The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1901-10-10
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Alexander McCadden Of Cherry
Grove died Of dropsy.. He had resided
there forty years. t't{ '7< al
Tracy Poor of Marshan died after
pIotracted illness, aged sixty-eight
years. He leaves a wife and four sons.
Deming Lord, the eight-year- old SON
Of Ally Lord of Barnum was accident
ally shot and instantly killed by his
brother, Sherman.
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Lester Blinn, twent.- years OF
age, had leg crushed and received
other injuries while at work on the
railroad at Kreuger. He has since
died. - - g, ~
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The store OF the Arenson Mercantile
company, at East Grand Forks. was
robbed Of several hundred dollars
worth of goods.
w. II. Lowry, an inmate of the Blue
Earth county jail. made his escape. He
was held on the charge of passing
counterfeit money at New Ulm.
Fire destroyed the warehouse Of the
Rush City Mercantile company at Rush
City. containing lumber. machinery
and potatoes. Loss. about $4,000.
Attorney w. L. Comstock Of Manka
to has returned from Fremont, Ohio,
where he unearthed large fortune for
William 3. Newman of Austin.
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John Stewart, second engineer of the
steamer Okomo, lies in st. Luke's hos
pital, Duluth, suffering from a brutal
assault by footpads in Superior. @
Bert Brooker Of Tower, the bartender
charged with being responsible for the
death of Archie Beaudreau, a Tower
blacksmith, was released on $1,000 bail.
August Kulas and Mrs. August Ste
ba, both Of whom have families in Wi
roma, are thought to have eloped lass
Friday. and are supposed to be in Min
neapols or st. Paul.
The burning OF Bridge No. GO, near
Mora, has shut off traffic on the Du-
luth lire OF tho Great Northern. Pas
sengers ere transferred. The fire start
ed from forest fires.
: : $780,.
The annual report Of County Supt.
Blank nship Of Pine courty shows an
unusually large increase ir the school
population. The total enrolment or
pupils Is 1888.
A newspaper report from Portland.
Ore, is to the effect that Harvey ..
Young. formerly Of Duluth, was fatal
ly hurt by falling down hatchway on
the steamer Palatina.
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Robert White, an oid-time resident
Of Lake City died suddenly of heart
trouble. He leaves four sons, "A. G.
White Of Arlington: s. M. White OF
West Superior: r. w. White Of Fari-
bault and w. E. White of Lake City.
Special Agent Eugene McComas. who
| has been Mt White Earth supervising
the rescaling of the dead and down
timber cut on the diminished reserva-
ton, has completed his labors and re-
turned to Washington. .s..
Ierm Tollefson's drug store. at Kas-
son, was damaged by lightning. 1t en-
tered on the telephone wire. comnletely
destroying the exchange. situated in
the rear of the store.
Otto Iversen of Henring, was taken
to Fergus Falls on the charge of push
ing Merrill Lagpess Off the top Of
wheat stack during a quarrel. Lag
ness sustained Internal injuries from
which it is feared he will not recover.
At 4 meeting of the board Of county
commissioners, held at Bemidji, Theo.
welte was appointed county auditor,
notwithstanding that David Sylvester
was, on Sept. IA, appointed to that Of
flee FOR the unexpired term Of J. II.
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Several months ago, A. A. Abraham
son suddenly left home. The other day
he returned. and saws he has no know
ledge of why he left or where he has
been, except that he found himself
walking in the streets Of East Grand
Forks.
While selling at auction the personal
effects Of the Jonathan Calby estate, at
Pieiny lew, an old Bible was knocked
down for Is cents. In examining the
among the leaves, bank note for $500.
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The Willmar street fair closed Sat
ur1ay. GOV. Van Sart was pres anf and
addressed an enormous crowd. Supt.
Gregg spoke to the formers at the court
house and S. NJ. Owen: addressed q
packed house at the opera house.
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n,,,, ,lo cre.lit "a that
young Hartman of Duluth. who was
some time ago reported as having
FOUGHT duel with q German officer. in
which the Iatter was seriously wound
ed, was taking in fis rerort Of the
duel. as is now claimed by Duluth Ger
mans.
Two new townsites have been onened
up within eighteen mics of B"midji.
One is on the new line of tho Minnesota
& International. running from BemidH
to Bla ckducle, ad IL called Farley. The
other town, as yet unmarried is being
onened up by Mr.. Street Of B9m'djt,
west of solway. on the main line Of the