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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-12-09
VERMONT LUMBER DEAL
Thirty Thousand Acres Of Forest
Land In Essex County SOLD
for O300,O0O,

Utica, n. Y, Dec. lone OF the largest
lumber deals ever recorded In this Sec
ton was contaminated at Herkimer to-
day when 10000 acres Of forest land To-
Gated In Essex county, Vermont. was
transferred by John G. Hutchins Of
North Stratford. N. H.. to Daniel r.
strobei and John NJ. Richards Of Herki-
mer and E. A. Dye Of Hinckley. 1t is TIM
derstood that the price paid was 500, 900.
me purchasers have been negotiating
for moro than year to secure this prop
erty.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-12-09
THE FIRST LORDS SONG

When I was a boy served n term
As, Office boy to political Arm;
! ran the council. then | ran the board,
was certainly marvel when l swung
my ward;
| voted that ward so successfulee
That now can reorganise the whole
navee.
AS alderman I showed such skill
That they gave me Job on Cod Fish
There ran the House with a smile 70
bland,
And hypnotized the rustles by a mere
glad hand;
Oh. I hypnotized those rustics so easi-
That now can reorganize the whole
navee.
In the Legislature made such name
That they gave me hand in the national
game:
wore an orchid and a neat frock coat,
And the politicians took me for a second
Choate;
Yes. the national committee thought 20
much of me
That now I can reorganixe the whole
navee.
In building forces took such care
That they sent me abroad to the Paris
fair;
That commissionership in France, /
ween.
Was the hardest job I've seem
But that kind of job so fitted me
That now ! can reorganze the whole
navee.
In society was such n swell
They gave me the Job at the Quirnal,
With kings and queens l made my dates,
And | snubbed everyone from the United
States.
snubbed those yaps so effectuallee
That now can reorganize the whole
navee.
The report OF my worth spread near and
Tar,
So they shipped me up to the court OF
the car,
In the hearts OF all I'd won such a grin
They made me accept the postnas ter-
ship.
And 1t was this career Of dipomace
Equipped me to reorganze tho whole
nnvee.
Springfield Republican.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-12-09
ANNUAL MEETING OF STANNAKD
POST

The annual meeting of stannard Post
No. 2, a. a. r. was held Friday evening in
Stannard Memorial hail. when Officers
were elected as follows; Post command
er. John W. Boutwell,; senior vice-com
mander, George p. Morton: Junior vice
commander Charles e. Putney; quarter
master. John NJ. Stafford surgeon, Nelson
r. Tracy: chaplain. Charles f. Beach,;
officer Of the day. Charles Van Steinberg:
officer Of the guard. Herrick A. Tilley:
color sergeant. James Miles. Delegates
and alternates to the 43rd department err
campment were elected as follows: Dele
gates. Charles Stone. George p. Martin
Charles Fl. Putney. John L. Barstow.
David Mitchell. Herrick a. Tilley, Rich.
ard D. Irwin: alternates. A. J. Maxim.
william A. Trask. James Miles. Walter
J. Hilton Henry W. harrington. William
Smith, Henry W. Como.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-12-09
THAT GENTLE GAME.

Ono incident OF the Pennsylvania
Michigan football game that does not he.
long on the sporting mage and has not
been hitherto chronicied caused Joy Ia
the fortunate half dozen men who are
permitted to watch games from the
sidelinea.
Ailerdice, tho Michigan captain. caught
4 punt and was downed in his tracks by
Braddock. the Pennsyvanla end. Fearing
that the Michigan man would try to run
with the ball. Braddock did not relax
his grip even wnsn the whistle blew.
Come on girls. lets get up" called out
Allerdics. I'VE might catch cold on this
damp ground" Braddock shsepishly
arose. and even In the heat Of the bitter
contest the players found time to crack
Q grin.-Philsdelphia Times.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-12-09
NONE OF HIS BUSINESS.


While waiting for the train the bride
and bridegroom walked slowly Up and
down the platform.
II don't know what this Joking and
guying may have been 10 YOU" he &C.
marked. but it's death to me. l never
experienced such an ordeal"
"It's perfectly dreadftA." she answered
Il shall be 10 glad when we get away
from everybody We know
They're actually impertinent." ne went
on. why. the very natives"
At this unpropitious moment the wheezy
old stationmaster walked up to them.
BE you goin' to take this train" hi
asked.
ITS none Of your business" retorteS
the bridegroom. Indignantly. Ms h" guided
the bride up the platform, where they
condoled with each other over the I'M
pertinencs Of some of the natives.
Onward came the train its vapor curl.
ing from afar. II was the last to theiT
destination that day--an express. Near
er and nearer II came at full speed. then
in a moment It whizzed past and was
gone.
why In thunder didn't that train
stop." yelled the bridegroom.
Zoos YOU sed 'twarn't none Of my
bizness. has 10 signal IL that trains
TO stop"
And as the old stationmaster softly
twinkle in his eye.-Tit-Bit
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-12-09
A VIRGINIA BELLIES WIT.

Two examples OF Miss Ould's qucknesi
can personally vouch for. Shortly be-
fore her marriage she was at dinner
In Richmond with several lawyers. one
NJ whom was a noted Munchausen; he
was also q desperate drinker and held
long sessions. He was boasting of one
case In which he had earned a $50 0Oo fee
and then spent It on single spree. Her
table neiGhbor asked Miss Ould II she
credited the story. Her answer was
prompt: II might doubt the storied earn
but he's all right for that animated
bust"-De Icons Bellies and Beaux.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-12-09
Mk. GLUMM.

MY old friend Mr.. Glumm declares
That holidays are all sell;
They interfere with our AFFAIRS
And cost lot OF cash an we'll
But cen the dyspepsia cannot make
MY views of life To his succumb.
Ia rather have stomach ache
Than nurse crouch like Mr. Glumm
-Washington 6ten
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-12-09
WILD TURKEY FOR NEW Eng
LAND.
prom the Manchester Mirror and Farm

er)
Alabama passed game law one year
bgo prohibiting altogether the shooting Of
female wild turkeys. Previously these
birds We're hunted the year round.
The result OF the enforcement Of this law
has been a great Increase In the number
Of wild turkey gobblers for Christmas
dinner What can be done In Alabama
ear be done in many other States To
BE- sure. some States would have to i'm
port their birds and establish them on a
range but 1t can be done. and would add
. new light to the sportsmen Of the State
- well as add 20 the natural wealth Of
the states resources How would i do
TO try turkey experiment In New
hampshire Massachusetts, and Vermont
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-12-09
CAUSE AND HEEHcT

The Rev. DR.. Ritchse OF Edinburgh.
though very clever man. once met his
match. When examining q student as
to the classes he attended he said:
Il understand you attend tho class for
mathematics?"
Yes
''fIow many sides has a circie?"
Two" said the student.
Indeed, What are they?''
What a laugh in the court the stud.
ent's answer produced when he promptly
said:
AN inside and an outside"
The doctor next inquired
And YOU attend the moral philosophy
clnss. ALSO"
YES"
well you doubtless heard lectures on
various subjects. Did you ever hear one
on cause and effect?
Yes"
doe. an effect ever 60 before .
cause
Yes"
Give me an instance"
"A barrow wheeled by man"
The doctor hastily at down, and pro-
posed no more questions.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1909-05-15

Presbyterian services OF
the Presbyterian, Methodist and
Baptist churches tomorrow in the
city hall as follows: Morning wor.
ship at 1O:45. DR.. A. C. Gaebelein
will speak on the christian Priest.
hood" Sunday school at 1915.
At 3, in the city hall, DR.. Gaebelein
will speak on the Royal Psalm
There will be union meeting o1
the young people of the Baptist,
Methodistand Presbyterian churches
at the Presbyterian at p. m. Even
ing service in the city hall at 8.
This will be DR.. Gaebelein's closing
service. It has been a great prlvi
lege to have DR.. Gaebelein with us.
his addresses having been most
instructive and inspiring, and al
this last service we hope for a very
large attendance. 49, :.-.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1909-05-15
GOVERNMENT SAID TO
have LOST BIG sum
Federal Weighers and New York
Importers Arrested.

New York, May 15.-Three Of tho
government weighers recently dis
missed by Collector Loeb were arrest
ed, together with the members of two
importing firms who are alleged to
have conspired with the weighers to
secure the entry of fig and cheese
imports at less than the actual
weights. The weighers and importers
were jointly indicted recently by the
federal grand jury. The men arrest
ed under these indictments were An
tonic and Philip Musica of the i'm
porting firm of A. Musica & Son and
Eusuadio Papavasilopulo, another i'm
porter, with the former weighers,
Joseph Quinn, Thomas G. Giddings
and Joseph Mcmahon. The frauds
charged are declared to have contin-
ued over long period and to have
caused the loss of large sums to the
government.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1909-05-15
between JAPANESE LINES
Ocean Rate War as Result of Mlwau.
kee Extension. ---

kee Extension.
Victoria, B. c., May 15.-That a
rate war will probably result between
the two Japanese transpacific lines,
following the establishment next
month of the Osaka Shosen Kaisha's
service in conjunction with the Chi.
cago, Milwaukee and St. Paul rail.
road, is the news received by mail
from Japan.
The Ashai Shimbun of Toxic, in a
lengthy article, says the expectation
is that rate war will begin and that
the Nippon yusen Kaisha will be ex.
pected to fight keen competition on
its North American line to Victoria
and Seattle at the hands of the Osaka
Shosen Kaisha.
The Osaka Shosen Kaisha has Just
borrowed $1,000,O00 on the security of
the new steamers through the agency
of Messrs. Sale, Fraser & Co. of Yoko-
hama and will have five new steamers
In service by next January, drawing
subsidies amounting to $500,OO0 an.
nually from the Japanese government.
The Ashai Shimbun says that the
Osaka firm will not be a member of
the Pacific conference and will be
able to compete in the matter of
rates
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1909-05-15
ARGUMENTS MADE ON
MOTION THIS A. M.
Continued from First Page.]

had gone to find Mr.. Sullivan in
order to learn whether the subpoena
had been served on him. She found
the restaurant woman sitting on the
settee and asked her if Mr.. Sullivan
was inside. The woman had said
that he was and she waited until he
came out, then accompanying him
to the store. She declared she had
not said anything about hanging to
Mr.. Sullivan.
In cross examination Miss John
son again denied having said any
thing about hanging and also stated
that DR.. Koch had not requested
her mother to leave the hospital on
certain evening before pushing
her out.
Mr.. Newfoundland you knew
that when the doctor escorted your
mother to the door he wished your
absence?"
Miss Johnson-"The action was
suggestive"
Mr.. McDonald-"And that made
it necessary for him to put you
out"
Miss Johnson Unless he ans.
wered the question, yes"
Alfred Johnson, on the stand, de.
MED following DR.. Koch on the
evening formerly referred to and
also that he stood on the corner
that night. He was foreman and
scale inspector for the T. M. Part.
ridge Lumber company. He also
stated that Mr.. Sullivan had said at
their house that he would swear to
a white lie for a friend. His atten-
tion had been called to the article
in the Blackduck American during
the last few days of April. In cross.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1909-05-15

examination he said that he had had
the conversation on the street with
DR.. Koch about 7:30 O'Clock one
evening and had not worked over.
time that day.
Miss Olga Johnson testified that
Mr.. Sullivan had said at their
home that he would swear to a
white lie to save a friend.
DR.. Osborn of Blackduck was
recalled and asked by Senator
Peterson if, when he had examined
Oscars throat that Sunday night,
he had said, "Your medicine is
taking effect and / see the mem
brane is curling up" The wit
ness stated, Gas / remember it,
did not say anything in reference
to diphtheria until we got outside
when I told him if the membrane
didn't curl up to pump to him. F"
In cross examination he said that
he had only looked at the throat
for minute.
Mrs. Dollie Powell of Blackduck,
whose children had had diphtheria
in February, 1908, was called to
the stand but the offer of her tes.
timony was ruled out.
Senator Peterson declared that
the plaintiff rested and Mr.. McDon.
aid did likewise for the defense.
Mr.. Mcdonald then said:
Your honor, we desire to move
the court for an order directing the
jury to return a verdict in favor ot
the defendant and against the plain.
tiff on the following grounds, that
the complaint does not state a
cause of action.
The complaint alleges that the
administrators, as such, was damaged
and there is no allegation that the
benefciaries or persons for whom
this action survives and is being
prosecuted as damaged in any sum
and upon the further ground that
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1909-05-15
JUDICIAL TRIUNE HAS
APPOINTED EXAMINERS
IS. Arnold Of Bemidji Will Examine
Land Titles and Registration in
BeItrami County.

The three judges of the Fifteenth
Judicial district, Judges McClena-
han of Brainerd, Wright of Park
Rapids and Stanton of Bemidji,
met recently in this city and ap-
pointed the examiners of titles for
each county in this district in
accordance with Chapter 1s3, Gen
eral Laws of 1909, an act concern
ing the registration of lands and
the title thereto in the State of
Minnesota.
The law provides that the appoint
ments shall be made from the
legal profession and shall terminate
at the will of the district court by
which they are appointed. The
appointees shall be examiners of
titles and legal advisers to the
registers of deeds.
The examiners Who have been
appointed by the district court for
the different counties in t h e
Fifteenth Judicial district are as
follows: F. S. Arnold Of Bemidji,
Beltrami county; Edward T. Tets
worth of Bagley, Clearwater county;
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1909-05-15
LOCAL CONTRACTORS GET
SCHOOL HOUSE CONTRACT
Doran Bros. Submit Lowest Bid for
Installing Heating Plant and
Doing Plumbing.

At special meeting of the men,
bers of Independent School District
of Bemidji, held last evening, Doran
Bros. of this city were awarded the
contract to install the heating plant
and do the plumbing for the new
high school and graded school build
ing.
In addition to Doran Bros, there
were two other bidders, they being
NJ. ]. Mccarthy and Frank S.
Spencer, both of Minneapolis.
The bids submitted to the board
were as follows:
M. J. Mccarthy, Mime
apolis, for installing
steam heat and ventilat-
Ing plant........... 1920 90
Frank S. Spencer, Mime
apolis, for installing
steam heat and ventilat-
ing plant. nt................... $3.50 90
Doran Bros. of Bemidji,
for heating and ventil-
ating, including Johnson
service system of regula-
tion......................... ISIS IS
Doran Bros. Bemidji, for
installing plumbing. 1857 90
Doran Bros. were then awarded
the contract and the clerk author.
lied, on behalf of the board, to enter
into contract with the local plumb
ing firm, to do the work at the price
of S10,732.85, they being the lowest
bidders.
The purchasing committee was in
structed to look up the question OF
finishing the wood work and the
various floors of the new school
building in different colors or finishes
and as to the advisability of having
desks on each floor finished the
same as the woodwork.
The board appointed G. M. Tor.
rance, secretary of the board, a
committee of one to request the
members of the city council to have
the sewer extended to the new
school building as soon as possible
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1909-05-15
Double Execution at Manila.

Manila, May 15.-Esuebio Burias
and Lucio Aldea, who were convicted
of the murder Of Anna Hahn, school
teacher in the Batangas district, were
hanged in Bilibid prison. The execu-
tion was private. The crime, which
was committed in January, 1905, had
robbery for It's object. The victim
was hacked to pieces with bolos.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1909-05-15
Night Rider Juror Ends Life.

Union City, Tenn, May 15.-Man-
field Haroldson, promi;~ent farmer
living north of this place, has COM
mitted suicide. His body was discov-
cred suspended by a rope in his buggy
house. Haroldson was one of the
jurors who tried the eight night riders
at this place last January, six of
whom were sentenced to be hanged,
and it is said that worry over that
trial unbalanced his mind.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1909-05-15

a. 7. Thwing Of Grand Rapids,
Itasca; Frank Palmer Of Inter
national Falls, Koochiching; Daniel
DeLury Of Walker, Cass; John G.
Heshian of Aitken, Aitken; w. G.
Rhea of Park Rapids, Hubbard;
and A. D. Polk Of Brainerd, Crow
Wing county,
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1909-05-15
PLANS TO INVADE:
HILL TERRITORY
st. Paul Road to Construct
Several Branch Lines.
ALL ON COAST EXTENSION

Railroad Men Say Activity Of New
Transcontinental System Will Mean
Substantial Cut Into the Traffic
Volume Now Enjoyed by the Great
Northern and Northern Pacific
Known as the Hill Roads.
Chicago, May Construction OF
branch lines, which will add over
1000 miles to the Pacific coast exten.
sion of the Chicago, Milwaukee and
st. Paul railroad, will soon be under.
taken by that road
The territory to be thus invaded
has heretofore been controlled abso
lutely by the Hill lines. The activ
tiles Of the St. Paul road, in the opin
Ion Of railroad officials, will mean a
substantial cut into the traffic volume
now enjoyed by the Northern Pacific
and Great Northern lines.
The principal branches planned by
the st. Paul road at this time are:
From Mobridge, S. D., westward 15C
miles through the Cheyenne Indian
reservation.
From Missoula, Mont, north to Fer
ME, B. c., 240 miles.
Southward to vast fruit raising
territory in the vicinity of st. Marie
Ida.
From Beverly, on the Columbia
river, $50 miles to Hanford, Wash
and from Tacoma 100 miles west tc
Grays IIarbor. .. .
It Is also stated that the road is
planning an extension from Fargo, N
D., to Winnipeg. ..
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1909-05-15

the evidence does not establish a
cause of action against the defendant.
We, therefore, ask that the present
ment of this motion be left until
tomorrow morning and then argue it
at some length"
AS soon as court convened this
morning the jury was excused until
after the arguments were completed
on the motion of Attorney McDon-
aid for the court to instruct the jury
to return verdict in favor of the
defendant.
Mr.. Mcdonald argued two hours
and half on his motion. He stated
that this action had commenced
with the serving of the papers on
June 26, 1908. He had twice
demurred to the complaint, his
demurrer being sustained the first
time but not on the second occasion.
The counsel for the defense con-
tended that the plaintiff should state
in the complaint the commission or
omission of the act or acts that con-
stitute the negligence of the de-
fendant. They had alleged in the
complaint that the defendant failed
to use due care and skill, without
stating that due care and skill
should necessarily be used by the
defendant. ......
He was Willing to submit that
the allegations that the plaintiff
had been damaged in the sum of
$4,000 was not sufficient without
further particulars in the complaint.
The defense held, if damages were
to be proved, that professional wit
nesses must have testified that the
treatment given or omitted by the
attending physician were injurious
to the patient. The plaintiff had
not submitted one iota of evidence
in this respect.
If damages are given against
every doctor when he makes a slight
mistake the time will soon come
when the medical profession will be
left to quacks and other imposters," ;"
said Mr.. Mcdonald. IF damages
are allowed in this case against DR..
Koch, your honor, it will not be
long before even Charles Wheaton
and the Mayo brothers will be
driven from their hospital at Roch.
ester, and the tide of humanity
which now seeks and finds relief at
their hands will be turned away"
Mr.. Mcdonald cited large mum.
Der of cases in reference to his differ
ent contentious and ended by declar-
ing that the cause of the death of
Oscar Johnson should have been
testified to by medical experts in.
stead of by laymen, giving instances
which made it necessary for this
rule to be followed.
Court adjourned at 1880 until
1:3O p. M, when Senator Peterson
was to have submitted his arguments
on the question.
Miss Agnes F. Hotch was an
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1909-05-15
SOME RETURN TO WORK
Strike Situation in France Appears to
Be Improving.

Be Improving.
Paris, May 15.-Instead of showing
an increase the number of striking
postal employees in the city seems tc
have diminished. The leaders of the
strike, however. still talk of unexpect
ed developments, including the dec
laration of general strike by the
General Federation of Labor. On the
other hand, the authorities, with the
endorsement of the chamber of depu.
ties behind them, insist that the
movement will collapse totally in a
few days without recourse to the
elaborate reserve arrangements that
have been perfected
At Lyons, Toulouse, Marseilles and
some other places the strikers aban.
doned the struggle and returned to
their posts.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1909-05-15
SPENT AL NIGHT n! y IN JUNGLE
Kermit Roosevelt Loses His Way in
African Wiide,

Nairobi, B. E. A., May 15.-1t is
learned here that Kermit Roosevelt
lost his way from his fathers camp
near Machakos last Friday and spent
an entire night alone on horseback,
riding through region unknown to
him. On Saturday morning he turned
up at Kiu, station on the railway,
lnquiring there the way to camp. He
was given the desired directions.
The region in which Kermit Roose-
velt is reported to have been lost lies
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1909-05-15

between the Athi river and the Ugan-
da railroad. Kiu, where he finally
found himself, is about fifty miles be-
low Nairobi and thirty or forty miles
southeast of Machakos. There is an
old cart road from Machakos to Kiu,
but otherwise the country and the re-
gion thereabouts is very sparsely in
habited by natives of the Wakamba
tribe, peaceful people, engaged
chiefly in agriculture.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1909-05-15
USES INDIAN AS A DECOY
Government Agent Causes Arrest of
Twenty-eight Saloonkeepers.

Sioux City, a., May 15.-Using John
c. Decora, a Winnebago Indian, as a
decoy T. E. Brent, a special govern
ment agent, secured evidence by
means of which he caused the arrest
of twenty-eight Sioux City liquor deal
ers on a charge of selling whisky to
Indians. The minimum penalty in
each case is 5000 fine and a year in
the county JAIL
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1909-05-15
Russian "Robin Hood" Killed.

Mohilev, Russia, May 15.-The noted
robber chieftain, savitzky, the Robin
Hood" Of the Russian revolution. has
been killed by members of the rural
guard.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1909-05-15
.DOINGS IN The VARIOUS
CHURCHES OF The CITY
Hours Of Worship and Subjects Of Ser.
mons to Be Delivered in the
City Sunday.

Episcopal Services will be held
in the Odd Fellows hall at 1880
a. m. and 8 p. m. Sunday school
at 4 p. m. Rev. E. NJ. Davies will
conduct the services.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1909-05-15

Norwegian Lutheran will
be no services in the morning, but
the usual services will be held at
8 o'clock p. m. Norwegian and
English Sunday school at 4 p. m.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1909-05-15

HELP WANTED.

Young men to learn au-
tomob1le business by mail and
prepare as chauffeurs and repair
men. We make you expert in ten
weeks; assist you to secure posi-
ton. Pay big; work pleasant,
demand for men great; reason
able; write for particulars and
sample lesson. Empire Automo-
bile Institute, Rochester, N. Y.