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A Pioneer WANT Will Do AD It. VOLUME 2. NUMBER 117 SIX BURNED TO DEATH OIL EXPLOSION RESULTS IN SE RIOUS DISASTER AT YEL- LOW CREEK, OHIO. BLAZING OIL TANK BLOWS UP CONTENTS THROWN OVER RESI- DENCE AND ESCAPE OF OC- CUPANTS CUT OFF. Yellow Creek, O., Sept. 3 Six per sons were burned to death and four terribly injured by a fire and oil ex plosion here early in the day. The dead are Mrs. Henry Fling and two children and three unknown men. The house of Henry Fling was fired by a street lamp and the intense heat Bet fire to the rig of an oil well near the house. The flames destroyed the derrick and communicated to t#e tank, which was full of oil. Before the oc cupants of the house realized theii danger a terrific explosion occurred. The blazing oil was thrown all over the house and their escape was cut oft". The bodies were recovered after the fire was subdued. FIVE PERSONS ARE KILLED IMPERIAL LIMITED ON THE CANA- DIAN PACIFIC WRECKED BY OPEN SWITCH. Winnipeg, Man., Sept. 3.Five poo pie were killed on the Canadian Pa cific westbound imperial limited ot Sinfaluta. Three bodies have been identified. They are those of Mrs.' Dossett, en route to Edmonton Mrs. Warren of Sand Point and Agnes M. Shirley of Ottawa. The in jured are Mrs. J. Brett and Miss Golden, who were on their way to Manila Miss Murray, on the way to Shanghai fra Ross, bound to Vietori and the porter, L. P. Hart. The switch was left open by a train crew which had just left the town and the trans continental express dashed in upon a freight train. Owing to the fact that the dead were in their night clothes and the porter unconscious it has been impossible to learn the names of the other victims. The governor general, Lord Minto, and paity were on the train, but es caped uninjured. W. GEORGE REILLY DEAD. Man Who Shot the Queen of Zanzihar Passes Away. Washington, Sept. 3.W. George Reilly, who while consul to Zanzibar is said to have shot the queen of Zan zigar with salt and pepper because she persisted in bathing naked each after noon in a fount in front of the Ameri can consulate, died Thursday at a hospital of heat prostration. He was a character about Washington, fre quenting newspaper row. Hailing from Virginia, Reilly at various times held public offices there, and was a judge of the Southern commission for Virginia. Twice he was United States consul to places in Venezuela and also at one time was consul to Zanzibar, to which offices he was appointed by Republican presi dents. BY WIND AND LIGHTNING. Eight Persons Injured During Storm at La Crosse. La Crosse, Wis., Sept. 3.Eight per sons were injured by a tornado and lightning in the southern part of thi., city. Six in one house were burned by a shock of lightning, while in an other residence flying debris struck and injured two. All will recover. Several residences and outbuildings were badly damaged by the wind. Heavy vain which followed caused many washouts on the railroads and all trains are from one to five hours late into this city. WHILE FISHING IN DORIES. Thirty-one of Crew of French Barken tine Lost. St. Johns, N. F., Sept. 3.The Cana dian schooner Troop, Captain Pentz, from the Grand Banks fishing grounds, reports that on Aug. 20 Captain Zim mermann of the fishing schooner Col eraine reported having spoken a French barkentine. name unknown, 170 miles off Cape Race, with only three men left out of a crew of thirty four, the others having been lost whije fishing with dories. American Schooner Seized. North Sydney, C. B., Sept. 3.The American fishing schooner Samosa was seized during the day off this port by the Canadian "government cruiser Gladiator and towed into the harbor. The captain of the cruiser claims that the Samosa was fishing within the three-mUe limit. Tennessee Miners Go Out. Coal Creek, Tenn., Sept. 3.About 900 men went on strike in the Coal Creek district during the day, aug menting the number of strikers to 1,250. Every mine in this district is closed, with the exception of the Slate Stone mine of the Knoxviile Iron com pany. RUSSIA FIGHTS St. Petersburg1, at Liao Yang1 *!v Tokio, Sept. 3.The fighting at Liao rang was continued until a late hour and was resumed at dawn. The fate Df the great bulk of the retreating Russian army hinges upon the bravery and fortitude of its left flank. Before falling back General Kuro patkin intended that his left to the eastward and northward of Liaoyar.g should be greatly strengthened in the hope of checking General Kir.oki's ad vance-.around. his-flan, Captured From the Russians, :ogether with some of their own, 10 bombard the railroad station at Liao yang, thus preventing the entraining of Russian troops. Few detai's of the pursuit of the Russian right have been received here. It. is evident that the Russians are moving back slowly, contesting the ground, and shielding their movement as far as possible. Nothing concerning the actual occu pation of Liaoyang has been received iiere. Official dispatches indicate that the Russians were still in possession of Liaoyang. The list of casualties in the fighting before Liaoyang is growing and the Indications are that it will prove to be the bloodiest battle since the Franco-Prussian war. The calculations of casualties must Include the losses since Aug. 23, for the contest has been practically con tinuous since then. The Japanese have already reported over 25,000 men killed and wounded. DISPATCHES ARE CONFUSING OFFICIAL REPORTS DO NOT GIVE A CLEAR IDEA OF THE SIT- UATION AT LIAOYANG. London, Sept. 3.Beyond establish ing the fact that Kuropatkin has with drawn the main portion of his forces to the north bank of the Taitse river and that the action is still in progress the day's dispatches do not give a clear idea of the situation at Liao yang. Accepting St. Petersburg ad vices at their face value it would seem that the RUP -^ian commander effected a partial reti. .anient, placing the river between himself and the main body of the Japanese and at the same time establishing a position that will en able him to oppose the force under General Kuroki which succeeded in crossing the river and is now attack ing the Russian left. The same dis patches say that the position Kuro patkin now occupies is the one he had prepared ami fortified and where he has all along planned to make his sec ond stand instead of directly in and around Liaoyang with the river at his back, as has been believed. On the other hand Tokio dispatches say that the Russians were closely pressed and most disorganized in their retirement across the river. The re port from Marshal Oyama that he was engaged with the Russian center would indicate that at least a portion of Kuropatkin's army is still on the south bank of the river. While it is Hot definitely stated that the Japanese have occupied Liaoyang Tokio reports that the town is burning. It does not appear that the Japanese main army has as yet crossed the Taitse and de tails of the day's fighting are entirely lacking. Oyama reports that his losses from Aug. 29 to Sept. 1 were 10,000. The Russian casualties of Aug. 31 and Sept. 1 are given in official reports as 5,000 killed and wounded. GREAT PIECE OF STRATEGY. Russian View of Kuropatkin's Retire ment From Liaoyang. St. Petersburg, Sept. 3.No abso lute information has reached the war office confirming the reports that Liao yang has been occupied by the Jap anese, but it is positively known that General Kuropatkin decided to with draw from his positions south of Liao yang to the north or right bank of the Taitse river Tuesday night and the orders were actually given. The war Japs Have Russians Nearly Surrounded and Kuropatkin Assumes Offensive In Desperate Atttempt to Escape Sep 3General Kuropatkin last nisrht assumed the olTensi\e hurling the bulk of his army against the Japanese right on the north side of the Tiatse river under Kuroki and at the same time holding the Japanese center and left in check by a force left on the south bank of the river for that purpose. The Russian army is not yet completely encircled and it is hoped here that Kuroatkio's position is not as desperate as earlier reports in- dicated. In Full Retreat. St Petersburg!! Sept. 3Lnte this afternoon a report reached St. Petersburg? that Kuropatkin is in full retreat. The war office admits that such a rumor has come from the seat of war but declares that it is not official. and to protect nis line of retreat and communicatio The greatest portion of this protecting force seems to have been massed in the neighborhood of Heiyingtai, twelvo aiiles northeast of Liaoyang, where it svas fiercely assaulted by General Ku roki. The result of this fighting is aot known. If Kuroki wins and strikes he flanks of the retreating Russian army and reaches the railroad it will place the Russians in a most serious predicament. The Japanese managed to interfere seriously with the train service from. Liaoyang. They used some guns Dfnce presumes that the movement was carried out since the latest ad Vices were that the crossing of the river was not being opposed. The fact, disclosed for the first time in these dispatches Thursday night, that the strongest Russian position prepared by General Kuropatkin was not around the town of Liaoyang, as the public had been led to believe,n but on tne right or north of the Taitse river, was a secre so successfully f"&*t ae* a __ _,. _, of i had leaked out. It is now ex plained that the Russian commander in-chief had all along anticipated that the Japanese, when they made their advance on Liaoyang, would pursue the identical tactics which had been so successful in every previous stage of the campaign and, while attacking in front, would attempt by a wide de tour to outflank the Russian position. This time General Kuropatkin was not caught napping. He was prepared for just what happened and as soon as he received word that General Kuroki had crossed the Taitse twenty miles above Liaoyang and was moving west ward Kuropatkin met the move by throwing his whole army over at night. By this piece of strategy Kuropatkin, in the opinion of the general staff, gained an immense advantage. His army is concentrated on one side of the river and the road is still open for his retirement northward, while the Japanese armies, which must act in unison, are separated by the river, which places Kuropatkin in a position to oppose Kuroki with his whole army while Generals Oku and Nodzu are stranded on the other side, which gives Kuropatkin a possible opportu nity to imitate Napoleon's tactics and defeat the opposing forces in detail. RETIRE IN GREAT DISORDER JAPANESE REPORT OF THE RUS- SIAN EVACUATION OF. LIAOYANG. Tokio, Sept. 3.The Russians be gan to retreat on the right center from Liaoyang early Thursday. They were thrown into great confusion while at tempting to cross to the right bank of the Taitse river. The Japanese, pursuing them vigorously, seized a Russian cannon which they used to shell the Liaoyang'railway station. Field Marshal Oyama's right at tacked a heavy force of Russians in the vicinity of Heiyingtai, twelve miles northeast of Liaoyang, at 11 o'clock Thursday. His left began at dawn Friday, pressing the Russians toward Tatzho. It is thought that he will severely punish the Russians. The Japanese casualties in the Liao yang engagement have not yet been ascertained officially. It is announced that they will not exceed 10,000. The chief of staff of the center Jap anese army, General Nodzu's, tele graphing early Friday morning, re ported that the Japanese center was continuing to advance with the object of taking a line from Shinchiyen to Liaoyang and effecting a rejunction with the Japanese left, commanded by General Oku. It is reported here that a conflagra tion is raging at Liaoyang. CONCENTRATE AT MUKDEN. Kuropatkin Will Probably Carry Out Original Plan. Paris, Sept. 3.The foreign office has no confirmation of the reports of the Japanese occupation of Liaoyang, but its advices lead the officials to say it is probable that General Kuropatkin decided to carry out his original plan to retreat on Mukden. This plan, it is added, was temporarily abandoned, as Kuropatkin believed that the de fenses of Liaoyang would permit him to hold back the Japanese. This fail ing, it is stated, the Russian comman der will attempt to revert to his first plan, that of effecting a concentration at Mukden. The officials here have almost given up hope of finding Lieutenant de Cu verville, the French naval attache who left Port Arthur in a junk with Lieu tenant Gilginheim, the German naval attache, about the middle of August. He cabled to the authorities here Aug. 15 that he was about to leave and that the American naval attache, Lieuten ant Newton A. McCully, had succeed ed in getting out on a junk. De Cuver ville has not been heard of since start ing. His family and the officials here are greatly alarmed. He is a son of Admiral de Cuverville. Is Considered a Reverse. Berlin, Sept. 3.Military specialists treat the news from Liaoyang as indi cating a great Russian reverse that, with the railway northward cut and I bad roads, jnay be turned into a rout mg. Th^ Bemidji aily Pio a intimation ev BEMIDJT, MINNESOTA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1904. DESPERATELYSFine- FORGE A MEAT FAMINE STOCK YARDS STRIKERS DECIDE IT IS THE BEST WEAPON TO FIGHT PACKERS. LEADERS AGHEE ON WAR TO FINISH UNION MEN IN ALL PACKING ES- TABLISHMENTS ORDERED TO QUIT WORK. Chicago, Sept. 3."A meat, famine will be forced at nil costs. It is the best weapon with which to fight the trust packers, although it may not be welcomed by the independents." In these words President Donnelly of the butchers' organization declared a boycott against all meat and an nounced that union men will quit in all packing establishments regardless of where live stock is secured. Donnelly's announcement was made at the conclusion of a meeting of the allied trades conference board. The executive boaid of the Retail Meat Dealers' association of Chicago had just been in conference with Mr. Donnelly and his associates, having come to ask certain concessions for the independent paekers and to seek authority to attempt to bring about a meeting between the packers and rep resentatives of the strikers. By ignoring these latest attempts at peace and by adopting such an aggres sive step the strike leaders demon strated their intention to make it a fight to a finish. Donnelly Issues Statement. The following statement was given out by President Donnelly: "The conierence board, representing all organizations involved in the pres ent packinghouse strike, a taken ac tion to place all meat$ upon the unfair list. This order goes into effect on Saturday evening, Sbpt. 3, at 5:30 p. m. The order will be sent to every packinghouse in the country and no member of the Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen's union will be al lowed to dress any animal until the strike is settled. This action is the result of the request that the public refuse to eat meat and no person, no matter in what capacity employed in handling ineat, must refuse to handle EVER the same alter 5:30 p. ni. on Saturday. The packers have resorted to extor tion as the result of the strike, buying live stock on the hoof for almost noth ing and charging almost any price for the dressed product. The public will now be given an opportunity to re taliate by refusing to eat meat until such, time as they can procure the same at a fair market price." The police record of the strike at the Stock Yards station to date reads: Assaults, 40 murders, 4 accidents, 97 removed to hospitals, 43. Secretary Malley of the Switchmen's union declares there will be no strike of switchmen, because the Chicago Junction Railroad company has a force of strike breakers ready to step into their places. The best Tea Dust I can get, usual price per pound 25 cts,, now 15 cts. or 2 pounds for 25 cts. A 40 cent Tea, per pound 30 cts. or 3 1-2 lbs. for $1. Pearl Tapioca, per lb 5 cts., usual price 3 lbs for 25 cts. Fine German Sago, per lb 5 cts., usual price 3 lbs for 25 cts. Pop Corn, very dry, bought over a year ago so every kernel ought to pop, only 5 cts. per lb. Fancy large Lemons, per doz. 20 cts. Seeded Raisins 10 cts. per lb, usually sold for 15 cts. ^a i /XsftJL/* art Douglas Shoes for Men .00, $3.50, $4.00, $4.50, $5.00 Pingree Shoes for Ladies .50, $3.00, $4.00, $5.00 Little Giant Shoes for Children .50 to $2.50 Story Books and Blotters free to school children. O'Leary (L Bowser, Bemidji, Minnesota. J. A. McCONKEY SINCE COMING TO BEMIDJI I have been confronted with the same problem every merchant has to meetnamely, whether to do a cash business or to extend credit. Everyone knows when credit is given a merchant is obliged to mark his prices a little higher in order to cover losses he meets through bad debts and slow paying customers. I have always thought it an injustice to those who pay promptly to be obliged to pay for those whp do not and consequently have finally determined to put my prices down on a strictly cash basis. Note the Following: BBB9BRI BBBBBBBBBBBBB Correspondents Dissatisfied With Jap anese Rules. Chefoo, Sept. 3.Richard Harding Davis and John Pox, Jr., American newspaper correspondents, have ar rived here from the headquarters of the Second Japanese* army and will leave for the LTnited States Sept. 8. They say that the foreign attaches and newspaper correspondents with the Second army witnessed the battle of Aug. 26 from a distance of eight miles and that this was so unsatisfactory to them that they united in a round robin to the Japanese authorities protesting that because of this restriction on their movements their usefulness was Continued In Our Next. V* JiAMcCONKE ^u*$a2&m ^^rtjhr/ws* iM^mimztii w* I I rV JJ. jgg Z^f%r% RETURNING TO UNITED STATES.. at an end. General Oku replied, saying that in the future they would be permitted to witness engagements from a distance of four miles, whereupon Davis and Kirks Soap Co.'s Laundry Soaps, none better made, 9 bars Satinet for 25 cts or $2.65 per box, 7 bars Dome or White Russian for 25 cts. or 15 bars for 50 cts., per box $3.25, 8 bars Cabinet for 25 cts. or $3 per box. Toilet SoapsBengal Castile 3 for 10 cts, per doz. 40 cts. Butter Milk 3 for 10 cts., per doz. 40 cts. Oat Meal Soap 3 for 10, per doz. 40 cts. Daily Queen 3 for 10 cts., per doz. 40 cts. Golf 3 for 10 cts., per doz. 40 cts. All above are usually sold at 5 cts. straight. Violet DeParm 3 for 20 cts., per doz. 75 cts. Jockey Club 3 for 20 cts., per doz. 75 cts. Shandon Dell 3 for 20 cts, per doz. 75 cts. Heliothorpe 3 for 20 cts., per doz. 75 cts. Above are especially low prices, some brands less than whole- sale. Juvenile per cake 15 cts. This is usually sold for 25 cents per cake. The Pioneer Prints MORE NEWS than any other news paper between Duluth and Crookston. St- Paul and the North Pole. TEN CENTS PER WEEK Shoes 1 The largest stock of Shoes in Northern Minnesota to select from. The makers make the prices the same in Bemidji as in Ne York. Fox, together with Melton Prior and George Lynch, British correspondents, left the Se'cond army. Circus Tent Wrecked. Des Moines, Sept. 3.A severe elde--* trical and wind storm caused consid erable damage over Iowa during the night. At Iowa City Barnum & Bailey'a show tents were blown down just be fore the time set for the evening per formance. No one was injured, as the tents were cleared of people just be fore the storm struck^ 3i.r~f*: 'J& ?%M N ft' W^-^Jmi 1 I