Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 12, 1904, Page 1

Buy It or Borrow It, but Get It—-BARLOW’S BEST The b idji Daily Pioneer MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY. VOLUME 2. NUMBER 200. BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1904. 4 Dress Goods.—We are showing an up-to-date line from 15¢ to $2.00 per yard. | e o} Linings.—We have the best. a=————% A new line of up-to-date Back and Side Combs just v received. - e — New Handkerchiefs for Pillow Tops. e Remnats of Ribbons. Look them over Towels fr:m 10c to 3;2110 a pair See th:new Plad'Ribbons Ladies Walking ;(irts $3.005t0 $7.00; allnew | esr— - Ladies Kid and golf gloves }-g Mens underwear.—~SpeZia1 $2.50 Suits for $1.98 see’em 25 percent Discm;nt on Men: and Boys Caps Boy’s Leafl:er and Ca:vas leggings a———= Ladies felt shoes; special $1.15 a———= A new line of Childrens all wool Knit Sweaters 75 to $1 W Dont forget our Grocery Department. We handle the best only in this Department WAm'. McCuaig Wm. McCuaig CITY TAX RATE DROPS IL5 MILLS Big Falling Off in Tax Rate in Bemidji as Against the Heavy Rate of the Past Two Years. Levy for School and County Pur-| }iaple Ridge: poses is Less—Valuation of Be- gg&,.gm. midji Increases About 35 Per | Port Ho: Rooseve) Cent. Z Wabanaca The tax rate for the village of | Unorganized. Bemidji for the ensuing year is| The work cf estimating the 36.9 mills against 48.4 mills for|rate of taxation for the various last year, a falling off of 11.5[schools districts of the county mills.” The reduction amounts to|and of spreading the taxes to in- T TEN CENTS PER WEEK A DARING * ROBBERY Masked Men Hold Up Peoria Bank and Secure $500 in Cash. - Peoria, 111, Dec. 12.—A daring bank robbery was committed in the heart of the down town district at 1:20 p. m. when three men wearing slouch hats entered the Peoria National bank and while two of the men covered Frederick A. Baken .with revolvers the third rushed through the teller’s window and, seizing about $500 in cur- rency and silver, made his escape. bank and, after warning everybody not to make a move and leaping into a buggy standing near, lashed the horse into a run. The streets were crowd- ed at the time and a large crowd was in immediate view of the men. They went down Washington to Fulton, their progress being impeded by the The three men dashed out of the| JAPS DIRECT FIRE ON DOOMED CITY No Further Necessity for Shelling the Russian Naval Forees at Port Arthur. Six -Russian Vessels Completely Disa- bled---Japanese Are Directing Des- tructive Fire Against Town. Tokio, Dec. 12.—The commander of the Japanese land battery reporting ,today says that four Russian battleships, two cruisers, one gunboat and one " torpedo storeship lying in Port Arthur harbor have been completely disabled | and tha there is no further necessity to shell the Russian naval forces. The | FLEMING & DOWNS | |'S The New Hardware Merchants 3 | are now selling Hardware at prices to save money for the purchasing public. Give us a call and see what a purchasing power your Cash Dollar has at this store right now. Our new goods are arriving daily and we are now in a position to supply every wantin the line. OQur Terms are Cash and Qur Prices are Low in Consequence. i Goods delivered to all parts of the city, Mill Park and Nymore. Satisfaction guaranteed. Phone 57. FLEMING & DOWNS, Successors to F. M. Malzahn & Co. Sterling Novelties Toilet Articles Hand Painted China Cut Glass Diamonds Watches Silverware A large and complete line to select from. Make your selections now; have them Engraved and laid away and avoid delays and disappointments p e € George T. Baker @ Co. Located in City Drug Store. EETT LR L LR LT LT L L LS L S04 C. W. Hastings, President. A, P. White, Cashier. % F. P. Sheldon, Vice-Pres. G. N. Millard Ass’t Cash. First National Bank, Bemidji, Minnesota. General Banking [Business. e)n Savings Department in Connectioa. Fire Insurance. el o o ol o b oo A o B e B B Bl B B more than 25 per cent and every tax payer will notice the differ- ence when he comes to pay his taxes the coming year. The decrease is due largely to the fact that the school tax for ensuing year is but 21.17 mills as against 80.57 mills last year. There is also a falling off in the county rate, the rate this year being 13 mills against 15:1 mills last year. At the same time there is a phenominal raise in the valuation of Bemidji the total valuation for the coming year being $1,059,977 as against $701,2438 for last year, an increase of nearly 50 per cent, This increase is brought about by an additional assessment of $80,000, on the stock of the Crookston Lumber company, by an assessment of logs owned by T. B. Walker to the amount of $80,000, by the increase of about 100 per cent in the valuation of lands outside of city lots and by rapid growth of the city during the past two years. Thus, de- spite the increase in yaluation, the decrease in tax rate will mat- erially lessen the amount of taxes to be paid by each individual. The following table shows the| valuation of the willages of the county; Outside Personal city lots City lots property Total Bemidji 1543 ,868 $376,566 $1,000,977 Blackduck ~ 7,147 53,965 62302 123, Funkley 1249 3007 (7 Nymore A% ,007 9. Tenstrike 16495 20,672 55, Turtle River %602 11,995 26,788 1 The valuation of the townships of the county is as follows: Baudef Blackduck Buzzle. dividuals and individual pieces of land from this rate is now in pro- gress and will be complete by the first of the year. In order to do this, however, the force in the county auditor’s office will have to work late each night. -The rate cannot be given as yet inas- much as the rate and the entire tax for each district is figured before the next district is taken up. The tax rate in many districts of the county will be very high, however—one district having a rate of 65 mills. The reason for this is not extravagence in ex- penditure, but the fact that Bel- trami is a new county, and prac- tically every school district, town- ship, village ete. has all its public The rate of 65 mills mentioned above will raise enough tax to entirely pay for a new school house and next year the rate will be much lower. Beitrami county has innumer- able ditches to dig, roads to build and other public improvements to make and these will necessit- ate a heavier tax’than the people of southern Minnesota pay. It is estimated ky competent auth- ority that because of these things Beltrami will pay a heavier tax than some of its older neighbors for at least ten years to come. The figures show that the valu- ation of Bemidji for the coming year is just one fourth that of the entire county. There will be few parts of the county in which the tax rate will be as low as in %2 | Bemidji, however. The tax levy for school pur- poses this year is reduced almost one third, the actual reduction being 9.42 mills. The present rate 21,17 mills is still higher than that paid by a great propor- tion of the school districts of the state and it is confidently ex- pected that reductions will be made each year until the Tate reaches an ayerage figure. THEY DID IT THEMSELYES St. Petersburg View of Losf Fleet Makes the Best of a Bad Business. New York, Dec. 12.—Nine torpedo boats, built at Perth Amboy, N. J., for the Russian government, have been completed and will leave the yards ghortly. They have been taken apart and loaded on a barge to be towed to New York and shipped as merchandise on a liner. The tenth boat will cross the ocean ander its own power. Two six-cylinder gasoline engines have been installed. Each is expected to develop 300 horse; power and drive the little boat at a speed of twenty knots, The crew of eight men is already aboard the boat, which is eighty feet long. Below deck it is not possible to stand erect, for there is only a five-foot space. Should the passage be stormy the crew will be almost as effectually bottled up as if in a submarine. The only entrance to the compartments below deck is through a conning tower, from which the boat is navigated. Each boat will carry one torpedo tube. One of the five watertight com- partments into which the hull is divid- ed will contain the spare torpedoes. Masked Men Hold Up Coal Company’s Office at Altoona, Pa. Altoona, Pa., Dec. 12.—At noon two masked men entered the Leshey Coal company’s office in the Masonic tem- ple, knocked down Clerk William Ale, bound and gagged him and stole $2, 000, which had been placed in a satchel ready to be taken to Lilly to pay off the miners. Ale was alone in RUSSIANS - GET BOATS Ten Torpedo Boats Built for Russians at Perth Amboy, N. J. St. Petersburg, Dec. 12.—The state- ment that the Russian warships at Port Arthur were sunk by the Russians as a protection from the Japanese gun fire is regarded at the admirally as being quite possible. If true it is in- terpreted as a sign that General Stoes- sel helieves the fortress can hold out until the arrival of the second Pacific squadron. The supposition is that the garrison as a last resort will retire to the Liaotie forts. If succor should come theghips could be raised. Considering the fact that Reagy Ad miral Wiren's ordets were to destroy the ships beyond the possibility of salvage when all kope had gone the admiralty has beer unable to under- stand why they were sunk in shallow water. The new egplanation is there- fore regarded as more reasonable. NO SMALL VESSHLS IN SIGHT. Japs Cannot Loeate Russian Torpedo Boat Flotilla, Tokio, Dec. 12.—It is reported hére that since the commencement of.the bombardment of the Russian fleet in Port Arthur harbor the Japanese mili- tary observers on 203-Metre hill have not seen anything of the Russian fleet of torpedo boat destroyers and it is presumed it has taken shelter behind Liaotie mountain. The Japanese fleet lying off the en- trance to the harbor is constantly on the alert in anticipation of an attempt the office at the time. Paymaster John Leahey had gone to lunch. The rob- bers knocked at the door and, as Ale opened it, felled him with a blow in the face. A revolver kept him silent until gagged. After tying him to the safe the men took the money and di: appeared. s LA being made by any of the Russian warships to escape and seek refuge in some neutral port. The wedding of Croywn Prince-Fred- erick William of Germany and the Duchess. Cecilla of Mecklenburg: Bchwerin has been definitely fixed for the latter halt of M : crush of drays on Washington street, ! s Py 2 in’ the wholesale district, The men |Japanese are now engaged in bombarding the town which is being heavily improvements yet to pay for.|iic I turned up Fulton street and at the corner of Adams and Fuiton were stopped for a moment by the crowd ‘which had received word of what had happened. A liberal display of revolvers fright- ened the crowd back and they turned north on Madison street. A big crowd took up the chase, including several automobiles, whose owners managed to keep in sight of the men. Suicides in a Sanitarium. Flint, Mich, Dec. 12.—James T. Lunn, a prominent resident of Sioux Fa] 8. D., committed suicide in a tarium here in a peculiar manner. ade a loop of a large handker- chisf and, placing a knot in it, slipped the handkerchief over his head. A falded ne aper was stuck through the loop twisted until the man a 1f. He was sixty-three d a had been a patient ai +fum for a~number of months. damaged.- | Immense Factory Destroyed. Philadelphia, Dec. 12—The factory of the Henry H. Sheip Manufacturing company, woodworkers and makers of cigar boxes, was partially destroyed by fire during the day which started in one of the drying kilns. The loss is estimated at $150,000. The com- pany employs 600 men and is the larg- est manufacturer of cigar boxes in the country. Notecdi~ Wisconsin Man. Dead. Madison, Wis, Dec. 12.—Orson E. Woodbury, author of the campaign song of 1840, “Tippecanoe and Tylar, Too,” is dead here at the age of eighty. He wrote geveral other songs, was once a Wisconsin editor and was one of three men that called the first Re- publican meeting in Berlie, Wis, ix 54. BRIEF BITS OF NEWS. Vandals at Chicago practically ruined the interior of a Wabash ave- nue saloon, causing a loss of $3,500. Mortimer Brooks, a millionaire of New York city, was probably fatally %:juéed while hunting near Pittsboro, The suspension of Frederick F. Reichnes, a member of the New York Consolidated Stock Exchange, is an nounced. A snowfall ranging from a fraction of an inch at Charleston, W. Va., t¢ over eight inches in the mountains of Kentucky, occurred Saturday. William R. Hearst has sold the Chi cago Examiner to Andrew M. Law- rence, who has been identified with Mr. Hearst’s journalistic enterprises for years. If you can not come to see our Holiday Goods,l send us your mail orders. RN Ladies‘ Coats $26,00, is now $20.00. JE W O illllllllllll= (O’LEARY & BOWSER W = o o 2 Holiday Ladies’ Silk Waists The Only Store in town where you can see a complete lineof Holiday Goods suitable for La- dies,Gentlemen and Children Bemidji, Minnesota. Bargains Out of our immense stock of Ladies' Tourist Coats we have but two leftin the extra fine ones. They will We have reduced the price. One, a black, full satin make nice Christmas presents. lined $52.00 coat is now, $25.00; Another a fine blue kersey, full satin lined price ‘We are bound to give extra values for Christ- mas. We will save you enough on a silk waist to buy your Christmas turkey. All ‘our $7.00, $6.50 and $6.00 waists, are now priced at $4.95. now $3.50 per pair. Mens’ and BOYS’ Clothing Tt is surprising how much you can save by buying your Ladies’ Belts mens’ and boys' suits and overcoats at this store. 0 you can save enough to furnish a good sized family with a good Christmas dinner. Just on a $10.00 suit or overcoat From now until Christmas we and Combs will show an extra large assort- ‘ment of ladies’ belts and combs at reduced prices. Christmas GOOdS That will gladden the hearts of the children. Toys, wood, iron and tin. Dolls, doll beds, Candy doll buggies, sleds and chairs. We have a>fu.11 line of candy including mixed, chocolates, bon velvets, _ | | | | | . | | _| | | : : _| Ladies! Shoes Booth Ideal Patent Kid, Goodyear Welt, $4.00 shoes = | | | | l _| | | | | _| _| | | bons* penny goods and butter cups. o O