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The St. Louis Republic., 1905-12-17
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DvEi!.NGS
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i7ss Hi Ri,. ruo:nS hath an1 fl-T.sce.-.. - 81
.NJ THOMAS :cs'.s. BATH AID gas. -
sa>S THOMAS. rooms. gath an'. gas.
also sis,~5 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. :. %
scS y. THERESA ro,..,Ls. gas. bath
heaters nicely JeCOTa:et-.......-.... 500
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t.::a.s ::.---.-------....----- $50
55-- VERNON. : -.9n.r ..4.a AMI furnace = ~
ts,s WEST BELLE. roo--l. bath. gas. 500
3s.+a HAi:TFDt;p- rSc'ns each bath.
MA HARTFORD ....-.-..-..............-. ..S..D
SOFA MARCUS ropfas. bath and gas. $50
&s.A SWAN. u. .t.s
STORES ETC
.ss-5j OLIVE .i.se s.lce. es-h-.-....-... 81. ~
-; .iiNi; 81. !.Fs- store. S,A slee-
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Wz r. 81 st.

HOr Sk1S FUR RENT.
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FLATS FOR RENT
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The St. Louis Republic., 1905-12-17

N(NBGNk. .AAAuaEP
REAL ESTATE TRUST Co
ol7 Oolvo SesosG
DWEIL.lNCS.
eeG CLEMENS. . ruons: hardwood An-
ish: BRICK re13Sence: furnace heat:
tate bath and Handsomely decosated:
m0oetn throughout. o1s..-.--..-..............ESO Is %
IL 0.spDfEllrW. io-room dwelling and
sable. not water heat. q q
~ "a BANNEs . ruons bath FURNACE.
VII! oe put In 0sst-class condat.o, 49,. 6 o
1sss OLIVE. . scou,a. closet: a!ii put IN
,ss. ELScxsfoNE ! ro,n. i.;n ci::; = :. =
li2 s. EIGHT TEENTH. I: rooms: hath snJ '''''
closet: ron:. ...................,...,,.A - q
FLATS
sSG 4cPllERSOS. rooms: hcs-va;er hsas
ami tsEitor service furnished: ro1-
eesdon about December u. g. -
S25 bEl.I. iooris. ba:h. s:eam heat.
sanseor oerSice. decorate 10 s1.f. 80. 4, n
sz3DLixE. rooms ta;h ard closet: good
Sss,k FACE BOULEVARD. rooms: sa;s: -"
eIsset: gas fixtures. newly oecosaied = 70
CS'A Df1ANAh . rooms. hath and e,r-
ss,aA aaRTMEI. ;ooia.: bath ard clos; = 3 =
{SY RiRIMEE rams bath Ard elect, Is 90
SU-%A zCstRnAS. two Rice S-roo.n
nAss. ba.l and closet. IL q.
60 NASHVILLE = rooms: good ,s.Sir = :,
SessA NASHVILLE. TOpnS, newly "a.
pared: Vpen .................... Q "a
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F. \. & c. B. CERhART

kEAL fSAU z GO.
80 CHESTNUT ST
DWELLINGS,
~ Fins e.. MONA hc.-@sssr Hea.:
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49, SfTass. rent sac @
So Nsss'rsi-a '-o-l.va-c- ]; rooms: ea:-
STEAM HEATED APARTMENTS
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IA EBc'c Eve rc,-as tain Gas
trrr.c"; I...-a Throughout. secsai
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The St. Louis Republic., 1905-12-17
Aam.v nn a~n Aaurv na.r lwus.
RENT LIST.
MCNAlR e HARRIS
neatly COMPANY.
|Ei iQl1th and Locust St8.


IAAW1oS AVE. = soo0o: nsf1nea
OAkos exc. =
~ SOhGAN. ~ euooo: furnace 80
- xAW1ON. = foo0s. besh. eagnace..... ~
sS1S FRANKLIN AVE. . S0n40: 6o6A
mn y. COMPTON, Avn. = Soe1ns 6ofS
l,ss ~ ..::'.
~ 1A1AHO AVE. ! roo04 Ao8A. etc.,. Ae
-. y 0APrON. Socma. ha1h. eee.... ~
~ AN9l14lPP1 AVE. . H0omA fur.
ClaOIIEsAC. 1o00G. hath, ETC.. 0yN
@ =. NINTH 81. soosnS. ................ -
~ I.AC1EDE AVE. % soe0a. baah.
sssAm k9at, ETC.:
tsssas,:ss.s tsssa:a:s :::::::::::::::::::::: 8: &
- cSEesMNAIS AVE. rooms: ssaole. etc. S!e
~ 1S6CAN 81. soo@s. fasnace.
scs WEsr Pine BouiEvxRD. II ioc.;: ~
- ACCSr ST.. = ROOMS: furnace.
o4kos etc.. -
WA3HlS0TOoe AVA. q. ~. CO... JGnef.
ecn ave. sovoas. hath. ETC.. -
ia. - -: 49, n
~ FAGD BOULEVARD. rooms. bath.
g. LACl.EDE Avn, 8 rcoins. HssH. ese q s
li:S bHUONLYN, r1Oms "a 0ooe......... rs
SlzA CLARK. socHA bath. eec........... I.S(
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1905-11-21
HOUSES MUST
BE NUMBERED
In Order to Run Free Mail
Delivery, Says Postmas.
ter Carson.

According to Postmaster Car
son, it is of the utmost import
ance that all the people who own
houses in Bemidji should see that
the buildings are, mum bered, as.
unless this is done there are
small prospects for securing free
mail delivery. Mr.. Carson is de-
voting considerable time TO i'm
pressing this upon the minds Of.
the people. as it is probable that
an inspector will arrive in the.
city in the near future to look
over the town, and in order
to secure a report favorable to,
free delivery it is important. that,
all houses should be numbered.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1905-11-21
$4,000 A YEAR FOR
CAMPAIGN FUND
Senator Plat Says Equitable Life Con:
tributed That Amount to The
.-. Republicans.

New York, Nov. Ex-senator
Thomas G. Platt testified before
the insurance Investigating COM
mittee today. Senator Platt said
that the Equitable society con
tributed $4,000 a year to the
republican state campaign fund.
He said that the contributions
were in cash and were sent by
messenger to his Office and that
he turned them over to the state
committee. They we're unsolic.
tied, he said. Platt said that
the New York Life and Mutual
Life also contributed but not
nearly as much as the Equitable.
He said that he was not expected
in return to influence the legis-
lature when measures were
hostile to the insurance CON-
panies.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1905-11-21
INSPECTED
THE NEW LINE
Members of Railroad and
Warehouse Commission
Locked Over New Road.

Judge Ira B. Mills and Chas.
F. Staples of the railroad and
warehouse commission yester-
day inspected the line of the
Minneapolis, Red Lake & Mani
tabe railway. company as far as
Nebish and returned to Nebish
last night. The object of their
trip over the new line was to
make an official Investigation as
to the equipment OF the new
road, it's accom- mediation for pas
sengers and todetermine whether
or not the line was equipped
sufficiently to handle the volume
robustness that it would prob.
ably do. Both gentlemen ex-
pressed themselves as entirely
satisfied with the line.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1905-11-21
NOODSM AN
IS STABBED
Crazy 'Lumberjack Hurls
Sharp ButcherKnife at
aComrade.

Robert Helbig, "a woodsman
.em'ployed;at the Olson camp near
Dawson City, arrived in the city
this afternoon and was cont ned
at St. Anthony S hospital to re-
ceive treatment for an ugly cash
IN the back of his neck, which
according to his story was re.
,ceived at the camp yesterday af-
ternoon. Helbig claims that a
woodsman working in the same
camp threw a large butcher
knife at him and that the knife
struck him in the neck, infect
ing a painful though not danger
Gus wound. He does not know
the name of the man who threw
the knife but states that there
was no provocation for the act
and that the perpetrator has
been captured and is held at the
camp awaiting the arrival of the
a authorities, who have been noti-
fed. -... +
Helbig says that the camp was
about to break up and that he
was gathering a number of
dishes together in the dining
room when the other man emery
ed from the kitchen carrying a
butcher knife and that immedl-
ately afterwards he felt the knife
strike him and the blood started
to shoot from the wound. s.&
The perpetrator attempted to
make his escape, but after a
chase in which several shots
we're fred at the escaping man
the latter was halted and taken
back to the camp.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1905-11-21
CITY MUST !! !. | | 4
ISSUE; BONDS
Finance Committee RECON-.
menAs Bond Issue for
Current Expenses.
SALARIES For DIFFERENT OF
FICERS ARE FIKED.
Street, Sidewalk and Sewer Com.
mittee Divided 'lnte Two
Committees.

At the meeting of the city
council last night the first bust
ness taken up was hearing the
reports of the different commit
tees.
The finance com mittee, consist,
ing of Gould, Bowser and Miller,
reported that the conditioner the
city treasury at the present time
was such that a bond issue was
necessary and commended the
a tax levy of three mills for the
sunking fund.
The light and water com mittee
recon mended the extension OF
the water mains and the appoint
ment of a light and water super.
intendent. L
The com mittee on salaries re.
commended that the different Of
fcers of the city receive compen-
sation as follows: treasurer, 1896
per month; street missioner.
$50 per month; superintendent
water and light, 500 per month:
city clerk, $40 per month: asses
sor, $500 per year.
All three reports were adopt
ed. The committees failing to
report were those on health,
parks and fire department.
The street, sidewalk and sewer
com mittee, composed of Brink
man, McTaggart and Smart was
divided into two com mittees, the
streets and sidewalks being
placed in: the hands of one com
mittee and sewerage in the hands
of another. The following ap-
pointm ents we're made on these
committees:s street and side
walk, Smart, Graham and Nc.
Taggart; sewer, Brinknan,
Bowser and McTaggart.
The oils of the election jud ges
were acted upon and allowed, A..
B. ,Hazen was appointed superin.
tendent of light and water, after
which the council adjourned.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1905-11-21
MANSLAUGHTER
is THE VERDICT
Brainerd Bartender Held By
Authorities Charged With
New Crime.

The coroners jury in the case
of T. D. Merrill the old soldier
who died in a bunk in a cell at
Brainerd Thursday has charged
Leon A.. RafdaI the bartender
who struck Merrill, with man
slaughter in the first degree.
He Was arrested yesterday after.
noon and on trial waived examin-
alton. He was thereupon bound
over to the grand jury and efforts
will be made by his friends to
get him out on bond. Ra6dal is
a man about IS years of age. He
is married and bears a reputa-
ton Of being rather hotheaded
and quarrelsome.
Dn1o E1iS1 Doc
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1905-11-21
Hunters and Cruisers Tell
of Marrow Escapes From
Being KILLED.
RECKLESS SP0RTSMEN SHOOT
Az EVERY OBJECT.
Red Caps aud Coats Serve as Pro
lection Aaaiast Being Taken
Fer Beer.

,'sNo more trips in the woods
I1for me during the present hunt-
ing season. said a prominent
cruiser who makes his home in
Bemidji today. II wouldn't 60
into the wouds. again and serve
as a mark for the hunters for
$500, and I think that others
should make the same resolu.
ton
The gentleman quoted above
has recently returned to this
city from an extended cruising
trip ia the vicinity of Northome.
He saws that hunters are thicker
than rabbits and that willie
travelling through the woods. he
heard thousands of shots fired.
"Some of the hunters, he said
''do not seem to take any notice
of what they are shooting at and
simply bang away at any old
thing. Ga my trip l. was once
shot at for a deer and several
times bullets came within a few
inches of my head. While there
may be some who would like the
excitement of having bullets fly
about their heads, I am not
one of that kind and will remain
at home until after the hunters
have left the woods" -.
Experienced hunters who
spend nearly every hunting sea-
son in the woods state that
sportsmen are more numerous
this year than during former
seasons and that they seem to be
less experienced.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1905-11-21
No Chambers Among Horses.

DR.. ingalls,, the Bemidji veter.
mary, returned last night from
Akeley, Park Rapids and Nal.
lard. where he has been for the
past few days looking over a
large mum Der of horses for the
Red River Lumber company.
DR.. ingalls, states that not case
of CHAMBERS has been found by
him this fall, although hundreds
of horses are used in the many
logging camps in this vicinity.
Remember the midgight din
ners at the City Restaurant.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1905-11-21
RED FLAGS IN EVIDENCE.
Another "Poverty Parade" in Streets
of London.

of London.
London, Nov. 21.-There was an
other poverty parade in the streets
of London during the afternoon. Some
5000 to 5000 unemployed men and a
sprinlling of women marched along
the Thames embankment to Hyde
Park, where they listened to speeches
and adopted resolutions condemning
charity as a cure for lack of employ
ment and demanding the summoning
of parliament to initiate works of ma
tional utility. 49,. .- =.
Red flags were seen and banners
bearing such devices as Course Your
Charity, We Want Work. and There
Is Limit to Human Endurance" indi-
Gated the temper of the processionists.
The march, however, was quite order
ly and the strong force Of police on
duty had little to do
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1905-11-21
Buried This Forenoon.

The funeral over the remains
of Jake O'Brien, the employe of
Armstrong; restaurant who
died last week, was held this
morning at 10 O'Clock and the
body was inferred in Greenwood
cemetery, Rev. Issac Peart Off
ciating. .~,.*.,~
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1905-11-21
Train Delayed by Steam Shovel.

The M. & I. north bound pas
senger train last night was de-.
layed nearly three hours between
Laporte and Walker, where a.
steam shovel being operated on.
the main line broke down and
blocked the track.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1905-11-21
Chicago Grain and Provisions.

Chicago, Nov. O.-Wheat-Dec. 81
@s5Ac; May, S7Ac. Corn-Dec
44Ac: May, 43B @44c. Oats Dec.
29%c: May, 321Ac. Pork-Jan., $12.7 10:
May, S12.S2h. FlaX-Cash, Northwest.
ern, s1.O0; Southwestern e4c. Butter
-Creameries, 17@23c;. dairies, ITO
zoe. Eggs-18@24c. Poultry-Tur:
keys, 13c; chickens, Skc; springs
9hc. y.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1905-11-21
Lecture Was Good.

A large number attended the
lecture on prohibition given last
night at the Presbyterian church
by Oliver w. Stewart of Chicago.
Mr.. Stewards speech was in
teresting from the beginning to
the end and he received many
compliments upon his direct and
fluent manner of speech.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1905-11-21
Will Go West.

Rae M. Sprague who has had
charge of the window trim ming
and card writing for O'Leary &.
Bowser for the past two years
has resigned his position and.
will take charge of the decorating
and card writing for 1. II. Butt
rey, Havre, Mont.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1905-11-21

kid Parker of Denver and Maurice
Thompson of Butte fought twenty fast
rounds to draw before the Pastime
Athletic club at Spokane, Wash.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-05-05
JENNINGS Field Pipe Line.

Crowley, La: The Bass & Bencken'
stein pipe line from the Jennings oil
field to Butte la Rose on the Atchafa
laya river, has been completed TO
within little over mile of its dest
nation, and the next ten days will wit
ness the competition of the line to the
river. 1t is expected that the line will
be in operation about the 10th of May
The line has a capacity of 10000 bar
rels of oil a day. 1t has four relay
pumping stations along the route,
which is about sixty miles. Alongside
the line is an independent telephone
line belonging TO the company. There
are two steel storage tanks at Butte a
la Rose, with an aggregate storage ca
pacity of 10000 gallons. The line will
be common carrier, although the
company has large amount of oil in
storage at the field and is producing
$4,000 barrels a day more than the ca
pacity of the line.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-05-05
Ten Thousand Sacks of Rice.

Crowley, La: Ten thousand sacks
of rough rice were sold in this city on
Tuesday by Brooks & Clark by the bid
ding system, which has grown popular
in Texas during the last year. Sealed
bids on list of lots running from 100
bags to LOO bags were submitted by
Carver Bros, representing the National
Rice Milling Company of New Orleans
and Frank Rickert Of New Orleans.
Each of the bidders secured about half
of the rice. Most of the rice was low
grade, and brought from about S1.3O to
about $3.50. The present quotations on
the same grades have for the last five
months been about a quarter Of cent
below the figures named.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-05-05
East Eeliciana Fair.

Clinton, La: At a meeting of the
stockholders of the East Feliciana Fair
Association, the following were elect
ed directors for the ensuing year: D.
w. Pipes, Isaac D. WALL H. s, Perkins,
e. f. Wall, Isaac D. Wall, H. L. Mayer,
w. A. Moody, D. NJ. Pipes, o. l.. Ben
nett, w. A. West, G. l.. Gayden, and A.
T. Norwood. The directors elected the
following officers: w. A. West, preSi-
dent; G. L. Gayden. first vice presi-
dent; H. L. Mayer, second vice presl-
dent; |. l.. Meyman, secretary; Isidor
Mayer, treasurer. This association
was organized fifteen years ago, and is
In flOurishing condition.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-05-05

NIL to the river for the children.
The son received public school
education here, but in 1864 entered
the employ of the bank and remained
there, advancing step by step, through
all the years, until his downfall. He
vas known as one of the hardest
working men in the city. His devotion
to his bank duties was marked, and
when each day he was free from them
nc was known as home man.
So far as the books of the bank
have been examined it does not appear
ttat during his forty years OF connec'
ton with the institution single pen
ny went wrong through him until DE-
cember, 1904.
That is, he wiped out forty years OF
honorable record in a trifle more than
four months.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-05-05

climate enterprises in which the
banker had engaged have proved to be
too heavy loads for him to shoulder.
AS Mr.. Bigelow said himself, as he
walked from his home to be arraigned
tefOre United States Court Commits
slODer BloodgOod:
Il got in beyond my depth; l
thought things would come out all
right, but they did not"
That was all the defaulting banker
would say. What his close friends
may know more in detail, if anything,
has not been divulged. 1t is doubtful,
however, if any of his most intimate
homestead in Milwaukee and a large
friends had an mixing of the situation
Until the crash came. Even his broth
er, the president of the First Ma
t:onal Bank, was in ignorance Of any
thing wrong, to the slightest extent,
Until the investigation that followed
the confession.
Only the bank president and the
dupes or worse that assisted him in
the manipulation of the banks books
knew anything, to all appearances, and
the criminal acts had been going on
for months, if not for years.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-05-05
THE GEAR PROCLAIMS RELIGIOUS FREEDOM

and the Furs of Islam and Budda IN
the Trails, the Crimea, the Caucasus
Turkestan and Central Asia. These
figures are only approximate as prob
ably millions who are nominally ortho'
dox secretly profess other religions.
Whole villages of Mussulmans baptiz'
ed into the orthodox communion by a
ruse, petition in vain to be permitted
to return to Mohammedanism.
Logically, the emperors action in
wolves a complete reversal of the Rus
sian policy of seeking National unity
in conquered provinces in religious
unity.
He has accepted the axiom Of the
metropolitan AntoniuS: you can moi
hold strange children in the church
against their will" and recognizes II
religious variety good for the nation
as well as for the Church itself, &
principle which if acknowledged poll
tically, would mean federated Rus
| STA.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-05-05

st. Petersburg, May Real reliS-
ious freedom conferred upon his sub
jects by Emperor Nicholas as an EaS-
ter gift is historic event OF the high
est significance in comparison with
which the remission of millions Of dol
lars of taxes to the peasantry, long
list of decorations and six pages OF
promotions of bureaucratic officials,
are hardly worth comment.
Liberty of conscience has been re-
peatedly proclaimed and Procurator
Pobedonostzeff in his famous reply to
the evangelical petition Of 1888 con-
tended that it existed in the empire.
The fact is that as a trysting place all
religions have been tolerated in Rus
STA, but none has been allowed to
trespass upon the orthodox faith enun-
ciated from the mosque that faces the
church of the Nevsky Prospect in St.
Petersburg. People were free to re-
main true to the religion of their faith
ers, but were forbidden to make prose
lytes. Everybody might enter, but
none might leave the orthodox
church without forlelCing all civil
rights. including the right to inherit
crown property and in the train OF
that policy prosecutions of every con
ceivable character was directed
against The "Raskolniki' or dissident
sects, especially the old believers.
The emperor's act will also affect
about 4O,O0O,O00 belonging to alien
faiths. such as Jews, Catholics and
Lutherans, of Poland and the Baltic
provinces, the Protestants OF Finland