Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, June 20, 1905, Page 4

The annual tournament of the Northern Minnesota Firemen’s Tournament association is being held at Blackduck. The meeting began this morning and most of the day has been spent in receiv- ing the visitors and extending them welcome to the north line city. The meeting of the ex- ecutive committee will take place this evening, and officers for the next tournament will be chosen. The next place for holding a tournament will also be selected, The committee sent from Black- duck to Bemidji yesterday to meet the visiting firemen kept busy during the day arrangeing for accommodations for the teams during their stay in this city, and when the midnight train ar- rived last night with about 200 firemen and two brass bands on board everything was in readi- ness for their comfort. Red Lake Falls, Warren, Ken- nedy, and St. Hiliare sent teams to attend the tourramert, and the Red Lake Falls and Warren bands will render music during the meeting. Each team con- sists of from 10 to 30 men. They were escorted to various hotels in the city, where they re- mained until this morning. Special coaches attached to the north bound freight took them to Blackduck today, and a large number of Bemidji people accom- panied the teams to the scene where the races will take place. The program will start in earnest tomorrow morning. At 9 o’clock the various teams pres- ent, together with civic societies, citizens and brass bands, will form a parade and the depart- ment having the largest number of men in line will receive a prize of $25 and the company present- ing the best appearance will also be awarded a similar prize. In these contests the Blackduck firemen will not compete. A base ball game will take place at 10 o’clock between two local teams. This will conclude the morning program. The association hook and lad- der race will occur at 2 o’clock in the afternoon. Thisis perhaps the most important event that will take place during the tour- nament. The race is one which STARTED TODAY Blackduck Entertaining Visiting Fire- men--Races Will Commence Tomor- row--Executive Meet Tonight. tevery firemeén strives to win, as 'with the race goes a banner which proclaims the winning team the championship firemen for that year, and if the banner is won for three successive years it becomes the property of the winners. The banner and $50 in cash is the first prize, $35 in cash the second prize and $20 in|{ cash the third. Ladder climbing contests will take place im mediately following the combination hook and ladder race. The prizes are as follows: First, $15; second, $10: third,$5. In the eyening an entertainment will be given at the opera house and a number of dances will take place at boweries arranged for the occasion. The Bemidji firemen will leave for Blackduck tonight. They will be accompanied by a large number of residents of the city, and nearly every member of the department will take in the tour- nament. Attorney Grady of Red Lake county is chaperoning the Red Lake Falls bunch. of ladies which . helps to make Blackduck glad. Shorty Brunelle of the Red Lake Falls band had all he could do to ship himself, and his tuba had to go by freight. The Red Lake Falls firemen will have to be proper or Editor Haislett will print them in his Red Lake Falls Gazette when he gets back home. Those natty red uniforms of the Warren band, it is whispered, account for the unusual number of young ladies at the M. &I depot this morning, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Funkley were among those from Bemidji whoare attending the tourna ment. Mesdames M. D. Stoner, G. H. French and G. H. French went to Blackduck last night to see the races. S. A. Swanson passed through Bemidji with the Red Lake Falls firemen. Mr. Swanson is well known in this city and was a candidate on the democratic ticket for the state legislature at an election several years ago. HALVORSON CUT ON LEG Deep Gash Sustained Yester- day Will Lay Him Up for Several Weeks. C. A. Halvorson, of the Halvor- son.Carlson company, yesterday sustained a very painful and severe injury by being badly la cerated on the right thigh while superintending work ten miles from one of the camps of the company near Mud lake. A member of the crew working under Mr. Halvorson was digging out a ditch when his shovel slipped and came in contact with Mr, Halorson’s thigh, cutting a gash four inches in length and touching the bone. The injured man was compelled to walk the ten miles to camp, where he se- cured a team and drove to Bem- idji, arriving here last night, The wound was dressed hy a local physician, who stated that there was little danger of blood poison setting in. MILLER WAS ACQUITTED Former County Treasurer of Itasca Found Not Guilty. Charles C. Miller, formerly icounty treasurer of Itasca county, was acquitted at Grand Rapids Saturday afternoon on a charge of embezzlement from the county. The jury was out fifteen hours. The defense rested Fri- day at4 o’clock, and the ad- dresses to the jury occupied the time to 10 Friday night. The judge charged the jury to weigh the evidence and not let senti- ment rule the verdict. Five more indictments are Japan May Not Al]ow Her Al:my to Re- “main Idle While Peace Is Being Discusssed. St. Petersburg, June 20.—The preaent strateglc position. and only Hope for an armistice pend |agree toa suspension of hostili- ing the meeting of the peace | ties, thereby permitting large re- plenipotentiaries rosts with Pres. |inforcements to reach Gen. Line- ident Roosevelt, and even that is|vibch. - A fresh defeat on land, it Every delegation has its leaven |- considered a slender one. The impression here is that Japan will not forego its advantageous is admitted here, would facilitate the Russian acceptance of the peace terms. PANAMA CANAL: CHIEF TO QUIT Resignation of Chief Engi- neer Wallace Expected at Washington. ‘Washington. June 20.—It is asserted in certain circles here that Chief Engineer - Wallace of the Panama canal will tender his resignation on his. arrival here during the next few days. Fric- tion is said to exist over affairs between the chief engineer and those higher in authority. GRADING HAS COMMENCED Work of Leveling Up Bemidiji Avente Now Well Un- der Way. Street Commissioner Hazen has a crew of men at work on Be- midji avenue grading down the street to the grade -established by Engineer Stoner and lower- ing the water mains so that they will be protected from frost when the new grade has been com- pleted. The work is being done preparatory to - lacing the boule- vards that were petitioned for by residents between Fourth and Ninth streets and ordered by the city council. Some sections of the grade have already been fin- ished and property owners along these sections have started to place the curb that will border the boulevard on the outsiae. MUD LAKE TOWN IS BOOMING Number of Buildings in Course of Construction at Puposky. Puposky, the new town on the Minneapolis, Red Lake & Mani- toba railway north of Bemidji, is enjoying its first boom. The townsite company has dlspose(l of a large number of lot¢ and al- ready a number of buildings are in course of construction. A store, two saloons, and a bank are now being built, and in the course of a few days work on the con- struction of others will be com- menced. WORKING ON SECOND STORY pending against Miller and will be prosecuted, probably in an- other county. The trial of E. J. Holler for the embezzlement of $200 fiom.a homesteader making yroof be fore him as a United States com- missioner, will be tried at this term. Letter to Mr. B. Erickson, Bemidji, Minn, Dear Sir: Let’s have a little private talk by ourselves on busi. ness; nobody else, please, read, You want to know how to doa' cheap job of painting, and have it look good. Here it is: The cheap- | est thing there 18 in the way of a good - lookmg job—say nothing about its being good—is Devoe: the regular thing in Devoe. The reason Devoe goes further than anything else. Lead-and- oil is good-looking; don’t go so! [paints are more or less shortin far and costs more. The other one way or another; don’t go so far and costs more than Devoe. Devoe costs least of all; you {don’t mind its lasting longer, do you? We can’t help it; a paino that goes further lasts longert we can’t help it. Yours Truly F. W. Devok & Co,, New York and Chicago P. 8. paint. W. M. Ross sells onr Construction of New Brink-| man Hotel Progressing at Rapid Rate. - The brickwork on the first story of 1he new Brinkman hotel ! has been completed and Con- WILL MARRY "TOMORROW Thes. Bailey, Jr., and Miss Ethyl Ludwig to be Joined in Wedlock. The marriage of Thos. Bailey, Jr., to Miss Ethyl Ludwig will oceur tomorrow forenoon at Cass Lake. The marriage will be a very quiet affair and only a few friends-of the contracting parties will be present. From Cass Lake Mr, and Mrs. Bailey will go to Duluth to enjoy a short wed- ding trip, after which they will return to Bemidji to make this city their future home. BUSINESS MEN TO HAVE FLOATS Committee on Fourth of July Parade Arranging for Grand Spectacle. The committee appointed by the Business Men’s club to ar- range for the grand parade on July 4 are preparing a surprise for those who will be in attend- ance at the celebration in the shape of the greatest spectacle ever seen in northern Minnesota. J. A. McAvoy. a member of the committee, stated today that from present indications the pa- rade will exceed all expectations. Up to the present time there have been seven business men promise to prepare floats for the parade, TWO INJURED IN RUNAWAY John C. Parker and A.T. Hatcher Hurt is Accident This Aftsrnoon. John C. Parker,superintendent for the Clearwater Logging com- pany, and A. T. Hatcher, a pro- jminent lumberman of northern Minnesota, were injured in a runaway that oczurred late this afternoon. Mr, Parker was driving a spirited team of horses on Third street when they be- came unmanageable and ran up Beltrami avenue and into the Bagley livery . stable, throwing him to the ground. He was slightly cut” in the forehead. Mr. Hatcher was standing in the ydoor of the livery stable when the horses ran into him and knocked him to the floor. He was picked upand an examination made by a physician developed that his {head was badly gashed. The wounds of both men are painfu! but not serious. The team ran through the liverystable and out the back door. on'their way doing damage to several carrieges be longing to the proprietor, A M Bagley. They were = tinally tractor Kraatz's crew of men is, caughtat the corner of Celtrami now at work on the second story. :uvenue and Fourth streef, not until t13 carriage Since the building was com- menced the construction witk has been pushed rapidly-and at’ the present rate it is expected that the building will be ready for occupm:cyby Sept. 1. A regular meeting of the, Knights of Pythias will be held this evening. Read the Pioneer. 1Qe awedk.' but, tr which ,they had been attached wis com i pletely demolished. Runlln Attacks Repulsed. Tokio, June - 1t Is officially re- ported that on June 11 -some mixed { columns of Russian troops attacked in the vicinities ‘of Yingecheng, Er- shlmlpmnml Shufangtai. = All the at- : repulied. 'l‘he losses are lnt:da lllllllIllllllllll-llllll-!-lll-i ‘| wanted. If you are interested in- this line, do not fail to look it over before buying. We have them in all the latest patterns and material. The prices are right. Neckwear We have just received a shipment of Neckwear con- taining the newest creations for summer wear. Underwear N Look at our window for a few good numbers, anything = you want from 50 cents to $3.50 per suit, Hosiery 1f you are looking for the latest combined with good quality you will find them here. Our line of 25 to 50 cent hose is exceptionally strong. A moment of your time will prove our statemant. Satisfaction guaranteed. E. H. Winter & Co. I O O O O O O P e 1 o Phone 30. ARRESTED ON SUSPICION Negro Caught Near Fosston May Be Slayer of Annie Kintop. wishing further information can| call phone number 282 call 3 or call at 609 12th, St. An Atlas for $1.00. The Great Northern Railway | has issued an - Atlas of 56 pages containing up to’ date maps of Towa, Wisconsin, Minnesota, North and South Dakota, Mon- tana, [daho, Washington, British Fosston, June 20.—Marshall { Columbia, Oregon, Kansas, Mis- Holt arrested here yesterday a negro answering in all respects to the description of the man charged with the murder of a Little Falls girl near that place some months ago. As a reward of §1000 was offered by the gov- ernor for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the guilty man, much interest at tach's to the arrest. It was shown thatthe suspects had gone north and the Morrison county officials at once placed complete descriptions of them in the hands of lo-al officers in this part of the country. In size, dress, general features and even the scar on the face, the arrested man tallies with the description of the one He vis v estward bound on foot and was arrested four miles from town. Informa- tion has been telegraphed -the Morrison county officials. LOOMAS WINS BOWEN IS OUT Diplomatic Tangle Settled in Favor of Loomas—Charges were Unfounded. Washington, June 20.—The Bowen Loomas case has been settled in faver of the latter, the charges against him being de- clared unfounded. Bowen will | be arraigned for insubordination, criticised for his action in the matter and dropped trom the diplomatic service. No Preparations- for War. - Christiania, Norway, June Z.—The minister of defense authorizes the! statement that all rumors of the mob- dlization of the Norwegian army and | Gect are devoid of foundation. Children’s Home. . Mrs. P. L. Foucault has decid- ed to open a Children’s Home in Bemidji and is now prepared to receive childrenof all ages from infants up. She’ has secured a competent and experienced nurse and will devote her entire time to the work, The Home is alrea.dy open and several child- _'ren have been received. Anyane ; souri, Nebraska, Wyoming, Col orado, - Alaska, Hawaii, Japau. Philippine Islands China, the United States and of the world. In uddition to this, the Atlas contains valuable- statistical in- formation relative to the states named above, is printed on the very best quality of paper, shows the lines of the Great Northern railway, and is in every waya commendable work. This Atlas will be distributed at the actual cost of production and will be sent to any address upon receipt of §1.00. Address F. 1. Whitney, Passenger Traffic Manager, Great Northern Rail- way, St. Paul, Minn. GAMES Y i Crookston 8; St. Brain 5. Duluth 7; Fargo 0. Winnipeg -Grand Forks, RDAY. Rain. May Go to Springs. The condition of Editor C. R. Martin, who has been confined at St. Anthony’s’ hospital for the past four weeks, remains un- changed. Mr. Martin’s condi- tion is quite serious and he ex- | pects to leave in the ncar future for either Hnter’s Springs, or Hot Springs, Ark., to test the medicinal value of the famous springs. Band Practice. The Bemidji band will hold a practice at the city hall this evening and all members are ur- gently requested to be present. TOO ' LATE TO CLASSIFY. WANTED—Woman to work by day at Pine Lodge. Mrs. Har- ger, 1728 Bemidji Ave. FOR SALE—Cabbage plants at A. DBrose’s residence, 1116 Beltrami avenue. exacting customer. Examlfle your diamond come loosened REPAIR WORK the most prompt and careful attention, Receives when brought to us. A Hish degree of skill obtained by yearsof experience 18R i “the work, coupled with the best tools en- ables us to turn out work that is satisfactory to the most You have the satisfaction of knowing that your property is safe in our hands, as we do our own repairing and - mountirg of diamonds and other precious stones. and see if the clamps-have be- 5 Prlces as low as GOOD WORK can be done. Geo. T. Baker @ Co. = better than most others. Al The Lanpher is as good as the best, and the newest