Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, April 18, 1906, Page 4

FIRE SWEEPS : MILL PARK Four Residences Destroyed Late Yesterday Afternoon —Damage Heavy. FLAMES FANNED INTO ACTIVITY BY HIGH WIND. Crookston Lumber Company’s . Yards Threatened But No Damage Was Done. The most destructive firein the history of Mill Park addition started about 5 o’clock yesterday afternoon and before it had been extinguished~ four residences were destroyed. The losses: Loss Ins. Alphonse LaCombe, two residences..$1,300 none Charles Descham.. 600 $400 Mrs. A. Borgen.. 400 none The origin of the fire is a mystery. It started from one of the residences of Alphonse LaCombe, which had been vacated yesterday morning by a family named Tardy, which had oc cupied it for some time past. Upon the discovery of the blaze neighbors living near the burning building and members of the crew of the Crookston Lumber company’s planing mill rushed to the scene and succeeded in removing a stove and a few other household goods which had been left in the building. The stove was hot and had evidently had a fire in it a short time before and it is possible that the fire origin- ated from the stovepipe, asit started in the upper portion of the building. The Crookston Lumber -com- pany shut down both its sawmill and-planing mill as soon as the fire was discovered and hundreds of men with pails threw water upon the burning building but their efforts seemed to avail but little and soon this house was in ruins and another adjoining was ablaze. The latter building was nearly destroyed before the ar- riyal of the fire department, which was delayed through some misunderstanding as to the lc- cation of the fire. Before the fire department could secure water the third and fourth build- ings had been ignited and the firemenconcentrated their efforts on the latter house. It was ablaze both on the interior and exterior ‘and it was decided to tear the structure down and away from another residence which adjoined it. After a hard struggle the firemen succeeded in this, the hose was turned on the burning debris and soon all danger was past The immense lumber yard of of the Crookston Lumber com- pany was in great danger from If our store was twice as large and our stock correspond- ingly increased we wouldn’t be more helpful to you than Wwe now are, We carry all the lines that rightly belong to a jewelry store. Our selections are complete, and the large city stores cannot beat our prices So we ask for your business with perfect confidence. We request you to be critical, and to judge us by the best you know of anywhere. We expect your trade only when you decide that we deserve it. But do us the honor of giv- ing us a chance to please you, no matter what you re- quire, anything in jewelry. E. A. Barker, 3rd St. Jeweler. ~ |TO CONTINUE AND WHISKEY THE FIGHT PIKE SEASON |TOOK MONEY OPENS MAY 1 o | Law Relating to Catchimg|Unknown Thief Enters Fish in Minnesota is Saloon and Sacks Till Published. While Bartender Sleeps. 2 ey Upon to Accept Bede and Buckman’s Plans. There is considerable inquiry as to when the season for catch- iog fish with a hook and line opens. The law in this respect is as follows: Any variety of pike, muskal- longe, croppie, perch, sunfish, sturgeon, pickerel, catfish or any other variety of fish (except bass) may be caught with a hook and line from and after May 1. The season for catching trout opened on April 15. Black, grey or oswego bass may be caught from and after May 29. No person shall catch, take or kill more than 25 fish (except sunfish, perch, pickerel or bullheads) in any day; nor iu any other manner than angling for them with a hook and line held in the hand, or attached to a rod held in the hand, nor with wmore than one line or with more than one hook attached thereto; and no person shall have in his possession any fish caught, taken or killed in any waters of this state, exceptas named above. Provided that pickerel, suckers, redhorse, carp and bullheads may be taken with a spear without limit at any time and artificial lights may be used inso doing. No fish shall be taken of less lergth than six inches, except minnows for bait, rock bass, sunfish and bullheads. No wall-eyed pike of less than 14 inches in length or one pound round or undressed weight, or any blue pike or sgangers of less than 10 inches in length, shall be taken.. None of the fish, except those specifically mentioned, can be speared at any time, and no net can be used, except from Nov. 10 to Dec. 10, for the pur- pose of taking whitefish and trelipies. BOLD ROBBERS GET BUT LITTLE Lusty Yells of Intended Vic- tim Attract Attention of the Police. At some hour after midnight Monday night the saloon of Julius Dahl on lower Minnesota avenue was entered by an unknown man and rebbed . of $26.20, the money being taken fiom the cash re- gister. The bartender admitted that he was asleep at the time and knew nothing of the affair until he awoke to find the money gone. One bottle of whiskey was also missing. Having no des- cription of the thief, the police have not located him. ST. CROIX CO. SELLS CEDAR Washington, D. C., April 18.— Encouraged. by the offer: of Gif- ford Pinchot. chief forester, to agree to the exclusion of 88,000 acres of land around Cass Lake from the forest;reserve if oppo- sition is withdrawn to the Taw- Buckman are preparing to con- tinue the fightand hope to force Mr. Pinchot to_agree to the ex- clusion of a total of at least 50,000 acres. Pinchot declares he will not agree to the exclusion of an- other acre of land from the reser- vation, but the congressmen are confident that they have strings to pull which will induce him to change his mind. The 38,000 acres comprise a tract beginning.at Cass Lake and running around Cass Lake to the east side of Kitipi Lake, thence north between sections 29 and 80 to 147, thence west to 147, 82, thence south to Steamboat Lake to the place of beginning, Largest Deal Ever Negotiated In Northern Minnesota Closed Today. The St. Croix Cedar company today clesed a deal with the Naugle Pole and Tie company of | ,¢eee CECEEEEECECEEEEEEES Chicago for the sale of all its & CORRESPONDENCE " cedar along the Minnesota & %, : s International railway north of| »3333333333333333333333% Bemidiji. The transfer- is the largest in the cedar line ever ne- gotiated in northern Minnesota, involving 40,000 poles and 65,000 posts. The buyers will dispose of the cedar from the yards where it is now located. TURTLE RIVER. E. H. Peltorx wasat St. Cloud last week on business. A. C, Johuson transacted busi- ness at the county seat, Friday last. a few days visit with St. Cloud relatives, 5 Mont Phelpshasreturned from Dakota and will put in afew weeks seeding. Thes. Warlow has opened up a April 25 Date for Concert. The Bemidji band will give its April concert at, the City opera house on the evening of April 25. This will be the last of ‘the series of indoor concerts rendered dur ing the winter and after May 1 the band will give weekly outdoor concerts on the street corners of the city. To Initiate 30 Members. Bemidji council No. 46, Modern Samaritans, will initiate a class of 30 Thursday evening. The meeting will be held at Odd Fellows hall, JUNE 6 IS SET FOR CONVENTION Larkin & Dale’s hotel As expected the stateiand sale on Monday drew a big crowd from our villace Geo. Foote, the heayy weight farmer andlogger of Turtle River township was in town this week on business. < Z. Labonte is considering an offer to go to' St. Cloud to build boats for Sartell Bros., the big lumbermen. Mrs. Mary Gallagher was a visitor in Turtle River Tuesday from her beautiful home on the south arm of oif lake. John Wenholz- was over from Island Lake last Friday, prepara- tory ‘to leaving next week for his homestead in Ward county, N. D, The Kelso Lumber company’s planer is being’ kept very busy these days, due to the heavy de- mand for lumber for the western trade 3 Frank Latimer, whose home- stead adjoins this townsite, is making many improvements on his land this spring in the way of clearing and burning dead and down timber. Lewis Weishar is preparing his patch of ground this week which he will sow to onions. He predicts that he will overstock the onion market next fall, if nothing happens. Sartell & Pelton have quite an army of men peeling cedar poles near the depot. The cedar in- dustry this winter and spring has been somewhat heavy due to the high prices it is bringing. Walter Marty, Earl Cheady and Elmer Knutson have gone to Ward county, N. D, to cultiyate their lands, -~The three boys have filed on claims -and expect to make considerable improve: ;gf]nts before returning here this Joe Volly is about to make final proof on his claim and it is rumored he will soon join the host of benedicts and settle down on his well improved farm, Mr. Volly is one of our bona fide settlers and is wellthought of by his neighbors, who-will extend to him their good wishes. Frank Rohrer had fifty pounds of dynamite shipped up from Be. midji this week to be used -in blowing out stumps from his lot at the rear of his house. Frank has figured every stick of explo- sive together with cap and fuse only costs 11 cents and conse- quently this will be the only ex- pense he is out for each stump. An attempt at robbery was made about 12 o’clock last night on the wagon bridge across the Mississippi river when two men tried to hold up a third who was crossing the bridge. The rob- bers pounced upon their in- tended victim, according to his story, and attempted to go through his pockets, but he immediately let out a number of lusty yells which attracted the attention of the police, who hurried to the scene to find the robbers gone. The intended victim in examining his effects found that he had lost a cheap watch but a roll of bills amount- ing to $50 was safe in his pocket. The man gives his name as Antoine Dokken. He was unable to give any description of the highwaymen. TO GIVE PIPE - ORGAN RECITAL Republican County Central Committee Picks Day for Electing Delegates. Wednesday, June 6, is the date set for the Beltrami county con- vention for the election of 11 delegates to the republican state convention to be held in Duluth June 18. The basis for the elec- tion of .delegates to the county convention is to be one for every 25 votes cast. for the republican attorney general at the last state election. The caucus is set for Saturday, June 2. This was decided en by the republican county central com- mittee which met in the council chamber of the city hall this afternoon. The dates are the ones suggested by the state cen- tral committee and were agreed upon without much discussion. The representation will give thecity of Bemidji 22 delegates, including one at large from each votingprecinct. The First and Second wards send four men each, and the Third and Fourth wards five men each, Besides voting to give each precinct one delegate at large) besides its regular delegates, the committee agreed to allow each precinct organized since the last election two representatives, one being a delegate at large, There was only a small attend- ance at the meeting today. Chai man I. B. Olson of Bemi presided, and the other com- mitteemen present were as fol- lows: Alfred Olson, Blackduck; L. G. Townsend. - Blackduck; Pcter Bekke, Roosevelt; O.J. Tagley, Nymore; W. D. Bright, Tenstrike; Iver Myhre, Liberty; John N. Guihrie, Turtle River; Nils Otterstad, Turtle River. Miss Smith of Crookston Will Appear at Presbyterian Church April 25. One of the coming events of the season is a pipe organ recital to be given at the Presbyterian church on the evening of April 25 by Miss Smith of Crookston. Miss Smith is a graduate ef the Oberlin conservatory of music at Oberlin, Ohio, and is said to be one of the most accamplished musicians in the northwest. being ignited by sparks that were blown from the burning structures, but men with pails of water were placed at short in- tervals throughout the yard and every spark that fell was quickly extinguished One sad feature of the fireis the destruction of the home of Mrs. Borgen, who has been forced in order to support a large family of children to take in washing. Mitigating Circumstance. 4 Bcotch baillie recently advanced to the bench had a criminal placed before bim accused of some: very modest vio- lation of the law. Of course the balllie knew the prisoner well. He heard the charge stated. “John, man, -Pm sorry to see you' bere. We'll just fine you half a crown.” The clerk here intervened. A “But the charge 1s not yet proved; we have not heard the evidence.” : Then the benignant baillle: r “Ah, well, John, my man, as the charge is not proved we'll just fine you We can get your typewriter ribbons. Most of the standard makes carried in stock at this office. S Pinchot Will Be Prevailed ney bill, Congressman Bede and | Henry Sartell expects to make tonsorial parlor in the annex to n elghteenpence.”—London Telegraph. ' '® Culturist. FATALLY SHOOTS WIFE. Murderous Deed of Well Known St. Paul Restaurant Man. Minneapolis, April 18.—Harry Spen- cer, for years a well known restaurant man of St. Paul, shot and probably fa- tally wounded his wife in this city while she was returning from a the- ater with a party of friends. Two of the bullets struck the woman in the head and one enterad her body. She fell unconscious and was removed to St. Barnabas hospital, where it is said that her recovery is extremely doubt- ful. Spencer has not been ‘“appre: hended, The_Spencers ‘have not been living together for some time and have had- frequent domestic troubles. - Four weeks ago Spencer attempted to shoot his wife on the streets of Chicago and was arrested -and detained by the po- lice until the woman could get out of the city. She came to this city and has been living with friends and Spen- cer’s presence in town was not known until the shooting. IMMUNITY PLEA DENIED JUDGE HUMPHREY'S RULING NOT SUSTAINED IN THE KANSAS CITY REBATE CASES, RECOMMENDS INSURANCE LEGIS- LATION IN SPECIAL MESSAGE TO CONGRESS. DEFENDANTS MUST STAND TRIAL NECESSITY FOR ACTION APPARENT ENCLOSES DRAFT OF EILL PRE- PARED BY RECENT CHICAGO" CONVENTION. NUMBER OF RAILROAD AND PACK- INGHOUSE OFFICIALS AF- FECTED BY DECISION. ‘Washington, April 18.—President Roosevelt has transmitted to congress an important message relating to in- surance -legislation. Accompanying ‘the message were the report and rec- ommendations of the insurance con- Vvention which was held in Chicago last February. Among the recommenda- tions is the draft of a bill which con- gress is urged to enact into law with such amendments as its wisdom may suggest. The president urges the enactment of the proposed measure as, he says, we are not to be pardoned if we fail to take every step in our power to prevent the possibility of the repeti- tion of such scandals as those that have occurred in connection with the insurance business as disclosed by the Armstrong committee, The text of the message follows: “To the senate and house of represen- Kansas City, April 18—In the re- bate: cases in the United States dis- trict court here the plea of immunity filed by the railways on the basis of the decision by Judge Humphrey at Chicago in the beef trust cases was denied. The decision rendered, which was by Judge Smith McPherson of Iowa, sus- tains the demurrers of the government to the immunity pleas filed by the Chi- cago and Alton railway, John N. Faithorn, former vice president, and F. A. Winn, former assistant trafiic manager, of that road. The Chicago and Alton railway and these two offi- cials, with other railroads, five local packinghouses and several officials, were indfcted here last -December by the grand jury charged with giving re- bates on packinghouse and other prod- ucts in violation of the Elkins law and with conspiracy to secure rebates in violation of that law. The defendants must now plead to the indictments within ten days. BLOW TO OHIO INVESTIGATION. State Senate Without Authority t6 Or- der Inquiry. Cincinnati, April 18.—The state sen- ate had no authority to authorize the investigation of the public offices of Cincinnati and Hamilton county, as carried on by the Drake committee, according to a decision filed by the common pleas court in this city. The case was that of Thomas J. Davis, cashier of the First Natfonal bank in this city, whose refusal to ap- pear as a witness before the Drake committee led to his arrest in a sensa- tional manner followed by the service of a writ. of habeas corpus and the bringing of the prisoner before the common pleas court for hearing. His attorneys claimed for him that the| tative: : committee had no right to require tes-| “I herewith transmit the report and timony as to the deposits of the recommendations of the insurance con- such information being confidential be-| Yention which met in February last. tween the bank and its customers. The convention was called because of — the extraordinary disclosures of Wrongful Insurance Methods DENOUNCED AS A SOCIALIST. PACKERS CHEAT RAILROADS. President’s Speech Criticised by Cer- tain Senators. Chicago, April 18.—A dispatch to the Tribune from Washington says: Not only is President Roosevelt be- ing denovnced as a socialist by con- servative Republican senators, but the whole string of the so-called constitu- tional lawyers are attacking his pro- posed progressive inheritance tax on the usual ground that it is repugnant to the United States Constitution. It is significant that most of thy senators who are opposing the presi- dent’s railway rate scheme denounce him under their breath as a revolu. tionist and disorganizer. Open criti. cism is withheld by all these Repub licans and the Democrats, by a curious confusion of ideas, seem to think the president has assumed to procure the passage of an inheritance tax law in spite of the supreme court. It is the opinion of: the hest observ ers in congress that President Roose velt’s scheme for a progressive im heritance tax will become generally popular among the great mass of thy people and will be equally distastefud to those having iarge financial {ataw ests. If there is anything at all in the president’s suggestion it is meant to reach, not--the ordinary ~millionaire, but the man of many millions. The president was careful to draw the dis- tinction: between “a forture honestly acquired arnd one which had come as a result of suspicious effort to-amass wealth. recently made by the Armstrong leg- islative committee of the state of New York, the suggestion that it should be called coming w0 me originally from Governor John A. Johnson of Minne- sota through Commissioner of Insur- ance Thomas D. O'Brien of that state. The convention consisted of about 100 governors, attorneys general and com- missioners of insurance of the states and- territories of - thé Union. The convention was seeking to accomplish uniformity of insurance legislation throughout the states and territories and as a prime step toward this pur- pose decided to erdeavor to secure the enactment by the congress of the United States of a proper insurance code for the District of Columbia which might serve as a mode! for the several states. Before adjourning the convention appointed a committee 0f three attorneys general and twelve commissioners of insurance of the various states to prepare and have presented to the congress a bill which should embody the features suggested by the convention. The committee re- cently met in Chicago and in thorough and painstaking fashion sought to pre- pare a bill which should be at once protective of - policyholders and fair and just to insurance companies and which should prevent the Charge Openly Made by Lines Out of Chicago. Chicago, April says: Railroad officials openly charge that the big packing corporations for years have been cheating the railroads by misstating the character of the goods they were shipping and by shipping heavier packages than the bills of lad- ing called for. They assert that other big shippers in the East also are doing things that have helped to diminish the revenues which the railroads ought to have re- ceived. It has been estimated by the rail- roads that the packers alone beat the Eastern roads out of $150,000 a year. ‘What they owe all the railroads out of Chicago is problematical, but is esti- mated at $5,000,000. 18.—The Tribune Passenger Train Wrecked. Cincinnati, April 18.— Passenger train No. 5 on the Louisville and Nash- ville railway was wrecked at Verona Station, Ky., twenty-six miles south of Cincinnati, during the afternoon. En- gineer John Grady of Louisville was killed, and Fireman H. F. B. Dunaway of Covington was seriously injured. None of the passengers was injured. Graver Evils and Abuses of the business and at the same time forestall any wild or drastic legisla- tion, which would be more harmful than beneficial. The proposed bill is goats with large stomach capacity and | discussed at length in the accompany- proved digestive powers to be utilized | ing letter by Superintendent Thomas as garbage consumers. If the twenty | B. Drake of the department of insur- prove efficient, but not sufficient, he in the District of Columbia. Goats as Garbage Consumers, Newport, Ky., April 18.—Councilman Senior, in an ordinance introduced in the council, proposed that the city pur- chase twenty large and full grown CREMATED IN PUBLIC SQUARE. Negroes Hanged to Goddess of Liberty and Torch Applied. Springfield, Mo., April _A.—Three negroes were hanged and burned here Saturday night and Sunday morning, two of them for criminal assault upon a woman and one for murder. A mob of 3,000 men Saturday night took two negroes, Horace Duncan and Jim Copeland, from the county jail, hanged them to the Goddess of Lib- erty in the courthouse square, built a fire under them and roasted them to death. The men were charged with assault- Ing Mabel Edmondson, but protested they were innocent. Instead of attacking the jail the mob first stormed. the residence of the sheriff, breaking down the doors, smashing windows, destroying prac- .tically all the furniture in the lower part of the house and rendering the sheriff’s wife unconscious from fright. Overcoming the resistance of the sherift and a posse of deputies the mob secured the key to the jail and gained an entrance,' It had no difficulty in locating the cells of Duncan and Cope- land. The mob took a third negro, Will Allen, from the jail early Sunday morning and consigned him to a sim- ilar fate. Prosecuting Attorney Patterson and Sheriff Horner are said to have se- cured the names of more than 100 men who took part in the lynching. The leaders of the mob were not disguised, believed the goat herd could be easily “I very earnestly hope that the con- increased. gress at the earliest opportunity will e enact this bill' into law, with such changes as its wisdom may dictate. I have no expert familiarity with the business, but I have entire faith in the right judgment and single minded pur- pose of the insurance conventioh which met at Chicago and of the com- mittee of that convention which for- mulated the measure herein advocated. We are not to be pardoned if we fail’ to take every step in our power ' to prevent the possibility of the repeti- tion of such scandals as those that have occurred in connection with the insurance business as disclosed by the Armstrong committee.” § ——— i = St. Paul Lnlon Stock Yards. St. Paul, April 17.—Cattle—Good to choice steers, $4.25@5.50; common to fair, $3.50@4.00; good to choice cows and heifers, $3.00@4.50; veals, $1.50@ 4.75. Hogs—$6.45@6.60. Sheep—Year- ling wethers, $5.25@6.00; choice lambs, $6.00@6.50. good to Chicago Union Stock Yards. Chicago, April 17.—Cattle—Beeves, $4.00@6.40; cows and heifers, $2.75@ 4.25; stockers and feeders, $2.45@ 4.25; Texans, $3.90@4.50. Hogs— Mixed and butchers, $6.50@86.80; good heavy, $6.70@6.82%; rough heavy, $6.45016.60; light, $6.50@6.77%; pigs, $6.10@6.55. Sheep, $3.75@6.35; lambs, $4.50G6.75. Chicago Grain and Provisions. Chicago, April 17.—Wheat—May, 8056c; July, 79%@79%c; Sept., 78@ 78%c. Corn—May, 48%@47c; July, 4614 @46%c; Sept., 46%%4c. Oats—May, 313% @31% Reading Company Expects Strike. Philadelphia, April 18.—Five hun- dred men were laid off and twelve sea going tughoats and fifty-nine barges were taken out of service during the day by the Philadelphia and Reading Railway company because of the pos- sibility of a strike in the anthracite region. King Alfonso on English Soll. Cowes, Isle of Wight, April 18.— Ring Alfonso of Spain arrived here during ‘the day. He was met some :nflgs outside by Princess Ena of Bat- enburg and her mother, who boarded fg ':‘:i-e 53@133%‘“;%@:}33&50“23 the Spanish royal yacht Giralda. The springs, ']2'1 he. » i king and" the princess subsequently d I 1anded and drove to Osborne. July, 30% @30%c; Sept., 29%c. Pork—May, $16.20; July, $1 36. Flax—Cash, Northwestern, §: 16%; Southwestern, $1.09%; May, $1 17%. Butter—Creameries, 14@20%c; URGED BY PRESIDENT but worked in' the full glare of the electric lights on the square. His Desire. “I suppose you expect to move your auditors by your eloquence?” “That isn’t my object,” answered the young orator. “I will be thank- ful if I can keep them in their seats.”—Washington Star. ‘Why the Jew Excela. In almost every field of human en- deavor the Jew excels. There is a phil- What Do You Need for a Remington Machine? Whatever it is you can get it at the Pioneer Office osophic reason for this which has no re- & Ren, o Ribbons lation to essential superiority. The Jew B 1s thorough. He is so as a result of l’aper long necessity. The world has vainly < sought to deprive him of the means of 0il existence, He was quick to understand that with merely equal merit he could Erasers not hope for an even chance. He per- celved that his only promise of survival S under the handicap of race lay in su- 3 perior qualifications. He applied him- Anyfl]mg Belf. He learned to master difficulties i and surmount obstacles. Discounted that is by prejudice, he realized that his work b 3 must carry a preminum of value in or- used about der to reach parity in the open market. % / £ = As the problem grew more difficult his 3 . 3 a capacities 1increased proportionately, | - e for. nature responds unfailingly to ev- ery demand of necessity.—Walter Hurt Typewriter.