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The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1900-08-16
ForeiKn.

The stokers' strike is spreading in
France, traffic at Havre being stopped.
The Peruvian congress has declared
full amnesty for all political offenders.
More than $751; 900 has been disallowed
in the accounts Of ex-Director OF Gu
ban Posts Rathbone.
Gen. Alejandrino, Filipino command
er, is negotiating for surrender under
the amnesty proclamation.
Max. ]. Beihr, recently appointed
United States consul at Magdeburg.
Germany, has received his exequatur.
The eighteenth annual astronomical
congress opened at Heidelberg Ger
many recently. Sixty delegates We're
present.
Vienna anarchists. for approving Of
the assassination of King Humbert,
were sentenced to Imprisonment and
expatriation.
The statement of the London board
of trade for the month of July shows
Increases OF eS2S,0o0 in imports ana
G1,354, 500 in exports.
There was an imposing demonstra-
ton at Buenos Ayres on Sunday, the
anniversary of the revolution of 1890.
Twenty thousand persons took part.
Rigorous protests were made against
President Roca.
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1900-08-16
Mashington Notes.

L "a n
| me gunbcat Bancroft IS getting
ready for active service at Boston.
The government estimate of the
stock OF gold in this country is to he
reduced. i
The postof1ice department has or
dereG rural free delivery service estab-
lished at Delavan, MINI, and Tomahl
Wis.
| The uuarternasteTs department has
chartered the steamer Argyle to carry
grain from Portland, Or, to China and
Manila.
The secretary of the interior denied
the motion for review in the case OF
the Hastings 81 Dakota railway, in
volving land in the Marshall, Nina.
land district.
The postoffice department has estah-
lished rural free delivery service. TO
begin August Is, at oregon, Ill; Nesco-
peck, Pa; Beaver Dam, Wis, and adj
ditional service at Alma. Mich.
Secretary Root said that the latest
reports from Gen. Macarthur showed
that the sickness in the army in the
Philippines was s per cent which was
considered remarkably good show
ing.
The steamship Argyle. which has
been chartered a tland, orss by thes
government ito carry mail and supplies
from Portland to China and Manila,
will changes her register from British
ito American I &. !.
The postofiice departnaent has Or
'dered that rural tree delivery service
he established on Aug. ~ at Walkonda,a
is. D., and Wilton. Wis, and additional
service at West Salem. Wis, and Alma
Center, Wis.,
The navaL board of engineers apr
pointed to report upon the adyisability
Of the location of dry dock at the
mouth of the Columbia river has re-
ported to the navy department against
the project under present conditions.
The controller of the treasury has
decided that officers and enlisted men
of the volunteer forces authorized by
the act approved March 2, 1899, except
such officers of the regular army Jas
were transferred and COMM ssione d in
the volunteer forces, are not entitled 4
on muster out to the two months extra
pay provided by the actsof Jan, u, 1899.
3 A letter has been received at the
treasury department at Washington
from former enploye, now at Cape
Nome, Alaska, which says that reports
of disease and death that have been
sent to the States are untruthful. The
smallpox scare is all over. AS yet there
las been no typhoid fever, but the
season has been dry, which probably
accounts for it's absence.
1t is stated at the interior Depart
nent that Secretary Hitchcock has
objections to the participa-
ion by Tams Bixby Of Minnesota:
Member Of the Dawes Commission. Id
he campaign this year. Mr. Bixby
went TO New Y fork to confer with the
on the subject, but Mr.
well known disposition to
stick to his guns may cause Mr..
5ixby some difficulty IN getting the
'ecretary's approval fer q leave Of alb
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1900-08-16

pr. William Elliot Griffis,s in q re-
cent article on Japan, speaks Of che
rapid growth of It's already over-
crowded population, and adds that the
Japanese, who have heretofore been
largely vegetarians. are now beginning
to eat a good deal Of meat. A meat
eating population makes greater de-
mands upon the land OF a country than
does nation Of yegetarians. A piece
OF beefsteak represents the growth OF
an animal during many months in
which it has been eating grass and
other crops from wide range Of ter
ritory; dish of oatmeal is mans di-
rect use of vegetable product.
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1900-08-16
The humorist who declared himself

The humorist who declared himself
grateful for three ways of disseminat-
Ing information--the telegram, tele-
phone and tell womanwas prob
ably ignorant of the case of Mrs. Glad
stone. Just after her marriage Mr..
Gladstone put to her the question,
Shall | tell you nothing and you can
say anything, or shall / tell you every
thing and you say nothing She
chose to know and to be silent. and
turing almost sixty years of beautiful
married life kept her part of the con-
tract.
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1900-08-16

While examining the contents of a
phest, part Of the effects OF an aged
widow who died recently at Philadel-
phia, an interesting item was
discovered in the shape of the inn
preston on a piece OF brown
wax Of both sides OF the gold
medal that was voted by Congress to
the renowned Paul Jones. in ac-
acknowledgement of his services while
in charge of an expedition fitted out
BY the revolted colonists. With his
feet. Jones crossed the Atlantic, and
la 177S captured a war vessel in Bel
fast Tough, and two others off Flam
borough Head. The gold medal was
said to have been in Paul Jones pos
session when he died in Paris in 1892,
but there is no record as to what be-
came Of it afterwards.
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1900-08-16
IN a Personal vein.
% -rss'T

Rev. DIR. Cyrus Hamilton, the vet
srar missionary to Turkey and profess
sor Of Roberts college at Harpoot, died
at Portland, Me.
sergt NAL Bergman Ross, Thirty
fifth volunteers, now in the Phillip
pines, has been appointed second lieu
tenant in that regiment.
Maj. e. A. Consegney Of Avoca, Ioa,
past department commander of the G.
A. r., prominent business man and
Republican politician, is dead.
Gen. zebulon York, one of the DASH
ing figures of the confederacy, died at
his home in Natchez, Miss. He was
colonel of the Fourteenth Louisiana
regiment during the Civil war.
William Clark of Newark, N. j.;
president of the William Clark Thread
company, died suddenly at his home, at
Watch Hill, Westerly. r. l., of heart
failure, which followed a severe attack
sf Indigestion.
Mrs. Margaret Brown Oliver, mother
IF George T. Oliver, proprietor Of the
Pittsburg Commensurate Gazette. and of
Hon. Henry w. Oliver, the well known
eteel InaHuIactuTST, uiel dl Tlttsuui 3,
aged ninety-one years.
Luke Prior, former United States
senator and representative in congress.
aied at his home in Athens, Ala. Sem
ator Pryor was a native of Alabama.
Ind was born near the birthplace of
Senator Pettus of that state.
Col. Thomas r. Roberts, who was
provost marshal of Cincinnati during
the last three years of the Civil war,
died at his residence at Detroit, Mich..-
aged seventy-two years. Col. Roberts
was prominent member of the Loyal
EeGion. $500 .gas& 'ss tss3
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1900-08-16
no TAKE BOTH.
Chm mpIon Jeffries Issues Challenge
III. tn Eitzsi m Otrs md Sharkey. 81. n

to Fitxsimmons and SharISey.
New York, Aug. 14.-James j. Jeff
ries, champion heavywe =. ut pugilist of
the world, has issued ar open letter in
which he says he is anxious to give
Fitzsimmons and Tom Sharkey each
another chance for the championship
belt before Sept. l, and states that he
proposes to do it. When told of the
statement made by Jeffries! that he
would like to arrange a fight with.
Fitzsimmons and Sharkey. Fitzsinl-
mons said: "Jeffries is the one man
in the world would like to meet and
beat
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1900-08-16
Goes to the Rotton,.

Paris, Aug. 14-During naneurers
of the French fleet off Cape st. Vim
cent q collision occurred between the
first-c1ass battleship Brennus, flying
the flag of Vice Admiral F,ournier,
commanding the feet. and the torpedo
boat destroyer France. The France
sank Immediately. The accident was
due to the fact that the France turned
to the right when ordered to the left.
Only small portion of crew saved.
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1900-08-16
win Go to Rorne Ffr.t

Berlin, Aug. 14.-Field Marshal Count
Won Waldersee, according to the Ber-
liner Tageblatt, will go on a specia!
mission to Rome before sailing for
China to, assume command of the In
+ernasional forces.
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1900-08-16
Spends n Quiet Nav.

Chicago. Aug. 14.--Willian1 j. Rryan
spent Sunday very quietly. In the Il
morning he attended the Emanuel
Baptist church, After church Mr..
Bryan drove to the Chicago Peachf
hotel, where he took lunch with Ssna-
tor and Mrs. Jones. Mr. and Mrs.
Charles A. Towne and Gen. Joseph
Wheeler.
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1900-08-16
Edward f. Duryea Dead.

New York, Aug. 14.-Edward F. Fur
yea, the millionaire starch manu- ac-
turer, died suddenly at his residence at
Glen Cove, L. I. He had been sick
three weeks and his death was not. I'M
expected. His wealth is estimated at
81, 000, 900. f#f Bsi
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1900-08-16

The king Of Sweden and Norway Is
noted as an admirable linguist. When
the Oriental congress met at Stock
holm some years ago, he addressed
the assembled scholars in the LAM
guages of the nationalities to which
they respectively belonged, and spoke
with equal fiuency in English, French,
German, italian, Russian and Span
ish.
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1900-08-16
conlition Of the Trea.r,rv

Washington, Aug. IA Saturdays
sta ten1ent of the treasury balarcas in
the general fund, exclusive CT the $780,
600, 600 gold reserve In the eitisioa Of
redemption, showed available cash
balances, Sal, s5b.aO7; gold, s7s,62255 300.
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1900-08-16
ouick change.

Pittsburg. Pa, Aug. 1.-THE long
continued hot spell was materially
checked to-day by heavy STERN
which forced the mercury down from
80 to 20 inside of thirty minutes.
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1900-08-16
Light Plant Destroyed.

8 Glens Falls ". Y, Aug. IA IRE
here caused a loss of over 100000
Among the property DESTROYED or cam
aged was the Glens Falls Electric ard
gas plant. ~ 1 43&s
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1900-08-16
Ffrea Were Lighted.

Munice, Ind, Aug. IA Fires were
lighted under the big continuous tanks
of the Maring. Hart and Over window
gloss factories of the American Class
company to-day preparatory for the
general resumption which occurs 1n
Sept. /.
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1900-08-16


Two firemen were Killed on J. J. Hill's
yacht Wacouta.
A man named Furgeson was drowned
at Rock Rapids, Iowa.
Joseph Bancroft Of Cedar Falls, Iowa,
was severely injured by a street car.
"A large raft owned by Knapp. Stout
G CO. went to pieces at Louisiana, Mo,
II A milwaukee, motorman's celluloid
collar ignited by the electric current.
He may die.
Henry Blene and Theodore Gosline
were buried In a gravel pit at Marsh
field, Wis. Blene died.
"A landslide descended on the house
of Mrs. John Hendricks at lie Mars.
iowa. The family was unframed.
A million dollar lumber fire occurred
at Ashland. Wis, and dynamite was
used to save the mills. -Four lives were
lost.
In a rear-end collision on the Cotton
Belt road at Aurich, Ark, C. A. Ganey,
a brakeman, was killed and three men
injured. Five cars were demolished.
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1900-08-16

Y Millions have been spent in ciyilizea
countries in futile efforts to preserve
grapes. The Chinese have known the
secret for many centuries and millions
more have been vainly used in the eft
fort to drag from them the recipe.
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1900-08-16
CHASED HER WITH A KNIFE.
IGnax Lazarski, Craxed by the Heat,
Tries 10 XIII His Wife,

Chicago, Aug. 1a.-Crazed by the
heat, Ignaz Lazarski, butcher, att
tempted to murder his wife. He
chased her for nearly a block down a
crowded street and was finally over
powered after q desperate struggle, it
taking the united efforts of ten men
to subdue the maniac. Mrs. Lazarski
may die as a result of the fright.
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1900-08-16

A trip from Berlin to Paris has been
made by Herr Arthur Reuter-. who
started from Berlin on May ~, and
reached Paris spn June 5. The route
4 followed included the cities Of Magde-
burg. Brunswick, Hanover and CO.
ilogne;; Aix-la- Chapelle and Liege; MAJ
muir, Givet and Reims, making b total
distance Of Tie miles. Herr Reuter-
stayed two days at Aix-laTC hapelle
and at Lege; he covered the distance
from Liege To Paris in twenty one
hours. W. ~ + ssg
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1900-08-16

The most perplexed man In Indiana
Is George Rogers of Richmond, who
raises chickens for the market, and
has over 300 Of them. While feeding
them the other day, one Of the fowls
nipped a $500 diamond from ring on
his finger, and then darted in among
che other 2ss. George doesn't know
which Of the chickens gobbled his cost
" gem, and therefore he is deeply per-
picked.
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1900-08-16

Otherwise.

Smallpox Is spreading among Turtle
mountain Indians.
The raisin crop is small in California.
Red spider the cause. s ii
Milwaukee's population, according to
the census, is 2S5.S15
The Canadian Pacific maehiaists and
boiIeFmakEfa are on 8 strike.
The Bessemer association decides to
bank all its furnaces but two.
George d. Sweetzer OF sweetzer,
Pembroke county, N. T., is dead.
Evangelical Lutheran synodical con-
ference opened at Bay City. Mich.
The Southern car combine signed a
wage scale for all its mills in the South.
A new cable line has been put in
operation between the Azores and the
United States.
Frank &. French of Sparta, Wis, has
been promoted to the rank OF major IN
the Philippines.
The fourteenth annual conference.-the
the Methodist Episcopal church opened
at Helena, Mont.
The total acreage under cultivation
in Cass county, N. d., is f31,792 aces
less than last year.
The. annual encampment Of Foty-
ninth Iowa national guard opened at
Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
gineers opened it's first annual conyen-
gineers opened its firts annual conWn-
ton In Des Moines. tia
Rev. Fred D. Tucker of Morris. Ill,
was chosen principal of the Minnesota
agricultural college.
Seven photographs of the newly DIS
covered comet We're taken by PDf.
Wendell at Harvard.
Over 100000 has been distributed
a to stockholders of the Glucose Sugar
Refining company, New York.
The Eyre Cragin syndicate announces
an intention to begin the constructin
of an inter-oceanic canal in Nicaragua
under its contract.
Sweets Steel Company of Syracu|e,
N. Y, has made a cut in wages ave-
aging about 12 per cent. Depressiontn
the steel trade was given as the caue
The steamship Sonoma was launch,d
at Philadelphia. Excepting the s.
Louis and ST. Paul she is the Target
merchantmen ever built on the Dell
ware.
"A mortgage was recorded at La
Crosse, wis, for s1e5, oo0. 900, given "
the Chicago & Northwestern to tie
United States Trust Company of New
York.
Miss Ella M. Plat, a washington
artist VINO tweaked the nose Of co.
Beaver gof Pennsylvania, sued Mi.
George A. Armes for alleged hreachbf
promise.
Rev. J. L. Miliigan, secretary OF ne.
National Prison association, has IA
nouneed that the annual meeting Yill
be held in Cleveland from Sept. % to26,
inclusive.
Sophie Neil of sheIhyville. Tenn.
daughter OF the distinguished coloel
in the Confederate army. is thoughtto
be Assassin Bressis wife.
Extensive sanitary improvements
the Preside general hospital at san
Francisco will be completed in fw
days and will make it one of the bst
equipped military hospitals in be
United States,
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1900-08-16
CHINA FOR PEACE
WANTS AN 4ssISsaIEDIATE4cI ,SsazIoN
OF HosTILIT1Es.y

Ia Has Heen Appofntsd as En-
ss woy eI,Ienipotentiary to Negotiate
with the Powers-Afinfster Con-
ger Expresses His AbiIity to
tsIIoId on'' Until Relief Comes
81 shenE Expresses Grave Fears for
Lesataoners when Defeated Chit
nese TrooDs Return to Capital.
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1900-08-16
Crimes ana Crlminars.

tE "
Postmaster Noble OF Dickinson, N.
D.. was held up and robbed Of $40.
IA agoId brick swindier was arrested
at Malone. N. Y. He had made $110,-
0O0
rive men Were killed and one fatallS
Wounded IN Missouri shoot Ing aaf-
fray. aHsN
"A pitched battle betweenSmoonsh
aers and deputy marshals occurred re-
Gently in Indian Territory.
Philadelphia. man and wife were
killed, and it issregarded as case of
mutual 3suicide or murder and suicide.
Lora Leeper of Fulton county, Ill.,
nois, nephew of Senator Cullom,
while crazed by heat, attempted sub
eide. ss Il, t., q
Edward Spencer, a farmer at lTren-
ton, N. j., was arrested for beating his
wife, He quoted Scripture to justify
his action. esw8s vi sss.sg ssas
EvidenceSis said to have been found
that anarchists plotted ir New York
and Paterson, NJ ]. \, TO kill sthe crowned
heads of Europe, and went on their
mission in Gem anies.s s fe.s, III d
Two masked men held up Pullman
passengers on the Union Pacific train,
ninety miles east of Denver, killed w.
j. Fay, a Californian. who resisted,
and escaped with 500, jewels and
watches.
Harvey Bouse, charged with forging
the names of two prominent farmers
to a note for $3.50. was arrested and
Jailed at Warsaw, Ind. The forgery
was discovered when Bouse ATTEMPTED /
to get the note eashed at the Lake
City Rank Of Warsaw.
The daily sentinel., 1900-12-29
Subscription Dance.

Tho first OF the subscription dances
announced to take place last night at
the Armory, the purpose OF which is to
provide scholarships for six or more
small children to attend the Kindergar-
ten, was a pronounced success.
The Armory was in the hands Of the
decorators for the past two days and
when the invited guests arrived there
eyes which was unexpected, therefore
the more enjoyable. The walls of the
Armory were covered and from the cleo
trio drops hung decorations which en-
HANGED the brilliant scene greatly. The
orchestra stall was BEAUTIFULLY decorated (,
so that the ensemble presented through
out the large hall was attractive and
beautiful.
announcing the grand march was begun.
The march was led by William E. Long
shore and Miss India B. Poulson. In
this march all present participated.
the table being presided over by Mrs.
Orson Adams and Mrs George E. Has
kell. After one of the dances souvenirs
OF the first dance were distributed, con-
sisting Of dainty little rembrances OF the
occasion
Dancing was continued without any
cessation whatever until the midnight
hour, when the last waltz was rendered,
dances shall not continue beyond that
time.
Without exception those who were
there were loud in their praise OF the
manner in which the first dance occasion
was conducted.
Fifty couples accepted the invitations
to attend, which was the major portion
of tn, original number Of cards issued.
On account OF sickness quite number
were not present last night, but from an
estimate made Of the number OF couples
present during the grand march there
we're at least forty.
On account of not having adequate
information regarding tho children
whose parents would be glad to have
them secure the benefit of Ihs Kinder
garten training, no election was held to
select the children. Inquiry from
sources will be made today which will
provide the information required and
then they will be selected
The daily sentinel., 1900-12-29
Stage Overturns Near Ouray.

Ouray, Colo:, Dec. 20 The stage from
Red Mountain, loaded with passengers,
was upset on the mountain side just out.
outside the city limits this afternoon,
owing to the team becoming frightened
at an evergreen left in the road by some
boys. Mrs. R. s. Hecky was severely
bruised and the driver received several
gashes about the head. The other pas
sengers we're severely shaken up One
wheel Of the stage was broken and the
vehicle was otherwise damaged. An
other stage was sent upSto bring tho pas
sengers to the city.
The daily sentinel., 1900-12-29
Kitchener Checks Boer Invasion.

London. Dec. 2S-The latest dispatches
from South Africa show that Lord Kit
chener has succeeded in holding the
Beers in check But he has not yet
been successful in expelling them from
Cape Colony, while different comman-
does continue 10 display astonishing &C
tivity over an immense territory 1t is
question whether his proclamation will
have mich effect until General De Wet
has been captured. The Beers are like.
ly to regard it as a sign OF weakness and
to have wholesome dread Of vengeance
il they surrender.
The proclamation is approved by the
party at home that favors conciliatory
terms to the Beers is a step in the right
direction.
Queen Victoria, it is said, has approved
the proposal to institute new order Of
knigh' hood to reward officers who have
served in South Africa. The order will
probably be called the Star of Africa.
A dispatch from Vryberg, dated De-
cember 20. says that Beers in consider
able Numbers were moving westward.
They had $50 wagons. The dispatches
suggest that they were trekking to Da-
MARYLAND, although the Beers them
selves deny any such intention.
The Evening Standard says it under
stands that the squadron Of yeomanry
which, as announced in dispatch from
Cape Town, was entrapped and captured
by the Beers whom they following from
Brittstown, was released after the men
had been relieved Of their horses and
other equipment. Ten OF the yeomanry,
the paper adds, were wounded
The daily sentinel., 1900-12-29
London Suffers b1 Fire.

London, Dec. 28-One OF the most SER
ious fires which have occurred in the
East End of London for years broke out
today at the East India docks. Five i'm
mense sheds filled with goods, including
thousand bales Of hemp and quantities
Of jute, we're consumed. The shipping
in the neighborhood and other ware
houses were saved by the great exertions
of the firemen
The daily sentinel., 1900-12-29
Children Burned To Death.

Olympia, Wash. Dec. 28.-The three
children of L. Levy, daughter aged I
years, son aged 2 years and six mon
ths-old infant, have been burned to death
near here. The parents were tempor-
arily absent, leaving hired man at work
cutting wood about 200 yards from the
house. A few minutes after the parents
left he discovered the house on fire.
Before he could reach the scene an ex-
plosion occurred, supposed to be Of dyna-
mite stored in the upper part of the
building. The building was entirely
and few charred bones were
the only remains OF the children.