Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, May 10, 1904, Page 4

ANOTHER STORY Shooting at® Kelliher Saturday Outcome of Row Over “Dray License. Another story of the shunpiu;: affray at Kelliher Saturday night reaches _Bemidji today from| whichit-appears_that_the town constable, Wm. Sagel, became involved-in a dispute with a dr: ap Kelliher over the coll tion of & dray license. The a fight and it is was quite badly beaten. drayman went to the Bens saloon after the melee and i a manifesto in which he stated that he could and would whip the constable and his entire flect of aides de camp. Sagel returned to the affray re-enforced by Wm. King, the village marshal the pair went to Benson’s to accomplish the drayma rest. They found the door lo and Sagel drew his shooting and -discharged it through the door. The ball struck Benson, the proprietor, in the great toc and much precious blood was spilled, Arr haye been made all around and the end is not yet. RIVER RISING Good Head of Water in Mississ- ippi Which Nearly Approachies High Water Mark. " The Mississippi river ab this| point has risen over six inches | during the past two d and the | best head of water for some time is now in evidence. The rise in the river is due to the| opening of the reservoirs and dams incident to the starting ol the drives and the lumberme have one of the best heads « water for some time and e making excellent progress. The} current at the Mis ppi bridge is running at an average of 200 feet per minute and Ww. G. Schroeder; who has-been-making some figures and taling the rise of the water, states that the Mississippi is discharging 90,000 feet of water per minute into Lake Bemidji. LOGS TIED UP | fa NEW Regular Meeting of City Council Grants Sidewalk Petitions Last night. At the regular mecting of the city council last night « petition for a new. sidewall between the Strectbuild corner-of Sec prami aye- nue and the the south side of the street was atthe 3 sierantedand the walk will'heé pub inat once, The council upon the recommendation of the street commissioner—also— condemned satoon on Minnesota avenue and| [Mirst street and ordercd it re- built at once. . A number of small bills were allowed and: this was about all the business that came before the meeting NEW TOWN Editor Gustafson Files Petition for Organization of a New Town Near Tenstrike: and filed a petition for the tion of a new town in t of the present village le. The petition will 4 1, o of Tenstri \be talken up at the next regular Imeoting of the board and will probably be granted. The pro- posed name for the new town is Taylor or Bright., The country in that vicinity bas developed very rapidly ,duving the past year and the settlers deem or- wanization a practical necessity. Vonnie X,” John Jmkinson's t pacing mare, went an exhi- bition mile at the fair grounds i track this afternoon for the bene- fit of a number of the local horse- men. “Vonnie X'’ is &« promising three-yearold and has been de- veloping remarkable speed since she has been tracked this spring. Dan Fullerton drove the mare out and all the local horscmen are agreed that the exhibition was one of the best things ever seen ab the local Murch Spilled. CGeorge Murch, superintendent for the Crookston Lumber Co., White & Street Townsite Com pany Replevins Logs at Tenstrike. Deputy Sheriff John Bailey re- plevined 150,000 feet of logs at Tenstrike yesterday, the prop- erty of the J. Neils: Lumber Co. _The replevin_proceedings werc instituted by the White & Street Townsite Co. who allege that they were unlawfully cut on their lands near Tensfrike. A hearing of the proceeding: e had some time thi Some of the logs alleged to havi been cuton the townsite land | had an ¢x ng experience about noon today. Mr. Murch was just cetting into his bugey when the hovse Dbecame frightened at somethimg and started away at a neat canter and with a very startling suddenn My, Murch was violently thrown, to the ground and shaken up some. The horse ran some distance and before it stopped injured itself quite severely and broke up the bugay. The Result of Typho have already been shipped. (e 93 atour -HAVE A LOOK” lineof 3% ..KodakAquplies.. All the new thing: —the best showing we have ever heen all the hest things of Kodak Supplies able to make. Nor- thern Minnesota nature will he at its best soon. Your st make a hetter stor pictures next winter FEASTMAN Kodalk plies hefore you take. the outi mmer outing will ry if you have the See our line of s and Kodak Sup- r trip. We have the best—things: the -most sensible things in Prices will be pleasure to show y¢ sell themselves. Barker’s Drug Store, The S Home 3 of 3 the 3 Eastman 3 Kodak. no trouble.” this line of goods. Always a ou our goods. They k Reed’s S Fot Day Dhotlograghs and Wedding Siougs IN ANY STYLE, FINISH S| any OR PRICE. ALL KINDS OF rPhotos, Views of the City, Lake and Lumber Camps 014 pictures made new and enls of t.hg second floor of the new Stre reception, display and -welcome. ariged to any R. W. REED, rop. Studio occupies all block, ne: L to the postoffice. My dressing rooms are always open and you are hotel on |+ the sidewalk between the Hub | s Editor Gustafson, of the Ten- 4 strilke Tribune, was in the city | | Winter's jews 1 Famous Secret Society to Junket Up the. Lake Early Sunday Morning. The 1. 0. K. D. 2 se to which only white malc ble-formembershipand which last re-organized and Grand. Pon |82 called ameeting for next Sunday. The club will embarls at the Third street dock at thirteen minutes past two and il up the lake, Skirmishers will be sent out the latter part of the week and a camping place will be sel Sentiment as cenerally i retention J “Micky” as Chief Chef and those desiring to make contributions to the commissary deparctment are requested to report at once. [n the afternoon there will be a select program - of music. Mr. Wheelock will sing “Mandy” with thrills and quavers, Charley Daly will appear in his oviginal) Wty “The Sultan of Sulu’’; Chris Christenson, of the News will contribute a baritone solo ‘Asleepin the Deep’” and is/ pre- paring to respond to an ¢ncore with a_delicate lullabye. Other members are expected to contri- bute cqually delightful stunts. My McKay will barbecue a dozen wall-eyed pike and four quarts of strawber , a la short-cake. Several cases of Lithia water will be drained to the dreg: and sauer kraut snd cheese sand- wiches will be served for the beuefit of the German contingent. TO HIT DUGDALE Important Mo -—of the Great Northern on Pelican Kapids Line. Worlkmen are actually at work south of Dudgale on the Pelican Rapids extension of the Great Northern, which w. and a portion of the g pleted some years ago, and the inhabitants of Dudgale look for prosperous times through the importance of being upon the route of the new through Cana- dianline. It is understood that work will be done by Guthrie & Son, the Gireat Northern con- tractors.at both ends of the line at the same time and that the Rosean Pelican Rapids line will be in operation and hauling the fall crop of 1904, Outfits have been sent north. ward, but whether or not actual work on the line north of Thief River has been started is. not: Lknown--but - that—arrangements have been made for camps and that townsite- promoters who have means ¥ busy-i that teams and. men are already at worle on the southern end in- dicates that the work will be rushed to completion. DIED LAST NIGHT Wm. Prott Succumbs to Heart Failure After Very Brief Illness. Wm. Prott, the viverman, who fell from the boom on the south side of Lake Bemidji Sunday in an epileptic fie died last night of heart failure. The body has been taken to the Naylor undc ¢ vooms whereit-will be” prepared for burial. Prott s about twenty-one years of age. He had wo 1 in the woods near Walker last win- fer and also been employed at the Crookston mill here. He was subject to heart failure and fits and-although-given—best-of —care since Sunday's aceident he began to sink rapidly about 9 o’cloclk at 10 o’clock. The dead man’s relatiyes live at Detroit, Mich., and a brothgr on the police foree there who was communicated with this morning.. The body will prob- ably be shipped to Detriot for burial. Stole A Pipe. A riverman this afternoon st a pipe valued at ey store, T appropriated-one. Winter did not miss it until ter the man had left the store. i | Chicf of Police Bailey was notiti Jland promptly cffected his arrest. The man paid for the pipe and Mr. Winter will not make him further trouble. Hannafin at Duluth. is at Duluth today. Mr. natin plans anumber of im ‘ provements to the Markham in | | the near future. The house-has| awell established reputation and | 5| Mr. Hannatin will leave nothing| {Princess Grocery Co undone that will add to its popu.- Hlarity with its patrons. Tast night and his death occurred |- . P. Hannatin of the Markham | MATHEWS WON Larimore Man Wins in Strenuous Contest tor Piece of Land Near Big Fork. In this Big Fork Compass: notice for issue appears a timbe James-—Mathews, - ol D, for a tract i £ This closes a s Big Fork land that won state- wide-attention—when—that town- ship/was thrown open to settle- ment Feb, 14 at Daluth. At that time a daughter of Mr. Matliews made a homestead filing on-this particular tract which she has-ately relinquished. It will be remembered that Henry Steckman, the Tenstrike hotel man’ gov into the land office just ahead of her and offered a timber orstone filing, which was rejected because /he was mnot provided with naturalization papers The ¢ is remembered by the fight he made to get into the land office the morning of the opening, of which several Ripple people wereeye and fist witnes- ses. Steckman, in getting a place in theline that formed outside of the door, had his eyes blackened and his clothing torn to carpet rags. The notice of Jas. Math- ews timber claim this weelk, 10ws what Stecleman got for all is struggles to ‘‘be first.” THREW THESCARE Spécial Police Officer Makes Several Arrests for Promiscu- ous Shooting Yesterday. A special policeman was yes- tevday detailed to look after the hunters whe make the Sabbath a day of terror for the residents in the vicinity of Diamond Point and as a result of his efforts shooting on the lake front will probably not be as ‘popular a pastime in the future as it has been in the past. Several men and boys who dis- regarded the ordinance which provides against promiscuous _|shooting in the city limits were talcen into custody and had their guns confiscated. The officer’s purpose was to show' them. that he meant business and as soon as this had been accomplished the offenders were released. Their guns were not returned. Sues For Divorce. Judge Spooner this morning heard evidence in- the Hensel di- vorce case in which Charles Hen- sel, of Tenstrike, is the plaintiff, The erounds are desertion and Hensceliis represented by Attor- ney Charles Scrutehin. The First Rank Tonight. The local lodge Knights of Pythias will confer the first rank ndidates tonight and €hancelior Commander Wheeloclk desires a_full attendance of the membership. The lodge will have work at every meeting from this time on. The —most—difticult” piece of music can be performed with perfect harmony on pianos tuned by Sidney Lyle. Leave orders at Slecum’s, opposite postoftice. PRINCESS Grocery Co. M. E. C;l\RSOVN,V Manager. SPECIAL FOR SATURDAY: Faney Crawford Pe per ean hes. Rsrut Sy Lenon € .26 he has |y, i [ONTONS LIETTUCE STRAWBERRIES RADISHES Remember the Date. aturday, May 7. 20| CUCUMBERS| g TOWN WILL MOVE Baudette Business men Weary of | Controversy Over Townsite Will Move Up the River. Word comes that the bus village are” we h controvers) been go- ing on up there for some “time will - J[move the ™ town a mile up-—theriver and leave Thos. Cathcart ~ and the -railroad company to fight —out the town: title —controversy at their leisure, "The proposed site of the new town is directly across the river from the Cana- dian town of Runy River. A petition for the townsite under the provision of the law which provides forits being. held in trust by the judge of the district court will soon be filed. HOIST TO START from’ Baudette | at | Logging Trains to Go on And Hoisting to Begin This Week. The Brainerd Lumber com- pany starts several of its hoist- ing plants at different points on the M. & I. this week and sev- eral lozging trains will be pus on at once. Hoisting began at the cast-side-of Lake Bemidji this morning and another plant was started on Lake Benedict today. The South. “Bemidji hoisting works will be busy before the latter part of the weel and ex- pects to start tomorrow and a crew of men will soon be work- ing at Kabekona Bay. Most of the logs will be hauled to Brain- erd, where the mill will this year be run night and day, but a few are to be shipped to Minneapolis. The beginning of “the work furnishes employment to a large nuwmber of men. Effective Next Monday. Beginning next Monday the stores of the city will close at 7:80 o’clock and a final solution of the early closing problem is said to have been reached, which is satisfactory to all concerned. The agreement o close is cffect- ive until Sept. 15 Rarney Burton, who was for several years engaged in the clothing business in this city and has many Bemidji_friends. ar- rived this afternoon for a, short visit. Mr. Burton now resides at Little Falls. He was one of the pioneer merchants of that ¢ ¢ [ 0 ; ] f [ 0 9 ¢ 9 0 0 0 AT A A AT T D T TS S AR T Three Free Trips —T0— St. Louis “~"An opportunity to see the Biggest World’s Fair in History > % [4 0 The Pioneer wil eXpUISes On The law tho hi Bemidji. The towns ¢ Kelliber, i L lowed as follows ion, I paid for job wi Yotes k. (1IN} Coupons will appe and will each he worth 7 % é 0 2 2 2 2 ) % 2 2 - A single co been won with loss. Pri This Coupon will not be good BEFORE SIX O'CLOCK - & £ number-of votes will be sent. tion districts and one lady will be sent from Al other towns in North Central Minnesota, Purtle-Liver; Guthvie, Lakeport, ch issue of the Pioneer, daily and weekly 5 two coupons will appear in the paper. Watch for them. of the Pioneer may-be worth 10 votes. This Coupon is good for 5 votes Infavoliof veias e T IN THE BEMIDJI PIONEER VOTING CONTEST. Three Free Trips to St. Louis. TSSO T T T DT T TSSOSO s to see the Fair-and pay their »f Blackduck, Cass Luke, Walker, DALY 150 400 o bow i for advertising or on past duc aceounts, 6 wllowcd. Contests have DT, AT, T A AT S unless vote May 15 SO SIS Wilten to Celebrate. The Scandinvians at Wilton ave planning to celebrate the national Independence day, May 17 in grand style. There will be an| elaborate program of speechies and musie, an oration, a picnic dinner and a number of other features. A large attendance is expected from the surrounding country Country Free From Smallpox. Beltrami county is free from smallpox this week for the first time: in over months. The last case was discharge from the the quarantine hospital the latter part of last week and County ician Blakeslee is enjoying a *h he appreciates. A. T."Wheelock announces that there'is quite a demand for bub- ble cufiers and trout at the Pio- neer Employment oftice. For the benefit of the uninitiated it may be stated as a key to the aboye conundrum that this is what Me. Wheelock says when Practicing the Banner Race. [ The fire department running team which has been practicing steadily for the past two weeks tomght begins to practise the sociation Running or Banner race. The team will consist of fourteen men, ten men on the line, a pipeman and assistantand a plug man and assistant. The run will be 300 feet to plug, the hose must-be--attached at least three full turns, 150 feetlaid and the coupling broke and put on the pipe three full turns. A full attendance of the running team and interested members of the department is expected to turn out. Holy Communion May 22. The venerable Arch Deacon Appleby was in the city for a short time last’ night and axn- nounces that Episcopal seryices will be held hereat 10:30 o’clock on Sunday May 22. The Holy Communion will be administered at this time. he meons rivermen. SALEOF The Finest Clothes th and at Art a STEIN-BLOCH B Kuppenheimer & Co Announcement Extraordinary Straight from the Shoulder SUITS y These Suits are Best 1n KFit, Best in Style; nd Money can Produce Best in Construction, and have for over half a century been the Standard Stein-Bloch Top Coa y lined; worth S2: for Clothing of the World. :‘ We offer a. 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