The Bemidji pioneer., 1900-11-01
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Unfortunate Happenings.

Unfortunate Happenings.
The ahbattoir Of the West Phila-
delphia stock yards was partially de-
stroyed by fire Of unknown origin.
causing loss Of about $4,000, fully
covered by insurance.
One enploye was seriously injured
and $4,000 worth Of property DESTROYED
by an explosion in the plant OF the
Mattoon Gaslight and Coke company.
The cause Is unknown.
A fire in small tenement house Of
Archambanlt Lane at Montreal result
ed in the death by suffocation of hve
children. The father, Arthur LIE Blanc,
a shoemaker, was badly burned, but
will live.
4 A. D. Price of Palestine, Tex. stu
dent at the Bingham school at Ashe-'
willie, N. c., died from injuries sustained
in a practice game Of football. His
spinal column was broken between his
shoulders.
Fourteen persons were hurt In Chi
cago when trailer on North shore
electric train became detached from the
motor and crashed into a forward eatgs.
which had come toIa standstill. None
will die. Il +.
Joseph e. Tails, newspaper man
Of Tennessee, who wrote under the
name of Ray Raymond, was killed by
falling from third story window Of
the Occidental hotel in Quincy I'll. The
presumption is he fell asleep on the
window sill.
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A plague Of bugs exists at Waterloo.
Iowa.
A typhoid fever epidemic prevails
at Prescott, Wis.
Hobson declares Admiral Sampson Is:
dying of a broken heart. gs
The Kentucky legislature has passed
nom bipartisan election bill.
Great Britain's coal boom has COLI
lapsed, and prices take a heavy drop.
Princeton has conferred the degree
of Doctor of Laws upon Secretary Of
State Hay. f!5s
The magnificent library building Of
the Wisconsin Historical society at
Madison was dedicated.
The British steamer Royalist has
been chartered by the United States
for the Philippine transport trade.
Candidates for office in Bayfield,
county, Wisconsin, cannot have their
names on the ticket, as they neglected. !
to file certificates of nomination.
The Iowa inspector general of troops
recommends that two companies OF
the Fifty-first regiment be mustered
out for incompetency.
y The barkentine Morning Star ar
rived at San Francisco, twenty-five
days from St Michaels. She brought
s1.7oo,o00 worth Of gold dust from
Dawson.
Jim Scanlan Of Pittsburg kknocked
out Bob Douglass of st. Louis In the
second round Of what was to have
been a twenty-round contest at Mem
phis, Tenn.
Hon. w. P. Schreiner, former pre-
mier of Cape Colony, has resigned his
seat in parliament, owing to the per
sistent opposition of the extremists Of
the Afrfcanders. S 554 ,s s5
The National Horseshoers conven-
tion, at Milwaukee, has adjourned sine
die. after selecting Baltimore as the
next place Of meeting. L.. b. Dolan or
Milwaukee was elected president.
Kid Mccoy is about to renounce
prize-fighting for the more remuner-
ative business Of a South African
building contractor. The Indiana
pugilist has arrived in London.
The government of Holland, through
w. Weis, engineer Of the waterworks
in the India Netherlands, has placed
an order with the Carnegie Steel COM
pany for 10000 tons OF steel rails.
Maud Come is organizing Irish
children in ireland and educating
them in hostility to England. Even
ing classes have been organized to
teach the Irish language and history.
Rear Admiral w. s. Schley, of the
United States navy, has accepted the
invitation Of the knights Templar OF
Kentucky to attend the twenty-eighth
tri-ennial conclave in Louisville Aug.
27-3c, 1901.
A final dividend of % per cent has
been declared in favor Of the creditors
Of the Sioux National Bank of Sioux
City, Iowa, making in all IS per cent
on claims proved, amounting to s146,-
1876.
The Chicago Telephone ompany an
nounces it's decision to reduce from
10 to cents the rate Of service for
pay station telephones. The cut in
the rate means a saving of 100000 a.
year to patrons.
The Dutch government will bring in
bin to regulate the position Of the
future husband of Queen Wilhelmina,
In imitation of the precedent afforded
by Queen Victoria. Her majesty viii
confer upon Duke Henry the rank Of
prince consort and the title of royal
highness.
gold country which may rival the
klondike and Cape Nome regions has
been discovered by the Harvard ex-
plorers who spent the last summer in
Labrador They have returned after
a season of excitement and adventure.
and all tell stories of the discoveries
they made.
A curious request to the porte has
been made by the Turkish consul at
New York-that he be permitted to
undertake newspaper work. He ex-
plains that his remuneration is insult
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