The Bemidji Daily Pioneer (Bemidji, Minn.)
December 22, 1904

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:o7t ne MP VACS? VOLUME 2. NUMBEE 209. SILVERWARE. Set of six knives and six forks in neat box $2.50 Sugar spoon arid butter knife both for 50c Cream Ladle $1.50 Berrv Spoons 2.00 4 Piece Silver Toa Set 8.00 Nut Cracker and Picks a set 35 to 75c Child's Knife, Fork and Spoon per set from 20c to $1.50 CUT GLASS. Cut GlassWaterTurablers, each $1.00 Water Bottles to match each 4.50 Vinegar Cruets each 4.25 Sugar and Creams each $6 ta 8.00 Heavy CutGlass Salad Bowls each7.50 Toys Plush Goods Dolls Hurrah Vincent, Arnold Co. llllllllllll CHRISTMAS SH CHINA. There is nothing nicer for a pres ent than a nice piece of china, and you will find it in all grades here. SPECIAL SALE OF CHRISTMAS HAND KERCHIEFS. 1 lot handkerchiefs at 5cMen's 1 25c 1 35c 1 50c LADIES' COLLARS. Just received for Christmas trade the latest things in Ladies' Collars. BELTS. We are showing an extra large assort ment of Christmas Belts at from 25c each, to $4-00 lllllllllll Illlllllllll 5D0 NO MISS ITV A Great Christmas Opportunity! 0P The best of everything for Christmas in Fancy Goods, Novelties, Toys, Children's Books and Fancy Sta- tionery. You cannot help being pleased when you see our beautiful Holiday Stock which is as complete as it is beautiful. ^B. Don't fail to see our special attractions in Cuff and Collar Boxes, Dressing* 9^ )B( and Toilet Cases, Albums, Fancy Glass and Chinaware, Glove and Handkerchief Wt Boxes, also our big assortment of Lamps, Cracker Jars, Silverware, Books and -W Stationery. S Dolls and Doll Heads. 5 Celluloid Heads, unbreakable and no paint to to come off. China and Bisque 5 Heads in all sizes and prices. China, Bisque and Kid Dolls. All the latest Charac- JM ter Dolls, such as Happy Hooligan, Foxy Grandpa etc. "WM Don't worry about what to get for Christmas but come in and see our line. S Everything for everybody. Candies and Cigars our specialty. S Don't forget that we are Giving away a Beautiful $12 triple plated gold clock. S Come in and see how you oanget it. We will give some one a beautiful present at 12 Wk W o'clock Christmas Eve. Respectfully Yours, the Holidays!- THEaFAIR ^ti& Ladies' Slippers from 75c to $3.00 Mens' Slippers from 75c to 2.00 Boys' Slippers 1.25 Children's Slippers from 50c to 90c CHRISTMAS SUSPENDERS. Silk Suspenders, a large va riety of styles, per pair 75c to $4-00 As to see our line of mens' Mouse Coats and Fancy Vests. CARPET SWEEPERS. A present that the housewife will ap preciate is a Bissells Grand Rapids sweeper, price $3.00 RUGS. Nifce home presents, good desirable Rugspriceeach from $1.00 to $32.00 ^K' Bai^BS|j)fBARLOW'& r- %^$C& 1 BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1904 CHRISTMAS SLIPPERS. at this store. Why? Because we can supply your every want. If you are looking for something to amuse the young, we have it in the shape of Toys, Dolls and Novelties. If you wish more sub- stantial goods, we can show you a large stock of Dry Goods, Ladies' Ready-to-Wear? Garments, Furs, Rugs, Curtains, Shoes, Clothing and China, HOL INDIAN O N MURDE CHARG E Canadian Contractor Killed an4 Alleged Slayer Captured. Koochiching, Dec. 22.WakiTi Horse, an Indian, better known as "Crazy Horse." is under ar rest by the Canadian authorities at Port Francis and held on a charge of mudering and robbing Dan Cameron, a contractor of that place. Horse's nickname does not, however, convey the meaning, that he is insane and it is probable that he will be requir ed to pay full penalty of the deed if convicted. It is said that Cameron was buying furs from the Indians around Mine Center, early last week, and had made a purchase from Horse to the amount of $100 and was taking the furs home. TheIndian followed him and when the opportunity offered shot Cameron, killing him. The Indian took the .furs und left the body where it was found. A search was made and Horse was tracked to Mine Center and when taken into custody was in possession of the $100 and the furs. WOUL CHANG E TRAIN SERVICE Rumor That N. P. Trains Will Be Run From Little Falls to Northome. The latest rumor with refer ence to giving those living along the cut off between Little Palls and Staples a day train service is to the effect that after the first of the year the Northern Pacific will run the- train now running between Morris and Little Palls through toNorthome on the M. I. branch. One train would leave Morris in the morning and another would leave Northome at the same time, making connec tions with the through trains at Little, Palls. This wouid send the Pargo trains Nos. 5 and 6 over the Staples cut off from Little Falls instead of via Brainerd and one of the night trains would go around by Brainerd. Passen gers from this line to the cities would have to change^at Brain erd and Little Palls as well and depen'd on three trains through connections.,.-- CLOTHING. Mens', boys', and little boys' suits and overcoats, always acceptable for a present and if bought at this store the cost will not be great. SILK HOSE. Ladies Colored Silk Hose, special Christmas price per pair $1.00 Black Silk Hose from $1.50 per pair to $250 LADIES' FURS. We have a large stock of Ladies' Fur Coats, Capesand Collars tochoose from. We guarantee every piece to be a little better than you can buy elsewhere for the same money. I I for Our goods are not marked up for the holidays, but in many lines we are givingspecial prices. George T. Baker Co.: LADIES' SILK WAISTS. Our Silk Waists are noted forfitand workmanship. Just to give our customers a chance to buy Christ mas goods cheap, we are offering all our $0.00, $6.50, $7.00 and $8.00 waists at $4.95 SEWING MACHINES. New Home Machines from $30 to $40 Other makes at from $15 to $27.00 See the little hand machine, will do good work and makes a nice present for a girl, price $6.00 BLANKETS AND QUILTS. Fine all wool blankets price per pair from $5.00 to $10-00 Down Quilts each from $7.50 to 8-00 5 Christmas B IIIII O every article in this establishment nothing reserved everything must go*A* This enables yo\i to save money on act A. E. WINTER'S Jewelery Store.c Everything in the stock must go at this sale, includ- ing Diamonds, Jewels, Watches, Chains, Gold and Sil ver Charms, Hand Painted China, Cut Glass, Bracelets, Fobs, Rings, Bangles, Toilet, Carving and Writing Sets, Pictures, Pottery and Burnt Wood Ornaments, in fact, 5 everything in the store except the fixtures must be 5 closed out between now and January 1st to make rotrtn for an entirely new department. This Great Bargain- Giving Christmas Sale 5 means the saving to yon of from one-cjnarter to one- W half of your holiday expenditure, and you are not wise to let the opportunity go of advantaging your- self by making selections 'from our stock. Extra clerks will be employed so that all who call may be served. Remember this is a genuine price-slashing^ rate-cutting sale that means money in your purse. Don't miss it. The finest stock in the city, Avoid the rush and do your shopping early. M^: ENGRAVING OF PURCHASES FREElB Leading Jeweler Sign of the Big Watch MINNESOTA HISTORICAL i? r" T'^vf"* If you are looking for an extra fine present ask to see our Lace Cur tains at per pair from $10 to $15.00 LADIES' PURSES AND BAGS. Ladies' Shopping Bags, any kind of leather you can think of, our price from 35c to $4.00 CANDY! CANDY! CANDY! All kinds of candy. Pure old fash ioned Mixed Candy at 10c pe.r pound per pail $2.40 Velvets per box 10c Chocolate Gophers per lb 20c Fine Cream Chocolates per lb from 25c to ..40c Buttercups per lb 40c -"^i? TEN CENTS PER WEEK t^ff LACE CURTAINS. PresentsI.- ."f" '.V-r^K I ^llllllllllll

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vr-^^s^i&w^ MwtatoM^tebiMHhttaiK^^ which probably will not your choice. r- r- Our Stock of Christmas Slippers..... to be sold a*t BARGAIN PRICES Make selections before assortment is broken. All New Goods. E S STRAW Located in building formers Uy occupied by Ross' Hardware Store. BUY NOW The price of City Real Es tate has advanced every year in Bemidji's History BUY NOW Many fine Lots may be had for $100 and up. Yon can't get them next year for $100 BUY NOW Bemidji Townsite Improvement Go. H. A. SIMONS, Local Agent. teBta!lHliHlHeHllHlgia{8iai5iilw6taHllS!i!!nl,Hlgj} {3HHiaQiQeSEiaSQBSQ E3l3BSeHQ!HC: UNTIL HENRY BUENTHER., Taxidermist, 208 Second St. DR. F. E. BRINKMAN, CHIROPRACTIONFR. OFFICE HOURS: 10 a. to Noon, and 1 to 5:30 Office over Mrs. Thompson's boarding house Minnesota Ave. Are Chlxppract ic Adjustments the same a.s OsteopatK Treatments? No. The Chiropractic and the Osteopath both aim to put in place that which is out of place, to right that which is wrong but the Path- ology Diagnosis, Prognosis and Movements are entirely different. One of my'patients, Mr. W. A. Casler, has taken both Chiropractic and Osteopoth treatments. The Chiropractic i= ten times more direct in the adjustments and the results getting health ten times more thor- ough in one tenth of the time than an Osteopath would. Woo For Sale! I have for sale an unlimit ed quantity of Fine Jack Pine and Tamarack Wood in any lengths. D. S. DENNIS, 710 America Ave. Bemidji. F. O. E. Fraternal Order of Eagles, Bemidji Aerie No. 351. Meets every Wednesday at 8 p. m., Qllmour's Hall. A. T. Wheelock, W. President H.LeBleu, W. Secretary Visiting Bacles cordially invited. December 25th, I will offer my whole stock of Taxi dermy Goods and Curios at greatly reduced prices. I have the finest goods appropriate for Holiday Gifts in the country. My stock consists of Finely Mounted Game Heads Game Birds mounted in natural positions as well as "dead game" for dining roomf decoration Birds of Prey, etc all of which make finer decorations for the home or office than art pictures. My stock of Curios is from all parts of the world there is no finer stock in the country to choose from. I also call special attention to my Fur Rugs, last long so come early and make i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i ..Tremont Hotel.. JOE ST. QERHA1N, Prop, Combined with Restaurant Meals at All Hours. Furnished Rooms. Open Day and Night. Sign of the Big Black Bear F. E. COOLEY Painter, Paper Hanger and Decorator. Phone -*-Z"* 283. 7-i, 4l The Daily Pioneer PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON. PIONEER PUBLISHING GO. By R. W. HITCHCOCK. -entered In the postofflce at Bemidji, Minn as second class matter. Official County and City Paper SUBSCRIPTION $5 PER YEA A Important Session. The session of the legislature for 1905 will be an important one, though probably not so much so as the session of 1903 and the special session of 1902, These two sessions of the legislature have committed the state to sev eral policies of far reaching im port, such as the board of con trol bill, drainage, primary elec tions, tax revision. These poli cies have been inaugurated and it remains to the legislature of 1905 to strengthen and extend them, to remedy the weaknesses experience has shown and to sup ply the deficiencies time has dem onstrated. These policies while undoubtedly approyed by three fourths of the people of the state, have their enemies, among which must be reckoned no less a power than Governor-elect Johnson, un less his opinions have undergone a radical change since the legis lative session of 1903 and the campaign of 1904. A wise revi sionand extension of the board of control bill, the primary elec- tion act and other important mea sures will be attended with all the difficulties and dangers which their enemies can throw about them. Of new constructive leg islation there will be little of par amount importance unless an act can be passed providing for a re vision of the tax code. The leg islature of 1905 will not create much but it has much to do in furthering what has already been begun. Why Pretend So Much? Fred Ames, the grafting ex chief of police of Minneapolis, has been granted a full pardon and has been released from the penitentiary. He was convicted and sen* tenced to six and one half years of hard labor at the penitentiary. He has served less than one and a half years of that time. The con ditions are today the same they were the day Fred Ames was sentenced. There are just as many reasons, and no more, to day why he should serve six and one half years as there were sev enteen months ago. Of what use is it that criminals shall be con demned to punishment by the courts only to be released, short ly* by aboard of pardons. When Ames was sentenced everyone believed that he would be par doned in a comparatively short time. If the state did not intend to punish Ames for more than seventeen months why was he sentenced for seventy-eight months? What is the use of pretending to punish tde criminal if we do not intend to punish him? WITH the appointment of J. A. McDermott of Canby to be oil in spector Governor-elect Johnson has paid all the debts extraordi nary of the recent campaign with one exception. The traveling men get Mr. McDermott as their reward. The Minneapolis Jour nal still remains to be paid. MRS. CHADWICK rgitm was "too sick to talk" when brought into court. If the opportunity had been one of borrowing a million dollars in stead of paying back a million, the woman would probably not be too delicate to do a lively stunt of talking. ,THE Minneapolis Tribune is right when it declares that "we are all to blame'% for such, bor- THURSDAY -THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER- -DECEMBER 22 A^ OolcS i Coffees av them as a "special" this week. Canned Goods good. Extracts f^lour ^et rors as the crushing of the Crocker Hotel in that city under the falling wall of a building-pre viously destroyed by fire. The general public, so keen to cen sure the public officials, is itself most to blame. If we were in sistent for the enforcement of good laws such things as the Crocker Hotel disaster would not occur. BITS FROM .THE NORTH] COUNTR i Clay county editors hold a peace congress. Christmas comes but once a year. Make the most of it. One false step in a Fargo side walk may cost the cjty $5,503. The Commercial Club of Swan yille bags a farmer's institute. The trouble with boiler plate editorial is that the rivets stick out so plainly. There is a conspiracy on foot at Brainerd to break into the Northern League. "Exit Mrs. Maybrick enter Mrs. Chadwick and they are bricks," soliloquizes the Itasca News. Dame Nature could give the north country no more acceptable a Christmas gift than "a thick, snowy mantle. o Thor is anew Aitkin county postoffice that will endeavor to hammer out a little business for your Uncle Sam. We are. advised that the ups and downs of the road have noth ing to do with the naming of the Ripple stage line. The Funkley Bugle refuses to blow its "last blast" and avers that it will continue to blow with the best of them. Blow, Bugle, blow! Kelliher is accused of meditat ing an ordinance to limit the number of saloons in the village. This is the yellowest journalism this season. Public Examiner Johnson hur ried up to St. Cloud this week to lock the barn door from which so many horses have been stolen the past few years. The Adrian Guardian says: Tomorrow's Christmas Day And Ma and Babe and Kate And Rob and Dickand May The household all-are gay, But Pa, he pays the freight! You know how it is yourself! BACKWOODS SKETCHES By A. M. QREELBY ^Si4 A Humbled Warden. "No white man would be a game warden" is a common ex pression it* the north woods. The experience of any energetic pro tector of the game laws would prove that a man of any national ity would not be a warden long. David Smiths was appointed warden at Slabtown and at once announced that he would enforce the law with great rigidity. He bought a carload of the choicest lot o, Apples ever shown. We offer Nothing is more stimulating, more satis fying, more heartily wholesome than a steaming cup of good Coffee. We recommend Monogram coffees as the best. The top-notch sort the kinds that are always Whether it be Vegetables, Fruits or Fish. We recommend and endorse Monogram and University brands as the best. Some people would buy a bottle of flavored water if it was cheap, but it's 'the sensible housewife who buys our Monogram Ex tracts. They have the qualityand quality is the desir able thing. sugges^ a that y "Doubting ar Thomas," try a sack of Pillsbury's Best Flour. If it is no} the Best, we will return the price. "The Busy Store," L$g T'VWVW^V^'WVVVWW** W W W W TTTT1 Schroeder, Minn. soon learned that wisdom should whisper and not vociferate. His first act was to confiscate a barrel of partridges which with his own eyes he saw carried into the back room of- the butcher shop. He entered the front room, but was not admitted into the back room until the proprie tor had sufficient time to hurl the birds through a window into the deep snow. He went out with a shovel and collected enough birds and enough evi dence to convict, he thought. But at the trial the butcher testified that the birds had met their deaths by freezing on a tree be side his shop, dropping into the snow, naturally, Thirteen prom inent citizens swore the butcher was telling the truth and twelve jurors believed it. It was reported to Smith that a settler was catching fish for market. He called to his aid a local constable and swooped down on the settler one morning in the spring just as he was drawing in a loaded net. The officials re mained in the brush until the settler went home with his morn ing's catch. Smith directed the constable to seige the net while he pursuied the law-breaker. He went to the settler's cabin and discovered more evidence. A deer hide was nailed to the wall, and the guilty man was eating vension tor breakfast. Smith put the deer hide in his pack sack and the settler under arrest, and both men walked to Slabtown. Bud Betzelheimer stood in front of his saloon and beckoned to the warden. "Come in mit my place I haf someding importance to tell you." "Can't do it," said Smith with a chest full of dignity, "I must hunt up the justice." "Never minds dot. I send my boy to up look the shustice. I have some game bixness to dis gust mit you vonce." The trio entered the hotel office, where Smith doffed his packsack and dropped it to the floor. Then they retired to a back room where a consultation lasted until Smith called Betzel heimer "a meddlesome fool." For years afterwards the dis gusted warden remembered the man as more than a fool. The justice conrt was crowded with Slabtown citizens when Smith and victim arrived. Such interest in the case inflated Smith's breast measurement con siderably. Alas for human pride and offi cial glory! The crowd had come to sneer and remained to jeer. The constable, when commanded to produce tfee captured fish nets slowly unrolled two loose knit opera shawls and a pair of cor sets. "Traitor," shrieked Smith giv ing his disloyal partner a shove. "You are bribed by the pot-hunt ers. But, thank God! I have mvself taken care of the deer hide-" He emptied his packsackor someone else's packsack, as Bet zelheimerafterwards intimated and a large black bear skin fell on the floor. Slabtown does not mourn the speedy loss of its only game warden/ ^J Revolution Imminent. A sure sign of approaching re. volt and serious trouble in your system is nervousness, sleepless ness, or stomach upsets. Elec tric Bitters will quickry dismem ber the troublesome causes. It never fails to tone the stomach, regulate the kidneys and bowels, stimulate the liver, and clarify the blood. Run down system benefit particularly and all the usual attending aches vahish under its searching and thorough effectiveness. Electric Bitters is only 50c, and that is returned if it don't give perfect satisfaction. Guaranteed by all druggist. HELP WANTED. WANTEDTo fill your wants. Nothing does it like a Pioneer want ad WANTED Dishwasher at the Grill. Must be strong. No other need apply. WANTEDFor U. S. army able bodied, unmarried men be tween ages of 21 and 35, citi zens of United States, of goocLcharacter and temperate habits, who can speak, read and write English. For in formation apply to Recruiting Officer,, Miles block, Bemidji. Minnesota. WANTEDInformation concern ing the whereabouts or ad dress of John Redman who has not been heard of for about a year. Mr. Redman is about 5 feet, 4 inches high sandy hair and mustache and weighs about 150 pounds, and is a member of tne Odd Fellows lodge. He is about forty-five years of age and his occupation, a cook. Ad dress any information to Pio neer, Bemidji, Minn. PROFESSIONAL ..CARDS.. LAWYERS. D. H. FISK Attorney and Counsellor at Law Office opposite Hotel Markham. I am prepared at all times to furnish the money to buy or build a home on the easy pay ment plan. Any amount from $800 up to $5000, payments less than rent. If you area renter it will pay you to investigate this. D. H. FISK. P. J. Russell Attorney at Law BEniDJI. niNN. Bailey McDonald LAWYERS Bemidji, ilinn. Office: Swedback Block Jay L. Reynolds Attorney at La'w Office in fUIes Block. PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS. L. A. Ward, M. D., Physician and Surgeon. Diseases of the Eye a specialty. Glasses fitted. Jennie E. Ward, M. D., Physician and Surgeon. Troubles peculiar to her sex a specialty Office hours 2 to 5 over Barker's Drug Store. Dr. Rowland Gilmore Physician and Surgeon Office: niles Block Dr. Blakeslee Physician and Surgeon Office: Jlile* Block. Beminil Dr. E. H. Marcnm Physician and Surgeon Office: Swedback Block Residence Phone aai Office Phane 18 DENTISTS. Dr. R. B. Foster, DENTIST MILES BLOCK. Dr. C. M. Smith, DENTIST Office over B. H. Winter's Store. HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS. Palace Cafe, FRED TMROM, Prop. Meals at All Hours. EIONEER WANT COLUMN 311 Minnesota Ave. Thompson's Hotel, HANS P. THOflPSON, Prop. Bar In Connection 100 Third St. Hotel Challenge A. SMITH, Proprietor. Beltrami Ave. DRAY AND TRANSFER. "Wes Wright, Dray and Transfer. Phone 40. 404 Beltrami Ave. Tom Smart, Dray and Baggage, Safe and Piano Moving a Specialty. Phone No. 58 618 America Avenue MACHINISTS. W. B. McLachlan, Gasoline Engine Expert. Phone No. 300. Spy I t i Great Northern R'y A EAST BOUND. No. 40...Park Rapids Line..5:30a. m. (Connects with Flyer at Sauk Centre, arrives Minneapolis about 3:00 m.. formerly 4:45.) No. 14...Duluth Express... 12:27 p.m. 26 12:39 a.m. 3k WEST BOUND jglMSi 13 ...Fosston Line 3:52 p. m. 25 2:50 a. m. 39... .Park Rapids Line7:55 t,fe Full information from E E. CHAMBERLAIN, Ager^ Bomidii. MinrH No '$k%\ Charge Less Jbui" 15c. FOR SALE. FOR SALEPine land. Lowell block, Duluth. FOR SALE Rubber istamps. The Pioneer will procure any kind of a rubber stamp for vou on short notice. FOR "RENTNicely furnished room. 615 Minnesota ave. MISCELLANEOUS. FOUR NEW TOWNS on the Thief River Falls extension. First class openings for all kinds of business and investments. Ad dress A. D. Stephens, Crooks ton, Minn. FOR EXCHANGEPair of 2 year-old colts for cordwood. Wes Wright. LOST AND FOUND. LOSTBlack mare, white stripe in face, weighs about ten hun dred, 8 years old. Crookston Lumber Co. Pat This in Your Stove Pipe 1 and Smoke It! We do Stove Setting, Repair Work, Plumb ing, Etc. We do it promptly we do it right we charge you fair. Phone us! ...D0RAN BROS... Phone 225. All Kinds of ..WOOD-. FOR SHLEI BY J. P. DUNGALF, Phone 294. R. MARTIN Leading Painter and Decorator. Now Located on Fourth Street, Two Doors West of City Hall. All Orders PromptlyAttendedto Fine Art Walt Paper Fresco Painting Dr. J. Warninger Veterinary Surgeon Office Phone 78. Residence 114 Irvine AvBnue Phone 248. Located at Bagley Livery Barn RAILWAY COMPANY In Connection with the ..Northern Pacific. RAILWAY COMPANY. Provides the best train passenger service between Northome, Hovey Junc tion, Blackduck, Bemidji, Walker and intermediate points and Minne apolis, St. Paul, Fargo and Duluth and all point* east, west and south.J Through coaches between Northome and the Twin Cities. No change of cars. Ample time at Brainerd for dinner. f ^'t- Dai ly ex. STATIONS Dail ex.' Sunday Sunday 6.30 a. Northome. A m. 7 30 6.55a Ar..Ho?ey Junction Lv 7-05 7*10 a m.Lv Blackduck Lv 6*50 7.27 Tenstrike Lv 6:31 7.42 Turtle 6J6 820 ...Bemidji 550 9-38 Walker *4:22 10:07 Hackensack ..860 10:25 Backus 3.32 46 Pine River 8:11 1\ 1 05 Pequot 2:52 12:05 a. m. Ar Brainerd Lvp. m.2:00 Dally except Sunday 6 00 a. m. Lv. Kelliher Ar. p.m. 745 6 45 a m, Ar .Hovey Junction Lv. p. m. 7:10 N.P.EY. 1:05 p.m. Lv Brainerd ..iff Ar. m.l:05 2:05 LittloPaUs .Lv. 13.C! 3:04 8t Clond a.m. 11:08 4-37 Anoka 9:48 5:20 Ar Minneapolis Lv. 9:10 5:50 Ar St. Paul Lv. a. m. 8:40 1:10 m.Lv Brainerd.... Ar.p.m 12:35 1.53 Aitkin... Lv. a. 11:49 3:43 Carlton -9:50 4:38 West Superior 8:56 4:55 Ar.. Duluth Lv. a. 8:40 1:25 p.m. Lv.. .Brainerd.. .Ar.p.m. 12-45 6:00 Ar Fargo Lv.a.m 8:00 W. H. GBMMELL, G. A. W ALKER General Manager. Agent, Brainerd fiemidjt. 4s$ 220 3 %^4 --t

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i I 'i ii FORTHCOMING RUSSIAN LOAN. Overtures Made to a Number of New York Bankers. New York, Dec. 22.Overtures are reported to have been maJe to a num ber of local bankers concerning the flotation here of a part of the forth coming Russian loan. No definite steps have been taken as yet toward placing the bonds, but bankers express the belief that a fair sized block will find a market in this city and there may even be a public offering, as in the case of the two recent Japanese loans, which were placed half here and half -in Europe. The amount of the new Russian loan, as already an nounced, will be $260,000,000 and it was said that perhaps $S5,000,000 of this amount might be placed in this country. This loan was to have b?en brought out in January next, but it is now stated that the issue will be post poned until the middle eg February. RUSSIAN ATTACKS FAIL. Marshal Oyama Reports Small Encoun ters With Enemy. Tokfo, Dec. 22.The following re port from Manchurian headquarters was made public during the Ca.y: "On Monday at 5 in the afternoon the enemy's artillery east of Da moun tain bombarded the neighborhood of Sinlintsing. At 1 in the morning of Tuesday the enemy's infantry attacked us south of Pieniuhagpao and at Tat zupao. By 4 in the morning he was repuised. Simultaneously the enemy's infantry attacked Chinshantung,' Hei lintung and Huangtl and made a most, vigorous attack in the neighborhood of Chinshantung. The fighting continued about an hour, when the enemy was completely repulsed. We had no cas ualties." FROM PERSONAL OBSERVATION. Admiral Togo Reports Disablement of the Sevastopol. Tokio, Dec. 22.Admiral Togo, who has personally made a series of obser vations of the Russian battleship Se vastopol, telegraphs to the navy de partment expressing the opinion that the Sevastopol is disabled. Great weight is attached to Togo's personal obsei'vations and opinions, instanced by the fact tiiat when the Russian bat tleship Petropavlovsk was sunk Togo was one of the few officers of the en tire Japanese fleet whose eye caught the vision of the speedy disaster. RUSSIAN EMBASSY DENIES. Not Tryirig to Bribe Fishermen on Dogger Bank. VAN SANT SAYS HE'S WILLING St. Paul, Dec. 22,Gov. Vant Sant addressed a large audience at Hast ings last night on "Frieght Rates," and his speech is regarded as his en try into the senatorial contest as a candidate for the seat in the United States senate now occupied by Sena tor Clapp, of St. Paul. Before going to Hastings, Governor Van Sant was asked if he was going to make a If The People Like His Merger Fight They Have His Permission to Make Him Senator: v London, Dec. 22.The Russian em bassy has given the Associated Press a formal denial of the statement maae in some of the London papers that it has sent emissaries to Hull to bribe the fishermen of the trawler fleet. The embassy says it has no knowledge whatever of the alleged attempts to bribe the witnesses to aver that there were torpedo boats among the fishing fleet off the Dogger bank. BELITTLE TH E CAPTURE. Russian Critics on Recent Taking of Fort at Port Arthur. St. Petersburg, Dec. 22.Military critics here do not attach vital im portance to the capture of the north fort of Keekwan mountain. They de clare it is not part of the main line of defenses of Port Arthur and, there fore, is without direct influence on the fate of the fortress. Says Syveton Was Murdered. Paris. Dec. 22.M. Syveton, father of the late Deputy Syveton, has made a formal complaint to the criminal court that his son had been the victim of assassination. The accused person was not specifically named, as the ex amining magistrate is to make a spe cific charge after an investigation of the complaint. WHERE THEYCURE SICK AND INJURED formal announcement of his candidacy and said: !I Bemidji has many first class institutions, but of'all none receive the hearty praise accorded St. Anthony's Hospital. By every woodsman ever confined in the institution it is spoken of in the very highest terms and the treatment administered them by the kind hearted sisters and hospital physicians is a matter which commands the good will of everyone. r.- Ut/^^S am going to let that take care of itself. If the people of Minnesota think that I am a man who represents the principles I advocate and that I am the man'to carry them out as a United States senator, then my ad dress may be looked upon as an an nouncement of my candidacy." GEORGE L. SHOUP DEAD. Former Idaho Senator Passes Away at His Home in Boise. Boise, Ida., Dec. 22.George L. Shoup, former United States senator from Idaho, died at his home here dur ing the day, aged sixty-eight years, 0EORGE L. SHOUP. after an illness lasting severaJ weeks. George Laird Shoup was born in Kit taning, Armstrong county, Pa., in 1836. He was elected United States senator from Idaho in 1890, re-elected in 1895 and retired in 1901. PARDON FOR COLONEL AMES. Former Minneapolis Police Superin tendent a Free Man. St. Paul, Dec. 22.Fred W. Ames, the former Minneapolis police super intendent, who was sentenced two years ago to serve six and a half years for accepting a bribe, was granted an unconditional pardon at a special meeting of the pardon board held at the capitol during the afternoon. Mrs. Ames, the plucky wife of the prisoner, who has worked unceasingly for his release since the day he was sentenced, was at the capitol awaiting the action of the board and when the news of the pardon was conveyed to her in the governor's private office the joyous shock was' so great that she fainted. Fred W. Ames was convicted of hav ing received a bribe on Dec. 1, 1902, but the case was appealed to the su preme court and it was not until July 10, 1903, that he commenced serving his term. His conviction grew out of the famous Minneapolis scandal cases, which resulted in indictments being returned against his brother, Mayor A. A. Ames, and a number of other men connected with the Ames administra tion. MAKING IT MANSLAUGHTER. Proposed Minnesota Law on Killing Man for a Deer. St. Paul, Dec. 22.A state law mak ing it manslaughter in the first degree for a hunter to kill a man, mistaking him for a d-er, is recommended by the state game and fish commission, which adopted its annual report to Governor S. R. Van Sant. The report calls at tention to the large number of deaths each year resulting from the careless ness of hunters and expresses the opinion that a law of this kind would reduce the number of such accidents to a mimimum. "The public is becoming aroused be cause of the deaths from accidents by careless hunters," says the report "While Minnesota has fared well as compared with some of her sister states, still the accidents are alto gether too numerous and our board is of the opinion that a law ought to be passed making it a penitentiary of fense, manslaughter in the first de gree, for one man to kill another in the woods, mistaking him for a deer, and that the defense that such killing was an accident ought not to be considered in the trial." BITTER CHAPTER ENDS RUSSIAN OFFICIALS ADMIT PAR- TIAL WRECKING OF PORT ARTHUR WARSHIPS. NEEDS SAILORS AND HEAVY GUNS GENERAL STOESSEL SAYS FOR- TRESS WOULD FALL ONLY FOR SHIPS' AID. St. Petersburg, Dec. 22.While de clining to give details the admiralty admits thai Russian advices from Port Arthur sent by General Stoessel sub stantially confirmed the Japanese ad vices of the partial wrecking of the Russian ships in the harbor and the censor has been instructed to permit the publication of the dispatches. It is claimed that several of the larger ships and a respectable number of tor pedo boat destroyers are still seawor thy, but they are not being considered as a factor in the coming fight between Admiral Togo's ships and the Russian second Pacific squadron. The whole series of misfortunes which has at tended the Port Arthur squadron is a bitter chapter in Russian naval annals, but since the arrival of the latest ad vices there has been less disposition to critioise Rear Admiral Wiren's fail ure to make a sortie, General Stoessel b.aving decided that further defense of the fortress would be impossible if the guns of the warships and the sailors landed were re-embarked. Had the ships been able to go out under the conditions existing they would have been at the mercy of the Japanese and have been sacrificed without hope of inflicting commensurate damage. If the fortress is relieved it is believed that most of the ships will be raised and saved. The reports that a Japanese squad ron of forty vessels had already sailed to meet the second Pacific squadron is regarded at the admiralty here as being incorrect and circulated for a purpose. MOST EXTENSIVE OF THE WAR. Mobilization of Reserves in Seven Rus sian Districts. St. Petersburg, Dec. 22.Mobiliza- tion of the reserves has been an nounced in seven military districts. This is the third and most extensive mobilization of the war and will add about 200,000 men to the army in the Far East. It is thought that the whole force can be placed in the field by spring, when the problem of food and fuel will be more easily met and the transportation of the troops will create less stress upon the Transsiberian railway. It will bring General Kuro patkin's effective force, roughly esti mated, to 680,000 men. The mobilization affects a portion of about half the military districts of Russia. While some of the reserve men called to the colors will be used to complete the strength of the regi ments going to the front by far the greater portion will be formed into re serve units to replace troops which have already gone to the Far East. This year the conscripts taken number about 500,000 men, being about double the number usually called to the col ors. The number of young men an nually liable to military service is over 800,000. The new mobilization will entail additional relief measures for the families of reserve men, which will probably be met by increasing the credits of the zemstvos. OF VITAL IMPORTANCE. Question of Ability of China to Hold Russians Seeking Refuge. Tokio, Dec. 22.The examination of the cargo, passengers and crew of the British steamer Nigretia, which was seized by the Japanese cruiser Tsu shima Dec. 19, is progressing at Sas ebo. Seemingly it is undetermined whether parole breaking Russian offi cers are on board the Nigretia. The Japanese are carefully investigating this feature of the case because of the question of the ability of the Chinese oflicals to properly conduct the intern ment of Russians who seek refuge at ports in China. It is considered vi tally important. MAKES TASK EASIER. Capture of Fort Will Aid in Taking Keekwan Mountain. Headquarters of the Japanese Third Army Before Port Arthur, via Fusan, Dec. 22.The capture of the north fort of East Keekwan mountain Dec. 18 by the Japanese is of much impor tance, because it opens a way up the gorge to the highest hills and will ren der easier the capture of the moun tain. It gives much additional foot hold for a general assault on the west ern half of the eastern fortified ridges. The Japanese now hold five of the seven protecting forts. TROPHIES AT PORT ARTHUR. Japs Report Capture of Guns, Rifles, Ammunition, Etc. Washington, Dec. 22.The following cablegram dated Tokio, Dec. 21, has been received at the Japanese lega tion: "Port Arthur army reports our tro phies at the battle of the north fort of Tunkeekwanshan were four quick firers, whereof two are usable four machine guns, all usable, and five field guns, which are under examination, besides rifles, shells, ammunition, grenades, etc. TO MEET BALTIC FLEET. Strong Jap Squadron Said to Have Sailed Southward. London, Dec. 22.The Telegraph's correspondent at Shanghai says it is reported that a Japanese squadron, composed of eight warships and fif teen transports, has gone south to meet the Russian Baltic fleet. The Mail correspondent at Hongkong sends a similar dispatch. FOR POPULAR GOVERNMENT. Governor of Moscow Condemns Reso lution of Town Council. St. Petersburg, Dec. 22.The gov ernor of Moscow has officially con demned the resolution of the Moscow town council Dec. 13 advocating popu lar control of the government and freedom of the press and of meeting. On instructions from Interior Minister Sviatopolk-Mirsky City Captain Goli zyn has demanded an official explan ation of why questions outside of its competency were discussed by the town council. ^",,t J&*SLJ& ,f^W: THURSDAY- -THE^BEMIDJI DAILYgPIONEER- -DECEMBER 22 ^itty.Z wXimfcifcfa jtoiurciaarfftii^^ggj DISMISSES TWO M0|E POSTMASTER GENERAL REMOVES OFFICERS OF RURAL CAR- RIERS' ASSOCIATION. TOO ACTIVE DURING REGENT ELECTION DISCHARGED MEN SAID TO HAVE MADE EFFORTS TO INFLU- ENCE LEGISLATION. Washington, Dec. 22.Postmaster General Wynne during the day re moved two more rural carriers for al leged efforts to influence legislation, the employes being H. E. Nivin of Berthoud, Colo., and J. W. Whitehead of Medina, O. Nivin is chairman of the executive board of the National Rural Carriers' association. White head also is a member of the exec utive board and is secretary of the Ohio state organization of the carri ers. The report on the investigation points out that Nivin's plan was that the rural carriers in each state should look into the question of supporting the candidates for election or re-elec tion to congress in their state and to such of these candidates as proved "true" to the carriers the association would pledge its support for any po litical honors sought in the particular state. The correspondence indicates that Representative Overstreet of In diana was a special target of attack by the carrier's because he refused to give them any pledges or promises as chairman of the house committee on postoffices. FASHIONABLE CLUB BURNS. Spark From Electric Wire Causes Loss of Building. Washington, Dee. 22.The Metro politan clubhouse, the home of the most fashionable club in Washington, was gutted by fire during the day, in volving an estimated loss of from $60-, 000 to $100,000,, partially covered by insurance. Thefirewas caused by a spark from an electric wire near the elevator shaft. The club has a large membership, embracing some of the best known men in public life, but the only occupants at the time of the fire were the watchmen, steward and two other employes, all of whom escaped. CAUSE OF ACCIDENT UNKNOWN. Four Men Killed in Explosion of Saw mill Boiler. Wilkesbarre, Pa., Dec. 22.Four men were killed and their bodies ter ribly mangled as the result of a boiler explosion at the sawmill of B. F, Red line near Rohrsburg, Columbia county, during the day. The dead are William Redline, aged thirty Irwin .Kline, thirty-nine Charles Wright, thirty five Elas Ash, sixty. These men comprised the entire force of the sawmill. The boiler was comparatively new and the cause of the explosion is not known. PROFESSOR BUDQ pEAD. Head of Horticultural Department in Iowa State College. Des Moines, Dec. 22.A telegram has been received here from San An tonio, Tex., announcing the death of Professor J, L,. Budd, for twenty-two years head of the horticulture depart ment of Iowa State Agricultural col lege and one of the most widely known homolegists in the country. He visited Russia in 1887 for the United States government and spent two years in studying the fruit trees of Siberia and introducing many new va rieties into the United States. RAN INTO OPEN SWITCH. Engineer and Fireman Killed in Wreck at Lena, Wis. Green Bay, Wis., Dec. 22.Engineer Martin Davin and Fireman Louis Mil ler-^of this city were killed during the day in the wreck of a sounthbound passenger train on the Milwaukee road at Lena, thirty miles north of here. The train ran into an open switch. Fifteen passengers were in jured. TWO CHILDREN PERISH. Lamp Explosion Causes Their Deaths at Atlanta, Wis. Bruce, Wis., Dee. 22.Two children lost their lives in a fire in the home of Joseph Covey at Atlanta, Wis., one mile north of this place. The blaze was caused by the explosion of a lamp. The children were eight and ten years of age, respectively. Pinned Down by Oil Tank. Grafton, N. D., Dec. 22.Frank Mc Pherson, local manager of the Stand ard Oil company, was pinned beneath an oil tank which fell upon him after he was thrown from his wagon by a sudden lurch of the vehicle. A farmer found, him several hours later and re leased him. McPherson was almost frozen. His injuries and the exposure he suffered likely will result in his death. Consecrated Bishop of Helena. Dubuque, la., Dec. 22.At the Ro man Catholic cathedral here Rev. J. P. Carroll, former president of St. Jo seph's college, this city, was during the day consecrated bishop of the dio cese of Helena, Mont. Archbishop Keane of Dubuque., officiated as conse erator. Archbishop Glennon of SI.the Louis preached the sermon. Twenty prelates and 200 priests were present. Farmer- Burns to Deaths Arilngton, S. D., Dec. 22.Carl Mat teson, living north of De Smet, was burned to tJfeath in hia residence on his farm. It is supposed that he locked the door rnd then set fire to the hous-j, possibly first committing suicide, s^ ti cor'ents of the-room in which tbo fire ::/nated eeemed to be sat'i-a'oi with kerosene or some other cc:::lastible material. T\ Senate Adjourns to Jan. 4. Washi*gton, Deo. 22.After a ses sion of four minutes' duration the sen ate adjourned until Jan. 4 next. The proceedings consisted of a prayer by Chaplain Hale, the reading of theto journal of Monday's brief session and the receipt of a number of nomina tions from the president. pi sis House Adjourns Over Holidays. Washington, Dec. 22.The house ad journed at 12:39 untilJan. 4, after Mr. Mann objected to unanimous consent to take up the inaugural resolution. fe ARGUES FOR DEFENSE COUNSEL FOR NAN PATTERSON 'ADDRESSES JURY IN PRIS- ONER'S BEHALF. BUILT OF MOST FLIMSY MATERIAL CASE OF PROSECUTION CALLED A FAILURE AND ACQUITTAL ASKED FOR. New York, Dec. 22.The case of Nan Patterson, the former show girl charged with the murder of Caesar Young, will not go to the jury for an other day. This announcement was made during the afternoon by Justice Davis, who said that the physical con dition of some of the jurors was such that they could not stand a night ses sion. The.entire forenoon session was taken up by Lawyer Abraham Levy, leading counsel for Miss Patterson, in the closing argument for the defense. As Assistant District Attornew Rand will speak three hours in closing for the prosecution it was evident that the charge to the jury would be de ferred until morning. Upon the opening of court Mr. lin ger, of counsel for the defense, re newed his motion for Justice Davis to order the acquittal of Miss Patterson without further proceedings, but the court denied the motion and directed counsel to proceed with the argu ments. Mr. Levy then began the clos ing address to the jury for the de fense. Mr. Levy impressed upon the jury the fact that Miss Patterson was not being tried for immorality. No woman becomes bad because of innate de pravity, said he. She becomes bad because of the incentives of man and the weakness of her nature. If a man takes his life because of a love of her why punish her? If her soul was as black as-the gates of hell she was nevertheless entitled under the law to as fair treatment.as if she were the sweetest and purest. Attorney Grows Dramatic. "You cannot bring back the dead," said Mr. Levy, "but if Caesar Youngs were here today I think he would speak a few words for this poor girl he has made his plaything." He argued that the whole case of the prosecution was constructed of the most flimsy material and that this, if nothing more, should raise a doubt in the minds of the jurors. Mr. Levy claimed that the prosecu tion had failed utterly in its attempt to show that Miss Patterson had any motive to take Young's life. On the other hand, it had shown that she had every reason to want him to live. He supplied her plentifully with money, ensuring her a life of ease and affluance, and she loved him. The prosecution failed at a vital point in its case, he declared, in not being able to prove that Miss Patterson had a revolver. He maintained that it had been proved conclusively that she had no pistol and suggested that the man who purchased the weapon at Stern's pawnshop might have been Young's brother-in-law, Luce, and that the pis tol might have been given Young by Luce when he saw him just before the fatal cab ride began. Quotes From the Bible. Mr. Levy read from the Bible the story of the meeting of Jesus and Mary Magdalene, concluding with Christ's words to the woman: "Go and sin no more." Then, pointing to the defendant, he said to the jurors: "Do not send her to her doom now when the entire world is rejoicing. See, she sits there abandoned by all except that old man, her aged father. I leave her in your hands, confident that you will acquit her and restore her to her devoted old father at a time when everything proclaims 'Peace on earth, good will to men.' I ask that you allow her to take him home to the aged wife and mother, who awaits them, and give her a chance to live anew life with them in her home." The court was filled during the aft ernoon when Assistant District Attor ney Rand began his closing argument. Mr. Rand began by complimenting Mr. Levy on his plea for the client, say ing: "If we did not listen to it with acquiescence we did at least with respect." ANOTHER SATCHEL MISSING. Thought to Contain Valuables Belong ing to Mrs. Chadwick. Cleveland, Dec. 22.Still another satchel, one thought by Receiver Loe ser to contain valuables belonging to Mrs. Chadwick, has been found to be missing. This developed in a short examina tion of Mrs. Mary Londravis, Mrs. Chadwick's former housekeeper, held before Referee in Bankruptcy Reming ton. Other witnesses will have to be examined before the receiver will be able to put his fingers upon the sup posed valuables, if At all. The discovery is 7b addition to the missing trunk and grip that disap peared from the Holland House a^Y^TdtTth.'^ur'i^t*8 :Attempt to Bribe Jury. Portland, Ore., Dec. 22.The Ore gonian says that it has become known that the grand jury which is investi gating the land fraud charges has been approached for the purpose of in fluencing its decisions. One. juryman is known to have been approached and man who did it is known to the federal authorities. The attempt was unsuccessful, so it~4s stated. Girl Wounds Lover and Suicides. New York, Dec. 22.Mary Olah, the Hungarian girl who shot Sigimund Bonn, a waiter, in the Cafe Boulevard early in the day and then sent two bullets into her own body, is dead Before the woman died she said that Bohn had betrayed her before she learned that he had a wife and two children. It is believed-..- recover/-*'\ ?v,j Delay thatf\- Bohn will RUSSIA IS .-1 2 "i AROUSED, .-a* Measures Getting Reform Stirring the People. Petersburg, Dec. 22.The delay in the announcement of the imperial manifesto outlining reforms has led the wildest rumors, according to which Emperor Nicholas has turned back on the idea of making any con cessons, the immediate downfall of Interior Minister Sviatopolk-Mirsky is imminent and the prospective nomina tion of Lieutenant General Kleigels, governor general of Kieff, as his suc cessor may be looked for. SI,St. itmSSSm ITASCA* MEN TOLANTERS Duluth, Dec. 21Incensed over the large number of murders and robber ies that have been committed recently by Canadian Indians in the northern part of Itasca^ county near- the International boundary, the settlers and homesteaders have formed them selves into vigilance committees for the purpose of avenging the deaths of some of their comrades. Enoch Leighton. a settler, was here today and says that from this time on it will be made exceedingly danger- BRITT GIVEN TH E DECISION. Lockport, N. Y., Dec. 22.Fred Jones, a clerk in a store at Nefane. shot and killed Mrs. Abbie Goodrich and Constable William C. Gray and then shot himself fatally. No details have been received. Indians Force Itasca Settlers to Organ ize Vigilance Committees For Their Protection. Fight With Nelson at San Francisco Goes the Limit. San Francisco, Dec. 22.Jimmy Britt was awarded the decision over "Battling" Nelson at the end of the twentieth round, it was a wonderful fight, with a hurricane pace main tained throughout. Both men fought like tigers throughout the long mill, Nelson doing most of the leading. Britt's superior skill earned him the decision, which was strictly on points. The San Francisco man was knocked down once and received far more pun ishment than his opponent. Britt re peatedly reached "Nelson in vulnerable spots, but the Chicago man always came back for more, fresh and strong. Roche's decision was objected to by Nelson, who declared after the fight that George Siler is the only referee who is capable of judging a fight on its merits. Hibernians Oppose Arbitration. Boston, Dee. 22.The Ancient Order of Hibernians of Massachusetts, num bering about 30,000 members, went on record during the day as opposmg a treaty of arbitration.between the Unit ed States and Great Britain. A letter of protest, enclosing resolutions, was sent from the state headquarters to the presidents of each division of the order. Rector of St. Luke's.Ashburn ham, Ontario, Testifies to the Good Qualities of Chamber lain's Cough Remedy. Ashburnham, Ont., April 18, 1903.I think it is only right that I should tell you what a won derful effect Chamberlain's Cough Remedy has produced. The day before Easter I was so distressed with a cold and cough that I did not think to be able to take any duties the next day, as my voice was almost choked by the cough. The same daye ceived an order Chadwick was arrested. disappeared and I was able to preach three times onEaster Day. I know that this rapid and ef fective cure was due Ho your Cough Remedy. I make this tes- $3i[? JAPANESE MAK E ATTACK Capture Two Important Positions on Pigeon Bay From Russians This Morning. Tokio, Dec. 22The. Japanese this morning captured two im- portant positions on Pigeon Bay at Port Arthur. The Russians, made a counter attack but were repulsed Looking For Ross Fleet. Singapors, Straits Settlement, Dec. 22A fleet of Japanese warships passed here this morning, steaming west to meet the Russian Baltic fleet. I re- ,tel froom you for a ^K om bottle of your Cough Remedy. I at once procured a sample bot tle and took about three doses of thecous medicine. To my great relief a?d MARKS &mk PREPARED ONLY BY ous for Indians to cross over from Canada. The latest tragdey in the florth country which has come to light is" that of a settler, 'Thos. McKinstry, aged 8o years, who while alone in his cabin, at Pelland, was attacked by two Indians and in order to protect himself the old man fired, killing one of them, the other fled across the line and informed his fellow braves with the result that McKinstry's life i9 now menaced. He has appealed to the au thorities for protection. TYPHOID KILLS MANY. Epidemic Mows Down German Troops in Africa. Berlin, Dec. 22.Almost daily the authorities have made public lists of deaths by typhoid fever among the German troops in Southwest Africa and public concern therefrom has caused the government to publish the statistics to Nov. 30. The total num ber of cases was 974, of which 184 died, 67 were sent home, 272 recovered in Africa and 441 are in the hospitals. ADMIRAL OMMANNEY DEAD. "Father of the British Navy" Expires at Portsmouth, Eng. Portsmouth, Eng., Dec. 22.Admiral Sir Frasmus Omanney, the "father of the British navy," died here during the day after a lengthy illness. He was the last survivor of the battle of Navarino, fought in 1827, which re sulted in the destruction of the Turk ish fleet. The admiral was born in 1814 and entered the navy in 1826. Washington, Dec. 22.A northbound vestibule train on the Virginia Mid land division of the Southern Railway was derailed at Somerset, Va during the day and one passenger named Mc Arthur of Baltimore was killed and three passengers injured. Big Factories Destroyed. Beloit, Wis., Dec. 22.The John Thompson Son agricultural machine works and the Moline engine factory were destroyed by fire during the day, causing a loss of $100,000. timonial without solicitation, be ing thankful to have found such a Gddsent remedy. Respectfully yours, E. A. Langfeldt, M. A., Rector of St. Luke's Church. This remedy is for sale bv Bark ers Drug Store. Mrs. Mike Wold of Solway is the guest of Mrs. J. H. Sullivan for a few days. Give your children a happy Christmas and buy your toys at I. B. Olson's. Select line of candies, cigars, tobaccos and fruit always at the Princess. Send Santa Claus over to Peterson's and he will find what he wants. Nothing can be better than the bestMark's lung Balsam is the best. Santa Claus masks at Peter son's. The Great Cough Cure For the cure of all affections of the lung, throat and chest, such as |Bk Coughs, Colds/^Asthma, Croup, Whoop ing Cough, Hoarseness, Etc., Bronchitis, Lagnppe, t%Lt \?%^^tHK^J^ and will prevent consumption when taken in time. Guaranteed. price 25 and 50 cents. PETER'.M. MHRK .WOBSTON. MINN. Manufacturer of MARK'S CELEBRATED REMEDIES,. Iff- V- LUN BALSAM KM

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a 1 SIMON S IS FO CLAP Representative for This Dis trict Declares His Pre ference. SAYS HIS CONSTITUENTS FAVOR THE JUNIOR SENATOR. Business Conditions in Red Lake County Are A That Could Be Desired. Representative Simons of Red Lake Palls, who was in November re-elected as representative for the 61st representative district embracing the counties of Red Lake, Beltrami, and Clearwater, was in the Bemid]i this afternoon for a short time Mr. Simons is extensively interested in banking in Red Lake county and the ad joining country, having banks at Red Lake Falls, Wylie, St. Hilaire, Brooks and Plummer. In regard to the election of a senator to succeed Senator Clapp Mr. Simons said: "So far as I can discover, the people of the district are practically unanimous for Clapp. It was understood during the campaign that I was for Clapp and I was, and I am now. I think that the report that there is opposition to Sena tor Clapp Red Lake county is erroneous here and there a man may perhaps be found who op posed the Senator but it is rare to find such a one." Mr. Simons said that the build ing of the Soo through Red Lake county and to the boundary line has opened up some excellent territory and that business con ditions in Red Lake county are entirely satisfactory. Mr. 'Sim ons has been extensively inter ested in banking business in Red Lake county for some years and since the coming of the Soo has started banks at the new towns of Brooks and Plummer. Order a few more pictures from that negative at Reed's Studio. Framed pictures of all sizes and prices at Lahr's. BRUNSWICK-BALKE Billiard Hall. L. J. MATHENY, Prop. Fine Line of Cigars Tobaccos Bemidji, Minn. INDIGESTION'S RECORD MThe best remedy I can prescribe for your in digestion, madam, is Green'sAugust Flower. I know of several other physicians who pre scribe it regularly Ipndigestion is making an awful record as a cause of sudden deaths. It is beat ing heart-failure in its ghastly harvest. fYo read in the papers daily of appar ently healthy and even robust men being suddenly attacked with acute indigestion after enjoying a hearty meal, and of their dying in many cases before a physician could be called in. |Thi should be a warning to you who suffer with regular or periodical attacks of indigestion. If these unfortunate vic tims of acute indigestion had taken a small dose of Green's August Flower be fore or after their meals they would not have fallen a prey to such sudden seizures. lfAugus Flower prevents indigestion by creating good digestion. It also regulates the liver, purifies the blood and tones up the entire system in a natural way. 7 fTw sizes, 25c and 75c. All druggists. Sold by A Gilmour Co. Mr A Wheelock Presents the Eminent Canadian Actor, Mr Harol NELSON and His Company In the Remarkably Successful Romantic Military Drama, HEART AND SWORD A Most Complete and Beautiful Scenic and Costume Equipment. Opera House, Monday, Dec. 26 Prices, 50c, 75c 75c and $1 00 Seat Sale Opens Saturday at Barker's Drug Store. A 'i i*p, -er 4' GANNO N SAY S 'TWAS FIRED House of Spooner Contestant Destroyed by Fire Last Sunday Morning. INCENDIARISM IS CHARGED TO OPPOSING FACTION, Investigation of Matter Will Fol low and Arrests Are Likely to Be Made. Incendiarism is charged by Matt Gannon, the Spooner char acter who is trying to gam a title to the Spooner Townsite, in the burning of his house last Sunday morning, Gannon himself, and his family narrowly escaping the flames. According to his story, the family was about to arise on Sun day morning when the entire roof of the cabin was found to be in flames and before help could be summoned the building with all its contents was entirely de troyed. Gannon went to Crooks ton, where he spent yesterday conferring with his attorney in the contest case, Chas. Loring, in regard to a future course of action. He is positive that the house was fired by some of the townsite people and will investi gate the matter thoroughly. Gannon has had peculiarly hard luck with his venture as a homesteader upon eighty acres of the disputed Spooner townsite and has gained several columns of newspaper notoriety since going up to live on the claim. When moving onto his home stead he purchased the house from the former holder and after making a considerable number of repairs and alterations lived quite peacefully and at ease for a time. Later on he went away on a short visit and upon his return found that his residence had been moved off the claim bodily and divided into two separate houses. He took possession of his property by means of a rifle and replaced his furniture which had been removed. Prom that time his lot among the Spooner people has been somewhat stren uous GIFT ER0M~ BILLY NEWTON Popular Traveling Salesman Sends Copy of Cartoons to Newspapers. The Pioneer is in receipt of a handsomely bound bouk from Billy Newton containing the car toons made by him at odd mo ments on the road which have caused so much comment through their publication in the Minneap ohs Tribune and ihe Minneapolis Journal. The gift is int nded as a Christmas present and as ouch is heartily appreciated, as each of the caricatures is productive of a good laugh. Mr. Newton says in his introductory remarks that he has attempted to portray faithfully the life of a traveling salesman and an examination of the book will convince anyone that he has succeeded admirably. SAYS JUDGE IS CROOKED Sam Kee, Laundryman, Feels Sore About Being Fined by Judge Pendergast. Judge Pendergast was accused though not to his face, this morn mg, by Sam Kee, the owner of the Chinese laundry on Second street, of dealing unfairly with him in imposing a fine for parti oipating the fight which oc curred there Tuesday afternoon The oriental says that he was not to blame for anything that occurred but that he nsed every effort to quell the disturbance. "The judge is crooked," said Sam Kee. "Fmee, finee, all the timee, and me do nothing." "As Lund Sees It" A beautiful booklet is sent by Lund, the Minneapolis land man as a Christmas souvenir. The booklet contains over a hundred artistic "half tone cuts printed upon super calendared paper and illustrated the principal business blocks and points of interest of the Minnesota metropolis. Dudrey vs. Danaher. The case of Dudrey vs. Dana her, brought to enforce the pay ment of rent which is claimed to be due upon a building which Mr. Danaher rented from the plain tiff and which he since has vacat ed, is being tried in Judge Pen dergast's court today., N O QUITTIN FO WINTE Contractor Carlson of New Railway Says Work Will Be Pushed. GRADING WILL CONTINUE UN- TIL FROST IS TOO DEEP. Favorable Season Indicates That Road Will Be Completed Sooner Than Expected. "As long as the present weather continues," said Con tractor Carlson, of the firm of Halvorson Carlson, who have the contract for building the new Red La railway from Bemidji to Red Lake, "the work of grad ing on the line will not let up un til the whole thing is Ifinished. The frost in the ground at the present time does not materially interfere with our operations, and until the ground is frozen to a depth of several feet we will continue to run the camps now in operation. We have had but very little trouble so far in con nection with the contract and it looks now as if its completion will be accomplished much sooner than we expected." "The nature of the country through which the line runs is good. Although quite a few swamps will be crossed we do not anticipate any trouble from sink holes, as most of the swamps in the region traversed by the road have, good bottoms. In this respect it differs much from the country through which the M. I. was built from Black duck to Northome, as there many bad places were struck and in one place it was necessary to almost fill an entire lake with dirt before piling could be driven and a bridge built." Mr. Carlson further stated that the reported purchase of the new line by the Great North ern was without foundation and the people of Bemidji could feel assured of the building of the road by the original promoters. SCHOOLS CLOSE TOMORRO W Two Weeks Holiday Vacation Will Be Given Teachers and Scholars. The Bemidji public schools close tomorrow for two weeks and will be reopened on Monday, Jan. 9, giving the teachers and pupils a two week's rest in which to enjoy the Christmas holidays. It had been decided to nave only one week vacation, but in view of the hard work done since Sep tember by both teachers and pu pils it was changed so as to allow them two weeks The schools so far have been more than ordinar ily successful under the direction of Superintendent Richie, and the corps of teachers employed en]oys the confidence of every parent who has children atten dance at the institution. RETURN O THE BIG FORK Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Greeley Pass Through City Last Night for Ripple. A. M. Greeley, author of "Backwoods Sketches" and edi tor of the Big Fork Compass, ac companied by Mrs. Greeley and their little child, passed through the city last night enroute to their home at Ripple. Mrs. Greeley has been visiting her parents at Grantsburg, Wis., for some time past, where Mr. Greeley went to accompany her to their Big Pork home. He did not forget to supply the Pioneer with a number of ske ches, one of which appears in today's issue. Shortest Day in the Year. Today, according to the astron omers, is the shortest day of the year of 1904. This is of course with reference to the hours of daylight, of which there are but nine. Beginning tomorrow the days will commence to lengthen until a maximum of 17 hours of daylight will be reached June 22. First Load to Campbell Lake. W. G. Schroeder this morning sent out the first load of supplies for his store at Campbell lake, in the town of Liberty. The store is located on the survey of the new Red Lake railway and it is thought that a town will be plat ted there in the near future. i-Read the Daily Pioneer. THURSDAY- -toE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONfteR Flffy Years the Standard Hade from pure eream of tartar derived from grapes. ftllOa BAKING POWDER OO-. HINES PLANS OUTLINE Dr. Caldwell of Blackduck Tells What Dowicite In tends to Do. WILL BRING COLONISTS FROM EUROPEAN COUNTRIES. Ship to Be Chartered Which Will Be Used for Transporting Colonists. Dr. Caldwell, the Blackduck physician, was in the city yester day and gave what he claims to be anthentic information regarding the intentions of Jabez Hines as to the establishment ot a colony at Hines Spur. Mr. Caldwell says that it is Mr. Hines' intention to establish a colony, but neither negroes nor Dowieites will be imported. In stead, families from Europe will be transported across the Atlan tic ocean in a steamship which will be chartered especially for that purpose, and afterwards taken across the countryto Hmes Spur, the site of Mr. Hines' operations, where each family will be alloted a certain amount of the land upon which to live They will be allowed to build houses, till the ground and make all the money they can from the farm, but a certain percentage of the across earnings must be paid to Hines for the use of the land The promoter is at present in the west, where jyill confer with a company which is backing him in the enterprise, and who are running a colony upon the same plan that is outlined above He will receive a large amount of money irom the company with which to chailer the shio, and ex pects to make the initial trip the near future The immigrants willnot befrom one country only, but will be taken from every part of Europe At present there are 500 English peasants who have consented to settle at Hmes Spur, and these will be the first to arrive. Where Mr. Caldwell received his information 'concerning the intentions of the mysterious com pany nobody knrws, butheclaims that the story is reliable. WRESTLERS MEET TONIGHT Championship Match Will Be Pulled Off at Star The ater This Evening. Much interest is manifested in local sporting circles in the wrestling exhibition to be giyen this evening at the Star theater, the participants of the event be mgFandraei, the Grand Porks man. and Hanks, the well known Washington wrestler. Both men have been in training for a long time and are in the pink of condi tion The match will be for a $50 purse for two falls out of three, catch as catch can. Liked Bemidji. The Odd Fellows Review, the official organ of the Odd Fellows of Mindesota, this month contains a write-up by Winn S. Powers, the grand master, o'f his trip to Bemidji and of the special session of the grand lodge which was held here at the time of his visit. Mr. Powers describes the trip as one of tne most enjoyable of all he has taken and says that he was royally entertained while here by the members of the lodge. Installing New Furnace. C. H. Miles is installing a new furnace today in his Great North ern saloon on Minnesota avenue and Second street. The build ing was formerly equipped with a heatmg arrangement but it proved inadequate and a new furnace was necessary* i Dance Tomorrow. The Bemidji orchestra will give another popular dance at the city opera house tomorrow night and the event promises to be very successful as already a large number of tickets have been sold. The first of a series which will take place this winter was given at the hall last week and was one of the most successful affairs that has taken place in the city. A Frightened Horse. Running like mad down the street dumping the occupants,or a hnndred other accidents, are every day occurrences. It be hoves everybody to have a reli able Salve handy and there are none as good as Bncklen's Arnica Salve. Burns, cuts, sores, ec zema and piles, disappear quickly ander its soothing effect. 25c, at all drug stores. Christmas candies from 10 cents to $1.25 per pound at the Pi incess. The most complete line of toys and Christmas tree trimmingb at Peterson's. itt ft it/ The Bazaar Store is the center^of attraction this week for both old and young. The counters are loaded with Toys and Xmas Goods of all kinds but right here we wish tl mention our fine line of RUGS Axminster, Wil- ton, Monarch, Smyrna, Etc., upon which we are making extra low prices. Mittens, Gloves, Etc. We have McKibbin's sample line of Gloves and Mittens and can sell them cheaper than you can possibly purchase them anywhere besides the large assortment enables you to get anything you want in that line. Th Bazaar Department Store.4 V^^^TTTTTTTTTTyTyy^T W Bemidji Commercial College is now in a position teach any and all subjects taught by that school for $1.00 per week nights, and $1.50 per week days, straight. All subjects. CONWAY, Principal. Box 744. 108 Sixth Street, between Bemidji and Beltrami Avenues. WOMEN rStSfS cha res,grloss of tone, feeling and vigor, HY'N E Etc also a complete assortment of Stylish, Up-to-Date jy|J Scarfs, Boas and Muffs, in Isabella and Sable Foxes, %9F Martin, Mink, Etc. :,v .N. All Furs sold at Manufacturers' Cost Price. .From the Factory direct to the Consumer Special cut in prices fof those two days on Gentlemen's Fur- Lined .Coats and Detachable Collars. Don't miss the oppor- ^tunity to get your Furs at Manufacturers' Cost Price. Factory, Fifth St., S. Minneapolis, Minn. There is no article which will be accepted with more joy and gratitude as a Xmas present for your Wife, Mother, Sis ter or Sweetheart than a nice Fur Coat or ac Set of Furs ME. I. JKRAYWETZ, representing A. Zekman, Fur manu facturer of Minneapolis, will be in Bemidji at the Hotel Markham Ladies' Parlor for two days Friday aZnd Saturday, December 23 aoid 4 With a full line of Ladies' and Misses' fur Coats in Otter.Beaver.Persian Lamb.Near Seal.Krimmer.Astrakan, ~*j *1* MODEL Balcery Will be Headquarters for Christmas Trees, Trimmings and Holly.

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W (P fp (P (P p 3. *sv C. W. Hastings, President. i F. P. Sheldon, Vice-Pres. appointment. GREATEST Millinery Sale of the season. Our extensive line of Millinery to be sacrificed at half price. THE BERMAN EMPORIUM Next. Door to Post Office. ^^aaaa^a.ass .a St--a-.a^^a-a^^ai&'l^ i LOOK! LOOK! LOOK! S Goo Things for the Table, Pastry is our Specialty. (fjl Give us your Older for your Xmas Cakes. Our home fa fj/i made Pastry and Bread are fresh made every fa (p day and sure to please. Anything you may fa *f\ want should we not have it on hand let us fa (fj[ havethe order as we are fully equipped to fill fa (p same to the best of satisfaction. fa W 'The very best goods and the best service' is our motto fa We have the following to offer: Buns and Roll, per dozen 10c Currant Roll&, 10c Hot Cross Buns, 10c Cinnamon Coffee Cakes, ea 5c Raised Doughnuts, per doz 10c Home Made 10c Lady Finders, 10c Cream Pufts. 25c Almond Macaroons, lOc Cocoanut Macaroons 10c Almond Shells, 15c Homemade Ginger Snaps,ID lOc Honey Pretzels, per doz 15c Vienna Squares, 10c Spice Drops, 10c ...Lakeside Bakery... Mageaxi Bros., Proprietors. f Bemidji, Minnesota. 4 General Baking Business. e|* Savings Department in Connection. Fire Insurance. can operate one. We have the only line Bemidji wiih prices tf Tarts Made to Order: Napoleon Tarts, per doz 25c Apple Tarts, 25c Kiper Tarts, 25c Fruit Leaves, 15c to Assorted Christmas Fruit Cake, per lb 20c to 40c Pound Cake, 25c Cherry Layer Cake, Gilt Edge Layer Cake. Walnut, Almond, Cocoanut, Maple Fig, Choco late or Orange Layer Cakes. Pies.Our assortment of Pies is always fresh Special for XmasCream Pie. Ives' Delicious Ice Cream, assorted flavors. Fresh Fruits ana Nuts: Oranges, Bananas, Grapes, Lemons, Peais, Apples, Figs, I|J Dates, Hickory Nutt,, Pecans, Walnuts, Filberts, Almonds Our Candies are always fresh and pure, and prices are considerably lower than you are accustomed to pay- ing. ^Give us a call whether you buy or not our time is yours. A full and complete line of Tobaccos and W Cigars. Remember the old reliable for your fancy bak- ing and sweet delicacies. tf tt Ml A. P. White, Cashier. G. N. Millard Ass't Cash. First National Bank? Eastman Kodaks From N The 15th is the time to think of Engraving to avoid dis- There is noth- ing so pleasing and 'instructive as a kodak. A child 0 to $200in 0 $10 *vs)ssi8 THE CITY Choice Chrfstmas candies at The Model Bakery. Engraving done while you wait at George T. Baker Co. Children's books, new supply for Santa at Peterson's Mrs. E. Leonard* of Tenstrike is a visitor in the city today. When you need a good tinner, phone or call at Ross Hardware. Christmas tree trimmings, candle and candle holders at I B, Olson's. Joe St. Germain made a busi ness trip to Turtle River last night. An excellent line of Christmas tree trimmings and holly at The Model Bakery. Don't forget to call at the Princess when making your Christmas purchases. Commencing Saturday night midnight dinners will be served at the City restaurant. Fred Jordan made a business trip to Kelliher last night, re burning this morning. Where is the best place to buy your Christmas candies? At the Princess of course. Wm. Chishplm, now conduct ing a restaurant at Kelliher, is in the city today on business. There is no lever so powerful as plain and simple factsMark's Lung Balsam will cure your cough. Mrs. S. Graham left last night for Tenstrike, where she will spend a few days the guest of relatives. Buy Paris chocolates at the Princess and get a chance on the 10 lb. box of candy that we are giving away. Oar goods are not marked up for the holidays, but in many lines we are giving special prices George T. Baker Co. Mrs. A. W. Danaher returned last night to Tenstrike after spending a few days in the city with Mr. and Mrs. E. Geil. L. B. Wilson, local agent for the Gately Supply company of Duluth, left for Kelliher last night to call on his trade there. Peter Johnson, well known in Bemid]i as "Sailor Pete," came down, from Northome this morn ing to attend some business mat ters here. Coal, coal, leave your order at Ross' Hardware for any kind of coal you want. We have differ ent grades in stock and can de liver in quantities to suit. No sickly women or weak men will ever regret taking Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea. It's brought happiness to thousands. 35 cents, Tea or Tablets. Bark er's Drug Store 1 am overloaded on Batavia canned goods and am giving ex ceptionally low prices to move them quick before invoicing so come in this week or next. For sale by J. A. McConkey. A. Knutson, superintendent in this city for the Halvorson Carl son railroad contracting firm, left this morning for Minneapolis, where he will spend Christmas with his family Mrs. Conger's millinery store will be kept open every day in the year, (except Sundays and legal holidays)and you can always find a becoming hat in stock and at exceptionally low prices. Children eat, sleep and grow after taking Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea. Brings rosy cheeks, laughing eyes, good health and strength 35 cents, Tea or Tablets. Barker's Drug Store. Headquarters for Santa Claus at Peterson's. John O'Neil, head clerk for the J. A. Irvine company, is in the city today and will leave tonight tonight for Kelliher with 75 men who will be employed at the Oar Line of Solid Gol Brooches Cuf Battens Stick Pins Rings and Studs is the most com plete and the very latest designs THURSDAY- -THE BEMIDJI DAILY PI0NEE1 -DECEMBER 22 camps of Island.*,. Holly the company on Pine by the carload at the Grill. JT J. W. Irwin returned last night from St. Paul. The only exclusive toy store in town. Peterson's. Mrs Mary Gallagher of Turtle River was in the city yesterday. Judge Frank MeNannie of Cass Lake called on friends in the city yesterday. Your old stove is good as cash in part payment for a new one at Ross' Hardware. It is to your interest to read every word of Mrs. Conger's add's in this issue." The finest assortment of rock ers in the city on display at Lahr's Furniture store. Be sure and eat your Christ mas dinner at the Grill and re ceive a.beautiful seuvenir menu. E. M. Horfcon, formerly regis ter of deeds of Hubbard county, is visiting friends the city -to- day. W. E, Dean of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, is in the city today looking over his large land interests in this vicinity. Mrs W. B. McLachlan, who has been seriously ill for the past week, is rapidly improving and is out of all danger. F. Kline, who has been in the city for some time past, left this afternoon for Minneapolis where he will spend Christmas with his daughter. A meeting of the Red Men will be held this evening and the ses sion promises to be an improtant one, as the election of officers will take place. Lieutenant Alfred M. Masqn, the Duluth recruiting officer, was in the city yesterday and inspect ed the local agency, returning to Duluth last night. 1 A meeting of the Eagles was held last night but only a small attendance turned out and the meeting: was adjourned without any business being transacted. Christmas food sale TDV the M. E ladies at McCuaig's Friday in stead of Saturday. ^Good things to eat. Home made mince meat, fruit puddings, cakes, cookies, doughnuts and bread. Call and see us. Pat Sullivan passed through the city last night enroute from Kelliher to his home at Grand Forks, where he will spend Christmas with his family. Mr. Sullivan is a superintendent of the Grand Forks Lumber Co. When you're broke the girls are shy They turn and fly as you come nigh Brace up old man, show some pluck Take Rocky Mountain Tea t'will change your luck Bark er's Drug Store. Henry Funkley went to Ten strike last mgbt, where he will represent the Benoit farmers in the adjustment of their losses with the Minnesota Interna tional company caused in the re cent overturning of a car loaded with horses. Call at Conger's millinery where the bottom has fallen clear out of prices, on hats. 75 buys a trimmed hat $2 00 buys a hat worth $4 00 but they must go regardless of cost, these prices will continue all season. Call at the Princess for your supply of Christmas candies. Mr. A. R. Kane, a prominent druggist of Baxters Springs, Kansas, says Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets are, in my judgement, the most su perior preparation of'any thing in use today for constipation. They are sure in action and with no ten dency to nauseate or gripe. For sale by Barkers Drug Store. Engraving done while yon watt at George T. Baker Co. CHRISTMAS SUGGESTIONS Hi ciaakNMWMlaaittiliiia Wool Lress Goods excepting black, a 20 per cent discount will be given in this dep't. Ladies' Sweaters, worth $3.50 now $2.50 Opera Shawls at less than cost. Ladies' Underwear.Here you will find a big bargain. Ladies' House Slippers.One lot worth $2.25, now $1.59. Ladies' Felt Shoes, worth $1.35, now $1.15 Part Wool Blankets.Lot 1, worth $1.50, now $1 lot 2, worth $1.75, now $1.15 lot 3, worth $1.00, now 75c. Men's House Slippers, worth $2, at $1.75 1.75 1.50 Men's Shoes, the $3.00 kind now $2.00 Boys' SweatersOne lot choice for 38c AMUSEMENTS Refinement is the keynote of Mr. Harold Nelson's perform ances. "Heart and Sword," the romantic military drama in which ne will appear at the City Opera house on Monday, Dec. 26 is a charming play full of romance and clean comedy. The piece is well acted, well starred and hand somely costumed. It is one of the greatest success of the emin ent Canadian actor's career. Fight Will Be Bitter. Those who will presist in closinng their ears against the continual recommendation of Dr. King's New Discovery for Con sumption, will have a long and bitter fight with their troubles, if not ended earlier by fatal termi nation. Read what T. R. Beall of Beall, Miss, has to say "Last fall my wife had every sympton of consumption. She took Dr. King's New Discovery after every thing else had failed. Improve ment came at once and four bot tles entirely cured-her Guar anteed by all druggist. Price 50c, and $1.00, trial bottles free. Be- sure and eat your Christ mas dinner at the Grill and re ceive a beautitul souvenir menu. Toys, complete son's. Sterling Silver Spoons Forks Manicure Sets Hundreds Novelties^:%- Bright i&JNe Pieces M'eUAIG'S f$ Cash Cash Cash Talks at McCuaig's This Week The prices we quote ^belo will convince yon that ,we want cash to get it our goods must be slaughtered notice some of our many bargains come early they will not last long at these prices: tr Don't miss this sale it means a saving to you Extra Goo Bargains in our Grocery Dep't. Yours for Bargains, Wm. McCuaig Wm. McCuaig ,jJtk.i WATCHES RINGS CUT GLASS i i i i i i i i i Small Blaze. The fire department was called out last night to quell a small blaze which started on the second floor of the building occu pied by the Charlie Lee restau rant. A quick response was given to the summons but before the arrival of the firemen the fire had been put out. you have the see I eled chate- of any place Minnesota Men's Underwear.One lot worth $2.50 per suit, now $1.98. Men's Overcoats, the same as you will pay clothing stores $5.00 to $7.00 we sell them this week at $3.50. Men's Sheep lined Coats.Come in and get our prices. See the hne of Men's and Boys' Caps we are offering at 25c. Discount on aP Rnbbers and Overshoes. Boys' Leather Leggings, all sizes, $1.00 Boys' Canvas Leggings, 50c Toys, Toys.Only a few left, but prices are cut in this department so we won't carry any over. Dolls, from 5c to $3.50 Say, we want to sell you Feed this week at our cash prices. Feed, per"sack, 85c Hay, per ton $6.00 to 8.00 Watches Diam6nds and Cut Glass. Right here is where the in solid gold diamonds the In Water Bottles, Tankards, Punch Bowls, Vases, Cake Plates, Spoon Trkys, Nappies, Perfilme Jars, Sugar and Cream, Water Glasses, Salt and Pepper. An endless variety of suitable and appropriate Christmas Gifts for young and old. ENGRAVING DONE WHILE YOU WAIT. George T. Baker (Si Located in City Drug Store. Be Quick. Not a minute should be lost when a child shows symptoms of croup. "Chamberlain's Cough Remedy given as soon as the child becomes hoarse, or even after the croupy cough appears, will pre vent the attack. It never fails, and is pleasant and safe to take. For sale by Barkers Drug Store. _*eiy UBJ^JBL jnu Solid Gold, Gold Filled, Silver, Fine Enamel and Nickel Plain Bassine, suitable for monograms others set with diamonds and raised gold ornamental work. Fitted with the best American movements. i i i i i Set with Diamonds, Rubies, Emeralds, Pearls, Garnets, Safiires, Opals, Topaz.

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..-J t- Si T^f^^^ f$* THE HAVE FE W EQUALS Christmas Displays Made by the Stores of Bemidji a Revelation. NOTHING BETTER FOUND I N THE NORTHWEST. Variety of Christmas Offerings Elicits Most Favorable Comment. "In variety, completeness and excellence of their Christmas stocks, the stores of Bemidji are outdone by no town outside the big cities,'' declared a prominent commercial traveler to a repre sentative of the Pioneer this morning. "There are few towns in the state of the size of Bemidji that display such a wealth of Christmas goods as I have found here the displays found in some of the stores are simply amazing. The people of Bemidji and sur rounding country are to be warmly congratulated upon hav ing such a favorable place to trade." A brief shopping tour in Be midji will convince anyone that the commercial traveler did not speak too warmly. The displays of the leading stores of Bemidji in Christnfas goods is positively lavish and represent an enormous inyestment of capital. Here are found all that could possibly be desired by people of many wants. In jewelry, dainty gifts in china and pottery, rich dress goods, fashinable haberdashery, modish millinery, house furnishings of every description, toys, curios and a thousand and one other things which the busy peoplejwant the Bemidji stores show offerings which rival those of the great stores of the twin cities. There is no better place in the northwest to do Christmas shop ping than right in Bemidji as the notable offerings of Bemidji stores found in this issue of the Pioneer eloquently attest. Beware of Ointments for Catarrh that Contain Mercury, as mercury will surely destroy the sense of smell and completely derange the whole system when entering it through the mucous surfaces. Such articles should never be used except on prescrip tions from reputable physicians, as the damage they will do is ten fold to the good you can possibly derive from them. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by P. J. Cheney Co., Toledo, O., con tains no mercury, and is taken in ternally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of tne system. In buying Hall's Catarrh Cure be sure you get the genuine. It is taken internally and made in Toledo, Ohio, by F. J. Cheney Co. Testimonials free. Sold by all druggists. Price, 75c. per bottle. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipa tion. The Red Cross is coming. PRINCESS Grocery Co. We have a full line of Christmas Tree Decorations, Candy Toys, Candies, Etc. We will make a special price to Churches, Societies and Schools on these goods. Home Made Taffys Peanut Candy Mixed Nuts Bon Bons Chocolates Smokers' Articles Fancy Box Tobaccos Case Pipes Look at these before selecting your presents. We will have for the Holidays a select line of Fruits and Vegetables. Select Oysters always in stock. Princess Grocery N. E. CARSON, Mgr Phone 282 Money Cheerfully Re funded on All Purchases Before or After Xmas. STORE :-^K?- Splendid Smoking Jacket Showing SFTR-SCHOENBERO TmNprtH QNIUU* CMMIKII Going Past. I have left six good homestead claims seven to nine miles from Kelliher in good settlement. Claims will cut from 200,000 to 500,000 feet of logs besides pulp wood, cordwood and posts. Lo cating fee $50 to $75 or will take pulp wood or posts for same. J. J. Opsahl, 518 Beltrami ave., Be midji, Minn. dtfsffiB &g?Sff! THURSDAY- -THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER New effect smok ing Jacket and Breakfast Coats in nobby, soft, gray tones of ex tra weight golf clothes solid or fancy effects beautiful- house garments thatare most luxurious- ly comfortable they should right ly bring $8.50 we offer at choice for $5.00 Christmas Mail Orders Receive Prompt Attention. Xmas In The Great Boy's Department. Young Men's College Suits single and double breasted. Sizes to 36. $12 and $15 values $10.00 Flannel lined in-band Caps, Auto and Golf shapes 50 Boys' Skating Togues all shades 25 .A Costly Mistake. Blunders are sometimes very expressive. Occasionally life it self is the price of a mistake, but you'll never be wrong if you take Dr. Kings New Life Pills for dys pepsia, dizziness, headache, liver or bowel troubles. They are gentle yet thorough. 25c, at all drugstores. ^-Go to Hakkerup for photos. Al Proportions .VvmwEiWM&tik &r-w- -4 With Each Amo\jtnting THE- CLOTHIERS. Fifteen Dollars For Stein Bloch Suits and Overcoats Worth $18 $20 and $22 f. Cutting Prices on These Renouned Stein Bloch Clothes. Materials from American style centers^ Styles, fashions and' art work that exceed the showing of all excepting the most costly special order tailors. Values which we emphasized at $18.00 20.00 and 22.00 at $15.00 Yuletide Neckwear, white borthea and English Squares. Most proper' &r, -gifts. Silk and Linen Night Robes with Em- broidered front. Every Pair Doubly Guaranteed Men's Fleece Lined Storm Alaska Overshoes Hat Redactions All Broken size, hats from from this seasons finest soft and stiff stock. Brown black, nutria and light shades $2.00 Kennedy at New PaynesviHe Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Cornwall returned last night from New Paynesville, where the latter has been enjoying a visit with rela tives. While there they met Frank Kennedy, formerly assist ant cashier of the First National bank in this city, who is now cashier of the First State bank at New Paynesville. "C* vS" lSi**'!& ForMe and Young Men Stylish Chrstm as Footwear. For Holiday and all occasionsAl- ways the perfect Regent Shoe. .50 $1.15 i f3$ FREE -s JSSUXlNotice. bM^&M Olaf Olson and Andrew G. Newstrom have this day dis solved partnership. Olaf Olson buying all interests in the busi ness and assuming all debts and liabilities. A. G. Newstrom, Olaf Olson. Fancy fruitwfor Peterson's^. the* table. HOLIDAY NIGHT-WARE. 20 dozen Flannel Night Shirts worth $1.00 for Full cut Terry Terry Cloth Bath Robes, in color tones, light shades extra lengths. Values of no less than $7.00 at $5.00 Boys' Moos Hide Moccasins Onl $1.50 BoysVStofeBWght .r"..- Withr'' Christmas Spirit. School Overcoats. Belts are detachable. Coats in Ox ford, "Black and the new Scotch'effect. You will see at once that these are worth double. Sixes 8 to 16 6.50 Boys Sweaters 50c Boy's Colored Dress Shirts 50 Boy's Gloves and Mit tens 25c and 50c To $15.00^ orvMoire. -r/iV ?*j8grz,'' if" i 't Be Quick. Not a minute shouW be lost when a child shows symptoms of croup. "Chamberlain's Cough Uemedy given as soon as the child becomes hoarse, or even after the croupy cough appears, will pre vent the attack. It never fails, and is pleasant and safe to take. For sale by Barkers Drug Store. Toys and sleds at Lahr*s. Money Cheerfully Re funded on all Purchases Before or After Xmas. Supberb BAfr ROBE S AND SLEEPIN GARMENTS 45 Cts. /v Hotel Changes Hands. Mrs. John Bahr, who has con ducted the Bemidji hotel for some time past, has released her interests in the house and Anton Aller, the former proprietor, will again take charge of the hotel. Candies, nuts and fruit for Christmas festivities at I. B. Olson's. eejsCA ---^k ^t* IF

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