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The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-06-04
EXPLODE IN RAPID SUCCESSION

Racine, Wis, June 2. - For more
than three hours yesterday afternoon
the entire section of the city south
west from a point east of Mead street
bridge was in danger of being wiped
out by fire which started in the plant
of the Racine Boat Manufacturing
company, and $1,000 people were
panic-stricken. Help was asked from
the Milwaukee and Kenosha fire de-
partments. and engines were being
loaded on the cars when Fire Marshal
James Cape countermanded the order.
having placed the fire under control
The losses aggregate 100000.
The fire started in the Racine Boat
Manufacturing company's plant. A
thirty-mile gale was blowing at the
time. The fire jumped from the place
where it started to the large three
story machinery shop and house for
building the large steel yachts. Then
the wind carried the flames to five
large wooden sheds OF the J. l. Case
company, filled with traction engines
and threshing machines, thence to the
lumber yards and sheds of the boat
company. Just a short distance to the
west was the Standard Oil companys
plant, and
There was Great Danger
Of the large tanks OF gasoline, kero-
sine oil, nahtha and mbricatiGg oil ex-
ploding. The immense J. /. Case Pillow
company's building was also in dan
ger. At this time the Standard Oil
company plant and the roofs Of the ].
l. Case Plow company caught fire.
The warning went out against explos-
ions of oil and thousands of people
rushed back pell-mell. In one of the
tanks of the oil company was 10000
gallons of gasoline. in another 10000
gallons of kerosene, in a third 5000
gallons of naphtha, and 1000 gallons
of lubricating oil.
Half an hour after the fire caught
the explosions came, two in rapid sue
cession. Flames shot 800 feet in the
air and the heat was terrific. driving
the flremen and crowds back. The
boat company's plant was now III
ruins, also one shed of the Case plant
and the oil plant with dozens of lum-
Der piles were burning fiercely. AT
this time Fire Marshal Cape said he
had the fire under control and counter
manded the request for assistance
from Milwaukee and Kenosha.
With the exception of few firemen
being scorched slightly no one was in
jured.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-06-04
SERIOUS AT LA CROSSE.
People are Compelled to Flee to High
er Ground.

People are Compelled to Flee to High
er Ground.
La Crosse, Wis, June 2.-While at
tempting to save some small furniture
from his home which was partly under
water, Paul Wiskers yesterday was
drowned in sight of hundreds of peo-
pie in a spot directly over what is or
dinarily the road leading to North La
Crosse. The floods have reached the
city and small houses are afloat. On
the North side two feet of water has
caused many prominent families TO
fee to higher ground. The distress
among the poorer classes In the out
skirth is great, and if the water raises
another foot thousands of dollars
damage will be done in the wholesale
district. The city is entirely surround
ed by water. The loss will reach
thousands of dollars. Several people
were saved from drowning yesterday
by officers on guard. Pettibone Park,
consisting of 400 acres, upon which
$4,000 has been spent in the past
year, is inundated.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-06-04
DISTURBED A SCHOOL.

Red Wing, Mimi, June 2. - Mrs.
Peter Englund paid fine in justice
court as a result of sensation which
she created in a public school. Mrs.
Englund entered the room which her
son attends and to the establishment
of the teacher began to lecture both
teacher and pupils in the most vigor-
Gus fashion. Supt. Kunze swore out
the warrant for her arrest, and when
she appeared in court the justice fined
her SIS and costs.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-06-04
HORRIBLY MAN6LED.

Simon Erickson Is Killed by a Train
Near Wood Lake.
Wood Lake, Mimi, May 30.-Simon
Erickson was killed by the westbound
passenger train about three miles west
o. this village. He was on his wav
home from Hanley Falls and had near
" reached his destination when 1t is
supposed he became tired and sat
down on the tracks to rest. His body
vas terribly mangled and fragments oil
1t scattered along the track for dis
lance of over a hundred feet. The
dead man was a member Of the NJ. w
A. He was about forty years old and
q bachelor.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-06-04
HITS AT TULLCCH
WASHINGTON POSTMASTER an.
PLIES TO FORMER CASHIERS
CHARGES.
MAKES SERIOUS ACCUSATIONS
SOME OF TULLocH's TRANsAn
TONS WERE CONTRARY
TO LAW.
SALARY ROLLS ARE CLEARED UP
IRREGULARITIES DISCOMFORT
AND ORDERED CORRECTED
IMMEDIATELY.

Washington, May 81. - Postmasisr
General Payne yesterday made pubuo
the reply OF Postmaster Merritt OF this
city to the Tulloch charges. The Mer.
rift response makes serious accuse.
tons against former Cashier S. w
Tulloch of the Washington 9ostotfca
saying that a transaction IN which Mr.
Tulloch was concerned In 1898 An
pears to comprehend the presentation
OF false voucher, which is made .
crime by the statutes" Mr. Merritta
reply further alleges that receipts
were signed in blank on the payroIls
during Mr.. Tullochs regime as cashle-.
and that files do not indicate any com.
plant Of irregularities against the
Washington postoffice filed by Mr.,
Tulloch while he was in office. Mr..
Merritt says the general practice Of
giving employees duties seemingly In.
compatible With their positions
Is do Abuse.
and that the practice Of paying Ger.
tain expenses of the postofice depart
ment out of the Washington city post.
office funds always has existed and Is
proper.
The postmaster general announced
the completion of the investigation Of
the salary rolls of all the first and
second class postoffices in the country
The only irregularities reported. all Of
which have been ordered to be cor.
rected Immediately. were the payment
to fourteen assistant postmasters Of
larger salary than they should re-
ceive under the departments policy;
payments TO a few clerks of more thas
the law allows and the existence OF
designations unknown to the law OF
positions in seventeen postoffices. Mr..
Payne said that none Of these items
indicated any wrong-doine. and he re.
garded this net result of the overhaul
ing Of the rolls Of upward of 1900 pres.
idential postoflces as gratifying.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-06-04
AUTOMOBILE KILLS CHILD.

Was Struck While at Play on SeIby
Avenue.
st. Paul, May 30.--Arania Max, the
eight-year-old daughter of Peter Max,
was run down by an automobile at st.
Adams street and Selby avenue about
$50 o'clock last night and instantly
killed. The machine was driven by
Horace H. Irvine. The little girls
death was caused by fracture at the
base of the skull. The coroner will In
yestigate.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-06-04
SAWMILLS CLOSED.
Owners Refuse to Submit to Demand
for Increase of Wages.

Ashland, Wis, May 3O.-The settlers
and carriage riders of all the nine Ash
land sawmills quit work yesterday
morning and all mills are closed. The
r2en notified the mill owners last Mon
day that they demanded an increase Of
Sc cents per day for settlers and 20
cents for carriage riders, giving the
owners until yesterday to consider
their demands. The owners met last
night and decided that they would
shut down rather than to grant the in
crease. and all the mills shut down.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-06-04

Paris, May 30--Tt was officially an.
nounced yesterday that President Lou
bet will proceed to London between
July 1S and July 20 to return the visit
OF King Edward, and that he will stay
there three or four days.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-06-04
FINDS CAUSE OF HAY FEVER
Professor Dunbar Also Discovers the
Antldote.

Berlin, May 81. - Prof. Dunbar OF
Hamburg claims to have discovered
the poison in the pollen of flowers
which causes hay fever, and also Its
antidote. Prof. Dunbar has the per-
manent post Of director of the Ham
burg institute and is an assistant OF
DR. Koch. DR.. Dunbar is native or
st Paul, Mimi, and came to Germany
a number of years ago when a was
twenty-one years of age. He is now
naturalized German citizen. His dis
covery regarding hay fever is only one
of number of hygienic discoveries
made by him.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-06-04
DAMAGES for Malpractice.

Fergus Falls, Mimi, May 30.-Peter
Silbernagel secured verdict for ST.
600 In the district court here in his
action against DR.. Berthold for al
legged malpractice. Mr.. Silbernagel
sued for $4,000, the trouble growing
out of the setting Of broken leg.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-06-04
crooks,on Attorney pies.

Crookston, Mimi, June 2. - DeFor-
est Bucklen, one of Crookston's most
prominent attorneys, is dead. He was
prominent as an attorney. He was a
candidate for Judge of the Fourteenth
district last winter.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-06-04
CEREAL FOODS cRAzED HIM.

Sand cooiie Man Who Has Mania for
Eating Grass.
La Crosse, Wis, May 80. - Crazed
over the subject of cereal foods and
other health foods, Edward Barrett.
aged twenty-five, has been taken into
custody, examined and sent to the
asylum. So strong is his aversion to
those foodstuffs that he insists upon
eating grass. and will partake Of moth
ing else IL grass Is at hand. His home
Is at Sand Coolie.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-06-04
Big Factory DESTROYED.

Canton, Ohio, June 2.--The bookcase
and office speciality manufacturing
plant OF the John Danner company was
burned yesterday afternoon, causing
loss of 100000. Insurance, $4,000.
The origin of the fire is not known.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-06-04

Hastings, MINI, June 2. - At the
meeting of the board Of education
Supt. A. l.. McBee of Monticello was
elected superintendent of the public
schools of this city, succeeding j. n.
Lewis, former state superintendent.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-06-04
KlpNAP YOUNG GIRLS.
New York Police Discover Colony
Italian RIackmailers.

New YORK Police DIscONeT S0'0T
Italian BIackmailers.
New York, May 81. - FOLLOWING
vestlgation of the disappearance -
Louise Diviniero, a fifteen.yearoa
girl, the police announced yesteI ,a,.
that they had discover IN = ~
Italy" a band Of men who were nAM
ing a business of kidnapping youns
girls and holding them for ransos"
They say a league of fortune teIe..
are working with the kidnappers =
get blackmail from parents Oh ~
stolen girls.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-06-04

A Chicago girl has written to Post
master General Payne that she would
"'like to look into his lovely brown
eyes," Let US hope she is not knock
ing the Chicago men.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-06-04

Escanaba, Mich. May 81. - paw
Kirkpatrick of Escanaba, conductor !
a Northwestern ore train. fell un .-,
the wheels in an unknown manner ~
head. arm and leg were severed sp'
he was disemboT7eled.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-06-04
Threw Pepper in His Ewes.

Kansas City, May 30-Two men yes.
te-day entered the Office of A. c. Ken.
dali, manager of the secret service
union in the Temple block, threw red
pepper in his eyes and escaped with
s50e that was lying on a desk.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-06-04
BIG STRIKE AVOIDED.
FreIahthandIers and Railways Get To-
gether.

eether.
Chicago, May 81. - The trouble Do
tween the freighthandlers and the ral'
ways entering Chicago was virtually
settled yesterday. The management
OF the Lake Shore road took the initis
tive and made q proposition to theH
men which was accepted. The men
In their demands asked for wage IN
crease of % per cent. At conference.
lest night the officials OF the roAu
offered to compromise the difhcuiT
by an increase of little more than
per cent. After considering the MAJ
ter for a time the men agreed to tns
proposition.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-06-04

The big steamship trust has decided
to take more time hereafter in con-
veying the mails between New York
and London. This, however, is about
the only particular in which the trust
intends to ego SLOW"
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-06-04

It is said that only the very wealthy
and the very poor can afford to live
in New York. The statement is proba-
bly, built up on the theory that the
very wealthy can dodge their taxes
and the very poor have nothing to be
taxed.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-06-04

An Irish setter committed suicide in
New York the other day by jumping
from the roof of fiat house, rather
than live In 1t. But this is not the
first instance on record where dog
has shown almost human intelligence.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-06-04

A Bayonne IN. j. man who has
seven children is unable to rent a
house in that town because of the size
of his family. The thing for him TO
do is to take the obvious hint and
move out into the country.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-06-04
Drowned in Sad River.

Pierre, S. D., June "A young man
named Gardner was drowned in Bad
river, about twenty miles above the
mouth, yesterday, while attempting to
swim a horse across the stream. He
was q new man In the country.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-06-04
DOG OWNER SUES.

Officers Killed His Bird Dogs During
Rabies Scare.
Armour, S. D., May 80. - Douglas
county is made defendant in suit for
damages as a result of the order is
sued by the local board of health au-
thorizing the sheriff and his deputies
to kill "all dogs running at large" One
of the deputy sheriffs killed two bird
dogs belonging to w. II. Smith, a
travelling salesman for the Garr-Scott
Threshing Machine company, and he
has brought suit to recover the loss.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-06-04

There Is a minister in MiddIetown,
N. Y, who claims that he lives COM
fortably on s12 month. We would
like to know where he buys his coal
and meat.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-06-04

Never marry woman with an ar.
tistic temperament" advises a New
York Sunday school superintendent.
Possibly he would not object to a
woman who is an artist at making
bread.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-06-04
Indian Kills a Boy.

Sault Ste. Marie. Mich, May Sl. -
twelve-year-old boy named Marsn1A
was shot and killed at Lay NILS ~ ~
terday by an Indian named WhisA"
The Indian has been arrested.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-06-04

Every time the merry yachting sea-
son rolls around the need OF a COM
prehensive dictionary OF yachting
terms becomes more and more APP
parent.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-06-04
Mer,h,ndlse Stock Attached.

lshpeming. Mich, May S1.--kafsv,
& Son. a Chicago provision frm, ~
tached the stock of the Finnish N !,
camille association. I ne liabinrsV.
are $4,000; assets about $2o,oOV' ~
stockholders are laboring mer.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-06-04

An English chauffeur drove his au-
tomnbile from London to Glasgow in
a single day and when his full score
In dogs, chickens, cows and human be-
ings is made public 1t is believed he
viii be found to have broken the best
Paris-Berlin records.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-06-04

Whitaker wright's claim that he
would have been worth $50,000,O00 II
he had operated in this country is
tribute of which America has reason
not to be proud.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-06-04

Parents may die of despair in Lime
stone, Me-, but the race is not in dan
ger of suicide there. Three sets of
twins and one of triplets came to that
town In FIVE days.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-06-04

! Monday is the day Of the week
when the entry in the tired house
wife's diary takes the same concise
form as that of the small boy in the
story, namely: Got up, washed,
went to bed"
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-06-04

A New Jersey woman has been sent
10 fail for misunderstanding Did the
court consider the probability Of his
having needed II?
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-06-04

The eastern man who is growing
ash scales on his body has been told
by physicians that he has dermitalis
exfoliativa universalis." and he cannot
imagine where he caught such ter
rible thing as that.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-06-04

King Edward kissed the king OF
Italy repeatedly, both at meeting and
at parting. He hasn't visited Queen
Wilhelmina yet.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-06-04
VALUE OF A HORSE TRADER.
For Killing One the Penalty Is Three
Months in Jail.

Des Moines, Iowa, May 30-The PEN
atty for killing an itinerant horse
trader in Des Moines is only three
months in jail. This was fixed at the
conclusion of the trial of Ed Plunkett
for killing Alex Euchre. The two got
into quarrel about six weeks ago and
Euchre was killed by blow on the
head. Plunkett was found guilty Of
assault to commit great bodily injury
and Judge Given sentenced him to
three months in the penitentiary.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-06-04

A pair OF shoes can be made In
Lynn, Mass, factory in thirteen min
utes: that is, as fast as 1S-year-old
boy can wear them out
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-06-04

An Omaha man worth $4,000 killed
himself for loneliness. There are
scores of people pining for the COM
pany Of the dollars which the Ne
braska suicide left behind.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-06-04

II It were not for the general In
terest IN baseball, some men would
make very poor showing at a con.
versazione.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-06-04

Wonder II William w. Aston also
secured a quit claim deed from the
family ghosts when he bought Hever
castle.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-06-04

Hetty Green says every woman ought
70 know how to keep house. Does
knowing how to keep house do Hetty
any good?
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-06-04

Someone asserts that eating early
strawberries causes mental depres-
sion. 1t is certain that pricing them
usually does.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-06-04

Policy King "Al" Adams in Sing
Sing is said to feel his disgrace keen
ly. Well, that's what Sing Sings for.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-06-04

"That which wins a man win wean
him." says a current novel. Not II 1t
was good cooking.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-06-04

Even then, living at 10 cents a day
would be dear In some places.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-06-04

Sir Alfred Austin certainly ought to
rhyme rhapsody on the kissing OF
the kings.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-06-04

Miss Babe Sugar of Kirksville. Mo-,
is going on the stage. She is saved
the trouble of thinking of name.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-06-04

Since the advent of the auto even
the French duelist Is becoming fatal.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-06-04
Thousands Of Acres Flooded.

Lincoln. Neb., June 2.-Flopd waters
in some of the swollen sreams be-
gan receding yesterday, bu the con-
ditions remain practically as Dad as
before. Salt creek at LincoIl has gone
down two feet, but near Wlverly and
Ashland 1t overlooked thousands OF
acres. Help was asked to rescue
farmers imprisoned by thewaters.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-06-04
WORST IN HISTORY.
Ksw and Missouri Rivers Are Away
Above Highest Previous Mark.


Kansas City, June 2. - With the
waters of the Kaw and Missouri riy-
ers nearly four feet above the disas'
trous level of 1881 and their swollen
tide spread over three square miles OF
the city and it's suburbs, Kansas City
is in the worst flood of it's history. In
the valley OF the Kaw, or Kansas river,
between this city and Kansas City,
Kan, report says a number of lives
have been lost. One report says four
teen and another fifty, but in the midst
Of decentralization OF traffic and ordi'
nary means of communication. II Is
impossible to verify these reports.
Twelve bodies were counted as
they foated past during the day. In
nearly every instance they were ly-
ing across pieces of wreckage. The
financial loss has been increasing all
day and bids fair to continue. 1t will
rim into the Millions
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-10-14
Doir1gs Of q Day
Drive in Trouble.

The drive of the Brainerd Lum-
Der Go. is in serious tfou bic near
Mallard according to reports
which reach this city. 1t appears
that a settler who owns land
along the banks of the river
through which the drive is being
taken claims that he has a
meadow which the drive will
cause to be flooded and he has
taken steps to have it stopped
pending payment Of damages.
The men in charge OF the drive
did not take kind y to its being
held up and there was some
trouble. Reports which reach
this city are to tbs effect that the
drive was tiedup yesterday after
noon, however, and will not be
moved until the differences be
tween the settler and the lumber
men are adjusted.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-10-14
Indian Sumfaer.

Yesterdays Crookston Times
says: The fog this morning re-
.sembled somewhat the beginning
of Indian summer which means
the appearance very soon of
snow, ice and below zero temper
.ature. Weather prophets OF the
country predict a cold winter
from the fact that the geese are
feathered very heavily. Others
maintain that the winter will be
mild because the muskrat houses
have been built thin. Corn
raised in the valley this year has
comparatively heavy hull which
would indicate cold weather.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-10-14
Prisoner Tried His Heels.

A prisoner at I he city Jail who
was committed Tor drunlSeness
yesterday and Officer Brose had
a sp1intlng match yesterday
afternoon in which the stalWart
officer came out successful The
man was putin cold storage early
in the day and in the afternoon
he was to be taken to Judge Rey-
nold's court for hearing Mr..
Brose stopped for d MON ent to
talk to some one whom he met
when the game started to sprint.
The officer was handicapped by a
good start and it took a run vf
several blocks to land the pris-
oner. He is at present doing ten
day at the county jail and new
record for run of LOCO yards
through the sand in the vicinity
of the city hall has been estab-
lished.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-10-14
Handsome Compliments.

Ralph Wheelock in minneapolis
Tribune: The Bemidji Pioneer,
which Edward Kaiser made one
of the strongest papers in the
part of the state, has
been turned over to aeorporation
and will be under the manage
ment hereafter of r. w. Hitch
cock, for several years past the
editor Of the Crookston Times
Kaiser fetires, much to our re-
gret, but his successor has al
ready made a record which con
soles Us a great deal, for we have
got in the haDit of reading the
Pioneer.