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The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-11-29
SMALLNESS OF THE HER,
AID SQUIRREL.

The Duluth Herald invited communi-
cations on the subject Of Duluth.s
needs, and In ito issue Of November Is,
vas rewarded By . half dsesu exesIsnt
letters from wsll-knewn Dulnthians.
Because It rspp'sd IN . vsgy business
Ike way With . present and difficult
problem which Affects intimately every
cstissu q Duluth, that Of safeguaxd1nS
the Scent trolley fare, The eommpniea-
ton Il Af. q. q. Hartley vas easily
first in practical impestagee his Il
no disparagsmsnt q tia etAse lstssss
submitted, - they were 20 Itch n sug-
gsstions for the Wells ~ Duluth, but
settlement Of the qssstl6n dealt with
by Mr. Hartley u past due, simply on
account Of it, difficulty. and for that
reason courage - veil - constructive
reasoning were involved in its discus
sion.
But strange thing happened. Tho
Monday Herald devoted itself edito-
rally to comment upon the letters pub
lished Saturday evening and briefly 10
ferred to each Of them, With the lone
exception Of 1gr. Hartley's. Later In
the wssk, each and every enc q the
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-11-29
THE PoMERoY-HuLETT CASE.

THE pOME8OY-6ULBT1 CA8B.
One Of tho pioneers Of Duluth and
st. Louis county was Nehemiah HUI
lett, after whom, by the way, was
named Hulett c. Merritt, the Los An.
geles multi. millionaire recently con-
victed Of boarding sugar and sentenced
to pay % fine Of $5,000sand to serve
some months in jail.
Nehemiah Hulett loaned money and
owned lands. His homestead was on
Stony Point, Sucker Bay, 16 miles
down the North Shore from Duluth.
He was considered wealthy when he
died.
At one time, one Pomeroy, married
man, had worked for Hulett on the
Stony Point farm. Poneroy went in.
sane and was committed to st. Peter,
where he eventually died.
After her husbands death, Mrs.
Pomeroy returned to the Hulett farm
and served as housekeeper to the own.
or.
Tuesday, February IA, 1891, Mrs.
Lucy A. Pomeroy filed with Judge
Ayers, In the local office Of probate,
a claim for the real estate and other
property belonging to Nehimiah Hu.
lett, who had previously died. The Pc
titioner alleged = that she and Hulett
had married by contract and mutual
agreement ON January 2, 1892. Hulett
lied without issue, therefore the widow
not only claimed farm, library, crops
and stock but, if able to prove the fact
Of legal marriage, was entitled to her
widows th'-d IN an estate reputed to
be worth $5s0,000.
Shortly before filing her petition,
Mrs. Pomeroy- Hulett presented check
to q local bank, drawn in favor Of
"Mrs. Hulett" and undoubtedly signed
by Hulett. That act, Of course, caused
comment.
In her petition to the probate court,
Mrs. Pomeroy- Hulett legged that she
and Hulett entered into a common law
marriage by written contract. That
contract was dated January 2, 1892.
and was written in a rough way on a
rough piece of paper. His widow never
claimed Hulett g name until some time
after his death in the summer Of 1892
Of course there was d hot contest.
Mrs. fOmcrOy was IcpIcScntcu Wy tuo
ate Cushman K. Davis, afterwards U.
8. senator from Minnesota. Judge J..
R. Carey was administrator and he un.
dertook to act under a will executed
in May, 1892, under. which all his prom
erty was left to his brothers and sis.
tiers. The estate was not handled to
advantage and, although Mrs. Pomeroy
received her Widows third, there was
not any too much for her. A piece Of
land on the Mesaba was let 60 when 1t
should have been kept. Today, it is
''nown to possess q valuable body Of
iron.
When Mrs. Pomeroy. Hulett began her
suit, her deceased husband had sisters
in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois and
New York. Children Of deceased
brother in New York also were legal
heirs under the will Of 1869.
The Widows contest stirred up deep
interest, for Hulett was widely known
pioneer. She won out, as stated, and,
today, is living and residing in Los
Angeles, California.
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OUR COUNTRY.


Our country, what Of thee,
Once, land Of libertyl-
In shame we bow.
Land full Of profiteers;
Land wet with, toilers' tears;
Must we endure for years,
Or change it nowi
Shall we, then, tamely yield
All fruits Of shop and field
To powers of greeda
Or shall we rise in might,
Join ranks our ills to fight
The Constitution, gives us right
To change at need.
Line up to save this land,
All workers, hand in hand,
This is your hour.
Vote for your interest, then,
For your Own kind Of men;
We shall be victors, when
You use your power. -
F-wsr-
This Land we dearly love;
Grant, oh Great Power above,
From sea to sea
Lot no oppression reign,
Give us surcease Of pain,
Grant as that once again
We may be free.
Frederick w. Smith
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TALES OF LONG AGO
The Hp-.aw Historian Digs Into Doing. N the Dim, De
tant Past and Uneazths Interesting Incidents
~ Of Days That Are No More.

head with q cheap .3s.calibsr revolver,
Monday evening, March %, 1898.
Erickson ran the old Vega saloon
for years, finally selling the business
to Carlson Bros. The Vega was located
at q East Superior street and Erickson
lived in q small brick house on the al:
|;ley back Of tHesold: saloon ::
Erickson had threatened q number
Of times to take the suicide route, and
his family was half expecting some
such tragic happening.
"When I do kill myself, IN sit on
the old trunk in the dining room and
blow my brains out" said the retired
saloon keeper.
It happened just as Erickson had
promised.
The family dining room was in the
Monday evening, all the family went
upstairs. Erickson remarked that he
was going downstairs q moment and
his son Charles, nine years old, fol.
lowed him down. He began to cry
when his father pulled out revolver.
A moment later, there was a loud re-
port and Erickson laid on the floor
with a bullet in his head and the blood
streaming from the bullet hole.
The. desperate man, had seated him
self on the old trunk, fired the shot
and fallen to the floor.
The young son ran to the old Vega
saloon and gave the alarm. Charles
Benson was the first to reach the
scene. He found Erickson breathing
his last and the blood yelling from
the wound in his head. Coroner Elk
lund was summoned and he ordered the
body taken to Durham morgue. He
declared that the deed was due to the
mans over-indulgence in whisky.
On Erickson g person was found an
envelope bearing the words "Not to be
opened until after I am dead" In
the envelope were half a dozen prom
issory notes, ranging from 800 to $500
in size, duly endorsed as follows: "Pay
to Mrs. John Erickson after I am
dead"
There was q check in the sum of
Isl 900 on the State Bank Of Duluth and
two for $500 each, made out to Mrs.
Erickson.
Erickson was comfortably fixed.
Aside from money. in the bank and out
at interest on private loans he owned
the house in which he lived, half the
ground on which it stood and property
in Endion. Nels Hoff, shoe mer.
chant, owned the other half Of the
ground and, If memory is correct, Hoff
also took the suicide route later on.
Erickson was only SO years old. He
left wife, son nine years old and
daughter twelve years old.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-11-29
DOCTOR STOCKINGS FAREWELL
SERMON IN DULUTH.

Fer two years and half, Rev.
Charles n. Stocking was pastor Of the
First n. E. church. Under his hustiing
administration, the preseAt sanctuary
OF that congregation vas erected and
dedicated.
Rev. Mr.. Stockings work here was
near completion whom ho had Q call to
80 to st. Joseph, No. He preached
his farewell sermon Sunday morning,
April 9, 1898, taking his text from
| John l, VIII, "If We walk In tho
light"
Dr.: Stockings family remained In
Duluth Q month or % until he vas set-
tied In the Missouri city, when the
members Joined him, al except David
Stocking, who became . permanent roc
ideut Of Duluth.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-11-29
WILL THE OLD PARTIES
COMBINES

Among tho amusing rumofs that arc
current in tho national capital IL one
to tho effect that tho presidents mes
sage to Coolidge means that tho Demo-
Gratis and Republicans may combine
next year to elect Q congress and an
administration that shall resist the do
mauds Of tho "radicals''-the organ.
lied workers and farmers.
The trouble with this scheme Is that
II ignores tho fact that with most poll
ticians there Is nothing 30 important
as politics. Fusion q the two big par
ties would mean that whole army Of
politicians, big and little, would try to
lay aside their habits Of lifetime, as
they did in North Dakota, to fight the
radicals And, just as happened in
North Dakota, they would fail to pull
together or to agree upon any policy
that would be effective in rounding up
tho vote.
Republicans are quito aware that
they win have 70 fight out the issue Of
Toryism versus progessivism inside
their own ranks next summer: tho
Democrats win have 70 do tho same.
II tho Tory clement wins In both par
ties, then tho progressive forces VII
decide whether OF not 70 run . third
ticket in tho November elections.
But there win bs no fusion Of the
old parties on . national basis. The
leaders Of each are TOO sure that their
party VIII attract the larger propos.
ton OF tho conservative vote,
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-11-29

so that the working people win be
their abject slaves for at least another
century.
It Is q time to call q halt to reckless
government extravaganza and tho best
way to accomplish that Is to refuse to
permit our representatives to vote for
any moro velvet for tho Money Bags.
The way to raise uonsy 70 carry sn
tho necessary expenses Of the govern
ment b TO take Il from tho excess
profits Of tho Fat Boys. Before we do
any moro uplifting" for the down.
trodden Of other trodden countries Lot
us do . little justice to our own.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-11-29

AZ . cure Tor the national unrest
tAs Morning Apology wants the pee
20 Givsa a opportunity % buy few
megs bllli6ns Of Eovsennsnt beads, ITO
nv and xsdssm tho submerged part Of
IL void and givs - ~ psrseual
PIT d tAs WORK." says 1anseu IIst-
cllfs IN tAs sessl Plant News. IN
ethse wsrdA The Apology q anxious
tAas Ne wartime eea Of DRUNKEN and
yset1igats sxsravaganes IN public q.
peaditnrss shall b continued fef al
other ysar o. - because the interests
think that the working people are not
~ quite MIXED dry.
4 u safe 70 say that not ous-haK Of
ths purchasers Of Liberty bonds have
those bonds now, because they have
bssn compelled TO sacrifice them to the
skinflints IN order 10 meet the higher
cost Of living that the profitsers foistsd
MON % during and after the war.
This bond business makes fine pickings
Tor the money profitssrs and they
would like 70 have Il continued for an
ether season q two. q until they have
aocumslassd susagh government bends
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-11-29
OLD VILLAGE OF WHIST DuLu11
HELD DECEIVE M.RorIoN.


For something Hike five years, West
Duluth was a village. January l, 1894.
it came into the city Of Duluth and.
ever since, has been part thereof.
There was an exceedingly hot cleo.
ton In the Village Of West Duluth on
March 80, 1893. If memory 10 correct,
George j. Mallory contested for tho
village presidency with the late John
N. Martin. It was IN exceedingly hot,
bitter and aggressively fought cam.
paign. Some Of tho old citizens say
that you still can SEQ on the older
buildings some Of the mud that was
thrown In that fight.
John NJ: Martin won out, hands down
P. j. Borgstrom was reelected village
recorder. There was q great turning
over when it came to village appoint.
ments. d. d. Phelps was appointed vii.
lage attorney He was . law partner
Of Martin at that time.
Chief Stewart was deposed from the
fire department and James RYAN BRO
noted to the position d. r. Patter.
SON, now a Barnum, Mimi, resident.
was made police chief. Stephen Doyle
became captain Of police and James
Connolly court officer. Charles Stew.
ems and John Hallerstad secured iani.
torships in the village hall. John Krev
was picked for village engineer, while
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-11-29
GREAT TRAGEDY AT soUDAN.

April 10, 1898, a terrible explosion
in the blacksmith shop Of the Mime.
sofa mine at Soudan, near Tower, on
the Vermilion range, killed three men
and severely wounded several others.
Out of twenty men working in the
shop, hardly one escaped injury to
some extent.
J. B. Nettle had his jugular vein
severed by a flying fragment Of iron
and quickly bled to death.
Charles Nelson had a piece Of gas
pipe driven through his chest and he
quickly succumbed to the injury.
Jacob Koshaver had his legs blown
off and he did not live long afterwards.
Among the more severely injured
were Philip Marshead, John Rosenstein,
James Mahoney, g. 8. Warne, Frank
Cnndv. W ]. Nettle, William Martin
and Joe Collar.
Nettle, Nelson and Collar had been
engaged in breaking up gaspipe with
a 1,200-lb. steam hammer and then
throwing the pieces onto the scrap pile,
The work had been going on for
about an hour in tho morning when
there was terrific report. The shop
was instantly filled with smoke and
when that cleared away, tho workmen
who had net been killed or rendered
insensbile by their injuries, saw Tor.
rible sight. Senseless forms, mangied
limbs, bleeding bodies and men stag.
gering around in dazed, somi-conscious
conditions presented q narrowing
scene.
) The loud noise Of tho explosion and
cries for help soon brought large and
frantic crowd to the shop. Nettlo,
Nelson and Koshaver were dead. 9th.
ers were rapidly bleeding to death and
writhing In agony. Willing hsnds and
kind hearts responded quickly to the
task Of succoring the injured. Hospi.
tai and homes were opened. Doctors
Harwood and Richardson worked over
four hours in performing operations
and dressing the wounds OF the injured.
The cause Of the explosion must have
been the detonation Of dynamite In q
piece Of gaspipe being broken up BY
tho powerful blows Of the 1,200.lb.
steam hammer. The pipe presumably
had been used % Q "gun" by the min.
ers in "raiss" that was being made
in the mine ct tho time. The end had
become clogged with dynamite from
some unexploded charge and. unseen
and unexpected, It was put under the
hammer and exploded. It was an acct.
dent utterly unknown previously in
the history Of Lake Superior mining,
In addition to the injuries to the
workmen, the blacksmith shop was
badly demolished. Windows were blown
out, machinery broken, tools scattered
and pieces of shattered gaspipe riddled
the sheet iron roof Of the shop.
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HIGH PRIoH OF PAPER.

Farmers are getting 800 . cord
TOR pulpwood and ye printer man has
to cough up about $500 per 100 pounds
Of: paper, and it 10 mighty scarce at
that, says editor Peterson in the Cook
Journal. Col. Peterson sends up . loud
cry, therefore, for Dad Atkinson to
hurry up with that state-owned and op-
Grated paper mill, otherwise Baron
Backus may be expected to get the
scalp Of said editor Peterson, and other
defenseless editors, long before the nom
partisan league performs the hair-lift-
ing feat.
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their debasing vocation. The late Rev.
C. G. 6alter preached the funeral ser.
mon.
That same year, 1892, A. ]. Sera-
field killed his wife and then shot him.
self at 100 West Superior street.
In these days, suicide IL 80 frequent
and common as to attract little atten.
ton and get only few lines Of space
in a local daily, unless tho victim 10
some one Of great prominence.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-11-29
DULUTHS PIONEER RECORD
& -. OF HUICIDE9. *, -

From 1885 up to the spring Of 1893,
when John Erickson killed himself, Du.
(uth g suicide records contained about
eighteen names. Police records were
silent as to the record previous to 1885.
There were five suicides in Duluth
in 1885. January 30. August Rosen-
wald destroyed himself, but the Rip
saw has no details as to the case. April
9, John Norlund killed himself, but
available records give neither the cause
nor means. August % Of that Hateful
year, Christ Pfeiffer used his own hand
to push himself out Of this world. On
December Is, H. J. Coppernall went
into the woods and shot himself. The
records only show that he was As years
old and married. December 81, the
very last day Of 1885, c. B. Chandler
poisoned himself, thereby missing the
gladstone New Year. D.,
On May 81, 1886, Smith Debbage,
Young lawyer, single and only 26 years
old, shuffled off the mortal coil by
cutting his throat at the old st. Louis
hotel.
July FL, Of the same year, Thomas
Walker, 60 years of age, drowned him
self from the N. P. R. dock.
self.destruction was not popular in
1887, for no cases are Of record. In
1883, however, Jacob Veeder, only 81
years old, drank carbolic acid and Fan
ME Zien, young woman only 10 years
old, came home from q dance and re-
moved herself from this vale Of tears
by taking poison
There were three cases Of suicide in
1889. April ID, at 2411 West Sixth
street, Edward jackson, IS years old,
cut his own throat.
October %, Thomas Lanigan elm.
mated himself by taking rough on rats.
That same year, DR.. A. B. Lynde, q
brilliant young physician, cut his throat
at the old st. Louis hotel. DR.. Lynde
was q Milwaukee man and overtaxed
himself while taking care Of the prac.
tice Of q prominent physician who went
West for an extended trip. While IN.
dor the strain Of q heavy and unusual
practice, DR.. Lynde resorted to stimu.
iants and narcotics 20 keep up. When
the strain was relieved, melancholia FOL-
lowed. Tho unfortunate young physi-
clan came to Duluth but failed 20 re.
gain his normal condition. He at
tempted self destruction by stsbbing
himself near the heart, but the effort
was unsuccessful. Only two days later,
with tho same knife, he cut HE throat
and died within few moments.
In 1890, dependency was responsi-
bic for three self.inflictod deaths. On
January Z, John Tevsky cut his throat
at $50 Lake avenue south. He lived
four days before desth came.
March Z, Edward Shannon, married
and aged 40, took enough opium to end
his earthly career.
December 90, Just day after Christ
mas, John Haas, single and aged 81,
shot himself.
September 50, 1892, Joseph Kriz shot
himself at 2O7 West Superior street.
September Is, the same year, Pearl Hi.
ton, an inmate Of bagnio on st. Croix
avenue, took carbolic acid. Every hack
in Duluth and Superior was used At
her funeral. Fully 200 painted women
from Duluth, Superior, Saltwater, Eau
Claire and the Twin Cities attended
the obsequies, If memory 10 correct.
They wept and Numbered to an extent
at the funeral that gave them great
teuporary relief from the strain Of
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-11-29
BROADCLOTH BOLSHEVISTS

1--WE respectfully direct the alton.
tion Of tho secretary Of war, the attor-
ney general and all other officials
charged with tho maintenance Of law
and order In this country, to recent
happenings In tho city Of Johnstown,
Pa" says Labor, Washington, d.
c., publication.
"0n Friday, November 2, tho city
officials Of Johnstown notified the
leaders Of tho striking steel workers
that they would not DO responsible for
tho consequences II tho workers in.
sisted On holding . meeting which had
been advertised. ...
IN 7Mogld sppsar thasys meb, thsad.
"a By tho SECRETARY Of the T. n. O.
A. and The president Of tho Chambes
Of Commerce. was determined to CON-
pei tho labor leaders to leave town and
shs municipal officials confessed that
they were unable to cope with tho st
uattou.
''No ous claimed that tho labor
leaders had violated any law. All were
American citizens engaged In legitimate
work. They had not disturbed tho
peace Of Johustown and had not sug-
gested that any one else should com.
nit On overt act.
''The secretary Of the Y. n. q. A.
and the president Of the Chamber Of
Commerce objected to their presence
bec<use they were labor organizers
and announced that they would do
thsm bodily violence-perhaps kill
them-if they did not get OUT
Being aw-abiding citizens, the or
ganizers got out after vainly appeal.
ing to Johnstovn's peace officers for
protection.
''Now tho question We want to put
70 the attorney general and tho score
taxy Of war II this:
III tho worhngnen Of Johnstowu
had defisd the constituted authorities
and had ordered tho secretary Of the
T. II o. A. and the president Of the
Chamber Of Commerce out Of town,
how long would II have taken you, Ar.
Secrstary Of War, 70 send . regiment
q troops to Johnstovn and how nuch
time would you have wasted, Alx. At.
toensy General, In rushing 70 some
court 70 vindicats tn majesty Of the
lsw7's
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-11-29

I met q maid so prim and staid
She said she was Quaker;
She was so proud I laughed aloud
And tried by storm to take her.
My arm I placed around her waist,
All mel 90 young and tender;
But sad, the maid was doubly staid,
/ could not even bend her.
-Frederiek D. Simpson.
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Andy Myles and P. R. Haley were
made street commissioners.
That administration lasted only nine
months, but there was something doing
while Il lasted.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-11-29

William A. Cant soon will have to
get off the bench or give way to some
willin' Barkus in the matter Of rum
ming for congress next year.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-11-29
JOHN ERICKs0N's SUICIDE.

John Erickson, q retired saloon keep
or, took the suicide route out Of the
world by shooting himself through the
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1919-04-23

It was in the German counter attack
on that day, the 9th, that Person was
gassed and taken to the hospital
where he stayed a month. He has
several scars on his body as souven.
irs OF this occasion. He was then
transferred to the Engineers Con.
valescing detachment, and was later
sent to hospital six weeks for ear
trouble.
Oscar says he has had several oc-
casions to be thankful to his good
luck that he is yet alive to tell his
story. In the afternoon Of September
26th, his company was advancing to.
ward the edge of a wood, having met
no resistance. Suddenly a hidden
machine gun began to play on them
and order came to duck for the grass
or shell holes. Oscar says he could
feel the vibration of the bullets as
they skinned his helmet as he lay
in the weeds.
One time he was with a detachment
of fifteen men going down a road at
flying over, gave a flare" and, locat-
ing the squad dropped four bombs,
one OF which hit the road killing one
10 or - others. Oscar was hit slight
ly in the leg and his coat pocket tore
open.
One day, he said, an enemy 6-inch
shell fell but 20 or 80 feet from where
he was standing, and luckily did not
explode.
One Of the tight places he went
thru was conveying message thru
the Americans own barrage which,
because his regiment had advanced
too far, was falling short.
On the day of October 9Th, there
were IS runners in his battalion and
later on in the day they were only
three left on the job.
Oscar says that one of the most
exciting spectacles as we'll as intense
ly beautiful is an aerial combat at
night. The white light OF a dozen
search lights playing on the enemy
plane and the red flares of the anti
air craft shells. exploding is a sight
that can never be forgotten.