The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1901-08-08
People Talked About.

struction and medical affairs, is dead.
A telegram from Prescott, Ariz,, ans
nounces the death of Harry G. Mason,
formerly speaker of the Ohio house OF
representatives and well known at.
torney Of Cleveland.
Rev. Adam Miller, called "the father
of German Methodisn in America
and said to be the Oldest Methodist
minister in the United States, died at
his home in Chicago, aged ninety-one.
The resignation of Charles T.. Hern-
ley Of Newcastle as chairman Of the
Indiana Republican state committee
has been accepted and James p. Good
rich of Rochester was elected to the
place.
Henry H. Wilson, the United States
minister at Chile, will be rendered an
elaborate banquet by Chilean friends
probation Of his friendly sentiments
for Chile. s II NJ 3s
DR.. w. G. Gray, for twenty-five years
editor Of the Interior, the organ Of the
Presbyterian church, has disposed OF
his interest in the paper and resigned.
The paper has been incorporated with
capital of $4,000.
Capt. Lyman C.. Aldrich, a distin-
guished Confederate soldier, member OF
the executive board of control, endow-
ment rank, knights Of Pythias, and e
prominent Mason, died at Natchez,
h Miss, Of paralysis,
George III. Yenowine. one of the best
known newspaper men in the West,
~, 1lra n "a
one Of the founders Of the Milwaukee
Press club. Mr.. Yenowine was forty
six years old, and is survived by a Wild
oW and son. i
Judge John L. T. Sneed died at Mem
pitts, Tenn, aged eighty-two. He was
an officer in the Mexican war, brigadier
general In the provisional army OF
Tennessee after the secession OF the
state, and after the war served on the.
Tennessee supreme bench.
Frank Irvine Of Lincoln, Neb., has
been appointed to the chair Of practice
and procedure in Cornell, to take the
place Of 1T. S. Redfield, who resigned
to take a similar position in Columbia
university. Mr.. Irvine is a Cornell
graduate Of the class of 1880.
II James G. Henry, the Oldest inmate Of
+ the Iowa Soldiers home and member
of the independent Brady Guards OF
Detroity in the Canadian Rebellion OF
1888, is dead, aged ninety-three. He
was admitted TO the home under spe-
cial act, on account OF bravery dis
played in the service. s
General. s5l53s
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Drought has SO diminished the Supply
OF potatoes in Cincinnati that 1t mas
been possible to corner the market.
The production % the mines of the
Cripple Creek Mining district during
July was $2,312, 500. an increase of $780,
900 over the June production.
The youngstown {ohio) plant Of the
tin can trust will be removed to Cleye.
land, where it will be operated In con-
nection with the plant at Cleveland.
The steamer islander, at Victoria,
from Skagway, had passengers VINO
came from Dawson in less than SIX
days, breaking past records. She had
on board $4,000 In gold.
The st. Louis Post Dispatch revives
the story that negotiations for the con-
soidation OF the Leading photogra pnlc
dry plate factories Of the United States
and Europe with capital Of $50, O00, o0o,
are pending.
General Secretary White, of the Car
ment Workers of America, announces
that the strike of his fellow craftsmen
is practically ende except in the cases
of several firms against whom the gar
ment workers have grievances.
James #. Grinstead, who was nom
mated for mayor Of Louisville, KY, IN
the Republican primary, July ~, an
nounces that he will not accept the
nomination because Of dissatisfaction
over the way the primary was con-
Quoted.
More than half the horses in Chicago
are said to be afflicted with grip. AMI
| mails in the stables Of both rich and
poor have q high fever and violent fits
Of coughing. The epidemic started In
New York and attacked Chicago two
weeks ago.
Beginning Oct. /, women will have as
good a right to enter the freshman
class Of Rush Medical college, Chicago,
as men, This innovation has been
brought about by the recent action OF
the trustees and faculty of the college,
which decided to admit women for the
first two years work.
Miss Katherine d. Elwas, niece OF the
governor OF Bermuda. has written let
ters. now in possession of Robert 3.
Roosevelt of New York, showing the
needs and conditions OF the Boer pris-
oners. Mr.. Roosevelt suggests that u
might be desirable to appoint COM
mittee to Investigate this matter.
Work on the naval branch Of the
Young Mems Christian association, be-
ing erected In New York city by Miss
Helen Gould, at a cost Of s425, 900, as a
memorial of her parents, has been de-
Iayed by a fight between the Amaiga-
mated Societies of Plumbers and Gas
Filters of New York and the Plumbers
| union of Brooklyn.
| United States Senator Clark of Mon
| tar,a is in San Francisco, In connection
| with the construction OF the Salt Lake,
San Pedro g. Los Angeles railway,
which. he says, will be completed az
rapidly as possible. He confirmed the
truth Of a recent statement that ne Is
negotiating for a rich copper mining
concession In Siberia.
The steamship companies which 40
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