Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 16, 1905, Page 4

4 | o | | 1 [ ] ¥ ' ¢ { | | { { ! ) | ! i | ' | | i | .FIVE BURNED TO DEATH Father, Mother and Three % Childern Die in Fire at Red Lake Falls. BLAZE OCCURED AT AN EARLY © HOUR THIS MORNING. “Details of Affair Are Meager And Cause of Fire is Unknown. Five members of the family of | “Louis Martell, including the “father, mother and three child- ‘ren, were this morning burned “to death when their home near Red Lake Falls was destroyed “by fire. Details of the affair are meager but it<is supposed that the fire originated from a stove while the members of the family were asleep and before they could escape they were either burned MYSTERY Frozen Remains of Frank Webster Found on Farm in Mary Township. TOOK HIS WIFE T0 SCHOOL IN THE COUNTRY. Wherz She Taught in Morning and Was Not Seen Alive Afterwards. Last night about 7 -o’clock Frank Webster. a farmer living in Mary township, near Ada,was found dead lying beside a straw stack on his farm about 20 rods away from his house. Webster was about 35 years old and came from Ilinois last spring. He had a wife to whom he-was married IVALUATION $4,264,322 | Total Value of ;l‘axable Prop-{ NEAR ADA one yéar ago. They had no child- ren. Mrs. Webster teaches school in District 36, in Mary, and the deceased hitched up and or suffocated to death. The Martell family was com- posed of the father, mother and ‘five children, so that it seems that two of the children escaped the flames. They lived on a farm four miles east of Red Lake _Falls, in Jarvis township. They are old residents of Red Lake county and were in com fortable circumstances. Organize Township Jan. 3. ~ The first meeting of the new township of Durand. which in- ‘cludes the south half of govern- ment township 149-33, will be ‘held at the residence of John ‘Lemloh on Jan.’ 3, 1906. Aged Lady Broke Arm. Mrs. W. L. Davies of Crooks- ton yesterday sustained a broken arm in that city as a result of slipping and falling upon the sidewalk. Mrs. E. H. Marcum, a daugnter of Mrs. Davies, left this' afternoon for Crookston upou learning of the news of her mother’s misfortune. Couldn’t Prove Up. Martin Thompson, who is held at the county jail on grand lar-| ceny charged and who intended to go to Cass Lake to make final proof upon his homestead in Buzzle township, failed to make the proof today because of the failure of his witnesses to ap- pear. Cass Lake Monday and prove up on the claim. Thos. Melby of Wilton spent yesterday in Bemidji on busi-! ness. He will probably go to; took his wife to school before 9 o’clock, This was the last seen of him alive, but it is known that "he started to load flax straw to haul to town. About 10 o'clock the team was seen standing alone at the straw stack. Atnoon the mail driver from Borup, stopped at the house, where he had been in the habit of feeding his team and eating his lunch, which he icarried with him. He found Webster’s team, which had run away and smashed the hay rack, wedged in between two stacks. 2 took care of the team. There was not a mark on the body and from all appearances the man | may haye swooned away. The body was lying in a natural posi- tion with no sign of a struggle or any indications that he met with an accident. LETTER FROM ROOSEVELT. Kxpresses Hls Views on Chingse Ex: clusion and the Boycott. San Francisco, Dec. 16.—Responding to communications from the Mer- chants’ Exchange of San Francisca President Roosevelt has written a let- ter in which he expresses his views concerning the Chinese boycott of American goods and also the exclu slon laws. The president writes that this government must do justice as well as exact justice; that Chines¢ laborers should be excluded, but thal the exempt classes of Chinese shoulc be treated courteously. If the exclu sion laws need to be amended Amer ican merchants must exercise their In fluence for amendment, he says, The ! president adds that the immigratior department has acted with the utmosi harshness toward the Chinese, th¢ fault resting ultimately with mistakes erty in Beltrami County Is Above Sum. \ REAL ESTATE IN THE COUNTY VALUED AT $3,552,654. Amount of Personal Property Is $711,668—Bemidji Valued at $62.609. County Auditor Wilmann has completed a list * of the valuation of the real estate and personal property throughout the county. The total yaluation is $4,264,322: which * is $15,850 more than the valuation last year. Of this amount $3,554,654 is real estate and $711,668 is persenal property Of the real estate in the county the total valuation of lands out- side of villages is $2,792,976, and the town lots are valued at $795,- 678. The total valuation of Bemidji township is $62,609, of which $56,146 is real estate and $6,473 is personal property. Ia ali there 47 townships in the county. BEMIDJI GETS A BIG STORE Duluth Concern to Establish A Branch House In This City The Bemidji Consignment Company will open its doors next Wednesday in this city having taken an eighteen months lease of the store building recently va- cated by the notion store just op- posite the Grill, Both floors of the building have been rented, the building will be remodeled and a complete stock of men’s, women’s and children’s furnish- ing is now being installed. The new store will be in charge of D. Frankfort as resident manager. Mr. frankfort informs the Pio- neer that the store will carry a heavy line of first class furnish- ing and will make every cffort to give the people of Bemidji and vicinity bargains for excellence and cheapness unexcelled any- where, BLIND BIGS UNDER BAN public opinion, THE NEW STORE HAS JUST RECEIVED a fresh consignment of the celebrated “RECEPTION”” and “SIMON PURE” canned goods, the best on the market l“ancy choice naval Oranges; per doz., 50¢, 40¢, 35¢ Best hand picked apples in the market. Bestcream cheese Christmas candies, nuts, and other good things. ROE & MARKUSEN Telephone Number 207, Bemidji, Minn. Things—things you ¢ <their- intrinsic wort FULL STOCK OF DRY G Telephone CHRISTMAS TOYS ..and... 'XMAS NOVELTIES We have a fine stock of Novel Little two, but which make very pleasing Christmas gifts—valuable not because of brance and bescause of their novelty. SEASONABLE MERCHANDISE. ~ WM. McCUAIG an buy for a dime or h but as a remem- 00DS, GROCERIES AND Number 1 County Attorney of Polk Goes After the Sightless Swine Rough Shoo Crookston Times: County At- torney Maybury is determined that blind pigging in villages and towns of Pulk county which went dry at the last elections shall cease. Fosstom particularly has been filled with sightless swine since the ‘“‘no license” system went into effect. Justice of the Peace John Vig of Fosston today issued warrants against Messrs. Overby, Modus and Bjore of Fosston for blind pigging and Deputy Sheriff Dan- iels who is at Fosston today placed them under arrest, attach- ed all of the property found in their place of business and the resorts under guard. BRIEF BITS OF NEWS. Senator W. A. Clark of Montana ha purchased the Union mine in Eldorade county, Cal. The purchase price, it it said, 1s $1,750,000. Fire of unknown origin destroyed $15,000 worth of property in Broad head, Wis., nearly wiping out the busi ness section of the town. Daniel C. Gilman of Baltimore has been re-elected to the presidency of the National Civil Service Reform league, in session at Milwaukee. As a result of the organization o the Montana Rate association in Hel ena Governor Toole will be requested to call the legislature in extra sessior to pass a railroad commission bill. Rev. Father John Preis, rector of St John’s Bohemian Catholic church al ‘Winona, Minn,, is dead. Father Preis ‘who was well known in the Northwest came to Minnesota from Texas aboul nine years ago. Charles Burt, -a confidential clerk. for the. brokerage house of Bartlett Frazier & Carrington of Chicago, has|- |JOINTS MUST CEASE PRACTICE | M Mayor Carter lnstructsv Po- lice Force to Raid Places of 111 Repute. Mayor Carter has issued an order to Chief of Police Bailey instructing the latter to make arrests and prosecute in all cases where women and girls frequent the rooms over saloons and wine rooms, He has also notified the proprietors of rooming houses to keep a register of all persons who obtain lodging in the rooms. Mayor Carter states that unless the practice of young girls and women frequenting places of ill repute and winerooms is stopped arrests will be made and the of- fenders will be punished to the full extent of the law. The pro- prietors of places where rooms kept for illegal purposes are equally guilty with those who frequent them, and they will also be arrested and prosecuted pro- viding sufficient evidence is se- cured against them. The police have of late made the rounds of these places bubt as yet have made no arrests. WWMW {\ Additional Locals ; Read the Daily Pioneer, l Harry Bowers is in the city to- day from Eckles township. Mrs. George Horton of Black- duck vislted friends in the city today. Frank and Albert Paul of Jones township transacted business at the court house today. Miss Alice Robbins is in the city today from Mallard for a short visit with friends. Miss Clara Hendrickson of! Fosston arrived in the city this afternoon for a visit in Bemidji with her sister, Mrs. A. G. Smith. “Mrs.. Skinner arrived in Be- midji yesterday afternoon from Eigin, IlL, and ~will spend the holidays here with her daughter, Miss Mabel Skinner, of the pub- lic schools. Illlllllllllll Illlllllllm= 3 1b can apples, per can, 10¢ 3 1b can crab apples, cut from 20¢ to 15¢ Good standard corn, 2 cans, 15¢.4 for 25¢ Good standard tomatoes, per can, 10c Walter Baker & Co.’s chocolate, fan- - ciest on the market, per Ib, (always sold for 40c) 35¢ ~ > ) _ Genuine | ..Reduction.. Sale All next week I will continue to make prices on goods in order to reduce stock On all fancy china ware, a flat discount of 20 per cent from 1 .the close price that they are marked. 50 per cent discount Jl onallbutton shoes. 25 per cent discount on lace shoes—ex- . cept new lot, just got in. 25 per cent discount on all dry goods. If above prices don’t run off all I have in these lines it shows that veople are supplied and don’t need any ot these In Groceries. The same close prices will prevail. To be continued later on. Very truly yours 9 O A 40c can of Royal baking powder, 35¢ 6 pounds pearl tapioca, 25¢) an these 6 pounds fine German sago, 25¢ » Saly, 6 pounds pearl barley, 2be |k 2s¢ 6 pounds perfectly pure buckwheat filour for, . 25¢ 6 pounds bulk starch, 25¢ Z =~ = = I R O O OO O O O M’ O ‘Detachable Fur Collars Nutria Collars $6.50 Dyed Muskrat Collars $5.00 $4 00 Wool Seal Collars Ghel.ogical HeadquartersFor Men’s and Boys’ Sensible Gifts The “Quality’”’ Store Special Xmas Features Mufflers, Neckwear and Suspenders in Christmas laid boxes. Purchases aside now if requested. ;' Holiday Gloves - § Mochas Chamois, Capes, Mochas, Tans, Browns, G- and Mabes - - ing silver trimmed handles Imported Silk gold trimmed - Horyard Mufflers- - - $1.50 - - - --Gorden aud Dent’s Reindeers, B silk and stockinet lined for driving, . ;;ngt ox: dr?ss values to $l 50 Gloves ard Mitts. -Fleeced lined, silk lined, unlined, Dog skin, Capes, Kids, Boiled Silk Unbrellas---with Sterl- $3 Umbrellas- -Natural' Fir and Boxwood handles silver and $ 5 Reversible style Brocades, crepes and Persians, Plain and Fancy colors one in a box $2 $l Scotts Combination Mufflers - special - Burnt Tan, and Gray colorings. silver backles and Carved $2 50, $2.00, $1.50 and - $3.50and - - nas, Flat,and Elastic ribbed, Tan and Natural - - - Pearl, Black, White, Pink and Grs.mte 75c Holiday Suspenders--Silks, Satins and Silg and Lisle, New Lizard, Opyster, Roll plate, Roman gold buckles, Sterling $1 Varsity Sweaters---Long shakers neck or V neck dress style five colors $4 $3 Three-Thread Wool Plush Back Under- wear--Brown, Natural wool and Vicu- | Holiday Half Hose--Swell Jacquard de- signs, Cashmeres, and hand embroider- ed, woven smpes, neat checks 50 cts and 250 Holiday Night Robes and Pajamas --Soi- settes, Sateens, Oxfords, Cambrics and Mulls, collared or collarless silk em- broidered, silk frogged sz 50, $2 00 $1.50 and ¢ $l Colored Dress Shirts---Patterned Madras, Overwoven Percales and plaided oxfords stiff and soft bosoms, coat styles g $1.50 and - - . - §1 Holiday Handkerchiefs---Pure silk, Trish - linen, silky finish lawn and French silk and linen with farcy or plain borders, $1.00, 75¢, 50c and 25('/ mmmamotbdm party to Special Schneider’s Caps Made after our specification, original patterns and shapes, -obtainable nowhere else. JOCKEYS, BRIGHTENS, GOLFS, BUTTON TOPS. ALL FABRICS. Plain or to match this wint-er’: prevail. mg overcoat mstennls and with the Leak Proof Regent Shoes Confined to us alone for this territory. New lasts and styles shown in no other footwear, CALF, VICI, VELOUR, KiD AND COLTS . “Wedge Toes” ““Swing”’ foot form Coats, Calf or drill lined and up- pers and all Regent shoes with :Ih:n celebrated Rock Oak sole of LEATHER. S e