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THE DAILY PIONEER.
EDWARD KAISER, Publisher
Entered in'the- postofflce at Bemldjl, Minn
as second class matter.
.PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON.
Official County and City Paper.
NOTICE O ADVERTISERS
Copy Ifor changes of jadvertisements In
The Daily Pioneer must reach this office by
10 o'clock a. m. in order to insure their
appearance in the issue of same day.
GOOD roads are not only of
great commercial advantage to
rural communities, but they con
tribute much toward intellectual
and moral development by mak
ing better schools and churches
possible. Countries having good
roads may have districts large
enough and wealthy enough to
run long terms of school and en
joy the very best teachers. Dis
tance to school or church is not
so much a matter of miles as it is
a matter of condition of roads.
Good roads are civilizers and evi
dences of civilization in so
much as they are means and
measures of commercial, intel
lectual moral development. Fer
gus Palls Free Press.
AN EDITOR commenting on the
fact that Indians now buy bianos,
says that the instinct of the sav
age to torture cannot be eradi
cated.
HE DAILY PIONEER is Bf
midji's best advertisement. It is
more than creditable in appear
ance.Hubbard County Entei
prise.
Barry's Trial Deferred.
Grand Forks, N. D., May 24.Judge
Kneeshaw is holding court at Lang
don, and the matter of fixing the time
and place for the second trial of Will
iam Barry for the murder of Andrew
Mellem is settled so far as this ses
sion of court is concerned. An affi
davit of prejudice was filed, and it
will be necessary for the court to call
in another judge.
Postoffice Robbed.
Sparta, Wis-., May 24The postoffice
at Elroy was burglarized. The robbers
secured $900 worth of stamps. No
clue to the perpetrators has yet been
obtained.
Horse Thief Confesses.
Winona, Minn., May 24. Samuel
Harlson is held by the Winona police,
having confessed to the theft of a
team of horses from Anton Grandalin
of the town of Dover, Buffalo county,
on Monday. He sold the horses here.
Appointed Naval Cadet.
Fergus Falls, Minn., May 24.David
Brown of this city has been recom
mended by Congressman Steenerson
for the naval cadetship at Annapolis,
.and has left for that place, to take the
necessary examination.
Immense Cistern for Wine.
In California, an immense cistern
has been erected to cor tain wine. It
has a capacity of 500,u00 gallons, is
104 feet long, 21 feet deep, and 34
feet wide. It is lined with concrete
two feet thick, and is coated inside
with a glaze as impermeable as glass.
Sport as a Fine Art.
If you want sport as a fine art, you
must seek it in a country which is
too small or too thickly peopled to let
anything happen by accident, even a
hen's egg.From The Yellow Van in
the May Century.
Bananas Better Than Beefsteak.
"Weight for weight," it is claimed
that bananas beat beefsteak. And,
moreover, "there are cases on record
where children's livc/s have been
saved by keeping thein on a diet of
bananas^'
Zeppelin's New Invention.
Count Zeppelin, who bankrupted
himself with airships, haa invented
an automobile launch which has its
propellers in the air and shows a
speed of sixteen miles an hour.
Tigers Kill Many in India.
Tigers did as much damage as usual
in India last year, killing 943 per
sons. Over 17,200 wild beasts were
destroyed, for which bounties were
paid of 104.000 rupees.
Walking as a Mortification.
"In London during Lent the hansom
cab trade is always bad." was a state
ment made recenti in Lambeth coun
ty court. "People mortify themselves
by walking."
Shipbuilding In United States.
The United States built last year
1,675 -vessels, ninety-four of which were
of more than 1,000 tons burden. Forty
one of these were for inland naviga
tion.
Life Insurance in Japan.
Japan's government report shows
that insurance policies aggregating
199,083,939 are carried by Japanese.
"Faithful" Service Rewarded.'
The late Judge 3myth, so much bet
ter known is "the Recorder," used to
have a reminiscence of another law
yer who now enjoys much distinction
at the bar and for a time rejoiced In
judicial honors, but who was at the
time the managing clerk of a law of
fice on the same corridor with that of
the future recorder.
"I met him in the. haa one day,"
said the old judge, "and he was evi
dently very much agitated. I inquired
the nature of his trouble. Almost
weeping, he answered: 'I have been
discharged, discharged without a word
of explanation, after five years of
faithful* service. It is very hard.' And
then he quite gave way, and added, in
iears: 'And you know, Mr. Smyth
you know what affidavits I have aiade
for that man.'
Mr. Brown's Wild Ride on Shove*
C. Henry Brown, 00 years oId, of
Heitt, Ohio, was persuaded by friends
to go coasting. The o\d man procured
a scoop shovel and said he preferred
to ride on that instead of a sled. He
started down a steep incline and rode
for half a mile. When the bottom
of the hill was reached Brown ran into
a stone wall. He was rendered uncon
.cious and lay in the snow for six
hours. He was finally picked up and
taken to his home, where he is in a
critical condition^ The track Brown
rode on is almost straight up and
down, and composed of solid ice.
She Wanted a Change.
The latest argument against sky
scrapers comes from the kitchen. A
cook in a West Side top-floor flat gave
warning the other day. "Shure an' it's
no intertainmint I have," was her an
swer when asked her reason for leav
ing. "It's too high fur me to see any
thing of hat's goin' on in the street
iown below. If," magnanimously, "yez
.will._ta.ke a ground-floor flat some
wheres I'd stay wid yez. Then could"
look out* the winder and see what's
goin* on an' 'twould be more inter
tainin' fur me."New York Evening
Sun.
Gave Them a Rest.
"I don't see," she complained, "why
they always set me alongside of some
awfully wise professor or philosopher
or writer or something of that kind
whenever I'm invited out to dinner."
"I suppose," her friend answered,
that they do It for the benefit of the
great men they set you next to. Most
men who are engaged in intellectual
pursuits like to relax at such affairs
and not have to talk ssnse, you know."
Dense Area Lightly Populated.
Although the population of the Chi
nese empire is about 425,000,000, yet
the enormous areas of Manchuria,
Mongolia, Tibet and Chinese Turkes
tan have between them only 13,500,000
of inhabitants.
Think Court House Too Costly.
Cuyahoga county, Ohio, is to build
a court house in Cleveland. The
plans proposed look to an expenditure
of $7,000,000 but the county commis
sioners are busily at work cutting
down the estimates, and already have
lopped off $1,000,000. They are trying
to cut out $3,000,000 more.
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Growth of Cotton Manufacture.
A few years ago the United States
exported all its cotton. Last year,
out of a total crop of nine million
bales, it kept for home manufacture
over four million of which Northern
mills arc using 2,2OO,C00.
Would Bind France and Canada.
Steps were taken recently toward
forming in Paris a Canadian chamber
of commerce to extend commercial
relations between France and Canada.
To Give Time to Steamers.
It is proposed to distribute Green
wich time to vessels on the Atlantic
and Mediterranean and to European
cities by wireless telegraphy.
Gas From Peat Not New.
At the Motala steelworks in Sweden
gas made from peat has been em
ployed as fuel for more than twenty
years past.
Model Building for Workmen.
Krupp's works at Essen are remark
able for their mo ^1 buildings for
workmen. Herr Krupp owned 5,469
of these, each with a small garden.
The Cost of Human Life.
A Gorman mathematician estimates
that the average men who lives to be
seventy years old consumes $10,000
worth of food in his life.
Impress Lifeboat Rule on All.
Every tramcar in Belfast has printed
in large letters just over the step at
each end of the car: "The lifeboat
rule is women and children first."
Shark Fishing Is Profitable.
From January to August a fleet ot
fishing vessels is engaged in catching
sharks off Iceland. A shark's liver
yields as much as five gallons of oil.
St. Petersburg's Winter Temperature.
The mean winter temperature of St.
Petersburg is 14 degrees or 18 degrees
of frost. The Neva is usually frozen
from October to April.
Shortest Book in the Bible.
The shortest book in the Bible is
Obadiah, which has only one chapter
of twenty-one verses.
German Railroad Travel.
Almost half of all railway travel in
Germany is third-class. More passen
gers use fourth-class than second, and
less than one in twenty rides first
class-
IS BUT A SAMPLE
KISHINEFF MASSACRE IS ONLY
HE BEGINNING OF A GEN-
ERAL SLAUGHTER.
TRY TO TtRRORIZE THE JEWS
ANTI-SEMITES RESORT TO EVERY
CONCEIVABLE MEANS TO
DRIVE THEM OUT.
REELING IS WIDELY PREVAL NT
JEWS DESERT BUSINESS AND
HOMES" FOR FEAR OF
MASSACRE.
London, May 24. Letters have
reached the publishers of the Rou
manian Bulletin in this city which
confirm last night's dispatch from
Odessa that the Jewish population on
both sides of the Roumanian-Russian
frontier in the region of Bessarabia
is deserting its business and homes
from fear of a general massacre.
Apparently the anti-Semites are re
sorting to every conceivable means to
terrorize the Jews, freely proclaiming
that the Kishineff massacre is a sam
ple of the treatment in store for all
members of the race if they do not
immediately quit the country.
Inflammatory handbills are being
strewn about the cities declaring that
the Jews have invaded the land like
locustSf*not only sapping the economic
life of the Christians, but also commit
ting ritualistic
Murders on Every Hand,
with Christian babes as victims. These
manifestoes declare that the time for
legal measures against the invaders is
gone, and adjure the people to use
more effective weapons.
Meanwhile the Roumanian govern
ment, it is alleged, is persevering in
the attempt to create economic dis
criminations against Jews such as will
leave them absolutely unable to find
profitable employment either for their
time or money from one end of the
kingdom to the otn.er
The letters received by the Bulletin
agree in the opinion that the anti
Semitic agitation both in Bessarabia
and Rouroania does .not spring from
the rank and file of the citizens, but is
due to the initiative of professional
agitators. However, it is said that the
spirit of discontent so widely preva
lent makes the masses plastic ma
terial for the formation of mob rule.
CRANKS ARE NUMEROUS.
to
They Send Threatening Letters
Cassini and Hay.
Washington, May 24.Crank letters
arc now appearing in the mail of the
Russian ambassador. Count Cassini.
They criticise his 'Utterances and at
tack his arguments concerning the
character of the Russian Jews. Secre
tary Hay is also getting his share of
such communications. These letters,
however, give no serious concern to
either the secretary of the ambassa
dor. In fact, owing to the watchful
npss of private secretaries, some of
the letters do not even reach the per
sons to whom they are addressed.
STRIKES DENOUNCED.
Switchmen Eelicve in Them Only as a
Last Resort.
Indianapolis, May 24. At yester
day's session of the switchmen's unjpn
it was decided to reduce the number
of vice grand masters from five to
three and to divide the country into
three districts, each district to be in
charge of a district organizer. One of
the most warmly applauded resolu
tions adopted condemned sympathetic
strikes and embodied the expressions
that the organization believes in
strikes only as a last resort.
WOMEN IN A RIOT.
Italians Attack a Gang of Workmen in
New York.
New York, May 24. One hundred
striking Italians, with their wives,
yesterday attacked a gang of men at
work in a trench on Second avenue.
There lad beeh no strdke at this point
and no Italians had been employed in
the work. When the only policeman
at the scene tried to disperse the
crowd he was roughly handled. TTie
reservos were called out and four
men and two women were arrested.
Marroquin Has Not Resigned.
Washington. May 24.On' the 12th
inst. the state department cabled
United States Minister Beaupre at Bo
gota an inquiry as to the accuracy of
the report that President Marroquin
had resigned. The answer came in the
following terms:
"Bogota, May 16.President has not
resigned. Beaupre."
Four Men Buried.
New Haven. Conn., May 24. The
collapse of a bulkhead on a coal scow
buried four shovelers under an ava
lanche of coal. One man was killed
and three were injured, one of them
fatally, it is believed.
Aid for Russian Jews.
Iron Mountain, Mich., May 24.
Leading Jewish citizens of this city
have effected an organization to solicit
subscriptions for the suffering Jews at
Kishineff. It is expected that $1,000
I can be raised.
Jade Found in Oregon.
"'Jade, toe saCred" and fare stone
used by the" Chinese in making brace
lets, rings, vases, etc., has been found
recently in large quantities in the
state of Oregon," said S. T. Taliaferro
of Portland to a Star man at the Ar
lington this morning. "The discov
ery is considered quite an important
one from a mineral as well as a com*
mercial standpoint. This find is said
by geologists to be the first of the
kind in the United States. The Ore*
gon jade i3 tough and compact and
varies in color from a pure white to a
dark green. The bulk of the supply
heretofore used has come from Turke
stan, but some little La's been found
in New Zealand and in the islands of
the Pacific."Washington Star.
Did Not Mean Disapproval.
In an Iowa law court an attorney
was arguing with great earnestness
and eloquence. In the midst of his
argument he paused a moment, ac
cording to the Green Bag, and said:
"I see your honor shakes his head at
that statement. I desire to reaffirm
it, although your honor dissents." "I
have not intimated," replied the
judge, "how I should construe the
evidence of what my decision will
be in the case, and your remark is
uncalled for." "You shook your
head." "That may be true," the
court replied. "There was a fly on
my ear, and I reserved the right to
remove it in any manner I saw fit
Proceed with your argument."
Finest Private Picture Gallery.
The Duke of Portland's picture-gal
lery is 236 feet long, and covers more
than a quarter of an acre. It is the
finest private gallery in the world.
WorToT's Smallest "University.
The university at Foura Bay, Sierra
Leone, is said to be. the smallest in
the world. It has five piofessors, but
less than twenty students.
Motor Cars of Paris.
There are now 8,000 motor cars
registered in Paris and its suburbs.
Of these 3,800 have a registered speed
of 20 miles an hour or more.
The World's Healthiest Spot.
The healthiest spot in the world
appears to be the small village of
Aumone, in France. Of its forty in
habitants, twenty-five are over 80
years of age.
Immense Area Planted to Corn.
The land devoted to corn in the
United States exceeds in area the
whole of the British isles, together
with Holland and Belgium.
Germany's Immense Military Force.
Germany at present possesses eight
million men who have been through
the ranks or are at present in her
army.
High Prices for Opera Seats.
Seats are dearer at the Paris opera
house than in any other European
capital, in spite of the fact that the
state gives the buildingvjent free and
an annual subvention of 32,000.
Criminals Are Increasing.
In 1850 there was one criminal to
every 3,442 of the population the
proportion is now greater than one to
700.
One of the World's Largest Islands.
Baffin Land is now known to be an
island, and one of the largest in
the world, having an area of 800,000
square miles.
Centenarian in New South Wales.
The last census of New South
Wales shows sixteen centenarians,
one being 113 years old, arid four of
104 years or over.
How the Census Was Taken.
The last census in the United States
was taken with the aid of 311 tabu
lating machines, and 74 adding ma
chines.
Ivy of Value to a House.
Ivy growing on a house, so far from
making the house damp, as is usually
supposed, actually extracts all mois
ture from the walls.
Length of Woman's Hair.
A painstaking person estimates that
the average head of hair r-orn by a
woman, if placed end to end, would
measure fifty miles in length.
Equators of Mars and the Earth.
The equator of Mars is inclined to
the plane of its orbit about 25 degrees.
That of the earth is inclined 23 de
grees, 24 minutes.
Blackbird Strangely Marked.
Near Tiverton, Devonshire, England,
there is to be seen a blackbird with
a white head and a speckled back.
How Sound Travels.
In dry air sound travels 1,442 feet
a second. In water 4,900 feet and
through iron 17,500 feet.
Dues Paid to the Sea.
One thousand twenty-five British
seamen lost their lives during 1901,
but only twelve passengers by British
ships.
Slaughter of Game in England.
About thirty million hares and rab
bits are killed yearly in the British
isles, and nearly a million partridges
and pheasants.
Good Excuse.
If the spirit of Henry Ward Beech
er is thinking about small change,
those who are in the flesh may be
pardoned for worrying about the rent
Sioux City Tribune.
Cheap Newspaper Postage.
Newspapers travel by post in India
for an eighth of a penny, up to 1*4
ounces in weight.
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