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GROVER TO HUNT
IN MINNESOTA
Ex-President Is Expected to
Visit the State in Month
of October.
HE WILL HUNT OVER CHICKEN
MD DUCK SECTIONS.
Said He May Possibly Gun for
Something Besides Feath
ered Game.
Grover Cleveland, sometime
president of the United States,
nim rod extraordinary, and light
ning rod agent possibly, has
been invited to visit the state on
a hunting trip in the latter part
of October, and has signified his
willingness to come.
The great leader of the eastern
democrats has done much hunt-
-i ing of various kinds and at vari
ous places in his time, but has
never had a i opportunity to hunt
over Minnesota stubbles and
sloughs. When it was an
nounced that he had accepted
the invitation of James H. Eckles
to address the Commercial club
of Chicago Oct. 14, friends in
Minneapolis at once tendered
him an invitation to continue his
western tour into Minnesota.
It was pointed out%fhim that
Minnesota is exceedingly rich in
hunting possibilites that the
stubble fields are full of fat
chickens, and that the web
footed wild fowl haunts the
prairie lakes in abundance. It
was also urged upon the former
"president that he had never tried
hi prowess in these, to him,
virgin fields.
President Cleveland replied
I that he would be more than
pleased to visit Minnesota on a
hunting trip if he could so ar
range his affairs, and he intimat
ed that he would try pretty hard
so to fix things that he could ar
range his affairs and come.
This prospective visit of the
great Grover will attract more
than passing attention because,
while he has declared that there
will be nothing political about
his Chicago speech or his entire
Western trip, there is a sus
picion that while he may hunt
for prairie chickens and ducks,
with his accustomed enthusiasm,
%e may, possibly, after a good
day's sport in the fild, yield to
temptation and put his ear to the
ground.
But there is nothing in the in
vitation which has been extended
t Former President Cleveland
which requires him to do this.
Notice to Contractors.
Bids will be received by the
undersigned at Bemidji, Minne
sota, until 2:00 o'clock p. m., Aug.
2nd, 1903, for the erection of an
dditicn to the school building of
ndependant District, Beltrami
_unty, Bemidji, Minnesota,
lans and specifications are on
le at the clerk's office, Bemidji,
innesota, and also at the office
Bert D. Keck, Crookston, Min
esota.
A certified check for the sum
)f $300 must accompany each
id, as a guarantee. The board
directors reserve the right to
ejuct any and all bids, and the
ontractors will be required to
ive satisfactory bonds for the
aithful execution of the work.
Dated July 18, 1903.
D. C. SMYTH,
7-99 Sec'y Board of Education.
A want ad in the Daily Pioneer
a winner. Try one.
HARD O GET MEN
FOR WOODS
Labor Agents Find Difficulty
in Filling the Orders
Received.
Lumbermen Think That Shortage
Will Continue Throughout
the Season.
Lumbermen who operate in the
woods north of Duluth assert
that they are now having con
siderable difficulty in getting a
sufficient number of men to
carry on their work and they an
ticipate that the shortage will
continue throughout the season.
There is now an excellent de
mand for drivers and rivermen
and some of the orders which
have been placed with local
agents are still unfilled.
There has been an unusually
good demand on western railway
construction work and a great
many of the woodsmen have ac
cepted that character of work,
but it was not expected that the
drain through this channel would
have an appreciable effect on the
supply.
Nicholas Wildie, a logger who
operates north of Cloquet, is
looking for men and he had has
had had little success in his
quest. "We need a great many
men in the woods just now, and
more will be required later on,''
he said, "but I don't know just
where we are going to get them.
Some of the mills have had
difficulty in getting together a
sufficient crew to do their cut
ting and they have had to pay an
advance over the customary
scale. Prom now on the demand
for woodsmen will be keen and
anyone who wants work will find
on difficulty in getting placed."
HE GO WET
Traveling Man Now Knows How
to Step Into a
Boat.
W. H. Pullman, a traveling man,
received a ducking in the lake at
the City Boat house yesterday
afternoon to the great amuse
ment of the onlookers. He was
about to start out on a fishing
trip with a friend. The latter
had stepped into the boat and
Pullman tried to follow suit. He
got one foot in and the boat
swung away from the boards,
leaving one foot on the dock and
the other in the boat. He made
a frantic effort to get back on the
dock, then attempted to get in
the boat, with the result that he
was sent sprawling flat in the
water, receiving a thorough soak
ing.
FRO BEMIDJI
Man Killed by Great Northern
Train Not Far From
Crookston.
An unknown man was killed
near Emerado, a small station
not far from Crookston, by a
Great Northern train. It is
thought that he was a lumber
jack hailing from Bemidji, and
that he was on his way to the
woods. He stepped on the track
and made no attempt to get out
of the way, but rather ran to
meet the engine and fairly butted
into it. Nothing on the body
identified the man, and the
authorities have no clew as to
who he may be.
MEN WORKING O N RAILROADS INJURIES WERE RECEIVED AT
AND IN HARVEST FIELDS. S0LWAY FRIDAY.
HE DIED OF HIS
INJURIES
Palmer Erickson, Hurt in
Runaway, Passed Away
This Morning.
The Body will be Shipped to
Solway This Afternoon for
Interment.
Palmer Erickson. 73 years ol
age, who was injured in a run
away near Solway last Friday,
died at St. Anthony hospital at
4 o'clock this morning. If he
had been a younger man he
might have .recovered, but his
age was against him. His body
was shipped to Solway for in
terment this afternoon. Four
sons, a daughter and two sons
in-law were in the city at the
time of the old man's death.
When the accident occuredMr.
Erickson and son Henry were re
turning to Solway from a trip in
the country. They occupied a
two-wheeled cart drawn by a
single horse. While going down
a hill the horse became fright
ened and started to run, throw
ing Erickson from the rig. His
head struck on a stump at the
side of the road, fracturing his
upper jaw in two places and
breaking the lower jaw, besides
cutting the back of his head jn
an ugly manner. He also re
ceived internal injuries. Mr.
Erickson was picked up in an un
conscious condition and brought
to Bemidji.
JURORSSELECTED
The Men to Serve on Grand and
Petit Juries are
Named.
The following named men have
been selected to serve on the
grand and petit juries:
GRAND JURORS.
Theodore Snyder, Turtle River.
A. P. Blom, Liberty,
M. J. Leak, Blackduck.
John A. Anderson, Hagali.
John Wickom, Jones.
James Ryan, Turtle River.
Charles R. Parker, Summit.
Charles Nangle. Bemidji.
F. E. An'Jerson, Northern
J. P. Young, Bemidji.
Earl Geil, Bemidji.
Knute Halvorson, Bemidji.
Andrew Back, Frohn.
Harry Geil, Sr., Bemidji.
O. Eikstadt, Frohn.
Henry Liudgren, Port Hope.
J. J. Jinkinson, Bemidji.
Richard Oberg, Alaska.
Thomas Welsh, Roosevelt.
Thomas Smart, Bemidji.
D. C. Smyth, Bemidji.
J. M. Markham, Bemidji.
Guy Remore, Bemidji.'
PETIT JURORS.
David Booth, Bemidji.
James Van Kirk, Bemidji.
James M. Parker, Port Hope.
Al Moon, Blackduck.
Frank Johnson, Northern.
John Clear, 150-32.
Nathaniel Cox, Blackduck.
H. N. Smith, Blackduck.
Nelson H. Willett, Frohn.
N. A. Ollerstad, Turtle River.
Fred Wilson, Port Hope.
C. E. White, Port Hope.
Pete Maul, Port Hope.
Allen Underwood, Solway.
D. W. Smith. Eckles.
Martin Mickelson, Blackduck.
A. D. Mowers, Solway.
Sidney Smith, Eckles.
R. Zimmerman, Blackduck.
D. Spinning. Grant Valley.
George Gunderson, Cormant.
Charles Johnson,' Blackduck.
J. L. Johnson, Summit.
S. R. Moorhead, Turtle River
Advertise in the Pioneer.
THE DAILY PIONEER.
VOLUME 1. NUMBER 97. BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 1903. *TEN CENTS PER WEEK.
\Y 0 E SALE
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RETAIL
HOLD AN ELECTION
TOMORRO W
Officials Will Be Elected in
Newly Incorporated Village
of Nymore.
Wi
TWO SETS OF CANDIDATES, MT
FO ELECTION'.
Joseph Burns Heads One Ticket
and Elmer Glidden the
Other.
Nymore, which voted to in
corporate as a village August 1,
will hold a village election tomor
row. There are two sets of can
didates, Independent andNymore
Caucus. Elmer Glidden heads
the latter set as president and
Joseph Burns is his opponent in
the race for election. The latter
is a gentleman'of high standing
in the community, and a person
of well-known ability. He would
make a good man in the place
and would undoubtedly till the
office in a manner satistactory to
all concerned. His administra
tion would be a fair and just one.
Those running with him are
equally well qualified to fill their
respective positions.
Following is the full ticket of
the tw parties
Independent: Joseph Burns,
president G. A. Hoffman, H. H.
White and Chas. Vedder, trus
tees R. C. Sorsoleil, recorder
M. Lrrson, treasure W. S.
Ridgeway and G. M. Amanda,
justices of the peace Albert
Synnis and R. W. Mitchell, con
stables.
Nymore caucus: Elmer Glid
den, president Hoffman, Andrew
Berg and O. J. Tagley, trustees
E. F. Rowe, recorder. The re
mainder of the ticket is the same
as the Independents, with the
exception that M. Galchutt will
run for justice of the peace. The
election will be held at Hotel Ny
more. It is expected that 100
votes will be cast.
A special school election will
also be held tomorrow at Nymore,
school district No. 4. It will be
for the purpose of securing a ma
jority vote favoring the bonding
of the district for $2,000 and to
ask state aid for the erection of a
school building in Nymore.
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eer now is the time.
M. A. Sprague arrived this
morning from North Dakota.
Tarns Bixby tickles Bemidji
by telling her he will build a real
steamer for her beautiful lake
next season. Then we shall all
go to Bemidji and see a lake that
is a lake.Crookston DailyTimes.
FRED C. SMYTH. President TH0S. P. SMYTH, Seci-Treas. D. C. SMYTH, Manager
BEMIDJI MERCANTILE CO.
Opposite the Old Court House
Groceries, Flour, Hay and Grain
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GHOULS KILL A MAN.
They Then Sell His Body- to a Dental
College.
Indianapolis. Aug. 13.It developed
yesterday that the police have un
doubted evidence that Rufus Cautrlll,
Samuel Martin and OIHe Saunders,!
the latter two being members of Can
trill's gapg of colored ghouls, mur
dered Richard Jordan in September,
1900, and then sold His body to a
dental college. Jordan was a stranger
in the ciiy. and made a living by *ing-
in?.', in tin streets. lie hnd accurtiU
bated a auuis sum of money and was
invited a house on West North
street, hav'ng previously been drlug
ing with the men who were planning
bis death. While Jordan was sitting
iu the yard in a druugen .stupor. Mar
tin struck him on the head with a
club, and the victim fell groaning to
the ground. Martin struck three oili
er blows and then he and Cantrill
pitched the body Into a collar. The
next day Edward Cousins, a transfer
man. wa. called by Cautrlll and the
body was taken to a dental college In
a barrel, Cantrill and Martin both go
ing along. T.ny refused to let the
driver help them place the barrel in
the wagon or assist tailing It out,
but Cousins says that the barrel con
tained the body of a man. When Mar
tin was confronted at the reformatory
willi the evidence. he said that Can
trill and Saunders killed Jordan, but
he knew of the murder and bad to
fused to be a party to it
HE RIDES TO HIS DEATH.
Automobilist Thrown Into Canal and
Perishes.
For! Plain, X. Y., Aug. 13,Henry F.
Spaidding, aged about forty-five years,
an expert enthusiastic nutoinobllist
from West Orange, N. J., yesterday
rode to his death tour miles east ot
this village. He was on ie towpatt)
of the Erie canal. Owing to the mud
dy condition of the path, and while
turning out for a lineman's rig, his au
tomobile swerved more ttian he In
tended and maa and maculae plunged
Into the water. Two linemen rushed
to aid Spaulding, but In their excite
ment they let go entirely of a rope, one
ml of which they had turown to the
rownlng man. One of I hem then
hastened to Spraker, a liamlet near by,
for asE-.&tance, but by the time help
arrived Spaulding had gone down for
the last time. The body was recov
ered, badly entangled in the rope
which had been thrown to him. The
machine uninjured, and with the
vraU-Ps set. also was recovered.
STEAMER. AT MERCY OF WAVES.
Unpleasant Experience of Seventy
Five Passengers.
St. Joseph, Mich Aug, 13.The pas
senger steamer Alice Stafford of the
T3arr--Mus. egon Transportation com
pany, in command of Capt. S. A. Lorn
oreuiix, which left Chicago for Mus
kegon with seventy-five passengers on
board for Michigan points, broke
down in midlake at 1 o'clock in the
morning. A soft plug in a boiler blew
out. and to prevent the explosion of
the boilers the fire was put out After
being at the mercy of the sea until
noon, yesterday the stranded craft,
with distress s^nals flying, was
picked up by the steamer W H. Will
iams and was towed to thi~ harbor.
COEUR D'ALENE'S LE/fcO.
Rockefellers and Sweeney Are Plot
ting to Control All the Output.
Spokane, Wash., Aug. 13. The
Spokesman-Review says that the
Rockefellers are interested In a deal
with Char Sv ?epey of Spokane to
form the F. .era1
Mining and Smelting
company, with $30,000,000 in stock, to
control the lead output of the Coeur
d'Alene mining region. Options have
been secured on the principal proper
ties, and it Is believed the ileal will
be put through.
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II I (i S
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E A
FIVE SCORE DEAD
TUNNEL ACCIDENT AT PARIS DE-
VELOPS INTO AWFUL
CATASTROPHE.
NINETY BONUS RfCOVfRfD
DEATH LIST, IT IS BELIEVED,
WILL EXCEED ONE
HUNDRED.
POLICE CALLED TO KEEP ORDER
HEARTRENDING SCENES AS BOD-
IES OF VICTIMS ARE TAK-
EN OUT.
Paris. Aug. 13.Ninety bodies have
been recovered and the death, list prob
ably will exceed 100 in the under
ground railway disaster which oc
curred here Monday night.
The accident, which occurred on
the Metropolitan Electric railway, as
sumed the proportions of an awful
catastrophe during the early hours of
the day, when more than fore score of
the burned and suffocated were re
moved from the subterranean right of
way. The work continues and indica
tions an- that the death list will per
haps exceed live score.
The scenes at the mouth of the tun
nel whiore the victims were brought
forth were of the most Heartrending
description. Crowds of men, women
and children struggled urward In aa
effort to recognize their missing rela
tives and friends. Mont of the mif*a
Ing are tram the middle and working
classes.
Driven Back by Smoke.
Although the accident occurred at 8
o'clock Monday evening, the officials
and firemen were unable until early
yesterday morning to. descend into the
tunnel, owing to the blinding clouds
of smoke from the burning train. Fre
quent attempts were mad^ by heroic
volunteers whom it was necessary to
revive, half-suffocated, and carry away
to the hospitals.
..._ .-:rat L/r^sri-.
At ten minutes after three o'clock
Sergt. Ahrons, wearing a respirator,
succeeded In making the descent. He
remained seven minutes and brought
up the first information to the effect
that the dead were strewn all about
the roadway of the tunnel. Then he
collapsed. Twenty minutes later fire
men forced their way dowL through
the tunrittl station at Menllmontant
and returned soon afterward with
seven bodies, two men, two young
boys and three women. These per
sons had been asphyxiated, as their
positions showed thev.
nia tseen uropmg
through smoke that filled the tunnel,
seeking a way to escape when they
were overcome.
The work of bringing up bodies went
on steadily after that under the per
sonal direction of Prefect of Police
Lehine, who summoned a large reserve
force to hold back the surging crowd,
including the relatives of the victims.
As the firemen brought out the
bodies agonizing cries went up from
women and children who recognized
the dead husbands and fathers.
The catastrophe has caused Intense
excitement throughout the city, even
the Humbert trial being forgotten in
the widespread feeling of horror and
grief. At noon Col. Meaux St. Marc,
on behalf of President Loubet, visited
the morgue and Premier Combes went
to the scene of the disaster. M. Por
teaux, premier of the republic, and
Judge Jolliet of the Seine tribunal
h*va proceeded to Lea Charronnes sta
tion to open a judicial investigation
into the affair.