davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-11-10

and was a most able successor TO
William Gourtenay. who appeared in
the character last year. Ben Lamar was
also equally as satisfactory as Thomas
F'indlay in the role of Andrew Mac
lavish. In fact. all the way thru. there
was nothing 10 detract in this years
production of the Shuberts over shat
of last season. with The possible eNcep-
tion of the minor character of Hunt
ley given this season by Milton Mo-
bles. Jr He was very good. but hardly
the equal of William Rosel. his pre-
decessor. Miss Mary Servoss has sue
ceeded Charlotte Walker as Hilda:
Robert Kelly tfllS Walter Hales char
acter of Mcdonald. and Russell Bas-
sett succeeds Sheriden Block as
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-11-10
Ladies, Guild Sumner.

Supper Will be served by The Ladies'
Guild a the German odd Fellows hall,
corner First avenue and State street.
tomorrow evening.
MENU.
Pot Roast Beef Brown Gravy
Mashed Potatoes Spanish Rice
Pumpkin Pie With Cheese
Coffee
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-11-10

after 18th OF November, 1909. f. B.
Wiley, city clerk.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-11-10
Mater Notice.

supper 50 cents.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-26


hecey in the middle the dispute
dollar
LIVING North Grand Streets Louis Mo-.
s : g : IS
Little Lucille
text
told
said had e s.s.-ss
well" replied
for will Comforter"
Mrs CLARA
When asked Of the he replied:
formebru emead
half
East Two street. New YorkcH
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-26

Ten dollars week paid FOR these stories IS for the best for
he Others 81 or more Send TIE funniest stories You know on
postcards to Editor Funny Side r O. Box 1854 New York.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-26
The Funny Sides Funny Stories


young pawned
he
puzzled
inquired: John wha Of a
A N
Hans met Adolph Upon Adoiphs
mond.
you t?" asked Hans
that $1,000
expended by my
MORRIS
The Washington times., 1909-04-25

At the Methodist Protestant Church
this morning. the Rev. J. NJ. Holmes.
the newly appointed pastor, preached
congregation preeent
The Washington times., 1909-04-25
TAFT STAYS AWAY
FROM CHURCH TODAY
Crowd of Watchers at the
White Lot Are Dis
appointed.

Although this morning was almost
ideal for walking or motoring or other
wise enjoying outdoors. President Taft,
for The first time since his Inauguration.
stayed within the Executive Mansion
and did not attend divine worship at
any Washington church
Mrs. Taft, who last Sunday motored
10 AL Souls with the President. walked
this morning through Lafayette Square
TO st. Johns Episcopal Church, her
usual place of worship. The first lady
walked past the crowd in front Of the
White House and in Lafayette Square
practically unrecOgnized.
The usual quota of watchers which
gathers about the White Lot and waits
for the President to leave for church
was present This morning. but its only
reward for the wait of am hour or more
was the merry splashing of the silver
white fountain. the marvellous spring
acrobatic stunts of the gray SQUIRRELS
IN the White House grounds and the
equable conversation of the staid police
man on guard there.
Ihere was the same old crowd in
front OF All Souls, which also was dis
appointed and which waited. like the
other on Pennsylvania avenue. until
u:S0-o'c clock or even longer. but in vain
The President did not go over 10 the
Executive offices at ali during the
morning. Secretary Carpenter said that
ne didn't expect him at all. but that
mere was nothing unusual in his stay
ing at home.
The Washington times., 1909-04-25
ALL-WATER ROUTE
WILL BE RESUMED

Announcement is made that the tur-
bine steamships, Yale and Harvard,
VIII resume passenger service on the
sll-the-way-by-water route OF the Met
ropolitan line between New York and
Boston Monday, May ,. The ships made
records last year. and were patronizsd
largely by people from this section.
Iraffic arrangements have been made
by the metropolitan line with about all
or the railroad and steamboat lines In
the country so that it will be possible
10 purchase tickets and check BAGGAGE
through TO Boston and to points be-
yond via the Metropolitan. This an
nouncement disposes of the story which
received some circulation recently to
the erect that the Yale and Harvard
had been sold for service on the Pacific
The Washington times., 1909-04-25
F. BERNARD STEVENS,
Paying Teller Victim of Strange Shooting.

ner in which the negro could have left
the building after the shooting without
being SEEN
The police a.'e positive that the negro
was not in the building at the time.
Detective O'Rrien, who was one of the
first to arrive at the bank after the
shooting, says he has the names of
four young men who were standing in
L street and who were looking through
the window and saw exactly what hap
pened after the shot was fired.
There are only two entrances by
which person can enter or leave the
bank, one door in L street and the
other II. Fourteenth street All OF the
windows are heavily barred. The four
men were standing by the L street
door They told the police that they
looked in TIE window just after the
shot was fred, and saw Baker and
Stevens standing only few feet apart
They are positive that no one left the
building by the Z street door.
Hardly had the shot been fired when
Policemen Groves and Smith rushed In
il. 1t would have been impossible FOR.
anyone to have left by this door with
out being seen by them.
From what the detectives have been
able to learn, the presence Of the negro
around the hank in the early part of
the evening seams TO have excited both
Baker and ST. Gems and both were pretty
much worked up about IL, although they
did not say anything about the man 8
presence to the policeman who was on
duty at corner
Stevens probably viii leave the hos
pitaI today
The Washington times., 1909-04-25

Potomac Lodge Of Odd Fellows will
this evening celebrate the ninetieth an
niversary of the order by attending
services at Grace Protestant Episcopal
Church. The pastor, the Rev Edgar
Carpenter. viii deliver a sermon appro-
pirate to the occasion.
The Washington times., 1909-04-25
Continued from First Page.)


the institution, were the only two per-
sons in the building when the shooting
occurred shortly before 10 o'clock last
night
Baker at first told the police that
Stevens had been shot by a negro, but
later changed his story and admitted
that all he knew about il was what
Stevens had told him. The police say
they can prove that no negro was in
VOWED in the affair.
Policeman Groves, of the Eight pre-
cinct. and Crossing Officer Smith and 9
number Of citizens were standing Of the
corner directly in front OF the bank
when the shot was heard.
Baker originally claimed he and Ste
veus had been annoyed all the after
noon and evening by a negro hanging
around the building and had come into
the bank several times.
According TO Bakers first story, the
shooting occurred in the rear Of the
bank near a water spigot During the
evening BE and Stevens went TO the
spigOt several times to get a drink Just
bef0re the shot was fired Baker went
in the rear CT the bank to get a drink
Stevens, he says, called TO linn to let
the water run
Stevens version OF the 1ffair. accord
Ing TO Baker, IS that the negro was
waiting for him WheI he went back "a
get drink: that the I sgro Overpow-
cred him and took the -evolver away
from him, and that the shot was fired
during the struggle. Baker IS unable
TO offer any explanation of the man
The Washington times., 1909-04-25

The funeral of MS. Bessie Ridgeway
was held from the Lincolnia Church
this morning. The burial was in the
Lincolnia Cemetery.
The Washington times., 1909-04-25
CLUB OF EMPLOYEES
HEAR HEAD OF FIRM

An address by r. P. Andrews, head
of the firm, on How to Become a
Successful Salesman" the preliminary
organization of a baseball team and a
crab feast at Scheiders tended to make
the regular monthly meeting last night
OF the r. P. Andrews Paper Company
Business Scierce Club an unusual sue
cess.
Mr. Andrews announcement that the
employees would be given every Satur-
day afternoon Off for bail practice
evoked cheers. Mr. Andrews intends to
arrange some entertainment for the
members of the club each month.
The Washington times., 1909-04-25
NO CLUE IS FOUND
TO BOAS MYSTERY
Girl Has Vanished and Gen
eral Search Is Barren
of Results.

NEW YORK. April 25.-Au of New
york is today discussing the mysteri-
Gus disappearance of Adele Boas. the
pretty thirteen-year-old daughter of Al
bert Boas. the rich thread manufacturer
of 10 West Eighty-eighth street. Today
Is the third day since her disappearance.
The police are baffed. No more clues
are IN sight. Nearly every one has a
different theory to solve the mystery
Mr.. Boas had hoped that today's mail
would bring him some information of
the whereabouts of his daughter He
sent to the postoffice for his mail, but
there was no communication. It was
reported that the mail contained many
letters from cranks asking TO be en-
pioyed as detectives, and from other
people offering to go to work to earn
the reward of $3.50 advertised by Mr.
Boas late last night.
Absence Of Clues.
Mr.. Boas stated that the utter absence
Of all clues or information was incom-
Drehensible. why, soms one must
have seen her." he said; leach hour I
have been hoping to hear from her
The absence of any information In the
mail is sad disappointment to me-"
Centra. Office men who have been
working IN the case since Wednesday
were at the Boas home this morning.
They had a long talk with Mr.. Boas.
Among other things Luey wanted to
know II the girl was used 70 tak.9g
walks in the Central Park, which Is IN
sIght or the Boas home. The central
Office men will suggest that the police
make rigid search of the park One
OF the first explanations offered fo.. the
disappearance of the young girl was
that she had been kidnapped. This the
1amlIy and police strongly reject II
sne mad been kidnapped the father be-
heves that by this time the kidnapers
would have communicated with him.
Friends Offer Aid.
Many friends of the Boas family CALI
ed at the home today te proffer their
services in the search for the missing
girl Some Of the girls who attend a
fashionable school in West Eighteieth
street told Mr.. BOas that on Monday
the girl students of the school would
organize for the purpose of assisting
IN the search.
The parents of the child believe i'm
portant work can be accomplished by
the young women, as there are about
seventy of them.
The police when going on patrol to
day were given a description of the
missing girl Circulars with the girl s
picture and description had been sen~
TO all police stations of New York and
surrounding cities.
The Washington times., 1909-04-25

James Phillips, "A well-known Alexan-
drian, is critically i'll at mis- home.
West and Duke streets.
The Washington times., 1909-04-25
In MemOriam.

M REMEMBRANCE OF our devoted mother,
KATHARINE SCHAFFEN-kRAUs VINO
departed this iffe April =, 1903
Asleep IN Jesus. blessed sleep,
From which We never wake 10 weep,
Unbroken by the last Of foes"
~ BY Her Children
The Washington times., 1909-04-25

The funeral of Joseph T. Grehan was
held from St. Mary's Catholic Church
this afternoon. The Rev. Father Kelly
conducted the services in the church
and at st. Mary-s Cemetery.
The Washington times., 1909-04-25
MRS. WARDS NOVEL
WILL BE OUT SOON

BOSTON, Mass, April 25.-It is under
stood that the new so-called Robert
Elsmere novel. which Mrs Humphrey
" ara IL writing in Italy, will soon be
published by Boston firm.
Already IL Is said the firm has rougl,
proofs and is arranging the illustrations
Tor the collected edition de luxe of her
novels which they will also publish.
The Washington times., 1909-04-25

DICKINSON-After a brief Illness JAMES
r DICKINSON. brother OF Miss Julia
Dickinson. Z234 Eleventh street northwest.
4 -
The Washington times., 1909-04-25

Defeats Mrs. Von de West
laken in Alexandria Con-
test by 5,726 Votes.
WASHINGTON TIMES BUREAU
ALEXANDRIA. VA. APRIL %,

Although old home coming week
does not officially begin until tomorrow,
the city today presents a carnival ap-
pearance. All the Buildings in King and
Washington streets have been decOrat-
ed, and many on the side streets are
displaying flags from their windows.
The'cars from Washington have brought
crowds today and the streets have been
thronged all day.
Tomorrow evening King street from
the wharf TO West street and Washing
ton street, in the court of honor, will
be illuminated with numerous eleetr3 :
lights and the carnival, which viii
show in ali the week, will formally
open.
The contest for Queen of the Carni-
val'' closed at 10 o'clock last night. but
st was after 1 clock this morning be-
| fore the Official count was finished,
when It was found found that Miss
Marie Fannon had been elected by 5.726
plurality over Mrs. p. Won de West
iaken. her nearest competitor. The
vote on all the contestants was as fol-
/ lows:
| Miss Marie Fannon. 1856.
Mrs. 2. Won de Westlaken, 81, $50.
| Mrs Cleita Whitehead, 22971-
| Mrs. A. d. Monitor. 1,734.
J Miss Marie Drew, 1904.
! Miss Caroline Wedderburn, 1,0Z7-
| r w. Richardson, clerk of F'airf X
circuit court, has informed Secretary
! Wedderburn that Judge Thornton, of
/ the circuit court. has appointed the
| following men TO do police duty April so:
| Norman z. Dove, Accotink, Va: a.
w. Cleveland. Theological Seminary; =.
| II. Powell, Bancroft, Va; ID. II. Stew
| art, Lewisville; r. NJ. Wiley, Fairfax;
ID. w. Foster, Alexandria; Henry Cross,
| Fairfax; J. Rufus Jones. Fairfax: Barry
/ Cross and Norman Bladen, Alexandria.
They are to be- under the control of
| Sheriff Allison.
A meeting OF the executive committee
was held last evening, when 1t was re-
/ ported that the Richmond Howitzers
had accepted the invitation to take part
/ in the parade on April 90 with eighty
men and four guns in line, under COM
mand of Capt. William NJ Myers
The committee on secret organizations
I reported that the Red Men would have
200 men in line.
! there would be fourteen bands and drum
! cOlpS in the march.
! The committee on badges announced
that 200 badges would be ready for dis
! tributiOn Tuesday.
/ The funeral of Joseph L Grehan was
/ held from st. Mary's Catholic Church
/ this afternoon The Rev. Father Kelly
/ conducted the services in the church
| and at ST. Mary-s Cemetery.
LINES EHhilpS, "a Weli-RnoWn Ale&ari-
4 drian, IS critically i'll at his home,
! West and Duke streets
| At the Meth 5dist Protestant Church
! this morning. the Rev. J. NJ Holmes.
| the newly appointed pastor, preached
his first sermon. There was a large
congregation present.
Potomac Lodge Of Odd Fellows will
this evening celebrate the ninetieth an
| niversary of the order by attending
| services at Grace Protestant Episcopal
| Church. The pastor, the Rev. Edgar
! Carpenter. will deliver a sermon appro-
pirate to the occasion.
The funeral of Mrs. Bessie Ridgeway
was held from the Lincolnia Church
! this morning. The burial was in the
Lincolnia Cemetery.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-09-13

and we don't like these insinuations
of being afraid" etc. They smack
too much of the tough order.
The people of Grand Rapids and
Bemidji have every reason to be
on the most friendly terms, and no
one should countenance anything
that savors of dirty sport" While
one member of the Co. K team last
year did acts that were anything
but becoming of a gentlemen, the
entire population of Bemidji does
not sanction that kind of treatment
to visitors. The local players aver
that this same local player was
given a similar deal at Grand Rap
ids, a week previous there you
are.
By all means stop this dirty"
work and fire the first player (local
or visiting) who ofends, is what the
writer shall advocate, from now on.
Let us have clean sport.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-09-13
Com NJ RS
RE MOVED

St. Paul, Sept. 13.---3:45
p. m...-(SpeciaI to Pioneer. }
.--Just Prior to leaving for
Rochester today to undergo
his fourth surgical operation
for appendicitis, Governor John
A. johnson filed an order re-
moving from office A. W.
Danaher, chairman, F. Q. Sib-
ley and Yves Wright, COM
missioners Of Be|trami county.
The governor is taking
further time for the considera-
ton Of the charges against
County Auditor John Wi|mann.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-09-13
Who's Afraid.

A Grand Rapids correspondent of
the Duluth News ribume( 1--WE opine
that it is TONY" Lafreniere of the
Grand Rapins independently writes
the News-Tribume that the Grand
Rapids football enthusiasts are
organizing team of fast players
again, with J. O'Day as manager,
and adds:
Games will be arranged for with
Bemidji (providing they are not
afraid), Cass Lake, Hibbing, Vir-
ginia and Eveleth and Coleraine. J.
O'Day has been named as probable
manager"
The above, is penned by Tony"
is certainly "nerve," personifed.
Last year, the writer tried every
mean possible to get a game with
the Grand Rapids team tor the Co.
K team, after the "fuke" defeat
given the locals, but was given hot
air about putting new players into
the game, etc.
Should these two teams meet
this fall, on neutral territory, where
both can have every chance to win,
the writer will wager few dollars
(we're not millionaire) with the
writer of the above that Grand
Rapids does not win.
The editor of the Pioneer has per-
sonally done all possible for clean
sport in this neck o. the woods"
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-09-13

time. Many of these have been
continued from former terms and it
is more than likely that the majority
of them will be quickly disposed of.
There are thirty-seven cases
recorded on the criminal calendar,
involving different classes of crimes,
but there are no murder cases on for
this term of court.
Quite few of these cases are of
long standing, having been con-
tinued from term to term and it is
more than likely that number of
the criminal cases, which are really
trivial affairs of long standing, will
be dismissed.
The cases listed include crimes
for assault, adultery, forgery and
obtaining money under false pre-
lenses, trespassing on state lands,
rape, selling liquor unlawfully,
malfeasance in Office, and also in
dictments for wrongfully emitting to
pay over to Beltrami county money
received by parties as public
officers
There are no indictments of record
against any of the county officials
who have been given a hearing by
Governor Johnson to answer to
charges preferred by Deputy Public
Examiner Kahn, and against whom
the Twin city papers land Mr.. Kahn
so states in his report) claimed in.
dictments had been returned by the
last grand jury.
Clerk of Court Rhoda is of the
belief that the term will not be a
prolonged one.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-09-13
THE FALL TERM OF COURT
TO CONVENE TOMORROW
Not Many Cases Of Importance on Civil
Number OF Unimportant, LongStanding Criminal
Cases Will Be Dismissed.

The fall term of the district court
for Beltrami county will open in this
city tomorrow and the term is quite
an important one.
The term will be presided over
by Judge c. w. Stanton, with Lee
LaBaw as court reporter and Chester
McKusick as county attorney. H.
w. Alsop of the Town of Birch will
act as deputy clerk of court, assist
ing Clerk of Court Rhoda during the
term.
The court calendar, which has
just been issued, shows forty-four
personal property tax cases, cita-
tons for which have been issued and
served, and the defendants must
answer at this term of court. There
are also four real estate tax cases
which will also, probably, be up for
trial at this term of court.
There is nothing very important
in the civil calendar, with the ex-
ception of one case, that being the
Namokin Lumber company VS.. the
Rainy Lake River Boom company.
This case has for it's principal con-
tention the boomage right on the
Rainy river, near Baudette. The case
has twice been to the supreme court
and each time a new trial has been
granted. The case which is on for
this term is the second new trial for
the district court. The outcome of
this case means much to the parties
involved.
There are seventy-six cases on
the civil calendar at the present
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-09-13
Letter from w. N. Bowser.

In response to the request from the
Commercial Club Citizens committee for
suggestions as to what would be a good
rate, etc., W. N. Bowser has written the
following letter:
Nv. G. Schroeder, Esq, City.
Dear Sir:-I offer the following sugges-
tons for the proposed electric light
franchise:
Sec. 1.-Change to read ten years,
instead of fifteen, and provide for cutting
wires in case of removing buildings.
Sec. 3.-Flat rate change.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-09-13

There shall be clause providing
for the cutting of the wires in event
of moving buildings.
In our investigation we have
found that there is absolutely no
charge, in the cities visited, for
meters.
I'VE find that the latest,up-to-date
franchise and contract is that of
the City of Red Wing.
From experience of Red Wing,
as related to us, and from perusal of
the contract offered to the City of
Red Wing by the power company
operating in Red Wing, we would
suggest the following changes in
the schedule of rates in the new
franchise and contract prepared for
the City of Bemidji.
Flat Interchange from 81 to 75c
per month for 16-candlepower incan-
descent lights; change from $1.25 to
81 per month for 32-candlepower
incandescent lights. Change from
S7.20 to $6 per month for arc lights,
2,O0O-candlepower (so-called).
THE maximum charge for CON-
mercial lighting of &c per kilowat
hour for $4,000 watts or under;
minimum charge Of &c per kilowat
hour for $4,000 watts or over.
This is practictically the same
schedule of rates as that which will
be employed in the new contract
proposed for the City of Red Wing,
with the exception of the price of
arc lights, the Red Wing contract
calling for charge of $500 for
all arc lights used in Red Wing.
On this basis, the city of Bemidji
would be then paying $3.50 per
month more for arc lights than is
to be charged in the proposed con-
tract for the city of Red Wing.
All city officials nsult d
acknowledged that the most essential
clause in a franchise of this character
is the one for power for manufacture
ing purposes, and the only city
which has incorporated this clause in
its franchise is the city of Red Wing;
the others admitted that they made
a grave mistake in not having this
particular clause inserted in their
franchises.
Another very material matter
which W found in the cities visited
was that electric franchises and
electric contracts with the city should
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-09-13

Man Killed; Horribly MutiIated.

M. E. Ibertson, coroner for Bel
trami county, was a visitor at Farris
Saturday, whittier he went to look
over the body of a man who had
been run over and killed by Great
Northern train, the visit being made
at the request of DR.. Desmond of
Akeley, the official coroner of Hub
bard county. =
Mr.. Ibertson states that the body
was found on the railraad tracks a
short distance east of the depot at
Farris, the injuries inflicted by the
train being of such a horrible nature
that Identification of the unfortunate
man, from the appearance of the
deceased, was absolutely impossible.
Several people living at Farris
were of the opinion that remains
were those of H. ]. Seeley, an
elderly man who has been fishing in
Wolf Lake, near Farris, the theory
being that Seeley had been to Cass
Lake and while walking to Farris on
the c.. N. railaoad tracks had been
struct by the west-bouud G. N.
train, Saturday morning.
The body was turned over to an
undertaken sent by DR.. Desmond
to prepare the remains for burial.
Mr.. Ibertson believed that an in
quest was unnecessary, as the
evidence was very plain that the
man had been killed while walking
on the railway right-of-way.