The daily pioneer. [volume], November 09, 1903, Image 4

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ARE A TRIFLE TO O
SWIFT
Retail Liquor Dealers Say
Employment Agents Are
Rushers.
MEN FRO DAKOTA DON'T STAY
IN BEMIDJI LON ENOUGH.
Most of Their Money Goes to
Towns in This Vicinity But
little to Bemidji.
There is a clash in sight be
tween the local employment
offices and the Retail Liquor
Dealer's Association of this city.
The trouble grows out of the
fact that the employment agents
are what the liquor dealers are
pleased to term "rushers" and it
is said that through their "rush
ing" methods much money that
would be left in Bemidji goes to
other towns in this vicinity.
When John, the lumberman,
comes down from North Dakota
with his fall's wages in his
pocket the first man he meets at
the train is an employment agent.
They are all hustlers and rivalry
is keen and every man who is
looking for work is immediately
taken in charge and skipped to
one of the lumbering camps out
of the towns in various direc
tions in this vicinity. Precedent
has shown that this class of
laborers nearly always spend all
their money before they go into
the woods and the liquor dealers
say they might just as well .spend
it here as at Blackduck, North
ern e, Akeley, Solway or any of
the several thriving lumbering
towns in this vicinity. They also
say that the liquor dealers would
not be the only ones benefitted.
The employment agents are all
hustlers- and before the men
have an opportunity to buy their
winter's clothing tliey are
bundled bag and baggage out of
town. The agents also fill up
the platforms at the passenger
depots and jostle about people in
the most annoying fashion, it is
said, and the liquor dealers will
present a petition to both the
Great Northern and theNorthern
Pacific railroads in a short time
declaring that they should be
kept away from the depots.
Now all this does not sit well
on the employment agents. This
morning several of the agents
stated to the Pioneer that they
did not anticipate any immediate
difficulty with the liquor dealers.
They state that it is hardly prob
able that they will undertake
anything of the sort and that it is
more than probable that the
railroad companies will turn
them down if they do. They
hold that they have a right to
conduct their business without
regard to the interests of the
liquor dealers and talk much of
cold hands which they have held
out which will be introduced for
honors at the proper time.
Busy Dame Rumor.
Rumors of a suit for damages,
arrests jor blackmail and rumors
which have been the talk of the
town .for some time past-are not
in evidence this morning for the
first time in several days. The
rumors-were all the outcome of
a recent sensational episode in
the Malzahn block and while all
parties to the affair have been
prolific of threats they have been
short on action. As the matter
now stands the whole affair will
probably be dropped.
I
FREIGHT WREC
Heavily Loaded Great Northern
Train Breaks in Two
Near Tilden.
An extra east bound train on
the Great Northern last night
broke in two' between Tilden
and Mentor, the air brakes failed
to apply and when the head end
of the train was stopped the sev
ered rear section crashed into it
shattering two box cars and de
railing several others. The rear
end of the train was taken back
to Tilden, the head end was
brought to Mentor, the wreck
was picked up and traffic was re
sumed about 4 o'clock. No one
was injured. The east bound
passenger was delayed two hours
and a half.
Resembles Grand Opera Seat Sale.
If Adelina Patti were to sing at
the City Opera House tonight and
tickets were going at twenty-five
cents each there could not be a
greater rush to secure them than
there was at the Great Northern
depot today to secure tickets for
the east bound train at noon.
Hunters, land seekers and lum
bermen crowded the waiting
room to its capacity and the
crowd could probably not have
been accommodated in time for
the train had it not been half an
hour late. Agent Chamberlain
presided at the window and did
stunts for a time that put him in
the same class as a change maker
with the best
show business.
men in the side
Fosston Is Coming.
The recently organized high
school football team of this city
and the team from Fosston will
contest for honors on the grid
iron next Saturday afternoon.
The game promises to be close
and interesting. The teams are
evenly matched. The Fosston
team has played several games,
but has been unfortunate in get
ting against teams that were su
perior all the way through. The
high school team is practicing
steadily. Eagles Will Spread Their Wings.
The local aerie Fraternal Older
of Eagles plan to spread their
wings on Thanksgiving night
and have arranged for a grand
ball to be given at the City Opera
House. The Eagles never do
anything by halves and will leave
nothing undone that will add to
the success and enjoyment of the
occasion. Committees are busy
at present making all arrange
ments.
Woods Full of Land Seekers.
Woodsmen coming into this
city this morning report that the
woods of the north country liter
ally swarm with land seekers.
Most of them travel on foot and
are seeing the country to the
best advantage in this way.
Parties going in meet parties
coming out, who tell terrible
tales of the interior, but nothing
daunted they continue their trip.
Cannon Is It.
Washington, Nov. 9.The ex
tra session of Congress was
called to order at noon today.
In the house Cannon was elected
speaker and the balance of the
Republican slate put through.
The session of the senate lasted
but a few minutes.
Skinned, Skunked, Scandalized.
The Bemidji football team
dropped the second game which
it has played since its organiza
tion to the fast bunch from
Grand. Rapids on the latter's
MILLINER CORSET S FUR S SUITING S I
Next Door to First National Bank
Dry Good Notions Uuderwear Hosiery
FIRSTNATIONA ISWOUL
AT HOM E
City's Pioneer Banking Insti-
tution Opened For Business
At Neur Quarters.
OX E OF FINEST BANK BUILD-
INGS IN MINNESOTA.
Handsomely Appointed Interior
Brings Many Flattering
Compliments.
The First National Bank of Be
midji opened for business in its
new block at the corner of Third
street and Minnesota avenue
this morning and without a ques
tion has one of the handsomest
and best appointed homes of any
banking institution in the state.
The building completed and
fitted up will cost in the neigh
borhood of $14,000. The banking
rooms are on the first floor and
the second floor is devoted to
office rooms,'soon to be occupied
by various Bemidji professional
men. The block is unquestion
ably the handsomest in Bemidji
at present. It is constructed of
St. Louis pressed brick with
brown stone trimmings and
makes a very pretty effect viewed
from the exterior. The banking
rooms are handsomely appointed
with the best furniture that
could be purchased. All the
furniture and' fixtures are of
golden quarter-sawed oak. The
floor is of tile and the base boards
are of granite. The bank is also
equipped with a fire and burglar
proof vault, which has safety de
posite boxes for the convenience
of patrons.
The First National is the city's
pioneer banking institution. It
was first started as a private
bank and in October 1901 was in
corporated as a national bank.
Liberal and conservative business
methods have done much for the
business in the meantime and it
is at present one of the most sub
stantial banking institutions in
this section. Its last statement
shows assets i to the amount of
$262,599.08, with a reserve fund
of 35 per cent. The bank is re
ceiving many compliments on
its new home.
grounds by a score
yesterday afternoon.
of 16 to 0
The team
made a much better showing
than in its first game, however,
and is steadily coming to the
front. Grand Rapids made two
touchdowns in the first eight
minutes' play around the Bemid
ji ends and while the home team
had the ball within five feet of the
Grand Rapids goal line at one
time it was unable to score.
There was a large attendance
and the boys were very well
treated. The team is entitled to
considerable credit for the good
showing it made. The Grand
Rapids team has not been beated
during the present season.
Beats Battle of Santiago.
C. C. Woodward returned this
morning from Battle River, where
he went in cdmpany with George
McTaggart last Friday night to
hunt moose. Mr. Woodward
says the woods arefull of hunters
and there is a constant bom
barding which would make the
uninitiated think the battle of
Santiago was being fought over
again.
Newspaper Plant Scorched.
Fire this morning did consider
able damage to the newspaper
plant of the Wadena Tribune.
The blaze is supposed to have
started in some manner from
the torch attachment of a gaso
line engine. The loss is
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Crazed by Domestic Trouble,
Mrs. Clara Swenson At
tempts Mother's Life.
UNFORTTNATE WOMA N HAS A
LARGE FAMILY.
Case Is Pitiable OneWoman Will
Be Examined This
Afternoon.
Crazed by domestic trouble,
Mrs. Clara Swenson, who has
made her home in Bemidji with
her parents since early this sum
mer threatened to kill her father,
mother and brother, "with the
result that she will be examined
as to her sanity this afternoon
and taken to the state hospital
at Fergus Falls.
The woman's case is a pitable
one. She has a family of eight
children^ the youngest eight
months old. Mrs. Swenson is
the wife of a printer, who was
formerly in this city, but who
deserted her and the family in
Washington state where they
formerly resided some time ago.
After this Mrs. Swenson came
to this city to make her home
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
G. E. Corey. She has twice be
fore been an inmate of hospitals
for the insane, once at St. Peter
and once in Washington State.
About a month ago in a fit of
anger over some imaginary
grievance Mrs. Swenson at
tempted to kill her mother with
a hammer. Her condition has
steadily been growing worse for
some time and yesterday she
threatened to kill her parents
and her brother.
Mrs. Swenson will be exam
ined in the probate court this
afternoon and will probably be
taken to Fergus Falls tonight.
Money
Always
Cheerfully Refunded.
Lion Brand
large, rough,
Machos
Shirts, new. beautiful styles,
in Percales, Cheviots and
Men's Outing Flannel Shirts, new
in Neat Stripes and Plaids, worth
$1, at
California Flannel Shirts, chemically tested,
strictly all wool, fast colored blue, tons and
brown, sold anywhere ior 1.50, choice
for
IIIMIlM*aiKEi^lSKlS g.g.
DIED YESTERDAY
Death Claims Patient Sufferer
After Long Years of
Illness.
Yesterday morning athishome
in this city occurred the death of
J.P.Bennington, a well known
and' highly respected resident,
after years of patient suffering,
of tuberculosis.
The deceased had been a resi
dent of Bemidji for some time
and his death will occasion sor
row to a wide circle of friends.
The deceased was 57 years of age
and was born in Maryland. He
is survived by a wife and family
of four grown up children, three
of whom, Mrs. John A. McDon
ald, Lewis and Russel Benning
ton are respected residents of
this city. Mrs. Wm. Johnson,
a daughter is a resident of Grand
Rapids, Michigan.
Mr. Bennington was endowed
with a pleasant disposition that
endeared him to all who knew
him. He was a kind father and
a good husband and bore his
long and painful illness with
patience and resignation.
The funeral occurred'fro,mthe
family residence at three o'clock
this afternoon Rev. McLeod
officiating. The interment was
at Greenwood.
Came Near Being Angel.
A well known traveling man
had a narrow escape from being
transformed into an angel via the
car wheel route at the Great
Northern 'deiDot this morning.
The gentleman had overslejDt and
undertook to board the train
while it was moving. He lost his
hold and fell between the train
and the platform. The experience
was one which he does not care
to repeat. He missed the train
and sustained several bad bruises
about the head and face.
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THE CLOTHIERS.
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Emphatically the Best, Richest and
Handsomest Overcoats in Bemidji.
Stein-Bloch and B. Kuppenheimer
& Co.' Fashionable ProductionsIiHi11
$1
styles
65c
$1
a
52-inch, 50-inch and 48-inch
lengths that are about 7 feet sweep
around bottom. They are the fash-
ionable, smart overcoat of the season.
Hundreds of these hand-tailored, close
fitting collar, new peaked lapel, beau-
tiful overcoats offered at $10, $12,
$15, $18 and $20.
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Furnishing Headquarters!
Special Sale for This Week!
BI MA N AFTER
BI GAME
Chief Executive of North Da.
kota Hnnts Moose in
Itasca County.
CAMP ESTABLISHED NEAR
MOOSE LAKE SATURDAY.
Gov. White, an Ardent Sportsman,
Anxious to Kill a Monarch
of the Pines.
Gov. White, of Bismarck, N.D.,
chief executive of the flickertail
state, an ardent sportsman and a
genial gentleman,* who enjoys
nothing better than an outing in
the woods, is hunting big game
in the vicinity of Moose Lake in
Itasca county with a party of
well known and prominent North
Dakota gentlemen.
Gov. White and party arrived
at the camp, which had been
previously established, last Sat
urday afternoon and are under
stood to have gone in from Cass
Lake. Dan Rose,the well known
guide, will undertake to get the
governor and his party into the
moose country and all plan to,
spend a very pleasant two weeks'
outing.
Gov. White has long been an
ardent sportsman. He is Jbhe
plain every day sort of a man
who is just as much at home in
the woods as he is in the capitol
at Bismarck. The governor and
his party are hunting in one of
the best regions in this section.
They are comfortably established
in camp on Moose Lake and alL
arrangements are made for the
most enjoyable sort of an outing.
The governor is an excellent shot
and is said to handle a Winchester
as well and better than any man
in the party.
The Superior
Boy's Store,
Straightforward,
Accommodating,
Accurate and
Always Biggest
Values.
$1.25 Undershirts, Men's Heavy Natural
"Wool Shirts, double breasted, fleece
lined, strictly all wool, at
64 dozen Wool Fleeced Shirts and
Drawers, good values at 50c, special for
Men's Heavy Home Knit Sweaters,
pure wool, new colorings 1.25 values.,at
Men's and~Boy's Caps from last season
all colors, Oxford Blue and Black, this
season's styles worth 50c, special at.. 1 9
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