Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, October 4, 1906, Page 1

THE BEMIDJI VOLUME 4. NUMBER 143 “BUM" RAIL CAUSES | WRECK NEAR HOUPT Wilt Speak at Opera House. P. J. Russell informs the Pio- neer that a change has of neces- sity been made in the program of the meeting to be held to- morrow evening, when Governor BEMIDJ1, MINNESOTA, THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 4, 1906. ANTON ERICKSON NAMED COUNTY COMMITTEEMAN Congressman Steenerson’s Choice Six Box Cars and Caboose Ditched|Johnson and L. G. Pendergast| Gives General Satisfaction in Be- on the M. & L. Yesterday Atternoon. TWO HAVE NARROW ESCAPES, BUT LUCKILY NO ONE IS HURT Wrecking Apparatus and Crew Sent From Bemidji to Scene of Accident. The south-bound freight train| on the M. & I was wrecked ata point about one mile north of Houpt, yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock. The train was moving at the usual rate of speed south toward Houpt station, when a kinked ruil was struck, The caboose and six box cars were derailed and badly smashed, the rest of the train remaining on! the tracks. Fortunately, no one was iojured, although there were| twWo narrow escapes. Word was sent to Bemidji and the wrecking apparatus and a crew of men was sent to the scene of the wreck. The smashed cars wevre removed from the rails and the wreek was cleared at about 8:30 last evening, causing a delay of an hour to the north-bound passen- ger train, which was held at Funkley until the track was free for passage. Man’s Debasing Influence. “This African explorer whose expe- tlences are being published in some of the papers says parrots are delicious eating. I always thought they were very tough.” “But he refers to wild parrots. It's their association with men that makes most parrots tough.” — Philadelphia Press. Two Sides of a Word. Miss Sharpe—I've paid this bill once. Baker—Indeed, ma'am, I'm very sorry that I didn’t recollect it. Miss Sharpe— I dare say that you are sorry that you dldn’t re-collect it, but I'll take care of that. The Good One. “There is but one good wife in this town,” said a clergyman in the course of his sermon—the congregation looked expectant—“and every- married man thinks he’s got her,” added the minis- ter. | will speas here, The meeting will be held in the opera house, beginning at 7 o’clock sharp, and will be termi- nated in time for the raising of the curtain for the performance to be given by the jubilee singers. The governor will de- liver an address, and it is ex- pected that Mr. Pendergast will also speak briefly. A reception to the governor will be given at the conclusion of ! the entertainment. The band will be in attendance. Petroleum. The first wention of petroleum in America wias made by Father De la Roche d’Allien, a Franciscan, in 1629. It may be a surprise to many people to know that both the product itself and the names petrol and petroleum were familiar at least as far back as the middle of the fourteenth century. In the Sloane manuscript (fifteenth century) mention is made both of rock ofl and of the correct derivation of the name, which is mediaeval Latin and of course has nothing to do with Peter: “Petroleum, oleum est factum de petra. G(allice), petroille.” (“Petroleum is an oll made from rock—in French, pe- troille.””) The property of drawing fire had struck the imagination long before the work quoted In *“Nature” was published. In 1596 Lodge used it In a metaphor: “As the clay petrol draweth fire, so the looks do gather affection.”” The word petrol (or petreol) disappeared from English and did not return until the days of the motor car industry, when it was reintroduced from the French in the sense of refined petroleum. Duels With Plstols. Discussing pistols as dueling weap- ons, the Paris Figaro sought the views of a man who had the reputation of an expert on the field of honor. He at once began to rail at duels with pistols. He could not bear even to speak of them. The fact was that he had once himself at an encounter of that kind received a ball in the shoulder. “Then you disapprove of them simply because you were defeated?” “Why, I was not defeated.” “What!" “No; I was a second. You may well believe that I promised myself never to mix again in affairs of that sort. However, one day I had tp accompany a friend on the field. R¢'had asked it ! I could not | of me as a personal favor. refuse. But I insisted upon one con- dition.” “What was that?” “That I should climb a tree during the firing.” “A. good scheme.” “You think so? Well, I was wounded again. My friend fired in the air!” midji and Throughout Beltrami. Anton Erickson of this city has been appointed as Congressman Steenerson’s committeeman for Beltrami county, having received a letter notifying him of that fact today. Mr. Frickson is a shrewd politician and well qualified to fill the position, and his appoint- ment meets with the general ap- proval of the republican leaders of the county. Contest Case Up. The matter of the election con- test case which Charles Saxrud recantly instituted against Fred O. Sibley, involving the republi- can nomination for county com- missioner of Beltrami county from the Third district, was taken up by Judge Spooner this morning, at 10 o’clock. . E. E. McDonald and C. W. Scrutchin, as attorneys for Mr. Saxrud, recently flled an affi- davit of contest, alleging that the vote returned from the Red Lake Indian agency should be thrown out, as it was fraudulent, in that several full-blood Indians voted at the precinct, and that the pre- cinct was really no precinctatall, not having been legally estab- lished. At the hearing this morning, Messrs. McDonald and Scrutchin argued in favor of a motion that the judge appoint a referee to take testimony relative to the legality of the vote and the estab- lishment of the precirct, or try the case in open court. C. Me- Kusick appeared for Mr. Sibley. Judge Spooner took the matter under adviserent until 4 o’clock this afterncon. Signs of Brain Exhaustion. A doctor says that when a person | begins to have doubts about the spell- Ing of common words, to write an un- naturally small bhand that shows a tendency to waver above and below a straight line and to grasp the pen with unnecessary force, especially at the i end of a long word, then that person is suffering from brain exhaustion and ought either to take a complete rest or | else to find work of an altogether new ' and different kind. E. H. WINTER & CO., children’s shoes statements. CHILDREN'S SCHOOL SHOES.. We carry the largest line ot northern Minnesota. A compar- ison with others will prove our to be found in $3.50 suits. CHILDREN’S CLOTHING... Before buying that boy's suit look over our line of $2.50 and You will be sur- prised at the value. HEAYY WOOL Mackinaws, k| wool socks. B Phone 30 mackinawunderwear and heavy We can give you better values than ever before, EN GOODS... flannel shirts, Bemidji. {on the second floor. WIND TOPPLES OVER BUILDING ON 'JACKS' Mondeau (Dahl Snlm';‘n) Structure on Minnesota Aveml_e, Partially Wrecked Yesterday. IN FALLING, BUILDING SEVERELY RACKS P. J. RUSSELL'S OFFICE Several Men in the Saloon at the Time, But No One Is, Injured. While the Luilding belonging to the Mondeau estate (located on Minnesotyavenue) was being raised yesterday afternoon by means of jickscrews and block- ing, the structure dropped a dis tance of nearly four feet and was badly wrecked, the glass front being smashed to small bits, ‘the sidewalks more or less damaged and the contents of the interior almost totally destroyed. It was by the merest chance that noone was - injured in the wreck, although several men were working about the building and six men were inside on the first floor and one occupied a room on the second fioor. The building has been oc- cupied by Andrew Dahl, who has conducted a saloon business, and he had a Jarge stock of liguors ard cigars. J. T Williams of Bemidji had the con- tract to raise the building four feet, to conform with the grade established by the city, and he had succeeded in raising it three feet. ] At about 4:30 yesterday after- noon, the men e_i.fiployed by Mr. Williams had ‘turned the jacks under the building. about feur inches and were preparing to put in their blocking, when a very strong gust of wind caused the building to shake and finally drop, with a loud crash, to the ground. None of the men who had been employed in raising the building happened to be underneath when it fell, so were nct in any manner injured. Six men,including Mr. Dahl, were in the saloon when the crash came and they lost no time in making a hasty exit, escaping without injury. Carl Bosevelt, bartender for Mr. Dahl, was sleeping in a room He was awakened by the falling of the building, bat was not hurt. The doors, however, were so wedged that he could not get out without being assisted from the outside. The interior of the saloon was wrecked quite baaly. Many bottles of liquor and glassware on the back bar were smashed, tae well as the plate glass mirror; slot machines were broken, and the floor torn and deranged. Mr. Dahl places his loss on liquors, glassware, etc, at §300. In falling, the building struck the office of P. J. Russell, which in turn hit the three-story build- ing adjoining and moved it about . | touched, f ur inches, but as there was a substantial foundation. under- neath, no mat>rial damage was done to it or the Mayer block, next soutb. Fred Dudley’s building, on the north, was not the Russell building acting as a wedge on the other side. The rear of Mr. Russell’s building was damaged somewhat. Mr. Williams, the contractor, states that he had been very careful in his work, and that six block piles had been built as sal. ty guards against any mis- hup, and were wedged as rapidly |as the raising was done. Far Enough. ' 1 ! One day when Willlam M. Evarts, secretary of state under President Hayes, was a college student he was called on to read Virgil in class. He started out bravely, “Three times I strove to cast my arms around her neck, and-—and” —adding lamely— “that’s as far as I got, professor.” . “Well, Mr. Evarts,” sald theé profess- or, “I think that was quite far enough.” “AVAUNT” GRIED WES, AND THAT ENDED THE STRIKE wérkmen on “‘Second Street Railroad” “Walk Out,” but Suddenly Change Their Minds, There was a strike on the Be- midji ‘“‘short-line” railroad yes; terday and for a time the affa'r assumed warlike proportions, but Wes Wright hove into sight in the thick of the fray and soon terminated a blondless conflict. ‘Wes has the contract for filling in the low places at the foot of Second street, and he has some cars, with a well-regulated rail- road system, which he is using in hauling the dirt from the top of the hill. He has employed a gang of men for a week past and all went well until yesterday, when one individual claimed a mone- tary grievance and induced sever-l al of bis fellow-laborers to go with him on a ‘“walk-out.” Master Mechanic Pearl Davis barrangued and plead with the men to re- tarn to their labers, but to no avail, and in sheer desperation telephoned for Wes Wright, di- vision superintendent of the line. horas,” so to speak, and in vigo: - ous language that almost waxcd vrofane, offared to *‘wallop” any man or any five in the bunch, and told them in plain, Queen’s English, relative to his opinions on such matters. The crowd quit, with the ex- ception of one man, but in an hour Wes had another and more staid crew at work and the grade is being made better and more rapidly than ever. Nervous Troubles Overcome A recent letter from Mrs,” W. J. Schaurer, 220 Guthrie St, Louisville, Ky., tells a remark- able story of her experience wite the new preparations with which L. T. Cooper bas aroused the leading cities of this country and which is now selling through- out the United States in enor- mous quantities, Mrs. Schaurer states that she bad suffered from a severe nervous trouble superinduced by an affection of the stomach and could find nothing that seemed to give her relief, To relate the story in her own words Mrs. Schaurer says: “My system was badly rundown and my stomach and nerves in an awful shape. I could not digest my food, was always tired and would often feel faint and dizzy.” “I had heard so much of Mr. Cooper’s wonderful ' medicines that I purchased a small quantity and began taking it. The result has both surprised and delighted me for relief and strength and happiness were found in * the ttrst bottle and the benefit I hay received from it has been truly marvelous. I no longer have dizzy and faint spells. My ap- petite and digestion'are good snd I can eat everythihg and sleep well. Itis asplendid medicine. Cooper’s New Discovery sells for $1.00 per bottle. It is Mr. Cooper’s claim that he accom- plishes such remarkable results with the preparation simply because it puts the stomach in working order and npature will then do the rest. The preparations are sold here by E. A, Barker. Mosquitoless Cities. Ovyer in Europe there are many hap- py towns where the note of the mos- quito s never heard and the Inhabl- tants’don’t care a snap about the pen- nyroyal market. But In America the citles -which can claim to be mosqui- toless would not run up to a dozen. Denver Is one of them, and, strange to say, Grand Rapids, Mich., only a short way from the gnat Gehennas of Lake Superior, is another. The explanation 18 that the city Is built on hillocks of drift sand so deep and so finely pul- verized that they absorb moisture like tissue paper. Stagnant water does not get a ghost of a chance to accumulate, and mosquitoes have carried their car- g0 of microbes to more congenial mas kets.—Health Culture. Gl Painfully Economie ‘Wife—Well, if you don’t call a woman economical who saves her wedding dress ‘for a possible second marriage, I'd like to know. what you think eco omy 1a? i ‘the hall hefore the curtain rises ‘monies hummed almost pianissimo, to Wes ‘“‘took the bovine by the|: course of his remarks, wishing to pay a Husband—You are mot' economical. | DAILY PIONEE “Do It Now.” et your tickets early to the Dixie Jubilee singers. This is the advice of Manager Harris, and he says the people who wait until the last minute are very likely to get left, or at least to find all the best seats taken. The reason is this: There is a MINNESOTA | BISTORICAL TEN CENTS PER WEEK CATGHES SMALLPOX IN HARVEST FIELDS Dell Fullerton, Beltrami Farmer, Re- Hurns From North Dakofa With large crowd coming down from preds D 2 the up-the-line towns for the T verformance, and Governor|RiGID QUARANTINE MAINTAINED, Johnson is to make a speech in on the singers. The room will be filled with theose wishing to: hear the democratic oratory, and a large share of them will probably stay for the music. The ticket board will be at the City drug store uutil 6:45 Wednesday afternoon, when-it will be taken to the opera house. Get your seats today or Friday, early. The Arab War Chant. Captain Von Herbert describes how the sacred chant was sung by Osmap Pasha’s force in that last dreadful sor- tie from Plevna. He knows, for, as he 8ays, “as a youngster of seventeen, be- ing then in the Turkish service, I took part in the charge.” It is a solemn four part chant for deep male voices, ‘with intervals, the melody recurring again and again, of alternating har le words “Alla Akbar,” and then again rising “to a great outburst on the fifth note.” There is more than a sug- gestion of plain song, that song which drifted westward from the east.—Pall Mall Gazette. A Bad Break. At a banquet held in a room, the walls of which were adorned with many beautiful paintings, a ‘well known college president was ecalled upon to respond to a toast. In the compliment to the ladies present and designating the paintings with one of his characteristic gestures, he said, “What need is there of these palnted beauties when we have so many with us at the table?” AND NO DANGER OF A SPREAD County Authorities Acted Quickly and Vigorously as Soon as Sickness Was Discovered. The county authorities have on their hands a case of smallpox, in a well-developed form, which has been taken care of by Dr. Blakeslee, county health officer, Dell Fullerton, who lives one mile southeast of Bagley Dam, returned from North Dakota, woere he had been working during harvest and threshing time, and it was found that he was suffering with smallpox. Dr. Blakeslee went to Fullerton’s home and placed the latter under quarantine. This is the only case of small- pox in this part of the state, and has been promptly taken care of, 8o vhat there is no possible chance for a spread of the disease. An 014 Proverb. The proverb, “Necessity is the mother of invention,” can hardly be traced to one independent source. The idea was expressed by Persius, the Roman satirist, about 60 A. D. and is found in the pre- clse form now quoted In Richard Franck's “Northern Memoirs” (printed In London in 1694) and in various later English writers, BEMIDJI, WEEK END you something for Short lengths, about 2 1-2 dresses Pictures. . . 50 fine paintings in dark wood or gilt frame We have sold-hundreds of them at 69c. Want to sell what we have left before Saturday night; take them ateach , .. ... 498 Notions One lot of 10c safety pins, Tc a dozen. 250 rolls crepe tis- sue paper, 10¢ quality 07 for roll 1 500 yards of | lace and inser- 1 tion, worth 3¢ to 10c a yard, your choice at ayard PRI ayd 0’LEARY & BOWSLR, Friday and Saturday we will close out several items at a small fraction of cost. Got to Have the Room and then we want you all to see our fall stock, and can think of no better way to attract your attention than by giving WOOL WAISTINGS a piece worth less that 50c a yard; just the thing for Misses' waists or Children’s Belts Oue lot of La- dies’ belts, 50c¢ qualities each ., . One lot_of crochet Cotton, the 5. kind | GENT BALL STANDARD We will offer{ 600, yards - of standard 7c & 8c. prints ‘at MINNESOTA ] BARGAINS almost nothing. yards to the piece. Not 29c yard. we will nst cut pleces. Underwaist One lot of Ladies’ “Children’s under- waists, with hose sup- porters attached, worth from fifty cents to seven :{;{‘ilve cents at .09 Yaras Flicher’s yarn, colors, black, brown, white, cardinal, grey, $1.30 pound. Honespun, blk S| white, red,and blue, per Ib. 1 lot toilet ar-{. ticles, such as face powder, .tooth powder, .05 NTS o ayd