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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1905-02-17
GENERAL Lew WALLACE DEAD.
Noted Author and Soldier Passes
Away lin Indiana.

awe itiNAl czIlcs
Charlottesville, Ind, Feb. 17.Sur
rounded by his family General Lew
Wallace, author of Ben Hur,' one
time minister to Turkey and veteran
OF the Mexican and Civil wars, is
dead at his home in this city, aged
seventy ight Years.
The health of General Wallace has
been waning for several years and for
months, despite the efforts of the fam
lily to keep the public in ignorance of
his true condition, it has been gener-
ally known that his vigorous constitu-
tion could no longer Withstand the raw.
ages of a wasting disease
For more than year he has been
unable to assimilate food and this, to
gether with his extreme age, made
more difficult his fight against death.
The deathbed scene was one Of calm
ness. Beside his pf.sician enly his
wife. his son, Henry Wallace Of. Indi-
tnapo1is, and Mrs. Wallace .WeT1 pres
ent. When told by his physician that
he was dying General Pallace was
perfectly calm and his last words were
expressions of cheer to his grief stricl1-
en- family.
arrangements have been completed
for the funeral, which will be held
Saturday and will be private.
indianapolis, Feb 1.-THE Indiana
legislature during the day adopted res
olntions Of respect to the memory OF
General Wallace. Governor Hanly
sent a message of coincidence to Mrs
{ Wallace on behalf of the state and
Commander Lucas on behalf of the
G. a. r. The flag over the statehouse
will be at halfmast for thirty days.
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DUE TO DIFFERENCES.
M. Witte Said to Have Resigned From
Ministerial Council.

st. Petersburg, Feb. I'm. Witte,
according to the latest report, has re-
signed his position as president of the
committee of ministers on account Of
differences with Minister Of Agricul-
tuTe Termoloff over the conduct of the
proceedings of that body. M Yermo-
loft is probably the most liberal of En-
#peror Nicholas ministers, enjoying
now, according to the story, the COM
p1ete favor Of the emperor. He openly
advocates summoning a zemsky tabor.
The report is not confirmable at this
hour. hut receives credence in soma
lilly we'll informed quarters.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1905-02-17
THREE CHILDREN PERISH.
Parents Badly Burned in Fire at Ed.
wards, III.

Peoria, Ill, Feb. l7.-Fire of mys-
terious origin in the house of Manning
Harris, coal miner living at Edwards,
four miles from this city, burned the
bodies OF three small children to a
crisp. The mother was taken from
The burning house so badly burned
that the flesh hung from her body in
strips. Harris himself was horribly
burned When the neighbors attempt.
ed to alarm the family they found the
doors and windows locked The
mother was rescued but the two chill
dren lying by her side in bed were
left to their fate. Harris was rescued
from his bed in an adjoining room, but
only one of the boys sleeping with him
could be taken out.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1905-02-17
GIGANTIC MONOPOLY.

Secretary Hitchcock Arraigns an In
dian Gil Lease.
washington, Feb. II. Secretary
Hitchcock during the day gave out a
statement arraigning as. gigantic.
fnosiopoly" the present lease by the
sndian Territory Illuminating Oil com
sHany. of the right to prospect for oil
and gas throughout the entire area OF
the Usage Indian reservation and ex-
planning the agreement reached sew
eral days ago, as announced in the AS.
sociated Press dispatches, for cutting
off more than me-half of the lands
operative under this lease during the
next ten Years.
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GAR UNCLE
KILLED BY
An As SASSIN|. |
Grand Duke Sergue Falls a
Victim to Bomb Thrown By
Assassin Who is Arrested.

St. Petersburg, Feb. IL. Grand
Duke Sergue, uncle of the Czar and
former governor Of Moscow, was
assassinated at the: latter city today
while driving in acarriage. A bomb
was thrown beneath the carriage and
the vehicle was blown to pieces. The
ASSASSIN was arrested and dangerously
wounded. Several students in the vici-
nifty were taken into custody. Sergus
was regarded by the 1lberalists as
Russians evil genius.
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PERIsHED IN BLIZZARD.
Michigan Man Seeking Aid for His
Sick Child.

Sheboygan. Mich, Feb. 17.-Albert
Fluery walked on the ice from Bois
Blanc island to this city to get medi-
cine for his sick child. The mercury
was Is degs. below zero and a wild
snow storm was raging, but he bravely
set out On the return trip about mid
night with lantern and compass to
guide him. That was the last seen Of
hin. and there is little doubt that he
persisted and his body was covered by
drifting snow His wife came to this
city to look for him and large search
ing parties were organized both here
and on the island to look for his body.
He was thirty-one years old.
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FELL HEADLoNG FIVE STORIES.
Prominent Duluth Attorney Instantly
Killed.

Duluth, Feb. 17.-Claude S. Snively,
a prominent attorney in the Office of
Washburn, Mitchell & Bailey, pitched
headlong from the fifth story window
in the Lonsdale building during the
day and was instantly killed No one
was i'll the office at the time and the
details are unknown. Mr.. Snively
came to the Office early to prepare
some legal papers and had been at
work at the typewriter. The member
of the firm for whom he was preparing
the work thinks Snively looked out of
the window to see what time it was by
public clock and, overcome by dizzi-
ness, fell out. Deceased was twenty
seven years old and a brother of S. f.
Snively, d prominent real estate man
Of this city.
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$ FOUR PROBABLY FATALLY.
Eight Workmen Injured by Explosion
of Sulphur.

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New York, Feb. 17.--Eight workmen
were badly injured by an explosion OF
sulphur in the Brooklyn sulphur works
in Brooklyn during the day and were
removed to hospitals suffering from
burns ami from inhaling the fumes OF
the burning sulphur Four are be
Heved to have received fatal injuries.
Firemen and policemen, who brought
them out of the building, were them
selves much affected by breathing the
sulphur fumes and at one time ten
firemen We're lying on the sidewalk
with ambulance surgeons administer
ing restoratives.
The explosions are supposed to have
been caused by the ignition Of the sui.
phur by a spark caused4by the pres.
ence OF nail in the mechanism OF one
of fhe4sul phlir grind lin e%ra1a chimes.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1905-02-17
INVESTIGATE OIL BUSINESS.
President Orders Commissioners Gar
field to Take Action.

Washington, Feb IT, President
Roosevelt has directed James e. Gar
field, commissioner of corporations of
the department of commerce and la
Dor, to begia Immediately the oil in
vestigation requested by the house OF
representatives Wednesday in reso-
lutioa adopted unanimously The in
vestlsation, under the direction Of tho
president, will be rigid and conpre-
hensiye. He has directed a letter to
Commissioner Garfield in which he
has given his directions and presented,
in outline. his views
The inquiry will be pressed as rap
idly as possible. The scope of the in
vestigation and the time it will occupy
cannot be indicated at this time. Rep
resentatiye Campbell of Kansas, the
author Of the resolution adopted by the
house. had conference with Presi-
dent Roosevelt during the day. Mr..
CampbeH's idea is that the inVestiga-
ton should concern particularly the
situation III the Kansas field, but he
expressed to the president his belief
that the inquiry once begun, would ex-
tend to the operations OF the Standard
Oil company in the Beaumont field of
Texas and perhaps to other fields.
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IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
Senate Begins Discussion of San DO
nningo Treaty.

Washington, Feb. / 17.-After routine
business the senate, at 1871 p. M,
went into executive session on motion
of Mr.. Cullom, who stated that he de-
sired to have the San Domingo treaty
made public.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1905-02-17
sHELLiNG PuTiLoFF HILL.
Japs Using Siege Guns Against Rus.
sian Position

Mnkden, Wednesday, Feb. 15.-The
Japanese fred Tuesday and are firing
today on Poutiloff hill with eigllt-inch
guns carrying 250-pound projectiles, in
dicating that they are the siege guns
used at Port Arthur and the first to be
mounted in position before the Rus
sian lines below MulSden. A new sit
uation, therefore, oonfronts the Rus
sian center and the general situation
appears to have been rendered more
uncertain and complicated by the bat
tie of sandepas and the arrival of open
weather, indicating an early spring.
At some parts Of the lines there is
unusual familiarity Russian and Jap
anese officers in parties entertain each
other.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1905-02-17
GOVERNOR WILL SIGN BILL.
State of Kansas Will Erect an o
Refinery.

Topeka, Kan, Feb. 17.-Governor
Hoch will, it is believed, sign the bill
providing for the erection by the state
OF an oil refinery, passed by both
houses. but he declines to say any
thing Of his intentions The two bills.
passed by the house affect not only
the oil trust, SO called, but other COM
bines. The freight bill also passed
makes the railroads common carriers
and in this way all trusts are to be
fought The elimination bill is
said to have enough friends to insure
its passage. This measure was drawn
up with the intention of preventing
any trust from entering Kansas and
underselling the state.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1905-02-17
House Resents Amendment of the
DingIey Law.

4 Z. 81. III ~ -
Washington, Feb. Following the
adoption OF the conference report on
the omnibus claims bill the house re
sumed consideration of the bill to pro-
vide a government for the Panama
canal zone. All the committee amend.
ments were agreed. to and the bill was
passed.
Rising to question of privilege MI.
Payne IN. Y.) offered resolution re-
garding the action of the senate in
adopting an amendment interpreting
the Dingley act with reference to
S drawback on wheat.
The Payne resolution, sending the
agriculture ropriation bill back to
the senate because it contained origi-
nal legislation affecting the revenues,
was adopted on roll call, 26l to 5.
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Engaged Japs. and Retired.

TsinlSetchen. Manchuria. Feb. -
A volunteer company went out on the
night Of Feb. 15 along the valley of the
Taiise river in an attempt to penetrate
the japanese lines The volunteers
engaged body Of Japanese and re-
tired successfully.
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TO PASS ON .sMooI CASE.
Committee Will Begin Preparation of
It's Report Saturday.

committee Will Begin Preparation Of
It's Report Saturday
Washington, Feb. 1.-THE senate
committee on privileges and elections
will meet on Saturday to take up the
case Of Senator Reed Smoot of Utah,
whose expulsion is demanded because
OF his connection as an apostle in the
Mormon church. The preparation Of
a report Will be taken up.
All the briefs submitted by counsel
will be available for use and the work
of deciding what course shall be rec
commended to the senate will begin.
1t is expected that several meetings
Of the committee will be necessary to
reach final conclusion as to the char
acter of the report There will doubt
less be much discussion among the
members on the subject and some
time may be required to arrive at an
agreement.
1t is understood that no matter what
the recommendations Of the committee
may be the question will not be taken
up in the senate until the next session.
BILL GOES BACK TO SENATE.
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STEAMER RUNS AGROUND.
Passengers Taken Off but Ship May
Be Total Loss.

Passengers Taken Off but Ship May
Be Total Loss.
Perth, West Australia, Feb. 1 The
Pacific Steam Navigation company's
steamer Orizaba, with passengers and
mails Tor Sydney, is ashore of Car
den Island, twenty miles out Of her
course.
The Orizaba is firmly aground and
has considerable water in her hold.
The passengers and mails were land
ed. Tugs from Fremantle are discharg-
ing her cargo after which an attempt
will be made to tow the steamer Off
The weather is becoming threatening
and as the Crizabas position is ex-
posed it is feared she will be total
wreck
COMMITTED FIVE YEARS AGO.
Sensational Murder Trial Being Held
at Des Moines.
Des Moines, Feb. 17.-At the trial of
ChaAes Thomas, charged with the
murder of Mabel. .Scofield, DR.. Shope,
who conducted the autopsy over the
remains, testified that not a drop of
water was found in the girls lungs, as
would have. been the case if she took
her own lie by drowning Thomas is
alleged to have administered choral
as : knockout drops giving uninten-
tionally a fatal dose, and is trying to
prove the suicide theory The alleged
crime was committed five years ago.
Wisconsin Football Mascot Dead.
Madison, Wis., Feb. 17.--Lloyd, bet
ter known as Babe Spencer, for
Years-tthe mascot of the University OF
Wisconsin football team, is dead of
PARALYSIS. Not four feet tall, but
Weighing nearly 800 pounds Spencer
was familiar figure at all the big
games in which Wisconsin took part.
Il vas his custom to lead on the field
. nge badger.
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w. L. HATHAWAY,
Dist. Pass. Agent,
322 Nicollet Ave-,
Minneapolis, Mimi,
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Paris, Feb. ia seni-ofiicial dis
patch from Caracas, Venezuela says
hat unon the pressure of President
Castro the court has ordered the Sc
auestration OF the landed property OF
the American Asphalt company.
This decision, the dispatch adds, has
caused excitement in the American
colony at Caracas.
CONFIRMED !N WASHINGTON.
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Ladies' Collars:

We have Just received nice assortment of Ladies ST
and Lawn Collars; the very latest styles.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-07-07
RESTING THE HEART.

Rest your heart nov ard then dur
ing the day said an Instructor in
gymnastics
.tBut the aeart can't be rested" a
pupil objected, It works necessarily
from birth to death
''It rests The heart ID lie down. said
the Instructor Every nights sleep Of
nine hours saves tha heart the lifting
Of 50, 100 ounces Of blood. Consider
able rest there. en-?
When we lie down, you see, the
hearts action becomes slower slower
by Ten str0kes a minute. Thus In an
hour 900 strokes are saved. and in nine
hours $500 strokes Each stroke
pumps six ounces of blood, and there
fore ID nine hours the heart is saved
the labor Of pumping $4,000 ounces.
The heart often requires a rest. -
Philadelphia Bulletin.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-07-07
BOYS IN ST. CHARLES HOME
CULTIVATE 500 ACRE FARM
Chicago Youths, Sent to Suburban Ref
uge to Keep Them From Crime
20 Al Work-schcq Opens
Today.

Says Yesterdays Chicago Tribune
THE st Charles Home and School
tor Boys at 81 Charles, ILL.,, will lie
formally opened today by Governor
Deneen, Judge TuthilI, and other per
sons interested in saving boys from
the slums.
There are already 15G boys on the
farm The farm proper consists of
about GO sores This year the man
agement has placed 500 acres under
cultivation. There are now growing
crops Of corn, oats. barley, a great
variety Of garden and fruit truck.
There Is now a governing force Of
forty people, headed nv Nelson VI.
McLain as superintendent and Fred
Ward assistant There Ills d dairy
barn with twenty-six COWS. horse
barn with fifteen horses. a poultry
house with 1850 chickens, a bake shop
and kitchen and laundry in one build
ing Besides, there fs a tailor and
carpenter shop. The boys are doing
'2lle work in all Of the fields and the
n A41Pas AfeE aiE ufSttEu III inherent
kinas Of work during onehalf of the
aay ana 90 VI school IN The other half.
They get enough play to make IL
Interesting and a majority are keeping
4l with the war and the teamsterg
sTrike They read the newspapers
every day. and they have figured out
Ithe fighting from the China to the
Black Sea, Miss Mcliair, tha principa
of the farm school. says tie knowi
edge thar some 81 them display Il re
niaFkabIe
~lp 70 this time there have been
bus lew eases VI ducaing Some of
The instructors say that the boys coul5
mot be driven away. Now and then a
boy will ask permission TO so home to
see his folks Up to this time the
boys who nave had such leaves ac-
corded 70 them have returned ahead
lof their time
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-07-07
rh.Hreaklnr.

A comparatively young man was re
lating his experiences in The late Civil
war to an attentive crowd With Ell
tertainiug detail he described numer-
GUS engagements Id which nd had par
tieipated, laying particular stress up
DO those In which handto-hand en-
POINTERS were most evident The con
yefsation drifted to other topics, when
IN old man present suddenly asked
aim:
TN what year were You b3rn?'
Il was born in 1889"
Strange" commented the elderly
party. "You were born in 1859 and
could not have been over 5 years OF
age at the time you served in tho
army. How can you explain that?'
Without moments hesitation and
without even the tremor OF an eyclid,
he answered:
my father carried me on his shout
der
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-07-07
Sc ON WATcH FOR CHANCES.
Writer Points Out Danger at oppor-
tanities Eeinp Invisible.

Writer Points Out Danger at oppor-
tanitiss Eclnp Invisible.
1t il dangerous thing To walt for
opportunities until it becomes a habit
Energy ard inclination for hard work
Uoze out In the waiting. Opportunity
becomes invisible to those who are
doing nothing or leohing somewhere
else for tt 1t Is the great worker.
The man who is alert for chances that
sees them.
Some people become so opportun-
ltgblind that they cannot sea chances
anywhere they would pass through
gold mine without noticing any
thing precious while others viii emo
opportunities In the most barren and
cut-of-the way places Bunyan found
cpporslnity in Bedford Jail to write
taa greatest aiLegory in the world an
tae untWisted paper that had been
used 70 cork his bottles of milk a
Theodore PARKER Or d Lucy stone
sees an opportunity to go to college
In q chance to pick berries. One boy
sees an opening to his ambition In a
Chance to chop wood, wait on table
or run errands, where another sees
no chance at all. One sees an opnor.
tunity to set aH education In the odds
and ends Of time, evenings ana half
holidays, which another throws away
%. >. Marden In Success Magazine
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-07-07

ysar compares fayorably with the same
month Of preceding years, and there
IL evident reflection of the unquestion-
ably better tone Of general bus ness
this year Jaan last Very much til
same showing Is made as regards the
second quarter of this year when com.
pared with the first. though ii Is to be
nofed that with over Goo fewer fail
ures than III the FIRST three months
liabilities, owing 10 the financial sus-
peusisns, exceed those OF the first
quarter, while SLOW ing a decrease Of
II per cent from the second three
months Of 1901 Faiiures Id the sec
ond quarter Of 1905 were fewer in mum
her i'll New England. the Middle and
Western States ana the territories.
but shew Increases in the Northwest
and the far West and the South. Liza
aliitifs IN the eastern part of the conn-
INV were, however. heavier this year
than last III the second quarter. while
smaller In the West and South.
Failures I'LL Canada for six months.
as reported 10 Rradstreet's. number
STA, involving s7.2s9,3S4 Ut liabilities.
This is an increase Of % per cent In
number ais compared with the first
half of 1904 and an Increase Of nearly
40 pei. cent In liabilities.
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THE RoAsTFUL sWEDEs.

Il N somewhat surprising 10 note
the tone ~ disdain that marks the
speeches Of Swedish politicians and
public men IN their illusions to Nor
way and Norway's people There IS a
CURVE Of the upper Iii, as
though the speakers were representa-
tive Of the worlds culture and brains.
while the Norweglans struggled along
In the sub-cellar Of medieval ignorance
Of hopeless stupidity.
Tey thus make themselves absurd
Ia the eyes Of the world, For today
there live IN Norway.
Fridjof Nansen.
Henrik Ibscn.
Hornstierne BjorRsen.
Edward Grleg
These are men Of achievement,
world and whose work has influenced
the life of two hemisphares. They
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-07-07

For the statement that foxas have
folas there is not oply the author ty
Of natural history bnt of Gospel Tho
typical habitation of the fox Ii hole
70 the ground. Running to earth
and digging ou arc we'll kaown TN
claents Of the English sport The fox
is q wise beast Ia ali things, wise
enough 20 rent the burrow 81 any All
mal; but IN default Of such abodes he
III cutie capable If digging for him.
self and that with remarkable speed
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-07-07
RArTLER MESSENGER TO TRIBE.
Ssminoies Aecept serpents Coming to
Council as Auau.v.

0SlniHOIeS NSCGPl SGTpent Coming TO
Council as Auaury.
Great CONSERVATION was created
among the members Of the Seminole
council at Mewoka, Says q Mushogee
q. I'd telegram to the Kansas City
Star. when large rattlesnago gliaed
tato the ten. where tho assem- bissc
was being addressed by the attorney
of the nation Capt A. J n4eKeanaa.
Capt McKonnon was about ia KIN the
snake when one of the couacilmen
stopped him. explaining in broken
English; Him rattiasnGEe; he eo.le
to Seminole council; I'D other snake
do that He sent by Great spirit. lie
20 south; that mean Meztco. We must
Gil 20 Mexico soon
The captain WIS told that the rat
tlesnske had long been d messenger
to the Seminole tribe from the Gzeat
Spirit They told him that inst be
fore their fight with Jackson. III TIE
south many raoons ago. g great rattle.
sraka erawled fron tie bank III d lake
and came into camp. The medicine
Men assembled ana told the members.
OF the tribe that great trouble was
about to come upon them They would
have q great fight ana as the snake
went west part Of the tribe would
hc driven west They saia thRt the
.attlesnak9 had been looked up0n as
q messenger ever since. Capt Mcken
non apolcgized for attempting tG klll
the messenger from the Great Spirit
and appeasea tho anger OIL the council
by giving the members box Of 81
gars.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-07-07
crlaIn 81 Tern aGraft.p

Municipal corruption Of yariou
kinas is nov generally Indicated BIZ
lae word graft the origin of this
erm Is obscure but It is believed to
aaya arisen from dishonesty iii low.
Ter spheres Bartleus Dictionary q
4nericaHisas7 defines grating al
esctHiehine tiotten's Slang Die
ionary sus9ested that the slang aac
i graft might he corruption Ill
craft, o. q generalization from the
aeesal WoEA AZ garlnaing.
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FAILURES.
Reported For First Half Of Year
Fewer Than in Corresponding
perina Last Year.

There we've 4, 238 failures repQrI ed.
M Brad streets for THE FIRST six months
sof THU calendar year 1905 decreasa
sof 4 per cent from the same period, Of
1o04. 4 season NJ decilaIng trade and OF
Sitons, insurance companies and some
lines of manufacturer Compared
|sglth the first half Of 1908, a period Of
xpo1 trade failures Tits year shcw an
Increase Of > per cent. There were
Newer failures in the ijrst half ~ this
esT than IN the sasie period II 1902
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-07-07

II the industry now being carried
on BY q Frenchman at Ions ID SaH
nier IN the Jura district proves pro-
iitable on q large scale rabbit fur iras
become rival 70 sleeps WOOL In Tho
making Of clothes generally. The
breed utilized Is tho Angora or asili.
rabbit, which mots four times 8
year. The lur, just before It falls on
naturally can be stripped easily By
skilled hands.