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The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1900-07-26
DISASTER IN A FOG.
A. Vessel Cut in Twain by the
Campnnfa. Il

| A. Vessel Cut lin Twain by the
Campnnia.
London, July pa dense fog hung
! over the Irish channel yesterday morn
| ing and the Cunard line steamer Cam
! pania, Ell route from New York to Liy--
erpool struck the Liverpool bark Em-
bleton, bound for New Zealand, amid
ships, cutting her in twain.
| The Embleton sank immediately.
| Seven of the crew We're rescued, but;
it Is believed the other eleven menu
bers of the ships company, including
the captain, We're drowned.
The Campania was little injured, buts
had q narrow escape from serious
disaster The fog had delayed her.
passage since Friday noon and a ten
der went out from Queenstown four
miles, as Capt. Waller would not take,
the liner near shore.
At Tusker light the fog was becom-
ing III .3 4G
Denser Every Moment.
When the Campania was about thirty
miles northeast Of the light a phantom
ship rose suddenly, without warning,
Directly across her bows. Thirty sec
onds later the phantom had become a
solid sailing vessel into which the
liner crashed, her steel forefoot going
through the Embleton like the, clean
cut Of a sword and dividing her just
abaft the main mast. The forward &
half sank instantly. The stern swung
vieiously round and the mast and yards
for moment tore at the Campania. An
lump of Wreckage came down on herr.
decks. Then the stern of the bark K
also disappeared and the surface Of
the sea was Uttered with splintereds
stilnbers. boxes barrels, the whole up
per works and lighter cargo, the deck
houses and such things. 3. S3
From the instant when the u 5
Phantom Came Into View
from the bridge Of the Campania untiTs
the last yestige OF the vessel vanished
some sixty or eighty seconds elapsed.
According to the Embletons suryiy-
ors. for nearly half an hour before the
collision the captain and the first Off
GER We're below at breakfast, and all
though the fog whistle of II a large
steamer could be heard every minute
the bark never shifted her course the
helmsman receiving no order
When, at S:25 a. M, the second Off
GER, TO use his own phrase, heard the
rush of a steamers bows. !, he shouted
down to the captain, who rushed onss
deck, but he was too late to give an1
order.
The Campania was under one third
steam. The captain, first officer and
pilot were on the bridge. The engines
Were Instantly Reversed "
and the helm put hard down. No pre-
caution was omitted. Some of her pas
sengers had even grumbled at what
they called superfuous precaution.
After the crash and the sudden cries.
the boats We're quickly got out. There
was no sign Of panic. The crew were
at their stations, the best
II discipline was maintained, the bulk
leads were closed and everything pos
sihle was done to save life. Some of s
he Companies plates were bent by 4
he collision, her forepeak filed with
water, her foretopmast was broken
short off and her steel rigging torn and
visited. The passengers held d meet
ng, adopted resolutions Of thanks to. u
he captain and crew, and subscribed
90 pounds for, the relief Of the surViy-
us and the families of the lost.
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1900-07-26

Striking, novel and of peculiar in
terest, especially as showing the way
In which bridge-making will develop
in the future, is the new bridge which
is building to connect New York with
Brooklyn. Perhaps the most popular
feature is to be a. bicycle path, COW
cred with asphalt carried at certain
height above the tracks for trollies
and for carriages. This bicycle track
is to be for the exclusive use of wheel
men, and the opposing streams of
traffic will be carefully divided. Be
meath the bicycle track is footpath
for pedestrians, and above it the track
for the elevated railway. On each side
are double trolley TRACKS affording ac-
commodation for four cars abreast,
while the outer sides OF the bridge
are reserved for carriages and We
hicles going the same way. so that the
traffic will be as little impeded as pos
tsible The bridge is to be 1900 feet
long, or nearly quarter of mile
longer than the present bridge, most
of this increased length being taken
up by the approaches.
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1900-07-26

| Special Commissioner Of the United States.
who WI 1nyes.iga1e ne si1uaslen Y ca,na
| was flashed throughout the country,
and, indeed. throughout the world, dis
polling the gloom which had prevailed
everywhere, ard bringing to officials
and to the public generally a sense of
profound relief Tie dispatch was in
reply to Secretary Hays cable inquiry
to Minister Conger on July il, and as
both messages were in the American
cipher code they were regarded by the
officials as above the suspicion Of hav-
ing been tempered with in the course
of transmission through Chinese chan
nels. Mr.. WI promptly commune
Gated the dispatch to the state depart,
ment, where the translation was made
from the cipher figures, and soon all
Washington was astir with the intelli-
gerce. The government accepted the
message !.
..I. As Authentic
and Secretary Hay transmitted it to all
our ambassadors and ministers abroad,
with Instructions to lay it before the
respective governments to which they
are accredited and urge upon them the
necessity of cooperation for the I'M
uLedudLc IellcI VI 3tuC lOlClGAC1S Ia = y,
king. A message also was sent by
Secretary Long to Admiral Remey
conveying the intelligence Of the des-
perate situation in Picking and in
STRUGGLING him to 'use and urge every
possible endeavor for relief
Later in the day several messages
were received from United States Con-
su. Fowler at Chefu, all strongly con-
fir1ratory Of the news that the foreign
ers were alive.
Safe and Sound July 49,
Brussels, July 22.--The Belgian con-
sui sends the following dispatch under
date OF July 10:
'Sheng the administrator Of tele-
graphs) announces that the foreigners
Mt Picking were safe and sound July
10. An imperial decree, dated July
16, orders the viceroy of Tien-tsin to
appraise the damage caused by the
troubles and orders the local militia to
repress the rebellion
No More Troops Ordered Ont.
Washington, July 22-S Secretary Root
last evening made the positive state
ment that no more troops had been
ordered for Chinese service. He added:
teThe chief effort of our government
Just now must be directed to aiding
the friendly Chinese officials. 1t is
evident from the dispatch that the i'm
perial government has been acting in
good faith, and ON the 18th was still
using its best efforts to protect the le-
cations. We must do everything we
can to second their efforts"
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1900-07-26

In the rivalry between steam and
sailing vessels for the freight traffic
of the ocean, the steamship has OF late
years had greatly the advantage, In
creasing much faster than the sailing
vessel, in number and size. But it
should, not be inferred that the sail
ing vessel is going out of existence.
Wind is cheaper than fuel, and in the
case Of goods for the delivery OF
which there is no haste. its great
power will long be utilized to carry
freights across the seas.
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1900-07-26

Some Luther autograph manuscripts
have been discovered in the Vatican
library by Prof. Fiker Of Strasburg.
There are two commentaries on the
Epistle to the Romans, one on the
text and the other on the sense, and
commentaries on the Epistle to the
Hebrews. They were written in 1516
and 1917, shortly before the mailing
of the ninety-five theses at Witten-
berg.
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1900-07-26
Tunper to oppose sffton.

E Winnipeg, July pa Vancouver dis
patch says Sir HILBERT Upper has de-
clared his willingness to run against
Sifton in Brandon. One of the Con-
sentative leaders from Brandon, in the
city, says young Tupper can beat Sif-
ton in Brandon, as the constituency is
Conservative, and many old line Lib
erals believe Sifton is not to be
JruStpd va t=g sa5- &tfs
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1900-07-26
C0NGER ARD FROM.
CIPHER MESSAGE COMES THROUGH
&. CHINESE MINISTER.

WAS Alive on the 18TH and Foreign
ers Were Then Fighting for Their
Safety Message Says Quick Re-
lief Only Cam Prevent General
1 Massacre Washington OmcinIs
Greatly Relieved Authenticity
Not Doubted - British OGiciaIs
Take Little Stock In the Message
They Think the Date Is FaIsf-
fed. X n.
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1900-07-26

( VI r. 4 T. -
Trade secrets are protected by law
in Germany. A machinist who entered
the employ Of firm for the sole pur-
pose Of carrying back to his real en-
ployers all the points he got, was
recently sentenced to three months in
Jail, the business men who hired him
to spy upon their rivals being sent to
keep him company, We do not know
OF any other industrial nation In which
this pleasing event could have occur
red. Yet it is surely just that man
ufacturer who inyents a process for
perfecting or cheapening his product
should be defended against unscrupu-
lous imitators who do not hesitate TO
flch other mems brains.
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1900-07-26

The ways and means committee OF
the house of representatives has been
authorized to sit during the recess Of
congress, with a view to preparing a
hill to reduce the taxes which were inn
posed or increased at the outbreak Of
the Spanish war This. committee, ac-
cording to present plans, will assem-
BILE in Washington about ten days be-.
fore congress meets in December. Much
of the time Of congress is saved by
committee work during recess.
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1900-07-26

2 . 2 ,h
The Hon. Peter A. Porter has writ
ten to the Niagara Falls Cataract
Journal calling attention to a relic
OF the struggle between England and
France century and half ago.
which lies about mile and a half
above the falls. 1t is nothing less than
the outlines of one of the block houses
which were built by the English Tor
the protection of the Portage Road,
which ran to the present site Of Lew
iston from the old stone chimney near
the rivers bank. According to Mr..
Porter, no other authentic relic Of that
period is known around the falls An
effort is being made by the Niagara
Frontier Historical Society to have the
relic preserved.
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1900-07-26

Miss Florence Leonard, young
woman from Arlington. Ga. was lock-
ed up all the other night In the observ-
alton tower on the state reservation
overlooking the falls Of Niagara. Her
experience fairly shattered her nerves
She had been viewing the sights dur
ing the afternoon and about five o'clock
thought she would like to take last
look at the falls. The superintendent
of the observation tower took her up
in the elevator and then forgot all
about her. At six o'clock, as nobody
else appeared. he shut up for the night
and went home, When he arrived in
the morning. Miss Leonard tainted
away.
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1900-07-26
women HeIa for Murder

Eldorado, Kan, July 22.-Miss Jessie
Morrison, whose preliminary trial for
the murder of Mrs. Olin Castle has
been in progress for several days, was
last evening held without bail to an
swer the charge of murder ID the first
degree before the next term of the
district court. Just before the young
prisoner was taken back to Jail she
embraced her father and both wept
bitterly. The scene was most pathetic.
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1900-07-26
BEcKHAM CHOSEN.
Kentucky Democrats Give Him the
GubernatOrial Nomination..

Kentucky Democrats Give Him the
Gubernatorial Nomination..
Lexington, Ky, July 22.-Goy. Beck
ham was nominated by the Den ocratic
state convention for governcs, of Ken
lucky by reclamation. After the
names of Judge Black of Barboursyille
and Judge Tarrin of Newport were
placed in nominati ton roll call of the
county was reached Becllham had the
547 votes necessary to nominate. Then
Black and Taryin's Eames were with
drawn, and the latter moved that the
nomination of Beckham be made unan-
fmous. The motion was carried and
Beckham was escorted to the platform,
where he made his speech Of accept
ance, 5t%
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1900-07-26
THE Markets.
Latest Quotations From Grain nnil
Live Stock Centers.

kNIcSI NiFO1n seiT0In n ne
Live Stock Centers.
ST. Paul, July "a. - Wheat ~ No. J.
Northern, x 14@7Sc; No. 2 Northern,
M41c; No. 3, 40140 1-2c. OatsN 3
white, 2sMoss3,4c No. 3, ~ 1-2M2Sc. "
Minneapolis, July 24. Wheat g
September opened at Tic and closed at
- Lac. On track No. 1 hard, S01-4c;.
No. 1 Northern, rs 1-4c;; No. North
IN, TIC; corn, 81 Bic; oats, "a 3-4c;
lax. S17O
Duluth, July q Wheat September
opened at 77 Lee and closed at Tgc;
No. j hard, 81 3-Sc bid; No i Northern,
1880 bid: No. 2; Northern 7T 5-Sc
Did; No. 3 Northern. "a 3-Sc bid: No. l
lard, to arrive. 81 1-ac b d; No. 1.Not-th-
ern, to arrive. 20 Lee bid; corn, 80 Use;
bats. 25 3-4c; fax. .S.41.
Chicago. July 2f.Cash Wheat-No-
B red. TSn7S 1 DC; No. 3 red. 1907 1=2c;;
No. hard winter. 74074 3-4c; No. 3
hard wintrr 72M73 1-2a:: No 1 Northern
srring. &C 1-2c; No. Northern spring,
IS 1-2@7Gc; No. 3 spring, 721-2@I5e.
Corn ~ No. 80 IA a 50 1-2c;; NO. 3,
80 lac. Oats--No. 2, 24@o4 12c; No. 3,
% 1-2624c.
Milwaukee, Wis, July "a. - Flour is
arm. Wheat firm; No. ! Northern,
fSM1S 1-2c: No. 2 Northern, T6@T6 &c.
Rye steady; No. 1. SIC Barley quiet;
No. 2, 47M4Sc; sample, 4OM45c. Oats
Easy; No. 2 white 27c.
Sioux City, Iowa, JLly 24-Cattle-s
,Beeves, S4-S5d5 80; cows, bulls and
mixed. s2.50@3.75; stockers and feed
ars. S3.5Om4: calves and yearlings,
s3.75m4. 25. Hogs. Sd a5m5.50; bulk, SIS.
South st. Paul. July "a. - Cattle
Choice butcher cows and heifers. So. rs
d4.25; fair to good, 50 S5G3.60; thin
COWS and Gamers. 50 a 2.T5; choice
butcher steers, $3.50 O. 515; fair to
good, S4d4.50; fat bulls, $3.25M3.50,
bologna bulls, S2.75G3.1 veal calves.
S4@5: good to choice stock cows and
heifers, S2.T5M3: fair to good. S2.50@
2.75; common and ta.lings. $20f2.40;
heife- calves, $25063; good to choice
astoekers and feeders, S3.25@3 so: fair
to good, $3M3.25; common and tailings.
S2.50@3; steer calves. S3.2563.S0; stock
md feeding bulls, S2.75G3: feed cows,
s2.5002.T5; stays and oxen. S3fl4;
mixers and springers, $25 "a 33T50.
Hogs Mixed and butchers, 81 M5.05;
paiAtS3 ifSstSS. % -
5; rough heavy, S4.55 a 4.6o. stays
and bears, So a 4.6o; pigs and slips,.
Sd.2564.60. Sheep Butcher sheep,
thin killers, S2d250; fair to good fat.
S3@3s25; good to choice, S3.25Gl3. 80 !.
stock sheep, $25063; feeding sheep,
s2.75@3; stock and feeding lambs. com.
mon to good ,S2I5M3: good to choice,
S3@3. %; butcher lambs, common to-,
medium $3.50d4.2 %; good to choice,
S4.25@5.50; bucks. S2M2.75.
Chicago, July 24-Cattle Csoa to-
prime steers, So @>5.75; poor to medi-
nm, $3.50 a ); stockers and feeders,
1886 a 4.65; cows and heifers, "a
): Texas-fed steers, S41e@5. Hogs
= Mixed and butchers. S4.95 % $50;
good to choice heavy. S5d5.30; rough
neavy, S4.S5G4,95; bulk of sales, 1913
$3.50. Sheep. S3G4.40; lambs. S4G6.4O.
A Il -
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1900-07-26
WY the Meeting Adjourned.

+ what is it," asked the antitrust on
ator. "that makes q man hesitate be-
fore he buys n hat. makes him study
deenly before he gets new suit.
makes him worry about his grocery
bill? What is it. ask? And the an.
swef is-''
.sMarriage', interrupted an absorbed
listener near the stage. Baltimore
American.
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1900-07-26
KILLED IN A FIGHT.

Lively ScrimmaEe Between Negroes
and Deputy Sherfffs.
E Knoxville. Tenn, July PIN q fight
between negroes and deputy sheriffs
near Hartman Yesterday two negroes
were killed outright, Deputy Sheriff
Pemberton was shot. perhaps fatally.
through the head, and Deputy Sheriff
Read was shot through the shoulder
The deputy sheriffs. were attempting
to arrest Will Walker, a negro, for
selling whisky. The railroad negroes
came to his assistance and the fight
ensued. 1t is reported that noun
taineers are gathering to drive out the
negroes.
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1900-07-26

Chicago's School Board has decided
that its teachers must have sound
bodies as well as sound minds, and a
great many applicants for certificates
are now holding back because OF the
new rule that they must submit to
physical examination. These timid
ones fear they may have unknown all.
ments, and are unwilling to put it to
the test.
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1900-07-26
MET DEATH IN HIS ARMS.
Bullet which Killed Sleeping Wife
MutiInted Hus bands Hand.

/ Brenhain, Tex, July y. Fifteen
miles east of here Yesterday morning
Mary Mucklocey, while sleeping in the
arms of her husband, was shot through
the heart by an assassin. The bullet,
after passing through her body. cut
off three fingers of her husbands hand.
There Is no clue to the assassin.
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1900-07-26
disorder Grows ont of n STRIFE,

Dayton, Ohio, July 22.--Calvin Phe-
bus. aged sixty. his son Eugene, aged
twenty five. and Joseph Kiser were
all assaulted yesterday, the result of
a strike at the Callahan. Mich, COM
pany's plant. Kiser may die. One of
the assailants was shot and severely
your ded.
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1900-07-26

Under the many advertisements in
a recent newspaper column headed,
Boys Wanted, seven closed with the
words, No cigarette-smokers need APP
ply There is a whole sermon in
that sentence.
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1900-07-26

Germany had HOB suicides in 1897,
rate of twenty-one to 100000 inhabi-
tants. The rate for Prussia alone is
twenty, that for the province of Sax
ony thirty-two and for Schleswig-H ol-
stein thirty-three, while in Catholic
and Polish Posen is is only eight. For
Berlin the rate was thirty-four
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1900-07-26
a telegram from the i'm
'ials at Eagle Pass, I
ney state they have in
t about LEGO pauper ]
heir way north from NJ
til a view to crossing til,
into the United States.
Otherwise.
rner stone was laid of t
Otherwise.

The corner stone was laid of the Or
phans home at Waverly, Icwa
The Prohibitionists of Dakota will
hold their convention after the Demo
cratic state convention.
The. union employees of the Consolid-
ated Street railway Of Dallas, Texas,
have gone on q strike.
Gov. Stanley of Kansas has received
many letters from men wishing to see
service in China.
Rev. T. Tn. James, q Kansas minister,
has returned from London in a dazed
condition. 1t Is believed he was drug
ged ON sflipboard.
Mayor Johnson OF Fargo, N. d., will
ara 20 IonuaAuo9 I06T Qua sonpul o. An
League of American Municipalities to
meet in that place.
In consequence of the strike Of dock
laborers at Hamburg business at the
Hamburg line docks has
been temporarily stopped.
At a conference Of a committee Of
the Window Glass Cutters lague and
the officials of the American Window
Glass company at Pittshurg the scale
of last year was signed, with few
minor changes,
Desmond Fitzgerald. chief engineer
for the special commission appointed
by the government to examine the Chi
.cago drainage canal and report upon
the efficiency of its construction, has
reached the conclusion that the re-
ouired flow can be sent through the
Chicago river without danger of OBJ
struction 10 navigation.
Gen w. 7. Hazen, uncle Of Mrs.
George Dewey's first husband, is dead
at Castle Greek, Hot Springs, of con-
sumption.
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1900-07-26
From Other Shores.

food is reported very scarce at XII
massi.
Pope Leo prays for concord and
peace In China.
Parliament was nroro~ued at Otta-
wa, Ont, by Lord Mimic.
Quarantine precautions are being en-.
forced at Callao, Peru, against yellow
fever.
The Colombian government captured
the ships OF the revolutionists in a de-
cisiye victory.
Goods worth 7O.Oo0.O 900 taels have
been destroyed in China by Chinese ri
oters and troops.
American athletes showed great form
in the opening Of the worlds charrpi-
.onship games in Paris
The members of the Roumanian min
istry rendered their resignat ions, which
were promptly accepted.
Captured insurgents report that a
number of Lieut.. Gilmore's party were
buried alive last spring.
A message from Abrato. Colombia.
says Bccas del I0ro has been visited
by terrible gale, and Immediately af-
ter the gale by fearful fire.
Three hundred and eighty vagrant
foreigners have been arrested at Jo-
hannesburg for attempting to create a
mob and join Boer commando.
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1900-07-26
TO SUCCEED MIR. HEATH.

Ex-COnEressman Curtis of Town Is
rendered n Position.
Clinton, Iowa, July 22-Ex- Congress-
man George M. Curtis of this city has
been rendered the position of first as
sistant postmaster general, made va,
cant by the resignation of Mr.. Heath.
AS yet Mr.. Curtis has not responded
to the offer, but it is thought here that
he will accept.
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1900-07-26
DOUBTED IN ENGLAND.
Conger's Message Fails to Carry
Conviction.

S0ufSE' IhGSsAkG 4 uhhS ~ SSakN
Conviction.
London, July 22.-The Conger mes
sage fails to carry conviction to either
the official or the public. Its genuine
ness Is not disputed, for as is pointed
out here, the Chinese must possess
quite sheaf of such messages, which
the ministers fruitlessly endeavored to
get transmitted, from which they
could easily select non-cominittal
dispatch to serve the required purpose.
1t is supposed that Mr.. Conger omitted
to destroy the cipher code and that
this is now in the possession of the
Chinese. in which event the selection
or confirmation of the dispatch would
not be difficult. 1t is argued that the
dispatch. if it were genuine reply to
the inquiries of the American govern
ment. would go into details. A slight
ray of
Hope Is Admitted
in the fact that both Mr.. and Mrs.
Conger are known to have been on
very friendly terms with the enDress
dc,wager, but the universal opinion
here is that if the dispatch is genuine
the date is falsifed. The Spectator
says:
ut matters not whether the empress
dowager or Prince Tuan is the reign
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1900-07-26

King Alexander Of Sarvia has pro-
claimed his betrothal to Nine. Draga
Maschin, a widow who was formerly
/ lady in waiting to Queen Nathalie,
the kings mother.