Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, May 3, 1906, Page 2

him what he thinks about your taking isa good medicine, why nottake it? ¢ Hard Coughs He will tell you the special danger of hard coughs in your case. Then ask Weo have Have you forgotten that family history of yours, with its ten- dency to weak lungs? Your doctor has not, if you have! Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral. If he says it ublish I C. AyerCo.y Lowell, Mass: otal We o formulas of all our medicines | 2 2 ] CHICHESTER'S ENGLISH LS 1y Guaulne. te. Ladtes, a3k Drugelsy S BN H d, meiahic toxe, ened or. Itefuse i nd Imita 1 Drvet anl Drugein Mantion this vaper. 157 Mrs. Robert H. Finch, wife of the former’ mayor of Toledo, from carbolic acid poisoning, self-ad ministered. 0., is dead SONTENTS WORTH $10. Thieves Steal Cornerstone of Califor- nia Church. Pasadena, Cal,, May ..—Thieves dur: ing the night stole the cornerstone of | the North Pasadena Methodist church. The stone weighs about 300 pounds and contained coins and other small valuables, worth probably $10. The church was just completed a few days ago and is a large and expensive edi- fice. The cornerstone was pried out of the building and removed entirely from ! the premises, For a clear complexion take ORIND Laxative Fruit Syrup Pleasant to take Orino cleanses the sys- tem, and makes sallow blotched complexions smooth and clear. Cures chronic constipation by gently stimulating the stomach,liver and bowels. Refuse subatitutes. Prioe 600. Barker’s Drug Store. | 1 & WILL INVEST $3,000,000. Foreign Syndicate After San Francisco Realty. San Francisco, ... _5.—The Ex- aminer says: A Buropean syndicate is ready to in- | vest $3,000,000 in San Francisco realty. T'he determination to pl; this swu in real estate in this city has becn formed since the great disaste The intention of the foreign corporation has been made known to H. 1. Law, one of the Law brothers, owners of a large amount of San Franeisco prop- erty. The head of the syndicate ca- bled to him of its desire to get hold of sites and buildings. The desire of the European investors to secure real es- tate is taken as evidence of the confi- dence of the world in the future of the new San Franeisco. S -t mprov e Increase Your By 1akime o course of study in the INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENCE SCHOOLS OF g SCRANTON, PA., YOU CAN elf alary T. S. Thompson, 210 Alworth Bldg., Duluth is in Be- midji every month—ask him. and Thus We assist g7 Full particulars at once. Send to day. jose Stamp. e NATIONAL RAILWAY TRAINING SCHOOL, Inc.. Boston Block, 5 - Minneapoiis, Minn.,U.S.A. J. P. POGUE'S AND SALE STABLE BEMIDJI, . LIVERY, FEED MINN. The Right Road | TO CHICAGO, KANSAS CITY AND OMAHA FROM SAINT PAUL OR MINNEAPOLIS Many trains fast time. L daily, superbly equipped, making Through Tourist Cars to California, with choice of routes west of Omaha or Kansas City. + For information write to B J. P. ELMER, General Passenger Agent, St. Paul, Mifin. A S TSSO [A GOOD CITY! - BEMIDJI the thriving city and commercial centre of Northern Min- nesota offers splendid inducements to the commercial in- vestor and is a pleasent and healthy place to live and we still have a number of choice business and residerice lots, make your selection early and get the best. Bemidji Townsite H. A. SIMONS, Agent. & lmj)mvement‘ Co Swedback qug. PUBLISHED EVERY AFIERNOON, s Official Paper City of Bemidji Bemidji Pioneer Publishing Co. By A. KAISER. % e s e Entered in the postoffice at Bemidji. Minn., a3 second class matter. SUBSCRIPTION - $5 PER YEAR The worst enemy any candi- date can have are his gushy friends. May 1 was Dewey Day, buthow many knew it? What’s the use, does it pay? One reason “Bob” Smith has little difficulty in carrying a St. Paul election is because the masses have got soin the habit of voting for him that they do it automatically. Like Andrew Jackson, “Bob” will probably be icapturing votes fifty years after he is dead. The Crookston Times com- ments on the scarcity of houses for rent in its city. The same condition prevails in Bemidji; it is difficult to rent a desirable property. There was never a better opportunity than the present for someone with money to invest tu erect comfortable, though modest, dwelling houses in this city. They would pay big. g It is unfortunate that Secre- tary Taft’s unpopularity with the labor unions should make his nomination for the presidency undesirable for the republican party, and so should induce him to withdraw as a candidate. If reports are true, he has given up all presidential asperations and will accept a place on the su preme bench. The big secretary 1s one of the strong men in the republican party and one of the few in whose rugged honesty and .~ Tor Firemen and Brakemen, Experience unnecessary. Instructions by i unflinching, though ai times, M\ mail to your home. High wages guaranteed; rapid promotion, ou in securing o position a5 s00n 35 competent. e perhaps, rude the voters have faith. courage, Dr. Jones, who has just re: turned to Bemidji after passing safely through the earthquake, though with a narrow escape, says that when the great erack twenty feet wide was opened in the eirth, steam and gas issued forvh. This is a tale which has never before appeared in an eastern paper, to our knowledge, and if the doctor is not mistaken —and he says he saw it with his own eyes—it adds new data for speculation on the causes ol earthquakes, Ifsteam and gas actually were emitted, how ig this to be reconciled with the theory that the ’quake is merely a shrinking of the earth’s crust? In another column will be found a communication from Mayor Carter appealing to the people of this city to do some- thing toward preserving the grave of old Chief Bemidii, after whom this city is named. The mayor declares that the grave is not even marked with a head- stone and that it shows unmis- takable signs of neglect. The suggestion that a movement be organized to properly mark the last resting place of this.good old Indian, and to care for it, as.other communities do the graves of their famous characters, isa good one and. should "meet. with a hearty response. In Sleepy Tye, a city of not over 3,000, the citi- zens have erected a monument to old Chief Sleepy Eye, which is famous the state over. It would, be an excellent thing if the citi- zens of this community would take some similar action to pre- serve the memory of our famous chief, Cghugh!llflkemed Ooughes, Colds, Croup and T b 1 drug and'msy be. ven as oonidentiy to & haby &e to an sdult Price 26 cts; Large Size, 50 cts. '|'er bureau had its’ headquarters on the | to point out to the visitor. TALE OF RUIN TOLD IN LOSS ~ OF BUILDINGS LM“M‘““‘“ 2l 20 e P 2 B A SR VAST LOSS’IN‘BUILDINGS Beautiful Structures Ruined by San Francisco’s Earthquake. BOME FAMOUS THE WORLD OVER Luxurious Palace Hotel, That Cost $7,000,000—CHift House, That S1id In- to the Sea, Was Favorite Resort of Thousands—Massive Mill's Building and Biggest Church Gone. According to the most authentic re- ports from San Francisco, the earth- quake and following fire destroyed the finest buildings as well as the poorest In the ecity, says the New York Times. The flames went marching up the hill from the downtown sections, where huddled the Chinese by the thousands, to Van Ness avenue, the Fifth avenue of San Francisco, destroying some of the most palatial homes.” Here are brief descriptions ot some of the best known buildings In the city that were destroyed: Palace and Grand Hotels.—The Pal- ace hotel, at Market and New Mont- gomery streets, covered two and a half acres of land. It was seven sto- ries high. The building cost $7,000,000 and was projected by the late W. C. Ralston. The Palace was the most fa- mous hotel In the city. It was the ren- dezvous of many notable men about town, particularly the gourmands of San Francisco. The building was a huge pile of- stone and brick, in the center of which was a court 84 by 144 feet. It had a bitumen drive for carriages fifty feet in -diameter. The fioor of the prom- enade was paved with marble. The west end of the court was encircled by a series of Doric pillars of classic de- sign. The pillars were surmounted by a coping on which were troplcal plants and flowers. Tables and settees were usually scattered about the court, where men might -have an afternoon chat and smoke. The court was covered by a glass roof, and a goodly number of the 850 rooms looked out into this opening, ‘which furnished them with a subdued light. The Palace hotel was connected by a bridge across New Montgomery street with the Grand hotel, which was under the same management and which was also destroyed. The Palace hotel was provided with reading and smoking rooms, social, women’s and men's parlors, telegraph offices, billiard rooms, five elevators, a restaurant and a grill room, which was cousidered one of the most elegant din- ing apartments for men in the world. The outer and inner partitions were of brick from top to bottom. Four arte- slan wells furnished the hotel with wa- ter. From the top of the hotel a fine birdseye view of the city could be ob- tained. The extent of the corridors amounted to some two and a half mlles. The style of the building was peculiarly San Franciscan, bay win- dows abounding. The Cliff House.—This stood on Point Lobos, at the south head of the Golden Gate, on the extreme western coast of the peninsula upon which San Fran- cisco was bullt. It slid Into the sea. It was a favorite resort in the summer. attracting thousands from the thickly settled eastern section of San Kran- cisco. One could sit on the veranda and look out over the ocean and watch sea llons playing around the rocks a few hundred yards distant. Out to the south he could see a long line of sea- beach upon which the breakers rolled. On a clear day Farallone islands, twen- ty-six miles distant, can be seen from the spot where stood the Cliff House. The huge structure that slid into the sea was designed after a French cha- teau of the seventeenth century. Run- ning around it was an inclosed bal- cony. There were parlors, dining rooms and halls where photographs of local objects of interest and curlos were sold. The Cliff House has suffered several disasters. It was first bullt in 1863, It ‘was partly wrecked In July, 1886, when the schooner Parallel ‘drifted inshore with 80,000 pounds of dynamite on board, which exploded. Having been rebullt, it was burned to the ground on Christmas - night of 1894. Cliff ‘House was seven miles from the Palace hotel, and -several car lines led to It. Its keepers boasted that Presidents Grant, Hayes and Harrison ‘had stood on Its balconies. ~ Mills Building.—This was one of the finest bulldings In the city, being ten stories high and made of California marble, ‘light pressed brick and terra cotta, It cost $1,500,000 and was put up in 1891-92 by D. O. Mills at the northeast corner of Montgomery and Bush streets, The three entrances from Bush, Plne and Montgomery streets led into a great open court in the cen- ter. -The entrance from Montgomery street was through a magnificent mar- ble arch that extended to the top of the second story. The halls were tiled and wainscoted with marble. A complete law llbrary was supplied for the use of the tenants. The United States weath- top floor, with the signal station on the roof. This was another. bullding which the San. Franciscan was always proud Built of iron, stane, brick and marble through- out, It was thought to be proof against both earthquakes and fires. = : City Hall.—This occupied a large three cornered: tract of land bounded by Larkin and McAllister streets and City Hall avenue.. It required. twenty- | five years to erect this biillding, and: San Franciscans-learned to designate a loug perlod by saying, “As long as it Hall of Records, which was surmount- #d by a dome 184 feet high. The build- ing was surrounded by Corinthian pil- lars forty-eight feet high. < The land upon which the city hall stood was formerly the Yerba Buena cemetery, and there once lay the bod- les of the early ploneers of the city. The bodies were removed to Laurel Hill and other cemeterles In the early sixties. In the northwest wing of the building was the city prison. The Re- celving hospital occupled a like posi- tion in the southwest wing. St. Ignatlug’ Church.—This was the biggest church in the city. It stood in the fashionable distrlct on Hayes street, between Van Ness avenue and Franklin street. It cost $2,000,000 and was the finest Jesuitical church in the world. Its spires, 275 feet high, were the tallest In California. Its organ was the second largest in America and was the only one on the coast operated by electricity. It weighed 100,000 pounds. Its central columns were surmounted by life sized angels, with trumpets, and the outer ones supported huge urns holding burning torches. The or- gan was presented to the church by Mrs. Welch.. The main hall of the church was 200 feet long. Hanging over the altar was a large oil painting representing the reception in heaven of St. Ignatius Loyola. The Chronicle Building.—This was one of the first high buildings erected in San Francisco. Its skeleton still stood at Market, Geary and Kearney streets at last reports. It was nine stories high, surmounted by a bronze clock tower 210 feet high. The build- Ing was of pressed brick and a dark brown sandstone that Is found In Ven- tura county. The building was ‘fitted with all modern improvements. It was one of the handsome bulldings that made Newspaper corner a center of no little architectural beauty. The Examiner Building.—Before this collapsed it was eight stories high, standing on the southeast corner of Market and Third streets, the corner near which were all the big newspaper oflices. The offices of the Examiner, Mr. Hearst's San Franeisco paper, oc- cupled the rotunda of the building, the rest being reuted for offices. The build- ing was of the Spanish Renaissance style. The severity of Its exterior was broken by the ornamented windows of the second story and the loggias with their decorated columns along the top stories. The Call Building.—This was the tall- est building on the Paclfic coast and was occupled by the San Francisco Call, having in It besides 272 offices.. It was erected in 1896-97 at the south- west corner of Market and Third streets. From the basement to the top of the dome was 300 feet. There were sixteen floors. It was constructed en- tirely of murble, sandstone and steel and was considered fireproof. It was of no little architectural 'beauty. It was one of the first buildings seen when one entered San Francisco. Mark Hopkins Institute.—This was formerly the magnificent private resi- dence of Mark Hopkins, one of Cali- fornia’s pioneer citizens, at the south- east corner of California and Mason streets. It was given to the city In 1898 by E. F. Searles of Methuen, Mass. It had been used for [llustration and Instruction in the fine arts. It con- talned many fine specimens of paint- ing and sculpture. A spacious gallery had recently been added to the instl- tute. The Interior of the house was fin- Ished with rare woods and beautiful frescoes. The Hall of Justice.—This was one of the newest, If not the newest, public building In the city. It was situated on the east side of Kearny street, be- tween Washington and Merchant streets, opposite Portsmouth square. The cornerstone was laid in 1896. It contalned police headquarters, the po- lice courts and the criminal depart- ments of the superior court. It stood on notorious ground. It was In that neighborhood that the most famous gambling dens were once located, and there later on the Jenny Lind theater was burned down and rebuilt. The following are some of the other buildings that were destroyed: The Crocker bullding, the Fairmount hotel, the Lick House, the Grand Opera House, Merchants’ Exchange, the Occl- dental hotel, the Russ House, Parrott bullding, Phelan building, Hibernia bank, California hotel, Grace church, Orpheum theater, Columbia theater and Mechanics’ pavilion. Golden Gate City’s Wealth, The assessed valuation of all the real property of San Francisco for the present year was $402,127,261, and the personal property was valued at $122,- 258,406, making a total assessed valua- tion of $524,385,667. The assessments equaled about 65 to 70 per cent of the actual value.. On this basis the real and personal property of the city has a value of $800,000,000. Its population last year was estimated at 450,000. Mortgage and grods In stock and manufacture are not included in this estimate. _The city had one of the smallest municipal debts of any large city in the Union. The water, gas and electric light plants were not owned by the clty. Its total debt amounts to only $4,243,372. Its city property, in- cluding parks and municipal buildings, was valued at $30,543,000. Parts of Country ‘Safe and Unsafe. The parts of the United States which are safe as well as unsafe from earth- quakes are herewith stated by the New York Herald. Safe from earthquakes: Boston, New York, Philadelphla,”Washingten, Rich- mond, Raleigh, N. C.; Augusta and Co- lumbus, Ga., and Appalachian region ‘west of a line between these clties. Liable to earthquakes: Coastal region of uncertain clay; sand and rock for- mation east of a line between the cit- les. mentioned; the Paclfic coast and portions of the Mississippi valley, es- pecially the region of the New Madrid earthquake in western Tennessee and PROFESSIONAL ..CARDS.. LAWYERS. D. H. FISK Attorney and Counsellor at Law Office opposite Hotel Markham. P. J. Russell Attorney at Law ONE CENT A WORD. No Advertiseinent Accepted For Less Than 15'Cents. Cash Must Accompany All Out Of Bemidfl, Minn. Office: Swedback Block PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS. "L.A. Ward, M. D., Physician and Surgeon. Diseases of the Eye a specialt; Glasses fitted. L 3 Dr. Rowland Gilmore Physician and Surgeon Office: lites Block DR. WARNINGER VETERINARY SURGEON Telephone Number 209 Third St., one block west of 15t Nat'l DRAY AND TRANSFER, Wes Wright, Dray and Transfer. 404 Beltrami Ave Phone 40. BEOIDIL, = s s = .. FAINN. Town Orders B. E. NcDonald. C. A. Pitkin. McDonald & Pitkin HELP WANTED. LAWYERS O A A A A A A A A A A AP PP PPN PAPP PP WANTED--For the U. S, Marine Corps; men between ages 21 and 35. An opportunity to see the world. For full informa- tion apply in person or by let- ler to U. S. Marine Corps ve- cruiting office, cor. Beltrami and Second Aves., Bemidji, Minnesota. WANTED—For U. S, army able. bodied, unmarried men be- tween ages of 21 and 85, citi- zens of United States, of good character and temperate habits, who can speak, read and write English. For in- formation apply to Recruiting Oq&cer, Miles block, Bemidji. Minnesota. Tom Smart Dray and baggage. Safe and Piano moving. | WANTED-—Good girl for gen- eral housework. ~Apply at the SURG RON DENTISTS PHONE 124 MILES BLOCK, Dr. C. M. Smith, DENTIST Office over B. H. Winter’s Store. . Thos. Johnson General Builder and Contractor If you want a cottage, mansion brick structure, small addition, closet, pantry, ferce, porch, buildto or information about your buildings or improvements besure to sce me. If you want poor work done do not see me, I do nothing but good work. If Tdo your work and get paid for it you will have w0 pay no body else. Thes. .lol{n“s'i)'l.l. i)hone 127 “?‘URRAy‘sVANm,A WORTH A DOLLAR —~> A DROP == SOLD BY ALL GROCERS THE COMFORTABLE WAY. EAST BOUND, No. 108..Park Rapids Line (Connects with Oriental Limited at Sauk Centre, arrives Minneapolis at 1:45p. m, St Paul at2:15p. m.) ....Duluth Express....12:27p m & & 2:39 2 m FULL INFORMATION FROM E E CHAMBERLAIN. Agt. Bemidji, Minn. Vinnesota. & Internationa! In Connection with the ..Northern Pacific.. Provides the best train passengel service between Northome, Funkley Blackduck, Bemidji, Walke and intermediate points and Minne apolis, St. Paul, Fargo and Duluth and all points east, west and ‘South. Through coaches. between Northome and the Twin Cities, No changt of cars. Ample time at RBrainer: tor dinner. TIME CARD Eftective June ith., 1905, Dally except Sunday Dally ex. STATIONS Sunday 5:30 8. m. L Daily ex | Doran Bros. Phone No. 58 | 18 America Ave.| Midway store. DENTISTS. W}?NTED Good girl for general = ou k. i - Dr. R. B- Foster, m)m;e:\vr‘:;.( Inquire 811 Be Dr. Phinney WANTED—T'wo kitchen girls. Apply at City Restaurant, FOR SALE. AN~ A AAANNARRANNANN SN FOR SALE—Magnificent moose head, mounted; will be sold cheap Inquire at this office, FOR SALE — Rubber stamps. The Pioneer will procure any kind of a rubber stamp for vou on short noti FOR SALE —liggs for hatching. Pure bred white. Plymouth Rocks, Canedy Strain, fertility goaranteed. A. H. Harris, FOR RENT. F‘O[.i RENT—Nice large fur- nished room with privilege of bath. 820 Minnesota Avenue, FOR RENT-—Furnished rooms $5 per month, also furnished rooms for light housekeeping. 208 Mississippi Ave. LOST and FOUND IPOUND-- (iold watch., Inquire Sentinel office. LOST—Ladies cloak, between G. N. depot and Crookston Lum- ber Co. mill, Return to this offiice and receive reward. MISCELLANEOQUS. PUBLIC JBRARY — Open Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sat- urdays, 2:30 to 6 p, m. Thurs- day 7 to 8 p. m. also. Li- brary in basement of court House. Mrs. H.E. Reynolds li- brarian. B P P s e e § Webster @ Cooley : L Wall Paper & Paint Store b One door south of old P. C 1 building. Telephone No. 28: WV Read the Daily F‘i(meer._ HheCooy’s Sivetyl OPEN DAY AND NIGHT Good Rigs and Careful Drivers LIVERY HACK IN CON- NECTION. Night Calls Promptly An- swered. PLUMBING! —_— TIN AND RE- PATR WORK. You get. the best services on- the shortest "notice. TELEPHONE NO. 225 v