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The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-06

all possible to suppress anti-foreign agi- tation among the people.
 Nevertheless, the Russian authorities regard China as a powder magazine. They realize the danger inherent in the situation, and the necessity for constant pressure on the Pekin government.
 The danger of an anti-foreign move ment throughout the Chinese empire eX- sts not only for Russia, but for all the powers. and Russia has at least three times since the outbreak of the war ad- dressed the powers on the subject, the last time being less than ten days ago. The answers received uniformly show a full appreciation of the need of exereis- Ing a restraining influence on Pekin, and all the powers are cooperating to this end
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-06
Hearst Men Defeated.

Returns from the primaries held in this city tonight indicate that the Hearst forces in the District of Columbia have been beaten. The election today was for the purpose of selecting delegates to ths democratic convention here which will in turn send six delegates 10 the St. Louis convention.
 The Hearts forces were amply supplied with funds and t was expected that they would win. In the antl-Hearst victory therefore comes in the nature of q sur- prise. James L. Norris. who headed the anti-Hearst ticket, Is German man and the delegation will go 10 St. Louis Ia vorable to the nomination. nf the-M-1-r-- land senator
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-06
TWELVE INCHES DEEP.
Louisiana Town Holds Record for Hail
 Storm.

Welsh. La, May 5.-A hail storm here today lasted thirty minutes and was so thick that drifts twelve inches deep were formed against many buildings. All the glass in a passenger train was broken, about 50 per cent of the windows of resi- dences were broken here, and there were heavy damages to goods.
 There was six inches Of water in the streets No news has come from the country. but it Is feared there has been a very heavy loss to the rice farmers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-06

T/ ANsAS City May 5.-The rain
 K storm that ended tonight was of
 extraordinary severity it's most serious result being the crippling of the city water service. A thirty-inch main leading from the Turkey creek pumping station was washed out and the other main. a sixty-inch pipe. was bent. If this main gives way, the water will be shut off entirely. Street cars in the city were delayed by high water and the new branch line to the Elm Ridge race track suffered a huge washont while two thousand people were at the race track
 They struggled home afoot or in car
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-06
CHINA IS REGARDED AS
 BIG POWDER MAGAZINE

St. Petersburg May 5-The effect of the disaster to Russian arms on the Yalu upon the Chinese, is being watched with keen interest and considerable apprehen- sion. The Russian government appears to be satisfied with the situation for the moment, and Paul Lessar, the Russian minister at Pekin, is making daily reports to the foreign office. The report re- ceived from the minister today, con- tained nothing disquieting
 The Pekin government, according to Russian reports, seems to be acting in perfect good faith and insists that 1t Is intent upon preserving neutrality. It is turning a deaf ear to the appeals of the anti-Russian leaders who want China to throw her lot with Japan, and Is doing
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-06
INDICATIONS FAVOR PARKER.
No Opposition to DeForest as Chair
 man of Convention.

Hartford, Conn.,, May 5.-No opposition to the choice of Former Congressman Robert DeForest of Bridgeport as tenn porary chairman in the democratic state convention developed tonight at the first sitting of the delegates. It had been ex- pected that Alexander Troup, the leader of the Hearst movemen mt in Connecticut. would take exception to the selection made by the state central committee.
 The convention will choose delegates to the St Louis convention and at the same time effect reorganization of the state central committee under the new senato- rial redistricting. It was not possible to determine might whether there are more Parker than Hearst delegates holding credentials. but the indications strongly favor the former
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-06
Fluures on Aliens.

Figures will soon be made public at the immigration bureau showing the num- Der of aliens confined in the penal and charitabel institutions throughout the country. Reports have just been receiv- ed by the commissioner general of im- mlgra tion and in accordance with law all aliens who have become public charges will be deported.
 Just how many are affected cannot be determined at this time. One thing de- veloped by the inquiry is that only a small percentage of the immigrants who go to the southern and middle western states nnd their way into public instltu- lions
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-06
FAIRBANKS IS THE
 MAN SAYS MIR. PLATT
HE IS A RELUCTANT CANDIDATE, BUT WILL ACCEPT vICE-PRESI- pENcY IN RESPONSE TO THE PRESSURE.

New York, May 5.-Tne World will to- morrow quote Senator Thomas c. Platt as saying:
 republican leaders is that Senator Fair banks is to be nominated for vice pres ident. It is practically settled. The only man who has not agreed to il is Senator Fairbanks but he will accept and make a strong candidate. He IS very reluct- ant candidate; yea, an unwilling aspirant, but he will yield to the pressure Tor his nomination.
 According to the World MT. Platt an- nounced that he is for Elihu Root for governor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-06
Tornado Cuts Wide swath.

Wichita, Kan, May 5.-A telephone message to the Eagle from Carman, o. T., states that tornado started at Hell ena and passed through Timberlake. ex- tending to Ava. It cut a swath sixteen miles long and one and half miles wide, destroying crops and some buildings at Timberlake. Damaging haIl fell in that section but no lives were lost
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-06
Liberty Bell Goes to St. Louis.

Philadelphia, May 5.-Liberty bell will be taken to St. Louis. This was decided upon today when both branches of the city council passed resolution appoint ing a special joint committee of twenty four to escort the revolutionary relic. and appropriating $l5,00o to defray the expenses was made. The start will be made early in June.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-06
Straddles the Issue.

Senator Aldrich, the republican leader in the senate, Is out in an interview on the tariff, It is the same old straddle and exactly in line with what may be expected from the Chicago platform. The Rhode Island senator says;
 "The republican party is welded to no set of tariff schedules and will cheerful ly readjust the present duties when ever the conditions warrant and the welfare of the country requires it."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-06
Auditors Are In Session.

Newport News, Va, May 5.-The Ma tional Association of Transportation au- ditors convened in annual session at Old Point Comfort today No business If general interest was transacted at the opening meeting. There were about i..y present. The first business session is scheduled for tomorrow morning.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-06
More Teamsters Strike.

Chicago, May 5.-Mason work was shut down in many partly completed buildings throughout the city today by a lockout of lime, stone and cement teamsters. It is estimated by the em- ployers and union officials that 15,000 to 10000 workers are out of employ manf
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-06
Mind Storm In Chico.

Chico, Texas, May 5.-A severe wind storm, accompanied by heavy rain swept this city tonight. demolIshing sev- eral houses and doing much damage to telegraph and telephone poles Mrs. Kot- ter and child were slightly hurt. A num- Der of residences were moved off their foundations.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-06
Panic In Street Car.

Kansas City Mo. May 5.-Eleven per sons. nine of them women. were injured in panic among the passengers of a crowded Independence car tonight The controller on the front end blew out and most of the passengers became panic stricken and jumped.
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ouay's Condition Is Serious.

No effort is being made to conceal the seriousness of the condition of Senator Quay of Pennsylvania. While able to ap- pear in the streets occasionally he is al- ways accompanied by a member of his family or an attendant. If he lives 10 serve out his term. which expires next March. there does not seem to be any doubt that he will not stand for re-eec- tion.
 Senator Quay's secretary, William L.. Wright. was today appointed consul to- r'unich which is taken by Pennsylvania politicians to mean that the senator has decided to retire to private life
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-06
SAVED BY CORSET STEEL.

, Madison, Ind, May 5-Walter Kahn |. and Charles Gale met on the street |, here tonight and exchanged re- |, volver shots. Neither was hit, but } one of the bullets struck Miss Lula
 |, Harris, the bullet glancing from a corset steel. Both young men } were arrested.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-06
Heavy Rains and Hall Reported.

Kansas City Mo, May 5-Dispatches from Western Missouri. many sections of Kansas and Oklahoma report heavy rains and hail. The hail damaged fruit blossoms, and the rain was not needed by crops
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-06
PORT ARTHUR IS NOW IN DANGER A|txieRs Departure Strengthens Belief in London .HARBOR IS SEALED AT LAST Japs Will Make Great Effort to Cut Off Port Arthur Before Arrival
 of Admiral skryd.
 loff.
HARBOR IS SEALED AT LAST

St. Petersburg, May 5, 216 D. m.-- There are persistent rumors here of a naval engagement between the Vladivos- tok and Vice Admiral Kamimura's squad rons, but no confirmation of the report had been received here up to 1 o'clock this afternoon.
 The admiral says no further news has been received here from Port Arthur.
 London. May 6.-Viceroy Alexieff's de- parture from Port Arthur is interpreted here to mean that the place Is in immi- nent danger of isolation, and the Japanese preparations for landing are considered as confirming the belief that Port Arthur has been sealed up probably by two of the sunken ships which Russia failed to locate. In this connection attention is drawn to the discrepancy between the Russian and Japanese accounts of the att tempts to bottle up the port, the former stating that it occurred about o'clock In the afternoon. It is suggested that there may have been two separate att tempts, each time with ten ships.
 It will be remembered that it has been previously asserted that Japan prepared twenty vessels for this purpose, and If this explanation is correct, the Russian accounts referring only to the early morning affair may be justified in assert ing that it was unsuccessful. It is sup- posed that the Japanese will make a su- preme effort to cut off Port Arthur be- fore the arrival of Admiral Skrydloff
 According to the Daily Telegraphs To- kio correspondent, today's Jiji Shimpo says:
 Executing Their Programme.
 Our fleet has not returned to It's ren- dezvous and Is still engaged in the execu- ton of pre-arranged programme. There is reason to believe that the Japanese in- tend landing their second army at New Chwang upon the successful bottling up of Port Arthur"
 The Berlin correspondent of the Daily Mail asserts that the Russian military authorities are in state of the most ex. treme anxiety regarding 1he chances of saving the baggage of the Yalu army. The roads are so bad that wheel ed transports are only able to move five miles daily, and it is feared that the Jap anese will capture all the stores accumu- lated at Feng Wang Cheng.
 Dispatches received from Port Arthur yesterday afternoon and New Chwang Wednesday, report no change in the sit- uation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-06
Supreme Effort Will be Made to Cut Off Port Arthur
 from Rear
WAR VESSELS WILL AID
 IN LANDING THE TROOPS
If They Can Get Control of the Rall- road Port Arthur Will Then Be Be-
 sieged.

Tokio. May 6, F noon.-It Is officially announced that the Japanese forces have begun landing on the Liao Tung penin- sula. The place where the landing is oc- curing and the number of men being landed is withheld.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-06

For clean and quick service go to Geld CTS, no North Twentieth street.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-06

The President has selected Harry Stil- well Edwards as postmaster at Macon. Ga, to second his nomination at the Chicago convention Ion the part of the south"
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-03-14
FINISH HAULING
Neils Lumber Co. Hauls Over Mil.
lion of Logs Through Streets
of Cass Lake.

On Monday the j. Neils Lum
Der Co. finished hauling all the
logs that they will take from
their camps west Of town directly
through the village. Over one
million have been taken on the
village road, and the remainder
of the three million being out at
the camps will be dumped into
the Mississippi river at the june
ton with Cass Lake. On Sunday
the largest load hauled through
town was brought in. There
were 11,44O-feet IN The load
which was put5=on the sleighs by
jerome Compo and Ross Hamp-
ton, two of the best leaders in
this part Of the state. The teams
were stopped at several points of
vantage along the street and the
load photographed. No damage
whatever has resulted from the
use of the graded street for the
logging road, and it was some
thing of an accommodation to the
Neils company to allow the use
of the street. Class Lake Voice.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-03-14
AMUSEM ENTS

Mr.. Harold Nelson and a
talented company present "Quo
Vadis" at the City opera house
tonight. Mr.. Nelson is said to
give to the great drama a finished
and thorough Interpretation. He
is a close student, an energetic
worker and an enthusiast in his
line and his recent successes
stamp him as one Of the foremost
actors Of the present time in
Shakespearean drama. The seat
sale for the production has been
large and the indications are that
one Of the largest audiences of
the present season will witness
the production.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-03-14
Favorable Weather Exerts Decidedly
Beneficial Effect.

New York, March 14.-Bradstreet's
weekly review of trade says weather
conditions have improved, and with
them jobbing trade at leading Western
points. Southern spring trade reports
continue good, and recent rain or snow
in the Southwest, though so light in
some sections as to be of little service
to winter wheat, has frightened
wheat reports from that section. The
iron trade also shows a gain in activ-
ity and in prices of crude material.
Transportation matters show improve
ment and with them supplies Of coke
to furnaces and=shipments OF goods to
consumers. February gross railroad
earnings as a whole promise to be
somewhat better than the outlook
sometime ago favored. Drawbacks
to general spring trade outlook are
found in the slowness of Eastern buy
ers to take hold of spring goods and in
serious floods. Pacific coast trade re-
ports show a slight improvement.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-03-14
Beware of Ointments for Catarrh
that Contain Mercury.

as mercury will surely destroy
the sense of-smelland completely
derange the=Whole system when
entering it through the=mucous
surface. Such articles should
never be used except on precrip-
tions from reputable physicians,
as the damage they will do is ten
folds the good you can possibly
derive from them. Halls
Catarrah Cure, manufactured by
F.. j. Cheney & Co, Toledo, O.,
contains no mercury, and is
taken internally, acting directly
upon the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system, In buying
Hall S CatarrhCure besureyoug get
the genuine. 1t is Internationally
and made in Toledo, Ohio, by FL.
Cheney & Co. Testimonials free.
Sold by Druggists. Price, 75c.
per bottle.
Take Halls Family Pills for
constitution,
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-03-14
CHICAGO Union Stock Yards.

Chicago, March -Cattle-Good to
prime steers, $5.25@6.00; poor to me
dunn, $3.5O@4.S5; stockers and feed
ers, $2.5O@4.35; COWS, $1.60@4.10;
heifers, $225@4.50; calves. $2.75@
5.75. Hogs-Mixed and butchers, $50
@5.45; good to choice heavy, $3.50
$50; rough heavy, s5.05@5.30; light,
$4.S5@55O. Sheep-Good to choice
wethers, $460@5.0O; Western sheep,
SO, 5O@5.0O; native lambs, $4.00@5.65;
Western. 81 100000.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-03-14

tend a vote of thanks to the pub,
lie at large for it's kind attend
ance at the book shower last
Wednesday evening and ais to
the talent that contributed so
much to the pleasure of the even
Ing. Mr.. sWheelock deserves
especial thanks for his gen ,rossity
in donating the opera house a $
does Mr.. Bagley for the use OF
the teams. The ladies were
greatly encouraged by the gener-
Gus way in which they were as
sisted in their first effort in be
ginning what they hope to make
the finest public library ia the.
state.
Mrs. EARL Fl. MARCUM,
Secretary.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-03-14
Chicago Grain and Provisions.

Chicago, March 12.-Wheat-May,
96hc; July, 91%@91kc; old, 93c;
Sept, S6Ac: old, S7kc. Corn-March,
51s4c; May, 54lsc; July, 51Ac; Sept,
5OA @5GMc. Oats-May, 41%@41kc;
July, 393sc: Sept, 33Ac. Pork-May,
s14.25; July, S14.4714. Flax-Cash,
Northwestern, Sligo; Southwestern,
$1.Oq; May, Sill. Butter-Creamerie
14@23Ac; diaries, 1914 @21c. Eggs
17@17hc. Poultry-Turkeys, 12c;
chickens, 12c; springs. 12c.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-03-14

be the maintenance of a city
band. Bemidji's band has
struggled on with little concerted
assistance thus far from those
who are most interested. Other
cities have succeeded in devising
plans by which the city band has
been a valuable organization and
Bemidi can do the same.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-03-14
CRIME ON THE INCREASE.
Noted Educator Holds Vulgar News
papers Partly Responsible.

Noted Educator Holds Vulgar News
papers Partly Responsible.
New York, March 14.-That there
has been a marked increase in crime
and criminal tendencies among all
been due to semi-conscious suggestions
from various causes, among them the
vulgarity of newspapers, debased the
aters, impure literature and divorces,
all of which may be remedied, is the
belief expressed by Henry Hopkins,
president of Williams college, at a
meeting here of the Patria club.
"The foundations Of the personal
character of our national life are seri-
ously threatened" he said, "by ugly
features of the present time There
is Astounding evidence of an alarming
increase in crime Of every sort, but
particularly of the kind that under
mines honesty, chastity and respect
for law. There is a growing infdelity
to financial trust and consequently a
visible loss of confidence of man in
his fellow men. Defalcations continue
and multiply in disheartening success
sion. The proportion Of divorces to
marriages is astonishing and sicken-
ing. Disintegration, decadence and
often destruction of the family and
lowering Of the home ideal go on.
But most disheartening and start
ling of all is the lawless spirit in towns
and cities. where have grown up
crowds of hoodlums, where there is an
increasing population who break out
into reckless violence at times Of
strikes and lockouts. OF the same ma
ture are the worse than brutal exhibit
tions in defiance Of all authority and
decency in the lynchings and hideous
burnings that dishonor human nature
itself.
zone of the most potent, most
ubiquitous, most constantly operative
causes is the vast volume of criminal
suggestion flowing in upon the public
mind through various means, but es-
pecially through the public press. In
the daily recital of criminal actions
the reader is taught both how to per-
form the crime and how to avoid pun
ishment."
rpAnE cNNDITIONS IMpRnNE
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St. Paul Union Stock Yards.

st. Paul, March 12.-Cattle-Good to
choice steers, s3.7O@5.OO; common to
fair, $3.25@3.65; good to choice COWS
and heifers, $2.70@3.25; veals, $4,000
500 Hogs-s4.SO@5.45, Sheep-Good
to choice yearling wethers, $4,000
ATS; good to choice lambs, $5.00@5.25.
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Duluth Wheat and Flax.

Duluth, March 12-Wheat-1n store
NO. / hard, 99c; No. l Northern,
971ac;; No. 2 Northern, csc. To arrive
No. 1 hard, 99c; No. Northern.
971ac; No. Northern, csc; May,
971ac; July, CSC; Sept, S6Ac. FLAX
In store, to arrive and on track, ST.
1873; May, $1.177s; July, s1.191s; Oct,
81 2O%
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-03-14

The Wadena Pioneer Journal,
one of the ablest newspapers in
the state, devotes a long editor
ial to showing that there is a vast
difference between thekind words
which Judge Collins said of ]. j.
Hill and the kind words which
Mr.. Dunn said of the Great
Northern president The jour
nal effort is called forth by the
suggestion madein these columns
recently that Judge Collins,
eulogy Of Mr.. Hill would afford
his supporters an opportunity to
warm over all the nasty things
they have said of Dunn for a
similar statement. The fact of
the matter is that if the Dunn
Hill interview and the Collins
Hill speech were presented to
them unlabled Judge Collins,
supporters would have hard work
to tell which was which. In fact,
they would probably rise up in
righteous indignation and de-
nounce Dunn as the unholy
author of them both.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-03-14

WANTED-Men to learn barber
trade; catalogue mailed free;
Moler Barber college, 221 Sec
ond avenue south, Minneapolis,
MINI. MacGregor e. Ander
son, props. Established 1898.
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SMALL CAUSE FOR WORRY.

The fact that Minnesota has
some fifteen hundred thousand
acres of swamp land is causing
some good people great deal OF
uneasiness. They fear that the
humble homesteader may not
have the opportunities that he de
serves and that the state will not
be settled fast enough so long as
it hangs on to these fifteen hun
dred thousand acres of swamp
AS for the settlement of the
state, Minnesota has thousands
of acres of cheap lands now on
the market which are attracting
the very best kind Of settlers as
fast as we let them know what
we have. Any body who wants
cheap land and is willing to play
pioneer and do the hard work de
handed Of man who clears up a
new country can get all he wants
in Minnesota, and after his hard
work is done he will have some
land that is worth while.
Meanwhile if the state will
spend a few hundred thousands
draining it's swamp lands it will
be doing a great work for it's peo-
pie, adding materially to it's as
sets and reclaiming good many
thousand more acres of cheap
land to offer to those who are in
earnest in their desire to build
up homes for themselves.
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REAL ESTATE and MARKETS
Minneapolis Wheat.

Minneapolis, March 12.-Wheat-
May, 97Hc; July, 9SBc; Sept, seize.
On track-No. 1 hard, $1.00%; No. /
Northern, 9S% @99Bc; No. 2 North
ern, 961ac.
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To RebaIlaSt Line.

The Great Northern railway
has piled lot of new ties along
the road bed, the entire distance
from Cass Lake to Duluth, and
when the frost goes out@of the
ground in the spring they will be
put in place along the line. 1t is
said that the company also in
tends to rebalance the road bed
during the coming summer,
which will be considerable of d
job. This line, from Crookston
to Duluth, is one Of the best pay
ing properties in the possession
Of the Great Northern, and the
company proposes to have the
road in such shape that the large
passenger and freight traffic can
be handled to advantage.