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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-06-28
THIRT|ETH IN SERIES
Of BOMB EXPLOSIONS.
Chicago Saloon Damaged to Ex-
tent Of $4,000.


Chicago, June 2e.---Another bomb,
the thirtieth of a mysterious series
during the last two years. wrecked
the saloon Of Manning & Bowes, caus-
ing loss Of $4,000. Windows in q
department store and a.restaurant
were shattered by the explosion.
Michael Yargarb arkin, who was asleep
at his fruit stand in front Of the place,
was buried under the debris. but was
rescued and taken to a hospital.
James West, who was passing the
saloon, suffered slight injuries. Cor
poral Benjamin Bertwhistle, r, Mar
tin. William Fredericks and Henry
Rutrough of the United States army
recruiting service we're thrown from
their beds in the recruiting Office
above the saloon, but were not hurt.
Whether the bomb was thrown in a
so called gamblers war which has
mysti1ed the police for a long time,
or was thrown as the result of some
personal quarrel with the saloon pro-
prietors, is not known. The police
expressed belief in the latter theory,
Inspector Wheeler declaring that
there had been no gambling at the
Manning & Bowes tablishment.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-06-28

The Minneapolis Tribune prints
the following bit of interesting
political gossip concerning Elmer
King, the Little Falls member of
the legislature:
Elmer King of Little Falls will
endeavor to return to the house of
representatives, and will be candi-
date for the speakership. Mr..
Killing bases his possible ambition
on the possibility that A. J. Rockne,
who is expected to be either a candi.
date for congress or for the judge
ship recently made vacant by the
death of Judge Williston, will not be
a candidate for reelection and tina
R. ]. Wells of Breckenridge will
either be a candidate for the senate,
or will devote his POLITICAL interests
to securing the office of state
auditor"
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-06-28

great Interest in her. When she was
about fifteen he sent her, with Mrs.
Thompson, to Paris, where she stud
led music, Mr.. Gage paying all ex-
penses. On her return from Paris she
went to Boston to complete her stud
les and while in Boston she was mar
ried to a Mr.. CasWell, who was an
osteopath.
Concealed Her Marriage.
When she was about seventeen she
came to Baltimore to continue her
studies at the Peabody conservatory,
leaving her husband. She was known
here as Miss Edith Thompson, con.
cealing her marriage from all but a
few intimate friends. In very short
time thereafter she entered suit
against DR.. Caswell for divorce.
She left Baltimore over year ago,
being engaged at the time to Harry
Adams of Mount Vernon, N. Y. After
: brief stay in New York she went to
California, where In less than thirty
days after her divorce from DR.. Cas-
we'll she married Gilbert Woodill Of
Los Angeles. It has also been ru-
mored that in her early youth Charles
Thompson, the son of her foster
mother and father, being a rejected
sutton, committed suicide on her ac-
count.
During her residence In Baltimore
Mr.. Gage sent her checks continually,
some of them amounting to $1,000, and
when she was married to Mr.. Woodill
he gave her $4,000. At the time of
her death Mr.. Gage was also building
her house in Los Angeles, with the
understanding that he was to come to
live with her and her husband.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-06-28
EARLY LIFE OF MRS. WooDILL
Was Adopted in Minneapolis Nineteen
Years Auo.

Was Adopted In Minneapolis Nineteen
Years Ago.
Minneapolis; June 2S.-An unusual
story of tragedy in child life is brought
to light in the circumstances sur
rounding the early days of Edith May
Thompson Woodill.
Mrs. Woodill was the daughter of
Zatella Witt, who, about nineteen
years ago, was a resident of Mime
apolis. The daughter, who was first
named Anna Pearl WITT, was born In
Couz Creek, Wash, her father being
Matthew WITT, a miner. A few weeks
after her birth her father was muir
dered as the result of a quarrel in the
camp. Mrs. Witt came to Minneap-
oils, where she met Albert Right. a
farmer living near Elk River, Mimi,
and was married to him. The Rights
were unable to properly care for the
child. Accordingly Pearl was adopt,
ID by Mr.. and Mrs. Charles H. Thomp-
son.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-06-28
ASKS GENERAL PROBE
OF PACKING PLANTS
Former Inspector Writes 0pe'
Letter to Secretary Wilson.

Fremont, O., June 28.-James Harms
of Fremont, former government meat
inspector, whose letter of resignation
to Secretary of Agriculture Wilson
brought about the recent investiga
ton of the National stock yards at
East st. Louis, has made public an
open letter to Secretary Wilson urg.
ing general investigation Of the In.
spection departments of the various
packing plants of the country.
Harms, in bis letter, says that he
has letters from meat inspectors 10
Gated from Philadelphia to San Fran
cisco asking to be given the oppor
tunity to tell what they know of con
ditions at other stations. He says he
has been repeatedly informed that the
inspection at the National stock yards
at East st. Louis was superior to that
of any other station.
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sUBsCRIPTI0N.-.s5.O0 PER ANNuM
POLITICS is AN EXPENSIVE GAME.

A st. Paul politician is credited
with the following in speaking of
the game of politics and those who
make a business of following it:
MY profession we'll followed gen
orally ends like that of a gambler,
in poverty at the last. Today in St.
Paul an ex-lieutenant governor of
this state and one of the best it ever
had, is working for 500 per month
as crier in a court; and by the way
he has to have that $50 to keep the
wolf from the door. Many Mime
sofa people know the man. Thirty
years ago he was known as the
most brilliant man a Southern
Minnesota city possessed. He was
a man of imposing presence and
fine address, but the political game
beat him. Not far away is another
public man whose toes, politically
speaking, are turned up to the dali
sizes, who owes the banks of GER
tain city $4,000 for money Dor
rowed to line the pockets of the
grafters who sung his praises. -
Becker County Journal.
The above case is but one of
many of which the writer is cogniz-
ant. Another case wherein politics
has placed a splendid man on his
last legs" and relegated him to pri-
vate life and almost obscurity is
that of certain ex-state treasurer.
A few years ago, this gentleman lis
tened to some of his ardent friends"
(?) and became a candidate for
governor. The candidacy proved a
very expensive and ruinous affair;
and now the ex-state official is writ
ing insurance and getting along as
best he can. And there be but few
of his bosom friends" of the guber-
material candidacy days who ever
pass his way and extend kindly
hand.
Yea, verify, mans inhumanity to
man." from the standpoint of the
ways of the average politician of
today, is sort of golden rule" for
the profesh" of that ilk.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-06-28
.WOMAN'S GEMS i
FOUND IN PAWN.
Robbery Possible Motive for.
Murder Of Mrs. Woodill.
LETTER TELLSOF TRAGEDY

Missive Written to His Wife by "Lan,e
Bob" Eastman, the Suspected Slayer
and Suicide, Declares the Crime
Was Committed In His Bungalow by
Drunken Woman in a Fit of Jeal-
Gus Rage.
st. Michaels, Md, June 28.-With
the making public Of the full text of
Lame Bob" Eastman's version of the
death Of Edith May Woodill, as re-.
lated in the letter he sought to mail
TO Winnie Bradcombe, his wife, has
added new Interpretation to the
tragedy Of the lonely bungalow on the
shores of one of the maze of tidal
streams that put in here from the
Chesapeake bay.
But robbery as possible motive for
the crime now has been advanced.
Word comes from Baltimore that a
man answering the description OF
Eastman In every detail pawned in
that city on Tuesday last two diamond
rings and diamond brooch valued at
about $500. Diamond rings, a dia.
mond brooch and diamond set brace
let worn by Mrs. Woodill when she
last was seen alive with Eastman
never have been accounted for.
1t is likely that the jewelry will be
sent here for Identification. If it
proves to be that of Mrs. Woodill, as
now Is believed, an entirely new light
will be shed on the strange tragedy.
Eastman went to Baltimore on Tues
day and mailed from there a letter
written by Mrs. Woodill several days
previously to her sister at Mcdaniel.
Eastlman's story of the crime, which
he declared was committed by a
drunken woman in fit of Jealous
rage, is so circumstantial and seems
In a way so much like the sincere dec
larations of man about to take his
own life, however, that Foreman Rad
cliffe of the coroner's jury, which is
inquiring into the death of Mrs. Wood
Ill, Is convinced of it's truth and is
endeavoring to induce the authorities
to obtain the service of expert detec-
,tives to work upon the case.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-06-28
NOT in THE UBLIC INTEREST
La Toilette Discusses Taft's Message
to Congress.

TO IOH9fSSS.
Madison, Wis, June %. "Taft's
Service to Aldrich'' is the title Of the
leading editorial in the last Issue of
La Follette's Weekly. The editorial
says, in part: Is. .s,
'The presidents recent message to
congress was inopportune and not In
the public interest.
st would have been great help to
the band of progressives making q
fight in behalf of the public interest
and for the maintenance Of party
pledges had Mr.. Taft seen fit to send
special message stating whether the
party pledges were, in his Judgment,
being fulfilled by increasing the tariff
rates or by re-enacting the existing
rates. Because, be it remembered,
the president Is the one who has the
final word. His approval or his veto
decides whether the work of con.
gress shall stand.
Zone fact stands out high and plain
above all else in the situation. This
message came to congress at most
opportune time to serve the fixed d,
termination of Senator Aldrich to dt
feat the income tax and to aid him in
passing the tariff bill with it's exces.
sively high duties just as he wanted
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HIS IDENTITY ESTABLISHED
Man Who Killed Mrs. WoodiiI Was
Lame Bob" Eastman.

Man Who Killed Mrs. WoodiII Was
Lame Bob" Eastman.
st. Michaels, Md, June 28.-With-
out ceremony and in the quietest and
most transformations manner possible
the body of Robert E. Eastman
Lame Bob"-the New York stock
broker and the man who murdered
pretty May Edith Thompson Woodill
and then committed suicide, was bur-
led at the expense of Talbot county.
That the dead man, whose sensa-
tional taking of his own life, was
really "Lame Bob" Eastman, the fugi-
tive New York broker, Is now estab-
lished beyond all question of a doubt,
for the body was positively identified
by Louis B. Pedler, a member of the
art department of one of the Wash
ington newspapers, who came down
here to develop the story. Pedler is
cousin OF Winnie Bradcombe, the
New York actress, who, it turns out.
is the wife of Eastman and to whom
he addressed the letter in which he
charged that woman had killed Mrs.
Woodill. Pedler had known Eastman
we'll in New York and there was no
hesitancy in his Identification.
The authorities are working on the
case and there is promise of some
new developments. !
Eastman's Story Of the Murder.
The full text of the letter found on
Eastman and addressed to Winnie
Bradconbe; his wife, giving his cir
cumstantial version of the killing of
Mrs. Woodill by another woman, has
been made public. Eastman claims
the murder was committed in the
bungalow instead of in launch. The
tragedy follows:
Little girl, I had no hand in the
tragedy. Was there and removed the
evidence after the other two couples
fled. did this for self-preservation
and am haunted. The victim was my
particular friend and we were well
mated. Have only known her three
weeks. We all, that is, two men and
two other women from Annapolis,
went to the bungalow for a time.
Every one got full excepting Edith
and myself. Edith tried to win one
of the girls fellows while lying on
the bed with him and was hit three
times on the side of the head with
full bottle of champagne and the fel
low hit once. She fell over on the
floor and died. The man did not come
to for an hour. was left with the
corpse and cannot take chance for
a trial. Life to me is very bitter and
/ will pull down the shades and say
goodbye"
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-06-28
ENDS L|F TO
AVOID ARREST
Alleged Slayer ofMrs. Wood
i'll Commits Suicide.
SURROUNDED BY A POSSE.

Crime and When Ordered to Throw
Up His Hands Turns Revolver on
HimseIf-Meteoric Career Of Young
Woman Who Was the Victim Of
Sensational Tragedy.
st. Michaels, Md, June 2 l-Emmett
! d. Roberts, newspaper correspondent,
magazine writer and author, charged
with the murder of Mrs. Edith May
Woodill, committed suicide, when cor
nered by a sheriff's posse.
Information had reached the au-
thorities that Roberts was on the
river in small boat, presumably the
one In which he escaped from his
boarding house. He was followed up
the river by a deputy sheriff and sew
eral men, who gradually drove him to
the neighborhood of the McDaniels
wharf, not far from where the murder
was committed. When Roberts was
within 100 yards of shore the deputy
ordered him to throw up his hands.
The reply of the fugitive was a shot.
At once a member of the posse fired
and Roberts dropped back into his
boat dead. Later it developed that
the shot fired by Roberts was aimed
at himself and that he had committed
suicide rather than submit to arrest.
The mystery of Mrs. Woodills ante
cedents, her brilliant prospects and
accomplishments, her beauty and the
prominence OF her foster parents and
relatives and the brutal manner of
her death had created an intense SEN
sation, which was heightened by the
death Of the man in whose company
she was last seen.
Roberts, who was little known here,
Is believed now to have assumed that
name Robert b. Eastman is believed
to have been his real name, according
to papers discovered after his death.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-06-28

kind consistent with the provisions of
the state constitution Governor Brown
walked to the state capitol dressed in
suit Of Georgia made brown jeans.
Governor Brown was chosen as the
Democratic candidate at the primaries
in June, 1908, defeating Hoke Smith,
the outgoing governor, who sought the
endorsement of another term. The
acute enmity between Smith and
Brown began when the latter was re-
moved by the former from his Office
Of railroad commissioner. It was as
serted that Brown favored the rail
roads unduly.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-06-28
storm Destroys Many Buildings.

West Point, Neb., June 2S.-St. JOS
ep1's Catholic church was destroyed
and dozen residences were serious
ly damaged by tornado. It was fol-
lowed by cloudburst which flooded
the streets, tearing up sidewalks and
doing other damage. Reports from
the surrounding country show that
many farmers suffered loss of build
inas No casualties are reported
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-06-28
NEGRO KILLS FOUR PERSONS
Afflicted by "Brain Storm" He Shoots
Three and Himself.

Opelousas, La, June 2 -Four are
dead as the result of what doctors
say must have been a "brain storm"
that affected Gilbert Wilson, q hith-
erto law abiding negro
First he kidnapped a fifteen-year-old
girl and killed Henry Brown, who
tried to protect her.
Sophia Johnson and Emma Jackson
led posse into the woods where Will
son was known to be hiding and he
shot and killed both women. He then
committed suicide
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-06-28
CENSUS BILL PASSES SENATE
Measure Under Consideration Less
Than Five Minutes.

Washington, June 28.-Within five
minutes the census appropriation bin
was passed by the senate in the form
in which the bill was on Thursday
passed by the house. The bill appro
PIRATES $1O,000,O00 for taking the thir
teenth census. The bill authorizes
the director of the census to designate
three commissioners to represent the
United States in the international
commission for the revision of the
classification of diseases and causes
of death. The commission meets at
Paris in July, 1909.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-06-28
Chicago Union Stock Yards.

Chicago, June 26. Cattle Beeves,
$6.1O@7.35; Texas steers, $4.75 @625;
Western steers, s4.75@6.25; stockers
and feeders, s3.60@5.60; cows and
heifers, $2.5O@650; calves, $5.5O@
$50. HogsLight, $7.15@7.80; mixed,
3$7.35@8.00; heavy, $7.45@8.0o; rough,
$7.45@7.65; good to choice heavy.
$7.65@8.OO: pigs, $6.1B@70o Sheep
Native, $3.50@5.85; yearlings, $500
@7.00; lambs, $5.0OQs.OO; spring
lambs, $5.5008.86.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-06-28
Oklahoma Negro Lynched.

Wilburton, Okla, Juno ga mob
OF fifty masked men took Sylvester
4tennien, negro known as Alabama
Red" from the Jail here and lynched
him. The negro on Thursday shot and
killed Albert Turner. a deputy con
stable who had attempted to arrest
him.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-06-28
NEW GOVERNOR OF GEORGIA
Joseph N. Brown Takes Oath Of Office
Today.

Atlanta, Ca, June q with quiet,
simple ceremonies beftting the unos-
tentatious nature of the man Joseph
NJ. Brown was indicted into office to-
day as governor of the state of Geor-
gia. In carrying out his intention to
have an Inauguration Of the simplest
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-06-28
NORRIS WRITES TO ALDRICH
Points Out "Grave Errors of Facts" in
Senator's Statement.

Senator's Statement.
Washington, June 2t.-JOhn Norris
Of New York, representing newspaper
publishers in their effort to secure
lower duties on pulp and paper, has
sent a letter to Chairman Aldrich Of
the senate finance committee in which
he points out what he regards as
grave errors of facts" In Mr.. AZ
drich's statement to the senate. Mr..
Norris enumerated sixteen items. He
contradicts Mr. Aldrich's statement
that there has been no advance in pa
per prices and refers to the house
committee report to show that the
actual advance in paper prices aggre-
gated $5,0O0,0OO per annum to May,
1908.
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Acquitted Of Bribery Charge.

Columbus, O., June 2l-The jury IN
the trial Of r. Stanley Rhoads, Colun-
bus agent of the American Sewer Pipe
company, charged with bribing G. W..
Burr, formerly of the Columbus board,
Of public service, returned verdict
Of not guilty.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-06-28
st. Paul Union Stock Yards.

st. Paul, June 26.-Cattle- Good to
choice steers, s5.5O@6.5O; fair to good,
$4.5O@5.5O; good to choice cows and
heifers, $4.25@5.25; veals, $5.5O@6.25
Hogs-$7.S5@750. Sheep-Wethers,
$4.50@5.OO; yearlings, $5.75@6.25;
lambs, $7.O0@7.5O; spring lambs,
$750@8.25.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-06-28
Chicago Grain and Provisions.

Chicago. June .-Wheat-July
s1.16; Sept, Silly; Dec, $1.O9b;
May, $1.12 Corn--July, 7O9sc; Sept,
6SAc; Dec, 5sh@5sMc; May, 59Ac.
Oats-July, 50Ac; Sept, 44c; Dec,
44Ac; May, 1890. Pork-July, 500
123a; Sept, $2O.35. ButterC Dreamer
les, 22@25c; diaries, 20@231ac. Eggs
----18@2lc. Poultry Turkeys, 14c;
chickens, 121hc; springs, 16@22c.
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GRAIN AND PROVISION PRICES
Minneapolis Wheat.

Minneapolis, June 26.-Wheat-
July, s1.27%; Sept, Slips @1.12h;
Dec, $1O9M@1.O9%. On track-No
1 hard, $1.30% @1.311h; No. 1 North.
ern, $1.295s @1.30A; No. 2 Northern,
$1.27M@1.2sh; No. Northern, ST.
26A01.275h.
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Duluth Wheat and Flax.

Duluth, June 26-Wheat-On track
No. 1 hard, $1.31; No. l Northern,
$1.291h: No. 2 Northern, $1.27H; July,
$1.27%; Sept, $1.127s FlaxTo ar
rive and on track. $1.76; July, s1.75;
Sept, $1.48k; Oct, s140N.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1909-03-18
GOT HIS WHISKEY BACK.

A man in Cherokee county had four
barrels of whIskey-2O0 gallons-ship-
ped to a depot in Barlow county. He
was hauling it away in wagon, when
Judge Fite had him arrested in Chero-
kee county and brought back to Car
tersville and indicted in Barlow Su-
perior Court, The man employed Judge
Gober to defend him. Judge Gober de-
INJURED to the indictment, that you
couldn't indict man in Barlow for an
offense committed in Cherokee county.
Judge Fite over-ruled the demurrer
Judge Gober carried it before the Court
of Appeals. That body reversed Judge
Fite's decision, and the man got his
whiskey back and was discharged.
Now, if he doesn't mind, that POO
gallons of whiskey will create more
trouble for him.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1909-03-18

vestigate conditions relative to the
fare, bedding and treatment OF prison.
ers.
TAX COLLECTOR.
We have examined the books of the
incumbent Tax Collector, and find that
he collected special taxes for the wear
1909 amounting to nine hundred and
fifteen ($915) dollars.
We have examined tie books of Fl. B.
Clay, ex-tax collector, and find as fol-
lows:
Amount charged as county's
part on digest. $37, 1891 81
Amount charged on corpora
tions and Public Service Co.,
as per list of Comptroller
General................... 1872 81
Total income to county from
these two sources, 1908. -. =. .$44, 2O4 %
By Tax Receivers
Comm ms for 19O8.$ 1872 05
By amount paid
County Treasurer. 42,214 % 42,576 %
Bal. II. faed and in
hands Of officers. .e2S 90
In taking leave of your Honor, we
embrace the opportunity to thank you
for the able charge you gave us at the
opening of the session.
We thank the Solicitor General and
his assistant for the courtesy shown us
in the discharge of our duties. To tile
different court and county officials, we
desire to return our thanks for their
uniform courtesies and prompt atten-
ton to this body and its committees.
We recommend that these present.
ments be published in the MARIETTA
JOURNAL.
j. +. P. LINDLEY, Foreman.
D. G. COLE, Clerk.
Cobb Superior Court. March term, 1909.
Let these presentments be filed, en-
tered of record, certified to by the Clerk
OF this Court, and published SIS recon-
mended. This March 18th, 1909.
N. A. MORRIS,
Judge Superior Court.
A true transcript from the minutes
Cobb Superior Court. This March 18th,
1919 j. M. AUSTIN,
Clerk Superior Court.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1909-03-18

The Seventh Congressional District
Medical Association, last Wednesday
10th instant, held session, carrying
out the program as published in the
Journal. The following named officers
were elected: DR.. G. T. Nolan, of Ma
rietta, president; DR.. ] P. Bowdion, of
Adairsyille, vice-president; DR.. H. L
Irvine, of Dalton, secretary and treas
urer. The next session will be held in
Rome, on the second Wednesday in o.
toher.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1909-03-18
TO SUBSCRIBERS TO THE BUILDING
FUND OF THE 7TE CONGRESS.
IONAL DISTRICT AGRICUL-
TURAL SCHOOL.

As Treasurer of the Building Com
mittee of the above school, have been
instructed to collect all unpaid SUBJ
scriptions to the Building Fund, and
request that all subscribers pay same
Immediately, otherwise same will be
placed out for collection.
JAMES 7. ANDERSON, Treas.