Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 9, 1907, Page 4

Always the 8ame Balkl!me aki Pow:llg ho only hish grad Tatinn Phwer woid 4t Wodorato Prioe. KILLED IN WRECK LAST FRIDAY, ON LOGGING SPUR | James Steele. Conductor Running North of Akeley, Killed.—Two Are Injured. Akeley Tribune: the well-known Great Northern con- James Steele, ductor, was killed just before noon today (Friday) in a bad accident| oa the logging spur at camp 21. John Murray, the roadmaster, and! a brakeman, were injured. They were brought to the village at once and are now at the Union hospital. John Murray was hurt about the shoulders, but was able to be up when the Tribune reporter called. Mr. Murray said the collision occurred at Kabekona creek at about 11:20 this forenoon. The engine with seven cars of gravel and ca- boose were backing around a very sharp curve known as the hog’s back, when they struck a hand-car and a carload of steel. They did not see the car until within about 90 fe®t of it and were running about five miles an hour. John says they signaled the engi- neer but that he could not see the signal. Steele and the brakeman got out of the caboose at once. When the caboose struck, it was thrown off the track, turned on its side and hurled down a 40 feet em- bankment into the creek. John was at the window when the collision occurred, but was struck by the stove and rendered unconscious. The caboose caught fire but the flames were extinguished in the creek. John revived and crawled out, where he saw Steele in a sitting position—dead. also badly hurtabout the shoulder, while the watchman, who was asleep in the caboose, was unharmed. Murray thinks Steele was under the caboose when it turned over on its side. Steele had evidently endeav- ored to gain the top of the car. It is said the engineer did not know that the accident had happened until he saw the caboose in the creek, when he set the brakes. James Steele has been in charge of the logging trains on the Crooked Lake spur for several months past and was considered an efficient, con- scientious and painstaking railroad man. He hasa wife and famiiy resididg at Melrose, the division headquarters. He was a member of the Masonic order. The railroad officials and his family have been notified of the sad accident. Oscar Solberg Dead. Oscar Solberg, aged 22 years, died in this city at 5 o’clock this morn- ing, from consumption, with which | he has been afflicted for the past three years. During the past three years Oscar has grown steadily worse, although | he did everything possible to fight@ off the fatal results of the ‘‘white] plague.” Always strong and in the best of health, he clung tenaciously | The brakeman was better of the dread dise: avail, i Oscar was born at Phillippi, Wis., in 1885, In company with his father he moved to Bemlidji eigh years ago, and has made this city his home ever since. ‘Three years ago Oscar began to show symptoms of the tuberculosis. He made light of his ailment until it had made considerable headway, when he began to do everything possible for his relief. He grew worse and steadily declined until his death this mormirg. Word of Oscar’s death was sent to his father, who lives at Big Falls, and also to his sister, Miss Lela Solberg, who is now living at Fuunkley. Arrange- ments for the funeral will not be made until they arrive tomorrow morning. In addition to the father and , but to no | sister, the deceased is survived by a brother, Frank Solberg, who is in the employ of the Pioneer. Third Number Dec. 11. The third number of the Lyceum Course under the auspices of the Ladies’ Aid Society of the Presby- terian church, will be the *‘Lucy- DeBoua Combination,” at the City Opera House Wednesday evening, Dec. 11. The program will consist of readings, costumed impersona- tions, crayon sketches, and singing recitations (with harp accompan ments),harp solos, etc, DO0INGS AMONG BEMIDJI'S GOUNTRY NEIGHBORS | Live Correspondents of the Pioneer Write the News From Their Localities. TURTLE RIVER. D. Campbell was a visitor here Friday. M. N. Otterstad spent Wednesday cruising. Mrs. Santer is home again from the camps. Rev. Denniston of Bemidji was in Turtle River last Wednesday. Albert Otterstad of Bagley is visi- ing his cousin, Carl Otterstad, The funeral of Mrs. Dougherty was held Wednesday, December 4. Mrs. Latimer has rented her house in Turtle River to Perry Callahan. Mrs. Blaser of Nymore returned to her home Monday after several days’ stay in Turtle. Misses Mills and Woodruff spent Thursday evening in Farley, visiting Miss Agnes Johnson. School started last Monday after being closed for almost two weeks. on account of diphtheria. The following came to Turtle Rivér Friday, for supplies: A. Utech, J. Guthrie and Albert Jorgen- son. 2 Perry Callahan and family arrived last Tuesday from Fort Angeles, Wash,, and will make Turtle River their future home. . The Chounard children, who have ill with diptheria, aré getting along nicely and the big tag will soon be taken from the house. Deaconess Hinz from Minneapolis will hold services in Turtle River church Sunday evening, Dec. 8. All are invited to attend services. Mr. and Mrs. Bert Mitchell left this morning for their home in Min- neapolis, after having ' visited here with relatives for two. weeks. Mr. Mitchell is band sawyer in the saw mill of the Northern-Plane company to the hope that' he would get the in Minneapolis. Building We carry in stock at all times a complete line of Lumber and Building Material, Dimernsions, ete. Look us up for your winter supply of Coal and Wood We have a St. Hilaire R Lumber and ‘ BEMIDJI, MINN. Material large supply etail Lbr. Co. MAN AND WIFE GHARGED WITH MURDER OF 3 MEN Warrants Allege They Exploded the Dynamite Which Killed ltalians at Coleraine. Bovey, Dec. 9.—Sheriff Hooliban of Grand Rapids arrested John Botto and his wife at their home in this town Saturday morning on suspicion \of havittz exploded the dynamite which killed three Italians as they slept in their cabin near the Canisteo wmine, early in the morning of Nov. Botto and his wife were taken to Grand Rapids by the sheriff and are in the jail there. Their preliminary hearing will be held today. County officials refuse to disclose the nature of evidence against them. Intimation of the probable arrests was given in a dispatch from Grand Rapids Friday night. The warrants were sworn out before the dispatch was filed but at the request of the authorities the action was not dis- closed. Sheriff Hoolihan came to Bovey early Saturday. He carried the warrants with him. Botto and hia wife were at home and they made no resistance. Neither would make a statement, appearing to not know why'they were arrested. Botto and his wife conducted a boarding house at which all of the seven men blown up in the cabin were boarders. Owing to an alter- cation with the proprietor the seven withdrew their patronage. Shortly after the tragedy occurred. The officials say that Botto had been heard to make threats against the survivors since the tragic happening and that his statements partially caused the arrest. The three men who were -killed were Mike Palubello, August Palu- belloand Joe Dellegreco. With four other Italians they were asleep 1n a hut which was destroyed by the explosion. Two men, supposed to have " committed the crime, were arrested the following day but were released. The Oliver Iron Mining company offered a reward of $2,000 for the arrest and counviction of those re- sponsible for the outrage and Gov- ernor Johnson offered a similar reward in behalf of the state. The joint reward has acted as a spur to the authorities, who have used every means at their command to learn the identity of the murderers. Hotel Burroughs Opened. The Hotel Burroughs, the new hostelry located in the Thome & Mayer block, was formally opened to the public Saturday evening, when an elaborate dinner was served from 5 o’clock until 10, Mr. Burroughs had labored un- ceasingly to make the opening a successful one, and his labors were awarded with an excellent patronage and remarks of commendation from all sides. Prof. Symington’s orchestra was engaged for the occassion and rendered an excellent program dur- ing the entire evening. The dining Toom and cafe were patronized all evening, and those who visited the hotel were given most excellent service. The menu served Saturday even- ing was a most excellent one, the different courses being the best the market afforded. The new hotel starts out on most favorable conditions and Mr. Burroughs will undoubtedly receive a fair share of the patronage of the public. WHOLE GANG WIPED OUT. Bandits Defeated After Hard Battley With Troops. 8t. Petersburg, Dec. 9.—Detailed re- ports of an attack of twenty Lettish- Esthonian bandits upon a monastery near Pskov have just been received. The fighting was fierce and deter- mined. The bandits were finally driven off by the monks, who had six men killed and three wounded in the fray. The aggressors were then pur: sued by troops and gendarmes and be- tween the fighting at the monastery and. the subsequent encounters they were practically exterminated, the only wounded robber falling alive into the hands of the authorities. The robbers made their attack at midnight and succeeded in obtaining almost entire possession of the monas- tery. The monks, however, rallied and after desperate fighting succeed ed in driving their enemies out of the building. Exploding Engine Kills Four. Missoula, Mont., Dec. 9.—Northern Paclfic ofiiclals have received word that the engine of a passenger train on the Burke and Wallace branch of that road blew up, killing Fireman Buls, Brakeman Hodges and an en- gine wiper, name unknown, and fatally vfijufln bn‘lneer Copenhaven, RAID KENTUCKY TN Five Hundred Night Riders Pay a Visit to Hopkinsville. MUCH PROPERTY DESTROYED Four Large Tobacco Warehouses Burned and Windows in Most of the Business Houses Shot Out—Two Men Wounded During Raid. Hopkinsville, Ky, Dec. 9—Five hundred “night riders,” masked and heavily armed, marched into Hopkins- ville about 2 o’clock- in the morning and destroyed four tobacco ware houses and other property valued at over $200,000, while the citizens, in terror of their lives, feared to even so much as open their windows and the police, fire department, telephone and telegraph offices and even the railroad stations were in possession of a wild mob, shooting right and left, the flames from burning build- ings in the meanwhile lighting up the city and the surrounding country un- til it seemed that the whole town was ablaze. Windows in the front of busi- ness houses and banks on the main street of the city were shot out and the entire front of one newspaper, which had been especially severe in its condemnation of the raids of the night riders and which was owned by the mayor of the city, was demol- ished. e Fortunately only two men were in- jured, one of them being Lindsay Mitchell, a tobacco buyer, who was severely beaten with switches and clubs, and the other a brakeman, who was shot in the back while trying to remove his train from the path of the flames. The raid of the night riders caught the city unawares, as for some time the depredations resulting from the tobaeco war had been of a minor na- ture and it was generally thought that in the “dark distriet,” at least, the worst was over. From the marks left by the night riders it appears that most of them were shooting buck or duck shot, as few other bullet holes have been found. The actiop of-the night riders in going after not only the tobacco warehouses of the town, but as well seeking to iniure other property is a new turn in the trend of affairs. Just why no damage was done to the Im- perial or the American Snuff company warehouses is not known, as they con- tained more stock than other houses. COURT REBUKES JURY. lowa Man Acquitted on Charge of Embezzlement. Fort Dodge, Ia., Dec. 9.—If verdicts are to be returned in disregard of the evidence how in the world is justice to be meted out and the laws en- forced?” asked Judge Evans when the jury trying the case of George Mac- Kown, charged with embezzling $1,000 from the Northwestern Felt Shoe com- pany, acquitted the defendant. “If Juries shirk their responsibilities how is society to be safeguarded?” contin- ued the court, bitterly rebuking the twelve men who declared the accused man not guilty. MacKown was arrested in California four months ago and returned to Web- ster City, from which place he disap- peared on the burning of the felt shoe factory. He almost fainted when the news of his acquittal was told to him in his cell. YOUTH SAVES SIX LIVES. Team Balks on Railroad Track In Front of Express Train. New York, Dec. 9.—Edward Bar- low, fifteen years old, is the hero of Jamaica, L. I. By his presence of mind and his knowledge of horses he was enabled to save six lives. W. H. Spaulding, his wife and a woman friend were driving. The Spauldings’ three~ young children “hitched” be- hind the carriage with their sleds. Spaulding started across the railroad tracks and as he did so he saw an express train approaching. He whipped up the horses, but the animals balked and refused to move. The carriage was directly on the track. Young Rar- low saw the predicament, grasped the horses’ heads and after a struggle backed them off the track just in time. As the engine passed Barlow was so close that his trousers were torn. VIOLATES LIVE STOCK LAW Milwaukee Road Enters Pleas of Guilty in Seven Cases. Chicago, Dec. 9.—The Chicago, Mil- waukee and St. Paul Railway com- pany has entered pleas of guilty in seven cases in which they are charged by the government with violation of the law providing that live stock shall not be kept in cars without food, wa- ter and rest for more than twenty- elght hours at a time. The pleas were entered by D. L. Bush, general superintendent of the railway. The penalty for the offense is a fine of not less than $100 and not more than $500 for each violation. Judge Landis, be- fore whom the cases were called, took the question of penalty under advise- ment. Self-Surgery Poisons Girl. Des Molnes, Ia., Dec. 9.—In lancing her gum with a penknife in order to let through a wisdom tooth, Miss Fay. Cavender of this city poisoned herself and tetanus threatens her life. Be- fore lancing her gum she had been using the knife to rip up an old skirt. Ocean Liner Aground. New York, Dec. 9.—The Cunard line steamer Carmania, outward bound, went aground in the new Ambrose channel about a quarter of a mile east of Romer beacon. The big vessel had swung diagonally across the channel. Two Hundred Indictments. Kansag City, Dec. 9—The county grand jury has returned indictments against 201 theatrical managers and players now at the local theaters for violation of the law against working on Sunday. : A Few Suggestions For HOLIDAY GIFTS UR STORE is tull to ¢ with suitable and appropriate goods for Holiday Gifts Select your Gifts while the Upon rer:n'ipt of a small overflowing stock is co. plete. payment we wi'l engrave and reserve any article you wish to chaose. Emblem Charms and Pins make very suitable and useful gifts. We carry a large line and can make any style or combination desired. Barg.ins in Ladies’ Watches O size, 20-year hunt- ing case, fitted with fine 16 jevfeled move- ment Only $12 25 $2 to $15 , Bracelets in gold filled, sterling silver and solid gold. Bracel-ts for - the baby, bracelets for t' e misses. Signet Rings always mai e appro- priate g ts H:nd engraved in any 8 yle. : Diamonds. We have alargestock &£ Diamonds which we purchased be- 1p"® the advance in price and are m a pewR on to givevery low figuresonsame GEO. T. Located in CityDrug Store v e S iR BAKER @ CO. BEMIDJI, MINN. FIGHT EOR 15-CENT COTTON Plan Arranged to Finance Entire Crop | of Texas. Fort Worth, Tex., Dec. 9.—At a conference between Malcolm Graham, representing Galveston banking con- cerns, and President D. J. Neill of the Farmers’ union, arrangements were made to finance the entire cotton crop of Texas on very liberal terms. Un- der the new arrangements the farmer can ship his cotton to Galveston and receive an advance payment in New York exchange at once. If he wants the cotton held subject to his qrder the bankers will advance him $20 a bale. If left to be sold at their dis- cretion he will receive $30 a bale and if to be shipped to foreign markets he will receive an advance of $35 a bale. This arrangement is only a de- tail of the fight for 15-cent cotton be- ing carried on by the Farmers’ union. 1t is believed that the asknouncement of this arrangement will start a move. ment of the cotton crop all over Texas. FATAL FIRE AT ST. PAUL. One Woman Is Dead and Eight Others Narrowly Escape. St. Paul, Dec. 9.—Mrs. Katherine Soop, employed in the kitchen at Carl- ing’s Robert street restaurant, was suf- focated by smoke in a fire which par- tially destroyed the building, causing a loss of $30,000. Eight other women, kitchen help, who were in the build- ing, were rescued by firemen and the police. When the flames were dis- covered the women did not stop to dress, merely putting on their skirts and cloaks, They tried to get down by the stairway, but found it blocked by the flames. Then they ran to the win- dows in' front and called for help. One or two of them were preparing to Jump, but a policeman called to them not to and shortly afterwards they were carried down on ladders. . It was not until the fire had been extinguished that Mrs. Soop’s hody was found. She had not been very badly burned and Coroner Miller, who took charge of the body, declared she had died of suffocation. NO HOPE FOR KING OSCAR End of Sweden’s Aged Ruler Apparently at Hand. Stockholm, Dec. 9.—King Oscar of Sweden is dying. _He has lain uncon- sciqus all day and the end is expect- ed at any moment. The final sacra- ments have been administered. All the members c¢f the royal family are gathered at the bedside-of the venera- ble monarch. The patient has had occasional moments of consciousness, when he recognized those about him, but these have been of very short duration. The physicians’ bulletin em- phasizes the grayity of his condition. It says: “The king’s strength has been con- tinuously decreasing during the night. His majesty is at times not fully con- scious. Action of the heart wealker. Pulse 88, irregular. Breathing diffi- cult.” 2 King Oscar’s periods of unconscious- ness are becoming more prolonged. During the short intervals when his majesty rallles he seems to recognize the persons at his bedside. As the afternoon progressed all the members of the royal family gathered around the bedside of the king, Pre- mier Linman also was present. The bishop of Stockholm was summoned and he administered the final sacra- ment. His majesty still has occasional moments of consciousness, during IN FINAL CONFERENCE. Admiral Evans Meets President and Secretary Metcalf, ‘Washington, Dec. 9.—Rear Admiral Evans, with Captain Ingersoll, his chief of staff, and Commander Chan- dler, his naval aide, had their final conferences with the president, Sec- retary Metcalf and the chiefs of bu- veaus of the navy department respect. ing the approaching Pacific cruise of the battleship fleet. Secretary Met- calf and Admiral Brownson, chief of the navigation bureau, accompanied REAR ADMIRAL EVANS. Admiral Evans to the White House, where they had a general talk with the president about the state of for- wardness of the preparations now in progress for the sailing of the great fleet.* On the whole it was developed that every one of the naval bureaus has been doing excellent work in pre- paring the ships for their long cruise and the conclusion was reached that everything would be in.readiness by Dec. 16, when the big anchors will be hoisted, not to be dropped to the bot- tom again until the ships reach Trini- dad, British West Indies. CONGRESS APPEALED TO. Asked to Prevent Express Companies Doing Commission Business. Chicago, Dec. 9.—The Western Fruit Jobbers’ association has passed resolutions calling upon congress to pass a law compelling express com- panies to cease doing a produce order and commission business and to con- fine their efforts to the duties of com. mon carriers. In the preamble to the resolutions it is stated that the practice of the express companies in soliciting or- ders of fruit and produce to be con- signed to and sold by their agents is harmful to the business of the mem- bers of the association and to the business of the country and wholly Wwithout the province of a common carrier. Summons for Publication State of Minnesota % 88, County of Beltrami ‘The STATE OF MINNESOTA, to Martha Bright, Defendant: ou_ are hereby summoned to be and appear before the undersigned, one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County. on the 3Ist day of December A. D. 1007, at ten o'clock in the forenoon of sald day, at my office in the Oity of Bemidjl in sald County, to answer to the complaint of Walter L. Case, Plaintifl, In a clvil action, wherein the Plain- S clalms the sum of thirty three and 69-100 Dollars (€33.09) with interest thereon from the 14th day of October 1905. at the rate of 6 per cent per annum. Should you fail to appear at the tlme and place - aforesald, judgment will be rendered agalnst you upon the evi- dence adduced by said Plaintiff for such sum as he shall show himself entitled to. ‘which he shows signs of recognition of those about his bedside, but he quickly relapses into insensibility. Given under my ‘hand and dated this 7th day of Decomber A. D. 1907 : Hiram A. 8tmons. Oity Justice of the Peace. WANIS |ONE CENT A WORD. HELP WANTED. . WANTED FOR U. S. ARMY: Able- bodied unmarried men, between ages of 21 and 35; citizens of United 3tates, of good character and temperate habits, who can | speak, read, and write English For information apply to Recmnit ing Officer, Miles Block, Bemidji Minn. WANTED: For the U. S. Marine Corps; men between ages 21 and 35. An opportunity to see the world. For full information apply in person or by letter to Marine Recruiting Station, Armstrong Hotel, Bemidji, Minn. FOR SALE. FOR SALE: $350.00 buys good restaurant property in city. 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