Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, August 30, 1907, Page 4

" SECOND - ANNUAL SHORES, THE WRESTLER WON BUNCH OF DIAMONDS Mankato Man. Well Known Here, Easily Defeated Jim Parr the English Wrestler. The Long Prairie Leader recently contained the following article con- cerning Bert Shores, a wrestler who is well known in this city he having wrestled here on two different occasions, once as Bert Shores, the other time as “Billy” Maynard: “The city papers last week con- tained the information that Bert Shores, the well known professional wrestler had been arrested at Minot, N. D., for stealing $1,000 worth of diamonds from Jim Parr, the famous English wrestler. His many friends here were loth to believe any such story for those who knew him best realized that he was not that sort of The following from the of Saturday a man, Minneapolis Journal gives the facts about the ‘“robbery and indicates that Shore’s local friends were justified in claiming the first story had no foundation what- ever: “Bert Shores, the Mankato wrest- ler, isin town and laughs at the stories coming out of Minot, N. D., regarding his trouble over Jim Parr’s diamonds. Shores, by the way, is wearing a headlight that would do for an interurban car and a ring and watch charm that formerly adorned the portly person of the English wrestler. * “The truth about the affair,’ said Shores, ‘is that James put up the diamonds against $1,000, as a bet that he could throw me. James thought that he had a pudding with a country wrestler. When it came time to do business I stood James on his head and wiped up all the corners of the mat with him. Iwon about as I pleased. “ “Then James became convinced that he had committed a foolishness in putting up his stock of sparks as a wagor. He told all sorts of stories about the affair. He went so far as to have me arrested, but I demon- strated in short order that ¥ had won the diamonds in a perfectly legiti- mate way. That was last Tuesday, and if I had turned a trick it is hardly probable that I would be in Minneapolis today—wearing the glassware.’ Thereupon Shores waggled his rugged system until he looked like the Glass Block on illumination night. *“ 'Parr let out an awful yell but calmed down when I let him have money enough to get home on. ‘There’s nothing to the talk that I swiped the stones. James was pretty sore at getting thrown, to say nothing of losing the glasscutters.’ “Shores is attempting to get on a match with John Gordon, the police- man wrestler. Shores intimates that Jawn is dodging him, and announces a belief that the big Scandinavian is developing a yellow streak that would entitle him to start a dye- house handicap from scratch. ‘Any time he even makes a noise like $5, I’'m listening,’ is the way the Man- kato man puts it.” Firemen Will Give Dance. There was a very fair attendance of firemen at the regular monthly meeting of the department, which was held at the fire rooms in the city hall 1ast evening. Reports of the condition of the department will probably show that Bemidji firemen have a splendid organization and that, financially, the boys are in good shape. It was decided at the meeting held last evening to give a dance Monday (Labor Day) evening, at the city hall, the proceeds to be for the benefit of the department. WILL GATHER GENSUS OF DEER NOW IN MINNESOTA Carlos Avery, Executive Agent of Game and Fish Commission Will Obtain the Data. St. Paul, Aug. 30.—The state game and fish commission, through Carlos Avery, its executive agent, will endeavor to obtain data as accurate as possible relative to the number of deer in Northern Minne- sota, and the localities where the deer are most prevalent. To this end, Mr. Avery is having blanks prepared which he intends to send to all deputy wardens and post- masters throughout the northern part of the state. The blanks will ask for an estimate of the number of deer and big game in each respective vicinity, and descriptions of the dis- tricts where the game is most numer- ous and information about the char- acter of the country. “This will be the first information at all authentic relative to big game in Minnesota,” said Mr.Avery today. “All hunters in a general way know of so-called haunts of deer, but no one is in possession of any authentic, collective information. This will not only be very valuable data for use in protecting game,but will be informa- tion hunters will be very glad to find on file. “Personally, I am of the opinion that deer are materially increasing in Minnesota,and have been for several years past. The professional poacher and hunter for lumber camps is prac- tically a thing of the past. Public sentiment in the north used to pro- tect such men. It doesn’t any more. There is some deer hunting done out of season by settlers who use the meat for their own consumption. Sen- timent still protect those men in jury trials,but I think there is a continual change for the better going on and that before many years Minnesota will become famous for its abundance of deer, moose, and caribou. Ole Ferguson of Cass Lake, who has a valuable stone and timber claim about fifteen miles from Little- fork, came over from the “Lake” yesterday afternoon and left last evening for his claim, over the M &L FAIR AT PARK RAPIDS T0 BE HELD SEP. (I-12-13 Shell Prairie Agricultural Assoclation Plans a Big Three Days’ Fair and Celebration. % Park Rapids Enterprise: The Shell Prairie Agricultural Associa- tion will hold its annual Fair on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, Sept. 11, 12 and 13, 1907. The officers and board of directors are planning to make this one of the most successful fairs ever held in county. The co-operation of every farmer and business man in the county and on the Shell Prairies will be most highly apprecicted. Attractions are being secured for entertainment of the public, and the exhibitions of live stock, poultry, farm products and domestic manu- factures promise to excel any previ- ous display. The Township Exhibit will be in charge of Mr. Rodin and Mr. Campell, and all townships having exhibits for entry ‘should write them for suggestions. Races, ball games, and talks by Prof. Haecker of the State Agricul- tural school, will be daily features of the fair. All stock and other exhibits wili be in position by noon of the first day of the fair, and every day will be a good day. Come every day and help make the fair a success. W. R. B. Smyth, Sec. D. R. Bradford, Pres. FAIR ATTRACTIONS. Sept. 11.—Horse racing—Farmer’s trot, purse $30.00. Sept. 12.—Free for all trot, purse $50.00. Running race, purse $15.00. Sept. 13.—Trotting race, purse $30.00. Running race,purse $15. Sept. 11-12—Ball games between Park Rapids and Long Prairie. Sept. 13.—Ball game between business men of Park Rapids and Akeley. Detroit and Return $12.00 Via the South Shore; tickets on sale leaving Duluth, September 8th, 11th, 15th and 20th, connecting at St. Ignace with the elegant steamers of the D. & C. N. Co. To Buffalo, $2.00 higher. Limit three weeks. For sleeping car and steamer reser- vations apply to A. J. Perrin, General Agent, Duluth, Minn. Keep Away from Sewer. The youngsters of the city are warned to Keep away from the place where the city sewer is being con- structed. There is always an open- ing where it is dangeroug for “kids” to approach. Parents should warn their children to keep away, or seri- ous results may follow. K. J. Bergum, father of Mrs, C. Markusen, left this morning for his home at Kenyon, Minn., after having spent a month in this city visiting at the home of his daughter. Mr. Bergum stated before leaving that he was greatly pleased with his stay here. RUNYAN TELLS STORY Defaulting Teller Testifies in Case Against Accomplice, STICKS TO ORIGINAL TALE Only Knew the Woman Two Weeks and Had Been in Her Company Less Than Twelve Hours Altogether When He Gave Her $15,000. New York, Aug. 30.—Chester B. Runyan, the defaulting teller of the ‘Windsor Trust company, had known Laura M. Carter only two weeks and had been in her company less than twelve hours altogether when he gave her $15,000, according to his testimony at the trial of Mrs. Carter during the day. Mrg. Carter is charged with hav- ing eeceived money which she knew to have been stolen. Runyan, the de- faulter, was the principal witness against her. Under cross-ggamination Runyan stuck closely to the story brought out in direct examination. ‘When he finally decided to steal the money he intended to take enough to live on for two or three months. He had no thought of the future beyond that time. When he left the bank with the suit case stuffed with bank notes he had no idea how much money it contained. The packages of bills had been picked up at random and thrown into the suit case. The first time he knew the exact amount of his defalcation was when he counted the money In the presence of Mrs. Carter in the flat which she had engaged as a refuge for him. TWO CONVICTS ESCAPE. Saw Barg From: Hospital Window of Joliet Prison. Joliet, 111, Aug. 30.—Edward Quinn and Harry Harmon, two convicts at the state penitentiary, made a sensa- tional escape from prison and are still at large. Quinn, one of the most ex- pert safeblowers in the country, was serving a twenty-year sentence from Knox county for burglary. He had eight years to serve. Harmon was re- ceived from Chicago June 12, 1902, for burglary under an indeterminate sen- tence. The men were nurses in the hospital and ‘sawed through the bars of a hospital window, dropping into the prison yard and with an iron hook and rope made from sheets, scaled the walls. They were detected by a watch- man outside, but when the officers were summoned the convicts had dis- appeared in the darkness. DEVICE TO CHECK METERS Electrical Company Defrauded Out of Thousands of Dollars. New York, Aug. 30.—Henry Barth, an electrician, is under arrest here charged with making and selling a de- vice which has been applied to the me- ters of a company furnishing electric power to make them give fraudulent readings. The company, it is claimed, has been swindled out of thousands of dollars by the use of the devige, The scheme itself is described as an ingenious but at the same time simple invention. The company is loath to give out any details until the case is completed. When properly operated the invention has the peculiar virtye of driving the indicator of the dial of the meter back to zero in a very short space of time and with little use of electricity. POLICEMAN'S POOR AIM. Shoots at Mad Dog and Brings Down a Horse. Minneapolis, Aug. 30.—Officer Pat J. Hurley of the local police force gave an example of marksmanship of munic- ipal peace guardians when, in an at- tempt to dispatch a mad dog, he shot a delivery horse through the fore- head. A mad dog was seen in the neigh- borhood of Eighth and Marshal ave- HAIR RACE MEETING and Old Settlers’ Reunion. BEMIDJI, SEP. 26-29 [Given Under the Auspices of Beltrami County Agricultral Asscciation.] R ———— Race Program [|$2500 in Premiums PREMIUMS Open to Competition by Residents of Hubbard, Cass, Clearwater, Itasca and Koochiching Counties. SEPTEMBER 27 3:00 Class—T'rot or Pace.. 2:22 Class—Trotor Pace. . SEPTEMBER 28 2:28 Class—Trot or Pace.. Free-for-all Trot or Pace. SEPTEMBER 29 :15 Class—Trot or Pace.. 2:40 Class—Trot or Pace.. [There will probably be a running race each day of the fair, which will be arranged during the meet. ] Rules American Trotting Ass'n to Govern. Some of the S&eedlest Horses in the will compete in these races, which are to the world. S WES WRIGHT, President. For Agricultural, Household and Industrial Exhibits Dairy, Livestock, - Educational, Mrs. Knappen, of Tenstrike. elegible to membership. OLD SETTLERS’ REUNION, THURSDAY, SEPT. 26 The Entire First Day Will Be Given Over to the 0ld Settlers. Beltrami County in 1goo and prior thereto, is Wetsel, or Henry Stechman, Tenstrike; L. G. Pendergast or Earle Geil, given, which will admit the holder to fair grounds, be a mem permit holder to participate in excursion on lake Bemidji, free of big tent on fair grounds. Speeches by Anyone who was a Resident of By sending 50c to G. W. Bemidji, a receipt will be bership acknowledgement, and also charge. Reunion will be held in Hon. Halvor Steenerson, Congressman, N°nth District. Hon. C. W. Stanton, County Attorney, Koochiching County.. Hon. L. G. Pendergast, of Bemidji. September 27—Senator Moses E. Clapp Will Deliver a Speech in Pavillion on Fair Grounds. BALLOON ASCENSION State open For Premium List, Entry Blanks and Other Information, address the Secretary. ] A. G. RUTLEDGE, Secretary, Bemid}i, Minnesota., nues” northeast. Offfcer Hurley was sent to end the existence of the caning and, sighting the frothing animal, he took careful alm and fired. When the smoke had cleared away a horse was found wriggling on the pavement and the dog was out of range of the of- ficer’s gun. British Proposal Modified. The Hague, Aug. 30.—The British proposition before the peace confer- ence regarding obligatory arbitration has been so modified that it may lead to a general understanding on the sub- Ject. It leaves each natlon free to bind itself to submit to arbitration cases, & list of which {8 furnished, which may arise between that nation and any other country or countries the signatory nation may select. . Boy of Ten Is Murderer. Oll City, Pa, Aug. 30.—McKinley Richmond, a negro ten years old, has been found guilty of murder in the first degree at Clarion, Pa. On account of his youth the court walved the ex- treme penalty and ordered him sent to the Morganza reform institute. The lad shot a younger sister because she struck him with a stone. ASK DAMAGES FOR WOUNDS Strikers WIIl Sue Steel Trust and St. Louis County. Hibbing, Minn., Aug. 30.—Suits for damages aggregating $500,000 will be Instituted against the steel trust and St. Louls county by striking miners who have been shot or imprisoned by special deputy sheriffs. Armed guards still patrol all trust property and despite reports to the contrary the strikers say they are. making gains. Two men were shot this week by deputy sheriffs. ‘Within a week twenty strikers have been arrested charged with rioting, but the charges could not be sustained In the local municipal court. About 1,000 men have been brought here by the steel trust to operate the mines. To balance this the Western Federation has sent 850 union miners to other fields. The open pit mines are operating with greatly reduced forces, as are the stripping contract- ors. The underground mines, save those of the independent companies, are virtually idle. Ten thousand strikers are still be- Ing cared for through the union’s re- Hef fund. nother call for ald was sent out last week and already more than $10,000 has been the response. Vice President Mahoney of the West- ern Federation has returned to Den- ver and the management of the strike has been left in the hands of local parties. LABOR DAY PROCLAMATION Governor Johnson Pays Tribute to the Toilers. St. Paul, Aug. 30.—Governor John- son has issued a proclamation that next Monday will be Labor day, a state holiday. He also says: “Monday, Sept. 2, is Labor day, ene of the holidays set apart by national and state law for general observance, No holiday is more typically American and none is more calculated to bring our people to a serlous realization of the rights and duties and privileges of the ‘American citizen. Upon the man in the shop, in the factory and on the farm depends for weal or for woe the entire structure of our eivili- zation and it is in the degree that that man secures his rights and as he per- forms the duties which fall to his lot that progress is made along the lines that inure to our country’s greatness and its material and moral welfare, “Realizing that the nation possesses no better nor worthier citizen than the man who earns his daily bread by the sweat of his brow it is eminently fitting that on this occaslon we should lay aside our accustomed employ- ments to join in a fitting and proper celebration.” FLEE FROM THEIR HOMES Residents of Pittsburg Suburb Fear Impending Landslide. Pittsburg, Aug. 80.—With their houses creaking, windows breaking and chimneys sinking deep into the earth several hundred foreigners have fled from their homes in Port Vue, a Southside suburb, fearing death in a landslide which threatens to bury Bcott street’s twnty-five dwellings. One hundred yards below the Pitts: burg and Lake Erie Railroad company recently started to make a cut for ad- ditional tracks. The earth between this cut and the hillside on which the houses stand is underlaid with soft shale and soapstone. The whole mass is slowly slipping toward the cut. During the past twenty-four hours. the street for 100 yards with its houses dropped 800 feet below its original level, bursting gas and water maina and leaving half the village without light or fire protection. Three hun- dred men . are valnly endeavoring to check the landslide, while crowds of hysterical women and 'children watch the widening fissures. TO COMBAT LOCAL OPTION Leading Brewers Hold Secret Meet. Ing in Cincinnati. Cincinnati, Aug. 80.—United action by leading brewers in the United States agalnst the spread of local op- tion laws was begun at a secret meet- ing here, news of which developed during the day. It is proposed to adopt 8 definite plan to stop the spread of local option, particularly in the South. ‘This was the prime object of the meet- ing. There was no formal call issued and no publicity of the fact that there was to be a meeting. Brewerles of Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Louis and Cin- cinnati were represented. The inroads, that local option is making, especially in the South, were thoroughly dis- cusged. A committee was finally appointed | and ways and means for accomplish- Baseball Games and Tented Shows with Strange and Unique Exhibitions Every Day. Ing the purpose of the meeting will be decided upon. 0 Section Foreman Killed. Duluth, Aug, 30.—Eric Nelson, sec- tion foreman on'the Minnesota and Northern Wisconsin, a logging rail- road, was killed near Scanlon when a handcar on which he and Willlam An- drews, a fellow workman, were riding was struck by a locomotive. Nelson’s body was Instantly. —ms WHITE SLAVE TRAFF Burcan of Immigration Will Ene deavor to Stop Practice. LADY INSPECTOR ON DUTY Believed She Will Be Able to Secure Conclusive Proof Against Immi- grants and Those Responsible for the Existence of the Present Evil. . Washington, Aug. 30.—A systematic effort is to be made by the bureau of immigration to put an end to what is popularly known as “the white slave traffic,” which, it is asserted, has been conducted especially in cities on the Atlantic seaboard for a long time. On recommendation of Robert Wat- chorn, immigration commissioner at Ellis Island, N. Y., Miss Helen M. Bul- U8 has been appointed an immigration inspector for the particular purpose of developing information regarding this traffic. Miss Bullls recently has been connected with the Travelers’ Ald soclety and has done much work elong philanthropic and sociological lnes. Commissioner Watchorn says that despite the scrutiny with which immi- grants are examined as to their right to enter the United States many wo- men of non-English speaking races are being imported for immoral purposes. The method by which this is accom- plished is so well devised that the victims of the importers, practically invariably avoid detection by reason of the thorough coaching they receive prior to their embarkation for this country. Mr. Watchorn suggests that Miss Bullis is in a position to furnish the department conclusive proof of the existence of the traffic. This would enable the immigration officials not only to deport those who have been brought unlawfully into the country, but also to punish those who are re- sponsible for this sort of immigration. Robber Fatally Injures Aged Man. Kansas City, Aug. 30.—N. A. Wood- man, seventy-four years old, a furni- ture dealer, was fatally injured by a robber who entered his store and struck him with a blunt weapon, frac- turing his skull. Woodman was found in a chair apparently asleep where the robber had placed him after rob- bing the store. NIGHTS OF UNREST. No Sleep, No Rest, No Peace for the Sufferer from Kidney Troubles. No peace for the kidney sufferer— Pain and distress from morn to night, Get up with a lame back, Twinges of backache bother you all day, Dull aching breaks your rest at night. Get at the cause—cure the kid- neys, Doan’s Kidney Pills will work the cure. They’re for the kidneys only— L.- H. Desentell, carpenter, em ployed at the Pillsbury mill and liv ing at 905 Twenty-first avenue S., Minneapolis, Minn., says: “In the fall of 1899, after using Doan’s Kid- ney Pills, procured at a drug store- I felt warranted in recommending this remedy to sufferers from kidney trouble and backache. I had kidney complaint for years, and the irregularity of the kidney secretions often caused me to loose my night’s rest. I tried a number of different remedies withouteffect, but when I began using Doan’s Kidney Pills I felt ‘better from the beginning and a few boxes com- pletely rid me of all symptoms of my trouble. This lead meto give a testimonial endorsing Doan’s Kid- ney Pills and I have been recom- mending them ever since.” For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Foster-Milburn Co., -Buffalo, New York, sole agents for the United States. Remember the name—Doans— and take no other. Star Theatre Now Open Moving Pictures Illustrated Sengs P HAMBERLAI ST i —_— A few doses of this remedy will in- variably cure an ordinary attack of hoes. It can always be depended npon, even in the more severe attacks of cramp colic and cholera morbus. It is equally successful for summer diarrhea and cholera infantum in children, and is the means of saving the lives of many children each year. When reduced with water and sweetened it is pluasant to take. Every man of a family should keep this remedy in his home. Buy it now. PRICE, 260. LaAroE BizE, 50C. Barker’s Drug Store WANTS ONE CENT A WORD. HELP WANTED. WANTFED—For U. S. army, able bodied, unmarried men between ages of 19 and 35, citizens of the United States, of good characte~ and temperate habits, who can speak, read and write English. For information apply to Recrait- Officer, Miles Block, Bemidji, Minn. WANTED—Two mangle girls, one firstclass hand ironer. Good wages. Apply at Bemidji Steam Laundry WANTED: Competent girl for general housework. Mrs. A. E. Witting, 918 Americe Ave. WANTED—Lady cook for Big Falls. Address Frank Beaton, Box 2, Big Falls, Minn. —_— WANTED: Man or woman with experience to work in store. J. Peterson, Jr. WANTED—Lady cook. Apply at Star!theater,between 6 and 8 p. m. WANTED—Apprentice girls. quire at Berman Emporium. WANTED: hotel. In- Porter at Brinkman FOR SALE. NP FOR SALE—One 10-ft. dining table, six dining room chairs, one Cottage Jewel heater, (wood burner), two rockers and one bed lounge. R. A. Thomas. 1023, Minnsota: Ave. FOR SALE—Rubber stamps. The Pioneer will procure any kind of a rubber stamp for you an short notice. FOR SALE—Magnificent moose head mounted; will be seld cheap, Inquire at this office, FOR RENT, B e PSS FOR RENT—Furnished rooms at 921 Minnesota avenue. _— MISCELLANEOUS. PUBLIC LIBRARY—Open Tues- days and Saturdays, 2:30 to 6 P. m. Thursdays 7 to 8 p. m. also. Library in basement of Court House. Mrs. E. R. Ryan, librar- ian, WANTED—Man and wife desire board and room until spring; private family preferred. State terms and location. Address Pio- neer. _— G/e PIONEER Delivered to your door every evening o ~ |Only 40 fllgh . Class y c per Month Yaudeville Aects Now Open| ————— e