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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-03-05
OBITUARY.
WILLIAM \. MGI'Il,E.


Chicago lost a good and honorable
citizen. the business world useful and
active member. the poor u kind friend
and generous bcncfactor in the death
of william A. Mcclure. which occurred
after u comparatively brief Illness at
his home. 300 Webster avenue, OH Mon
day morning.
Mr. Mcclure had not reached the al.
lottcd span of life. being but 63 years
of age. He spent nearly all of his life
In Chicago. where he ever took the part
of an upright and public spirited citi-
zen He was a self-madc man. who.
by attention to business. honorable
methods and unflagging industry and
enterprise, built up large and re-
munerative trade In the manufacture
of electrical and railway appliances In
this city.
STRAIGHTFORWARD and honorable in all
his dealings he held u high place In
the business community.
Among his immediate friends and
ncighbors who knew him best his
worth was most highly appreciated,
Il fact fully testified to by the great
cOncourse Of people who attended the
funeral ceremonies on Thursday last.
The obscquies were held at ~. Vim
cents Church, Of which he was an old
and hOnOred communicate. his friend
and pastor. Rev. T.. V. Byrne. being
I'm charge. lnterment was ut Calvary.
Mr.. McGuire was during his life a
benefactOr of the poor. II loyal sup.
porter of the cause of religion. ana I,
man who in general enjoyed the good
will and high respect of the entire
community. His illness was Of com.
partively short duration. and his
death was unexpected by the many
who knew and respected him during
his life. and who mourn him now that
he IL dead.
MIR. Mcclure was born In Niagara
Canada. in 1910. and there he received
his education and began his business.
career. In 1863 he came to Chicago
where he engaged In the iron manu-
featuring business and founded tn,
Mcclure Manufacturing Company. III
was n brother Of j. +. Mcclure. com
modore of the Columbia Yacht Club
and attorney NJ. q. Mcclure. He wal
a member of the Catholic Bcncvolen
Legion. Royal Arcanum. Gcrmanl;
Club. Sheridan Club. Columbia Yach
Club. and the Chicago Athletic Club.
He Is survived by his widow. VIII,
was Miss Antonio Knnnck. the famous
singer. and his three childrcn--Willian
+. Mcclure. Mrs. Charles 4. Hartwcl
Of New Orleans, and Miss Margare
Mcclure.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-03-05
MICHAEL PETRIE.

Death has been busy among old-time
citizens of Chicago during the past
few days, and there was none whose
demise caused more sorrow to wider
circle of friends than that of the late
Michael Petrie, which occurred on Feb
ruary o.
Mr.. Petrie was one OF the hest
known business men of the city. His
brother was the late Fire Marshal
Charles s. Petrie. and he himself was
for several terms member Of the
County Board. He was extensively en-
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-03-05
SCRIBNER'S FOR MARCH.

Scribner's Magazine for March opens
with an account of little known but
very fruitful expeditiOn-One of those
brave adventures which had so much
to do with the development of this con
tinent. 1t is called THE Search for the
Western Sea" and gives dramatically
an account Of the twenty years Of ef-
fort on the part of the persistent NJ. de
la Verendrye in his attempt to reach
the tabled ocean, whose narrow waters
were supposed to lie between the val.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-03-05
4 MUcH. BEF000ED sAMpAI0A

Democratic politics, both national
and local, are beginning to bubble up
in pretty lively fashion. Candidates
for national honors are cropping up all
over, and il now looks AS If there will
he n plethora of asplrants in the field
by the time the National Convention
is held. Down East the name of Gro
Yer Cleveland seems to- continue TO
grow in popularity and strength, while
that of the Hon. Richard Olney. des-
pite his retiring disposition, still hobs
up quite serenely every now ana then.
Then there Is Parker of New York,
German Of Maryland, Francis OF Mis-
souri,, and others, while right here at
home our own William Randolph
Hearst is very much in evidence in
deed.
Hearst candidacy has done more than
anything else to roll the local political
waters. one of the results of IL has
been, as we have recently observed,
to make all kinds Of assures and
arrangements in the party, and among
Old-time friends, but perhaps the most
extraordinary development Of IL Is the
attempted resuscltation of Mayor Har'
rison as Presidential possibility.
While we have very high opinion
Of the political ability and even genius
Of Mr.. r.. VI. Lahiff and one or two OF
his political co-workers who are re.
spOnsible for this piece Of alleged
strategy as an offset to the Hearst
hoOm, we must say We have some
doubts as to the wisdom Of this par
ticular move. 1t will be hard To &c,
any considerable portion OF the De
mOcracy Of this county or State u
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-03-05

petite. and this. coupled with nourish.
Ing food, IL sure to make good blood,
which Is exactly what the patient
wants. In fact. cold air seems to be Il
popular remedy just now for many Ills.
Not far from Wellesley College Is II
hospital for crippled and otherwise de.
formed children. THESE children are
living In II barnlike shack, ana while
protected from drafts they are allowed
free exposure. especially ut night. to
plenty Of pure. cold air. The expert
mcnt is novel. hut 80 far the improve
ment IN the anacmlc children has been
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-03-05
NEiYHER HONOR NOR cam wow.

1t IL not to be very much wondered
ut. after all, that there Is 10 much
apathy In the present aldermanic cam
paign.
If one IL to take the word Of the re-
formers on the one hand and the indie.
pendent critics Oh the other and strike
n balance between them. one Is forced
to the conclusion that there IL no long
or either honor or gain in the position
Of "city father"
The reform organizations claim that
they have purified the Council. and this
IL backed up by the declaration of the
personally honest Mayor" that
through his vigilance, he has made II
impossible for the Aldermen to steal
through the operations Of the City
Council. Whoever may be right In
these declarations. the fact does remain
that Old.timers say there IL nothing IN
being n member Of the City Council
any more. They aver that the picka-
yune salary does not pay much over II
1.-THE Of their election expenses, and the
work has grown with the city to be
hard, exacting and responsible.
AS to the other aspect of the ques-
ton. everybody knows that there IL
not now. nor was there ever. any honor
to be derived from municipal Office In
the large cities Of this country. To be
a burgOmeister an alderman or town
councillor Of European city meant to
hold high place In the esteem of the
people. Their fellow citizens honOred
them personally, and acclaimed their
every act. But in American cities there
Is a very decided difference in this re-
gard. We will quote the words of Il
well known citizen Of Chicago, recent.
ly delivered on this subject. The gen.
tleman in question Ia head of a prom.
inent detective agency, and his re-
marks We're delivered before the Chi
cago AnthropOlOgical Society in the
Masonic Temple:
LAS long" he said. "as the majority
of our public servants are thieves and
blackguards efforts to suppress crime
will prove dismal failure. One thiev.
ing Alderman or other official can cor.
rupt hundreds. The downfall and pun.
ishment Of one man known to thou.
sands will have n more salutary effect
than the conviction of a hundred petty
thieves.
HE who resorts to knavery to Sc
cure a public office" said the detect
i've. "Or. having obtained 1t. uses 1t
for fraud and theft Is far more culpa-
BILE than the unlettered, half civilized
gamin who picks pocket or snatchcs
a loaf of bread to satisfy the cravings
of hunger.
Aldermen of large cities generally
purchase. and at a considerable cost,
their political positions. They thus
corrupt many of their constituents and
start thousands upon course of crime.
In large cities, like New York and Chi
cagO, thousands Of criminals owe their
existence to political corruption
Such views As these are never aired
publicly unless those who give utter
ance 20 them feel convinced that they
are shared by the majority of the peo'
pie
Is 1t little wonder therefore that al
dermanic campaigns are growing more
and more lethargic: that candidates
are growing more and more scarce!
Small wonder that the active, practical
and professional politician has arrived
at the sOrrowful conclusion that there
is absolutely nothing in it,"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-03-05

marked. 1t may he that civilization
will have to take a step or two back
ward In order to advance In the right
direction: that some of the luxuries
now enjoyed by the rich are not 80
desirable after all. and that health and
the happiness which comes from
health are to he bought more easily
than most Of us dream.
~eA
When we recall what Russia did to
Japan after the war with China. we
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-03-05

of decrease being far more rapid In
recent years. The reports from New
York are to the same effect. Where
blocks of houses were formerly infect.
cd with tuberculosis conditions are ST.
changed that the city has been able to
case nearly one-half In the last twenty
years. Strange to say. cold outside
air. once thought to be so pcrn!cious
To consumptivcs. II now regarded as
one of the best remedies. The treat.
ment Is heroic. but 1t works for an up.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-03-05

smile to read the statements In Rus
sian papers that the United States H.
trying to deprive ri.e Car OF the fruits
Of victory.
&e
Physicians are constantly discover
Ing some popular pnstlme or mode OF
attire that Injuries health. But the av-
"rlgc of human life remains about the
same.
%GSA
On the stage of life the lending lady
Is usually the cook.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-03-05

ley of the Great Fork River" and the
EmpXe Of China. verendrye never
reached the Western Sea. but his expc-
dition blazed the trail through half a
continent, discovered the Rocky Noun.
tains. and was a powerful impetus to
the development of the Northwest.
Miss Taut. who writes the sketch. is
the author of Lords of the North
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-03-05

gagged in the real estate business. and
had earned the esteem and good will
of hundreds of his fellow citizens.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-03-05

When In doubt consult your mother.
That advice applies to children. gen.
orally, but 1t applies especially to girls.
Your mother, young woman, has had
the advantage Of experience which you
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-03-05
eAolETS.

Women of an Ohio town are build
ing Il church all by themselves--and
they'll probably occupy it the same
way.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-03-05

The venerable maxim that there Is
no royal road to learning urgently
needs restatement in form suited to
republican conditions. When the
prOverb was coined privileges We're
for kings; to-day they are for million
aires. 1t was then necessary to lay
stress on the fact that there Is no
common measure of culture ana rank
it must now he emphasized that Gull
ture cannot be expressed in terms OF
dollars. That the prices of commercial
ana intellectual success are not inter-
changeable must be learned by com.
munities also. No city, however siren
nous, can hustle herself into the posi-
ton of an intellectual center. The
very word "culture' suggests long
and gradual process. for plants do not
spring up into maturity in II night. 1t
takes time to diffuse throughout a
community those aptitudes and ac-
quirements, without which 1t cannot
achieve real distinction In things OF
the mind. For the truly cultivated man
is not one who has simply made his
memory an encyclopedia storehOuse.
but one who has formed the intellec-
tual habit.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-03-05

Enjoy the pleasures of life when
you have Il chance, or when you get
ready to enjoy them you may hnd
them missing.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-03-05

1t begins to look as II consumption
had had its day. Without waiting to
note what effect Mays or any OF the
new forms Of light may have upon de-
strOying 1t. 1t Is evident that the most
serious scOurge of our northern lati
tude Is already more or less under the
control Of physicians. In New England,
where the registration has been fairly
accurate. the decrease of the death
rate from this disease has been 30 per
cent in the last half century, the rate
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-03-05

The marvels of the Mays an'
Mays interest scientists. But thu
world in general is fighting for tn
$rays.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-03-05

President Roosevelt says the editor
is necessary and useful. Now let him
prepare to lose the votes Of "Veritis,
PRO Bono PublicO." "One Who
Knows" and old man "VOx Populi,
not to mention space writers and ali
egotistic correspondents to whom the
editor is always an idiotor.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-03-05

The Limousine rs described as n
cross between an automobile and n
sleeping car. There must be something
doing when a limousine goes into u
muck pond.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-03-05

lat as we'll as a farmer. He will under.
stand the chemistry of the soil ana he
will know more about plant breeding
than he does now. The man who care
fully inspects the exhibits that are to
he made In the palace Of agriculture
ut the Worlds Fair will hardly BE-
ready to cOncede that the American
farmer is n miserable failure. He vii
lind there the most colossal educational
exhibit of the products of American
agriculture ever brought together
Each product of the soil will have
grouped about it all that pertains to its
cultivation, also every by-prOduct that
Is made from 1t and the process of
manufacture. Corn ana cotton. for in,
stance will vie with each other for su.
premacy, while tobacco and dairy
products will each occupy 10000 feet
of floor space During the year 1902
the American farmers produced 2.523,.
HS,3l2 bushels of corn. 0S7 ,S42.7 12
bushels of wheat. ana 67O,OG3. OOS
bushels of rye: also S2l .S23, 0,i3 pounds
of tobacco, valued ut $57 .5G3,5lO. In
1903 they raised 1O.75S32G bales of
cotton ana marketed 25,245,OOO hogs.
The actual aggregate value Of the
product of dairy cows In this country
now exceeds $5OO,OOO.OOO. 1t Is clear
that the American tiller of the soil IL
not so much OF failure as a farmer"
after all.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-03-05

We are glad to learn that this new
germ. kunzite. Is not II mysterious at.
fair at all. but just II spodumene. some.
times known us triphane. and perfectly
harmless when not hungry.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-02-25
Double Tracked Merger.

The Great Northern and North
ern Pacific railroads whose tracks
are on the same right-of- way be-
tween Minneapolis and st. Cloud
are to operate as double track
system, in the near future. All
trains of both companies going
south will run on one track and
all north bound on the other. An
operator will give trains of both
lines their signals from a tower.
Another feature of the scheme is
that but one joint agent will be
keptat the stations where form
erly two have been employed.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-02-25

To Go After Back Yards.

The city health officers are
planning a vigorous campaign
against Bemidji back yards
especially those in the down
town districts. In somesections
of the city it has repeatedly given
notice that it wanted conditions
improved with few noticeable re-
suits. The warm days of spring
will soon uncover gar bage heaps
and make them a salient feature
of the down town atmospheres.
The board will proceed firmly
and those who do not comply
with it's requirements as prompt
ly deemed as expedientWi1l have
the work done for them and will
be compelled to pay the bills.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-02-25
Dope Needle Is Rusty.

Yesterdays Crookston Jour
nal contains a story to the effect
that Bemidji is a wide open town
again. 1t is stated that all the
gaming has been resumed and
that one resort had been opened
up with nineteen inmates at the
old stand. The story was the I'll
mination of a distorted magma
ton augmented perhaps by a
rusty dope needle, and is abso-
lutely without foundation. Be
midi has never been closed
tighter than at the present time
and there is small prospect Of it's
being the wide open terribly bad
"Bemidji' Of the days agone for
ever.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-02-25
Was Not a Pipe Dream.

&c. Griffith, the versatile and
genial city editor Of the Brainerd
Daily Dispatch writes the Pic.
neer to statethat the story told
by H. H. Wheelock to the effect
that several hocks of wild ducks
were seen near Brainerd Sunday
is the real thing. Mr.. Griffith
states that Wheelock had his in
formation from the Daily Dis
patch and therefore it must be
ION the square
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-02-25
MAY Have Hop Joint.

The local police force have a
strong suspicion that chop
joint is being maintained in the
Chinese quarter Of the down
town district. They have been
watching local celestials for some
time but have been unable to
CATCH them in the act of hitting
the pipe. There are times, how
ever, when there are suspicious
circumstances and several rim
rackings" have been necessary
to quell an exuberance of joy at
such times.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-02-25
Relief For Fish.

The ice on the lakes and bays
is commencing to crack and this
fact will save the lives Of a large
quantity of fish. An old fisher
man says that he has watched
these conditions for the last
twenty years, and that the win
tiers the fish could not get the
necessary amount of air the
shores were streWd with dead
fish in the spring.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-02-25
Gunders Discharged.

Yesterdays Twin City news
papers contained an announce
ment of the discharge Of P. A.
Gunders from the public exam
iner's office. Mr.. Gunders be-
came involved in difficulty with
the examiner regarding giving
out some information from the
office during the absence OF the
examiner. He is we'll known in
Bemidjji and spent six weeks here
last summer checking up the
various county Offices.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-02-25
Fred TYSON Reported Dead.

News reached Bemidji yester-
day evening Of the death Of Fred
Tyson, which occurred the first
of the week at Hot Springs, Ark.
Mr.. Tyson's last illness was,
comparatively speaking, of short
duration. His wife at Walker
was notified Of his serious condi.
ton last week and was at his bed
side when the end came.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-02-25
EVANGELIST is IN
TROUBLE
Crookston Man Claims He
Wrote Compromising Let
tiers to His Wife.
GENTLEMAN is REV. MANLY
WILSON WELL KNOWN HERE.
". M. Morse, Husband of Woman
Gives Him a Beating and At
fair is Compromised.

The Rev. Manly Wilson, an
evangelist, who recently con
ducted series Of revivals in Be:
midi, assisted by the Rev. Con.
nelly is in a very great deal Of
trouble at Warren, Mimi, and
was one Of the principals to a
very sensational affair that oc-
Cured on the streets of that vii
lage Monday
Mr.. Wilson was openly chas-
tised by a Crookston man named
w. M. Morse, who accused him
of writing compromising letters
to his wife. Wilson had Morse
arrested and he was put under
bonds in the sum of 5000 to keep
the peace.
Mr.. Wilson recently conducted
series of special meeting at
Crookston, where his efforts
were rewarded by over a hun
dred conversions. From Crooks
ton he went to Warren, where he
was meeting with like success.
The story of the Morse man is
that his wife was one of Wilson
converts at Crookston and chat
after his leaving he wrote her q
letter which fell into his hands in
which was trihe too afectionate
to comply with the husband s
standard Of decorum. He took
particular exception to a state.
ment made by Wilson to the eff
feet that he hoped the Morse
woman could meet him soon at
Warren and this the husband
freely confesses was displeasing
to him. Then he lost his head
and the street affair followed.
Mr.. Wilson has a great many
Bemidji friends who will learn
of the unfortunate affair with re
gret and who have sufficient con-
fdence in his integrity to believe
that he has been the victim OF
circumstances and will be able
to successfully explain away the
charges of Mr.. Morse.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-02-25
Tax Payments Good.

County Treasurer French re.
ports that personal property
taxes are coming in quite lively
at the treasurer's office. Per
sonal property taxes become de
linquent after March | and a
p,nalty of ten per cent attaches.
Twenty days later taxes remain
ing unpaid are put in the hands
of the sheriff for collection.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-02-25
is Biackmaii.

The case of M. Sullivan against
two we'll known gentlemen in
which he sues for the alienation
of his wife's affection will come
up at the next term of the Cass
county district court. Both
gentlemen have retained counsel
and will bring counter charges
Of blackmail. They have retain
ed legal advice in this city and
will fight the case to the end.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-02-25
Anxious to Be Firemen.

The regular monthly meeting
of the Fire Department was held
last night. Ten applications for
membership we're received and
were laid over until the next
meeting. 1t was also discovered
that the department has two
more active members at present
than are provided for by the con-
stitution and bylaws under
which it was organized.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-02-25
A Short Letter from Kansas.

Tredick & Co.. Of Kingman,
Kansas. write:-We have known
Warmers White Wine of Tar
Syrup for numb Der of years.
1t is a standard remedy and a
good seller, and where once tried
"a steady customer is obtained.
For sale at City Drug store.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-02-25
Forty Inches OF Ice.

Ice to a thickness of forty
inches is being taken from Lake
Bemidji. The average thickness
is about thirty-six inches. One
year ago at this time the average
was a little better than thirty
inches.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-02-25
Will Be Examined For Insanity

Mrs. Mcclure, who makes her
home with her mother on Irwin
avenue will be examined this
afternoon as to her sanity. She
has been acting strangely for
some time and labors under the
delusion that Sc has a very
great deal of money which her
relatives and friends persist in
spending for her without her
consent. The case is a very un-
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-02-25
A Kansas Minister.

Rev. L. S. Coulton of Circle
vile, Kas., says:-"Dr. Warner
Your White Wine of Tar Syrup
has been in my family and found
to be all and even more than you
claim for it. 1t is a speedy cure
for all throat and lung diseases,
For sale at City Drug store.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-02-25
STREET ESTATE
Appraisers of Estate of w. F.
Street Have Completed
Taking Inventory.

F. N. Lang, A. P White and
Attorney Chester McKusick, ap-
pointed appraisers Of the estate
of the late w. +. Street have fin.
ished taking inventory: The es-
tate is found to be valued at
1913 . 6:33 49,
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-02-25
For Unlawful Detainer.

The case of Mrs. M. Pierrault
VS.. w. G. Kaufman is being
heard in Judge Skinvik's court
this afternoon. It is an action
for unlawful detainer and no de-
cision will be reached today.