The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-09-16

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The weather: fair Sunday, slightly
cooler. ~
Today was the eighteenth anniver
sary of the opening of the Cherokee
strip to settlement and the birth OF
the town of Enid.
President Taft has held DR.. Wiley
chief chemist, guiltless of charges
made against him and will not de-
mand his resi- gnation. -.-...
| At New Westminster, B. c., yester
day, robbers succeeded in getting
away with 1000 from the branch
bank of. the Bank of Montreal
The Rev. Len G. Broughton will
preach his initial sermon tomorrow
morning in the new Baptist Taber.
nacle, which has just been completed
in this city at cost of 100000.
A cloudburst at Pittsburgh yester.
day flooded the suburban towns OF
Etha, Millyille and Sharpsburg, food,
ing the streets to depth of - feet
killing one person and doing large
property damage.
The annual conference of COVER
| nors, which has been in progress at
Spring Lake, N. j., since Tuesday
concluded this morning. with SEES
sion devoted to the consideration OF
the problems Of prison labor
Today, being the 101st anniver-
sary of Mexican independence, was
recognized as general holiday in all
parts of the republic. Almost all OF
the elaborate celebrations customary
to the occasion were cancelled, how
ever, owing to the fear of an upris-
ing against the government.
Everything is in readiness for the
reception of President Taft, who is
due to arrive in Detroit at an early
hour Monday morning for four days
visit in Michigan. EARLY Monday
morning he will go to Pontiac, re.
turning to Detroit before noon of the
same day for the opening of the State
Fair.
In celebration of the 48th anniver-
sary of his release from slavery, Gil.
bert Porter. one of the best known
negroes in Start County, has ar.
ranged to give a monster barbecue
tomorrow and Monday, to which he
has invited all the people of Massil.
lon and vicinity. Several oxen, 8
dozen sheep and pigs and countless
chickens will be roasted to furnish
free dinners to the crowd. .@
Odd Fellows from all parts of the
United States, Canada, and Mexico
! gathered in Indianapolis today fol
the eighty-sixth annual communica
ton of the sovereign grand lodge
which will be opened on Monday
! Today many of the delegates went tt
Greensburg, to visit the I. O. o. F
Home there. It is estimated that b!
Monday 100000 members of the fra
ternity will be in the city. Address
es of welcome by Governor Marshall
former Vice-president Fairbanks, U
z. Wiley, past grand master, AM
John B. Cockrum, grand sire of tn
sovereign grand lodge, will mark tn
opening session Monday morning.
1 Early in the coming week John w
Collins, a negro, will be put to dealt
in the electric chair at Sing Sin.
prison for the killing of Policeman
1 Michael J. Lynch in New York cit.
| OH july last. - i uc pO1lCCLndh w a.
killed just as he was entering tn
EInegro's rooms in Thirty-seventl
street to learn the cause of two re
4 yolver shots which the negro ha'
1 fired out of window. Collins hat
been drinking heavily, and on tn
4 night Of the murder entered thu
house and fired two shots at the JAM
tor. Later he left the house and re
!. turned with bottle Of gin. Afte
drinking most of the gin he fire.
4 two shots in the air, and told won
an who was with him to lock tn
4 door, Instead she ran into tn
4 street, shouting for help. Policeman
q Lynch appeared and Collins shot hin
4 in the head. The negro made his es
cape across the roofs of the houses
! but was captured within an hour
I His trial, conviction and sentence t
death followed within less than six
ty days.
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