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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-10-23
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> Bankrupt's Petition for Discharge.

tor the sixth District Of Minnesota. ''s>'0
In the Matter OF Christ Olson, Bankrupt.
district COURT. Of tie United States for the the
Sixth District of Minnesota.
os9n Pe snia ., in Minnie the
sofa. IN said district respectfully repre-
sents: ..-.--
That, on the and4 day of July. 1909. last
| under the acts OF Congress relat ne to bank
ruptcy; that he has duly surrendered all of
his property and rights OF property and has
said acts and of the orders of the court touch
ing his bankruptcy.
Wherefore he prays that he may be decreed
BY. the court to have a full discharge of all
debts provable against his estate under said
bankruptcy acts. except such debts as are
excepted by law from such discharge.
D"'eo 'N'S 3no Jay e oHRfsT o oL s ~
United States District Court. District Of
Minnesota. Sixth Division.
On this 21st day of October AID. 1909, on read
Ordered BY the Court, that a hear
ing be Of had ug9R the % the 9
said Court, at Fergus Falls in said district.
at 10 O. clock in the forenoon; and that notice
thereof be published in the Bemidji Pioneer,
newspaper printed at Bemidji in said dis
trict. and that all known creditors and other
persons in interest may appear at the said
| time and place and show cause if any they
have, why the prayer Of the said petitioner
should not be granted. -s,.s s.
And it is further ordered by the court, that
| the clerk shall mail to all known creditors
copies of, said petition and this order.
addressed to them at their places of residence
as stated. -
Witness the Honorable Page Morris Judge
| of said court. and the, seal thereof at Fergus
Falls. Minnesota, in said district. on 21st the
| day of October, A. D. 1909
| CHARLES L. SPENCER.
| [Seal ofthe Court Clerk.
By L. A. LEVORSEN, ~
Deputy Clerk.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-01-01

Mr.. Erny willis TuIiock Of Sun
light. Mo-, and Miss Eta Msy Per
rynasn. daughter Of Mr. r. J. Perry
msn of Esther. we're marrtsd In
Farmingten Dsesmber list, 1895.
Justice J.. p. Zolman Officiating.
The bride IN q most accomplished
yosnT wornnn md n great favOrite
aHDong her many friends ai Esther
and In the Salem neighb0rbood,
where she was an enthusiastic
Church and Sunday School worker.
For several year. she was q cores
pondent for The Times from these
two points, end we are sorry 10 lose
her as sEeh- MIR. Tnllock IN the
eldest son OF Mr.. A. r. TulI0ek Of
Greenvilie, Mo-, and IL q highly re-
speetsd young farmer. They left
for their home near Sunlight on the
I'D, where Mr.. T'uiiock's uncle and
aunt, Mr.. and Mrs. II. /. Hill, gave
them q most cordial reception. The
Times joins the mary friends Of the
bride in wishing her much happi-
meas, and we congratulate the groom
on bis choice Of such an amiable
and sstImaole life partner.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-01-01
COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE.
nssaRcx sktvuIes.


Mrs. Msriow 10 reported csiie
sick.
gMase buyers are in fsis section
this week.
The FIRST rain in many weeks came
Tuesday morning.
Mrs. Maxwell Of Belgrade IL T1si,-
INK Mrs. r. l.. KasOn.
Mr.. c. G. Thomas and ". Lisbon
moved their drug BUSINESS 10 Lead
wood last week.
Mrs. Lviher MISkiD died st the
home sf her paredts 81 Aium Cove
Sunday, sftes q lingering Illness
This is o 1spublican year. Even
the new ~orsd's champion pnafiis',
yshBs>n, 10 o ''dyed In the wool"
q. w. Ramsey IL entertaining the
Messrs. seadcer Of the fseadder
Gale Grocery Of Sc. Louis.
The remains Of I'd Brown were
Inferred here this week. He died
after o very brief Iiinsss near Belle
view Dee. 18th.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-01-01
LIBERTfsiLlE iTEkS.

Johnnie Moran Of Bonnie Terre
spent the holidays with home folks.
Homer Presneil Of Bismarck spent
Christmas here, and returned Sun
das.
Prof. Harold Grow IL visiting rel
atives and friends In St. Louis this
week.
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Hicks Of Flat
River visited bis father, Ar. J. r.
Hicks, here Sunday.
Ar. and Mrs. Mark Gregory Of
Iron county visited Ar. n. A. Kin
kead aud family ls@t 1eek.
We sr- sorry to ote that Mrs. J d.
n Sebastian IL EI, but she is re-
ported rs be improving some.
Roy Presnell and Minis Joyce
Hughes went TO Flat River Sunday
70 visit relatives and friends few
days.
The children of each Sunday school
had their exercises Thursday night
and nothing happened to mar the
pleasure Of the evening.
Waiter Mcfarland and George and
Thomas o'Bannon Of Frederiekt0z0
were the guests Of Mr.. Y. p. Sebas-
tian during.the holidays.
All Odd ReIlows are requested 10
meet ut the bali Saturday night,
Jan. ID. Distrist Deputy J =. Jar
nigan Of Knob Lick viii be present
and install officers for the ensuing
term.
The weather - fine, the roads are
exceedingly good for this time Of
the year, wheat IL growing and With
favorable westher the rest of the
winter would mike sn average crop;
bot u depends entirely on the
weather until spffng. The acreage
planted Is very small in this part Of
THE country.
FELfx.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-01-01
JAY osf Tess.

Tbs.:as Bucknsr, Jr., Of Fiat
RI-sT spent Christmas with home
folks here.
Mrs. r. J. BueknsF went to Doe
Ron last Sunday 10 see her mother,
who IL very seriously III.
Mrs. Fred Lsn6oIt and little son
Louis are spending the holidays
with relatives 10 ~. Louis.
Miss Della Newly Of Bonnie Terre
spent a few Of the holidays With
friends and relatives AZ this place.
Miss Belle Shelley, a student Of
Carleton College at Pennington,
came home Wednesday Of Last week
to spend the holidays.
Mrs. william fitzgerald Of Des-
logs and sister, Miss Clara MuBd,
Of Knob Lick, were visiting Ts.s-
tiyes In this neighbOrboOd last
week.
We understand that our old friend
and nsIshbog, Bud Richard, who for
a tive has beer in California, has
nlsde his appearance In Missouri
within the last few days.
Msssrs. Allen McHenry and ZeDo
KeflAgOb were csnyassinR this Sec
ton Monday, getiiDT Subscribers
for mail boxes, in view Of estab-
lishlng q rDral route. We hope they
will suceeed, for such a delivery ~
very badly needed
The Christmas entertainment at
Alsbury Chapel was quite q success.
The program was good, especially
when considering the short time IL
which IL was prepared. The Sunday
school has M enrolment Of 100
scholars. IL was thought best to
discontinue the school during the
winter quarter, 80 SUPERINTENDENT
WEn. Smith dismissed until the first
Of April
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-01-01

FOUNDING The SECOND EMPIRE
TIVE Picturesque Episodes In a Period
Of Unrest.

Walking ABOUT the streets. riding on
buses. junketing Up and down the
river In steamboats, ] was profoundly
Astruck by the unrest among the pec
pie. their intense hatred Of emperor
and empress One DAY caught
glimpse Of Rochefort, carried aloft on
the shoulders Of 3 mob OF students
thronginx the HouIsyarde Saint
Michel I never saw a man looking
80 heIplessly frightened az did the
founder OF the "Lantsfne." then In its
prime. Whether be feared the police
or . fall do not know. But his ter
ror vas abject.
In the summer time the emperor
paid a visit TO Beauvais. On the
chance Of getting material for an ar.
ticIe acceptable in London, journsyed
ihitbsr with North Peat, who went
down az representative Of the Morning
Star. The prince imperial accom-
panied the emperor. who drove
through living lanes Of people stretch.
ing from the roadway TO the open win
do~s Of the topmost chamber. They
came TO sse. but they would not re,
main 10 cheer. The occasion was the
presentation Of prizes gained st the
local Lyeee. The head prize was never
delivered, the winner. a lad Of IA, de-.
clining TO accept Il from the hand Of
the hated emperor.--Cornhlll Maga'
zine.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-01-01
Executors Notice.

Notice Il hereby given that letters tesla
nssnfary were granted 70 the uadsrsigEed
br the Probate Court of - Francois county
Mo. dated fbs 18th day Of December, 1863.
On the estate OF
JANE KENDALL. Deceased.
All persons having claims nsztnsf said es-
tate are fsqairec VI ezhab1t bthem 70 the
execator for allowances within one gcer
from ~ date OF aa1d letters or ta4y
astste, Sad II noS sxlT1bf1sd for allowances
within tWb ysars from the 1ate Of said
1sffsfS tbeT wl1f ~ f0rsyef hayred.
JAS. ". EATON. ExeeuL,r.
DsesHber =. -.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-01-01
Birds' ChriKtEnas Tree.

After having done service in the
i,v,ne % Rev. w y. Hays for the
pleasure Of his younger children,
Minnie, Prank and William, the
Christmas tree was taken out In the
yard. Mrs. Hays invited some Of
the kindergarten children to assist
In the ceremony % decorating the
tree for the birds. Little baskets
flied with bread crumbs and grain,
ears Of corn and Christmas stock.
ings filed with wheat were tied 10
the tree for the benefit Of the little
wsr1lsrs. There @ere present Sarah
HickOk, Gladys Miller, Elizabeth
Talbert, Berniee Thomure, Virginia
Narbury. Virginia Morris, Florence
Hunt and Ted Simmons. After the
birds lad been served with their re-
past. the little folks enjoyed some
cocoa aud cookies. Miss Nellie
Conghy came and sang some Of
their kindergarten songs with them,
and then they played q few games
outdoors, on account Of the bsauti-
full weather. The little ones came
home declaring they had had fine
time, and every one OF them will
probably be anxious 20 feed the
little birds during the winter.
Misses Pearl and Myra ClArdy en-
tertAined Ia very delightful man
ner Monday afternoon with 900"
with Miss Macy Morris az the
guest 0f honor. The guests were
Mesdames AdaTni, Cole, Waters,
Morris, J. p. CaYee, M. p. Cayce,
Bylngton, Braham, Jones. Zwart,
Shoemaker, &. X. Fleming. &. r.
Clardy, Mcclure. Melbourne Smith,
Lang, and Misses Bertha and Jessie
Spaugh, Mary and Margaret No
land, Halle, Nixon, Mccormick
Cayce, Presnell, Ped and Minnie
Harrison, Walker, Florence and
Augusta Lawrence, Hook, Rozier,
Highley, Wilson, Marks, Yantis
and Montgomery. The house was
beautifully decorated with Christ
mas greens, and IT was one Of the
most enjoyable entertainments Of
the week.
Monday evening Miss Gladys Ro-
zIer entertained with seven
GicIock dinner with Miss Macy
Morris a. the guest Of honor. The
guests were Misses Virginia Clardy,
Evelyn Walker, Jessie Spaugh,
Bessie holland, MeEsrs. Howard
wasbburn, Walter Morris, st. Gem
Ebert, win Taylor, Kos Weber and
Johnson. The decorations Of the
table, were white aud red, aud ting
cakes with Capids marked the place
for the guests ut the table. IL was
delightful affair.
Mrs. Heidelberg entertained a
number of children Christmas after
neon with a Christmas tree, which
held gffts for all this little people.
Games aud refreshments were great
Iy 10 their liking. Those present
were Virginia Castieman, Mary
Burks, Helen Ooodln, wilIette
Halle, audrey Horn. Gladys Miller,
Minnie Les Johuson, Elizabeth
Back, Firman Casflenan, Fisher
and Ted Simmons, Thomas Burks,
| Robert r.iovd and lin. (scodio
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-01-01
FELIX.

ss<sce 4 asrsesr g1y<n fsz1f iekrexx Of I'd.
r1iE1Nfntfon wxxe erDnfed 70 sfze under
ksxneE by liz Fruk1f@ Court 0s Ef. FEsn-
csas eD@B<f. MissDssrIs 1afed this INST DAP OF
koFsSz<ssf. E<r. On the estate Of
KffTIE SUTHERLAND. Deed.
f9fe am nsauitea 70 exzzffNf tkem 70 the
odnintefxnfsr for allowances within &C.
yGns fxuu flse OATS u snfd tsfteez. Or fhey
may ~ DeocIu6oG fro@ eny ben94t Of nntd
ss[eSS amd II nSk sxhsgHtsd f0r a1z0wnnes
sg7fhjH fwo 4nkru fE9U tao tnlt ~ said ~
l6<s nv H31 " f5esvsr harTsd-
W.. Il. TLxEfNc. Adm's.
D~csrss~s II. ~.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-01-01
Final Settlement.

Notice Is hereby given that the under
signed. Administrator u the estate Of
ELiZABfTH NJ. G0fREAD, Deceased,
will male nnsi settlement ~ said estate
AT the next term 81 the Probate Court Of VI.
Francois county. Missouri. 10 be begun ami
issld In Yarnineton, Ia said county, ON the
second Monday In January fsD.
thAkLkh GOSIfEAr. Admir-.
December II, isUs=
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-01-01

Between DeLassuh and Pennington.
LEAVE RARMIKGTok.
At sac a. m; 1851 n. m, connecting
with iron Mountain train 5outhbound.
and f:7S p. m, connecting with Iron
Mountain train Horthbound.
Retaining. leave DeLassus at $40 a.
M, Iz;z4 and 1854 p. m.
Federal Mill.
Cars leaving Pennington at 7:z3 a. M.
and 4.57 p. IN, run to Federal Hill only,
and car leaves Federal for Pennington
week days except Saturday at $40 p. M.
On Saturdays car leaves Federal at i2.o5
p. m.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-01-01

ssozlre j. hsreby given that the unasr
signed, sxscn1F1x u f5ss estate Of
PHILIP LO9Exz. Dersd.
viii uzskk . asai selfiemsnf Of safd estate
nf fhe nexf tenn 81 ~ PROBATE Court IL "a
EEmnNo5e rozntF. M5e&oufI, 10 - kzrguu AMI
ssid cggnfy. % tte secosd hososy ID jan.
IDA TOKkxx. Ezsrusnx.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-01-01
Final Settlement.

Notice - hereby given that the under.
signed. administrator Of the estate OF
q. y. nor. Deceased
viii MAKE mai settlement Of snid estate
~ the next term Of the Pfntnte Cgprt OF ~.
yrnncpfs county. 1ftssourf. 10 ~ begun ana
hold ~ sns court house III DnrnIueton, In
uAfys lSD.
-.. . W.T.. NOR. Admir-.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-01-01

The marriage Of Mr.. Howard o..
Wasbbnrn and Miss MACY Morris
took place q; noon on Wednesday,
Dee. -, iSlS, Rev. c. Y. Hiekok
performing the ceremony al the res
idence Of the brides father, hr. J :.
NJ. Morris. Only relatives and the
most intimate friends Of the family
were present. The bride wore her
travelling gown Of brown and was
unattended. After the ceremony
the bridal party went ~ the resi-
denee Of the brides brother, Mr..
James &. Morris, where a reception
wsS held until tb.,e 70 take the two
O'Clock train for 1T. Louis 20 take d
train for Chicago, where they will
spend some time. They were ae-
eofnpanied by q large crowd Of the
young folks ~ far as Bonnie Terre.
The crowd met Mr.. and Mrs. John
z. Mccormick and accompanied
them home.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-01-01
AFPMRRss OF THE WEEK


On Tus~dsy. Dsessnher zsth. 1866.
Mr.. JOIN r.. Mccormick Of Farm
ingtoA was married TO Miss Eusenia
Dads AZ tine residence Of the BRIDES
ysofhsr. Mrs. MARY Elizabeth Davis,
at Mexico, Mo. The ceremony IVES
performed Al 2 o'el0ck by Rev. MIR.
White. pastor Of the Christian
Church. ia the presence Of the rela-
tives asd a few intimate friends.
THE bride wore her travelling gswn
of blue cloth and was unattended
Tn. s~--~ was csec.stsd with
Christmas green's and carnations.
After q luncheon, Mfr. and Mrs. Nc
Corinick left for 81. Louis On The
three O'Clock train. They have dis
pensed with . wedding journey but
arrived home on the Wednesday
evening train. Later they will visit
relatives Of each In Oklahoma.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-01-01

One from olongapo, p. L., dated
November 18th, from Commander
J. 3. HoOzenwerf ~ the Naval sta
ton at that point, telling the par
tIe0lars OF his death, expressing
much sympathy and saving that
Harlie was q great favorite among
the men Of this station"
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-01-01

Mrs. !. G. Pepin 'las receiyed
several letters fro. officers con-
nected with the United States navy,
expressing sympAthy for her and
good wOrds for her son, John Harlie
Perrin, who died IN the service Of
the United States Marine In the
Philippines on November 18th, 1865.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-01-01

Another letter from Sergeant John
p. whalss o, the Marine Corps at
tsebed to the steamship Mohican,
dated Olongapo. p. L., speaking Of
his funeral with military honors,
asking for instructions a. a. what
disposition &c make Of his effects.
and saying ave are all very sorry,
~ be was well thought Of By his
c0pradss."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-01

GENERALLY speaking, sornnanbulism has been
IL used by more charlatans takers, and thieves
than any other device, save possibly splrtu-
alisrn. The clearly defined. unnpeachable cases,
with really curious and startling manifestations,
comparatively few.
\ student at Harvard, one night in the spring,
turned to his after evening of Idleness to
find his mate retired. He knew that the lat
subject to fits of sleep walking; but before
that time there had been only amusing manifesto
tons such proving about their night,
and once going the yard in the small hours to
wake fellow student
On this particular evening, however, he came to
that sudden consciousness, when he had been asleep
for about hour. which only fear produce:
His fully lighted and close beside his bed
stood his room mate, fully dressed with five
gallon demlohn of water raised above his head
Even in the fraction of second given him he saw
that his room mate was asleep, and he realized, too
that he meant to strike and strike hard. There
time to move and, as he describes it, no time
even to think. But in the quick succession of men
tal images that | may have had or may have added
later. realized that the weight he held would crush
nv body wherever it struck, and it seemed equally
certain that my head the part selected
Whether he fully realized anything in the fraction
OF a second given him concerns another department
OF psychic investigation. Without question death
or permanent serious injury would have followed
instantly; but it came all in flash of inspiration
10 the awakened man that in these states his room
mate was as obedlent as we'll trained dog.
Put that down.. he yelled at him. Quick"
The somnambust dropped his heavy load lightly
to his lett arm and swung it on to his hip. Then
the awakened ana now thoroughly frightened man.
keeping his eye fixed on his sleeping opponent rose
quickly and struck him resounding whack the
nip. The big bottle fell with a crash.
The sleepers eyes trembled and opened Where
am Il" he cried and with a shudder he fell in
dead faint the bed.
The next morning he had recollection of the
affair and was seemingly well
The phenomena of this incident common to
somnambuistic states, 1Is either physical or mental
powers greater than when awake; inability
member any of the actions when awake; fainting
a
enough, the incidents of one state will however, be
recalled in the next
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-01
The Case of Patrick McFadden

A S an evidence of extraordinary physical power
yet never satisfactorily explained, is the of
a laboring man, one Patrick McF adden who lived in
a New England factory town years ago. 1t
daybreak a crisp spring morning when
he left his house, fully dressed but in sound sleep,
and walked toward the Catholic church. of which
he intermittent attendant This particular
church had spire of slate rising fully one hundred
feet above the roof making total height of about
were rough stone holdings, futed with series Of
projecting knobs. These were not more than three
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By Richard Moore
Drawings by Hanson Booth

verse in Latin though he backward in his studies
while awake; that he frequently possessed of a
knowledge superior to that of waking hours; that
he would copy parts of the Bible. and continued to
copy even when plank two inches thick inter
posed between his eyes and the paper When the
ink bottle removed he passed his hand toward
the spot where it had been, with the usual swift
notion but, discovering its loss asked for it. He
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had a certain CON
sciousness of others,
and complained petu-
lantly of interference
but otherwise paid no
attention to onlookers.
He would unlock
doors, prowl through
woods, going IN the
dark with such an I'M
erring step that his
investigators had diff
Guilty in keeping up
with him.
Once he fancied
there were robbers in
his room. He took
them by their i'm
aglnary necks, carried
them to the door, and
kicked them down
stairs. Again he went
across the town to a
vineyard and, with
out eating a grape,
fancied that he was
having a delightful
repast. His sight is &C
counted for either by
impressions gained
through tiutteringey eye
lids, which remained
even after an object
was interviewed, or by
the retention of i'm
ages from waking mo-
ments. His knowl-
edge was probably
always of information
that had been i'm
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inches in diameter and offered a very
treacherous grip and foothold.
No one will ever know how McFadden
performed his feat; but this is we'll authen-
ticated He did climb to the top of that
splre, get his arms over the heavy timber of
the cross, and wake up. McFadden had
Just an instant of consciousness, and the
memory of its horror remained with him to
his diving day. But the instantaneous faint
ing spell saved him. A great spike caught
his sleeve and, aided by his limp condition,
he hung there in mid air.
The night policeman of the town, looking
up, as was his custom, for the first rays of
the rising sun on the gilded cross, saw him
hanging there 1t took nearly an hour to
get the materials and men necessary to
rescue him, and even then it Wa a fearful
struggle And not the least remarkable
part was the duration of McFadden's faint
He was still unconscious when a workman
reached him and by means of heavy rope
let him down to the ground.
There has never been man in that town
who dared to undertake scale that steeple
unaided There IS not one who feels that
he could do it, account of the insecure
foothold, and more especially because the
finger grip would be SO treacherous. 1t can
only barely be called physical possibility,
barring altogether the mental difficulties.
McFadden seems to have had no special
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pressed on his mind when awake but which he did
not have at his command except in subconscous