The Bemidji pioneer., 1901-05-02
Oh The z1Jcck
Foreign.


4 The king, the queen and the crown
prince have returned to Stockholm.
s The king Of Saxony opened the inter
national art exposition in Dresden.
Its regarded as certain that Great
Britain n.ust adopt the protective plan
OF raising revenue. Il
y. Pierpont Morgan and T.. s. Morgan
s& co. have each subscribed G1,o000 to
the Victoria memorial
The deceased wife's sisters bin has
passed to Its second reading in the
British house of commons.
81 The census returns from Glasgow
show q total Of 760,329 population, an
increase In a decade Of 194, 615.
The American society in London has
issued a circular announcing the form
alton Of an American branch Of the Vic.
toria memorial. RI
President Diaz Will be unable to ac-
cept an invitation to meet President
Mckinley at the border, on account Of
the pressure Of public busiress.
Spanish socialists have decided to
celebrate May day with a general
strike. The anarchists, however, re-.
fused to cooperate with them.
Al dispatch to the Paris Reppel from
Rome says that Bresci. the assassin Of
Hing Humbert, has become mad in
consequence Of the ill-treatment OF his
jailers. ss
Frank d. Riordan, well known in
commercial circles, and for several
years broker with Offices IN the
Rookery building, Chicago. died in that
city from heart failure.
Or. Henry Byron McKeliops OF ST.
Louis is dead, aged seventy eight. He
has an international reputation as an
authority on all matters pertaining to-
dentistry and dental surgery.
r. Emperor William has presented his
bust, in marble, to the duke Of Aber-
corn, the chief of the British accession
mission, and other members of the mis-
sion will also receive valuable gifts
News has reached London Of a severe
battle in the vicinity OF Fort Darwin.
Mashonaland, between a force Of Char
terland police and natives from Chint.
81, under the outlaw Mapondara. Sixty
of the natives were killed.
There Is no truth in the report that
Romanagli, the anarchist who is said
to have been chosen, at the circle, at
Paterson, N. T., to assassinate Emper-
or William, has been arrested at Bre-
men.
up to date there have been 480 cases
of plague and 1876 deaths in Cape Town
There have been 1922 NEGOTIATIONS. It
is feared that all the rats from East
London to the Orange river are infect
ed with the plague.
w. 3. Kennedy, a prominent resident
OF Humboldt, ILL.,. is dead, aged eighty
three years. Kennedy was veteran
of the Mexican and Civil wars. He
was q personal friend and companions
OF Kit Carson. the famous scout, and
shared many Of the latter's thrilling
experiences on the plains.
General.
Arrangements have been completed
for building an immense steel plant al
the 500.
The price OF steel rails viii be ad.
vanced 81 per ton. ]. ]. Hill has or
dered 10000 tons.
Attempts are being made to get all
the telephone business Of the country
into one organization. @
A The coal miners Of Southern Indiana
have returned to work, and the mines
are running on steady time.
PROT. Heron OF Iowa will not be tried
for heresy, as he would like, but on
charges affecting his morality.
Three stitches were taken in the
heart Of ST. Louis man who was
stahked during q fight. He died two
days afterward.
Alabama has voted. by a large major
sity, iii favor Of constitutional con-
veEtion The vote was light through
out the state.
Lockett Agnew, Of the firm of Thorn
as Agnew s. Sons. states that j. Pier.
pont Morgan paid $4,000 for the
Gainsborough portrait of the duchess
of Devonshire.
Manufacturers of clothing in Chicago
are laying plans for the formation of a
gigantic combine, embracing the lead
ing houses Of their trade in every city
in the country
lssSl SI0v. ross was 4IOTilaily llduS uidleu
at Dawson. April IL, and Gov. 0glivia
stepped down and out. The ceremony
was largely attended, and Dawson was
in gala attire for the occasion.
Chief of Police Ripley Of Chicago
has handed in his resignation to Mayor
Harrison For some time 1t has been
evident, from statements made by the
mayor, that he did not intend to reap
point Chief Ripley.
The Chinese quarter Of San Fran
cisco is very much perturbed at an eff
fort by the federal authorities to sup
press the traffic in female Chinese
slaves. United States Marshal Shine
has arrested thirty -four women.
An effort is being made to consolidate
all OF the tanneries in Allegheny coun-
ty, Pa, with capital Of $4,000, 600.
Nine companies, 1t is said, have already
agreed to enter the combine, and OPP
tions have been secured on several
others.
Miss Helen Desh1er, the alternate,
will christen the hattleship Ohio at San
francisco in May. Mrs. Worthington
Babeock, Gov. Nash's daughter, who
was to perform the ceremony, is con-
-se,t,, 1xry