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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-11-24
First Shock with 1900 Volts, Which
is Slowly Diminished Until Ply
sicians See End.
AGED FATHER CLAIMS BODY
Prepares for Sons Funeral in Presby-
terrain Church Final Farewell
With Relatives Pathetic.

! Richmond, Va, Nov. 24.-(Daily
Pioneer Special Wire Service)-At
1908 this morning, Henry Clay Beat
tie, Jr., died in the electric chair in
the prison here, for the murder of his
wife last July, for which crime he
| left a written confession.
| Just before leaving the death
chamber young Beattie handed his
spiritual advisors a sealed document.
His Written Confession.
When opened the envelope was
found to contain a signed statement,
| in which Beattie said:
]. Henry Clay Beattie, Jr., de-
sire to stand right before God
and man, before my soul goes in
to eternity, and while much that
has been published has not been
true, the awful fact remains that
I committed the crime charged,
without the narrowing details.
Beattie Dies Game.
The electrocution of Beattie took
place in the presence of twelve wit
nesses. The condemned man early
last night took pathetic farewell
with his aged father and other i'm
mediate relatives. He received a last
cheering religious message from the
Presbyterian ministers who had been
close to him for the past few days.
At the hour set for the execution,
Beattie was taken from his cell and
with big guards on each side and one
behind, marched with as steady a
step as if he had been going to break
fast, into the little room from which
a few minutes later he was to be car
ried ava va corpse.
Death Chair Blaze of Light.
When Beattie entered the death
death chair which was a blaze of
light so arranged that the remainder
of the room where the witnesses stood
was dark. The chair and it's con-
nections had been tested and all that
remained was for Beattie to take his
position and permit the adjustment
of straps.
Beattie needed no assistance in
seating himself in the chair, main
tanning stiff posture and assisted
by properly arranging his arms and
4 O or
which were to send the death dealing
fluid through his body The work of
these adjustments required less than
minutes time and with wave of
his hand the warden's chief deputy
signaled that all was ready.
The Current Is Turned On.
Let her go!" came the stern COM
mand in a low voice to the electri-
clan in charge of the switch. There
was short fash of green fire as the
contact was made which sent 1900
volts into the body of the young wife
murderer.
The body of the condemned man
SUI Sou duu Stid1uSu against IQ6
straps as the 1900 volts continued
for seconds. The charge was slow
ly reduced for IL seconds and then
was placed back to the highest volt
age again and then reduced.
1t was so apparent that the young
man was dead by the first shock that
the electricity was turned off at the
end of one minute and upon examina-
ton of the physicians it was found
that death had been instantaneous.
The body was lifted out of the chair
and was carried away where it was
prepared for burial, and later was
claimed by the elder Beattie, who has
completed arrangements for the fun
eral to be held in the Presbyterian
church.
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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-11-24

1t is said the nut trees of the
world could furnish nourishment for
all the people of the globe.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-11-24
Said to Have Arranged With Friends
to Early Gain Control Of Deve-
lopment Gathering.
HIT BY EDITORIAL IN JOURNAL
Minneapolis Newspaper Urges Move
Against Breweries, Indicating
Support of Gordon.

St. Paul, Mimi, Nov. "a
(special to Daily Pioneer)-There
will be no resolution asking for an
extra session of the legislature, at
the St. Cloud convention of the
Northern Minnesota Development
association if Governor Eberhart
can help it.
1t is understood that the governor
has held conferences with Secretary
Mackenzie and has told him that he
will appreciate anything that the
officers of the association may do
for him.
1t also is said that Mr.. Mackenzie
frankly told the governor that the
association would appreciate any
thing he might do for it.
Mackenzie Remembers Pledge.
However, it generally is admitted
that the governors pleas are having
more or less effect So far as Secre-
tary Mackenzie is concerned, he is
maintaining neutral ground,
although he frankly says that there
can be no doubt as to the governors
implied promise for. an extra session,
providing reapportionment bill
was not passed by the legislature
last winter.
Secretary Mackenzie has seen the
governor and has been requested to
consult him frequently but the in
much cordiality Mr.. Mackenzie
spends most of his time in Mime
apolis where he is to open the Inn
migration Commission display room
the first of the year.
Fear St. Cloud Stampede.
Realizing that there will be dis
cussion of the reapportionment
issue at St. Cloud, those opposed to
All extra session have offered to use
their influence with the men of
power who are to be at St. Cloud in
an effort to stop any stampede to-
ward the reapportionment demand.
1t is said that a definite program of
defense has been arranged and that
statgetic move will be made early
in the convention to block any
possible attempt to take any action
which might embarrass the chief
executive
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-11-24

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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-11-24
Would Consider It.

The governor has indicated that
in case a resolution calling upon him
to convene the lawmakers does pass
the St. Cloud convention he will give
the matter "serious consideration, !"
y but that he hopes the convention
will not think it wise to put it up
to him that way.
Another incident which continues
to cause the governor much worry is
an editorial in the Minneapolis Jour-
nal few days ago in which that
paper spoke plainly of Eberhart and
indicated it's preference for a man
of the Sam Y. Gordon type for gov
ernOr next wear,
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-11-24
Journal on Breweries.

The editorial IN question "a con-
test for Principle,' says:
The people of Minnesota are fac
ing a battle. Shall the breweries
control the politics of this state?
Sooner or later the fight must be
made, and why not next year?
THE Eberhart alliances have not
been satisfactory. The Office of gov
ernor has been be1ittled in Mime
sofa. The standard should be raised,
and with that the issue should be
Joined on anti-brewery lines in the
matter of saloon ownership. The
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1911-09-28
Women Jurors Abhor WranoIjno.

lingham-Women serving on the
jury in Bellingham do not sit idly by
while opposing counsel have a war of
words. During a trial an attorney
accused the county attorney of I'M
fairness and a loud wrangle followed.
Five women who were on the jury re-
quested the Judge to bid the lawyers
put on the soft pedal The court did
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1911-09-28
PROBING CONSPIRACY CASE

Conspiracy Charge In Hanford Matter
Taken up by Grand Jury.
Tacoma-The Federal Grand Jury
has summoned dozens of witnesses to
testify in the cases against nine men
charged with conspiracy to obstruct
justice.
The first witness, P. A. Kimple, a.
court stenographer, was introduced to
the grand jury and read a part of his
stenographic report Of the sensational
mass meeting in Seattle, where
speeches were made, it is alleged. de-
nouncing the granting of injunctions
by Judge Hanford to the Seattle, Rem
ton & Southern Interurban Company.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1911-09-28
Crops Make Yakima Valley Boom

CTUpS Wake dKT1YTd VdTIey
North Yakima.-Over 100000 tons OF
hay is the estimate for the Yakima
Valley this year. This means 5000
carloads of commercial hay and it is
all produced in the Yakima country a
greater shipment than in any pre"i
GUS year. Potatoes, too, are to be
heavy crop, the figures being placed
at $4,000 tons. More potatoes were
planted in the Sunnyside dis .rict this
year than ever before, and the fourth
cutting of alfalfa is in progress in
many fields.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1911-09-28
WASHINGTON STATE
NEWS OF. INTEREST
lmpo tant Happenings of the
Week From Towns in Our
State.
Strike of Greeks Was Fizzle

Dayton-A small sized strike took
place among the Greek laborers work
ing in connection with the street i'm
provement 1t appears that the
previous day 1t became necessary to
lay off two of the men who were not
performing their work satisfactorily.
The padrone, or constituted head OF
the Greek element at work for the Pa
cifie Paving Company, desired that
the men be taken back, and on the
company's refusal the padrone or
dered their fellow countrymen to
strike. Only about five responded
and the work was not materially him
dered.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1911-09-28
Woman Tries "BIackhand" Methods

Everett-Accused of threatening G..
W. Miley, head of the Atlas Construc-
ton Company, big contracting firm,
with death if he failed to place $500 in
a can in designated spot, Mrs. Nor
man Morrison, wife of a carpenter, a.
prominent church worker and about
80 years old, fell into a trap set by
Peter D. Kraby, chief of police, and
his men, and is in the county Jail to
await trial.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1911-09-28
Wedding Is Ace Record.

Olympia-When George Whitmarsh.
aged Sc, and Miss Caroline M. Enright
aged 81, both of Shelton, secured
marriage license in Olympia and were
married by Justice of the Peace they
set a new record for they were the
Oldest couple to marry here.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1911-09-28
Man is Sentenced to Operation

Seattle-Invoking the 1909 statute
for the first time in the state, Judge
John F. Main ordered that Peter Fell
en-, convicted of attacking an Swear
old girl, should be subjected to an
operation at the state penitentiary.
Feilen was also sentenced to spend
the remainder Of his life at Walla
Walla.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1911-09-28
MAYOR DENIED CITY AUTO
Spokane Calls Halt on Minister-Exec-
utive Who Shuns Walkinq.

utIve VINO Shuns Walking.
Spokane-Following the discovery
by Commissioner Hayden that Mayor
Rev. w. J. Hindley had been using
the automobile Of the police detective
department to take him home from a
banquet and for other purposes not
city business, Commissioner Hayden
issued the following order.
"W. ]. Doust, Chief of Police
From this date the car used by the
plain clothes department must not be
used, except on police duty, unless or
dered out by the Chief of Police or
the Commissioner of Public Safety.
Yours truly,
Department of Public Safety, 2. E.
Hayden, Commissioner.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1911-09-28
chehalis Votes Commission Idea.

Centralia-Final vote on the com.
mission form of government Is Che
halls stands 415 for adoption and 1s3
against. The south ward gave a
majority of 131. the east ward a ma,
jority of IL and the west ward q ma.
jority Of 81.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-06-14
MOTT INSTITUTE
AND JUBILEE TO
Be BEST EVER
Especial to the Tribune)

\SpSS'o' W S''S s's00'St
MOTT, June 1.-THE farmers insti-
tute and jubilee which will be held
here June q and % will be bigger
and better than a circus. There will
be music by two brass bands and a
Glee club, there will be two days of
farmers institute work, and two big
ball games. Bentley VS.. Regnet, and
New England VS.. Mott. There will
be swimming, boat and foot races and
moving picture shows and dances.
The program for the two days has
been outlined as follows:
WEDNESDAY, JUNE q
Morning.
9:O0-Band concert, Mott concert
band.
9:30-Address of welcome, F. G. Orr,
president Mott commercial club
10:00-Farmers Institute, President
Worst and Prof. Hoverstad, speak.
11:3O-Dinner.
Afternoon.
1:15-Band concert.
1:30-Farmers Institute.
3:00-High dive from the Cannonball
bridge. Purse $500. Swimming
race, $500.
4:O0-Easeball, purse $25 to winning
team.
6:00-Supper.
Evening
7:O0-Band concert.
7:15-Mens foot race-$3 first, 50
second.
Sack race, 50.
Tug of war between Regent and
Bentley, IS.
9:0O-Dance Kasper's hall. !
THURSDAY JUNE %
Morning.
Scotland concert.
9:30-Address by w. T. Batty. farm.
er and stockman.
10: 00-Farmers institute.
II :3O-Dinner.
Afternoon
1:15-Band concert.
1:30-Farmers institute.
3:00-Sensati0nal leap from top of
Dakota Mercantile Company's |
DuHuluS NY IIOl. marry DIduSuh"
of Cincinnati, Ohio, whose price |
for this sensational act of diving |
headlong into a net from the top |
of a two story building is 500.
Boat race. prize S..
4:00-Baseball, purse of $25 to win
ming team.
6: O0-Supper.
Evening.
Z :O0-Band concert.
creased pole, prize
SO.
Eoys foot race; first 81, second 81.
Tug of war between Mott and win
ners of the previous days contest
prize S..
9: OO-Dance, Kasper's hall.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-06-14

Controlled
SUGAR TRUST
10y Associated Press)

WASHINGTON, June 14.-An at
tempt to discover the secret OF the
power of the late Henry O. Havemey-
er. who for years was the controlling
genius of the American Sugar Ret1n-
ing company, failed again today when
the House sugar trust investigation
committee cross-examined Charles X.
Heike, supposed confident OF the
sugar king" and secretary of the
committee, until his indictment in
connection with recent sugar custom
frauds. Edwin F. Atkins, acting head
of the corporation, had testified that
Havemeyer had ruled the concern
with holdings of 100000 of total OF
$90,000,O00.
Heike protested that he knew
nothing of the operations of the Have
meyers Explaining that he took lit
tie interest in the little discussions
he observed taking place at meetings
of board of directors of corporations.
Heike pleaded his inability to tell
the committee much about the big
transactions Of the company during
he years he was with the company.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-06-14
Teachers listen TO
Interesting TALKS
OVER FIFTY RuRlEjGH COUNTY
TEACHERS ARE IN At.
TENDANCE.
Professor Snyder Talked on Coal Re-
sources and Curator Fish on Early
State History.

The Wednesday session of the Bur-
leigh County Teachers Institute was
a very helpful one and there were
over fifty of the school teachers OF
the county in attendance. In addition
to the usual talks by the state inspect
or of rural and graded schools, N. C.
Mcdonald, and by Miss Fisher, critic
teacher of the Valley City State Nor
NAL school, there were other interest
ing addresses delivered before the in
stitute
In the morning Prof. w. B. Snyder
formerly in charge of the Hebron ex-
pertinent station, delivered an address
on North Dakota's coal resources In
the afternoon Curator H. C. Fish of
the state historical society gave
talk on early history of the state and
on the work of the historical society.
This evening there will be a social
in honor Of the teachers, which will
be held on the court house lawn and
a very pleasant time is assured to all
who are in attendance.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-06-14
Was OFFICER
FORMER Convict?

MEDORA, N. D., June 1.-THE Tri.
|bune: We at Medora think the Forum
has been handed rabbits foot, just
why whiskey would be beneficial dur.
ing a typhoid epidemic, is hard to
understand. We note the man did
not tell that he had served term in
Billings county Jail for tapping the
till of the Sentinel Butte hotel He
is about as smooth a one as we sell
dom meet.
Children in high schools and uni
iversities! Where?
The above refers to the following
article which appeared in the Fargo.
Forum and was reprinted in the Tri.
bune:
Fargo Forum: Maxim, a mcs{ e1o.
quent plea md putin; up his cwn
defense, E. N. Agnew OF Belheld, N.
D., appeared before Judge Amidon this
morning in United States court and
pleaded guilty to the charge Of selling
liquor without license. In view of
the fact that he had already served
over eight months in the Jail for the
same offense, having pleaded guilty in
the courts of the state, he was given
a light sentence, fine of $40 being
imposed.
Agnew stated to the court that he
was quite familiar with the law and
that he was guilty of the offense com.
mitted. At one time he was a police
man in the city of Chicago and later
he was justice of the peace.
The prisoner before the court plead
ed his case almost as well as any bar
rister might have done for him. He
told Of his home surroundings and of
the conditions under which he sold
the one bottle of liquor.
According to his story he purchased
several bottles of liquor to take to his
home at Belfield where there was an
epidemic of typhoid fever. He went
over to Montana to buy the booze
and stopped in Dickinson one day on
returning. While at Dickinson a man
asked him for drink ;...~ was &C.
The stranger stated
that he wanted to be a good fellow
and paid for the drink.
Later in the day Officer Gordon of
the Dickinson police force arrested
Agnew. Gordon and Agnew were
good friends and only a few days be-
fore Gordon had identified Agnew at
q Dickinson bank, that he might get a
Oh eek cashed.
At Belfie.d Agnew had lived q very
life and had never sold any
liquor, according to the Investigation
that had been made by the inspectors.
Agnew seems to be a man of exem.
plary character, having a son in the
high school and another boy in one
of the leading universities Of the
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-06-14
JUDGE GR0SSCUP MAKES

Continued from page ~
tions has already access to informa-
ton that will show what these per-
centages are. Whatever may be de-
fcient can be easily supplied. l will
not undertake to say here what should
be the precise percentage that would
bring the corporation within national
control; it is enough to say that it
should be large enough to make it's
business a really national business;
and in determining between business
that is local and business that is ma
tional, a contiguous state or states
might properly be counted to be with.
in the field of the locality; for BUSH
ness near the line of states my be
none the less, really local, because as
much is done on one Side Of the line
as on the other. Nor will l under.
take to say here what percentage
should be fixed on as determining
that a given corporation has, in it's
field, thrown off effective competi.
ton; though the percentage would be
a larger percentage, of course, than
that showing that the business is ma.
tional as distinguished from being
local.
II am proposing nothing really CON-
pick. Though the details will have
to be worked out with some difficulty,
the principle is simple. And once en-
bodied in the framework of the laws,
1t would be- permanent.
Judge Grosscup discussed price su.
pervision as a method of government
regulation as distinguished from re-
striction on dividends. price super
vision by government" the speaker
said, would always and necessarily
be indirect and inexact, always open
to f1uctuation through the hostility
or favor of those who, for the time
being, were in power, always open to
manipulation by the trusts them
Selves
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-06-14
LONG LOST knife
RETURNED TO IT'S
OWNER

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, June a.
In October, 1879, Fred Flynn, residing
in Upton county, Indiana, was one of
a hunting party that camped for a
number of weeks on the Pecos river
in Texas, five miles or more east of
the present town of Langtry. While
hunting in the then wild part of Texas
Flynn lost hunting knife which had
been made for him by a blacksmith.
BY the use of acids Flynn's name and
address were corroded on the blade.
Three months ago A. S. Anthony
found the knife enclosed in the orig
inal leather scabbard lying in the
crevice of rock. The scabbard had
SO protected the blade that the name
and address were still legible A let.
ter addressed to Flynn at Upton, Ind.
lana, revealed the fact that he was
still residing near that city, and that
he was the man who had lost the knife
during the hunting expedition. The
knife and scabbard the latter some.
what marred by decay, were forward
ed to Flynn and in a recent letter he
acknowledged the receipt of them.
At the time the knife was lost the
Pecas valley was in the wild frontier
of Texas and all kinds OF big game
were numerous. Since that time that
part of Texas was made noted by Roy
Bean, a primitive self.istalled justice
of the peace, who made famous the
claw beyond the Pecos." Bean re.
sided at Langtry, way station on the
Southern Pacific railroad, was the pro.
prietor Of frontier saloon and the
famous law giver of that part of the
country. While in that section in
1875, the party Of which Flynn was
a member camped on the ground
where Langtry now stands and as
much of the big game that was killed
by the hunters was brought in to
this camp. They were also camped for
a time near the site of the present
high bridge on the Southern Pacific
which spans the Pecos river a few
miles east Of Langtry. 1t was while
on an expedition from this camp that
Flynn lost the knife that was picked
up by Anthony some weeks ago.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-06-14
found GIRL Can Thank
Continued from page |.

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that his daughter must have persisted
and said that it was useless to look
further. The old woodsman deter
mined to give at least another day
to the search and at five Saturday
morning he was afoot. Beginning at
the point short distance from the
Silica trail, where he found the tracks
the night before, he carefully search.
ed the woods. An hour later shortly
after six O'Clock, his experienced eyes
discerned something unusual through
the brush and in a moment more he
was beside the girl. He had caught
glimpse through the woods of the
blue of the overalls from which her
skirt was made.
Girl was Lying PROSTATE.
The girl was lying PROSTATE. One
hand was crumpled under her head
she evidently had not moved for hours
One side of her face was covered
with mud and cinders from burned.
stumps. insolvency. fearing that the
girl would perish at any moment from
exhaustion. endeavored to arouse her.
ne cleaned her face and called pa"
and ma in her ear repeatedly until
she opened her eyes for an instant
Then the undaunted old trapper lifted
the unconscious girl to his back and
carried her, a mile and a quarter,
to Silica, taking her to the first house
he reached, a section house.
A physician was summoned at once
from Bovey, who ministered to the
wants OF the utterly exhaused girl,
and declared that she would rally
from her exhaustion. She had not
regained consciousness or uttered a
word. however. up to the time the
cruiser left Silica to return to Hib-
bling.
The girl left home to look for wild
flowers Sunday afternoon June 4. and
evidently wandered from the trail
and in her unfortunate mental con-
dition could not find the trail again.
McSweeney declares that she could
not have had anything whatever to
eat and the physician who attended
her declares that the condition Of her
stomach shows that she must have
chewed poplar leaves.