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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-11-29
DOESN'T HURT TO
Be HIT In A FIGHT
Bat Nelson Relates Some OF
His Experiences in the
Prize Ring.

New York, Nov. 2S.-As is well
known, Bat. Nelson is writing a book.
On being asked the other day to give
a sample of his writing he dictated
the following:
Being hit in a fight doeSn't hurt
You don't have time to think about
it. 1 never felt it when 1 had my
nose smashed by a punch. That's
nothing.
Il remember two or three times
that | really got hurt The first was
in the fight with Martin Candle. That
boy could punch. In the middle of the
fight don't remember what round it
was-CanoIe caught me right on the
liver with an awful hook. 1t was in
the middle of the round. / doubled
over and it hurt so that l squealed
right out. l couldn't quit squealing-
I stuck it out until the bell rang-a
minute, maybe-and went to my cor
ner. | sat down all doubled up and
kept on squealing. / couldn't stop
to save my life. When the rest was
I'D | got On my feet and put my head
down and went at Candle with rush.
I was suiIeaIing and grooming yet. /
had nv teeth clenched trying to hold
the groans in, and l guess l had an
awful face. l was tearing after him
as fast as / could, and l guess he
didn't know | was hurt, so he ran
AWAY from me. All the time | was
grooming through my teeth, but lie
thought l was growing and swearing
at him. After about a minute / could
straighten up, and then l went after
him harder. l knocked MIN out in the
eighteenth. The next time | was bad
lv hurt was in the fight with Young
Eorbett. | bumped Corbett on the
Jaw and he went down on his back
He sat up and looked at me as
stood over him and kidded him Set
nm and fight / said. Don't try to
be down from a little punch like that.
"Corbett was an awful proud fellow
then. He Jumped right up. He could
swing 'em from the floor and he start
ed his right just as he came up to his
feet. | was standing back 4 couple of
feet with nv hands half down laugh
ing at him and he caught me on the
edge of the ribs on the left side here
feel the bumpO
1.-THE punch broke my rib square
off. Geei it hurt all around my stom-
ach. 1t nurt something terrible. l
never let anybody know when l am
kent after him until l knocked him
ont That busted rib was the worst
injury l ever got. ! had a bandage
around my body for fifteen days after
ward. I was to have fought Britt in
three weeks. | would have fought nim
the next with a busted rib rather than
Iet him get away, but / was glad to
wait awhile.
The next worst hurt was in the
September 9 fight, with Cans. Along
in the seventeenth round I got turn
ed around sideways SOMEHOW Cans
was awful quick to take an opening,
ard he stepped in and put his fist
into my kidneys about foot A punch
in the back hurts as much as in the
nit of the stomach. That bump hurt
so | bent over backward and | could
not straighten up for a couple Of min
utes. But / went after Cans all the
harder and he didn't know what an
advantage he had for a minute. l
had him buffalOed.
81 guess confidence is the great
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-11-29
TARPON AND
CROCODILE
In FLORIDA Entertainments
Messrs. Dirnock Give
Photographic Records. =
CNeW York Herald.O

Mr. Julian A. Dimock does things
with his camera, AMI his brother, A.
w. Dimock, does things with his pen.
At least such l surmise to DE the spe-
cies of collaboration under which the
present book was prepared In ad-
ditiOn both know how to WELD rod and
rife. The chief scene of their exploits
were Homosassa river and Charlotte
Harbor. which opens into the Gulf
of Mexico on the west coast of Flor
ida. "A Realized Utopia" the scribe
calls this region.
He reyels especially in the glories
of Boca Grande, the big pass from
Charlotte HarbOr to the Calf of Next
co-the headquarters of the marine
monsters of the coast including the
king of them all, the tarpon.
The channel there is ten fathoms
deep, the pass mile wide, the tide
swift and the rought water abounds
in possibilities and big fish.
There were sharks that chased
and killed our tarpon as played
them. When the sea was so rough
that the crests of waves spilled wa
ter over the low sides of the canoe
these brutes became most active and
followed their prey and mine so fierce
ly as to threaten the destruction of
the craft by collisions often narrowly
averted"
Sometimes he could see beside his
canoe the big open othree foot mouth
of a devil fish. sixteen or more feet
across the back. with horn like flap
pers on both sides of his head. as ter
ribTe in appearance as he is harmless
by nature.
One morning a thousand pound
manatee rose beside the canoe, look
ed in my face, and failing to recog
Mise an old friend, dove hastily, send
ing with a stroke of his thick tail. as
is the custom of the creature when
frightened, a column of water high in
air."
Dolphins rolled their backs above
water where fish abOunded; heads of
great turtles, uplifted in air. dotted
the surface, and. often, rising beside
the canoe, disappeared suddenly with
gasp of surprise. Sluggish Jewish
sometimes took their bait. If they
CHANGED to be very small the fisher
men had jewish chowder for sup
per; otherwise they let the big ugly
things go. They wasted no time on
horse mackereI Whenever a shark
got on their hook they devoted hours.
II necessary, to his extinction, al
though this compelled them to land on
the beach to finish the brute.
"A prudent man doesn't pull a fraiI
canoe beside a fighting male tiger of
the sea"
Ever their quest was for tarpon. Yet
IT was the sport, not the fish, they
were after. Tarpon Is not good to eat.
nor does it possess any commercial
value in any other form. When it has
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-11-29

thing for a fighter. In all my fights
] never thought for d second there
was any chance of my being knocked
out -or beaten. | always feel dead
sure that III win and wnen I'm stung
| only think the other fellow has shot
another bolt and is just one nearer
the time when he'll fade away
Cans bumped me hard enough on
the jaw to knock out any of the
tough ones, 1 guess. He would just
deliberately pull mis- right hand back
and shoot it over. He hurt me and
dazed me five or six times in our
fights that way, but l only felt dazed
for about two seconds"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-11-29
HOW To TREAT
MEDITERRANEAN
Sensible View of Time-Hon-
ored Subject-How the
Wife Should Act.

The question of a wife's duty to the
parents of her husband is hard 10
Settle, because there are so many cir
cumstances TO be taken into consider
alton. In countries where the posi-
ton of elders is clearly defined, where
a wife becomes a sort OF slave to her
parents-in-law, there is no question TO
discuss The woman has to face hard
facts and generally does It vita be-
coming humility.
In this country a wife is supposed
to stand at the head Of her own
home, and if the members OF her hus-
bands family find shelter there 1t Is
always as guests that they remain
When they are wise enough to grasp
that fact, life becomes pleasant to
them: when they seek to rule the
household they are likely to meet OBJ
stacles unless a wife happens to be
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-11-29
GOV. GOMEZ INFORMED.

Montgomery, Ala, Nov 2s.-Goy-
ernor Conner is informed Of the death
of Captain Frank Jones, ex-taX as
SCISSOR of Monroe county. He was 10
years of age. He was struck by a
train near Mobile. He died in a Mo-
bile hospital last night.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-11-29
THIS Is AWFUL.

Mrs. Blank (reading)-"JOhn, dear,
what is a canard?"
Blank-"Is 1t possible you don't
know what a canard is? Why, the
word explains itself"
Mrs. Blank-"Well, can't see it.
What does it mean, anyway"
Blank-"A canard Is a story one
canardly believe. Seer"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-11-29
BATTLING NELSON CHALLENGED

Los Angeles. Nov. 2S.-Manager
Long, of the Jeffries Athletic Club.
sent a telegram last night to Battling
Nelson at Hegewisch, Ill, offering him
a fight here with Freddie Welsh for
forty-fve rounds in January. Long
states that Welsh declared he would
bet Nelson $4,000 on the side.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-11-29
NEW ORIENTAL RATES.

San Francisco, Nov. 2S.-A new
schedule, involving a change in the
division of earnings between trans
continental railroads and steamship
companies on freight from the Orient,
become effective Monday. Under the
new rates, the roads will earn, in
some instances, only about IS per cent
as much as heretofore.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-11-29
Still on the Rush.

De uiz-I haven't seen anything In
the papers lately about Kicker, the
great football player Of a few seasons
ago. Is he dead?
De Whiz-Dead? No, he's more
terrible than ever, he drives a racing
automobile now
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-11-29

tensive entertaining on this trip.
Many wives of naval officers will
meet the fleet in the Mediterranean,
in addition to those who will follow
the fleet home.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-11-29
No Ono Left.

There is movement on foot" said
Mr.. Snoope. ito prevent the marriages
|of weak-minded persons. What do
Won thing of it?"
81 think it's rot" answered Mr..
Growch. why, who else even wants
to get married ?"-Cleveland Leader.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-11-29
Bridqet's idea,

Lady of the House-Bridget, you
had a man in the kitchen last night.
Bridget-Yis, mum.
"Was he relative or just d friends
Neither. mum. He was me hus
band, mum"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-11-29
. What He Thounhf

Professor-What do you especially
know about volcanoes?
Student-Why, er-er-they are very
dangerous to life and property.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-11-29
A Real One.

Mr.. Oldwed-Had a house-warmirE,
in your new home yet?
Mr. Neved-Yes; my wife fired tn
cook yesterday.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-11-29
II Our Oldest Holiday ~

ISssr.s sss; .
Day is 10
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-11-29
One Man Rescued.

Peter NrnoId, an American, was
brought out alive from Rachel shaft
at midnight, and Joseph Kearney, one
of the rescuing party, reported that
there are other men alive. Arnold
was found unconscious, but no badly
injured. He said the explosion Oc-
Cured close to TIE Agnes shaft.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-11-29
125 LIVES SNUFFED
OUT IN TERRIFIC
EXPLOSION

Continues From First Paae)
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-11-29

shrieks and cries were hedrt-rending.
Others were silent in their grief. but
in their drawn faces could be read
the awful agony they were enduring.
Mariana was laid out and built up
by the Pittsburg-Buffalo Coal COM
pany with the view of making it
model town in every respect. Every
modern device and feature that could
be found in mines in foreign coun-
tries to provide for the safety and
comfort of the miners was adODted.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-04-05

son had been called Unexpectedly to
Sweden by the death of his mother,
and had turned property over to Noah
with authority to dispose of it. Noah
also said he had hired Coyle, recently
released from the Bismarck peniten-
tiary for a robbery at Newport, to
work for him in winding up Johnson's
affairs.
A neighbor of Gus Johnson, also
named Johnson, but no relation, be-
came suspicious when Noah and Coyle
disposed of some of the wheat, and
had them arrested for it's theft, mean
while setting on foot an investigation
of the Johnson place.
Postmaster Dobbs of Kennaston
made thorough investigation of the
house, and on the floor found a piece
of new linoleum which aroused his
suspicion. This was torn UP and be.
meath it was found blood stains over a
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-04-05

trap door leading into the cellar. In
the cellar was found the body of John
son, showing unmistakable marks of
violence.
The two men were Immediately
placed under heavy guard at the Com
mercial hotel at Kenmare. Special DO
lice were sworn in and guarded the
hotel entrance. When the news of
the murder was spread abroad there
was talk of lynching, and it was ru-
mored that crowd of farmer neigh
bors of the dead man were on their
way to the hotel. The sheriff was
summoned from Minot and arrived
there on the night train with his depu.
ties, and the men are now lodged in
the county Jail.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-04-05
It is a Source Of Satisfaction.

1t Is Source of Satisfaction.
jamestown Capital: 1t must be
source of great satisfaction to the re-
publican party of this state to see such
splendid promise of complete accord
among those who are seeking the sup
port of the party at the primaries for
the positions of congressman and SEN
ator. With Col Little in the senate
allied harmoniously with Senator Nc
Cumber, experienced and largely sue
cessful, and with Mr. Hanna in the
lower house working side by side with
Mr.. Gronna and the delegation in both
houses solidly united on every ques-
ton where the states least interest is
at stake, we very much doubt If a
more efficient and forceful factor for
securing needed legislation will be pos
sessed by any of our sister states.
The success, then, of these candi-
dates at the primaries means more to
/! North Dakota than the mere triumph
OF more or less IMAGINARY faction
within the republican party itself
The real, material welfare of the state
In its ceaseless struggle to maintain it's
place in the van of national progress
| is at stake, and to risk the loss of that
harmony which is SO essential to sue
cess seems dangerous in the extreme
The republican voters of the state as
a whole, regardless Of geographical o.
factional jealousies, should rise above
the petty disputes and quarrelings o.
4 politicians, and seek, by wise ant
judicious choice, to assure themselves
and the state of North Dakota that oui
representation at Washington will b.
, a solid unit working to upbuild on
great commonwealth.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-04-05
MARCH WEATHER
THE MONTH SIZES UP WELL
WITH AVERAGE YEARS SINCE
1875.

Director Robertson of the local
weather bureau furnishes the Tribune
with the following particulars of the
weather for the past month.
Atmospheric Pressure.
(Reduced to sea level, inches and
i1undredths)
Mean, 30OS; highest, 1864; date,
9Th; lowest, 1888; date 25th.
TEMPERATURE.
Highest, Sc, date 10th; lowest, II,
date, Sth; greatest daily range, 43,
date, 18th; least daily range, z, date,
18th.
MEAN FOR THIS MONTH IN
1875, 16; 1875, IA; 1877, 20; 1878,
Al; 1879, "a; 1880, 81; 1881, "a; 1882,
25; 1883, 81; 1884, 20; 1885, 2e; 1886,
25; 1887, 81; 1888, 1s; 1889, So; 1890,
Fl; 1891, is; 1892, 26; 1893, II; 1894,
26; 1895, 81; 1896, 10; 1897, -; 1898,
"a; 1899, 8; 1900, %; 1901, %; 1902,
26; 1908, Is; 1904, 10; 1905, "a; 1906,
10; 1907, 27; 1908, "a.
Mean this month for "a years, 227;
absolute maximum for this month for
"a years, 49, absolute minimum Tor
this month for "a years, SO; average
dali deficiency for this month as COM
pared with mean of "a years, Id;
accumulated excess since January l.,
6O9; average dali excess since Janu-
airy 1, g..
Precipitation.
Total this month, 1.35; snowfall
17.2; greatest precipitation in "a hours
0.39. date 17th-1Sth; snow on the
ground at end of month, 1.3.
TOTAL PRECIPITATION THIS
MONTH IN
1875, 2; 1875, 3.27; 1877, OFT; 1878,
1.46; 1879, O.5; 1880, 0.6s; 1881, 0.45;
1882, 1.22; 1883, O.5S; 1884, O.60; 1885,
O.1S; 1886, o.94; 1887, OTIS; 1888, 0.s7;
1889, OBS; 1890, 0.49; 1891, 1924; 1892,
OBS; 1898, 1.52; 1894, 2.27; 1896, 0.24;
1896, o.S4; 1897, O.91; 1898, 4; 1899,
0.ss; 1900, 2.24; 1901, $50; 1902, 2.7O;
1903, 0.12; 1904, 100; 1905, 1.le; 1906,
f, 0.32; 1907, 1.o9; 1908, 1.35.
| Average of this month for "a years
LOG; excess of this month as com,
pared with average of "a years, O.29;
accumulated excess since January /
0.54.
Wind.
Prevailing direction, northwest; to
tai movement, $3.50 miles; average
hourly velocity, Ill; maximum velo.
city (for five minutes), A miles pei
hour from the northwest on the 21st
Weather.
| Number of days clear, 4; partly
cloudy, IA; cloudy, 10; on which .O1
inch or more Of precipitation occurred
IA.
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BOUND over
CONFESSED MURDERER OF KEN
MARE FARMER WAVES EAxMl-
NATION.

Minot, N. D., April 4.-Robert S.
Noah, the self confessed murderer of
Gus Johnson, the Kenmare farmer,
waived preliminary examination be-
fore Judge Murray this morning and
was bound over to the district court.
Patsy Coyle also appeared before
Justice Murray, but did not wish to
enter a plea. He staetd that he de-
sired to consult an attorney before he
made plea.
The two men are held on charge
Of murder in the first degree. The
confession of Noah frees Coyle from
any participation in the murder, but
the authorities believe that he was an
acoomplice, either before or after the
fact.
The two men are notorious charac.
tiers, and the outcome of the trial will
be watched with interest.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-04-05
GRASS and MCLAUGHLIN
HEART TO HEART TALK OF OLD
INDIAN AND NOTED INDIAN
AGENT.

Flasher Hustler: Willianl Fan of
Cannon Ball was in the city Wednes-
day and said that Major Mclaughlin
visited the Indians at the reservation
to negotiate with them for the sale of
land and opening of the reservation.
The Indians at first wanted SIP per
acre for their land, but after the major
made things clear to them and Chief
John Grass gave them heart to heart
talk favorable to the opening, they
made terms and agreed with the prop.
osition, but the price agreed upon has
not been divulged.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-04-05
Long Live the King.
; Darlington Independent: Be not de-
ceived; King Alex is not dethroned.
1t viii Be All over.


Hatton Free Press: The Minot Re.
porter says that Col. Little has Hans
brough skinned in Ward county for
United States senator. Ward will not
be the only county where the colonel
will have him and the others skinned
Who Controlled Ramsey, Anyhow?
Devils Lake Journal: For a man
who was not delegate it must be ad-
mitted that Chairman Resler did right
we'll in the republican convention on
Tuesday. He not only wrote the reso-
buttons, but he was careful to obliter-
ate all reference to Senator Hans
brough.
1t is said that Senator Hansbrough' S
friends had clear majority of ten to
fifteen in the county convention Tues.
day, but for "peace" sake they laid
down and let Homer Resler dance a
jig on their shirt fronts. Imagine il
you can the sort of peace" Homer
would have handed the boys had he
and his friends had a bare majority Of
one in the convention.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-04-05
MURDERED, Then
HID in CELLAR
FATE OF GUS JOHNSON, FARMER
LIVING NEAR kENMARE, N. D.

Minot, April Ain order to escape
possible lynching at the hands Of fren-
zied farmers living south of Kenmare
over the atrocious murder of Gus
Johnson, prosperous farmer, who
was killed and his body hid in the cell
lar of his own house, R. s. Noah and
Patsy Coyle, an ex-conyict, suspected
of the crime, have been brought here
to the county jail. Nearly a month
ago johnson hired Noah to work for
him, and few days ago the latter
coming to eKnmare, said that John
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-04-05
Gaining Strength.

Braddock News: AS the cam
paign progresses 1t is pleasing
for the fair minded citizen to
note that the candidacy of Mr. Little
is gradually gaining strength in every
part Of the state. The east is acknowl-
edging the simple justice in the vests
claim for representation at Washing
ton-and his straightforward. manly
campaign is winning the admiration
of all. He has not engaged in cam
paign Of Misrepresentation; he has
not purchased daily newspaper to
cry out his own virtues, nor to con,
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-04-05
Political Comment
From the State Press
From the State Press

denim his political opponents. He has
had no pull from past or present APP
pointment to federal positions and no
factional or national aid. Just man
ly fight.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-04-05
MAKE GOOD START
CROSBY LADS STEAL HORSES
AND GO IN FOR WILD LIFE.

Crosby, N. D. April 1.-Two Crosby
boys, brothers, aged Is and IA years,
are being searched for by the officials.
They stole pair of horses and, heav-
lily armed, left home for a Harry
Tracey career. They have been close
students of the life of this notorious
character, the climax coming when, in
order to steal team of horses, the
boys poisoned the watch dog of a
neighbor. They addressed a note to
their father, ordering him not to fol
low, the penalty, should he dare to
do so, being death. The father and Of
fcials have started after the boys, and
will very likely be successful in their
search.
AS expected, Pierce county was
controlled by the insurgents.
USE TRIBUNE WANT COLUMNS.
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USE TRIBUNE WANT COLUMNS.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-04-05
For a Greater Bismarck
Appeal for
Good Government
To the Voters of Bismarck:

age look
community which he lives and
upbuildng of his adoption This be
compished only by selecting erng that is not only loyal
of city wherein o are a
full
of the voters Of smarck:
First Ward--
a of years.
He is
win
devoehi his beste 10 he OF
Second Ward--
Burlegh county
for the He is large
the people faithfully and WELL
Third Ward--
John A. Larson represents the younger element of the business in
a
ty all He ownshis no int
DEAL
Fourth Ward--
nearly twenty years.
in dustry
he will
Fifth Ward--
in years. working
neghbors dxd to Of
A.
a
habits
everything his further the Bismarck
and to
Sixth Ward-
a
and dealing a
the city.
a candid
belief
city of
the
Citizens Committee.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-04-05
The seulptor,s 6risf.

The seuiptor's Grief.
The sculptor had Just finished the
Apollo Belvedere.
NO." he mourned, ''they tell me he
is too beefy for the team
Thus he saw he bad fallen short Of
manly perfection.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-04-05

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