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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-08-20
MRS. OLSON OF KELL|nER
IS H0PELESSLY INSANE
Was Enjoying the Best of Health Las
s.'sSr 49,
Friday.-Her Case Is a Particu-
IarIy Sad One.

A sad case of insanity was that
of Mrs. O. R. Olson of Kelliher, who
was brought before Judge Clark
yesterday afternoon and, after exam
nation, committed to the hospital at
Fergus Falls.
Mrs. Olson's case is a particularly
sad one. Last Friday she was at
her home, the very picture of health,
and enjoying her home and the
care of her three small children.
Friday night she was taken sick
and grew worse and in short time
was raving maniac, so much so,
that her friends gave up all hopes
of her recovery and brought her to
Bemidji, where she was later COM
mitted to the state hospital.
Mr.. Olson, who is merchant at
Kelllher, has the. sympathy of the
entire community in the unfortunate
illness of his wife.
Mrs. Olson is about 80 years OF
age and leaves three small children,
the youngest being but one year OF
age, to the care of her husband and
friends.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-08-20

as being moulded of the finer CLAY.
Sinclair visited the Lair undertake
ing rooms and viewed the remains of
his friend, yesterday morning.
DR.. Oscar Owre, 1715 Portland
avenus, Minneapolis, was an intimate
friend of Mr.. Epson. He said last
night, when informed of the death
of his friend:
I am positive that Arthur Epson
did not commit suicide. A few days
before he left for his vacation he
was in my office in the Masonic
Temple and told me he had every
reason in the world to be happy and
was much happier than three years
ago when he made an attempt to
take his own life. He was not over
worked and there was absolutely no
reason in his private life to induce
him to commit suicide. I had
letter from him Saturday in which
he informed me he was then on his
way to Bemidji. His letter was
bubbling over with cheerfulness.
His death will be a great loss to the
world of letters, for I believe that
great things in a literary way were
ahead of him."
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-08-20
PEOPLES" MEAT MARKET
TO HAVE new QUARTERS
Messrs. Kline, Hagberg and Hartmann
to Move to New Quarters Satur-
day Night.

Among the many new buildings
which are being erected in Bemidii
this summer is a new block being
put up by Kline, Hagberg & Hor-
mann to be used as an up-to-date
meat-market.
The block is built of compressed
brick, one story high, and twenty
five feet wide by about 100 feet deep.
Completed, the structure will cost
between $4,000 and $1,000.
The floor is made of tile and the
background of the large display
window of the same material. The
walls and ceiling are covered with
steel plate and the ice-box is very
large and we'll ventilated, the whole
building being designed especially
for the proper and sanitary handling
of fresh meats.
The new place will be called the
Peoples Meat Market" It will be
owned by Kline, Hagberg & Hor-
mann and will be under the man.
agement of A. Hagberg of this city.
Altogether, it is one of the finest
markets ever built in this section of
the country.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-08-20
Ball Friday Night.

The new orchestra will give
benift dance in the City Hall next
Friday evening to which every lover
of good music should attend.
There will be a large number of
players in the orchestra and the
music will be of the very best.
The proceeds will 20 to the benift
of the re-organ lind orchestra and
for the purchase of new music, etc.
There will be- generous music,
generous hours and generous good
time"
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-08-20
j. Il. FERRIS, CLEARWATER
CO., GRANTED NEW TRIAL.
Ferris Was Convicted Of Grand Larceny at June Term of
Court from Which He Appeals to the Court
for a New Trial.

to the neighbours barn and taking
the cattle back.
In a memorandum, attached to
the decision, Judge Stanton states:
An essential element of the crime
of larceny is that the defendant
must have a felonious intent, that is,
the intent to deprive the owner,
feloniously and permanently of his
property at the time of taking
possession. A taking, not for the
purpose of, depriving the true owner
of his property, but for some such
purpose, which, although it may be
illegal, is not that of theft There is
not evidence to sustain the fact that
the defendant either deprived the
owner of his property or appropriated
the same to his own use.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-08-20
GOOD CROPS RAISED IN
THE TOWN OF LIBERTY
J.. Hanson Has Purchased Treshinu Ria
and Will Commence Threshing
Next Week.

L. Hanson of the Town of Lib
erty passed through the city today
with a steam threshing rig, which
will be used to thresh out grain in
his section of the country.
Mr.. Hanson reports that upward
of 10000 bushels of grain will be
threshed in that section of the
country and that the grain is of the
very best and the kernels good
sized and stocks we'll filled.
Mr.. Hanson reports that the
farmers have fairly good yield per
acre in that section and that he will
remain in that part of the country
during the entire season.
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There are lots Of people who love
to smoke the refreshing bowl of
consolation we'll filled with the weed
that comforts upon any and all
occasions, but there are few of US
who smoke while we are making
heroes of ourselves.
A. Raymond of St. Paul, who is
stopping at the Markham hotel, is
of different trend of mind. He
doesn't at all mind smoking while
he is fast becoming a hero. He
became the hero of near-drowning
episode, trife southeast of Diamond
Point, Tuesday afternoon and he
retained his pipe throughout the
performance. .sx....-....
Lucene, the daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. William McCuaig of Bemid il
Avenue, was bathing in the lake,
south of Diamond Point, yesterday
and went too far to the southwest
of the bar, where she stepped off the
unseen ledge, which furnishes water
to the depth of some seventy feet.
She went down with a cry and
her companions became frightened.
Raymond was near and ran to the
rescue, a trail of tobacco smoke
tincturing the air in his wake. He
rushed into the water and still the
steady puffs marking his course
The pipe was firmly clenched in his
teeth and it was not until he had
brought the girl to shore that he
noted the presence of the brair.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-08-20

Judge Stanton today filed a
decision In the case of the State of
Minnesota VS. J. H. Ferris, found
guilty of grand larceny in the second
degree at the adjourned June, 1908,
term of court, in which the judge
states that the verdict of the jury be
set aside and new trial granted on
the grounds and for the reasons that
said verdict is not sustained by the
evidence.
The crime for which Mr.. Ferris
was indicted was committed some
time ago, Mr.. Ferris taking up his
neighbours cattle for continually tres
passing; later the cattle were taken
from Mr.. Ferris barn by the neigh
Dor, Mr.. Ferris retaliating by going
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-08-20
BODY OF SUICIDE POET
TAKEN TO HIS LATE HOME
Reports of Drowning of Arthur Epson in Lake Bemidji
Causes Sensation in Twin Cities.-Mother is
Not Yet Notified

work. He delivered several lectures
on English literature at the Uni
versity of Minnesota two years age
and was considered an authority up
on that subject.
Much of the material for his poem
Mr.. Epson gathered in his long
tramping trips over the roads oil
foreign countries. He spent some
time in Germany and also in other
countries. Two years ago he took
the work of Professor McClumpha
of the Minnesota university for a
short time. He was born at Cam
den N. J., Jan. 10, 1877, and was
educated at the Camden academy
and at the University of Minnesota,
where he received the degree of B.
A. He came to Minneapolis in
1894 and had since resided in Mime
apolis and St. Paul, with the excep-
ton of the years spent abroad. He
travelled extensively in this country,
too,' particularly in the Middle West
and Minnesota, and has written
many poems characlerizing the
West.
Gregg M. Sinclair, who is in
Bemidji representing the Personal
Help Library, called at the Pioneer
office yesterday with reference to
the suicide of Arthur Epson and
told how shocked he had been upon
hearing of the untimely death of
the young college professor.
Mr.. Sinclair, who resides at 2O3
West Thirty-fourth street, Mime
apolis, had known Upson only
few days but during that time he
had formed a deeply attached feeling
for the writer. Mr.. Sinclair had
heard of Epson in MINNEAPOLIS and
was more than pleased to make his
acquaintance when he was thrown
in company with the professor at
the hotel in Cass Lake. He said he
had planned an outing trip with
Mr.. Epson and a young man from
Cass Lake and that they were to
have made the arrangements this
week.
Epson had told the two young
men how much enamoured he had
become with canoeing and that he
was seeking some spot in the woods
where he mi ght write and canoe to
his hearts content. Before he left
Sinclair to 20 to Bemidji, he wrote
his name on the fy-leaf of modern
novel and presented it to the former.
Mr.. Sinclair said that he had never
been so much affected by the death
of one with whom he had enjoyed
such short acquaintance. He re-
marked that Epson impressed one
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-08-20
Rev. HaII-Quest Here.

Reverend Hall-Quest of St. Joseph
Mo-, formerly pastor of the Presby-
terian Church at Blackjack, arrived
in the city Tuesday evening.
Rev. Hall-Quest was formerly a
frequent visitor in the city and has
many friends who will be glad to
hear that he is here for week.
Rev. I1all.Quest's main purpose
in returning to the city is to take
away with him as his bride one of
the graduates of the Bemidji High
School, Miss Shirley Knox of Nebish
Miss Knox has a wide circle OF
friends in the city who will be sorry
to hear of her intended departure
but all congratulate her on her
Coming marriage. The ceremony
will take place next Wednesday at
the brides home near Nebish,
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-08-20
Notices Bemidjj's Growth.

Henry Swanson, father of Mrs. ].
]. Opsahl of Lavinia, is visiting fol-
a few days at the Opsahl home.
Mr.. Swanson is railroad con.
tractor and was one of those who
built the Great Northern railway
into Bemidji ten years ago. He
likes the improvement over the
small village it was then and is
investing money in some lands and
lots here. Mr.. Swanson thinks that
Bemidji is quite a fourishing city
now.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-08-20

The $50 train, yesterday after.
noon, bore the remains of Arthur
Wheelock Upson, poet and author,
who drowned himself in Lake Be-
midi, last Friday night, back to
his former home in Minneapolis,
where the funeral services will be
held. The remains of the young
man were accompanied by George
Harrison, the man from the two
cities, who figured in the case as
the only acquaintance of the dead
man, here. Mr.. Harrison identified
the remains shortly after they were
found by Rev. White and Mr.. Brown
and later took charge of all arrange
ments.
Although the importance of the
life of young Epson TO the world
of letters was not so generally
recognized in Bemidji, where his
name was little known until yester-
day, the sensation over the drown
ing caused in the two cities of Min
neapolis and St. Paul rivals any that
has ever been caused by any event
in the northern part of the state.
Arthur Epson was generally
known throughout the cities and
indeed his fame was of more or less
international nature among people of
ultra-[iterary inclination. The
regrets which were expressed by
friends of the suicide were set forth
in the St. Paul and Minneapolis
papers of last evening and this
morning and many express the
belief that he did not commit
suicide but was the victim of acct
dent. His mother has not yet been
notified of the unfortunate affair
and may possibly not be told until
she has been prepared to hear the
worst. Through the St. Paul
papers, it is learned that his father
died but one month ago and that
the wife and mother is in no con-
dition to bear another shock.
The following has been called in
regard to the life of the young
author:
Arthur Epson was 81 years of
age, yet in his short life had achieved
a measure of fame that comes to but
few men of his years. He was best
known as author of several volumes
of verse, among the most notable
being: The Sign of the Harp"
The City," "Tales for the Twi-
light" and a recent publication,
The Tides of Spring." Mr.. Epson
was a great traveller and had spent
much of his time in European
countries. He lived in London in
1900 and devoted his time to literary
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-08-20
Two More Filed.

Two more candidates have filed
for office: John N. Bailey of this
city filed Yesterday afternoon for the
republican nomination to the office
of county treasurer and A. B. Hazen,
also of this city, for the republican
nomination to the office of sheriff.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-08-20
Brinkman Family Theatre.

Booth and Gordon, the sensation
al cyclists, will change their act this
evening. They never fail to please.
The moving pictures this evening
promise to be of great patriotic and
educational benefit. The lengthy
film, sent here by special request, of
the patriotic struggle Of 1776 for the.
liberty which we today enjoy, will
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-08-20

certainly appeal to you. The film
was sent here for only one night but
after Manager Brinkman had done
some telegraphing he obtained per-
mission to hold the picture for to-
night. Come and see it for It will
not appear here again.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-08-20
Gunderson Files for Co. Commissioner

Late Yesterday George Gunderson,
the present county commissioner for
the second district, filed for re-nom-
nation. This makes four-cornered
fight in that district, the candidates
being Hello Clementson from the
north end, and George Gunderson
] c.. Thompson and O. C. Frederick
son from the south end of the dis
trict.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-08-20
Rev. Deniston Returns this Week.

We are requested to announce
that Rev. J. H. Deniston will re-
turn from his vacation and conduct
the regular services in the Metho.
dist church Sunday morning and
evening.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-08-20

Mrs. J. w: lilly of Fargo, N. D.,
who is camping out for the summer
at Lavinia, returned yesterday noon
from a short trip home.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-08-20

Mr.. and Mrs. M. G.. Fosner of ST..
Paul arrived in the city last evening
for an outing on the shores of Lake
Bemidji.
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Additional local matter will be found
on fourth page.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-03-21

NE of the ustrirhes at the 10
4 illogical gardens, which stands
v six feet high and weighs $50
pounds was afflicted With pa
ralysis OF one of the legs. says Tit
Bits. He was taken I'm hand by the
authorities and placed in sling which
fitted his body very comfortably by
means of pads. 4 gentle application
OF electricity was then made TO his leg,
which at FIRST seemed of very little
value. But In the course of several
days and after 4 number of applica-
lions OF the battery some signs of AMI
nation were seen, and presently the
treatment succeeded and the big ostrich
was able to stand on his own legs again
and to indulge In that staggering gait
which tho children who visit the Zoo SO
much delight to contemplate.
one day lately cab drove up to
the Bellevue hospital one of the best
institutions In New York, and gem
tleman stepped out and subsequently
produced from his pocket a tiny white
kitten, explaining that 1t had fallen
downstairs. dislocated its shoulder and
broken a leg 1t was pointed out to
him that the hospital was for humans
and not for felines, but as the gentle
man was a generous contributor to tho
funds of the hospital, his insistence
eventually prevailed upon the surgeons
to accept the case The shoulder was
set, the leg put into splints and then
bandaged. and the kitten was given a
bed In tent on the lawn where the
little creature remained until It's cure
was completely effected.
A pretty canary belonging to lady
residing in the neighborhood of Hyde
Park fell from its perch and broke its
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-03-21
Animal Surgery In the Zoos

leg The lady took tiny Japanese
toothpick. slit the thick end with u
knife. and inserted the end OF tho
groken leg In the divided part, con-
nected the point of the toothpick With
the upper part OF the broken leg, with
several wrapplngs of fine cotton. Long
before the leg was healed the canary
became as lively as ever. and was not
only able To hop about the cage on It's
wooden Leg but was able to jump from
one perch to another without ever
missing It's footing.
A gentleman residing in the north of
London took his Japanese collie TO the
surgery OF n local doctor to undergo
an operation for abscesses which had
formed in both ears. During the oper-
alton IL was found necessary to tie the
natient TO the operating table. on the
following morning the dog escaped
from home. traversed the mile which
separates his masters house from the
surgery and. running into the ROOM
sprang upon the marble slab and lay
down, waiting for treatment \ news
paper man who had heard of this sto-
ry and doubted 1t called on the doctor
and got him to send message to the
dogs master, asking that the dog might
be released. Twenty minutes later IL
rushed into the surgery and sprang
upon the operating table. The doctor
took a small bottle of lotion and held
It up to the dogs nose, and immedi-
ately ii began to growl and SHOW its
teeth. The doctor then poured the To-
ton into the collie's left ear, and, with
out any growing now, 1t turned its
head for the other ear to he treated
When the operation was all over II
shok it's head vigorously and bounded
away.
That scourge of recent years, inilu-
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-03-21

family. and II has boon "A triiie hard
on her of late.
one day not long ago, Maggie's mis-
tress. leaving all things to the care OF
her tired hands and brain. went to at
tend a temperance meeting; for of all
teaching to the good In this world. that
which enables weak and wretched hui
manity TO live according to the So
Der laws and holy dictates of temper
ance" Ia. IN this good and worthy WOO
mans mind. the highest. Well upon
this particular day, she went to a tenn
tcrancc meeting. and when she re-
turned, she found her long tired
and trusty Maggie IN a sad state Of in
toxlcauon.
The curfew tolls the knell Of parting,
and by the clock aud leaves the
world IN darkness, and to the children
and the larger girls and boys who still
haunt the public highways. Maybe not
so much about the business part OF
town and It's vicinity; but they certain-
~ hold forth IN the remote districts UNI
I'll an urseemingly hour.
The knell of the curfew reached to
the byways and hedges the fields and
foothills. Yet here, the midnight revcl
Is confessed-thc hours that should be
consecrated to quiet study and limos
cent slumber. LADY BABBIE.
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cd 10 pick one he stood up TO examine
II and crush 1t into his tiny FIST.
nv the time his bercaved family
reached him. baby had settled himself
on n low coping, and was stroklng
INV white lamb on a little tombstone.
pity dogglc,' he lisped, as he was
grabbed up.
"0h. babyl" sobbed his hysterical
mother "why did YOU run away?"
Ana opening a chubby fst crushing q
Few vlolets. he said Ia brief explana-
ton
some one said one day-"where's
that Robin? Has anyone seen hlm?''
And All the while he was perchcd In
the cherry tree In our back yard, hold
ing forth at length. that spring was
here. II was IN the midst OF the heavy
snowstorm, two weeks ago; nothing
daunted. thro all the buster and
blizzard and whlr and swirl .of the
wintry elements. he cheerfully chirped
his cherry ripe or whatever II Is
ne endeavors TO warhle that's what 1t
means undoubtedly. at any rate, that's
what It amounts to, for when cherries
are ripe, never a cherry does he leave
on that tree for the family
THAT robin always makes me think
OF cherry-pies, said grandma, and
how | always take them out in think
ing"
Charity begins ut home at least II
should begin at home. There is pub
lie spirited woman In this town, and
much of her time and service Is given
to the public good and welfare. Meet
ings and lectures, and all questions per-
tanning to suffering humanity are as
rule incomplete without her inspiring
presence and able advice.
To Maggie, the faithful the house,
hold backbone pillar, and mainstay,
falls the responsibility of looking after
the good and welfare of the home and
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-03-21

ensa, attacked a female elerho.,
winter, and the seizure was = p' ,it last
nne. the animal suffering ,,,ery bad
ny. Very drastic treatment , ago
siderod necessary To save The r,' vas con.
lie. and ii the course of o,o SatNts
less than half a barrel of mns,sssssy no
applied externally. In the sar,n Was
the elephant consumed ton pap r unc
whisky This heroic treatme,," Vns Of
would surely have been SUM-, which
XIII twenty men, saved tho eni,. 70
life. Her appetite returned ana rt' a
was then able TO dispose of thIrtv ,s sne
ana hpndredweight OF hay rel sds ai.
washed down with suitable drinks wy
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-03-21
a SWOLLEN law

IS not, pretty nor pleasant wheth., Ia.
caused by Neuralgia. toothache ny lVa
dent, Billiards. Snow Lniment Sp aeel'
duce the swelling and relieve tho re-
The great and sure cure for rbe,,r,, lain
cuts. burns. bruises. scalds-any ana IN M
Drug Dept. l12-ll4 Main Street. al
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DIABoLo
The ereatest Game in the womb

This game will be "the fad" during
the spring and summon snnsug. Su,o's
exercise and fine sport. We have them
at all prices nom 90 cents to s.. ac0
DESERET NEWS BOOK STOtE
6 Main Street
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-03-21
NO CASE ON RECORD

There Is no case ON record of n cough
or cold resulting In pneumonia OF, con
sumption after Foley's Honey and Tar
cough and break up your cold quickly.
Refuse any but the genuine Foley's
Honey and Tar in a yellow package. Com
tains no opiatcs and is safe and sure. f.
j, Hin Drug Co., 1.-THE Never Substi-
tutors
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-03-21

looks ana threats anu out
OF sight, art nursing Aprns
violets" But In our town It happens
to be NIorchs Nolets; they were bloom
ing two weeks ago
"whcre's The baby cried fond
mother in sudden alarm. Nobody knew.
Nobody had given baby thought for
some little time. and come to think Of
it, nobody had actually seen him for
about an hour Mother had been up
stairs sewing. and had left him to the
tender care and consideration OF the
other members Of the family, who had
discharged their, responsible task by
letting him get away No doubt baby
thought them most kind and consld-
crate But h. WAS only years old, and
there was stii coming to him certain
amount of looking after, and naturally
mother was frantic.
The house was gone over from cellar
to garret. but no baby; the front yard,
the back yard. the alley, still no baby.
and mother was getting ready to shed
tears. Did h. have his cap on? No