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VOLUME 1. NUMBER 94.
HE CLAIMS SELF
DEFENSE
W. E. Coddington the Self
confessed Murderer of
Henry Kehring
SAYS THAT IT WAS A CASE OF
KILL OR BE KILLED.
He is now a Prisoner in Coun
ty Jail at Grand Rapids,
Minnesota.
W. E. Coddington, the self-,
confessed murderer of Henry
Kehring, the Big Fork settler,
last week, says that the shooting
was done in self defense. Al
though he had plenty time to
escape he did not attempt to do
.so, but waited until the officers
arrived and then gave himself up.
The killing took place last
Tuesday afternoon about 1
o'clock, thirty miles from the
nearest railway station, Bena.
There were no witnesses to the
tragedy. Coddington is now in
the Grand Rapids jail. He will
have a hearing today or tomor
row. The man claims that he
can produce at least five witnes
ses who will testify that Kehring
had on the day before threatened
to kill him.
In substance the prisoner's
story is as follows: Last Mon
day Kehring came to the claim
of W. G. Parsons where Codding
ton and four other companions
were working on a house. He
threatened to kill Coddington if
the latter did not produce $10
which he claimed was due him,
and at the same time produced a
revolver. After repeated.threats
he finally left the place. That
night as Coddington was driving
home past Kehring's place in
company with Prank Wassmeke
the old man rushed out of the
house brandishing a revolver and
threatened to kill Coddington.
Wassmeke whipped up the team
and they escaped unharmed.
Tuesday afternoon about 1
o'clock he was again driving by
Kehrings place, this time alone,
when Kehring rushed out at him,
gun in hand, swearing and
threatening to shoot. The horses
became frightened, started to
run, threw Coddington out of the
wagon and also his rifle, which
he seized and began to fire in the
direction of his antagonist.
Three balls took effect, two hit
ting Kehring fairly in the breast,
passing completely through the
body, the other ball entering the
left side and passing out on the
right side.
DISMISSED
Frank Schauls Given Hearing Be
fore Judge Achenbach This
Morning.
Frank Schauls, a Bemidji sa
loon man, arrested last week
charged with having refnsed to
return a man's watch left with
him for drinks when the neces
sary cash was produced, had a
hearing before Judge Achenbach
this morning and was dismissed,
as nothing could be proven
against him. It is alleged that
a customer took 40 cents' worth
of drinks, leaving a valuable
watch with Schauls as security,
and that when he returned later
and produced the 40 cents the
bartender ref used to give up the
timepiece.
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CAR SHORTAGE
Railroads are Taking Steps to
Avert One This
Fall.
Operating officials of all lines
are taking energetic steps to
avert a car shortage when the
wheat crop from Minnesota and
the Dakotas begins to move, and
although it is believed the lines
will be better prepared for the
rush than last year, there is a
general belief that during its
height the Head of the Lakes
elevators and yards will again be
congested and the lines will be
short of cars.
Eastern lines are already pre
paring for the fall rush and many
of the important systems have
issued orders directing a strict
enforcement of the demurrage
rules and the prompt movement
of loaded cars. Lines out of St.
Paul have been insisting for two
months on an observance of the
rules governing cars received by
consignees and are keeping their
their equipment well in hand.
J. H. Hamre Dead.
J. H. Hamre, about 28 years of
age, a well-known Bemidji musi
cian, died of consumption at 10
o'clock yesterday morning. The
body was shipped this morning
to Preston, Fillmore county,
where his father, who is county
treasurer, resides. Mr. Hamre
has lived in Bemidji for nearly
three years and has a large circle
of friends in the city. As a
musician he displayed a con
siderable degree of talent, and
was often engaged to play for
local dances. The deceased was
a young man of exemplary habits
and his loss will be a sad one to
the community.
A want ad in the Daily Pioneer
is a winner. Try one.
The best advertising medium
Bemidji is the Daily Pioneer
everybody reads it.
R. H. Pendergast,' general
agent for the Rose Hill Nursery
of Minneapolis, is in town look
ing up business.
POISON IN THE AIR.
Kittens and Cattle Ole Mysteriously In
South Dakota.
Oaooma, S. D., Aug. 9. The past
week was the warmest in the bietory
of the country. On Friday a heavy rain
fell, thoroughly soaking the ground.
Preceding the rain wag a period of de
pression In the atmosphere that was,
phenomenal. During the day almost
every kitten less than six months o'd
inthe vicinity of Oacoma died, whole
litters being found lying dead together,
apparently from the effects of some
gaseous matter In the air. A bunch of
eighteen head of cattle in one drove
was seen coming down the flats when
eight of them fell to the ground. A
farmer living near by found six of the
eight dead. The Iwo others Jumped
up and ran frantically away. John
Morris, a stockman living on White
river, reports the loss of six head the
same day. No losses have occurred
since and none prior to that time, and
it is generally believed that the copi
ous rains which have fallen since have
neutralised whatever of poison to ani
mal life may have been In the air.
MOUSE STEALS MONEY.
Slsseton Merchant at Last Discovers
Where His Cash Goes.
Sioux Pails, 8. D., Aug. 9.For some
time Gustav Lundblood, a Slsseton
merchant, has been the victim of a
mysterious robber, who seemed to
have a decided preference for green
backs, and abstracted them from his
money drawer from time to time. A
close ich was maintained for sev
eral weeks, but although the money
continued to disappear, no else could
be secured as to the Identity of the
thief. The myBtery surrounding ta
disappear :e of the bills has new
been solve*., and in an unexpected
manner. While clearing out some
goods from beneath a counter th*
merchant discovered a mouse's neat
which had been constructed with the
missing greenbacks, which aggre
gated about $25 in value.
AN ELECTION OF
OFFICERS
Organization of the Board of
Education Perfected Sat
urday Night.
J. J. JIXKIXS0X WAS ELECTED
AS PRESIDENT.
D. C. Smyth Re-elected Secretary
and \Y. A. Casler Made Secre
tary for Coming Year.
Saturday evening the board of
education, with its two new mem
bers, held a meeting at the
schoolhouse and perfected its
organization, electing the follow
ing officers for the ensuing year:
J. J. Jinkinson, president D.
C. Smyth, secretary: W. A. Cas
ler, treasurer. Mr. Jinkinson as
president takes the place of Com
missioner Carson, a retiring
member of the board, and W. A.
Casler steps into the position oc
cupied by John Graham, the
other retiring member.
The bids for the new four
room addition to the schoolhouse,
and for the constructing of a
heating plant were opened, but
no action concerning them was
taken. The meeting was ad
journed to 2 o'clock this after
noon, when the contracts will
be let.
SWAMP LANDS
Will be no More Contests in
the Duluth Land
Office.
No more contests against the
state's claim to swamp acreage
will be heard in the Duluth land
office, according to an order
which reached that office from
Commissioner J. H. Gimple of
the United States land depart
ment. All must be appealed to
Washington for settlement, says
the News Tribune. The change
is brought about because in the
future all such contests are to be
settled on the authority of the
field notes of the United States
surveyors. Oral testimony -will
be rejected. As all the records
and data gathered by the engin
eers are kept in the national
capital it will be much more con
venient to have the cases con
ducted there.
It will be necessary for the
contestants to enter their com
plaints at the Duluth office, how
ever. They will be rejected and
then those who bring the con
tests will be privileged to file an
appeal, having them carried be
fore the higher authorities of
the department.
A number of these contests
were recived at the Duluth office
before the order went into effect.
They will be heard and decision
rendered according to the former
system
NEW MANAGER
Fred Smyth Now Head of the
Bemidji Mercantile
Company.
Fred C. Smyth has resigned
his position as manager of the
Blackduck Mercantile company
to become manager of the Be
midji Mercantile company of
which he is the president. Mr.
Smyth has been financially inter
ested in the latter concern since
its incorporation. His many Be
midji friends are pleased to learn
that he is to reside in this city
henceforth.
THE DAILY PIONEER.
BEM1DJI, MINNESOTA, MONDAY. AUGUST 10, 1903,
W 0 E S A E
A N
RETAIL
MILES STEPS OUT
RETIRES FROM SERVICE AS COM-
MANDER OF THE UNITED
STATES ARMY.
GEN. S. B. M. YOUNG SlCCEtDS HIM
WILL ASSUME DUTIES UNTIL
GENERAL STAFF LAW GOES
INTO EFFECT.
MILES ISSUES AN ADDRESS
WORD OF FAREWELL TO ARMY HE
HAS COMMANDED FOR
EIGHT YEARS.
Washington, Aug. 9. Lieut Gen.
Mlso A. Miles, commanding the
army, retired from active service at
noon to-day, having reached the age
limit of sixty-four years.
The following order was issued at
the war department:
"Washington, Aug. S, 1903The re
tirement from active s ice by the
president Au* 8, 190? Lieut. Gen.
Nelson A. Miles, U. S. by operation
of law under the provl as of the act
of congress approved JI... 30, 1382, is
announced. Lieut. Gen. Miles will
proceed to his home. The travel en
joined is necessary for the public ser
vice. By order of the secretary of
war. H. C. Corbin,
"Adjutant General, Major General,
U. S. A."
Several other orders resulting from
the retirement of Gen. Miles have
been issued, one promoting Maj. Gen.
Young to be lieutenant general and as
signing him to the command of the
army until Aug. 15, when he will as
sume the duties of chief of staff an
other assigning Maj. Gen. Corbin as
president of the soldiers' home board
another assigning Brig. Gen. Gillespie
as president of the board of ordnance
and fortification, and still another as
signing Lieut. Gen. Young as a mem
ber of the Sherman statue comrau
sion.
Gen. Miles issued an address to the
army on the occasion of his retirement
in which he referred to the glorious
history of the army. He saia that he
had faith that under all circumstances
the army would maintain its Mg*. char
acter, and that its future would be as
honorable and glorious as had been its
past history. His earnest solicitude
and best wishes would ever follow the
fortunes of the army.
FUNCTION AT OYSTER BAY.
Hit
German Ambassador Presents
Credentials to the President.
Oyster Bay, N. Y., Aug. 9 Saga
more Hill. President Roosevelt'? coun
try home, was the scene yesierday of
an interesting ceremony. Baron von
Sternberg, who has been minister
plenipotentiary of Germany to the
United States since Ambassador von
Holleben returned to Eu-ope, and who
recently, on the retirement of Mr. von
Holleben, was elevated to the rank of
ambassador, present*i to the presi
dent his credentials as ambassador,
and was received formally in hie new
diplomatic rank by President Roose
velt.
GOT ALL BALLED UP.
Nsflro Bit Off More Than He Could
Cnew.
New York, Aug. 9.George Johnson,
a negro waiter at Fort Hamilton, is
proud of his lart,e mouth, and for a
small wager he put things into It to
demonstrate its size. Two soldiers from
the fort offered to bet flO he could
not put two golf balls into nil mouth
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Johnson look the bet and won the
money, but in doing so sustained a
double dislocation of the lower jaw.
DESERT FROM ARMY.
Artillerymen Find Long March Too
Much Like Work to Suit Them.
Chicago. Aug. 9.Th rty-flve of the
240 artillery men ordered out two
weeks ago ou a march of L60 miles, to
Camp Douglas. Wis., have deserted,
according to reports received at Fort
Sheridan. The Eleventh and Twenty
fourth, batteries were xent. and are
expected to arrive at the camp to-day.
Twelve other men went by train to
join them.
WOMAN BROKER BANKRUPT.
She Goas to the Wall Following a
Slump in Mining Stocks.
New Haveu. Conn., Aug. 9. Miss
Sarah S. Piatt, a young woman who
has dealt in stocks for several years,
has filed a petition in bankruptcy.
She is said to bo the first woman In
this state to take advantage of the law.
Miss Piatt's liabilities are only about
^10,000. A slump in mining stocks is
said to have caused the trouble.
Fish Pirates at Work.
Seattle, Wash., Aug, 9 Federal
Judge Hanford has ordered the depu
ties to protect the fisheries in the
lower sound, in which fish pirates aro
said to be working. They secured
$2,000 worth of fish in one hold-up.
Runkle Has Surrendered.
New York, Aug. 9.Maurice Runkle,
who was jointly Indicted In Washing
ton with August W. Machen and
Thomas W. McGregor, in the postofflce
investigation, has surrendered and
cave bond of JE5.P00-.
WISCONSIN SHEFP RANCHES.
Worthless Land May Yet Be Valuable
as Pasture.
Grand rapids, Wis., Aug. 9.--George
Taylor arrived yesterday morning
*from Wyoming with 4,000 merino
sheep which he will place on a 3,400-
acre tract of land which he recently
purchased near this city. Taylor fig
ures that the stock could be shipped
here about as cheaply as to Chicago,
and, after being fattened, it would
only be a short distance to market.
W. F. Hogg & Co. of Chicago have also
purchased 4,000 acres in the town of
Saratoga which they are preparing to
I convert i to a Hbeep ranch, if the ox
periment prova a success Saratoga
will be transformed into a mammoth
sheep ranch and many thousands of
acres or what .as once called worth
less lands will thus be utilized.
STABBED BY INDIANS.
Two White Men Reported to Have
Been Badly Hurt.
Mora, Minn. Aug. 9. Otto Quick
and Nfels Quick of this place are re
ported ha been seriously stabbed
in an at/ay with two drunken Indians
on the Mllte Lacs reservation. Sun
day afternoon the Quick boys made a
purchase of liquor for the Indians, and
soon a bunch of them were hilarious
and brought knives into action. The
Quicks attempted to take the knives
from a brave named Oee-Kee and his
son with the result that both were cut.
MONEY CEASED TO COME.
Then a Letter Tola" How a Soldier's
Life Was Closed.
Sioux City. Aurf. 9.Renso Cunning
ham, an orphan formerly living at Ha
warden, is reported drowned in the
Philippines, where ue went a year ago
as a soldier in the Tenth infantry. He
had left an order with the paymaster
that $10 a month be paid to the First
National bank at Hawardea from his
wagest. When the money ceased
corning the bank wrote to Washington
for an explanation. It ha just come,
sayisg the young man was drowned.
TEN CENTS PER WEEK.
C0NTRACTN0TLET
School Board Still In Session at
the Time of Going
to Press.
At the time of pang to press,
the school board has not let the
contract for buiLcUng the addition
to the school house. There are
two bids in, ne from Frank Ma
genu and the other from Olio
Sieverson, both of Crookston.
It is understood that the cost of
the addition will bo about ^,500.
This will include a full basement,
which may bo used either as a
gyinuasium or made into two
more school rooms.
Dragged to [ieath.
Minnewar.Uan. N. D.. AUK. 9 James
Duffy, a prominent runner living sir
teen miles west of Minnewaukan,
was found dead In a fields having fall
on from the seat of a binder and being
dragged to death
BOAT NEARLY SINKS.
Secret Kept From Passengers Until
Vessel Is Beached.
Ottawa, Out., Aug. 9.With the sev
enty-five passengers on board in ig
norance of their peril water rushed
Into the hold of the steamer Enterprise
yesterday until tha tires under the
boilers were extin,'uiahed While the
officers were engaged in keeping the
passengers from knowing the sinking
condition of the boat the captain
changed his course to the nearest
short The engineer by great efforts
managed to keep enough steam in the
boilers to keep the steamer under
headway until shallow water was
reached, and not until the lurch of the
vessel told that Its bow had struck
the beach did the passengers know
that anything was wrong. When in
formed of their escape- many of the
women passengers became hysterical,
but all were removed to the shore
safely.
GIRL TREES A FLIRT.
8et6 Dog to Watch Him While C-cwd
Applauds.
Carbondale. 111., Aug. 9. For two
hours t.-.Lerda pretty Elsie Hoagler,
with the aid of a bulldog, kept a flirt
treed, while a largo crowd, attract!
by the unusual spectacle, looked on,
applauded the girl and "joshed" the
victim. James Mauley, a lineman, was
at work on a telegraph pole near the
home of Miss Hoagler, when he espied
her at the window. Humming Elsie of
ChelKna, my sweet little girl." the
lineman made desperate efforts at a
conquest. Tiring of his persistence
Miss Hoagler waited until he prepared
to move toward the ground, then with
ber bulldog she took a position near
the foot of the pole. Tlge obeyed her
command to "watch him," and for two
hours Manley pleaded and begged
pardon before he was forgiven.
JUDGE STOPS LYNCHING.
Promises That Grand Jury Will Act
Quickly.
Henderson. Tex., Aug. 9. Isom
Strong, a negro. last night attempted
to enter the bedroom of Mrs. Mollie
Lacy, a widow. Mrs. Lacy gave the
alarm and the negro was captured and
taken to jail. The sheriff slipped the
negro out of town, but a mob followed
and took the prisoner from the offlcfers
and brought him back. Preparations
were made to lynch him but District
Judge Levy promised the mob that the
grand Jury would consider the negro's
case at once. The mob then dispersed
and the negro was taken back to jaiL