The daily pioneer. [volume], May 05, 1903, Image 1

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VOL. I, NO. 14
RIOT IN A CtlURCH
MEN AND WOMEN ENGAGE IN A
LIVELY FREE-FOR-ALL
FIGHT.
BOOKS AND fURW.URE EMPLOYED
WHEN POLICE ARRIVE COMBAT-
ANTS UNITE AND TURN ON
OFFICERS.
CAUSE Of THE RIOT IS NO KNOW N
NO ONE KNQWS EXACTLY WHO
STARTED TH E FIGHTMANY
ARRESTED.
Joliet, 111., May 5.Men and women
fought hand-to-hand with each other,
and then, altogether, fought hand-to
hand with the police in the Slavonic
Roman Catholic church. The trouble
was started by several women as the
collectors were circulating through the
church. There were 2,000 men, women
and children in the church when the
fight began. In spite of all the pro
testations of Father Kollar and as
sistants the church members fought
fast and furious with pieces of furni
ture, knocking each other right and
left. Some one ran from the building
and called on the police for help. In
a few minutes a patrol wagon full of
police drove v.\) to the church and the
men hurriedly entered into the edifice,
which was full of thwacks, din and
turmoil. Bloody limbs and battered
faces were frequent. A few men had
been penned into a corner by a num
ber of angry women, who punished
them with clenched hands and books.
But by the time
The Police Arrived
some of the combatants had ad to the
street. As the police entered the
church those on the outside returned
to the fight, armed with clubs, stones
and revolvers. Those within left off
-fighting with each-other and unitedly
beget the. police Those from without
fired ini6 the patrolmen from the rear.
Wouteti:$}) children cried out in ter
ror at the sight, and many men ran
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from the church or leaped out of win
dows. Then the policemen drew re
volvers and threatened to shoot unless
order prevailed. The affrighted com
batants ceased fighting and the police
men began to make arrests. Of all I
the persons injured none had to be i
taken to a hospital. Father Kollar,
who rushed into the midst of the fight.
in an effort to calm his parishoners.'
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The Pioneer Wholesale Liquor House
of Northern Minnesota
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Imported and Domestic Whiskies,
Brandies, Gins, Rums, Wines and
Cordials Always on Hand
Large and Small Buyers Can Save Mon-
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Mail Orders Promptly Attended to.
Special Distributing Agent for the
Celebrated Old
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C.H.MILES
BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA.
ascaped uninjured. .Many anests
were made during the day, but no one
knows exactly who started the fight or
what it was about.
BOBS" IS COMING.
Lord Roberts Expected Soon to Visit"
America.
London, May .5. Lord Roberts'
eagerness to visit America grows upon
the doughty little general, and his de
sires undoubtedly will be gratified be
fore many months. During the past
year all the distinguished Americans
visiting London have pressed invita
tions upon him. Accordingly, "Bobs"
has been seeking a mission to give of
ficial countenance to the visit. He is
reported to have found it in a review
of the Canadian militia in recognition
of their war services. Roberts prob
ably will be accompanied by his fam
ily, who are also eager to visit New
York, Washington. Chicago and Bos
ton. Roberts undoubtedly will ac
company the Ancient and Honorable
Artillery of London, who are slated to
visit Boston in September,
DIES FROM BEATING.
Injured Man Names His Assailants
Before Passing Away.
Wilkesbarre, Pa., May 5. John
Masulis, a resident of Plymouth, who
was held up at an early hour on
Wednesday morning by four members
of the notorious Bull Run gang and
beaten in a most horrible manner,
died yesterday. In his dying declara
tion he implicated Thomas Thomas,
John McDermett, David Thomas and
Charles Edwards as the assassins.
They were all arrested and are now
in the county prison, charged with the
murder.
BIG SWEAR-OFF.
Twelve Hundred Members of a Con
gregation Take the Pledge.
Wilkesbarre. Pa.. May r.Th en
tire congregation of Father Curran's
church last night took the temperance
pledge for a year. Over 1T200 marched
to the church, the girls and women
wearing white dresses and wreaths
and. carrying flowers, the boys in uni
form, and the men wearing regalia.
They raised their right hands and
swore to abstain themselves and to
prevent intemperance in others.
Shoots Brother, Then Kills Himself.
Nelsonville, Ohio, May 5.At Sand
Run, a mining village north of here,
Charles Dunkle fatally wounded his
brother, John Dunkle, the result of a
quarrel. Charles then shot himself In
the head, dying instantly.
Killed by Hostile Mayas.
Mexico City. May 5.News has been
received from Yucatan that Col. Jose
Gonzales Alas, commanding the Sec
ond battalion, was killed at Bacalar by
a band of hostile Mayas. No other
deaths are reported.
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GIRL'S SHOES STRIKE A.. SPIKE
IN LOOSE POWDER IN A
FACTORY.
AWflJl tXNO.SION EQLL&W.S
EIGHT PEOPLE KILLED AND MANY
MORE OR LESS SERIOUSLY
JWJ E D.
fACTORY IS COMPLETELY WRECKED
FIREMEN RESCUE THE MAIMED-
PEOPLE BLOCKS AWAY
INJURED.
Cleveland, May 5. An explosion
that caused death and destruction oc-
cj.ir.r-ed in the plant of the Thor Man
ufacturing company. Eight persons
are dead, while about thirty others are
lying injured in hospitals, some fatally
and ethers more or less seriously.
The Thor Manufacturing company is
engaged in the manufacture of toy tor
pedoes and other explosives. The com
pany was in the midst of its busiest
season. A large stock of material was
on hand. Extra girls were being em
ployed and by the end of the week it
was intended to put on the market the
largest shipment ever sent out by the
company. The force of the explosion
was tremendous, and windows within
a radius of a quarter of a mile were
broken. The house on Orange street,
next to the factory, was occupied by
Morris Cohen, with his wife and right
children. With the
Collapse of the House
simultaneously with the explosion, the
woman and four children were caught
in *he falling ruins and horribly
erusned. They were all taken out un
conscious. Mrs. Cohen died on the
way to the hospital. The fire origin
ated in a peculiar manner. The tor
pedo caps are filled in molds and there
is constant danger of some of the
loose powder, supposed to be fulmi
nate of mercury, dropping on the floor.
For this reason the girls and boys who
are employed in the factory are com
pelled to remove their shots while at
work, so as to remove the danger of
striking sparks. "The explosion was
due to the frolicsome propensities of
a new firl who had been employed at
the plant less than a weeek. The girls
had their shoes on at the noon hour,
and one playfully shoved another of
the girls. As the girl slid along her
Shoes Struck a Spark
in some loose powder. Instantly the
floor was ablaze. With great pres
ence of mind, a girl ran to a tub of
water and threw the water on the
floor. The fire had gained too great a
headway, however, and the water did
not stop it. At this juncture a painter
who was working on a building next
door, glanced through the open win
dow and saw the fire. The girls did
not seem to realize their great danger
and were trying to extinguish the
flames. The painter, however, realiz
ing what was stored in the buildings,
yelled for the girls to run for their
lives. There were four girls, ten boys
and one man in the factory when the
explosion occurred. The flames were
easily subdued by the firemen after
the explosion, and there was nothing
left of the factory byt a pile of debris.
The fire-fighter:- at once commenced
the work of digging in the ruins for
the imprisoned. ThS dead were re
moved to the morgue and the injured
were hurried off to the hospitals.
KAISER SEES TH E POPE.
William Has a Long Conference With
the Pontiff.
Rome. May Emperor William
was received by tin? pope yesterday"
He had a conference with the popi of
forty minutes' luratfbn and then
turned to the residence of the Prus
sian minister to jfhe holy see. Thf1
day
was britrht, and as the emperor and
his suite, traven the streets of
Rome he was enthusiastically ac
claimed. His majesty presented Prince
Frederick William and Prince Eitel to
the pontiff
Mio Vatican the "in-
peror w-a-s i ^-d wi?h military hon
ors by the Paiatine guard and a pla
toon of gea4armes .-'el !je was wel
comed by th lii:rh
dignitaries, of the
pontifical court. T-he v'isijt of Kmperor
William wav returned byt. Cardinal
Rampolla. papal Secretary of state, at
the Prussian legation.
National Industrial Conference.
Chicago. .May 5.A .national indus
trial conference, to which former
President Cleveland, Senator Hanna,
President Gompers of the American
Federation of Labor. John Mitchell of
the miners' union and other (.oaders
in the industrial End political life of
the country will be invited, is to be
called by the National Civic Federa
tion to meet in Chicago.
QUIET DAY FOR PRESIDENT.
Pleasing Incident Occur
Church Services.
Sharcfa S| rings, Kan.. May
kitiv as.i ..i it aw aid* tlu
rMethc.disi
day and listened oj a -:i
DYNAMITE A CHURCH.
Result of War by Negro Preachers
Against "Policy."
Chicago, May 5.The war which
negro preachers of Chicago are waging
on "policy" culminated in an att
to dynamite the International chr.rch
at 3S25 Dearborn street late las night.
A negro mass meeting called urarouso
the sentiment against the evils which
the game is said to work in the col
ored population, had he/m he!.! in the
church and the eongvei atien Irarl been
dismissed but a few minutes when the.
dynamite was thrown. The few per
sons who remained in the building
were rot injure.I. The explosion
broke all the windows of the church
and blew a large hole in the south
wall. The shock of the explosion was
felt for seeeral blocks.
HORRIBLE BRUTALITIES.
Atrocities in Bessarabia Are as Bad as
Those of the Turks.
Vienna, May 5.Horrible brutalities
are reported to have occurred during
the re-Put riots at Kischeneff, Hessa
rabia. Many women and children were
victims of the mob, which included
even the better classes of the in he. I
itants. Some of the victims were
thrown from windows to tlu\ pave
ments. The rioters also pillaged and
defiled the synagogues and killed the
caretakers. What the looters of
houses were unable to carry off they
saturated with parafflne and burned.
The damage done to property is esti
mate a several million roubles. The
Jews who escaped from Kischeneff are
seeking refuge at Odessa and else
where.
MOB'S DOUBLE HANGING.
Two Murderers Taken From Officers!
and Executed.
Vicksburg, Miss., May 5.Bob Iiry
ant and Will Morris, the assassins of
W. H. Legg, were hanged to the Yazoo
bridge at Haynes Bluff just before
daylight yesterday morning. Bryant
had made a confession to the officers
who arrested him, implicating Morris,
whom he accused of firing the fatal
shot. At a point near the Legg place
200 armed farmers stopped the offl
cers and took the two negroes Into a I
near-by thicket. Robbery
motive for the murder
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PLANNED BY TH E MAFIA.
Italian Miner Is Stabbed Through the
Heart.
Punxsutawri"v. May .r
Battle Between Turkish So!
Insurgents.
London. May 5 A i i the..
Morning Lender from. Sofia i Ibea
a bati!e between Turks and hrsm ertts
at LogtKiasch, The Turks were
feated with a loss of six officers and
200 men killed.
Wir.ona Wian Drowned.
Winona, Minn., May 2~. Clemens
Hofer, a well known resident of Wi
nona. fell into the Mississippi river at
Fountain City, Wis., yesterday and
was drowned. Hofer was one of the
oldest residents of Bnuffalo county,
wis.'
Fire Destroys a Tannery.
Port Washington, Wis., May
yesterday destroyed the tannery of C.
A. Mueller, with a loss of $50,000.
Several other factories were In danger.
The plant will be rebuilt immediately.
It Is Heard for the First Time in i
America.
Notre Dame, Ind.. May 5. The
student body had a unique experience
yesterday. Dr. Zahm while in Rome
was given a graphp'phqne record of
Pope Leo XIII. giving his solemn hen-1
edictlon. This was glyen through aj
graphophone In the university hall. |RAIN Pl0t\S IHR0110H A CROWD
The words were dfstinctly heard by
all presenL This is the first Mine that
the voice of the pe hnsjiei-u hoard
in America.
Frank
Carfa, an Italian i iin r, was stab-Ued
through the hear at Walstori by a
recent arrival frnm. SouTlTefii I'aly,
who gave his name as Agholln I3ati8te.
Carfa died Instantly and his slayer ia
in jail. The manner in which t.he-mur-
der was committed indicates that the
deed had been planned by the Mafia.
Yfis its. '1 l'.e.so iioods aro r\'. lini1
S A few of the ideas of this store:
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Uuilil tin's business for the fiHui
[i)- ii:.' present.
Rings
All Rings in out* store, includ
ing Hat solid gold, oval and set
rings will be sold lor
In Emblems
Lodge Pins, Chains, Brace
lets, Studs, Sit eve Buttons,
Stick Pins, Fobs and Solid
Cold and gold filled Chains, we
have the most complete line in
the city. This week for
15 per cent off
LIVES GROUND OUT
DAY OF MERRYMAKING CLOSES
WITH A FRIGHTFUL CATAS-
TROPHE.
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To llinl every trrmsaptit is mpletct] in an
ftitin.'ly satisfactory manner.
njaUe every individual sale- every quotation a
ri i 1.1,or of further business.
To ri feet an i:i',e it!i i!ion which will have tht-
lichest i ktev. in com meicial hi\M iv.
NOTICE.
Two oxrelit lit brands of Hour ure carried bv us and we
want aligned housekeepers and other Consumers of the im-
tntod articles to In eiiiio bt'ttci1
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For this week only, in Jtwclry, Silvery are, Ntatiorerv. Cut
(ilays. Toilet Articles, Watches, Fcuntain hns, Etc
A[llnc of the iurt nd op-to-dtffc Pojlllvely the \tiy latest
styles In Corre.ipondcnce 5tatloncry.
N. M. JOHNSON
1st Door Kust of First Nat. Hunk Bemidji Minn.
SEVEN PERSONS ARE
KILLED AND THIRTY SERI-
OUSLY INJURED.
GROUND UNDER lilt: Will ILS
CROWD CRIES FOR VENGEANCE
AND STARTS AFTER THE
ENGINEER.
Detroit, Mich.. May 5. A day of
merrymaking and celebration by 500
Polish excursionists tiom Toledo was
brought to a close by a frightful catas
trophe at the corner of CanHeld and
Dequinder streets at S:30 last eyeoiug
in which at lea.^t .^even of the excur
sionists were kille and thirty serious
lay injured.
The excursion was iven by the
Polish Lancer of Toledo over the Lake
Shore railroad. The excursionists left
the train at the corner of Canfield and
Jtequinder streets yesterday morning
and were met "By a number of local
Poles and Polish societies, who es
corted the visitors to St. Joseph's
church. An entertainment was held
later at Harmonia hall. Ab'out .8
o'clock the visitors began to gather
a^ain at the corner of Canfleld and
Dequinder streets to take their train
back to Toledo. There the Lake
Shore and Grand Trunk Tracks run
nut from cfreet Kfatinn on
We
Watches
Our line of WaUmes, includ
ing Crescent Street ill jewel
movement John Hun special -1
jewel:-: Hampden, Duelier,drain!,
17 jewels, this week at]
Ladies' Goods
I 'oeketbooks, Wri.-t Bags,
Toilet. Sets. Manicure Sets and
gold novelties of all kinds at
25 per cent off
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Dequinder street. Four policemen
stood :it the corner of Cariflelu aud
endeavored to keep the excursionists
from crowding through the gates
Onto the Tracks.
Despite their efforts'" bund reds crawled
under of over the mites and walked
down the dark tracks to await the ar
rival of their train, which could ho
seen coming slowly up from the sta
tion. Probably 1 nun persons were
scaTlered along the tracks for two
blocks waiting to board the Lake
Shore excursion t/aln and secure
seats. Suddenly from out of the dark
ness came the Grand Trunk Chicago
and New York express known as the
Pan-American flyer. It plowed through
the mass Of penpbi, throwing thern to
both sides of the track, bruised and
maimed, and g"round a number of them
under the wheels.
Patrolman John Schrrite, John
Shinda. a prominent local Pole, and
a number of others who wen- at the
crossing, asfserl tfial the flyer's
W)-
stle Was Not Blown,
nor was the brdJ rung No statement
could be secured on this subject at tho
local Grand. Trunk office fast night.
The (Ivcr A as checked and stopped
as quickly a possible and backed
pack to the icene of ih catastrophe,
where, for two blocks the track was
eovp-d with mangled and dying peo
ple. Four of tie dead were killed out
right by the train and the others died
after being taken to the hospital.
A cry for vengeance went up from
the Pops as soon the they realized
what slaughter the Grand Trunk train
had done. A demonstration was
started avail's' the engineer of the
flyer. Some cue shouted: "Get the
engineer: kill him." and a" rush was
made down the track for the cab of
the engine. The police had forestalled
them, however, and and officer guard
ed each door of the cab. The angry
Poles stood about and uttered threats
until the flyer resumed its trip into the,
station.
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