Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, March 18, 1908, Page 1

THE BEMIDJI Historical Society. - A = VOLUME 5. NUMBER 282. ATLY PIONE BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 18, 1908. MINKESOTA HISTCRICAL - FORTY CENTS PER MONTH WILL VOTE AGAIN ON SGHOOL PROPOSITION Propositior to Purchase Site and Erect School House.—Election Friday March 27th. NOTICE ON SPECIAL ELECTION of Independent School District of Bemidji. Whereas a petition bas been presented to the undersigned, as clerk of sald district, re- Questing that a special meetiak of the legal voters of sald district be called at the time and place, and for the purposes hereinafter seg forth, Now therefore, notice is hereby glven, that a special election of the legal voters of Tnde- pendent school district of Bemidjl will be held at the Central hool house located in block four () of th irst Addition to Be- midji, in the clty of Bemidji, Beltraml county, Minnesota, on Friday, the 27th day of March, 1908, at four o’clock p. m. for the pur- pose of voting upon the proposition of pur- chasing the tract of land hereinafter de- scribed, for a school site and the erection of a high school buildivg thereon, in said sehool district, and that the bonds of said school district, in the amount of thirty-five thous- and dollars (335,000), In_denominations of one thousand dollars (81,000 each, beariug interest at the rate of (5) per cent per annum, payablein fifteen years from date of issue, Interest payable semi-annually, be issued for the purchase of said site and the erection of the said high school building thereon. The description of the said lands proposed for the sald school site is Block D of Bemidji Townsite & Improvement Company's Sub- division of Outlots C. D. and E. of Bemidji. Beltrami County, Minnesota. Dated this 16th day of March, 1908, GRAHAM M. TURKA)CCI?E.I erk. Believing that the result of the recent election held in this city to vote on the proposition for bonding the Independent School District of Bemidji in the sum of $35,000 for the purchase of a site for a new school house and the erection of a school building thereon was not the true sentiment of all of the legal voters of the district, a number of the heaviest taxpayers in the dis- trict petitioned Graham M. Tor- rance, clerk of the school district, to call another election for the purpose of again voting on the proposition. Pursuant to this petition, Mr. Torrance has issued a notice for an election to be held on Friday, March 27, at 4 o’clock p. m., when the voters will again be given an op- portunity of voting for or against the purchasing of the proposed site and the erection of the building. At the election held on the 12th inst. there were but 436 votes cast, 288 being in favor of the proposition and 148 against, making 8 ballots of being two-thirds majority in favor of the proposition. It is certain that not half of those legally entitled to vote participated in the election and it is for the purpose of getting the opinion of all of the voters on the subject that the proposition is again sub- mitted. At the recent city election over 800 votes were cast, being twice the number who voted at the school election. When it is taken into consideration that only the male population of the city voted at the city election and that qualified voters among the ladies are entitled to cast their ballot at this election, the total number that are entitled to vote should be considerabley over 800. In order that all may fully under- stand the proposition as submitted to the voters, we are publishing the notice of election on another page of this issue and have also embraced it as a part of this article. Court Moving Slowly. District court is moving slowly, and so far but few cases have been considered by the couri. Yesterday afternoon petitions for naturalization were heard by Judge Spooner and allowed as follows: Peter Hanson Lurey, Peter Trond- sen Berven, Sakias Gabrielson, Wat- land Fred Sundby, Sam Holberg, Edward Olsson, Peder Jan Hansen Peter Gulbrand Belgen, Pohn Peter- son, Haggen Mathenmson Koppang, Martin Johnson, (name changed by court to Martin [Opsahl). Petition of Chase Helmer Chase continued. Case No. 3174, Charles Nangle vs. A. L. Godbout, came up for argu- ment to amend answer. Court adjourned to March 18th. Court re-convened this forenoon at 10 o’clock. The petit jury was called: John Jamtvold, O. J. Laqua, Ole Moen, Even Moe, A. P. Reeves and D. W. Miller were excused.. Not. served, William Norey and A. D. Hodgin. Jury excused until 1:30 p. m. The case of Emma Pearson vs. Nels Oman came up for hearing on on motion to dismiss appeal. Motion denied and new bond ordered in the sum of $100. Court adjourned until 1:30 this afternoon. At noon the grand jury had not returned any report. The criminal cases originally on the calendar for trial at this term is as toliows: Two cases of the State of Minne- sota vs. Charles Begeman; assault. State of Minnesota vs. George Cyr; robbery claimed to have been committed at Buena Vista. State of Minnesota vs. John Mec- Kay; same charge as Cyr. Two cases of State of Minnesota vs. William Foster; trespass claimed to have been committed on timber land near Wilton. State of Minnesota vs. Alex. Tay- lor; carnal knowledge of child under age. Three Insane Subjects. John Johnson, who claims that his residence is Duluth was yester- day committed to the insane asylum at Fergus Ealls, the insanity bdard of Beltrami county having pro- nounced him insane. Johnson has been stopping at the Lakeside hotel for some time past and recently posessed of the idea that he was a man of much means; that he had several millions in the old country and was now at the present time, acres of land in New York Mills, this state. As the genntleman was ing liquors, he was taken into custody as being mentallly un- balanced and was brought before the insane board. Falls yesterday afternoon. Edward Guyer of Ashland, Wis., who was picked up in the city a fewweeks ago, is being held, by of control as to what finding will be made by that board relative to Guyer’s mental condition. Guyer has been seeing several kinds of things lately, principally reptiles and beasts of prey, probably brought on by an indiscreet famili- aritywith [the flowing bowl. On account of Guyer being a non-resi- trol must pass on his case, and will probably pronounce Guyer insane, according to the recommendation of Judge Clark. This forenoon ceived a telephone message from Thief River sheriff to come to that place take into custody Charles Jonhson, a resident of the Town of Benville, Beltrami county, who was “bugs.” Johnson will be brought to Bemidji and taken before the board of in- sanity. Machinists and Boilermakers on Rio Grande Out. Denver, March 1..—Fifteen hundred machinists, boilermakers and mem- bers of kindred trades, working in the Denver and Rio Grande railroad shops, have struck in response to an order issued by W. J. McQueeney, repre- senting the machinistg’ national organ- ization, after a final conference at which Manager A. W:" Ridgeway of the railroad refused any concessions. “The strike will ultimately spread to every road in the Gould system and affect roads all over the United States,” sald McQueeney. “There is every indication that the struggle will be a long one and fought hard by both sides.” The strike is the result of an order posted by the road a month ago abro- gating all contracts with the unions. Since that time numerous conferences have been held between the men and the company, but it was impossible to reach an agreement. SHOCK FELT FOR MILES. Number of Lives Lost in Powder Nill Explosion. Linton, Ind., March 18.—Three 1en were killed and four injured, two fa- tally, by the explosion of one of the ten wheelhouses of the United States Powder company at Coalmont, four- teen miles from here. Nothing is known as to the cause. The force of the explosion was-heard and felt for miles. All windows in Coalmont were destroyed and several buildings were damaged. Plate windows in Linton were broken, (=~ o] ) -—— rolling in wealth here, and that he |8 was possessed of many hundreds of | § not addicted to the use of intoxicat- | § Deputy Sheriff | Arne Solberg took Johnson to Fergus | f§ order from Probate Judge Clark, to .. await the action of the state hoard |§ dent of the state the board of con-|M Judge' Clark re- |} Falls requesting the|H and | TO AFFECT ALL GOULD LINES| # JEM ROCHE PROVES . THE BIGGEST LEMON OF ALL Tommy Burns Knocks Out Irish Cham- pion With Single Punch.—Was a Poor Fight. Dublin, March 18.—Tommy Burns, the American heavyweight champion, made short work of Jem Rochie, the Irish champion, their contest last evening at the Theatre Royal, for the world’s heavyweight championship. Prac- tically only one blow was struck. Burns knocked Roche out when hardly more than a minute of the first round had been completed with a sharp short hook to the jaw. So quick did the end come that the great crowd which filled the theatre in expectation of seeing the Irish- man put up a good fight for the title, hardly realized what had hap- pened. When the men entered the ring it was evident that the sluggish Roche was no match for the more experienced Burns. They sparred for less than a minute, the Irishman in acting altogether on the defensive and the American endeavoring to find an opening. Thep Burns feinted quickly, put a shortysharp right to the jaw and Roche went down. He was badly dazed and 'although he struggled to regain his feet he was unable to do so before the fatal ten was counted. RIO GRANDE_ STRIKE. Question of Extengién of Trouble Discussed. Denver, March 18.—A. O. Warton of St. Louis, representing the machin- ists employed on all ‘the Gould rail- roads, has arrived here and is con- ferring with' the leaders of the shop employes of the Denver and Rio Grande railroad who: struck Monday agalnst the open shopand new rules recently established by the company. It is the intention of the unions, de- clare the leaders, if fl{f Denver and Rio Grande persists in/its present at- titude, to call out eyery union em- ploye in the mechanical . department of all the Gould 'railroads, which in- clude the Missouri Pagific, St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern, Texas Pacific and the Wabash. At the strikers’ headquarters in this city it is asserted tha'& nearly all of the men in the sixteen“shops in Den- ver and Rio Grande roads in Colorado and Utah have gone out. The com- pany officials anticipate little difficulty in filling the strikers’ places. HARRY ORGHARD WILL PROBABLY_NOT HANG Judge Wood Recommends that Pardon Board Commute Sentence of Death to Imprisonment. Caldwell, Idaho.—(March 18.)— Stating he believed that Harry trials of William D. Haywood and George A. Pettibone for the murder of ex-Governor Frank Stueneberg told the exact truth, attempting to conceal nothing, Judge Freemont Wood, recommended that the state board in district court today, of pardons commute Orchard’s sen- ence of death to imprisonment in the state penitentiary. The sentence [of death was pronounc_ed in accord- ance with the plea of guilty entered by Orchard Tuesday of last week, when arraigned. Judge Wood presided at both the Haywood and Pettibone trials. | Orchard, in his testimony in the Large Crowd at Services. A large crowd of members of St. Phillip’s congregation attended ser- vices at the local Catholic church last evening, the services being the blessings of the stations of the cross. Rev. Father J. Smiers of Crooks- ton was present and delivered a splendid sermon on the stations of the cross, depicting the passion of our Lord in a very able manner. New England Supper. One of the divisions of the Pres- byterian Aid will give a New Eng- land supper Saturday evening, | March 21, beginning at 5:30 o’clock p. m. at the Odd Fellows hall. Price for adults 25¢, children 15. Lumber for Sale. | 2500 feet pine lumber for Sale, at Wilton, consisting of No. 1 and 2- {inch board demensions and plank, white and Norway, mill run. Price at mill, $15 per m. W. R. Lait, News Office, Bemidji, Minn. March 25th is the day of the great spring opening at Berman’s. FOR SALE—OIld established paying business. Good location. $1000 will handle this proposition. Inquire at this office. that are known number ably known. The.. Phone 210. WE HAVE THE GAGE HATS over for their style and beauty, as well as a large of other makes equally as well and favor- Location The Spring Opening at ‘Mrs. A. P. linery Parlors will be held - March 19, Greatest Variety Choicest Styles Ever displayed in the world We have a complete and elaborate | unquestionably appeal to the most critical taste. We have made every effort to supply any want that may suggest itself to the buying public cordially invited to attend our millinery opening and inspect our stock of lutest styles and pa‘terns on the dates men- tioned—March 19, 20 and 21. Music will be furnished by Prof. Symington’s orchestra Thursday andSaturday evenings. SOUVENIRS WILL BE GIVEN AWAY EACH DAY. Henrionnet’s Millinery Parlors are at 309 Minnesota Av., first door north of The Bazaar Store. Bemidji, Minn. o0 0 Thursday, Friday, Saturday 20 and 21 Having purchased our stock from the largest wholesale houses in Chicago and St. Paul, we have the Finest Assortment Best Values the rity of Bemidji. could be cities. Henrionnet’s New Mil- ORDER WORK A SPEGIALTY We have in our employ one of the very ablest trim- mers and designers that assortment that will obtained in the The ladies are GHARLES WINGREN IS RELEASED ON PAROLE Man Who Shot Neighbor, Mistaking Him for Moose, Liberated by Pardon Board. — @y St. Paul, March 18.—Justice moved quickly both ways in the case of Charles Wingren, who acci- dentally killed Peter Larson in the woods near Rapid River, Kooch- iching county, a week ago Monday. Wingren mistook Larson for a moose while hunting with a neighbor and fatally wounded him. Wingren and his hunting companion immediately carried Larson, with whom they were well acquainted, to the nearest house and sent a messenger to Baudette for a physician. Larson exonerated Wingren of all wilful intent to shoot him. He in- structed Wingren as to the disposi- tion tobe made of $125 on his per- son at the time of the shooting, and as the end drew near asked him to pray for him. After Larson’s death Wingren went to International Falls, seventy-five miles away, and surrendered to the sheriff, making a clean breast of what had happened. His statement was borne out by the man with him at the time of the shooting. Wingren was immediately com- mitted to the reformatory. On petition of G. W. Stanton, county attorney of Koochiching county, by Judge W. S. McClenahan, who imposed sentence; the board of par- dons Monday paroled Wingren, who was shown to have a wife and seven children dependent on him for their living. Judge McClenahan' said 'the only thing against Wingren which weigh- ed lagainst him was that he was moose hunting in the closed season. But the fact that he was then seek- ing to provide meat for his family Was an extenuating circumstance. Wingren passed through the city last evening on his way to Black- duck. He was taken from the St. Cloud reformatory yesterday by Sheriff P. A. Walsh of Koochiching county, who came to St. Paul, im- mediately after the board of pardons had issued the order placing Win- gren on parole. Wingren was greatly pleased at the action of the board of pardons and was very grateful to C. W. Stan- ton, county attorney of Koochiching country, who made a plea to the board in behalf of Wingren. The paroled man states that he will never again hunt of season, and will use extra care in noting what he is shooting at, hereafter. Located Eleven on Claims. Nels Otterstad of Turtle River re- turned this morning from an ardu- ous locating trip to town 65 n, range 11w, and 65 n, 12 w, in Lake and St. Louis counties, where he had been on a locating tour. Mr. Otter- stad states that he located eleven ap- plicants on claims and when the party went to Duluth the entire eleven made final proof, at the U. S. land office, March 17th and 18th. Mr. Otterstad and his party cam ped out in the open on the snow several nights. It was cold, but no one suffered to any extent- New Spring Milinery Display, Commencing Friday, March 20th, and continuing from then on, during which time we shall exhibit - the newest ideas in up-to-date millinery, Pattern and Tailored Hats, Novel- ties in Flowers, Ornaments, Veil- ings, etc. Our. coming Display will outrival anything we have previously shown. Come now, or come later. ' You will find we have the leading styles from eastern marckets. At Hetland’s Millinery. Nymore Lots for Sale. I have for sale a few choicc lots in Barrett’s addition to Nymore. Cheap for cash or on easy terms. C. E. Barrett, corner 6th street and American avenue, Bemidji. FOR SALE—Eight-room house. 700 America Ave. Inquite of J. P. Omich. 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