Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, August 17, 1905, Page 4

RUN ON LAND_ " AND WATER Amphibious Boat Planned to| Carry Passengers at Buena Vista. VESSEL WILL BE OPERATED ON LAND AND SEA. Only One Other of Its Kind in Ex- istence Is Near Copenhagen, Demmark. — An amphibious boat, which will be run on land and water, is the latest thing planned for Bel- trami county. The vessel, it is claimed, will cross a lake with a load of passengers, run up on shore, and, without once stop- ping, cross a divide between two lakes and agan enter the water and proceed on its way. The boat of this kind which it is planned to construct will be operated on Big Turtle lake and Lake Julia, and on the contin- ental divide which separates these two bodies of water, Ac- cording to one of the promoters, the vessel will be made to carry about 50 passengers and will be run between Puposky and the lower end of Big Turtle lake, and it is possible that the line may be extended to Moval lake down to Bemidji lake and to the Third street dock in Bemidji. The queer craft which 1t is in- tended to put into commission will be amphibious in the strict- est sense of the word. It will be shaped after fashion of a modern steam vessel, with propellor and rudder, but, differing from the ordinary water craft, it will also be provided with wheels fore and aft. While running on land these wheels will connect with rails like the ordinary railroad steels. The rails will be laid in- to the water at an angle of 30 de- grees and extend therefrom over- land to the other body of water with which it is wished to con- nect. A trough.shaped arrange- ment will protect the boat when it emerges from the water so that the wheels will strike the rails. The machinery will be composed of an engine and the other attachments of an ordinary steamboat, but added to this will be a chain which will connect the wheels with the engine. When the boat runs upon the rails the power that has been applied to the propellor will be connected with the wheels by pulling a lever, and the craft will proceed upon its journey. There is only one of these ves- sels now in operation in the en- tire world. This is now being run near Copenhagen, Denmark. It has proven to be a decided novelty and thousands of persons annually take a trip in the boat. Among the passengers that have tried the vessel are several of the crowned heads of Europe. Arrangements have already been made by the promoters of the Beltrami county boat to pur- chase steel from the Minneapolis, Red Lake & Manitoba railway company, which recently tore up a large number of rails that have been in use on the old Led Lake Transportation company’s line near Nebish. Itisprobable that a corporation to finance the ven. ture will be formed this fall. | Northern League ' GAMES. YESTERDAY. Grand Forks 13, Crookston 7. Superior 1, Duluth 8, Fargo-Winnipeg. Rain. Anmierican Association. At Minneapolis, 4; St. Paul, 2. At Kansas City, 2; Milwaukee, 8. At Columbus, 4; Louisville, 3. Sec- ond game—Columbus, 6; Louisville, 3. At Toledo, 2; Indianapolis, 1. Sec- ond ‘zame—Toledo, Indianapolis, 2. BONDS NOT FOR THE RAILROAD Money to Be Voted Aug. 29 Will Be Used to Pay Ouat- standing Orders. The members of the city coun- cil state that, contrary to the opinions expressed by some citi- zens of the city, the money se- cured from the sale of the $10,000 bonds to be voted Aug. 29 will be used to take up the outstanding orders against the city treasury. A number of people in the city have the idea that the money will! not be used for the puspose ex- pressed in the call for the special election, but rather thatit will be paid to those who have given up lands for right of way purposes for the Minneapolis} Red Lake & Manitoba railway. Thereis no manner, state the city council members, in which the money realized from the sale of bonds could be applied for this purpose, as a state law governs the is- suance of bonds and if the money, or the smallest portion of it,were paid to the reilway company the council would be acting against the law. About $10,000 in city orders are now outstanding. These orders are drawiug 6 per cent interest per annum. The bonds to be voted will run for 15 years at 5 per cent per annum, and it is expected that the city will receive a good bonus when the bonds are disposed of. [t is plain to be seen that to vote for the bends is to work for the best interests of the city. WILL CHALLENGE THE WINNERS Samaritans, Clerks and Bar- tenders Wish to Play Base Ball. Three challenges now await the winners of the base ball game to be played Friday afternoon be- tween the Knights of Pythias and Modern Woodmen. The Modern Samaritans claim that they have an aggregation that can defeat any other team in Bemidji out- side of the regular Bemidji nine, the clerks are anxious to take on the winners of the game Friday, while the bartenders are certain in their own minds that they can *‘do things” to either the Wood- men team or the Knights. LIGHTNING STRIKES HOTEL Clearwater House at Bagley Struck This Morning— Narrow Escapes. The Clearwater hotel at Bag- ley, during the electrical storm in that village this morning, was struck by lightnning and some damage was done to the |interior of the building. The cook and his wife were standing in the kitchen when the bolt struck the house, and the man received a shock but recovered in a few minutes after being carried into another room of the building. Several other bolts struck the town and Albert Kaiser, cashier of the First National bank in that village, had a narrow escape from death. Work Started on Cesspool. F. E. Brinkman today started a crew of men at work on the cesspool which will be used in connection with his new hotel on Third street. An effort will be made by Mr. Brinkman and others to obtain sewerage as soon as possible in order to elim- inate the necessity of digging cesspools, REBEKAH RECITAL BIG JONE CASE IS CONVENTION| MUSICALTREAT . piqMISSED District Meeting Held in Be- midj1 Yesterday at 0dd- Fellows Hall. ATTENDED BY MEMBERS FROM ALL PARTS OF DISTRICT. Meeting Was Entirely Success- ful—Bemidji Lodge Enter- tain Visitors. The annual district convention} of the Daughters of the Rebekahs of the I. O. O. F. was held in Be- midji yesterday afternoon and evening, Two sessions were held —one during the afternoon and the other in the evening—and both were attended by about 50 visiting members of the order from other portions of the dis- trict. Mrs. Mary Jenkins, president of the district, was present at the meeting and called both sessions to order. Much business of importance to the lodges throughout: the dis- trict was transacted and the meeting is considered an unq uali- fied success. The members of the Bemidjilodge entertained the visitors well, and after the even- ing session had been finished gave ar excursion on Lake Be- midji. The boat carried 65 pas- sengers and the visiting mem- bers were taken all around the lake and shown the places of in- terest. A class of six candidates was initiated. Following is a list of the visit- ing members: Tenstrike-—Belle Krahn, Henry Krahn, Matilda Knappen, Mrs, Alice Fellows, Mrs. Belle Rey- nolds, Mrs. May Carter, Mrs. Delia Carter. Iron River, Wis.—Mrs. A, Mc- Cauley, W. J. McCauley. McIntosh—Maggie Drew, Ida L. Southmayd, Rena Drew. Ada—Mary Jenkins. Park Rapids—Alma Annette, Emily M. Kronquist, H. S. An- nette. Bagley—Nora B. Wagner, Ida M. Wiltse, ‘ Akeley—Emma Ames, Brenan. Mary MAY BECOME A REPUBLIC. Plan to Seat Danish Prince on Nor- way’s Throne a Failure. Berlin, Aug. 17.—The plan, sup- ported by Great Britain, for Prince Charles of Denmark to ascend the Norwegian throne has failed, accord- ing to information received from Co- penhagen. The expectation is that Norway will establish a republic. Fairbanks Principal Speaker, Burlington, Vt., Aug. 17.—Vermont’s gtate holiday, the anniversary of the battle of Bennington, was signalized during the day by the dedication of a memorial tower to the revolutionary patriot, Ethan Allen, in this city, with Vice President Fairbanks as the prin- cipal speaker. Seven Coaches Derailed. Cory, Pa., Aug. 17.—The Pittsburg express on the Allegheny Valley rail- road was wrecked by a spreading rail rear Hydetown. The rear engine and seven cars left the rails. The pas- sengers had narrow escapes, but only two received slight injuries. Tomorrow Night’s Event is Exciting a Widespread Interest. The musicale to be given to- morrow evening at the city opera house by Mr. and Mrs. Thompson of Sioux City for the benefit of the Bemidji publiclibrary will be arare musical treat. Mr. Thomp- son has a magnificent tenor voice and Mrs. Thompson’s piano play- ing is a revelation. In addition to the numbers by Mr. and Mrs. Thompson, Mrs. Thompson and Mrs. R. B. Foster of this city will render a duet. The entire proceeds of the event go to the public library, excepting only Mr. and Mrs. Thompson’s bare expenses. The Ladies Library Associa. tion is doing everything in its power to make the library a suc- cess and it has succeded admir- able thus far. The management however does not wish the public to consider that it is doing them a favor by purchasing tickets for these library benefits. Quite the contrary is true. The association is doing a great work for Bemidji and citizens generally should be happy of these little opportunites to assist the library. KLEIN TAKES THE PALACE Meat Market Man Takes Charge of Restaurant on _ Third Street. A. Klein, proprietor of a meat market on Minnesota avenue, yesterday took charge of the Palace restaurant, heretofore op- erated by R. R. Bly. It isun- derstood that Mr. Klein took the restaurant because of certain business relations between him- self and Mr. Bly, and that the transfer was not the result of a sale. Mr. Klein states that he is as yet undecided whether he will operate the establishment or lease it out. Read the Bemidji Pioneer. | S T THE HUNTERS LICENSED. New Law Provides That Charge of Arson in Second | gynters Going Qutside Their Degree Against Mrs. Sil- versack Passed Up. CASE IS PENDING. Mrs. Siiversack Declares Her In- nocence and Blames Fire to Some One Else. The charge of arson in the sec- ond degree against Mrs. Frank Silversack for firing the saloon building of her husband at the corner of Minnesota avenue and Fourth street, was this after- noon dismissed on wmotion of County Attorney McDonald in Judge Pendergast’s court. The other charge against Mrs. Silversack,—that of arson in the third degree—a preliminary hearing upon which was con- cluded in Judge Pendergast’s court yesterday afternoon, and has not been decided by the court, and his decision as to whether the evidence warrants holding the defendant to the grand jury or not will probably not be made until 6 o’clock today. Mrs. Silversack stated to the Pioneer this afternoon that she was entirely innocent of any part in attempting to fire the property of her husband. “I did not set the fire and never tried to com- mit the crime with which I am charged,” said Mrs. Silversack. Own County Must Pay. | For the first time in the history DECISION OF JUDGE IN OTHER of the state all persons hunting prairie chickens# outside their home counties must pay for that privelage the sum of twenty-five cents. Licenses mustbeprocured from the county auditor, to whom is paid the license fee. The open season begins Sept. 1, and as there will be many licenses issued this fall, all hunters are advised to call at the office of the countyauditoras early as possible Under the old law no licenses were required to hunt chickens in the open season, but this was changed by the last legislature, County Auditor Wilmann is ex- pecting to receive the blank licenses this week from the state. Mrs. S. H, Drew and daughter Rena, of McIntosh arein the city for a week’s with Mr, and Mrs. J. S. Roshoit. “The fact that my.husband made the complaint against me shows that he thought me guilty at first, but I believe the influence af others had largely to do with the state of his mind. He has now changed his opinion and does not wish to prosecute me, but wants to find out who the real perpetrator of the crime is,” Mrs. Silversack has been con- fined to the county jail ever since her arrest and naturally sheis very anxious to be released. The reason the robbers did the safe as they represent a “ROBBED!” The City Drug Store was broken into sometime last night and a very valuable corn cob pipe stolen. fact that we have just received a large, new and up- to-date line of pipes and are obliged to keep them in E.N.FRENCH @ CO. CITY DRUG STORE. not take more was for the large sum of money. book of samples tor Tailor Made Cothing for Gentlemen. you money, stop and see them, the prices We know we are right. A perfect Fit Guaranteed! 1e=SUMMER GOODS AT COST.-2x ceived N 0 R W M Just Re A Full and Complete Line of Ladies, Children and Men’s Shoes in the Latest Fall Styles We wish to call your attention to our fall can save E. H. Winter & Co. (Bemidji made) | | | | { i Phone 30, Dept. store Satisfaction or money refunded - - - - - - R 1 PP R BEMIDJI, MIN’)ESOTA T ——————— "l W