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The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-08-20
DEED OF A MANIAC
LuNATIc OF THE "JAck THE RIP.
PER" TYPE AT WORK IN
DETROIT.
BOY IS BRUTALly BUTCHfRFD
HIS MuTiLATED REMAINS FOUND
WHERE MURDERER HAD HID
DEN THEM.
MANY SIMILAR GRIMES IN CITY
POLICE ARE WORKING ON THE
THEORY THAT A MANIAC is
RESPONSIBLE.

Detroit Mich, Aug. 20.-Murdered
by a maniacal Jack the Ripper,
doubtless was the fate OF Alphonse
Wilmes, four-year-old boy whose mu-
tilated body yesterday was found IN
the rear of the Michigan stove works.
wedged between two holding boxes.
The hands were tied behind with WIRE
and a hand kerchief had been stuffed
down the boys throat. The body was
partly stripped Of clothing. The aldo
men was ripped open and the left
wrist was nearly severed The thighs
also had long cuts in them. Alphonse
had been missing from his home since
Monday noon.
The police are satisfied that the
boy was murdered by maniac ard
they are working along these lines.
The officers are inclined to believe
that the child was killed in some
house, and that afterward the muir
derer carried the body in a sack or a
wagon to the spot where it was found
yesterday.
Several Crimes Against Children.
There have been several other
crimes against children in the city re-
Gently, and many persons believe that
maniac is responsible.
1t is evident that murder was not
committed near where the body was
found for, although there is scarcely
a drop of blood left in the body, there
practically was no blood on the boards
where he was found
A search for bloodstains to and
from the scene was inaugurated with
out result. Perhaps the strangest
phase of the mystery is that there
were only few small stains on the
body and clothing of the boy, despite
the horrible character Of his wounds.
1t looks as though the murderer, after
committing the deed. washed the
blood from the body and then carried
it to the lot where it was found.
Similar Case in Illinois.
Rockford, ILL.,, Aug. 20.-The murder
of the Detroit boy is identical in cir.
cumstances with the murder of Dick
Tibbitts, a seven-year-old newsboy.
here last month The details cor
respond so closely that the local au-
thorities believe the murderer was
the same man, lunatic of the Jack
the Ripper" type, and they are now in
communication with the Detroit police
department on the subject.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-08-20
WANT LARGER ARMY.
German Government to Ask Reichstae
for Additional $4,000 Men.

Berlin Aug. 20.-There seems to be
no doubt that the government, under
the impulse Of the emperor, is deter
mined to ask the reichstag for an in
crease in The permanent military es-
tabla,cat by about 390O0 men. to be
s.;@a into two army corps1thus
4, tee standing army TO about
C. C. 10 officers and men. The increased
==f=..Ifsa.: -es.,targe is=estimated at sA449.-
e. exclusive of equipment.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-08-20
iRELAhD's RED HAT.

Pope to Confer With Cardinal Gibbons
on Appointment Of Another American.
Rome, Aug. 20. = TIE pope has re-
quested Cardinal Gibbons TO remain
for some time in Europe, as he wished
to consult with the cardinal relative to
the appointment of another American
cardinal at the next consistory. This
has given rise to the belief that Plus
intends to raise Archbishop. Ireland to
the purple.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-08-20
MussuImans Massacred.

Constantinople, Aug. 20.-The most
recent advices received here from
Monastir were forwarded Sunday
night and announced that the fighting
between the insurgents and Turkish
troops in the vicinity of Krushevo con-
tinued and that many refugees from
neighboring villages had congregated
at Monastir. Several villages inhab-
tied by Creeks 1t was added had been
set on fire by the insurgents.
According to advices received at
one of the foreign embassies at Con
mans have been massacred through
out the district OF Monastir by insur-
gents, whose movements continue to
gain ground.
Entire Population Wiped Out.
Sofia. Aug. 90 Reports received
here from Constantinop1e and believed
to be authentic. confirm the previous
statements to the effect that when the
Turks recaptured Krushevo they
slaughtered the entire Christian popu-
lation without exception, and it is
pointed out that among those killed
were the employees of the government
tobacco establishments. which were
under European control, as the pro-
ceeds from these establishments were.
signed to the service of the Turkish
debt
A fierce battle is reported to have
occurred in the neighborhood Of Mon
astir Three Turkish battalions at
tackled 1000 insurgents, and, after tie
fight had
Had Ragged for Six Hours,
the Turks were repulsed with a loss
OF 210 men killed or wounded. The In
surgent loss is not given.
A reign of terror is reported at
Uskab, where the Christian inhabi-
tants are afraid to leave their houses.
The vail has issued the strictest orders
to the Mussulman population to re-
main quiet and not modest Christian
neighbours. but the Mussulmans, meet
ing in Mosques, have resolved at
given signal to massacre the whole
Christian population Immediately the
first insurgent band appears near
uskub or any other preteXt The Chris.
tians are terrorized
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DETERMINED TO DIE.
Unidentified Man Commits Suicide on
Railroad Train

ST Louis, Aug 2O.-An unidentified
man died here at the city hospital
fror' a dose of strychnine taken last
night on an incoming Burlington
train from Chicago. In his valise
were found six bottles, each contain
ing different kinds of poison. The
labels showed that they had been
purchased at Paducah, KY. The man
was well dressed and spent money
Iavishly on the train. Before he died
he said: 81 was tired of living. 1t is
my affair and not the public's."
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-08-20

Vote Bonds for Sehoolhouse.
Ada, Mimi, Aug 20. = Independent
School District of Ada has voted to is
sue bonds for building a $4,000 school
house
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-08-20
Salisbury a Sick Man.

London. Aug. 2o-The condition Of
Lord Salisbury continues to be unde
niably grave The bulletin issued by
his physicians merely says the patient
passed a restful night and that his
condition is much the same as yester.
day.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-08-20
Bakers at PhiIadelphia.

Philadelphia. Aug. 20.-The Natioha!
ASS ociation of Master Bakers began a
three-days convention in this city.
Delegates are In attendance from all
sections of the country.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-08-20
TURKS IN A PANIC
ARRIVAL OF RUSSIAN FLEET OFF
COAST OF TURKEY CAUSES
A SCARE.
MAKES A NAVAL DEMONSTRATION
TO SUPPORT DEMANDS MADE
REGARDING MURDER OF RUS.
SIAN CONSUL.
AWFUL SLAUGHTER GOES ON
MUSsULMANs AND CHRISTIANS
ARE BEING KILLED BY THE
HUNDREDS.

Constantinople, Aug 2o-The Rus
sian squadron Of warships which left
Sebastapol Monday, yesterday arrived
off the Turkish coast to support the
demands made on Turkey by Russia in
conneston With the assassination Aug.
z Of M. Rostkovski, the Russian consul
at Monastir
The fact that Russia is to make
naval demonstration in Turkish waters
was kept a profound secret here. the
public being entirely ignorant Of the
Russian movement. and the arrival OF.
the feet created almost panic
The notification received here Of the
sailing of the squadron was an unwel-
come surprise to the Turkish govern
ment. which has pretended to believe
that the Rostkovski incident had been
closed with the punishment Of the
guilty parties
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-08-20
Died While MiIkina a Cow

Baraboo, Wis, Aug. 20. = While
milking a COW last evening Mrs. An
drew Iced died of heart failure.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-08-20
Fire at Glendive.

Glendive. Mont, Aug. 20. Fire N
the Hotel Jordan last night damaged
that structure to the extent of $4,000
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Ready for Any Emergency.

st. Petersburg. Aug. 20 Russia's
aggressive diplomatic attitude toward
Turkey is evidently intended to notify
the rest of Europe that the internal
and external preoccupations Of the
czar's government must not be taken
to indicate that it is unprepared to as
sumo an important part in any crisis
that may issue from the Macedonian
trouble.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-08-20

FOR SALE-Two thousand cords of
16-inch wood. Yves Wright. 34-tf
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-08-20
THE CITY

j. NJ. Heller is down from
Frunkley.
R. S. Danforth is up from
Minneapolis.
Paul Focault has returned
from Solway.
Major Wilson is back from his
trip up north.
w. R. TAFT arrived from St.
Paul yesterday.
Commissioner f. O. Sibley of
Solway is in town.
E. j. Ersin of Detroit, Mimi,
is in town on business.
A. d. Sanallo and wife of Mason
City, Ia, are in the city.
Lenas johnson of Red Lake
was in the city yesterday.
Miss Pearl Ross Of Akeley is
visiting friends in Bemidji
w. III. Manton of Bralnerd was
a BemidI visitor yesterday.
Follow the crowd to the Lake
side bakery. It will pay you.
G. A. Howard and r. d. Shepl-
mare arein town from Austin.
Pies, cakes, etc, for outing
lunches, at the Lakeside bakery.
b. B. Baety, advance agent for
Beatty Bros. show, is in the city.
Chris Peterson and Andrew
Rusky are in town from Solway.
Frank Jeffers of Red Lake
Falls is registered at the Mark
ham.
Furnished rooms for rent over
the Boyer building Ing uire
upstairs. 54-tf
Invite your best girl to accom-
pany you to the Lakeside bakery
ice cream parlors.
Judge Achenbach is still
seriously i'll. No improvement
in his condition was noted today.
If y GU wish to buy a fine lot or
farm in a good location, see T..
Beaudette, the tailor, before buy
ing. 50 tt
The Clearwater Lumber com
pany had twenty horses taken to
their logging camps this morn
ing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lorin Cray and
Mr.. and Mrs. G. L. Robbins lof
Mankato are enjoying an outing
; in Bemid j.
Leave your orders for paper
hanging, decorating, painting and
sign writing with Steece, at Beau
dettes tailor shop. 47tf
Two slot machines were taken
to the city hall yesterday. The
owners refused to pay the
licenses on them.
Superintendent Davis Of the
Red Lake agency schools was in
town today. The Red Lake
schools will open Sept 1.
If you expect the girls to be
sweet on you, sweeten them at
the Lakeside bakery ice cream
parlors. They will enjoy it.
DR.. Horace Foster of St.
Thomas, N. D.. arrived in the
city today and will spend some
time here assisting his brother
in his dental practice.
Home baking; cakes, cookies
and all kinds of pastry aspecialty;
pies made to order: best bread
in the city. Mrs. A. H. Bently,
over Gould's Harness shop, Bel
trami avenue. 9S-tf
Tomorrow night is the time Of
the HORT Concert Company's APP
pearance at the opera house.
Master Adolph Olsen, the IA
year old oy violinist, will make
his first appearance in Bemidii
and he is said to be the greatest
genius on the violin ever born in
the United States. Mr.. Jacob
New-York tribune., 1903-04-19

the three weeks the party also visited all the other
monuments. tombs and temples In speaking OF
this part of the Nile journey afterward, Mr. Gould
said that he most impressed with what he saw
at Luxor and Karnak, where several Pharaohs
have left a sample of their power in ruined tenn
pies and long avenues of battered sphinXes.
As the locks Assuan were not yet completed
the party was compelled to take short rail jour
ney around the big dam and embark on board a
second river boat by the name of Isis. The jour
ney from the first to the second cataract was or
especial interest by Of a trip to the great
tomb of Abu Simbel. where Rameses II had the
solid side of hill carved into four seated figures
Of Titanic size. A river of sand swept hither by
the winds from the desert pours into the space at
their feet. but, despite all the centuries that have
passed, it has not yet drowned the four giants of
stone.
The Niagara left Alexandria on February "a, and
with only a short stop Gibraltar for coal and a
three days visit to the CanareS the yacht made
a of twenty-five days, reaching the Bermudas
March q. and sailing into New-York Harbor
three days later. The members of the party were
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Gould, Mr.. and Mrs William
A. Perry, Miss Catherine Noble, of Baltimore, and
A. C. Robinson. Miss Noble enjoyed the sea as
much any of her fellows. although she was the
only woman survivor of the wreck of the Mohican'
New-York tribune., 1903-04-19

families new dishes are purchased, but in the
majority of cases special of dishes frequently
heirIoons is kept for this purpose The day be-
fore the holiday begins the house is carefully
svept and every crumb Of bread is removed Ihe
knives are ground at the kosher Dutcher shOP'
to remove all stains the meat block Is carefuhy
shaved off AS symbol of the cleaning away of the
br.adcrun,bs the head of the house goes through
the rooms armed with a large spoon and a feather
brush and gathers up crumbs that the members
Of the family have left for him. Then these are
burned and the house is clean Even the pockets
are carefully searched for crumbs that the cleans
ing may be thorough
With the setting of the sun on the evening OF
the 18th of Nisan the feast begins There Is, how
ever one distinction between this and other 1easts
No Hebrew will eat leayened bread after o CLOCK
that morning The first two nights OF the PASSOVER
are known as "Seder' nights. and are the most
important of the holidays. The two nights are oO-
served because of the doubt existing in the caen-
dar as TO the moon Among orthodox Jews
both nights are kept in other households only the
first is celebrated. At the meal on the first Seder
night the most interesting Ceremon1als take place
The head of the house reclnes on his left side at
the table while others sit. this symboIzins the
authority belonging to his position Ihere are
special prayers and father of the family reads
the story of the captivity and flight in Egypt -Four
glasses of wine. specially prepared in vessels in
which no other wine been kept, are
paced on the table and when the story of the
plagues sent upon Pharaoh is reached the chill
dren dip their fingers in the wine ten times and
let the wine run off on the floor. telling of the
names of the ten plaques
A distinctive feature of the first "Seder'' night
is the eating of the green leaves of horseradfsh-
.rooora as II Is called on the East Side, signify
ing bitter in remembrance of the bitterness OF the
captivfty On the second night the more orthodox
Hebrews eat white horseradish in memory OF
New-York tribune., 1903-04-19
CONFERENCE FOR EDUCATION.
Meets at Richmond This Week-Addresses
by Many Distinguished Speakers.

Richmond April 18.-Arrangements are being
rapidly completed for the approaching session OF
the Conference for Education in the South 1t
will meet for organization the afternoon of April
o. in the Academy of Music. in Eighth-st.. be-
tween Grace and Franklin-sts The formal open
ing will occur in the evening. when Governor Mon
tague will deliver the address Of welcome, and
Robert c. Ogden will present the annual address
of the president
On the morning of Thursday brief reports Of the
work of the Southern Education Board Will De
made by Joseph b. Graham, of Talladega, Ala,
field agent of the Southern Education Board in
Alabama; by DR.. Charles D Mc1ver president OF
the State Normal College, Greensboro, n e; Dr.
H B. FisseIl, principal of Hampton Institute.
Hampton, Va; DR.. Charles w Dabney' president OF
the University of Tennessee. Knoxville, Tenn. and
Dr. Edwin A. Alderman president of Tulane Uni
versity w-Orleans-directors in the Southern
Education Board These brief addresses will be
followed by an address by Daniel c. Gilman, OF
New-York tribune., 1903-04-19
ON THE PACIFIC SLOPE.

San Francisco April 17-Arransements for
the reception Of President Roosevelt On May y
and 13 have been practically finished The mill
tary parade will be imposing. as all the regU-
lars here as we'll as the crack militia COM
panies. will take part. San Francisco inherits
its love Of parades from the old Spanish days.
but this procession will net have the usual
picturesque features. as it viii be strictly milf
tary The public will have a chance 10 hear
the President speak at the Young Mems Chris
tfan Association Building. where the mortgage
on the building viii be burned. at an evening
meeting in the Mechanics Pavilion, and at the
dedication of the Manila Naval Monument. IN
Union Square. At the dedication OF the ronu-
ment it is expected that the President will re-
view the work Of the navy The President viii
also deliver the commencement day address at
New-York tribune., 1903-04-19
TENNIS TOURNAMENT AT BARNARD

The tennis tournament for the silver cup to be
presented by Miss Jean Eggleston, O4, to the ten
mis- champion of Barnard College has been re-
newed. Last fall the cold weather cut short the
matches between Miss Espeth Kroeber, '03, and
Miss Edith Handy. 'O5 who proved to be the
best two players in the college. But the courts
opposite the college, at Riverside Drive and One
hundred-and- -nineteenth-st have been rolled for
the spring, and other matches now in prog
ress.
The class OF '02 will hold luncheon at Barnard
on April %, and will afterward attend in body
the undergraduate play. The Manoeuvres of
Jane It is hoped that the other classes of
aIumna will follow the example Of 02 III making
the play an occasion of reunion between The
alunnna and undergraduates.
Walter Lynwood Fleming. of the department of
history at Barnard, will spend the summer work
ing on a book The Reconstruction OF Ala
bana." Mr.. Fleming will make careful inVeSu-
CATION of the city archives at Montgomery.
Professor Calvin Thomas, of the department of
Germanic languages. will during his summer yaca-
ton work his Life of Goethe which is to
form the companion volume to his Life of Scnil-
Ter"
At a meeting of the Barnard Chapter of the
Young WOnen's Christian Association last week
the following officers elected: Jean LOOrlis.
president: May Parker 04, vce-president; Eliza
beth Post. 'O6 recording secretary: Laura Parker,
'G5, corresponding secretary. and Eleanor Holden.
New-York tribune., 1903-04-19

"NO JEW WITHOUT MATZOS" SAYS THE PROVERB
4NECDOTES CONNECTED NTH THE OBSERVANCE
OF THE FEAST OF THE PASSOVER.

famous Talmudist. who observed "Seder'' By sa.s,-
this between slices OF 'matzos" On the second
night the same prayers and the same reading fro-,
the Scriptures take place There is a story. to,s
the East Side and amounting almost 20 fo.
lore of the unfortunate experience OF an Orthodo-
Hebrew. who married a German Jewess-anG n
East Side tradition has it that the German Je7,
are nOtoriOusy unorthodcx- On the first night a.
'Seder.'' so the story goes. the orthodox Hehrsr
read to his wife the story Of the Egyptian css.
tivity. and particularly the incidents connectss
with Joseph and his brethren To this reading IL
good wife listened with tOlerable cOmpOsure- Tu.
hours are consumed in the prayers and reading b
fore the eating begins
On the second night however when the readinz
began again. and she heard the name of Jossps
and foresaw two hours OF waiting before dinner
she interrupted in terms scaadaIoUsly irreversnt
Aaron, is that the selfsane Joseph that ySs
read about for two hours last nisht%
'Of course Of course explained her husband
surprised and panied at the interruption
We'll Aaron. II that IS the very same Joseph
let him go 70 the devil and let US get 70 our dir
ner."
There are many hundreds Of Jewish households
on the East Side in which the ancient customs o.
'.Pesa" are no longer observed as trlf- -rneut %
the law But there are few in which The rites -
the first "Seder" night not celebrated. for ths
sake of the children Proud Of their history art
of this phase in the ancient glory OF their race
generation after generation perpetuate the custom
We are not orthodox. we are not even reiz-
ious" said a prominent East Side Heorew 20 a
Tribune reporter the other day. and yet wish
YOU could have been with US last Saturday nigh,
and seen my little boy as I read him the scory.
I wish you could have seen his eyes fash and
heard the questions that he asked What vour
race find in Christmas our Jewish children gst in
Passover. Days before 1t came he was on tiDtos
with anticipation Nothing in the ceremony es-
caped him II was for him. for the children. that
we kept the holiday. that they might always know
the history Of our race"
This incident best illustrates. perhaps the reason
why the great exed race. in this the 5saf year oi
their calendar cling 70 the fdlment OF rites thli
began centuries before the Christian
New-York tribune., 1903-04-19

Mr.. Gould and the other members OF the party
boarded the Scraps at Cairo whittier they mad
gone from Alexandria by rail, and in this boat they
5 the first cataract, at Assuan. q DIS
tance OF six hundred miles AS the araDle
and settled part Of Egypt is exceedingly narrow
country. extending either side or the Nile only
the few miles that !ts foundations reach, with a
total area a little less than that of the State OF
Maryland stretched out distance equal to that
from Montreal to Washington. travellers are able
20 view almost all of fits sights by means or snort
trips inland from the Nile Thus MI Gouid ana
his friends able sleep aboard their boat
every night and make daily excursions oy means
OF donkeys canels interior points Of interest
Between Cairo and the big dam at Assuan the
tourists spent three weeks At Memphis rev
miles from Cairo they the great statue or
Raneses II. which lies PROSTATE ana broken,
but which still shadows forth the tremendous
power of a monarch who reigned for sixty
years who his cartouche on half the build
ings of the land Wherever Raneses II built a
monument left his name, and wherever ne found
one already constructed he is said to have erased
sbs psrns OF It's builder and attached his own In
New-York tribune., 1903-04-19

blind salamander was celebrated and rare. This is
the only amoer Of the salamander tribe on eX-
hibition at the Aquarium. There the Florida
salamander the newt, the white axolotl, with its
rudmentary legs. suggesting white mice to one
youngster who saw them the other day; mudpup-
pies and the elegantly named hellbenders. These
are not all. for the frogs connected with the
family. which, like II. rapid In their move
ments when they make up their minds to move
The hellbenderS unpleasant IN appearance
as their name suggests Those at the Aquarium
are about a foot long. Their skin looks like hide.
and is the shade of the elephants wrinkled cover
ing. little girl described them the other day
as mot allgators but with legs like a puppie' s. y
The leatheTy looking skin fits i'll the long. eel
like body is heavy in action and appearance. ana
the skin lies over ii in folds, The skin about the
legs in appearance but not in color, suggests the
freshly starched arms of a shirt
The nudpuppies, which are IN q tank Adjoining
the one OCCUPIED by their relatives with the vanous
name. are not bad look upon as one would
imagine from their name. They co1gregate near
the bottom. but they clean IN appearance IN
color they suggest covered granite ihey
have external branchtae. Occasionally a great sll.
yer bubble will slowly rise from the fringed
branchis the waters surface, Apparently the
sslamander family is connecting INK between
the fish family and the quadTuped. Ihey are am
phibious. and can swim like nsh OF walk IKE an
alligator.