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KNOCKED OUT IN
THE TENTH
Corbett Met Defeat in the
Fight With Jeffries
Last Night
IMMENSE CROWD WITNESSED
THE FISTIC BATTLE.
The Last Betting at the Ringside
Favored Jeffries Ten
to Four.
Jeffries came out victor in the
prize fight at San Francisco last
night. Crbett was knocked out
in the tenth round. Jeffries
seemed to have a little the best of
his opponent from the start.
The fistic battle attracted one
of the largest crowds which ever
came together for a similar pur
pose in this country. Men were
there all the way from the At
lantic coast. Tlie last betting
around the ringside favored
Jeffries, the odds being 10 to 4.
There were two preliminary
bouts before the big fight start
ed. Challenges to the champion
were read from Jack Munroe
and Jack Johnson, the champion
negro boxer.
Both Jeffries and Corbett ap
peared in splendid form as they
entered the ring. Jeffries was
a little inclined to force things in
the first round, and when the
bell rang was in the lead. He
showed up well in all the innings
following till the ninth, when
Corbett seemed to keep him
guessing. Early in the tenth
Corbett received a left hand
hook in the stomach and was
sent gasping to the floor. He re
mained down nine seconds, then
struggled to his feet. He was
trembling and suffering terribly.
A few seconds later he went
down again and his seconds
threw up the sponge. The de
feated man was carried to his
corner. Later he recovered
sufficiently to shake hands with
Jeffries.
Corbett displayed his science
."from the start of the fight and
got in the most blows, but they
lacked the sledge hammer force
of those of his big antagonist.
Notice to Contractors.
Bids will be received by the
undersigned at Bemidji, Minne
sota, until 2:00 o'clock p. m., Aug.
21st, 1903, for the erection of an
addition to the school building of
Independent District, Beltrami
county, Bemidji, Minnesota.
Plans and specifications are on
file at the clerk's office, Bemidji,
Minnesota, and also at the office
of Bert D. Keck, Crookston, Min
nesota.
A certified check for the sum
of $300 must accompany each
bid, as a guarantee. The board
of directors reserve the right to
rejuct any and all bids, and the
contractors will be required to
give satisfactory bonds for the
faithful execution of the work.
Dated July 18, 1903.
D. C. SMYTH,
97 99 Sec'y Board of Education.
Fair at Duluth.
The annual fair of the Northern
Minnesota & St. Louis County
Agricultural, Mechanical & In
dustrial association will be held
at Duluth August 17 to 22, giving
an exhibition for one week of
grains, fruit, blooded stock, agri
cultural implements, dairy pro
ducts, minerals, woods, art and
manufactures in larsre variety.
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eer: now is the time.
ELECTION TO BE
CONTESTED
V.
Was an Exciting Time at
the Nymore Election
Yesterday.
COMPLETE CAUCUS TICKET WASSTLENERS0M
ELECTED BY BIG MARGIN.
There Were 117 Votes CastIt Is
Claimed Some Were from
the Outside.
The complete caucus ticket,
headed by E. O. Glidden for
president, was elected at the
village election of officers at Ny
more yesterday. There were
117 votes cast, and it is claimed
that there are only 75 legal vot
ers in the newly incorporated
village. The election will be con
tested by the independent party,
which had Joseph Burns as can
didate for president. It is
alleged that Mr. Glidden and his
followers brought in voters from
Bemidji and other outside points,
and that other unfair means
were adopted.
In the school election a major
ity vote favoring the bonding of
the district for $2,000 for the
erection of a school building was
secured.
Following is the list of candi
dates in the village election with
the number of votes each re
ceived:
CAUCUS TICKET.
E. O. Glidden, president 85
Andrew Berge, trustee 81
O. J. Tagley, trustee 85
C. L. Wight, trustee 81
E. F. Rowe, recorder 84
M. Larson, treasurer 117
M. Galchutt, justice of peace. 85
Robert Potter, justice of peace 81
Albert Synnes, constable 117
R. L. Mitchell, constable Ill
INDEPENDENT TICKET.
Joseph Burns, president 32
George Hoffman, trustee 36
Henry H. White, trustee 32
Charles Vedder, trustee 33
Ray C. Sorsoleil, recorder 33
M. Larson, treasurer 117
W. S. Ridgway, justice of peace 36
G. M. Amanda, justice of peace 32
Albert Synnes, constable.... 117
R. L. Mitchell, consteble I ll
Dickerson, constable 16
I THE CHURCHES
Rev. McComb, of Hamline
University, will occupy the pulpit
at the M. E. church Sunday
morning and evening.
The Presbyterian church Sun
day will hold services morning
and evening. Morning subject,
"Religion in the Home:" evening,
"The Danger signal.". Every
body cordially invited.
McLeod, pastor.
J. F.
Prof. G. D. Shepardson, M. A.,
head professor of electrical en
gineering of the University of
Minneapolis, will give a Bible
talk, illustrated by electricity,
Sunday at 11 a. m. in the Baptist
church. Preaching in the even
ing at 8 p. m. All are welcome.
Minnesota State Fair.
The Great Northern railway
has announced a special rate of
one fare plus 50 cents for the
round trip to St. Paul. Tickets
on sale August 29 to September
5, inclusive. Final return limit
September 7. For full informa
tion apply to E. E. Chamberlain,
agent.
The best advertising medium
in Bemidji is the Daily Pioneer
everybodv reads it.
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THE LAND OFFICE
HEARING
It Will Be Held This
MonthPerhaps
Next Week.
Crawford Says Sooner It Comes
Off Better People Will
Be Satisfied.
Lawyer Crawford today re
ceived a copy of the following
telegram sent by Land Commis
sioner Richards to Congressman
Halvor Steenerson:
"Please suggest a date that
will suit you for the hearing re
lative to the Cass land office."
Mr. Steenerson wished to know
which date would best suit the
Bemidji people and Mr. Craw
ford answered that the sooner
the hearing was held the better
Bemidji would be satisfied.
Speaking of the matter today
Mr. Crawford said:
"We are now ready for a hear
ing at any time. Our side of the
case is prepared for argument
and the sooner the affair is set
tled the better everyone con
cerned will be satiafied. There
is nothing to be gained by wait
ing, and I am sure that with the
showing we can make the final
decision will be in our favor.
The matter will probably come
up either next week or the week
after. It will surely be heard
sometime this month in any
event. Mr. Steenerson will of
course be present at the hearing
and there will also be a small
delegation of citizens on hand.
Bemidji is so clearly the logical
point for the location of the land
office that there can bo little
doubt concerning the outcome of
the hearing."
NEW COUNCIL
New Officers Held First Council
Meeting at Nymore
Last Night.
Nymore held its first council
meeting last night. The newly
elected officer were qualified and
other business necessary to a
first meeting transacted. An
other meeting of the council will
be held tonight. The trustees
and president do not appear at
all apprehensive as to the result
of the threatened contest of yes
terday's election.
Blames Knutson.
Miss Anna Anderson, who was
announced as having been mar
ried to Wm. Nelson at Nymore
last Tuesday, desires the Daily
Pioneer to state that the blame
for the erroneous statement lies
with Fred Knutson who, think
ing he was playing a joke, brought
the wedding announcement into
the Daily Pioneer office. The
notice was, of course, published,
for we had no reason to believe
that it was not reliable, it ap
pears that there was no wedding
at all. and that Miss Anderson
had never even been engaged to
the man in question. The man
who will adopt such coarse meth
ods to embarrass a girl shows
himself to be of a very small and
mean caliber.
Vitlsr-e Wiped Out.
Salon iea. Aug. 15. It is reported
that Bulgarian insurgents have mas
sacred the inhabitants of the large
Turkish village of Kenati, near Mon
astir. Only twenty escapei.
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WHEAT SELLS AT
A DOLLAR
The Traders Went Wild in
Minneapolis Chamber
Yesterday.
FIRST TIME MARK HAS BEEN
Natural to
Minneapolis Journal: Another
"dollar wheat" dream has come
true.
Cash wheat sold this morning
at $1 a bushel in the Minneapolis
market.
When business opened around
the cash tables buyers were on a
still hunt for wheat. Frank Com
mons had a car of No. 1 northern,
one of the few received. He held
it at $1. For a time buyers
fought around it and bid under,
but with renewed strength in the
and posted receipts very
light the buyers with imperative
orders in hand saw no prospect
of getting in under the $1 level.
"I'll take the car," said E. D.
Bowen, sr., to Commons, and $1
wheat was recorded for the first
time in five years.
There was a wild yell, a
scramble of other buyers for the
few remaining cars, and a rush
of traders for the telegraph
counter. A hundred messages
flashed out and $1 wheat in
Minneapolis was the sensation of
the day in the speculative mar
kets of the world. Later on $1.01
was bid and '$1.02 asked for No. 1
northern.
All the country is now looking
to this market. Chicago, New
York, St. Louis and other grain
trade centers are hanging on the
telegraphic reports from Minne
apolis, which is leading the spec
ulative world.
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LABOR UNIONS SUED.
Heavy Damages Ask&d by Employers
on Account of Strike.
Chicago, Aug. 15. Damage suits
against labor unions and members of
unions aggregating $86,000 were filed
in Chicago courts yesterday. John iM.
Stiles, painting contractor, who al
leges that his business has bean
ruined by labor unions, sued the paint
ers' district council and unions af
filiated in the building trades councils
for $50,000 The American Boycott
association is pushing the case for
Stiles. The Kellogg Switchboard and
I Supply company filed two suits each
I for $l5,or, against unions involved in
I the strike which t^rroriz^d Chicago
a short time ago and is still on. In
addition to these cases six young
women employes of the Kellope Switb
board and Supply company have sued
eight women who participated in the
i Keiiogg strike for slander and libel,
each case being lor $1,000 damages.
FRED C. SMYTH. President TH0S. P. SMYTH, Sec.-Treas. D. C. SMYTH. Manager
BEMIDJ I MERCANTIL E CO.
Opposite the Old Court House
Groceries, Flour, Hay and Grain
Phone
2 I 5
WARSHIP BADLY INJURED.
Con-Jltlon e-f Massachusetts More Seri
ous Than Supposed.
,Bar Harbor, Me., Aug. IB.The in
juries 'o the battleship Massachusetts
caused by striking on Egg Rock shoal
Wednesday are more serious than the
first examination Indicated. Not only
are the forward compartments full of
water, but the ship is leaking farther
aft. and divers were at work all day
yesterday trying to locate the de
fective part. The collier Lebanon and
a government tug has been alongside
and have taken aboard all the ammu
nition, anchors and heavy stores in
order to tighten the ship forward. She
now floats in a natural position, but
Is drawing ten inches more water than
usual. Considering the great weight
that was taken from her by the colllei
and tug, it is very evident that an
enormous quantity of water must be
inside in order to put a ship of her
size down ten Inches. Capt. Eaton
has not been instructed as to what will
be done with the ship, but it is evi
dent that she will remain here until
the extent of the injury can be defi
nitely learned.
SMELTER WILL START.
Horseshve Company Will Give an Im
petus to Rapid City.
Rapid City, 8. D., Aug. 15.It Is as
serted that the Horseshoe Mining com
pany contemplates the starting up of
the large smelter at Rapid City dur
ing the early part of September. This
is one of the most complete smelting
plants in the West. It was erected
by the National Smelting company two
years ago, and was started a little
over a year ago. It is an all-steel
structure, has two furnaces and com
plete facilities and appliances for
handling ore. It is said that the
Horseshoe company will ship the high
er grade ores from its mine to th
smelter.
RACES WITH DEATH.
Fearfully Hurt, He Hurries to Town
to Secure Medical Aid.
La Crosse, Wis., Aug. 15.With a
wound he knew to be fatal, Farmer
McCalley of Desoto rode fifteen miles
to a doctor's office and died there.
McCalley was kicked in the stomach
by a hrse, and, climbing upon tho
back of the animal whose kick later
caused 1 Is death, he dashed madly for
the village. Faint from the loss of
blood he toppled over from his steed
on reachlag Desoto. Ho was carried
to a hotel and died as the doctor came,
whose assistance in time would prob
ably have saved his life.
RAFT BOAT SUNK.
Sunken Log Punches a Hole in the
Juniata.
Stillwater, Minn., Aug. 15. The
raft boat Juniata, of the Rronson &
Folsom fleet, sank yesterday morning.
Her bow is ashore on the east side of
the St. Croix with her stern In four
teen feet of water, covering all but the
top bucket of the wheel. Capt. Charles
Davidson was at the wheel and be
had in tow two barges and the bow
boat Gypsy. In backing a sunken pile
punched a hole in the bottom. The
bowboat and barges were cut looso
and the steamer ran ashore. The crew
scrambled out and all escaped.
NEED NEW SYSTEM.
Winona Has an Expert Accountant to
Give Advice.
Winona, Minn Aug. 15.The city
officials of Winona, especially the
mayor and city council, are anxious
to have the system of keeping the
records improved so as to do away
with a part of the expense and extra
work which now prevails. To this end
they have engaged H. M. Temple of St.
Paul, expert aconntant, who will
make a thorough investigation of tho
present method. He hopes to make
some recommendations, the adoption
of which will be of much Ben ho
city.
THINGS
0 0 0
EAT
PROPOSITION IS A
HOT ONE
Petition to Put 8-Foot Board
Fence Around the
City Park
AX AD0RX IT WITH HIGH-ART
SOAP ADVERTISEMENTS.
People Could Then Feast Eyes
on Soap Instead of
Nature's Beauties.
There is strong talk of having
a petition circulated among the
citizens the town asking the
council to allow the building of
an eight foot board fence around
that portion of the city park ly
ing above Fifth street. It is posi
tively asserted that such a ioti
tion will be started, but whether
or not anything will come of it
only time will tell.
The cost of the fence would not
have to be paid by the city. En
terprising soap makers have al
ready signified their willingness
to put up the affair? for the privil
ege of iidorning it with soap ad
vertisements. Tho ostensible
reason for the fence as put forth
by the backers of the petition is
that the parlc should be protected
from wandering cattle and
horses. The reason, however, it
is generally believed, is that
some of the citizens of the town
wish to "get back" at the owners
Of property fronting the park
who, by introducing a petition at
the council meeting a short time
ago, got the city fathers to order
buildings and structures of all
sorts from the city park, after
the Ladies of the 6. A. R., in a
petition signed by about 75 mem
bers of the order, had asked the
council to leave the Japanese pa
goda, erected for theG. A. R. en
campment, standing. The ladies
promised to fix it up into an at
tractive haven of rest.
Whether the proposed petition
wiy materialize or not isa ques
tion, and whether, if it does ma
terialize, it will receive the re
quired number of signers is
another question. Owners of
property fronting the park will
certainly not allow eight feet of
high-art soap advertisements to
obstruct their view of the lake
without putting up a very vigor
ous light, and in view of the fact
that a low iron fence of attractive
design would answer all the pur
poses of the big wooden one the
arguments put forth by the "de-
fense'" would at least make the
battle interesting.
House and lot for sale in Ny
more, cheap. W. R. Corey. 99