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VOLUME 1. NUMBER 40.
FROM ONE SIDE TO THE OTHER
AND IN ALMOST EVERY
SECTION.
DEVASTATING FOREST EIRES
THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS'WORTH
OF PROPERTY DESTROYED
HOURLY.
LITTLE PROSPECT fOR A CHANGE
THIRTY FIRES REPORTED AND
MANY OTHERS ARE
RAGING.
Portland. Me., June 5. Maine is
burning from one side to the other and
in almost every section. Thousands
of dollars' worth of property and val
uable timber land are destroyed hour
ly by forest fires, and there is little-,
prospect for changed conditions until
rain has soaked the ground and wood
lands. At least thirty fires have been
reported and many others are raging.
The fire line at Bemis and Raingley
lake extends from one to twelve miles,
and in some places is more than Two
miles in depth.
Fires had been reported last night
as burning in the vicinity of the fol
lowing towns.. Raingley, Bemis, Bath,
Topsham, Portland, St. Stephen, N.
Mill Ridge, Livermore Falls. Lovell,
Denmark, Waterford. Bridgeton.
Kinee, Greenville Junction. Ellsworth,
Millinocket, Gardiner. Pittston, Ben
ton, N. B. Houlton, Monticello, Little-
t!&, Ludlow, Bridgewater, York,
Smyrna Mills, Presque Isle. Old Orch
ard, Clinton, Bunham and Rome.
BIG TONNAGE AT THE SOO.
Never Before Has a Sinele Month
Shown Such a Total of Freight.
Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., June 5.
The month of May was a record-break
er in the volume of traffic through ine
great ship canals at this point, the
enormous: total.of 5,188,017 tons of
freight having been carried through,
as shown by the official repurt. This
is not only the largest freiglu tonnage
for may, but also the greatest for any
single month in the history of the
canal. It is 762,358 tons in excess of
the corresponding month last year,
and, with the April traffic included, the
season to date shows 74,963 tons in ex
cess of the same period last year. Of
this freight carried for last month, 4,
062,485 tons was east-bound and 1,125,-
530 tons went west. The registered
tonnage of craft totaled 4,176,468 and
the vessel passages numbered 2,783.
CHOATE PAYS RESPECTS.
Talks About Alaska Boundary Matters
at State Department.
Washington, Jum 5. Am -ssador
Choate, who haj just returu.. from
Europe, was at the state department
yesterday. After paying his respects
to Secretary Hay he went to the office
of Gen. Foster, where he met C. M.
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE
Destroys Twerty-Eigh Houses in City
of Hull.
-Ottawa.O nt., June 5.A fire last
evening destroyed twenty-eight houses
in the suburbs of the city of Hull. A
stiff wind was blowing at the time and
a serious conflagration was threat
ened. Ottawa was called on for aid,
but .by the time the first engine from
Ottawa reached Hull the fire was un
der control. The buildings destroyed
were small dwellings owned by mill
workers. The loss is $35,000. One
hundred homeless persons are cared
for by the city.
A fire at Coteau. Que., early in the
day, destroyed eight houses, causing
a loss of $20,000.
CHINKS FOR SAMOA.
First Importation of Laborers for the
Plantations."
Honolulu. June 5. Advices from
Samoa say that the first importation
of Chinese coolies for laborers on
cacao and other plantations have ar
rived. Three hundred came direct
from Hongkong under contract au
thorized by the German government
of Samoa. They are to work three
years at $6 a month besides board,
lodging and medical attention, and
they are to be given free passage back
to China if they desire to return.
Dickinson and D. F. Watson, counsoljjearning the news concerning dipio
for the United States before the
Alaska boundary commission. The
conference lasted several hours, the
subjects under discussion being the
personnel of the attaches of the com
mission and the arrangements and
rules for its meeting in London, which
will take place probably in September
next.
LOCKS PAPA IN THE BOOTH.
Illinois Girl Uses Strategy and Elopes
With Man of Her Choice.
Chicago, June 5."Well, father.-if
you won let me marry Harry, call nim
up an tell him that I am through with
him," said Mary SchultZ of Joliet after
she had spent several hours trying to
.persuade her parent that she never
could he happy without Harry Cowa3.
Papa"Sc'liult'r.'. delighted at the vie
which his daughter took.of the case,
went into the telephone booth in his
hardware store and asked central to
let nim talk with the man who would
be his son-in-law, The telephone
booth formerly was a cashier's box,
and the spring lock which did duty
several years ago was still in working
order. Miss Schultz slammed the door,
the spring lock did its work and she
fled with Harry, who was waiting a
few blocks away. They came to Chi
cago and all might have been well if
papa had not pursued them. Cowan
was arrested and to-day he will have
to answer to charges of abduction.
The girl is nineteen years old. but her
father is determined she shall not
marry the young man she has selected.
OHIO REPUBLICANS.
Senator Hanna Carries Everything in
the Convention.
Columbus, Ohio, June 5.Hanna is
it. and Hanna is for Roosevelt and
against changing the present princi
ples of the Republican party one iota
All this was settled yesterday at the
opening of the Ohio State Republican
convention. Senator Hanna carried
everything as far as committeemen
were concerned. It is conceded that
Hanna's friends control almost if not
all of the twenty-one congressional
districts. Yesterday's meeting was
given over to a speech by Senator
Hanna. and in his talk he clearly out
lined his position as regards candi
dates and platform for the national
campaign of 1904. The senator carried
his audience in every sentence and,
apparently, they were wi'.h him to a
man. There are few differences at to
state nominations. It is settled thaf
Myron T. Herrick of Cleveland shall
receive the nomination for governor.
SAD SCENES AT GAINESVILLE.
For Half an Hour a Funeral Is Con
ducted Nearly Every Minute.
Gainesville, Ga., June 5. Gaines
ville has practically recovered from
the stupefying effects of Tuesday's
terrible wind storm. With a largo
number of the dead already buried, the
stree' are again assuming'their nor
mal appearance. Physicians are now
here in sufficient numbers but there is
yet great need of medical supplies and
more nurses. About sixty funerals ot
victims were held yesterday. There
was no attempt at any sort of cere
monial in many cases not even a
clergyman was present. The bodies
pere rapidly consigned to the earth
with a hastily uttered prayer or the
singing of a hymn. For half an hour
almost one funeral a minute was con
ducted in the desolated city of mill
cottages, where the tornado wrought
its greatest havoc. The latest tabula
tion indicates that the death total will
be between eighty-five and ninety.
FORM A TRIPLE ALLIANCE.
Argentina, Chile and Brazi
ting an Alliance.
Buenos Ayres, June 5.El National,
a newspaper with special facilities for
matic affairs, publishes an article
stating that Argentine, Chilean and
Brazilian foreign offices are negotiat
ing an alliance to combat European
intervention. According to El Nation
al's informant the proposed alliance
includes, first, an obligation signed by
the three nations to help each other in
case of conflicts between European na
i tions and any South American repub
lics not included in the alliance and.
second, to observe with othpr South
American republics what European
diplo. .arry calls the international pol
icy of preventing conflicts. The Ar
gentine government is carefully guard
ing the secret of the negotiations and
refuses to make a statement confirm
ing or denying the reports.
NEGROES KILLED IN WRECK.
AILY
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SIXTY-THREE PERSONS PERISH IN
WRECK OF STEAMER AT
VALPARAISO.
EOlNDtRS IN HURRICANE
BRITISH SHIP AREQUIPA GOES
DOWNONLY SEVENTEEN
SAVED.
TERRIFIC HURRICANE SWEEPS
THE BAY, BRINGING DISAS-
TER WITH IT.
RIOTS
Negotia-
-The Several Perish Near Fair Bluff
Smashup Due to Washout.
Augusta, Ga.. June 5.An excursion
train loaded with negroes bound Irom
Fair Bluff to Columbia, went through
a washout near Wedgefield. fifteen
miles from Sumter, S. C, yesterday,
and is reported to be a complete
wreck. It is said that a number of
people were killed, but the list is not
yet obtainable. Engineer George Wil
son was fatally injured, and his negro
fireman was killed. Conductor Clem
ens was also killed.
COCAINE IS TO BLAME.
Ashland Physician Cuts His Throat
While Despondent.
Ashland. Wis.. June 5. Dr. J. R.
Straw, for ten years a prominent
physician of Ashland, was found dead
in the bathroom of his residence yes
terday morning, having cut his throat
with a razor. Despondency, caused by
the use of cocaine, caused the suicide.
,f'ERE
BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, FRIDAY, JUNE 5. 1903,
Vm
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ill
London, June 5.The Pacific Steam ^:tlC
Navigation company's steamship Are
quipa has been wrecked at Valparaiso.
Chile, foundering ilTa gale. Only sev
enteen of the eighty persons on boaid
were saved. Sever'*-] other steamers
and vessels were wrecked during the
Hurricane.
New York, June 5. In the gale
which has just swept the bay here,
says a dispatch to the Herald from
Valparaiso, Chile, the British ship
Foyle Dale,.from Portland. Or., with a
cargo of lumber, struck the break
water. The captain's wife, his son and
six men were drowned.
Near the Foyle Dale was wrecked
the Chilean bark Chivilingb and two 01.
her crew were lost. The craft went
ashore or was sunk.
News of Disaster Confirmed.
Santiago, Chile. June :".Accordin
to advices received hero from Valpa
raiso, Capt. Todd, his wife, fifty of the
crew and many of the passenger's ot
the Arequipa were Jrow.ied when the
steamer founden d.
SERIOUS.
Hungarian Officials' Homes Are the
Targets of Stone-Throwing.
Vienna, June 5. Unconfirmed ru
which occurred at Agrain. Craotia.
Sunday and Monday last show that
they were extremely PI ripus. The po
lice were quite pow-jrless until the
troops were called out lale on Sunday
night after a flay of disorder. The
rioters extinguished the street lamps
and drew wires around lliea square,
with the result that many mounted po
licemen -were unhorsed. The disturb
ance continued until after midnight
and only ceased on-an officer threaten
ing to order the troops to fire. The
riots were resumed on Monday and
continued luring the whole day. Al
most all the windows of the offices of
the Hungarian siate railways and the
residences ofthe numerous Hungari
an officials were smashed, and an at
tempt was made to burn the offices of
the Agramer Zeitung.
SCHNEIDER IS COMING.
He Will Demonstrate the Efficacy of
His Consumption Cure.
Chicago, June 5. The Sisters in
charge of the new sanitarium for the
treatment of consumptives at Forty
eighth avenue and West Division
street yesterday received information
that Dr. Robert Schneider of Berlin,
the noted tuberculosis expert and dis
coverer of the consumptive cure
known as "sanosin," which was high
ly commanded by the Berlin Medical
society last month, will arrive in Chi
cago Saturday. June 20. Dr. Schneid'-r
will remain in Chicago until Oct. 1,
and he will be the guest of the nan
agement of the sanitarium during his
stay. He will give his services j^aTTs
to all patients at the sanitarium. He
hopes during that time to demon
strate the efficiency of his new discov
ery in arresting the progress of con
sumption and curing its victims.
TOOTH AND SPEECH GONE.
Man Loses All Ability to Talk and the
Doctors Are Nonplussed.
New York. June ."Edward Kellar
of Hoboken became dumb on Tuesdav
afternoon after having one of his back
teeth pulled by a dentist 'n that city.
City Physician Stack and other Hobo
ken doctors confess their inability to
account for KeMar's affliction, and he
propose? to consult a specialist in this
city. The tooth which Kellar had ex
tracted had b'ei living him troiXde
for a long time. The root was un
usually long and the dentist had con
siderable difficulty in pulling the
tooth.
ATTEMPT ON QUEEN'S LIFE.
Cook Foiled in Poisoning Her Said to
Have Committed Suicide.
Vienna, June o.Details of the ri-T
mors are in circulation at Belgrade.
Servia, that King Alexander's French
cook ha3 committed suicide at the
palace after havinsr been detected in
an attempt to poison Qtte Draga.
sivsRAi 01 HI a smi\s WRICKS ,Q ery Butter
Some New Teas and Coffees
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LAWLESSNESS RULES BUTTE.
I Crime and Violence Hold High Carni
val Over Unvvary.
Butte". '1' in., June -The game of
graft, as played in this city at the
present time, discounts the experience
of any city in the fJnited States. From
every section of the country eontl
deuce men, highway robbers, gam
i biers, thugs and swindlers of every
description have Hocked in, The fiat
has gone forth thai "every,t.hij?g gov s,"
I and from every state of the.l'nion the
mobsmen of high and low decree has
I come rushing to Butte, being assun 1
by the leaders of (he piratical hand of
rich pickings during the summer.
i "Run as you please, so long as von
pay tribute." That is the slogan that
has been sounded by the powers thai
be. The collector of this tribute of
cash is a police officer especially de
tailed for the purpose. He wears no
uniform, but that makes no difference
None of Die men violating the laws of
the'city and of the stale are compelled
I to appear in court. They are visited
at their places of business by the oi
ficial graft collector, and to him they
pay their fines, so-called. The mobs
men hold absolute control in Butte at
presi at, and their victims have as
ijnucn chance, of redress:,
aftef'being
Vrobbed. as a fisherman has of catching
fish in Silver Bow creek, which is
none.
ROW AMONG GUARDSMEN.
Trouble Arises Out of a Recent Free
Fight of Militiamen.
Milwaukee. June fiCharges against
a nuniber of members of the Wiscon
sin national guard companies have
been lodged with the adjutant general
and a scandalous state of affairs is be
ing developed. It grows out of the
brawl at the Broadway armory in this
city several days ago in which one
man was kicked in the face and badly
disfigured by a member of another
company. Charges have also been
filed against three members of Com
pany E for the alleged stealing of gov
ernment property from the quarter
master's room of Company A. One of
these three was at one time elected to
the office of second lieutenant, but re
signed his commission at once. He is
one of the oldest guardsmen in" the
city. The property stolen consisted of
overcoats and other clothing. All the
articles were recovered. A court
martial will be called to hear the case.
as well as the others.
NATHAN MYRICK PASSES AWAY.
One of Earliest Settlers in Minnesota
and the Northwest.
St. Paul, June 5: Nathan My/ck.
i
]E
one o! ie earliest and most prominent
settleiB of Minnesota and tie North
west, died at his home. I0fj Will in
street, aTTO-:30 o'clocfi la I night- Mr
Myrick was eighty one years old. and
he had been in poor health fur, three
years. Several times he was near
death, bal his strong constitution up
held him. He has been suffering from
an enlargement of the hear', and
while Walking in the yard last week
he eai.-'..t a congestive cold which
caused a blood clot on the brain He
rallied several times, and at times it
was thought lie would get well again,
but the end earn during a sinking
spell and he passed away as peaceful
ly as if going to sleep
Railway Icehouse Burned.
Glendive, Mont June 5. -The large
Northern Pacific icehouse on the right
of way was destroyed by fire yesterday
morning. It was Isolated and no otfa
er damage was done. It was a large
i structure, built last winter.
Timbers Kill Him.
Menomonie, Wis., Juno b. David
Adams, aged fifty-five years, a pioneer
I farmer of the town of Dunn, was killed
by falling timbers at a barn raining
I near this city. He leaves a wife and
I four children.
I BEMIDJI MERCANTILE 0.1
OFFERS TO THE TRADE TODAY
Oranges and Lemons I
Gilt Edge Dairy Butter New Groceries Arrivin Dail
Strictly First Class Cream- Strictly Fresh Eggs, Guar- 1
K.39D A SLUMS
anteed
DAVID C. SMYTH, Mgr. Phone 215 I
ag3j&r>
THE MISSISSIPPI IS RAPIDLY
RISING BUT PEOPLE ARE
PREPARED.
MORI HOP! fill K4NSAS MY
SWOLLEN WATERS OF MISSOURI
AND KAW ARE RAPIDLY
RECEDING.
SITUATION BITTItt AT 10FIKA
WORK OF REHABILITATION WILL
BEGIN IN A FEW MORE
DAYS.
St. Louis. June 5. The Mississippi
-crept up the levee yesionhiy Inc.]} by
Inch until the gauge marker! a rie of
six inches and at 7:30 o'clock stood at
::i.7 feet. The surface ot the SAY.ii.Uy
(lowing- water was thickly i
with driftwood, which seemed Ip In
crease as the day drew on. indicating
that the crest of the Hood is approach
ing. A number of frame houses sub
merged all but the roof*, passed St.
Louis and now and then a dead ani
tnal. but no human bodies were seen,
although a vigilant watch has been
maintained.
Harbor department officials believe
that to-day the river will rise more
rapidly and they look for a Hfeloo' I
stage by Saturday. If their forecast
comes true the lower floors of build-|
ings on the levee
Will Be Flooded.
Preparation has been made and It Is
llAifQi gh.1 the rise cannot cause any
great damage to St. Louis.
In South St. Louis several hou.es
along the river's edge have
I Hooded, but tlie inhabitants bail re
moved their property mid vacated.-1
Among those who will feel the loss
most heavily are ihe small truck
farmers and ganlem rih.::. Ijie River
Dos Pererr near it:- eoni!u':ie with
the Mississippi.' On ihe Illinois Sole
there is a mote serious flood con
dition. Venice^ situated north dl East
i St. Louis-, is in alimist iritmediafn
danger of inundation A rise of a foot
I more will submerge the wesl portion
of the town and manufacturing indus
tries will suffer heavy loss"s.
I
More Hopeful at Kansas City.
Kati-as Cfty, June 4.The Missouri
rivr fejj gevoh Inches .yi.tr.',as and
I the Kansas river fell nine inch The
I fall of both rivers will at a much
faster rate to-dav. There, was sun
sh'ine during a large part o! F7i' day,
and the general feeling was hopeful
Militiamen and poll' men s'iill guard
all approaches to '1 floodeu district.
Railways arc stjlj giving incomplete
service, but an repairing the wash
outs. The report of h^avy lo:-s of lite i
in Kansas City, Kan., is not true and
i the stories of bodies lying in the drift
there are unfounded". The loss of prop
I ertv has not been overestimated, how
ever. An Associated Press launch
crossed to Armonrdale yesterday and i
cruised for miles through the water,'
lanes that formerly were city streets
The entire city
Is Under Water,
in many place twenty fret deep, and
all of the Ifi.i'iOO inhabitants have fled. I
Except the watchmen in the packing
houses on the river front, not a numan
being was to bo seen or even a domes
tic animal. Armourdale will not be in- I
I
TEX CENTS PER WEEK.
Goods Delivered Promptly Anywhere in City
iwk
haoithDie a long rime niter tne
flood subsidi !-'.\erv htilldlng has
been more or less damageu, hundreds
utterly mimd In the wr*st bottoms
the Kansas river is rushiim like a
mountaMi i Several brick build
ing*, underi by the water, fell
vester'davi Not one wooden building is
jit to lie ris'i The elevated railway
is tearin" dov i a number of its sta
tions which were tottering.
Rapidly Falling at Topekn.
Top. la. K.tn.. .lime 4.The Kansas
river Is r,r i I S i. I.Hng In -i few more
days (he work id.rehabilitating North
Topekn will begin Tho situation
may 1 -mmniuri/.ed thus:
Ti r_aFiimber of known dead. 22.
Depth oI river Is yet 2 foet, which
.is 7 feel above hi.'best point over
known in previous 'ears.
Gov Bailey has issued a proclama
tion calling for help and asking that
contributions be sent to William
Sims, treasurer
No quo In Hi id (1 district is In flan-
j. cr: a!! Iiomi less persons are well
eared f(
Over .no ib ii'i- are'muu ling/
eriv in North Topo-lar.
The mih railroads operating out of
Tppekn fire the Missouri Pacific to the
South and the Santa Fe to the West.
PRESIDENT'S BUSY DAY.
Delivers Nine Speeches at as Many
Illinois Towns.
Hloomliigton. 111. June Presi
dent Roosevelt put In abo".t the busi
est day of his trip yesterday from a
speeebmakihg standpoint. He made
his first speech at Frccport at 8 o'clock.
last I'VI nin?'. and when he concluded
his address In re shortly after 10
o'clock lust night, he had spoken nine
times. Fight of bis speeches wen
made in the open air and several of
them In rainstorms.
DARING HORSE THIEF.
He Steals Rig From Main Street and
Escapes.
Fergus Falls, Minn., June r.Benja
min J. Kpssau, a farmer who resMes
about five miles west of the city, came
into town yesterday .afternoon and
hitched bis horses to a post on Cas
cade street. A stranger came by a
few mill lU later, cut the fastenings,
jump! into the wagon ami drove
furioush away. The deputy sheriff
and chief id' police were notified and
have gone in pursuit. Telephone mes
sages have been sent to all the sur-
i-ijtun.il.IK ttittlioitS, inn mi il ace ui lot?
thief has 'i secured
ANDERSON FOUND GUILTY.
Conviction Is Based Upon Circumtan
tial Evidence.
West Superior, Wis., June ".Osca
Vtidefsuii was tried and round guilty
yesterday for killing Bernard Nation
about the first' of May. The case was
in the circuit court, and after being
out but a short time hist night the
jury found a verdict of niansiauahter
in the fourth degree. Anderson lived
with Nation, an old man, and left the
city just about the time the old man
was found in a dying condition. Tnu
evidence was largely* circumstantial
and prof' sslonal.
Pestilence of Sand Flies.
Winona. Minn June Winona is
at pre&enJ suffering from a pestilence
of May flies. They are swarming over
the city and settling on screen win
dows arm doors by the thousands.
The visit.'Men is said to be due to the
high water, which has had the effect
of hatching out the larvae in great,
numbers. The flies live for a day and
then die. Although perfectly harmless
they are a great nuisance.
Pay Dear for Seining Bass.
Fergus Falls. Minn.. June o.
Geoffrey Storbeck and Oscar
T'-mson
were arrested on complaint of Deputy
Game Warden Jones on a charge of
netting hass They paid fines and
eoBts amounting to ?43.70.