Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 23, 1906, Page 1

The VOLUME 3. i\IUMBER 232 Fire Causes a Stampede in That City Which Results in Eighteen Deaths and Fifty Others Injured. LANDING COYERED THREE FEET DEEP Philadelphia, Jan. 23-—Eighteen ne-! groes were killed and fifty injured in a stampede following the discovery of a fire in St. Paul's Baptist church. Many of the injured will die, An examination of the dead showed. that most of them had been suffo- cated or had died from internal in- juries, When the fire was discovered the organist continued to play, increasing the volume of his instrument to thun- derous tones, but the refrain could not be heard, drowned out in the medley of shouts and screams from the panic stricken negroes. Pastor Johnson strove to quiet his people; he pleaded and prayed, but the audience turned its back and fled for the doors. Eight hundred were in the audi- torium of the church on the second floor when the fire started. The pastor had just concluded his sermon and was putting on his baptismal robe preparatory to baptising two converts when he saw smoke issue from a small crevice along the wall in front of the altar. A revival was in progress in the church and the negroes were in a state of great excitement, which may have had something to do with the terrible panic which followed. Others in the congregation saw the smoke almost as soon as the preacher and some heedless one cried “Fire.” Instantly the cry swept through the audience. The stampede began with the first cry. There were no flames visible, no threatening glare, just a tiny thread of smoke trickling through the wainscot- ing, but it had driven 800 men and women into a blind, unreasoning paniec. Mad Rush Down Narrow Stairs. The glass doors at the rear of the rooma were swept aside and shattered in the rush. Men and women began to pile pellmell down the narrow, wind- ing stairs. ‘'The first few got out in safety, Then some stumbled and fell and the sacrifice \began. In three seconds after the stampede began there was a tangled mass, most- ly women, who were the weakest, ly- ing in a writhing mass at the foot of the stairs, trampled upon and crushed. Men and women no longer ran down the stairs; they fell. In the'terrible crush few of the wo- men or children had any chance for life. Of the ten victims taken to the children’s hospital seven were women, two were small children and the oiher was.an old man. The pastor of the church, a man ot powerful physique and strong voice, continued to appeal to the crowd' in the rear to stop their rush, but none would heed. Over the prostrate forms the crowd went, crushing the life out of those who were unable to extricate themselves. When those who came down the front stairs had left the building a ter- rible sight presented itself to the res- cuers. The first floor and the stair- way to the bend were covered three deep with the dead and dying. On the street hundreds were shrieking for help and looking for their missing loved ones. The fire was a most~trifiing affair. A defective flue started a small fire in the chimney, which caused smoke to issue through the crevices in the sec- ond floor. Whether the flames were extinguished or burned themselves out is not known, but there was no fire in the building when the firemen set to work. HOTEL GUESTS IN PANIC. Explosion of Boiler Partially Wrecks Building. Chicago, Jan. 23.—A panic among the guests of the Windermere hotel, Fifty-sixth street and Cornell avenue, ! followed the explosion of a steam boiler in the basement. The accident caused the death of ! John Rapkoch, engineer, and the seri- ous injury of Mrs Seeta May, a guest. The explosion partially wrecked the hotel building "and damaged adjacent residences and apartment buildings. The guests of the hotel were left in darkness by the destruction of the lighting plant and many were obliged to await the arrival of firemen, who battered down the doors of their apart- ments and released them. Fire followed the crash, but was soon under control. The damage was estimated at $15,000. i DENIED BY SEGRETAHYTIFI | resolution - with respect to'army and | navy ‘own Sunday i her name‘to the four writs. REPORT THAT PHILIPPINE COM- MISSIONERS HAVE SPECU- LATED ON LAND. ‘Washington, Jan. 23.—Secretary Taft has sent to the senate a state- ment in response to the resolution calling upon him for information as to whether army or navy ofticers in the Philippines or members of the Philippine commission owned land on Dec. 1 last, or since then, whose value would be affected by the new rail- reads proposed for the islands. Col- lateral information was sought also by tke resolution. Secretary Taft’s response gives the entire commission, whose statements are appended, a clean bill of health. The three Filipino commissioners were important land owners before they were appointed to the commis- sion. They have not acquired land since the holding of office, however. The secr 'y informed the senate that to carry out the provisions of the officers .would require four months, as approximately 3,000 offi-| cers would have to be examined. Ex- amination of land transfer records would be equally tedious. Mr. Taft suggests that the resolu-| tion be reframed so as to narrow the Scope of the inquiry. He adds the information that army | regulations forbid officers and soldiers from using their positions for private gain, even in transactions which oth- erwise wouI(I be legmmate ADOPTED BY CALVE. Donna Discovers Girl Singer. Seattle, Jan. 23.—Madame Calve, the celebrated prima donna, now: in this city, has discovered a young girl con- tralto, Lois Feurt, for whom she pre- dicts great things. The girl, who is but seventeen years of age, was given an audience by Madame Calve in the Lincoln hotel and sang with such ex- quisite charm that the prima donna with tears in her eyes, clasped the girl to her breast, saying: *“You have the voice, you have the temperament, you have the physique; you will be Prima Marvelous great.” The other members of Madame Calve’'s company were also amazed at the great’ and marvelous voice and predi. i a future for her. After sing- ing Gounod’s “Oh, That We Two Were Mayir.,” Madame Calve told Miss Feurt that she would. formally adopt { her anl give her a thorough training in Paris. TEACHER SADLY SURPRISED. Identifies Thieves as Members of Her Sunday School Class. Chicago, Jan. 23.—When Miss Ethel Hanson, a teacher in the Sunday school of the Bethel Norwegian Lu- theran church, went to a police station to identify - a* handbag ‘and money stolen from ‘her Saturday: night she was® sadly surprised. : The' four:con- fessed ‘culprits’ were members. of her “hool class. At first Miss Hanson pos}t.\ely re- fused to sign' warrants against the boys, but ‘when -informed ‘that she vould be compelled to come into court as a witness she yielded and, with tears falling from her eyes, attached The boys told the police they were members, of :a “gang’’ and that some of them had beenin the highwayman business before, TWO DIE IN WRECK. Island Freight Hits Handcar g Loaded With Men: Independence, Ia.;"Jan. 23.—A south- bound extra trexbht train on the Rock Island struck a handcer on. a curve six miles north of here in'a: tog Phil- lip Levden was instantly killed, John Canfield is dying and Joseph Leyden and ‘Fred Young were badly injured. All were employed on the section and reside here. Rock [+ | | pied Quito, the capital, 1, mfi?fi%om TU A D mUAR§ 2‘311 06. AWFUL EXPLO ' 'WRECKS WARSHIP ORE SHIPMENTS ’romwoe Owners of aneso(a Mmes PredIét Record \Breakmg Year. Duluth, Jan. 23.—Thirty-six million tons is the estimate of J." C. Gilchrist, the well known vessel owner of Cleve- land, of the iron movement from the _Lake Superior region for the yedr 1906. Mr. Gilchrist, Captain John Mit- chell and F. W. Hart of Cleveland, B. A. Ohl, J. W. Rhodes, and, Frank C. Neal of Pittsblirg and A. Maitland of Negaunee have just returnéd from a trip to the Mesaba range ifi a specidl train. - They went over the Great Northern and returned over the Dif- luth, Missabe and Northern. They have been to the range to. 1nspect the Larue, Case, Hobart, Brint, Croxton and Nassau mines, in which they are interested to a large extent in some and control absolute in others. “It is going to be a good set:\smii and it will not be in the least sutprising if the amount is more than 36,000,000 tons,” said Mr. Gilchrist. “Do you believe that the maximum size of lake boats has been reached in the 600-footers?”:was asked. “For -the vessel man who has not got his own mines to keep his boats | Supplied with cargoes the 600-footers The averagey. shippers cannot furnish .them wlth_ are- already too large. cargoes: “The ordinary furnace does not care [' to receive as much ore as the larger class of boats can deliver at cne time. They do not stock pile the ore at the receiving docks now as they'did in the past years, once.” but send it forward: at LIVELY TIMES IN ECUADOR. Three Presidents and a Dictator Rule in Brief Period. Guayaquil, Ecuador, Jan. 23.—Two hundred persons wére Killed or wound- ed in the fighting here that attended recent remarkable political disturb- ances. This republic has had three presi- dents and a virtual dictator within the period of three days and the people are expectantly awaiting the arrival of the third of the presidents to take from the dictator-the reins of govern- ment, General Alfaro, former :president and leader of the insurrection, occu- at 3 p. m. Thursday. A junta of notable persons met in the government palace here at 4 p. m: Friday and formed a new. gov- ernment. Vice President Garcia as- sumed -the executive power, estab- lished -the eapital here and appomted a ministry. The people during the afternoon at- tacked the prisons, liberated the’polit- ical prisoners.and afterward captured the police barracks, where they ob- tained possession of rifles and cannon. The new ministry, however, only lasted one hour. - The people rejected the administration of Baquerzo Mo- reno .and proclaimed as president Gen- | eral Eloy Alfaro, the former president of Ecuador and-leader of’the revolu- tion, and in his absence Dr. Emilio Ar- valo assumed the civil and military authority, exerclslng praetica]ly a dic- tatorship. . Washington, Jan. 23.—The state ‘de- partment has received a- brief cable- gram from. Guayaquil, ‘Ecuador, an- nouncing the surrender of Guayaquil and saying that the situation is quiet. The cablegram contains no further de- tails. LINERS DELAYED BY STORM. Encounter Hurricane Lasting Seventy- two Hours. London, Jan. 23.—Both the Amer- ican liner Philadelphia, arriving ‘at Southampton, and the Cunard liner Carmania, arriving at Liverpool, were about. thirty hours late, having been delayed by easterly gales and fierce snow squalls after passing out at Sandy Hook. Captain Mills of the Philadelphia says it was the worst storm in all his experience. On the second day from Sandy Hook both ships experienced a terrific hurricane which lasted sev- enty-two hours. During these three full days both steamers were reduced to.nearly half speed. and. Thursday several icebergs K were passed by both ships. GETS TWENTY-FIVE YEARS. Self-Confessed Highwayman DFaws a Long Sentence. Minneapolis, Jan. 23.—Twenty-five years in the state -penitentiary was the penalty imposed upon Martin El- lison by Judge Smith of the Hennepin county district ~court. Ellison is a self-confessed robber, who ' shot Charles Sather in a fight following a holdup in Sather’s butchershop in Minneapolis on the night of Dec. 23, the same night that the holdup and murder:of Charles Bader occurred. The robber was pursued by the two | Sather brothers and neighbors and, although he wounded Sather, was finally captured. Sather has recov- ered. Harvey B. Hurd, for many years a prominent attorney of Chicago and the author of a number of legal text books, is dead. -they ' are represented by botl On Wednesday | N ™ O E o aria 000 o 2 = p MANDS OF 'THE MINERS. | of Proposal to Be Subnmiitted to Operators. drafff of the wage demands that are to b presented by the United Mine es.and shows one decided change licy over the former agreement s€ interests. -year agreement, instead of the ear scale which is to expire next! April and which was the first of the i to be tried by the coal interests. The specific demands to be present- ed to the:operators are included in | seven propositions as follows: “First—A straight advance of 1214 per cent for all miners and mine la- borers, 2 “Second—All bituminous districts to be admitted to the conferencg where mine workers and opeérators. “Third—A 7-cent dll’terentia] must be established between pick and ma- chine mining on the mine run basis. “Fourth—A' uniform day wage scale to he paid to all classes of labor. “Fifth—Boys under sixteen years of ; #age shall not be permitted to work in or. about the mine! t534% u “Sixth—That the wage agreement or contract hetween the United Mine | Workers ‘and the operators shall con- tinue for one year from April 1, 1906. “Seventh—All other conditions of th%"presem wage agreement that do | ‘confiict with' the above .demands shall remain in force for the same verlod as the new scale.” e conference between the miners ¥ operators-is to start.in Indianap- on Thursday. of this\ week. an| oli .KANSAS DRAWS COLOR LINE.I deral Towns Will Maintain Separate Schools for Negroes. peka, Kan., Jan. 23.—Kansas, h has spent so much'blood and ure in maintaining the equality of ‘negro before the law, is about to the color line. he recent decision of the supreme 2ourt sustaining the validity of the law; authorizing the board of education } to; mamtam separate schools for white ' lnd negro children in Kansas Cltv' cau@es the negro leaders to apprehend eneral movement in the state to! segl‘egate the races. And their alarm | is not without. cause, as plans for the establishment, of separate schools ha.ve already been made-in. two othé&r: A of the state, in consequence of thch the negroes have called a meeting to protest against it. Several months ago the board of education at Coffeyville provided for separate schools for white and negro ! pupils. The schools in which the ne- gro pupils at Coffeyville are taught have negro teachers. A. case is pending in the supreme court which will test the validity of the action of the Coffeyville board. A negro pupil, who had been denied ad- | mission to a school set aside fori whites, has brought mandamus pro- ceedings to compel ‘the board to ‘re-' scingd its order. | ' Robbers Tunnel Under Bank. Topeka, Kan, Jan. 23.—A bold at-' tempt to rob the Merchants’ National bank of Topeka has been discovered. The robbers had commenced work in} the basement and tunneled through eleven feet of solid rock to the floor of the vault, effecting an entrance. They had attempted to wreck the safe, ! but their efforts had failed. Exports to Belgium and Holland. ‘Washington, Jan. 23.—According to a statement by the bureau of statis-| tiecs of the department of commerce | and labor exports from the United States to The Netherlands: in the fiscal vear 1905 amounted to $73,000,000. and ! our imports from The Netherlands $2,000,000. Our exports to Belgium in | the same year were $38,500,000 and our.imperts from that country $26,- 000,000. - 1 ) Three Hundred Die as Result of Blow- ing Up of Powder Magazine on Brazilian Warship. FOUR REAR ADMIRALS. WERE KILLED TROOPS FIRE ON SOCIALISTS CELEBRATION ,OF ANNIVERSARY OF RED SUNDAY MARKED BY BLOODSHED. Warsaw, Jan. 23.—The anniversary of Red Sunday in St. Petersburg is being observed here by a strike of the employes of the factories, which has already been marked by blood- shed. A detachment of infantry fired ton a nuniber of socialists who were compelling ‘shopkeepers of the ‘Wit- " hoski market to cIose their establish- ments St. Petersburg, Jan. 28.—“Red Sun- day” is being observed here and at |, other cities, disorder. The frequent patrols on all the streets marched at wide intervals in battalion formation. This is almost the only indication that the day is the anfinersary of Red Sunday. The stores are open and the or- ! dinary life of the city is proceeding as usual. Up to 11.o’clock no trouble of any kind has K been reported. The streets .were. crowded with people, many of them wearing bands of crepe on their arms. So far there has been no . 'RED SUNDAY-: OBSERVED.: - Chicago Socialists Celebrate Anniver- 5 sary of Slaughter. Chicago, Jan. 23.—Russian despot- ism was denounced in the most scath- , ing terms and the Russian revolution was cheered by German. socialists of Chicago at a meeting commemorating “Bloody Sunday,” Jan. 22, 19¢6, when i scores of workingmen petitioning the czar were shot down in the streets of St. Petersburg. The date was declared to be a mlle- : stone in the revolutionary movement of (the Russian proletariat and the death knell of industrial and economic despotism - of the capitalist class throughout . the world. 'The meeting was attended by nearly 500 members of the various local German socialistic organizations. A collection of $100 was taken up for the benefit of the “struggling Rus- sian comrades” and a resolution of fraternal greetings was adopted and sent to the revolutionary committee of Russia. BRIEF BITS OF NEWS. Mrs. Sargent, mother of J. S. Sar- gent, the American painter, is dead in London. She was seventy-six years | old, Sir John Percy Miller, bart., forty- one years old, who was well known in | racing and military circles, is dead in London. Christian G. Brobst, said to be the oldest Odd Fellow in the United States, is dead at Knoxville, Ia., aged eighty-seven. Fellow for sixty-six years. He had been an Odd CHILD KILLED BY PLAYMKTE Father of Victim Attempts Suicide by Drowning. Des Moines, Ia., Jan.. 23 —Lucille Fléischmann, the three-year-old daugh- ter of Louis Fleischmann of this city, was fatally. shot by 'a toy rifie in the hands of a playmate, the b\xllet pien:- ing the child’s heart, : Maddened by his pereavement, this being the second' of his children to neet a violent death within a short ‘ime, the father rushed to the river and’was oniy’ prevented ‘from ' throw- ing himself in, by the, incerventinn of friends. K Platt .and Depew Present. Washmgton, Jan. 23. — Senators Platt and Depew were in their seat in the senate during the day, thei: first appearance there ‘for some timc. Both were given a warm welcome an were heartily congratulated om the return. BELOIT DAM BREAKS. Rock River the Highest Ever Know:x in Winter. Beloit, Wis., Jan. 23.—Residents of the flats in the southeast part of the town, were thrown into great co: fusion by the breaking of the o Brooks millrace, which poured a floocd of water upon them. The accident wa: due to an ice gorge in Turtle crgek. Rock, river is the highest ever re- membered ini the.. winter:and basc- ments all over town are flooded. “Mitwaukee, “Jan: 23 =-Gonsiderable flood damage is reported from about Wisconsin, mostly in the nature ef bridges washed away, causing somsa delay of trains. There have been several narrow i escapes from death by the giving wj of bridges, but only one death;’ that being at Darlington, where a smalt boy named Burr was carried away by slipping into a stream by which he was playing. Bathing at Coney. Island. New " York, Jan. 23.—Coney Isiand came back to lite Sunday. The mild weather caused a crowd, estimated by the police at about 15,000, to floek to the place. The cry of “Come on im, the water’s fine,” was heard for the first time in several months and twen- ty-five men stripped and took a dip in | the chilly brine. Four Perscms Injured in Fire. Chicago, . Jan. 23.—Four persons were injured in a fire which destroyed five four-story flat buildings in Cot- tage Grove avenue, near Oakwood boulevard, and created a panic among | the tenants of seventy flats in an ad- i joining apartment building. The fire was caused by the explosion of a gas< oline stove. Conditions Bad at St. Louis. St. Louis, Jan. 23.—A Dlanket of sleet two inches thick covers the ground, with the ) 10 above. Street car traffic is badly ham- pered and railroad traffic delayed. Telegraph communications with Chi- cago and points east of St. Lm.us has ceased. Our combined removal and clearance sale is still.in progress and we have a. number of exceptionally. good bargains. reduce stock before we move to make room for our new spring stock. = wonk PEGTEYS b T