Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 15, 1908, Page 2

Do Not Trifle ‘With a Cold Is good advice for men and women, It may be vital in the case of a child. Long experience has proven that there is noth- ing better for colds in children than Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy It is a favorite with many mothers and never disappoints them. It contains no opium or other narcoticand may be given with implicit confidence, Barker’s Drug Store THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER. PUBLISHED NVERY AFTHRNOON, OFFICIAL PAPER---CITY OF BEMIDJI A A A A A A A A A A AN AN AN AN BEMIDII PIONEER PUBLISHING CO. CLYDE J. PRYOR l A. G. RUTLEDGB Business Manager Managing Editor Wntered b the postofice at Remidjl. Minc., a3 second class matter. SUBSCRIPTION--$5.00 PER ANNUM DOINGS AMONG BEMIDJI'S GOUNTRY NEIGHBORS LivelZCorrespondents of the Pioneer Write the News From Their Localities. LYNX. O. Fraagot of Spaulding was seen here Sunday. O. Jacobson and Amund Jacobson drove to Fowlds and Puposky Fri- day. Mrs. J. F. Hayes and children visited at the home of C. W. Hayes Friday and Saturday. Mr. Moritz, who has been em- ployed by R. C. Spooner last sum- mer and fall, has returned with his family to Bemidji. QUIRING. Miss Mary TenEyck returned last Friday from a visit at Deer River. Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Dooher visit- ed with Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Deitvich last Sunday. William Sjolund made a trip to Blackduck, where he took his mother for medical treatment. Miss Rowland returned last week from her vacation, spent at Deer River with her parents. She resumed her duties in the school room Mon- day. Meetings were held in the Quiring school house Tuesday and Wednes- day evenings, Rev. O. H. Bondahl of Blackduck having charge of the services. CUNNINGHAM. Mrs. Earnest Senear has returned to Cunningham for the winter. Most homesteaders in this vicinity are busy cutting and hauling bass wood. Sabbath school is progressing nicely and gaining membership each session. Much interest is manifested. Julius Espe has contracted for the cord wood on Lee Goptill’'s home- stead and has a crew of men “batch- ing it” at the cabin, who are doing the work. Catherina Cunningham is finish- ing a full length “dresser box” in American rose design done in pyro- graphy, which is to be sold by tickets on the night the New Eng- land supper is served. Proceeds go to swell the “organ fund”. The ladies of the Sabbath school and Mutual Improvement club” will give a New England supper on the 25th. A program will be rendered, games will be played and all expect to have a good old-fashioned time. Supper served from 7 p. m. until all hungry people are fed. Come, eat brown bread, beans and pumpkin pie with us, won’t you? Tickets 25c. SOCIALIST DEMONSTRATION Seventy Thousand People Participate in Berlin Affair. Berlin, Jan. 1 .—The determination of the soclalists to secure direct uni- versal suffrage, combined with their indignation against Chancellor von Buelow's curt declaration refusing their demand, gave risé to an unusual scene and a monster popular demon- stration, accompanied by disorders, in the streets of the Prussian capital, in which 40.000 organized socialists par- ticipated, while 30,000 sympathizers from time to time actively joined in the manifestations. One of the most remarkable fea- tures of the uprising was the number of women who engaged in the demon- stration and they appeared even more earnest in their activities than the wen. World’s Greatest Restaurant. New York, Jan. 1 —Broadway, the street of bright lights and restaurants, is to have, according to plans sald to be nearing completion, the greatest restaurant in the world. It will oc- cupy an entire block on Broadway and will be capable of seating 8,000 per- sons. z Match Monopoly Annulled. Caracas, Venezuelgfi"n. 1, —An ex- ecutive decree ansuls- the ' existing match monopoly and pits an end to the concession of the National Match ‘company. - This . company was. eap- italized -at” $1,000,000 "and “the shares ‘were held mostly in England. i NUMBER OF DEAD 1S PLACED AT 150 i Terrible Loss of Life as Result of Destruction of Opera House - at Boyertown, Pa. AWFUL JAM ON STAIRWAYS Weaker Ones Knocked Bown in Wild Scramble and Many Crushed to Death. - FLAMES SPREAD RAPIDLY Fire Overtakes the Struggling ‘Mass of Humanity Attempting to -Reach the Exits and Scores Perish Al most in Sight of Escape—Rescuers From the Outside Save a Few Peo- ple but Are Quickly Forced to Aban- | don Others to Their Fate by the Advancing Flames. Boyertown, Pa., Jan. 16.—The catas- trophe resulting from the burning of the Rhoades Opera House continues to grow in horror. The list of dead is placed at 150. and the injured at 76. Exactly how many were killed may never be known, for among the vic- tims were a number of visitors who may have no relatives to trace their untimely fate. Fifty bodies have been recovered and fully 100 persons are missing from their hcmes. It is estimated that there were 400 persons in the playhouse when the explosion of the gas tank occurred. The tank was being used in connec- tion with pictures. An amateur per- formance of ‘“‘Scottish Reformation” for the benefit of St. John's Lutheran Sunday school was being produced. Instantly the explosion occurred some one yelled “fire” and in almost less time than it takes to tell it the center of the opera house was a blazing fur- nace. The rapidity with which the flames spread was caused by the up- setting of the coal oil lamps used as the footlights by some of the persons on the stage who endeavored to allay the frightened children and quiet the audience. But even the men seemed to lose all control of themselves and fought with the women and children, who composed the greater part of the audience, to gain the street. In this manner many women and children who might otherwise have escaped the flames were forced back and trampled upon. Particularly was this the case of those who were caught on the stairways. Pandemonium reigned and the mad scramble for the exits is simply indescribable. The weaker ones were brushed aside and in many REGIPE WHICH OLD PEOPLE WILL VALUE Simple Home Prescription Is Recom- mended for Weak Bladder and Kidneys. This is a simple home recipe now being made known in all the larger cities through the newspapers. It is intended to check the many cases of rheumatism, kiduey and bladder trouble which have made so many cripples and invalids and weak- lings of some of our brightest and strongest people. -The druggists here have been notified- to supply themselves with the ingredients, and the sufferer will have no trouble to obtain them. The prescription is as follows: Fluid Extract Dandelion, one-half ounce; Compound Kargon, one ounce, and Compound Syrup Sarsap- arilla three ounces. ~Mix by shak- ing well in a bottle. The dose is one teaspoonful after each meal and at bedtime. Recent experiences,even in severe hospital cases, prove this simple mixture the remedy for rheumatism, because of its positive action upon the eliminative tissues of the kid- neys. It compels ‘these most vital organs to filter from the - blood and system the waste and uric acid which are the cause of rheumatism. It cleanses the kidneys, strengthens them and removes quickly such symptoms as backache, blood disorders, bladder weakness, frequent urination, pain- ful scalding and discolored urine. It acts asa powerful stimulent to the entire kidney and bladder struc- ture, puts new life into them and invigorates the entire tract. All the ingredients states a well- known local druggist are of vege- table extraction, making it a safe and harmless prescription at any time. z Those who suffer are accustomed to purchase a bottle of patent medi- cine should not let a little incon- venience - interfere with making this ’| dowa. impurities| instances trampled ©of persons on the second floor, seeing. the awful jam on the stalrways, risked their lives by jumping from the win- In this way several were 8o badly injured that they died before -reaching any of the numerous tem- porary hospitals, Perish With Escape in Sight. So rapldly did the flames spread that many of the audience were caught and overcome before they could reach the fire escapes. The frenzied people fought with each other to reach the front entrance, the prin- cipal means of exit from the building, and a struggling mass of humanity was quickly piled around the doors that led to the street. Flames over- took them and they were burned to death almost in sight of escape. A nurber of people who were: attracted by the cries of fire rushed from the street to the opera house and up the stairs to the second floor. They suc- ceeded 'in rescuing some, but- were forced to abandon the others to their fate as the quickly advancing flames drove them from the building. Boyertown is a town of about 2,500 persons and there is scarcely a house In the little town that has not been afliicted by the visitation of fire. Physiclans and nurses were also sent to Boyertown from Reading and sided materially in alleviating the suf- ferings of the injured who had leaped from the windows in their mad rush to escape the flames. The work of removing the bodies from the debris will be unusually tedi- ous and hazardous. When the rush was at its height the floor gave way, precipitating many persons to the bgsement and the bodies of these will be found buried beneath the charred timbers and tons of brick from the ruined walls. In addition to the opera house and Farmers’ National bank, Er- han’s hardware house and the dwell- ings of George Rahm, Harry Penny- racker and Alfred Zashard were burned. The monetary loss will amount to $75,000. The chief of the Pittstown fire de- partment, who investigated the cause of the disaster, says the first rush toward the stage was caused by sev- eral men and women becoming fright- ened when the hose connecting the moving picture machine and the tank supplying the light slippod off its con- nection and made a hissing noise. The tank itself did not explode, he says, until after the flames had reached it. . DEPOT ANNEX DESTROYED Fire at Kansas City Causes Loss of About $250,000. Kansas City, Jan. 1.—The Union station annex in Union avenue, ad- Joining the Union railway station, has been destroyed by fire. The Union station proper, one of Kansas City's landmarks, was saved by the firemen after a hard fight. The burned build- ing contained the receiving offices of the - Adams, Wells-Fargo and Pacific Express companies,' a branch of the postoffice, the offices of the Fred Har- vey Eating House company, the Pull- man Palace Car company’s linen room and the Railway Men’s Y. M. C. A. rooms. The loss is estimated at close to $250,000. The fire spread with such rapidity that the firemen were able to save but 800 sacks of commeon mail and a small portion of the express matter. Twenty- five sacks of registered mail and some | other matter were destroyed, together | with a great number of express pack- ages. A large supply of linen in the Pullman rooms and the library, fur- nishings and apparatus in the Y. M. C. A. rooms were destroyed. The Y. M. C. A. quarters had been partially fur- nished by Miss Helen Gould. BRIEF BITS OF NEWS. Rabies, according to a statement made by Health Commissioner Dar- ling, is reaching the proportions of an epidemic in New York city. There were twenty-nine cases reported. last month. Gretchen Krueger, a schoolgirl aged thirteen, was instantly killed at Still- ‘water, Minn., by being run over by a pair of sleds loaded with mill edgings, Her back was broken and she did not speak after the accident. In a fit of insanity Harvey Lackner of Tuscola, Ill, gashed with an axe the head of his wife and that of his seven-months-old son and then killed himself by cutting his throat with a razor. The wife will die; the baby may live. MARKET QUOTATIONS. Minneapolis Wheat. Minneapolis, Jan. 14—Wheat—May, $1.11; July, $1.113% @1.11%. On track —No. 1. hard, $1.12%; No. 1 Northern, $1.10%; No. 2 Northern, $1.08%; No. 3 Northern, $1.04% @1.06%. 8t. Paul Union Stock Yards. 8t. Paul, Jan. 14—Cattle—Good to choice steers, $5.00@5.75; fair to good, $3.25@4.75; good to cholce cows and heifers, $3.00@3.75; veals, $3.75@6.00. JHogs—$4.15@4.30. Sheep—Wethers, $4.75@5.25; good to choice lambs, $6.50@6.85. Duluth Wheat and Flax. Duluth, Jan. 14.—Wheat—To arrive and on track—No. 1 hard, $1.09%; No. 1 Northern, $1.08%; No. 2 North- ern, $1.05%; May, $1.113; July, $1.- 11%. In store—No. 1 Northern, $1.- 07%; No. 2 Northern, $1.04%. Flax —To arrive and on track, $1.14%; May, $1.18%; July, $1.20%. Chicago Union Stock Yards. Chicago, Jan. 14.—Cattle—Beeves, $3.60@6.30; cows and heifers, $1.30@ 4.60; Texans, $3.15@4.00; Western cattle, $3.76@4.60; stockers and feed- ers, $2.25@4.20. Hogs—Light, $4.10@ 4.40; mixed, $4.15@4.45; heavy, $4.15 @4.45; rongh, $4.15@4.20; pigs, $3.50 @4.25. Sheep, $3.30@5.70; yearlings, $3.00@6.00; lambs, $5.50@7.40. Chicago Grain and Provisions. Chicago, Jan. 14—Wheat—May, $1.04%; July, 99c; Sept., 955%¢c. Corn ~—May, 605ic; July, 59%c; Sept. 69%c. Outs—May, 53% @53%c; old; 64% @54%c; July, 46c; old, 4T%c; Sept., 39%c. Pork——Jan., $13.10; May, $13.62%. - Butter—Creameries, 20@ 20%ec; dairies, 18@26c. Egga—24@ 26c. Poultry—Turkeys, 8@11c; chick- ens, 915¢c; springs, 8c. INSANITY I EAMILY Doctors Testify Regarding Rela- tives of Harry K. Thaw. FORMER TEACHER A WITNESS Winona (Minn,) Man Declares De- fendant in ‘Stanford White. Murder Case Acted in an Irrational Manner as Long Ago as 1886, New York, Jan. 15—The defense has begun the presentation of its case at the trial of Harry K. Thaw. Physi- clans who had attended the insane members of the defendant’s’ family were called ‘upon, but by invoking the rule of confidential relations between doctor and patient District Attorney Jerome gucceeded in blocking some of the intended testimony. One of the witnesses was' a former teacher of Thaw at Wooster university, who declared the boy's conduct so long ago as 1886 was irrational. Dr. John T. -Deemar of Kittaning, Pa., the Thaw family physician, was the first witness called to the stand. Dr. Deemar testified that he treated Harry Thaw for St. Vitus dance and measles. He repeated this testimony and told also of atténding members of the Copley family, the mother’s branch of the defendant’s antecedents. Dr. Deemar said a brother of. the older Mrs. Thaw turned an imbecile. Dr.” Deemar was asked as to the present mental condition and where: abouts of John Ross, a paternal cousin of the defendant, but District Attor ney Jerome objected on the grounds that-the doctor obtained his informa- tion while acting in a professional capacity and it would require a waiver froin his client before he could testify. Justice Dewling sustained the objec: tion over the protest of Mr. Littleton. Dr. William S. Butler of Roanoke, Va.. former assistant physician at the Western lunatic asylum, Staunton, Va., where Horace K. Thaw, a pater- nal cousin of Harry Thaw, was con- fined, was the next witness. When he was asked as to Horace Thaw’s condition up to the time of his death Mr. Jerome again objected and was sustained. The district attorney also successfully objected to the introduc- tion in evidence of the commitment papers prepared when Horace Thaw was admitted to the asylum on the ground -that the evidence was hear- say. Mr. Littleton took an exception to this ruling. Defendant’s Cousin Insane. Dr. L. H. Foster of Norfolk, Va., formerly of the Eastern state hospital for the insane at Williamsburg, Va., where William §S. Thaw, another cousin of the defendant, was confined, next was called to the stand. Dr. Foster was asked to identify the rec- ords of the asylum as to the admit- tance of William S. Thaw and did so. ‘When the record was offered in evi- dence. Mr. Jerome objected on the ground that it was incompetent testi- mony and was sustained. Mr. Littleton here recalled Mr. Dee- mar and succeeded in circumventing the former objections of the district attorney as to the case of John Ross. Dr. Deemar said he ceased to be Ross’ physician after the latter had been committed to the ope institution of feeble minded. - He was allowed to tell of Ross’ mental condition and declared it unsound, the symptoms be- ing manfacal. Charles Koehler of Winona, Minn., who was a teacher at Wooster univer- sity, Wooster, O., in 1886, when Harry Thaw was a student there, took the stand and asked to tell his im- WHAT THE KIDNEYS DO Their Unceasing Work Keaps Us Strong and Healthy. All the blood in the body passes through the kidneys once every three minutes. The kidneys filter the blood. They work night and day. When healthy they remove about 500 grains of impure matter daily, wnen unhealthy some part of this impure matter is lett in the blood. . This brings on many diseases and symptoms—pain in the back, headache, nervousness, hot, dry skin, rheumatism. gout, gravel, disorders of the eyesight and hearing, dizziness, irregular heart, debility,drowsiness, dropsy, deposits in the urine, etc. But if you keep the filters right you will have no trouble with your kidneys, James Bridges, living on Third St., Bemidji, Minn,, says: I am so glad to have the opportunity of: recommending Doan’s Kidney Pills to others, as I know -them to be a reliable remedy. At the time I began their use, I was feeling very miserable, There was a severe ‘pain in the small of my back, the kidney secreticns were dark and unnatural in appearance, and I had great pain while passing them. | saw Doan’s Kidney Pills highly recommended for such com- plaints and-procored a box at -the Owl Drug Store. They helped me so much that 1'procured a second supply and ‘the relief I received was wonderfull. Tam now entirely free from pain and my kidneys are more normalin action.” For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Foster-Milburn . Co., Buffalo, New York, sole agents for the United states. or seventeen years. Mr, Jerome ob- Jected, but the witness 'was allowed to proceed.. Harry Thaw always had a nervous galt and walked jerkily, he fald. “His eyes were striking, his complexion anaemic. His manner in the classroom was abstracted and in- difterent. His eyes usually had a fixed, staring gaze. There was never any warmth in his eyes, no illumina- tion.” Mr. Koehler sald he set down many of Thaw’s eccentricities in a diary which he destroyed ten years ago. Thaw’s mind always worked slowly. His mind was irrational. Cross-exam- ined by District Attorney Jerome Mr. Koehler said 200 boys came under his care at Wooster and since that time as a teacher he had been thrown in contact with 1,500 boys or more. The witness insisted, however, that the memory of Thaw, a pale faced, twitch- ing lad, stood out above the others. HIS WIFE HEARD NO SOUND Minnesota Man Murdered Sleeping by Side of Woman. Chisholm, Minn, Jan. 15—EHas Matson, aged forty, a man about town, was murdered as he slept and his wife, slebping by his side, says she heard no sound and knew nothing about the crime until she awoke in the morning. The murder was com- mitted with a double bladed axe, which was' still buried in the man’s head when the woman discovered the crime. Seteral suspects are under arrest. Jealousy of the woman is sup- posed to have been the motive of the crime. Beckham Lacks Three Votes. Louisville, Jan. 15.—A telephone message from Frankfort says the re- sult of the ballot for United States senator in the house and senate leaves former Governor Beckham three votes short of election. MUST UNDERGO OPERATION George A. Pettibone Ill at Los An- geles, Cal. Los Angeles, Cal, Jan. 1 .—George A. Pettibone, who was brought here from Boise, Ida., following his acquit- tal on the charge of murdering former Governor Steunenberg, will undergo an operation shortly for ulcer. He has improved since his arrival here. Clarence Darrow, attorney for the Waestern Federation of Miners, also is improving and will escape an opera- tion, although he still suffers much pain from the attack of mastoditis with which he was stricken during the Pettibone trial. BAKING POWDER Absolutely Pure The only baking powder made with Royal Grape Cream of Tartar : ! No Alum, No Lime Phosphate LOWER SLEEPING CAR RATES St. Paul Man Files a Petition at Washington. Washington, Jan. 15—George 8. Loftus of St. Paul, accompanied by Senator La Follette, filed with the in- terstate commerce commission a peti- tion asking for a reduction of 25 per cent in the lower berth rates of the Pullman company and the fixing of the rates for upper berths at one-half that of the lower berth rate. The re- duction is asked on all interstate busi- ness throughout the United States. Mr. Loftus represents the Minnesota Shippers’ association, which started the private car investigation two years ago, and he has had the advice and the support of Senator La Fol- lette. Some months ago a.complaint was made against the Pullman company in regard to rates from Northwestern points. A hearing was had at St. Paul, at which time the representa- i tives of the company refused to pro- Jduce its books or to answer questions. This resulted in a postponement of the hearing. In the meantime the Shippers’ association broadened its in- quiry with the result that this peti- tion was filed. NEW TURN IN RENT STRIKE Seven Hundred Landlords Hold Meet- ing in New York. New York, Jan. 1 —A new turn was taken in the rent strike agitation ‘when a meeting of 700 landlords was held to discuss the matter. It was de- cided lo have introduced in the legis- lature a bill making it a felony for any political agitator to incite tenants to refuse to pay rental which has been agreed upon. At present it is a mis- demeanor. The recent rent strike in the East Side tenements was sup- ported by the Socialist party. Remember the name—Doan's— |} and take no uther. The petition avers that the Pullman company has fnvested $28,000,000, while it is capitalized for $125,000,000 and its net earnings are approximate- ly 20 per cent -per annum on capitali- zation, in addition to a surplus, and ‘that each car, accepting the com- pany’s. estimate of its cost, pays for itself every two years. Girls as Theater Ushers. Chicago, Jan. 15.—Girls as theater ushers have made their initial bow to Chicago. The innovation was inau gurated at the International theater and the audience seamed well pleased. Eight comely maidens showed the patrons to their seats and, the man- agement declared, performed the work as well as male ushers could do it. Cut in Eastbound Rates. Montreal, Jan. 15.—Following the action of the White Star and Cunard lines in cutting rates representatives of the Allan, Dominion and Canadian Pacific Steamship companies at a conference held here decided to make a cut in eastward rates in second cabin and steerage to Liverpool and Scandinavian points. ““‘Bromo Quinine’’ That is Laxative Bromo Quinine USED THE WORLD OVER TO OURE A OOLD IN-ONE DAY. Always remember the full name. for this signature on every box. Printing The Pioneer -Prirtery 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 Suit you. Pioneer Printery | { i