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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-07-02
UNTIL AFTER RAINY SEASON
Russian Military Critic Opposes Idea
Of a BID Battle.


st. Petersburg. July The mill
tary critic ofJhc RiIss, who is usually
well informed. strongly opposes the
idea OF Il blk battle before the end OF
the rainy season He expresses the
opinion that the Japanese only wish
nov to assure possession OF the Lao
.tung peninsula and that their present
objective is to capture kaichon, which
would compel the evacuation of New
3chWang and permit landings on tho
west coast.
The eritie4cnnsiders the movements
sf tie Japanese north. across the Fen.
shni range. MS being simply a diver
lon u facilitate the taking OF kai-.
shou and ho declares that kaichon will
not bc surrendered without fight.
But. he adds. IL will NOT have de-
eisivc character. The critic further
predicts That General kuropatkin will
s,llere to his plan 10 withdraw north
sard TO his main position ut liaoyang
ana! await the end OF the rainy season.
He seems To assume the success of the
Japanese plan OF q combination of the
First and Third Japanese armies and
the isolation Of the peninsula.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-07-02
SEVERE FIGHTING IN THE VICINITY
LOST HEAVILY IN RECENT
ENGAGEMENT.

Chefoo. July "a party OF Russians
and Chinese arrived here during the
day by junk direct from Port Arthur.
They report for several days shells
from both land and sea have been fall
Ing In the town. but doing little dam
age.
The russians. who resisted the adj
vance or the japanese. suffered Sc
yerely. Many dead and wounded men
have heen brought To Port Arthur.
The hospital there is overcroWded.
|, isditiioalt to obtain correct infor-
nation Ill regard TO the fleet The
Russians MAINTAIN that 1t Is intact,
With the exception OF the battleship
Sevastopol. which is being repaired
The Chinese confirm the previous
reports that a large ship is ashore
southeast Of the liaotishan promon-
tory.
The Japanese have captured two
small forts ten miles east Of Port Ar
thur.
siIkirII AErEE pAINv SEASON.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-02-01
DOG CAUSES
CHILD'S DEATH
Tragedy Occurs During a Fire
in a Kennel at the Home
of Washington Mariner
Special Dispatch to The Call.

OLYMPIA, Wash, Jan. s31.-After ac-
cidentally setting fire to dog kennel
into which he had crawled to play with
matches, the four-year-old son of Cap
tain Edward Gustavasen of the steam
er City of Shelton was unable to es-
cape because the dog, excited by the
blaze, stood guard at the entrance and
prevented the child getting out.
The lads secured matches in some
way and went into the dog kennel to
play with them where his mother
could not stop him. The excelsior
which had been placed there as a bed
for the dog caught fire and the hound
sprang to the door of the kennel bark
ing furiously. When the little fellow
attempted to crawl out the dog snap
ped and bit at him and the frightened
child drew back. In another instant
the flames f1ared all around him and
although the blaze lasted only a few
seconds the child was dead before the
terrified mother could reach the spot.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-02-01
HOW ROYAL CHRISTMAS
GIFTS ARE SELECTED
King Edward Inclines to Canes or
Tobacco Boxes, Alexandra to
Jeweled Trinkets.

The festive season is kept in royal
fashion at Sandringham,a and all the
old English traditions are scrupulously
adhered to. with perhaps a touch of
the German sentimental feeling, which
makes the Christmas tree as much a
part of the festival as plum pudding
and roast beef are here.
The ceremony of receiving the Christ
mas presents at Sandringham is a most
elaborate one. All the gifts. with la
bells and inscriptions, are laid out on
tables in one Of the sitting rooms. and
the gifts of each person generally oc-
cupy a whole table.
The King is q great present giver
and really enjoys choosing gifts for his
friends, nor does he shirk the personal
trouble of making each one appropriate
to it's recipient Jewelry is his most
frequent choice, but he also gives snuff
boxes, cigar boxes and walking sticks.
His Majesty sends few Christmas cards,
as he prefers writing little notes of
greeting, which are naturally most
highly valued.
The Queen has a certain. num-
Der of private" Christmas cards print
ed for her friends, but her Majesty, like
the King, sends notes and little gifts
to her personal friends in preference to
the more hackneyed and less compli-
mentary form of greeting. Last Christ
mas she sent a great many jeweled
brooches and trinkets, while some spe-
cially favored individuals received
photographs taken by the Queen, most
daintily mounted and with the ropal
monogram CA surmounted by a
CROWN on the frame.
Neither the Queen nor the Princess of
Wales often go to the shops, but order
selections of all the novelties to be sent
them. Princess Louise duchess of Ar
gylD, the Duchess of Connaught and
the daughters of the King go to the
shops themselves and make their unob-
trusive purchases with other people.
The late Queen gave much more use
full presents than is the fashion with
the royal family to-day, often sending
dress lengths of tartan, velvet, plaids
and sometimes. Cairngorms and other
Scotch jewelry Queen Victoria herself
probably received more gifts during her
life than any other living person, and
the actual value must have amounted
to quite million pounds sterling.
Apropos of royal presents it is inter
esting to know that whatever other
gifts the King and Queen give their
daughters each year as their birthday
anniversaries come round the Prin-
cesses receive an exquisite pearl, As
perfect in shape and color as can be
obtained. This delightful custom began
when each was a child, so that by the
time they were grown up they were
each the fortunate possessors of a love-
ly chain of fine pearls.-London Mail.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-02-01
Desperate Battle for Life Oc-
ours in an Arizona Mining
Camp and One of the
Three Combatants Is Dead
QUARREL FOLLOWS
DRINKING OF LIQUOR
Battered victorin the Struggle
With Two Companions Trav-
els to Kingman and Surren-
ders to the Authorities

KINGMAN, A. T., Jan. S1.-One of
the most sanguinary life and death
struggles in the history of this coun-
ty took place last evening at place
known as Meyers Well, twenty-siX
miles west of here. between Thomas
w. Smith and two men known as Lang
and Wilbur in which Wilbur was fatal
ly and Lang seriously wounded. Will
bur died to-day.
The three men had entered into a
prospecting agreement and Smith came
to town for a supply of provisions.
After depositing supplies at the Lang
and Wilbur camp, the men went to
Smiths camp to assist in bringing his
outfit to the new camp. On the way
they apparently drank liquor freely
and were soon involved in a quarrel.
Wilbur and Lang attacked Smith and
a rough and tumble fight followed.
From o'clock yesterday morning until
o'clock last night the men fought with
hands and rocks with but slight inter-
mission, and the ground over which
the battle ragged is covered with blood.
Smith was badly battered. but the
other two men were so overcome that
they were unable to continue the fight
and early this morning Wilbur died
from his injuries. A teamster wit
messed the fight. but made no effort to
separate the combatants.
Smith came to Kingman this after
noon and gave himself UP to the
Sheriff and is now in the County Jail.
The Sheriff and the Coroner have gone
to the scene.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-02-01

GAS IN EARTH
Yale Professor Making Crafty
ing Progress With Investi-
CATION of His Discovery
Special Dispatch to The Call.

NEW HAVEN, Jan. 31.-Professor
steal department of Sheffield Scientific
School, who, with an assistant, Pro-
fessor L. P. Wheeler, has been expert
menting for several months with ra-
dunn found in surface water and earth
around this city, has just completed
his work and the American Journal of
Science tomorrow viii give a detailed
account of the results obtained. Pro-
fessor Bumstead has had such great
success in his Investigations that a
leave of absence for the coming year
has been granted him by the Yale cor
poration in order that he may con-
tinue his Investigations abroad.
Professor Bumstead draws three
conclusions of the greatest interest to
investigators. In regard to the pres
enee of radioactive gas in the earth
and in surface water near this city.
Professor BumStead says:
"First-Radio-a active gas found in the
ground and in surface water near New
Haven is apparently Identical with the
emanation from radium.
"Second-The density of the radium
emanation, as determined by it's rate
of diffusion, is about four times that of
carbon dioxide, which gives it a molec-
ular weight of $50.
"Third-We are unable to obtain
radioactive gas from mercury. recent
ly described by Strut. and are there
fore inclined to attribute his results
to an impurity in the mercury used"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-02-01
FINAL REST FOR BODY
OF JAMES SNfITHSON
Forced Removal From Genoa Gene
terry Brings 1t Back to Land of
AdODfiOn

In charge of Professor Alexander
Graham Bell, the body of James
Smithson founder of the Smithsonian
Institution in Washington, D. c., is
on its way to New York from Gibral-
tar.
James Smithson was the natural
son of Hugh, first Duke of Northum-
berland, and Elizabeth, niece of the
Duke of Somerset, a lineal descendant
of Henry VII. He became wander
er, visited this country, and when he
died at Genoa, Italy, in 1929, he lefr
his entire fortune, amounting to
100000. to the Government of the
United States Ito found at Washing
ton, under he name of the Smith
sonian Institu ion. an establishment
for the increase and diffusion of
knowledge among men,
1t had been Smithson's boast that
his name would remain known among
men when the titles of the Northum-
berland and Percys, who were his an
cestors, were extinct and forgotten.
Smithson's legacy to the United States
was brought to this country by Rich
ard Rush sixty-five years ago. The
money was brought in los bags, each
containing 1000 gold sovereigns. AS
a result of the investment of that
fund there has grown up in Washing
ton an institution which, in addition
to the income of $4,000 from Smith
sons legacy, expends each year $780,
600.
It came to the attention of Profess
sor Alexander Graham Bell about Il
year ago that Smithson's body was
about to be disturbed. The cemetery
in Genoa where it was buried was to
give way to marble quarry and the
idea of bringing his body to America
was set forth. The matter was thus
brought to the attention of the re-
gents of the Smithsonian institution
AS result of the action taken by
the board of regents, Professor Bell
sailed for Europe about a month ago.
He superintended the disinterring of
Smitbson's body.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-02-01
BENEFICIAL INSECTS
FROM OTHER LANDS
Are Imported Into This County to
Destroy Others Killing Our
Fruit Trees

Fruit Trees.
The American public naturally looks
with suspicion upon the Importation of
foreign living products The English
sparrow, first brought here about thirty
years ago, has driven away nearly all
our native song birds, while the Ger
man carp has driven from our streams
most of the fine food fishes with which
they once abounded.
It is now proposed to import a GER
tain breed of insect which, it is claimed,
will rid the orchards of diseases that
are imperiling the bearing capacity of
the trees. This insect, though called
the Chinese lady-bird, is nothing but
an insect 1t is said to be the natural
enemy of the dreaded San Jose scale.
It's discovery in its native habitat near
most valuable finds credited to the
Agricultural Department. 1t is null
tiplying at a very satisfactory rate.
Colonies were sent out to six States
during the last year with encouraging
success. A colony liberated in a Geor-
gia peach orchard of 1900 trees now
numbers 10000 or 10000 insects, and
with the additional broods expected be-
fore the end of the season Will be
numerically strong enough to practical
~ exterminate the scale. AS this or
chard adjoins another of 250,000 trees
similarly infested the spread of the
beetle will be anxiously awaited.
Equally promising are the reports of
the results of the importation from
Italy and Africa of an insect enemy of
the black scale which threatened the
destruction of California's famous or
chards. The insect is now established
in every country south of Point Con-
ception. and yet the Commissioner of
Horticulture at San Francisco, who has
been distributing the colonies, cannot
keep pace with the demand. The Los
Angeles Commissioners distributed
over 400 strong colonies at Escondido.
At Pasadena the insects, according to
the Commissioner of Agriculture, have
spread naturally, and, what is vitality
important, have destroyed ''over 80 per
cent of the black scale.
The other important insect irnporta-
ton made by the division, namely, the
insect that is essential for the fertiliza-
ton of figs and the production of the
numerous seeds so characteristic of the
Mediterranean fruit, has become thor
oughly acclima tized at Fresno and at
Niles, Cal. The fig crop raised at the
former place last year was large and
of very superior quality. Now that the
secret of fig growing has been traced
to the agency of an insect and the lat
ter has become thoroughly established
new fig orchards are springing up in
many parts of California.-Chicag
Chronicle.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-02-01
An Unfortunate Remark.

If a certain prominent New York
physician ever writes his autobiography
the following incident will undoubtedly
be omitted:
Not long ago the physician in cues
ton was called to a clearinghouse to
attend a man very i'll with pneumonia.
The man died. The keeper of the
boarding house. woman, was very
much distressed, the man having been
the first boarder to die under her roof.
It's so unfortunate that he should
have died" said she. with self-interest-
ed sympathy Il do hate to have a
funeral here"
TT won't be necessary" said the doc
tor. consolingly. The funeral can be
at the undertakers.'
But / don't, even know of an UNI
dertaker." said the unnerved woman
Il do" said the doctor. Just around
the corner is a good one, to whom
send all my patients"
"All" gasped the landlady. and the
doctor wondered why she turned pale
New York Times.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-02-01
AUTOS A MILE
IN IS SECONDS
w. X. Vanderbilt Jr. Makes
Remarkable Time in a Prac-
tice Run on Florida Beach
Special Dispatch to The Call.

ORMOND, Fla, Jan. S1.-W. K. Van
derbilt Jr. to-day finished a mile in
thirty-five seconds in an automobile
practice run
L might have done the mile in thirty
seven seconds officially on this beach,
said Vanderbilt as he left in his special
car for Palm Beach. Il did thirty live
seconds in practice"
The actual speed at which Vanderbilt
might have travelled yesterday is; OF
course, a matter of conjectuN. He did
travel in thirty-nine seconds, which is
sufficient unto the day, for 1t is the
worlds record. Vanderbilt also aver
aged forty-one seconds for ten miles,
which is looked upon as quite as re-
markable automobiling as the one-mile
trial in thirty-nine seconds, for ten
miles in forty-one seconds in competi-
ton means that he must have gone un-
der that time-perhaps one second, per
haps two and perhaps more toward the
close.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-02-01
WOULD BROADEN
SCHOOL POLICY
Bishop NcFaul Urges State
Support for Catholic mstitu-
rions Of Proper. Standard

DETROIT, Jan. 3L-About 1000 per
sons we're present in Light Guard Ar
mory to-day at a mass meeting that
marked the close Of the semi annual
meeting OF the advisory board and eX
ecutive board of the American Fedora
ton Of Catholic Societies. Speaking of
the aims Of the federation, Bishop Nc
Faul Of Trenton, y. j., said it would
accomplish much in the direction Of
doing away with two great deficiencies
of the Catholic church One Of these.
he said, was the lack Of organized
Catholic opinion. the Othel being the
lack Of an organ to disseminate such
an opinion If it existed.
Retain the present public school
system said Bishop McFaul, but do
not bar Catholics out of their rights as
citizens. The federation has taken an
admirable stand on this question. Its
platform is: That there shall be no
public moneys paid out for religious
instruction in any school But let the
State examine our schools and if on
examina ton il is found that we are
giving the children an education which
comes up TO the requirements Of the
State then let the State pay for ii"
The board decided that a special or
ganization fund Of $4,000 should be
raised
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-02-01
RULES AGAINST
THE AMERICANS
Venezuelan High Court De-
cIares the Asphalt Mine
Claim to Be Null AID Void
FINDS FLAW IN TITLE
Right of Original Holders
of Bermudez Concession to
Make the Sale Is Denied

CARACAS, Venezuela, Jan. 2s.-The
Federal High Court. sitting in full
session with ten Judges on the bench
has finally handed down a decision in
the long-dra wn-out asphalt case. The
court gives as its unanimous judgment
the opinion that the claim of Warner
& Quinlan Of Syracuse. n Y, TO pos
session Of the Felicidad Asphalt mine,
a portion OF the asphalt lake in the
state Of BermudeZ, claimed also by the
New York and Bermudez Asphalt
Company. which holds concession 10
work the lake. is null and void.
The Felicidad mine was bought IN
1898 bv Warner & Quinlan.
The court bases its opinion on the
argument that, while the concession OF
the Bermudez company was valid, no
claim TO the Felicidad could be grant
ed The debates revealed the TACT
that Warner g. QUinlan had bought
the Felicidad mine without receiving
proper title from the vendors.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-02-01
OFFICERS LEAD
THE SEARCHERS
Marshal and Constable in Com
mand of Citizens Seeking PO-
mOnan Who Has Disappeared
FEAR IN SOUTHERN TOWN
Aged Resident Leaves His
Home and May Have Perished
in the Foothill Businesses

POMONA, Jan. 31.-Two hundred and
forty men from all parts of the Pomona
Valley gathered at the head Of San
Dlmas waslr at o'clock this morning
and commenced an organized search
for John d. Jones, an 83-year-old resi-
dent of Pomona, who was last seen
on last Tuesday night, headed for the
mouth of San Dimas wash.
Under the leadership of Marshal Ogle
and Constable Slanker platoon was
formed extending from the mountains
to the valley. Every foot of ground
was traced as far west as Glendora,
also the region of Charter Oak and
Puddingstone Falls without success
The search was continued till dark
Jones has wife and daughter residing
here. 1t is feared ne wandered off and
died in the foothills.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-02-01
NEW SUBSTITUTE
FOR WHALEBONE


The increasing scarcity of whale
bone has attracted the attention of
merchants. and inventors all the world
over to the discovery of substitutes
for use in corset and dress making, but
so far few satisfactory ones have been
discovered.
Steel is in many respects the best
substitute and in some it is superior
to whalebone. It's fatal defects are its
tendency to rust and its sharp edges,
which cut the fabric of the corset.
While it has almost exclusively re-
placed whalebone in the cheaper grade
of corsets. these two defects have shut
it out entirely from use by the high
grade commercial and custom corset
makers. Horn strips and other sub
stitutes lack the resiliency and light
ness Of whalebone.
There is a substitute now on the
market which seems TO fill about all
the requirements. 1t is composed of
thin strips OF steel of the highest
grade, covered with composition
which absolutely protects it from rust,
and which at the same time, having
rounded edges. protects the fabric of
the corset OF dress from Delng cut by
the sharp edges of the steel. Unlike
whalebone, it is practically indestruc-
tible. possessing greater resiliency, and
is much thinner than whalebone of
equal strength, which is a strong point
in its favor. The chief drawback 70
its use is that it cannot be cut 10 the
lengths required, but the manufacturer
declares that it is made in so many
lengths that it is unnecessary to cut
it.-New York Press.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-02-01
Are Women Really stingy?

Are women meaner in giving than
men? 1t cannot rightly be urged that
they are. Women, after all, in buying
or in giving, are commonly making use
of money that sothers have earned.
They have been trustees of other peo-
pies money for 1000 years. and long
use has made them careful of their
trust. OF course. the petty mean
nesses of a certain kind of women have
afforded infinite opportunities for mems
jests and contempt, but those petty
nneannesses are nothing in comparison
with the great meannesses of really
sordid men.-The Spectator.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-02-01
YOUNG SOCIETY MEN
SUSPECTED OF MURDER
Police Find CIews Which May Con-
meet Bedford Youths With Muir
der of Miss ScIlaefer.

BEDFORD, Ind, Jan. 31.-Two
Bedford young men, prominent in
business and society circles, are under
surveillance, suspected of completely
in the murder of Miss Sarah Schaefer.
the young teacher found murdered in
a barn here ten days ago. Additional
evidence, the police assert, has been
discovered in the barn where the death
struggle took place and they promise
a decided step toward ferreting out
the murderer within another day or
two. Both of the men under surveil-
lance had, at different times, it is as
serted, been repulsed by Miss Schaefer
in their advances.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-02-01
GAS ENPLODES,
I, KILLING Two
Pennsylvania Mans Home Is
Wrecked and Owner Burns
to Death in View of Friends
MANY PERSONS INJURED
Victims Are Pinioned in De-
bris and Fire RACES While
the Spectators Are Helpless

iPITTSBURG, Jan. .31.-An explosion
of natural gas that wrecked the home
Of Henry Magel. in West Liberty. to-
day caused the death of two persons
and the severe injury of six others. The
dead:
HENRY MAGEL. aged So, burned to
death.
CHARLES MAGEL, his SOM aged 20.
both legs burned off and caught under
falling wall.
Mrs. Henry Magel fell through the
cellar and was seriously injured. Her
three children and a son-in-law and
his wife were all badly bruised and cut.
The building was demolished Neigh
bors were unable to reach Magel who
was pinioned down by the debris and
they were obliged to stand by and see
him burn to death.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-02-01
TRAIN WRECKED
BY CRIMINALS
Twenty-Five Passengers on
Indiana Express Escape
With Only Slight Injuries
DETECTIVES HAVE A CLEW
Spikes and Bolts Removed
From Rails Send Two Cars
Down a Steep Embankment

PRINCETON, Ind, Jan. Strain
wreckers removed a number of spikes
and bolts from the tracks on the
Southern Railroad near here to-day,
and a passenger train running at the
rate of twenty miles an hour was de-
rallied, the baggage car and day coach
rolling down a steep embankment.
There were seventy-five passengers
on the train, but all escaped with slight
injuries.
Detectives say they have a clew to
the wreckeTs.