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ONLY AN OLD LOVER But Mr. E. W. Melvin Thinks He Should Have Mrs. Mondeau's Money. PECULIAR REQUEST OF A SAN JOSE, CAIFORNIA, MAN. He Loved Mrs. Minnie Mondeau in Life and Sent Her Por trait With Whiskers. Prof. E. W. Melvin, of the "No Medicine Club," San Jose, Cali fornia, is only an old sweetheart of Mrs. Minnie Mondeau, well known in this city and now de ceased, but in a letter to the ad ministrator ofthe-Moirdea u" estate he states that he believes himself entitled to his share of the dead woman's estate that is now in probate and indicates that he will make an effort to have his claims recognized. Mrs. Mondeau formerly con ducted a Minnesota avenue hotel in this city and died in Wisconsin last December. Since her death it has been developed that she had advertised for a husband in a matrimonial paper and that a number had answered her ap peal. Among others was Prof. Melvin, a gentleman of culture, widely traveled and with the reputation of being influential at his home in San Jose. The woman's death was very sudden and was due to heart failure and .Kelvin-was not advised- of it un til several months after it oc curred. The Christmas mails to this city brought a package of flowers to Mrs. Mondeau, mailed from a Cuban health resort and little tokens of the professor's regard for the dead woman have been coming ever since. Yesterday came a letter in which he requested the return of a photograph which he had sent Mrs, Mondeau, the only one he had ever sat for. "It's the one with whiskers," says the letter, "and I want it i*eturned and shall always cherish it." Later in the same letter a formal claim is made for a share of the woman's estate. The letter lias boon answered and Mr. Melvin will be advised that as he is only "an old sweet heart" he cannot hope to share in the estate as there was no will and the probate1 laws of theconn try provide only for -heirs who bear some degree of relationship. BaumbaclHn Town Hon. W. S. Baumbach, of Wa dena, was a Bemidji visitor yes terday to look after his various interests here. Mr. Baumbach is much interested in Beinidji's future and regards it as one of. the most promising towns in this section of the country. He has long been prominent in politics in this section and is regarded as one of the most influential Re publicans in Wadena county. Speaking of the legislative light down there Mr. Baumbach stated that he was confident that Judge Asher Murray, one of Wadena's oldest and best citizens will be nominated for the legisla ture over Win. Dower. The fight so far as Wadena county is con cerned is one-sided and Mr. Murray will go out of his county with a strong endorsement. This should be entirely to his credit with the voters of Todd and Hub bard counties. Garris to Leave. A. A. Garris, who for some time past has been manager of the local telephone exchange for the Iron Range Telephone' Co. and has also had supervision of much*of its territory in this vicinity has severed his connec tion with the company to take a better situation with the Electric lighting ^company at Grand Rapids. Mr. Garris leaves this we.'k. He has been an efficient and capable man, obliging to local telephone patrons, and his departure will be a matter/of general regret. The now man ager comes from St. Cloud ''and will arrive some time this week. p. N. Lang spent yesterday at Nary. A SCRAP Reed's Stviflio R. W. REED, Prop. CHANGES HAND S George E. Trent, Well Known Hotel Man to Be Manager of the Markham. P. P. Hannifin, proprietor of the Markham hotel, is home from a business trip to Long Prairie and Alexandria, and while absent completed arrange ments to lease the Markham hotel to George Trent, who is at present conducting the Letson hotel at Geneva Beach, Alexan dria. Mr. Trent arrives next week to take charge. He is quite well known in the city and is a suc cessful hotel man, who will no doubt be popular with Bemidji people. Mr. Trent was manager of tin* Arlington at Brainerd for several months prior to its de struction by lire last winter, for merly conducted the Hotel Eeichiert at Long Prairie and w$k -foT^Sveval-year's successful and popular as manager of the Com mercial hotel at Wadena, now conducted by Colonel Askew. Mr. Trent's family will remain at Alexandria for a couple of months but he will take charge of the house in this city at once. He is one of the best known sportsmen in the state and was for two years the champion trap shot of Miunesota. Mr. Trent has a wide and favorable acquain tance with the traveling public and will add much prestige to the reputation of the local house. Held to Grand Jury. Patrick McGaffney, formerly proprietor of the M. & 1. restau rant at Blackduc.k, was arrested yesterday on a charge of highway robbery preferred by L. Briere. Briere had a time chock cashed at the Teepeetonka hotel and al leges that McGaffney appropri ated the money as it was laid out on the counter. McGaffney was arraigned before Judge Green and bound oyer to the grand jury. He admits that he took one dollar in a joke, but says the statement that he took $00 is a pipe. He was brought to the county jail this morning and will make an effort to be released under bond. Forest Fires. Forest fires are prevalent at several points along the north line and wore for a time a menace topi'operty interests. The fin at Blackduck which for a time threatened the town has abated, but a bad fire was reported raging just east of Tenstriko yes terday. Yesterday cedar stock and timber at llovey Junction was menaced and the M. '& I. engines were sent up to take the cars out of the siding. A largo force of men fought the lire until well into the night and at last re ports it was under control. _. Well Known in Bemidji. M.D.Stoner has been advised of the death of A. MeVieker, well known in Bemidji which occurred recently at. Marietta, Georgia, where lie went for the benefit of his wife's health some time ago. Mr. MeVieker was associated with Mr. Stonor in Bemidji for several years and was for two years assistant county surveyor. Ho has many friends in this city who will receive the news of his death with regret. Building Bridge. County Commissioner Johnson is down from Turtle River tocjay. Mr, Johnson says work has been begun on the new county bridge across the Turtle River near Turtle on the old Leech Lake road and will be pushed to com pletion as fast as possible. It is a convenience which will be much appreciated by the traveling pub lic and residents of that vicinity. Died at Nary. Mrs A. Nolan died at Nary yesterday morning after a linger? ing illness of Brights disease. She was thirty four years of ago, had been an invalid for sometime and leaves'a husband and family of small children. The funeral was held at Nary today and the interrment was at the Nary cemetery, recently platted. "Lucky Curve." Parker's Lucky Curve fountain pen, _written guarantee with each one. A. K. Winter, the jeweler. Of paper, if it is Artisto-Platlno or Collodio Carbon, printed from a negative, well re touched and well mounted on the latest and best style of mount and done at Is sure to please yourself and friends. Hun dreds of Portriats, Views about the Town and Lakes, and some of the oldest pictures which have been made new. Next Door lo Post Office, lT Yon arc Always WYlomr. LOUD WILL INVESTIGATE Sale of Intoxicating Liquor to Minors to Be Looked Up. POLICE DEPARTMENT UN EARTHS SENSATION. Small Boys in Sweat Box Make Statements Involving Several Local Saloon Men. The sale of liquor to several minor small boys is to be investi gated at once by County Attor ney as the result of a discovery made by the local police depart ment recently Saturday night Patrolman John Cline took a number of small boys into custody in the alley between Tliird and Fourth streets in the rear of K. H. Win ter & 60.'s who wore in various stages of intoxication it is as serted. Yesterday the boys were pnt in the sweat box and are said to have divulged^tlie. names of the liquor dealers who sold them beer. When discov ered they wore drinking from a "can" and were in various stages of evolution. The sweat lx method employed last night also developed the fact that several of the lads have been procuring to bacco from local dealers. The matter was reported to County Attorney Loud and he announces that he will make a full and com plete investigation and take the steps necessary to secure the prosecution and conviction of the guilty parties. Back From Big FaMsT? Attorney E. F. Crawford re turned Saturday night front his trip to Big Falls, made via Win nipeg, Rat Portage and/the Lake of the Woods water route! Mr. Crawford says the Big Fork country is.booming/but the trip was not without fts hardships'. .The sturgeon story from the Big Fork Compass recently printed in the Pioneer he verifies" and states that it is an actual fact that the fish/from five to six feet long were so thick in the river thai the boat passed with some little difficulty and their pios ence was for a time a menace to the occupants of the canoe. Mr. Crawford's visit to Big Falls was for the purpose of looking after some legal matters in connection with the recent organization of the village. Grill is Open. The Grill restaurant under the management of the Messrs. Koch & Stewart lias been formally opened to the public in its own building, on Third street which was formerly occupied by Peter son's confectionery. The new place is undoubtedly the most cleverly equipped restaurant in this section of the country and its service promises to be the best. Sues For Divorce. Mrs. M. Per ran It has begun an action in district court against her husband M. Perrault, of Far ley for divorce upon the grounds of cruel and inhuman treatment. Perrault will tight the divorce and the evidence promises to be far too ra to admit of publica tion. Mrs. Perrault is a resi dent of Bemidji at present. Penalty Tomorrow. Today is the last day on which real estate taxes may be paid at the court house without the ten per cent penalty attaching and Treasurer French and his deputy have had a very busy day. On all real estate taxes remaining unpaid today a penalty of ten per cent will attach tomorrow. Case Dismissed. W. C. Jones was in Judge Pendergast's court this morning on a charge of using foul and obscene language, preferred by I. Blooston. The case was dis missed, the ctvurt holding it was without jurisdiction. Mr. Bloo ston will bring the action again. Muskallonge Mounted. Taxidermist Henry Buenthcr has just finished mounting a for tv-pound muskallonge for Land-.' lord Chase, of Walker. The" fish was taken in Leech lake and is an exceptionally handsome specimen. 'Lucky Curve." A practical pen for practical men. The Parker pen uses any color ink, writes neatly, does not stick or splutter. Winter, the jeweler. A. E The local lodge lv. of P. will confer the rank of knight on three candidates tonight and a full attendance of the member ship is desired, The local lodge of lu'boccas will give an ice cream social at Odd Fellows hall Wednesday evening. It will be free for odd Fellows and their families. MEMORIA DAY Formal Observance of Nation's Sabbath Under Auspices of Local (i. A. R. Bemidji did honor to the na tion's hero dead yesterday in a formal observance of Memorial day. Although the observance was not quite as elaborate as upon former years the Memorial day exercises were quite largely attended despite unfavorable weather. At In o'clock members of K. 11. Carr Post G. A. It., the Ladies of the G. A. ft. circle, local camp Sons of Veterans and a large number of citizens assembled at the City hall and were escorted to Greenwood by the Litis drum corps, where the usual impres sive Menu trial services of the G. A. lv. were observed. In the afternoon at 2 o'clock Memorial day exercises were field' at the City hajl:ajad_woteJ very largely attended. Com mander Bailey, of the local/post, presided. The stage was.beauti fully decorated with the /national colors, and Judge Ell^oiTance, ex-national commander 01 the G. A. li., who delivered the ad dress of the day, occupied the seat of honor. Alter the invoca tion by Rev. McLeod, the audi ence joined in singing "America" and Judge Pendergast preceded the reading of the governor's Memorial day proclamation by appropriate remarks. A quar tette, composed of the Mes dames/ilum and Jackson and the Messrs.Warfield and Jerrard, rendered "Just Before the Battle Mother" and the City Attorney Russell followed by reading Lin coln's Gettysbury address. Miss 'kaldemaTT^ave a vocal- solo and Mrs. C. E. Bailey gave a recitation which was enthusiastically re ceived. The address of the day by udge Torrance followed, ft was a masterful effort in the Judge's best vein, a tribute to the- -ntitionJs dead ~and to the sacred memories of Memorial day that was ample and fitting. Time and space will not permit a synopsisof the speech in today's Pioneer, but it was a very accept able effort and without question one of the best ever heard in the city. The afternoon's services were concluded by a selection by the quartette "Cover Them Over With Beautiful Flowers." The Memorial sermon to R. H." Carr post was preached by Father Murphy at the City hall Sunday morning. The city's pioneer pastor did ample justice to the occasion. The hall was packed and the services were verv im pressive. BASEBALL 2 The home team and the North ern Pacific club, of St. Paul, as sayed to play two games of-base ball in this city Sunday and yostr. day. The locals took the first game hy a score of 7 to 8 and lost yesterday 24 bo 14. Neither game was fast and the locals won the first in a fireworks finish repine witli errors and a spectacle to be hold. Skugsberg pitched Sun day's game and aside from a lack* of "noodleism" at critical points, which tended to run the score up his efforts were acceptable. He was given very ragged support, and while the hitting of the locals was sufficient to win the base run ning was of theivariety fierce, and had at times a decidedly Charley horse tinge. Connors started to umpire the game and after hav ing been allowed to sandbag the locals out of two scores was re turned to the eminent satisfaction of the bleachers to make place for "Doc" Rutledgo. the Cass Lake newspaper man, who umpired the remainderof the game and yester day's football match in a very* creditable' manner. Bemidji hit Depati. who pitched for St. Paul, for nine safe ones, including one two-bagger and Skugsberg was touched up for eight. The locals bunched their hits in the eighth and ninth and won in a very sen sational finish. Finn, McCamus, Bray ton, Ludwigand Ilines play ed the game but of the remainder of the bunch enough said. Ilines sustained a sprained ankle in'Sunday's game and was out yesterday. YKSTKliOAV. Yesterday's exhibition was desperate hand to hand encoun ter between eighteen young men more correctly to be classified as murder in the first degree than as a polite and genteel dem onstration of the great American game of baseball. There is still some doubt as to the score but the best guessers give out flu1 figure of 24 toll which is be lieved to be sufficiently conser vative. "Doc" Rutledgo, of Cass Lake, one of nature's noblemen, a gentleman, a scholar and a fan of the desperate typo participated in the ante helium talk festand ad vised with shameless abandon that the thing to do was to get one lloule from Cloquet to do the wing work. Many took stock in the hunch and the stal- Saleratus, per pkg 4c Gloss Starch, per pkg 4c Nine clock Washing Tea. "per pkg 4c Yeast Foam, per pkg 2'2c 15c no per lb =r-Col'l'ro. 10cw 15c Peaches, per lb 9c y-lb can Tomatoes,solid packed3, ft $ per can 10c All Dress Goods sold at reduced prices. ..THE.. BAZAAR wart red man was much admired before the game and the grand stand and bleachers freely mar veled at his magnificent physique and general bearing. At length the trouble began and. Mr. lloule with an even mouthful of Climax and the air of man who is going to do things also began. For several innings ho was sans pure sansetreprocheand thescare wa^ far up in the alimentary canal of visitors. The Red men who rooted at the first base line inidor the efficient direction 01 Ed Hubbard were sufficiently noisy and all was merry as a Bohemian wedding day. Hoff wh7o was in the box for the visitors was pounded about the lot7in \|jf This Store i|il Closes at 7:30 \f excepting \ll Mill Pay Days \f and Saturdays ft it/ it/ ft it/ it/ it/ ft ft ft ft ft j{ or more. a free and easy manner and it looked like a cake walk until the Philistines of the St Paul team fell upon /Mr. lloule and began to hammer him out in the most unmerciful manner. With the bases fulr Peterson erred on a long hit to/right and three men scered~~llere Houler~began to $ FRJCEs Another shipment of fine ..THE. !m| WITT I ..THE. BAZAA IniS WCGKBAZAAR HIG QUALIT LOW PRICES Satisfaction Guaranteed or Money Refunded ThisWeek droop and/wither and there was an effort all along the line to dis cover who threw the overalls in Mrs. Murphy's chowder. After that pandemonium. Many took to the tall timber, others hastily left7in the direction of Cass Lake awll'~tho silence "of the~ forest primeval could not have been 'more depressing in overcoat and umbrella weather than the deep gloom that overtook the entire bunch. The St. Paul bunch gam boled about the diamand like geldings in a clover patch, every body erred and the deed was done. To attempt to give any thing like an accurate account of the progress of the game is be yond the ability, of this depart-'! merit, it.was not a creclit.to the' winners or the losers and it had better be forgotten. TAKE flKAKT. The attendance at Sunday's game was good, but yesterday it was not whatjt_should have been although tlfeTweather-conditions T5he Clothiers Continuance 1st Anniversary Saiehftft Surpassing All Records in the Sale. ft Stein-Bloch and B. Kuppenheimer Co.'s FamousXIothes. ft Clothes of finest quality, of conscien- ft tious workmanship, most stylish fitting exquisite, interesting designs. We pre- jg. sent numerous distinctive patterns in ft single and double breasted Suits for dress, for business, for traveling or for J{[ outing. Better Suits than g* it is possible for you to P-^^ I ft cure elsewhere at $18, $20M^ Cut-Glass Tankards and Tumblers free with each purchase of $5.00 NOTEWORTH SHOWING OF HIGHEST CLASS GOOD S THAT WILL WIN YOU FAVO I Fancy Sweet Corn, per can only 10c Evaporated Apples,per Zllthanly Z. 9c Japan Rice, per lb only 6c Painty Hulled Corn,3-lb canon ly 6c cans Cream, selling now at 3 for 25c Fancy Strawberries now per can 10c 1 lotChambry Madras Gingham, U2 inches wide only 12'bc Regular 25c Stella Suit ings, now only 13c ..THE.. BAZAAR were adverse. The drubbing given the home team yesterday clears the atmosphere wonder fully. The team must be strengthened at once. Pitchers area necessity and there are weak spots in the fielding that must bTTTcnred tethstonee7~" McCam us, Bray ton, Finn, Ludwigand Hines are fast and deserving of better company. With the addition of three more men of like merit the home team will be worthy the patronage of the large con stituency of fans in this city. The city wants baseball and the management of the team de serves more encouragement than it has up to date received. It takes 'money to make the mare go" and the patrons of the game can hardly expect anything dif ferent in view of the financial support which has so far been accorded the club. The baseball season for Bemidji is_one that holds much promise if the proper steps to ginger up the team are taken at once. it/ ft ft ft ft ft Malt Orders Receive Prompt Attention ft ft ft j| ft ft