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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-11-26
Thaw Prevented insanity Plea.

This probability. however, it is now
said. is past Harry ThaN has himself
stood in the way Of any such plan. II
& asserted that IN his refusal TO give
rssent TO the insanity plea ne has been
steadfast:y supported by MS wife, who,
IL is also generally reported, has con
stantly urged her husband to take some
lction against White. Mrs. Thaw has
been a daily visitor to the Tombs pris-
Oh and Mrs. William Thaw, VINO was
recalled from, Europe when the tragedy
occurred. has also been frequent
caller. There have been many family
conferences and many stormy inter
views i'll the yong mans cell his re
sentiment being shown every time the
suggestion Of insanity has been offered
Il rrefer death in the electric chair
- a life in an insane asylum. the prls-
oner is credited with exclaiming-
Many Lawyers Tried.
Lewis DaIafeId of counsel to the
rrbo,v family. was first called into the
fase He engaged Judge W. NJ. X.
OIcott of the firm of which former Gov
ernor Frank s. Black Is MEMBER.
Thev had hardly been i'm the case a
month when young Thaw, after an in
terview in the Tombs, dismissed them
He called to his aid Clifford w. Hart
ridge n lawyer VINO ndu Deth MS iiieiiN
for wears. Now that the trial is APP
proaching he has called into the case
Delphin Michael Delmas. one OF the
most noted criminal lawyers CT the
Usst who has come on from san iran
risco TO New York to take direction OF
the trial Mr.. Delmas has peeh quoted
as admitting that the 'unWrltlen law
NAV be tho defense finally decided
upon. ~, -,
,,srsoy,aI charge of the prosecution He
declared he will introduce only such
witnesses as are necessary to prove that
Tbo,T had made threats against White
ana tho eve witnesses of the shooting.
I, viii be for the defense. he declares.
70 introduce any evidence bearing upon
The past lives of the principals. If this
Is gone into, however, the district at
torney will offer evidence in rebuttal.
While TIE presentation of the prosecu-
tion's case will require only two or
three days, it Is expected there will be
great difficulty in obtaining a jury and
that the trial may continue over a
period of four or FIVE weeks
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-11-26
lake Your Choice.

p. o. box 9S, Dawson, n.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-11-02
How towards Were Punished.

Many of the devices by which mili-
tary Indifference to life has been ma
tured and sustained are curious. In
ancient Athens the public temples
were closed to those who refused mill
tary service, who deserted their ranks
or lost their bucklers, while law con-
strained such offenders to sit for three
days in the public forum dressed in
the garments of women. Many Spar
tan mother would stab her son who
came back alive from a defeat, and
such man, if he escaped his mother,
was debarred not only from public of
fees, but from marriage, exposed to the
blows Of all who chose to strike him,
compelled to dress in mean clothing
and to wear his beard negligently
trimmed. In the same way a horse
soldier who fed or lost his shield or re-
ceived a wound in any save the front
part of the body was by law prevented
from ever afterward appearing in pub
lie
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-11-02
Salt, the Ciyilizer.

The use of salt as Il necessary snip
plement to diet has had much influence
in shaping the civilization and eXplora-
ton of the world 1t is most probable
that the oldest trade routes were Gre
ated for the salt traffic, as salt and
incense formed the chief necessaries
of the ancient days This was certain
ly the case with the caravan routes in
Libya and the Sahara, while the mines
of north India were the center of
large trade before the time of Alexan-
der.
Another interesting fact is that salt
has played a considerable part in the
distribution of man. When it became
absolutely necessary to him, as it did
at an early stage of his development,
he was forced to migrate to places
where it could be obtained. This
brought him to the seashore, where he
gained his ideas of maritime commerce.
Lastly, the preservative effects of salt
on flesh food made long oceanic voy-
ages possible and thus opened up the
world to commerce and civilization.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-11-02

The earliest public trial of passen-
ger boat driven by an electric motor
was that conducted by Professor ia
cobb of st. Petersburg in the year 1888,
though for four years previously he
had successfully experimental with
electric traction in the privacy of his
own grounds. The trial of Jacobs
vessel took place on the Neva and was
witnessed by vast crowd Of people.
The boat was twerty- eight feet long
and ten feet wide and carried fourteen
persons.
1t was not until four years later that
we find any record of a passenger car
riage driven by electricity on land, and
in this case the inventor was Alexan-
der Davidson of Edinburgh. The car
riage was sixteen feet long by seven
feet wide and was impelled for mile
and half at the rate of four miles an
hour on the Edinburgh and Glasgow
railway.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-11-02
A Good Color.

Negroes use the same phrases they
hear whites use often with amusing
application. This conversation, over
is related in Lippincott's Magazine:
''Howdy, Mis- Mandy? How is your
called one dusky aunty to another.
"Oh, l jes' tollable, Mis- Johnson. How
you feelin'?' was the response. why.
rs a-feelin' mighty peart, | u.s. con-
fided Mrs. Johnson. Il suttenly does
feel fine" ''Wellum, yo' shO' is look
in WELL" agreed her friend. 'Yo' col
or's so good
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-11-02

Divorces are easy to obtain in Tur-
key, and a husband and wife may re-
marry fourth time, the woman must
go through the formality Of marrying
another man and then Of being di-
vorced. This custom has given rise to
curious professionalism of proxy
husbands. Such men are generally
blind and have no hesitancy in relin-
gushing their brides for money con-
sideratiOn.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-11-02
In His Enthusin . m.

Judge Ito prisoner)-Why did you
take only the money and leave the
basket of silver? Prisoner-Because it
was TOO heavy Judge (eXcitedly)-
Aren't you ashamed of yourself, you
lazy ?-Fliegende Batter
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-11-02
An AnnraiSenN ent.

Marian-NOw, there is Algy Van Pif-
fegilder, for instance JaAe-Oh. he
is so haughtily statuesque that | have
often wondered if he can really be tic
klish on the bottoms Of ais feet like
common people. -Watsons Magazine.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-09-20
Because he has reached the age of

Because he has reached the age of
sixty years and no longer possesses
the vital force and activity that he did
in his youth, Rev. E. B. Chase of the
Austin Congregational church, Chi
cago, has been requested to resign. It
seems to US that the action of the
church is badly taken, for a minister.
of the gospel who has attained the
age of sixty, or even seventy or
eighty, is surely better qualified from
experience to expound the truths of
the scriptures than a young man of
twenty-five or thirty. Placing an age
limit upon ministers of the gospel
may be a modern church idea, but it
is nevertheless extremely ridiculous.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-09-20

bitter fight between the friends of
Charles A. Dickey and Emmett Mark
has resulted in Mile Laos county be-
ing left out in the cold as far as rep
resentation in the legislature is con-
cerned. Anoka gets the senator, MIR.
G. j. Swanson. Isanti gets one rep
resentative, Mr.. Thomas II. Horton,
while Sherburne, the smallest county
of the district, gets two, Andrew Davis
and Frank White. The voters of
Mile Laos county have themselves to
blame for this state of affairs. Had
they pulled together as they ought,
and stood by Messrs. Davis and Hor-
ton, Mile Laos would not have been
deprived of a candidate. But there are
more than one thousand voters in
Mile Laos county who were not heard
from at the primaries last Tuesday.
They may be heard from next Novem-
Der. The fight in the 10th legislative
district will end when the polls close
on the 9Th day of next November.
= The result of the primary election
in Sherburne county was a complete
knockout for Mr.. Frank White and
his followers. For representative
White himself received only 564 votes
as against 843 for his rival, Andrew
Davis. All of Mr.. Whites candidates
for county Offices, with possibly one
exception, were defeated.
The result of the legislative fight in
the 45th district is shown in the fol-
lowing table:
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-09-20
weeds and Their Eradication,

"Some Common Weeds and Their
Eradication,'' a most practical and
helpful little bulletin lately issued by
the Minnesota experiment station, in
making suggestions for the eradica-
tion OF small patches of quack grass,
recommends the tar paper method as
one of the most effective. In the in
stance cited in the bulletin tar paper
was spread over a patch of quack
grass about rod square on July I.
1t was Tapped enough to make COM
plete covering, and a few shovels of
dirt were thrown on the edges to keep
them in place. Two days later the
plants were all dead above ground.
and month later the roots were an
parently completely dead. While this
is commended as excellent for patches
OF small size, the cost of the tar paper
would make it impractical for larger
areas.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-09-20
Is of Good Parentaee.

Edward Wilkie, alias John Kelly,
was arrested at Fergus Falls a week
ago on the charge of hold ing up John
Romstad beneath a Great Northern
bridge. It has since developed that
Wilkie comes from one of the leading
families of Paterson, N. j., and his
brother has arrived from that CITY
with letters from the mayor, the judges
of the municipal court, the district
congressman and other prominent
officials urging that he be treated
leniently. Wilkie is a young fellow
and started out to be tough. He
followed an amusement company vest
ward and was finally arrested at Per-
ham, this county, for stealing beer.
On his release he Immediately held up
Mr.. Romstad and demanded his
money, and was captured and is now
awaiting sentence. His family is very
much chagrined over his escapades
and will make every effort to secure
his release.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-09-20
An old friend writes us from Tovas

An old friend writes US from Texas
to inquire whether or not the dissolu-
ton of the railroad merger has proven
beneficial to the state of Minnesota.
In the first place it has not been
proven to the satisfaction Of the peo-
pie of Minnesota that a merger ever
existed sor that it has been dissolved.
In the second place the enigma has
proven beneficial only toSa chronic
oficeseeker named Warrant and the
lawyers called in to assist the attor-
ney general. In the third place the
state squandered. thousands okdollars
OF the taxpayers money to. dissolve
this alleged merger. That's all we
know about the fasco.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-09-20
Pioneer in Flash Signals.

Another remarkable detail of the
antelope's anatomy is the white area
on each bullock. Although it seems
at first like the rest of his spots, a.
mere patch Of white coat, it is found
to be specialized for an Important
service. 1t is composed of hair
graded from short in the center to
long at the front edges. Under the
skin of the part is a circular muscle.
by means of which the hair can in a
moment be raised and spread radially
into two great blooming twin chrys-
anthemums, more or less flattened at
the center. When this is done in
bright sunlight they shine like tin
pans, giving flashes of light that can
be seen further than the animal itself,
atfording conspicuous Identification
mark that must be of great service to
the species.
AS soon, therefore, as an antelope
sees some strange or thrilling object
this muscle acts and the rump patch is
Instantly changed into a great double
disk of white that shines afar like a
patch OF snow, and by it's flashing
spreads the alarm. This, it will be
seen, is simply a Telegraph. Man
Hatters himself that he was the in
ventor of flash communication, but he
is wrong; the antelope had it first.
They used it thousands of generations
before man ever dreamed of it.-Chi-
cago Chrinoicle.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-09-20

"A few of the country newspapers
have now and then denounced the, ex-
orbitant charges of express COM
panies, and, as a result of this, the
state railroad and warehouse commits
sion has ordered all such companies
doing business in Minnesota to ap-
pear before that body on Sept. 26 for
the purpose of being interrogated
upon their current rate schedules.
To the country weekly is al
most solely due the bringing about OF
this investigation. !. The subsidized
dailies dared not breach the PROPOSE
ton. E's &c,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-09-20

The Deer River News pertinently
puts it this way: Bank examiners ap.
pear to make examinations after some
rascally president or cashier has
looted bank, and then excuses and
gauzy explanations are given limo.
cent and suffering depositors in lieu
of cash. What is needed is few ap.
plications of the Chinese law in re.
gard to such bank officials: off with
their heads and throw them into the
waste basket with the other assets. II
would not require many doses.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-09-20

In view of the fact that denatured
alcohol will soon be a reality and
that this (denatured) condition Of the
liquid will be brought about by the
addition of methyl, or wood, alcohol,
it is opportune to caution the public
against the inhalation of the vapor
from this product, as the continual
breathing of it will tend to weaken
the eyesight and to eventually bring
about blindness.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-09-20

w. F. Ewert of Foley has resigned
as member of the democratic state
central committee because MIR. O'Day
has been retained as chairman of that
heterogeneous organization. It is
said that the kitchen cabinet, realiz-
ing that MIR. Ewert is "power" in
Benton county. has put forth every
effort, even unto a promise of permit
ting him to "look into the BARREL, " if
he would but reconsider his decision,
but Mr.. Ewert stands pat.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-09-20

A Scientific American correspondent
saws that the old-fashioned Mason
fruit jars so extensively used in house
hold canning are most unsanitary re-
ceptacles. 1t might now be expected
that Governor Johns "pure food"
commission will make careful investi-
cation of this charge with a view of
prohibiting the sale of these unsan-
itary glass jars in the state Of Mime
SOtal
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-09-20

Wrapping and other grades of wood
fiber paper have been advanced SIS per
ton by all mills simultaneously. It
will be remembered that last May the
paper trust, as the result of an action
brought against it in St. Paul, was
ordered to dissolve. From the pro-
ceeding above narrated it would ap-
pear to a man up tree that this dis
solution has not yet taken place. :.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-09-20

That retribution has Overtaken the
beef trust for it's former imposition
upon the public is made manifest by
the government bulletin of the depart
ment Of commerce for the month of
August. It says. "There were ex-
ported during the month 659,l27
pounds of canned meat, valued at
$751;, AS. In the same month of 1905
the canned meat exports we're 5,O4S,-
533 pounds, valued at s49S, 041. The
loss of business in the month of
alone on canned meat there
fore is shown to have been S43O, 59O.''
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-09-20
"A Bad Freak.

chancellor James R. Day of SYRIA
cuse university, in discussion of the
craze for athletics that sometimes be-
comes too rampant in the universities
OF America, said with a smile:
Why, know a young clergyman
ne had been an excellent first baseman
at college in his time-who, after read
ing portion of the scriptures, said
solemnly, as he closed the bible on
Sunday morning in the baseball sea.
son:
: Here endeth the second inning. i,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-09-20
To prevent a panic the exercises at

To prevent a panic the exercises al
the unwilling of the monument to Viii.
liam Mckinley at Columbus were
brought to an abrupt close. The
surging, cheering mob of people that
packed the capitol grounds and ad.
joining streets became so unruly in
it's efforts to see Mrs. Alice Roose.
velt-Longworth that she was com
PEELED to drop the star spangled drap-
cry which enshrined the statue and
withdraw while the ovations and ad.
dresses on the program we're post.
poned until night.-News Item.
"What fools these mOrtals be!'
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-09-20

The Willmar Republican says that
the opening gun for the campaign in
Kandiyohi county will be fired at At
water on Sept. % by S. r. Vansant.
1t would show wisdom on the part of
Candidate Cole were he to send forth
a detachment to spike that gun before
it is touched off.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-09-20

A trust, worldwide in it's scope,
which will place in the hands of Amer
lean capitalists control of crude
caoutchouc and practically make them
masters of the rubber manufacturing
industry of the world, is said to have
been recently organized. If this be
true prices of gum shoes might be
expected to stretch upward.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-09-20
Corn Stalks for Cows.

tits worth while remembering that
while theecow relishes the green corn
from the garden early in the summer
she is just as eager for the stalks
after the leaves have been withered by
thea frost in October, at which time
they contain almost as large a per-
centage of sugar as ordinary sugar
cane: If fed to her at this time she
won t leave q scar.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-09-20
OF BALLOTS
Congressman Tawney, McCleary, Da=
Wis, Stevens, Volstead, Bede and
Stevenson Renominated.
Lindberg Defeats Buchanan in the
Sixth-Nye Wins Out in Hem
nepin County. r.!
Swanson for Senator, and Davis, Hor.
ton and White for Representa- .
tives in 45th District.
"Reformer Jones Hay Not be Re.
nominated Mayor of rlin-
neapolis.

While the returns from Tuesdays
primaries are by no means complete
it is certain that Congressman Nc
Cleary, Stevens and Bede are easily
winners in the Second, Fourth and
Eighth districts, Frank M. Nye has
distanced his competitors in the Fifth
(Hennepin, county,, and the indica-
tions are that Charles H. Lindbergh
defeats Congressman Buchanan in the
Sixth. Tawney in the First, Davis in
the Third, Volstead in the Seventh,
and Stevenson in the Ninth had no
opposition.
McCleary, Stevens and Bede all
have large majorities. Frank Nye
is only few hundred votes ahead of
Hall and Eustis in the Hennepin dis
trict, but it is thought his lead cannot
be overcome. Little Billy Washburn,
whose only claim to distinction is
that he is the son of his father, imag-
ined that he, too, was running, but
his votes will be reckoned in the
"scattering" column. David P. Jones,
the alleged ''reform" mayor of Min
neapolis, is having hard time of it.
He may pull through despite the dam
aging support of the Journal and one
Vansant. Sammy T. Johnson, another
of the Journals proteges who aspired
to the city treasurership of Minneap-
Oils, was completely showed under.
W. P. Roberts, Willie Washburn, Ell
Terrence and all of the Journals pets
fell by the wayside. Genial George
r. Smith will be the next Judge of
probate of Hennepin county. On the
whole the Hennepin county boilers
and traitors of two years ago Jared
badly last Tuesday. -, 49,. ..r,
In Ramsey county Congressman
Stevens carried every ward in the
city. Some splendid men were NOM
mated for the legislature in old Ram
sey: W. W. Dunn, E. S. Durment
and Joseph M. Hackney for the SEN
ate, and Ambrose Tighe for the house,
are fine specimens of high-grade leg
islative timber. Such men, if elected,
will reflect credit not only on the city
of St. Paul but on the state of Min
nesota as we'll.
| Locally, in Mile Laos county, little
interest was taken in the primary cleo
ton and an exceedingly light vote
was polled-less than 40 per cent of
the average vote of the county. The
only contest for a county Office was
between Frank Goulding and John A.
Erstad for register of deeds, and the
former was an easy winner There
was no electioneering either for or
against j. Adam Bede or E. L. Millar
for congress. Mr.. Bede was best
known to the voters and polled the
most votes. A determined effort was
made in behalf of Mr.. C. j.. Swanson
for state senator. His friends seemed
to be we'll supplied with the sinews
of war" and worked INCREASINGLY for
him. Especially was this the case in
Princeton town and village. But, all
things considered, Mr.. John Goss re-
ceived handsome majority in the
county. = 6.s
AS forecasted in the Union the
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-09-20
Sherburne County Primaries.

The successful candidates for county
offices in Sherburne we're: G. E..
Swanson (renominated) auditor; God
frey Wicktor, treasurer; Frank Well
ington, register of deeds; Albert Bal
ley, judge of probate; Chas. D..
Kaliher, clerk of court; M. K. Tiff,
sheriff; A. Bailey, superintendent of
schools; I. L. Johnson, commissioner
Second district; John Dingman, COM
missioner Third district; c. W. Tay-
lor, commissioner Fourth district
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-09-20
Isanti County Primaries.

In Isanti county the successful can
didates at the primaries for county
offices were: Oscar Blomquist,
auditor;C. A: -Exstrand (renominated)
treasurer; John Engberg (renomin-
ated) register of deeds; c. NJ.
Johnson, sheriff; A. 81. Sutherland
(renominated) judge of probate; q. F..
Barker, attorney; G. G. Benton,
superintendent of schools; Erick
Becklin, commissioner Second dis
trict; Isaac Larson, commissioners
Fourth district.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-09-20
Probable Congressional Nominations.

tt looks at this Time as If the follow
ing candidates were nominated for
congress: First district-J. A.
Tawney (rep.) Andrew French (dem. j;
Second district-James T. McCleary
(rep.), W. S. Hammond (dem.);
Third district-C. R. Davis (rep.):
Fourth district F. G. Stevens (rep.),
Gustave Schalle (dem.); Fifth dis
trict-Frank M. Nye (rep.) }, Frank D.
Larrabee (dem.); Sixth district-C.
A. Lindbergh (rep.), M. G. Tiff
(dem.); Seventh district-A. j. Vol
stead (rep.); Eighth district II. Adam
Bede (rep.); Ninth district-Halvor
Stevenson (rep.l.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-09-20

President Roosevelt has sent a
special commissioner to Ellis Island
to probe the immigration bureau. If
that should prove insufficient the pres
ident will likely go down himself and
pry it open with a jimmy or big
stick.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-09-20

The Valley Herald of Chaska, Car
yer county, has entered upon it's for
ty-ffth year of existence. 1t was
started by it's present owner, Senator
F. A. DuToit. "Unclen Fred has AL
ways been a democrat, but has at the
same time treated the opposition with
absolute fairness.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-09-20

Strenuous is the life of a congress-
man-whether he be working in Wash
ington for s5,000(?) a year or at the
chautauqua for $500 a speech!