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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-03-20

At $3.50 this afternoon a recess
was taken in the Nelson trial.
Arguments had just been closed
by the state and the defense, on
the offer of the defense, to give
evidence showing the violent
character of the deceased, which
was refused and an exception
taken by Mr.. Funkley.
At S o'clock this evening, both
the state and the defense rested and
by mutual agreement, it was decided
that the arguments be postponed
until Monday morning at 9 o'clock
and that the jury be allowed to
disperse to their homes without
custody of an officer.
There was another large crowd
in the court room this morning
when the Nelson trial was resumed,
many of those present being ladies,
despite the fact that some of yes
terday's testimony was of an
exceedingly "racy" nature.
There was tendency to crowd
the aisles leading to the outer
door and Judge Stanton ordered
an officer placed at the door with
instructions to keep the aisles
cleared.
Nelson again took the stand.
He was as composed as ever, and
talked in a matter of-fact voice,
being inclined to answer all ques-
tons at some length.
On direct examination by Attorney
Funkley, Nelson told of knowing
w. E. Hyatt for the past eleven
years, and asserted that he had at
one time given Hyatt check for
$3.50, while talking of possible
deal for team which Hyatt owned,
and that Hyatt had cashed the
check and used the money, although,
Nelson said, no deal had been closed
for the team.
Nelson asserted Hyatt never re-
turned the $3.50 with the exception
of some SIS, and that Hyatt had
threatened he might never return
the money, and had not done so up
to the present time.
Cross-examined by McKusick,
Nelson's testimony was not shaken
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-03-20
Cass Lake Man Released from State
r.. Prison.

Va . g.. -
Cass Lake, March 2O.-(Special
to Pioneer. Joseph NARROW, who
was sentenced to three years at
Saltwater for an assault committed
here. has just been pardoned. Mar
low has returned to Cass Lake and
will again make his home here. The
crime for which NARROW was sent
over the road for occurred here
about two and a half years ago when
in fit of rage he seized a huge
piece of gas pipe and dealt Supt.
Armstrong, of the ]. Neils sawmill,
a terrific blow over the head.
NARROW was working at the mill
and when Armstrong told him to
do certain piece of work he flew
off the handle" and committed the
assault. For a long time it looked
as if Armstrong would not live but
he finally pulled through.
NARROW was arrested Immediately
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John Bonnalie Dies at Cass Lake.
Cass Lake, March 20. (Specis

Cass Lake, March 20. Especial
to Pioneer. John Bonnalie died
here this morning from dropsy,
after an illness Of several weeks.
The funeral will be held Monday
morning, at 10 o'clock, and will be
conducted under the auspices of the
Arie of Eagles of Cass Lake.
Bonnalie was one Of the pioneer
residents Of Cass Lake, having
came here at the time the townsite
was opened on Section Is. He was
we'll liked and his demise is gen
orally regretted. He has a brother
living in Montana
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after his rash act and sentenced to
three years at Saltwater.

Several of the lovers of athletics
in the village are strongly figuring
on organizing an athletic associa-
ton and from the present outlook
it is believed such will be reality.
The boys want to erect building
suited to their desires and which
will contain most Of the 1parapher-
MALTA found in the up.to.date Y. M.
C. A.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-03-20
Puzzle Social.Was Success.

The members of the Presbyterian
church held very pleasant puzzle
party last evening in the church.
A large crowd filled the church and
many people were dressed in unique
costumes. Guessing contests and
games sped the evening and an ex-
cellent lunch was served.
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candidacy has already been quietly
launched and is being thoroughly
discussed in interested" circles.
That the action of the senate in
passing the so-called "Gunn bill" had
to do with the future political acts
of Mr.. Hartley would not be i'm
probable. That Gum is an ennis
sary of Hartley is very evident, as
every act in the normal moves made
in behalf of Cass Lake has been
carefully planned by the Duluth
man, who is postmaster in the art.
of smooth legislation" aided and
abetted by his brother Heber L.
Hartley of Cass Lake. the general
manager of the Cass Lake Land
company, an old Duluth boy.
That certain powerful influences
have been at work in the senate to
defeat the Kinds general" bill for
location of the normal school has
been evident ever since the legisla-
ture convened. Hinton of Truman.
chairman of the senate committee on
normal schools, while in Bemidii
with the committee whom he him
self had appointed Cat the time assur-
ing the writer that the committee
would be fair and impartial") was.
so impressed with the unjustness
of the determination which he had
formed before ever coming north of
st. Paul to vote for Cass Lake first,
last and all the time, that his con.
science sfnote him and he was con.
strained to exclaim that you GER
tainly have got them all beaten, it's
too bad Gum isn't your senator
and this from the chairman Of the
senate normal school committee;
who had appointed himself a men,
Der of a committee that was to be
fair and impartial" s :.
+ What influenced Hinton so
strongly in favor of Cass Lake, when
he admitted that Bemidji was by far
the better town? Was it Senator
Gums great beauty of person, or
was that Hartley boom for the U. S.
senate just making a noise" in the
vicinity Of Hinton?
And not few members of the
legislature were not slow to en-
phasize the fact that an anti booze"
member of the state law-making body
would have about as much chance
in getting through bill of vital per
sonal interest as SNOWFALL in the
next world would have of becoming
glacier. The inference in this
direction is also strong, and under
stood thoroughly.
However, there is a good time
coming; and votes will be wanted by
some of the same people who are
now ruthlessly disregarding the
wishes of the majority in the loca-
ton of the normal school, and the
reckoning will be fnely.drawn, with
netting out of full measure of
reciprocity" that will fully repay
the rundown this winter. And
some people will certainly regret
their high.handed actions in this
matter.
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Earlier Account.

Nashville, Tenn, March 20.-John
D.. Sharp has been acquitted of the
charge of numbering former United
States Senator p. w. Carmack, but
the two principal actors in the now
famous tragedy, Robin and Colonel
Duncan B. Cooper. are still in jail,
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-03-20
'.INTERESTS' ARE PROBABLY
BACKING CASS LAKE BILL
Every Indication Points Utter Disregard in the Senate
the Fitness or Unftness Of the Reservation Town..
Political Pulr' Predominates.


The domineering attitude of the
interests" in the acts of the present
legislature has become so noticeable,
more especially in the campaign for
the location of the sixth state normal
school, that even the staid old st.
Paul Pioneer: Press, which is slow
to wrath" is moved to say:
The Pioneer Press has had re-
peated occasion to voice an emphatic
protest against the subordination by
the legislature of broad general
interest to the purpose of boosting
the popularity or political prospects
of some individual member or group
of members. The log.rolling men,
Der is almost Invariably a recreant
member. He votes for any measure
of any kind, by whomsoever pre-
sented, if he can thereby place some
other member or members under
obligation to vote for some pet local
project of his own. He should be
discountenanced by conscientious
men whenever he shows up with
deal"
A gross instance of the subordina-
ton by the senate of general to indi-
vidual interests, and of yielding to an
oleaginous log-roller, was afforded on
yesterday when it passed the Gum
bill for the location of the sixth state
normal school at Cass Lake.
Now there may be no more
objection to Cass Lake as site for
the school than to Thief River Falls,
Bemidji, Warren, Park Rapids or
any other place mentioned in con-
nection with the project. But the
joint investigating committee appoin-
ted by the senate and house had
after careful investigation of the
various sites offered recommended
that the legislature leave the selec-
ton to the normal school board at
whatever place might, in its judy
ment, best serve the population for
whose benefit the school is to be
built.
The senate seems to have deter
mined that the question of utility
must be thrust aside and the Gum
bill passed just to reward it's author
and very rich and liberal minded
investor who stands behind him for
numerous personal acts of good
fellowship, such as the log-roller
delishteth in. f~.-
The Kinds bill, now on general
orders in the house, leaving the
choice of locations to the normal
board, is a just and fair measure
with no influences" behind it but
that which always rallies to the
support Of a square DEAL" A re-
spectful treatment of all competing
localities calls for its passage by the
legislature. But fair play seems
not to be the fashion at the capitol
just now. At any rate the legislature
appears to be bent upon alternating
the affections of the voters of north
ern Minnesota"
An interesting rumor in connec-
ton with the action of the senate in
the normal school matter is to the
effect that G. G. Hartley of Duluth,
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owner of the Cass Lake townsite,
and prominent among the iron men
of Duluth, is. an avowed candidate
for U. S. senator to succeed Senator
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-03-20
Why Pay Rent?

We loan money on city property
which you can repay in monthly
payments. The T. ]. Miller Com
pany.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-03-20
THOSE WHO SUPPORTED QUINN
AND HIS INTERESTS.

THOSE WHO SUPPORTED QUINN
AND HIS INTERESTS.
S. F. Alderman J, Brainerd
]. F. Calhoun, Minneapolis
A. S. Campbell, Austin
Julius A. Collier, Shakopee
". ". Dunn. st. Paul
Edmund s. Durment, st. Paul
F. E. DuToit, Chaska
Ray G, Harrington, Ortonville
Frank T. Glotzbach, Faribault
D. N. Gum, Grand Rapids
D. S. Hall, Buffalo Lake
John c. Hardy, ST. Paul
". A. Hinton, Truman
C. A. johnson, st. Peter
Victor L. Johnson, Center City
George R. Laybourn, Duluth
Henry McColl, St. Paul
j. T. McGowan, Minneapolis
John Moonan, W.aseca
John W. Pauly, Minneapolis /
A. A. Peehler, Henderson
T. N. Pugh, Duluth
F. e. Putnam, Blue Earth
John E. C. Robinson, St. Cloud
Virgil B. Seward, Marshall
Edward E. Smith, Minneapolis
George E. Sullivan. Saltwater
C. W. SWenson, Fridley
P. r. Vail, Virginia
II. F. WeiS, LeSeur
George P. Wilson, Minneapolis
h. H. Witherstine, Rochester
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THOSE WHO WERE 4!lNTI.GA Ass

M u Nv - LINZ tsAM Ak.OQ0G
LAKE.
John j. Ahmann, Torah
B. N. Anderson, Albert Lea :
S. B. Bedford; Rushmore
g. j. Q. Briggs, Houston
Ole 0. Canestefp, Elbow Lake
e. b. Garfield, Luverne
Thomas e. eastman, OWatonna
Frank Clague. Lamberton
L. o. Cooke, kellogg ..-
O. G. Dale, Madison
G. r. Donaldson, Stewart
James T. ElWelI, Minneapolis
Manley L. Fosseen, Minneapolis
George D. French, st. Charles
C. j. Gunderson,s Alexandria
A. L. Hanson, Ada
b. e. Hanson, Window
James Johnston, Bertha
Ole X. Naeseth, Zumbrota
S. A. Nelson, Lanesboro
F. h. Peterson, Moorhead
Ole 0. Sageng, Dalton
L. 0, Thorpe, Willmar
D. E. White, Claremont
S. D. Works, Mankato
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THESE FOUND 1T CONVENIENT
NOT TO VOTE.

A. D. Stephens, CrOokstOn
Bengt. E. Sundberg, Kennedy
George c. Carpenter, Buffalo
j. w. Wright, Litchfield
Albert Schailer, Hastings
Joseph NJ. Hackney, st. Paul.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-16
AN NHUNfAN ACT.

Stringent regulations are undoubt-
ed1y most desirable for the exclusion
from this country of such immigrants
as may be afflicted with menacing dis
eases but it Will strike most persons
that they should be enforced with a
wiser discrimination than now pre-
walls.
Telegraphic dispatches from New
York city of the other day tell that a
2 II year-old boy is to be deported by
the department of commerce and Ia
Dor because he is afflicted with a dis
ease. His mother, two brothers and
a sister are to be allowed to remain
and go to their husband and father
who has made a home for them in
Pennsylvania. In other words the
baby Of the family, because 1t is suf-
fering from some disease. which is
not named, possibly a peculiar soreness
Of the eyes which is one of the griev-
Gus affections that stirs the immigra-
ton authorities to action, is to be torn
from his mothers breast and shipped
back to Russia where 1t is supposed
that relatives or friends will care for
1t. Could there be anything more in
human?
In view of the fact that the mother
of this babe and his brothers and sis
ter are sufficiently healthy to pass
the requirements, it is not reasonable
to suppose that this lone child is the
victim of anything horrible in the way
of disease, that it is suffering from
anything which will not yield to prop
err treatment. Even If it were, it
would be far better to have permitted
the child to go with its parents under
proper precautions, or else the whole
family should have been sent back
home. The present status of the case
reflects little credit on a supposedly
civilized nation.
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New York Dehumanized.

1.-The population of New York is slowly
but surely degenerating," declared the
Rev. James P. Ldchtenberger of the bu-
reau of social research, in his address on
1.-THE Place of Amusement in Maintain
ing Health at the West Side branch of
the Y. NJ. c. A, land one of the greatest
factors in that degeneration is the lack of
healthful recreation for both young and
old
with the boy. play Is an absolute me-
cessity, and he will play, no matter what
obstacles are put in his way. It's not
the fault of the boy IL no Fairgrounds
are provided for him-he will make his
own playground, even IL there. is win
dow in the way. There is no question
but that play is OF benefit to a boy When
he joins a play group he Immediately
learns lessons which will be of use to
him when he assumes the duties of citi-
zenship-how to take a hand in affairs of
common interest, how to respect the
rights of others and how to adjust him.
self to his surroundings.
+ Under present conditions. the boys OF
our city do not get square deal. No
provision is made for their play, and
when they impress the street into service
they are arrested and hailed down to court
like criminals They are treated like
criminals. and they think themselves GRIM
inals. They are being actually driven into
criminality.
But it is not only the children who
suffer. The right kind OF physical recre-
workers as well These. who do not use
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AYHAWKER .JOTS

Charlie Blakesley is of. the opinion
that Senator Curtis is entitled to the
support OF everyone who is fond of
dried eggs
what shall I p1ay?" asked the
church organist Of the absent mind
ed clergyman. who had been a sport
in his day. what sort of hand
have you got?' was the unexpected re-
ply.-Hoxie Sentinel.
The society editor of the Lawrence
Gazette was annoyed by the office
boy who sat staring at her while she
wrote hot stun. why do YOU stare si at
me in such tone of voice?" she ask
ed, and the boy replied, Because you
write" % So -ssg-b
Webster Foote has long been an adj
mirer of Theodore Roosevelt, and
of the people; But" he said sadly to-
day, 81 doubt whether I can stand for
this report that he is to walk on a bed
of roses in Naples. Garden City
Telegram.
School district IT, in Allen county,
Is REGARDED as the richest in the state.
1t embraces the Standard Oil tank
farm and this with other gas belt in
dustries returns approximately $2,-
100000 for assessment in the school
district. One item Of property listed
is $500 worth of cannon for lighting
fires in the oil tanks.
A Finney county man was out in
the country the other day, when he
met up with farmer hauling a
wheat drill back of his wagon. A
terrific Kansas wind was ripping
across the prairie. "What are you do
ing with that drill? he asked the far
mer. Trying to catch up with my
farm" was the reply, as the farmer
clucked up his horses.-Salina Journal.
Deeply imDressed receutJv nv an I'D
dress given at Bright, on the evils of
smoking, young minister arose and
said that that morning he had a pres
ent of 100 cigars, one of them he had
smoked, but he now determined to go
home and throw the rest into the fire.
Thereupon a Baptist minister arose
and said that he meant to accompany
his reverend brother. my intention
is to rescue the ninety and nine."-
Henry News.
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PROBABLY Is A MYTH.

Undoubtedly. there is a good deal
of truth in the statement of Bernard
Barasa, a prominent italian lawyer Of
Chicago, that the Black Hand. society
is a myth. As he points out, It was
never heard of until a few years ago
when some Italians attempted to
blackmail one of their brethren, a
New York banker. The letters they
wrote to him were signed '"The Black
Hand" Since that time almost every
overt act, that has been committed
by Italians in every section Of the
country has been attributed to the
Black Hand society And it is most
reasonable to suppose, as Mr.. Barasa
suggests. that much crime has been
credited to Black Handlers in which
Italians have not had the slightest
hand.
AS a matter OF fact, the Black
Hand society has probably been
created in the imaginations of the
people and, especially the police In the
larger cities to whom 1t has been a
convenient agency for laying the
blame for variety of crimes and out
breaks of violence which they have
been unable to fathom.
Italians are not the most peaceable
sort of people in the world, especially
in their treatment Of each other.
They are hot blooded, vindictive to a
degree. In their home land they have
been accustomed from time i'm
memorial to take the law into their
own hands, to satisfy their hate and
their vengeance in their own way. And
naturally the great number of them
who have immigrated to this land.
have brought their customs with
them. But to think that the Italians
in this country, or a portion of them.
have banded together In a Black Hand
society to wreak murders and de-
struction of property in a promiscuous
fashion is unreasonable on the face of
it.
That many Italians engage in many
murders and in bomb throwings is not
to be denied but in all likelihood these
are the result of individual efforts or
of little coteries of friends who be-
come interested in each others
vendettas. There is this satisfaction.
though, in the most of their lawless-
ness. 1t is confined to italian at
tacks upon Italians. If it was d.
rected against other classes of people
in the country the situation would be
more alarming. However, all italian
lawlessness should be curbed and
italian criminals should be brought to
Justice in the interests of law and or
der even II they are kind enough to
vent their spleen only on each other.
On the other hand. there are far more
italians in the United States who are
law-abiding citizens and earnest and
honest wage workers than there are
of the blood thirsty variety. res
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Peril of Fast Eating.

Poverty is by no means the only
cause of malnutrition among our
school children says a. well-known
Brooklyn man who takes an unusual
view of the conditions prevailing in
the public schools as pointed out by
DIR. w. H. Maxwell, superintendent of
schools.
even in the families well to do
there has come to be a singular lack
of food interest, of table; enthusiasm,
SO to speak. This is especially true of
clerks workers, teachers tradespeople,
deavor to become rich bear the
heaviest and most complicated
curden of all our people. This
condition produces a certain rest
less, disturbing confusion in the
homes Of many which Is ex-
tremely antiappetizing.
"Ambition-activity. among various
members of such occupations to get
on, to enjoy as they go, and to make
money upon which to Hwe-all at once
makes a fever. not a pleasure, out of
life. The peculiar perchlike sort or
homing that has largly come to pass
aids in keeping up the nervous tur-
MOL, physical and mental. The table
interest suffers thereby.
Each one is crowded as to room,
hurried as to time, and distract, think
ing of other things. Families seldom
meet. When they do the meal is IRE,
uuently accompanied by warm or colo
discussion, often of disturbing mat
ters. The father is at his first meal
for the day; the mother, usually ex-
cited over something, troubles or
pleasures; big brothers. big sisters, lit
tie sisters,and little brothers, all pull
ing in different ways, and all In a
rush. Malease is prevalent. II not
universal, among many families,
New York Times.
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QUAKER MEDITATIONS.
IFrom the Philadelphia Record.

IFrom the Philadelphia Record
You can't paddle your own canoe
by proxy.
To make the most Of the figure 6
turn 1t bottom upward.
Some men never succeed because
they expend all their energy cursing
their luck.
Guzzler-"I can drink and let it
alone" Wigwag-"Of course, but
you are in constant practice"
Wealth doesn't always bring happi-
ness. but it is comforting to believe
that 1t Is just as apt to as poverty.
The greatest pleasure a girl gets
out of being married is to refrain from
sending invitations to some other
girls.
Tommy-"Pop, what is a skeptic ?''
Tommy's Pop-"A skeptic my son, is
a person who doubts anything you are
sure Of"
Mistakes will happen" quoted the
Wise Guy. Yes, but if people would
take our advice there would be fewer
of them" added the Simple Mug.
Blobbs-"Bjones is rather effemin-
ate" Slobbs-''Why, 1 never noticed
it." Blobbs-"Oh, yes, the less he
knows about a thing the more he has
to say about it,
First Theatrical Manager-"That
new play of yours is rather immoral
don't you Think" Second Theatrical
| Manager-'I suppose it is, but then ]
got 1t dirt cheap"
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is to bring the intelligest dealer who
close touch with the producer. Every
factor in the egg trade that prevents
this is detrimental to the progress Of
this important branch of intensive ag-
riculture
The greatest handicap to the egg
trade is the general store, with its
custom of bartering merchandise for
eggs. The storekeeper reckons his
profits on goods as more than his loss
on eggs. He does not try to enforce
improvement upon his patrons by
buying on quality basis. and by the
advantage his peculiar position gives
doing so.
The cure for this evil consists in
teaching the farmer and the merchant
that the present method of trading is
upon a false basis, which is of no real
advantage to either. but is in reality a
great disadvantage to both in that it
causes an actual loss of wealth which
must be borne by the community.
When such an understanding is estab-
lished the community is ready for
some plan of buying eggs that will
pay the producer in accordance with
the actual worth of the product. This
done. and a market found where the
improved goods will be recognized
and paid for. the future of the egg
and poultry industry in that commun-
ity is simply matter of practice and
perseverance.