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The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1907-11-30
Laundry Economy.

The. small accessories Of dress may
easily and quickly be laundered In
ones room. Have bar OF blue laun-
dry soap, which answers the purpose
of blueing as well as cleansing and
costs but cents One bar win do
many washings. AS soon as the turn
overs are removed take to wash
bowl, dampen and soap. Do likewise
the soiled handkerchlefs. By the time
one rs. In her easy clothes the soaped
articles are ready tor. their. dOusing
N q little water. Rinse them thor
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1907-11-30

The Copenhagen blue Is the delf

The Copenhagen blue is the delft
blue.
Bands of open work are used on
many skirts. -
Navy and royal blue are looked upon
as fashion leaders
Blue will certainly be In high favor
this fall and winter.
The silver and dark mouse gray win
be especially fashionable.
The shawl-wrap is, of course, deeply
pointed In the. back, while the ssose
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1907-11-30

This cut depicts smart pr 10 IS
frock of white linen. The skirt was
trimmed about the lower part by a
single four-inch band, piped with wash
able black linen at the top. The bod
ice had little yoke of real Irish lace
and was trimmed with bands piped
In black and loop and ball frog orna'
ment of white soutache braid.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1907-11-30
Bee Keeping.

4 cellar is good place to keep bees,
but. II sheltered from the winds and
exposed to the sun, a strong colony will
DO wall out Of doors
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1907-11-30

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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-09-19
ARGUED MOTION FOR new
TRIAL IN FoURNIER CASE
Charles w, Scrutchin Moves for Motion
to Set Aside Verdict of Life
Imprisonment.

An important matter which was
considered by Judge Spooner this
week was the application for new
trail, which was made by Chas. w.
Scrutchin. Bemidii's colored attor-
ney, on behalf of Paul Fournier, who
was convicted last April on. the
charge of having killed N. o. Dahl,
and who is now an inmate of the
state prison at Saltwater, serving a
life sentence for the crime for which
he was convicted.
In appearing for Fournier, Mr..
Scrutchin argued in favor of a motion
to set aside the verdict rendered in
the trial and to grant new trial in
the case of the state VS.. Paul
Fournier. County attorney, Henry
Funkley represented the state.
Mr.. Scrutchin's application for
setting aside the verdict and giving
new new trial was based mainly
on the allegation that improper
testimony was admitted in the case.
Especial reference was made to the
testimony of Florence Melquist,
wherein the latter swore that
Fournier was possessed of the
hallucination that looking glass
would reproduce the features of
any person looking into it, the testi-
mony Of the young woman having
had considerable weight with the
jury in connecting Fournier with the
removal of a looking-glas that was
claimed to have been in the cabin of
Miss Dahl at the time she was
killed. Mr.. Scrutchin also took
exception to the manner in which
the cross-examination Of Fournier
was conducted, relative to the kill.
ing Of man named Barkley at Pine
River and also as to the death Of a
squaw at that place.
Fournier's attorney also submitted
an affidavit which alleges prejudice
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-09-19
CARL AKERBERG DIED FROM
A STRYCHNINE POISONING

over the telephone; Mrs. Akerberg,
the mother of the boy and who was
with him when he died, and the
physicians who conducted the
autopsy were also examined.
From the testimony given at the
inquiry, the following facts were
brought out:
1t appears that DR.: Marcum was
called to the Akerberg home to
attend Carl, who was i'll, and he
found that there were symptoms
that might have resulted in typhoid
fever. j,
The doctor telephoned prescrip-
ton to F. A. Mayo, of the Owl drug
store, which was to be given to the
patient.
Mr.. Mayo testified that he took
the prescription over the telephone
and wrote the same down on a
blank, along with another prescrip-
ton given at the same time, and
filed it. to be filled by the druggist,
who was in the store at the same
time.
Roy Roberts, the druggist, filled
the prescription and it was taken tc
the Akerberg home, by a boy, who
worked for Mr. MavO
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-09-19

Mrs. Akerberg gave one of the
powders of the prescription to Carl,
which he took, and then she went
down stairs to prepare the other
prescription. When she arrived
down stairs, she heard Carl groaning
and making outcries. She rushed
to the room upstairs and found her
son in the last throes of death, and
telephoned DR.. Marcum, who arrived
just before the boy died, which Mrs.
Akerberg states was not fifteen
minutes after taking the powder.
An autopsy was performed on the
body of the dead boy by Drs. Mar
cum, Shannon, Henderson, Ward
and Smith, all of whom testified at
last evenings inquest, except DR..
Shannon. All stated that there
evidently was symptoms of strych.
nine poisoning, and that the four
remaining powders of the prescrip.
ton had been sent to the state
chemist at the University of Mime
sofa for analysis. IT.
The jury refused to bring in a
verdict until they received the
report of the state chemist, showing
the result of his analysis of the
powders. ~
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-09-19
PLEA OF NOT GUILTY MADE
TO THE CHARGE OF MURDER
NJ S. Mum and Peter Mathieson Will Now Be Placed on
Trial For Their Lives -..Munn's Trial Will
Begin Next Monday.

Peter Mathieson, who killed
Johan Johanson on Gull lake, near
Tenstrike, on or about February
Gath, 1907, plead not guilty, in dis
trict court this afternoon, when
arraigned to plead to the indictment
returned by the grand jury, charging
him with murder in the first degree.
M. S. Mum, who killed August
Franklin at Spooner on June 18th,
1907, entered plea of not guilty
this forenoon, when arraigned be-
fore Judge McClenahan to plead to
the indictment of murder in the
first degree, which was returned by
the grand jury yesterday afternoon.
Both Mathieson and Mum we're
brought into court yesterday after
noon, at 4 O'Clock, to listen to the
reading of the indictments brought
against them.
Mathieson was very quiet, his face
blanched, and apparently almost
benumbed by his condition.
Mum was pale, but composed,
and his restless eyes moved from
side to side, taking in everything in
the room. q
When the indictment was read to
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-09-19

The death of young Carl Akerberg
and the circumstances surrounding
his demise is one of the most unfort-
unate occurrences of recent years in
this community.
1t now develops that young Aker-
berg's death was directly caused by
strychnine poisoning, there being an
unfortunate error somewhere in the
giving of the prescription, filling the
same and administering it to the
patient.
From what facts are in the pos
session of the public, it is certain
that. the young man died within
fifteen minutes after taking the pre-
scription, and during his last
moments he suffered untold agony.
A coroner's inquest was held at
the court house last evening for the
purpose of inquiring into the cause
for Akerberg's death, County Attor-
ney Henry Funklev conducting the
inquiry, and a number of witnesses
were examined.
DR.. Marcum, who was the attend
ing physician for young Akerberg,
was examined, as was also F. A.
Mayo, who received the prescription
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-09-19
THERE WILL Be Good
MUSIC At BEM|DJ| FAIR
Professor Thomas Symin9ton Will Have
Fine Band for Next Weeks
County Fair.

There will be first-class music at
the fair, which will be held in Be-
midi next week, on Thursday, Fri
day, Saturday and Sunday.
F. S. Lycan, w. E. Neal and A.
G.. Rutledge, the committee on
music, yesterday closed a contract
with Prof. Thos. Symington, leader
of the band, for the services of the
Bemidji band during the entire four
days of the fair.
AS it will be impossible for several
of the regular members of the band
to play during the fair days, Prof.
Symington has made arrangements
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-09-19

on the part of one of the jurors who
convicted Fournier, charging the
juror with having formed an opinion
prior to the trial.
Mr.. Scrutchin submitted many
authorities in his argument. ~"
County Attorney Henry Funkley,
for the state, presented very able
argument against the granting of
the motion to set aside the ver-
dict and give a new trial to the
defendant. He submitted authori-
ties and in a discussion of consider
able length, the points brought out
by Fournier's attorney were gone
into. -s-.. 49,.
Judge Spooner took the matter
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-09-19

Mum, he never flinched, and made
his request for counsel in an even,
unbroken voice, the court appoint.
ing James D. Taylor of Warroad, as
his attorney.
Mathieson was visibly affected by
the proceedings. He could scarcely
talk, and was requested to speak
louder. He is worried and remorse-
full for what he has done.
When Mum pleau this morning, in
addition to Mr.. Mr.. Taylor, E. D.
Clough of Crookston was appointed
to act as his counsel, and it is under
stood that the attorneys for the
accused man will make a determined
determined fight for Mum.
G.. M. Torranc, appeared as
attorney for Mathieson, when the
latter plead today. Just what
course Mathieson's counsel will
advise is not known, Mathieson
has already confessed to killing
Johanson, and whether he will
attempt to repudiate his former
statements is not now known.
The trial of Mum will commence
next Monday morning, and Mathie-
sons trial will follow at the con-
clusion of Munn's trial.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-09-19

to hire the services of several musi.
clans from outside of town.
Park Rapids, which has an excel
lent band, will furnish a bass drum.
mer,a baritone player and a clarionet
player, all of whom are frst-class
musicians.
From the Big Falls band will
come DR.. Adams and his brother,
who play the trombone and the
clarionet.
The above players, together with
the members of the local band who
will be at liberty during the fail
days, will give a very excellent musi
cal organization.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-09-19
under advisement and will render his
decision in the matter in few DAYS.
Northome Mayor Resigns.
Northome, Minn,. Sept.

Northome, Mimi, Sept. 10
Especial to the Pioneer. Mayor
J. J. Neary rendered his resignation
to the village council and the same
has been accepted, personal busi-
ness matters rendering him unable
to give the Office of mayor the atten-
tion it required being Mr.. Neary's
reason for resigning.
Mayor Neary's resignation came
as a surprise to his many friends,
who regret his sudden retirement
from office.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-09-19
Crookston Journal Predicts q Successful
Fair

A. CuntyF
in tina
o Bmdu haveb
working and boosting
IN
inc
BmdH be
reverhed dn the O. Minnesota -Crookton Journal
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-09-19
SUBSCRIPTIONS FOR FAIR
BEING LITERALLY MADE
Many Are Voluntarily Placing Their
Names on the List for Required
Fund.

The work of securing funds to pay
the expenses of the forthcoming fair
is progressing very satisfactorily.
Since yesterday noon a grand
rally has been made in circulating
the $40 subscription list, with the
result that a large number of new
names have been added to the list.
The committee has not received a
single rundown, as the strictly
business-like manner in which the
fair is being conducted precludes
any suspicion of graft" or other
insinuation, except that all of the
funds will be appropriated to good
purpose. .-.
There is still considerable sum
needed, and the committee is con-
tinuing it's good work.
Subscriptions of the $40 list to
date are as follows: .~
NEW SUBSCRIPTIONS.
L. Blooston. $1,000
Johnson & Lindberg ...... 1000
J. M. Hanson. ........,.. 1000
Void & Nelson. .......... 1000
Frank Silversack. ......... 1000
H. E. Anderson. n........... 1000
PREVIOUS SUBSCRIPTIONS.
Pioneer Pub. Co.. $1,000
First National Bank. go. -. 1000
Lumbermen's National Bank. 10.O(
Mrs. Berman. n.............. 1000
O'Leary & Bowser. ........ 1000
G. E. Carson. .............. 1000
E. A. Schneider. -. 1000
VIM. McCuaig. g............. 1000
F. S. Lycan. 1O.O(
f. A. Barker. 1000
Gill Bros. .................. 1O.O(
DR.. Gilmore. 1O.0l
Phibbs & Erickson 1000
John D. Lunn. ............. 1O.Ol
w. A. Gould. ........... 100,
Donald Land & Lumber Co.. 100,
E. H. Ives. 100
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-09-19
CITY TAX LEVY FOR 1907
AGREED UPON LAST NIGHT
The Amounts Necessary for the Different Funds Will Be
Levied at Meeting to Be Held Next
Monday Evening

An adjourned session of the will.
age council was held last evening
with the following members present;
w. A. Gould, VIM. McCuaig, Anton
Erickson, John Washburn and Fred
Brinkman.
The application for liquor license
of Frank Gagnon was granted, he to
file the necessary bond.
The resignation of S. N, Reeves
as sexton at Greenwood cemetery
was accepted and Willirm. Bavaird
was appointed to fill the position.
The report of the street commits
sioner for the months of May, June,
July and August was read and
accepted. The report showed that
about $4,000 had been paid fot
street work during the summer, in
addition to the amount of poll tax
collected.
The matter of the tax levy for the
1907 taxes was then taken up and
the board of tax levy, consisting of
Mayor J. P. Pogue, city clerk Thomas
Maloy and w. A. Gould, president
of the council, made the following
recommendations:
Fund. Mills.
General. 49,. 5 y
Library. y.......... ..................5
Permanent improvement. 10
Sinking provided for in char
acter) 80
1uIClCSl. -. ~
This makes a total levy of 14%
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-09-19
Will Exhibit Grapes.

John Gilstad came down this
morning from his farm in the
town of Summit. Mr.. Gilstad is a
witness in a case in the district
court. He states that he has some
fine grapes, grown on his farm,
which he will bring to the city and
exhibit at the fair next week.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-09-19

mills. Placing the total assessment
of the city at s1,20O,O0O, this will
make an approximate tax of $4,000,
to be raised by direct taxation, which
will be divided as follows:
General fund. 80. .S6.OOO.OO
Library. 10000
Per. improvement. -. 10000
Sinking. .............. 3,6OO.OO
Interest .2,4OO.OO
In addition to the above amounts.
special assessments against property
was made for sidewalks repaired
during the year, street sprinkling,
sewer assessments and other matters
where the tax was directly assessed
against the property. The sewer
assessment is made at the rate of
S16.25 per twenty-five foot lot and
will be distributed over five years of
tax payments.
The street sprinkling amounted to
$400, and is chargeable against 17O
lots, an average of $2.35 per twenty
five foot lot. -.- .,.-~..-
The plat of Henderson's addition
to the city of Bemidji was accepted.
The resolution introduced by.
Alderman Mayer relative to the suit
of the city of Bemidji VS.. H. w.
Bailey was indefinitely postponed.
City Attorney J. F. Gibbons was
instructed to draw up resolutions
covering the tax levy and the differ
ent assessments which will probably
be adopted at the regular meeting
next Monday evening.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1907-09-04
The Trust Tax.

Ten years OF the Dingley law shows
a tax OF SO year on every man, wo-
man and child in the United States.
That's only what was paid In buying
imported goods. The less direct tax
for high prices on domestic goods
with foreign competition throttled
can never be estimated, but we may
form some idea of 1t by the size OF
the fortunes accumulated by the mag
mates of the Steel Trust, the Leather
Trust and the like. The most reliable
statisticians estimate that each family
in the United States pays an average
of nearly 500 annually in increased
profits to the trusts in consequence Of
the protection the tariff gives the lat
ter
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1907-09-04

forcement of n uniform local option
law with the county as the governing
unit, and we ivaor the prompt and eff
ficient enforcement of the criminal
law and of criminal laws generally"
Nothing direct and specific dealing
with present conditions; nothing to
say about the enforcement of theSun-
day law in the cities of Lexington,
Newport, Covington and Louisville;
nothing to say about the influence of
the liquor element in politics.
On the contrary we have Mr.. Will
son pleading already that the Gov
ernor has no power" to do this or tina
under the Constitution.
Personally Mr.. Wilson wants it I'M
derstood that he is in favor of tenn
perance" and opposed to intemperance;
that he Is "unrelenting in his support
OF the rule of the majority and he Is
opposed TO disorderly saloons, but thai
he does not believe in absolute
prohibition
Mr.. Wilson can see good in the
enforcement OF the Sunday law. He
can also see that it greatly annoys
some of our best and most honest and
useful citizens" but he thinks they
will have to submit to the law as II
stands. Nevertheless, he says he coul
not be considered safe man for Gov
ernor IF | yielded or gave counte.
nance to fanatical demand for the
immediate extinction and destruction
of all that is invested in the manufac
ture and sale of spirits. "-[Louisvill'
Post
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1907-09-04
The Republican Platform

Mir. Wilson's Maysyille speech is
the first defense we have seen Of the
perrunctory ald platitudinous declaiI-
ton. Ii ought to be repealed aud the
the Republican platform.
That platform demands in unmistak
able terms the repeal OF the act pro-
Nidug for the certificate of regis RAJ
ton. It ought to berepealed. aud the
people know what that plank means.
That platform declares for a repesl
Of the racing bill. 1t ought To BE- re-
pealcd and the people know what thai
declaration means.
In dealing With the questions OF IL
quor regulation and of Sunday closing
which have split the Democratic party
in pieces and which have promised q
possible alliance between the Repuh-
licans and the liquor element, the Re
publican platform says;
We favor the enactment and en-
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1907-09-04
SIGNS OF THE INDIAN
Not Always Plain to the
Paieface, but
READ LIKE BOOK TO RED man
Queer Tokens Employed by
Ab0rigiles TO Warn
Wary Comrades.

AS time has passed and civiliza-
ton has changed Indian conditions,
was under the impression that our
red brothers had forgotten the use
of signs in their travels, but as l was
lettering about the hills In Siskiyou
county few weeks ago came across
a genuine Indian sign" such as
had not seen for a dozen years or
more. 1t was simple little sign in
appearance, but II was full of mean
ing to those who could read it. A
long stick with one end stuck in
the ground, the other leaning and
pointing up the road. The stick was
elevated at an angle of only about 10
degrees from the ground, and was
supported by a stone. 1t told some
Indian that his friend had been there
and Lad gone ahead in the direction
points out by the stick.
marveled at it, but on investiga-
tiO. found that the Indians OF Cali
fornia still use signs to convey in
tellingence To each ether. | fourd
that amcng the Cocopah3, Cohuillas
Pimas and Yumas the sign Is, as much
in use as ever.
while travelling in San BernardinC
county some months ago came
across a peculiar grouping of stones
and at once saw that some Indian haC
left sign, SO that all other Indians
might know that water was TO be
found in a certain direction. The
stones were lying in a complete cir
clc and In the center was long
triangular stone, with the sharp point
indicating specific direction. The
sign was plain to one versed In
such things, and in order to see II
the same sign was universal, for
had seen it elsewhere. ] followed the
direction pointed out by the long
stone and found little spring.
The arrangement of stones | had
often seen in dozen different places
in the Middle West, and as a va
RANT which was also found in Cali.
fornia, have seen mound of stones
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1907-09-04

similar to a miners monument with
a pointed stone resting on top, point
ing toward water. In many parts of
the country, especially In the desert
parts of California and Arizona, the
question of water supply for travellers
is one that requires serious considera-
ton, and / have known men to
pass within few hundred yards OF
water without knowing it, because
they could not read Indian signs. The
sign was in plain view, and was plac-
ed there because the Indians recog-
nized the necessity of telling all who
came along that they could find wat
er.
True, there was not a big board
set up with water" painted on it,
but to the initiated 1t was equally
plain. There is not trail in all the
Southwest that runs near spring
that does not have the sign openly
displayed. / have even seen instan-
ces where the water was so far from
the regular trail that special signs
have been made to show where 1t is.
remember one instance among the
Shoshones where there was large
monument of stones, with an extra
long flat stone on top pointing to-
ward the spring. After going in this
direction for some distance | came up
on another similar monument, and he
fore | got to the spring | found five
distinct monuments showing the way.
Sometimes, however, these circles
may not mean water at ALL and then
1t is necessary to understand the in
tricacies of the Indian mind to I'M
derstand just what he is driving at.
| remember once when | was hunting
on the Republican river, | came acros!
a circle of buffalo skulls, which at
trac ted my attention because of their
peculiar arrangement. Sixteen skulls
were set in q semi-circle, with their
noses pointing down the river. In
the center of the circle was skull
on which We're painted thirty-six red
lines. Near The skulls were two small
sticks placed upright in the ground
and at the top OF each stick were tied
two bundles Of hair. A Pawnee In
dian was with me, and told ME that
thirty-six Pawnees had camped there
They had made raid against a
camp of Comanches containing sixteel
tents, or lodges, and had taken two
/ scalps. They were now returning Oh