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s N T The Bje*m nidj "MINNESOTA RICAL VOLUME 3. NUMBER 283 BEMIDJ1, MINNESOTA. FRIDAY, MARCH 23, 1906. | JustIn ment of Coats. vents, price $23.00 with tailor stitched " $13.50 50 inch grey plaid coats, trimmed with black velvet, . $20.00 O’LEARY - AND e BOWSER BEMIDJI %a {ARE GUILTY OF Another Ship- Ladies’ Spring 54 inch steel grey coats, Em- pire style, finished with two 36 inch Covert Coats finished TEN CENTS PER WEEK New York, March 28.—The Insurance Officers Who Contributed Money to Campaign Committee Subject to Prosecution. JURY INSTRUCTED TO INVESTIGATE officers of the life insurance com- panies who contributed a portion of the campaign funds to the political campaign committee of Justice O’Sullivan of the court of general sessions. O’Sullivan expressed his opinion in court today in replying to the presentment submitted It developed that the legislative committees has the larceny com- mitted by officiers who author- ized such contributions. The the responsibility - for crimes; such sUIH VESSELS DAMAGED. Steamer San Miguel Collides With Schooner at Sea. Cape Henry, Va.,, March 23.—The German steamer San Miguel, bound from Baltimore for Port Maria, and the schooner Ralph M. Hayward, from New York, collided 125 miles off here. beaehed at Lynuhaven inlet. The tug North America has gone to her assist- ance. The steamer San Miguel pro- is carried away and her deck tram- Subscribe for the Pioneer. } Read the Dairy Pioneer, mings and stack were dismantled. A ] large hole appears on the waterline. Justice | to him by the grand jury which| is investigating some of the| couple have two grown daughters and phazes of the insurance business. ji2aon jury was charged to investigate. The schooner is leaking badly and iS[I St. Paul, March 23—Uri Locke Lam- DESERTION THE GROUND. Mrs. Henry E. Huntington Secures a Divorce. San Francisco, March 23.—Superior committed larceny, in the opinion Judge Graham has granted a divorce to Mrs. Henry E. Huntington on the ground of desertion. No request for alimony was made and the attorneys refuse to state whether or not there will be any money settlement. Henry E. Huntington is a nephew and chief heir of the late Collis P. Huntington. He has the management of the large Huntington estate. The Governor Pattison Much Better. Columbus, O., March 23.—Governor Pattison, who is seriously ill, is re ! ported much better. The governor has a severe cold and fever. While two physicians stayed at the house all night it was stated that the governor passed a restful night after midnight and that he is much improved. Traction Lines Abandoned. ‘Wooster, O., March 23.—All traffic on the Cleveland and Southwestern traction line, between this city ‘and Beera, has heen abandoned because of snowdrifts. . Three cars and fifty pas- sengers are caught in a drift five miles north of the city. St. Paul Pioneer Dead. prey, aged sixty-four, pioneer resident, .sportsman, and philanthropist, is dead ceeded to Baltimore. Her main mast |8t his home in this city. Death was due to dropsy and complications; - Mr. Lamprey had been very ill for over a vear. CAUSES LIVELY, DEBATE. York State Senate. Albany, N. Y., March 23.—There was i | t ND 4 EN a lively debate in the state senate : ldu.rl.ug the day when the insurance committee’s bill designed to postpone the annual elections of all mutual life insurance companies until Nov. 16 was advanced to third reading. The effect of the bill, if passed, will be to i invalidate all existing proxies, includ- ing those obtained by Thomas W. Law- son and all proxies obtained before Sept. 16 next. United Workimen Increase Rates. Chicago, March 23.—The state grand lodge officers of the Ancient Order of United Workmen decided at a meeting here to raise the insurance rates of i the order for members more than fifty- five years old. The increase will make the rates 35 per cent higher than at HABIT RESULTS IN DEATH. Insurance Bill Considered in New| gij0q poison Follows Cutting Thread With Teeth. - Kaukauna, Wis.,, March 23.—Misp May McCabe, employed in the dress- making parlors of Miss McCarty, died of blood poisoning-after a week’s il ness. Her death was due to severing thread with her teeth while sewing. Her lips were swollen out of propor- tion and then her mouth ‘and throst became affected. The decedent suf- fered intense pain and was delirious for several hLours before she died, Wisconsin Viliage Scorched. Rice Lake, Wis.,, March 23.—The village of Birchwood, eixteen miles north of this city, suffered a disastrous fire during the night and the loss is now estimated at $50,000, one-half of which is covered by insurance. The Ahnapee Veneer and Sealing company Is the heaviest loser. Powder Absolutely Pure present. Imparts that peculiar lightness, sweetness, and flavor noticed ‘in the finest cake, short cake, biscuit, rolls, crusts, etc., which expert pastry cooks declare is unobtainable by the use of any other leav- ening agent. A pure grape cream of tartar powder, - "No alum, = ' 7 ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO.. NEW YORK. During the next 30 Days Look for the “red tickets.” They denote a saving of from one- fourth to:one-half on your pur- Sale commences Friday MAR. 16 and closes when entire stock is sold. Jones Pays the Freight-----and the People get the Benefit. J. A. McConkey To Be Sold Out. The Most Tremendous Sensation in Merchandise Sales Ever Held in Bemidji, Minnesota . $9,448.29 Worth of Highflrade Merchandise Going Out to all the People B B 20 pounds of best granulated Suger for $1.00 with every purchase of $5 or.over or if you prefer 10 Yards of Best Calico for 10c with every purchase of $5 or over or to make matters worse 10 Bars of Good Laundry Soap for 10c with $5 purchase or over e The entire stock owned by J. A. McConkey has fallen into the hands of N. J. Bohlke & Co., of Minneapolis, Minn., and is for sale.in the city of Bemidji for the next thirty days, at a great sacrifice. The store is now closed and will remain closed until Friday, March 16 at 9 o’clock a. m., to mark down goods and re-arrange the stock A deep cut has been made to sell it quickly to raise the desired amount of cash to satisfy the mediator in charge. No reserve will be made: everything must go. Costs. former Price or the wisk of the proprietor, will not be considered. This means a great saving to you on all staple goods, such as a complete line of Notions, Gloves. mittens, Hosiery, . ® complete line of Men’s Women'’s and Children’s Shoes. ; Supply your wants for a year or two while the matter is being adjusted by the mediator in charge. Old clerks will be retained and a large force of new ones on hand to care for the crowds. Come and see what the N.J. Bohlke & Co. has done to the store. Coms from- miles away and see a bit of Minneapolis life while you load annals of Bemidji, Minnesota. Crockery, Groceries, Canned Goods, Tobacco, etc., and up with bargains and seela sale which will be an event memorial to the sy ~ Representative in Charge. ‘