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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-10-15
Partial Casualty List.

TOXIC, Oct. 15.-The first partial
casualty report of the battle now pro-
crossing south of Mukden was re-
ceived during the day. Part of the
central column of the left army lost
On Wednesday / officer killed and 6
wounded and had about 800 men killed
or wounded.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-10-15
Wounded Bound for Harbin.

London, Oct. ia dispatch to a
news agency from Harbin says that
the hospitals there are preparing for
the reception Of 81 officers and 1900
men wounded during the recent fight
ing before Yentai and who are now on
their way to Harbin by train.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-10-15
WOMAN AND MAN FIGHT A DUEL
Both Principals Killed and Two Other
Persons Wounded.

Euporia, Miss, Oct. 15.--In pistol
fight at close range, between James
Stallings and Mrs. Dixie Beard at
Colooga, Mrs. Beard and Stallings were
killed and Beard and his child were
wounded. The cause of the trouble
is unknown
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-10-15
Jap Losses at Port Arthur.

Toxic, Oct. 15.-It is officially an
nOunced that 27 officers were killed
and that 1888 were wounded during the
operations against Port Arthur from
June 2G to July 81.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-10-15

ST. Petersburg, Oct. ia dispatch
from General Sakharoff, sent at 6
o'clock Friday morning, explains more
Of the operations Of Oct II and 13,
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-10-15
SMUGGLING is CHARGED.

Officers Arrest Canadian Bringing
Grain Across the Line.
Portal, N. D., Oct. Albert Wal
berg, a prominent Canadian, was ar
rested here during the evening on a
complaint sworn to by George SEQ
field, United States custom officer,
charging him with smuggling a load
of flax and the team, also belonging to
Walberg, was also seized.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-10-15
Cannot Go on Ballot Under Name of
Democrats,

Helena, Mont, Oct. 15.-The SUI
preme court has held the Walsworth
Democrats of Silver Bow county to be
regular. The effect is to shut out the
so-called Heinze Democrats of that
county from a place on the ticket un-
der the designation Democratic .
Butte is in Silver Bow county.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-10-15
RUMORS OF DISASTER.
St. Petersburg Hears That Kuropatk;n
Is Defeated

St. Petersburg, Oct. 15-Nothing
official regarding the days fighting is
yet obtainable, but the prevailing i'm
preston in st. Petersburg is that the
fav has gone against General Kill
patkln. TIE city is even tlIleu WlCu
tumOrs Of his disastrous defeat.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-10-15

flank in the rear OF BGnSlnu ana par
TALLY scattered the Russian supports.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-10-15

Il, lr,oUuId, MUuL., UcL. ~I5.-Flreman
Frank Bowman was instantly killed
and Brakemen Skelly and Ingersoll
between two freight trains on the
Northern Pacific five miles east of Gar
rison. The engines were almost de-
molished and a dozen heavily loaded
freight cars piled up in mass The
wreck occurred at place called Big
Bend, in a cut, where it was impossi-
BILE to build a temporary track, and
traffic was blocked for fourteen hours.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-10-15
FOUR DROWNED IN TEN DAYS
Number Of Lives Lost in Portage Lake
Arouses Officials.

Houghton, Mich, Oct. 15.-Two bod
les were found in Portage lake during
the day, making four recovered in ten
days. One was identified as that of
William Hanna and the other as Giver
RinG alainen. The number of drown
ings in Portage lake in the last few
weeks has been suspiciously large and
the authorities are investigating.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-10-15

The Pioneer Prints
M 0 r E N E w S
than any other news
paper between Duluth
and Crookston, ST. Paul
and the North Pole.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-04-27
OUR ADOPTED ISLANDS.

News has reached Manila Of a fight
between General Woods forces and
Moros at Taraca River. The Moros
attacked the Americans, and were re-
pulsed with great slaughter. Their
leaders, however, escaped. The Ameri-
cans lost two killed and six wounded.
Major General Leonard G. Wood.
with 1900 men, is about to begin cam
paign to compel the allegiance Of the
Sultan of Taraca and to force him to
turn over to the American authorities
twenty murderers and several stolen
rifles. Taraca is on the shore of Lake
Lanao, island Of MindanaO.
Prince Pu-Lun, nephew Of the EN-
peror of China, who is en- route to the
United States Ito represent the Chinese
Government at the st. Louis Exposi-
ton, arrived at Honolulu on the steam.
ship Gaelic,
The Midway Island cable station at
Hawaii is short of food. as the United
States transport Buford was unable to
land two tons Of stores there because
of rough seas, and had to carry the
supplies on to Manila.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-04-27
MINOR EVENTSOF THE WEEK
WASHINGTON ITEMS.

The House Committee on Naval At
fairs authorized a favorable report on
the Lacy bill to restore three former
midshipmen at the Naval Academy to
their class. Ihe three--J. D. Little, Of
Ohio; e. w. Chaffee. of Iowa, and John
H. Laff1and. Of Michigau-were dis
missed several months ago for hazing.
Mrs. Roosevelt, wife Of the Presi-
dent. has gone to Groton. Mass, to
visit her sons, at school there.
Postmaster General Payne left on
the revenue cutter Onondaga for a
trip to Galveston, Tex.
1t is the present intention of Secre'
tary Hay not to sign an arbitration
treaty with France or any other coun.
try. as the Administration thinks that
the Senate would not ratify such a
treaty.
Mr.. Dillingham;, from the Committee
on immigration. favorably reported to
the Senate joint resolution authoriz-
ing the Commissioner-Gene Of I'm
migration to. establish an information
and display bureau at Ellis Island.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-04-27
AIMS CRUSHING BLOW.
Why Resistance is Not Made By Rus
slams at the Yalu.

st. Petersburg.-A high military au-
thority in conversation explains why
General Kuropatkin's plan of cam
paign does not contemplate heavy re.
sistance to the Japanese advance at the
Yalu. saying:
Either defeat or victory in q battle
there would be disadvantageous to us.
II we lost we would have to fall back
through difficult country. If we won
and say to you that Russian STRAIT
egy is based on the idea Of victory and
not on that of defeat-succeSs would
be fruitless. We could not follow it up
without exposing the army to too great
risks.
"On account of the Japanese control
of the sea if we pursued the enemy
into the peninsula Of Korea we would
open both f1anks to possible attack
from the rear. No: the japanese must
come on to a point in the interior.
which with this end in view has been
selected, where we can follow up 4
crushing defeat to the bitter end, with
blow after blow and seal the fate of
the campaign.
Our plans on sea and land will con-
verge at a time next summer when
Fice-Admiral Makaroffs fleet will be
relieved by the arrival of reinforce
ments. Then if successful on land we
can clear the sea of the enemy, cut his
cOmmunica tons and the Japanese in
Korea and Manchuria will be at our
mercy.
"The world must not be impatient
The prelude to this war is not yet
finished"
1t is understood here that as the re-
suit Of General KurOpatkin's visit to
NeWchwang reinforcements Of 100000
men will be sent forward from Lao
Yang.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-04-27
SPAIN'S PREMIER STABBED.
Anarchist Attacks Him, But He is Not
Wounded Severely.

Barcelona. Spain. - Premier Maura
was attacked and wounded by a would
be assassin, armed with dagger,
while leaving the palace Of the Council
General.
A semiofficial report of the occur
renee says the assailant held concealed
a kitchen knife, with which he stabbed
the Premier. but the force of the blow
was broken and its direction diverted
by the heavy lace OH the Ministers g
coat. It resulted in only slight
scratch under the sixth rib.
A doctor attached to King Alfonso
suite examined the Premier and pre-.
scribed a few hours rest. iiS Maj
esty sent messenger to inquire con.
cerning the attack and as to the Prime
Minister'S condition.
Joaquin Miguel Artao, the assailant.
was employed as domestic. He is an
Anarchist and when arrested attempt
ed suicide by dashing his head against
the wall.
According to another account the
Premier coolly drew the knife from his
clothing and threw it on seat in his
carriage. after which he entered the
palace, walked up stairs and telephoned
TO Minister Of the Interior Guerra at
Madrid, saying: Il have been stabbed.
Don't be alarmed. The wound is not
serious
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-04-27
The Land of Flowers.

The sale Of cut roses in the United
States amounts to about $6,000000 4
year: carnations, $4O00,O00; violets.
100000, and rysanthemums-a short
season crop-S700,000. The annual pro-
duction is estimated at 100000, 900
each for roses and carnations and $50
100000 for vioiets. This statement
shows the great superiority of the car
nation in two important points. 1t can
be- produced and sold more cheaply
than the rose. and its keeping qualities
are very much greater. The carnation
will never have as much sentiment as
the rose, but it is destined to outstrip
the rose as peoples flower, if indeed
it has not already done So.-Country
Life in America.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-04-27
RoPINc STEERS IN ARIZONA:
The Rough Riding Cattle -"Tiers" Of the
Far West q Revelation.

The Rough Riding Cattle -"Tiers' Of the
Far West q Revelation.
To those who have seen the Western
cowboy only III the sawdust ring or Il
Wild West show. the gathering Of the
rough-rding steer-tiers of Arizona ana
New Mexico are a revelation. On his
own pet horse. in his native sunshine
and dust. hot foot after mountain
steer. the "sure-enough" cowboy Gre
ates a sensation. He strikes one as
being very real intensely natural and
the shrill yells from the crowded grand
stand indicate that be is appreciated
at home. There is not such an exhibit
of 'chaps and taps" gold braid and
silver mountingS. as you see in Madison
Square Garden. but there is whole
lot of genuine hard riding. 1t is
"whoop-la" from the jump.
A wild steer is pushed from the
chuteS at one end Of the inclosure,
rushed across the line and down the
field. After him thunders the cowboy
swinging his riata. When he crosses
the line a flag drops and his time be-
gins. When he has tied his steer his
time ends. The man, who makes the
best time wins the contest. There
are q thousand chances in steer tying
a mean steer. bad start. broken
rope, a quick turn. seen too iate-all
these make the contest gamble "
And yet the best man generally wins.
Theoretically. luck is an imDerscnal
thing: in steer tying the best ropers are
generally lucky.
Any man who misses his first throw
loses his chance for first place. unless
the whole field is unlucky. So 1T is
with one intent eagerness that the cow
boy rises in his stirrups for the first
cast. No use to catch them by the
neck or legs-eXperience has shown
that the best hold is the horns-and
for the horns the cowboy throws.
Then. as the rope settles, he twitcheS
it taut. tosses the slack to one side Of
the flying steer and runs his horse
past him on the other side. In mo-
ment the steers head is jerked down,
his hind feet gathered up, and he hits
the ground-hard. Like a fash the
rider runs to his victim. Hopping
astride the prostrate steer he plants
knee in the heaving flank and lifts
the hind leg into the air. While the
steer kicks and struggles the cowboy
seizes the tying rope from his waist,
knots it about fOrefoot and then
wraps it about the hind feet. A jerk
brings the three feet together. There
is swift Tightening of knots and he
throws his hands into the air. '!Tied!'
After the contest there are i'm.
promptu horse races. flag picking, and
then a general clatter and stampede
for town. There. about feed cor:als
and saloons. the contests Of the day
are talked over. the winners Of bets
stand treat, and the champions tell
how it was done.-Leslie's Weekly.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-04-27
A LONG WAR IN SIGHT
Russia Massing Half a Million SOL
diers to Fight Japan.
SHE AIMS A CRUSHING BLOW

War Scheme of Vast Extent Being
Planned-Armies and Fleets TO Move
Together With the Idea of Overwhelm-
ing the Foo With One Defeat - Ono
Difficulty Removed.
st. Petersburg. Russia. a.-EXceptiona
ly reliable informa ton regarding the
Russian military plans confirms the re-
peated announcements that these plans
will not mature until late in the sum-
mer. They are of far greater magni-
tude than is generally believed abroad.
and take into account all possible con-
tingencies.
General Kuropatkin. remembering
the experience of Russia. during her
war with Turkey. when the Russian
army Of 10000 placed in the field at the
beginning had to be more than doubled.
has insisted that the men and guns
to be placed at his disposal shall cover
the extreme limit required to settle the
fate Of the campaign.
The Russian plans are predicated
upon Napoleon's dictum that "God
fights on the side of the heaviest bat
talions." and they are being worked
out and timed so as to apply to a su-
periority of numbers on land and sea
simultaneously. The army is designed
to attain the enormous total of half
million at the time scheduled for the
reinforcement of Vice-Admiral Maka-
roff's feet with the Baltic squadron.
The Seventeenth and Tenth Army
corps. now drafting. are expected to
reach Manchuria by the middle of
June. The mobilization Of four other
corps, at least two of which will be
from the Volga. will be announced by
the middle Of next month, and will
start westward a month later. reach
ing their destination at the end of Au-
gust.
Rear-Admiral Rojestvensky will hoist
his flag as commander of the formid-
able Baltic squadron early in July and
will sail Immediately for Port Arthur
with the following vessels: The battle
ships Slava. BorodinO. Orel, Kniaz
Souvaroff, Alexander III. and Osliabia,
the latter now being en- route here from
Cherbourg: the cruisers Aurora, Dmitri
Donskoi, Svietland, Almaz, Jemtchug
and Izumrud. and the transports
Kamtschatka and Ocean, each carry
ing 1000 tons of coal. The Temperley
conveyers ordered in the United States
are expected soon, and they will enable
the squadron to coal at sea.
The last possible difficulty regarding
the passage Of the Suez Canal disap-
peared last week with the signing of
the Anglo-French colonial treaty, by
which Great Britain adheres to the
convention Of 1888 concerning the free
passage of the canal.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-04-27
SIGNALING UNDER WATER.
rhe Cause Of the Majority Of shipwreck'
About 70 Ec Removed.

The cause of threa-fourth$ of Ila
shipwrecks and loss Of life at $tl
seems about to bc removed. 1t is not
Il wire or even the air hut the water
this time that is used 10 transmit
sound vibrations. For soma weeks
there mas been Installed Oh the steam
CTS Of the metropolitan Company. Of
DDstou, IN apparatus which may yet
make it possible for the vessel beat.
ing about the coast i'll 4 storm to know
! where the rocks and shoals are when
the fog viii! not permit the light to be
seem aud the noise Of the wind
browns the sound uf bcil-buoy or the
Siren; for a battleship TO know Gf the
approach OF 4 submarine and 4 fish
ing smack of the approach of Il liner
off the banks of Newfoundland.
The apparatus is extremely simple.
It amounts to nothing more or less
than ringing bell under water,
which the pilot or captain can hear
telephonically. Screwed Oil both sides
Of the vessels hull are two receivers,
which aia connected by wires Will the
wheel house. These receive the rihra-
tons from the bell hanging in the
water on the side OF the lightShip. TIE
navigator has only to pat the ear
piece to his ear and ascertain OH
which side the vibrations are the loud
er, in order to know the direction Of
the lighthouse and his own position
in the fog with comparative accuracy.
For fishing vessels a ball receiver
has been provided. and this is used
also to get more delicute intonations
aboard a steel vessel. The vaiiie Of
the apparatus was put to Il good test
recently, when the steamer James S.
Whitney was approa ching the Boston
lightship on her return from New
York The lighthouse was obscu'ed
by rain and fog. Thanks to the sig
nal apparatus, the captain immedi-
ately heard the bell and got his di.
rection. 1t was not until five min
utes after that he heard the light
ships whistle for the first timc.-Coi-
lier's Weekly
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-04-27
FOREIGN.

Count Zeppelin has succeeded III Sc
| curing sufficient funds in Germany to
construct another airship to be tested
on Lake Constance this summer.
Mrs. Eliza Schaaf, fifty years of age.
| formerly q prominent advocate or
women's rights, committed suicide
| with revolver at her home in Char
lottenberg. Germany. The cause as
signed for the suicide is that her mind
had become clouded.
The strike on the Panama Railroad
was brought to an end, most Of the
laborers returning to work under the
old conditions.
The payment by the American to the
Cuban Government of $131.0OO on ac-
count of the rent Of the Guantanamo
coaling station is expected in Havana
soon.
Manuel Guavesi, for five years at the
head of. the Yaqui rebels in Sonora.
Mexico, was discovered among the
prisoners taken by Captain Barron in
an engagement with 4 band Of sayages
near Batomote, and was Immediately
taken out and shot.
Negotia tions are progressing favor
ably for an Anglo Russian arbitration
treaty, under the auspices of France.
Its terms are expected to be published
within 4 fortnight.
The Turco- Bulgarian agreement. the
negotiation of which threatened TO re-
suit in a rupture Of diplomatic rela-
ti0ns, has been signed at Constantine.
pie.
The Pacific Mail Steamship Com.
pany's steamship Colon is ashore on
Point Remedies. on the coast Of Sal
yador. There has been no loss OF life
The vessel is believed to be total loss
A wolf attacked the town of MinSk
Russia, and bit six people before it was
killed.
Charged with completely in $4,000
robbery four months ago Lawyer J. y.
Bags was arrested at Calgary. n. w. L.
An earthquake ia Macedonia to-
strOyed 1900 houses. Twenty-Five peo'
pie lost their lives and forty were
wounded.
A dispatch received at the India
Office in London said that General
MacdoHald'S infantry, when reconnoit
ring near kalapang encountered 3W
Tibetans. who opened fire. There Were
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-04-27
DOMESTIC.

james D. Richie, secretary treasurer
Of the miners local union at Broad
head, COL; Robert Beverage, president
Of the Broadhead union, and Librario
VialpandO, Mexican, have been
brought from Aguilar by the troops
and placed in the county Jail. The first
two are charged with intimidating men
who wished to work, Vialpando. is
charged with having shot at soldier.
The Citizens Bank Of Ponca City,
Okla, closed it's doors on account Of
sudden withdrawals Of deposits and a
failure to make collections. 1t is
thought by the directors that the bank
will be able to pay thirty-thrce cents
on the dollar.
John Healy. one of five men who
had held up and robbed two persons,
has been shot and fatally wounded by
Policeman Wiesen, at Chicago, Ill.
The tug Frank Canfeld, owned by
the Garfield Tug Line, Manistee, Mich.
ran aground on the outer bar at Point
Sable and sunk. Capt. Henry Smith.
Engineer Charles Kopfer and Helper
William Justmann were lost.
The Western Federation of Miners
will bring before Colorado Supreme
Court Gov. Peabody's right to rule by
martial law.
The Iowa Legislature refused a par
don to Mrs. Sarah Kuhns, sentenced
for life at Anamosa, Iowa.
Governor Montague. of Virginia. re-
fused to interfere in the case Of Theron
H. Brown, defaulting cashier of the
Life Insurance Company of Virginia.
Missouri, Kansas and Texas flyer No.
5, which left st. Louis for the South,
was wrecked four miles south of Fort
Scott, Kan, by the rails spreading.
The smoker and chair cars were over
turned and badly damaged. Sixteen
persons were injured, b.: no one was
killed.
Authoritative news received at Dali
las, Texas, says that in a hurricane in
Limestone County six persons were
killed and thirteen were injured.
The fierce wind and sncwstorm that
has prevailed over the State of South
Dakota, east Of the Black Hills for
thirty-six hours, has resulted in man.
moth drifts, which have seriously in
terrupted railroad and telegraphic COM
munication. -
Coley Hayden was shot a. the State
College baseball park at Lexington,
Ky, by Lee anderson, student acting
as guard.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-04-27
The Dress Was Strange.

When one Of Mark Twain'S dauglt.
ers was small miss size gave evidence
of unconscious humor that delighted
her father. AS rewarl for being
good she was once allowed her first
peep at an evening party. Apparently,
of the many unfamiliar sights, the de-
collette gowns Of the women impressed
her most. She SaZed at the wearars
long and wonderingiy, and then, pull
ing her mother aside. asked in an awe
stricken whisper. Mother, what coGn-
try did they come frOm?"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-04-27
Clock Centuries Old.


A clock which. it is believed. was
used in the days of Columbus. has
lately come into the possession Of
Emil Kuehnel, of Manchester, n. H.
When it was discovered recently in
the garret of a house it was supposed
to be of little value The face is OF
wood and the figures representing the
hours of the day were cut into the
wood by a jackknife or some such in
strument. The ancient timepiece was
given to ChaS. Wolf. who. in turn. pre-
Sented it to Mr.. Kuehnel. who had it
cleaned up. On the uppe. part Of the
wooden face of the clock profile of
Columbus has been carved in the wood,
while on the lower part ammo. 1892"
is neatly carved. Two bottles are
used as weights. On either side of
the clock the queer weights are at
tached to cord. which runs over
little wooden cog wheel in the clock.
One bottle is heavier than the other,
and as the weight carries the other
bottle up. the cog wheel over which
the cord runs moves two othar cog
wheels, the hour hand of the clock be-
ing attached TO one of them.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-04-27
A Nice Sort of Band.

The Paris police have just been sue
cessful in arrest;ng the chiefs Of an as
sociation of malefactors calling them
selves the '!JoyeGx Monte en- Fair"
band. or the Happy up in the air
band" from their custom OF going
about Paris ON the tops of onnibuses.
The chiefs are all young men and
bear tattoo marks on their chests rep
resenting a dagger set in branch of
laurel leaves. Every member Of the
association, it is said. took an oath on
a dagger. which was handed him for
the purpose. that within eight days he
would "baptize" his dagger by wetting
it in the blood of ''burgeois"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-04-27
Willing 20 Take q Chance.

A pious citizen has Il tifteen-yearold
son who does not promise to be exactly
a chip off the old block" Not long
ago the father discovered to his sorrow
that his boy and several others of the
neighborhood had 4 habit Of matching
nickels. The wrathful parent led the
erring lad to the time-honored attic,
where hangs a certain strap. The boy
didn't have any agreeable impression
Gg what was to come. and. on the
ground that it is only the first plunge
that counts. he called out: "Say. daH.
III go you heads OF tails Tor two lick
inss or none"