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The Bemidji pioneer., 1901-09-12
RoosEvELT SHOCKED.
Vice President Starts Immediately
for Buffalo.

Burlington, VT, Sept. s.-Vice President
Roosevelt on his arrival here from Isle
La Motto, started at once fer Buffalo
To the Associated Press representative
he said: ~ am too shocked and grieyed
to express my feelings .
A few minutes later when a bulletin
was handed to him saying that President
McKinley's wound was not fatal. the vice
president sent word to the gathering
Like all our people and like the whole
civilized world. you will rejoice to hear
this good news"
President Clement of the Rutland rail-
road placed a train at the disposal of the
vice president and made arrangements to
take him to the scene of the tragedy. Col
Roosevelt was asked for statement for
publication and said:
II am so inexpressibly grieyed, shocked
and horrifed that can say nothing"
He boarded the train and left for Buff
falo.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1901-09-12
H. o. ARMOUR DEAD.
Suddenly Expires While Talking to-.
Fl Erien6s.

Saratoga, N. Y. Sept. 8. Herman
o. Armour OF s56 Fifth avenue, New
York. was fatally stricken with apo,
plexy here this noon. He was convers-
ing with friends on the piazza Of his
cottage when suddenly his head
dropped to one side and he expired all
most Immediately. In the morning he
enjoyed his usual drive and appeared
much refreshed by his outing. Mr..
Armour arrived in Saratoga early in
the season and occupied the Gen. Win
son B. French residence. 71S North
Broadway as his summer homes
The Bemidji pioneer., 1901-09-12

Many fish can produce musical
sounds. The trigla can produce long
drawn notes ranging over nearly an
octave. Others. notably two species Of
5ophidium, have sound-producing ap-
paratus, consisting Of small movable
bones, which can be made to produce
a sharp rattle. The curious drum
ming made by the species called UNI
brinas can be heard from a depth Of
thirty fathoms.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1901-09-12

There are now in London and its I'M
mediate neighborhood $50 public recre-
alton grounds, varying in size from
Epping Forst. which, with Wanstead
Flats, is over 5000 acres in extent, to
little city gardens and Fairgrounds
measuring an eighth or tenth OF an
acre These include 100 plots Of
ground which have been used for in
torment, parish churchyards, and other
disused burial grounds, of which the
largest is eleven acres and the small
est a few yards square.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1901-09-12
RuIset In his Head.

Washburn, Wis, Sept. 9.-John Ken
nedy, woodsnnan at work in Leon
ards camp, was brought tc the hospi-
tai in this city with a bullet hole in hiss
head. He was found alone in one Of
the camp buildings. shot. and uncon-
scious. The bullet had entered the
head on the top and the. affair looks
very much as though there had been
foul play. Kennedy remained uncon-
scious and died in the evening. The
matter is an absolute mystery
The Bemidji pioneer., 1901-09-12

William Jerome, the song writer, is
negotiating for the lease of the
Comique theater, on Broadway, New
York, and IL he secures it will estab-
lish there permanent company, COM
posed entirely Of negroes. The best
colored actors and actresses obtain
able will be engaged, and Jerome ex-
poets the enterprise to prove big
money maker, catering wholly to col
ored people. Ell I'd
The Bemidji pioneer., 1901-09-12

z The council Of the University Of Bir-
mingham, recently founded, with Jo-
seph Chamberlain as It's chancellor,
appointed William James Ashley, pro-
fessor of economics at Harvard Uni
versity, to the first organized chair Of
the faculty Of commerce, which is to
be one OF the chief features Of the uni
yersity
The Bemidji pioneer., 1901-09-12

A machine that will do the work OF
thirty expert mathematician Is being
constructed by the government in its
scientific instrument shop on Capitol
Hill In Washington. It is to be an i'm.
provement on an instrument in use in
the bureau of the coast survey, which
has charge OF calculating the tides.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1901-09-12

The main staircase in William G.
Whitney's New York residence, Fifth
avenue and Sixty-eighth street, Is OF
white marble, and is carved after a
staircase in the Doge's palace in
Venice. Mr.. Whitney brought the de-
sign to this country and the work took
six months for completion
The Bemidji pioneer., 1901-09-12

# The convention of colored bankers
held at Buffalo will be the first Of its
kind in America. John Clinton, Jr.,
who is organizing it. is the president
of the First Colored Bank, North OF
Philadelphia. Mr.. Clinton in 1890
published the first negro daily paper.
Later he became a lawyer, and invest
ed his large savings in the insurance
business.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1901-09-12

There are three varieties OF the dog
that never bark-the Australian dlngo,
the Egyptian shepherd dog, and the
8,s'lion-h headed. dog Of Tibet. n.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1901-09-12

About 100000 geese are annually
brought from Russia to Saxony. A car
load consists of 1,70o, and they have
no food or drink during the journey.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1901-09-12

# At the request Of the consistory q
the Alexander University at Helsing-
fors, the car has decreed that women
shall be granted the same rights as
men as regards admission to that uni
versity.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1901-09-12

During the last century Belgium
added an average of 5000 acres a yeai
to her area simply by careful drain
age. 8
The Bemidji pioneer., 1901-09-12

Japanese florists have succeeded II
cuItivating rose which looks red ~
the sunlight and white in tho shade
The Bemidji pioneer., 1901-09-12
Foul Deed IS Planned With All the Dia-
bolical Ingenuity Of Which An
archy IS Capable.
Wounds Not Necessarily Fatal, But the
Presidents Condition Is Consid-
cred Serious

pede, while hundreds Of others from the
outside struggled blindly forward in the
effort to penetrate the crowded building
and solve the mystery Of excitement and
panic which every moment grew and
swelled within the congested interior of
the ediice. But of the multitude which
witnessed or bore a part in the scene
OF turbulence, there was but one mind
which seemed to retain It's equilibrium,
one hand which remained steady, one eye
which gazed with unfiinching calmness
and one voice which retained It's even
tenor and faltered not at the most criti-
cal juncture. They were the mind and
hand and the eye and the voice Of Presi-
dent Mckinley.
After the first shock of the assasssn's
shot. he retreated step; then, as the
detectives leaped upon his assailant. he
turned, walked steadily to chair and.
seated himself. at the same time remoy-
ing his hat and bowling his head In his
hands. In an instant Secretary Cortelyou
was at his side. His waistcoat was hur-
riedly opened, the president meanwhile
admonishing those about him to remain
calm and telling them not to be alarmed.
But you are wounded" cried his secre-
tary, '.let me examine. !"
NO, / think not answered the presi-.
dent. Il am not badly hurt. / assure
w, 81
The Bemidji pioneer., 1901-09-12
TricIsling Stream Of Blood

Nevertheless his outer garments were
hastily loosened and when a trickling
stream Of crimson was seen to wind It's
way down his breast, spreading its tell
tale stain over the white surface of the
linen. their worst fears were confirmed.
The presidents assailant in the mean
time had been hustled to the rear Of the
The Bemidji pioneer., 1901-09-12
NOT AN UNFAvORABIE. SYMPTOM

Unanimously of the opln-
ion That What Change Has Oc-
CURED Is for the Better Presi-
dent I,y No Means Out Of Danger
Possibility of Peritonitis or Sep
5s tic Poisoning ~ Vice President
Roosevelt Extremely Optimistic
Messages OF sympathy Pour in
From All Quarters of the Globe
Mrs. Mckinley bears Up BrayeIy.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-01-25
VIEWS OF A

Il am one who has always advocated
that drafting was a good thing for the
minor leagues and a better thing still
for the players, 1t has kept the game
alive and helped many a poor fellow
out OF a bad hole, as well as given the
player a chance for the big money"
says A. C.. Arson. successful minor
leagues are very rare. You will find
them continually dropping cities, and
for the purpose of jollying along the
game in new fields plausible stories are
invented and told with "A sameness that
indicates their purpose. The National
Agreement and the league magnates
are used as the butt to drive the new
people into the game or keep the old
one In line. Take the American
League for example, After getting the
price raised to 81 900 for a player they
ask for "A two-year limit before "A play
er man be drafted. Receiving about
all the concessions that could he ex-
pected, they would like to rise to the
Importance of "A first class league by
ignoring all the base ball laws anc
fayors shown"
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-01-25
THE CHAPpIEs MOURN HER.

Mabel Gilman, the young American
comedienne recently engaged In on
don, has signed a contract with sire
Bros. of New York to sing the title
role in a new musical comedy which
will open at the New York Casino
Feb. 4. Miss Gilman will receive a
salary of $500.
Mabel Gilman's success while in Lon
don has been phenomenal. She has
steadily risen until she commanded the
largest salary paid for light operate
and musical work. She is one of the
prettiest girls on the stage and has
been immensely popular with the
gilded youth. She has diamonds CAV
lore. rivaling those of Edna May, and
gowns that are dreams of l%oveliness.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-01-25
SOME SAMPLES OF MEANNEss.

Several years ago when the Pitts
burgs had the reputation all over the
circuit for not being the fairest expon-
written, they turned many "A trick
away from the green diamond that
never was brought home to any par
ticular player, nor even was punished,
says 'Taggarts' Times" One of the
members OF that old aggregation con
lar prey OF the old crowd-umpires
who had not given the team what it
thought was coming TO II. One way
of getting even with the umpires that
did not please us was most amusing"
said this player. "umpires. you know,
leave their uniforms in u dressing
room at the park when they are ottici-
ating in a city. Well, when an UNI
pire whom we disliked came along we
would get some strong liniment and
pour 1t in those portions of the uni
form that would be most likely to be
rubbed when the umpire was In ac-
ton. When the liniment got in its
work by being warmed up the umpire
was the picture of misery that we
| players enjoyed immensely. 1t was
our revenge, The greatest sufferer |
ever saw from this treatment was the
late Jack McQuaid. We put liniment
in his trousers and his shirt one day
with the thermometer at 100 degrees,
Say, Turkish dancers could not dupli-
cate his performance when the lini-
ment got to work. Players Of today
have reformed, and such mean tricks
are no longer resorted o."
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-01-25
AK ruANCIsCO GAINS.

Fighting is to be revived in San
Francisco and the man who Is expected
to put the game on its feet on the Pa
cifc coast. where IL has fallen into dis
repute on all sides. Is jim Kennedy,
the well-known New York sporting
man. The better class of sporting men
or the Pacific coast came 20 the con-
clusion that the fistic game there need
ed some such man as Jim Kennedy to
resurrect 1t again and make It as pop
ular and profitable rs In earlier days.
when Frisco vas the mecca of lighters
the world over. Kennedy consented to
take charge of affairs provided he was
allowed to pick his own referee. His
wish being complied with he selected
Charley White. whose name stands or
ali that is fair ami honest in ring do
ings. II is K~ennedy's intention to
bring together all the big heavy
weights. Jeffries. Corbetr. Rubin and
Maher have already been named as
probably principals in the proposed
fstic battles.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-01-25
A UNIQUE

A unique -one-act drama by Israel
Zangwill. entitled The Moment or
Death" Is being presented for the frst.
time on any stage.
The time of this unique play is n
moment-that moment al which, it Is
said, the dying person reviews in an
instant the whole of his or her past
life; the period coverted is a quarter OF
a century. and the scenes are laid in
Australia and London; nevertheless the
action occupies only half an hour. In
1t Mrs. LeMoyne proves her versatil-
ity and emotional power by playing
the elderly and sedate Duchess or
Maiden n minute, and the fair but
faithless Margery, the gold-seeker's
wife, the next.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-01-25
THE LOST RIVER.

Joseph Arthur's latest play, Lest
River depicts in dramatic form the
life Of the quaint natives of Southern
Indiana, along the curious Lost River,
and by contrast with the fashionable
visitors to the springs at West Baden.
Bob Blessing, a young New York con-
tractor, has been building an aqueduct
across Lost River, and has half fall
len in love with a sweet little wild
Hover, Ora, who lives alone with her
grandmother neal the scene OF his la
bors. But Gladys Middleton, the i'm
perious daughter of his partner, has
determined to win him for herself. and
with this end in view has induced her
brother, nicknamed Buster" to bring
her to West Baden. Her scorn for the
little country beauty is surpassed by
her rage when she finds in her a rival
for the affections OF Bob. and hence
forward her efforts are all to ruin and
disgrace Ora. Bob himself is not with
out enemies, one Bill Loucks, who has
been In love with Ora, resenting bit
terly the interference Of a city fell
ler' in his love affairs, and becoming
a confederate of Gladys for the pur-
pose of breaking off the match. He
goes even further. and whence she is
rescued in the nick Of time. Old Mid
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-01-25
CAUGHT ON THE FLY.

Ii Is quite probable that John King
OF st. Louis, will have an interest in
Lemons st. Paul team. 1t is general
ly known that Mr.. King has been made
an offer by the st. Paul magnate n
King is now considering the PROPOSE
ton.
Billy Lauder, who forsook the Phila-
delphia club a year ago on account or
Reach and Rogers treating him none
to well anent salary, is reported to be
firing OF selling jewelry and yearns for
the excitement Of the ball field once
again.
Architects are preparing plans for a
new grandstand for the Cincinnati
base bail park. The new stands and
bleachers, II is said. will have u seat
ing capacity OF fully $1,000 people.
They will be built largely of iron, and
made as nearly fire proof as possible,
| The cost will be about $40, 900.
Tom Smith, who pitched for the
Louisvilles some seasons ago, has been
appointed a member of the Boston po-
lice force and will ssatch base ball in
the future. 1t a ~"Smith who was re-
sponsible for Billy Nash's dropping
out of the game, a pitched ball deliver.
ed by Smith laying Nash low during
a game between the Phillies and tn,
Colonies and practically putting hin
out of the business.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-01-25
TIE SCISSORS PINCH.

and it is called the scissors punch
Its originator is Gus Rubin and he
is going TO use it on Jeffrles, providing
he meets him in the ring. kid" Nc
Coy's "CorksCrew punch" was so thor
oughly exploited that many persons
really believed that there was such Il
blow. Frequently fighters in training
say that they have invented new
blows. and they go into details about
them, too. But Fitzsimmons exploded
the whole business last summer when
he said that i~nventing new blows was
all a fake.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-01-25
.L.AIGLON's" Powerful SCENES.

When one comes to the task of class
flying "L'Aiglon," not a little difficulty
Is experienced. No general head Will
cover the Rostand %piece--it is so or
iginal and so MAN. sided. 1t Is politi-
cal, romantic, poetic, emotional, and
tragic. Looked at from a literary point
Of view. 1t is undoubtedly a classic: 1t
is academic in its soliloquies, its asides,
and its long speeches. and yet in form
1t is distinctly modern. 1t stands alone.
a member of no school. and far aboyek
the work of any contemporary drama
fist. There are W great scenes in
"L'Aiglon." The first IS a midnight
interview between the icy. impene-
trable shrewd, and cunning Meter
Mich and the young eagle. The chan
cellor scornfully ridicules the boys
puny passion and immature ambition.
and. taking him before a mirror, taunts
him with his Hapsburg features
his Hapsburg mind. On a table near
by rests the plain little chapeau that
| Napoleon wore at AusterlitZ. Pointing
to 1t, M%etternich exclaims: You have
your fathers hat, but not his head
This savage truth is really the keynote
of the play. II is boyish ambition un-
supported by enegry or enterprise. The
second scene takes place on the bat
tlefield of Wagram. where. after the
departure Of the Austrian police, the
little Eaglet is left alone with the old
%grenadier who had arranged his flight
from Schoenbrunp and had stabbed
himself to escape capture. Listening
to the means of his dying companions.
the Eaglet hears the echoes OF the
great fight that opened his fathers way
to Vienna. He hears the gallop OF the
charging of the cavalry, the distant
thunder of Marmont's guns and the
cheering of the army Of Italy as MacS
donald led his veterans to the attack,
and, over and above all, he hears tins
shrieks and groans of the wounded and
dying. The dead g%renadier at his feet
becomes to him the revolving embodi-
ment Of the awful price paid for m
pire. and in his agony he offers him
self as an expiation for the blood shed
in his fathers cause.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-01-25

started out on his professional career
with the Paducah club of the Central
league, In 1897. and gave such a good
account of himself, that he was drafted
by the Louisville club OF the major
league. He won only two OF the six
games he pitched FOR the latter after
he Joined its team, late In the season
of 1897. He a farmed to the Mil
waukee club, Of the Western League,
early In 1898, but was later recalled by
the Louisville management and finish
ed the season with the latter's team.
lie participated In ~thirty-five cham
pionship games with Louisville In
1898, and had only a 1882 per cent OF
victories. His best pitching perform
ance In any one game was in allowing
the heavy hitting Philadelphia team
only three safe hits.
Pitching for the Milwaukee club or
the American last season he won a
fourteen inning game from Chicago
by | to 0. allowing the losers only sew
en- safe hits. lie also won we games
OF twelve innings each and two of ten
innings, and lost one of ten innings.
His best pitching performance was
against Cleveland. July 2S, mt Mil
waukee, when he shut the Ohioans out
without a run. and prevented them
from making a solitary safe hit. He
held Chicago and Detroit each down to
four safe hits to a game. and Buffalo,
indianapolis and Detroit each to five
safe hits. He gave ninety-eight men
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-01-25
Is MCCOY A

II Mccoy wants to square himself
with the sporting public he can do 50
in no better way than by getting on n
match with the ''colored demon Joe
Walcott. who seems ready to meet any
of the big fellows. Joe's manager,
Tom O'Rourke, once posted $1,000 to
bind a match with Mccoy, but the
latter drew the color line. Coming
to cases, did Mccoy eve beat any
body In his life that was of conse-
quence. barring Tommy Ryan, Peter
Maher and poor old Dan Creedon?
asks a sporting authority. Didn't
Ryan give the Kid the hottest kind OF
a go" at Chicago last winter? Was 1t
not Jack Bonner, fat and slow. who
made the Kid blink last year? Mccoy
says that Corbett beat him on the lev
el, and according to form this would
seem to be the case. The Kid has
been overrated and cleverly doomed.
When il is considered how little he
has accomplished in the prize ring,
his prominence in pugilism is aston
ishing.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-01-25

Miss May Kaarlus. whose father is
well known as a fancy billiardist. and
she is a beautiful young lady. IN a re.
cent trial Miss Kaarlus made Maurice
DAILY look like a novice. Some of her
shots he could only approach. no mat
ter how often he tried, and in one hJri-
ortal %ierpentine draw involving the
whole length OF the long rail he could
make the II ball take cushion bat
twice. while she could make the ball
twist In and out three times, as II she
had massaed IT. Miss Kaarlus has
much the same stroke that was a fea-
ture of the professional Sections play.
Like him she throws her arm and
shoulder into the blow and when the
hot demands great power her whole
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-01-25
NOTES.

hummer now holds the record for
six furlongs over a circular track. He
stepped the distance at K!nloch Park
last October in 1:S2 fiat, with 80
pounds up. The previous record was
l:l2A. held jointly by O'Connell,
Flora Louise and Mary Black.
Tommy Ryan of Syracuse has re-
pented of his action in denouncing the
purse offered by the National Sporting
club of London for a battle between
himself and Charley McKeever OF
Philadelphia as being very small and
has decided to accept. Ryan is a
shrewd matchmaker and always takes
good care of his own interests.
Maxwell w. Long carried of the in
dividual athletic honors of the year
1900. Long wears the colors of the
New York Athletic club and is "A prod
net Of Long Island. For all distances
from 800 yards up to and including
440 yards Long has established all the
records. Long defeated the English
champion at that distance and made
the worlds record in the 400-meter
run at Paris.
Mccoy announces his Willingness to
fight Jeffries. Corbett, Rubin or Shark
ey. but up to the present writing each
and everyone of the quartet has side
stepped his def. giving as their osteu-
sible reason that there would be no
money, even for the winner, in a con-
test with him. on account of the sup
position that his contest with Corbett
was a fake.
Ben Tiepel died in the insane asylum
at Lakeland, Ky, the other day. For
years he was a noted figure in the trap
shooting world, having won many
championship prizes and competed
against the best shots OF the day. He
was also the inventor of the 'Tiepei
arm for throwing the old clay pig
cons, as well as other Improvements on
traps. Tiepel was about 40 years Old,
and was taken to the insane asylum on
Dec. Is. He was a participant in the
Grand American Handicap In 1899.
One of the best performances of 1900
was Charentus' mile and a quarter at
Empire City. in 2:04, with 100 up.
Charentus is IA ~six-year-old. The old
record was 2:04h. held by Algol and
David Tenney. Two new records were
established at New Orleans last Feb
ruary. Teutons ran two miles and a
sixteenth in 1856. The horse is four
year-old, and carried "a pounds.
Kid Broad's manager says that ne
had received an offer Of 81 600 to meet
McGovern at San Francisco during the
first week of February.
In 1891 John McGraw played short,
stop on the Cedar Rapids (la.) team
He was under 20, very boyish, quick
as a flash, but very erratic in his
work. Barnie succeeded in getting him
but his work was too uncertain. anC
Barnie benched him and wanted to re
lease him, but Won der Horst rathel
liked Macs" dash and nerve and re
fused to allow It. lie wanted HanloI
to look him over. Hanlon looked hin
over, tried him at second, third an
short and outfield. Then he place,
/, him on third in the regular team AM
kept him there. saying from the yer.
> first that he would be a great bal
player some day.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-01-25

year he did his first writing on base
ball and he has since. with his pen.
beer one of the %staunchest supporters
OF the game. He has contributed ar
ticles to several of the big metropoli-
tan dailies and other publications and
has also published newspapers devoted
TO baseball, besides editing a number
OF h%andbooks on baseball, cricket, la
crosse. skating, rowing curling, etc, The
National League Of Professional Base
ball Clubs in 1894 gave evidence of its
appreciation II Mr., Chndwlck's services
10 the game by electIng him an hon
orary member, the only time the honor
has been conferred on 4 member OF the
press. II afterward appointed him to
a salaried place In the league for ,,ie,
Each year he edits the League Guide,
the standard manual OF our national
game.