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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-08-09
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The disaster was the worst that has
ever occurred on the Denver and Rio
Grande railroad. Dry creek, where the
accident happened, is one of the most
dangerous points on the road. 1t is
close to the foothills, which, by reason
OF repeated cloudbursts and Washouts,
have been slowly closing in, the bed
OF the creek continually becoming
deeper until it has reached a depth of
about twenty-five feet.
Trains Numbers and Is, preceding
No. II, passed over the bridge and
reached Pueblo safely The rains had
been severe, but officials did not ap-
prehend any danger at Dry creek, as
recent inspection showed that the
bridge was in first class condition.
NO intimation of Danger.
Just prior to the time of the acci-
dent there were reports that a heavy
rainfall was in progress in the vicin-
ity of Eden, but there was no intima-
tlon of clOudburst. So far as the
officials OF the road can determine the
engineer evidently did not see the
trouble until it was too late to stop
the train, which was going at a high
rate OF speed.
Whethe; the engine and the torrent
OF water from the clOudburst struck
the bridge simultaneously or the tor
rent had already undermined the struc-
ture is not known, but the reports at
the Denver Office say that the air was
turned on and that this saved the
diner and sleepers from being precipi-
tated into the creek.
When the baggage car, smoker and
chair car left the tracks and plunged
into the stream they were swept down
by the current and the trucks torn off
This lighrened them and the volume
of water can be understood when it
was reported by superintendent Bow
rem that they were carried four miles
before they ran ashore. The three
cars We're found near each other.
The i'll fated train is the fastest sent
out of Denver by the Denver and Rio
Grande and usually carried a heavy
passenger list. It makes the run to
Colorado Springs in two hours and
five minutes and one hour and ten
minutes is the schedule time from
Colorado Springs to Pueblo and the
heavy train was whirling along
through the storm to make this fast
time when it dropped into the stream.
The length Of the bridge, with ap-
proaches, is ninety-siX feet. Fifteen
hundred feet of track was washed out
at the scene of the disaster
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GENERAL sToEssEL REPORTS
Says Japs Lost Ten Thousand in Port
Arthur Eirht

Says Japs Lost Ten Thousand in Port
Arthur Fight.
st. Petersburg, Aug. 9.-Lieutenant
General Stoessel, commanding the
Russian military forces at Port Arthur,
in an undated dispatch to the emperor,
says:
II am happy to report that the
troops repulsed all the Japanese at
tacks of July 26, 27 and 2S, with enor-
nous losses.
"The garrisons enthusiasm was ex-
traordirary
''The feet assisted in the defense
by bombarding the Japanese flank
"Our losses during the three days
were about 1,500 men and 40 officers
killed or wounded.
According to statements of Chi
nese and prisoners the Japanese lost
as many as 10000.
Their losses were so great that the
enemy has not had time to remove
their dead and wounded
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WILL NOT INTERFERE.
Republican Committee to Keep Out of
Wisconsin EiCht

New York, Aug. ga swarm Of ap-
plicants for positions was a feature Of
the opening Of the Republican head
quarters here.
Several conferences were held be-
tween the members of the national
committee and the members of the
congressional campaign committee re-
garding work in which both commit
tees are mutually Interested
Mr.. Cortelyou announced that no
meeting Of the national committee
would be held until next Monday, ow-
ing to the fact that Committeeman
Brooker of Connecticut could not come
to New York until that time
Chairman Cortelyou has announced
that the national committee will not
interfere in the factiOnal fight in Wis
consin, but would leave the matter en-
tirely in the hands of the courts, where
it is at present.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-08-09
HUNDRED
LIVES LOST
ClOudburSt the Cause OF Terrible
Disaster on the Denver
and Rio Grande Ry.
Ill Fated Train the Fastest Sent
Out of Denver by the
Rio Grande.

Pueblo, Colo, Aug. 9.-Train No. II,
the Missouri Pacific flyer, crashed
through bridge over Dry creek, near
Eden, on the Denver and Rio Grande
railroad. 1t is estimated that of the
125 passengers on board the i'll fated
train more than 100 lost their lives
either under the waters of the raging
torrent or beneath the Wreckage Many
of the bodies were carried down FOun-
tain creek by the wall Of water, which
had force enough to carry several
coaches nearly four miles away from
the point where they went through
the bridge. A clOudburst had filled the
creek and water was flowing over the
,restle when the train started across.
The bridge went down under the
weight of the train and the baggage
car, smoker and chair car were pre-
cipitated into the torrent. The engine
the wafer.
The body of Engineer Hinman was
found 200 feet down the river. The
express car was found four miles away
with the safe open and its contents
gone. The chain car was nearby, hall
flied with sand, in which were buried
the bOuies OF many passengers. The
smoker was washed still further down
stream and was not located until sew
eral hours after the accident.
SO far thirty bodies have been re-
covered from the scene OF the diSaS-
ter and thousands of persons are pa
trolling the banks OF the Fountain
river in search of the victims.
Coaches Filled With Bodies.
When Division Superintendent Bow
rem reached the scene of the wreck
the missing cars had aot been located
and the passengers and train hands
who accompanied him organized
searching parties to follow the course
Of the river. The three cars were
found close to the shore in Foun-
tain creek, of which Dry creek is a
tributary, and which in turn flows into
the Arkansas river.
Most Of the dead were in the cars
buried under the debris. The bodies
of three young women were washed
up on the bank of the river three
quarters of q mile below the scene Of
the wreck J. NJ. killen, a Pueblo
hardware merchant, was swept down
stream, but craWled out from the
Wreckage a mile below the scene Of
the accident. He was so badly in
jured and SO exhausted from his. strug-
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GREAT INTEREST SHOWN.
Meeting of Executive Committee At
tracts Many Democrats.

= New York Aug. 9.-Eyidences Of
Democratic interest in the national
campaign were made manifest in the
large number that gathered at the
Hoffman House during the day, where
the executive committee of the nation
al committee held its first meeting
Chairman Sheehan Of the executive
committee was an early arrival and
had many conferences before the meet
ing was held. Senator German was
invited to be present at the first meet
ing, but declined.
The meeting was for the purpose of
deciding upon headquarters and max
ing preliminary arrangements for the
campaign.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-08-09
RETREATING NoRTHWARD.
Russians Continue to Retire Before
kurOk'S Forces

Russians Continue to Retire Before
kuroki's Forces.
General kuroki's Headquarters in
the Field, via Fusan, Aug. 9.-The
Russian forces in front of General Ku-
rokis army are reported retreating
northward. A part of them has en-
camped at Anping, twelve miles from
Ljaoyang. Guns were heard during
the morning on the Japanese right
meaning that possibly the Japanese
are following the Russian retirement
In connection with the death of
Lieutenant General Count Keller,
killed by shrapnel on July 29 while
watching the battle at Yangse pass
from battery position above Moa-
wan, the Chinese living there say that
the Russians removed two cotfins from
that place with great ceremony.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-08-09
GREAT DAMAGE RESULTS.
Severe Rain and Wind Storm Sweeps
Over Colorado.

Denver, Aug. 9.-Specials from
points in Southern Colorado tell of the
heaviest rain and wind storm that
has swept over that portion Of the state
IN years. Floods caused considerable
damage to property Of all descriptions
and seriously interfered with the run
ming Of trains. Nearly all lines lead
ing into the southern part of the state
experienced Washouts
From Colorado Springs as far south
as the New Mexico line and west to
Salida the storm held sway. Only
meager details of the damage done
have reached here because of the semi
demorallzed condition of telephone
and telegraph wires On the Continen-
tai divide near Buena Vista snow fell
and the weather turned cold.
Two rock slides are reported to have
occurred between Duango and Silver
ton, on the Rio Grande road.
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MORE FIGHTING REPORTED
HEAVY ATTACK MADE ON THE
RUSSIAN FORCES NORTH
OF sHAICHENG.

Berlin, Aug. 9-The Tageblatt
prints the following dispatch:
Liaoyang, Aug. THE Western
Russian forces north of Haicheng sui
fered heavy. attack today. Many
wounded Russians are here
There is asslmor current that Gen
eral Kuroki is threatening Mukden
from the northeast.
Viceroy Alexieff and General Kuro-
pat1in were yesterday in Liaoyang
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GRAND ARMY ENCAMPMENT.
Preparations for Gathering at Boston
About Complete.

Boston, Aug. 9.-Preparations for
the annual encampment Of the Grand
Army Of the Republic, which opens
here next Monday, are now practically
complete. The first day will be given
up to receptions and a parade by the
naval brigade and marines. The great
parade takes place on Tuesday. Spec
tators' stands seating more than 500,-
900 persons are being constructed
along Boston common and at other
points.
The business sessions of the en-
campment will be opened on Wednes-
day. General Fitzhugh Lee announces
that he will be unable through press
of business to come to Boston with
the other Confederate veterans who
will make the journey
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CONTINUES TO SPREAD.
Fire Raging in the Arsenal at TouIon
France,

Toulon, France, Aug. 9.-The fire
which broke out at the arsenal here
at midnight is still spreading in spite
of the desperate efforts Of the firemen,
troops and sailors, who are encour-
aged by the presence OF generals, ad-
mirals and other high officers. Two
slips, in one of which is torpedo
gunboat, are in flames and are momen-
tarily expected to collapse
Several soldiers have been injured,
one of them fatally.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-08-09

Sian torpedo boat destroyers dashed
out and endeavored to surround the
Japanese boats. The latter broke
through the Gordon, however, driving
off three of the Russian boats. At
this point the Japanese torpedo boat
destroyer Inasuma joined these two
and the three turned and spiritedly at
tackled the eleven Russian boats The
latter retired within the harbor. The
Japanese boats were uninjured. The
damage to the Russian ships is un-
known.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-08-09
MINNEAPOLIS Policeman Shot

Minneapolis, Aug. 9-While follow
ing Nicollet avenue masher, believed
to be we'll known crook, Patrolman
Michael Lawrence was dangerously
wounded in the right shoulder by
revolver bullet. His assailant has not
been captured by the police, although
he was recognized by Lawrence and
his description has been sent through
the Twin Cities.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-08-09
ITALIAN THROWS A BOMB.
Injuries Himself and a Score of His
Countrymen.

Injuries Himself and Score Of HIS
Countrymen.
New York, Aug 9.-Vincenzo Donet-
tt, an Italian, threw bomb into
crowd of his countrymen, injuring a
score of them and himself as we'll.
He is believed to be a member of the
BLACK Hand society, which for some
time has terrorized residents of the
Italian districts here and eXtOrted
money from them by threats and acts
Of violence
Donetti was himself more severely
injured by the bomb than any of the
others, one leg being badly torn from
the hip to the ankle, but he managed
to escape at the time and was arrested
later at his home.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-08-09
REACHES vLADIvosTok.
British Steamer Calchas, Captured by
Russians.

Vladivostok, Aug. 9.-The British
steamer Calchas, from Tacoma for
Japanese ports, which was arrested.
by the Vladivostok squadron thirty
miles north Of Toxic bay during the
recent cruise off the Pacific coast of
Japan, arrived here during the day in
charge of a prize crew. She was
week overdue, having been detained
by fogs.
The Calchas is the last vessel cap
tured by Admiral Jessen's cruisers.
The papers of the Calchas showed she
was carrying $40 tons of -four, 8 tons
of cotton, 215 cogs and 125 parts of
machinery, all consigned to Yokohama.
The remaining 1,500 tons of the Cal
chas' cargo was consigned to Hong
kong.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-08-09
SINKING OF KNIGHT COMMANDER.
Great Britain Adheres to Contention
That 1t Was UniustifiabIe,

London, Aug. 9.-In the house of
commons Premier Balfour, replying to
a question on the subject, said that
the British government adhered to its
contention that there was no adequate
justification for the sinking of the
British steamer Knight Commander by
the Vladivostok squadron.
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EIGHT WARsHiPs TOOK PART.

ASSISTED Land Forces n Defending
Port Arthur.
Chefoo, Aug. "a reliable author
ity says that eight Russian warships
participated in the recent three days
battle at Port Arthur Since then the
Sevastopol and the Amur have been
repaired.
1t is to be presumed that the fight
ing referred to was the engagement
reported by General Stoessel, comman-
der of the Russian military forces at
Port Arthur, to have occurred July 26,
27 and 49,
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-08-09
WARsHIP FOR sANTo DOMINGO
Sent at the Suggestion of the Ameri.
can Minister There.

Washington, Aug. 9.-Complying
with the request of the state depart
ment Admiral Sigsbee, at San Juan,
has been directed to dispatch a war
vessel to Monte Cristi, Santo Domingo.
This was done at the suggestion of
Mr. Dawson, the American minister
to Santo Domingo, and the inference
is that trouble is impending in that
country.
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DEFEAT RUSSIAN DEsTRoYERs.
Japanese Boats Drive Them Off in a
Lively Battle.

Toxic, Aug. 8.-Admiral Togo re
ports an exciting torpedo boat destroy
er fight which took place off Port
Arthur on Friday evening, Aug. 8.
The Japanese torpedo boat lestroyers
Akebono and Obesa approached the
entrance of the harbor for the pur-
pose of accommodating Fourteen Rus
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Washington, Aug 9.-Rear Admiral
Sigsbee, commander-in-chief of the
Caribbean squadron, has cabled the
navy department that the gunboats
Newark and Newport left San Juan
Aug. 6 for Culebra, via Fajarde. In
the event that warship is needed in
Venezuelan waters these vessels will
be within easy distance.
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No Change in the Situation.
st. Petersburg, Aug. 9.-Lieutenant
General Sakharoff reports that up to
noon Sunday there had been no change
in the Manchurian army's sphere of
operations.
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Strasburg, Alsace-Lorraine, Aug. 8.
The damage by the fire which ragged
in the lower quarter of the city during
the morning and which destroyed a
large orphan asylum and the Magda-
len church amounts to $1,50O,OOO.
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President Approves Report.

Washington, Aug. 9.-The president
has approved a report of the civil
service commission recommending
that Postmaster McMichael of Phila-
deelphia be reprimanded as the result
Of the investigation of the charges
filed by Robert B. jerks, secretary of
the Civil Service Reform association
of Philadelphia, alleging political dis
elimination in Postmaster McMichael's
selection Of employees.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-08-09
BURIED THE RUSSIAN DEAD.
Japs Found Over Five Hundred on the
Fields of Battle,

Toxic, Aug. General Kuroki re-
ports that he buried the bodies of 512
Russians on the battlefelds of Yushu-
ikzu and Yangtsuling. In these ac-
tions he reports the capture of 26S
Russians, eight of whom were off icers
One hundred and fifteen of the prison
ers were wounded
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-07-14
A seedless Apple.

Apropos of the story now going the
rounds of the press Of a "seedless ap-
pie" grown on a tree that has no bios
sons Professor Craig Of Cornell uni
versity is quoted by Country Gentle
man rs saying that 1t would be "a re-
markable performance on the part Of
any tree to make fruit without the es-
sential parts. But perhaps the CORE
spondent referred to the petals. These
are not essential organs. II ia not at
all unlikely that an apple has appeared
which produces practically seedless
fruit, but l question very gravely the
that this is the result Of any
mysterious art Of grating Or budding"
A seedless apple, according to Pro
fessor Craig, may appear az a sport
or as the result of careful plant breed
Ing. But when we get rid Of the seed
shall still have the core lines to
with"
Others who comment on this story
pee only stree agents" In the back
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-07-14
CANDY & LADD
Manufacturers of Con-
crete Building Blocks
CONCRETE WORK
Webster, South Dakota. n
Webster, South Dakota.
Revolution in Building
Material.

Hollow concrete blocks, a product
equal to the best natural stone.
We have the only perfect process of
manufacturing hollow concrete blocks
on the market. No building or paving
material has aver been discovered that
equals Portland cement concrete when
properly united.
Our hollow blocks are a marvel of
beauty, strength and durability; are
close grained and compact; possess
high tensile and crushing strength; do
not disentegrate with time and the
elements but harden with age and
exposure and become practically
understandable.
Call and see our sidewalk tile. Three
colors. Figure with us on building
blocks, steps, sill, ~lintels, watertables,
cellar and clstern walls, engine beds,
or any cement work.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-07-14

The apple pomace question has been
brought up anew, with the result that
the Vermont experiment station finds
the same good feeding value in 1t that
1t did some years ago.
1t is the "robber cow''-that is, the
COW which consumes a dollars worth
Of feed for every 80 cents worth of
milk she g~ives-that gets away with
the dairyman's profits.
1t is said that Iowa farmers will
plant the soy bean extensively this
year Is a soil renovator in place of red
clover.
Blackfoot, Ida, is to be the new loca-
ton Of the sugar beet factory removed
from Binghamton, N. Y.
L. r. Taft, Michigan's well known
horticulturist, goes to st. Louis as
chairman of the jury of awards in hor-
t1culture.
A plan reported under consideration
10 the establishment OF an independent
beef packing plant by a Massachusetts
company at Springfield.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-07-14

Il more free from dirt. il is preferred
BY many farmers to the latter. AS the
soy bean is tender, IL is not usually
planted till settled weather, the last of
May OF frst Of June; some eastern
Kansas farmers say any time before
July as a profitable crop after wheat or
oats.
The soy bean In valuable for green
manurtng and for hay and is one of the
best of the legumes for the silo. The
beans. fed either in the straw or when
thrashed, are good food for all kinds
OF animals, keeping them In thrifty
condition and with glossy coats. In
some localities the entire plant is har-
vested in the field by hogs and cows
eating II to the ground.
The crop Is cultivated like corn, the
seed being sown In drills at the rate OF
one-half to one bushel per acre.
1t is claimed that the yield OF crops
OF all kinds 10 increased where they
follow soy beans. wheat having shown
In large fields an increase Of FIVE bush
els per acre when following soy beans
over that grown on adjoining land that
had not been in beans. This increase
was shown where soy beans bearing
no tubercles were grown.
When the nitrogen gathering bac-
terra that live In tubercles growing
upon the roots are present they take
nitrogen from the air and combine II
with other elements into compounds
for plant food. To introduce
these bacteria into soil from which
they are absent, soil is taken from a
neld where tubercles are abundant on
the roots OF the plants and is drilled in
with the seed.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-07-14

contains two Offices, a dairyman's
room, bathroom and feed room. This
floor is ceiled throughout with hard
pine, natural finish. The second story is
used for the storage of hay and grain
feeds, the grain bins being connected
with the feed room below by chutes.
The COW stable IN one Of the wings
II 90 by 80 feet, with a loft above for
the storage Of hay and bedding. The
floor IL cemented with cement plaster
extended on the walls to a height of
four feet all around. The remainder of
the walls and ceiling are finished in
hard pine and vanished. Stalls are
lifted up to accommodate thirty cows.
These are constructed of gas pipe i'm
bedded In the cement door, the upper
spaces being fitted with two inch net
ting made Of No. 8 wire. The objects
In view In the stall construction were
to have al little material as possible
Tor necessary protection OF the ami
mails and at the same time to econo-
mize the available space. The animals
are fed from galvanized iron troughs
fourteen inches wide and extending
across the front OF the stalls. A drop
eighteen inches wide runs the length
OF the stalls In the rear. The manure
Is handled with a carrier running on an
overhead track behind the stalls. 1t Is
taken directly to the fields and spread
once or as soon as the ground may
be traversed. The cows are tied with
single rope.
The second ell is 60 by q feet. with
a clay floor. and is ceiled throughout.
1t Is divided into box stalls built of
oak. Two are solid and high, to be
used for bulls or sick animals. The
are made of oak palings
four feet high, fitted with stanchions
holding calves while they are be-
Ing fed. A system Of ventilation is
provided for both wings.
The milk roo Is cemented through
on steel lath. 1t is fitted with
shelving, porcelain basins and
aickeled trimmings, so that it may be
'terilized readily with hot water or
The silo at n corner Of the building
Q 1914 feet high by 16 feet in diameter.