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The Bemidji pioneer., 1900-10-18
.pennIe Talked About.

Crown Prince Frederick William
viii appear during the coming winter
in a series OF court theatricals. assurn-
ing leading parts.
Col. Joseph Payson Wright, assis-
tant surgeon general Of the United
States army, died suddenly at his
home in Washington in the sixty
fourth year Of his age.
George B. blanchard, ex-vice presiis
dent of the Erie railroad, and former
commissioner of the Central and joint
Traffic associations, died at his resi-
dence in New York
Andrew c.. Armstrong, one OF the
founders of scribner's Monthly and
one of the oldest publishers In New
York, died at his country home at
Stamford, Conn, after long illness
from complication of disorders. he
was seventy-one years of age.
The assignment of Lieut.. Caldwell
to command the submarine boat Hol-
land, leaves vacancy upon the per-
sonal staff Of Admiral Dewey. It will
depend upon the admirafs wishes
whether the vacancy shall be filled
The Bemidji pioneer., 1900-10-18
TERMS ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE.
Some OF the Operators Say They
H..EE Cannot Accede TheM.

Some OF the Operators Say They
Cannot Accede Them.
Shanokin, Pa, Oct. ia number
of Individual operators and repre-
sentatives Of coal-carrying companies
between here and Centralia said that
the terms Of the Scranton convention
were not acceptable. Reading coal
and iron organizations claim their
company is now paying more wages
to employees than the mineral and
union companies disburse to theil
men, and that by abolishing the slid
ing scale the company would be forced
to pay more than any other company.
So far as binding themselves TO pay
the increase until next April, opera
tors say they will not consent to II
because by the expiration OF the con
tract they will perhaps be asked 70
enter into such more rigorous one
that they will be unable to meet I'M
less the coal-carrying roads charge
them less rates of transportation IL
is evident that the individual mine
owners are waiting to see what the
large coal carrying roads that mine
coal will do. 1t is reported in the coal
region that the presidents OF these
roads will hold a conference IN New
York for a discussion Of the action OF
the convention There was a story
atioat that the operators Will accept
the conventions decision but moth
ing has come to the surface in this re-
zion on which to base the report
The Bemidji pioneer., 1900-10-18
ROW AMONG MILLERs.

h Topeka, Kan, Oct. 16.--A big fight
is on between Kansas millers and the
big millers at Minneapolis. Recently
the big millers advertised extensively
that they did not grind Kansas wheat
into flour because of its inferior quail
ity. This angered the Kansas millers.
who sent a committee to Minneapolis
to investigate. This committee re-
ported that several hundred car loads
of Kansas wheat had been shipped
direct to the big mills. To-day Kan
sas millers will meet here and de-
nounce the Minneapolis millers and
appeal to the Kansas wheat growers
to boycott all dealers who buy for
shipment to the Minneapolis mills.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1900-10-18
IMPERIAL FUNCTION.

Berlin, Oct. l6. - A dlspalch from
Shanghai to the Loial Anzeiger says
that an imperial decree, dated Oct. 4,
announces that a Boxer attempted to
murder the emperor while the court
was iourneying to Sinan-Fu. The man
was arrested and decapitated. The
Shanghai mandarins maintain that the
would-be regicide was really an anti
imperial Manchl, the allegation that he
was a Boxer being intended to bolster
ND the dction that the imperial clan
were not associated with the Boxers in
the Pekih crimes, but were themselves
the victims of rebels.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1900-10-18

Seventeen mountains in Alaska are
more than ten thousand feet above the
level OF the sea. One of them is
Mount st. Elias, which until the re-
cent survey was supposed to be the
highest peak in the country. It now
proves to be nearly half-mile lower
than Mount Mckinley, a hoary old
giant that towers more than twenty
thousand four hundred feet. Here is
a namesake at which the president can
point with pride. It is not quite the
highest mountain on earth, to be sure,
but 1t is the biggest thing" Of it's
kind in North America, as a prcsi-
dental peak should be.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1900-10-18
1 Ro1a Raid by Robbers.

Guadalajara, Mex, Oct. l16.--A band
of brigands under the leadership of the
notorious Pedro Flores has been COM
hitting numerous murders and robber-
les in the Autlan district of this state
for several months. News has just
reached here that the robbers made a
bold raid on the town of Autian and
killed the postmaster. Following this
unprovoked murder they robbed the
place and terrorized the populace. They
have a stronghold in the mountains
and a detachment of rurales have gone
in pursuit of them.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1900-10-18

The board of health of New York
has decided to build a laboratory
where the bubonic plague may be
studied and plans for the structure
are now being drawn. Ever since the
arrival at New York of the plagueshir
from Santos, Brazil. last spring, the
need of such laboratory has been
felt. The present outbreak in Glas.
gov has served to hurry the authori-
tiles. The building will be constructed
lof steel, with solid asphalt walls.
There will be no chimney nor win
idows. The lighting will be by cleo
|tricity. The establishment of this
Laboratory will be valuable addition
to the quarantine system of the port,
as well as an aid to scientific research
In a very practical field.
The psychologists principle that
printed lessons are three times as easy
to learn when accompanied by suitable
pictures has been humorously applied
in Manitoba. The farmers being dila-
tory In adopting preventive measures
against the annual pest, the govern
ment hung up posters in every court
house and postofilce, This danger sig.
nal pictured grasshopper In wheat
field, with the inscription: In this
wheat by and by. While the taste OF
the legend is more than questionable,
the appeal to the farmers eye and
s'funny-bone' was promptly effective.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1900-10-18
MISSIONS DESTROYED.
warming That Rebellion VIII
Break Out in Canton.

warming That n Rebellion VIII
Break Out In Canton.
Hongkcng, Oct. 14.--Rioting Is going
on In Wuchow and Weichow. Five
missions have been destroyed at
Kaking chow. A French gunboat has
gone there. A letter has been re-.
ceived by one of the consuls at Canton
signed "a Few Reformers," stating
that a rebellion will shortly break out
in that city, and urging the foreign.
ers to leave.
Milxndo's Advice to the Emperor.
London, Oct. IA. = 'It is reported
here on good authority says the
Shanghai correspondent Of the Times,
.tthat Emperor Mutsuhito. in his re-,
bly, to Emperor Kwang Su's appeal.
counse1s an immediate return to PEE
kin, the expulsion of the reactionaries
and the appointment of about LOCO
progressive statesmen"
The Bemidji pioneer., 1900-10-18
BOXER DAMAGES.

Missionaries and Business Men Eli
ing Claims for Indemnity.
Washington, Oct. lathe state de-
partment has already received several
claims from American missionaries
and business men for Indemnity on
account Of loss Of property in China
as a result Of the Boxer uprising. The
department in each case has notified
the claimants that as vet 1t has not
taken up for consideration the meth
cd Of collecting such indemnities. and
has supplied them with the regula-5
ton circular containing information
as to the filing Of claims.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1900-10-18
Hix Leg Tnrn OF.

Liverpool, Oct. 16. ~ While the crew
Of the White Star liner Oceanic, Capt.
Cameron, which arrived here from
New York last Wednesday were low
ering anchor yesterday the chain
broke, tearing off the left leg of one
of the carpenters and fracturing the
right He died soon afterward. An
other man had his left leg fractured
The Bemidji pioneer., 1900-10-18

Lieut.. Hobson seems to have a hard
time In getting square deal with the
reporters. He now denies that he ever
had 'the slightest intention of belit-
Ting Admiral Dewey's victory. 1t can
not be belittled, and I, who have been
upon the ground and who have spent
months In repairing the wrecks that
Admiral Dewey left. can appreciate
fully what q grand victory it was. I"
That sounds better. It Is now sup to
the reporters" for their say.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1900-10-18
Wi1dcat HINT i'm chicago.

Chicago, Oct 16. = Policemen and
small boys Joined in a wildcat hunt
in the vicinity of Seventy ninth street
and Ontario avenue, and after setting
fire to the shrubbery in which it was
hiding, killed the animal with re-
volvers. Where the cat came from is
a mystery.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1900-10-18
Caser succeeds Kartz.

Washington, Oct. 14.-Rear AayniraI
silas Casey. at present comrnapdant
at League Island navy yard fPa.}. has
been selected to succeed Rear ADJ
miral Albert Kautz as commander OF.
the Pacific station upon the latter's
retirement in the near future
The Bemidji pioneer., 1900-10-18
ATTACKED ny INDIANS.
Mexican Troops Meet With Consid-
S&3s5 F eraJ,Ie Loss. s4 & 49,

Mexican Troops Meet With Consid-
cradle Loss.
oaxaca. Mex, Oct. 16.--The advancing
column Of the government troops who
are making their way toward Chan:
Santa Cruz. the stronghold Of the Mayi
Indians, have been subjected to a series,
Of attacks from Indians in ambush dur
ing the last ten days, and these attacks
have resulted in considerable loss Of
men on the part Of the government
troops. 1t is now realized that 1t VIII
take many more weeks Of hard cam
paigning to overcome the barriers that
surround the Indian stronghold. There
is considerable sickness among the
troops.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1900-10-18

Even the president OF the United
States cannot declare war until he is
authorized SO to do by congress. Yet
miners or mineowners can at any time
precipitate Industrial war. The time
is coming when they will not be per-
mitted to do SO. Compulsory arbitra-
tion will make strikes unnecessary.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1900-10-18

1t is said the Koreans are hand
'somer race than either the Japanese
or Chinese, and at one time were far
ahead of them in civilization. Devil
worship Of the most abject order is the
secret Of Korean decadence. Supersti-
ton and fear Of countless evil spirits,
with the faint hope Of propitiating a
small minority of kindly demons,
must be held accountable for the de-
generation of the people whom nature
did not fail to qualify for splendid
destiny. Buddhism and Confucianssm
have both been overthrown by Shama-
nism, the keynote Of which Is always
sorcery. Wizards and witch doctors
are the real rulers Of Korea.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1900-10-18
CHINESE WILL FIGHT AGAIN.
Empress Is simply Playing for Dee.

Empress Is Simply Playing for Dee
lay. s4Ii
Moscow, Oct. A. - "A dispatch from
Pekin says that the rumored expedi-
ton of the allies to Singan-fu to cap
{ ture the Chinese court Is nonsense
The emperor is said still to be there.
and the reported Illness Of the dow
ager empress is believed to be feigned.
She is doing her best to keep the em-a
peror from going back to Pekin ana
also to delay the peace negotiations
to gain time to get on foot an army
Of 100000 and renew hostilities IN
South China. E#
The Bemidji pioneer., 1900-10-18
WARSHIPS PULL OUT.
AMERICAN VESSELS WITHDRAW
FROM CHINESE WATERS.

Indicates THAT the Governments
Means Harmonious Action With
the Powers in Their Negotiations.
for the settlement of the Chinese
Troubles Admiral Remey Re-.
turns to Cnvite to Resume His,
Duties There Report That the.
Empress Is simply Playing for
Delay and Is Raising q Large,
Army.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1900-10-18
Two. strucl> by q Fast Train.

Pana, ILL.,, Oct. 16. - Donat Becker
and Antoine X. Ruchem, while walk
ing down the Big Four railroad track,
were struck by a fast train, the form
er being instantly killed and the latter
fatally injured.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1900-10-18

Mrs Nancy Jones Of Jonesboro,
Tenn. celebrated her 105th birthday
a few days ago. She still enjoys her
pipe. manages her farm and draws a
pensBa as revolutionary widow.
The secret Of the number Of the
Joneses is now explained. They have
had vigorous ancestors and II all of
them live to the age Of the Jonesboro
Jones they will have to annex addi-
tional territory or build new Jones'
town.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1900-10-18

Chicago, Oct. 1S. An open switch
at Eighty-ffth street, South Chicago.
believed to have besn purposely dis
placed, caused the death of two. men,
seriously injured three others, and
made wreckage of the engine and
forward part of the New York and
Boston express train on the Lake
Shore s. Michigan Southern road. The
engine was demolished and two mai
and two express cars were piled UP in
heap but the five passenger coaches
directly behind the baggage cars did
not leave the track. and their occu-
pants escaped injury The train was.
running forty miles an hour when IL
struck the switch. The victims of
the wreck were:
Dead--H. j.. Jerough, fireman, TWEEN
ty-eight years old; lived at Elkhart.
Ind; caught under the wreckage of
the engine and body cut in half.
Unidentified man, a tramp who was
stealing a ride on the first mail coach;
body ground to pieces.
Injured Lewis Reynolds, engineer
Of the express: lives at Elkhart. Ind,
skull fractured and internal injuries;
probably fatal.
L. C. Buttner. special officers of the
railway; left side bruised: not serious.
Frank Morton. operator employed
by the railway; cut about the head;
not serious. II
1t is believed the wreck was caused
by some persons who had deliberately
broken the switch. Three locks which
are used to hold the switch in place
had been broken and could not be
found. A dense fog that hung over
the city made it impossible for the
engineer to see the signals and he
had no warning Of. the danger.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1900-10-18
SAM JONES BREAKS DowS.

His Doctor Orders Him to stop
Speaking for a Time.
Atlanta, Ca. Oct. 14.-Rev. Sam p.
Jones, the famous evangelist. has
broken down in health. He will come
to Atlanta for rest and treatment.
His physician has forbidden him from
speaking for some time.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1900-10-18
NEARLY -FOUR MILLION.

Cost OF Order for Steel Rails Placed
by a Railroad.
Philadelphia, Oct. IA. - President
Cassatt, Of the Pennsylvania Railway
company, has awarded contracts for
$50 900 tons of steel rails for which the
company will pay s26 per ton, or a
total of s3,90o,OOO for the entire order.
The contract, it is understood, is di-
yided among the Federal, Carnegie,
Cambria. Pennsylvania and National
Steel companies.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1900-10-18
MEAN TO THE MILLION MARK.

Relief Fund for the galveston
Storm Victims Now Foots Up to
S97o,5p5.
Galveston, Tex, Oct. 16. - Hogan
sea1y, treasurer of the Galveston re-
lief fund, acknowledges receipt of con-
fributions from Oct. to IL. inclusive,
amounting to s19S,552. This includes
s125.0od received through Gov. Sayers
and sa ,621.73 received through Mayor
Jones. Amount previously acknowf-
dyed was $751;. 043.3s, making the
fetal to date s979, 5s5.63.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1900-10-18

The solemn look on the fathers face
when he gives his daughter away at
the marriage altar is amusing when
one recalls how anxious he was to get
rid Of her the past ten years.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1900-10-18
Meat Market Burned.

Pine Islard, MINI, Oct. 14.-Hagler
Bros. meat market and stussy's haS-
ness shop were destroyed by fire.
LOSS is estimated at $1,000; fully in
sured.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1900-10-18

That burglar who held up a Chinese
iaundryman and received a pail OF hot
starch in reply was probably the most
stuck up criminal in the city for a
time.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1900-10-18

Alexander Ramsey, the first territor-
ial governor Of Minnesota, celebrated
his eighty-fifth birthday in Minneapo-
lis few days ago. He Is as hale and
hearty as a man Of sixty. He served
first as mayor Of st. Paul. then as
governor of Minnesota Territory, was
second governor OF the state, served as
United States senator, and was secre-'
tary Of war under President Hayes.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1900-10-18

The American manufacturer has lost
no opportunity at the worlds fair in
Paris, and in numbers is far In excess
Of any other foreign nation. There
are 6,564 American exhibitors, num-
bering ten times more than Great
Britain. three times more than Ger
many and four times more than Rus
STA. Our exhibits cover nearly eight
acres.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1900-10-18
F.taI Quarrel over Money.

Norfolk, Va, Oct. 16.-Thomas Har-
ris and Nathaniel Shepherd fought in
a saloon over 8 cents. Harris cut
Shepherds throat with a knife. Shep-
herd is fatally hurt and Harris has
been arrested.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1900-10-18

A lady writer says that it must
have been a woman who invented the
alphabet. for had it been man he
would have begun with the letter I.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1900-10-18
FOUR ESCAPE FROM JAIL.

Three Robbers and a Biga,nist Re-
fuse to Stay at Mrncic.
Muncie, Ind, Oct. IA wholesale
Hail delivery occurred here. Three
robbers and bigamist, all sen.anced
to the penitentiary, escaped. Trey
picked their cell locks. tore IN the
floor and escaped through the cellar.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1900-10-18
DEcrDlsD BY MINERS.
Conditions Under WhichSThey VIII

Conditions Under which They Will
Accept Raise.
Scranton, Pa, Oct. 16.-The miners
convention adjourned sine die after
unanimously adopting the following
resolution:
I'VE would recommend that this
convention accept the 10 per cent adj
vance, providing the operators will
continue it's payment until April I,
1901. and will abolish the sliding scale
in the Lehigh and Schuylkill regions.
Il The scale Of wages in the two last
named districts to remain stationary
at 10 per cent above the present basis
price, and that the companies agree
to adjust other grievances complained
of with committees of their own en-
ployes. Should this proposition be IN
acceptable to the operators, we recon-
mend that the convention propose
that all questions at issue be submit
ted to fair and impartial
Road of Arbitration.
''We would further recommend that
under no circumstances whatever
should there be resumption of work
at any of the collieries until the ope-
rators signify their acceptance of this
proposition, and you are notified Of
ficially that the strike is ended and
all return to work in a body on the
same day
There are differences of opinion as
ito what will he the result of the ac-
ton of the convention. It is believed
by some that long contest between
the strikers and the mine owners IS
not unlikely, but others think that the
employers, who have signified their
Willingness to consider any grievances
the men consider they have, will con-
sent to what the. strikers say Is "
counter proposition.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1900-10-18
Warrington Notes.

More than $500, 100000 will be asked
for the support of the army and navy
for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1902.
AS officially announced by the CEN
sus bureau the population of New
Hampshire Is 411.5Ss. In 1890 the
population was 376,53O. The increase
is So, O5S. or 80 per cent.
1t is urged, In the annual report OF
Mai. Gen. John r.. Brooke, command
ing the Department Of the East, that q
pressing necessity exists for the reor-
ganization of the army on modern
lines.
The state department has been in
formed by Consul General Holloway
at ST. Petersburg that in addition to
the recent changes in the Russian
tariff an excise duty on spirits and to-
bacco is now collected.
The treasury department has given
notice of the discovery of a new $40
counterfeit silver certificate, series of
1891, with portrait Of Hendricks. The
counterfeit is described as a photo
graph print, without the silk fiber and
Of inferior workmanship
Z The president mas decideu " dpPoiiie
George Won Heer Meyer of Massachu-
sets to be ambassador to Italy. ana
the state department has taken the
customary steps to ascertain whether
Mr.. Meyer Will be acceptable to the
Italian government.
Lieut.. Col. Clarence Edwards, chief
Of the division Of insular affairs, has
issued d comparative statement Of re-
ceipts Of public revenues in the Phil
ippfne islands for the first seven
months Of 1899 and for the same
period of 1900 The receipts were al
most doubled in that period. From
January to July. inclusive, they
amounted to s2,6s6, 745.75. In the corr
responding period of the present year
they aggregated $4,7S2, os0.SS, an in
crease Of 81, 095, 335.43.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1900-10-18

When patronizing a Boston hotel
don't forget that culinary symposi-
I'm" on the bill Of fare means hash.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1900-10-18
Z ESunE 4 +. NEWS

1t is officially announced that repre-
sentatiyes of Germany, Austria and
France VIII meet in Paris in few
days to reconsider the sugar bounties
question. As " S 3
The Italian government has decided
to forward to the United States gov
eminent a protest against the excess
i've liberty permitted to anarchists in
the United States.
Bubonic plague is becoming epidemic
in many parts OF the Bombay presi-
dency. Alarming increases are report
ed from Poona and Belgium, while the
coast points are infected.
Suspicious preparations by the Al
ghanistans are causing Russia to con-
centrate large forces in Turkestan. II
is thought that the ameer Is ready for
a struggle with Great Britain.
Old age and a desire to avoid the dis
ruption of the Conservative party has
caused President Sanclemente of the
Republic of Colombo to relinquish his
office to Vice President Maroquin.
The Paris exposition will close Nov
,, 10. Many members Of the commission
| have already sailed and the directors
are occupied with the task of arrang-
ing for the return of the exhibits.
The British war office has issued or
ders that the bulk Of the militia regi-
ments called out for service during the
South African war are to be d1sDand-
ed. This will affect about $4,000 men
The will of Madame Perret wife Of
the wealthy Lyons manufactures and
ex-senator, Jean Perret, bequeaths to
President Loubet only 10000 francs
and not 100000, as previously stated.
Criminal.
Two masked men robbed men In
Thomas Morgan's gambling rooms at
Sioux City Of $500.
William Campbell was arrested at
Tacoma, Wash. on a charge OF being
the lone highwayman who held up the
Northern Pacific train
Thomas o'Hara and Peter Coyne
were arrested at Fort Dodge charged
with holding up an agent OF the Mln-
neapolis & st. Louis railway.
| "A committee OF the state prison as
ISOLATION Will charge the Sing Sing
management with abusing prisoners
severely and selling prison made goods
contrary to law.
Samuel J. Ritchey Of Baltimore, Md,
who has been on trial at OttumWa,
Iowa, charged with completely IN the
celebrated Eidon bank robbery, was
found not guilty.
Ava. a small town on the Mobile g
Ohio railroad, near Carbonate, HI
was the scene. Of a terrible Tragedy re-
cantlv. Samuel Sorrell, a young mai
barely past his majority, shot ana
MORALLY wounded his wife ana lh nsi
killed himself
Twenty Cinnamon and ltaliahs nay ss :
been arrested at Ell Paso, Tex, chargee
with cvading the immigration laws q
| the United States. It is SAID hundregS
have made their way across the = Mex e.a !
can border. AS fast as apprehenfdeeu
they are being deported.
In the municipal court at Bennington.
VT, Dennis M. Blackmer, who was pc
ing arraigned on the charge Of feloni-
GUS assault on an eight-year-old girl
fatally shot himself in the forehead.
Blackmer is sixty years of age and
married and was adjutant general OF
the G. A. r. of Vermont.
P. III. Gilhooley counsel for the Eiiz-
abethport IN. ~ Banking company,
announces that William Schriber, g
missing clerk Of the bank, was a de-
faulter to che amount Of $4,000, and
that the bank directors had made good
the amount of the shortage.