Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, October 16, 1907, Page 1

THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEE VOLUME 5. NUMBER 151. MINNESOTA | HISTORICAL SOCIETY. BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, WEDN¥SDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 16, 1907. FORTY CENTS PER MONTH THIS COUNTRY EXTOLLED BY SECRETARY SCHMAHL Tells St. Paul People that His Recent Trip Through the Farms of Clearwater and Beltrami Counties Was an Eye-Opener to Him. St. Paul, Oct. 15.—Julius Schmahl has returned from a trip from Bag- an idea of what country was like, “The trip was an eye-opener to me,"”said Mr hmahl to The News- Tribune. ‘“That country doesn’t | need drainage;all it needs is settlers. | I saw through that district as fine immigration : farms as there are to be found in commissioner, Senator L. O. Cook of | tEe state of Minnesota,the soil being Wabagha, Opsahl black with a wealth of productive and Dr. Rutledge of Bemidji. Sena- ‘"Chne” efmugh dead and | down abandoned timber to supply that part of the ley in Clearwater county, to Bemidji‘ by team, and is loud in his praises |, of the country. The party in addi-| tion to the secretary of state in- cluded George Welch, Representative I saw tor Stevens of Crookston was with | heat in every home in Minnesota throughout the coming winter; fuel that is actually being allowed to the party part of the time. From Bagley they drove northeast by team to Deer Lake. There, at Deer rot where it lies. The district con- Lodge, they were the guests of tains what have been considered Roger C. Spooner at his beautiful | great wastes of cut-over lands, but forest home on the lake shore. From |in my opinion there is enough sec- there they drove southeast to Be- | ond growth wood, and enough fuel midji. The trip occupied two days|and pulp wood, to pay the expense and was with a special view to giv- ‘of prep'\rmfl the land for agricultural ing the immigration commissioner | purposes.” AHTHUR BHAMBERS' BUDY ‘h\s death, but it was not deemed necessvv to hold an inquest, as the BUR‘ED AT GBEE“WUUD \ opinion in general is that his death ; was accidental. | | No Word Received from Dead Man’s | Relatives as to Disposition of | Estray Notice. Notice is hereby given that I have Body. taken up one stray sorrel horse with | white strip in face. Brand “K” on left hind leg. The body of Arthur Chambers,| Owner can have same by proving which was found in the Mississippi| property and paying all charges. | L. P. Anderson, Bemidji Minn. river Sunday afternoon, was buried‘ in Greenwood cemetery this after- noon, Deputy Coroner Lahr officiat- | Jensen Deserved It. Mary McFadden, in Duluth News- Although diligent effort was made | Tribune: The Clearwater county to get some word from Chambers’| fair that closed last Saturday was a relatives, as to where they would like | success in every particular and Pres- to have his body buried, no answer ident Jensen, of the county agricul- was received to the telegram an-|tural association, is given a nice nouncing Chambers’ death. | appreciation by the Bemidji Pioneer. There is no absolute proof as to| F———— the manner in which Chambers met | Bear UsIn Mind WHEN IN NEED OF GLASSES | If your eyes ache and your vision is becoming indistinct, you may have some error of refraction. ing at the burial. Local news on last page Our methods of fitting glasses to the eyes are the most modern in use. We will take pleasure in examining your eyes and telling you the facts as they exist. Artificial eyes fitted. DRS. LARSON & LARSON, Specialists in Scientific Treatment and Correction of Eyes Office Over Post Office BETIDJI, MINN. Phone 92; Res. 310 The Bemidji Pioneer Stationery Departm’t Up To Date Goods. Well Selected Stock The Right Place to Get It. The Pioneer in putting in this stock gives the People of Bemidji and surrounding country as good a selection as can be found in any stationery store Type Writer Supplies We carry a line of Ribbons for all Standard Machines, either copying or record; Type Writer Oil, Carbon Paper, Box Type Writer Paper from 80c per box of 600 sheets up to $2.00. Paper Fasteners The best and most complete line of fasteners to be found any where. We have the Gem Clips, Niagara, “O K, “Klip Klip,” Challenge Eylets and other va- rieties. Pencils In this line we carry the Fa- bers, Kohinoors, Dizxons, in black, colored or copying. We have the artist’s extra soft pen- cils as well as the accountant’s hard pencils. Blank Books Our blank book stock is a carefully, selected line of books. Special books ordered on short notice. Our specialties are handy books for office or private accounts. We are glad to show you our stationery and job stock and invite you to call at the office. The Bemidji Pioneer PRESBYTERIAN LADIES GET FINE ATTRAGTIONS A Lecture Course of Five Numbers Will Be Given for the Benefit of the Church. The ladies of the Presbyterian church have been fortunate in secur- ing for the city a lecture course of five numbers. The first one of these is an address by Prof. Elliott A. Boyl, which will be given at the Presby- terian church, Saturday evening, October 26th. Prof. Boyl is a good speaker, witty and entertaining, and gives a scholarly lecture. The second number of the course will be “The Midland Concert com- pany”’, which” will appear at the opera house, Wednesday, November 13th. Four ladies compose this company, and each of them is a cap- able artist. Their appearance is also in their favor, for they are charming, graceful and decidedly pretty. Their entertainment is one of the best of the course. The third number of the course is “The Lucy DeBona Combination.” This program will consist of reading, impersonations, crayon sketches and singing, recitations (with harp ac- companiment, harp solos, etc). They are charming, and the com- bination is sure to please any audi- | ence. The fourth number will be given on January 21st, 1908. Everett Kemp, the comedian, will entertain the audience on that evening, pre- senting the beautiful story “Seven- oaks” and the delightful romantic drama “If I Were King.” The last number of the course will be given Thursday, February 20th, 1908, and is a male quartette, “The | Meistersingers.” TRAINS ON M. & I. WERE DELAYED LAST EVENING Waiting for Main-Line Train, and Small Wreck at Turtle River, is the Cause. Travel on the M. & I., yesterday was of the nerve-racking kind, de- layed trains, small wrecks, etc., causing no little vexatiousness to passengers north-bound. The regular north-bound passen- ger train from Brainerd was com- pelled to wait two hours and forty- five minutes at Brainerd for the arrival of the regular N. P. passen- ger train from St. Paul, which con- nects with the M. & I. at Brainerd, for north-country points. Just what caused the delay of the main-line train, was not known. The passen- ger arrived here at 8:45 p. m.,being nearly three hours “to the bad.” The south-bound local freight train from Big Falls, known as No. 46, further interfered with the northward progress of the passenger by one of the cars of the train going into the ditch at Turtle River. No. 46 was just, coming into Turtle River, when a broken flange on a logging car, six lengths back from the engine, gave way and ithe car was hurled into the ditch. About 250 ties were torn from: the track and sixty-one rails were ' dis- placed. Only the car with' the broken flange was injured, the re- mainder of the train standing up- right. No one was injured, although Conductor David Phillips and the train crew were considerably shaken up. 4 The wreckage caused by the broken car was not cleared away, until 11:30, at which time the track had been repaired and the passanger train was allowed to proceed to ' Big Falls, just in time to be turned around for the return journey,south- ward to Brainerd. Notice. All bills due the late firm of Hawkins Bros., are due and payable to C. C. Woodward, who will attend to collection of same. ] F. Hawkms. . OVER A HUNDRED DEAD OR INAURED Awful List of Casualtigs Follows Blowing Up of Powder Mills Near Fontanet, fnd. NOT A HOUSE LEFT S[ANDlNfi Inhabitants Warned ?by First Explosion Escape Before Buildings Collapse. CONCUSSION FELT FOR MILES Immense Magazine, Confaining Many Thousand Kegs of PoWwder, Is Ig- nited by tke Heat Frém the Burn- ing Mills and Blows Up:Ninety Min- utes After the First Ekplosion, In. Juring Physicians at Work Among the Dead and Dying. Brazil, Ind., Oct. 16.—Late in the afternoon it was estimated that there are 1,200 homeless people in Fontanet and that fully 600 people have been more or less injured, though the great. er number have received but slight wounds. It is Impossible to get a close estimate of the list of the dead, but it will number between twenty and forty, while a number of those in- Jjured will die. Brazil, Ind., Oct. 16.—From twenty- five to thirty people deff§ and dying, 100 persons injured and every house in Fontanet destroyed, rendering 700 people homeless, is the result of an explosion of the mills of: the Dupont Powder company near Fontanet. The first explosion occurred in the glazing mill of the plant at 9:15. Quickly following the other mills blew up, there being three distinct concus- slons at intervals of a few minutes. Tn the mills at the time were from reventy-five to eighty menq: at work. ‘When. the glazing mill. t up the men ran for their lives from the other mills and many thus escaped death, but received serious injuries. At the first explosion the inhabitants of the town ran from the buildings and thus saved themselves. No one was killed in the town, although there is not a building left standing. At 10:45, ninety minutes after the first explosion, the heat from the burn- ing mills exploded the great powder magazine situated in a hollow several hundred yards from the mills. It con- tained many thousand kegs of powder and the concussion was even greater than those from the explosions of the mills. Among those injured from the magazine explosion were several phy- sicians who were at work among the dead and dying. Freight Train Destroyed. A freight train standing on the switch leading to the powder mills was partly destroyed by the concus- sion and took fire. The heat from the burning mills and freight train was so great that it was impossible to remove many of the bodies from the wreckage. Eighteen mangled bodies were taken to the morgue to await identification. In- jured were found scattered everywhere and were collected and relief given as rapidly as possible. Not a house is left standing in the town. Fronts, roofs, sides and even foundations of many buildings were wrecked. Great holes are torn in the ground, fences have vanished and household goods from the ruined homes are in con- fused heaps of debris in all directions. The people of the town, who had rushed from their homes at the first explosion, were saved because of this. The shock from the exploding maga- zine wrecked the buildings in the town. A brick school building a quarter of a mile from the mills was wrecked and many of the children inside were injured, some seriously, but none fa- tally, A farmhouse three-quarters of a mile away was totally destroyed. Forty School Children Hurt. The school at Fontanet had just been called to order when the explo slon occurred. At least forty of the children were injured. The first view of the wreck was a sickening one. Although men knew that another explosion might occur at any moment they entered the wrecked buildings to rescue comrades. Flames soon attacked the buildings and drove the rescuers away and the workmen were obliged to stand by and see their fellow workers burn to death. ‘When the wounded men were placed on board of the relief train to be taken to Terre Haute there was a frantic rush made by the wives, par- ents and children of the injured to establish the identity of those res- cued. One man died on the train be- fore it left. Another man expired as the train pulled into the Big Four sta- tion at Terre Haute. Mayor Lyons of that city has called a special meeting of the city councll to afford such relie for the sufferers as may be needed. He sent a special detail of twelve po- lice officers to assist in the work of relief and appealed to Governor Hanly ‘to send Company B of Terre Haute to the scene of the accident at once with tents for the homeless. EXTOLL THE BEAUTIES OF BEMIDJI AND VIGINITY E. B. LaCountand Wife Have Returned to Their Home at Cedar Rapids, lowa, That Bemidji and vicinity, with its beautiful lakes, streams and timbered lands, affords a great attraction to visitors from other points, is attested by E. B. LaCount and wife of Cedar Rapids, Towa, who left this morning for their home, having resided here since the middle of August. Concerning his visit here, Mr. LaCount said: “I had heard much ot Bemidji, prior to coming here, and was some- what skeptical as to the truth of all of the many good things which had been said about this part of Minnesota. However, I can heartily indorse all that I was told, and can add to it, as to the- wonder- ful development of this country. “What would be most beneficial for this city, is for your business men and others to advertise to the outside world the exact truth of what you have here, about your beautiful lakes and other attractions for sum- mer visitors, and also do not be backward in extolling the virtues of your lands for the raising of agri- cultural products. “This country is all right and any- one seeking a home should come here, and will need go no further to find just what he wants.” County Board in Session. The board of county commis- sioners assembled in special session yesterday at 10 o’clock a. m. and has been in session ever since. There has been no business of special importance transacted, and the time of the board has been occupied with winding up many minor affairs that. were continued over from last meeting, allowing bills, etc. The official proceedings of the board will be given in the Pioneer in the near future. New Advertisement in This Issue. A new advertisement which the Pioneer prints today is that of William McCuaig, on the first page. Mr. McCuaig is selling the “Sun- shine Garments,” and offers a special line of Child’s and Misses’ Cloaks, at prices that are right. ‘DEAD SHOT’ NIMROD WILL COME FOR BIG GAME HUNT A. V. Rieke of Fairfax, ex-Member of the Legislature, Avows His Intention of Exterminating the Deer and Moose in the North Country. That there will be some mighty hunters trailing through these north- ern woods during the coming big game season is assured by corres- pondence which the editor of the Pioneer has had with a number of good fellows in the different parts of the state. Among the number who will come to Bemidji and hunt big game in this vicinity is A. V. Rieke of Fair- fax, Minn., an attorney of that place, and an ex-member of the state legislature. Mr. Reike writes the Pioneer as follows: “Fairfax, Oct. 12. “A. G. Rutledge, Bemidji, Minn. “My Dear Sir:—I am in receipt of your valued favor of Oct. 10th, in answer to a letter of mine, and I take this occasion to thank you heartily for the good news and cheer that your letter contains. Some- thing unusual must take place, or you will see me there a few days before the 10th of next month, and I shall be greatly pleased to make your acquaintance. “Now while I come from a country where the biggest game is gophers and cottentails, I did not know but what you might have a few deer tied to a tree that I could get. How- ever be that as it may, I will run my chance with the rest of them, and if I have got to go home skinned, I am not like the fellow who couldn’t stand it. In one respect, atleast, I hunt just like Teddy Roosevelt; that is, I ‘could hunt for a week, get nothing and come home sweet on Saturday night. I am told that that is the secret of good sportsmen, and if I would not possess that quality, 1 would be very much in doubt as to whether I was a sportsman at all. “You know if I don’t ‘toot my own horn’ no one would do it for me. “Only last spring I was on the Guatamalian border, and' I killed three aligators, one measuring 12 feet long. Of course I had an Indian guide with me with whom I couldn’t talk and since coming back to the states I have told the story, but can see that some disbelieve my story. If I could have drawn an affidavit in the guide’s own language, or could have made him understand mine, I might have brought an affidavit back with me to authenticate my story. “Now I don’t want you to judge me as one who talks a great deal and does little, but say Rutledge, you can put me on a stump, either a pine stump or political stump, and-I will stay there until the finish, and when I am on a deer hunt, I never say anything. “Expect to get thoroughly ac- quainted with you because only yesterday I met a man, and among other things I mentioned your name and he said that he was a particular friend of yours, and told me that if ever there was a typical Indian in the northern woods it was you, so I want to meet you and shake hands with you. . “Again thanking you for your kindness, I am, “Yours very truly, “—A. V. Rieke. Firemen Don’t Get the Money. It has been asserted that the party who is soliciting advertisements for the program for the City Opera House has led some business men of the city to believe that the proceeds from the advertising will go into the treasury of the local fire department. Earl Geil, chief of the fire depart- ment, when questioned today rela- tive to the matter, said: “The department does mot get a of the Special Sample Sale. some garments in our store. WM. McCUAIG cent from the ads. that will be printed on the program. We simply made an agreement that the party printing the program should furnish the programs free of charge to the department, he to take his chances on getting enough ads. to pay for his work. We have no interest the matter further than stated.” in Additional local matter will be found on fourth page. Wm. McCuaig The Greatest Cloak Manufacturing City in the Country is Cleveland. The Greatest Cloaks Manufactured in Cleveland are the Famous “Sunshine Garments” Heretofore you have been unable to get the “Sunshine” in Be- midji, but by good fortune we have succeeded in placing these hand Come in and see the “Sunshine.” Special Sample Line Child’s and Misses’ Cloaks An entire Sample Line of the great ‘“Sunshine” Coats for Children and Misses will be or display at our store until Saturday. 50 . [ Ages 2 years to 16 years Garments rices $3 to $12.50 Comprising the popular Bear Skin, Mixed Fancies, Plaids, Checks and Stripes—Garments that appeal- to lovers of. Quality. Avail yourself of this Grand Cloak Opportunity—you’ll find the values, the styles | and the qualities to your liking. Remember the plwe &nd that Saturday is the last day \ o