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Charlevoix county herald., 1907-09-28
Murder In
Cold Blood.
Indian Brutally Done to
Death Near Bay Shore.
Murderers Gathered in Mon.
day and now Confined
in County Jail.

Sunday morning about G o'clock
Frank Quameson, an Indian, living
near Bay Shore found the dead body
of Joseph Negonnegesik, Indian,
about one mile this side of Bay Shore,
On the Horizons Bay road.
| The body had been dragged hack
about ten feet from the road, and was
terribly bruised and mauled.
Sheriff McWain and Deputy Weikel
were both notified and were on the
ground early the same day, looking
oyer the ground and an inquest was
held Sunday afternoon presided over
by Coroner L. Lewis, which resulted
in finding that the deceased came
TO his death at the hands Of parties
then unknown.
The scence of the killing was along
the road for about forty rods, there
being evidence in four different
places OF struggle in The sand and
clots of blood Indicating that the In
dian had been attacked again and
again and several times escaped from
his tOrmentors and tried To proceed
upon his way.
Deputy Sheriff Weikel says that
the crime was apparently the most
cold blooded thing he ever saw, as
the men had simply kicked and beat
en- the man to death, the body being
terribly bruised, and the face literally
pounded out Of shape.
On Monday morning Will Horton
and oliver Jodway, twenty-one and
twenty years of age, respectively, were
arrested charged with the crime.
They are young men living in Hayes,
and employed at the Bell kilns at Bay
Shore.
One of them it is said has confessed
and the other tries to implicate
couple of other young fellows, who
were witnesses to the starting OF the
battle. The other boys claim that
they got Horton and Jodway separ-
ated from the Indian and then went
on to their homes, and that later the
two went back and finished their
work on the murdered man.
The only excuse given by the pris-
oners is some vague assertion about
the Indian stealing rig from oneof
them last winter. They claim that
they only used their fists and feet in
beating the man and claim they were
both sober.
Sunday morning the two took in
the excursion t. Traverse City and
returned going to their work Monday
morning as though nothing had hap
pened, and were arrested at the kilns.
The Indian was said to have b9en
sober, and this Is borne out by the
fact that he drew $l0.50 Saturday and
when found had $500 in his pocket,
and his sauaw who was intoxicated
and stayed oyer night with an Indian
family near Bay Shore had groceries
with her sufficient to account for
most of the balance.
The two alleged murderers were
brought TO this city Monday after
noon and lodged in jail.-Charlevoix
Courier.
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-09-28

The cOuntry's crop of oats is going
to he the shortest of the lot, but the
number OF young men sowing the
wild variety, is not likely to decrease
on that account.
A Minneapolis man who was tired
of married life, left home, saying that
he was going to try TO forget it. If
he discovers way, he can make a
fortune by opening a correspondence
to teach the trick to others.
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-09-28

Now is the time TO give your order
for an Old Hickory chair at WHIT
TINGToN's.
Trial Catarrh treatments are being
moIled out free, on request. by DR..
Shoop, Racine, Wis. These tests are
proving to the people-without a
penny's cost-the great value of this
scientific prescription known to drug
pists evefS/eere as DR.. Shoop's Cat
arrh Remedy. Sold by All Dealers.
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was getting low in either cauldron and
WHISTLER a new chunk of fat pork shou ID be
dropped in TO keep the sap from boiling
over.
This boiling sap in the night was hungry
work for the youngsters IA well as for the
Others. There was always plentiful
supply OF bread, coffee. eggs and sliced
ham in the camp. Some tin plates. a
coffee pot and cups and a six quart tin pail
with a long handle of green birch COM
monty used for bailing sap from one kettle
to the other, were the culinary on tilt.
The coffee was prepared over a bed OF
Goals raked from the arch, the ham was
broiled on a forked stick over the Goals,
the eggs were boiled by dipping some
boiling sap in the pail, putting in the eggs
and holding the pail partly immersed in
one Of the bubbling cauldrons until the
eggs were cooked, and the night repast
was eaten with relish Then the youngsters
usually fell asleep on the straw with their
feet toward the fire. in true Injun fashion
After the sap had been boiled down to a
dark slrllp Il was put in cans, usually milk
cans Of from five to fifteen gallons capacity,
and taken on the OK sled to the farmhouse
too clean looking. In it were bits OF twiEs
and OF leaves from the woods, cinders from
the fire, and other sediment.
IL was allowed to settle and was strained.
the fireplace crane, and while it was
boiling the scum was removed with
SKINNER. It could be still further clarified
by altering IL through charcoal.
Of bhe early part OF the run some was
saved for choice sirup, some was further
boiled down and cast into cakes that would
stand a year without dripping, and some
was taken of and stirred while cooling
until 1t was like fine quality Of light yellow
sugar such as used to be sold under the
name Of coffee sugar.
In the sugaring OF the youngsters had
their delight as well as i'm the night boiling
in the sugar bush. What arson who as a
youngster ever assisted in a sugaring on
can forget the taste OF maple sirup dipped
from the kettle at just the right stage and
trickled onto a SNOWFALL?
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wild Turkey DRIVE.

From hs Sc. LOris Gl0be-DsmOcras.
Deer drives and wolf hunts may be interest,"
ing. but think the turkey drive we took
part in up In the Ozarks recently has them
all beaten for real sport. The hunters OF
our party had assembled long before day
light. The night before one set OF men had
been sent into Aaries county. ten miles away.
Others were sent Ave miles to the right and
left and our company was TO Complets the
circle. the various parties cOnverg ging at
q point agreed upon.
Rines were not allowed. ell carrying shot
gums The country was alive with Rnme-
rabbits. quail and squirrel; but our attention
was not 20 be diverted.
Our party had scarcely started when a
single gobber was seen, while the fresh
snow was well marked with tracks Thers
Is no warier. bird than the turkey. and few
harder to kill. Unlike the deer. he 20 not in
auIsitive and a. soon as danger is scented
xSsss neon ss 3 SissIs role, bean beg ITO 70 narrow
We we're hida:n q G : dense ssnsIs q SRSsrr.;
shot and crippled hen. while Ed ReynoIde
was just In time TO land on nne big gobhIsr'
These shots scattered the bunch. and four
came straight for our hiding place There
were more than thirty turkeys In the little
valley at one time. and We got seven Of them.
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brass acorns ON the tips OF their horns
would not become excited and would get
10 the arch all right.
The arch was a rude fireplace OF such
stones as could be gathered up In the woods,
walling in the two big cauldron kettles and
leaving fireplace in front, a fine beneath
and a stIIbby chimney at the other end.
In this the csLlldrolS were set and every
thing vas ready for tapping the trees.
The neavy OK sled was piled up with
sap troughs and baskets Of spiles, and an
AKA and aJhree-quarter inch brace bit were
taken along The farmer knew the location
VI most Of the 200 trees he was to tap.
nSNIrn two or three feet OF snow the
OK Team arrived at n maple tree. lhe
iarJnrr took a look at the large branches
sIiU noted the location OF the larger roots.
Then nc examined the bari. for plugs and
scars ~ previous tappings.
Having satisfied himself rs to the best
place 70 insert the tap-H possible close
10 the enlargement Of the trunk VI the tree
above "A big ro0t-he chipped of tho rough
outer bark and bored a hole about two
and one-halH, inches deep at slightly
upward slant and high enough above the
roots 20 admit Of placing the trou gh beneath
ths sple. As his bit came out trickle
IT sap followed the shavings. The run
Of sap had begun. The spilc was driven
IN and the trough was SET beneath, often
bios lSed up with sticks Of daadwood.
Thus the outfit went from tree TO tree
until tho desired number were tipped.
IhCn arrso the question Of getting the sap
TO she boiling place.
II the snow was deep the farmer cut n
small log, perhaps foot and a half in
dia meter and ten or twelve feet long. hitched
his oxen To IL by log chain, ana starting
from the arch made various paths by draw
ing the log through the snow. by which
every trts could be reached by a mnn carry
ing two twelve quart pals on q neck yoke.
Thus the sap was gathered IN those days.
the men very busy during the day saving
the sap. Sometimes when the sun was
warm by day and the freeze was sharp nc
night a tour OF the troes In tho evening
was necessary to keep the trOughs from
overfowing.
When the trees began flowing so that
tho cauldrons had to be kept boiling all
night az well as all day II was a season of
delight for the youngsters. In front Of the
fireplace OF the arch was a rude hut made
by setting up two posts, putting a ridgepole
across and siding and roofing it with big
slabs OF hemlock bark.
The end toward the fire was open. and a
sled load Of straw made the floor. The
heat Of the roaring hardwood fire in the
arch kept the hut warm. A lantern or two
hung on the forward post for use in gather
ing sap on dark nights.
stock OF torches made OF the soft,
curly outer bark OF birch trees was at hand.
and by touching one Of these to q blazing
log In the arch light was made by which
the condition Of the sap In the steaming
kettles could be examined. These torches
burned with q clear yellow flame. By
their light one could see whether tho sap
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basquss that run back 70 'sS; itA a wonderful
sight.
-Sometimss the women have On Paris
gowns with long trains and high heoled
shoes, and the trimming and the patterns
of the laces are worked out 90 carefully that
one feels q conviction that the sculptor
received instructions 70 make Il clear just
how expensive they we're.
'Tho widow reigns in these great marble
halls. She is the prevailing figure. Some
times she 10 kneeling. life size. sluarely
on top Of her husbands coffin. But usu-
any she stands ON tho floor in front. In all
her best clothes. Sometimes she weeps.
but agnin she is slSpiciOusly Oheerful.
The widOwer 10 also there; in frock coat.
sack coat. dress coat. with billycook hat
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The first Of the SEASONS run Of sap Is tho
best for sugar and for sir1lp. The sugar
cakes hard and granulates readily, and the
flavor Of the sirup is perfect.
Toward the last Of the seasons run the
s.rup before sugarinE OF has a buddy
taste. Boiled down. 1t is not brittle but is
sticky in the cake. AMI the sirup is stringy.
Sugaring OF Is the ilhel boiling down Of
the thin sirIp to the consistency for cast
ing it. into cakes or putting II up for use
as maple sirup.
Before the days of evaporstiu2 pans.
patent spiles. buckets, hangers and other
contrivances the sugar making season
was a time OF unique interest TO the
youngsters on farms that COMPRISED sugar
bushes. That was i good while ago, :or
adoption.
In the old days the sugar making season
began with getting out the trO,Ehs and
spiles and seeing how many OF them were
suitable for the season's use. Tao trouRhs
we're made of sections OF a baSsT Ood log.
each section about three and a bali feet
long, srlit in half lengthw ise and each half
hollow ed out with an axe until IL would
hold about twelve quarts of saI'.
The tronghs were thenplace ho low sicie
down over a bed OF harisOoi Goals until
the inside was Charred This charrin9
kept the new sap from souring in the trough
or tasting Of the sap Of the Eastwood.
The srilcs were made OF the wood COM
monty known az cedar which il a variety
OF Juniper. The cedar blocks were cut into
lengths Of about one foot and split into
sticks somewhat more than an inch and a
quarter thick each way.
About three inches from one end the
stick was sawed a little less than half way
in two and the stick was split down to this
saw cut from the farther end. hole was
then bored in the hig end OF the stick until
il came out at the shoulder, and from this
hole in the shoulder a little trough was
cut with a pocket knife to the other end
Of the stick The big end OF the stick was
then whitfield down until it would drive
tightly into a three-quarter inch hole. and
the san srile was ready for use.
After the farmer had looked over his
stock OF troughs and spiles and had made
new ones In place OF those that were unfit
for further USE the big cauClron kettles.
were taken from their housing and cleaned
For a sugar bush OF 200 trees two such
kettles would be required. They were OF
heavy cast iron, with ears or trunnions
at the sides OF the rims, and OF from thirty
TO forty gallons capacity each.
Then q road was broken through the
snow from the farmhouse 70 a central point
in the sugar bush where the arch was To-
cated. For this purpose a yoke Of oxen
hitched to a heavy sled were usually ON
ployed. A team OF horses would have
houndered In the deep snow until they
became hopelsssly cast and broke the har-
ness or injured themselves; but Buck and
Bright would wallow in the snow up 70 tho
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and stiII further down below, on the hoor
IN 'front.' Of tss bOEnbs quits dstanlAsd from
the rest OF the sculpture, stood the widow.
She had on tight fitting basque with a
turnover collar and ruined cuffs, a very nice
lace shawl, which must have cost quite q
sum OF money. and she was carefully holding
her skirt up in front 90 that you could see
what fine lace pctticOat she wore.
This was a fair sample Of the mortuary
sculpture Of the Genoa Campo Santo. There
you see the relatives OF the departed grouped
about the tomb, in perfect statue portraits
mot only the features are reproduced with
minute hdelity, the double chins, the stumpy
forms. the lamentable fat, but the clothes
are copied with the same dreadf,l per-
lection. The shoe laces and the buttonhIoes.
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70 perpstuats their forms I'm marble. One
Of them is kneeling. displaying the ample
scles Of = very hns pair Of perfectly now
shoes. He says in the inscription on the
tomb that he is praying for the peace Of
his wife. But how can the poor lady be
at peace with thing like that on her tomb
stone2
Portrait sculpture is carried TO its last
extremity ip the Genoa cemetery. In ons
case a dsformity OF the face. n repulsive
hairy growth on the mans check. is worked
out In all It's details. And ~ II that were
not enough. the mans photograph is set
into the marble under glass; an II TO
show that the sculptor had copied IL faith
fully. This addition Of the photograph is
very common. and one dead mans beard 10
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who says cautiously that the arrangement
NJ the cemetery is interest 'nc, and il contains
several fine monuments
The Camro Santo is situated in q brauti-
ful spot and is most attractive in its ar
rangcment IL ia surrounded hy hills
covered 20 the top with luvurilnt verdure.
Thessbi!ls nclo5, Z level space Ike floor.
and in this lies the Campo Santo.
Upon entering one beholds the space
surrounded on four sides by vast cs lIeries
Of marble, rooted and walled on. the inner
side but on the side toward the open court
left unwalled ard supported by long rows
Of fine marble columns On one side this
colonna9ed gallery Us broken hy TcaRnh-
cent marble stairway. which swclis Upward
into a marble terrace on which stands
round white marble chapel modelled after
the Pantheon
The Gcnoess undcTs:snd buil5inc and
they particularly understand the COTS; rue
ton OF imposing and magnificent flights Of
stairs. This glance os the eye over the
cemetery is ominently satisfactory. and
turned into the first gallery ! came To with
heightened expectations. ! was walking
along. perfectly innocent Of the blow about
to fall. when suddenly camo upon a widow.
This widow was life size and perfectly
natural II was a mural tonic. the remains
being slowed away somewhere n the marble
wall Of the gallery Up above the Padre
Eterno. as the ltal ans call the Almighty.
was looking ont OF the clouds to welcome
the approaching soul. Among the marble
clouds a company of marble angels awaited
their new made brother.
Below, the dead man lay on this bier.
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CTIVI5VxVT 0T;17 NaFy NlN0 N20zNrSe

tion.' This man was Edilio Raggio, a
cdrbOnGio or coal shoveller, who through
his own efforts became a millionaire and
rose to the height Of entertaining the late
King and being made a count.
These atrocities must not all be laid at
the door Of the new rich. Some Of these
people were dukes and counts and mar
quises on earth. 1t says so right on their
tombstones.
Foreigners who seek the grave of MAJ
zini in this cemetery are thankful to find
it free from these atrocities. II is a chamber
followed out Of a natural rocky bank high
on the hillside, with simply his nanno over
the door.
Just around the corner there is a heaN "
lie size widow sitting square on her hus-
bands grave, as II to keep him down; with
her hat, jacket ard gloves on. as ia suitable
for one who has to sit outdoors so many
years. But happily she is not in sight from
azzin!'s tomb. Another queer thing to
be seen in this ceme'ery is the visiting
cards left at the graves Of great men, as II
people had come to call.
"lf this cemetery were in the United
States il would be heralded over the world
as monument TO the bad taste and offensive
wealth Of the American plutOcrat. No
pictures can give any idea of the appalling
qualities of this portrait sculpture, for the
pictures seem to be those of real people
One must see them bodied forth in the rich
marbles Of Cnrrara to appreciate them.
do not know anything more calculated to
add to the horrors of death.
NO one who visits Genoa should miss q
call at the cemetery. Like the verses of
the sweet singer Of Michigan. 1t Is so bad
that il is good"
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.AUTOMOBVLE TRUNKS.
An Made Light and to FIT spaces-One
Round Trunk Among Them.

Round Trunk Among Them.
Trunks are made in such variety of
shapes and sizes and sorts that it might
be supposed that anybody could supply his
wants in this line. whatever they might
be, from those TO be found in stock; but
as a matter OF fact trunk manufacturers
are all tho time making special trunks
TO order for special needs, and the newest
requirements Of this sort come from the
owners Of automobiles.
Automobile trunks Of various kinds
are indeed now to be found in stock, but
they are more often made to order to
At the spaces that can be given 10 them
on individual machines. All the auto
mobile trunks are made strong but light
to avoid carrying unnecessary weight.
One sort Of automobile trunk is round,
drum shaped, perhaps the first circular
trunk ever made. Il has BODY OF yul-
canized fibre. over which is fitted a cover
Of enamelled duck to keep the trunk dry
and protect 10 from mud and from dust.
Such q trunk can be carried slowed within
the spare tires carried ON the machine.
These round trunks are made some
with a clear interior In which any sort
OF personal belongings may be packed:
some are made with hat stands In them
on which women's hats can be carried
A standard size round automobile trunk
costs $40.
Another sort OF automobile trunk, this
Of the conventional Oblong shape, Ia made
with a basswood body. canvas covered.
It is equipped with a tray having com-
partnents, and Il also is provided with
an enaTnelled duck cover, whose flaps lap
over well, to be then strapped down FOR
the protection OF the trunk from mud and
weather ON the road. Such an automobile
trunk Of the size most likely to be required
costs SO.
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CHAUFFEUR TO THE RESCUE.
lie showed That lie KNEW Something
About Dogs as Wei as AutOm ohIres.


About Dogs as Wei Gs Automobiles.
Here was a well attired, and well fed, in
fact slightly portly, gentleman walking east
along the north side Of fTwenty-third street
and at this moment approaching Fourth
avenue. He was carrying a cane and he
was accompanied by bulldog not held in
leash.
The bulldog had on a leather muzzIe, one
Of the kind with strap coming from the
band around the neck up and over the fore
head and down the centre line OF the head
to and around the point of the jaws. II
was not vicious looking dog and some
folks might have been inclined TO have a
friendly feeling for 1t; but that the muzxls
told OF the dogs ways more truly than its
Jocks did was shown a moment later when
II snapped at a passing fox terrier, and
got it by one ear.
The hull could get a grip with only one
side of its mouth, its jaws being held To-
Rether at the point by the strap, but ham
pered as It thus was il got a grip that the
fox terrier couldn't shake OF.
Then the bulldogs owner tried his hand
at getting his dog away, shaking IL and
beating it with his cane, but the bulldog
The owner dropped his cane and seized
the bulldog with both hands. but still he
couldn't shake the dog loose.
Grab his taili' he then said az ne
wrestled with the bulldog, Grab his tail,
somebody, and pull on itlS
A man in the bunch Of people that had
now gathered around did grab the bulldogs
tail and pull on IL vigorously, but pull him
loose2 Not at all; nor did the kick that one
man bestowed upon the bulldogs head
have any more effect and IL looked bad for
the fox terrier; but relief was at hand.
Standing against the curb on the oppo-
site side of Twenty-third street was a
sumptuous automobile with a colored
chauffeur, who now came across the street
and working his way into the little throng
around the dogs and seeing what was
being done said:
That won't do any good, let me get q
hold OF them"
He was perfectly cool, like a man who
knew what he was about; and the crowd
stood back. Then the chauffeur leaned
over the bulldogs back and put his hands
around its neck and gripped them there
good and hard and with his fingers pressing
upon its windpipe he lifted the bulldog up,
and the fox terrier with Il, the terriers ear
being still held fast In the bulldogs mouth
But it didn't hang there long, for with its
breath shut on the bulldc.. had soon 20 let
go its grip and then the freed fox terrier
scampered OF as fast as it could 20, and
the chauffeur put tho now vanquished bull
dog down ON lee fest and went back TO his
automobile and IL was all over.