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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-03-03
St. JOhnSbury Sixty Years Ago.


On the 22nd u meeting was 10000 gallons
held at Painhed to consider the cnse year 10000 gallons
opening Of railroad from Mont
pelier 70 Wells River. Committees
appointed to call meetings ~ ~ nen' q" Trains
.ta 4, -. -. the Connecticut Passump-
and provide for preliminary - 80 @u Trains Iea'e
veys. ' N'''' "0 o a. n7 ana
T. arrive in boston 5al p n1 and
TT at a p m stopping night a
~ Concord and arriving in Boston
call for a railroad meeting at
Washington. All n favor Of a
railroad from Montpelier to Brad
ford are invited ia attend Salmon p Chase elected
~ senator from Ohio the fourth
r,-.. , ballot
Tuesday next is the day named
when the Freemen required to
their upon the traveller inst rerrre from
question: Inc hon. D. D Brown California stated that agriculture
oSt Adams has taken pains was so neglected that man h
Inc amount OF spirit had hdconanng bush
Ns "'o l"at town the past els Of wheat could
and the previous vested and was obIioed ~ LEI m
the "No License" year it was cattle eati
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-03-03
Vicarious OscuIa+;on

He was having some words with her
chaperon.
"lll--rll kiss her right under your
rosc! he said defantly.
ION, we'll" said that lady, "vicarious
Kissing like that can see no objection
fo."-Boston Transcript.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-03-03

My dear friend, | beg you to lend
ne 500 wrote a needy man to an ac-
luaintaDee, and then forget me for
"er | am not worthy to be remem-
1ered"-Philippincs Gossip.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-03-03

lrascible Magistrate - officer. why
1ld you bring this prisoner up before
me? Can't you see he's as deaf as n
ioornail? Policeman - OF was told
'''d give him hearing, sor.-Judge.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-03-03

Caledonia county's new states attor.
ncy is making good and that is what
everybody expected when he vas elected.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-03-03

" nere IRE IS more terrible than
death it is the truest valor to dare to
live. Browne.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-03-24
PILEs CURED nj 3 To q 81. DAYS

5PAZo OINTMENT Is guaranteed to cure any
ng Piles Inc TO Il days or money refunded. SOC
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-03-24
OPERA TED WITH
UTMOST SKILL
Kidnappers Of Willie Whitla
May Never Be Caught.
BOY APPARENTLY DOPED

When Returned to His Father He Ap-
peared Dazed and Scarcely Recog-
nized HE Parent-Trall Of Man
Who Received the $4,000 Ransom,
Ends at Door. Of Candy store In
Cleveland Where Money Was Left.
Cleveland, March 24.-Throughout
the development OF the plans Of the
kidnappers Of Willie Whitla, who was
returned to his father in this city on
payment Of $4,000 ransom, show.
that they operated with the utmost
skill. Each time they have appeared
In any public place the trail ends
whore they wanted it to end.
At the East End candy store where
the money was paid the tracks Of the
man who got it end at the door. At
Payne avenue and East Thirtieth
street, where the boy was taken to
board the car, there Is no trace Of the
man who accompanied him beyond
the vacant lot where he stood and
watched the boy take the street car.
Whether they will ever be captured
Is prob1ematical.
It may be a day or two before Billy
Whitla is able to tell the whole story
Of his wanderings. When he came
into the Hollenden hotel he was dazed,
He scarcely knew his father when the
man 1eaped to him and seized him In
his arms.
He did remember that woman
gave him medicine" evidently
strong NARCOTIC, for many OF the
child's recollecttons are hazy in the
extreme. His heavy eyes and unac-
customed dullness of speech prove
that he was in stupor much of the
time that he was in the custody of
the child stealers.
Even when he came to the Hollen-
den he thought he was In Ashtabula
or Akron-he had heard the men tell
of those two places. He knew he
had been in Warren and in Newcastle.
He thought he had been In the latter
place three days.
He had been In bed much of the
time, apparently under the influence
of drugs.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-03-24

Il & ~
they cling to one another and sobbed.
After being In the house Ave min
ntes, Mr.. and Mrs, Whitla, with Billy,
his uncle and aunt, Mr.. and Mrs. Bull,
and his grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs.
William Whitla, both Of them over
eighty years old, came out to the
front porch The crowd cheered and
rushed toward the house. For mo-
ment 1t seemed as though some Of the
people would be crushed. They were
restrained by the detectives, however,
and consented to keep still while the
family posed for a photograph. AS
soon as this was over the demonstra-
ton broke forth again and continued.
until long after the party returned to
the house.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-03-24
FRENCH STRIKERS
RETURN TO WORK
Vote in Favor Of Such Action
Nearly Unanimous.

~ p q 81 r i 6 81 a 9E 49, IS + p
Paris, March 24-At a mass meet
ing of 5000 of the striking govern
ment telegraph and postofice en-
ployes 1t was voted by an overwhelm-
ing majority to resume work. Only
about 200 Of the men voted to con-
tinue the strike.
The strike committee telegraphed
broadcast to it's adherents in the prov
inces the decision of the striking en-
.ployes to return to work At 2 o'clock
in the afternoon, after a parade
through the streets, the strikers in
Paris returned to their posts. Later
the military were withdrawn.
Owing to the wide disorganiZation
caused by the strike it will probably
be a week before the telegraph and
postal services are completely normal
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-03-24
LEFT IN LITTLE CANDY STORE
Ransom Of $4,000 Lay Exposed on
Cigar Case.

~sSAs@ ~eOSs - IS
Cleveland. March 24.-James P.
Whitla and his son BILLY" left here
for the family home in Sharon, Pa,
and were escorted to the railroad sta
ton by cheering crowd Of people.
The kidnapped youngster was clasped
in the arms Of his father from the
moment they left the Hollenden hotel
until they reached the train. Mr..
Whitla was not inclined to discuss the
matter of ransom or the plans of the
family in dealing with the kidnappers.
II am so glad to have the boy in
my arms" said the father, half smil-
ing and half crying, that / have given
no thought to the kidnappers. That
will be up to the police and as live
and breathe am not worrying over
their movements"
The $4,000 ransom Of Billy Whitla
was paid to his kidnappers in little
candy store at East Fifty.third street
and Standard avenue. The money
was received by an ordinarily dressed
workingman, who gave his name as
Hayes. He picked up the package
1l1ed with yellow backed bills. smiled
nonchalantly and left.
Mrs. Bernard Hendrickson, tenn
porarily in charge Of the store for her.
mother, Mrs. Margaret Uhle, forgot to
notice which way the man went and
at the door Of the little grocery is the
last trace the police have Of him.
Called Twice for Package.
The Hayes man stepped into the
store at noon and asked If package
had been left there for him. Mrs.
Hendrickson, without noting his ap-
pearance, told him there had not been.
An hour later a prosperous looking
man, who said his name was Will
Jams, came in with a small package
In his pocket.
He said he wanted to leave it for
man named Hayes" said Mrs. Hen.
erickson. HE asked If Hayes had
been here and said he had. Will
Jams left the package and not two
minutes later Hayes came In and
asked Is my package here?'
Il told him that It was and he
smiled. Without another word he
took it from where It lay exposed on
top Of the cigar case and went away"
A few hours later the kidnapped
boy was placed on street car and
sent to the Hollenden hotel, where his
father was awaiting the f,llallment of
the kidnappers' promise to release the
boy and send him to the hotel.
The Cleveland police are not In.
clined to believe Mrs. Hendrickson
was party to the Kidnapping plot,
but that she was merely an innocent
agent for the payment Of the $4,000
ransom.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-03-24
GREETED BY GREAT CROWD
white WhItIa ArrIyes al HE Home a
Sharon, Pa.

Sharon, Pa, March s4.-Willte
Whitla arrived here at 1906 p. m. A
crowd of fully 5000 persons extended
the boy a demonstration Of greeting.
Cheering and singing the crowd fol.
lowed the boy and his father to the
Whitla home.
With difficulty the father, boy and
others Of the party succeeded in ex-
Treating themselves from the crowd
snd went into the house. Here the
mother. who had been patiently wait
ing with happy anticipation to see her
boy, aIfectfonately clasped her child
to her breast and for several minutes
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-03-24
AGED WOMAN ENDS HER LIFE
Son Becomes Violently Insane on Dis

Son Becomes Violently insane on Dis
covering Body.
Appleton, Mimi, March 24.-Mrs.
Paulson, seventy-fve years old, living
with her son, Paul Paulson, in the
town of Hegbert, committed suicide
by hanging herself in the woodshed.
She was discovered by her son, who
was so overcome that his mind gave
way and he became SO violently in
sane that he was taken to the hos
pital at Fergus Falls.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-03-24
Explosion Wrecks Fixtures.

st. Joseph, Mo-, March 24-The
Bank OF Memple, at Memple, Mo-,
twenty miles east of st. Joseph, was
wrecked by safeb1owers. The cracks
men used dynamite In an effort to
blow open the vault. The vault was
uninjured, but the fixtures were DOM.
pletely wrecked. .
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-03-24
KNOW It WELL.
Familiar Features Well Known to
Hundreds Of Bemidji Citizens.

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A lame, a weak or an aching back
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Here is Bemidji testimony to
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Mrs. J. C. Litres, living at 602
America Ave, Bemidji, Mimi, says:
/ am recommending Doan's Kid
ney Pills in the hope that other per-
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benefit. feel much stronger than
before taking them, and that tired,
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of the past.
For sale by all dealers. Price
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Buffalo, New York, sole agents
for the United States.
Remember the name-Doan's
md take no other.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-03-24
Former consressman Wells Dead.

Santa Monica, Cal, March 21.-
Colonel F. w. Wells, former represen-s
tative in congress from the Second
Mississippi district and consul gem
eral at Shanghai under President
Hayes, died at his residence here.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-10-22

them, supporting the short locks at
the nape Of the neck, which usually
prove so refractory. Finishing touches
are given by pulling the side hair
against the puffs and pinning it to
them with invisible pins and curling
any short locks which may straggle
about the nape of the neck into little
rings. These are held in place with
the fluid which hairdressers use for
that purpose.
The natural hair, unless very curly,
will not make satisfactory curls and
puffs, and even when one possesses
the requisite quantity of naturally
curly hair it is much more difficult to
manage than the false hair. Moreover.
it will not stay well dressed as long
and consumes far more time in doing.
so that it is economy to buy puffs and
curls. OF all things, however, ono
should get perfect match in color
and texture to ones own hair.
When the natural hair is ve,y thin
| 1t will be necessary to use additiona,
hair across the front of the head, for
the hair dress just described. Sew.
eral styles are made in front pieces
| that will fill all the requirements. and
when combed in with the natural hair
are not to be detected. In adjusting
the hat to this coiffure a portion of
the hair about the face should bo
pinned to the underbrim or facing of
the hat.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-10-22
FIT INTO 4 DRESSING CASE
Umbrellas Now Made So They Fold
Great Convenience for tho
Traveller,

Umbrellas which can be folded to
hit into a 24-inch dressing case are the
only type which now appeal to the
college girl who does not like to be
burdened with more than one package
when travelling. These folding um-
brellas come in black, tan, taupe. dark
red, blue. brown and green twilled
SILK, mounted upon steel frames and
usually have wooden handles. Among
the newest umbrella handles is one Of
f1attened top, shaped somewhat like
huge button and about two and one.
half inches across. Other wooden
handles are carved to represent tn,
heads of cats, dogs, owls and butter.
flies. They are usually of natural COL
ored oak, ebony or mahogany. but oc.
casionally one is stained to match the
silk covering Of it's frame. Very smart
umbrellas which particularly appeal to
girls Of artistic as well as extravagant
tastes have satin finished white wood
handles, with tops of onyx. jade or
carved dull red quartz. They are dec.
Grated with narrow ribbon bows or
with tasseled loops through which tho
wrist may 5e thrust
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-10-22

gled steel and wire every man except
Pheure could be seen at his post.
Capt Marschal was in sitting DOS.
!ture, his body thrown back. His skull
was crushed. The bodies of the SUBJ
;lieutenants lay mangled beneath the
:cylinder Of the motor. Phaure's body
was lying half outside, as If he had
tried to jump during the descent. Ap-
parently death in the case of the
three had been instantaneous.
An examination of the airship dis
closed the cause of the accident. The
axle of the right propeller had broken
and the propeller has passed through
the envelope, falling in a field about
$50 yards away.
The RepubliQue, belonging to the
French war department., made her mi.
tial flight at Scissors June "a. 1908.
On that occasion the dirigible carried
a cargo of $500 pounds, including the
crew, and remained in the air IS
minutes. Early in September the Re-
publique was seriously damaged in a
windstorm at Nevers, France, on her
way to Meudon, where it was intend
ed to take part in the autumn mill.
tary maneuvers.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-10-22
Dinner Partners.

A novel plan for pairing of girls
and men at dinner parties, one which
takes the responsibility of this feat
off the hostess and is aften productive
of interesting or amusing results. is in
the form of game, which is con-
cerned with likenesses of taste. The
hostess makes out a list of modern
novelists, for instance. Each name she
prints twice on separate slips of ba-
per. Each set Of slips is dropped into
hat or on a tray and passed among
the girls and men respectively. The
different members of the party pick
out their favorite writer, and the man
and woman who agree in this selec.
ton are partners for dinner. Musi.
clans, artists, famous paintings
poems and various other persona or
things may be utilized in this vav.
This method often gives rise to- con.
siderable interesting conversation par.
ticularly where there are one or 1aore
strangers in the party.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-10-22
BEST BAG FOR THE BROOM
Should Be Made to Fit, with an Open
ING at the Side-Good Tick
ing Bag.

The broom bag may be made
m<:re satisfactory thing than the cloth
that slips of in mid-air If 1t is made
to fit the broom, and. furthermore. If
it be opened at the side. The thing
have In mind is an oblong square
bag of outing flannel from which the
two lower corners have been cut, leav-
ing 1t somewhat octagonal in shape.
The small remaining bottom of the
bag is made into faced opening, and
when the broom handle is slipped
through the long. open side Of the bag
and dropped through the end opening
the broom straws will be held securely.
A ticking bag for clothes-pins has
fastened to its upper end two wire
hooks to hang it to clothes-line. The
end is first stiffened with wire, and
there is no opening for the clothes
pins except 4 round hole cut in the
center of one side. A facing round the
circular hole forms easing for an
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-10-22
FOUR KILLED AS
BALLOON BURSTS
FRENCH ARMY OFFICERS cATA-
Pulled TO EARTH FROM
DIRlGlBLE CRAFT.
GREAT GAS BAG ExPL0DES
Victims Have No Chance for Their
Lives When the Envelope Sud-
denly Bursts High In
the Air.

Moulin, France.-While thousands
of persons were cheering enthusias.
ttcally the fight Of the French dirixi.
BILE military balloon Republique, the
great gas bag collapsed suddenly, and
the four men aboard were dashed ia
death. The balloon itself was rent
to tatters and went hurtling from an
altitude of between 500 and 600 feet
to the ground, crushing the victims In
frightful manner.
The big balloon was In charge o1
Capt. Marchal. The other. occupants
were Lieut.. Phaure and Sub-Lieuts
Vincenot and Reux.
The Republique had been engaged
In the recent army maneuvers at La
Palisse. She left there at seven o'clock
In the morning and was going at high
speed five miles from Moulins when
the accident happened.
1t was the intention of Capt Mar.
chal to stop at Nevers, and an automo
bile containing mechanicians was fol.
lowing the balloon. 1t was almost
directly beneath it when the disaster
occurred. The car fell straight down,
carrying the futtering remnants OF
the envelope and the occupants were
buried beneath the wreckage. All
were dead except Lieut.. Phaure, but
he lived only few minutes after be-
ing removed. The bodies were taken
to the Chateau d'Avrilly, the property
OF Marquis de Charannes.
Lieut.. Tixier, in command of the au-
'tomobile, says the balloon suddenly
burst and collapsed. 1t seemed to
oscillata violently a moment before
this, al though it had been struck,
and fell with the rapidity of a stone.
When he reached the wreckage the
car was completely covered with the
envelope. and rot sound came from
beneath.
With the aid of Marquis de Chav.
annes and peasants who hurried from
surrounding fields, the envelope was
removed. The spectacle was appall-
ing. The car had been literally
crushed, and amid the mass of tan
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-10-22
BY JULIA BOTTOMLEY.

BY JULIA 8OTTOMlEY.
The beautiful hair dress shown here
has made veritable sensation. and it
is pleasure to reproduce it for our
readers. Without the small pleasing
little skeleton cap shown in the pic
ture, it retains all the fascination of
the Psyche coiffure, and is thoroughly
practical for present millinery modes.
The hairdresser has taken certain
small liberties with her classic model
In order to accommodate the cotfrure
to the hat and brow of the wearer,
and they have turned out to be an
Improvement, since they enhance the
beauty of both the face and hat. The
head dress, shown in our photograph.
was adapted specially to this coiffure
and leaves nothing to be desired.
1t may be said in passing that the
head dress shown is made of gold rib.
bon and rhinestone ornaments set in
gold. The aigrette at the side is pure
white. Every one will see at glance
its simplicity of construction, and an.
preclate the beauty of this coiffure or
nament. The foundation on which It
is fashioned is simply buckram cut in
narrow bands and wired before cover.
ing with ribbon.
1t does not require an abundance
OF natural hair to build this stvle If
coiffure. The hair, however. must he
waved before it is dressed. The reg
ular ondulations of the Marcel wave
may be used, but are not absolutely
essential. The hair is parted off in
the usual manner, and that portion
about the face and neck waved in
loose, irregular curves. All the re.
mafnder of the hair (much or little) is
tied at the back of the head and ar.
ranged in coil. This forms the foun.
dat1on for the balance of the coiffure.
If the hair is thick and heavy it
Will not be necessary to use a roll at
all. The hair at each side in this case
Is simply rated" that is, combed
toward the scalp instead of from it,
and then lightly smoothed with the
comb on the outside. 1t is then
brought back to the coil, pinned to it,
and the ends fastened under it. A
small portion of the waved hair on
top of the head is treated in the same
way and brought back lying loosely
over the top, with it's end fastened un-
der the coil. The hair across the fore
head is arranged in a loose pompa-
dour, the ends lightly twisted. and
brought back to the coil if long enough
to reach. If not, they are concealed
under that portion on top of the head
which has already been fastened into
the coil. This pompadour is then
pulled forward and down over the
brow and parted lightly with the
fingers, little to one side. Invisible
pins, fasten it to place, and IL is worn
more or less over the brow to suit
the individual taste in this matter.
A very full cluster of false puffs
Is placed over and around thc coli,
where they are firmly 3inned to
place. A barette is adjusted under
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-10-22
Art IN Conversation.

Speak of reticent woman and most
people picture to themselves a wom-
an who doesn't talk much. But the
truly reticent woman-the woman
who makes reticence an art-is not at
all silent. She talks with what is an
parently the greatest candor, so that
people 60 away from her saying what
frank, genial woman she is; and no
one ever suspects, unless he or she Is
phenomenally clever. that the genial
conversationalist had all sorts of un-
spoken things in her mind.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-10-22

Of horrid fear. And no wonder! The
tears had swelled the boneless Goldfish
and it had expanded and expanded un-
til it seemed to fill the whole land
scape. No matter which way they
looked the scenery was all Goldfish,
and it was still swelling. The coloners
first order was to stop shedding tears,
which was obeyed, and the second
was to run. He knew that unless
they reached the edge of the pile of
swelled Goldfish soon it would have
swelled to such height that death
alone could result from an attempt to
reach the earth down it's precipitous
sides.
So all ran with all their speed.
They ran for three days before they
reached the edge and then stepped
back appalled,! Two thousand feet
below them they saw the plain. To
attempt to descend meant death!
There was but one thing to do. All
hands set to work feverishly to eat
the pile of swelled boneless Goldfish,
and for three days not a word was
said, so hurriedly did the five men
cram themselves with Goldfish. That
night they lay down exhausted. Their
beings had rebelled - not another
shred of Goldfish could they eat. There
was nothing left but to lie down and
die or to throw themselves of the
edge of the mountain of Goldfish and
perish.
When the colonel opened his eyes
the next morning he gasped He was
saved! In the labor of eating cod.
fish all had forgotten to weep and the
tears had gradually dried out of the
Goldfish and the Goldfish had slowly
shrunk back to normal size The only
damage done was that the Goldfish was
a little salter than before
Uncle Ashdod Clute stated before
all present that in his opinion this
was one of the most remarkable res
cues from death he had ever heard of
and that we should all consider it
blessing that the Goldfish was boneless,
for If there had been a bone in it and
the bone had swelled as the Goldfish
had swelled. Colonel Gabe Dunder
might have been impaled while he
slept and Betzvillo would never have
seen him again.
Copyright. 1909, h7 w. c. Chapman)