VOLUME 1. NUMBER 2G1.
DI. retersDurg, Feb. "25.It is of
ficially announced from Port Arthur
that four Japanese battleships and two
Japanese transports- have been sunk
in a fresh attack on Port Arthur. The
attack was repulsed.
CONFIRMED IN PARIS.
BOMBARDING
PORT ARTBUR
Japanese Fleet Renews Attack and Is
Again Repulsed With
Heavy Loss.
GUNS O ADMIRA TOG O
SHELL TOW N FO TW O HOUR S
Russian General Telegraphs St. Peters
burg Brief Account of
Engagement.
London, Feb. 25.It is now developed, according to the Port
Arthur correspondent of the Daily Mail, that the Japanese attack
on Port Arthur of the 24th was a daring attempt on the part of
Admiral Togo to close the harbor by sinking old ships in the narrow
channel. Details are lacking, but the attempt was probably unsuc-
cessful.
St. Petersburg, Feb. 25.Rumors are again current here that
a bombardment of St. Petersburg is going on. Mai. General Palug
has telegraphed the minister of war as follows: "Enemy again at-
tacked Port Arthur from one until three o'clock this morning and
were repulsed. Details follow.
JAPANESE TORPEDO BOATS UNINJURED.
Londod, Feb. 25.The British foreign office has received a
dispatch .ying that not one of the Japanese torpedo boats was
damaged in the attack upon Port Arthur Feb. 24.
ana run aground."
in Port
Four Jap Battleships Damaged
Arthur Attack.
Paris, Feb. 25.The foreign office
received late in the afternoon the fol
lowing dispatch from the French con
sul at Chefoo:
"The Russians have repulsed a Jap
anese attack upon Port Arthur. Foui
Japanese battleshiDS were damaged
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MEN'S UNDERWEAR.
Men's heavy fleece
lined underwear Fri
day and Saturday 25
cents each the North
field underwear, all
wool, white, ribbed
Friday and Saturday
$1.49 a garment.
LACES.
Five thousand yards of Val. laces
worth from. 5 to 10 cents a yard,
put up 12 yards in a bunch. Friday
and Saturday 42 cents a bunch.
ASTRACHAN JACKETS.
We have two ladies Astrachan
jackets worth $45sizes 38 and 40
that we will offer Friday and Satur
day at $30 each.
MEN'S MACKINTOSHES.
Twenty-five Mackintoshes carried
over from last year the regular
price $5 to $10: Friday and Satur
day your choic tor A2.98 each.
DOUBTED IN WASHINGTON.
Report of Sinking of Several Japanese
Warships.
Washington, Feb. 25.The Japan
ese legation here discredits the re
ports of the sinking of four Japanese
warships and two transports at Port
Arthur. Attention is called to the fact
thai, both o', the reports emanate fj..
Russian sources and thereioie should
be accepted with caution. Further
more the reference to the rarticipa
tion of the ileivizan in the fighting
and the reported sinking of transports
are both regarded as casting suspic
ion, upon the story. The Retvfzan is
tefjj^lll
BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA.
Friday afcurda Bargains
MACKINAW JACKETS.
Men's grey and black Mackinaw
jackets, the Fosston make, for
'$2.98 each.
CHILDREN'S CAPS.
Odds and ends in boys' and girls'
caps, worth up to 50 cents, Friday
and Saturday 9 cents.
REMNANTS.
Friday and Saturday we will have
on sale a large assortment of short
ends in wash goods, dress goods,
laces,ribbons, embroideries and silks.
MEN'S SUSPENDERS.
We will close out all fancy sus
penders worth up to 81.50. for TIL
cents each.
CANDY.
Old fashion mixed candy 9 cents
a pound good mixed candy 5 cents
a pound.
understood to be in a condition unfit
ting her for battle for many months,
while the presence of transports at
Port Arthur cannot be explained, in
view of the repeated statements that
Japan did not intend to land troops
on the Liaotung peninsula at this stage
and the transports could be there for
no other reason. No official advices
nave reached the legation regarding
the matter.
RUSSIAN "MISTAKE."
No Official News of Jap Loss of War
ships at Port Arthur.
St. Petersburg, Feb. 25.It now ap
pears from the announcement from
Port Arthur (that four Japanese bat-j
tleships and two Japanese transports
had been sunk in a fresh attack on
Port Arthur) was given out as official:
by mistake. There is no official con
firmation here of a Russian victory
at Port Arthur.
Both the report of the sinking of the
Japanese ships and the denial that the
announcement was official were sent
out by the semi-official Telegraph bu
reau, the Russian news agency.
EASTWARD BOUND.
Large Japanese Fleet Sighted Off Wei
haiwei, China.
"Weihaiwei, Feb. 25.Four Japanese
battleships and nine cruisers passed
this port during the day bound east
ward.
London. Feb. 25.The fleet which
passed Weihaiwei is supposed to have
been Admiral Togo's flee, leaving Port
Arthur.
PERSISTENT RUMOR.
Several Jap Warships Reported Dis
abled at Port Arthur.
Chefoo, Feb. 25.The steamer Gov
erneur Jaeschi, while passing Port Ar
thur at 3 o'clock this a. m., heard
heavy firing in that direction. There
is a persistent rumor abroad that sev
eral Japanese warships have been dis
abled, but so far it is unconfirmed.
ROADS IN BAD CONDITION.
Japanese Land Forces Moving Slowly
in Korea.
Shanghai, Feb. 25.The Japanese
army corps landed at Chemulpo, Ko
rea, totalling about 30,000 men, has
already been deployed between Seoul
and Pingyang. The advance guards
are even northward of the latter
place.
Owing to the partial thaw the roads
are bad and the transportation of
provisions and war munitions is motf
difficult.
BY WAY OF SHANGHAI.
Another Version of the Jap Attack on
Port Arthur.
Shanghai, Feb. 25.The Russian
consul and the commander of the Rus
sian gunboat Mandjur, now in these
waters, have received an official tele
gram announcing that the Japanese
made a futile attack on Port Arthur.
The' dispatch added that six vessels
were reported to be disabled, but that
the character and nationality of the
Ships were uncertain.
The Bemidji Daily Pioneer
BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1904.
SEE DECEIT BY AMERICANS.
St. Petersburg Official Gazette Hints
at Marine Landing.
St. Petersburg. Feb. 2.VThe official
Gazette publishes a telegram saying
that United SfftfgS Minister Alien ar
Seoul has received instructions from
his government to send the transport
Zafiro to pick up the Americans who
are in the Pjngyajag district and re
move them to Chemulpo. In addition
Minister Allen has made arrangements
for the protection of the American
gold mining interests at \Viju.
It is presumed that Minister Allen
purposely is taking this course to cre
ate an incident which will give the
United States a pretext to land troops
there
Rear Admiral Evans'.-threat to land
marines at Newchwirfig in case of
trouble and dangaf to the United
States consulate is /mted here as yet
another pin prick given Russia by the
United States:
WILL WAIT AND STRIKE HARD.
Russia in
London,
Berlin to
No Hastc.,to Fight Land
Bathes.
Feb. 2.'. special from
i he Tost claims advices
from St. Petersburg foretell the dis
appointment to all who anticipate an
early collision between the land torus
of Russia and Japan. Russia, declares
one of her most distinguished states
men iif the Bt5Titn Post,-"proposes -to
avoid decisive engagements until her
preparations are complete. In pursu
ance of this policy it is probable that
strategic movements to the rear in
Manchuria may shortly be executed.
Our conduct of the war will be marked
not by haste, but by thoroughness.
We shall deliver our blows at a late
hour, but that hour will be decisive
and will determine the entire future
of East Asia."
RAILROAD LINE DESTROYED.
Japs Sever Communication Between
Harbin and Vladivostok.
Seoul, Feb. 25.It is apparent here
that the Japanese are in full control
of the Korean coast and that they will
strike whenever it seems to their ad
vantage to do so.
They are using their advantage to
the utmost.
The report is confirmed that seventy
miles of railroad track and some im
portant bridges have been destroyed
between Harbin and Vladivostok,
which would be a great advantage to
the Japanese, as Vladivostok is known
to he very badly supplied and it there
fore could not long resist a Japanese
attack.
UNDER MARTIAL LAW.
Districts Through Which Russian Rail
ways Traverse.
St. Petersburg, Feb. 25.The rail
way between Samara and Zlatoust, in
European Russia, and the Siberian
lines, with all the territory appropriat
ed by the government for the pur
poses of these railways have been
placed under martial law in order to
insure the regular running of military
trains. The full powers of a command
er of an armv in the field imv t^n
Mail orders accepted
for
Friday and Saturday
bargains until
10 p. m. Saturday.
MUSLIN UNDERWEAR. fp|
Odds and ends in mus-//
lin underwear at a dis-
count of
33 1-3
per cent.
NOTIONS.
All 25 cent shoe dressings 19
cents each. *--__
Lyon's tooth powder 19 cents.
Witch hazel 19 cents.
Carters writing fluid, one-half
pintl)ottls. 19 cent-s each. ~_-~-
MEN'S UFFAL0 SHIRTS.
Men's heavy all wool Buffalo flan
nel shirts, worth $1.50. Friday and
Saturday 1.12 1-2 each.
LADIES' DRESSING SACQUES
at a discount of 25 per cent.
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conrerrefi on irm cummaiuu'rs oi ur
forces at Kazan and in the Siberian
military districts, in whose charge
these railways haw boon placed.
JAPANESE WERE HANGED.
Three Officers Captured While Trying
to Blow Up Bridge.
St. Petersburg, Feb. 25.There were i
three Japanese who were captured by
Russian soldiers in Manchuria while i
attempting to blow up the railroad
bridge over the Sangari river. They.
were disguised as coolies. They were
arrested just as they were about to
make the attempt. Inquiry revealed
that they were Japanese officers of the
general staff, namely, Colonel Assai of
the engineers and Lieutenants Zone
loiascha and Kaeurta of the sappers.
They were at once hanged from the
girders of the bridge.
FRESH TROOPS ARRIVING.
Russians Reinforcing the Garrison at
Port Arthur.
New forte Feb. 1!.".^-Trnin of
twelve ears, each with eighty soldiers
aboard, are now am vim frequently
at 1'or! Arthur, according to a Herald
dispatch from Chefoo.
Reinforcements are being pushed
forward to the Yalu river treiu the
station at l.aieheiig.
Great Loss of Life in Tripoli.
Tripoli City', Tripoli. Feb. 26.- Tor
rential rains have Hooded ami devas
tated the surrounding country and the
streams have been transformed Into
torrents, sweeping seawards and car
rying numerous corpses, dreat loss
Of life is believed to have occurred.
TEN CENTS
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 to be had cheap, will be worth
big money. Bu now.
Bemidji Townsite &
Improvement Co.
JOHN F. GIBBONS. Local Agent.
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PRESIDENT CONSIDERING POSSI-
BILITY OF ARRANGING ARBI-
TRATION OF DISPUTES.
OTHER COUNTRIES ARE INTERESTED
GREAT BRITAIN, ITALY AND HOL-
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SUCH AGREEMENTS.
Washington, Feb. 2.r.-The
state de
partment Confirms the Associate!
Press report from Paws that the pre
lilent has been considering the pos
sibility of ai-ranging a treaty with
France providing for the settlement of
any future disputes between the two
countries b\ resort to arbitration. It
is further stated that similar proposi
tions have been made to this govern
ment by the diplomatic representatives
of (ireat Britain, Italy and Holland.
AH al .then), have likewise bee[n taken
under careful consideration By the
president. Although earnestly favor
ing the principle of arbitration. Pres
ident Itooseveli is IndiSposed to sub
mit an arld'.iatiou treat\ to the senate
until he is assured ol its auuruvsU.
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HENRY BUENTHER
Naturalist and Taxidermist
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