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The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-06-27
COOK WITHOUT FIRE
Agricultural Department Experiment
ing With Hay Box Cooker"

Agricultural Department Experiment.
ing With ~Hay Box Cooker"
Washington. June 26-The agricu,.
tural department has been experiment.
ing successfully with what is known
in Norway as the hay box cooker. %
and II caves the results in q bulletin
just issued.
The "fireless" cooker is simply a
box lined thickly with straw or hay
OF newspapers, with a close-fittine
neck that will hold tightly-covered
bucket containing the food to be
cooked. The bucket is placed on a fire
and its contents brought to a boil. and
then 1t is tightly covered and dropped
into its nest in the hay cooker and
covered up. II is allowed to stay there
without any other source OF heat two
or three times as long as would be
ordinarily required to cook The heat
OF the boiling water is retained by the
hay-nlled box and the cooking IL done
With a minimum OF fuel and labor.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-06-27

with "A note from Miss Annie Kidd stat
ing that Elizabeth was too sick TO sit
up, but, it she was well enough that
afternoon she would drive her over her
self
COULDN'T TRUST HIMSELF.
II ieit that IL was my duty 10 20 to
her. and yet was unwilling to trust
myself after having heard what did
had myself under control then, and
wanted To continue that way, but was
unwilling u trust myself To LOvingston.
where, IN all probability, would come
la contact with this young man. and for
that reason ! asked my wife To go after
her. She agreed to do 80. and she went
10 the surrey. leaving my house after /
q clock ana returning with Elizabeth
after O clock. when we had dinner.
After dinner | asked Elizabeth ia my
room ! told her what her Uncle Harry
had related to me, and asked her what
IL meant. / told her that | would be
controlled IN what | did entirely by the
tact= a. she related them TO me. She got
| down on her knees and, between sobs
and tears, with her arms aroun me-
related this To me-
LOving's statement of the cOnversa-
ton was practically the came as given
by his daughter in her testimony, after
which he continued:
| This revelation came to me as a thun-
derholt from clear sky. IL swept me
on my feet. My daughter was my pride
! admired her beauty and her purity and
| would have killed thu man who had
whispered anything about her. To
know that she had been thus detiled tore
..a tAy ileerstnnSs, and there was no
power on earth that could have res
trained my hand"
At this point Loving broke down
struggling with his emotions, begging
the courts pardon. After pause, he
continued.
SOUGHT ESTES TO KILL.
In that condition of mind / ordered
my buggy. intending to seek this mau
and put him to death"
Judge Loving repeatedly broke down
and tears ran down his cheeks as he told
the story. He said that he had gone "a
his Office after getting his horse and bug
", got his gun, took cartridges and
drove To LOvingston. He made a search
for Estes, going first to his fathers store
He was told that Estes was at Oak
Ridge, and he re-entered the buggy and
drove back TO that point. He was told
that Estes was in car at the station
He saw two cOlored men in the car and
Estes was also there. Waving the
. negroes aside, Judge Loving said he re.
marked TO Estes:
And 40 you are the young man who
takes ladies driving, drugs them, and
then ruins them"
= With that he had raised the gun and
bred "A load OF buckshot into the youth
and a. he started 20 TALL he fred n second
shot. Judge Loving said that he was un.
der the impression from a movement
, made by Estes that he was seeking Ia
escape from the other door Of the car
I from that in which witness stood.
Harry Sneed, Lovings brother-in-law,
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-06-27
POLITICAL

The Democratic executive committee of
Fairfax county has canvassed the vote
cast in the Democratic primary For
House Of Walter Pansill
Oliver received GOO votes. Franklin Viii
liams. Jr., $40; Williams Eads Miller.
120. The committee declared Mr.. Oliver
the nominee.
Friends OF Judge c. +. Nicol, who ran
third in the Democratic Congressional
primary in the Eighth district Wednes-
day, are authority for the statement
that he will enter the race to succeed Mr.
Carlin a year hence. IL Is also believed
that Hon. X. Lindsay Gordon, Of Louisa.
also will be in the field again.
Mr.. Carlin will fill the term for which
the late John r. Rixey had been elected,
and undoubtedly will be candidate for
reelection. As Mr.. Carlins term in Con-
gress will expire in March, 1909, it will
be necessary 10 hold another nomi-
mating primary during the summer OF
1908.
Mr.. Carlin's friends point to the splen-
did vote he polled in the recent primary
and say his efforts In behalf of the
Eighth district during his first year in
Congress will still further intrrnch him
In the esteem of the people he will repre-
sent.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-06-27
FAIRY IHAW VERY ILL
Ciayer Of -tsnford White Reported On
Verge Of Mental Collapse.

Ciayer Of -tanford White Reported On
Verge Of Mental Collapse.
New York. June 25.-Harry X.
Thaw. who one year ago killed Stan
ford White on the Madison Square
roof garden. is seriously Ill in his
Tombs' cell. and grave fears are held
that he is on the verge of a mental col
lapse
IL has been common report about the
Tombs for a week that Thaw was in
bad way. Efforts to induce him TO
see a physician failed. He told Dan
O'Reilly that he would not have a doc
tor. and that II he died his blood would
be on the head OF the district attor-
ney.
Thaw's dependency was evidenced
when he learned that Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Caryin. without whose
aid Thaw cannot be tried. was to 20
to Europe on a three months vacation.
Application doubtless will be made TO
supreme court justice for bail for
Thaw on the ground that his life will
be in danger II he remains in the
TOmbs
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-06-27
NUGGETS OF NEWS

Mrs. J. Wilbur Chapman. wife OF the
Presbyterian evangelist. died at War.
saw. Ind, Of blood poisoning.
Seven persons were killed and three
seriously injured by the collapse of a
tenement house in New York.
The plant Of the Utica IN. " Drop
Forge and Tool company was destroy
ed by fire. entailing loss of 5000. $50.
John Johnson was arrested In
Brooklyn. charged with having muir.
dercd his wife in Charlotte. y. C.. two
years ago.
Governor Stuart appointed John F..
Gibbons a member of the persona
registration commissioners of Scran.
ton. Pa. 20 succeed Frank Robllng. de.
ceased
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-06-27

If Judge Loving's defense is the IN
written law it will be big boost for
Senator Machen's proposed law on
the subject.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-06-27

The Culpeper Enterprise Is dis
turbed over the alleged use of money
and whiskey in the primary last
week, also over its results.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-06-27

1t is not believed that Tammany
Hall will inject any Hearstism into
its Fourth of July celebration.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-06-27

Judge Nicol says he will be "A can
didate again next summer. The
Judge seems to like the game. even
though a losing one.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-06-27
A WISE ACTION.

Having more than once urged in
these columns the necessity and ad-
Instability of having a new census of
this city we are naturally more than
pleased at the action of the City
Council in appropriating the neces-
sary funds and requesting the Cor
poration court to appoint enumera-
tors for this purpose. The last CEN
sus was in our opinion wide of the
mark in arriving at the correct mum
Der of inhabitants here, and the CEN
sus figures were therefore injurious
to the city. II the new census dOesH I
develop a population OF mt least
seven thousand persons, against five
thousand accredited to us by the
census of 1900, we shall be both sur
prised and disappointed. Its taking
will be very little expense and its re
suits should prove beneficial. We
only regret that prior to its taking
there hasn't been some action look
ing to the annexation OF adjacent
territory in Spotsylvania county TO
this city. We have before expressed
our views on this subject and we
hope before very long to see steps
taken in the courts to bring into our
midst as residents of this city the
large number of people living near
10 = =
enough for this, however. and in the
meantime we hope to see the census
carefully and accurately completed.
We are glad to note that the pre-
diction we made some time ago that
Japan would never 20 TO war with
the United States at the behest OF the
iingoes in Japan who were working
to that end has been splendidly full
filed. The relations between this
country and Japan have always been
OF the friendliest nature. 1t was "a
United States naval officer who
opened up the way TO the splendid
record OF advancement which has
made the Island Empire the marvel
of modern times, and while this gov
eminent of course remained neutral
during the recent struggle between
Russia and Japan, the sympathies
OF well nigh every citizen in the land
were with Japan and the press Of
this country continually gave ex-
preston to this sympathy 1t is "a
matter of satisfaction that the
formal announcement from Toxic
comes that Ambassador Aoki Is to
he retained at Washington. This
means an endorsement of his course
in the California controversies and
that the matter which threatened TO
cause disruption between two coun-
tries, which for every good reason
have always been friendly, has. for
the present at least. been settled.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-06-27

The Normal school girls will soon
be with us, and some will doubtless
remain for good.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-06-27

The Richmond primary takes place
Friday, and promises TO be in keep
ing with the weather.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-06-27

When We got % where one road turns
toward Lovingstou and one Mp the mo u-
tain road. instead of turning towards
Livingston he started up the mountain.
/ asked him 10 take me home at once
that ! was feeling very badly and wa
ok, 20 please take me. He didn't an
swer but drove on a. rapidly a. he could
up the mountain road. Then | asked
iim again To take me- home, hut be- kept
right ON
so father then asked me- il De- at
tempted To assault me. told him that
he had. ] screamed. hut | suppose no
one heard me then lost con.ciou-ne~s
aud didn't remember anything after that
until was at Mrs Kids house that
night. When told him that. he got so
white and unnatural looking that IL
scared mo. ! ran out To- mother and
told her believed had killed my
father
Asked il the attempted assault took
place Ia the buggy or not the witness
I replied that she could not tell The i'm
preston on her mind was that it was in
the woods Her clothing was not torn
This ended the direct examination and
the State took the witness
UNDER cRoss-ENAAuNArION
Attorney Harmon presented map Of
the country over which the buggy ride
was taken, and asked that the witness
fix the point where Estes gave her a
drink She could not remember eNactlv
but designated the neighborhood She
was then asked where the assault oc
CURED TO which she replied that il wa.
} after she and Estes had turned up thu
} mountain road
HAD TWO DRINKS OF WHISKY.
In reply to questions the prosecution
brought the statement from the witnes,
that she had not mentioned singl.
word OF her experience on the evening
prior to numbers OF people she met. Sh,
had talked pleasantly with the mothe
OF the victim on the morning of m,
tragedy. but had not mentioned her tx
4 perience to her. The witness was aske,
If before she went buggy riding she ha,
not taken "a drink OF whisky at Estes
> store, To which she replied yes.
The cross examination was then con
cluded.
n ADMITS LOvING's TESTIMONY.
] At the morning session Judge Barks
r dale heard some further arguments OIL
{ the admissibility of evidence of Judg
. Loving In re- alton to his conversation
! with Harry Sneed. He decided that tn,
), evidence was admissible, and Judge Low
ing took the stand.
b Taking up the statement OF Harr,
, Sneed that he had been informed OF tn
r conduct of Estes, and he deemed il hi
j. tSneed's) duty TO tell the father of tn
j girl the witness said.
J. Harry Sneed stated that he there
4 upon returned home that night. Tn
next morning he communicated the fact
+ To my wife, and he then came and ~
p. lated them to me. was greatly shock
2 ed from what he stated TO me, and sen
n Tor my vile. aud We decided that W
n would send for our daughter at once
b We sent Tor her IN surrey The sure,
returned about IL o'clock without her
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-06-27

A visitor To jamestown complains
OF having had TO pay eighty cents
for single tomato. Moral. don t
eat tomatoes at jamestown.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-06-27

Senator Foraker speaks OF the
Taft boom like a man who knows
how to perforate it.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-06-27

The Free Lance Is prepared to do all
kinds OF job printing In first-class style
1t modsrats prices
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-06-27

The Iron Age
CultiyatOr

This isaPivot
W heel NJ n
chine, W ell
built and "A
very cconom-
zeal tool for
" q T K i n x
spring crops.
This cultiva-
tor has been
{ il orou ghly
tested and has
proven salts
factory. We
can = u p pl y
your nee a =
for single >
tooth cultiva-
tors, the gen
uine double
and triple
shower Malta
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-06-27
E. z. WHEELER

/ for same. DECKER & ALRICH.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-06-27
One Eyelet
Ties

and , and ! eyclct
ONiorls. in tan. all
very desirable styles.
n~ we'll az the popu
lar kolonial tan
pump, 20 pair
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-02-20
He Held On.

''In a town back in Vermont one
Hme," said a doctor, "a big, husky
lumberman entered the Office of a den-
tist knew and showed the doctor a
bad tooth. The dentist decided that
the tooth should be pulled.
".All right" said the lumberman.
But listen now. If tell you to stop,
you stop pulling or I'll beat you up.'
"The dentist agreed, and the lumber
man got in the chair. The dentist took
hold of the tooth and began pulling.
Almost Immediately the lumberman
yelled, Hold onn
s'The dentist continued to pull. Hold
onv yelled the lumberman. The dentist
kept pulling, and the tooth came out.
Then the lumberman jumped from the
chair mad.
"'Why didn't you stop when I told
you to?' he asked fiercely.
".You didn't tell me to STOP said
the dentist.
ct did too! / yelled "Hold onw
twice
"tOh,' said the dentist innocently, Z
thought you meant to keep hold of it.
"The lumberman believed him and
cooled off. Denver Post
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He Took a Hand,

Tie OOk a F1anQs
Mr.. and Mrs. StockSOn Bonds are in
veterate bridge whist players, and
their home is the meeting place Of
bridge players of all grades. On one
evening in every week they are cat
home" to any Of their friends who wish
to play, and on other evenings they en-.
tertain parties of their own selection
for games which range from cent
point to much higher figure. Recent
ly, long after the house had been closed,
a noise was heard downstairs, and,
regardless of his wife's protests, Stock
son Bonds went below to ascertain the
cause. The noise continued and grew
louder, but no answer came to the
wife's calls from above. She became
alarmed, opened the window, saw a
policeman, and he made rush for the
basement door. A few minutes later
the husband appeared before his panic.
stricken wife and told her he had found
the servants playing bridge and wran-
Cling over the propriety of a certain
play.
did you send the whole party
away?" asked the wife.
"Why, no. l took q hand and decid-
ed the question before I realized where
T was."-New York Tribune.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-02-20

The city election, held yester-
day, resulting in the choosing of
Jno. Pogue for mayor over A. A.
Carter by an overwhelming
majority that was a few votes
less than the ratio of two to one
the exact number of ballots
polled beng 1853, of which Mr..
Pogue received $50 and Mr.. Car
ter 223. The entire ticket backed
and supported by Mr.. Pogue
and his followers was elected,
including all the aldermanic can
didates, one in each of the four
wards, the City clerk and the
justices of the peace. There was
no opposition to W. A. Gould for
alderman-at-large nor to Earl
Cell for treasurer, and both of
these gentlemen received vote
on nearly every ballot that was
cast. The result was landslide
for Mr.. Pogue and his ticket.
In the other Offices than that
of mayor, Thomas Maloy, the
present city clerk Was elected
over H. W. Bailey, by large
majority. - -.
James Cahill, city assessor for
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ALL STAR RECITAL.
Mrs. Foster, Piano MIR. HaII.Quest
Organ-Mr. Turner, Voice.

The recital at the Presbyterian
church, Friday, February 20,
promises to be one of the great.
est musical events in the history
of Bemidji. .
Mrs. Foster, who will preside
at the piano, needs no intro
duction to the people Of Bemidji.
She will be assisted by Mrs.
Black, who is also well known.
Mr.. Hall-Quest has presided over
the second largest pipe-organ in
Brooklyn, N. Y. He has also
been organist at Princeton uni.
versity. He will be assisted by
Mrs. A. A. Warfeld.
A unique feature of the pro.
gram will be a duet on the pipe
organ and piano by Mr.. Hall.
Quest and Mrs. Foster.
Mr.. Turner needs no com men.
dation to those who have heard
him sing. Those whohave not will
have the oppor tunity at this re.
cital. One of his selections will
be from Haydn's Oratorio, "The
Creation.
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Skinvik, did not hold over, so
neither gentleman filed for JUS
tice. Whether the decision
against them will be appealed to
the supreme court is not known.
When the elective officers have
qualified, the following will con-
stitute those who will have
charge of municipal affairs-t that
is, of elective oficers-an they
will assume their duties at the
first meeting of the city council
to be held in March-Monday
evening, March 4:
Mayor, John Pogue.
Alderman at large, w. A.
Gould.
Aldermen-First. Ward. W. N.
Bowser, VIM. McCuaig. Second
ward, Thomas Smart, Anton
Erickson. Third ward, L. q.
Kinch, John Washburn. Fourth
ward, George McTaggart, Fred
Brinkman.
City clerk, Thomas Maloy.
City treasurer, Earl Cell.
Assessor, James Cahill
Justices of the Peace, M. G.
Slocum, Robert Clark.
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Prof. Ritchie Reelected.

Professor A. P. Ritchie, super.
intendent of the Bemid jischools.
has been reelected to his pre-
sent position for another year,
the school board considering his
service worthy of retaining.
Professor Ritchie has conduct
ed the Bemidji schools for the
past three years, and during that
time has done much to promote
the educational affairs of the city.
He has been unceasing in his
efforts to better the schools of the
city, and has been very success.
full, until Bemidji has one of the
very best school systems to be
found in the north half OF the
state. The action Of the board
in retaining his services is com.
mendable.
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last year, defeated E. H. Corn
wall.
In the First ward, William
McCuaig was an easy winner
over J. P. Lahr for alderman.
In the Second ward, there
were three candidates for alder
man, Anton Erickson, J. Bisiar
and T. J. Miller, the latter alder
man for the past year. Erickson
was elected, by plurality of
fifteen votes.
John Washburn defeated Matt
Mayer (the present incumbent)
for alderman in the Third ward,
by a majority Of seventeen votes.
Fred Brinkman, the present
alderman from the Fourth ward,
was re. elected over H. P. Bur
roughs by forty-one votes.
NJ. G.. Slocum and Robert
Clark were elected justices of
the peace. There were several
other candidates, but MIR. Slocum
was the only candidate who filed
for the office. Mr.. Clark did not
file. There was some ques tion
as to whether the present JUS
tices, Messrs. Pendergast and
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-02-20
SHOOTS HIS FATHER At
HIS MOTHERS COMMAND
William Cramer, Former Resident
Of Walker, Murdered at Page,
North Dakota.

William Cramer, painter who
lived at Walker for some time
prior to two years ago, when he
moved to Fargo, N. D., was MUIR.
dered at Page, N. D., two days
ago, being shot by his son. The
Cramers were we'll known in
Walker.
A fargo telegram tells of the
murder and arrest of a son of the
murdered man and his wife, as
follows:
Fargo, N. D, Feb. 18.-Arthur
Cramer: aged 16 and his mother
are in jill here on the charge of
murder. The victim was Fred
Cramer, the father and the hus-
band.
The crime occurred at Page this
county. The murdered man was
painter who moved to page two
years ago from Walker, MINI.
On the day of his death he had
beer employed at the farm of F.
L. Buckley as a painter. He re-
turned home in the evening and
was shot by his son at the COM
mand of his mother.
There are many stories as to
the cause of the crime. Cramer
and his wife had been quarre]ing
for some months, and the mother
had lived up stairs with her two
sons, aged 16 and II. The father
occupied the lower part of the
house. Occasionally the meals
for Cramer were prepared by
his wife. Mrs. Cramer alleges
that she was threatened with
assault by Cramer on the night
of the shooting.
The boy admits the killing, but
states that he was ordered to.
shoot by his mother. The latter
admits giving the instructions.
Some weeks ago Mrs. Cramer
went to justice at Page and
sought to have her husband ar
rested, and related previous
assaults.
There are rumors that Mrs.
Cramer is addicted to the use of
narcotics and that her habits in
this respect figured in the
tragedy.
Both Mrs. Cramer and young
Cramer were arraigned, and will
have a hearing possibly Feb. 26.
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Delightful Party.

There was most delightful
social gathering last evening at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Still
ings on Minnesota avenue. It
was "pig party,'' and the fol-
lowing "pigs" sat around the
table: King of Pigs, Queen of
Pigs, Teeny Pig, Curious Pig,
Lazy Pig, Visiting Pig, Talkative
Pig, Sociable Pig, Stingy Pig,
Russling Pig, Pleasing Pig, Gen.
erous Pig, Pig that stayed at
home, Pig that went to market,
Gadabout Pig, Laughable Pig.
Each pig had to eat and drink
a stipulated amount, namely:
Five hard boiled eggs and one
pint of coffee and go to sleep and
tell the Pioneer what they saw
in their sleep. If each one re.
ports the truth, the readers of
the Pioneer will find some very
interesting news. The age of
each pig was taken and the CON-
oined age of all was 706 years.
Each pig was also weighed and
the com bined weight of all was
2,74O pounds. The height of
each pig was taken, the CON-
bined height being ninety-four
feet. The writer of this has not
heard of any deaths, so he takes
it for granted that all the pigs
are still living. How they all
slept, he has his opinion.