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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-04-15

enact such law he would call an
extra session.
| The legislature has failed to pass
the bill. 1sthe governor going to
keep his word?
/ Northern Minnesota has much
faith in the present executive. His
ear has even been open to the re.
quests from our people and he has
been alert as to our needs. Beltrami
in particular is closely bound to
Eberhart because in addition to his
stand for reapportionment aud the
things for which the North in gener.
al has been calling, he endeared
himselfto the residents of this county
when, in the midst of political
campaign, he stopped his speeches
to hastily give every possible as.
sistance to the victims of the forests
anger at Baudette and Spooner.
And so the hope is deep seated
that the governor will continue to dc
the right thing in the right way.
1t is said that he has come to the
conclusion that to reasonable the
present legislature would be an ex.
pensive folly. 1t is explained that
to call back the same members who
have refused to pass such measure
must of necessity result in" failure
But surely the governor must have
anticipated just such state of affairs
before he made his Brainerd address
If the legislature had been willing to
pass the bill without proddine, prod
ding would be superAuous.
AS a matter of fact the legislature
adjourns with some doubt as to lust
how far it is willing to 90 on the
question of reapportionment. The
House, by an overwhelming majority,
passed reapportionment bill and i,
was killed in the senate under the
pretext that the three larger cities
would obtain an over abundance
and dangerously large representa-.
ton. Since that time there has
been repeated. attempts to frame a
bill and at one time it was generally
understood that a measure emin.
emily fair to the North, had been
agreed upon and would pass withou,
serious opposition. The senate
never has had an opportunity to
vote on such a bill. =
1t would seem, therefore, that i,
would not be unreasonable for the
governor to issue call for an extra
session to which he would send a
plain message demanding that a bill
be passed and that it be in keeping
with platform pledges, a real reap
portionment and square deal'' all
around.
If the governor lays down in the
| fght-and we shall want to have il
direct from him before we can be.
lieve that he hast will be anothe,
big disappointment to the North
If at last it becomes known that
there is to be no reapportionmen,
for another decade, or half decade,
those hysterical patriots who seek tc
fan the state division smudge into a
flame are apt to have more sympathy
than the merit of their efforts
deserve.
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Both were members ofthe investigat

Both were members Of the investieat.
ING committee.
representatives Lydiard and
Holmberg, House members of the
committee signing fthe majority re-
port. can hardly be regarded as
sentimentalists. They attended all the
public hearings, they went to Red
Wing, they sif,ed every scrap Of
evidence, they realized what it meant
to blacken mans character, but
they unhesitatingly condemned Mr..
Whittier as the proper man to train
boys, and their findings are far from
being hysterical in tone.
1t remained for Senator Rockue,
in whose county the Red Wing train
ing school is located, and Repre-
sentative R. c. Dunn, who, although
appointed member e. the com.
mittee did not attend a single one Of
Its meetings. and who admits that
Mr.. Whittier is an old friend" to
withstand the weight of testimony
which withered to charred ard
blackened mass the reputation Of
the superintendent of the Red Wing
school, and to stand immune from
hysterical eush" and plead for the
retention of Mr.. Whittier. at the ex.
pense- of the boys of Minnesota.
Nor did the legislature propose to
be carried away by "hys.erical
gush" Many things i: can do
many things it has done, but it
baked when it came to removing
the man whose inventive genius led
MIN 10 contrive a machine where the
feet of bending boy was i'm.
nrisioned while with wrists tied to-
gether he was drawn head downward
with his body barred to the vicious
blows of burly family managers"
Whatever may be said in behalf
of Mr.. Whittier, and he may be ex.
emp]ary 10 many ways, and what
ever may be said in way of praise for
the city of Red Wing. and much
could be said, the fact remains that
things existed there which are cen.
turtles from present day civilization
and the investigation which has so
stirred the citizens of the state, who
have any red blood In their veins,
was one of the must important in.
cldents of the present session of the
legislature. Despite its disappoint-
ing final action, those inhabitants OF
the state, who believe that even
the youthful driftwood of human
ity-the children of the gutter, the
hovel, and the street. the child of
the drunkasd and the offspring
of the outcast-a!e entitled to a
square deal, will lite il universal
vote Of tkanks tn .fnrmar Cap,,ox
Andrew d. Stephens, to whom be.
longs the credit of having instituted
the investigation.
And, incidentally. in many hun
dreds of Minnesota homes mothers,
prompted by hysterical gush, or
otherwise, are sending up prayers of
eladness that Red Wing has seen
the last of the whipping machine.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-04-15
REBELS ADVANCE ON JUAREZ
Secure Control Of Railroad for Trans

Secure Control Of Railroad for Trans.
portation Purposes.
Ell Paso, Tex, April 15.-Superin.
tendent Rutladge of the Mexico North.
western railway stated that he had re.
ceived advices from Casas Grandes re-.
porting 800 insurrectos at Guzman,
sixty miles south of Juarez, where the
wires had been cut. He said his ad-
vices reported the insurrectos in pos.
session Of five locomotives. several
passenger coaches and many freight
and cattle cars and it is believed a
general advance to Juarez is in prog.
ress.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-04-15
A Hint,

. ... n mint. .'t..
Tea cher-1 have been trying for some
time to get the room so quiet that we
could hear a pin drop. havedrop-
ped the pin several times, but you have
been making so much noise that it has
been impossible to hear it. What do
you think we had better do, children ?
Reddy Backrow-Tie dumbbell to IL
next time, teacher.-Brooklyn Life.
49,. Queer Comparison.
Briggs reminds me Of an encyclo
pedia."
"Smart?"
"No; Boston Transcript.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-04-15

Every young person needs business education and it
costs to get it at this great Business and Short
than at of the small questionable The results
are however, very different $50 D. B. G. pupils went
to excellent positions in banks and Offices last year
over 400 will do this year All Fargo banks and 6s5
others employ D. B. G. pupils bookkeepers. telers
stenoeraphers cashiers No other school offers such
evidence Of endorsemenS.s ~ 4s
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-04-15
More BRIDGES Burned.

Eagle Pass, Texas, April 15.-The
Laredo gateway is now the only rail
road open from the United States to
the interior of Mexico. rebels having
cut of communication south of Ciudad
Porfirio Diaz, burning six railroad
bridges. This is the first serious dis
turbance in the State of Coshuila.
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TO PUT AN END TO RIo1INe
Four Companies of Troops Ordered to
Muscatjne. la,

.... .'--. "uSCdtlne, ID.
Des Moines, April l5.-Four COM
panies of the Iowa national guard
were ordered to Muscatine by Gov
ner Carroll and Adjutant General Guy
A. Logan to stop the riots among the
striking button makers The COM
lanies ordered out are those of Mus.
catine, Davenport. Iowa City and
Washington Adjutant General Logan
l4age gone to Muscatine to take charge
Of the situation. .--..s.
State Labor Commissioner Van
Duyn also went to that city and later
A. l.. V~ick, president of the Iowa Fed
Grafton of Labor, after a conference
with Governor Carroll, announced
that he would leave for the scene of
the strike. Major George H. Ball
Iowa City was placed in charge of
four companies of militia ~
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How.s Thiss

Weofer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
Halls Catarrh Cure. 81 - Z. =
r. j. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo. o.
We. the UNDERSIGNED, have known +. j..
perfectly honorable in all, business transac-
lions and financially able to carry out any
obligations made byfhts firm.
WALDING. kINNAN Il MARVIN
Wholesale Druggists. Toledo O.
Halls Catarrah Cure isstaken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces OF the system. Testimonials free
Price. 75c per bottle. Sold by all Druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-04-15

Cur baby cries for Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy writes Mrs. T. B.
Kendrick, Rasaca, Ga. 'It is, the
best cough remedy on the market
for coughs, colds and Group" For
sale by Bankers Drug Store.
The Washington herald., 1911-05-14
FLOR DE LUZ0N,
r. 1. PERFECTO,
SC each; s1.1O box of =.
Each cigar wrapped in silver foil.
FLOR DE MANUEL,
1Oc CONCHA PERFECTO,
70 4 for 2Sc, Al nor hox Of 20.

Good, honest 10c value. A seed
and Havana filler. with an imported
Sumatra wrapper. Sure to please
the man who is looking for cigar
not too strong or not too mild. The
taste tells.
The Washington herald., 1911-05-14
Elixir, Iron, Quinine
and Strychnine.

full pint bottle for soc. Regular
As q tonic. blooA-makins. and
nerve-repairing material there IL
nothing better. Az tissue-forming
Of no reconstructive and tonic more
suitable TO all requiring . tonic than
our Elixir Iron. Quinine. and Strych-
The Washington herald., 1911-05-14
Specials
n. G. SULLIVAN'S 1904.
LoNDRES OR PERFECTO,
1Or 2 for nc, $3.50 box of 80.

1Oc, 3 for Z5c. $3.50 box of oo.
You can rely on the 1904 to give
absolute satisfaction every time. A
man need smoke but one, any one. OF
these delightfully."- mellow Cuban
grown, American rolled cigars 20 be-
come a 1904 enthusiast. After once
trying you will be satisfied with
nothing else No substitute will do;
you must have a 1904. Hand made
by union workmen.
The Washington herald., 1911-05-14

LA CALZADA RoTHsCHILDs,
&c, for 25c; g. per box OF so.
We offer in this brand the finest
Porto Rico leaf grown in the West
Indies.
Smokes like a 10c cigar.
The Washington herald., 1911-05-14
HOFFMAN HOUSE BOUQUET,
SC, 8 for &c, s1-OO box of so.

sbiDmenIN M o2nfH well into our third
and the recorders fully attest the
value given. Why pay as much a
box for punk sc cigars? Remember.
II they fail to please you. return
them and get your money back.
The Washington herald., 1911-05-14
0obell's Solution

A cure for nasal catarrh, sore
sisi. shTSst F sold 1Int n head noit and tom l5c
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-11-10
OBJECTS~TO LOCATION or
NEW CABIN CREEK BRIDGE

Vinita Chieftain
| note from your columns of yester-
days paper that our county. commits
sioners have located the much needed
bridge across Little Cabin creek on the
half section line east of Vinita.
AS heavy taxpayer there are a few
questions I should like the honorable
commissioners to explain which in
tefests all Craig county.
First, why should the taxpayers be
called upon to buy right of way and
grade new road for several miles on
half section line at thousands of
dollars cost, when the county now owns
its own section line roads half mile
distant on either side?
Both these roads are open and grad
ed up in good condition on the east
and west sides of the creek and neither
has bridge. Why not build the much
needed bridges on established section
roads first, and when money is more
plentiful special friends may be favor
ed with roads and bridges by their
farms?
l am told that the section line road
directly east of Vinita was recently
opened and graded on both sides OF
Cabin creek by a few enterprising cit
liens at their own expense of several
hundred dollars under promise that
when this was done the county would
build a bridge
j Give us good roads and more bridges
but why not build them where they
belong and where the most people vii
be benefited? A TAXPAYER.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-11-10
BEN CRAVENS FROM PRISON
TO OKLAHOMA FOR TRIAL

Jefferson City, Mo, Nov 9-Charles
Maust, identified as Ben Cravens, the
notorious outlaw, was arrested as he
stepped from the state prison gate yes
terday, to be taken to Oklahoma to be
tried in the United States court for
two murders.
Four Oklahoma officers and two Of
.fcers of the Kansas penitentiary iden-
titled Maust as Cravens when he was
arraigned before United States Com
missioner Geisberg for the killing of
the postmaster at Red Rock, Okla, in
1901. That section was then an In
dian reservation, hence the offense
charged will be tried in the federal
courts.
Cravens was then turned over to A.
J. Martin of Kansas City, United States
marshal, who took him as far as Kan
sas City, where he was given up to
government authorities from Oklaho-
ma Gravens was heavily handcuffed
and in addition wore heavy leg iron.
Cravens' body bears scars from bull
let wounds and upon these, partly his
identification as Cravens was estab-
iished. Cravens asserts he was not
shot by Oklahoma officers in fight
which resulted in the death of com.
panion, but that he was shot by Kan
sas authorities when he escaped from
the state penitentiary at Lansing, after
holding up guards with dummy re-
Ivolver.
Cravens, under the name of Maust
was sent to the Missouri penitentiary
in 1898 to serve three years for rob
berry.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-11-10
DEMOCRATS ELECT ENTIRE
TICKET IN NEW MEXICO

Albuquerque, n NJ, Nov. 9.-Cn the
face of complete returns from about
one-half of the election districts of the
state and estimates on the balance,
democrats claim the election of Nc
Donald for governor and the entire
democratic state and congressional
ticket by majorities estimated at 4,500.
The republican managers decline to
concede their defeat, but quote no
figures in support of their contentious.
1t is not believed that the precincts
still to be heard from, most of which
are small and remote from railroads,
will materially change the result.
Every republican county board from
thus far shows reduced majorities for
the republican ticket, while the demo-
cratic counties all give increased ma
jorities. Bernalillo county, hitherto
strongly republican, gives majorities
for the democratic ticket averaging
4 200.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-11-10
TRIPLE TRAGEDY
OCCURS WEDNESDAY
Boy Playfully Pointed Loaded Shot
Gun at Heads of Three of His
Little Girl Companions.

Nowata, Okla, Nov 9-Fred Stan
art, twelve years old, yesterday play
fully pointed his fathers shotgun at
the heads of three of his little girl
companions and as a result two of the
girls are dead and the other is fatally
wounded All three girls were seven
years Of age
The dead children We're:
Bergie Nicholas.
Madge Stevens.
They were killed instantly. Their
heads were torn from their shoulders
and their breasts perforated with shot.
Edith Fisher was fatally wounded
and it is believed that she can not live.
Her head, neck and shoulders are filled
with shot and several of the shot en-
tered her heart
The tragedy occurred yesterday aft
ernoon at Active, small inland" town
seven miles southeast of here.
The children we're just returning
home from school. All of the families
live on adjoining farms. They stop
ped to play at the Stevens home and
Mrs. Stevens sent her daughter to the
Stanart farm for pail of water The
three girls together went to the well.
There they were met by the Stanart
boy who playfully raised his fathers
shot gun which he had stolen from the
house saying:
I'm going to shoot you"
He had no more than placed the gun
to his shoulder than it was discharged.
The boy says that he did not pull the
trigger or if he did he does not re-
member It,
Bergie Nicholas and Madge Stevens
fell dead Edith Fisher was stand
ing a little behind her friends. She
turned and ran to her home quarter
of mile away, into her mothers arms
and after gasping her story fell un-
conscious at her feet
The mothers of Bergie Nicholas and
Madge Stevens were told of the trag-
edy and they hurried to the well, there
to find the dead bodies of their daugh-
ters. They gathered the bleeding
forms in their arms and carried them
home.
Stricken with fear, yet but dimly re-
alizing what he had done, Fred Stanart
ran home and told his father Elm
Stanart Last night the lead realizing
that he had killed his two friends was
all but dying Of grief.
The families of all four children are
prominent and well-to-do.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-11-10
100000 CHINESE
MADE DESTITUTE
Only Customs House, Postoffice And
American Missions Spared BY
mperiaIist Troops.

Hankow Nov. 5.-(Via WI Hu, Nov
.9.)-The city of Hankow has been de-
stroyed by fire over two-thirds of its
extent. The lowest estimate of the
loss is $50,000,000 Four hundred thou
sand persons are destitute. Hundreds
of half-burned bodies lie among the
ruins. Many of them are the bodies of
women and children.
The customs house, the postotfice
ana the American missions have been
spared The city has been looted, the
imperialists taking hand in the pill
Ilage. Imperialist officers tried to check
this work and executed a number of
the soldiers. Refugees were deprived
of their loot nentering the British
concessions, carloads of valuable furs,
silks and iewelry being seized. 1t is
suggested that the Red Cross receive
the proceeds.
On Friday afternoon the consuls APP
lpealed to the Imperial soldiers to cease
burning the town. A proclamation was
Immediately issued which declared the
rebels were responsible for the fire
and ordered that these be checked.
The following day new fires started in
various quarters The Dayil Hill Mem
orial school for the blind, connected
with the Wesleyan Mission, has been
looted, while in contrast all the mis-
sion property in WI Chang, which is
held by the revolutionaries, has been
protected
On November 3, there was consider
able gunnery practice beginning be-
fore daylight The imperialist battery
behind Honkow moved to the south
west in belated fulfllment of the prom
ise to shift the line of fire from the
concessions. This battery and another
stationed on the plains engaged in a
heavy duel with Han Yang Hill. The
WI Chang forts used powder occasion
ally and Joined in the defense of Han
Yang
A few hundred of the revolutionists
are still in Hankow Rihemen on OPP
posite sides of the Han river fought
all day Saturday and there has been
similar fighting today, but steadily de-
creasing in volume. There is much
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-11-10
vINITA GIRL WANTED TO
THANK SHOE SALESMAN

VIII the travelling shoe salesman,
wearing dark suit, tan shoes, black
hat and gray mixture overcoat, who
came to Kansas City Friday night from
Jefferson City" kindly present himself
at the clerks desk at the Baltimore
hotel and claim postcard addressed
to him in the language above quoted? ?
The card has been waiting for him
since yesterday morning. Unfortunate
ly. the young and beautiful woman
whom he met on the train did not learn
his name So she was compelled to
describe him and trust to the hotel
clerks to give the card to the right
person.
There is no doubt that she is young
and beautiful Her picture, showing
her in gingham gown and sunbonnet,
seated in the rear end of a prairie
schooner, is on the reverse side of the
card The writer who gives Vinita,
Okla, as her address, thanks Mr.. Shoe
Salesman for the courtesies shown her
on the train, expresses regret that she
did not have time to tell him goodbye
before changing cars and modestly in
Inmates that she hopes to meet him
again The clerks are now dutifully
watching for Mr. Shoe Salesman.-Kan-
sas City Journal.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-11-10
MA|NETT SUCCEEDS
LEWIS ON COUNCIL
Only Five Members in Attendance Las
Night Causing Emergency
Business to Wait.
from Wednesdays Dany.


John Mainett was elected alderman
from the fourth ward by the city
council, at it's regular meeting last
night to succeed F. M. Lewis, who
removed to the country. There were
but five members of the council pres
ent and no business requiring the
emergency could be transacted. The
contracts for some sanitary sewers
were approved. A petition of A. y.
Green to move frame dwelling house
across the alley to the lot occupied by
the Green hotel on South Vann street
was granted. The disposition OF other
routine matters and the passage of the
finance bill was the only other bus
mess of last nights meeting. One
item of interest on the finance bill was
the bill for the furnace just installed
in the city hall building. This cost the
city about $3.50.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-11-10
PUBLIC DRINKING FOUNTAIN
GIFT FROM JUDGE PARKER
From Tuesdays Daily.

From Tuesdays Daily.
sanitary bubbling fountain of the
latest design is being installed today
at the Auditorium corner of Wilson
street and Illinois avenue. The foun-
tain is a gift to the city of Judge L. F.
Parker. The material of which the
fountain is constructed resembles por-
celian but is of a far more durable new
metal said to be indestructable. 1t has
been approved by all of the leading as
sociations and is in great demand. It
took three months for Judge Parker's
order to be filed by the factory. The
fountain is low enough for children to
drink from it. It is fitted with faucet
so as not to rob the bucket brigade
that carries water from the well for
daily use. There is also key so that
the water may be cut off to keep from
freezing in cold weather.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-11-10

one year 4 per cent interest Farmers
State bank-Awarded to Roy Mcclure
First-Awarded TO Jas. Harmon
For the best saddle horse, $500 GER
tificate of deposit for one year In
ternational Bank & Trust Co.-Award-
ed to l. c. Crouch
For the best draft stallion, $500
stud bride Marshall Steyens.-Award-
ed to w NJ Mercer.
For the largest squash, $tOO in cash
Scott Thompson-Awarded to Bob
White, Vinita
For the best span Of mules, any age
$3.50 pair horse blankets; c. n Mar.
tin Harness and Saddles, first $3.50
pair of all WOOL blankets, Bears New
Store, second prize warded TO VIM
Gentry
For the best driving team hitched
any age, $500 certificate of deposit
for one year First National Bank
Awarded to Jas. Harmon.
The following premiums were un
claimed;
For the best trio of ducks, $500 in
merchandise. Hodges Bros.
For the best trio White Wyandottes
$500 in merchandise. Pearl Grocery
For the best trio of Buff Orpingtons
5000 in merchandise. Cowan Grocery
Co.
For the best trio of Brahmas, $3.50
in cash Fidelity Loan Co.
For the best trio Rhode Island Reds
$500 in merchandise. Enterprise Gro
Gerry.
For the best harness ad saddle stal
lion, 100 pounds of Hunters Cream
flour. Peoples Grocery. first. One
years subscription to the Vihita Lead
er. Leader Printing Co, second.
For the best 9-year-old draft stal
lion, one non-sagging farm gate. vii
son-Darrough Lumber So.
For the best bushel of yellow corn
$500 in merchandise. Empire Grocery