Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 1, 1908, Page 4

- 1907 IN BRIEF Continued from Second Page section of Old Orchard, Me. ph Strike: 17 Financial Troubles: Curtlss, Leggett | t Co, of Troy, N. Y., failed for §,- 100,690. 18, Convention: The international Soclal- ist e opened at Stuttgart. 21 Finanelal Troubles: The Oregon Trust and Savin uf Portland, Ore., 2 o s1. 090,000 by flames In the fashlonable shopping district of Pittsburs. Loss of SLE00L00 In the ss section of Cincinnati. . The Earl of Dunmore, most prominent Cl an Scientist in Eng- land, at Canterbury; aged 66, 2. Conventic th™ annual conference of the International Law assoclation met at Portland, Me. Accident: A section of the great canta- 3 e under construction on the nce, at Quebec, collapsed, Si workmen. 80. persons Killed and 50 in- jured in a_head-on collision on the In- terurban Electric line near Mattoon, 1. Obituary: Richard Mansfield, the actor, at New London, Conn.; aged 80. 8L Sporting: Colin won the Futurity at Sheepshead Bay. SEPTEMBER. 3. Obituary: “General” Pleasant Porter, chiet of the Creek Indian nation, at Vinita, L T.; Railroad Accids 6 killed and 20 in- Jur ecck on the Canadian Pa- cific near Caledon, Ont. 4. Obitua Dr. Edvard Grieg, famous Norwegian musical composer, at Ber- gen. Norway 5. Tinan voubles: Watson & Co., stock nge brokers in New York and Chi 000,000. 6. Obituar; . well known journalist, at Hingham, Mass.; aged 6. Railroad Accident: 12 killed and many injured in on the Rock Is- and and Pacific at Norris, Ia. 7. Fire: The famous Cliit House, on the beach at San Francisco, totally de- stroyed by fire. Sporting: The United States riflc team won the Palma trophy at Ottawa over Canada, Australia and Great Britain; record breaking score 1712 out of a possible 1.800. 9. Convention: The 16th international peace congress opened at Munich, Ba- varia. 4lst annual national encamp- ment of the G. A. R. opened at Sara- toza. by flames in the Commercial Teleg- union ordered out on a gen- | RusSia: Antl-Jewlsh outbreak at Kishe- nev. 12. Personal: Charles G. Burton of Mis- 15. 20. Railroad Accident: sourl elected commander in chicf of the G. A. R. Obituary: Rear Admiral John Grimes Walker, U. 8. N, retired, at High Pasture, N. H.; aged 72 Rallroad Accident: 2 killed and as many Injured In a_head-on collision on the Boston and Malne at West Ca- naan, N. H. . Sea Disaster: Explosion on the Japa- nese battleship Kashima caused the death of 82 of the crew. 2 persons killed and s many injured in a collision on the Mexican Central at Encarnaclon. 22. Obituar Samuel Sloan, financier and railvoad bullder, at Garrison, N. Y. aged 89. 2. Morocco: French terms of peace ac- cepted by the Moors at Casablanca. 28. Rallroad Accident: § killed and 20 In- 80. Personal: 2. Convention: 10. Sporting: 1n. 12. Sporting: 1. 15. Jjured in a wreck on the Baltimore and Obio at Bellaire, O. Monument to the late Presl- dent Willlam McKinley dedicated at Canton, O. a OCTOBER. 43th triennial general convention of the Protestant Episcopal church opened at Richmond, Va. Shipwreck: The arctie steamer Frith- jof, accompanying the Wellman polar exposition, lost off the coast of lce- land; the captain and 15 sailors drowned. Obit Mary J. Holmes, popular American novelist of the romantic school, in Brockport, N. Y.; aged 79. Obituar: Prof. David Masson, noted Scotch scholar and historfan, burgh;: nged $. Trampfast won the world's racing record for a two-vear-old by trotting u mile In 2:12% at Lexington, y. Shipwreck: 23 lives lost by the sink- ing of the steamship Cyprus during a gale on Lake Superior. Miss Margaret Curtis won the national golf championship with a scoro of 7 up and 6 to play at Chicago. Brookdale Nymph lowered the world's record for ¢% furlongs around a turn by running the distance in 1:17 15 at Belmont park. The Chicago National league baseball team won the world's championship, defeating the Detrolt American league by the score of 2 to 0, at Detroit. Cloudburst: 50 houses destroyed and 16 people drowned at San Jose. Del Cabo, Lower California. Naval: The armored cruisers Tennessc and Washington sailed from Hampton Roads for the Pacific around the coast of South America. Maurice Loewy, director of the Paris observatory and the dean of astrono- mers, in Paris; aged T. Railroad._ Ace 19 persons Killed at Edin- and 9 Injured by the dGraNment of a passenger traln on- tho London ang Northwestern at Shrewsbury, England. Explosion: 38 persons killed and over 500 injured by a series of explosions in the Du Pont blasting powder mills at Fontanet. Ind. 16. Political: The first national bly Taft. Philip- opened at Manila by Sporting: ~ Sweet Marfe made a new world's record for half milo track, trotting in 2:08 at Allentown, Pa. Financlal: Sensational collapse of Unlted Copper stock in Wall street. 17. Marconi Wircless: Commerc U teleg- raphy by wireless inaugurated be- tween statlons in Nova Scotia and Ireland. 18. Financial Troubles: As a rerult of the collapse of copper stock in Wall street the New York clearing house compelled the Mereantile National bank of New York to reorgani: Peace Conference: The international peace conference closed at The Hague. Balloon Racing: MecCoy and Chandler in the United States signal corps bal- loon No. 10 won the Lahm cup for balloorting by a flight of 47 miles from St. Louls to West Virginia. Shipwreek: Danish steamer Alfred Er- landsen wrecked off Scotland; 20 sall- ors drowned. 21. Earthquake: Town of Karatagh, Rus- slan Turkestan, destroyed by an earth- quake: 14,000 deaths reported in Kara- tagh and vicinity. 2. Financial Troubles: The Knicker- bocker Trust Co. of New York ciosed its doors; liabilities $70,000,000. & Co. of New York, stockbrokers, failed for $6,000,000. Ballooning: Flight from St. Louls of § balloons in a race for the James Gor- don Bennett cup.- 2. Financial Troubles: The sccretary of treasury deposited $25.000,000 in New York city to relieve the money market. Three Westinghouse companies into receivers' hands in Pittsburg; lia- bilities §4 0C0. Ballooning: The German balloon Pom- mern won the second international balloon race and the James Gordon Bennett cup by N. J., in 40 hours. Farthquake: Shocks in the province of Calabria, Italy; villages destroyed in 1%5 again shaken:; over 500 deaths; Vesuvius in eruption. 24 Financial: The government made a second deposit of $25,000,000 in New York banks to restore confidence in the money market; three small banks in New York city suspended. * Convention: Bignnial session of the Universalist general convention opened in Philadelphia. 2. Sporting: Martin J. Sheridan made a new world's record by covering 28 ole vault at Madison Square put | a flight of 813 miles | alr line from St. Louis to Asbury Park, | 8. Convention: 29. Sporting: 27, Fire: TLoss of 3300,000 by fames at Nome, Wash. Sporting: ‘The Carlisle Indians defeated Pennsylvania at football, 26 to 6, on Franklin field. Cornell beat Princeton, 6 to b, at Ithaca, 1st international aeronau- tical congress opened in New York clty. Rdward Payson Weston, long distance pedestrian, started from Portland to walk to Chlcago, distance of 1,236 miles. 30. Financial Troubles: Kessler & Co., Wall street bankers, failed owing $1,- 000,000. Russia: The mutinous crews of three Russian destroyers vanquished in a hot battle with loyal ships at Vladivos- tok, NOVEMBER. 1. Fire: At Brocton, N. Y.; losg ot $20,000 2. Sporting: Princeton defeated the C lisle’ Indians at football, 16 to 0. New Yot 6. Accidents: 10 killed and 20 injured by a boiler explosion on board t man schoolship Blu killed and 3 inj plosion at Sieubenvill Obituarles: Don Dic eminent Chilean historian cator, known as South “grand old man,” at Santiago; aged 7. Gen. T. B. Ross. U. S. A., retired, who led the famous tunnel escape of Federal prisoners from Libby prison, Richmond, In 134, in Washington; aged 7. Financial Troubles: The Arnold Print works at North Adams, Mass., placed in a recciver's hands. 7. Miscellaneous: The British battle- ship Superb, an improved Dreadnought, launched at Newcastle, England. 10 and edus America's persons killed by a powder car explo- sion near Naco, Ariz. 8. Fire: At Superior, Wis.; loss of §2,2 ¢ the burning of Elevator A and propertics. The Carlisle Indians de- feated Harvard at football, 25 to 15, at Boston. 11 Obituary: Mrs. Augustin Daly, widow of the founder of Daly's theater, in New York city. Conventions: The American Federation of Labor met in its 27th annual session at the Jamestown exposition. Amer- ican mining congress met at Joplin, Mo. Personal: Emperor William of Germany arrived in London on a friendly visit to King Edward VIL 12. Fires: G lives lost by the burning of the Hotel Garde at New Haven, Conn. The Hotel Castleton, on New Brighton hill, overlogking New York bay, de- stroyed by fire;. loss $250,000. Obituar: Sir Lewis Morris, English Roet, in London; aged. T4 | 14. Political: The third Russlan douma opened in St. Petersburg. 16 Obituary: Rev. Dr. Moncure D. Con- 19. 22. Convention: 2. Obituar: 2. 2. Obituary: 1 2. Five: MTscellancous: Igadc Déxter Marshali, well known newspaper man, dled in New York clty; aged 3. Quecn Helena of Ttaly gave birth to a daughter. W. F. Shicbler, a White House feleg- rapher In 1855, who witnessed tho as- sassination of Lincoln and who recelved the first Atlantic cable message, died in Broolklyn. way, noted American author, in Parls; ag Political: President Roosevelt signed the proclamation admitting the terri- torles of Oklahoma and Indian Terri- tory jointly as one of the American| i states Sporting: Yale football, 12 to 1 mouth scored Cambridge. . Obituary: Admiral Sir Francis Me- Clinton, noted arctic _explorer, who | discovered the fate of Sir John Frank- lin, in London; aged $8. Conventions: The National Municipal league convened at Providence. The American Civic association met in| Providence. Annual meeting of the transmississippi commercial congress at Muskogee, Okl At Peoria, 1II. Dbusiness district. 36th international vention of the Y. America at Washington. Obituary: Prof. Asaph Hall, well known American astronomer, former- ly in the government service, at An- napolis; aged 7. Sporting: Yale scored 12 to Harvard's 0 in the annual football contest at Cam- Dbridge. defeated Princeton at at New Haven; Dart- to Harvard’s 0 at loss of $300,000 in con- Gen. Sir Henry Edward Colville, an English officer prominent | in the Boer war, killed in an auto ac-| cident in London. Obituary: Richard Castro, most noted m Cit. Spor nell, Mexico’s ical composer, in the yivanis deteated Cor: | 2 to 4, at football in Philadelphia. Dr. George F. Shrady, noted surgeon and medical author who at- tended Gen. Grant in his last illness, ew York city; aged 70. The navy beat the army, 6 to 0, at football in Philadelphia. i Jamestown Exposition: The exposition officially closed. DECEMBER. - Pacific Fleet: Flotilla of torpedo boat destroyers sailed from Norfolk, Va., bound for the Pacific. Loss of §400,000 by the burning of the Pullman Car Co.'s paintshop af Buffalo. Political: Acciden! in the The 60th congress opened. 49 deaths from gas explosfon | omi mine, near Pittsburg, Pa | M. C. A. of North| j $1,000.00 For Any Substance Injurious to Health Found in Calumet Bakmg Powder “Best By Test” The Only High Grade Baking Powder Sold at a\Moderate Price. Complies with all STATE and HATIONAL Pure Fool Laws. All Crocers Are Authorized to Cuarantee ‘This Sporting: Tommy Duffis of Anicrica defeated Gunner Moir of Bngland in the tenth round of a contest for the world's heavyweight championship in London. 8. Financial: Chelsca Savings bank at| 8 Chelsea, Mich., closed its doors by or-| der of the stale banking commissioner. | 4. Convention: tional rivers and har- bors congress convened at Washington. J. H. Steddart, an stage.” called the in Se- king of Sweden, Mrs. Louisa N. Alonzo Taft and Taft, secretary s. in Stocklolm; aged Taft, widew of Jud: mother of William I1 of war, at Milbu 6. Financial Troub! The National| 9. Convention: Meetir Bank of Commerce, Kansas City, Mo.,| Civic federation in closed its doors. | 10. Obituary: Gen. Alex Political: Baron Takahira named as| Japan's American ambassador to suc- | ceed Aoki. | and a civil war veteran, at Tarrytown, 6 Mine Disaster: BExplosion of black| ~ N. Y.:aged 92 damp in mines Nos. ¢ and 8 of the 1l Political: President Roosevelt reiter- Fairmount Coal Co. at Monongah, W. ‘ ated his announcement of 1904 that he Va., resulted In the death of between| Will not accept another nomination. 300 and 400 miners. | 14. Sporting: Rutt and Stol, the Germany- 1. Miscellaneous: Hopkinsville, Ky., raid-|{ Holland team, wou the six day bicycle ed and a number of tobacco establish-| _race; best score 242 miles 5 laps. ments set on fire. United States troops| Storm: Severe gal's with snow and arrived at Goldfield, Nev., to protect| Tain swept the Atleptic coast. the mines. | 16. Pacific Fleet: Thelflcet sailed Finarlcial Troubles: The Whitney-Ste-| Hampton Roads. phenson Co. and Whitney, Stephenson | 17. Personal: Centenniz exercises in hon- & Co., brokerage firms. failed in Pitts-| or of John Greenlea! Whittier, gifted burg, with liabilities estimated at $10, Ameriean poct, who vas born Dec. 17, 092,C00. 1807. grandson of Alexander Hamilton, who was killed in a duel by Aaron Burr, from llllHllllllll'lllllllllfiflflflIH%E§EEEE%EEE%Eiifillflfifilfllflll!lllill Shoes, ete. ductions. BEMIDJI I 0 Y O O M N R o N O O X B K et s W Y T 2 D O I I The Stare That Gives Satisfaction Men'’s Clothmg. ILL Hats, Caps, Shoes &nd Furnishings ing as is made only by Becker-Mayer & Co. are shown only by Wilson Bros. of Chicago. of Shoes as the Lewis A. Crossett, Selz’ “Royal Blue’, Dr. Reed and W. L. Douglas. hat lines, such as the John B. Stetson, Gordon, Mora and Patterson, will offer you remarkably low re- Closed Wednesday, Thursday and Friday To Mark Down Prices Relying on our tremendous fall business, we placed very heavy re-orders on all lines of our stock of Clothing, Furnishings, After taking inventory we find ourselves with an extra $10,000 worth of choice merchandise on our hands. goods must be paid for on or before January 15th. In order to raise $8,000, we shall close our store all day Wednesday, Thursday and Friday to mark down prices on our entire stock of suits, overcoats, hats, shoes, rubbers, underwear, etec. On Saturday morning at 9 a. m. we shall place on sale such eminently well known lines of Men’s Clothing as Hart, Schaffner & Marx and the “Acorn Brand” clothing; such Boys’ and Young Men’s Cloth- You will have the choice of such fine Furnishing goods as We shall absolutely slash prices on such well known makes You can’t afford to buy clothes at any price before our sale epens Saturday, because no matter what you are offered elsewhere, we will give you a little better bargain. Watch for Our Big Ad. in Thursday and Friday Night's Pioneer ‘We Wish You All a Happy New Year The Popular NEXT TO FIRST NATIONAL BANK T A W WP 1 P 1 A Popular Prices Quality Goods These All our well known JUNC O O P O ”C R’ M OO D W O M’ o O W M 0 T P P O O P MINNESOTA = | - | s i - - v ! | | | | i i |