Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, September 4, 1908, Page 1

VOLUME 6. NUMBER 118. POWDERS CONTAINED BUT LITTLE OF STRYCHNINE Chemist Who Analyzed Famous ‘‘Akerberg Powders” Says ‘‘Strychnine in Too Small Quantity to Esyi- mate.—Detected Only by Chemical Reaction. - F. W. Rhoda, clerk of the district court, Fifteenth Judicial district, has received a communication from N. Lehmen, the chemist at St. Paul, .who examined the powders which were put up at the Owl Drug store in this city, under a prescription written by Dr. E. H. Marcum and which were to have been given to Carl Akerberg, deceased, who died last fall and whose death was the occasion of considerable coatroversy as to cause of death. The stomach of the dead boy was sent to St. Paul, where it was analyzed and a written statement of the analysis was sent to the county authorities. Later, one of the powders of the prescription was analyzed by St. Paul parties and return made on that powder. More recently, under stipulation between the attorneys in the case, another powder was sent to Mr, Lehmen of St. Paul, who made an analysis on the powder in the presence of Prof. Derby, as- sistant professor on chemistry of the state university. The returns ~from this analysis were received a few days ago by Mr. Rhoda, and are as follows: “St. Paul, Aug. 18, 1908. “Fred W. Rhoda, Egs., Clerk of District court, Fifteenth Judicial district Bemidji, Beltrami- County, Minnesota. “Dear Sir:—The powder sent me by registered mail, about four week ago, was duly received and analyzed as requested by the stipulation and order of the district court, between G. W. Campbell, attorney for plaiq- tiff, and E. E. McDonald, attorney for defendant in the case of Mathilda Akerberg, as admunistratrix of the estate of Carl Akerberg, deceased vs. F. A. Mayo, with the following results: “Weight of powder, 7 6-8 grains, nearly, “French decimal weight, - *500 Milligrams. Composition of powder, Sodium salicylate, Phenacetin and strychnine. Strychnine was in too small quan- tity to estimate, could only be detected by chemical reactions with reagents. “I am respectfully, “N. Lehmen. The,above agrees with the analy- sis made on a powder from the same prescription by Prof. Derby on a previous occasion, and shows that the powders were prepared accord- ing to the prescription. Won't Log “‘Out West.” J. A Irvine of Stillwater, who is one of the most prominent log- gers -who operate i northern Min- nesota, has just returned from a trip to Kalispel, Mont., where }3e had been consulting with J. J. O’Neil relative to extensive logging operations which he and Mr. O’'Neil intend to launch in the near future. Messrs. O’Neil and Irvine have purchased a large quantity of stand- ing timber in British Columbia, and Mr. Irvine states that had lumber prices remained normal they would have started logging their timber the coming winter. However,the ‘bottom” has dropped out of the lumber market in the west and they will not touch their timber until normal condition again prevail. Mr. Irvine says that Mr. O’Neil will remain in Kalispel until the logging in British Columbia is com- menced. Mr. Irvine still has a lot of timber in northern Minnesota and he will be interested in logging operations north of Bemidji for many yeais to come. He passed throughthe city last evening enroute from Stillwater to ness matters in connection with his logging. Another Shipment of Pianos. -The Bemidji Music House has received another large shipment of Kimball pianos and the public is cordially invited to call at the store rooms to inspect same. —]J. Bisiar, 311 Minnesota avenue. Hakkerup Back at Old Stand. N. Hakkerup has moved back to his old stand on Third street, where he is prepared to attend to the wants of old patrons, and solicits new business. Blackduck to look after some busi- | ! | at Baudette on Sept. 7-8-9. 7 singers of more than average ability. A-A. Touton. W. B. Krouse. The boys, \ %. Hitchcock. J. A. Wessel. C. A. Hitchcock today received a letter from C. R.>Middleton of the Baudette Commercial Club who writes in an effort to secure the Elks’ Quartette of CrDOkStOi’l for the big county fair and labor day celebration | Messrs. Krause, Hitchcock ‘and Wessel will probably go and if Delort Toutant| cannot get away another tenor will be secured.—Crookston Journal. It is more than likely that the Bemidji lodge of Elks will secure this famous bunch of singers to warble here at one of their meetings, to be held in the near future. besides being splendid fellows, are “St. Paul, Sept. 4.—2:30 p. m. — (Special to Pioneer.)—The exhibit made by Clearwater county at the state fair was given the only perfect score on tame and wild érasses and clover. “Clearwater county slso received the highesi prize on potatoes, a cash prize of $150, special. “—W. R, Mackenzie.” The above telegram was received being by the Pioneer this afternoon, and indicates that the wery excellent exhibit which was prepared by O. C. Davids from Clearwater county, Hunting Parties Returned. Several local hunters returned this | noon from short trips to the chicken grounds, most of them meeting with medium success. George Baker, E. N. French, R. F. Preble; D. D. Miller and Charles Plummer of this city went to Solway last night and hunted in that vicinity during the morning and returned on the noon train. They secured seven prairie chickens be- Satisfaction Guaranteed GILL BROS. The Pepular Priced Clothiers. SPECIAL SHOWING of SUITS for SCHOOL Boys’ all=wool Suits of heavy and medium weight, blue serges, fancy and plain brown, gray, tan and olive worsteds; trousers; coat lined with serge or venetian; trousers lined with drill or linen crash; and new style cuffs on sleeves. guaranteed. Opening p&i‘{:g?'. .su.i.t“$5.00 Boys’ summer weight suits and some me- dium weights that sold at $5.00, now Mail Orders promptly filled Knickerbocker $3.75 These are big bargains and those who come first will get best choice Bemidji, Minn. CLEARWATER COUNTY EXHIBIT AT THE" STATE FAIR GIVEN VERY HIGH HONORS, of Bazle/y and Martin Heinzelman of Itasca, was awarded the very highest score by -the judges at the fair. ‘ Messrs. Davids and Heinzelman collected samples of clover near the Village of Bagley, with timothy, red | top and wild blue joint grasses, mostly from Pine Lake, and put the same in a very at_t;&etjve collection | and shipped it to St. Paul to partici- pate in the codnty exhibitions. The action of the judges in award- ing such high honors to the exhibit of Clearwater county speaks well for the advancement of northern Minne- I tween them. W. R. Tait returned from Solway this noon with four birds to show as proof of his skill as a hunter, - Adam Otto, Frank Slipp and William Shannon of this city, who are employed in the postal depart- ment, went to Werner yesterday’ afternoon and returned to the city this morning after securing three ducks. Ralph Lycan and Charles Gould, two of the local high school boys, returned this noon from Thief River ing ducks while visiting Gould’s uncle. They returned with twenty fine ducks after securing the full limit and leaving the remainder with friends at the “Falls” and in Crooks- ton. Elks ‘‘Getting Busy.” The regular meeting of Bemidji lodge, No. 1052, B. P. O. held last evening at which many matters of interest to the order were discussed. Dr. Palmer acted as exalted ruler, in the absence of E. H. Jerrard. Itis the the Elks to make their next regular meeting, which will be held on the 17th inst., a notable one. There wil be a “feed,” and a social session and a general all around good time. Much interest was shown in last night’s meeting and it is expected ;hat‘from now on, during the fall and winter season, -the meetings will draw out a large bunch of the “herd.” E. was intention of -0dd Fellows Attention! A regular meeting of the Odd fellow lodge will be held in the I. O. O. F. hall this evening which will be of more than usual interest. Can- didates will be given. work in both initiatory and first degrees and it is more than likely that there will also be work in the third “degree. AN three-linkers should be present at this meeting, X 2 _ Additional local matier will be found Falls where they spent a day hunt-‘ sota along agricultural lines. The soil of any community is best judged by all kinds of clover, timothy and othér grasses and root crops which can be grown on said soil. The Pioneer has always main- tained that the land of northern Minnesota possess superior quali- ties for raising agricultural pro- The truth . of the state: ment has ‘been shown on many occasions, but never more forcibly so than today, when a county ad- joining Beltrami county is awarded the highest honors in a ducts, competi- tive exhibition at the state fair. _ Spleddid Postoffice Report. The prosperity of acity and the condition of business within that city are always shown by the state of its postoffice. ' During the month of August the Bemidji postoffice sold $1432.99 worth of stamped envelopes and stamps, as against $1163.89 during the month of July and $1092.93 in August of last year. This shows an increase of $269.10 over July and $340.03 over the same month last year. Of the amount taken in during August of this year, $794.35 was paid out in salaries and the remain- ing $638.64 was turned over to the government as profit. Bemidji is certainly becoming “bigger, better and busier.” Marriage License. Clerk of Court F. W. Rhoda issued a marriage license Wednesday after- noon to W. M. Fullbrook and Persilla Hoague of Spooner. - FORTY CENTS PER MONTH THE SECRETARY OF STATE - WOULD HELP THE REVENUE Aunual Report of Mr. Schmahl Would Have Law Passed 'Requiring Corporations : Paying Fee New law to provide for accurate public records of all corporations doing business in Minnesota by a plan that would materially increase the state revenue wiuhout hardship to the corporations will be recom- mended to the legislature by Julius A. Schmahl, secretary of state, in his annual report now in prepara- tion. Briefly stated, Mr. Schmahl’s plan is that all corporations operated for pecuniary gain, whether they be state or foreign corporations, shall be required to file in the office of the secretary of state annual state- ments of their business status and to pay a filing fee of $5 to $10 each year. He suggests that this annual statement should show the officers and directors of the company at the time of filing the teport, the princi- pal place of business, the location of its plants and warehouses, ‘and should state the amount of stock| sold or transferred. in the year and give a list of the stockholders. The proposed law, he says, should con- tain a clause giving the secretary of state the right, in case no state- ment be filed within a reasonable time after the date fixed, to declare the charter of a corporation forfeited. To show tke need of such a law, Mr, Schmahl directs attention to the fact that under the present system the records of the secretary of state are encumbered with' records of cor- porations that long ago ceased to exist, and that names that are desired by new corporations are unavailable to File ‘Annual Reports $5 or $10. because they were held at some time in the past by companies now defunct. He also suggests that the work of the tax commission would be greatly simplified by such a law. The recommendations contained in Mr. Schmahl’s report are numer- oursand cover nearly all branches of the business of the state that come within the scope of the department of state. He advises that, for the sake of greater accuracy and saving of time, legislative bills be engrossed and earolled hereafter with type- writers instead of with pen and ink. He suggests that the law be so amended as to permit of the printing of 30,000 instead of 20,000 copies of | the legislative manual and says that the present limit is far too small. In Mr. Schmahl’s financial report it is shown that the amount received in fees for the filing of articles of incorporation in the fiscal vear clos- ing July 31, 1908, amounted to 1$68,450 and those for the preceding year, $152,280. The fees paid into the state treasuary for filing the |names of candidates in the primary | and general elections were $2,498.45 in the present year; $2,565.30 for 1908; and $5,910 for 1906. Included in the report- of th secretary of the state are those of the state department of boiler inspec- tion and the state expert printer. By the report of J. T. Mannix, state printer, it is shown that the total cost of printing for all the depart- ments of the state government for last year was $40,295.27.—Minne- | apolis Journal. Will Exhibit Corn. Joseph Jerome, merchant, post- master, ex-justice of the peace and all-around good fellow from the Town of Battle, came in yesterday morn- ing accompanied by his daughter, Mamie, and left on the afternoon train for a business trip to Crooks- ton and Grand Forks. Miss Mamie will go to school im- Thief River Fall this winter. Mr. Jerome has five acres of the best corn grown in Beltrami county and while here stated that he will exhibit part of his corn during the county fair which will be held September 24, 25 and 26. Local news on last page. on fourth page. Beltrami Gounty Fair September 24, 25 and 26, 1908 LARGE PREMIUM Band, Farmers’ Races, Free Vaudeville, Ag- riculturist Speakers of National Prominence Making This Fair the Best in Our History. - A FARMER’S FAIR Fred M. Malzahn, Pres. WRITE the SECRETARY ~ W. R. MacKenzie, Sec’y FOR LIST