.

Many of my breeding turkeys are
from the prize winning flock at the
Worlds Fair, st. Louis, and Madison
Souare Garden. New York. Young and
old stock of both sexes at prices, trifie
in advance of market if taken at once.
F. b. West, Jefferson, Oregon.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-12-01

fruits Mr.. Meister invites correspond
ence and assures the producers that all
questions will be cheerfully answered,
whether they ship to this house or not.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-12-01

Seattle. paws highest market, cash,
for calves, poultry, hogs, apples and po-
tatoes and no commission. Write for
prices and tags. Your money return
mail.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-12-01
CALIFORNIA COMMISSION CO.
p o. BOX a4e WILLIAM MEisrER. PHoP
szo WESTERN AVE-, SEATTLE, WASH.
Es1. 80 YEARS In sEArrll

Il IL 2 OloOSt
g s t a b | ished
G o m m | S sion
House in Seat
tie. We have
over 100 ship
perS on our
books, a list of
which we gave
to the Wash
ington S t a t e
Fruit Inspec-
tor. We have
g n d o rsements
from the larg-
est growers and
shippers on the
Pacific Coast,
every one or
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-01-24
HORSE HIT THE LANTERN
Then the Flames Spread Quickly and
the Barn Was Burned.

Pierce, Neb., Jan. 81. - Special to
The News: The ringing of the fire
bell aroused people at about o'clock
TO find that the barn OF T. A. Lea was
burning. Mr.. Lea lives just outside
the incorporation and hence the fire
men were unable to lay hose to the
flames and the barn was total loss.
The fire originated in an unusual way.
Mr. Lea was up early to take his
daughter to her school where she was
teaching in the country. Taking a
lantern to the barn he hung It on a
peg near one of his horses head
The horse in throwing his head around
knocked the lantern off and broke the
globe. The barn is arranged with a
feedway and horses on each side.
The lantern fell into loose hay and
instantly the flames spread. There
were nineteen head OF live stock in
the barn at the time but all were
saved. Mr.. Lea was painfully but not
dangerously burned in rescuing the
live stock and trying to extinguish the
flames. The loss is about $500 with
only one hundred and fifty dollars in
Surance.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-01-24
FOSTER LICENSE AGAIN
ANOTHER PETITION COMES UP TO
THE PIERCE COMMISSIONERS.
QUESTION THAT WILL NOT DOWN
Having Just Refused to Grant a IL
cense For That Town, the Board is
Now Confronted With Another Pc
tition-Another in Prospect.

Pierce, Neb., Jan. Especial to
The News: Notwithstanding the fact
that the board of county commission
ers refused to grant Geo. NJ. Phifer a
license to run a saloon at Foster only
last Saturday afternoon, another petit
tion is already being circulated for the
same purpose This time there are
two applicants in the persons of Hen
ry Niegenfiend and William Dean.
AS two other parties stand in waiting,
according to their own statement, to
make application if the present appli-
cants lose out, there promises to be
a long drawn out contest as the remon-
strants are at nothing but nominal eX-
pense to carry on objections and the
tax payers have the major part of the
costs TO pay, the war will likely be
waged until, as suggested by The
News, the resident freeholders become
more unevenly divided by death, EN-,
lgration and immigration in Foster
precinct