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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-02-09
LAST ARMY FLAG LOWERED.
Emblem Of American Military occupa.
ton Of Cuba Taken Down.

Santiago de Cuba, Feb. S.-Quarter-
master Williams during the day com
pleted the sale by auction Of the army
effects, including the city warehouse,
and invited the American colony to
witness the lowering of the last Unit
ed States army flag on the island Con
sui HOLIDAY made a short address,
during which he complimented Cuba
and pointed to the fact that American
promises had been fulfilled.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-02-09
SIX DWELLINGS BURN.

Mali a Dozen Persons Perish at Tren.
ton, Pa.
Mahanoy City, Pa, Feb. Six per:
sons, all foreigners, we're burned to
death at Trenton, near here. The fire
destroyed six double dwellings. The
blaze started from an overheated
stove.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-02-09
INDIAN STRATEGY
tOriginal.]

More than half century ago COM
pany Of United States cavalry station
ed at Fort -, in what is now Arizona,
had pet bear they called Uncas I'm
cas- was as tractable as Newfound-
land dog, moving freely about the post,
usually spending his time either beg
cling the cook for something to eat or
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-02-09
TWELVE WARSHIPS ARE SUNK

s= St. Peters burg, Feb.9.-2:30
%. m.-The Russian admiralty
has just received information that
a desperate encounter between
Russian and Japanese vessels
took place this morning in an at
tack upon Port Arthur. The re-
port has it that II Japanese war
vessels and one Russian Warship
were sunk. The number OF
killed and wounded is great, and
the Russians. suffered the most
severely in this respect. Port
zArthursis now IN flames.
ST. Peters burg, Feb. An
earlier dispatch from port Ar
thur declares that the Japanese
torpedo boats attacked the Rus
sian fleet at midnight and badly
damaged the Russian battleships
Retvizan, Czarevitch and the
cruiser Pallana. The Japanese
boats escaped unharmed.
New York, Feb. 8. 9.-Investig
sunk at Port Arthur, proves that
the Japanese torpedo boats.
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T---=7-----
no UpposrrIon 70 COCHRAN.

New York, Feb. 6.-No nomination
was made by the Republican congress.
sional convention of the Twelfth New
York district, and it is probable w.
Bourke Cochran (Dem.) will have no
opposition at the polls. The vacancy
is caused by the resignation of George
McCIelJan
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-02-09
German officiais Muruered.

Berlin, Feb. 6.-Telegraphic com
munication with Windhoek. German
Southwest Africa, has been restored.
The authorities there cable that the
Hereros murdered Assistant Directo,
Hoepner Of the colonial bureau and
Herr Watermeyer, an agricultural ex.
pert
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-02-09
JURY UNABLE TO AGREE.
Case of Banker Leland Of Duluth Still
Unsettled.

Duluth, Feb. 8.-The jury in the
case against Charles r. Leland,
charged with receiving deposits in his
private bank when he knew that he
was insolvent, failed to reach a YER
dict. They were thereupon discharged.
It is understood that they stood seven
to five and did not vary materially
fco.,, tbot
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-02-09
PASSENGER TRAINS eoLt'D
"A Dozen Persons Injured In Wreck
Near Lockport, NJ. Y.

Lockport. N. Y, Feb. GA dozen
persons were injured, five OF them
seriously, in rear end collision be-
tween two passenger trains on the
Niagara Falls branch OF the New
York Central last night at the Lock
port junction, near this city The for
ward train was stalled in a snow
bank, when theater train following
It plunged into the rear coach
Heavy winds blew the snow-so that
1t was impossible to see far ahead.
The theatcr train was hauled by two
heavy locomotives. The leading en-
gine plowed nearly half way through
the rear passenger coach and droYe
it ahead with such force that it tele-
scoped the coach ahead where most
of the injured were found.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-02-09
All Previous Records Broken.

New York, Feb. 8.-For three con.
secutive weeks the bank statement
has broken all previous records as re-
CARDS aggregate Of loans and depos-
its. The grand total Of loans is now
8,S5O,80O. while deposits have grown
to the unprecedented sum of $l,027,'
156 5OO
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-02-09
FIRST TRAIN TEN DAYS.

Four Locomotives Drive SnoWpioW IN
to LewistoWn, Mont.
Lewiston, Mont, Feb. 8.-Pushed by
four locomotives, great snoWplow on
the Montana railroad headed the
first train that has reached Lewis
ton in ten days. During these ten
days three express trains have been
tied up between Lewiston and Helena
and some of the passengers suffered
for food. Two trains are still tied up.
In some places snow is twenty feet
deem
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-02-09
anadian Town scorched.

Ottawa, Ont, Feb. Ga fire at
Buckingham destroyed the center
part Of the town. Between twenty and
thirty buildings, including business
establishments, private residences and
Masonic hall, were burned to the
ground. The loss is estimated at
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-02-09
HUNDREDS PERIsHED.

Entire Town on. the Island Of Java
Wiped Out by Eruption.
Amsterdam, Feb. 6.-Advices re-
ceived here say that an entire town in
the island of Java, Dutch East Indies,
is reported to have been swallowed up
by a volcanic eruption and that hun
dreds of persons, were killed.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-02-09
Must close on sunday.

st. Paul, Feb. 6.-The state supreme
court mas held that the law passed by
the last legislature prohibiting grocery
stores, butcher shops and other bust
ness places from being open on Sun
day is constitutional. The court up
holds Judge Jaggard of the Ramsey
county district court.
Admiral Schley, who has been sur
fering with slight attack Of grippe,
is reported better. He is able to leave
his room
All the Michigan railroads report
traffic conditions, which have been
greatly interfered with by snow for
the past few days, as much improved
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-02-09
WILL AGAIN BE DEPoRTED.
sixto Lopez Refuses to Take Oath OF
Allegiance.

Manila, Feb. 6.-sixto Lopez, the
we'll known Filipino agitator, whose
unfriendly disposition toward Ameri-
can rule in the Philippines has been
exhibited upon occasions in the past,
has arrived here and refused to take
the oath of allegiance. He will be
.prnmptlY4 4deported.
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"Ah," lie said, my trouble has
brought on hallucinations! Methought
heard my own name. Twas Betty's
voice, but far too small and weak
"Mr. Neilw This time the voice was
loud and clear.
.sThere 1t goes again!" cried Neil.
Surely Betty's, yet she always called
me Jerry, with such a pretty accent.
Jerry, you--you wretch!" came the
voice, accented to the queens taste.
'""Oho!" said Neil $50 it's really you.
eh?"
"Yes--no. Don't look up. Jerry,
please put the ladder against the tree.
then walk across the pasture, and don't
look back
Don't look up, don't look back" said
he mockingly. Suppose comply.
What do get for 1t ~
what do you want. you hagglerW
"A half hours talk under the tree
-..You-you,ye got me cornered, she
said. "pll have to capitulate."
A few minutes later Betty sat on the
stepladder, and Neil sprawled comfort
ably at her feet.
BET" he said, II spent the most mis-
cradle morning of my life until came
over here. Tell me. when | came along
were you thinking of me, or what?
| She laughed.
4T was wishing + might fail cat OF
the plum tree and break my neck, she
said.
Madam" ha said gravely, since you
are so reckless with your own life you'd
/ better give It into my keeping.
And once more the dainsons Were for
gotten. BARRY 1PREStfe,N NJ.
PASSENGER TRAINS COLLIDE.
A Dozen Persons Injured In a Wreck
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Before sunset the command returned,
and before three months had passed
Winter was a commissioned officer.
MARK G. BENTLEY.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1904-06-16
The SnOYdrOp.

It seems that snowdrop is not the
oldest rame by which this familiar
and pretty flower was known. Once
upon a time it used to be called fair
maid of February" because it bloomed
about the date of the Candlemas festi-
val, whel twelve girls dressed in white
were won't to walk in procession, AS
the rhyLae puts 1t:
The snowdrop in purest white array
First rears her head on Candlemas day
1t was held as sacred to the memory
of the Virgin for that it blossomed in
honor OF her first visit to the temple
with the child Jesus. The helmet flow
er was another name for 1t, in allusion
to its supposed resemblance to he'll
met. In some countries of north Eu-
rope it is styled summer gowk because
it appears ON the first sunshine OF the
year under the notion-poor gowk, or
fool-that summer has come. In GER
tain parts of England it is considered
unlucky to take single snowdrop In
to a house at the season of its first
blossoming.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1904-06-16
I'm Cnse of Fire.

The chief of the Philadelphia fire de-
partment has published a set of rules
"In Case of Fire." They ought to be
learned by heart, like the multiplied
ton table, so that when needed they
will spring automatically to the mind:
First sound the alarm.
Close the door and open the win
dows. A closed door is a wonderful
protection against flame; an open win
dow lets the heat and smoke out.
Do not fear thick smoke too much.
Go down on your hands and knees.
You will find no smoke near the floor.
Nine times out of ten you can descend
a stairway so. Many have been burn
ed to death because they thought a
smoke filed stairway meant an impas-
sable one. There is plenty Of pure
air to breathe near the floor.
Should the fire have gained such
headway that all exits are blocked,
shut yourself in a front room and lean
far out of the window, so that the fire.
men can see you. Once they sec you,
it is reasonably sure they will rescue
you.
Above all, keep cool. The majority
of deaths from fire would have been
averted il the victims had not lost
their heads.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1904-06-16
Three Natural Barometers.

From the earliest days of the war
men have found fascination in trying
to foretell the weather. There is an
old chap in Brooklyn who has three
barometers, as he styles them-a cat,
a hive of bees and n bundle of corn
fodder As every farmer knows full
well, corn fodder is extremely sensitive
to hygrometric changes. When dry
and crisp it indicates fair weather;
when damp and limp, look out for rain.
A bee was never caught in shower;
therefore, when his bees leave their
hive in search of honey he knows that
the weather Is going to be good. AS
for the cat-eyery one knows about the
tricks of pussy and tabby. The act OF
washing the face-a sort of dry wash
with the fore paw-is sure sign of
change in the weather; if below the
eyes only, fair weather; If over the
ears, rain. If puss licks her hair
against the grain or sits with her tail
to the fire, look out for squalls.-Phua-
delphia Ledger.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1904-06-16
No. %.

another And IL is surely an offense
Of still greater magnitude TO attempt
10 incorporate the individual subtleties
of two such delicious birds as the
wcGGcooS and pheasant in single
dish.
The cost OF cooking single olive
may turn out costly proceeding, es-
pec.aIly II bon vivant should adopt
the following method: Place a French
Give inside beccafico (the fig pecker1,
the beccafico in a golden plover, the
plover in a pheasant and the pheasant
in n bustard The cooking is to pro-
ceed with special regard to the 'bast-
ing and when the dish is presented
the master of the feast sends the olive
(only) to the guest whom he desires to
honor, unless, indeed, he happens to
sup alone-Lucullus with Lucullus-
when he eats it himself There is some
reason to believe, however, that this
recipe was designed as sarcastic re-
buke to the extrayagant cooks of the
period and not less TO the wealthy
gourmet OF overcultivated tastes =
London Globe.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1904-06-16
ITo BE Continued
A VAMPIRE VINE.
5cuth Dealing swamp Plant That
Crows In Nicaragua.

scuth DenlinE swamp Plant That
Crows In Nicaragua.
Mr.. Dunstan naturalist, who spent
nearly two yea IS in Central America
in the study of the fora and fauna Of
the country, relates the finding of Il
singular growth in one of the swamps
which surround the great lakes of Nj
caragua. He was engaged in hunting
for botanical and chronological speci-
mems when he heard his dog cry out,
as il in agony, from Il distance. Run
ming to the spot whence the animals
cries came, Air. Dunstan found him
enveloped in a perfect network of what
seemed to be fine rope-like tissue Of
roots and fibers. The plant or vine
seemed composed entirely Of bare, in
terlacing stems resembling more than
anything else the branches of the weep
ing willow denuded of its foliage, but
Of dark, nearly black hue and COW
cred with thick, viscid gum that ex-
uded from the pores.
Drawing his knife, Mr.. Dunstan en-
deavored to cut the animal free, but
1t was only with the greatest difficulty
that he succeeded in severing the
feshy muscular fibers. To his horror
and GmaZement, the naturalist then
saw that the dogs body was blood
stained, while the skin appeared to
have been actually sucked or puckered
in spots, and the animal staggered as
if from exhaustion. In cutting the
.f<sl
GUS fingers about Mr.. Dunstan's hand,
and it required no slight force to free
the member from its clinging grasp.
which left the flesh red and blistered.
The gum exudinG from the vine was
Of q grayish dark tinge, remarkably
adhesive and of q disagreeable animal
odor. powerful and nauseating to in
hale.
The native servants who accompa-
MED AR Dunstan manifested the
greatest horror of the vine which they
call ''the devils snare" and were full
of stories of its death dealing powers.
He was able to discover very little
about the nature of the plant, owing to
the difficulty of handling it, for its
grasp CsiH Cliy Dc totH AWAY Win luc
loss Of skin and even of flesh, but as
near as Mr.. Dunstan could ascertain
it's power of suction is contained in a
number of infinitesimal mouths or lit
tie suckers. which, ordinarily closed,
open for the reception Of food. If the
substance is animal the blood Is drawn
off and the carcass or refuse then
dropped. A hump of raw meat being
thrown 1t. in the short space Of five
minutes the blood will be thoroughly
drunk off and the mass thrown aside.
Its voracity is almost beyond belief.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1904-06-16
A VOICE FROM THE TOMB.
II Spoke In Dream and Told a Tale
of CHASTITY Horror.

of Chastity Horror.
The Rev. Mr. Partridge was once the
vicar of a parish in the suburbs of
London. He had the misfortune to
lose favorite son, whose body was
inferred In a vault In the church. Two
nights after the interment Mr.. Par
fridge dreamed that he saw his son,
habited in shroud spotted with blood,
the expression of his cOuntenance be-
ing that of a person enduring some
paroxysm of acute pain.
Father, father" he cried, come and
defend me, They will not let me rest
quiet in my cofiinr'
The apparition was so-yivid that the
dreamer awoke, trembling from excite
ment. He argued with himself that 1t
was the result of the grief he felt on
account of his sons death and after
awhile managed to overcome his agi-
tation and go to sleep again. But it
seemed TO him that he scarcely lost
consciousness when the vision reap
peared, beseeching more piteously than
before that his father would come to
his aid, as they were .'mangling his
body at that instant" The tortured
man slept no more that night and at
the break of day repaired to the
clerks house, where the keys Of the
vault were kept. Here he was in
formed that the key to the main door
had been broken and the clerks son
had gone to the smiths to have q new
one made. Impelled by the worst mis-
givinys, the vicar procured q crowbar,
by means of which the hinges of the
door were wrenched of
The sight that greeted him caused
the father to fail fainting to the floor.
His sons coffin had been lifted from
the recess and placed on the brick
pavement. The lid lay loose on the
top. The body, enveloped in its shroud,
on which were several spots of blood
below the chin, was exposed to view.
The broad ribbon had been removed
from below the jaw, which hung down
with a most ghastly horror Of express
sion, and every tooth in the head had
been drawn. The youth while living
had possessed beautiful set of teeth.
The clerks son, who was both bar
Der and dentist, had obtained pos
session Of the vault keys for the pur-
pose Of extracting the teeth for use in
his business.-London Mail.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1904-06-16
TRAVELLING IN INDIA.
One Must Hire Native Servant or
Endure Endless Trouble.

Endure Endless Trouble.
Every one who goes to India to travel
or live Mt hotels, says the Chicago Rec
ord Herald, must have personal serv-
ant, a native who performs the duties
of valet, waiter and errand boy ana
whatever else may be required OF him..
This is a fixed custom of the country,
to resist which brings endless trouble
to the traveller.
Many Of the Indian hotels expect the
guests to bring all their own servants,
both chambermaids and walters, and
are consequently so short handed that
the traveller who comes without them
has usually to wait upon himself.
On the railways native servant is
quite Indispensable, for travellers are
required to carry their own bedding,
make their own beds and furnish their
own towels. The company provides
bench to sleep on similar to those In
American freight cabooses.
Each car has also washroom and
sometimes water. But If the traveller
wishes to be sure Of washing his face
in the morning and IL he is wise he Will
send his servant to the station master
before the train starts and ask to have
the water tank filed. Then Hindoo
with a goatskin full of water will
climb to the roof of the car and fill it
and, having descended, will stand be-
fore the door and touch his forehead
every time the traveller looks toward
him till he receives penny.
At the eating houses along the road
the servant will have to raid the ta-
bles and shelves for food and bring 1t
to the car for his master, since no wait
ers are provided. In addition he will
hire baggage carriers and will attend
to all the details of catching trains and
engaging rooms.
"A good servant can be hired for SIS
q month. Poorer bearers" as they are
called, can be engaged for 81 or So
month and expect to find" them
selves, but the traveller must pay rail
way fare for them
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1904-06-16

The ancient Egyptians worshiped the
goddess Sechet, q creature with a hui
man body and a cats head. Sechet's
bhrine was at the once famous city Of
Bubastis. Hither an average Of 700,-
600 devotees resorted annually, each
district delegation taking all the dead
cats which had quilted the sphere of
action" in their respective localities
during the year. These dead cats, all
of which were carefully wrapped and
embalmed, were buried at the celebrat-
ed "cat cemetery" on the plains of Ia
kazik, that being the place where the
image Of Sechet was set up. One OF
the greatest curiosities Of present day
Egypt are the catacombs, where the re-
mains Of these countless thousands OF
cats are to be seen, each wrapped in
linen and sealed up in a red earthen-
ware jar.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1904-06-16

tions between the garrison and the
French inhabitants when the roar of
Alice's big mouthed pistol startled
them. Helm was slyly beating about
to make Hamilton lose sight of the
danger from Clark's direction. TO do
this he artfully magnified the insidious
work that might be done by the French
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1904-06-16

would try 10 go. and woe be TO Hamilton
on his coming back. 1t was so easy for
an excited young mind 10 plan great
things and to expect success under ap-
parently impossible conditions. Bev-
erley gave Jean n note for Alice. 1t
was this that took him to Roussillon
place. and no sooner fell the night than
he shouldered n gun furnished him by
Nine Godere and, guided by the
woodsman's fine craft, stole away
southwark, thinking TO swim the icy
Wabash some miles below and then
strike across the plains of Illinois to
KaSkaSkia
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1904-06-16
How Holland Treat. pnuper..

There are few ablebodied paupers in
Holland. A tract of public land con-
tanning 5000 acrrs is divided into six
model farms, to one of which the per-
son applying for public relief is sent
Here he Is taught agriculture and is
subsequently permitted to rent small
farm for himself. Holland also bas a
forced labor colony. to which vagrants
are sent 10 do Farm and other work,
whether they like 1t or not.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1904-06-16
GSmoaI<iuE Tobncon."

The earliest instance known of penal
izing smoking in the streets Is in the
court books of the mayor Of Methwold,
in England. There is the following en-
try on the record of the court held Oct.
H. 1885: I'VE agree that any person
that is taken smoaking tobacoa in the
street shall forfltt one shillinge for ev-
cry time so taken, and 1t shall be law
ful for the petty constables to distraine
for the same, for to be putt to the uses
above said. We present Nicholas Bar
Der for smoaking in the street and doc
amerce him one shillirge."
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1904-06-16
The Rulinr Passion.

A gambler, on his deathbed, having
seriously taken leave of his physician,
who told him that he could not live
beyond s O'Clock next morning, ex-
arted the small strength he had left to
cau the doctor badl1, which having ac-
complishec with difficulty, for he could
hardly exceed whisper, Doctor"
said he, "I'll bet you 5 guineas llre
tiv 0"-TOndon Tit-Bits
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-22
PLEASED WITH
MARE ISLAND
Assistant Secretary of the
Navy Darling Impressed by
Coast Naval Establishment
Special Dispatch to The Call

VALLEJO, Nov 21.-Assistant Sec
retary of the Navy Darling, who is
paying an official visit to this coast. is
receiving much attention here. This
afternoon a reception was given in
honor of Judge and Mrs. Darling by
Admiral and Mrs. McCalla. The officers
and ladies of the Mare Island naval
station were in attendance. and a num-
Der of the prominent citizens of Val
lejo called to pay their respects. To-
night Judge Darling was the guest of
the Vallejo Chamber of Commerce at
banquet at the Bernard. The guests
included Senator Perkins, Congressman
Knowland and Kahn. Admiral McCalla,
Commanders GeTring, Moore and Ran
son; Medical Director SimOns, Pay d.
rector Kerr, Captains Tilly and Berwell,
Civil Engineer ROsseau, j. b. Dale,
president of the Vallejo Trades and
Labor Council. and all the navy yard
foremen Frand r. Devlin, president
of the Chamber of Commerce, presided.
Assistant Secretary Darling spoke at
some length. He said he had visited
Bremerton and is now inspecting Mare
Island. He was much pleased with the
great naval establishments on this
coast and thinks their Improvement and
growth will be steady. He compliment
ed the workmen on the good work they
turn out
Senator George c. Perkins, ranking
member of the Senate Naval Commit
tee. spoke of the growth and present
greatness of the American navy, and
referred with pride TO Pacific Coast
contributions to our fleet.
Congressman-elect KnOwland said he
would endeavor to take up the naval
work so successfully prosecuted by
former Congressman and advance the
interests of the Mare Island Navy Yard
to the fullest extent
Among the others who spoke enter
taingly were Admiral McCalla and Con-
gressman Kahn.