The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1912-01-19
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The present demand for French
champagne amounts to nearly 4O,-
100000 quart bottles year.
Albert J. Earling, president of the
Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul
Railway company, is 63 years old to-
day.
The Bureau Veritas Of France un-
dertakes to print each year the num-
ber of merchant vessels lost at sea
by all nations.
A mosquito census or survey has
just been completed at Georgetown,
British Guiana, where $500 back
yards or premises were examined by
health officials.
In the golden age of 800 peaceful
years under imperial Rome crime al
most ceased, Gibbon says, because no
man could escape the jurisdiction of
Rome, for Rome then was the whole
world.
A notable feature of Spain's cork
industry. Is the remarkable increase
IN the export Of cork waste and shaw
ings. AS new uses are continually
being found for cork the waste mat
ter is becoming more valuable.
For six years diver has been en-
gagged in an unparalleled task be-
meath the walls of Winchester Ca
thedral, England, laying new founda-
tions to replace the original work
performed in the Thirteenth century.
Governor Woodrow Wilson of New
Jersey, candidate for the Democratic
presidential nomination, visited Ann
Arbor, Mich, today and was given
an enthusiastic reception by the Will
son club of the University of Michi-
gan. IS ~.
Mrs. John Wesley Sparkling, who is
accused of poisoning her 22-year-old-
SON and suspected of having caused
the deaths of her husband and two
other members of her family, was
today given preliminary examina-
tion at Bad Axe, Mich. ..Ss
President Taft will attend three
dinners in New York tomorrow even
ing, those of the Society of the Cen
esee at the Hotel Knickerbocker, the
Bar association of the City of New
York at the Waldorf-Astoria and the
New York jewelers. association at
the Waldorf-Astoria.
All arrangements have been COM
pleted for the conference and ban
quet to be given at Milwaukee to-
morrow by Republicans favoring the
denomination of President Taft. 1t
is expected the rally will be attended
by thousand or more Of the promi-
nent party leaders of Wisconsin.
The 1O5th anniversary of the birth
of General Robert E. Lee was cele-
brated throughout the South today.
In practically all Of the Southern
States the day is observed as legal
holiday. Banks and public Offices
were closed, and in most places the
schools were opened only in the fore
noon to allow commemoration exer-
cises to be held. ~ T.
The original manuscript copy of
Americas national hymn "My Coun-
try 'Tis of Thee," written in 1882 by
Samuel Francis Smith, is now in the
famous Vatican library in Rome. At
one time it was owned by David Pell
Secar of Bridgeport, Conn, having
been presented to him by the author.
The Rev. M. Maher, while visiting
Mr.. Sera a few days ago, saw it and
suggested that it be sent to the Vat
lean library. s
Several hundred delegates repre-
senting the postal and customs SER
vices and other branches of the civil
government were present today at
the opening in Washington of the
annual convention of the United
States Civil Service Retirement asso-
citation. The convention will last
two days and will be devoted to a
thorough discussion of the various
bills now before Congress for re-
| tirement system for the government
employees. =
President Taft last night commut-
ed to expire Immediately the Is year
sentence for violation of the national
banking laws under which Charles
/ w. Morse, the New York banker, and
ice king served two years in the
federal penitentiary at Atlanta, Ga.
The communication sentence which
| piyec Morse hi oo,,on1,+o e., !, ! ...zf l., !.