The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-10-24
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Eight miners were killed and eight
others overcome by an explosion of
powder in the O'Gara mine at Harris
burg, ILL.,. yesterday.
Postmaster General Frank H.
Hitchcock who is a native of Am
herst, O., is expected there tomorrow
to assist at the opening of a postal
savings bank. The bank will be the
first to be established in third-c1ass
post Office. = d. ....-.- ~.
To fit in with the schedule of Pres
ident Taft, who is to be one of the
chief speakers at the annual meet
ing of the American Mining Congress
in Chicago, the opening of the con-
gress originally fixed for today has
been postponed until Saturday.
Spain kept holiday today in ceIe-
bration of the Gath birthday ami
versary of Queen Victoria Eugene.
Her Royal Highness was born Oct
"a, 1887, the only daughter of Prin-
cess Henry of Batten berg and grand
daughter of the late Queen Victoria
of England.
The first national conference ever
held for the purpose Of furthering
the social center movement will be-
gin a three days session at the Uni
versity of Wisconsin in Madison to-
morrow under the auspices of the
extension division Of the university
and the Social Center Association of
America.
In the absence of her husband, who
was working in the field, Mrs AXel
Johnson, wife of prosperous and
well known farmer, living miles
northeast of Braddock, ~ D., yes
terday burned to death herself and
six small children during a fit of
temporary insanity. She locked the
doors and windows, then set the
house on fire with kerosene.
AS a sequel to the Manitoba
man-hunt that attracted attention on
both sides of the international boun-
dairy not long ago, George Brown, the
alleged assailant of the Riverdale
school teacher, will be placed on trial
at the fall assizes which began at
Morden. Man., today. Browns al
legged victim was Miss Gladys Price,
a member of prominent family and
young woman of excellent reputa-
ton. According to the testimony
given at the preliminary hearing
Brown appeared at the country
school where Miss Price was engaged
as a teacher a short time after she
had dismissed her scholars for the
day. The man was in an intoxicated
condition. After overpowering the
young woman he dragged her into
the adjacent woods and kept her a
captive there for SO hours. Only at:
ter the man had fallen into a drum
ken stupor was his victim able to
escape and make her way to neigh
boring house. She was in pitiable
condition and for several days it was
feared she would not survive the
shock The young woman's story
aroused the entire surrounding coun-
try and within a few hours armed
posses were in pursuit of the alleged
assailant. The chase extended across
the border to Hannah, N. D., where
Brown was arrested and later, it is
said, identified by Miss Price as the
man who had held her captive. Miss
Price, who has since become Mrs
Frank Patterson, Is expected to be
the chief witness against Brown. In
addition to the more serious charge
| Brown will have to stand trial fol
the attempted murder of William
Adams, a Snowflake hotel proprietor
who was shot and seriously wounded
in the man-hunt.