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BABIS BUTCHERED
MURDEROUS POPULAR OUT-
BREAK IN A SECTION OF
SOUTHERN RUSSIA.
RELIGIOUS REFORMERS KILLED
MUTILATED BODIES DRAGGED
THROUGH STREETS BY
THE MOB.
SOLDIER S ASSIST I N OUTRAGE S
ONE OF THE VICTIMS WAS
BLOWN FROM THE MOUTH
OF A CANNON.
London, July 31.The Times rec
ords a murderous popular outbreak in
the Privince of Yezd, in Southern Per
sia, against the Babis or religious re
formers.
The position of the foreign residents
was sometimes critical owing to the
mob searching the Babis quarters,
where foreigner missionaries resrffe.
Every Babi was captured by the rab
ble and butchered in whatever man
ner their captors pleased. Thoir muti
lated bodies were dragged through the
streets, followed by exultant crowds.
Plunder and outrage were carried on
with the help of soldiers.
The priests enjoined the populace to
bring all the Babis who were still alive
before themselves or the governor.
The latter at first refused to give way
to the mob's threats, but when his
palace was surrounded he yielded and
ordered that one Babi be blown from
the mouth of a cannon, and that the
throat of another be cut.
The total number of victims is no
stated, but the inference is that they
were numerous.
Yezd has a population of 40,000. It
t6 a walled city surrounded by a deep
trench, and is famous for its bazaars.
Among the the population are many
parsees (fire worshipers), this being
nearly the only place in Persia which
they inhabit.
STRIKERS ARE DISORDERLY.
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Police Reserves Fight With a Mob in
New Yerk.
New York, July 31.The police re
serves last night fought with a mob
of striking drivers who began their
fight to-day for shorter lours against
the New York Transfer company. The
trouble was started when one of the
drivers, who refused to strike, made
his appearance in Seventh avenue.
The mob cut the traces from the
horses and rolled the wagon into the
gutter and then attacked the offend
ing driver with knives. The driver
held his own for a time, beating his
assailants off with the butt of a wfiip.
He was struck on the head with a
brick and nearly rendered unconscious
just as the police arrived.
MASS FOR TWO MONARCHS.
Italians Honor Memory of Spiritual
and Temporal Rulers.
Rome, July 31.The second of the
last three high requiem masses for the
repose of the soul of Fnpe Leo was
celebrated in the Sistine chapel. The
ceremony was similar to that of Mon
day and was on a equally grand
scale. All day the ciay saw a remark
able interlude in the papal ceremonies
in the Italian government's celebra
tion of the third anniversary of the
death of King Humbert. Public build
ings and other edifices in the city had
flags flying at half mast. King Victor
arrived early and attended mass at the
Pantheon, where Humbert was buried,
which was also a center of many pil
grimages.
WAR IS VERY IMPROBABLE.
Russian War Minister Says Mikado Is
Friendly to Russia.
London, July 81.The St. Peters
burg correspondent of the Daily Mail
reports that Gen. Kuropatkin, the
Russian minister of war, who has just
returned from the Port Arthur con
ference, expressed himself as pleased
with the results of his tour and that
he communicated to the czar the
opinion that although a fairly strong
party in Japan wanted war with Rus
sia, the bulk of the nation was too
sensible to yield to such "jingoism,"
and that the mikado was well disposed
toward Russia. The correspondent
says that Gen. Kuropatkin considers
that the situation has been cleared for
a long time and that war is very im
probable.
Follows Chief Arthur.
Cleveland, July 31.A dispatch re
ceived to-day says A. B. Youngson,
who succeeded to the grand chieftain
ship of the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers on the death of Chief Ar
thur, died at Meadville, Pa., early fhis
morning.
Yellow Fever in Mexico.
Washington, July 31.On acount of
the prevalence of yellow fever at
Tempico, Mex., Surgeon General Wy
man of the Marine hospital service
has ordered Assistant Surgeon Thom
as F. Richardson to tlat port to taT^e
charge in conjunction with Assistant
Surgeon Frick of the disinfection of
ships bound for the United States.
Fire at Phoenix, Ariz., destroyed the
dry goods store of the Alkire com
pany and plumbing establishment of
D. H. Burtis._. Loss, $100,000.
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MRS. C. K. DAVIS MARRIES.
Widow of Former Senator Is Now
Mrs. Hunter Doll.
Washington, D. C, July 31.Mrs.
Cushman K. Davis, widow of Former
United States Senator Davis of Min
nesota, was married at noon yesterday
at her home in this city to William
Hunter Doll, who in the application
for a marriage license says his home
is in Knoxville, Tenn. The ceremony
was performed by Rev. Dr. McKim,
rector of St. John's church, the fash
ionable Episcopal church of this city.
Mr. Doll gives his age as thirty-six
nad Mrs. Davis gives hers as thirty
four and says her home is in St. Paul.
Only half a dozen people were present,
the immediate relatives and close
friends of the contracting parties.
The honeimoon will be spent on a
farm in Virginia* owned by the bride
groom's father, after which the couple
will live at Mrs. Davis' home here.
Mrs. Davis, speaking of the af&ir,
said she hid known Mr. Doll about
three months She says he is a promi
nent business man in Washington and
has consideiable wealth. The latest
city directory, however, does not con
tain his name. It is said that Doll isa
Virginian by birth, coming from the
Hunter family, prominent in that state
for many years. He has spent most
of his life in the railroad business, for
a time as general agent here of the
Seaboard Air Line, but he Is now' a
broken.
GROUND TO PIECES.
Be-
Workman Meets Horrible Death
fore Eyes of Friends.
Crookston, Minn., July 31.Last
evening Oscar Erickson was killed
and Henry Schurmer was seriously
injured. The accident occurred at the
Crookston water works and power
house, where both of the men were
employed in installing new water
whels. ETickson and Schurmer, with
Manager ePterson, were adjusting
one of the big wheels, when the
planking up/ which they stood gave
way and Erickson, stepping back un
consciously, was caught in the cogs
of the machinery and ground to
pieces before the eys of his compan
ions. Schurmer in his efforts to res
cue the doomed man was also caught,
and had it not been for the cool head
of Manager Peterson, he, too would
have gone into the fatal cog. As it
was his leg was broken In several
places and he has received serious in
ternal injuries.
MINE WORK WILL STOP.
Miners Are Going Off to Attend a
Celebration and Picnic.
Dululh, July 31.Ore traffic on the
iron ranges and mining to a large ex
tent will be interrupted Friday, Satur
day and Sunday. On Friday 1,000
miners will leave the ranges on two
special trains for Ishpeming to attend
the celebration there on Saturday of
the Finish Temperance asssociation,
and on Saturday the employes of the
Duluth, Missabe & Northern and f?u-
luth & Iron Range roads will join in a
picnic at Two Harbors.
FIRE AT WALKER.
Four Logging Outfits Destroyed With
Loss of $6,000.
Walker, Minn., July 31. Fire at
midnight completely destroyed the
warehouse of the Akeley Lumber com
pany here, with contents, consisting of
complete outfits for four lumber camps
stored during the summer. The loss
is estimated at $6,000, with only a very
small insurance.
MISS OLSON IMPROVING.
Woman Assaulted by the Negro Scott
Will Probably Recover.
Monto-video, Minn., July 31. The
doctors report that Miss Helen Olson
of Watson, who was almost killed by
the negro Scott, is improving and has
fair prosnects for recovery. A benefit
social will be held for her on Satur
day nijjht at Watson.
t-ROMOTER WRIGHT SMILS.
Occupies a Suite With the Detectives
in Charge.
New York, July 31.J. Whittaker
Wright, the London promoter who has
I been several months iu Ludlow street
jail awaiting extradition, sailed yea*
i terday for Liverpool aboard the White
Star liner Oceanic, in charge of J. W.
Mills and H. R. Philips, London de
tectives. He did not take a stateroom
I provided for him on the lower deck
and was assigned to a suite of two big
rooms and a bath with his custodians.
Wright said that legal sharks repre-
senting the small fry of his creditors
were responsible for his trouble and
that he was sure that if his case came
[to trial he would be vindicated.
MINE BLOWN UP.
One of the Supposed Dynamiters Is
Shot by a Watchman.
Idaho Springs, Colo., July 31. An
explosion at the Sun and Moon mine
near here wrecked the transformer
house, set fire to the oil in the trans
formers, and threatened destruction of
the main shaft house. The watchman
at the mine saw men running away at
the time and shot one of them. He
was taken in charge and cared for.
The mine employed non-union men af
ter a strike. Dynamite is believed to
have been used. The wounded man
died later. He was Philip Fire of the
miners' union.
Helze Counsel teafl.
Butte, Mont., July 31.J. \V. Cotter,
leading counsel for the Heirize mining
interests, died of paralysis yesterday.
Mr. Cotter came from Dos Moines.
Iowa.
Really Good Writers Nisei Not Fear
Discrimination
The rush of the crowd to read a
book which m*y have no literary merit
or vitality, either of mate.-ial or of
presentation, simply becaase it is
talked about, is never wholesome, and
if the crowd has grown more critical
and clear-minded in its judgments,
and has ceased to move upon sudden
impulses and learnod to decide for
itself, the loss will fall, not on writers
of real merit, but on a few whose re
wards were generally beyond their
deserts. The average of literary work
in this country in many departments
is high. If great books are not pro
duced in large numbers, good books
are produced in very considerable
numbers, and in soundness of knowl
edge, In good' taste and literary work
manship, a great advance is evident
over the work of an earlier generation.
It is a period of quiet progress, a time
of preparation rather than a time of
accomplishment.
JOKE ON SWEET CHARITY
And the Colored Porter, He Thorough
ly Enjoyed It.
The other day a colored porter from
one of the hotels was sent to buy some
tin cups. After making the purchase
he started back to the hotel and met
one of the hostlery's best patronsa
commercial travelerand the latter
asked the negro to carry his: sample
case to a Washington street store.
A few minutes later the negro, sam
ple case, and tin cups, were in front
of the store. The traveling man was
in the store. While waiting for him,
the negro sat down on the sample
case, and in less than a jiffy fell asleep.
One of the tin cups was in his hand,
and it fell forward, as does the cup
held by a blind man.
Perhaps you won't believe it. but
that negro collected 43 cents while he
slumbered. Passersby thought him a
blind mendicant. And maybe that por
ter didn't enjoy the joke! He did
'deed he did.Indianapolis News.
What One Man Said.
At the City Federation meeting in
the Waldorf there were many amusing
incidents. Husbands of the broad
minded women tarried in the ante
room waiting for their spouses to go
home. One of these patient escorts
was Leroy Sunderland Smith. He
gazed through the glass doors once,
sighed and returned to his chair. Men
would come, inquire for their wives,
and then retreat to the cafe below. One
man heard a few minutes of a certain
paper. He said: "If these women's
clubs did not struggle with the prob
lem of how to raise other women's
children they would have no excuse
for being." He flung out the last
words savagely and then disappeared
to the place where highballs are con
cocted.New York Press.
An Enterprising Woman.
Miss Jessie McCubben of Alamo,
Oregon, is the owner of a valuable
mining claim in the Granite district,
which she "jumped" precisely as the
year 1903 came in. Learning that the
claim would be vacant the 1st day of
January, she drove through a blind
ing snowstorm on the night of Dec. 31,
the mercury 14 degrees below zero,
and, waiting the advent of the new
year, staked her claim. Another pros
pector had done likewise earlier in
the evening, but Miss McCubben was
legally in the right, and the court sus
tained her. She is a Portland girl,
19 years old.
Reminder of Old Times.
A rich man who has joined the muh.
titude in New York since his quick
fortune came to him was entertaining
friends at dinner the other night. The
service was magnificent and so was
the dinner. The wife, gorgeously clad,
reigned over the table. During a lull
in conversation the rich man watched
a servant who was dexterously remov
ing crumbs from the table. Then he
looKed down the glittering table at
his jeweled wife and remarked:
"Sadie, remember when you used to
shake the tablecloth out of the back
door to the hens?"
A Paper May Criticise.
A trial jury in England gave the
manager of a fifth-rate show a ver
dict of $3,750 against a newspaper
which published an adverse criticism.
The Appeal Court reversed this, and
held that the jury had no right to sub
stitute its own opinion of the merits
of the play for the critic's opinion.
The court said it was of the highest
importance to the public that the crit
ic should not be exposed to the risk
of having a jury pass upon his taste,
and held that the trial Judge misdi
rected the jury.
The Artist's Revenge.
THE OUTLOOK FOR AUTHORS I WINTER IN EXTREME SOUTH.
A Chinese story tells how a very
stingy man took a paltry sum of
money to an artist, who always ex
acted payment in advance, and asked
him to paint his portrait. The artist
at once complied with the request, but 1 jj*
when the portrait was finished noth
ing was visible save the back of the
sitter's head. "What does this mean?"
cried the sitter indignantly. "Well,"
replied the jirtist, "I thought a man
who paid so little as you did wouldn't
care to show his face."
He Was Kept Busy.
That was a curious little confession
made to an interviewer the other day
by Color-Sergeant Barry, for twenty
seven years keeper of the stage door
at the Lyceum. In reply to a remark
about his knowledge of plays and play
ers, Sergeant Barry remarked: "I
have never seen a play in all my life.
My plaee is at the stage door. I have
never any time to see what is going
on on the staga"Landau Tit-Bite.
Frightful Cold Experienced in the Ant
artic Circle.
A sailor on the antarctic ship Dis
I covery, whose commander, Capt. Soott,
has approached nearer the south pole
than any other explorer, writes as fol
i lows of his winter experiences: "We
1 had 123 days without the sun, and 104
day's complete darkr.'i3s. We went
through it all gay. Lowest tempera
ture registered, 58 degrees below zero.
You do not feei the cold very much
without tne wind tlien, with wind,
look out! First your nose, then ears,
then fingers go. We never go out
alone on account of the heavy bliz
zards. Your companion will turn
round and say: 'Your nose Is gone.'
It turns as white as this paper. You
turn away from the wind and pull your
mittens off to bring your nose around
by that time your fingers are gone,
so It's no pleasure going out in a
slight Breeze. The blizzards are fear
ful. Mr. Bernacchi and the engineer
went to a hut fifty yards away, and,
though roped from hut to ship, were
lost In a blizzard for two and three
quarter hours."
HAIRY AINOS O JAPAN.
Peculiar People Whose Characters Be
lle Their Looks.
A traveler in Japan thus describes
the hairy Ainos of that country: "The
men are about the. middle height,
broad chested, broad shouldered, thick
set, very strongly built, the arms and
feet large. The bodies and especially j.
the limbs of many are covered with!
i short, bristly hair. I have seen two:
boys whose backs are covered with fur
as fine and soft as that of a cat. We
were ferried over a river by an Aino
completely covered with hair, which
i on his shoulders was wavy like that of
a retriever and rendered clothing quite
needless, either for covering or for
warmth. A. wavy black beard rippled
nearly to his waist over his furry
chest, and with his black locks hang'
ing in masses over his shoulders he
would have looked a thorough savage
had it not been for the exceeding
sweetness of his smile and eyes."
Diet. of the Moslems.
All true Moslems when eating must
begin with salt and finish with rine
gar. If they begin with salt they will
escape the contagion of seventy dis
eases. If they finish with vinegar
their worldly prosperity will continue
to Increase. The host is in etiquette
bound to be-the first to start eating
and the last to leave off. The priests
recite certain: passages of the Koran
before and-.after lunch and dinner and 1
also before drinking water at any
hours of the day. i
His Other Name:
The candidate for the place of
coachman had been weighed and was
not wanting, according to his new mis
tress's lights. Then the question of
this name, which was Patrick, came
up. The mistress objected to it in her
heart, so she explained that it was her
custom always to call her coachman
by his family name. Had he any-ob
jections?' "Not the slightest, ma'am,"
"What is your last name, Patr&k?"
"FItapatrick, ma'am."-
New Idea in Physiology.
IX is possible that the school child
may be quite as readily fatigued by
inspiring tlie waste products of his fel.
lows as by his own, and that the busi
ness man is more liable than the agri
cultural laborer to become run down,,
not so much becaase he works harder
or more monotonously and therefore
personally manufactures more waste
products, but because his tissues are
more liable to become saturated with
the waste products of himself and oth
ers derived from the confined atmos
phere^ in which he works?. Excessive
fatigue from a railway journey is like
ly to be noticed if the cacs are crowded
or ill ventilated.
Mrs, Roosevelt Has a Way.
"You might not think it, Judging:
from her photographs," said a well
known Washington woman now in.
New York, when she saw that the-lady
of the white bouse had called a halt
on the curious experiments being
made to beautify the terraces of the
presidential demesne "bu* the presi
dent's wife- knows how to put her foot
down and leave it. And she cau. man
age her strenuous spouse and! the
whole of the, family with a soft* irre
sistible despotism they all enjoy. I
would like to tell tales out of school,
but I mustn't."Jtf.ew York Mail and
Express..
Most Costly Handkerchief.
The dowager queen of Italy is in
possession of the most costly hand
kerchief in the world. It is of the
earliest Venetian lace. Though made
in the fifteenth century, this unique
handkerchief is in a perfec* state of
preservation. Its value is estimated
at $10,000, but Queen Margharita
would not part with it at any price. I
Queen Margharita always was fond of
collecting old lace, and she still has
passion. After her majesty's i
death the matchless handkerchief
descends to her daughter-in-law, 1
Queen Helena.
The Box Kite.
The chief defect of the box kite, of
which Dr. Langley's aerodrome is an
elaboration, is that the weight in
I creases with the cube as rapidly as
i the lifting power does with the
square, so that the larger the kite
the less it will lift in proportion.
I Prof. Graham Bell's kites are equal
sided triangles, so 'that they need no
bracing, and it is found that the lift
ing power increased at a greater rate
than the increase in weight A flock
of these kites recently lifted 200-
pound weight
ing, Etc-.
BEMIfcfl,
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Kicked to Death by or see..
Cedar Falls, Iowa, July 29. Tent
Howard, a young man from Cincinnati
visiting here, was instantly killed on
the F. D. Pierce farm. He was assist
ing in haying, when the horses kicked
him down and trampled-him to deaths
Turns Consul Downy
Caraeas, July 29.President Castro
has refused to grant the exequatur of
the Spanish consul because of domes
tic matters which caused dissatisfac
tion, and the disapproval of the for
eien ministers, including Mr. Bowen.
For Those With Stomach Habit.
A Philadelphia baker is authority
for the assertion that the latest fad
of dyspeptics is bread made with sea
water, instead of fresh water. "It
has a saltier taste," he says, "than
we are accustomed to, but it is very
palatable. In fact, he who likes salty
i things is apt to like it better than
i the other kind of bread. A physician
asked me about three morths ago to
make some of this bread for his
patients. At first I made six loaves
a day, but now I make thirty. My sea
water comes up to me from Atlantic
I City three times a week. The dys
peptics who buy the bread say it ia
i the only kind they can eat* frean
vitfiout discomfort"
REED & KNUTS0N
Blacksmit hand
Wago Malers
BEMIDJI, MIKNES0TA1
EED &. KNUTSON" have opened a blacksmith.and wagen shop one
door south of The Pioneer, and are prepared to h&ndte any and
all work in their line and guarantee satisfaction) to all confers. Mr-.-
Reed makes a specialty f horses-hoeing1
and his work fe too well known to need anyintroductio to* the people-
of this vicinity*
Mr. Khutson ha* been in ttoe employ of' the St. HUaawe Lumber'
company for four- years, and comes- well recommended by fcaSfr company.*
Give th* new firm a chance tmsb&m yom twhat
tftey can do, and yu will not. be disappointed
REED & KNHTS0N
Second door south of postoffiee KEMIDifl, MIM
p||| The Sign Man
Is here.to stay, and is prepared to- dcoall
kind&of ixc-to-date Painting, Paperhang
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Full of At*entee8v
There was a larger attendance than
aeual in the "Amer corner" at the
Fifth Avenue hotel last night, and
these we-e some of the- interesting
stories told: "Judge Gildersleeve," re
marked George W. Wananmker, "was
telling the other, night of a laughable
'bull' made by Maj. Leach, once fa
mous as the head of the Irish rifle,
team. The judge was visiting in Ire
land and remarked: 'Major, is it true
that much of the trouble in this little
country of yours is caused by ab
sentee landlords?* 'It is, sir,' re
sponded the major. 'Sure, our little is*
land is full of them.'"New York
Mail and Express.
The One Thing Wrong.
A foreigner went into one of Bos
ton's bi~ hotels one Sunday morning
not long ago and asked for a typical
Boston breakfast. After some con
ference with the head waiter an espe
cially nice breakfast was served, in
cluding of course codfish balls, brown
bread and pork and beans. The visitor
ate with apparent relish, but after
some minutes summoned his man.
"These beans are delicious," he said,
"and the coffee could not be better,
but"pointing to the codfish ball*
"you may remove the little bun.
There appear* to be something dead.
In it"
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