Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, June 8, 1906, Page 1

S MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY. aily Pioneer VOLUME 4. NUMBER 43 AT LEAST FOUR KILLED NUMBER OF OTHERS INJURED BY TORNADO IN WISCONSIN AND MINNESOTA. PROPERTY DAMAGE ABOUT $200,000 ETORM MOST DISASTROUS NEAR CALEDONIA, MINN., AND STODDARD, WIS, La Crosse, Wis, June S.—Three more deaths are reported as a result of the tornado which raged over a con- | siderable section of Southern Minne- | sota and Western Wisconsin. The wile and two children of Peter Meyer, a farmer living between Caledonia | and Freeburg, Minn., were Kkilled, | while Meyer himself was injured. All the farmers in the same vicinity su- | fered seriously, their buildings being destroyed and they receiving injuries | in many cases. KEvery member of the family of C. T. Inglett was injured. At: St. Joseph Ridges, Wis., Charles and ‘William Danter, sons of William Dan- ter, aged thirteen and fifteen years, TOWN OF GOESSEL, KAN., PRAC. TICALLY DESTROYED BY A TORNADO. &, Hillshoro, Kan., June 8.—The town of Goessel, near here, was practically destroyed by a tornado egrly in the day. About eighty persons were in- Jured. The tornado laid waste a strip 200 yards wide. Several stores and twelve residences were demolished and every residence in town was damaged. The Classen mill and the German parochial school, nearing completion, were wrecked. The large Mennonite hos- pital was only slightly damaged. The injured were taken there for treat- ment. River Out of Its Banks. Topeka, Kan., June 8.—A cloud- burst in Central Kansas caused the Cottonwood river to overflow its banks, resulting in much damage to railway property. Two Deaths From Heat. Kansas City, June 8.—George W. Espey, a life insurance dgent, aged forty-seven years, and Charles Martin, a dairyman, aged fifty-eight years, are | dead in this city as the result of heat. were badly injured. This brings the ; L€ hishest temperature recorded was i 86 degrees at 4 o'clock in the after- whole list of deaths to four, Halvor J i noon, which, according to the records, Halvorson having been killed and zix | | was not unseasonably warm. persons injured at Stoddard, Wis. The latter were brought to the Lutheran hospital here and are doing well and | no deaths are expected among the Much Damage at Neenah, Wis. Neenah, Wis., June 8—In a wind i storm here buildings were unroofed ""g“"‘"- ST nado | 04 demolished, barns razed and trees Communication with the tornado:,,; gonces blown down. Falling trees district is not improved, wires still be- | i erippled the electric and telephone ing down. It is known, however, that | uiec “leaying the clty in darkness the worst damage \ms.duno'huwcen ! and without car_or telephone service Freeburg and Caledonia, Minn, 204 | fPhe damage is now estimated at be at St. Joseph Ridses and near $tod-| coice 65000 "and $50,000. American l I Gentlemenl | SHOES! Is one of the best $3.50 shoes on the market. Ithas an invisible cork sole making it one of the most comfortable shoes to be had. We carry them in all leathers and widths, Wear one pair and be convinced of their value. LADIES’ AnD CHILDR’N’S SHOLES We carry the following well known lines: Hamilton Brown, Drew Selby, Shaft Pierce and Portsmouth. Satisfaction guaranteed or money refunded. E. H. WINTER & CO Phone 30. Bemidji. EIGHTY PERSOKS INJURED|INDIC RUSSIAN NAVAL COURT OF IN. QUIRY DECLARES ADMIRAL MUST STAND TRIAL. PENALTY S DEATH IF CONVICTED TRIAL OF FORMER COMMANDER OF RUSSIAN FLEET TO OC- CUR JULY 4 NEXT. St. Petersburg, June 8.—The navai court of inquiry has presented an in dictment against Vice Admiral Rojest vensky, who commanded the Russian fleet at the battle of the Sea of Japan, and the officers of the torpedo boat destroyer Bedovi, which engaged and sank a Japanese torpedo boat. The trial of the indicted officers has been fixed for July 4. The penalty is death. The Reck says that General Rennen- kampff, who commanded the Cossack cavalry division during the war with Japan, has preferred charges against Lieutenant General Linevitch, who was commander of the Russian army VICE ADMIRAL ROJESTVENSKY. in Manchuria, for holding communica- tions with the revolutionary commit- tee of the railroad men during the strike on the Siberian railroad. The army organ demands the trial by courtmartial of Colonel Reiman for ordering summary executions during and subsequent to the Moscow upris- ing and cites twelve cases where the colonel ordered men to be shot with- out trial, FLYING THE AMERICAN FLAG. Steamer Empire in Service of Guate. malan Rebels. New York, June 8.—A cable dispatch to the Herald from Panama says: Passengers and officers of the City of Para, which has just reached this port, say that while at Corinto the American ship Empire, flying the American flag, was taking on coal with the knowledge of the Nicaraguan government and left that port on June 2 to bombard San Jose, Guatemala. There were 3,000 rifles and 1,500,000 rounds of ammunition aboard and the ship had machine guns mounted. The revolutionists aboard were under com mand of General Castillo, EARTHQUAKE IN PHILIPPINES. Shocks Said to Have Been Severe on Island of Samar, Manila, June 8.—Three slight earth- quake shocks were felt in Manila on June 5 and 6, the last at 8:38 p. m. on the 6th. The shocks are believed to have been severe on the island of Samar, but no details have been received. WINS FOR REVOLUTIONISTS. Toledo Defeats Guatemalan Forces in Two Battles. City of Mexico, June 8.—General To- ledo, in command of the revolutionist troops in Southern Guatemala, has won two engagements. The government forces have been driven back and Gen- eral ‘Toledo is receiving heavy rein- forcements of well armed men. General SPANISH CABINET QUITS. Premier Moret Tenders Resignation to the King. Madrid, June $.—Premier Moret hag presented to the king the resignation of the entire cabinet. Passenger Steamers Collide. Portland, Me., June 8. —The Eastern Steamship company’s steamers City of Bangor and City of Rockland, bound in opposite directions between Bangor and Boston with passengers, were in a collision off Monhegan early in the day. The City of Bangor was consid- erably damaged, but proceeded to this port, The City of Rockland, which was not seriously harmed, continued on her way to Bangor. Young Linguists. “It's a queer thing about children— bables,” said the proud father. “If T say ‘cat’ to my boy, the nearest he can get to repeating it is ‘tat” but if I make up a word like ‘oobijoobie’ that youngster can speak it more fluently than I can.”’—Pearson’s Weekly. BEMIDJ], MINNESOTA, FRIDAY, JUNE 8, ROJESTVENSKY| BOYER FIRED BY CASSATT 1906. TEN CENTS PER WEEK One lot of framed 9 |pictures, 69 each,. ... One lot of matted pictures loc VANIA HdAD WHO ACCEPTED LARGE GRATUITIES.V . , Special Saturday the Pennsylvania railroad employe Men’s Shirts. who testified before the interstate One lot of Men’s neg- commerce commission to having re- celved large sums of money and other ligee shirts, regular . price 65¢ to $1.00, gratuities from producers of coal on Saturday, each O’'LEARY & BOWSER Bemidji, - Minn. CLERK IN EMPLOY OF PENNSYL- the Pennsylvania rafiroad lines, has been dismissed from the service of the I company by order of President -Cas- satt. Testifying before the interstate commerce commission Joseph K. Aiken, who has been chief clerk in the superintendent’s ofiice of the Monon- gahela division of the Pennsylvania | railroad, revealed almost as startling evidence as that given by Boyer. On a | salary which he said varied from $30 to $125 per month Aiken had purchased stock in different coal companies amounting to nearly $75,000. He ad- mitted having received gifts of cash i from coal operators' on the Penusyl-®8 vania lines and had also received $50 | [§ a month for several months from a company store. Men’s Outing Suits Men’s Trousers 50 pairs of Men’s fine worsted trousers,k we have only a few of a kind but you'll find all sizes in the assortment CAUSED BY A GLOUDBURST |§ IMMENSE DAMAGE DONE BY HIGH : WATER IN THE VICINITY OF JOHNSTOWN, PA. Johnstown, Pa., ffune 8.—Toovers: ville, a town eighteen miles north of | here, was visited by a cloudburst early in the day and Stdny creek at this point rose to eighteen' feet in a short time. The lowlands are. inundated, but no serious damage has resulted. No fatalities have been reported. .. The water in Johnstown is up: first floor in many houses and’ business in the vicinity of Franklin bridge has been suspended. Near this point is a large tenement, which housed about ;% twenty families. The waters made ' such inroads around it that the people were ordered to vacate for fear the building will be wrecked by the flood. | miles from JoMfistown, has been prac- ; tically washed out of existence. The : park was deserted at the time and no lives were lost. The crest of the flood was reached ; at noon and reports from towns ahove | say that the waters are subsiding rap- idly. The damage along Stony creek is estimated at $250,000. At Hoovers- ville an unoccupied frame schoolhouse and a bridge were swept away. ! | Island park, a pleasure resort two ! i Factories Forced to Close. Butler, Pa, June 8—Continuous thunder storms and heavy rains have resulted in the greatest flood in this section in half a century. Kearns Meadow, north of Butler, is covered with nine feet of water. Work has been suspended in a number of fac- tories. People Camping in the Hills, Latrobe, Pa., June 8.—A storm as- suming the proportions of a cloud: burst swept Chestnut ridge, near Bog: galey. Torrents of water from the mountainside threaten the destruction of the Boggaley reservoir and the peo- ple are camping in the hills. THOUSANDS IN DANGER. Fire Drill in Brooklyn School Prevents Panic. H New York, June 8—With soaring flames menacing many hundreds of children enforcement »of the fire drill in public school No. 152, in the Browns- ville section of Brooklyn, emptied the big building of its 3,266 pupils within two and a half minutes and without | any one of them receiving hurt of any ind. ¥ been i sale. | wages. " notice that they wanted to quit and ynow at work in the mine are held $1.95 The weath- er has not very 4 favorablefor showingfan- 1 cy parasols. § ¢ Saturday we will show entire stock, ~rain our Ladies’ Parasols or shine, price, A Dollar to Six. Ancther Silk Sen silk, good assortment of shades, it is well | worth $1.25 a yard, take what you want at, a yard,, .. We have secured the guods for another silk Saturday from 8 a. m. to 10 p. m. we 4 will offer 1000 yards of yard: sation says: A hot summer day—an ice cold lemonade—a straw —and an “R & W” Outing Suit is Comfort personified. The “Spa’’—an <R & W’} two- button single-breasted sack coat— is a favorite with young men. The proper length—the proper dip front —the proper swing in the skirt; very nobby garment—Just ask We are showing a large assortment of the “R & W” outing suits, coat and pants, price, $5 to $16 a suit Ladies’ canvas -wide taffeta and lavendar. Convass Oxfords oxfordsshown for the first time this week, colors, grey, Alice blue 89¢ Dress_Goods At 50c a yard we will offer our 36 inch, 60c and 65c¢ dress j goods. . ... blers, 2 for 5¢; 25 pieces of a0e¢ price. Glassware Press-cut tumblers, 8¢ each; Common tum- Decorated tea sets consisting of spoon holder, butter dish, creamer and sugar bowl, a $2.60 set for $1.95. Fruit set, same decoration as tea set, and same Glass sherbet dishes, 9 cents each. v Genuine cut glass salt and pepper shakers, China Cups and Saucers We are overstocked on one number of 25¢ cups and saucers, want to clean them out Saturday price, saucer, 9 cents each, waists at 25¢ ion early,. . Boys Shirt Waists We offer 5 dozen of Boys 50c Madrass each. They will go quick at that price, make your select- 2 5 C MELY FRISUNEKS Strikebreakers at Plum Run Said to Be Anxious to Quit, Dillonville, O., June 8.—Twenty-four strikebreakers who deserted at the Plum Run mine are being fed in the town hall at Smithfield. They were given judgments against the mine op- erators for sums aggregating $500 for They claim they were held in the mine several days after they gave IN MINES. say that many of the nonunion men there bv duress. Sendtor sSmoot, after a conference | with the president, announced that Hiram Booth of Utah would be ap- pointed United States district attorney | for that state. | Eight new towns will be opened in ! North Dakota by the extension which } the Great Northern is building from | Aneta to Devils Lake, a distance of ' fifty-seven miles. The military authorities are grad-' ually withdrawing all of the govern-; ment forces from San Francisco and within a few weeks that city will; be entirely under the protection of the regular police force. ) CHARGED WITH MURDER. Ex-Judge Hargis of Breathitt County, Ky., Indicted. Jackson, Ky., June 8—The Breathitt county grand jury has returned an in- dictment against Judge James Hargis, former county judge of Breathitt coun- ty, charging him with the murder of I Dr. B. D. Cox, who was assassinated nearly three years ago on the streets here by being shot to death with a shotgun. He was a kinsman of James Cockrell, of whose alleged murder Hargis is also under indictment in the circuit court at Lexington. New Belts New Novelties in Hand Bags. New Wash Bags. One lot colored suit-silks, worth up to 6bc per yard. 290 now per yard. ed AFPFFEATI\IC One lot 36 inch color- Silk, a yard ™A feta, worth up to $1.25 per yard, e ard. o China 49¢ One lot 27 inch Satin Taf- FRIDAY & SATURDAY, JUNE 8 & 9 AT BERMAN EMPORIUM That means the most interesting values ever offered you in Silks. Black and colored Silks at prices that will enable almost every woman to buy a Silk dress. tra quality, now, per yard...... "79¢ This opportunity will last only two days---You can’t afford to miss it. THE BERMAN EMPORIUM, BEMIDJI, MINN 36 inch black Taffeta. ex- 93¢ Umbrellas, Gloves. Novelties in Combs, and Hair Ornaments Silk Crepe De Chine in black & white 75c - and colors, peryard......