Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, December 15, 1909, Page 4

4 Brand MRapits Weraide"Review | Published Every Wednesday By E. C. KILEY. TWO DOLLARS A YEAR IN ADVANCE Entered at the Postoffice at Grand Rapids, Minnesota, as Second- Class Matter. THE HERALD-REVIEW ISTHE Official Paper of Irasca County. Official Paper of amp ccd | Village of ; ; S. District Court in cial Paper of L »ceedings. Bankrupt NORTHWEST MA SELL TO INDIANS C. B. Miller Assured Attempt Will Be Made to Change Methods of Buying Supplies. LEDBETER TRIAL ON SMITH TRIAL OPENS WITH VIC TIM’S BROTHER ON STAND. VICTIMS DAUGHTER'S TESTIFY | Give Rather Important Testimony Bearing on Mysterious Murder. Mankato.—The jury to try Frank Smith, charged with murdering H. J. Ledbeter, May 4, last, completed as follows: William H. Macbeth, Man- kato, retired merchant and _ miller; Henry Hodapp, Decorah, farmer; Ed- ward Bender, Lake Crystal, stock buy- | er; Thomas Rooney, Ceresco, farmer; | John C. Bixby, Garden City, hotel keeper; F. E. Eaton, Garden City, farmer; R. E. Stanley, Shelby, farm- er; Charles Moses, Lake Crystal, farm- |er; Thomas C. Norman, Garden City, E nger of the interior | und Indian Commissioner | hav given Congressman irance that they fort their power s regarding the pur-| supplies altered so | Paul and Minneapolis} vill have an opportunity | large contracts Duluth in 1 lia. the ome of the pas been going o the large concerns of} 1 New York he most important reforms | Commissioner Valentine an- will cooperate with Rep- for the purchase of sup-| nearest local markets possible. The inaugura-| 1 plan would work great- ivantage of jobbers in Du-} Twin Cities. stigation thus far has dis- fact that nedless expense neurred through shipping houses in Chicago, New San Francisco, where whole nspectors have been em-| ut salaries of $10 per day. It proposed to abolish the ware- ystem entirely and ship from holesale houses direct to’ the ons ary Pallinger has some Miller will prepare a the reccommenda- Com- a Mr out of regards etary and ne ompetition for Indiar farmer; P. H. Jordan, Mankato, game and fish warden; Eric Shaw, Butter- nut Valley, foreman. Seventy-two names were drawn in | getting the jury, and the prosecution used its 17 peremptory challenges and | the defense seven. Smith and the states attorneys, both are well pleased with the character of the jury select- ed. It was a terriblearraignment that direct and retiring manner, made of the defendant, without seeming to | know it, and Mrs. Ledbeter, wife of the murdered farmer, was brought into the case repeatedly in the witness’ | testimony. The witness told of coming to Man- | kato une 18 to search for his brother, H. J. Ledbeter, of whose disappearance | May 5 he had been informed. Search- |ers from ths city and Medo and lima townships armed with augers and shovels, spent two days in going over the farm, seeking where the body was buried, as he had suspi- | cions of foul play. under a potato patch. Witness told of conversations with | Smith, who had put him off with dif- ferent stories to account for his broth- er’s disappearance, once telling of see- Ing him alive on the farm two weeks aiter the disappearance, once saying he had prevented him from shooting himself just as he was about to pull the trigger of a shotgun with a string, and once saying that he and Mrs. Led- beter had planned to slay Ledbetter by throwing the ladder out from under the top of the barn. The reason this and a change of Purchased Barber Shop. vas consummated Thursday Dodson of Nashwauk, of the barbershop conducted in its pres- past five years Dodson, who is Mr orably known by Grand \ 1 dents, will not move here \ ent, but will still continue ut Nashwauk, and has plac- Pe im in charge of the edless to? say that the} will be promptly attend- Mr. Peckham Mr. O'Day nue to be a resident] i s and will devote his a work, his services ntly called upon ° Stumpage Sale Was a Success The s of stumpag on state and onducted — by 3. S. Iver- sc auditor, was one of the essful held this year. About ent of the list advertised was sold, the iand in some instances sell- than the appraised price number of luumbermen were in the to bid on the various parcels one mor¢ in A village Mr Iverson states it was and of the most successful sales conduct- ed by him. On account of the cold weather the sale was held at the Pc na hotel instead of on the court house steps, as advertised. Millinery Parlors Closed. We wish to announce to our pat- rons that we will close our millinery parlors for the season on Saturday, Dekember 18, and after that day those desiring anything in the line of millin can have their wants at- tended by calling ‘phone 101. The rlors will be opered again at the beginning of the spring season. EHLE, DORAN & JOYCE. > oe ee Dr. Larson, the eye special- ist, will make his next regular visit to id Rapids on usual 5th and 16th of every ® month. All those having de- fective ey or in need of the proper service for the fitting of glasses, are cordially to call at Hotel Pokegama the d s, the 15th aud 16th of every month. LARSON & LARSON. Soadeedeateedeondestondetoeteetondeetonteateateetenteetege | invited $/ | did-not succeed was because Ledbetter | only went part way up and then came | | down, remarking he was too old and | .ervous to climb as he used to. Smith |had laid at least one of these stories | |to Mrs. Ledbeter’s ingenuity to shield | him. | The second day’s developments in |the trial of Frank Smith,. charged | with murdering Holtey J.» Ledbeter, | | were more favorable to Mrs. Ledbeter | and distinctly to Smith’s disadvantage. Mrs. Ledbeter’s two daughters, Hazel | and Mabel, were put on the stand with | her consent and gave straightforward | testimony. They and their two young- er brothers had gone to bed the even- |ing of May 4 soon after 9 o'clock, fol- luwing shortly after Smith, sud heard no noise or disturbance of any kind during the night. Hazel went into her parent's room downstairs and everything there looked the same as usual. Smith was off searching for their father. evening before a neighbor’s children | had been there playing with them and their father had watched them play. A small dog had bitten him on the finger and Mabel said she saw her mother tie the finger up. Neither saw their father kick the dog or mother slap their father. The defense claims the murder was committed be- fore midnight and the girls’ testimony about hearing their father call Smith the next morning is new and import- ant. EK. Daily Free Press, told of a conversa- tion be had with the defendant at the jail the night of his arrest, and of what was said later that night by Smith and Mrs. Ledbeter when brought face to face. The testimony was confined to Smith’s statement of alleged illicit relations with Mrs. Led- beter before the murder, of Mrs. Led- | beter’s reply when accused by Smith of trying to buy poison of a Redwood Falls doctor when she said it was chicroform to take medicine stains from her dress, and of Smith’s hav- ing prefaced the question with, “Now, Mrs. Ledbeter, when you helped me kill Mr. Ledbeter didn’t you” do so and so, which he had finally corrected to “bury Ledbeter.” The defense tried to get in the en- 1 i} lire conversation, but the séate ob- jected, and the jury was sent out while this point was fought out. The | court finally decided that only such parts of conversations as bore on mat- ters brought out by the state were admissabie. | INNOCENT MAN IN PRISON. | Son Clears Teare of Old Incendiary | Charge. Stillwater. — After having served | two years in the state penitentiary on | conviction of burning his home to get | the insurance, James T. Teare, a log- | ger, has been proved innocent. | Teare’s son, who is in prison in Colo- | rado, has sent an affidavit, duly sign- ed and sworn to, in which the young man swears he set fire to the house and testified fasely against his father as revenge. P. A. Ledbeter, telling his story in his | iron spears, | Search was reward- | ed the second day by finding the body | him while he was making repairs to | The} their | F Searing, city editor of the | GRAND RAPIDS HERALD || GOPHER NEWS NOTES Minnesota Events of tne Week in Condensed Form. Bemidji—The state farmers’ insti- tute had a very successful meeting at Bemidji. Maple Lake.—The Maple Lake Mes- senger office, with presses and type, | was totally destroyed by fire Sunday morning. The paper will again print this week with a new outfit. The attraction at the Bijou, Minne- apolis, all of Christmas week, start- ng Sunday, December 19th, will be ihe dramatization of Mrs. Augusta | Evans Wilson’s famous novel, “St. | Simo.” |. St. Paul—The first meeting of the | johnson memorial commission will be teld some time next week. The meet- ng will be held for the purpose of leciding upon the nature of the me- norial, where it will be purchased and when and where erected. Winona.—Luther’ A. West, one of the oldest pioneers of Winona county, | ninety-two years old, died at his home here. He was the first county superin- | | tendent of schools here, and was well | known all over the state. He has been a resident of this county for almost | half a century. St. Paul—The records of building operations for the forty-five business centers of the United States, as com- piled for the month of November by the American Contractor, shows that \St. Paul is one of the thirteen cities which show a gain of 50 per cent or more over the same month a year ago. Omaha, Nebraska. Minnesota |won the sweepstakes prize on oats, \the prize for which was to be a solid | silver cup offered by Colorado, thru | Professor Olin of that state. Gover- |nor Shaffroth of Colorado came here to make the award and presentation speech, but when he arrived found |that there was no cup. East Grand Forks.—A committee was appointed at a meeting of the |Commercial club to confer with the 3reat Northern and Northern Pacific Express company officials for the es- tablishment of offices here. A first- slass hotel was also discussed. Five | Jelegates will be sent to the Minnesota Federation of Commercial Clubs con- vention this winter. Duluth—Stanley W. Higgins, post -REVIEW WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1909. 7 e Pioneer Store HAS A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF Useful Gift Ladies, Gents and Children A FOR LADIES Furs, 75c to Silk Scarfs $1.50 to. Sweaters $5.00 to Gaiters 50c to... Fur and Cloth Coats...... Gloves and Mittens 25c to $ Handkerchiefs $1.00 to.. $ Brush-Comb sets 2.50 to $ Fancy Slippers, $1.00 to$ 2.00 Scissor Sets $1.00 to.... $ 3.50 Surso and hand bags, shawls and fascinatiors, complete line shoes and dress goods. 3.50 7.00 1.00 1.50 2.00 6.00 A Few Suggestions: _ FOR GENTLEMEN e Gloves and Mittens, Mocha’ or Kid, silk or fur lined, $1 to $5.00 : Suspenders, silk and fancy webs, 50c to $2.50. Neckwear --the largest assort- ment in the city, exclusive de- signs, in fancy boxes, 50c to $1.25 Auto scarfs and mufflers, sweat- ers, handkerchiefs, silk and linen, plain and tial, complete e of fancy vests, smoking jackets, noby shirts, umbrellas, traveling bags, suit cases, hats, caps, etc. BOYS AND GIRLS COATS TOQUES GLOVES MITTENS LEGGINGS MUFFLERS HANDKERCHIEFS TIES SHOES FOR LITTLE FOLKS TOY DISHES CHILD'S SETS “KNIFE, FORK AND SPOON” COMPLETE LINE OF - Groceries, Cut Glass, Plain and Fancy China GOOD GOODS AT RIGHT PRICES John Beckfelt Grand Rapids commander of Millis Gorman post of Duluth, died as a result of a paralytic stroke, He was an old resident of Duluth and served in the Civil War n the Sixty-ninth Ohio Infantry. Mr. Higgins was an assistant state weigh master. He had been elected com- | mander of his post only last Tuesday. Mr. Higgins was a drummer boy of his lregiment in the war and served throughout the conflict. Thief River Falls. — About fifteen \miles of the western end of the Thief |River Falls-Duluth branch of the Soo | -oad is graded and ready for the rails. | This portion les within the bounda- | |cies of Red Lake county, all of which |\s level and thickly.settled. At least | twenty miles more of this end of the road will be of same nature, and until she graders reach the hilly gravel and | sand region in the pines, no trouble will be met in the task of grading. | A double track will be laid from Plummer, the station just south of this city, where the line reaches the main line of the Soo, to this city, to | ‘acilitate the movement of trains which will run from Winnipeg straight through Duluth to Chicago. This line | will really be the main line of the }soad in the northwest, and will be sonstructed so as to admit of fast ne being made. Foley Bros. already nave two large steam shovels at work in the ‘rough country in Beltrami county, and they will reduce all hills and fill up swamps, so that the grade will be one of the best and most level | in the country. | Duluth—The board of education is | engaged in an investigation of fra- | jternities existing contrary to law among the students of the Centra] aigh school. The legislature took the |sharters away from all such organiza. tions a year ago, and it is contrary :0 law for such bodies to initiate new | members. Yet it is claimed that there |are no less than six fraternities which | are secretly supported by the students. The board is making a vigorous in- | vestigation with a view of rooting al] | of the fraternities out. Washington, D. C.—The interstate |eommerce commission has dismissed |the complaint of the Minneapolis | Threshing Machine company against {the Omaha and Northwestern _rail- |roads. The company complained over the fact that joint rates which had been effective between the Great Northern and the two roads named, | whereby Hopkins received the same rates as Minneapolis, had been can- celled at the beginning of the present year. The cancellation of these joint | rates was alleged to make unreason- lable rates on threshing machinery from Hopkins to local points along the |two railroads. It was claimed that | distributing houses in Minneapolis re- | ceived petter rates than were given } the Hopkins concern. | Faithful Dog Watched Body. Duluth, Minn.—The dead body of | Axel Hedberg of Floodwood was found |in the woods near that village. He was in poor health and wandered | SPECIAL OFFER |] of $4. worth of other goods ILLING On Friday and Saturday }: DEC. 17 and 18 I will give with each order 22 Ibs granulated sugar for $1.00 Oranges per doz 30c, 40c....50¢ Bananas per doz 20c and....25¢ . Lemons large per doz barrels, fancy Ben Baldwins, Russets, Greenings, Kings, Jona- thons per barrel 25 to 25 46.00 peck 35c, 40c, 50c and.60¢ N. Y. Cataba Grapes basket. 25¢ Green Grapes per pound....20¢ Grape fruit 10c, 3 for. ..-25¢ New Figs and Dates | Cranberries, 10c qt. 3 for....25¢ || Sweet potatoes, 4c tb. 7 for..25¢ Fresh LETTUCE TOMATOES CELERY RADISHES CUCUMBERS A Large stock of fresh Can Coods Toilet Soaps Laundry Soaps Washing Powder Milk and Cream Butter and Eggs Nuts and Candies Don’t forget in your order Royal Cup Coffee Teas, Spices Baking Powder Extracts Phone Your Orders No. 59 ENRY ILLING | away in an aimless manner, and his | body might not have been discovered | for an indefinite period but for his faithful dog, a Boston terrier. The | animal followed Hedberg and re- mained with him during the first five days that the man was missing before the animal left him. Hedberg was a camp cook, and has relatives im st Paul and Minneapolis. HERALD-REVIEW COMMERCIAL Book and Job Printing EST KIND OF WOR B:: KIND OF STOC. Let us figure with you o ° ° Sedededetededetetetededeetpeete it | WOOD FOR SALE WAreDeeseedeesondresonceecoetetonsetensetonteedensondeendoetondeegentos M. E. Church Services. 3 ; ; Preaching at 10: Sunday School... Epworth League .. Prayer Meeting... Thursday Choir Rehears:l.. Thursday, . mm Ladies Aid Society meets every Wed- nesday afternoon A cordial invitation extended to all Soafoateeteatoateeteetonteetesteates Paces. 2 : HOME BAKERY CONFECTIONERY = Lunch Room ‘FURS |. $|] EVERYTHING UP TO DATE 1 WILL PAY | cates $5.00 Each For , See the Big Horseshoe next NO. ONE aan a On Bowling Alley. MINK anc TIMBER WOLVES WM. WEITZEL Grand Rapids, Minn. se ss a Orders Delivered. ’Phone 245 S. C- BENZINC 4 & SUBSCRIBE FOR THE GRAND RAPIDS HERALD-REVIEW 4 ALL KINDS OF HARD AND SOFT ’*Phone 114 JOHN O’BRIEN THIS WILL APPEAR BUT ONCE Iam buying Furs for a firm in London, England. and will pay as high a price as any house in the United States or Canada . $7.50 to $32.00 4.00 to 9.00 Muskrats, fall .30 to 40 And other Furs in proportion. It will cost you nothing to call before you sell. If not satished with my offer, no harm. WM. WETZEL Lynx Mink Grand Rapids Minnesota.