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The Bemidji pioneer., 1900-10-25
nALLoTs FOR MINNEsoTA.
State Ticket Weighs Eight and Ono
Quarter Tons.

Eight and quarter tons of official
state ballots have been delivered at the
capitol They will be sent to the county
auditors as fast as possible. There are
T00,0 900 ballots, bound In, blocks of fifty
and packed in bales of 1000.
The secretary of stat has Just finished
sending the documents which accom-
pany the ballots. They weighed nearly
one and one-half tons Every auditor
has received registers. poll lists county
tally sheets. white posting lists for
towns and villages, yellow and blue
lists for cities, copies of the, election
laws. instructions to county auditors,
copies of the proposed eonsti4t ti4tu.sonal
amendment. instructions to votNs, is
sued in six languages, three different
kinds of tally sheets upon whl III to
take the official count, and three differ
ent forms of blanks or which to make
official returns. The total cost Of the
election printing will be about $500
of which the cost of paper amounts to
81, 400.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1900-10-25
FAMOUS WRITER rs DEAD.
Charles Dudley Warner Is Taken by
Heart Disease. S8

Hartford, Conn, Oct. %. Charles
Dudley Warner died suddenly late
Saturday afternoon. leaving Mark
Twain the only survivor of the trio
that gave Hartford a literary repn-
tation. Mr.. Warner took luncheon at
the house of A. G. Durham. He was
in the best Of spirits. After luncheon
he went to the Office of the Hartford
Courant, Of which he was editor, and
from there to the house of Robert
Smith, negro, in whose family MT.
Warner took much interest, frequent
" giving them books and assisting
them. He complained Of illness and
lay down, asking to be awakened IN
ten minutes. When the ten minutes
was up he was dead. The medical ex-
anineE decided that heart disease was
the cause of death. Mr. Warner was
seventy-one years old. He leaves a.
wife and one brother, George H
Warnae engaged in literary work,
who is married to a sister Of William
Gillette, the actor.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1900-10-25
sin. ana sinners.

Two arrests were made at kansas
City for false registration.
Citizens Of Salem. Wis. engaged in O
street duel with burglars.
III. -. Marr, horse thief. escaped
from Sheriff Linn at Finley. N. D.
Thomas Dougherty lost 81, 900 at Al
bia Iowa, by the gold brick game.
Ada I.antz. aged twelve, was assault
ed and murdered near her home at,
Dayton, Ohio. Nc
Mrs Mary Dixon shot her husband
In Chicago, after finding him In a sa-
loon with two other women.
Louis A. Hoffman, Of Webster City,
Iowa, committed suicide by hanging.
because Of incurable sickness.
REV. Roland p. Hills Of England.
convicted at Blair. Ill, OF bigamy, was
sentenced to four years In prison.
a fatal fight is reported to have oc-
Cured in Alaska between American
miners and British mounted police.
"A dozen leading merchants Of Ard
more, Ind. r., were arrested and their
places of business closed by Capt
Ellis and a squad of Indian police for
refusal to pay the indian tribal tax.
John II. Lawrence. formerly of
Cleveland, Ohio, was shot and killed
at Brighton, Colo, by Henry Dilimon.
Dillmon was taken to the Arapahoe
county Jail in Denver to save him
from lynching. Lawrence was once
mayor of Brighton and q G. A. r.
veteran.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1900-10-25
STRIKE WILL SOON END.
Both Sides Are Expected to Make
5i35 MI Concessions.


5}45 N Concessions. III
Wilkesbarre, Pa, Oct. 23.-T The gen.
eral belief here is that the coming
week will see the Wind-up Of the
strike. The strikers do not admit this
openly, but it is the feeling that the.
lock- -out cannot be continued much
longer. Both sides are expected TO-
make concessions. The operators say
they have none to make, but under
certain pressure they are expected to-
make them nevertheless. The poll
ticians have had their say in the ne-.
gotiations looking toward a settlement.
and now the sales agents of the big
coal companies and the retail dealers
in the big cities are taking a hand.
They are writing and telegraphin
every day to3the coal companies that
unless something is done very soon e,
bring the strikesto an end and an ef-f efis-f
fort made to get some hard coal ON
the market at salable figures the an.
thracite trade will be demoralizad
for years to come and some Of IT viii
be lost forever.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1900-10-25
SHERMAN IS DEAD
washington, Oct. 22. - John shcr-5
man died at 6:45 this morning.

EtE WdSlluG lOil, NlSl.l ~. NiAAA
man died at 6:45 this morning.
Washington, Oct 23.--The condition
Of Ex- Secretary Sherman showed a de-.
cided change for the worse yesterday
and it was not believed he would sur
vive the night. Saturday night was
very bad one for him and he failed 70
recover any OF his strength during the
early hours of the morning, when
characteristic Of the earlier period OF
the critical stage of his sickness. His
naturally extremely enfeebled con-
dition refuses to yield to the treat,
ment given him and he Is gradually
sinking. However, he shows extra
ordinary vitality for manof his age.
and because Of this it is was thought
possible he might live through the
night, though early in the evening ms
physician thought this hardly likely.
DR.. w. w. Johnston came to the house
early in the evening and is constant
attendance to relieve the needs OF the
dying man. A number OF the relatives
gathered at the house on X street, OPP,
posite Franklin Square, during the
evening. some Of the more intimate OF
whom remained at the bedside Of the
distinguished patient,
The Bemidji pioneer., 1900-10-25
PRISON BOARDS ANNUAL.
4 RecoInn, endgtions to he Presented
for Action by the Next LeSisia-

RecoInn M cndgtions to He Presented
" for Action by the Next LeSisin-
tnre.
The state prison board has presented
its biennial report to Gov. Lind.
1t deals extensively with the prison
labor problem, and says that the con-
tract system in the shoe department
has been advantageous, as 1T has ena-
bled the board TO employ profitably for
such periods ais it deemed proper any
number of men 1t desired. The board
seems to also favor the piece plan, as
1t quotes an Ohio warden who says II
is best adapted to discipline and the
Improvement of the prisoner.
The output OF the twine factory for
the year was 100000 pounds. The
plant has capacity Of 600 pounds
but the board thinks it imprudent TO
manufacture more than 100000 pounds
for ,the coming season The board
charges that the twine trust 0nloaded
its product at figure far below cost,
and complains Of having to meet this
competition.
Improvement in the grounds, includ-
ing the building Of greenhouses, are
mentioned and the Legislature is asked
for an annual appropriation of $4,000
to keep the building in order. The
building used for laundry, bath room,
Iailor shop, etc, is declared to be en-
iirely united, and an appropriation
sufficient to replace this building with
a fireproof structure is asked. A new
and more commodious hospital building
is also asked, and it is recommended
that for. the old men unable to do full
days work garden plot be provided,
even If it is at some distance from the
prison.
4 A chapter Is devoted to insane Grim
5inals. The board states that they
should have special care, but that there
is not room within the enclosure to
erect a building for that purpose, and
recommends that the legislature pro-
vide some other means Of caring for
them. ssSs x.
Under the head of a reformatory sy s.
tenn, the board recommends an inter-
mediate sentence law. Y
In the wardens report the twiTie &C
count is debited with disbursements to
the amount OF s67S, ,050.5s, and cre5ited
with sales to the amount Of se95,S97.5a,
while there is material on hand to the
amount Of $72, 153.0s. OF the sales. $202, =
1880 were cash, S1,678 are credited to
PERSONAL account. and S4o1, ,646.95 are
under the head Of bills receivable.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1900-10-25
Indians in Council.

Dennison, Tex, Oct. 2s.--The Creek
full-blood council has been joined by
the Choctaws, Chickasaws, Cherokees
and Senainoles. They are armed with
Winchesters Ali declare they will
stand by the treaty of 1866 and will not
take allotment of lands. Col Sheene-
fele, agent Of the five civilized tribes.
is confident that he can handle the
situation.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1900-10-25
VILLAGE WIFED OUT.
Inhabitants Barely Have Time t.
save Their Lives.

Inhabitants Barely Have Time t.
Save Their Lives.
Ell Paso, Tex, Oct. 21.--News OF the
destruction of the town Of Guadaloupe'
Mex. forty miles below FL Paso, IN
The Rio Grande basin, by q cloud
burst Wednesday night. reached Ju-
arez yesterday by a runner who was
sent to beg assistance for the starv-
ing Inhabitants. Guadaloupe was
village Of 800 people, and these de-
pended solely on their crops and do
mestic animals for subsistence. 80
suddenly did the torrent Of water
come from the hills that everything
that they possessed was swept away
and the inhabitants were able only to
save their lives, which they did by
I fleeing to the foothills. An old man
and two children, besides many goats
and cattle and horses and fowls were
lost.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1900-10-25
FortiEn Notes.

yellow fever conditions in Havana
are serious.
Count Zeppelfns' air-ship made
voyage against the wind at Friedrichs-
hafen.
Chiie's crisis has been solved by the
formation of new cabinet, headed
by Elias Albano.
Cen Linares has accepted the Span
ish portfolio of war, and viii make
sweeping reforms.
Queen Wilhelmina of Hollard has
proclaimed her betrothal to Duke
Henry of Mecklenburg- Schweren.
The uprising in Santo Domingo has
come to an end, the rebels are scat
tered and troops are dispensing them.
Mrs. Daniel Manning, lady commits
sioner to the Paris exposition. lost a
81. 500 sunburst diamond at her hotel in
Paris.
The Transvaal agent thinks that
President Kruger will make a tour or
the European capitals. and that he
will visit President Mckinley.
The Beers are very active in the
Kroonstad district. Gen. Dewet has
proclaimed that burghers who refuse
10 fight will be made prisoners of war.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1900-10-25
VICTIMS OF STORM. ITO ~
Tornado sweeps Everthing Beforc

4 Nj y
H Alta rnta, Tex., Oct. 23--A tornado
struck about half a mile west OF Lodi
and fifteen miles west of here, at Is
o'clock last evening. The path Of the
tornado was 200 yards wide and the
wind swept everything before it. One
house in its path, occupied by colored
people, was destroyed, six people be-
ing Killed outright and three others
are missing and supposed to be dead
The cyclone travelled from the south
west to the northeast, crossing the.
Texas 81 Pacific railroad at Campbell
Spur, al lumber loading station two
miles north Of Lodi. The lumber was
scattered In ali directions. It is feared
further loss Of life has resulted out
in the country. A hard rain fell here.
The result will be considerable dam
age to the cotton crop remaining un-
gathered in this section
The Bemidji pioneer., 1900-10-25
4 'fDs NEWS
washinEton Notes.

w WBMtntSHOh iSoaGDs
Capt Reiter, who will command the
battleship Wisconsin when she g
placed in commission, telegraphed the
navy department that the vessel
would probably not be completed and
ready to so into commission before
\ Dec. 15.
Gen. Greeley has received report.
from Manila saying that seventy
miles Of cable for use In the Philip
pines has arrived there and will en-
able the signal corps to complete
number OF telegraph lines in the ISL.
ands.
The battleship Texas will probably
be put out Of commission Nov. 10. The
gunboat Nashville has sailed from
Hankow for Shanghai. The Leyden
and the Holland are at New York.
The Don Juan de Austria has arrived
at Hongkong.
Lieut.. Commander j. M. Helm has
been ordered to command the convert
ed gunboat Frolic. which is to be sent
to the Asiatic station in place Of the
Doroahea. Lieut.. Commander Helm
commanded the latter vessel before
she was put out of commission.
Consul General McNalley, at Guate-
mala has advised the state depart
ment that the national legislative as
Isembly of Guatemala has decreed that
the exportation of fresh fruit from
that country is exempt from fiscal
duty. Heretofore there was an ex-
port duty OF. 10 cents on each bunch
OF bananas exported. s
The Bemidji pioneer., 1900-10-25
FoRcIBLy EXPRESSED.
morocco viii Pay That Indemnity
OF $4,000.

London, Oct. q. The Madrid cor
respondent OF the Morning Post says
that he understands that the demand
Of the United States for the payment
of an indemnity of $4,000 for the muir
ier of an American lately killed by
mob in Morocco, was presented In
such terms as to admit of no reply
save payment.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1900-10-25

Music has won more battles than
gunpowder," said great general.
Certainly more flags have been taken
by sousa's band the past summer than
by all our armies in the field. Near
ly every city In Europe has presented
sousa with civic banner, and his So
called American music has marched
triumphant through camps usually
half-hostile to the States. May such
peaceful victories attend "The Stars
and Stripes Forever NJ
The Bemidji pioneer., 1900-10-25
REFEREE ASSAULTED.
Decision In q Prize Fight Does No
Give Satisfaction.

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Chicago. Oct. 81. ~ Another referee
was assaulted at the Illinois Athletic
club last night, and it took q dozen po-
Hcemen to restore order. The row
was precipitated by Referee Patsy
Fallon Of Omaha calling the fighting
between Clarence Forbes and Walter
Blom a draw after Forbes had the
best Of the contest. When fallon
made his announcement Harris
Forbes, a brother of Clarence, rushed
at the Westerner and landed a vicious
swing on the jaw. The latter Crap
pied with Harris and Clarence rushed
to his brothers assistance. The three
were in mix-up, with Fallon getting
the worst of 1t, when three policemen
appeared on the stage and separated
the bantam weights.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1900-10-25

p \ 49,. 4s.r
Lourenzo Marques, Oct. q. MT.
Kruger was secretly taken at o'clock
yesterday morning on board the
Dutch cruiser Gelderland, on which
vessel he is to sail for Holland. The
reason given for Mr.. Krugers em-
barkation is that he feared that the
Beers rere would attack him. Ine
feeling of the refugees against MT.
Kruger for fleeing from the country IS
very strong. He left the governors
house in a hired carriage, accompa-
MED by DR.. Haymann, the governor
following in private carriage. The
party drove through the custom house
and embarked from the customs pier
instead of from the passengers jetty.
1t is reported that the Gelderland
will sail to-day.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1900-10-25

The school children Of Jersey City
were the principal contributors to the
Galveston relief fund there. They gave
about s1,100 in money, which is $500
more than the mayor got from all
other sources; and they also came
to school laden with wearing apparel,
canned fruits and vegetables, which
when arranged for transportation
filled eigh. trucks.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1900-10-25
SURROUND THE BoERs.
British Generals Make Plans for 2
Capture.

Z. <
Capture.
Pretoria, Oct. 21.--Gen. French has
occupied Carolina. It is hoped that
with his force and the column which
Gen. Smith Dorrien Is concentrating
in the neighborhood to surround and
capture a large number Of Beers.
Former President steyn, of the Or
ange Free State. and Commando in.
Chief Botha are reported to be At
Belfast.
Gen. Barton has had an engage
ment with 500 Beers at Welvediend.
He killed five OF them and scattered
the commando. He also captured q
thousand head Of stock.
Gen. Clements has made greaS
raid on cattle which the Beers We're
driving along the Magaliesberg range.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1900-10-25

A. r. Julian was a preacher at Chad
ron, Neb.. three years ago. In the es-
timation of his flock he was doing
good work, but was unable to reach
his own ideal Of what a pastor should
bn. Therefore he bought newspaper,
which he ran in vigorous. clean style
for over two years. And now, feeling
confident that his editorial experience
has left him better fitted for pulpit
eering, he has sold his paper and will
re-enter the ministry.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1900-10-25
FATALLY INJURED.
switch Engine Crashes Into an
Electric Cur.

Switch Engine Crashes Into an
Electric Cur.
indianapolis, Oct. 21.--Lake Erie &c
Western switch engine No. GA, in
charge OF Engineer John A. Behley'
and Fireman Edward Fultz. struck a
Brightwood electric ear at Thirteenth
street. There were twenty-one pas
sengers In the car at the time, and of
this number four were more or less
injured. two Of them perhaps fatally
The engine struck the front end o..
the car, reducing it to kindling wood
and carrying 1t fully twenty fleet,
inally throwing it against a freight
car standing on side track.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1900-10-25

Eight years ago Salvation Army of
ficers were forbidden by the authori-
ties to say Hallelujah" in the streets
Of Berlin; today the army meets night
ly in twenty halls in the city.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1900-10-25

A new silver medal is to be issued to
all ranks of all the British service ac-
lively employed during the operations
in South AFRICA. The medal will be at
tached to a ribbon with an orange
center, having narrow navy-blue
stripes of red.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1900-10-25
FOUGHT RY BUCKET BRIGADE.
Fire Threatened the Business Part
OF n Town

Laurel, Neb., Oct. GA fire which
threatened the entire business portion
of this town occurred last night
Fought only by a bucket brigade, $50, :
900 damage was sustained before it
was extinguished. Earl Scott suffered
fractured rib and several people
were slightly burned and three or
four overcome by heat, but no one
seriously. The fire is believed to have
been caused by an incendiary and a
suspect has beer arrested.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1900-10-25
BoERs AND BRIToNs CLASH.

Engagement Oct. 18 Resulted Disns-
trousIy to Both Parties.
London, Oct. 81. Roberts reports
the appearance Of armed Beers in the
southwestern portion Of the Boer colo--
ny. They entered Jagersfontein Oct.
is and engaged the British there. The.
British lost 9 killed and Q wounded.
The Beers lost 20 killed, including
their commandant.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1900-10-25
OSCAR WILDE VOW 4 pAurER-
He Is Sick ana Destitute in Paris
Hospital.

Hospital.
Paris, Oct. %. Oscar Wilde was
taken to the hospital few days ago.
He underwent surgical operation
and is now lying dangerously near
death at the HOSPITAL la Salpetriere.
Since making Paris his home the.
English poet and playwright has been
subject to many hardships. Lately he
was almost absolutely destitute He
has grown absolutely helpless. A few.
admirers of his former talent kept him
alive by charities. II he reooyers he
will go to Scotland, where he has been
offered home.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1900-10-25
No oFFIcIAL RECEPTION.

belgian Government VIII Not Rec
ognize Kruger.
London, Oct. 21.--A Times special
from Brussels says: 1T is stated on
good authority that King Leopold and
the Belgian government will absolute
ly keep aloof from the reception in
honor Of Krager's arrival. The gov
ernment considers Kruger private
visitor and will take measures 70 pre-
vent all aEti-English demonstra tons.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1900-10-25

A terrible drama has just been en-
acted at Algaiba. in Murcia, mad
prophecies as its central figure She
is a young peasant woman Of "a, nam
ed Teresa CULLEN, who took to pro-
phecy and preaching several months
ago, and after stirring up many disor-
derly pilgrimages was, locked up as a
religious maniac A fortnight ago she
was allowed to return home, and once
more crowds began to assemble, SPELL
bound by the impassioned ecstasy of
he rharangues. She was preaching be-
fore a large conCourse of people, when
five gendarmes arrived to arrest her.
The ignorant peasants, worked upon
by the wild appeals of the sibyl, at
tackled the police with fury, and in the
fight which ensued, four gendarmes
were mortally wounded, while sixteen
persons in the crowd were seriously
hurt. The woman's father and brother
were killed.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1900-10-25
a Swiss FACTORY inspector reports

A Swiss factory inspector reports
that two years ago q company Of
workmen objected to an improved
yentilating apparatus because 1t would
breed rheumatism. This summer the
same laborers refused to go to an
other building because it lacked that
ventilating apparatus. Since these men
seem to have learned a useful lesson,
why not import them to America and
distribute them about the country as
church janitors2 An Ohio minister
recently had to stop his sermon while
two fainting women We're carried out.
An investigating stranger afterward
discovered that the janitor had nailed
the new memorial windows SO that
they could not be opened, because his
occasional substitute had a bad habit
OF trying to air the church!
The Bemidji pioneer., 1900-10-25
Is AFRAID OF BOERs
KRUGER GOES. ON BOARD THE
CRUISER SECRETLY.

Feared That the Beers ut Lourenzo
Marques would Attack Him
Feeling of Refugees AGAINST
Kruger Fleeing HI om the Coun-
try Is Very Stronghold Roberts
Reports nm Engagement MT jug
ersfomtein--Roth Sides Lose Hcay-
ily--Brifish Generals Planning .
Capture. IN
The Bemidji pioneer., 1900-10-25

The people of Kansas are to ceie-
brate the fiftieth anniversary Of the
admission of that state TO the Union
with an exposition to be held at To-
peka; the capital of the state, in 1904.
a strong organization has been
formed to perfect the plans,
The Bemidji pioneer., 1900-10-25

A scolding wife would doubtless be
successful as a railway engineer-she
is always on the rail.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1900-10-25

Nothing has been heard of Princess
8Chimay for a long time, but probably
this Is due to the fact that her do
mestic troubles are now at an end, and
that her husband has forgiven her for
her indiscreet adventures with the
Hungarian gypsy Rigo. The prince and
princess are now in Paris. and the
last that was heard Of the violinist
Rigo was to the effect that he was
somewhere in Africa Photographs OF
the princess are no longer on sale
either in Paris or Vienna. and big
sums are consequently offered for the
picture Of her as she appeared on the
Partisan variety stage.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1900-10-25

There may be much scientific and
literary sympathy between nations
which are politically uncongeniaL
There is a current medical proVerb
in Europe that when thing is verf-
h fed on the banks Of the Spree, as
we'll as on the banks of the Seine.
that is, when Berlin and Paris agree,
there must be something in 1t, So
much has been added to our knowl-
edge Of the. physical history Of the
rnce by study and experiments in
France and Germany, that the proyerb
is worthy to be remembered when the
political relations Of the two coun-
tries are in question. Moreover, it is
net best for the world to emphasize
the fraternizings rather than the
estrangements OF the nations?
The Bemidji pioneer., 1900-10-25

Il a man never knows how much he
really loves a girl until she rejects
him.