The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-10-13

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The Weather.: Probably fair Sat
urday; moderate variable winds. 49,
Fire in the center of the business
district of Caledonia, Mimi, badly
damaged one block and for a time
threatened to destroy the entire
town.
Resolutions to have the Ohio State
Federation of Labor go on record
against the presidential ambitions OF
Governor Harmon were defeated af-
| ter warm debate.
Three persons were killed by il
| Illuminating gas in Minneapolis yes
| terday. Albertinus Opgrand, a farm
er living near Halstad, Mimi, was
found dead in a room at the Ban
croft hotel. Opgrand came to Min
| neapolis to consult a physician about
heart trouble. Coroner Gilbert Sea-
shore thinks Opgrand blew out the
gas. Mr.. and Mrs. John Pearson
were asphyxiated in rooms at 100
East Island avenue
In full confession to Sheriff John
Casey, James Dygart yesterday told
of the manner. in which he murdered
| Mrs. Amelia Bolton and Frank Ed
| ward Rhodes on the Bolton farm near
| Wyoming, in Anoka county, on Sep
TENDER -, according to the Anoka
| county officer. He told the officials,
they say, that he did not want his
parents to go to the expense of fight
| ing the case for him, and then told
| in detail of the crime of which he is
accused.
Shortly before noon today Presi-
dent Taft arrived in Sacramento, the
first important stop ON his Califor-
MIA itinerary. Governor johnson
and other eminent representatives OF
the State were on hand to give him
greeting. After an informal -recep-
ton at the station the distin guished
visitor was escorted to the Capitol
where he delivered a brief address
to the large crowd assembled there
At O'Clock the journey to Oakland
! and San Francisco was resumed.
DR.. George Edgar Vincent, will be
formally installed as president of the
University of Minnesota, the after
noon of Oct. IS, at the university
armory. John Lind, president of the
board of regents and former governor
of the state, will preside at the inau-
gural ceremonies proper. President
emeritus Cyrus Northrop will make
the presentation address. Bishop
John Hoyl Vincent, D. D., father Of
the president-elect, will pronounce
the benediction.
Late returns show that woman suf.
frage has triumphed in California
returns wiping out the majority pre-.
viously recorded against the amend
ment and since this turn, the mar.
gin in favor of the amendment has
increased steadily. The totals now
show the result as follows: For sui.
frage amendment, 1905, against
117,408. Majority for amendment
1878. These figures represent the
returns from 2,717 precints out of q
total of 1871 in the state. So over.
whelming was the vote in favor Of
the other amendment, the initiative
and referendum and recall, including
the judiciary that the tabulation OF
returns was Suspended, with nearly 9
third of the precints remaining un.
reported. The final count taker
showed the following results: Fol
initiative and referendum 138,181
against 44,850. For the recall, 49,,
572; against, $500.
The revolution, which has beer
hanging over China for months, ane
of which the rising in the province
of Szechuen, was only a small part
has begun in earnest and is a con
certed movement to take the empire
and declare a republic The notet
exiled revolutionist, DR.. Sun Var
Sen, leader of the anti-Manchu party
if plans do not miscarry, is to b.
elected president. He was the dele
gate of the revolutionary party tt
the United States in 1910 and is be
lieved during that tour to have mad
arrangements for financing the move
ment. Sun Yu, a brother of DR.. SUI
Vat Sen, who is now in Hankow, ha
been elected president of the provin
cial assembly and Tang Hua Lung
retiring president of the assembl.
and noted scholar, has been electet
governor of HUI Peh. The whole as
sembly has seeded from the i'm
perial government. The rebels, VIII,
are well organized, have confiscate.
the local treasures. and banks AM
are issuing their own paper money
redeeming government notes witt
this, as foreign banks are refusing
government notes.
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