The Bemidji pioneer., 1902-03-06
Otherwise.

A run on O. Detroit bank was started
by a silly joke.
Trade conditions Of the week have
been favorable.
McGovern and Young Corbett" have
Eeen signed to fight
Denver Ed" Martin won the decision
over Childs In Chicago.
Grasshonpers in thousands interrupt
ed Chicago school classes.
There Is talk Of consolida ting the va
ridus passenger associations
Terry McGovern knocked out Dave
Sullivan In the fifteenth round.
Chicago co-eds protest against the
food served in the dormitories.
Cornell sophmores kidnapped the
toastmaster Of the freshman banquet
Daughters of the American Revolut-
tion go on record as opposed to polyg-
amy. .a.
The widow of Capt. Jacob Vanderbilt
married u forger just released from
prison. ~ ~
An eloping couple at Springfield, H.,
rode forty-fiye miles on the front end of
a baggage car.
A ST. Bernard dog in New York State
finds a freezing babe, drags 1T to his
kennel and enlists human aid.
Charles Curtis was renominated @sFor5
congressman by the first district at he.
Republican convention at Holton, Kan,
An Ohio farmer has been reunited 20
his kidnapped daughter, after twenty
seven years, by matrimonial adver-
tisement.
Tom Tracey OF Australia was giver
the decision over Rube Ferns of Kansas
at the end OF the twentieth round at,
Portland, Or.
The volcano Kilauea, in Hawaii, is
showing signs of renewed activity. Fis-
itors to the crater last week found new
ly-risen lava ana great heat. ~
News from the sealers which have
been sealing off the California and Ore
eon coast tells of stormy weather with
wrecks and q poor catch. The winter
season promises to be the worst in
years. r. 5.'a @
officials Of the Burlington railroad
have started a campaign against IN
toxicants with view to eradlcating
their use by the employees OF every de-
partment not only on duty, but also
while off duty. &"a'"N
The agreement to voluntarily advance
the wages of mill operatives at Fail
River, Mass, received it's full quota of
signers, and the increase will go into
signers, and the Increase will. go into
effect in April. "a 5
The Rock Islaad railroad will prob
ably build a cutoff ninety miles long
from Fairbury, Neb., to Harrington,
Kar., making direct line from Omaha
to Ell Paso, and cutting off 100 miles be-
tween there and Harrington. s #
The National Association OF Letter
Carriers, until recently with headquar-
ters ct Washington. is on the verge OF q
split, and carriers in cities of less than
rs, 900 population are now planning to
effect q separate organization.
The Washington executive commit
tee Of the Fourth general conference
district Epworth League convention,
which win be held in Washington IN
June. has formulated elaborate plans
for the entertainment of the conven-
ton. " --7 Size: s.
Judge Thomas G. Johnson of Mont
gomery, whom President Roosevelt late
iy appointed United States district
Judge of Alabama, has accepted the m
vitation to deliver the grafton at Gen.
Grants tomb in New York city on Me-
mortal Day. - -, ~ 3
It was announced In New York by Jo~
seph III. Ioadley that the controlling In
terest in the American Ordnance COM
panr of Bridgeport, Conn., has been
fought by the Hoadiey Cramp cyndi-
cate. Charles r. Flint, who was presi-
dent Of the company, has resigned, ana
Joserh H. Hoadley has been elected 10
succeed him.
The New Jersey assembly. after
long and humorous debate, has passed
the mosquito ito-extermination bill, by
vote of IS to 9. The hfli appropriates
1000 to the state experiment station
for the purpose OF making g. scientific
investigation of the pest.
The New Jersey assembly has passed
the mosquito determination bill. 1t
appropriates $4,000 to the state expert
ment station for the purpose of max
ing scientific investigation of the hao-
its, origin and breeding places OF mos
uuitoes and their relation TO nalarlai
and other diseases. &,