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tion VOLUME 1. NUMBER 259. fEvene BETWEEN RUSSIAN AND JAP- ANESE LAND FORCES. RUSSIAN LOSS PLACED AT 2,500 MEN 8TORY OF BATTLE IS NOT CON- FIRMED, BUT IS CREDITED IN MANY QUARTERS. ARE ADVANCING BY FORCED MARCHES TENS OF THOUSANDS OF JAPAN- ESE SOLDIERS MOVING TO- WARD YALU RIVER. as both sides are hurrying reinforce jnents to the front, a big land battle is expected at any time. Tens of thousands of Japanese troops are advancing by forced march-1 es from various points in Korea on the Yalu. The Japanese declare they will take Port Arthur within two months with their fleet and army. Poit Arthur is^ regarded as a second Metz i Russia's power on the sea practical- squadron. If the Japanese torpedo boats had advanced into the inner harbor all the Russian warships would have been at their mercy. SATISFACTION AT TOKIO. ofR Prance.to &^ ARMIES CLASH ON YALU RIVER Loudon, Feb. 23.Reports from the Par East say that the Russian and prepared than was China in liJ5 Japanese land forces have had a se vere encounter on the Yalu river and that the Russians were repulsed with heavy loss. The rumor is not confirm ed, but it is credited in many quarters. The Russian losses are placed as high as 2,500 men. Russian and Japanese outposts along the Yalu are in close rather think our troops will take their proximity to each other, however, and time. The shallow inlets are now froz- News That Russian Fleet Has Left French Port. Tokio, Feb. 23.The assurance of Prance that the Russian fleet, except twoo torpedo boat destroyers, which have been disarmed and will be retheless tained until the war ends, have left Jibutil, French Somaliland, reached Tokio during the day and produced a feeling of general satisfaction. Th government is confident of the inten refrain ^ni permit-- BRITAIN SOUNDS RUSSIA. ORDERS PROMPTLY FILLED. MEN'S CLOTHING. Yesterday we placed in stock a large part of our spring purchase, in men's suits and rain coats. Natty, well made suits, new plaids and stripes at $10, $15, $18, $20, $22, $22.50 and $23.50. Rain coats, dark colored, broken plaids, warranted rain proof, price $15. WALL PAPER. The new 1904 patterns are now in stock. Good, common paper at 10 to 12 cents a double roll. Gilts at 15 cents to 40 cents a double roll. In grains at 35 cents a double roll. iW retersDurg ssunaay or count sacKen dorft\ the Russian ambassador, Lord Lansdowne, the British foreign minis ter, intimated to him that King Ed ward was willing to offer his media tion in the war in the far East, if the czar thought he could accept it. A dispatch to the Matin from Har bin says half of the Japanese fleet is covering the landing of troops in Korea and the other half is seeking the Vladivostock squadron. MAY WAIT THREE MONTHS. Japanewc in No Hurry to Invade Man: churia. London, Feb. 23. The latest ad vices of Baron Hayashi, the Japanese minister to Great Britain, led him to believe that the Japanese troops may now wait-possibly two or three months before undertaking aggressive opera tions in Manchuria. He said: "We have found that Russia is socorps Unexpectedly unprepared that I should not be surprised it' the Japanese land forces contented themselves with es tablishing a thorough organization and advancing as the construction of thethe railroad towards the Yalu river pro gresses. Russia appears to be _less believe that only three trains a day can be run through Manchuria. Sup posing these are equally divided be tween troops and supplies, as would be necessary, Russia could not per ceptibly strengthen her land forces be fore April. Japan's naval coup has been so unexpectedly successful that I en over, retarding the disembarkation of our forces. This is essentially true at Port Arthur, where a near landing of troops is impossible owing to ice. The minister credits the Russians with having barely 100,000 troops in Manchuria. RUSSIA EXPELLING JEWS. Ar Au ly is destroyed. It is claimed in well! Abetting High-Treason, informed circles that the Russians St. Petersburg, Feb. 23.The Rus- fired on their own vessels when the at- sian government has just ordered the tack was made on the Port Arthur expulsion of all Jewish residents from id ^f^^^ri rr&3^ Th? re1 Jews^ will^ thereforeh be compelled ff affirmation of French neutrality is. tramp on foot to Europe, highly reassuring to the present dip-! lomatic situation. It is of the opin ion here that the maintenance of neu trality of the Oriental ports is ex tremely advantageous to Japan, as it insures her mastery of the naval sit-1 uation and limits the Russian source of supply to the Transsiberian railroad. King Edward Would Offer Mediation If Acceptable to Czar. Paris. Feb. 23.The Petit Paris lienne's London correspondent says transfer to the Russian ships 8 S during an interview preceding survivor. were^ *atea anTpio the departure from Lor/Jon for at.j JW* with return passages. A MAIL an ttin ui Tr ,A Tomsk, Omsk, Irkutsk and other towns along the Transsiberian railway. The Russian officials maintain that the Jews throughout the Russian domin ions are aiders and abettors of high treason. The Jews in Siberia, they affirm, would find means to betray the mili tary secrets regarding the transporta tion and disposition of troops to Japan. These accusations the Jewish leaders declare to be base calumnies. Never the order is to be carried out. Not only will the Jews be expelled from their homes throughout Siberia, but the Russian government refuses to allow them to return to European Russia by the railway. The excuse is made that the railroad is reserved unfortunatt TWO MEN DROWNED. jap Merchant Vessel Sunk by.Russian Warships. Nagasaki, Feb. 23.The steamer Stolberg has arrived here from Vlad ivostok with 20 white foreigners 1,500 Chinese and 50 Japanese. She brings in addition forty survivors of the Jap anese steamer Nakonoura Maru, which was sunk by the Russian cruiser squadron from Vladivostok on Feb. 11. Tw men were drowned during their The A A A A A Jap Millionaire Offers to Sell Valuable Museum. Tokio, Feb. 23.Kehachiro Okahura, a millionaire of Tokio, offers his pri vate museum for sale in America and England for $1,000,000, which he pur poses to donate to the Japanese war fund. The museum contains the most fa mous private collection in Japan and represents the labor of thirty years in collecting and an expenditure ex ceeding one million yen. Included among the many rare curios are over 1,000 Thibetan, Chinese, Siamese, Ko rean and Japanese idols, covering a period of thirteen centuries. SCANDINAVIANS AID JAPS. LOCOMOTIVES FOR JAPAN. CAPTURED .British BEMIDJI. MESXESOTA. You will find variety at this store, svich as is not shown at another store in Northern Minnesota. The Bemidji Daily Pioneer BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1004. me civilians at vtamvostoK nave RIPIIT Tfl nnrrmrilOC been ordered to leave owing to the KIliH I rntrtntllUL scarcity of food, as the government is H1UH i I lUl taking everything available. Panic has seized the. Chinese, who are leav ing by the wholesale. TO AID THE WAR FUND. Society at New York to Send Nurses to Seat of War. New York, Feb. 23.At a mass meeting of the Finnish-Scandinavian Society of Greater New York in thepreference rooms of the Clinton association it was decided to send within three weeks a ot trained nurses to aid in thebello, field ambulance service of the Japan ese army. A hospital ship also will be purchas ed and sent to the seat of war to aid Japanese. Philadelphia Firm Filling a Large Rush Order. Philadelphia, Feb. 23.In conse quence of a rush order from the Japan ese government for locomotives a loister comotive pl^nt here has established a new record by the construction of sev en locomotives in a day. The engines ordered bby Japan are for the Seoul Fusan military railroad. The order, which called for twenty locomotives to be completed within twenty days, was received last January. Eight of them have been shipped to Fusan. The remaining twelve will be shipped this Week. HUSSIAN May BLACK SEA FLEET. in Make a Sudden Appearance the Mediterranean. New York, Feb. 23.A dispatch to the Herald from St. Petersburg haz ards the forecast that some morning the Russian Black sea fleet may be found unexpectedly in the Mediterra nean, Turkey being assured that this once an accomplished fact not one ot the powers would have a word to say in objection. Diplomatic negotiations toward"thi3 and are alleged to be progressing. TEMPORARY NEUTRALITY. in China May Yet Become Involved War. New York, Feb. 23.An interview at tributed to the Chinese minister here quotes that diplomat, says a World dispatch from Berlin, as having pro claimed that China's neutrality is only temporary that no one, even the as tut est diplomats, can tell what change a day will bring forth in China's atti tude. BY RUSSIANS. yyy CARPETS. We carry the only complete stock of carpets in Beltrami county. Granits, Ingrains, Velvets, Axminsters, Stair carpets, Matting. Rubber Matting. Linoleum. Oil Cloth. Art Squares and Rugs. MEN'S FURNISHING GOODS. We are now showing anew line of shirts, night shirt*, collars, ties and underwear. REMNANTS. This week we will have on sale hundreds of yards of short ends in wash goods. TTVV .j.*y..v at Merchant Steamer Seized Vladivostok. London, Feb. 23.The owners of tho British steamer Rosalie, from Cardiff, Nov. 22, for Vladivostok, and.which sailed from Nagaski Jan. 18, have been notified that she has been captured by Russians at Vladivostok. RUSSIAN TRANSPORTS RETURN. Abandon Their Journey to the Fartake East. Suez, Feb. 23.The Russian trans pert Orel and Smolensk ^r W- sg v^ -y THE HAGUE ARBITRATION TRI BUNAV DECIDES VENEZU- ELAN CLAIMS CASE. VERDICT FAVORS BLOCKADING POWERS GREAT BRITAIN, GERMANY AND ITALY MAY COLLECT DU- TIES AT TWO PORTS. The Hague. Feb. 23.The arbitra tion tribunal which has boon consid ering the claims of the blockading powers for preferential treatment of their claims against Venezuela has decided unanimously that the throe blockading powers, Great Britain, Ger many andkjfaly, have the right to a or 30 per cent of the cus toms duties at Guayara and Puerto Oa the litigants to pay their own costs in the procedure and divide equally the costs of the tribunal. The United Stales is commissioned to car ry out the decision of the tribunal within three months. In the decision the United States is charged merely to supervise the car rying out of the decision regarding costs. After the delivery of the decision President Muravieff (the Russian min of justice) in a short speech de clared that the findings had been reached after a most minute and most impartial Investigation. Like all hu man acts, lie added, the decision was susceptible to criticism, but now it was made everyone should accept it. The arbitration, begun in times of peace, had ended amidst the sinister acts of war, which was a terrible obstacle in the path of light and progress. The president concluded with saying that The Hague arbitration tribunal remains always the rampart of justice, truth and reason and thu sublime hope of the future. tj: craverseu tne eantu pound IOI uio Far East returned here during the day and entered the canal, on their way to Port Said. Lessens Bitter Feeling. Tokio, Feb 23.The news of the es cape from death of the crew of the Nakonoura Maru was received at To kio with satisfaction and perceptibly lessens the feeling of bitterness to wards the Russians on account of tho sinking of the ship. PANIC AT NEWCHWANG. Increasing Apprehension of a Japanese Attack. Tokio, Feb. 23.The announcement that Japanese fugitives from Manchu i ria had been save from further Rus sian cruelty by the good offices of Mr. Conger, the United States minis ter at Pekin, was received with the highest evidences of appreciation. It is reported that tho panic at New chwans is increasing, owing to the ap prehension of a Japanese attack. Rus sian financial credit there is complet ly destroyed, INUUHMA MAY CUIvnviMlNO JAPS. Famous Japanese General Displaced in the Cabinet. London, Feb. 23. Tho announce ment that General Kodama has been replaced in the Japanese cabinet by Mr. Koshihkawa is regarded as mean ing that General Kodama is about to command of the Japanese land forces. Kodama, who is Japan's lead ing general, did work during Chino-Japanessplendi.d war th ONE PRICE AND THAT IS RIGHT. SHOES. Our stock of Douglas shoes for men, Filigree and Seize. Schwab shoes for ladies Little Giant and Shaft- Pierce shoes for children is now complete. RUBBERS. Special for this week, a few cages of Lumbermen's Hurons regular price $1.50, for $1.10. WAITERS AND BARTENDER'S CLOTHING. Vests, silk, wool and duck coats aprons, coats and sleeves. -WM. WILL BE A TOTAL LOSS. Schooner Wrecked, but Crew Rescued by Lifesavers. Atlantic City, N. J.. Feb. 23.After I battling with heavy seas ?tv-seveva Hours the captain and seven members of the crew of the throe masted schooner Olive T. Whit tier, lumber laden from Fernandia, Flit for New York, were resued by the lifesaving crew of the Long Beach lifesaving sta tion. The vessel was ashore on Little Beach bar, sixteen miles north of At lantic City! At the time there was a heavy storm raging ami a dense fog hung over the water. As soon as the Whittfer struck the seas began to roll over the vessel and the men had to cling to the rigging to save themselves When the fog lifted the lifesavers, with great difficulty launched their boat and after heroic work brought all the crew ashore. {The waves are pounding the schooner against the beach and she will probably be a total loss. BOMBARD DUARTE. American Warships Shell Dominican Insurgents. Paris. Feb. 23.--A dispatch from San Domingo says that the United States cruiser Columbia and the training ship Hartford have bombarded Ouarte, which is occupied by Insurgents. Prices on French Bourse Firmer. Paris, Feb. -A.As a result of thewas official denial of the alarming reports as to the attitude of prominent finan ciers prices on the bourse during the day were iiiu^Ji tirmer. From the opening an upward tendency was ap Dari I TEN GENTS PER WEEK. The Lesson of the Past For eight years we have been telling of the wonderful future of Bemidji. Man have been unbeliev ing. They have lost fortunes. Every year proved our prediction many times over. Bemidji will one day be a great city, and townsite lots, now UL be had cheap, will be worth big money. Bu now. Bemidji Townsite & Improvement Co. JOHN GIBBONS. Local Agent. SIX SEAMEN PERISH CAPTAIN, MATE AND FOUR SAIL- ORS LOSE THEIR LIVES IN WRECK OF SCHOONER. TWO MEN REACH SHORE ON WRECKAGE THREE LIFESAVING CREWS UN* ABLE TO RENDER AID OW- ING TO HEAVY SEAS. Now York. Feh. 2:1.Six men, in cluding Captain Haxvey McClean aiul Mate John McCuraber were lust dur ing ilu day in the wivck of the three masted schooner Benjamin Cnmiwoll oft' (his port Two men of the eight on board came ashore on bits of wreckage and were taken to the Bell port lifesaving station exhausted. Three lifesaving crews, those from Bellpon Oakpoini anfl Jones Inlet, made half a do en Ineffectual attempts to lame lifeboats, one boat suc ceeded in getting through the surf, but unable to get to the outer bar, where ihe Cromwell was lying, AL least four lines were-shot over the wroi ked ship, bu.1 tWfcy were of no avail and ihe breeches buoy could uot bo used, A Hint for the Future 1 TERY BUENTHER Naturalist and Taxidermist 208 Second St. Postoffice llox No. 680 BEMIDJI, MINN. UIKOS, WHOI.H ANIMALS. PISH, PUR RUOS AND ROUPS mul (1AMR HEADS mounted to order ami for .sale. carry a all times a good assortment of INDIAN RPLICS and CURIOS PUR GARMENTS made to order, repaired and remodeled I'l'l/Sln season bought. I guarantee my work mothproof and the most lifelike of any In the state MY WORK is JGQTOULISD BY FI0W, EXOKLLET) BY SONB A Deposit Required on AH Work YOUR TRADE SOLICITED [rUinl)erri}ei)s S ate a i} BEMIDJI 3 5 General Banking Business. Fire Insurance. The North Dakota Liquor Institute The latest improved scientific treat meat for the liquor habit O DRUNKENNES S days. No publicity. Write for full particulars i 628 North Third St., Grand Forks, N. D. rtt i