The daily pioneer. [volume], December 05, 1903, Image 3

About The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904

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$500
Worth of Children's
TOYS
Just Received!
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Our Overcoat
SALE
has so far been a great success, and is still going on.
One-third Off on All
OVERCOATS
including all the most prominent makes, such as H. S. &
M. Sturm, Mayer & Co. Lowenstein & Co. Ederheimer,
Stein & Co., etc. Every coat is guaranteed as to"quality
and make, and they are all tliis season's productions.
THE DISCOUNT
is given on the price originally put on the coats when
placed in stock, and none of the prices have been
tampered with.
Note the Following Prices:
$ 5.00 for an Overcoat sold at$ 7.50
6.66 8.00
10.00
12.00 13.33
16.67
20.00
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Money Refunded on All Goods Not Satisfactory.
The Daylight Store.
HELPFUL
HOLIDA HINTS
WE BUY OU
FURNITURE IN
CAR LOAD LOTS
You Save Difference in Freight
E. L. NAYLOR, FURNITURE
LICENSED EMBALMER AND UNDERTAKER
BEMIDJI, MINN.
The Lesson of the Past
For eight years we have been
telling of the wonderful future of
Bemidji. Man have been unbeliev
ing. They have lost fortunes. Every
year proved our prediction many
times over. Bemidji will one day
be a great city, and townsite lots,
now to be had cheap, will be worth
big money. Bu now.
Bemidji Townsite &
Improvement Co.
JOHN GIBBONS, Local Agent.
10.00 12.00 15.00 18.L?
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Notice
OurWindow Display of
ART PICTURES
Just the Thing!
A Hint for the Future I
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WHAT SHE CALLED IT.
Little Girl's Definition Not at All a
Bad One.
Margaret is still a few months un
der 3 years of age. but she is old
enough te--Ire observant and to put
|wo and two together. For a good
part of her short life her father has
been away from home, and she has
more familiarity, therefore, with let
ters and letter writing, probably, than
most little girls. She had never been
permitted to use ink, but had often
watched the ohler ones writing 'v.ith
it and using the blotter.
The other day she was writing as
usual with a pencil, or making the
marks on the paper which she calls
writing, when, she' saw a blotter lying
on the desk out of her reach. Of
course she wanted it, but she did not
know the name of it. She thought
about it a little, and then said, "Dad
dy, give me that please."
"Give you what?" asked her father.
She pointed a fat finger at the- blot-
ter and replied, "Give me that inH. nap-
kin."Harper's Magazine.
SAID THINGS TO HIMSELF.
New York Policeman Lost Car Fare
and Had to Walk.
"The direst strait I was ever in in
my life," said Timothy J. Campbell,
"was one day recently when I was in
a hurry on Broadway. I had walked a
few blocks from my office when I
thought I'd take a car. 1 put my hands
in my pockets and found I'd left my
wallet behind me. However, a 10-cent
piece showed up in my vest pocket.
I was just about stepping off the side
walk toward a car when the dime
fell out of my hand. It fell near an old
man who was selling tape measures.
A young fellow corning along, thinking
the old man had dropped the dime,
handed it to him. He pocketed it
quickly.
"Did you claim the dime?" Tim was
asked.
"Not on your life. I hustled along
on my journeyon foot, mind you
saying strong words about things gen
erally as I went on."New York Press.
Pauper Lunatics In Britain.
Steadily for the last ten years the
number of certified pauper lunatics
in the British isles has been rising.
Similarly suicide is increasing all over
the country. Turn to the physical
form and the tale is the same. Army
recruits show worse teeth to the ex
amining medical officers every year.
It has just been found necessary to
lower the standard of height, weight
and chest measurement to a degree
which is quite indeiinite. With all
modern athleticism there is still a
definite tendency to increased insanity
and to physical degeneration in Great
Britain at the present day.
160 Pag'es-
3 2 in color
which is more than there is in some
of the 25-cent and 35-cent magazines.
12 SKort Stories
all by clever writers: Maurice Hew
lett, W A. Fraser, Arthur Stringer,
Richard Le Gallienne, Stephen Bon
sal, and others.
8 0 Illustrations
by the best artists with brush, pen
and camera.
10 Portraits of
Beautiful
Women of the stage
This feature alone sells thousands of
copies each month.
(B36)
BI PIN E SAL E A
CAS S LAK E
Many Big Lumbermen Pres
ent to Bid for Reserva
tion Timber
NEARLY ALL TRACTS ARE O
LEECH LAKE RESERVATION
Sale Will Be Attended by-Com
missioner Richards of Gener
al Land Office.
The big sale of reservation pine
which has boon anticipated with
interest for some time by lum
bermen generally occurs today
at Cass Lake The tracts to befirst
sold are for the most part on the
Leech Lake reservation and there
are a number of the most promi
nent lumbermen in tho state rep
resented at the sale.
In all there will be almost ~2o-h-
407,500 feet of white and Norway
pine disposed of. The greater
part of_thia.is.iu the vicinity of
Walker and north but there are
several small tracts near Cass
Lake. At a late hour last night
the hope was still cherished that
the sale would be hold up by an
injunction* but the department
of tho interior isjjon record with
a very conclusive statement to
the effect that this cannot bo ac
complished. Many lumbermen,
however, are not pleased with
the conditions that have been
prescribed in getting out the
timber and it is known that they
have exerted every effort to have
a stay in the proceedings. it is
even said that although the sale
may occur tomorrow, the gener
al land office may be compelled
to hold up ttoe bids after they
have been accepted and forward
ed. This hope is for the most
The METROPOLITAN
MAGAZINE for December
Cleanwholesomeclever fictiongood storiesdescriptive articles of intense
interestthe finest there is in illustrationprinted on the finest papera maga-
zine of literary merit and pictorial excellence. No fraudulent advertising accepted.
200,000 Copie
are necessary to meet the demand for December. Some of the recent numbers
were entirely exhausted, and not one re-order from the News Co. could be filled.
part founded on legal technicali
ties, however, and the opinion of
the more conservative is that it
will fall far short of realization.
Nearly every large lumber con
cern in the sta'e is represented
at the sale today. The govern
ment officials expect the sale to
it a sum which will be in tho
near neighborhood of $1,000,000.
b.-ut there are many kmV^e'rrtKni
who say that they will be disap
pointed when the bids are opened
as under the condition obtaining
in offering tho timber for sale a
large price cannot be expec ted.
Commissioner Richards of the
general land office at Washington
is in atlond'UK'e at the sale to
gether with Judge J. 1. Parker
and George P. Dollock, chief of
one of the departments of the
interior.
The sealed bid method will be
tried at tho sale today for
thef
time. Bids will bo received
up'to the opening of the sale in
sealed envelopes accompanied by
twenty per cent of the purchase
price, of the bid in the form of a
certified check The bids Will be
opened and numbered ami the
highest will be recommended for
acceptance.
^OLD THEF
While In taxi rated John Lowe
Robs Ihimmys in Front of
Third Street Stojres.
While intoxicated lust night
John Lowe, a woodsman, who is
quite well known about tho city
stole two overcoats from the
duuimy display frames in front
of Blooston's and Q-Lea-r-y A:
Bowser's. Lowe took the coat
from the Blooston dummy first.
He carried the dummy between
the buildings and took the coat
from the frame. He then pro
ceeded to Dudley's place on Min
nesota avenue and disposed of it
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WM C0DDINGT0
IS INDICTED
Big Fork Claim Owner Must
Answer For Murder of
Henry Kehring.
SELF DEFENSE WILL BE HIS
PLEA FOR ACQUITTAL
Judge Spooner Will Sit in Case
Which Promises to be Very
Interesting.
William Coddington, who was
indicted yesterday by the grand
jury of Itasca county on a charge
murder in the first degree for
the killing of Henry Kehring last
August, will be put on trial next
Tuesday in the district court in
Grand Rapids. He will be de
haded by \V. J. Stephenson, of
Duluth.
The trial is expected to bring
forth some sensational develop
moots and will attract great at
tention in Northern Minnesota.
Judge Spooner will preside,
while County Attorney George
pii. Spear will prosecute the case:
1 Coddington will bo defended by
Mr. Stephenson, who will be as
sisted by M. H. McMahon, of
Duluth.
Attorney Stephenson will try
I to prove that Coddington shot
and killed Kehring in self de
fense, while the state will try to
prove that the murder was pre
meditated. Public opinion is
divided Thirty and forty wit
nesses will be sworn'.
Coddington and Kehring had
lived on adjacent claims in tho
Big D\rk \alley, 40 miles north
of Bona, Cor two years. COdding
ton, who is 38 years old and un
married, lived on his claim with
[his fat Ian-, P. .1. Coddington,
(formerly of Chicago: Kehring
was a German, 5$ years old, and
was married to a woman many
years his senior. The dispute
between the men arose over a
bill for $7 which Coddington
owed Mrs. Kehring. Kehring is
said to have threatened to shoot
Coddington unless the bill was
paid. To get to his home Cod
dington had to take a road that
ran through Kehring's claim,
and on August il last, while Cod
dington was driving home, Kehr
ing is said to have threatened
him, pointing a revolver at his
head.
As he was driving home the
next day, Coddington was sur
prised by Kehring, who.
out of some bushes by c.
side and advanced on nE
a drawn revolver-. ^Mt
bolted and Coddington anrt
Winchester were thrown to the
ground. While he lay on the
ground Kehring approached him,
who warned his assailant to halt.
Kehring advanced and Codding
ton tired one shot that took effect
in Kehring's arm. Then when
Kehring did not stop, Codding
ton jumped to Ins feet and tired
two more shots, both of which
struck Kehring in the chest and
penetrated his lungs, killing him
ipstantly. Coddington at once
1 surrendered t the authorities
and has been in jail ever since.
for a dollar and returns to
O'Loary & Bowser's to steal an
other coat. Mr. O'Leary cau ght
him in the act and turned him
over to the police. Lowe was in
police court this morning on a
charge of drunkenness. When
arrested last night he had four
live chickens in his pocket and
this morning he was unable to
tell where they came from. He
was sent up for thirty days.
"The latest fashion in men's
trousers is to have them extreme
ly wide and loose about the hips.
The narrower the head, the wid
er the trousers" declares the
the Barnesville Record-Herald in
a fashion note.