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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-04
ELKs INSTALLED OFFICERS.
Social Session Followed the Business
 Last Night.

Social Session Followed the Business
 Last Night.
 There were warm times around the Elks lodge room last night, and they came about through the installation or the new officers of the Waterbury lodge and the social session which fol lowed. There was n big meeting dur ing the installation ceremonies, which were conducted by the retiring exalted ruler, F. J. Lawlor. The following were the officers installed:
 Exalted ruler, John H. Cassidy; es- teemed leading knight, Edward D. Lewis; esteemed loyal night, John F. Hackett; esteemed featuring knight, Ed ward Murphy; secretary, Edward l.. Maloney; treasurer, Edward F. Moran: trustee for three years, William H. Johnson; tiler, John H. Griffin.
 As soon as the new exalted ruler had taken his station, he made a few re- marks relative to the order, 1n the l course of which he stated that 1t would be his one ambition to see the Water bury lodge in a home of its own before he retired from office. He made the following appointments: Inner guard, James E. Harrington: esquire, Martin Hapenny; organist George Gafrney chaplain, Alex Rae.
 After the regular business was trans acted a social session followed. James E. Harrington was doing the catering, and that was sufficient to know that it was we'll done William H. Johnson presided as chairman. and if some of the boys went away lighter in pocket 1 it was all due to the efficiency of the chairman. James Dunn presided at 1 the plano, and there was a general l good time all around It was early in the morning when the party broke up.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-04
Soft Coal Men on Strike.

ALTOONA. Pa, April 4.-What promises to be one of the most bitterly
 contested strikes ever known in the central Pennsylvania bituminous coal region has been inaugurated at the mines of the Lehigh Valley Coal com pany at snowshos, Pa. The officials of District No. 2, United Mine Workers of America, say that the coal company is forcing the fight to destroy the union.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-04
Five Bargemen Kfl1ea by Exprosis

NEW LONDON, Conn, April A. Five men lost their lives here on board the barge Fitzpatrick, which was blown up as the result of an accident to her boiler while she was being lowed by the tug Sweepstalse, The Sweep stake, which arrived here in the after noon, reported that the barge's boiler blew up and that she sank immediate ly with all on board.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-04
Judge Nason,a Body Found.

TROY, N. Y, April 4.-The body of Henry T. Mason, judge of Rensselaer, county, has been found in a field south of Albany. He had been missing since Monday. Indications were that he had taken his own life. The reason of the act Is thought to have been desponden- cy due to illness and the recent loss of ais mother and grandfather, Hon. Mar tin I. Townsend of Troy.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-04
Emperor William rn Copenhagen.

COPENHAGEN, April 1.-The Ger man emperor yesterday made q visit to the Museum of Northern Antiquities and in the evening dined with King Christian. Emperor William afterward attended party given at the residence of the crown prince of Denmark, at which 400 guests including the high state and city officials, E.ere present.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-04
Princeton High Honor Men.

PRINCETON, N. J., April 1.-The orators for the one hundred and fifty sixth commencement of Princeton uni versity as just announced are Frank Smith, Tricks, Pa., Latin salutatorian, and Corwin Howell. Newark, N. J.. valedictorian. Both have received sey- eral prizes and many honors during their course.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-04
Clara Morris, Case HopeIes..

YONKERS, N. Y, April Alt is re. ported at the home of Clara Morris here that the actress has had another sinking spell, and, while it is expected she will rally, there is practically no hope of her ultimate recovery. She will apparently be an invalid for thsl remainder Qf her lAfsa
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-04
GOOD NEWS

and Periodicals. People going to Kew Haven by way of Cheshire will appre- ciate this fact. Fitzpatrick's Pharma- cy,, corner East Main and Wall streets.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-04
wabash Trouble Still Unsettled.

Wabash Trouble Still Unsettled.
 ST. LOUIS, April 1.-The controver. sy over an agreement upon wages be- tween officials of the Wabash Railway company and its employees is still un- settled, but every indication points to a final adjustment very soon. Both sides are making strenuous efforts to come to an amicable understanding and avert strike. A long conference has been held between representatives of both sides, and it is stated that only minor details yet remain to be disposed
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-04
pro.per.ty In Nevfoundland.

ST. JOHNS, N. F., April 4.-In the colonial legislature last evening the finance minister tabled the budget which shows a surplus of $64.00o for the fiscal year which ended June 80. 1902. 1t estimates the surplus for the year ending June 80, 1903, at $So.0oo. This reduction in the estimated sur plus compared with 1902 is due largely to the vote for education. The colony has a cash reserve of $352, 1000 fin the bank, besides the surplus of $64 4,OO0. The government therefore proposes to spend the latter in work on the light houses, fog alarms and harbor in- provements. The revenues of the colo ny during the past two years reached nearly $2,200,OoO, being in excess of any previous period in the colony's his. tory The trade of Newfoundland dur- ing the past five years increased 66 per cent, every branch of commerce and industry recording substantial im-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-04
For All Kinds
 Of Weather

Don't get it into your head that a Gas Range is simply for use during hot weather. It is intended to meet every requirement. of your kitchen. Of course, it is pleasant In summer, be- cause it keeps the kitchen cool, but so far as usefulness Is concerned, every day in the year is the day for Gas Range. You can do anything on it that you can do on any stove.
 
 The United Gas Ilnnrnvnnnant Tn.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-12-24

county is ended and Miss Ethel
McTaggart of this city and Miss
Myra Mead of Blackduck are the
winners.
The contest has excited more
interest than a political campaign
and the finish was fully as lively.
Miss McTagart's friends made
very active campaign in her
behalf and this morning the
friends of the other two candi-
dates saw that they had begun
toolat to fight desperately. They
therefore combined their forces
and threw all possible votes to
Miss Villeman. It was too late
however andMissM cTaggert won
by a small majority over both
competitors.
The contest in this city was a
most friendly one and demons
trates that each candidate has a
host of friends.
The most spectacular part of
the contest was the fight up the
north line which finally resulted
in a contest for supremacy be-
tween Blackjack and Tenstrike.
The contest was an unequal one
but Tenstrille made a most mag
nifcent fight and all but won out.
Miss Mead S margin over Miss
Cyr is but 23O votes. That Miss
CYr should make so gallant a run
is the highest possible compli-
ment to the zeal of her friends,
the loyalty Of Tenstrike and the
popularity of Miss Cyr. In
recognition of the fine showing
made by Miss Cyr and Tenstrike
against such heavy odds the
Pioneer has decided to send Miss
Cyr with the party and will pay
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-12-24
Married Last Night.

Miss Clara Anderson and Ben
iamin Barnes were married at
the Baptist parsonage last night
at five O'Clock by Rev. Broom
field. Mr.. and Mrs. Barnes will
make their future home in Be-
midi and begin their welded
life with the best wishes of
many friends. Another mar
riage performed by Rev. Broom
field last night united Miss Nellie
M. Titus and Bonnie M. Lyons.
The wedding occurred at the
home of the brides parents.
Both the young people are well
and favorably known III Bemidji
and are popular with a wide
circle of friends.
Daily Pioneer want ads are a
success. Try them.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-12-24
ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH.

In accordance with the time
honored custom of the Roman
Catholic Church, midnight mass
Will be celebrated at St. Phillips,
Rev. Phillip G. Murphy rector,
punctually at midnight Christmas
eve. On Christmas, low mass
will be cele at $3.50 Il. m.
O'Clock, at which Concone's Mass
will be sung by the choir, the
pastor preaching a sermon APP
propriate to the day. Owing to
the departure of several mem
bers Of the choir to other points
to spend Christmas, the musical
progam will rot be as elaborate
as on previous occasions. On
Christmas evening, a Christmas
tree festival will be held IN the
church for the children Of the
Sunday school.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-12-24
Jessie FreestOne, WellKnOWn
in Bemidji, Victim of I'm
scupulous Grafters.
SMOOTH SCHEME TO DEFRAUD
HIM OUT OF YALUABLECLAIM.
Arrested and Jailed For Tress.
passing on His Own
Property.

Jesse Freestone, the son of a
gentleman, who is we'll known in
Bemidji and formerly conducted
the City hotel here, is in a very
great deal Of trouble at Grand
Rapids and if all reports are
true he has been the victim of
one of the biggest and most un-
scrupulous jobs ever perpetrated
on a homesteader in this section.
Some time ago Freestone filed
on claim in the Koochiching
country. It was one of the finest
pieces of land in that country
and had one of the largest tracts
of valuable pine anywhere in the
country. Freestone built his
cabin and duly made the fling
when his good fortune became
the envy Of a couple of land
sharks and they Immediately set
about it to beat him out of his
interests in the claim. The
story is that they went to Grand
Rapids where another man.
named Freestone lives whose
initials are the same as that Of
Jesse. They asked him about
the land and succeeded in con-
vincing him that some cruiser
had come along, found the land
to be valuable out of the ordinary
and had made a filing for him.
Freestone at Grand Rapids was
readily persuaded that this was
the case. They then induced
him to sign REIMBURSEMENT.
With this they proceeded back to
the Koochiching country and ina
few days Mr.. Freestone was
surprised upon returning to his
cabin to find his goods set out
side and the paddock and staple
he had put on taken off and re-
placed by another. He was
quite ignorant of the transactions
that had been had in the mean.
time and be was surprised a few
days later to be placed under ar
rest and taken to Grand Rapids
for HOUSEKEEPING. His attorney
succeeded in having him re-
leased under habeas corpus pro
ceedings. The treatment ac-
corded Freestone has very
thoroughly aroused his friends
and they propose to assist him in
fighting the case to the limit and
prosecuting the grafters who
have gotten him in all the
trouble.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-12-24

church on Christmas day at 1920
a. m. Rev. Mr.. Peterson the
pastor, will take as the subject of
his sermon, "The True Christ
mas Cheer" On Monday even
ing, Dec. %, the Sunday school
Of the church will hold their
Christmas exercises, with a
Christmas tree
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-12-24
MISS MEAD OF BLACKDUCK WINS
OUT OF TOWN CONTEST.
Her Margin Very NarroW.-.Mag.
nificent Fight Put Up By Miss
Cyr Of Tenstrike.
THE VOTE:

Outside towns:
Miss Mead, Blackjack 13, 211
Miss Cyr, Tenstrike. 1881
Mary Balm, Blackjack. ,O21
Mabel Johnson, Turtle Rivera, 24O
-Letha Carleton, Blackjack. 2, 214
Ida Gumont, Tenstrike. Z. 1, 400
Mrs. Pacha, Blackjack. IL, 361
Miss Craig, Kelliher. -. 936
Miss Leak, Blackduck. .731
ida Moen, Bagley.. 1924
The most notable contest of it's
kind ever carried on in Beltrami
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-12-24

all her expenses just as if she
had been the successful can
didate.
Miss Mead's friends at Black
duck made a most lively fight IN
her behalf and it may be said of
both successful candidates that
they richly deserve their good
fortune.
The Pioneer party will consist
OF seven people and will leave
Bemidl Saturday neon, reaching
Duluth at $3.50. Dinner will be
served Immediately at theSpauld
,ing hotel and after that Ben Hur.
The party will return the follow
ing morning. =.
Miss Mead will be accom-
panied by Miss Letha Carleton
Of Blackduck. Miss McTaggart,
will take with her the Misses
Gertrude Smith, Dora Hazen and
Mabel McTaggert.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-12-24
CHRISMAS PERSONALS

| Harry Reynolds goes 10 MS
claim in Northern to spend the
day.
r. G. Scott goes to his home
at Duluth to spend the day with
his parents.
Judge and Mrs. Clark are at
Leeds, N. d., to spend the day
with relatives.
Mrs. A. E. Smith will enter;
tain her sister, Mrs. Plaisted OF
Walker tomorrow.
Len Smith, the Blackjack
electrician, will spend the day at
| his home at Wadena.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Rhoda will
spend the day at Mr.. Rhoda's old
home at Long Prairie.
Mr.. and Mrs. e. e. Mcdonald
left today for St. Paul to spend
Christmas with relatives.
Mrs. John Bailey went to Lit
tie Falls yesterday and will spend
Christmas with her parents.
Miss Clara Loud, who is teach
ing school at Phlox, Wis, is
home to spend the holidays.
Fred Eberline, Of the Bemidji
Brewing Co., will spend tomor
row with his family at Wadena.
E. A. Barker goes to st.
Charles, where Mrs. Barker has
been for the past several weeks,
Miss Pauley, of Minneapolis,
IS in the city to spend Christmas
with her sister, Mrs. A, F.
White.
Miss Bertha Reynolds who is
teaching school in Maple Ridge,
is down to spend Christmas with
parents.
Miss olga Erickson, who is
employed at the First National
bank, has gone to her home at
st. Peter.
G. r. Martin goes to Osakis in
the morning and expects on his
return to be accompanied by
Mrs. Martin.
Mr.. and Mrs. Detling are ex-
pected down from Blackjack to
spend the day with Mr.. and Mrs.
John Graham.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. A. Mcdonald
and Mrs. G. Jackson go to Du-
luth and Tower for ten days
visit with friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. G. Smyth will
entertain Mr.. and Mrs. l.. H.,
S. W., Fl. w. and O. d. Bailey at
Christmas dinner tomorrow.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. T. Wheelock
will entertain Mr.. and Mrs. j. p.
ILahr and Mr.. and Mrs. George
Kelsey at dinner tomorrow.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. L. Naylor will
entertain quite a party of friends
at dinner tomorrow. Among the
number will be Mr.. and Mrs. r.
| j. Albrant, of Blackjack, and
the Messrs. FL. M. and e. r.
Young and sister. Miss Mildred.
Miss Adelia Bright, principal
at the high school goes to Ispem-
ing, Mich, to visit her parents
1 Miss johnson, assistant princi
pal and Miss Campbell, who
teaches the fifth grade, will go tc
Minneapolis. Superintendent
Edmonds will spend the Christ
mas holidays at Drayton, N. D
Miss Miller goes to Minneapolis
and will attend the meeting 0.
tho c+a+o n1 nco tiDno1 aSSoniat fly,
before returning.
The smallpox quarantine wa
raised on the r. b White logging
camp at Sandy River last night
The quarantine will be raise'
from Smith & Kinks camp at tn
head of the lake tonight.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-12-24

The contest which closed to-
day at noon has excited the most
general interest throughout Bel
trami county for the past week.
For the past three days it has
been the great topic Of conversa-
ton. 1t has proved a wonderful
advertisement for the Pioneer
and makes the Pioneer more pro-
nounced than ever as the leading
paper of this part of the state.
1t has materially extended the
list of subscribers to both the
daily and weekly editions of the
paper, this being particularly
true of the north line where
scores of subscriptions have
been added at Tenstrike, Turtle
River, Blackjack, Northome and
the other towns.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-12-24

UNITED LUTHERN. CHURCH.
Services will be held at the
Norwegian United Lutheran
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-12-24

The smallpox quarantine was
raised on the r. r. White logging
camp at Sandy River last night.
The quarantine will be raised
from Smith & Kinks camp at the
head of the lake tonight.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-12-24
Annual Visit of Santa Claus
Will Surely Occur This
Evening.
ELABORATE PROGRAMS AT ALL
THE CHURCHES.
Santa Claus Will Be a Conspicu.
Gus Figure at All the
Exercises.


Tonight is Christmas Eve ana
-,
the occasion Will W ODSel SCu "o
NJ, IN, 10 Chr; stmas
NJ = paa+;s+ .,d
PreSDyterlan~C churches duu I1io
o,ro NC will bn rendered bV the
OdODdGl SClOol Cllllu l oiA GU oe.oii'
Tho fol1owinpjS the -DrOpram
- - Il ~
WHICH Will oe Ieil1clco GU Viz
Do1ology. .......... Congregation
Prayer cnar 70, atton
Recitation. Will Naylor
"XrhaS Is Xmas
poc;tation Stella Oracle
.'Annie and Willie's Prayer
sone. Primary Children
Recitation ........ Ralph Oracle
Long Before He Knew
Who Santa Claus Was
Recitation Nina Hagen
Xmas Bells
song... Mrs. McLeods Glass
s sa US School J1tr1
Christmas program at the M.
b. church:
Music. = Senior Sch, Scholars
Music. ..........,........ Juniors
Music. - Senior
Santa Claus.
Trea. .......
'''D'''~'
Program Of the Baptist church
which will commence al so'clock:
Organ Prelude S. March Of the Prophets
Song w., School
Behold Your King" our Message Chorus
II. hasten On shepneras $500 CLASS song
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-06-14
AS Ed. Howe Views Humanity.

We have decided that the greatest man
in the world is a section hand, and the
greatest thing in the world is train on
time.
4 number of men in restaurant were
lately watching a pretty young girl dress
ed in white. with a blue sash. They
wondered what she would eat. She or
dered ham and eggs.
Speaking of amusement: An Athcison
woman is entertaining her second hus-
band these days by reading all of her
first husbands love letters to him.
The gossips have found Cinderella in
Atchison with the usual highhanded sis
ter. but no prince for either of them.
When a man can tell the difference in
whistles by taste, he is close TO the dan
ger line.
One OF the Buttinski boys got smashed
in the mouth this morning. but that isn't
news
A woman usually follows fashions in
dressing her hair till the second baby
comes, when she hasn't time TO expert
ment. and clings to the style prevalent
then till her death.
An Atchison girl became so clever at
burnt wood work that she can't get over
the habit, and has burned everything
she touches since she got married and
went to housekeeping.
A widower writes this office: 81 have
no intention of getting married again,
but my children act in such ridiculous
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-06-14
A correspondent,s Imsuination.

Hutchinson News: The Old Man has al
ways been a kicker against newspaper
correspondents sending out false reports
just because they made good reading.
The newspaper correspondents of Kansas
are responsible for most of the abuse this
State has received from the Eastern press.
These correspondents get paid for their
stories and they think that if they do not
spread it on the Eastern papers will not
take it. About six years ago there was in
Hutchinson a young man who correspond
ed for the Topeka Capital and Globe
Democrat and between the two made his
spending money and devoted the rest of
his time to making a bluff at studying
law.
There was little wind storm here that
blew over a tree on the Vincent farm
northwest of the city and this ''penny-a
liner" knowing that the Globe-Democrat
would not pay anything for story on
a wind storm, had a cyclone at Hutchin-
son and as a result it went all over the
were kept busy and put to a great deal
of expense notifying inquiring friends
that there was no cyclone. The penny
a-Iiner" that was guilty of this fraud
is now running a weekly paper here and
knows how it is and would not probably
be guilty of lying about US to make few
cents. Another penny-a-liner got in his
work on the recent high water and as a
result every business house in the city
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-06-14
Man.on.the.cloud Tragedy.

Watonga Dispatch: Mr.. Man on the
Clouds took a prominent part in an cpl
sode one day this last week with the
result that the buck Indian is feeling
heap sick" today He saw some pups.
which besides being owned by Sam Ben
der. were claimed by their mother who.
al this particular time CHANGED to be
within seeming distance. The Indian
started to pick up one of the pups when
the watchrul mother spied the proceed
ings. With her hair standing forward
in bristles she charged on the Indian.
She did not wait for a writ of habeas
corpus to secure her own The Indians
maneuvres resembled those of man
doing business with a cyclone BY squat
ting down and drawing on his native tact
ne made the bitch 'leary 70 a degree so
slieht. however. that the casual observer
would probably have overlooked it. And
the comfort derived from it by Mr.. IN
dian was evidently q aecting nature The
dog charged and circled all around the
doomed red man. Finally Mrs. Bender
came running towards him with broom
the one weapon that has covered many
a brave man; bat the broom play was
GnttEtE l@AloAN0 ~ III - us VIM IN
tinued to transact business at the old
stand. The mother of the pups was
rapidly developing spirit % earnestneSs
and enterprise. She made a pass and
sn2tehed mouthfui of clothing Then
for few minutes the atmosphere as
sumcd dark green hue in that vicinity.
II would be impossible 20 give a detailed
account Of tho proceedings of the double
statehood convention at this staEe Of the
Same. The atmosphere was dense with
dog and indian. But after il had AL
happened il became necessary for Brother
Io TO consult a tailor st once.
Mr. Man on the clouds demanded two
OF the much coveted puts 10 sssauge his
disturbed feelings, but the owner Of them
wouldn't see it that way. Hence Mr.. Low
is heap much sick today.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-06-14
Do Fish Have Hydrophobia?

Brown County World: Probate Judge
r. I. Rea has been studying fish lately
and ne has about come TO the conclusion
that fish often have attacks of hydropho-
bia-or at least his fish had. 1t came
about in this way: Fred Rea caught some
rninnows last fail and put them in tank
in the back yard. When Fred went of
10 school at the State University the
Judge was so tender-hearted that he just
couldn't kill the poor little fish, so he
fixed up a glass tank in the house where
they have been kept all winter. Judge
Rea has often sat and watched the fish
swimming around their little glass
prison, and lately he noticed that they
began TO act queer. One fish began swim
ming round and round the tank, with its
mouth opening and shutting all the time.
A sort Of light froth came from its mouth.
The Judge thought ii acted more like
mad dog than anything else. The next
day the fish died. Soon another fish took
UP the same gait and also died. Finally
they all went. one after the other. The
fact that mad dog Will not go near
water makes the judge a little doubt
full, but he is almost willing to bet that
his fish had hydrophobia. Still he is
willing TO submit TO competent authority
Do fish ever so mad?