Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 12, 1905, Page 5

| | { { | VIOLATED THE NAVY RULES Midshlpman Meriwe ather Sentenced to Confinement and Public Reprimand by Secretary _of Navy. Washington, Dec. 12.—Mid- shipman Minor Meriweather, Jr., who was tried at a court martial for causing the death of Midship- man Branch in a fistic encounter, has been sentenced to confine- ment to the limits of the naval academy for a period of one year and to be publicly reprimanded by the .sécretary of the navy. Meriweatlier was acquitted of the - manslaughter charge but was foutid guilty of violating the rules for the government of the navy. TITLE TO LAND IS INVOLVED Homesteader Sells Land Twice and Result Is a Legal Fight. Testimony in the case of Bam- uelson vs. John Dunfour, involv- _ ing title to 70 acres of land ad- " joining the townsite of Fuakley, was taken before Referee George - Newton at Funkley last night, _Frank F. Price of Grand Rapids appearing for the Plaintiff and Henry funkley of this city for the defendant. Strobeck, a homesteader, proyed upon the land in/olved in the case and afterwards sold it to a lumber company, which, after cutting off -the timber, sold it to Dun- “four. . It appears that before the lamber company’s deed had been filéd Strobeck sold the land to Samuelson, the plaintiff in the case, and the question to be de- cided ‘is whether Samuelson or Dunfour has title to the land. Petit Larceny Charged. James Duer was arrested at Kunkley last night by Deputy Sheriff Thos. Bailey, Jr., and brought to Bemidji, charged with petit larceny. 1t is claimed that Duer stole a quarter of ‘beef and other articles from the T. M. Partridge Lumber company, the: value of the goods taken -being §18. Duer was taken be- fore J\ldge Skinvik this morn- ing and released on $100 bonds to appear for trial Dec. 18. ‘RailwayFare From any Town Within 20 Miles of Bemid)i, During the Manth of DECEMBER ONLY! BUY A RETURN TICKET AND:WE WILL DISCOUNT THE PRIGEYOF BAME ON ANY OF OUR CABINET PICTURES RANGING FROM ‘#.00 PER D ND UPWARD. 70 BRoplo In this closer viclnity, we will make Freo of Charde a picture of “yourself on Barret's photocloth with each dozen cabinet pictures. Hay vour ploto taken on posta cards. Thisis The Latest Fad and an Inexpensive way of surprising friends Postal cards printed trom any amas teur plates at 5 cents each. st N. L. HAKKERUP YOUR CREDIT IS GOOD! ~=WITH- BISIAR & VANDERLIP! .We can furnish you with Ranges, Stoves, Furniture_and House FURNISHINGS! SINGER SEWING MACHINES ON VERY EASY PAYMENTS High .grade - Pmnou an Orguu Expected * Daily. ‘BISIAR & VANDERLIP © 2 Goors west of Clly Hell. CHRISTMAS SALE M. E. Ladies Will Hold Sale at New Masonie Hall Dee. 15 and _16. Atthe New Mnsome Temple corner Fifth street and Beltrami avenue, Friday and Saturday Dec. 15 and 16 the M. E. Ladies will hold their Christmas sale of all kinds of fancy and useful articles, home made candies, etc. At thedoll boeth you will find dolls ot all kinds and prices to suit everyone. Come and see. Friday night a New England supper will be served from 5:30 until all that will - come have been served. Don’t miss it. 25¢ per plate. M. E. CONCERT A BIG SUCCESS Large Crowd Attends Concert Given at the Church Last Night. The concert given at the M. B church last night was largely at- tended and proved a big success The program consisted of vocal and instrumental selections and the latter proved especially ac ceptable. Following was the pro- gram: PianoSolo... . .+Ollte Smith Violin Solo. -G. E. Moyer Voeal Solo.. ... Miss Haldeman Vocal § Plano Solo.. .....Selected... ....Miss Boyer Banjo Solo -"Homoward Bound" — (March) E. R. Ryan. Vocal Solo. ....Miss Balley Violin Solo. Mr. Symington Vocal Solo—"Havpy A Sheled (With N, “The Day Fades" . A. Parks DeLong, Lucas, Le: Ra zors Flying In the Alr NEW BRITISH CABINET, King Edward Approves List Submit. ted by Premier. London, Dec. 12.—It is officially an- nounced that the new British ministry is made up as follows: Prime minister and first lord of the treasury, Sir Henry Camjbell-Banner- man: lord high chancellor. Sir Robert Reid; chancellor of the exchequer, Herbert A:quith; secretary of staie for home affairs, Herbert Gladstone; secretary of state for foreign affairs, Sir Edward Grey; secretary of state for colonies, Earl of Elgin; secretary of state for war, Richard Haldane; secretary of state for India, John Mor- ley; first lord of the admiralty, Baron Tweedmouth; president of the board of trade, David Lloyd George; presi- dent of the local government board, John Burns; secretary of state for Scotland, John Sinclair; president ot the board of agriculture, Earl Carring: ton; postmaster .enern{ Sydney Bux- ton; chief secretary for Ireland, James Bryce; lord president of the council Earl of Crewe; lord of the privy seal, Marquis of Ripon: president of the board of education, Augustine Birrell; chancellor of the duchy of Lancaster, Sir Henry H. Fowler. Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman drove to the palace during the even- ing and had an audience with King Edward of about twenty minutes, at which his majesty signified his ap- proval of the new government Colone]l Danlel Perkinl ‘Bosworth, ome of the wealthiest and best known men in the oil country, is dead at Marietta, 0. He was a member of the Loyal Legion and widely known. Thomas P. Wickes, a prominent Wew York city attorney and former issistant corporation counsel, hat \een found guilty of blackmail. He¢ ¥as remanded for, sentence next week TELLS PATHETIC STORY, Korean Minister to France Calls on Secretary Root. Washington, Dec, 12.—Prince Min, the Korean minister to France, called by appointment upon Secretary Root at the state department. He told a pathetic story of “the treatment ’of Korea by the Japanese officials. The prince made it evident that his em- peror would keeniy. appreciate a con- tinuance of dfficial recognition by the United §tates of Korean entity. Ho seemed to find some satisfaction In the explanation whieh was given him that the United States government 1 ‘not~ terminated dipiomatic rela- l’LANNED1 8 with Korea, though it ia true eorpration, has been chosen as the these relations: are hereafter to by neeemnlwmhnl.(:arey,md through Japan. LAKE SHORE WILL BUILD Report is to Effect That Work on Thief River Extension Will Start Soon.- MINNEAPOLIS FIRM SAID TO BE FIGURING ON CONTRACT. '!Dnlulh News Tribune Says Work ‘1 . Will Start Jan. 1 and Will Be Pushed Rapidly. Duluth News Tribune: Well founded reports are to the effect that shortly after the beginning of the new year dirt wiil com- | mence to fly on the Thief River Falis line of ‘the -South Shore road. The anxiety of the Soo Line to have an outlet to the head of the lakes by the opening of the grain season next year is said to have brought about the unusual proceeding of starting the construction of a line of rail- road before the survey has been completed. According to reports a well known Minneapolis contracting firm has been approached on the subject of figuring on a contract for 50 miles of the road and to commence operations by Jan. 1. Although the distence from Su- perior to Thief River Falls is some 200 miles, outside of the building of the line from Snuth Superior to the vicinity of Clo- quet but little difficulty would be experienced in the work of con- struction. Married Saturday Evening F. J. Doohner and Miss Mabel Hayden of Blackduck were mar- ried in that village Saturday evening, Rev. E, J, Barrackman performiug the ceremony. Marriage Licenses Issued. The following marriage licens- es were issued at the oftice of Clerk of Court Rhoda today: James G. Gaay to Mary .Ann Gallagher; Barney E. Gouin to Bertha Fosberg. Killed Wolf on Bemidji Lake C.L. Atwood, a farmer living in Northern township, yesterday morning killed a large wolf on Bemidji lake. near the north end, Atwood saw..five of the anithals at one time on the lake but was able to kill but one. EDWARD ATKINSON DEAD WELL KNOWN SOCIAL AND PO. LITICAL ECONOMIST EX- PIRES SUDDENLY. Boston, Dec. 12.—Edward Atkinson, the well known social ‘and political econemist of this city, died suddenly during the day after an attack of acute Indigestion, affecting the heart. He was seventy-eight years of age. For forty years Mr. Atkimson had been looked upon as an authority on economic questions and in this connection had been called upon to perform many important public du tles,” among them being an appoint- ment by President Cleveland in 1887 as speclal commissioner on the status of bimetallism in Europe. He was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a fellow of the American Association for the Ad- vancement o Science, corresponding secretary of the American Statisticai association and member of the Inter- national Statistical institute. Since 1877 he has been president of the Boston Manufacturers’ Mutual ‘Insur- ance company.‘ He was also a mem- ber of the Cobden club of Great Brit- ain. Mr. Atkinson was a prolific writer on economic questions. INVESTIGATE. GERMANY WILL Will Punish Officers of the Panther if ~ at Fault. Berlin, Dec. 12.—It is semi-officially stated that the Brazilian government has not made- representations to the United States concerning the German cruigser Panther incident, nor has Bra- 2l made certain naval dispositions because of the affair. It is also de- niled that the United States has made representations ‘to Germany on the subject. The fullest investigation will be made and if the German officers were in fault they will be punished. Washington, Dec. 12.—The state de- partment Las received a cablegram from Mr. Richardson, secretary of the American embassy to Brazil, relative to the incident at Itajahy. Mr. Rich- ardson says that a mistake appears to have been made and the tome of the cablegram indicates that 2 speedy settlement will b hed. of New York city. a director of the United States Steel dent ul the stpe] cqrpnnflou. - SPOILING "FOR A FIGHT Council lnforms Cny Jus- tices That it is Ready for a Serap. CITY MUST HAVE lTS.SIlARE OF GAMBLING GRAFT. Preliminary Slebs Taken. to Or- ganize Paid Fire Dep’t. De- spite Vigorous Protests. - “If the justicés want’ a fight, they can have it,” declared Presi. dent Gould of the ‘cit,y council. - This hostile declaration from the president of the board of al- dermen was. brought out last evening during discusssion of the reports of “Justices Pender- dergast and Skinvik, Justice Skinvik made his report last evening. * He also made a speech in which he declared that the justices of the city are a law unto themselves and will doas they please. Justice Skinvik in his report s2ys that he fined keep- ers of roulette wheels $10 each for half a month—just ' like Jus- tice Pendergast—whereas the customary fine has been $25 per month. The council’ rejected the report and declared it would set the schedule of fines to suit itself. The gambling. graft, different aldermen intimated pretty broadly, is for the pockets of the city. A strenuous honr or two was devoted to the recommendation of the fire commitee that a paid fire department be created. The committee proposed to accomp- lish this and the stripping of ‘the department of the right to elect its own officers by paying 25 firemen $5 per year each in addi- tion to the regular allowance for fires. Since Brer Martin was ousted from the‘management of the fire department, the graft bas not been what it ought to be and the city ought to be grateful that in getting backihe does not make it cost them—to begin with —-any more than $125 a year. The council directed that .an ordinance for a paid department be drawn up. i The printing committee want- ed to print a dozeri'or a hundred copies of the charter —in’ the dark. But the ‘council thought the committee would do better to get prices and report. All of which is interesting, RAILROAD RATE ~LEGISLATION. Tillman Precipitates Discussion in the Senate. ‘Washington, Dec. 12.—There was a discussion of railroad rate legislation in the senate during the day, precipi- tated by a bill Introduced by Mr: Till- man, which, he explained, gave the interstate commerce ~ commission power o fix a maximum reasonable rate, Mr. Foraker talked at some length on the railroad question. He insisted that the Tillman bill recog- nized that rebates had stopped or could be stopped under the present law. Mr. Tillman said he did think so until the investigation of Messrs. Jud- son and Harmon, instituted by the executive, had been such a miserable flasco. The present law would prove a failure until the president stopped protecting and whitewashing cabinet officers, he said. Mr. Foraker continued to discuss the features of proposed ratc legisla. tion. Senator Foraker insisted that con- gress had no authority to delegate to a commission the right to regula[e railroad rates, Mr. Culberson (Tex.) and others took issue with Mr. Foraker on this point. Mr. Knox' (Pa.) asked if the su- | preme court had not decided that con- gress can lay down a certain rule and authorize a commission to apply this rule to specific cases and if it would not apply to a delegation of the power to fix rates. The Illinois Central rallroad has turned into the office of the_Illinois state treasurer $550,775. This amount is the semi-annual payment of 7 per cent interest on the gross earnings of the road in that state. Senator Tillman has introduced ' [WOULD BURN POOR HOUSE Arson Is Charge - Preferred Against Charles Sykes, Aged Negro. INSANITY MAY BE CAUSE OF INCENDIARY INTENT. 01d _ Man Brought Before Judge * Pendergast and Hearing Set for Friday. | That he attempted to burn the Beltrami county poor house is the charge preferred against Charles Sykes, an aged negro who has been confined at the poor House for anumber of years pn.s(i Sykes was brought before Judge Eenderga:t this mornng and his’ preliminary examination was seb for next Friday. Sykes is one of the oldest resi- dents of the city and in the early days -conducted a restaurant in Bemidji. He had poor success, however, and was finally com- pelled to asi the county for aid. Since that:time he has been an | inmate of the poor house. During his stay there, however, he has shown symptons of insanity a.nd bas several times been eommm- ed to the asylum at Fergus Falls and afterwards returned to this county. The attempt to burn the poor house was made, itis claimed, last Friday, when Sykes ignited a quanity of paper and threw it upon a bed in the second ' story of the building, afterwards leav- ing the blaze. Another inmate of the poor house discovered the blaze, and, summoning assistance succeeded in checking it before aty material damage was done. Just what disposion will be made of the case is unknown, as| if the man is again insane itis not probable that he will be sen- tenced to the penitentiary to te punished. FARRIS FIRM SOLD WHITEFISH| Ostrom& Swanson Fined $20 | and Costs for Illegal Sale of Fish. Ostrom & Swanson, the mem- bers of a general merchandise firm at Farris, were this morn- :| the THE PRUDENTIAL . PAID $32,000 President of Gompany Says That;Amount Was Contribut tive Pu NEW OFFICERS ARE ELECTED Degree of Honor Hold Annual Election of Officers Last Night. At a meetingof the local De- gree of Honor lodge attended by about 35 members of the order, following officers were elected for the coming year as follows; C. of H—-Mrs. J. P, Young. L. of H.—Mrs. H. F. Schmidt. C. of C.—Miss Tinnie Pender- gast. Usher—Mrs. W. L. Preble, Recorder—Mrs. G. A. Walker, Financier—Mrs. J. P. Lahr. Treasurer—Miss Bernice Pen- dergast. Inside Sawyer, Outside Watch—E. J. Gould. Representative to Grand Lodge —Mrs.J. P. Young. Trustee—S, A. Cutter. Watch —Mrs. Wm. ‘The school board will hold its regular monthly meeting at the | office of Supermtendent Ritchie this evening. ing found guilty at Farris of sell- ing whitefish illigally, and were fined $20 and costs. The arrests were made by Game Warden Rutledge of this city, cured evidence against the mer- ! bers of the firm and accomy lishe d their conyiction. who se-| ed for Legisla- rposes. % New York, Dec. 12 —Senator Dryden of New Jersey,president of the Prudential Life Insurance company, told the investigaling committee today that his com- pany had contributed an aggre- gate of $32,600 to the republican national committee in 1896, 1900, and 1904, In 1899 the company spent $15,000 for legislative ex- penses. LOST—Opportunities for profit when you neglect the Pioneer want columns. Look FOR THE NAME > ENGRAVED Lbbey” i PIECE" | CUT GLASS We also carry a line of the cheaper grades Bowls, $4.00 to $20.00 Tankards, $2.00 to Vases, $3.00 10 Olive Di:hes, $1.50 to $6. [} Tumblers, 8310 $12 per set ‘ Water Bottles, $1.00 to $8.00 We urge on our pat- raus an examination of our assortment, which is the finest line of high grade glass in the cu, city. GEO. T. BAKER & CO. 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