Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 28, 1907, Page 1

v VOLUME 6. NUMBER 213, N Doares THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEE atate printe BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 28, 1907. - MINNESOTA HISTORICAL IETY, FORTY CENTS PER MONTH INJURED AT BLACKDUCK; AMPUTATION NECESSARY Frank Jeffers, Commercial Robbins of Crookston, Fell Both Feet Were Ve Blackduck, Dec. 28.—(Special to Pioneer.)—Frank Jeffers of Crooks- ton, who is in the employ of the McKenzie-Robbins company of Crookston as commercial traveler, | was run over by the north-bound | p nger train on the M. & L. rail- way here last evening, and sustained whereby one foot was entirely severed and the other foot mangled so as to leave only the heel. | injuries Jelfers was taken to the Monahan! & Osborne hospital in this village, where one foot was amputated above the ankle and the other foot trim-| med from the heal. Jeifers had been in Blackduck| yesterday, | Kelliher last evening.He was at the | depot, and with a swit-case in his | hand, attempted to board the train after had hollered | “All aboard” and given the high- ball, and the cars were in motion. Jeffers grabbed the iron railing on the car, but the suit-case caught in some manner and he slipped and fell under the wheels of the moving train, The train was stopped, but not| before the wheels had run over both | of Jeffers’ feet, entirely severing one | foot and badly damaging the other. | The injured man was removed from under the cars and was hastily | taken to the Monahan & Osborne | hospital,where the physicians at once : and was intending to go the conductor Traveler for McKenzie & Under Train Last Night.--- ry Badly Crushed. made an examination and decided that an operation would be necessary. Jeffers withstood the operation very nicely and it is stated that he will easily recover, as he is a large man and possessed of a very strong constitution. The M. & 1. agent in the depot here states that the train arrived on schedule time and stopped at least five minutes at the depot; that the conductor gave his usual warning of “all aboard,” and the train did not move until the conductor had given the “go ahead” signal to the engi- neer. This would indicate. that the company is in no way responsible for the accident to Mr. Jeffers. railway Frank Jeffers is well known' in Red Lake and Polk counties. He was for a number of years very prominent in political circles in Red Lake county. He was super- intendent of schools at one time; later he was register of deeds of Red Lake county, andalso owner and publisher of the Red Lake Falls Currier. Of late Mr. Jeffers has acted as commercial traveler, and at the pres- ent is in the employ of the McKen- zie- Robbins company of Crookston. Mr. Jeffers has many friends throughout the north half of the state who will be very. sorry to learn of his unfortunate accident. ATE HIS OWN TURKEY AT ANOTHER'S CELEBRATION | “Jerry” O’Kelliher Made the Victim of a Designing Individual With a Malicious Plot. A story of a birthday party and‘ a confiscated turkey has just come! from Blackduck. The story involves}l A. O’Kelliher (yelpt “‘Jerry”), W. H. Squier, Dr. Osborne, and that gentleman of the angelic counten- ance, Charles Trondson. It appears that Mr. O’Kelliher had secureda large turkey froma farmer near Blackdack to be served at the O’Kelliher family table on Christmas day. The turkey was| stored in the warehouse in the rear of Mr. O’Kelliher’s pharmacy and was viewed many times a day with considerable satisfaction by “Jerry.” | “Jerry” showed the turkey to| many persons and in an unguarded moment took Charles Trondson to; the rear room and exhibited the good points of the bird to Charley. “Jerry’s” description of that tur- key caused envy and convetuous- ness in the breast of Trondson and he vowed to himself he would gain possession of the bird. While Mr. O’Kelliher was wait- ing on some customers, Mr. Trond- son hied him to the store house! in the rear of the pharmacy, and without fear of the consequences appropriated unto his own purpose the fifteen pounds of good, hand- plucked fowl, that was as “the apple of his eye” to Mr. O’Kelliher. After the purloining of the tur- key, Mr. Trondson held a council of war with W. H. Squier and Dr. Osborne and other members of the Blackduck Handcar Club, with the result that Dr. Osborne informed Mr. O’Kelliher that as last Mon- day was his birthday he would serve a supper in honor of the event, and he invited “Jerry” to come down and partake of the good things that would be provided. In the meantime, the turkey was missed, and while Mr. O’Kelliher was bewailing the loss of the prin- cipal portion of his Christmas din- ner, he had no suspicion as to where it had gone. ‘Mr. O’Kelliher went to Dr. Os- tion of Mr. Trondson; he took | along some cigars for the. boys: During the evening Dr. - Osborne’s guests were very free in their ex- pressions of approval as to the excellence of the turkey that was served. When the feast was concluded and the ciears were partaken of, it was discovered that the jocose Trondson had sold “Jerry’s” turkey to Dr. Osborne, and he served it at the time of his anniversary sup- per. Mr. O’Kelliher bought things for the boys that night. JUDGE PENDERGAST GAVE YOUNG INDIANS A TALK “NoGood; Run Too Mugh.”---Com: ment Made on Judge’s Account of a Retreat. L. G. evening from Onigum, Pendergast returned last where he went yesterday morniug to visit with his daughter, Alice Pendergast, who is teaching school at Onigum. Mrs. gast, who accompanied the judge to Onigum, will return this evehing. While the judge was at the Indian school yesterday, he-addressed the Indian children in the room :where his daughter teaches. He téld the young reds how he served in one raid with General Custer. Accor- ding to the judge, which outnumbered them by sevéral hundred, with the result that'the white soldiers were compelled” to retreat. At the conclusion of the address Miss Pendergast asked one young Indian, about 14 years of age, as to what he thought of her (Miss Pen- | dergast’s) father. With all the solemnity which is a trait of Indian character, the young- ster remarked with much earnest- ness: “No good; run too much.” There is a strong suspicion that the judge also related the fact that he participated in both the battles of Bull Run, during the rebellion. borne’s supper, and at the sugges- on fourth page. Pendergast and Miss Jennie Pender- || he and his party'|] i fell afoul of a big bunch of Indians | Additional local matter will be found || An unknown man (whose name could not be learned when the train came here this morning) was run over at Kelliher this morning, by the Kelliher-Funkley mixed train on the M. & L. railway, killed, being entirely severed from his body, the . dismembered head lying out- and instantly the unfortunate man’s head side the rails, while the trunk and remainder of the body was between the rails. Just how the accident occurred is not plain, as no one, as far as is known, was present when the train passed over the man. The first intimation anyone had that there had been an accident was when the train backed up to: KILLED BY C AT KELLIHER Horrible Accident, in the Early Dawn, Tfiis Morning.---Un- known Man’s Head Sévered from His Body.---No Per-: son Witnessed the Accident. | the platform at Kelliher. A sudden jar at the rear of the coach indicated that there was some obstruction on the rails. An examination at the rear of the train disclosed the body of a man, mangled in the most horrible manner, with the head dismembered and blood in pools lying on the ground and clotted on the wheels of the coach. The sight was a most sickening one, and even the strongest man in the crowd that assembled at the depot could not at once approach the body. No one wés able to identify the body, prior to the time the train departed for Funkley, to connect with the south-bound passenger Wissler is Optimestic. O. F. Wissler, of the Wissler Cigar company, Mirineapolis, has been making his last trip of the present year, this week, and he will leave tomorrow for Minneapolis to_ wind up the year’s budiness in “these parts®™ g Mr. Wissler says of the past year: “I have nothing but commenda- tory words to say of the business accorded my house by northern RS, train for Bemidji. There are several theories as to how 'the accident occurred. The most probable of these is that the man was intoxicated and started to go to the train, in the early-morn- ing t:fawn; that he went to get on the train, and being somewhat physicially incapacitated, slipped under the car and remained there, the train, in backing up to the platform, instantly ending his earthly career. The - train leaves Kelliher at 6 o’clock:in the morning, and as there .11s no light to speak of in the im- mediate vicinity of the station, so that anyone lying “beside the plat- form, near the cars, would be liable to be unoticed. _ Minnesota merchants during 1907. Sales of cigars have been better than for any previous year that I have been in business. The recent so- called ‘financial flurry’ had no bad effect on our business; sales, were -steady, and I am of the opinion that the ‘scare’ was more of a bluff than most financial people will now admit. “I have every reason to believe, from close personal observation, Suit Printing | The Pioneer Printery Is Equipped with Modern Machinery, - Up-to-date Type Faces, and the Largest Stock of Flat Papers, Ruled Goods and Stationery of All Kirds in Northern Minnesota. We have the highest-salaried Printers in Beltrami county, and we are leaders * in Commercial Printing. Try us; we'll yO\l . Pioneer Pri_ntery_ that the year to come will eclipse 1907 in the matter of legitimate business.” © iDiaries. The. }?fiqqe{;has just. received a iarge iine of 1908 diaries, suitable Ifor business and professional men. An early selection should be made, as they will not be carried in stock after January first. | who were greatly pleased at the | thoughtfulness exhibited by the ['to the asylum at Fergus Falls. Brainerd this noon for Bemidji. attached to the regular north-bound their performance this evening. The entertainment which the University of Minnesota Glee and Mandolin Club gives is of course musical, and the boys pride them- selves upon having among their number some of the best artists in the west. As the Minnesota| football team always places her in the front rank and often at the head of western athletics, so her Glee and Mandolin Club has estab- lished its standing as one of the most thoroughly developed of all of the organizations of its kind in western universitiesand colleges, and many say its work is equal to almost any in the east. The program, though musical, is not a recital or even what is gen- erally termed a concert. The music. is presented in a scene bubbling over with college life and enthusiasm. There is nothing staid and solemn about it. One minute_the boys are carried away with irresistable mirth, and the mirth 1is contagious beyond the foot-lights; the next minute they throw the same heart and zeal into one of the beautiful compositions which they have worked over and studied together until they feel the impulse of every note; and again the stage is the scene of wild college enthusiasm, an emotion which is second only to patriotism and is felt much more strongly by those who are in the midst of college interests and asso- A Very Kind Act., One of the pleasing features of Christmas was the act of Mrs. Haldeman and Miss Hattie Halde- man, who visited the poor farm and St. Anthouy’s hospital and left fruit and flowers for the inmates, ‘ladies. ADJUDGED INSANE AND COMMITTED TO ASYLUM John Parant Who Has Been Acting “‘Queer,” at Kelliher, Given " Hearing Todly_. John Parant, a Frenchman who has been living at Kelliher during the past three months, was brought to Bemidji this morning, in charge of Deputy Sheriff Arne Solberg, for examination by Judge of Probate Clark and the insanity board. About two weeks ago Parant was found asleep on the sidewalk at Kelliher, and was placed in the village lock-up at that place. Parent was ill ‘and was subse- quently' taken to the Kelliher hos- pital. He began to show symptoms of “queerness,” and his condition has been steadily growing worse of late. During the past week it has been almost impossible to keep Parant in the hospital. = He would steal out at night, and one evening this week he was found on the down- town streets, clothed in nothing but his nightrobe. : fied; as to Parant’s condition and Deputy Sheriff Arne Solberg was sent to Kelliher to bring him to Bemidji. Parant was given a hearing before The county authorities were noti-| MINNESOTA ‘U" MANDOLIN AND GLEE CLUB IS COMING Forty Talented College Men Will Give a Fine Entertain- ment at City Opera House Saturday Evening.--- Best Organization in the West. Brainerd, Dec. 28.—(Special to the Pioneer.)—The members of the University of Minnesota Glee and Mandolin Club, forty strong, will leave They occupy a private car, which will be passenger train on the M. & I rail. way, which arrives in Bemidji at 6 p. m. The Glee and Mandolin Club gives an exceptionally fine entertain- ment and no one in Bemidji who appreciates good music should miss ciations, and those who have lemerged from them after their college time is over, than patriotism ever stirs in the breasts of most { people. This is a spirit which comes naturally to the youth who has reached the junction of boyhood and manhood or traveled a little beyond. He has the maturity to realize and accept the serious things, he sees irrresistably the ridiculous and comical things, and he siezes both with the life that only youth con- tributes. Those students who are “‘mixed up” in the many branches of student activities and do the most work for college organizations, are the ones who receive in return the greatest amount of affection for their “Alma Mater.” The football men love their college, not only because it was there that they made some of their fastest friendships and formed some of their mo#t lasting associations, but because they fought for her honor and fame. So it is with the debators, ‘the members of ‘the Dramatic Club, and those of the Y. M.C. A. Themen ot the Glee and Mandolin Club do not know how much they really love their college and the fellowship which they have found there until they all get off together for their annual trip and the time has come for them to show what they have been working at together for the first four months of the yeat. e —————————— CONDITION IS BETTER NOT SERIOUSLY INJURED Charlés Hill, Who Was Shot by lohn Johnson, Is Improving Every Day. Charles Hill, who was shot in the back by a bullet from a revolver in the hands of Tohn Johanson last Monday night, is gradually recover- ing from the effects of the wound. He is confined to St. Anthony’s hospital in this city and reports to the effect that no dangerous com- plications will result from the shoot- ing are received. Johanson’s preliminary hearing will be held on Friday, January 3rd, the ddte having been continued awaiting the outcome of Hill’s con- dition. That Hill was not killed out- right is occasioning some surprise. According to the reports of those who witnessed the shooting Johan- son pointed the 38-calibre revolver point-blank at Hill’'s back and pulled the trigger. The bullet from the weapop struck him in the right shoulder, a few inches from the center of his back and glanced along the shoulder blade. That the bullet did not enter Hill’s body further is due to the fact that at the time of the shooting Hill was wearing a heavy coat and three shirts of con- siderable thickness, and to the further fact that the gun which Johanson used was rather a “bum?” weapon. New Year’s Dance. A big New Year’s dance will be given at the rink Wednesday night. Music by the orchestra. ‘Admission 25¢ for dancers, skating ISc extra. Skating 7:30 to 9:00. 9:09 until s