Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, September 14, 1906, Page 1

THE BEMIDJI DATLY VOLUME 4. NUMBER 126 BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA. FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 14, 1906 BEST EXCURSION OF THE SEASON TO RED LAKE ON SATURDAY, SEPT. 15 ROUND TRIP ONLY $1 Leave Red Retarning, leave Bey=6 hours trip on lake only 35 cents. Lake depot, Bemidji, al 7:30 a. m. Redby at 5:15 p. m.-&g - DO NOT FORGET THE REGULAR SUNDAY EX- CURSION ON SEPTEMBER 16th—23rd—30th. Ball Game, Sunday Sep. 16 Admission Free NEVER IN BETTER CONDITION. REPUBLIC IN STATE OF SIEGE. Revolutionary Plot Discovered in San Salvador. .| San Salvador, Sept. 14—A revolu- President Mitchell Discusses Affairs of Mine Workers. Pittsburg, Sept. 1h—John i president of the United Mine of America, has arri here purpose of conferri eials of the Putt ring to the general conditions mine workers throughout the country he said: “The miners have never been in the republic de slege. This order, however, must be re- voked before Nov. 30, on which date the presidential election will be held. Apparently presidential ambitions are better condition. Our or; at the bottom of the revolutionary the present time has les e on | plans. than it ever b It is reported that President Esca- wer to an inquir lon favors the National Independent. — of the Ameri party’s candis Rain of hurous Liquid. Buenos Ayres, Sept. 14.—The state ng officially con ion the move ce y endorsement. telegram from Jachat, province of campaign to stand . San Juan, stating that on the night of to resolutely oppos ! Sept. 11 there was a rain of sulphur- e allied wit ous liquid and that in consequence the inhabitants were greatly alarmed. tie trade unionists_and the union move = - ment.” = FAVORS JOINT STATEHOOD. Mr. Mitehell was asked concerning — . the attitude of labor leaders in 11inois | New Mexico Democratic Convention on the re-election of Speaker Joseph | in Bession G. Cannon and he replied: & » “Joe hus got a pretty stiff majority | Sant2 Fe, N. M, Sept. 14.—After § behina him sitting all night without agreeing upon Bevond that Mr. Mitchell would not | @ Momination for territorial delegate make any mmmw;t‘ the territorial Democratic conventior . S - adjourned in the morning to meet j again later in the day. The conven- BRIEF BITS OF NEWS. tion went on record in favor of joint The Thirty-sixth reunion of the So- elety of the Army of the Tennesseei will be held at Council Bluffs, la., Nov. | § and 9, 1906. 144 to 22, len delegates not voting. The convention endorsed Governor Hagerman for investigating and dis- missing former Republican officials, The United States took another $2,-i put condemned the alleged extrav- 000,000 in gold from the Bank of Eng-i agance of the last Republican legisla- land Thursday. making a total of $15,-} ture. It asks that every territorial, 560,000 since Sept. 6. i county and other public official be in- vestigated by the foverw.-: statehood with Arizona by a vote of tionary plot against the government of | & SUSpect was picked up this San Salvador has been discovered and . morning and is under arrest, clared in a state of | while the police are now looking | telegraph department has received a | the top and inserting a charge of | 'BOLD BURGLAR ATTEMPTS TO ROB SAFE WITHIN FEW FEET OF POLICE STATION| ™ 0 ELUOE HOUDS) ue nupks IN HIDING City Clerk’s Office Scene of Early Morning Serio-Comic Drama—Robber Upsets an Alarm Clock, Policeman Comés a Running, Thinking Noise Is Caused by a Cat or Dog, and Thief Leaps Through an Open Window and Makes His Escape, An uosuccessful attempt was|was open and it was mere child’s made early this morning to rob)play to remoye the summer the safe in the office’ of the city |screen, fastened as it was by clerk in the city hall. buttons. » The burglar was just getting| Once inside the room, the man nicely to work, when he over-|turned out the electric light, turned a small clock setting on|which is kept always burning the clerk’s desk, This attracted | nights in the office, and depended: the attention of Policeman Tim |entirely upon the light from the Quinn, sitting in the police head- quarters a few feet distant, and the officer’s quick appearance on the scene frightened the man away. The thief’s exit was through a side window, the way he had entered, and his departure was' rapid. As Tim expressed it: “Oh man, oh man, how that fellow did run!” Quinn ran after him as fast as he could, but the burglar had a start, and was the better sprinter, anyway, and got away. for his ‘‘pardner.” Both men! were seen prowling around town last night and are regarded as| suspicious characters. Nothing was taken from the; office, but the burglar had started t> remove the books from the top of the safe, evidently with! the intention of boring a hole in some kind of explosive. The| outer doors of the safe were not locked and were easily opened, ! but the inner doors were fastened e III!IESOTA. ‘ HISTORICAL . SOCIETY. PIONEER. TEN CENTS PER WEEK | MOULTING IS KEEPING RAILROAD TRICYGLE AS Explanation of the Scarcity of Game of Which Nimrods Are Complaining. SOUTHWARD FLIGHT OF BIRDS DUE SOON TO HELP HUNTING Shooting Should Be Good in These Parts in a Short Time, Now. Clever Scheme "Attributed to Robbers | Operating Extensively in This Part of Country. It is thought that the robbers R i who b.ve been operating in this Then thinking that there might vicinity may possibly use a rail- be others in the gang and thatirsaq tricycle of their own manu while he was chasing the first!facture that can be taken down man, the rest might secure what|gnq put together again when they were after in the safe,|reeded, says the Crookston Quinn returned to' the clerk’s|Mimes This would completely office. s throw bloodhounds off the scent About midnight last night, and |gng would be a great safe-guard tdisappeared in the darkness. Tm ¥ TR i bolt loose by an explosion. jmoments he also overturned the [still being made for the second arc lamp outside on the corner.|before, the attention of the police against detection. This made it partially light inlhad been attracted to two| Tuesday afterncon a telephone the room, but it was a little dim. |strangers who had a decidely message from Mentor stated that The burglar first opened thejevil look, and when Charles|ywo men had just gone through outer doors of the safe, and fitd-|Folkers reported that at about|,,. city on the railroad tracks on ing the inner ones locked, evi-|midnight he had seen a man a tricycle which looked as if it dently decided to bore a hole in|gazing in a most suspicious might be home made. Their ap- the top of the safe and jar the|manrer into the window in|pesrance was the same as that of Winter’s jewelry atore, Obief|the nion who were seen in Men- Bailey decided that he had aclue. | ¢, the day before the robbery Earlier in the evening Captain |here and Chief Eck and Louis Helmer had noticed this same|Gonyea, Jr., drove out into the man with a_companion on the|country, but were unable to get street, and a search was immedi- any trace of them. ately begun for these men. Chief Eck stated this morning One of the duo, not the one|that he was of the opinion that seen by Foikers, was discovered |the robbers had: some contriv- drunk back of the Duncalf saloon, | ynce of this sort which cou'd be and was locked up. Search is|¢apen apart and set up again with little work and that they could thus go back and forth on the railroad without fear of But the best laid plans go awry. On the table where the burglar was laying the stack of books that covered the top of the safe were a bottle of ink and a small alarm clock, and these proved his undoing. First he overturned the ink and the accident seems to have made him nervous, for in a few clock, and with a crash of break- | man. ing glass and rattling tin, it fell! Whether the burglar was after to the floor. s moaey or valuable papers is a The fellow paused andlistened, |question which no one 18 at fearful that someone had heard |present able to answer. Very the noise, and he did not have |little, if any, meney is ever kept long to wait to know that hix|in the safe, but strangers- would worst fears had been realiz:d |not have known this, and it may Policeman Qainn was sitting i be that, thinking the city was the headquarters; and the noise|keeping its sewer money in the brought him to his feet. safe, the robbers were. bent on |- “The clerk must have left a|an attempt to get hold of it. Short Dashes and Long Runs Have and one that might lead to some- thing, if investigated. FOOT SPRINTING TO ADD INTEREST TO RAGE MEET pursuit. It is a plausible theory! — Local hunters have been com- __} plaining, since the opening of the i small-game season, that ducks | are very scarce, and that one i8ees but few of them in an en- ‘ tire day’s hunt. ‘i—‘ There is reason for this. The ducks have been shedding their feathers for several weeks, and H Iwhen this process of getting rid of the feathery raiment is on, — the ducks stay in the weeds and wild rice and are hardly ever visible. It is said the shedding will be completed within a few days, when the ducks will be in the open more and will emerge from their hiding places. While there are never many ducks in this vicinity until after the first cold rain in the fall 8 drives the nerthern flight sonth- 3 ward, still there are many that nested in these waters and there will undoubtedly be some good shooting in a few days. (VISITING SISTERS AID IN |" EASTERN STAR EXERGISES securely and it would take an ex- plosion to loosen them. Tim to himself, as he went cut The attempted robberyiinto the hall-and made for the occured at 1:30, the prescribed |door leading into the office, “and time for all well-regulated safe-|he is raising Cain in there.” blowings, but beyond this the! So thinking, he unlocked the man seems 10 huve known little door and walked in, and saw, not about his business, Everything|a dog or a cat, but a man, or else was decidely crude, and the | raher the legs of a man, disap- crudest thing of all, was _v.he pearing through an open window. attempt itself to roba safe in a|The policeman turned and ran room separaled only by a par-:down the hall and out the door on tition from the police headquar-|the south side of the building, ters. hoping to catch his man as he trancer - Oag o the windows ‘on [PS5¢d by, but Mr. Barglar had the south side of the bnilding{fl swift pair of pedalers and had dog or a'cat in-his office,” ‘mused Chief Bailey and other members of the police force are inclined to the belief, ‘however;}* that the man or men, were after papers which werein the safe. “The Burglar and the Waif” is a guaranteed attraction which will appear at the Opera house on Saturday evening, the 220d. It teems with bubbling comedy and pure heart interest bearing the critical and popular-of all large cities.” The local managers of the opera house ‘hive made a personal investigation as to the merits of the play and have found it exceptionally good. Been Arranged by Secre- ' tary McAvoy. It has been decided to hold some - foot races in cennection with the horse races that will be| mpe Jocal chapter of the East- held here September 28-29-30.!qrn Stars heldpa school of in- There will be one event each|gtryction in the lodge room of the afternoon. Thursday. Septem- Masonic hall Wednesday ev ber 28, the first day, there will]: £ nesaey. even- be a 100-yard foot race. Friday, [i0g, and in connection with it en- September 29, the sprinters will{tértained . some thirty visiting p‘ut.icipu,w m a half-mile rung|sisters, twenty-five from the Sunday, September 30, there|chapter at ‘Cass Lake, and five will bea 220-yard run. from the chapter at Park Rapids. It is the intention to make the 3 races open to all, butitis more| Five new members were also Thirty From Cass Lake and Park Rapids Chapter Attend Local School of Instruction. CONVICTED OF LAND FRAUDS than likely that only sprintesitaken into the Bemidji chapter; Layman Leaves. - living in Bemidjiand n ¢ Lere! Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Smith, Mrs: Tailor-Made Garments Why buy a ready-to-wear suit of clothes when you can get one made to order at the same price. We carry the Royal Taylors & Co. and Work Bros., samples. Every Suit Guaranteed i fraud the government of lands in con- [3yman is one of the best of the will participate. The:e several members of the fire department wt.o are very fast with the spikcd ~hoes, and even if the entries were coufioed to this city, some good races would be witnessed. There are some gcod runners at Blackduck, alsn, and with en- tries from thut p'ace and prob. ably thrce (r fiur from other outside p .intg, the events will be highly interesting. A. W. Layman, special agent - |for the U. S. general land office, THREE PROMINENT OREGONIANS |left this afternoon for Fosston, near which place he has some official matters to investigate. He has been in Bemidji for the past ten days and has spent the % time investigating some alleged Portland, Ore., Sept. 14—The Jury. | cagses of timber trespass and fn the case agalnst State Senmator |y qgtead irregularities, regard- Franklin B. Mays, ex-Representative |, & e : ‘Willard L. Jones and George Sorenson ng which he smilingly keeps his FOUND GUILTY BY JURY AT PORTLAND. ]“‘iiw. B. Stewart, Miss Laura 0C3L Slough and Mrs. J. H. Crouch. The exercises were under the supervision of Worthy Grand Matron Yould of Minneapolis. Following the school of in- struction a supper was served, ‘and dancing closed a delightful evening. Read the Daily Pioneer. has returned a verdict-finding all three | peace and reports to no one but defendants guilty of conspiracy to de- the officials at Washington, nection with the creation of the Blue ., Mountain forest reserve. Thereby you take no chances in fit or workmanship. Ladies’ Tailored Suits | Counsel for the defendants imme- | diately gave notice of the intention to | move for a new trial and were al- i : lowed to do so. The trial lasted twen- i ty days. CAUSED BY THUNDERBOLT. Made by the Faultless Tailoring Co, ot Chicago are the best and all wan-tailored. Call and ex- amine our large line of samples. Allthelatest weaves and fabrics Satisfacti’'nGuaranteed Injured. Chicago, Sept. 14.—Sixty men were injured, two fatally, six horses were nois Brick company practically de- stroyed when a thunderbolt crashed into two of the largest buildings of the South Eyanston plant, Sixty men were about the premises and not one escaped without injury. LADIES’ SKIRTS with every suit. Our new fall line is ready for your inspection. A com- parison with other lines is all we ask to get our share of the skirt business. New dress goods arriving daily. E.H.WINTER & COMPY. Many were pinned beneath the rafters of the building as it collapsed. Others were rendered unconscious. when the stable was struck and three were in- jured when an attempt was made to stop the progress of the flames which were - devouring the wreckage. The shock was one of the most severe ex- perienced in Chicago for years. 'The | electric cars of the Chicago and Evan- i ston line were put out of business for | meveral hours, 8Bhaw Attacks Bryan's Dactrines. Newport, Tenn., Sept. 14.—Secre- | tary of the Treasury Leslie- M. Shaw 1 'Apoke hera to a crowd of about 700 people. The secretary defended the Republican administration, upheld the “trusts ag a’ general proposition and vigorously attacked Mr. Bryan's doc- trines, particularly hi | Brick Plant Destroyed and Sixty Men | killed and the entire plant of the Illi- | specials,” and he is well liked by the general public. Gentlemen! If you are looking for a suit or overcoat that is well made, of good. dependable material, you can find it in our clothing department. The price will be less than the exclusive clothers would ask you. We don’t Have to Depend thats why. Fall style Lanpher Hats, $3.00 . . ‘Y’l‘mlfl L “'oo You Should § = e ~ & Crosette factory, L 4 hands, strings and windsors,. . .. ; ; Takes Charge Tomorrowr Frank 8. Lycan of Crookston, who with his brother, W. 8. | Lycan, has leased the Markham !hotel, is in the city and islooking over'the hotel property prepara- tory to taking possession of the same: tomorrow morning. Mr, Lycan has but little to say today relutive to his future plans concerning the hotel, beyond that it will maintain the same high standard that it has enjoyed heretofore, Vorlicky-Wetherbee. - i Frank W. Wetherbee and Miss Anna_Vorlicky, = both former Grand Forks residents, ‘were| united in marriage today by Judge of Probate Clark. ‘ The newely wedded couple left at once for Mr, Wetherbee's :farm| near Cass Lake, where they will|: make their future home, = | The Burglar and the Waifis| the title of the next play to be given at the Opera hot r L so4e ciommet o8 it