Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 23, 1907, Page 1

VOLUME 4. NUMBER 232 MINNESOTA HISTORICA SOCIETY, THE BEMIDJI DAILY PION EER BEMIDJ1, MINNESOTA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 23, 1907. TEN CENTS PER WEEK MOORE-CHERRY-ANDERSON COMBINE “DID” CROOKSTON “Shorn Lambs’ in the ‘‘Queen City’”’ Awakening to the Fact That the Stock Proposition Was Far from Being as Represented. Crookston Times: There are a uumber of Crookston business men who purchased stock ina Real Estate investment company a short time since who are now asking themselves if they have been swindled. Three men whose names were J. S. Moore, H. W. Cherry and Franklyn Anderson came to the city recently and offered some presumably gilt-edged stock for sale. They stated that they had| recently been with the American Real Estate company of New York, which really is one of the; most substantial investment companies in the country and claimed that they were going to start the same kind of a con- cern in this state. They had a great deal of the literature, let-; ter heads and advertising circu- lars of the New York concern which they showed to prospect- ive buyers of stock and stated that their plan of business would { be on the same order as that of the Big New York concern. The plan seemed very plausible and the men were smooth talkers and they soon had sold twenty shares of the stock in their new cuncern to twenty Crookston business men at $100 per share, Some of these men promised to pay for their stock on the install- m.nt plan but the majority of thewn gave a note for the amount and the note was no sooner given thun it was taken to-the nearest bank and discounted. Shortly af vr the men left the city all of the banks here were notitied by th: New Y.rk Real Estate com pany to be on the lookout - for the se three men, stating that one of them bad been in their ewploy and that he had been dis- chirged and that they under- stood that he was operating as a representative of theirs in North- era Minnesota. Other reports of alleged irregularity on the part of the men came in and it now appears that one of them is in jail at Bemidji, another at Hi bing and that there are war- rants out for them in several parts of the state. Just whether they were swindled, however, is a matter of conjecture on the part of the Crookston men, as one of the local banks recently received notice from one of the big national banks of Minneapolis that they would make good any claims against these three men. | Whether this means that they have taken up the plan of the men and will carry it through (it is claimed by some Crookston bankers to have been a very feas- ible plan and a money maker) or whether they will back out when they learn the extent of their dealings, remains to be seen. J. R. Moore, the smooth gentle- men who languishes in the Bel- trami county jail awaiting the action of the next grand jury on the double charges of grand iarceny and passing forged instruments, is a much-wanted man, judging from the list of officials of the law who have been in Bewidji with papers for his arrest. The Crookston Journal says of the latest visitor here who was in search of the gentle- man with the smooth ‘‘con:” “‘Deputy Sheriff Louis Gonyea, Jr,, returned from Berridji yes- terday after an unsuccessful attempt to bring back with him J. R. Moore whois accused of swindling a number of business men of this city. He found Moore under asrest on a similar charge at Bemidjiand was unable to get him.” The sheriffs of Itasca and St, Louis counties also desire a “‘whack’’ at - Moore, who is evi- dently doomed to a continued round of pleasure as a guestat county jails throughout the north half of the state for his acts in getting other people’s money. THE BAND WILL GIVE A CONGERT AND DANGE The Third ot the Indoor Series Wil Be the Attraction at Opera House Tonight. The Bemidji band will give its thiré in-door concert for this season at the city opera house this evening, January 23. At the conclusion of the concert, the Bemidji orchestra will furaish music for dancing. The following is the program for the concert: ORCHESTRA March—"Fall River Line” Swelley Vocal Solo—(Selected). . -....Miss Ida Brown BAND March—"The Annihilator”.. March—"Bold Front’ Musical Director—Mr. T, Symington. Plano Accompanist—Miss Maud Olson. Of the above numbers, there are several selections that are entirely new, both for ochestra and band, and will be rendered here for the first time, on Rejected Bid for Wood. A meeting of the Board of Education of the city of Bemidji was held last evening. Awmong the business taken up was the matter of counsidering bids for the furmishing of 200 cords of wood for the local schools. There was but one bid s ibmitted,and the bidder agreed tu furnish 200 cords of green-cut jackpine at $2 75 per cord.. The board rejected the bid and de- cided to re-advertise for bids for the same amount of wood, the bids to be opened at a meeting of the board to be beld February 13. Will Play at Blackduck. The Henderson company pre- |sented ‘‘The Girl I Love” last evering, to a fair-sized audience. The play was a strong one and the different parts in the cast were handled very acceptably. The company will play at Blackduck tonight, Thursday 2 and Friday nights, and will re- turn to Bemidji Saturday morn- ing. A matinee performance will be given Saturday afternoon, and the company will also give a strong bill Saturday evening. Concert Was a Success. The concert which was given Wednesday evening. Tickets to the concert are 50c, to the dance 50c; subscribers to band are admitted tree to con- cert. Should Hear Conant. Be sure and hear Conaut sing and speak, in the Baptist church this evening, Tomorrow even- ing Rev. Conant will deliver an address on “The Unpardonable Sin,” Don’t miss it. at the M. E. church Monday evening by local talent was one of the best musical affairs ever attempted in this city. Where all did so well, it would be unfair to make especial mer- tion of anyone who took part in the affair, but every number on the program was well received and thoroughly enjoyed. Read the Daxlv Ploneer FIRE AT BRAINERD LAST ENJOINS PROPOSED THE VILLAGE OF WALKER NIGHT; LOSS IS $15,000 ISSUE OF G, N STBGK IN SEHIUI{Sj]EDIGAMENT N. P. Bank Block and Five Other Build- ings Destroyed Before the Flames Are Extinguished. Brainerd, jan. 23, —(Special to the Pioneer.)—Fire last night destroyed six business buildings and their contents, in the busi- ness center of Brainerd, and caused a total loss exceeding $15,000. The fire was discovered at an early hour in the evening and burned steadily until after mid- night, before the fire department was able to get the flames under control, The fire started in the under- taking establishment of Losey & Dean, on Front street, and destroyed that building and five others including the N. P. bank block, No one was injured at the fire, although great excitement pre- vailed while the flames were raging. Joint Installation. The newly-elected officers of the Modern Woodmen and Roval Neighbors were jointly installed at the 1. 0. O. F. hall last even- ing and the occasion was made a most enjoyable one. Mrs. Atwood, a former mem- ber of the Akeley lodge who affiliated with the local lodge recently, . acted as installing officer for the Neighbors, and I. M. Foster, P. C., installed the Woodmen officers. At the conclusion of the install- ation, an oyster supper was served. There was music dur- ing the eveningand general chat | aad a good time. — Judgs Hallam, of Ramsey County Dis- trict Court, Grants Application of Attorney General Young. CUTTING OF PRESIDENT HILL'S MELON HAS BEEN POSTPONED Great Northern Will Appeal Case to the Supreme Court:—Decision Early Next Sammer. St. Paul, Jan. 23.—(Special to the Pioneer.)—Judge Hallam, of the Ramsey county district court, today postponed the cut- ting of President Hill's Christ- mas melon indefinitely. The mnjunction asked for by the state, through’Attorney General Young, was granted, which means that the contemplated $60,000,000 ‘ stock issue cannot be made until the case has been through the supreme court. The Great Northern will at once appeal to that court, in the hope of getting the case on at the April term, in which case the decisioi_l may be cbtained early next summer. The injunction filed today by Judge Hallam con- tinues until the litigation is ended or some further order is made by the court. Twenty-five Years in Prison. Bpanerd, Minn., Jan. 28.— Jud"e McCleuahan yesterday sentenced” Henry Towers to twenty-five years in prison for murder in the third degree. Towers shot Albert Hagadorn on !Chns&mas day. No Electric Lights or Kerosene Oil,fand All the Candles Have Been Exhausted. Walker, Minn., Jan 23.— (Special to the Pioneer.)—Walker | has exhausted its coal supply and faces a peculiar predicament. The electric light plant was obliged to shut down Saturday night owing to lack of coal. As & greater part of the residences in the village use electric light, a run was made on the kerosene supply, and by 9 o’clock Satur- day every drop of oil in town had. been bought as the merchants were caught unawares. As the demand far exceeded the supply, those who were unfortunate in getting their portion of ol bought candles. Sunday evening there was not a candle for sale in Walker, as the stores had completely ex- hausted their supply. At this writing kerosene is a luxury in the village, while candles are con- sidered a necessity. Many homes have neither, and unless oil is received today, many of the homes will be in darkness to- night, while the stores will be obliged to close their doors. Freight of every description is moving slowly in Northern Minnesota, and the merchants find it about as difficult to secure shipments of vil as they do coal. Orders have been in for over two weeks. Flexible Ivory. Ivory may .be rendered flexible by immersion in a solution of pure phos- phoric acld—specific grayity 1.13—untll It partially - gains” In ‘transparency. “Then it 1s washed ‘in eolfl, soft water ‘nnd drfed. " Tt will harden if exposed to | air, but may again be made pliable by i Immersing ln hot water A Range Is Somethmg Like a Horse You pay so much for a horse, its feed and keep a- mount to so much a year, and you get so much’ work from it and it lives so long: You pay so much for a - range, its fuel and repairs cost so you much, and you get so much cooking from it, and it lasts you so long- Themostexpensiveitem about either a horse or a range is not, usually, the first cost---its the yearly feedand fuel bill. ranges are an a.ccumulatlon of new ideas and valuable 1mprovements in steel range cm,structlon on scien the ordinary range tific basis. The top of a range does four-fifths of the Work it .is al- ways in use, The MONARCH top being made of maleable iron, heats so quickly that the work is done without burning ¢ out the fire box or wasting fuel, it will not crack, break nor - warp with even three times the abuse that would destroy For neatness,beauty, durability, attractiveness and fimsh the MONARCH is head and shoulders ahead of a,nythmg on the market. They are not expensive—fifty dollars 1s not: a big vrice for a range—and you certainly get more for your- - money than you would if you were to buy a twenty-five dol- lar range, we have them, come in and compare them. it will cost you nothing. and we want you to see the difference. J.A.LUDINGTON BEMIDJI, MINN. PAULINE SATHER FOUND; IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION Girl Who Was to Have Married John Sather of Bemidiji Victim of Criminal Operation at Minneapolis.--- Tried to Take Carbolic Acid. Minneapols, Jan. 23.—(Special to Pioneer.)—Pauline Sather dis- appeared from her home in Min- neapolis a day before she was to have been married and - was missing several weeks. She'has been found through information of a medical student and tried to kill herself by . taking carbolic acid when officers reached her hiding place. She has been the viciim of a criminal operation and is in a serious condition. The girl’s disappearance created a sensation as she was about to .be -married to John Sather of Bemidji, Minn., whose family name is the same as hers but who is no relation. The mystery deepened as the police searched vainly for the girland it was even rumored that she might have been mur- dered. Sather came to Minneapolis expecting to marry Miss Sather only tolearn she had vanished the day before that set for the wedding, so returned disconso- late to Bemidji. Subsequentily Rev. N. A, Sather, the girl’s uncle with whom she lived, received two notes from her saying she. was all right and would in" a short time apprise him of her where- abouts, | * But mo news' of her hiding place came, Friday the Daily News~ pub: lished a story about the case in |1080d 0’ be extremely crl nesota medical student was mentioned as that of a yeung man who sometimes called on Miss Saiher. Knutson saw this in print and Saturday telephoned to Miss Sather’s uncle, making an ap- pointment with him, explaining that he had some news. of Miss Sather. Rev. Sather notified the police and two detectives accompanied him to the rendezvous appointed by Knutson. When the young man appeared be was taken into custody. Knutson told the police: that Miss Sather could be found at 18064 4:h ave. s. The detectives went to this address and found the young woman alone in a room. When they asked her'if she was Pauline Sather the girl seized a bottle of carbolic acid and sought to drink the contsnts, The police pre- vented her doing so and re- strained her while plying their question. Miss Sather said she had sub- mitted eight days ago to a crimi- nal operation but refused - to say at whose hands, Koutson denied- that he had anything to do with the operation declaring a physician performed ity but would not tell the -police who the physician was: Miss Sather’s conditi cal which the name of Albert.Knut-|and she “was~ removed to _the son, & former University of Min-{ aneapohs city hospital. {THREE ADDITIONAL CASES OF SMALEPOX DISCOVERED Two In the Charles Heydn Camps:Néar Blackduck and One Near Northome In Itasca County. Three ' additional ' cases 'of | smallpox have been. discovered in the country north of Bemigji, all of which have been propealy at- tonded.toand the parties afficted with the diseases are under strict quarantine, or else being con- veyed to the county pest house. Dr. Blakeslee, county health officer, returned this morning from a trip to the logging camps of Charles Heydn, three miles north of Blackduck, where he fourd two men who were afflicted | . with smallpox. The -doctor ar- ranged for the overland trans- Married This Morning. ndrew Grover Adamson and Annie Kienlen were marnad at 8 30 o’clock this morning, " in St. Authony s chapel,- Rev. Father mony. The sponsers at the cere- mony were Mr. Peter Beihm and Miss Lena Bethm. The groom is a well-to-do resi- dent of St. Peter, and owns a viluable.farm at that place. The brid hasalso lived at St. Peter. Itis the intention of “Mr. and Mrs. Adamson to take a brief wedding trip to Du'uth, and on their return from the “Zenith City,” they will take up their residence in Bemidji and make their home here. WOLVES ARE EXCEEDINGLY BOLD NEAR TENSTRIKE portation of the men to the county One Large “Varmint” Plays Tag to-the pest house and quarantined the camp in order to pre'veut spread of the]contagion. There is another case, near Northome, and the smallpox pa- vient is being brought overland to the pest house, but thisis an Itascs county case, Welsh Rabbit Fiasco. 3 “When I was starting my apart- ment,” remembered the bachelor, “sev- eral of my lady friends wired me they would bring a small party of people up for Welsh rabbit. I went out and bought a chafing dish, the handsomest I could find; a dozen plates, silver knives and forks and spoons and nap- kins and a table to set the rabbit out on, 8o that the rabbit, which at a res- taurant would have cost about $1 all told, cost me about $85. And then they didn’t come.”—New York Press.. His Oppostte. Jenkins—I' am fold that the happiest marriages are between people who are exactly opposite in every respect to each other, 01 am looking for a young lady of that sort, don’t you know. Miss ert—Then you have come to the right place. Come to the other side of the room, and I'll introduce you to & bright, Intelligent, well educated girl. | Decetved. \"lwmttogetndlvomfmmmy fo. “On what ground?’ ! “Well, I don’t know the legal term it, but she didn’t tell me before I led her that she was an elocution- o ‘O’Dwy.r performing the cere- Discomfiture and Terror of H. J. Botting. Tenstrike, Jan. 23.—(Special to Pioneer.)—The wolves are get. ting real tame and hungry in this vicinity, as the following story will prove: Yesterday, as H. J. Botting was driving from Camp 2 t> Camp 1, with ahog in his sled, he had a very novel experience. He had gone about three miles, and looking back to see that everything was all right, was very much surprised to seea large timber wolf enjoying a meal of fresh pork. After driving the wolf from the sled he proceeded on his journey. The wolf was not easily discouraged, and followed for about a mile, and made many attempts to get into the sled again. The wolves are thick here and are killing a great many deer. It would probably be of interest to sportsmen and hunters to find some way in which to kill them off, in order to protect the deer and other game, FAr s A