Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, March 16, 1906, Page 1

- The VOLUME 3. NUMBER 277. FIFTY OR MORE KILLED IN RAILROAD WRECK Awful Disaster Occurred This Morning! on Denver & Rio Grande Near Abode, Colorado. HORROR IS COMPLETED BY FLAMES Passenger No. 16 Crushes Into Passen- ger No. 3, Telescoping Forward Cars of Each. Pueblo, Col., March 16.—The worst wreck in Colorado since the memorable Edin disaster occurred about 2 o’clock this morning on the Denver & Rio Grande railroad near Abode. The number of dead is estimated from 50 upwards and the number of injured is placed at 25, East bound passenger train No. 16 crashed into west bound passenger train No. 3, telescoping the forward: cars on each train. The coaches at once took fire and the flamés. completed the horror begun by the collision. Oil Men Balk at Testifying. Kansas City, March “~.—The Stand- ard Oil company, through Alfred D. Eddy of Chicago, its general Western attorney, has in effect notified Her- bert S. Hadley, attorney general of Missouri, that it will give him no more information in his suit to oust the Standard and its allied companies from the siate of Missouri than it is compelled to. John H. Tennent, Sr., president of the defunct Tennent Shoe company, has been arrested at St. Louis on a bench warrant charging him with ob- taining money under false pretenses. The German reichstag has adopted a motion introduced by the Radical party requesting Chancellor von Bue- low to present a bill providing for the removal of the restrictions on the right of assembly for women. BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 1906, ~ MINNESOTA | {HISTORICAL TEN CENTS PER WEEK IT SITUATION Miners Gathering for Convention at Indianapolis. Indianapolis, March ?~—The series eetings, conventions and confer- IS GRAVE. to be made to deal with the la- bor erisis in the coal industry, was opefied during the day by the session of the international executive board of SCRUB WOMEN ORGANIZE. Union Formed and a Scale of )Nages Adopted. Portland, Me., March ” ~.—The house- keepers of Maine will have a new source of trouble when the new Scrub Women’s union, the first® lodge of which has just been organized, gets its organization completed throughout the state. The scrub women of Bruns- wick met and elected Mrs. Delia Nel- son president and Mrs. Cyrus Cobb secretary and treasurer and adopted a uniform scale of 20 cents an hour in- stead of 15 cents, the price heretofore. They will address the scrub women of Portland this week and the state or- ganization will soon be effected. NOISY SERENADE. Guns and Dynamite Used to Entertain Bridal Party. Perryopolis, Pa., March . '—Be- cause he was besieged in his home all night and because' of damage to his property by strenuous serenadars upon the occasion of the wedding of his son H. J. Mossbury has sworn out warrants for the arrest of forty of the town’s prominent young men. Mr. Mossbury says that the serenad- ers made him a target for sticks and stones, riddled his house with shot and caused other damage with dyna- mite. INVESTIGATION DECIDED ON. Charges Made in %grction “With Traction M Buffalo, Maich . .—Th 3 road commissioners, in secret Session here, considered charges in connec- tion with the Ryan-Belmont traction merger in New York city and on ad- journment announced that they had decided to make an investigation. The state attorney general will be asked to take charge of it. The investiga- tion will be held in Albany next Wednesday. the United Mine Workers. All of the delegates to the miners’ speeial convention that have- arrived in the city thus far seem to be con- vinced that a grave situation confronts ‘hem and : majority of them believe nat: there will be a strike April 1. The delegates from the anthracite dis- tricts are following the example of their leaders'and are not talking. RELEASED ON HABEAS CORPUS. Miners’ Official - Charged With Com. plicity in Murder. Boise, Ida., March (. —Vincent St. John, president of the Miners’ union at Burke, Ida., who was arrested Feb. 18 charged with complicity in the as- ‘sassination of former Governor Steun- enberg, was released during the day on a writ of habeas corpus granted by Jud Stewart of the district court. Judfle Stewart held that the probate judges ceased to have jurisdiction over St. John after March 2, when his pre- liminary examination should have been held: ' in Indianapolis, in which an ef-. . WARNING TO TERRORISTS. Reply of General Rennenkampff to Threats Against Him. Chita, Russia, March :,—On ac- count of the wholesale arrests and exe- cutions characterizing the repression of the revolutionists numerous threats have..been anade against the life. of Governor General Rennepkampff and the 'latter has issued a proclamation in which he announces that if an at- tempt is made upon his life or upon the lives of members of his escort all the revolutionists now in prison will |be executed within an hour. There - are 600 revolutionists in prison here and sixty military executions have taken place at Chita or in its vicinity. Prisoner Suicides in Jail. Norfolk, Va., March 1. — Louis Browz, twenty-nine years old, await- ing trial Friday for the murder of Flossie Reese, at whom he threw a lighted .lamp which exploded, fatally burning the woman, committed sul- cide in his cell. in. the Norfolk jail by cutting his throat, with a sharp pen- | knife. % | Foul Play Suspected. Menominee, Mich., March :~.—The body of Michael McFadden, a woods- man, was found on the railroad track horribly: mangled. McFadden had con- siderable money on his person Tues- day and all was missing when the body was found. Foul play is sus- | bected. TO INCLUDE MODEL TOWN. Tract of Land Secured by New York Central Lines. Indianapolis, March :.—Options have been closed on 2,460 acres of ground adjoining Indianapolis on the south at a cost of- $650,000. Six hun- dred and forty acres will be used by the New York Central system, includ- ing the Big Four, Lake Erje and West- ern and Lake Shore and Michigan Southern railroads, for general central repair shops to employ 3,000 men. The other land will be used for a model railroad city. The contract. calls for two miles of sewers, pipe systems, streets and sidewalks this year. Thé New York Central system. has appro- priated $3,500,000 for. the work an(l\ will spend $1,000,000. this year.- The town, will be platted and incorporateq - under the name of Beech Groye. There will be capacity for 40,000 cars in’the ” & vards 3 5 BRIEF BITS O 4 NEWS.. 2 The Standard, Oil eqm_pa‘ny haé a\'i- vanced the price .of gasoline -half a cent per gallon. SR NS General Grodekoff, commandefin- chief of the Manchurian army, has'is- sued an order prohibiting” Japanese” from passing north . of the Riissian lines, s Captain' J. P. Cottrell, fifty-four years old, United States inspector of ' hulls at Detroit; Mich.,’and formerly a well known. vessel master o the Great Lakes, is dead.at Detroit. i . The Youman. Hats $5.00 0’Leary & Bowser Where will If you consult your own interest you will at least pay a visit to this store before you de- cide. We offer the largest stock, the best service, the highest quality, and lowest prices. Opening Sale of Grey Dress Goods Nearly a year ago we placed our order for Grey Dress Goods, the result is, we have the goods while others are patiently waiting for their jobber to make them a shipment. you buy? Douglas Shoes $3 to $5 Grey Wash Goods. In grey wash goods we show Voiles at from 10c to 40c a yard. Embroidered mercerized voiles at 45¢ and 65c. Moussline Du Soie at 125¢ and 85c. Mercerized dotted swiss at 32c. Wool Goods. Fancy grey checks 33c, 50c and 65c. Shepherd plaids 50c to 85¢ a yard. Extra wide grey skirting $1. Steel grey suiting $1.25 a yard. Light grey suiting $1.75 a yard. ? Don’¢t buy ladies’ coats until you They will be here in about 10 days—plenty of time for Easter, on ac- see our line, count of the uncertainty of the spring styles we did not buy early, those who did are sorry for it. We will show the latest—there is no hurry —a spring coat this kind of weather would be out of place. Muslin Underwear. 1 lot ladies’ corset covers made from fine muslin and finished with a good quality of embroidery, cheap at 35¢ now 25. Muslin Skirts Ladies’ fine muslin skirts trimmed with lace and in- sertion, the 90c¢ kind now T5¢ each. Gowns At T5c each we will close out a large line of muslin gowns worth from $1.00 to $1.25 each. PRINTS: We offer for Not expensive. this week 1000 yards of standard printsat5 centsa yard. If You Have Got a. Sweet Tooth visit our store this week. The pure food law now affects the sale of Candies. we might have some that comes under the ban, we will close out all colored candy this week All penny goods will be sold . g All stick candies will be sold All mixed candies will be sold All lozengers will he sold MEN’S CLOTHING: Have you seen the spring stylesin Men’s Suits and Overcoats. $6.50 to $25.00. For fear 2 for a cent g 5c alb Tc alb 10c a Ib 7 Makes thé Hady Ll Baking Powder . Absolutely Pure finest, lightest, best flavored biscuit, hot- _ breadsq,’cake and pastry. Royal Baking Powder is of highest quality, always pure, wholesome, uniform. The contents of each can are exactly like every other, and will retain their strength and freshness regardless of climate or season. Remember that Royal is a pure, cream of tartar ba- : king powder, absolutely free from alum or phosphatic acid. £ * * * * * * * * * Alum and Alum-phosphate powders are injurious Do Not Use Them s TGEm, Qua lity-Sa tisfa ction Clothing House GhHe Supreme Hat Store N SELLS THE GOR DON HATS NECCECEECEATIA\/IE AAAE der’s demands. In every shape and color of soft and stiff hats because the quality and design of the Gordon Hats are up'to Schnei- This season’s Gordons are sensible, servicable stylish and a distinctive value at $3.00