Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, January 9, 1897, Page 1

, Granp Rapips, Irasca Counry, Minn., SaturDAY, JANUARY ? 1897. — Most Important Sale. of the RE a ee Re a ate ea ae ae ae ae ae te ae te Reduction. and continuing for two weeks, every lady, young or old, who winter garment should Take advantage of this Great Sale. FHAHHAkS ERR ER SERRE EERE EHEES AONE SEERSEES We are also making sweeping reductions in the Clothing. We are gelling Men’s Clothing at One-Halif of our original price, Boys’ Suits at Fifty per cent Think of it, a complete suit for $2. er | Men’s and Boys’ \Winter Caps at 25 cents. SE A ae ee eee a a ee ee ee ae ae eae ee ea ae ae eee ae ae ea ae ae te ae aa teat ne te me me ae Beginning Dec. 14, : prices of Men’s and Boys’ has not yet bought her Ste Eee A ee ee ae ae eae eae ae ae ae ae ae ae ‘ acess mam Gloves and Mittens at less than manufacturers price. COME AND SEE THEM. and : May be Too Late. : Itasca Mercantile : Company. The Very Best of the season at LESS Than the Original Whi esale Cost. Do not miss this oppor- SOSSRSRER SARL ESR ERE SESSA SHES OS RSH ERE SEES Call Today—Tomorrow Eee Ee ee HE ee ae ae ee ee ae eae ee ae ee Me estes eae a sate aeaetea aa 1g RE AR eA ES REE a a a a a a ae ate ae Wh kicking himself for being such a, sucker. : { Did it ever strike you, that there is a vast | {the quality of the goods of- | sale by the various dealers? | fered for E Strange if you haven’t learned it to your sorrow ere this. We want to say one} thing about our line of Hardware, Stoves, | ‘Tinware, Lumbermen’s Supplies, Doors, Windows, Paints, Oils, Glass, Farming } Tools, Sporting Goods, We don’t | make a specialty of cheap trash, but Every Article we Sell is GOOD | can be bought within the bounds of “fancy” prices. We don’t beheve it} pays, in the end, to sell a customer an} article and then have him stand around No, if you want a good article, come here and get it, and get sat'sfaction with 11; but if you don’t get your money back. ‘That’s fair. W. J. & H. D. POWERS. DVTVSTVT = TUNTVVCVEVVVVSVODETVOVTTVOVVTES P; WILL NISBETT, Expert Watchmaker and Engraver. Has already received many } . beautiful and substantial addi- | 4 | d tions to bis stock foc the hoii- f O I a day trade, and much more is ‘ is head- | oOo S quarters in Grand Rapids for J yet to come. EuZraving Done Frec on all Goods Bought of Me. a WILL NISBETT. SBSS: If You Must Eat SLSVWSISLSLVSISLSISOSLSLTSS =| gospel truth. and we suppose you must, you should aiways try to get the best goods in the market at the lowest possible price. ‘To do this, you should buy your Fresh and Salt Meats, Fish, Game, Etc., at the well-known meat market of Cable & Libby. This firm has always on hand the very best things the season affords, at the very lowest prices. Fresh Butter and Eggs Received Daily From the Country, CABLE & LIBBY, GRAND RAPIDS, MINN. : | A REMARKABLE REPORT The Itasca County Grand Jury Vents Its Spleen. LONG REPORT---NO EVIDENCE Wholesale Charges of Corruption Against County Officials Made in the Deliberations of the Indicting Body, but no Indictments. ‘The most remarkable grand jury report ever submitted to any court in the state of Minnesota, 1s, beyond doubt, that published in another col- umn of the Herald-Review today. It is remarkable in many respects, and |a most unusual document. A reading of the signers will show that the grand |jury discharged on ‘Thursday last was made up largely of representative j business men, and taken as a whole, there was reason to regard that body as equal to the average in intelligence. Notwithstanding the explicit and! emphatic instructions of the court to |the jury before its duties began, there appears to have been a total disregard | of everything except a determination | to blacken the characters of men and fasten upon them the stigma of offi- cial corruption, in the absense of evi- dence which would admit of indict- ments being returned. The report lreads like one from the tongue of Mother Grundy—a few street slanders dressed up and sent abroad to do their character-destroyimg work as Small marvel, indeed, jthat Judge Holland looked with | speechless amazement, as he conclud- jed reading the report, from the pages {before him to the members of the jjury. It was incomprehensible—with- out reason, without precedent. Men in official position are charged direct- ly and indiscriminately with the com-| mission of serious offenses, and.in the |same document the admission is made} that there was not at hand sufficient evidence to justify indictments. Judge Holland administered a severe repri- mand to the jury for its failure to per- form the plain duties for which it had been convened. The court seemed inclined to regret that another grand jury could not be called to investigate the one about to be discharged. When jit is remembered that the jnry iis vested with full authority to! use every possible means that can be employed to uncover crime; that no county official is granted the same un- jlimited power, and that the clearly defined duty of a grand jury is to ‘either find indictments or no indict- ments—then it becomes apparent that every member who signed that slan-| derous document is liable to arrest/ and ‘prosecution for criminal libel. The jury seems to have torgotten or {referred to or the of !county had been done a great injus- | met at the aud never to have known what was de- manded of it under the statutes. The members of the jury having found it impossible to procure evidence of a convicting nature, notwithstanding their full power and authority in the premises, they conclude by calling upon “and demanding of said county attorney and the shenff of said county,” to do what they were abso- lutely unable to do themselves. Judge Holland stated that either the officials interests of the tice, and in either case the grand jury had utterly failed in its duty. That men should be so maligned without being given an opportunity to defend themselves against such damaging charges, is absolutely without parallel in this or any other state. It will be strange, indeed, if criminal proceed- ings are not instituted against those who so far forgot their manhood as to attach their signatures to such infam- ous and unwarranted slanders, ‘The interference of the grand jury with affairs of the county—such as salaries paid, and the like—is un- worthy of any consideraton Such a criticism might well have been looked for trom an aggregation of old grannies who act upon the “I-am- holier-than-thou” theory. COMMISSIONERS MEETING The County Board Organizes and Begins the New Year’s Business. Commissioners Logan and Wilder Lor’s office on Tuesday and took an adjournment until tre day following, owing to the unavoid- able absence of Commissioner Ly- dick. On Wednesday the board was organized by the election of Mr. Logan chairman. The salaries of county officers were fixed for the ensuing year as follows: Attorney, $100 per month; treasurer, $100 per month; judge of probate, $50 per month; county physician, $50 per month; county superintendent of schools, $500 per year; engineer fur court house, $50 per month; superin- tendent of poor farm, $50 per month. The Herald-Review was designated by the board as the official paper of the cuunty, in which shall appear the delinquent tax list, the financial statement. proceelings of the board and all notices required by law to be published. f After auditing and passing the bills presented, the board adjourned to meet again on February 6th. District Court. The calendar for the January term of the district court wes the smallest ever made up in [tasca county. There were but 19 civil cases and 5 criminal put on the calendar. There were no cases of general interest to be tried. The Peter McKenna trial, arson, is on for hearing this afternoon. It is expected that court will adjouru on Monday. Died. Carl Hanson died at the Ehle & Russell hospital on Thursday morning from the effects of an injury received in Sherry’s camps abovt two months ago. He leaves a wife and four children. The unfortunate man had only been at the hospital two days. Asister of the deceased arrived -last evening from Willow River. The funeral services and burial will take place tomorrow. THE BIENNIAL CHANGE! Newly Elected County Officers Assume Their Duties. AND NO GONTEST IN SIGHT The County Board Convenes and Organ- izes With Mr. Logan as Chairman ---Salaries Fixed and Work for Another Year Begun, 5 On Monday morning of this week there was considerable activity about } the court house, although any indica- | tion of confusion was entirely absent. The newly elected officers dropped in one at a time between the hours of 8 and ro o’clock and received the keys | from their predecessors, sat down in their official chairs and listened to instructions and helpful suggestions from the retiring gentlemen. Auditor King, Sheriff Toole and Treasurer Kremer were re-elected, and as they continued in the even tenor of their ways, they had some reason to con- gratulate themselves upon being able to retain their warm, steam-heated jobs for at least two more years. I. D. Rassmussen moved just across the hall from the office of judge of probate into the comfortable shoes of ex-clerk of court Wade Blaker. As court was to convene the following day, “Rass” went to work at once and by 10 o’clock he was well into the harness and seemed to take very kindly to the situation. He was ably assisted by that veteran court clerk, Fred King. Tuesday morning when court con- vened everything was in readiness and moved along as smoothly as if there had been no change. Mr. Rassmussen will make a most efficient clerk, and the Herald-Review ventures to predict that the people will have no serious Cause to regret his election. After serving the county for six years—ever since its organization—| Charles Kearney stepped out of the office of register of deeds and turned over the keys to Register A. B. Clare, With his characteristic affability Ex-| Register Kearney assisted his suc-| cessor for a day or two and put him onto the vault and other combinations about the office. Mr. Clare was not long in putting his office in apple pie order. He will apply the same} methodical rules as register of deeds that have governed his career in Itasca county during the years that he has resided here. Being a_thor- oughly competent accountant, and having enjoyed the advantage of a cemplete bnsiness and commercial education, he will not he slow to master every detail of his office, and when the time comes for him to retire —as it comes to all men sooner. or later—he will leave behind him a set of books that will reflect credit upon him as an official, while the interests during his incumbency. Mr. Ciare could not well be more obliging as a public «servant than _ his predecessor has been, but it 1s safe to say that in all respects he will give eminent satis- faction. Mr, W. H. Dunne, who has for more than a year and a half been associated with the Herald-Review as assistant editor, has accepted the posi- tion of deputy register under Mr. Clare, and his conscientious, pains- taking efforts will be well directed in the interests of the office. County Attorney C. C, McCarthy began his duties upon the convening of court Tuesday morning last, and C. L. Pratt, who has been the county’s” legal adviser and prosecutor during: the past four years, retired on Mon- day to private practice. There ig every reason to believe that Mr. Mc-’ Carthy will make an excellent attor-_ ney—one who will protect the pub- lic interests and at the same time ex: ercise conservative judgement in official capacity. He has back » him the good will of all classes of. citizens and if he fulfills the gen expectations of the public he will bees come immensely popular. So The new judge of probate, EaG. » Kiley, was introduced to the secrets of the office and vault combination, by Clerk of Court Rassmussen, wi had laid aside the emoluments andi honors of judiciary for the. mor laborious and much more remt ae ative positinon across the hall. | Frank Smith took possession ofthe. office of county surveyor while Dan Rogers and Jus deputy, C, A. Nutter, gracefully retired. Mr. Smith is as well acquainted with the geography of Itasca as any man in the county and he is entirely qualified to satis- factorily fill the position to which he was elected. : Commussioner A. E. Wilder reported for duty Tuesday both as the repres- entative from the Second district on the county board and as a grand jury- man. He succeeded in being released from serving with the jury and helped to organize the county board. Mr. Wilder is well equipped through bus- iness experience and a knowledge of the county to make a most excellent member of the board, and his servics in that capacity during the next four years will be directed for the advance- ment and development of the county. Judge Stilson, the recently elected court commissioner bears his honors with becoming diginity, notwithstand- ing there is little remuneration and no office room attachments thereto. The fortunate officials who were re- elected are: M. L. Toole, shenft; H. R. King, auditor; A. A. Kremer, treasurer: and Mrs. O. H. Stilson, superintendent of schools. The fact of their being re-elected is evidence enough that they have given satis- faction to the people whom they have served and therefore words of prase are unnecessary. County com- missoners Henry Logan and George Lydick hold office for four years more. The contest proceeding instituted by P. H. Varley against Clerk of Court Rassmussen, have been aband- oned, and Mr, Rassmussen will be permitted to hold his office une of the public will be jealously guarded disturbed.