Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, May 17, 1907, Page 1

EMIDJI DAILY PIONEER MIKESOTA HISTORICAL SDCIETY VOLUME 5. NUMBER 25 BEMIDJ1, MINNESOTA, FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 17, 1907. TEN CENTS PER WEEK REMAINS OF MAN FOUND--- FOUL PLAY IS SUSPECTED Badly Decomposed Remains of a Man Found in Eight Feet of Water in Gull Lake---Had Been There Nearly Two Months. What may later prove to have!in the hospital for the past two been a cold-tlooded murder was unearthed at ‘Tenstrike yester- day afternoon at about five o’clock, when the body of an un- known man was found in Gull lake about ten feet from the shore. It seems that George W. Wet- sel, who was on the shore of the lake in company with another person, discovered the badly de- composed body of an unknown man. The body was at once taken from the water and the coroner at Bemidji notified of the finding of same. Deputy Coroner, J.P. Lahr, went to Tenstrike last evening to view the remains and as are sult of said visit the body will be brought to Bemidji today and an autopsy be held. Since the finding of the body the remains have been 1dentified as those of John Johnson. It develops that early in Feb. ruary John Johnson and another man named Peter Matihison| hired out to William Fellows to cut timber and they established their camp near the lake and batched it while doing the work. The men were busily engaged for five or six weeks, cuttinglogs | on the claim of William Fellows, two miles from town. At the time of the disappear- ance of Johnson, Matihison also disappeared for two weeks, and | when he returned for his clothes | and money his story was a plaus- 108 one. Tle said that he had been sickj weelts and that he and his part- ner were going to locate in the west. And that his partner had already gone. With this story he succeeded in arousing no sus- picions and also was permitted to take with him his clothes as as well as those of Johnson, and the balance of the money due both men was paid by Fellows to Matihison, Matihison took a team and drove to the shanty and was per- mitted to take whatever he saw fit with him. A short time after this he was again seen on the streets of Ten- strike, well dressed and in an in- toxicated state. He stated to several parties here that he was intending to go west, and with this the incident was closed with the Tenstr ke people until the find yesterday. From all that can be learned at this time, Johnson was a man about thirty eight or forty years of age and single. He was a sober and industrious man and had accumulated a little. It is said that he has a home- stead in Roseau county or near Crookston and that he has some money deposited in a Crookston bank. But little is known of his life here and no known relatives are known to any of the people at Tengstrike. The Bemidji officials aided by the citizens of Tenstrike are doing what they can to locate the supposed perpetrator of the crime. LAKE BEMIDJI A PLEASURE RESORT FOR FISHERMEN e The First Warm Days of Spring See the Lake Dotied With Fishermen--- Fine Strings Caught. This morning was the first day of the spring that has opened sufficiently warm to attract fish- ermen in any great numbers. This morning and forenoon, however, many boats have been out, and some very nice strings were brought in. The pike caught so far this season are larger than usual, and they have good appetites. If this warm weather contin- ues it is expected there will be quite an influx of fishermen dur- ing the next few days, and Grand Forks Bay and Lavina will com- mence to show signs of life again. It is expected that there will be quite a number of cot- tages built during the summer, both at the bay and across the lake, a number of lots having already been sold at Lavina (formerly Mississippl) It is expected thas Lavina, on the east shiore of the lake, will in time beccme quite a resort. There is now a vostoffice there, also a store and hotel. A depot has already been built there this spring, and the passenger trains will make regular stops from now on. Guide's Body Found. Pine River, Miun,, May 17.—| (Special to Pioneer.)—Edward Archibald, one of the best known guides in this vicinity, whose headquarters were at the Kabe- kona resort, twenty-five miles from here, was found dead yes- terday at Birch Point, between Girl lake and Woman Lake, by a party which had gone in search when a searching party was or- ganized. It is believed that the guide lost his way and that his eath was due to exposure. He relatives are supposed to reside in Montreal, Canada. To the Ladies of Bemidiji. All free gift tickets good for one cake of Fleischmanns Com- pressed yeast, will be redeemed at the Model and Lakeside bak- eries. Give it a trial, it costs you nothing, and you will be sur- prised at the result. It’s the best yeast in the world. OPENING LAST NIGHT MANY SKATED ROLLERS Very Successful Opening of the New Opera House and Roller Skating Rink Last Night. The Bemidji Amusement com- pany opened the roller skating rink and opera house last night. A large number of people were | present, over 300 tickets having been sold. The event was a suceess in every respect, and the 200 pair of skates owned by the company wers all in use. Music was furnished through- out the evening by the Bemidji band,and at 10:00 the gong called the skaters off the floor, ard dancing was indulged in from that time to the early hour of i morning in response to music by {Symington’s orchestra. From this time on untl the carpenters finish a Jot of uncom- pleted work, the rink will be open for skating afternoons from 12:30 to 5, and evenings from 7:50 to 11 o’clock. The company has a force of men at work finishing the stage and dressing room, in order to have the house ready for the of him. Archibald left his shack near Kabckona last Wednesday. He was nat mlssed \mtxl Sunday, opening play “The Woman of was fifty five years old, and his}’ Dudley Hotel Completed. All the mason work on the Dud- ley hotel and saloon buikding will be finished today, and work of plastering and interior finishings will ke rushed from now on to completion. The new build- ing is a handsome two-story structure, with pressed brick front, and is a marked im- provement to lower Minnesota avenue. It is worthy of note that Mr. Dudley is the first one of the property owners, on that street, whose buildings were de- stroyed in the fire last February, to rebuild. ““Simply Delicious.” Is the verdict of all after being served at. our sanitary soda fountain, Owl Drug Store. SYTTENDE MAI FEST AT GOURT HOUSE HALL Norwegian National Holiday Will Be Observed With Program This Evening. The 17th of May, Norway’s natal day, will be observed with appropriate program at the court house hall tnis evening. The 17th of May is the date of the Eidsvold convention on which date in 1814, the Norwegian Rigsdag adopted their present constitution, and upon the abdi- cation of King Frederick formed a union with Sweden, which lasted until June 1905. John Wilmann will make the address of welcome at the exer- cises this evening, and Dr. Christenson of Gass Lake will make the address of the occaX sion. There will be singing in- terspersed by the local Norweg ian male quartette, and an humorous Norwegian sketch will be introduced by local talent. Local news on the last page. DOINGS AMONG BEMIDJI'S COUNTRY NEIGHBORS' Live Cnrre;pondenis of the Pioneer Write the News From Their Localities. — = SCHOOLCRAFT. The school closed here last week with an entertainment in the evening which was pro. nounced good by all who were in attendance. Grandma Sours is very feeble and confined to her bed. Itwas hoped that as spring advanced she might gain strength so as to be able to make her customary visits among the neighbors. Miss Katie Schummer, who has been with Mrs. H. P, Rice the past few weeks, will com- mence work m Bemidji this week. Miss Nora Shaw is attending school in Bemidji, and visited at her home Sunday. Mr. Geo. Hayes, who taught our school this winter, has moved to his farm near Solway. Mr. Hayes and wife will be greatly missed as they have made -many friends during their six months’ stay among us, who regret their going away. The first fishing party of the season drove south to Rat Lake Sunday and from appearances one would think they were going to stay the season. Mr. and Mrs. Schroeder and children visited af Mr. E. F. Shaws Sunday. Mr. Barclay has moved on his claim near Yola. Ludim Taber was out from the city to spend Sunday with his parents. Louis Rice, who bought the Gasting property, is expected up from Iowa. We understand he will fence his farm and put sheep on. BLACKDUCK. — [From the American.] County Attorney Henry Funk- ley was in town Monday evening on legal business, H. C. Mickey returned from Minneapolis last night, where he purchased the necessary fixtures and stock for his cigar factory. He will cccupy rooms over Bray’ saloon, Sam Carrigan and wife started for-Wisconsin yesterday morn- ing and will be absent a couple of months. Mrs. Geo, H. French came up from Bemidji last Wednesday evening returning home the fol- lowing morning, The little son of Mr. and Mrs, N. J. Nelscn, of the Blackduck Bakery, who has been danger- ously ill with brain fever for several weeks, is showing_signs of improvement, HIGGINS,THE MISSIONARY, WORKING IN THE WEST Doing Active Mission Work in the Lumber Camps of Washington and Idaho. Spokane, Wash., May 11.— (Special to Pioneer.)—Rev. F, E, Higgins, called ‘‘the original sky- pilot,”has come to Spokane from a campaign in Minnesota and Wisconsin, and, assisted by Fred W. Davis and L. C. Michaels, formerly ‘lumberjacks,”” he will ‘begin a flying wedge movement into the forest wilds in Washing- ton and Idaho. The work which is supported by the synod of Washington and Presbyterian church congregations in Spokane, will include visiting the men in the camps and preaching the gospel to them, caring for the sick in hospitals and bunk-houses and supplying the choppers and loggers with reading matter, The movement will be extended into Oregon and Montana as soon as the campaign is underway in Washington and Idaho. Local news on the last page. Good Clothes; Nothing Else Money Cheerfully Refunded Clothing House Mail Orders Promptly Filled If you've got along as far as this without buying a Spring Overcoat, you win. We've been waiting for real spring weather to get you inter- ested, and here it is May. There’s a big lot of fine Spring Overcoats that were made to be worn; we’d rather take see them around town. less for them and We'll do it. The House of Kuppenheimer Spring Overcoats, in the latest models and fabrics; the pers fection of high class clothes, formerly priced as high as $20.00. We sacrifice them to the weather at Rain Coats, $15. They've been as high as $22. $12.50 Others marked down from $25 to $20. The House of Kuppen- heimer goods. Special Array of Spring Suits at $22 The very latest fabrics are represented and the most mod- ern of the fashions, browns, plaids, gre;s, two-tone English weaves in blue, all of the season’s. most favored novelties m the best styles at «.$22 o 1o S Vo AN In Shirts We are making a special $1.50 value for $1.00; cuffs attached or detached; cloths are London Town Madras. Many a man chooses new the Oxfords and stiff hats plaxd neckwear for its extreme novelty 5OC Mystery” to be presented on the evening of May 30. A dash of color with stripes for the keynote is the Spring Hosiery idea 25c idea. brim stiff hat. Talk to Us About Hats We'll tell you about the new Stetson $ 4 Lots of men are choosing the late G curve It is a New York You'll favor it in the Gordon $3 Law and Gives Amount Washington, May 15.—Secre- tary of the Interior Garfield to- day made public the details of the plan for the disposal of the 229,000 acres of land in the White Earth, Red Lake and Fon du Lac Indian reservations in ‘Minnesota that will be opened to settlement on July 1. These lands will be disposed of at the land offices at Cass Lake,Crookstonand Duluth land districts, beginning at 9 o’clock on the morning of July 1. It is shown from the detailed statement that various tracts ranging from 40 to 1,300 acres are in a dozen different town- ships of the Cass Lake district, and other tracts ranging from 640 to more than 21,000 acres in nine townships are in the Crooks- ton land district, the remainder being in the Duluth district. The total amount in each land district is as follows: In the Cass Lake district, com- prising the reservations of the Chippewas of the Mississppi,4, 722acres;Deer Creek reservation, 648 acres, and Red Lake district, 1,280 acres. In the Crookston land district there are 219,303 acres in the Red Lake reservation and 640 acres in~ the White Earth. / Applicants for these lands are required to possess the same qualifications as in the case of the ordinary homestead entries. Each settler is “required To pay for the land settled, upon, $1.25 for each acre, such payment to be made in five equal anrnual pay- ments, to be paid at the end of each year, The lands are to be disposed of to actual settlers only, under the provisions of the homestead law. The usual fee and commissions must be paid at the time of regu- lar entry, and when the com- mutation or final payment and proof gre made, it is ordered that GIVE PLANS FOR OPENING MINNESOTA INDIAN LANDS Secretary Garfield Announces Terms Under the Homestead of Tracts in Each of the Minnesota Indian Reservations the registers and receivers shal not collect any payment for lands in excess of 150 acres embraced in one enfry when the original entry is allowed, as the payment for such excess area will be in- cluded 'in the whole amount re- {quired to be paid in installments. The information sent by the commissioner of the general land office to registers and receivers in the three land districts covers in detail all instructions as to the disposition of these lands. Included in the instructions is one to the effect that all persons who go upon any of these lands from which the timber has been cat and removed under the act of 1902, some of which are included in the schedules of lands offered in the three land districts, or up- on any of the ceded Chippewa lands included in this Iist of 229,000 acres, with a view to set- tlement thereon prior to the hour the lands are formally opened to settlement and entry will be considered and dealt with as trespassers, and preference will be given to the prior legal applicant, notwithstanding such unlawful settlement. Under the act of March 1,1907, entrymen are also required to pay in addition to the fees and charges a pro rata charge for examination and investigation of the swampy and overflowed character of the land, as provid- ed in the act of June 21, 1906,and for drainage and reclamation of said lands. The amount of these charges cannot now be deter- mined. As soon as the charges are fixed, officers will be fully advised in regard thereto and also instructed in regard to the issuance of receipts upon the payment thereof. Settlers desiring descriptions of these lands should write the land offices at one of these dis- tricts. AMUSEMENTS. Frank Mahara’s Minstrels. It is hardly necessary to intro- duce the famous Mahara Broth- ers to the theatre-going public,as they have always been high in their estimate as first-class pur- veyers of minstrelsy and rag- time opera for the past sixteen years. This year with a new palace car, twenty-five colored artists, a magnificent comple- ment of scenery and costumes, and a combination of specialty artists, dancers, eccentric come- dians, novelty artists and sweet- voiced singers, Mahara Brothers seem to be able to substantiate their claim that they have reached the acme of minstrelsy. * The Mahara Minstrels will ap- pear at the City Opera House May 17. Tickets on sale at City drug store. The President Receives ‘‘Roney Boys.” |, Washington, D. C. President Roosevelt today re- ceived by appointment Henry B, Roney and ‘‘Roney’s Boys’ of Chicago, who gave the concert at rthe White House last Christmas to 600 invited guests of the Presi. dent and Mrs. Roosevelt. The President expressed himself as delighted again to see the boys, who are great favorites at the White House,thanked Mr. Roney for bringing them,and added: “I would see these boys before sena- tors, congressmen or anybody else.” These boys are ona con- cert tour covering thirty states and will be gone until June. At Opera house May 20, Additional local matter will be found on fourth page. FIRE THIS MORNING CAUSED $800 DAMAGE Campbell’s Club Restaurant Visited by Fire This Forenoon---Loss Covered By Insurance. ‘What might have been a dis- astrous fire was narrowly averted this morning, when a conflagra- tion broke outin Campbell’s Club restaurant on lower Beltrami avenue. The fire started from the chim- ney shortly before 9 o’clock and in a few minutes after the alarm the fire department had three streams playing on the flames. The fire was confined to the garret of the building, which is a two-story structure, rooms on the second floor being used for lodging purposes, and some of the guests of the place who are in the habit of sleeping late were hastily aroused, The garret was badly gutted * |and much damage was done by water. Part of the fixtures and furn- ishings were removed, and Mr, Campbell, who carried $700 in- surance, estimates his loss at about $800. The building, which is owned by the Markham estate, was damaged to the extent of $300, also covered by insurance. This is the fourth or fifth time there has been a fire in this building, which is one of the old- est structures in the city, during the past five or six years. Eal e SR Now On. Ice cream and soda season opens at the Owl Drug Store, Saturday May 18.