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The Bemidji pioneer., 1900-11-01

The youth of Brussels It appears,
were not slow I'd exploit the Shah's
weakness for children. which was In
cautiously referred to In the press. An
enterprising lad wrote to his majesty
that bicycle would make him COM
pletely happy, but the fact must not
be divulged to his parents; while an
other child asked for doll in similar
terms. In both instances the gifts
were Forthcoming, with the result that
on the last day of his majesty's visit
the Persian legation was besieged by
youthful applicants, many OF whom
were made happy by practical proofs
Of the shah's generosity
The Bemidji pioneer., 1900-11-01
REBELS ARE ACTIVE
Several engagements i'm the PhiI-
ippines.

.s .sI# E@ REe5 lpplmeS. #.F4E j5535#
Manila, Oct. 30 - While scouting
near Looc detachment of the Twen-
tieth and Twenty-eigh regiments,
under Capt. Beigler were attacked by
400 insurgents armed with rifles, un-
der the command of white man
whose nationality is not known to the
Americans. The insurgents for the
most part were intrenched. After a
heroic fight Capt. Beigler drove off
the enemy, killing more than rs. The
fight lasted for two hours. Capt.
Beigler and privates were slightly
injured and Of the Americans were
killed.
An engagement took place Oct. "a
between detachments of the Third
cavalry and the Thirty-third volun-
teer infantry numbering go and a
force of insurgents including 400 rifle
men and 1000 bolomen. The fighting
was desperate. Finally, under pres
sure Of overwhelming numbers the
Americans were compelled to retire on
Narvican. Lieut.. George L. Febiger
and 4 privates We're killed, We're
wounded and are missing. Twenty
nine horses are missing. A number Of
teamsters were captured by the In
surgents but were subsequently re-
leased. The enemy's loss is estimated
at $50.
A civilian launch towing a barge
loaded with merchandise near Arayat
was attacked Sby a force Of $50 insur-
gents under David Fagin. a deserter
from the Twenty fourth infantry. The
American troops on hearing the firing
turned out in force before the boat
could be captured and looted. Fagin,
who
Has sworn Special Enmfty
against his former company, was In
command. OF the twenty men who
were captured four were returned.
One whose body was recovered was
horribly nutilated. Fagin sends g.
message to his former companions:
threatening them with horrible fate.
One Of Fagin's former command who
was captured was Lieut.. Frederick w.
Alstetter, who is still asprisoner. Cen.
Halls expedition with a force OF near
5ly 800 men, went through the noun
tains of Bingononan, province of In
fanta, in pursuit OF the insurgent Gen..
Sales, though it discovered no traces
of the. enemy, encountered great hard
ships on the march. Several Chinese
porters died and 40 men were sent to
the hospital. Reports from Gen..
Youngs district shows a daily increase
Of insurgent activity. While a detail.
Of the Thirty-third infantry was re-
turning from Bangued it was fired
upon by insurgents and a sergeant
and two privates We're killed.
The Philippine commission has de-.
cided to compile the revised Philip
pine customs tariff from it's own in
vestigations, assisted by the regular
army board. The result will be for for.
.warded to the United States for pub-
.lication and discussion among those
interested in foreign commerce. When
the details appear to be satisfactory
and the draft has been approved by
the secretary of war the commission.
will promulgate it here as a law The
measure has taken on a new and in
ternational commercial interest and
the course of the commission is heart
lily commended here.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1900-11-01
THE TRICKY CHINESE.

REPORTS of the Suicides of Pr0mi
nent Boxers Believed to Be False. 7
London, Oct. 80. ~ The STANDARD >
Shanghai correspondent says there
seems evidence to believe Kafngi,
president of the board Of war, and Yn
Hsien, formerly governor Of Shansi,
who were reported to have committed
suicide, are only officially defunct, and
that the reports Of their deaths are
being circulated in order to induce the
powers to abandon their demands for
their heads. The correspondent pre-
diets that report that Prince Tuah
has committed suicide will shortly be
invented for the same reason"
The Bemidji pioneer., 1900-11-01
YELLOW FEvER's spREAp.
It Is Due to Mosquitoes, These Doc
tors Declare.

It Is Due to Mosquitoes, These Doc
tors Declare.
Philadelphia, Oct. 30.-The Philadel-
phia Medical Record publishes a paper
in which the assertion is made that
yellow fever is spread by MOSQUITOES.
The papers was written by DR.. Walter
Reed, surgeon, U. S. A., and Doctors
James Carroll, A. Gramonte and Jesse
w. Lazear, acting assistant surgeons,
u. S. A. These gentlemen constituted
a board of medical officers which in
vestigated contagious diseases in Cuba.
Dr.. Lazear himself died Of yellow fe-
yer last month. The paper was read
at the recent meeting Of the Ameri-
can Public Health association in In
dianapolis.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1900-11-01
r,ovieites Again kicked ont.

Mansfield, Ohio. Oct. 80. = Deacon
Kessler and Elder r. N. Bouck, Dow
ieites, were forclbly deported yester-
day by the police. Bouck had been
here nearly week and held services.
He objected to being put on the train
and had to be dragged out of the sta
ton and put aboard.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1900-11-01
CHAIR FoR Ex-pREs1DENr.
Grover Cleveland TO Be Ohered
Presidency of uniyersity

Presidency of uniyersity.
New York, Oct. 80. = The Evening
Post prints the following special from
Norfolk. Va: According to dispatch
from winchester the presidency of the
Washington and Lee university, made
vacant by the death of William L.
Wilson, will be offered to ex-President
Grover Cleveland. A committee from
the university will. in few days. so
to Princeton and formally extend the
offer.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1900-11-01
Acnuitted of Murder.

Tahlequah, Ind. T., Oct. 2s.-Robert
and Lutte Danneberg, who were
charged with murder, were acquitted
In the United States court here. They
killed Jerry Russell, a barber, of Still
well, while attempting to arrest him.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1900-11-01
scbreiber Arrexted.

New York. Oct. 3o.-Willian. schrei-
ber, the embezzler who looted the
Elizabethport Banking company, has
been turned over to the bank officials
by detectives who had been holding
him at Frankford Junction for reward
The Bemidji pioneer., 1900-11-01
Charged with Stealing.

I New York, Oct 2S.--William J. Buck
ley, a bookkeeper employed by the
banking firm of N. W. Harris & Co. of
this city, was arrested, charged with
stealing $500 from his employers
during the past three years. 1t is said
that Buckley lost considerable money
playing the races.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1900-11-01

According to report published by
the Home Office in London, showing
the mineral productions OF the world
for the last year, the United States
easily leads all it's rivals In this form
Of wealth. Great Britain ranks sec
ond. but far behind the leader, to to-
tai product of the United States having
been about $4,000, 600, while that OF
Great Britain was $400,0o0,00o Ger
many stands third. with nearly $780,
O00.0O0
The Bemidji pioneer., 1900-11-01

The witty cynicism Of the modern
Frenchman is displayed In the follow
ing unique advertisement in Partisan
paper: "A young man Of agreeable
presence, and desirous Of getting
married, would like to make the ac-
quaintance of an aged and experienced
gentleman who could dissaude him
from taking the fatal STEP
The Bemidji pioneer., 1900-11-01
Peuple raIked About.

Lord Woiseley, on retiring from the
post Of commander -in-chief. will take
an extended tour in Canada.
Count Won Buelow will retain the
foreign Office portfolio and the chan
cel1orship. like the late Prince Bis
marck. #
Lieut.. Albert G.. Allen, Thirty eighth
volunteer infantry, has been honor
ably discharged from the service Of the
United States on tender Of his resig-
nation.
s David Kelley, one OF Chicago's oldest
and wealthiest citizens died of heart
trouble. He was at the head of the
firm of Kelley & Co.. hardware manu-
facturers.
Prof. A. +. Leifke, one Of the most
noted sviolinists in the West and at
one time with the Thomas orchestra.
Chicago, was found dead in his room
in Leadvifle. Colo.
II President James II. Taylor, Of the
New York coffee exchange, has an
nounced that the board of managers
has decided to list tea on the coffee
exchange.
Mrs Calvin S. Brice, the widow of
Senator Brice Of Ohio, is i'll at her
home on Fifth avenue, New York.
Her condition is such as to cause
grave fears as to her recovery.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1900-11-01
IacIser Badly Ininrea.

Atlanta, Ca, Oct. 2S.-Jockey Chat
man, on Tony Honig, in the hurdle
race at the interstate fair, was badly
injured internally. The horse fell at
the second hurdle and rolled over the
boy.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1900-11-01

washington. oct. GA suit for $780,
600 damages foFb breach Of promise
against United States Senator William
the District OF Columbia supreme
court by Mai Lucy Lection Of Oxford,
Miss. The plaintiff in her affidavit all
leges that she, an unmarried. woman,
at the request of the defendant un-
dertook and promised to marry the
plaintiff. which he, without cause or
right has refused to do.' The plain
tiff claims that she met Senator Sul-
livan about Oct. Z, 1895, in his law Of
flee at Oxford he being employed to
defend her brother-in-iaw. She claims
that he made protestations Of affection
for her 'and began
RBy WiIes and Aritfices
to induce the plaintiff to accompany
him on a journey to Chattanooga,
Tenn Plaintiff claims she refused
to so with him but allowed him to
correspond with her. She was at that
time married, but not living with her
husband. Plaintiff claims that Sena-
tor Sullivan promised to procure s
divorce for her "and that he would
keep her forever with him, and that
she should occupy as high position
as any lady in the land" About Dec.
1, 1896, the plaintiff at the request Of
the defendant went with him to New
Orleans. Concerning this visit Miss
Lection in her affidavit says: after
spending day In the city plaintiff
and defendant went to the city of
O. set 1n.
fendant, by promise of marriage and
professed affection, accomplished his
Seduction Of Her.
After that time the plaintiff SO lived
with the defendant, submitting herself
wholly to his will The plaintiff
claims that on numerous occasions she
desired and proposed to terminate her
illicit relations with defendant, to
which the latter always objected. In
January. 1896 according to the aff1-
sdavit, the defendant placed plaintiff in
Nelson's business college at Memphis,
Tenn, paying her tuition and board.
In May, 1897, he secured a divorce for
her. The affidavit then alleges that
May 10, of that, year, plaintiff and de-
fendant lived together in Alexandria,
Va, as Mr.. and Mrs w. L. Sutton, he
introducing the plaintiff as his wife.
Later he placed her in the Fauquier
Female institute in Warrenton, Va, as
8his niece, where she remained from
January to June, 1898, the defendant
writing her every day, and promising
her 5E
He Would Marry Her
in the summer. During this time
plaintiff claims she had an offer of
marriage from a young man who lived
near her home, and asked the de-
lfendant to consent to break off their
lIeIaticns. The latter, she claims,
urged that she should not marry the
young man, but wait and marry him
the following summer. The affidavit
aIso recites that the couple lived to-
gether in Washington and that the
defendant finally notified plaintiff that
he was not financially able to marry
her. Also that plaintiff, hearing de-
fendant was i'll in June, 1900, came to
Washington to see him, and found
him rocming with woman whom he
brought from Hollis Springs, Miss.
She claims that the defendant offered
her 1000 to go home and not expose
him before said woman. The plaintiff
refused to do this, and claims that the
defendant abused her and left her
without money, friends or means to
live on. 5t% g @
The Bemidji pioneer., 1900-11-01

No man undertakes trade he has
not learned, even the meanest. yet
every one thinks himself sufficiently
qualified for the hardest OF all trades
that OF government. "a
The Bemidji pioneer., 1900-11-01
AWFUL BUTeHERY.
Man Murdered I'm Most DiaboficaE
yy8 nsy Manner. 5a55 5..+5a5

s3& Manner. 5ea #5t
Chicago, Oct. 3o.-With bullet IN
his brain, his throat cut from ear 70
ear, his face hacked almost beyond
recognition, and one eye gouged out,
Anton Lizl, Bohemian florist, broth
or of the burgomaster of Prague, Bo-a
hernia. was found dead in a ditch near
Forty-third court on the north branch
Of the Chicago river. Twelve hours
later Joseph Dolirski, a Polish florist,
was arrested for the crime. When ar
rested his clothes were covered with
blood. Mary Lizl, wife Of the mur-
dered man, is also being detained by
the police.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1900-11-01
!, MANCHURIA FOR RUSSIA.
Agreement Does NO
Affect Russia's Interests.

Agreement Does Not
Affect Russia's Interests.
Berlin, Oct. 30. - The Berliner Post
publishes an inspired article devoted
to showing that the Anglo
agreement will in no way interfere
with Russia's interests in Manchuria.
5".If England had not arrived at an
agreement with Germany. says the.
Post. .she would have been compelled
TO do so with Russia. This would.
have been a serious blow to German;
trade. Germany, in her cal capacity as
an honest broker, has served RUSSIAN az
interests.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1900-11-01

The advance report Of the Presby-
terian church shows an increase Of
1900 communicates over last year, and
total contributions averaging $15 per
member.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1900-11-01
Fortirn Notes.

Z II &
The yellow fever situation in Ha-
vana Is not alarming. There are nine
ty-two cases in all. Nineteen Ameri-
cans are down with the disease.
Rev. Henry Carey Shuttleworth,
professor Of pastoral theology and lee
sturer in divinity in Kings college,
died in London. He was born Oct. 20,
1850.
A dispatch received at ST. Peters,
burg from Vladivostock says cholera
is increasing to such an extent In Jap
an that steamers thence have been
quarantined.
The British admiralty, according to
the Daily Mail, Is about to organize an
additional reserve squadron under
Rear Admiral Sir Gerard Henry Noel
for home waters.
A report from Santo Domingo says
the whole country is pacifled. The
leading revolutionists are prisoners.
They have submitted and the govern
ment Is conducted without trouble.
A dispatch to the London Times
from Zerust says that Won Hoosburg,
an American lieutenant who has been
fighting with and financing the Beers,
has declared himself tired of the war.
Citizens of Victoria, B. c.. presented
Rear Admiral Beaumont. who has
beerf promoted to the Australian sta
ton, with an address and massive
gold nugget. He is to be succeeded by
Rear Admiral Bickford-
The appointment by President Diaz
of Rafael Rebollar as attorney gen.
era1 of Mexico is officially announced,
Mr.. Rebollar has held the position OF
governor of the federal district for
some time.
Sig. Marconi, according to the Lon
don Daily Mail. has invented means
of insuring the. privacy of wireless
telegrams by a system of tuning
the transmitting and receiving fnstru-
ments together. Ea
The Russian Official Messenger
makes the following statement: The
minister OF finance considers il neces-
sary again to declare that the govern
.ment is not seeking to conclude loans
of any kind. seeing that the current
revenue and revenue fully suffice to
meet the ordinary expenses, as we'll
as the outlay entailed by events in the
far East.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1900-11-01
Crushed Under the wheels.

Omaha, Oct. 3o,-William Davis of
Centralia. Mo-, fell beneath the wheels
of Union Pacific train and was SO
badly crushed that he died within an
hour. At Centralia Davis has a moth
er, Mrs A. Davis.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1900-11-01

Ideas make their way in silence, like
the waters that, filtering behind the
rocks of the Alps, loosen them from
the mountains on which they rest.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1900-11-01

What noiseless world this would
be If women were as quiet all thetime
as they are when it comes to telling
their age.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1900-11-01

& 4 - I y ~ /. e K 4ar a i
Pekin, Oct. S0.-The ministers Of the
various powers held q meeting sat the
house Of the Spanish minister. me
only question discussed was as to the
punishment OF the Chinese officials
who were responsible for the Boxer
outbreak. Thesmeeting was very har-
monious, and there was no serious
disagreement as to the extent OF the
punishment that should be meted out.
1t is said that they will demand the
death of the instigators of the rebel
lion. The intention is to hold further
meetings before conference is helG
with the Chinese peace commissioners.
AT this conference the ministers nave
agreed to unite on the policy TO pc
for rmulated. E#
Much alarm is felt here over the
reports of the intention of the Chinese
to depcse the yiceroy Of Nankin and
Chang Chi Tung, the yiceroy OF WI
chang. who have been very friendly
to foreigners during all the recent
troubles. Mr.. Conger went to II HUNG
Chang and asked whether this was
true. Earl Ii replied that the report
was not only not true, but that such SUI .
action kwas furthest from the emper-
aor's thoughts. The report was re-
peated to Mr. Conger and he formally
protested to Ii Hung Chang against
the deposing Of these officials. The
belief here is that il these yiceroys
are deposed by the court such action .
viii permanently block the peace ne
gotiations and possibly lead to the De-
struction of the Mancllu dynasty. ,a}
Ii Hung Chang memorialized the
throne on Oct. %, demanding the pun
ishment Of the parties guilty Of 70 10:
menting the recent uprizing and lcaus-s is-s
Ing all Of China's present trou pies.
Emperor Kwang Su answered as FOL
lows: R.
s.In reply to your last memorial ask ask -s
ing for the further punishment Of GER
tain officials, can do nothing more
until the board Of punishment acts on
the order to punish the officials VINO
were degraded by a previous ed1ct.%-3.
The emperor further orders Ear II
to memoralize the throne freely as to
what he believes should be done, ana
promises that adequate justice shall
be meted out.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1900-11-01

The movement which has brought
the non-conformist churches of Great
Britain into federation continues to
extend, and is one Of the. promising
features of church life on the thres-
hold of the twentieth century The
fifth annual council has been held in
Sheffield, and was attended by nearly
1000 delegates. They represented
more than 600 councils, A Of which
had been organized in the past year.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1900-11-01
MA xMULLER DEAD.
The Great Scholar Succnmbs After
Long Illness.

Long Illness.
London, Oct. 30.-Rt. Hon. Freder-
lex Max Muller, P. c., K. NJ, LII. D.,
D. c. L., professor of comparative
philosophy at Oxford university, is
dead at oxford. He was seventy-three
years old. His disease was an affec-
tion Of the liver. He had been Ill for
many months. Until ten days ago he
was able to continue writing his auto
biography. Frequently during his III
ness dispatches of inquiry were re-
ceived from Emperor William.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1900-11-01
sins and sinners.

j. f. Redding of valdosta, Ga, was
shot by negro thief.
Bandits at Nevada. Mo-, robbed a
bank and killed a constable.
Henry Youtsey was sentenced to life
imprisonment for completely In Goebel's
murder.
Pirates secured several thousand
pounds of specie from a vessel near
Canton. III
The note teller Of the First National
Bank Of New York Is charged with ern-
bezzling 500, 900. FIJI
G N. y. Peterson was tarred, feathered
and ridden on rail at Fort, Dodge,
Iowa, for assaulting his daughter.
# Capt. Elmer p. Wing, manager Z q
the Welsbach Lamp company at s3.l
Francisco, Cal, committed suicide by
inhaling gas. Business troubles
caused the deed.
Frank Daniels, twenty-one years
old. of Peru, Ind, married three
months, shot himself through the head
after leaving strange messages. He is
thought to have been mentally unbal
anced.
II. B. Perkins. Jr., thirty years old.
Of Warren Ohio, Yale graduate and
son Of a prominent Ohioan, left q note
stating his body would bel found on
the river bank. Two hours later it
was picked up there, shot through
the head.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1900-11-01

The Lake Shore Railroad company Is
devising a pension scheme for the
benefit Of employees Of long standing,
who have reached an age of retire.
ment. II will be similar to that now
in force on the Pennsylvania railroad.
the company giving lump sum as
the nucleus of pension fund to be
enlarged and maintained by one per
cent assessment on the monthly wages
of employees.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1900-11-01

The French nation Is about to erect
a monument to its fallen soldiers on
the field OF Waterloo.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1900-11-01
Do what you think is right and don't
worry about what other folks say.

a mans life never rises above its
source, hence the need Of being born
above.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1900-11-01
A SENATOR Is SUED
UNsAyORY BREACH OF PROMISE
SUIT IN WASHINGTON.

senator 8 suiaivnn of mississippi Sued
for $4,000 Damages for Breach
of Promise-Lady Makes some
Sensational Charges Against the
senator-He Procured for Her q
Divorce From Her Former Hus-
band - Accomplished Her seduc-
tion by Promise of Marriage and
Protestataens Of Affection.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1900-11-01
THEY MUST AL DIE
PUNISHMENT FOR INsTIGAToRs OF
THE REBELLION.

Foreign Ministers Hold atfaarmoni-
ous Meeting Mt Pekin and Discuss
the Question of the Punishmene
U of Chinese ORcials Responsible
for the Rebellion and Agree TO
Demand the Death of All Of Them
"A Move That May Lead to the
Destruction Of the Dynasty.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1900-11-01

You may measure man by the
things that move him.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-05-12

William NJ. Tweed was por,ly man
of medium size. with a long. pendulous
nose, little porcine eyes, fat. dropping
cheeks and aistraight, firm mouth that
was decidedly his best feature. The
outlines of his face were those of n
Bartlett pear, little end upward. snd I
never saw craft so palpahly written
upon a human countenance. Mast
used to be fond of drawing Tweed's s
face. by the way. as a sack of money
The general contour of his head lent
itself TO the outlines of the sack. and
he used S marks for the nose and eyes.
Strange TO say It was a capital por-
trait.
Another of Nasts trick pictures was
one of Roscoe Conkling. He would
draw large letter Y, with smaller V
inside It. and surmount the pair with
au Interrogation mari, upside down.
The big Y represented Conkling's point
ed beard. the smaller one his sharp
nose and the Interrogation point the
Hyperion curl which he always allowed
to fall negligently upon his forehead.
That caricature made the naughty sen
ntor wild aud exasperated him more
than any bit of fun that was ever poked
In his direction.-Ne Orleans Times
Democrat.