The Bemidji pioneer., 1900-12-13
PeupIe Talked Ahout.

Prince Imiritinsky, governor general
Of Warsaw, is dead.
Elk Gov j. w. McClurg, aged eighty
eight, died at Lebanon, Mo.
Oscar Wilde died in an obscure house
in the Latin quarter of Paris.
Rev. william Howard Day, A. M, D..
D., colored, is dead at Harrisburg.
Ludwig Jacobowski, the poet and
novelist, died in Berlin OF typhoid fever.
Col. John S. Williams, third secretary
of the treasury under Cleveland, died al
Lafayette, Ind.
Oscar Booza, West Point cadet, died
at Philadelphia; death is alleged to DO
due to hazing.
Miss Maude Coleman Wood of Vir-
GINA and Maxine Elliott won the Pam
American beauty contest.
DR.. Donaldson Smith of Philadelphia,
well known as an African explorer, has
returned from his second trip 10 the
interior of Africa.
Miss George Cayvan. the actress,
was taken to a hospital In New York
nearly blind and physical wreck from
nervous prostration.
Rev. William Howard Day. Al. NJ, ID.
d.. general secretary Of the Al. M. E.
Zion church, died at Harrisburg, Pa,
aged seyenty-three years.
Senator Stewart Of Nevada has re-
moved his name from the opposition
list. He has been Silver Republican
for the past eight years.
A
friends Of Miss Alta Rockefeller,
daughter of John D. Rockefeller, her
wedding Of Mr.. Parrnelee Prentiss or
Chicago will be celebrated in New York
in January.
Domeattc. lfs,
Iowa may be divided into four Cath
Ollie dioceses. 55 8
Jeffries. the pugilist, has challenged
Pons, the wrestler.
The copper trade is enjoying unprec-
edented prosperity.
"A harbor of refuge is being built at
the mouth of Nome river.
Christian women propose constitu-
tlonal amendment prohibiting polyg-
amy.
Special services will be held at mid
night. Dec. 81, to consecrate the new
century. &
The National Live stock convention
City, Jan. Is.
Eleven thousand acres of Pennsyl-
vania Goa. property has been secured
by a syndicate
Mrs Mary NJ. Stoddard has filed a
suit for divorce. at Boston, from John
L. Stoddard, lecturer.
Nearly 1000 Boer families are to set
tie along the lines of the Northern Pa
cific and Great Northern.
Counsel has been retained by the
heirs to contest the will of the late g.
II. Hoyt, the playwright.
Two hundred miles of new telegraph
line has been constructed in the vicin-
ity of Southern Yukon and Nome,
Alaska.
During November, 444 deaths occur
red IN Havana from all causes, This
lis the lowest number for the same
month for the last ten years.
The price Of California wines has ad-
vanced 1 cents per gallon. The yield
of wine this year is about 6,000,0a0 gall
Ions less than that of last year, and
grapes for wine making purposes have
been as high as $12 to $22 per ton.
The official canvass of the presiden-
tial vote insColorado gives Bryan 122,-
944 ard Mckinley s3,141, making Bry-
ans plurality 29,s03
Frederick A. Rice, messenger in
the weather bureau at Washington.
claims the bequest OF $4,000 in the will
of the late William NJ. Rice, the New
York millionaire.
The official canvass Of the presiden-
tial vote in Colorado has been finished.
Based on the highest vote received by
the electors on each side, Bryan re-
ceiyed 1924 and Mckinley 1914. the
plurality for Bryan being zs.sos.