The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1901-08-15
Casualties.

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The driver Of load Of nitro glycer-
inc raced to beat train, and was
blown to atoms.
An ore train on the Eastern Mime
sofa went through a bridge. One man
was killed and three others We're in
jured
At Marion, Ind. fire DESTROYED the
establishment OF the Indiana Pulp and
Paper company, with the exception of
the finishing department. Loss. $i75.-
600; insurance. $50, 600.
William r. coston, the manufacturer
OF the Coston marine night signals, was
seriously injured In an explosion which
occurred at his works on Staten Island.
One building was DESTROYED.
Emery w. Riggin, son of =. B. Rig
gin, ex-speaker Of the house Of repre-
sentatives Of Delaware, was fatally
burned In fire that DESTROYED Riggin
{ II Sons carriage factory at Laurel.
Mrs. Sarah Knaub Of York, Pa, aged
about fifty-three years. was shot ana
killed by her sister, Mrs Henry Reilly,
at Pleasureyille. suburb Of York.
while Mrs. Reilly was shooting at
chicken thieves.
Miss Carrie A. Jones. twenty years
or age, daughter Of ex-Gov. Jones, was
run over and killed by a street car IN
front Of the executive ri i, nsion In
Montgomery, Ala. The accident WAS
witnessed by the governor
Busiel Smith, eight years old, of Phil
adelphia, grandson OF Former-Goy.
BuiseI Of New Hampshire, was drowned
at Amesbury, Mass, In the Merrimac
river. Charles Usher Of Lynn also lost
his life in an attempt to save the child.
James IN. Wilson, ratient 1T tt,'
inssne hospital at Prove, Utah. threw
himself head first into the open door
of furnace. He was badly burned pe-s
fore being pulled out. While band
ages were being prepared. Wilson got
away and again threw himself into the
furnace, this time being so frightfuily
burned that he died.
Foreign.
Kruger tells the Boer commandments
to continue fighting.
The Japanese are aching for a fight
with the hated Russians.
An official test of locomotives In ia
maica resulted In favor OF America.
The Chinese in Pekin become moro
insulting as the allied troops depart.
The condition In Cape Colony Is said
to be worse than at any period Of the
war.
Brigands are gathering for an attack
upon Pekin when the evacuation is
completed.
The British Antarctic exploration
ship Discovery sailed from Cowes, Isle
OF wight, for the Antarctic regions.
The British house OF lords may not
try to pass King Edwards declaration
bill, which is offensive to Roman Cath
olies. q
The number Of detectives responsible
for king Edwards safety has been
nearly doubled, owing to fear OF an
archists
Or. Martinez silva, minister TO
Washington, has been appointed to
represent Colombia in the international
congress in Mexico.
BY the elevation OF Count Won Waid-
ersee to the hereditary princely rank,
his wife. an American, will. for the sec
ond time become princess.
Queen wilhelnaina has ordered the
secretary of war Of Holland TO send
detail to the United States to examine
and report on the submarine boat Hoi-
land.
An American newspaper man has
been expelled from Germany on the
charge that ne attempted to obtain 81.
advance copy of the new German tariff
bill.
1t develops that there Is a plot to
combine Venezuela, Colombia and Ec-
uador, which is expected to cause all
kinds of wars and revolutions in the
three republics named.
Under the win Of the late James Toll
man Of London the sum of s250.0o0 is
beaueathed to charity and the execu-
tors are given absolutely free had IN
its distribution.
Gen. Chaffee has received word that
Gen. Summers troops are In close pur-
suit OF the insurgent leader, Malvar.
They captured Malvar's camp while ms
breakfast was still bet.
The suggestion that Admiral Dewey
and an American fleet go to England
for the coronation of King Edward has
been received with enthusiasm In Lon
don, ana has called forth agreeable
comment from the press.