Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, October 26, 1907, Page 1

| R ..‘,qwflwLP‘ VOLUME 5. NUMBER 160. BELIEVES PARCELS POST GOOD FOR THE MERCHANTS Congressman Halvor Steenerson Gives an Interesting Inter- view Relative to the Much-Discussed Proposition and His Views as to Its Workings. Congressman Steenerson has given| York for 64 cents, whereas, if the out the following package was addressed to any post to the much-mooted parcels post|office in Great Britain, Scandnavia, proposition: France, Germany or any of the 22 “I notice that the subject of par-|countries in the international parcel post has been considered by |convention, it would be carried for and wholesale merchants| 48 cents, and not only this, but a throughout the country and that|package weighing more than four they seem to fear the prospect of | pounds would be refused if addressed the inauguration of parcel post. to a post office in the United States “Now, there seems to exist a good |or its dependencies, but would be deal of misinformation on this sub-|carried to foreign post offices men- ject among the people judging, from | tioned. N the different views that have been| “The Postmaster General has expressed. announced that he intends to rec- “In the first place it should be ommend to congress the establish- remembered that we now have parcels, parcel post in the United States, inireducing the domestic parcel post as much as the postal service car-|to 12 cents per pound and increas- ries packages up to four pounds at|ing the weight of the package to 11 the rate of postage of 16 cents a|pounds, so as to correspond, both in pound. rate and weight to the foreign “In the next place we have inter-|schedule. He proposes to recom- national parcel post, which has been | mend the adoption of special rate arranged by postal agreement with | for parcels on rural routes so that twenty-two different foreign coun-|any package mailed by a patron of under which parcel con-|the same route, or at the distributing ventions packages to the weight|post office on such route, the charge of 11 pounds are carried at the rate shall be 5 cents for the first pound of 12 cents per pound. and two cents for each additional “It should be remembered that|pound up to 11 pounds, or 25 cents the first kind of parcel post, which : for a package weighing 11 pounds. is limited to the United Statesand| “If this proposal should be its dependencies, is established by ‘ adopted the result will be a differ- statute, and by another international | ential in favor of the local merchant agreement. But there is a regret-|for it would cost the mail order able incongruity between the twn, | houses 12 centsa pound or $1.52 for 11 pounds,whereas, the merchant at the distributing post office, or any patron on the rural route could interview relative cel retail ment of uniform rates for tries with the result that a person now could send a package from Crooks- ton weighing four pounds to AYE\VI Lumber and Building Material We carry in stock at all times a complete line of Lumber and Building Material, Dimensions, etc. Look us up for your winter supply of Coal and Wood We have a large supply St. Hilaire Retail Lbr. Co. BEMIDJI, MISN. Munsing Underwear The sensible, serviceable, satis- factory, perfect fitting kind for men, women and children. Our trade each seasen has grown on this popular underwear; it’s the most satisfactory underwear we ever sold. Tt fits well, looks well and wears well. Our cus- tomers who have worn it will buy no other kind. It’s made right and priced right. We recommend it to all our trade as the be.t popular priced knit underwear on the market. (0’Leary & Bowser Bemidji, Minn. o JI DAILY PIONEEF MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY, BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 26, 1907. FEBRUARY 7TH IS DATE OF HANGING Governor Johnson Names Date on Which Munn and Mathieson, Convicted of Murder, Will be Executed in the Beltrami Country Jail FORTY CENTS PER MONTH Muann’s Attorney Will Attemptto Sécure New Trail..--Math- ieson Council Will Try to Have the Sentence Com- mutted to Life Imprisonment St. Paul, Oct. 26.—(Special to Pioneer.) — Yesterday atfernoon, Governor Johnson filed the papers setting the dates on which M. S. Munn and Peter Mathieson, who are now confined in the Beltrami county jail at Bemidji, shall be hanged. Friday (the proverbial hangman’s day) February 7th, was the date chosen by the governor when there will be a double hanging within the walls of the Beltrami county jail, unless the counsel for the two men succeed in securing the sentences commuted to life imprisonment, or obtain an order for a stay of pro- ceedings awaiting the outcome of application for a new trial. The governor very much disliked the task officially thrust upon him, but recognized his plain duty and unflinchingly performed his plain duty, and desiring to clear up many official acts awaiting his consider- ation, among others set the dates for the Bemidji hanging. It is known that the governor has an abhorrance of the infliction of capital punishment, an impression gained in his youth, at St. Peter,hav- ing' made a great impression upon him, It is understood here that- the attorneys for Munn and Mathieson intend to make every effort to save their clients from suffering the death penalty, and it is intimated that some officials around the capital wish them success in their éfforts to commute the sentences to life imprisonment. Crookston, Oct. 26.—(Special to send the same package for 25 cents, “In view of the usually exhorbi- tant rate of express companies there is a general demand for - more ex-| tended parcel post service. and it would seem that if the opposition of the local merchants and whole- salers dependent upon them could be thus overcome the proposed re forms would meet with general approval.” DOINGS IN THE VARIOUS CHURGHES OF THE CITY Hours of Worship and Subjects of Ser- mons to Be Delivered in the City Tomorrow. Catholic Church—There will mass tomorrow at 8:30 and 103 a. m. German Lutheran—Service wil! held at the court house tomorrow &t 3 p. m. E. Ulbricht, Cass Lake. Norwegian Lutheran — Services will be held in the Norwegian Luth- eran church tomorrow evening at- 8 o’clock. Sunday school at noon. Carl Stromme, pastor, Presbyterian — Morning worship at 11. Subject “Man’s Dignity Be- fore God.” Bible class and Sunday schoo] at 12:15. Jr. C. E. at 3 p. m.; Sr.C.E.at 7 p. m. Evening ser- vice at 8. Subject “Jonah.” There will be special music by the choir. In the evening Mrs. Youngren will sing a solo. All not worshiping else- where are invited to worship withus. Baptist—"Why Paul Wasn’t Ashamed of the Gospel at Rome” will be the.subject in the Baptist church tomorrow morning. Hour of service, 11 o’clock. Sunday school at 12:10. Mr. Tagenstrom, the Sun- day school missionary for Minnesota, will present the state Sunday school banner to the school, won by them for three years in succession. Every scholar is asked to be present to wel. come back the banner. B.Y.P. U. at 7:15. Evening service at 8. Ernest Tagenstrom of Minneapolis will speak at the evening service. Mr. Tagenstrom is a good speaker and very fluent. Everybody come. First M. E. Church—Then will be the regular services throughout the day. Preaching at 11 a. mx Sun- day school at 12 m.; Epworth League at 7 p. m.; preaching at 8. In ithe absence of our regular pastof ztev Burns will preach both morning and gvcning. Rev. Burns is a good speaker and will be enjoyed by all who hear him. There will be good music at both services. Mrs. Ji A. Youngren will sing in the morning and the choir and congregational singing will be up to the usual good “|standard. A most cordial invitation is extended to all and especially to the strangers remaining in our city over Sunday. Rev. J. H. Denniston, pastor. Strike Interferes with Freight Service. | The strike of the boilermakers at tiord is having a somewhat 14 effect on the traffic over the % L railway. Especially is this i the freight service between ity and Big Falls. The engines on the “locals” have been the of much delay of late. ¥ ¢ sterday, the north-bound freight train, which is due to leave Bemidji north-bound for Big Falls at 7:50 a. m., did not start on the northern trip until 7 last evening,. being almost twelve hours “to the bad.” The boiler of the engine was leaking, which caused the delay. Dave Phillips was the conductor in charge of the train, and F. D. Stillings was ahead on - the locomo- tive; and fatalists marvel that neither of these gentlemen were ‘concerned that it was Friday, and that- the number of the caboose was “13,” the engine. being “213.” Attention, K. of P.’s. All members of Bemidji Lodge, Knights of Pythias, are urgently requested ‘to be present at the regu- lar meeting of the lodge, -which will be held next Tuesday even- ing. The third rank will be conferred on three candidates, and the busi- ness meeting will be followed by a social session, at which a' lunch will be served. Increase in Pension. Word was received this morning that the pension of Charles O. Glidden, formerly a member of Co. F, Eighth Minnesota Infantry, had been raised to $12 per month, from NrErErceATI\IEPE BDAAE March 3, 1907. Local news on last page Pioneer.)—E. D. Clough, attorney for M. S. Munn, who is senténced to hang at Bemidji, is not in the city, but Mr. Pearson, who -is in charge of the office, states that it is the intention of Mr. Clough and his associate in the case, Mr. Taylor of Warroad, to move for a new trial for Munn, and that they are hopeful of succeeding in getting the case re- tried. Gibbons & Torrance of this city, who were attorneys for Peter Math- ieson, state that they will make every effort to have the sentence of death imposed upon Mathieson, commuted to life imprisonment, and that they will begin on the case as soon as possible. probably as soon as the transcript of the evidence in the case was prepared. [LATEST FROM OFFICIL NARRATOR, WILLIAM JOSIE The Sage of the Blackduck Handear Club Gives the Pioneer a Recent “‘Spiel.” William Josie, the official narrator for the Blackduck Handcar Club, has gotten hold of a “new one.” He ‘‘sprung it” on the Pioneer man, yes- terday, about as follows: “I remember being in North Dakota the fall of 1889 working with a threshing crew, and recall a remark made by one of the crew, a French-Canadian named Doucette, &hat‘was about as good a get-off as I ever heard, that is, considering the source from which it came, this man Doucette being very quiet, and not overly bright, and like most of his kind, his English was very poor as to quality. “It was the first time the cream separators came out, and as most of the Dakota farmers are careless as to how they feed the “hoboes,” as they used to call us, we used to fare pretty slim. “Themilk this farmer’s wife used to dish up to us at the table first under- went the cream separator process. The consequences were that the milk, when it got to us, was about the taste and color of a tub of bluing water, after a big day’s washing had been rinsed through it. ‘“Well, we were at breakfast, and it began-torain a little. The farmer’s wife” was pretty gabby. She made the remark that there would be no work that day. One of the men, not noticing the weather, asked why. She said: ‘It is raining.’ The man looked out of the window and said, ‘Sure enough, it is.’ “Doucette, who had not spoken, looked up from from his plate and said: ‘Wal, yas, she’srain. I tink dats bettaire you tar papier your cow. She’s leek lak the dev; de rain she all pass on de milk; haint het’ “Nothing mote was said in regard to the weather.” Colonel Funkley Home. Henry Funkley, who has been absent in the west for three weeks, arrived home today, Mr. Funkley had quite a trip, in- cluding a long automobile ride through part of Idaho, and he states that he enjoyed the trip immensely. Grand Forks, Oct. 26.—(Special to the Pioneer.)—A large delegation of Elks left this city, this morning at 8 o’clock, on a special train, for Minot, where the Minot Lodge, No. 1989, is being instituted today and this evening. C. J. Covington and Fred Jordon of Bemidji, No. 1052, arrived last night. They were loaded with catchy cards, advertising the annual meeting of the Minnesota State Association of Elks, which will be held at Bemidji next summer. Covington and Jordon were “live ones,” and Jordon got back from the East side, this morning, just in ELKS BOUND FOR MINOT TO INSTITUTE THE LODGE C. J. Covington and Fred Jordon Represent B,emidii on the Trip West.---Crookston Elk Quartette and Little German Band Accompanies Special T\ ain. time to catch the rear coach of the special for Minot. The little German band from Crookston came over and joined the crowd on the special to Minot. The band is composed of the following members: F. W. Walker, Arthur Kirsch, Bunnell, B. D. Keck, E. J. Keating, H. F. Brown, Wm. Munch, Sam Steiglitz, M. Mossefin, John Kirsch, Pig Martin, instructor. The Elks quartet of Crookston, also aboarded the special, the singers being, Bill Krause, basso profundo; Hitchcock, seventh heaven tenor; Toutant and Candy Kid Wessel. The crowd on the special is the liveliest bunch of good fellows that ever went out of Grand Forks. Will Erect Handsome Residence. Mrs. J. M. Markham has let the contract to Thomas Johnson, the contractor and builder, for the erec- tion of a new residence on her lots at the corner of Bemidji avenue and Seventh street. The plans for the residence call for a two-story house, 28x44 feet, with a full basement. ~There will be eleven nicely-arranged rooms, and the residence will be fitted with all modern improvements, including water, bath rooms, sewer connec- tions, and a hot-water heating plant of the latest make. The residence, which will be com- pleted about January 1, will be one of the most modern in the city, and will make a fine home for Mrs. Markham and her son Walter. Markham Sunday Dinner. Remember that you can take your family to the Markham hotel and partake of a fine Sunday dinner which will be served at 6 o’clock to- morrow. Don’t bother with home cooking, when you can be served so nicely. —s Local news on last page put up by Griffin & Skelly. New Canned Goods We are daily receiving our line of choice CALIFORNIA CANNED GOODS These goods have no equal in the market and a trial will convince you of the quality of cur canned fruits and vegetables. Prices are the same as last year. ROE & MARKUSEN Phone 207 0AK Chief steel range. ing and in the rich, smooth, with su-prisingly little fuel. range. 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