Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, August 21, 1905, Page 4

ELECTION CARRIED Voters Decide to Bond School District and Purchase New Sites. THE VOTE WAS LIGHT, ONLY 56 BEING CAST. \ Work of Providing New Rooms Will Commence as Soonas | Possible. At the special school election| held at the high scheol building Saturday night for the purpose | of bonding the district for $5,000 and purchasing two sites for new school rooms, all three of the pro- positions voted upon carried by large majorities. The vote was light, only 56 be- ing cast. The first proposition, to purchase four lots in Carson’s addition, carried by a vote of 50 for and five against. The second proposition, to purchase two acres in the northwest portion of | the city, carried by a vote of 40 for and six against. The third proposition, to issue bonds of the district in the sum of $5,000 to run 10 years and draw interest at the rate of five per cent per annum, carried by a vote of 49 for and five against. . The school board plans to com- mence the erection of new build- ings upon the pieces of ground to be bought as soon as possible. A member of the board stated this morning that the erection of the buildings would be pushed as fast as possible in order to have the rooms ready for occup- ancy by the opening of scheol Sept. 5. HUNTED °COONS; SHOT FINGER Ole Greenlund Felt for Mud in End of 45-90 Calibre Rifle—Gun Went Off. While hunting racoons near Plantagenet lake Saturday night, in company with A. W. Erwin, Ole Greenlund, employed at the Aacade, shot the end off a tinger on his left hand. The two men had located a number of the ani- mals and Mr. Greenlund was sneaking upon them, when he fell down and ran the barrel of his gun into the mud. He arose and while holding the gun in his A RECEPTION noon to Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Thompson. A delightful son of Sioux Falls. Flower.” artistic and beautiful. Mrs. Foster played the kind ever given in Bemidji. E. E. M’'DONALD Will Be Associated With Bemidji Attorney. ald today tice of the office. class attorney. private secretary to Joel P. Heat nent home. Sunday School Picric. Tne Presbyterian attend. Commissioners in Sessions. The board of AND MUSICALE Tendered S—a't;rday After- reception was given by Mrs. A. Lord and Mrs. E. R. Ryan -Saturday afternoon for Mr, and Mrs, W. B. Thomp- The Lord home was beautifully decorated | with nasturtiums, golden rod and sweet peas and there were some !30 ladies present. musical program was rendered. Mrs, Thompson and Mrs. Foster 'played Schubert’s C Major Sym- phony and Mr. Thompson ren- dered “Thou Art Like Unto a Miss Boyer gave a piano solo, ““Dance Caprice,”’ Mrs. Thompson rendered the‘‘Bachere in Minuet” and Miss Haldeman sang a Lullaby, Mr. and Mrs. Thompson sang several planta- tion melodies which were most An informal “Night Visions” by Schumann and Mr. Thompson gave a group of songs that were greatly enjoyed. The occasion was one of the most delightful of TAKES PARTNER C. A. Pitkin of Northfield County Attorney E. E, McDon- associated himself with C. A. Pitkin of Northfield in the law business in Bemidji. The firm will hereafter be known as McDonald & Pitkin, and the new| member of the firm will take an active part in handling the prac- Mr. Pitkin is a bright young man of excellent character and is said to be a first He has spent some time practicing law at Northfield, where he was also wole up to January of this year, He will make Bemidji his perma- Sunday school wili give a picnic tomor- row at Diamoud Point and pre-| parations have been made for an| elaborate outing for all who will! county commis- BIG SUCGESS Large Crowd from. Grand Forks and Crookston in - Bemidji Yesterday. GRAND FORKS WON BALL GAME FROM CROOKSTON. Contest Was Witnessed by Over 1,000 People—Livingstone Choked the Umpire. The special train from Grand Forks and Crookston yesterday on account of the league base ‘ball game between the two teams of those cities brought about 800 excursionists to the city. The train arrived ‘about one hour earlier than the schedule an. nounced by the !local agent stated, and consequently the Be- gaged 10 meet the train and es- cort the excursionists up town, failed to put in an appearance when the special arrived. The Grand Forks band, however, ac- companied the delegation from that city and rendered music during the entire day. Shortly after their arrival in Bemidji the excursionists re- paired to restaurants and hotels about the city and took dinner, after which they were taken to the city ball park, where the league game was called at 2 oclock About 1,000 persons witnessed the game. The contest was a one-sided one from start to finish, and neither team seemed to play as good ball as had been expected, probably owing to the condition of the grounds. Grand Forks | took the lead in the first part of the game and kept it until the last, making six made a number of decisions which appeared to favor Grand Forks, and a dispute over one of his decisions came near to-end- ing ina free-for-all fight. The police interferred, however, and fore Livingstone of the Crooks- ton team had engaged the um- pire and choked him. The irate player was sent tothe bench, however, and the game proceed- led. Arthur Lugwig, formerly of Cass Lake and well known in Be- i midji, played right field for Crookston and did excellent wgrk, catching fiye hard flies and securing three hits. The excursion train, scheduled midji band, which had been en-|, scores to! Crookston’s four. Umpire Quigg | 'the United States. | take a course at this noted insti- order was restored, but not be- VISTA FIGHT/ Walter Neudeck Arrested Charged With Two Mis- demeanors. Walter Neudeck of Buena Vista was arrested Saturday by Sheriff Bailey charged with hav- ing committed two misdemean- ors. His trial will come before Judge Skinvik tomorrow morn- ing at 10 o’clock. One of the complaints against* Neudeck is sworn to by M, E. Current and alleges that he refused to give up the records of School District No. 21, of which he was clerk to Current, who was his successor. The other complaint is sworn to by J. W. Speelman and charges Neudeck with disturbing the school “election held at Buena| Vista on July 15. " John Smith Appealed. Appeal papers have been filed in the case of the state against John Smith, who was sentenced in Judge Skinvik’s court Satur- day to pay a fine of $25 and costs or serve 30 days in the county jail for destroying vegetables. YOUNG MAN! YOUNG WOMAN! Can you do what the world wants done? Can you write a good business hand? : Can you keep a set of double entry books? Can you write shorthand and operate a typewriter? Can youadd a column of fig- ures rapidly and correctly.? Can you compose a good busi- ness letter? Can you draw up correctly checks, drafts and other forms of commerecial paper? . The Duluth Business Univer- sity prepares young men and women for the business world’s demands. The graduates of this school hold leading clerical posi- | tions in almost every city in The demand for them far exceeds the supply. If you would succeed you should tution. Fall term will begin on Tuesday Sept. 5th. For further information ad- dress W, C. McCarter, 105-7 W. Superior St., Duluth, Minn. UNCHANGED Czar’s Reply to Roosevelt’s Arbitration Proposal Not Received Up to Noon Today. Portsmouth, N. H., Aug. 21.— The peace situation remains un- changed. The Czar’s reply to the message of M. Witte, trans. mitting Pres. Roosevelt’s arbi- tration proposal, was not received up to noon today and it is not ex. : pected until tomorrow at the ear- liest. Therefore, it is likely that there will be. no final show of hands at tomorrow’s session of the plenipotentiaries. Marriage Licenses Issued. Marriage licenses were today issued at the office of Clerk of Court Rbhoda to Louis Hanson and Miss Isabella Olson and An- drew Lokken and Miss Marie Anderson. Fighter is Fined. John Meyers, proprietor of the Peerless saloon, was fined $5 and | costs in Judge Skinvik’s court this morning after pleading guilty to a charge of assault. Meyers engaged Herman Geise, a farmer living east of the city in a fight Saturday night and he! was afterwards arrested. L. G, Townsend of Blackduck is a visitor in the city today. Commissioner Gunderson came down from Cormant-town- ship this morning to attend the meeting of the board today. Milton Brown of Buffalo, N. Y., chief special agent of the United States treasury exhibit at the Lewis and Clark exposition, is dead in Portland, "|to rush from the burning building in Ore,, of typhoid fevagr. ESCAPE IN NIGHT" CLOTHES. Three Hundred Guests Rush From Burning Hotel. Monticello, N. Y. Aug. 21.—The Arlington, a large summer boarding- house at White Lake, Sullivan county, was burned with its contents before, daylight., The house contained near- ly 300 guests. They were compelled their night clothes, leaving clothing, money and jewelry behind. There Wwere many narrow escapes, but no serious injuries. The losses of the guests will amount to many thousands of dollars. To Search for Missing Steamer. ‘Washington, Aug..21.—The navy de- partment has ordered the tug Uncas, at New York, and the collier Brutus, at Hampton Roads, to proceed to sea at once in search of the steamer Athos, supposed to be drifting dis- abled 150 miles east of the South Carolina coast. Father in Posse Pursuing Son, Huntington, W. Va., Aug. 21.—Will| iam Ellis was captured near Logan by & posse of which his father was a member and is held on 2 charge of| killing Robert Murphy, the deputy) sheriff who brought a prisoner here| from Virginia. Ellis says that he mis- took Murphy and his party for others ’| with whom he had had trouble. WWMWWQ “ROBBED! The City Drug Store was broken into sometime last night and a very valuable corn cob pipe stolen. The reason the robbers did not take more was for the fact that we have just received a large, new and up- to-date line of pipes and are obliged to keep them in large sum of money. 'E.N.FRENCH @ CO. CITY DRUG STORE. the safe as they represent a IR O O W’ D {sioners met at the court house this morning and have been :in session during the entire day. The board appropriated $300 out of the county road and bridge fund to the township of Lammers and $100 out of the road and bridge fund to the townhsip of Grant Valley. A number of school and township petitions are | yet to be acted upon. toleave Bemidji on its return tripat 8 o’clock, pulled out ex- actly on time and left about 200 excursionists who were unable to get aboard. The train reached Shevlin, when it was ordered back to Bemidji and pick up the remainder of its load. The train came back and secured the wait- ing passengers and took a sec- ond start upon its homeward right hand and attempting to as-| certain whether there wasany mud in the end of the barrel, by placing his finger into the barrel, the gun went off and blew his finger off. They returned im- mediately to Bemidji and a sur- geon dressed the wound. They succeeded in killing four ’coons. ~Just Received A Full and Complete Line of Ladies, Children and Men’s Shoesin the lLatest Fall Styles Convention a Big Thing. Chief FEarl Geil and Chas. Swedback returned yesterday from Duluth, wharetheyattended the annual convention of the In: ternational Association of Fire Engineers. They state that the| meeting was a big success and that they derived much benefit as a result of the practical de: monstrations of fire fighting made at the meeting and the|time physicians have been unable eontact with prominent fire chiefs from all parts of the world. One of the demonstrations - made was to show that there was no danger in fighting a fire locted in a hardware store where am- munition was stored A large fire was set and afterwards 40,000 | rounds of ammunition was placed upon it. The test showed that the cartridges did not explode, ! but simply melted in the fire and and the bullets remained in (“e blaze. {-shot having been directed at one ‘thal. any serious results will E. M. Moore Shot in Stomach. While crossing the alley back of the shooting gallery being op- erated on Third street, B, M. Moore Saturday night received al bullet from a 22 caliber rifle, the! of the targets in the gallery. The bullet entered the stomach and lodged, and up to the present| to extract it. It is not probable follow. Hurt Eye With Stick. While playing with his little son yesterday, George Copper- | smith, a conductor employed by the M. & I,, received a bad wound in the eye. The little boy held a stick in his hand and in some way the stick was thrust into the eye| of his father. The wound was dressed by a specialist and it is not thought that the man’s vision Read the Daily Pioneer. will be permanently impaired. journey., and itis probable that it did not reach Grand Forks un- til an early hour this morning. Barlow’s Is The Best (Bemidji made) = We wish to call your attention to our tall book of samples for lailor Made Clothing =~ .for Gentlemen. We know we can sayve you money, stop and see them, the prices areright, A perfect ~ Fit Guaranteed! t&-SUMMER GOODS AT COST.-2¢ E. H. Winter & Co. 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