Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, July 27, 1906, Page 1

T The Bemidji Daily Pionee VOLUME 4. NUMBER 85 BEMIDJ1, MINNESOTA. FRIDAY, JULY 27, 1906. MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY. TEN CENTS PER WEEK SHOULD HAVE BEEN FORTY] cnresn w o nor |MRS, ANDERSON, ALLEGED INSURANCE SWINDLER, IS ARRESTED IN ESCANARA County Attorney Ordered the Woman's Apprellen‘élon unii Deputy Sheriff John Bailey Is Now on msl Way Home With Her—She Mast Answeij to a Charge of First Degree Grand Larceny for the Alleged Swindling of a Bemidjl Widow. STOCKHOLDERS OF WELLS FARGO COMPANY OBJECT TO EIGHT PER CENT DIVIDEND. New York, July 27.—Dudley Evans, president, and Homer B. Parsouns, see- retary, of the Wells Fargo Express company were made defendants in an; action brought in the supreme court in Brooklyn by Robert Pomeroy and Albert Josephson, two stockholders, for a peremptory writ of mandamus compelling them to submit to an ox- amination of the books of the corpora- tlon. The plaintiits said represent 56 per cent of the stock of the company. After hearing the argu- ments the court reserved decision. Counsel for the plaintifts declared in his argument that they have re- ceived interest of only 8 per cent. while they have reason to believe it should be 40 per cent. Counsel also said that a committee was recently formed to get information about the affairs of the company, but had only an evasive statement. He asserted that for the last five years the cor poration had been under the domina- tlon of E. H. Harriman. He said the surplus was stated to be $12,000,009, when it was probably §19,000.000, and the amount of bonds was given as $5.000,000, when $10,000,000 would be nearer correct. Convict Gets a Pension. Stillwater, Minn., July G. Nugent, an inmate of the prison, has been allowed a pension of $6 per month, dating from Oct. 9, 1897, and $10 a month from May 19, 1906, The sum now amounts to $632. He was a member of Company B, Sixth Minnesota. Nugent was sent up for life from Wright county June 6, 1891, for killing his daughter while in de- lirium tremens. Last April the board of pardons commuted his sentence to twenty-five years. that they | i L Dispute Over Mlafnrtunel L Lively Battle. Ithaca, N. Y., July 27.—A discussion among four cripples as to which was the most unfortunate ended in a bloody fight in St. John's hotel, near the Lackawanna station here. Abram Spicer, who has one shrunken leg, en- tered the hotel with a cripple who had ! lost both legs. Within they found a one-armed man talking with John Diffin, the propri- etor, whose left arm was amputated at the elbow, The one-armed guest started a dis- { cussion by saying that he was the most unfortunate man of the lot and Spicer put forward the claims of his companion. In the course of the argu- ment one of the cripples drew a pistol, but before he could fire there was a general mixup, in which Spicer re- celved several long scalp wounds. Spicer has sworn out a warrant for Diftin, who, he s , hit him with his ewn cane, char s.h\g assault in the third degree. The other two cripples have disappeared. RESU:T OF OLD FEUD. Arkansas Woman Killed and Her Hus- band Wounded. Wynne, Ark.,, July 27.—Mrs. H. A. Leptroot was shot and instantly killed and her husbund probably fatally wounded while sitting on the porch of their residence near Cherry Valley, The shooting was done by three mounted men, who fired from the front gate. Later, at Vandale, five ‘Woolbright brothers were arrested on the charge of complicity in the mur- der. Two years ago, it is said, Mr. ptroot killed a member of the Wool- bright family. Johnson Case Postponed. Cleveland, July 27.—Mayor Johnson, charged with contempt of court in disregarding an injunction restraining him from tearing up certain street railway tracks, appeared in court dur- ing the day. Judge Ford postponed the whole matter till July 31 Bargains in Pants In order to close out the balance of our stock of Men’s pants we will make a great reduction in our prices. Look at our win- dows and you will be con- vinced that we mean what we say. Gent’s Furnishings 15¢c collars.. .., ....... bc 25¢ suspenders. . .. ...18¢ Men’s 50c ties. . . .38¢ Dry Goods Look at our 10¢ Embroid- ery counter. We have some unheard of values. Muslin Underwear Ladies’ Muslin Underwear at cost Ladies’ Collars Some Good Values in Ladies’ Collars at 15¢ and 35c New Belts A Shipment of Ladies’ Belts. and Purses Look Them Over. Satisfaction Guaranteed or Your Money Cheerfully Refunded. E. H. WINTER & Co. PHONE NO. 30 7 Mrs. Jennie Anderson, the|details of which inlident havethere should be ro slip up in the| woman who so cleverly secured $2,000 life insurance in this city two weeks ago by passing her- self off as the widow of Andrew E. Anderson, has been captured. She was arresed in Escanaba, Michigan, the city where she tried to get the $1,400 draft cashed, and is now on her way to Bemidji in charge of Deputy Sheriff John Bailey. The charge against the woman is grand larceny in the first degree, for the alleged securing of the $2,000 under false pretenses. The Anderson woman was located in the Michigan city by means of the draft which she at- tempted to cash there, and the already been set before the readers of the Pioneer. The draft was sent to the First Na- tional bank of!this city to have the figures cofrected, and held, and County Aftorney McDonald and Sheriff Balley were at once notified. | Mr, McDonald immediately wired | instructions to the sheriff in| Escanaba toarrest the accused and hold her subject to further orders. He, then inquired if she would come without requisi- tion papers, and when a favorable answer was |returned Deputy | Sheriff John Bailey set out for Michigan, to make sure that program. Officer and prisoner are ex- peeted in Bemidji tomorrow. The case is familiar t> the people of Bemidji and vicinity. Mrs. Jennie Anderson by mak- inga false affidavit as.to her identity as Mrs. Jennie Ander- son, wife of Andrew E. Ander- son secured possession of $2,000, life insurance due from the A, O, U W The fraud was not discovered until Mrs. Aunderson, the real widow, became anxious over the delay in getting her money and made impatient inquiries. An investigation was then started.’ MOSTLY IN BACK TAXES. Fleld Estate at chlcago Must Pay 82, 800,000 This Year. Chieago, July 27—The three-cor- aered controversy between the board of review, the executors of the Mar- shall Field estate and the city cor- poration counsel’s office came to an end when the taxing body decided that the Field estate should be taxed & total of $180,000,000 this year, fn- cluding back taxes. The decision means that the ex- ecutors of the estate will be compelled to pay the county $2,800,000, which is more than the totzl amount of per- sonal property on which Mr. Field was taxed during the last year of his life. The greater part of this great sum to be paid is to come from the collec- tion of back taxes, on which Mr. Field is held by the board to have escaped payment. The members of the board estimated the back taxes without any authentic figure to guide them. President of the Board F. W. Up- Bam held that the board should fiz the amount of property upon which taxes had not been collected since 1899 at an average of $15,000,000 a year, amounting to $105,000,000 for the seven years. To this sum will be add- ed 10 per cent interest fixed by the law to be collected in all cases of this kind. This interest amounts to $432, 900. The personal property upon which the estate shall bé compelled to pay taxes for this year was placed at $25,000,000. f REFORM SWEEPING CHINA CELESTIAL EMPIRE RECOGNIZES PRACTICE OF LAW AS REPU- TABLE PROFESSION, Washington, July 27.—Mérked evi- dence of the reform which s sweep- ing China can be seen in a recommen- dation of commissioners named by the government to revise the code governing Chinese legal procedure, which was recently submitted to the empress dowager and emperor for their consideration. Two revolutionary changes in the legal procedure of China are suggest- ed. These are the right of trial by Jury and the employment of attorneys for the defense of criminals. Never before in the history of China has the- practice of law been recognized as a- reputable profession. From the report of the commission- er, which has just been submitted to the state department, it may be seen that Japan’s action In bringing its legal procedure into harmony with the European court methods has induced the Chinese commissioners to sugg2st the abolition of the present antique methods of that empire for the meth- ods in vogue among all Western na- tions. SHERIFF OUTWITS MOB SUCCEEDS IN EXECUTING NEGRO THREATENED WITH DEATH AT THE STAKE. PLACE OF HANGING KEPT SECRET GALLOWS PLACED ON BOARD VES- SEL AND PRISONER STRUNG UP ON ISLAND. Crisfleld, Md., July 27.—William Lee, the negro youth who was sen- tenced to death in Baltimore three weeks ago for assaulting two women in Somerset county and who had been threatened with lynching, was hanged by Sherifi Brown on Smiths island in the presence of his deputies and a few witnesses. - The hanging was orderly. The mob that had threatened to burn Lee at the stake was completely out- witted by the sheriff. Lee’s crime created unprecedented excitement throughout Maryland and Governor Warfield deemed it prudent to have him confined in the Baltimore city jail. As a further precaution, though it was necessary to carry out the sentence of the law in Somerset county, the scene of the crime, the exact place of execution was ikept secret. To carry out this purpose Sheriff Brown placed his prisoner aboard an oyster steamer and imme- diately sailed down the bay. He took with him a gallows and a coffin and ‘was prepared to hang Lee on the deck of the vessel-after reaching the waters of Somerset county should there be any signs of a mob on shore. Early in the morning the steamer appeared off Smiths island, the pris- oner was speedily taken ashore and the scaffold quickly erected. The ex- ecution was soon over. Lee previously confessed. DEFIES POLICE FOR HOURS. Hartford (Conn.) Man Surrenders oa Advice of Counsel. Hartford, Conn., July 27.—His house surrounded by several thousand men, including a large squad of policemen, none of whom dared to try to capture him by force, John W. Dwyer, who shot and perhaps fatally wounded Policeman Edward W. Beecher, who had attempted to serve a commitment paper on him, has surrendered on the advice of his lawyer after he had held the big crowd at bay for many hours. Dwyer, stationed at a window with his shotgun in his arms, defied the police and crowd for hours. He and his lawyer came out of the house and, entering an automobile, were driven to police headquarters; where Dwyer was locked up pending the outcome of Policeman Beecher’s wounds. All on Board Are Rescued, Cleveland, July 27.—In a heavy fog the steamer C. W. Elphicke of the Gilchrist fleet crashed into the new section of the east breakwater late at night and sank. Seventeen persons aboard, including the captain’s wife and another woman, were saved by the lifesavers and by the tug Grover. Northwestern Saengerbund. St. Paul, July 27.—Thousands of delegates arrived during the day to attend the four days’ session of the Northwestern Saengerbund. The open- Ing concert was held during the even- Ing in the new Auditorium, every seat In the fmmense structure being occu- pled. QLI Tt aue average Englishman does not want his wife or sister to be anything but dull. A beautiful and amiable Idlot s his ideal of feminine perfec- tion.—Ladies’ Field. | ! i R e (VR Lt s e R i N T Al B S S A 00 BATTLE WITH POSSE| DIETZ FAMILY AGAIN RESISTS EFFORT OF WISCONSIN OFFI- CER TO SERVE PAPERS. NOMEN TAKE PART IN THE DEFENSE ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY SHOTS ARE FIRED AND BOTH SIDES SUSTAIN CASUALTIES. Ladysmith, Wis., July 27.—James Hedrington, who cares for the dams of the Mississippi River Logging com- rany on the Thornapple river, has ar- rived here from the Cameron dam and reports that an encounter has taken place between John F. Dietz and fam- || ily and a body_of six militiamen ac- companied by Sheriff Gyland of Saw- yer county. One militiaman, whose name is not known to Hedrington, was shot three times and Clarence Dietz, son of John, was shot in the head and fell to the ! ground. The militiaman, who is from Milwaukee, was shot in the hip, neck and leg. His recovery is considered ! doubtful. The other men are bringing ' him to the hospital here. Hedrington says the women of Dietz' household took part in the defense and he be- lieyes that 150 shots were fired. Family Attends to Posse. Hedrington says that John Dietz Jumped onto a stump when he saw the attacking party coming and or- dered them off the place. He wus some distance from the house, while the militiamen were in the brush. They did not see him and Hedrington says that the firing was between the | Dietz family and the militla, John be- ing some thirty rods distant. Dietz for a long time past has held . possession of Thornapple dam, pre-| venting the driving of several million feet of logs belonging to the Chippewa Lumber and Boom company. The logs, it is said, are rotting and the | company has for some time past been endeavoring to have Dietz served with | legal papers compelling him to show cause why the company should not be | allowed to drive the logs. The effort to capture Dietz has been abandoned for the present. CHILD BORN IN PRISON. Mrs. Brennan, Life Prisoner at still | water, Mother of Baby. Stillwater, Minn., July 27.—A daugh. ter has been born to Mrs. Stella Bren- nan in the women’s ward of the state prison here. Mrs. Brennan was sent to the prison from Minneapolis last winter for life for the murder of her three stepchil- dren. She has always denled the crime and the defense was made for her that she was insane at the time. Mrs. Brennan’s mother, who is liv- ] ing in Michigan, will have the child as soon as it is old enough to leave its mother. St. Paul, July 27.—Governor John ! son expressed surprise when told of | the birth of a daughter to Mrs. Bren- nan in the Stillwater penitentiary and showed unconcealed indignation. “It should never have'been permt- ted,” he said. “The very thought is repulsive. 'The child should be re- moved from the prison as soon as pos- sible.” Attempt at Assassination Falla, Warsaw, July 27.—A plan to kill Qovernor General Kritnitsky was frustrated Wednesday. The would-be assassin, who was heavily armed, re sorted to bribery and then to force in order to remove the guard from the route by which the governor general was to pass, but falled. He was ar- rested. $14.00 and $16.50 fords at, a pair, 15¢ 750 wash gocds now ) Glas;wan. hottle to mateh, ... ... ... Water tumblers, each,. ... Water pitchers, each, 20c . " [0 6 press-cut tumblers and a water Suits . A ;Mw&&n;, Wash Goods. 25¢ o 10ic 86c - 15¢ 50c & a yard 2 . jug or .$1.00 cobe S0 26¢ ) Notions. Shipping tags, a bunch,. ... . Paper napking, 50 in box,. .. Jar rings, a dozen,.......... 25c¢ box paper for.......... 66¢ box paper for.......... Dennison’s paste, mucilage or 2gc box, b Lo« ey | e S s k000 glue, tube 8¢ 350 md O’LEARY Saturday FRIDAY AND SATURDAY BARGAINS! Men’s Two-piece Outing Suits. - $5 00 Suits . $8.00 and $8.50 Suits A : s $9.00 and $10.00 Suits . . . Men’s Tan Oxfords We are going to close out a lot of $3.50 and $4.00 ox- One lot of Men’s 35¢ Underwear, a garment™ . One lot of Men’s 50¢ Hose, a pair Ladies’ Muslin Underwear. We have just receiv’d ment of Muslin Un were bought before you can buy anything a delayed spring ship- derwear, these goods the advance in price, in the lot at old price Closing out the Wash Goods to make room for the fall dress goods that are expected next week. 10c Wash goods nowa yd. 7 Soaps and Perfumes. Cashimere Bouquet soap, large size cake 24c Sachet Talcum pufia a' high grade “powder put up in a oonvenisent form, 2B¢ $3.95 $5.50 $7.50 .. $1.00 $1.98 25¢ 25¢ . . ‘e (1) (Vo « Brown Windsor .,.,........ tflc