Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, May 12, 1900, Page 1

Vou VII.—No, 41. Granp Rapips, Irasca Coun’ Hevald-Ne Minn., Sarurpay, May 12, tgoo. rtttitittel fh ae es a ae sea te eae a ate ah ae ae ate ae tea ae ae ae aaah ate ae aa a Soaseseseseses periiretirettet titi b hidhihdhdbedchebetde ded AEE ME ee ap Ee a ae Re aE cad * state Fi ROR BTR EE RE HE SEAMEN OR MOR OR IE HO te a aS eR TAREE RE HRI DE Bc bisdasteskooks dosh he HE siete a REM ME Be 8s as ate ake ar ate aR ate ape ae aks ae ae re a ae ae a teak eae RS aT AE ae ae a ae aR aR A ee EE A Re REE A a RE TE Ee ad Shall RE Si aecaerte atts atk gate ea eee te eee oa ke eee IOS ie 6A RE ea ae a ae ae a pe a aE aN ae ae ae eae ae ate ae ake ae a eae ae ea ea eae eA aE Ha a a a a EE ME AND CEMENT We will in a few days have a carlodd of the above goods which we will offer to the pub- lic at prices that are right, Seal Outs and Whee We have just received another consignment of clean seed oats. Also. white Saskatchewan wheat—second to none. Large assortment of grass and corn seeds. ' Another Driveon Shoes Come and reap the benefit, MONEY * LOAN But given away. Fifty Dozen Gentlemen’s Hemstiched Hand kerchiefs ge size, extra quality—at 14 cints or $1.50 per dozen Same will cost you 25 cents at other stores. ITASCA MERCANTILE CO. bdaod ee ae ee ee 5 ad 38S Ae ae se ah a kate Se ae ae ate ae ate eae ae a MEARE ESE ae aE aE ah at ea He Ste De Se a NEADS | a ae ae ai ae ate ate ae ae ate EAE MERE ARSE EME EME RE ROR EE HERE REE Sete tee: te tt te RE age aE Ee ae ae ae ae ate ae a ae ate ae ae ae ae a A AE AE a AE AE a aE Re ae ae a ae ae a HE: To say whether you will plug with that old-fashioned, out-of-date drag. or whether you will own a barrow such #8 the up-todate farmer cannot get along without, If it’s a new harrow, then see us. We have far and away the best line of wood and steel frame, spring tooth barrows in northern Minuesota—just such goods as you want, if you are particular. All kinds of Seeding, Planting aud Cultivating Machinery at Right Prices. W. J. & H. D. POWERS ks A True Story In Mighty Few Words By J. D. POWERS. Cle 1.—GENERAL GROCERIES. When we started in business here we made up our mind to secure nothing but the very best of everything we handled. . We were told that we could not hope to succeed by doing business along these lines, but the excellent patronage we are receiving indi- cates that that our system is the correct one. There is nothing that people are as particular about as their groceries. They want them pure and fresh and will not patronize a merchant that does not keep them that way. That’s the kind of custom we get and that’s the kind we hold. People never come to our store and say: ‘see here, mister; this isn’t what I ordered—I want the best,’’ because the best is aJl we have to send them. (To be continued in our next.) F. D. POWERS. TAX MONEY PAID IN Itasca County Thousands of Dollars Ahead by Forfeited Sale. PAY ALL SUBSEQUENT TAXES: Auditor Farrell Has Considerable Trouble With People Who Insist on Paying Only the 1895 and Prior Delinquencies. On Monday morning county Audit- tor Farrell commenced the. sale of lands advertised in the delinquent tax list this spring, This list was all cleaned up on Friday morning and at noon commenced the sale of the forfeited lands published at the same time. ‘This list has several occasions tried the auditor's patience to the utmost, and hi spinal column is tired from the rigid position in which it has been held during the time allowed for redemp- tion under the law regulating the | forfeited sale. The taxes as advert- tised run up to and inclute the year 1895, anda great many people have interperted the law to mean that if the taxes delinquent prior to that’ date were paid, the subsequent taxes. would not have to be settled until aa other similar sale was held. The auditor, however interpreted the 1: altogether different and has absolute- ly refused to strike off the salable list any land on which all the taxes, prior and subsequent, had not been paid. Over this ruling he has had considerable trouble. Persons and concerns in arrears have * wished to prevent the sale of their property by payiug taxes up. to 1895, and f Farrell bas insisted that the taxes 0 date be paid or the land would Be sold. One concern sent a check for $200 three different times and de~ manded its acceptance, each tlme declined without thanks, | ; and finally the full amount due, $1774 | was paid. Several have appealed the state audiior for what thé termed. the arbitrary. rulling-6f Itasca official, but such appeals have invariably been followed by the re- ceipt here of acheck for the amount asked. Did Mr. Farrell accept pay- ment simply up to 1895, there would not be enough received to pay the cost of the sale. Besides this the state would have no Nien whatever on the land on which subsequent taxes were due, and could get.no hold upon it until next spring when a first year assignment certificate could be se- cured. Neither would the common- wealth receive any interest on the taxes delinquent for the years 1896, 4897 and 1898 until after the lands were sold in May, 1901. After this had been done, the~ owners would still have three years in which to redeem their property, making in all practically seven years for which they would be in arrears, during four of which no penalty in the shape of interest would be attached. The stand taken by the auditor should be applauded. While the ruling un- doubtedly effects many of our own people, the burden: falls on the weaithy non-resident property owner, and we think that residents can well afford to be put to a little inconven- ience when they consider what the amount of méney involyed will mean to the county. Some who haye all the time labored under the delusion that it would be sufficient to pay the taxes up to 1895 will perhaps tind it hard to secure the additional funds, but it must bedone. Auditor Farrell will absolutely refuse to allow any one to redeem unless all taxes are paid. His position in the matter was approved by County Attorney Dona- hue, but to be perfectly sure, Mr. Farrell addressed an inquiry to the state auditor setting forth what he had done. The avswer was char- acteristic of Bob Dunn and was as follows. I heartily approve of your course and have advised all auditors to do likewise. R. C. Dunn, State Auditor. We hope that our own citizens will see the justice and necessity of doing things this way, and stop grumbling. Remember that it means thousands of dollars to Itasca county. The sale of the lands of the for- feited list is nowin progress. Thus far nearly every description offered has been purchased, and always at a premium. Some pieces of land have brought six and seven times the amount of the total taxes assessed against them. é G. G. Hartley of Duluth was in the viilage during the past week attending to matters pertaining to the tax sale, | judgments | amounting in all to $4,400.89. The but it was” vi Two Dotrars a YEAR JUDGEMENTS PAID OFF. — The Village Council Pays Out Over Four Thousand Dollars. The village council held a special meeting on Thursday evening. About the most important business trans- acted was the liquidation of four against the _ village, village government expects to get enough money from the county treas- urer at the July apportionment to and by next spring the municipality will be practically free from debt, only the bonded indetedness being left. Thomas Trainor made application to thé council to return to him $500 which he had paid into the village treasury for liquor license, but the members refused to do this. County Surveyor John A. Brown was instruct- ed to continue his work establishing the grades of the streets. D. W. Doran appeared before the council and asked that the hill on the south side of the river be repaired, as it was at present almost impossible to drive over it. He offered to donate con- siderable labor towards its improve- ment himself. Referred to committee on streets and alleys. The ways and means committee was instructed to have a vault fitted up in the court house for the safe keeping of village papers. A bicycle ordinance received its first reading and will be printed in the proceedings.’ After attending to some minor matters the council adjourned. REPUBLICAN DELEGATES. Men Who Will Help Selcet Opposition’s ‘ Candidates: Next Week. The Republican county con- vention for the purpose of electing delegates to represent. Itasca county at the congressional, state and judi- cial conventions at Duluth, Minne- apolis and Aitkin respectively, was held at the court room on Wednes- day afterngon. The convention was called to order by Chairman Manston and the call read by Secretary Ar- nold, after which D. M. Gunn was was chosen chairman and F. J. Stey- pay up all the remaining judgments, }- KILLED BY THE TRAIN Denis D. <Muleahey Has His Scull Crushed While Sitting on Track. DEATH TO BE INVESTIGATED Friends and Family of Dead- Man Charge Criminal Carelessness on Part of Engine Crew and May Bring Matter Up Later. { | Last Saturday afternoon Denis D. Mulcahey was struck by the east- bound passenger train and instantly killed. Deceased was a farmer living in the Vermillion country, and had been at the county seat since the Thursday preceding the accideut. On Saturday afternoon about two o'clock he started to walk home along the railroad track, carrying a pack sack weighing seventy pounds. The day was very warm, and it issupposed that this, in addition to the weight of the sack, overcame him and that becoming faint or weak he sank down on the track torest. The engineer and fireman of the locomotive say that they suw the man: sitting on the track when quite a distance from him but that his posture indicated that he was simply resting and would get up when he heard the whistle. Engi- neer Flaherty accordingly did not at- tempt to stop his train until it was too late, and the engine struck the unfortunate man in the head, crush- ing his scull. He died without re- gaining consciousness or speaking a word. Mr. Muleahey was about 35 years of age and a native of Ireland, from which country he emmigrated. about twelve years ago. He leavesa wife and baby, the latter about six weeks old, to mourn his loss. The dead man had joined the Jocal lodge of the Independent order of Red Men the night before be was killed, and several members of this organization on Wednesday visited ens, secretary. After the committee on credentials and resolutions had ted, delegates were “elected to the several conventions, as follows: Congressional—C. §. Jameson, C. C. McCarthy, Moses Manston, H. 8. Huson, F. J. Stevens and D. A. Dunn. State—F. J. Stevens, David Cochran, F. A. Poepke, Ed Johnson, W. D. Leeman, R. H. Bailey, W. C. Tyndall and N. Washburn. Judicial—D. M. Gunn, F. J. Stevens, I. D. Rassmus- sen and Joseph Crowther. The judi- cial convention will be held at Aitkin on the 14th; the congressional at Du- luth on the 15th, and the state at Minneapolis. on the 16th. THE MORTUARY RECORD. Four Deaths Have Been Reportce Since Our Last Issue. The past week has been an excep- tionally fatal one in this village, no less than four deaths having occurred, The first was the infant of Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Rhekstrom, wnich died of convulsions and was buried in Itasca cemetery on Saturday afternoon. Next D. D. Mulcahey was strock by a passenger train and killed. On Sun- day Charles Meagher, a woodsman, died here of a complication of di- seases. He was a distant relative of Price Brothers, the loggers, and had been employed by them for many years. The funeral took place from the Presbyterian church on Monday, On Tuesday Edward Geise diedof ty- phoid fever at St. Benedict's hospi- tal after a shyrt illness. Deceased was 62 years old and a resident of Gardner. a small station below Swan River. He leaves a wife and several grown up children to mourn him. Interment was made Thursday in Itasca cemetery. The Weekly Shoot. The first shoot held on the Itasca Gun Club’s new grounds took place on Thursday afternoon. It was also the first time the new Magautrap had been tried and it was found to work excelleatly... Thursday’s shoot was a handicap event, and following is the score: ; Broke 13 12 T. S. Powers... Cc. W. Robinson. J. A. Quigg and Noah Fletcher of the Deer River club were among the yisitors who parti- cipated, the scene of the accident. They re- turned fully conyineed that more care.on the part of~the- engineer: MEMORIAL EXERCISES. B. F. Huson Post Making Arrangements for the Annual Observance. May 30 is Decoration Dayvand B.F, Huson Post, G. A. R., issmaking ar- Trangements for its fitting observance. There’ will be the usual parade, ad- dresses and other exercises and noth- iog will be left undone that will add to the spirit of the occasion. The parade will form at Post hall at 10:30 o’clock and march in the following order: Martial band, B, F. Huson Post, G. A. R., Knights of Pythias, fire department, school children, citi: zens on foot and in carriages. The line of March will be west to Kin- dred avenue, thence south to Second street, thence east to Leland avenue to south side cemetery. On return: ing, the parade will break ranks at Third street and Leland avenue. At 2 o’clock p. m. the command and citi- zens will assemble at Village hall where the G. A. R. special service will be held. This will be followed by the address of the day by Hon. C. C.' McCarthy. There will be vocal music by the Grand Rapids Ladies’ quartet. The post members invite ail our citizens to participate with them in these observances. AGRICULTURAL SOCETY. Committee Having Its Reorganization in Charge Should Bestir Itself. #6 % At the meeting of the Itasca Coun: ty Agricultural association held early in the spring a committee was ap- pointed to make plans for the re- organization of the society. The idea was to secure members amongathe neighboeing farmers and local busi- ness men. A nominal-membership fee was to be charged, as this besides to some degree stimulating interest this would add to the funds of the associa- tion. ‘Phere is as yet no evidence of this committee having accomplished a great deal, and it should be up and doing. President Doran informs us that as soon as the sub-body is ready to report he will call a meeting and the orginization will be perfected. Everybody should be anious to see the interest in the association kept up as it is the means of doing an immense amount of good. A vigor- would have prevented the death of their comrade. The track is perfect- ly straight for a distance of three- quarters of a mile at the place where the accident happened, and an ob- struction must have have been seen. It is also claimed that after Mul- cahey was struck the train was run a distange of 320 yards before it was brought to a stop. The Red Men will probably demand an investigation of the causes leading up to the accident, and suit may: be brought against the railroad’ company by the widow. Engineer John Flaherty is regarded as one of the most careful and pains- taking men that ever pulled a throt- tle, and his many friends here claim that he and carelessness is an impos- sible combination. The matter will very likely come before the grand jury. . 5 NEW TEACHER EMPLOYED. Miss Nye of Sleepy Eye, to Have Charge of Seventh Room Next Year. The school board for district No. 1, held its regular’ meeting on Monday afternoon. After the usual compliment of bills had been disposed of, a motion to have the proceedings of the body regularly printed, was presented and passed, and the Magnet designated as the official paper. The question of a teacher to fill the va- cancy which will be caused by the community’s greatest aid and we hope to see our’s grow large and influential The reorganization committee should get together at once and be ready to ‘report in the newr.future. A meet- ing of the society must svon. be held, SOME GOOD SHOWS. North Brothers Play to Good Houses--~ “Shantytown” Next Week. North Brothers’ comedians played to good houses here on Monday and Tuesday evening, presenting ‘The Little Prince” and “The Tenderfoot.” The company is far above the aver- age repretoire troup and their work was mnuch appreciated. Little Patti, the child actress is the best ever seen here. On Friday and Saturday of next week Frank Murphy will present. his celebrated comedy, ‘“‘Shantytown,” here. Of this play the Chicago Daily News says: ‘“Sbhantytown commenc- ed a week’s engagement at the Schil- ler yesterday. Roars of laughter, together with other marks of ap- proval, testified as to the thorough enjoyments of Shantytown by a rec- ord-breaking audience last night. Every joke struck the audience just right and. the result was a solid eve: ning of boisterous amusement.” Next month “Quo Vadis” will be present ed here by the same company that has made such a success of that mas terpiece in the cities. King says that during the summer resignation of Miss Sutton of the Seventh room at the end of this term was then taken up, and Miss Nye, who jis at present teaching at Sleepy Bye, Minn., was selected. Miss Nye comes with the very highest of recom- mendations and will no doubt keep the Seventh up to the high standard which it has attained under Miss Sutton. Our eltizens will regret to see this excellent instructress and estimable lady leave the school work here, and could any request on their part change her determination to leave it would be unamiously made. Salaries for next year were fixed as follows: Principal, $1,290 per year; assistant, $80.00 per month; room 7, $55.00 per month; salaries of the other rooms to remain as they have been the past year. Diplomas for eight grade “graduation were ordered purchased. Some boys who had been disturbing school from the outside were brought before the board for reprimand.}- s Rey. Adolph Salveson conducted Norwegian services at Trout Lake on Thurs- day evening and in the village last evening. there will be many excellent attrac: tions bevked here. BRYAN AND TOW. They are Nominated by the Populist Con- vention at Souix Falls. is The national Populist convention concluded its session at l-o’clack this morning and adjourned sine die ‘after nominating Hon. W. J. Bryan for president and Hon. C. A. Towne for vice president. The result was ac- complished after a struggle of several hour’s duration in which an effort was made to have the question of the nomination of a vice presidential can- didate referred to a committee ta confer with the Democratic and sil- ver Republican conventions. A motion to this effect was defeated, 268 to 492, Both candidates were nominated by acclamation but before this was accomplished various names were placed in nomination for vica president and then withdrawn. The nominations were made amid great enthusiasm. Recorder * | pidinreabeiait TT a oe a Pores