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YOUN BU VER CROOKE Mystery of Recent Burglaries Unearthed with Much Sensational Incident. FIVE BURGLARIES SUCCESS FULLY $68$Sm& Complete Confessions Made to Local Police and All Will Prob ably Go to Training School. Four small boys, the oldest not sixteen years of age were yester day arrested by the police charged with barglarizing the store of the Bemidji Mercantile Company, the Sinis store, O'Leary & Bowser's Department store, I. B. Olson's confectionery establishment and the residence of Andrew Clavin and complete confessions followed which re veal a state of affairs in Bernidji boydom that is surprising in the extreme. All the burglaries occurred last week. The th-st three looked like the work of professionals andthepolicedepartment scoured the town high and low and rid it of all suspicious characters last Saturday. The robbery of the Olson store where a (quantity of toys was appropriated together with a small sum of money, gave the officers ajiew clue and yesterday an investigation was begun which resulted in the ar rest of the boys and their confes sion to the different robberies. Their stories told to the police last night show that the burglar ies had been carefully planned and executed with the skill of professionals and none of the youngsters seemed to realize that they were committing a very seri ous misdemeanor. The robbery of the BemicTji Mercantile Co.'s store was the first one and it was executed and accomplished with so much ease and success that the lads took on new courage. Besides the places robbed they tried a number of others, where they failed to gain admission and the probabilities are that if it had not been for the investigation conducted by the police depart ment which resulted in their ar rests they would have executed thefts in the near future with quite as good success as had at tended their past efforts. Officer Norman Helmer learned yesterday that one of the boys had been passing chewing gum around with alavish hand at school and that he had presented his sister with a doll and other toys. Chief of Police Bailey also had information along about the same line and together with Officer Cline the investigation was be gun. The home of the boy who had been giving out the gum was visited, the boy confessed the whole story and the other arrests followed. The robberies in each case ac cording to the tale which the youngsters tell had been com mitted after midnight. They had carefully planned to evade the police in coming down town and after this was accomplished the rest w^s found easy. All four boys were 'ftfct implicated in all the robberies but each was implicated in one or more and bound by an oath of secrecy. Nearly all the stolen property was discovered. The lads had realized from their work about eighty dollars in money and quite a quantity of merchandise. All tho latter has been recovered and most of the money. Several of the boys come from prominent families and the Pio neer has been requested to with hold the names. All were ar raigned in Judge Skinvik's court this morning and all will proba bly be sent to the reformatory. They are fpart of-a regularly organized of youngsters who have aspired to be desperate s? FO FOURT TIME H. W. Bailey Elected Commander R. H. Carr Post For Fourth Consecutive Term. R. H. Carr Post No. 174 G.A R, held its regular monthly meeting at I. O. 0. P. hall last Saturday and elected officers for the en suing year. EL W. Bailey was elected to serve his fourth con secutive term as post command er. The local post0 3 has Ibou thirty members and has not missed a meeting in the last three years, It is one of the strongest posts in this section and is in a flourishing condition at present. Saturday's meeting among other things decided to hold a camp fire some time after the holidays at which time it is expected to have some of the state officers present and have a rousing time. The officer selected Saturday were as follows: CommanderH. W. Bailey. S. V. CEd Barrett J. V. CNewell Baker. Quarter Master George Smith. SergeantJ. M. Phillips. ChaplainE. N. Henderson. O. D. G. P. Irish. O. G.H. P. Minton. Delegate to State Encampment E. N. Henderson. AlternateC. Villeman. characters for some time. Sev eral of them have been arrested before, but the inflnence of their parents and promises to do bet ter kept them from being sent to the state training school. Most of the boys belonged to an organ ization of boon companions who conducted a joint near the Mis sissippi bridge, which1 the police found it necessary to burn about two months ago. All are addict ed to reading penny dreadful lit erature and as usual there is one very bad boy who appears to have guided the rest in all their plans. The incident causes general re gret and while much influence is being brought to bear in some cases to keep the boys from going to the reformatory it is hardly probable that it will be success ful Editors Eat a Heap. The Beltrami County Publish ers were entertained at dinner at the Markham by Landlord Han nafin today. Ameetingof the pub lishers called for the purpose of perfecting an organization was held at the Markham parlors this morning. H. Gv Hays was elected president and S. K. Moorhead, of the Turtle River Pine Tree, secretary. The great er part of the morning and a part of this afternoon was taken up in discussing propositions of inter est to the craft generally. The business session was adjourned at noon, when the publishers present and the underlings of the various local papers were dined by Landlord Hannafin. The Markham'swell known repu tation for hospitality was amply sustained and the boys all did ample justice to the spread. Pres ent at the publishers meeting were C. R. Martin, R. W. Hitch cock, H. G. Hays, S. R. Moorhead and Ernest Oberg. Telegrams were received from the other publishers unable to be present expressing their profoundest re grets. The occasion was a very enjoyable one for all in atten dance. To Inspect Circle. The annual inspection of the local Ladies G. A. R. Circle will occur next Saturday and will be conducted by Mrs. Murilda Stone, of Rush City. The occasion will be made the most of by the ladies who have oue of the best circles in the state. Dinner will be served to the ladies of the circle and to the members of the post and elaborate preparations are being made for the event. A LETTER FRO BO DUNN Is in the Fight For Governor ship Until State Conven tion Decides It. DECLARATION OF HIS CAIVDI- DACY BY PRINCETON MAN He Appreciates the Hearty Sup port of Friends in Every Section of the State. A well known Bemidji gentle man has just received a letter from Hon. R. C. Dunn, of Prince ton,in which Mr. Dunn discusses his candidacy for the governor ship in his characteristic fashion. Mr. Dunn announces that he is in the fight to stay and that he will make every honorable effort to win until the state convention finally decides the fight. Speaking of the spontaneous and hearty endorsement which his candidacy has called out in every section of the state Mr. Dunn says that the kind words of his friends and their efforts in his behalf are heartily appreciat ed. _"I am in the fight to stay," says Mr. Dunn, "and I want to tell you that I heartily appreciate all the kind things the boys up your way are doing for me." The sentiment in favor of Mr. Dunn's candidacy is constantly growing in this section. Among the prominent and influential residents of Bemidji Mr. Dunn numbers many warm personal friends, who are well familiar with his sterling worth as a man and with his ability as a public official. They will naturally take more than a passing interest in his candidacy. As the matter now stands the opinion generally expressed that if the s.ate convention wyere WSTT^BSftfTtefoMKlBSi to be held tomorrow Mr. Dunn would be the nominee by an over whelming majority. The condi tions that will enter into the fight between this time and the hold ing of the state convention can not change matters very mater ially. The campaign of both Judge Collins and Mr. Dunn will begin in earnest after the first of the year and from present indica tions it will. be one of the most spectacular in the history of Min nesota republican politics. COUNCI ROWS Motion to Adjourn Prevailed Ear ly at Meeting of Village Dads at Tenstrike. A motion to adjourn prevailed early at the regular meet ing of the village dads at Ten strike last night. The meeting was a regular meeting of the council and when the matter came,up of the village justice re ceiving his regular fees for the collection of the fines from the slot machines there was an open breach between members of the council. The justice is a mem ber of the council and he held that in so long as he imposed the fines he wTas -4 entitled to the cus- tomary fee. The matter oc casioned much warm discussion and when the meeting was hasti ly adjourned it was as far from a satisfactory settlement if not farther than when it was first taken up for consideration. The various slot machines in the city are operating under a tine of one dollar each at present. The Best in the World Dr. J. W. Hamilton, of San Fran cisco, Cal., says "I have sold War ner's White Wine of Tar Syrup for years. It is the best cough medicine in the world, and has no equal for asthma." Do All Kinds of Tin and Iron Work Pump Steam and Water \k Pipe Repairing Specialty $20.00 and $22.00 Patent Beaver Overcoats and Silk Elation Overcoats, 30 different shades, in long, loose, very graceful Overcoats that fit perfectly. Extra special $15.00 and $16.50 Smart Kersey Overcoats and Genuine Frieze Overcoats, 10 different colorings, in and extra long, and plenty of them. Choice for... IRWOO COMIN The Clothiers, Rev. Will J. Irwood,Spiritualistic Evangelist, to Hold Meetings in Bemidji Soon. Through the efforts of the Rev, Mrs. Ted Smith arrangements have just been completed where by Rev. Will J. Irwood, of La crosse, Wis., one of the best known Spiritualistic evangelists in the country, will soon come to Bemidji to hold a series of evan gelistic meetings in the cause of Spiritualism. The local Spirit ualistic church has something of a membership at present and meetings have been regularly conducted by Mrs. Smith for some time past. Mrs. Smith has several times held public meet ings at the city hall and has al ways talked to crowded houses. She is an enthusiast in the work and enters into it with a sincer ity which attracts the widest local attention. Rev. Irwood is one of the best known exponents of the doctrine of Spiritualism in the country. He was educated for the Catholic priesthood, but became interest ed in the work of Spiritualism and took it up before he was or- ALL LADIES' HATS AT mm We 2 0 I SEVERSON'STA HARDWARE J.i PHONE 2 5 0 MONEY ALWAYS CHEERFULLY REFUNDED] zrrr i mmm^mm ^^MM1 Luxuriou Overcoats^vyv^ r^T^TTfy^'y^ Finest Overcoat Stock in the Bemidji, showing most desirable and extraordinarily rich overcoats in practically unlimited variety. Ranging $10.00, $12.00, $12.50, $15.00, $18.00, $20.00, $25.00, $30.00 and $35.00. FOR THIS WEEK NEXT DOOR O FIRST NATIONAL BANK ^"^p* ^^qp I I ny-^-^- ly ^^^^^^^.^^.^^^^A.A.A^^. PINE WENT HIGB Weyerhauser Co., Gets Most of Pine Offered at Sale Last Saturday. The reservation pine which was sold at Cass Lake Saturday br ought a much better price than had been anticipated, as lumbermen who bid $8 and 9 per thousand are beginning to realize. The Weyerhauser Co. are said to have been the most successful bidders and most of the timber will go to this com pany and to other "down river" firms. The next sale occurs on thel28thinst., and is expected to arouse more interest than the one which has just been conclud- 1 ed. dained. His career has been at tended with great success and notoriety and he has a reputation throughout the country that al ways draws the largest houses. He intends to spend about three weeks in Bemidji and the meet ings will begin about the first of the year. Words are weak as water when it comes to telling of the wonder ful cures of Mark's Lung Balsam. We Make Everything in Hot and Cold Water Tanks Hot Water Boilers Chimney Jackets Sinks, Etc. -*rf $15.00 long,$10.00,.Good