Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, July 17, 1906, Page 1

] . VOLUME 4. NUMBER 76 The Bemidji Daily Pioneer!|& BEMIDJ1, MINNESOTA, TUESDAY, JULY 17, 1906. MINNESOTA TEN CENTS PER WEER AFTER INVENTORY Tuesday Morning July 17, —Er ALE to Saturday Night, July 21. Our July Inventory is over. We find that we have sev- eral thousand dollars more stock on hand than we should have this time of the year. The basement is beginning to fill up with fall goods, we must ha.ve room 5 Days Selling of High Grade Merchandise at Low Down Prices. to $20.00 for 85.00) suits Men’s Summer Suits We haqe placed our summer suits into four lots: Lot No. 1—86 suits will be sold at. . . . .. $398 Not No. 2—$12 suits will be sold at. Tot No. 3—$15 to $20 suitssold at. .. $11.75 Lot No. 4—822 & $24 suits sold at Men’s black cut-away suits worth from $12.00 .............. $8.98 Men’s 2-piece Outing Suits. .$8.75 ..... $158 50 .. $395 Men’s Trousers Men’s light weight trousers will he sold at a To discount of 25 per cent from our regular price. 20 says: The smartness of my Im- perial, Model and Peg Trousers for men oung men is due to the design—the moder- Straw Hats We will sell one lot of Men’s straw hats worth from $1.50 to $3.00 at each, Men’s & Boy’s Night Shirts. One lot of muslin night shirts, some are slight- ly soiled, others in perfect condition, but we have too many, take your choice at 33 1-3 off the regular price. Men’s Underwear. One lot of Men’s dollar underwear, colors, ecru and salmon to close ont at. . .. T9¢ Men’s 50c¢ jean drawers at each Neckwear One lot of Men’s 50¢ and '75¢c neckwear at each, 35¢ N Emblem Pins. W We have about 200 emblem pins, Woodmen, Maccabees, 0dd Fellows, Masons and K P’s Take They are worth from 25¢ to $2 each. your choice at each Boy’s & Childrens’ Clothing Our entire stock of Boy’s and Children’s suits, overcoats and pants will be offered at one-fourth off from our regular price. ate price to my system. My Mark This season’s swellest patterns in Scotch Cheviots * checks and stripes are shown Men’s Hose. 1 lot of Men’s black and fancy hose, the 35¢ to 50c qualities, at Wall Paper:--The entire stock will he placed on sale at 25 per cent off from the regular price Wash Goods 10c goods 74: 15¢ goods 104; 20¢ goods for 15¢; 25c goods 19¢: 35c goods for 25¢; 50¢ goods for 38¢; 75¢ g ods for H0c Handkerchiefs 1000 dozen of Men’s and Ladies' handkerchiefs, worth up LI T T R e sy comeay e s U ] Soaps and Powders Colgates Tale Powder.................. Colgates dental powder with small cake of cashmere soap, for powder and soap....lge Bath soap: A very large cake of extra fine toilet soap for 0c Hose One lot of ladies’ 35¢ hose for per pair 25¢ Men’s Fancy Vests Our en- tire stock of ' Men’s white and fancy vests will be sold at_ 2 three-fourth of the marked price. Men’s Collars One lot of Men’s 15¢ collars, soiled from hand- ling, take your chice at, each Men’s Shirts We are going to_clean up g a lot of odds and ends in ' Men’s shirts, want to do do it quick, they are worth from 50c to a dollar each & k there is about 200 of them, there will be no use asking for them after the sale has been on a few hours, for they are. to be sold at 15¢ each. Men’s Tan Shoes and oxfords. $5. Tan Shoes, $2.98 - $3.50 & $4 Tan Oxfords for a pair $2.49 One lot of children’s 15¢ and 20c hose fir a pair 10c White Dress Patterns 818 patterns for 811.50; $20 pattrens for $11 95. 4% yards in a piece, $7 patterns for $5.50. Flounuln%s, 85 patterns for $3.75, Flouncings, $3.50 pa‘'terns for $2 75 . Muslia Underwear One lot of 1adies’ muslin underwear. corsut ¢overs, gowns, drawers, skirts and chemies at «iscount of 25 per cent. White and fancy parasols: Take your choice of the lot at 23 their value. Ladies Heatherbloom skirts, all light colors in heatherbloom skirts will be closed out, 82.50 skirts for 81.95. $3.00 skirts for 82 45, Ladies’ and child- ren’s underwaists, thuy are worth up to 75 cents, take your choice at 11¢ each. Sils: Here is something that you don't want to miss, 200 vards of 30 inch taffetta sllk well worth 81.25. Nearly all colors except black. Sale price 69¢ a yd. Flouncing < Store will close at 6 p. m. except Wednesday and Saturday. O’LEARY @ BOWSER, BEMIDJI. T0STOP BLOODSHED SHOCK WAS TERRIIC | GUATEMALA AND SALVADOR [ BEING ARRANGED. POWDER MILL EXPLOSION NEAR ASHLAND, WIS, KILLS THREE AND INJURES MANY. ML DETAILS NOT YET COMPLETED | NEUTRALIZING PLANT IS BESTROYED MEETING TO BE HELD ON AMER- ICAN CRUISER NOW IN THE ZONE OF TROUBLE. ALL THE TWENTY-FIVE BUILD- INGS ON THE PREMISES 8US- TAIN SOME DAMAGE. f Oyster Bay, N. Y., July 17.—Peace negotiations between Guatemala and Salvador are being arranged by Pres- 1dent Roosevelt and Acting Secretary | pow up at 8 o’clock a. m., killing three of State Bacon at Sagamore Hill. The } pop Twenty others were injured. question not yet settled is whether | mne gead are: J. L. Pearce, Wilming- Honduras will become a party to the ton, Del., superintendent of the pow- negotlations at this time. It Is rea-| gor mill; Willlam Wallace, laborer, soned here that it would hardly be fair | ang George Woodlsil. to compel Guatemala to face two for-| Tne peutralizing plant was totally mer foes in a peace conference at one | gestroyed. The shock was terrific and time. Honduras will probably agree | p,ok0 many windows in Ashland. to the settlement arranged by the tWo | The cause of the explosion 18 mot states primarily involved. known, The accident occurred just The negotiations, it is stated, will as the men, twentyfive in number, doubtless be held on board the Amer- | wero entering the building for the ican cruiser Marblehead, now in Guate- day’s work. Superintendent J: L. Halan wators, Pierce of Wilmington, Del; William The arbitrators on behalf of the | wajjace, g laborer, and George Wood- United States and Mexico will be the | 4io wyere first to enter the ‘bullding. Mexican minister to Central America | mpey had rairly entered when the Ri- and Messrs. Combs and Merry, United | ¢roglycerin acid let loose and for tully States ministers to Guatemala and{g )5 ute a black cloud of smoke hid Salvador, respectively. The date and the killed and injured from view. Then detalls of the proceedings beyond this | gne by one the less injured men camé have not been arranged. out of the pall of smoke amd each dashed back In search of their com- panions. The mutilated body of Superintend- ent Pierce was found where he had fallen, inside the neutralizing building, and close beside him were found Wal- willing to disarm and submit its griev- | lace and Woodisie torn and disfigured. ances to arbitration as soon as Guate-| Coming from all directions of the mala and Salvador agree to do like- | Plant the employes of the twenty-five wise. A dispatch announcing Hon- | buildings crowded to the scene of the duras’ willingness to arbitrate has | celdent and 6 hasty. soarch, wao malle been received by the state department Fire had broken c’mt at several places from Philip K. Brown, the American amongst the debris of the wrecked charge, who is looking atter the inter- | pyjiging, but this was subdued by the ests of the United States in Honduras | workmen, and Guatemala during the absence of An examination of the other build- Leslie Combs, the American minister. | ings on the premises showed that not Mr.-Merry, the American minister to one of the twenty-five had escaped Salvador, advised the department that | Some damage. he is still negotiating with the Sal-| The scene “lt‘“ accldent is seven vadorean autharities and tryiug to get | Iiles from Ashland and the force of P > - L.the ‘explosion was plainly felt here. them to agree to disarm and mieet i Guatemalan envoys in Washington or | L2TEe plate glass windows were shat- elsewhere to arra.)l,xge for a settlement tered on Asliland's main streets, dishes of the dfi/!cultiea rattled and lighter dwellings vibrated President Roosevelt's activity in the | 1o fully a minute after the nitro- Central American dispute has been glycerin had exploded. | misunderstood in some quarters, ac-| MOTORMAN STICKS TO HIS POST. ! cording to state department officials. RS It would be highly improper, it is| Fatally Injured in Collision but Pas- stated, for the president to offer his sengers Escape. services as an arbitrator and he has St. Louls, July 17.—One person was i 2 ers were more or less bruised and , exert his good offices to assist them shaken up by a rear end collision on i in settling their dificulties. By this| down grade between Broadway and . offer he has in no sense put himself Seventh street cars. The aocident forward as the proposed arbitrator of | &0 "qu6 to a broken trolley on the . the difficulties which are involving Seventh street car. 1 Central America, but as an advocate Owing to his heroism in sticking to of international peace he has indicated his post in the face of d r Motor- his disposition to do all in his power man John C. Downs of m’n: BB roadway jto assist Salvador, Guatemala and car will pn;hnbly lose his life. He ! Honduras to end a war which is re- was unconscious when pried f o sulting in much bloodshed and threat- der the kage. ening the national life of several re- When the stalled car was sighted j publics. Downs cut off the power and applied TWO THOUSAND CASUALTIES. | the brakes. The passengers were not aware of the danger until the cars crashed together. Downs was crushed between the ‘vestibule and the door of the car. TEXAS ELKS IN WRECK. Serious “Railroad Disaster Narrowly Averted, Ashland, Wis., July 17.—A powder mill of the Atlantic Dynamite com- pany, several miles from this city, HONDURAS IS WILLING. Ready. to Arbitrate Differences With Sister Republics. ‘Washington, July 17.—Honduras is Guatemalan Forces Defeated by S: vadorean Army. San Salvador, July 17.—Saturday ; night the Salvadorean army again at- tacked the Guatemalan forces at Pla- tanar and obtained a victory over them, the Guatemalans suffering a loss of 2,000 men in killed, wounded and prisoners. The. Guatemalan army, which in- vaded by way of Santa Fe, was re pulsed by the Honduran army. Trinidad, Colo,, July 17.—Passenger train No. 7 on the Colorado and South- ern railway, carrying hundreds of Texas Elks to the convention in Den- Honduras is making common cause | T Va8 Tecked MeAv. Forbas; Juno. with Salvador, although it ia denied | o8 PnEineer Martin J. Cullom was : that Honduras has made a formal dec- badly hurt. N Iaration of yar. = That the whole traln was not car- QUESTION OF JURISDICTION. |rtied into the deep arroya, resulting in ECES serious loss of lite, is probably due to Cleveland Grand Jury May Not Indict | the fact that it was running slowly on Standard Oil. acoount of recent heavy raina. Cleveiand, July 17.—After a recess GUESTS NARROWLY ESCAPE. of several days the federal grand jury has again taken up the inquiry in con- nectlon with the charges filed against the Lakoc Shore and Michigan South- ern Railway comyany and the Stand- ard Ofl company, in which both cor- porations are alleged to have violated the interstate commerce law. + It is known that the result of the ¥ Investigation now hinges entirely upon hatolinouioed the. b 3%, the: walls d the question of jurisdiction, it having Snd parhed all the Euests. o, B been shown, it is stated, that if the hardly left the hotel before the crash "alleged violation of the law took place | ®*™® it was not in Ohio. It is admitted by Great Northern Limited: Devaited. those closely in touch with the investi- Spokane, Wash., July 17.—The east- , gation that in the event of no indict- | hound Oriental limited on the Great ments being returned here all the in- { Northern was derailed west of Leaven- formation brought out in-the pending worth, Wash. A sun kink caused the investigation will be forwarded to the | trouble, The engine and express, bag- ; district attorney at Chicago, where gage and mail cars were thrown over: Dproceedings will be immediately Instl. | and two passenger cars derailed, No tuted by the governme one was serlously {nfured. P, Gambiing Paraphernalia Burned. Suicides to Avold Arrest. * % Sedalla, Mo, July 17.—The para-| paterson, N. J., July 17.—To avgld phernalia of a gamblinghouse here disgrace-of arrest on the charge of that had been confiscated at the in-| gefalcation, Albert O'Brien, tax col stigation of Rev. J. Murdy, pastor of . the First. Christian church, was ! burned in the principal street of the “olty in the presence of an immense i crowd of persons, ; Butte Hotel Crushed by Walls of Ad- Joining Bullding. Butte, Mont,, July 17.—The east wall of the Butte hotel collapsed, toppling over on the Southern hotel, causing its walls to collapse. The loss s $60,000. The clerk at the Soutlern