Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 2, 1906, Page 5

ki FOR MRS Gonvic’ted Murderess of Three 'Ste§ NT/ASKS T0 RE BRENNAN Children Sentenced at Minneapolis + This Morning, Minneapolis, Jan., 2. — Mrs. Stella Brennan, convicted of the murder of her three step child- ren, was today sentenced to im- prisonment for life. HAS S00 BOUGHT RIGHT OF WAY? Reported That Railway Com-i pany Has Purchased Land Near Tenstrike, A report from Tenstrike is to] 57 s | Minnesota logging camps, and as the effect that the Soo railway company has right of way heretofore. used by the Hines spur east of that vil- lage. %0 have been bought extends from Hines, on the M. & I. rail- way, 10 miles eastward. BURIED THIS AFTERNOON Remains of Tony Irwin, Killed in Train Wreck, Interred at Greenwood. r [ The remains of Tony Irwin,l the fireman who was killed in a Great Northern wreck at Gran- ville, N. D., Friday, arrived in Bemidii today and were interred in Greenwood cemetery this af- jeznoon after short services had beer conducted at the M. E. i church and at the grave, The funeral was a private one and was attended only by the rela- 1ives of the deceased, who live at Blackduck and are his mother, Mprs. J. R. Stewart, one sister, Miss' Bertha : Irwin, and. one/ brother, John Irwin, l ‘Mr, Trwin ‘was well known in| this city and at Blackduck, and was a member of the Bla.ckduck aerie I, O E TO MAKE PARK AT BUENA VISTA! J.” W. Speelman - Contem- plates Making Number of Valuable Improvements. | i Mer. and Mrs. J. W. Speelman returned to Bemidji last mghbu and are in the city today on theu'« way howme to Buena Vista Irom( an extended journey in which | purchased the; The right of way claimed | GRAPHOPHONE TO SILENCE JACKS Agent at Kelliher Hits Upon i Novel Plan to Keep Depot Quiet. | The depots of the M.& I. at 'this time of year are unusually crowded owing to the travel of the thousands of woodsmen who lare employed in the northern a result the waiting rooms are at times packed to their utmost capacity. The supply of liquor is always good in the towns along the line, and as a usual thing the woodsmen get afair sized load before departing from one town to another. While waiting for trains on such occasions the woodsmen are as a rule very noisy and boisterous. The only agent along the line who has hit upon a plan to keep his depot comparatively quiet is the one at Kelliher, who has installed a graphophene in the depot, and every time the woodsmen be- come noisy the machine is wound up and set to running with the result that the listeners forget their noisy inclination and listen quietly to the concert rendered by the graphophone. BLAKELY PLANS SUMMER RESORT Will Turn Village of Farley Into Ideal Place for Tourists. Itis reported authoritatively lumberman, intends to turn the present village of Farley intoa summer resort and will devote his time hereafter to the enter: tainment of . guests during the outing season. It is also stated that he "has sequired title to nearly ‘all' the real estate and the buildings in the town and will covert the latter imto hostel- that W:. T. ' Blakely, the Farle . G ' City Nursery company of Lake.. COMMITTED North l)akota Dl;ngglst Goes to Insane Asylum at His Own Request. HAD TWICE AT’I‘EMPTED SUI- CIDE AND FEARS HIMSELF. in Montana and Political Friend of W. A. Clark. Begging that he might be com- mitted to the insane asylum at Fergus Falls, Robert Alexander Emmons, aged 39, was brought | before Probate Judge Clark Sat- urday night and after a short ex- amination he was adjudged in- sane and committed tothe asylum at Fergus Falls, where he was taken Sunday afternoon by Sheriff Bailey and Wm. P. Welch. During the examination before the judge of Probate Emmons exhibited not the least sign of in- sanity, but explained that he was subject to . spells that attacked hiw at intervals of from two te four , months. During these spells, he said, he lost all control of his mind and body and knew little or nothing of what' he was doing. He said that he had twice attempted suicide while coming out of the influence of the spells, once by taking landanum and the other by morphine. The first time, he said, he was pre- vented from accomplishing his designs by the arriyal of friends The second time he tovk an over- dose of morphine ané was forced to throw it up before it had any effect upon him, He said that he had been troubled with the spells since his wife died six years ago in Mon- tana, where he condueted a drag store and did an excellent busi- ness, and where he was a politi- time' senate. He had on his persora eertifs | cate showing thattheis a regist | ered pharmacist in the state of North Dakota., At the time he|: was committed to the asylum he was a representative of the Lakef running for QCity, Minn. AFFAIR WAS ries. WWWM Additional Leecals v o) Read the Daily Pioneer. R. H. Dickinson of Buena Vista they visited a number of central and southern states, including| llinois, Wansas, Nebraska and; Iowa. Mr. Speelman states that | he contemplates making a num- ber of valuable improvements to\ hig home town, and says that\ with the spring opening he will| begin the work of preparing a| summer resort and park. The Sammit hotel, of which he is the proprietor, will be enlarged con; suiembly and other changes will ba'made to the hostelry..; The, improvements contemplated, by, Mir. Speelman will. be! made i in | mfidel to accommodate a large namber spend next symmer at Buena Vma. fishing and boatiag. on the | ;any lakes in that vumnty pmy ‘withi'her son;’" the deaf the l’%%%s ‘here parents. of tourists who will| xsdn attendance at the school for 384,100 300t iis transacling business in the city today. Dr. J. H. Painney returned l.hls afternoon from a professional hrlp to, Fosston. Mr. ‘and' Mrs. G.' . Crocker are spendiog the afternoon at !Cass Liake with friends. | 1 Duncan Wilcox lefs tbis after- 'vicon for Deer Riyer, where he i will spend several days on busis| 'ness for the Cmokshon Lumb ‘company. o |1 Miss Lydla, Stmdahl of Hen ‘aud will spend the winter in B t=Mrs: isit R B Slster ag énneth Folfi rumarrived in the|city last night Bast Night Highly Suc- cessful Event,. ial affairs ever given in Bemici tooks place at Masonic ball last night, when the Beau-Not club was entertained by a nember of at the hall apdi a bauguet given afteywards ot the Markham hotek. Abous 80 persons attend- ed the dange. The hall wrs beantifully decorated for the oc- feet along ‘the sides the ball room. The dance lasted uvatil 1 where an eleborate banquet: was| il served. 5 ; Shot Sk Rabbit& i ©One of the most b'lK:(}ESSfll], W rabbit, hunts that. ,ever occurred | midji at the home of her sister;] in this_section. wa.s ‘ { Mrs.%. K. Roe. -€hambers retmruedm Car)son, Henry. . Mtller, H turned tot.he cny with 51 T8 52 {{ bits, phe resnlt. f the day Inj hunbed the rs been killed. Was Once Prosperous Merchant who summoned a physician. | cal friend of W. A. Clark, at one| the state| Danee Given to Beau-Not Cluls present time is urkrown. Ome of the mosy elabovate sor-{ young men of the city ata daree casion and Ccezy COrners were ar-| ranged at ‘jintervals of a. few, a. m., when these present re-! paired to: the:-Markham. hotel, pdmd( qa Supday afhernoop, when Hy‘rryl medl s are nnospally thick and members of tbg,p&rty state that many more could have Signers of aneapohs : Lake & Manitoba Contract ; Held Meeuug Icommmn APPOINTED TOI | CONFER WITH COMPANY. Meeting Was Well Attended and 1 Sentiment for Amicable Settie- ment was Expressed. i -A meeting of the signers of the Minneapolis, Red Lake & Mani-| toba right of way contract was held at the city hall yesterday afternoon and was attended by about 25 of 67 signers of the con. tract. H. J. Loud waa elected chair- man of the meeting and after a thorough discussion as to the best manner in which to settle the matter amicably with the, railway company, the chairman/ was instructed to appoint a com-| 1 mittee to take the matter up with the company. The committee appointed consists of George MecTaggart, E E McDouald, C. H. Miles, John Graham and F. E Brinkman, A-meeting of the committee is being held at the city hall this afternoon at which definite plans for disposing of the matter will be formulated. THE SENTINEL HAS BEEN SOLP Bemidji Newspaper Property Goes Into Hands of St. Paul Man. As reported in the Pioneer Saturday evening, the Bemdiji Sentine), formerty published im this eity by H. G. Hays, has been sold to A. B. Allem of St. Paul. 'The deal by whicls Mr. Allen be- ‘comes owner of the property has! 'been under consideration for isome time past and was eonsum- iAllen will take immediate charge 'of the plans. Mr. Hays” plans t ifor the futwre are naknown. | Baekus Goes 1o Kotehiehing. BE W. Backus, of the Baekus-| (Brooks Lamber sompany of% 4 : .aneapohs passed through the £ BLAB@’RATE ‘city last nw;)t. enroute to Kooch-l iching. = Just what Mr. Bachus”™ I missioa av Koochiching s at thel Iuby Dead. 1 The six wontis old sem'of Mr. iand Mrs. F. A. Koutson of Fern| i died in that villnge Sunday after jan iliness. of tfcar weeks. The! funeral wit waj: p]td(P from the family residerce 2t 3 o’clock to- { morrow afteriioon. C.F. Postom, Alias J. Pavis, | ' South: Bemidiji. . KILLS THREE, THEN - COMMITS SUICIDE Matt Styer Exasperated by Refusal of Girl to Marry Him, Causes Death of Four. M’ CALL PAYS $235,000 New York, Jan, 2.—John Me- Call, president of the New York Life, today paid to the company $285,000 which he advanced to Andrew Hamilton, the company’s legislative-agent and so far not accounted for by Hamilton. McCall paid $85,000 cash and gave his note for the balance: CONSTABLE NABS FORGER Charged With Passing Bogus Checks. | Constable O.M. Olson of North-, ome was in the city yesterday in charge of C, F. Postom,. alias J. Davis, whom he arrested on the M. & I. south bound passenger yesterday morning at the “Y’ at The accuse@ man is-eharged with having forg- ed: the rame of A. Bennett to al check, tie amount of which was| $:10; and passed it at the store of| F.D: Coleman & Co. at North: | an ome. It is claimed that Caledonia, Minn., Jan. 2,--In- fatuated with Pear} Wheaton, daughter of N, S. Wheaton, ‘one the wealthiest farmers in south- ern Minnesota, and desperate by her refusal to marry him, Matt Styer, a dent- istry student at the university of Minnesota, broke into the home last night and killed Pearl, fatally wounded Mrs. Wheaton, Ruth Wheaton and himself, 'THE JURY SAYS NOT GUILTY Man Aecused of Murdering B. . Merrill at Brainerd Is Aequitted. Brainerd, Jan. 2.—Leon J. Rofidal, who has been on trial charged witly manslaughter in the first degree, was found not guilty by a jury Saturday. Rofidal was charged with hav- ing eansed the death of D, T. Merrill, an old soldier of Todd county, who got into ar alterca- tion with the defendant in a saloon Nov. 15 over a drink. BENEFIT FOR THE LIBRARY number of other cheeks werey The Chicago Glee Club Wi!l forged by him and passed atj Northome. Postom, or Da.vn‘ was taken bacls to today for prelimiaary examina- tion before a justice of the peacel in that villaze: i Attempt‘to: Barn Saleon. Neorthome ; Appear at Opera House Friday Evening. A delightful mausical enter- { tainment, the proceeds of which twill revert to the treasury of the A report frome Houwpt this Bemidji public library, will be merning istethe effect that an jgiven at the City ©Opera house attempt to barn a saloon in that gnext. Friday evening, when the imated Saturday afterncon. Mr |village was made last might. The} 1€hicago Glee club appears tor blaze, which had been started onfone night only. The club is com- satura.ted with kerosene bhad (been piled againsy the building and igaited.. incendiaries has been feind. Washingtor League Officers. The following officers have {been elected by the local lodge : Washington League for the lensuimg year: President, A. A. Carter; vice president, Mrs. C. E. Barrett; Secretary and treas- urer, Stewart Wright: chaplain, Mrs. A. Clavin; past president, Mrs. S. R. Wright; guide, James! Bisiar; warden, Miss Hontosh: Jinside guard, Miss P. Doran. i the outside of the building, was igposed of four members who are idiscovered before any damage }ihigb]y recommended by the E";was» done. A guantity of rubbish press throughout the country as {vocal and instrumental artists. | The price of admission will be 50 No elue as to the' gents for adults and 25 cents for | children. Out on Good Behavior. The cases against Willie Hayes and Fred Braaten, the young lads who are accused of having |stolen a team of horses from J. | K. Titus and afterwards driving the team to Nary, were continued for a month this mormmng. by | Judge Pendergast and providing the behavior ¢f the two lads is good it is possible that the cases againsh them will not prosecuted. i | . Anheuser- dustry of Bohemia and Highest Praise HE Scientific Statibns for the Brewing In- Bayaria, attest that Budweiser is not only equal to the best Bohemian and Bavarian beers in all their properties, but ex- - _ceeds them in keeping qualities. - brewed and bottled only at the home plant of the Busch Brewing Ass’n Louis'; U. S. A. : Budweiser is f Orders Promptly Fxlled by ‘H.-Miles, Distributor; Bemidji, Minn. rendered