The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1901-05-30
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General.

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Reports from all sections give fair ac-
counts of the crop outlook.
An earthquake shock was felt re-
Gently in number of towns in Ohio
and West Virginia, but no damage was
done.
The American Smelling and refining
company has filed certificates with the
Colorado secretary of state increasing
its capital stock from $50 ,oOo, 900 to s100,-
000. 900.
Vice Chancellor Pitney in Jersey City
signedsthe order dissolving the injunc-
ton restraining the Amalgamated Cop
per company from absorbing the Bos-
ton & Montana and Butte & Boston
companies.
The suit against Sam Strong.
wealthy Cripple Creek mine owner, for
100000 damages, which has been on
trial in the district court in Denver for
over three weeks, ended in verdict for
the defendant.
Stanford university's faculty has lost
another member because Of the resig-
nation of Prof. Ross under pressure.
Prof. III. d. Lathrop rendered his res
ignation and stated he had accepted
chair in the University of Wisconsin.
n, After conference by correspondence
between the officers and executive com
mittee of the irrigation congress it has
been decided to postpone the annual
meeting, which was to have been held
in Colorado Springs in July, for one
year.
Though he made his fortune of 100000
in the saloon business Charles a. strong
of New Brunswick, n. j., w1lled the
bulk Of his estate to the Y. M. q Az
Rutgers college, the Children's Indus
trial Home and Wells Memorial Hos 4
pital.
The state supreme court of Colorado
has decided that the city Of Leadville
owns the mineral rights under land
transferred to the city for streets ana
alleys. The decision, 1t is expected, VIII
give the city possession OF some S val a.
BILE mines.
The big damaged thirteen-inch gun
was removed from the lower section OF
the double turret of the battieship
Kearsarge and the new gun installed.
1t took five weeks work and an expend-
iture of $4,000 to get the disabled gun
from its position.
Victor, Goldfield, Altman and Ana
conda, four towns in the Cripple Creek
district of Colorado, are threatened
with a water famine by the bursting OF
the dam at the Victor reservoir at
pixies Peake The dam contained Co.
0oo, 600 gallons of water.
The national convention of the Delta
Gamma council concluded at Lincoln,
Neb., with banquet. Delegates were
present from colleges as TAR west as
Leland Stanford and east to the Attain
tic. 1t was decided to hold the next an
nual council at Madison. WIS.
Nine hundred en,igrants embarked on
the steamer Californian at Guanica,
Porto Rico. for Hawaii recently, ieaV-.
ing 400 more ready to sail. Joyous man
ifestations accompanied the departure
Of the ernigrants. Fourteen Weddings
and forty-eight haptisms took place the
day before.
The board of directors of the Benja-
min Harrison Monument association
met In Indianapolis recently Senator
Charles w. Fairbanks presided. Evans
woollen was chosen secretary to I'LL
the place made vacant by the resisna-.
ton of e. f. Tibbott. The association
confidently awaits hearty and gener-
Gus response from the people of the
United States.
The general quadrennial conference
of the. United Brethren Church In
Christ has changed the word hell in
the Apostles creed to "hades