Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, August 29, 1904, Page 4

== -{a‘MMWwLfl'fl"tm?’“‘*‘J““ BAD FIRE AT .NORTHOME Blaze Destroys Postoffice Building and Tin Shop of C. W. Field. LOSS WILL AGGREGATE IN NEIGHBORHOOD OF $2,000. Uncle Sam’s Valuables Were Se- cure in Safe—No Insur- ance Carried. The third disastrous fire in the history of Northome occurred last night and as a result the postoffice building, owned by O. W. Olson, and the tinshop of C. W. Field were totally destroyed, entailing a loss estimated at $2000. No insurance was carried on either of the buildings, and the loss is consequently com- plete. The fire is supposed to have started in the postoftice from an overheated stove. the blaze being discovered at 9 o’clock. Many people surrounded the burning building and did ail in their power to check the flames, but they soon spread to the Field building, ana all efforts to save either building were futile, and they burned to the ground in the presence of hundreds of onlook- ers. A fire department has recently been organized in the new town, but no apparatus has been re- ceived, and the most the depart- ment could-do was to carry water in pails to the burning buildings. All the stamps, money, and other valuables of the postoftice were in the safe, and itis thought that nothing of value belonging to the government has been de- stroyed. BASE BALL. The Bagley team came up yes- terday and engaged the locals in a game, being defeated by a score of sixteen to nothing. The crowd was small but enthusiastic, and everyone seemed toderive plenty of enjoyment from the contest. Bagley has a good team, but they have had but little prac- tice and the battery yesterday was wealk. The game plaved Saturday be tween Blackduck and the. Be- midji second nine on the Black- duck grounds was won by the visitors, the score being thirteen tosix. Hazen and Finn were the battery for Bemidji. A dance was given by the Blackduck boys after the game and all those who attended from here reporta very enjoyable time. The Big Duluths are scheduled to play two games here, next Sunday and Monday. The Duluth aggregation isthe same as Be midji defeated the early part of the season in the close score of two to one. They are trying for the championship of northern Minnesota, and the games will no doubt be the most intesesting ever played in the city. Word was received at Walker this afternoon at 4:30 from St. Paul that the motion for a new trial for Chounard has been denied. Knowing that he must suffer death tomorrow morning before day break to pay the penalty for killing his wife at Cass Lake last Januvary, Wm. Chouvnard, the condemned murderer, calmly awaits his execution in the Cass county jail. All the preparatio as soon as the twelfth stroke of the clock tells the arrival of a new day, Chounard will be taken from the jail to the gallows aund there “hung by the neck until dead.” He seems to be entirely pre pared for the execution, and al- though a little haggard as a re- sult of his long confinement, seems to be in the best of physi- cal health, although at the time he was first told that he must die he almost collapsed, He spends his time reading the Bible, and says that he does not expect a stay of execution, and really does CHOUNARD IS READY Wm. Chounard, Condemned Murderer, Calmly Awaits Execution. By Special Representative of the Pioneer. for the hanging are complete, and | not want it, as be has already awaited the execution long enough. At 9 o'clock this morning he was sleeping soundly in his cell in the county jail, unconscious that before the light of another day he would be alifeless corpse, his existence snuffed out in the cause of righteous justice. 1t is not definited known who will spring the death trap, but it is thought that Sheriff Hardy | will press the button which will send Chounard to eternity. | witness the execution. Sheniffs from different counties through- jout the state have been invited land will be present to assist Sheriff Hardy in arranging the final details, Among those who are now on the scene are Sherift {Forsperg of Marshall, Arderson of Kittson, Pederson of Nor- man and Lennihan of Red Lake county. A. Brose of this city will represent L. H. Bailey, at- torney for Chounard, and. Rey. Murphy will spend the remain- der of the day with the murderer preparing his soul for eternity. Acetyline Gas Plant The explosion of an acetyline gas plant at Cass Lake Saturday night completely wrecked the saloon of Rivard & Wold and probably fatally injured one man and seriously injured two others. Two men are supposed to be still covered up by the debris. Grust Rivard, one of the proprie- tors of the saloon, now lies at the point of death in the Cass Lake Lospital, and little hopes are en- tertained for his recovery. The explosion occurred at 7 o’clock in the evening, and with- out a monent’s warming the en tire building was lifted several inches into the air and when it came down the walls fell in, making a mass of wreckage. Five men are supposed to have been in the building at the time of the explosion. Three of them were recovered within twenty minutes after the disaster. The two others are supposed to be buried beneath the mass of ruins, and are without a doubt dead. Iver Wold and John A. Johnson, the wounded men who have been recovered, escaped with but little injury, and are getting along nicely. The building is a brick veneer- and next to it is the store of, the Moberg Dry Goods company, EXPLOSION AT CASS LAKE One Fatally and Two Seriously. ed structure two stories high, | posed light was brought down to Blows Up, Injuring Pand the wallof this building was i'bad]y shaken. Nearly every window within a block of where the explosion occurred was broken, and the report could be heard for miles away. 3 The fire department was im- mediately called, as the building {had caught fire, and within a few iminutes after the explosion a | stream was playing on the build- {ing, and the work of rescue com {menced. The men were pinioned down by large quantities of brick, and the task was very difticult, {as‘the flames swept around the rescurers and at times threat- encd theirlives. However, three of the men were hauled out, but the other two supposed occup- ants of the building at the time of the explosion are thought to be still buried under the debris. The loss will aggregate in the neighborhood of $10,000, the saloon being valued at $8,000 and the loss to the Moberg store building being estimated at $2,000. The gas plant was recently in- stalled and it is supposed that the fittings were loose and a leak occurred, filling the cellar with gas, and that when an ex- the cellar the explosion took place. We have demonstrated to the public that the PRINCESS Grocery Co. Sells the best and cheapest Fruits for canning. Our sales of last week have induced us to duplicate our Fruit order. We are not able to quote you prices this early in the week, but they will be as low as the present market allows. : : : : : Wednesday we will have California Peaches Washington Pears Metzuma Plums Concord Grapes Tokay Grapes Rose Perie Grapes Sweet Potatoes - Cauliflower Sweet Corn Hubbard Squash Pumpkins Green Peppers : Celery and Melons Fancy Tomatoes by the bushel Princess Grocery Co M. E. CARSON, Mgr. e e X TheNew Shoe Store @ Will be open for @ businessin afew ’ SWEDBACK BLOCK, BELTRAMI AVENVE, FOOT CAUGHT IN WHEELS Terrible Accident Sustained by John Morine Yes- terday Afternoon. FLESH OF FOOT LITTERALLY TORN FROM BONES. Taken to St. Anthony’s Hospi- tal, Where Foot Was Ampu- tated This Afternoon. John, the eleven year old son of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Morine, sustained a terrible accident yes- | Onlyafew will be allowed to4terday afternoon while riding from the baseball grounds ona dray. The horses were running at full gallop, when in some man- ner the boy’s foot caught be- tween one of the hind wheels of the dray and the platform, tear- ing the fleshy part of the foot horribly and cracking a uumber of the bones. . A physician was immediately summoned who accompanied the boy to St. Anthony’s hospital, where the wound was dressed and he rested fairly well until to- day, when it was decided by the attending physicians that an operation was neccssary and the foot was amputated just below the ankle joint. > Alarge number of men who had been at the ball game were on the dray at the time, and itis said that the boy was crowded too near the edge of the wagon. those who witnessed the acci- dent, and few could bear the sight of the boy’s bloody foot hurried to a physician, His parents are very poor, and live ona hill known as Gcodman’s hill, south of the Great Northern tracks. The mother is at present very ill, andis a charge of the county. Mave You Seen Him? Shiould you perchance to meet a man, whose step is so light and buoyant that should he chance to step on a piece of air it would not break, who is so inflated with gladness, whose waistband may be far too short to reach around, and who may carry his brains rotunda with praise never before attained and whose general ap- pearance is one of pride and satisfaction and who may appear so full that it bubbles over like a foantain of water. That mar is Charles H. Hammond, though he may look excited. fear him not for all he will say is “It is a boy, who arrived Sunday morning and weighs eleven pounds.” All of which is true so says, “Bill Nye.” Shot in Back. Julian Peterson, employed at his father’s confectionery store on Minnesota avenue, accidently shot. himself in the back yester- day forenoon with a .22 caliber rifle. A party of boys were crossing the lake in a boat when the gun was accidentally dis- charged, the ball taking effect in the thigh and penetrating about six inches of flesh and lodging near the spine about a half inch under the skin. The boy was taken to St. Anthony’s hospital, where the wound was dressed, 4 | and is getling along very well. Finish Survey Tuesday. County Surveyor Stoner and his crew passed through Buena Vista Saturday noon making the > | preliminary survey for a railroad route from Bemidji to Buena Vista. The survey will probably be finished Tuesday und the party will reach Bemidji return- ing some time Wednesday. Two and perhaps three lines will be run. The season is the worst of the year for making the survey but it is being pushed with great rapididy nevertheless. Cholera Infantum. This disease!haslost its terror: ince Chamberlain’s Colic, Chol- era and Diarrhoea Remedy came into general use. The uniform | | success which atiends the use of this remedy in all cases of bowe! i |complaint in children has made it < | a favorite wherever its value has become known. For sale at Bark- er’s drug store. Chas. Johnson is a visitor from Blackduck today. Fresh oysters the first of the season at Peterson’s. TOO LATE T0. CLASSIFY. WANTED TO RENT—F'ive, six or seven room house by a fam- ily of three. Apply at Pioneer office. WANTED—AS$ once, apprentice girl to learn to set type and to learn the newspaper business generally. Pioneer office. WANTED—To fill your wants. Nothing does it like a Pioneer want ad i The sight was a sickening one to dangling from his leg as he was |] Michigan Air Brand| Dress: Goods In Autumn Shades THE BAZAAR Department Store This week we are showing a few new styles in Ladies’ Suits and Coats. Suits, $15 Coats, $12 75 pairs Puritan and Royal Worcester Corsets, worth $1:25; now - - Infants’ Headwear, Tinnon and Mull, at - - = 5 dozen Boys' Waists and Shirts, worth 50¢ to $1.00; now The Bazaar Department Store. Corticella Art Silks 40c a Dozen 50¢ - 25 |, discount 38¢ SRR ko el eddihé Groups =4 Souvenirs Baby Pictures Lakeside Studio, g:j on Lake Front, 1;‘ M. J. MORSE,-- Proprietor. SRR RS S for Serubs Win Game. In the football game yesterday renoon between the regular team and eleven picked-up play- ers, the scrubs defeated the regulars by a score of six to nothing. steadily force goal and the scrubs made a touch- down on an end run. kicked goal. The regulars were d back upon their Crawford 5, we will start classes in the following branches: Shorthand and Typewr Bookkeeping, Beginning Monday, Sept g’ ing, 0 Penmanship, ¢ Commercial Law, Commerciul ¢ Geography, Business Arithme- g tic, Spelling Lumber Books. Hours, 10 t0 12 2. m.; 710 9 p. m. Box 744, 108 Sixth Street, between Conway’s Commercial College, '0 Bemidji and Belt; Good Exhibit. g Harvey Boston, one of the pros. ! pevous farmers of the town of [Q Port Hope, exhibited a fine dis of vegetables at the recent county g faiv held at Buena Vista. Mr. Boston sent a few of his vegeta- o ble exhibits to the Pioneer, Among them are carrots eight and one-half, onions twelve and one - quarter, and rotabagas twenty-two and one-half inches in curcumference. O TSTTTSTSTSD, 3 f g Wedding and Baby Pictures HAKKERUP Up-to-Date Work and Prices Reasonable. Lularging, Framing and Finishing for Amatuers. Hakkerup Studio Two Daors East of City Drug Store. A O A A DA A ¢ Your Mail Orders | Schneider Bros The Clothiers. We Cheerfully Refund Money Upon Request Headquarters for Good Clothes Largest Clothing Store in Bemidji Devoted Exclusivelyto Men’sand Boys’ Wear Our 0vex;coat Stock is the Largest in Bemidji Our Suit Stocks are Famously the Best this Country Boasts We are offering unapproachable values in strictly ngh grade, hand-tailored, perfect for men and yflll]]g men, al 924, $25, The Assortment is_the The Gordon ‘Hare’ Hats $3.00 Guarantceed quality; decided- ly better and differént from anything shown; all colors. Finest Our Hats are the Most Perfect and Our Hat 2 1ng,. We Have Ever Had stom clothes $10, $12, $15, $18, 20, $22, Exceptional Specialities That Are POWERFUL VALUES! 3.00 Hat on the market. American Union Hat, $2.00 They are the star hat of this country, and as good as any The J. B. Stétson Hats, full of superh richness, at $4.00, $4.50 and $5.00. The Cowboy Hat in black; very popular showing at $3.00 New “Pike” $28 and $30 Beautiful exclusive interesting styles from recognized authorities [ Caps, different styles; silk lined; 50¢ to $2 -