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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-01-20
Makeup of the Board for Today.

Following is the makeup OF the
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
board for today:
The Bemidji pioneer., 1902-04-17
FILE
Their Intention Before Auditor
To Seek Office.

According TO the primary cleo
tion law, the candidates for
scoan Offices will haze just four,
months from this date to file
their applications for u place on
the nomination ticket to be voted
on in September, seven weeks
prior to the general November
election. All candidates for Of.
fee must file their intentions
with the county auditor prior to
Sept i6, and deposit at the same
time the regular fee of $40, for
county offices. .@..s ,..s f..
Candidates are already an
nouncing themselves by this UNI
The Bemidji pioneer., 1902-04-17
mistakable method. Treasurer
Shinn was the first candidate to

Smistakable method. Treasurer
Shinn was the first candidate to
register for denomination for
his office; Matt Phibbs was see.
ond for denomination as register
of deeds: David Sylvester, third,
for denomination as auditor; and
M. u. Stoner filed his name Mon.
day for denomination as sur.
Iveyor.
Tt is presumed that oil the
present county officers will be
candidates for reelection, with
the possible exception Of the
county attorney and one or two
Of the commissioners. Rumor
says there will be dozens Of new
men up for Office this fall. but
none Of them are coming forward
with any haste. 1t is said that
the first comers will have no ad-
vantage Of position on the official
primary ballot. 49, ....
The Bemidji pioneer., 1902-04-17
SPELLING SCHOOL
Between Bemidji, Park Rapids,
Fosston and Grand Rapids
Friday Night.

Friday evening Of this week
the spelling contest between the
high school pupils Of Bemldji,
Park Rapids, Grand Rapids l1 and !.
Fosston will take place at the op-
era house here. Five contestants
from each town will par ticipate.
Oral spelling will come first, el and
will continue until only one
school remains standing.
Then all will write 800 words,
and the school which misses the
least words in both contests will
be champions for this season.
Each school has been preparing
for this meeting for some months
and every inchof the ground will will
be stob bbornly contested.
Besides the spelling, g first
class literary and musical pro-
gram will be given. Each school
furnishes one or more enter
tainers and prizes will be given
the best,
Quitea number Of visitors from
the contesting towns are expect
ed, as the railroads have made g
return rate Of one and third
fare.
Geo. Buckley has purchased tie
White Front saloon and will conduct
it in a manner to restore its former
good name.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1902-04-17
May 5th With Hundreds of Mem
bers from Abroad.
Good Start.

Preparations are being made
for d grand fraternal event on
the evening of May 9Th, at which
time a council Of Knights Of
Pythias will be organized with a
charter membership of over fiji
ty. From reports received from
neigh boring towns, between four
and five hundred visiting mem;
bers are expected to be present.
The railroads have made reduced
rates for the event.
Chief of Seals Wheaton Of
Minneapolis and Grand Chancel-
lor Tawney Of Winona will con con
duct the initiatory work, assisted
BY the degree teams Of Wadena,
Grand Rapids and Brainerd.
Ohicers from d dozen other coun--
ellis will be here to exemplify the
work.
From present indications the
biggest fraternal gathering of
our history will be here May 9th.
w. +, Street, the leading cam
L B s (. 4 a 4 9lJ - . = 4
didate for senator in this dis
trict, seems to nave a clear field
over all other aspirants. Bel
tramii with 1000 Republican
votes, is sufficient to inspire con-
fdence, which must lead to his
success. Bagley Times.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1902-04-17
BOTH ARE GUILTY
LaDue and Berry so Charged
BY C0r0ner's Jury.
MCLAUGHLIN WAS POISONED
BY .Fishberry' Powder, Dis
covered by State Analysis
{ sr.,,.fs. - -r,

The state laboratory to
which the stomach Of Eugene
Mclaughlin was sent for anal
ysis, sent IN i partial report to
Coroner Henderson, and a
special coroner's jury was sum
moned last night, The report
from the State Chemist Carol
shows that McLaughlin's stom-
ach showed the presence Of
Fishberry powder, q most dead
ly poison. ... ...... .s... ....
The Bemidji pioneer., 1902-04-17
X. OF P. ORGANIZER FINE SHOWING
Made by DR.. Blakeslee in Care
of Smallpox Patients and
Pest House.

County Physician Blakesleet
made a report to the county
commissioners Tuesday which
is highly creditable to him as
smallpox officer and pest house.
manager. The report will sur
prise many, and delight more
who have looked upon the pest
house establishment as q burden.
upon the taxpayers.
Under the charge Of DR.. Blakes-5
lee the pest house has been more.
than a paying institution. IN
three months it has more than
paid the county physicians
salary for a year. Last year the.
smallpox cases fell solely upon
the county, and there was no.
system by which the county
could recover q just share of
the cost.
It's to be understood that the
state pays only for the care OF
nonresident patients. BY nom
residents, we mean those whose.
homes are outside of the state.
Citizens Of the state must pay
for their own care and keep dur.
ing quarantine, or the cost will
fall upon the county in which
they are taken sick. The state
will pay nopart Of it.
The number Of non-residents
placed in the Beltrami county
pest house from January | To
April ID Of this year was SO;
while residents Of Minnesota to
the number Of 35 We're taken
care Of, making a totalof 1l5
|patients.
Besides taking care of patients
ia the pest house, the health of
fcars maintained quarantine ia
IL lumber camps and in AZ pr.
vate homes throughout the coun-
| ty, which demanded medical
| treatment for another total OF
liz Smallpox patients.
The treatm ent of 227 patients
lat near and remote points, be-
lsides a vigilant quarantine for
three months, was a big task and
cost a large sum. Yet the coun-
|ty has been the gamer, and the
pest house patients have much
more than paid the total cost, un-
der careful management.
Upon being received in the
pest house, each patient was
properly identified and record
led. TT he was a non. resident,
he made affidavit to that effect
and gave his home address.
IF he was resident Of the state,
and not a county charge, he was
obliged to pay for his keep or
give a promissory note before
being discharged.
The regular refundment by
the state to the county for care
of non-residents is $50 per case,
which makes Sd, 900 now due the
county. Cash and notes from
other patients to the amount of
81, O04 have been received by the
county treasurer, making a to-
tai revenue Of 1904 for the pest
house during the three months.
As Dr.. Blakeslee's salary for
said time for the care Of Small
pox patients amounts to only
1925, it will be seen that the pest
house is not only self-sustaining
but a rare money maker for the
cor1nty.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1902-04-17
Note Banking Heurs.

On and after Monday, April
2lst, the banks Of Bemidii will
open at 8 a. m. and close at p.
m. Customers Of both banks
are requested to observe these
hours.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK,
LUMBERMANS BANK.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1902-04-17

To be entitled to vote at a pri-
mary election a man must have
lived in the precinct thirty days.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1902-04-17

CONTINUED on Editorial Page,)
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-09-13

their fourth year in the Law school.
The other day man who had passed
seventeen and a half courses came in
to the dean, to see if he could not ar
range to get his degree without pass
ing the other half course, as he
wished to spend the next year in the
Law school, and did not wish to pass
the summer in the summer school in
order to make up the full number Of
courses. *'You know" he remarked
to the dean, there are no good
courses in the summer school, none
that man wants to hang around
Cambridge to take" The dean lis
tened quietly, then talked with the
student bit, without promising any
thing definite, and the young man
rose to go.
by the way" he remarked, in
leaving, "are you going to be in Cam
bridge this summer, Mr.. Hurlburt?"
The dean smiled. EYES," he said,
you know, I give three courses in
the summer school,"
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-09-13
ANeAE2MEHSH sAAH2ANalA no GLOW
- 9VNHW EEH5NHHgAlS EAGNHN
HXISzkA

But after all the immediate posi-.
bilities of the Victoria falls in South
Africa count for little in comparison
with the remoter future in which
Rhodesia may step forward as the
great industrial country of the world.
THAT is my dream" said Mr.. Willis,
land it seems to me not at all an alb
surd one. In the first place it is the
richest gold country in the world
one-third of the worlds most precious
metal within eleven square miles
the richest diamond country, with
seven-eighths of the worlds most pre-
cious gems. The, whole land is a
mass of coal. The copper mines may
be expected to make an immense diff
The country is we'll watered, all kinds
of cattle flourish, and cereals of every
ference In the worlds copper trade.
sort do well. There is any amount of
cheap labor-the Kaff1rs-and unlike
the red Indians they multiply under
white control. White children thrive
in the country, for we are from 1000
to 5000 feet above the sea level, with
a climate much like that of Califor,
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-09-13
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VETERAN GOT HIS SHOES q
Pathetic Incident Noted Alter Reunion of ID
Confederate Veterans.
|SS&GEEES$GSE:$

Right after the reunion of confed-
crate veterans at Dallas, Tex, I wit
messed rather comica], and yet, a.
rather pathetic thing on one of the
trains which pulled out of the city
on the day after the celebration had
closed said visitor from Texas.
All the coaches were damned to the
windows. Men and women were even
packed into the aisles, and there was
of course a heavy sprinkling of the
old fellows in gray uniform. When
night came on the veterans began to
make themselves as comfortable as
possible, many of them pulling off
their coats and shoes. It was some
time after midnight when a gray
bearded and stopped man reused from
his sleep and began to look around
for his shoes. He did not have on
the uniform of the confederacy, and
had not been to the Dallas reunion
up and down the coach he went
in his sock feet, looking for his shoes,
but 1t was to no purpose. He was
about to despair when a young gen
tleman, who occupied a seat near
him, remarked that he had seen an
old gentleman take pair of shoes
from about that place in the aisle,
and suggested that he had probably
gotten hold of the wrong shoes. He
said further he thought he could ideI-
tify the man. Forthwith they went
in search of the man who was sup
posed to have gotten the shoes. They
found him. He was grizzled, old
confederate, and he, too, had been
playing in bad luck so far as his shoes
were concerned. But he thought he
had found them. 'Pardner,' said the
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-09-13

shakespeare's comedy of Errors"
was first given in 1894. Other famous
figures of the old Gray's Inn were
Thomas Cromwell and Lord Burleigh.
The gardens where once the gal
lants and grand danes Of the town
used to gather, and where Raleigh's
tree was planted, still remain almost
as they were, but now there is high
iron fence around them, the public
is not admitted and the jaded folk
who pass through shabby Gray's Inn
road, look longingly in at the grass
and old trees.
Oldest of all these, oldest, some
say, of all the trees in England, is
the veteran catalpa, that came from
"Virginny" In fact, it is so old now
that it has rotted good deal and
has to be kept in place by means. Of
braces. The consequential rocks
which still live in the gardens esteem
the tree greatly as perching place.
In fact, they have made it such a
permanent headquarters that a barrel
filed with drinking water for them
has been set just beside the catalpa.
This barrel stands just on the spot
where Sir Francis Bacon had bench
placed for his own enjoyment. The
seat remained there for years after
the philosophers death until one
night it disappeared and thereafter
could never be traced.-London Core
opondence of the Boston Journal.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-09-13

Probably not one in so of the folk
from the United States who come to
London every year and go on their
way rejoicing in the thought that they
have done the metropolis thoroughly
sees relic that to Americans ought
to be one of the most interesting here
an old catalpa tree that Sir Walter
Raleigh brought from Virginia, and
that Sir Francis Bacon planted in
Gray's Inn Gardens.
That American travellers miss the
historic tree is no reflection on their
sightseeing industry. Even Baedeker
seems to have overlooked it, and
probably few people in London, out
side the officials of Gray's Inn, know
it's history. That history is unusu-
ally interesting, however, When Sir
Walter Raleigh brought the tree to
England his idea was to have his
good friend and patron, Queen Eliz-
abeth, plant it in Gray's Inn Gardens,
then a favorite strolling place with
the fashionable folk. 1t was fully
understood that the Queen would dc
so, but just before the time came her
majesty was taken ill and she deputeJ
Bacon to take her place.
Gray's Inn, for centuries devoted to
law and lawyers, got it's name from
having belonged to- the Lords Gray
as far back as the 1905. 1t first got
to be a law school in 1871, when the
Elizabethan Hall, which contains
| some Of the finest oak carving in
England, was built. = ) Here Queen
Elizabeth came often, and here
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-09-13

old man who was not uniformed.
you've got my shoes sho's yo' born,'
and sure enough, on closer examina-
ton, the old confederate soldier found
that he had made a mistake, and he
proceeded to unsheath his feet. He
handed the old fellow his shoes, and
began to pace up and down the coach
es again, in his old, white, homemade
yarn socks,s looking for his shoes.
"The man who had recovered his
shoes became reflective. These coach:
es air all filled plum up with rebels
he said, an most of 'em have their
shoes off, an it looks awful funny to
me that my shoes should be picked
out when they amt as fine as some
OF the other shoes. Of course it's
jest a mistake, a kinder curious
caper of fate, 1 guess, that an old
rebel should look over the shoes Of
his comrades, an jest by accident
take a pair that belongs to a Teller
on the other side And the old fellow,
who was on his way to the G. A. R,
encampment, lapsed into silence. A
little later, when he saw the old con-
federate soldier, still in his sock feet,
hobbling across the platform at the
station where he had to change cars,
he Strengthened up, his eyes mois-
tened and glistened and he said, with
infinite pathos: I guess I amt as
good soldier as I used to be, for in
the COS guess I'd seen my right arm
cut off plum up to the shoulder be-
fore I'd made that old fellow give
up them shoes, if they wus mine.'"
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
" HLlMOR IN COLLEGE e
Tales That Show the Lighter of Student Lie
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The master of a large school or
the dean of college, if he is DOS
sessed of sense of humor, has much
in his routine life to amuse him.
and must close the door after many
an interview with smile on his face.
Prof. Briggs, who was for so MANY
years the dean Of Harvard college.
tells the story of father who> came
to him and complained of his sons
love for strong drink. 81 don't see
where he got his TASTE" said the
father. II swore off before I was
married.
Prof. Byron S. Hurlburt, who has
just succeeded Prof. Briggs as dean,
the other day had his tale of an
amusing interview, too, this time with
student, and the dean did not fail
to do his part in creating the situa-
ton.
To get a degree at Harvard it is
necessary to have passed satisfac-
torily eighteen full courses. Many
men do this in three years, and spend
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-09-13

has a tremendous electric light in the
middle of it. Yet that is what it is
going to have. The plan is not mere
ly dream, for within few weeks
an expedition sets out from London to
make an actual beginning on the work
of establishing at Victoria falls, on
the Zambesi river, an electric power
plant that will in time put to blush
the famous turbines at Niagara falls,
just as Victoria falls themselves great
ly exceed in height, width and grand
eur those at Niagara.
1t was Prof. George Forbes, an
American engineer, who had taken a
prominent part in the "harnessing' of
the Niagara falls, who first suggested
that the millions Of horsepower
which had been going to waste in the
heart of Africa should be put to prac-
teal use.
A commission of electrical engin-
GERS, which may include two or three
Americans, is now preparing to leave
England to make all the arrange
ments for putting in the plant as soon
as the machinery can reach the falls.
That will be when Rhodes Cape to
Cairo railway, over which the ma
terial will have to be sent, is built up
| to the great cataract
The men who are to build the
power plant at the Victoria Falls
probably will have as many close
calls from wild beasts as those who
have been working on the Cape to
Cairo railroad and telegraph line
have done, but they are not likely to
have any trouble with the natives.
Some time ago they elected to come
under the protection, of the Chartered
company, and one of it's administra.
tors lives among them. . :.%>z. :. :. e. t.
In speaking to the writer the other
day, w. A. Willis, the secretary Of
the syndicate which is going to '''har
ness" the Victoria falls, said that they
expected to be E supplying power
Wholesale in. about fifteen years from
now. a:$. .$$Z#ss \ h .@ %.S. s=
Nothing definite has been decided
yet about the machinery that will be
used for the plant, Int It IS almost
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-09-13
VICTORIA FAILS 10 BE 1ARNExlEr
AND ITS POltER, GREATER THAN THAT
OF NIAGARA, WILL BE UTILIZED TO
DEVELOP A COUNTRY RICH IN GbIn.
COPPER AND PRECIOUS GEMS

Cecil Rhodes had notion that
some day, long after he had gone to-
his rest beneath the powders on the
Matappo hills, South Africa would rise
up to compete with the United States
just as the United States has risen
to make Europe Hustle"
Whether or not that dream was too
big for it's foundation of facts, it is
certain that one branch of it's sup
port is about to be erected, and that
the results are going to be of far
reaching interest and Importance.
1t will not be permissible to call
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-09-13

certain to be on the exact lines of
that used at Niagara, and will prob
ably come from America.
Naturally the exploiters of the Vic
toria falls will work along the lines
which have been followed at Niagara
and in other parts of the United
States, and their plans for, the future
are being based chiefly on the results
Of American experiments. They are
encouraged to believe that in time
they will be able to transmit electric
ity economically to distance Of 400
miles, supplying power to the gold
fields of Mazoe, Hartley and Lo Mag
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-09-13
MAKING "A PIECE or NEWS.
Remarkable Dispatch Evolved by a
Wide-Awake Canadian Editor.

A good live piece Of news may often
be made by accident. Readers of
Barrie's novel, when a Mans Sin
gle," will recall the telegraph editor
who thought a dispatch beginning
''The Zulus have taken umbrage" re.
ferred to the capture of a post and
gave Umbrage the benefit of a CAPT.
tai. A dispatch In the Ottawa Even.
ing Journal, dated "Dauphin, Man,
June 49," and announcing the re-
suit of the voting In the Kinistino
district in the territorial elections,
states: "tAs q result Of the vote,
Meyers and Mott Shadd, q negro
have been elected for the $constitr,
ency II should be, Of course, Mey-
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-09-13
THE DISTRICT OF SOUTH AFRICA THAT CAN Be REACHED WITH
ELECTRICITY FROr1 THE VICTORIA FALLS

MIA. In time Rhodesia will be the one
place in the world for young man
to go to. In fifty years we will have
a tremendous population there and
what part the Victoria falls may play
then is a subject that is too big even
for my Imagination"
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-09-13

Miss Vining of Boston has achieved
notoriety by saying horrid things
about the girls, but so long as she
does not hear the girls opinion that
she is a spiteful thing she will prob.
ably enjoy having her name IN the
newspapers. <>. 4 5"s $##,@ .1:<%.. ~
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-09-13

The heirs of Madame Silva, the
woman who left her fortune to her
rooster, have assassinated the poor
fowl. This shows that there is an
easy way out of will contest-once
In century.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-09-13

hunda, as we'll as to the towns of
Buluwayo, Salisbury and Gwelo-
power for electric lighting, telegraphs
and telephones and the other up-to-
date conveniences that make such a
startling contrast to the hippopotami
and lions.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-09-13

Gen. Butler has placed himself on
a. par with the overloquacious parrot.
Some persons don't know just when
to stop talking, and the general, In an
effort to square himself, has justified
his severest critics.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-09-13

British authorities now have pos
session of all the documents that be-
longed to the Boer government. Any
confidential notes sent by European
cabinets to cheer up the burghers will
b. read with interest in London.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-09-13

ers and not Shadd." In this case the
wide-awake telegraph editor in the,
Ottawa Journal Office added: .Shadd
is the first full-blooded negro to be
elected to a legislative body in Can
ada. And he headed it up: First
Negro to- Sit in a Canadian Assem-
bly," Mott shadd Has Been Elected
in the Territories. ''. ,,..,e II Il 5 IS !
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-09-13

National League baseball umpires
are reported to be taking out new life
and accident insurance policies. Mr..
McGraw has transferred himself to
that organization.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-09-13

1t is said that Topeka man was
defeated for sheriff because he said
Gosh all finders!" 1t is shuddery to
guess at what might have happened
to him had he said "Dern"
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-09-13

The announcement that Mrs. Lang
try has settled an income Of $4,000
a year on her daughter leads to the
rehection that beauty is sometimes
more to be desired than mere intel
lect.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-09-13

The news that little Miss Peary
will teach her father and the Eskimos
to play ping pong leads to the hope
that even the king of the cannibal
islands may in time be introduced to
the uplifting influences of bridge
whist.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-09-13

The sea serpent just added to the
New York aquarium turns out to be
nothing but channomuraena vittata,
and there is nothing whatever to be
afraid of but the name.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-09-13

It is to King Edwards splendid con-
stitution that the doctors attribute his
speedy recovery. 1t is wonder that
the doctors do not take the credit
themselves.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-09-13

Chicago packers are preparing to
ship wienerwurst to Austria. Then
the favored people of that country can
have the Yankee peril for breakfast
every morning.