Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, November 3, 1908, Page 1

VOLUME 6. NUMBER 16Y. WILL GET COMPLETE ELECTION RETURNS The Pioneer and Northwestern Tele- phone Exchange Will Co-Operate in Giving Election Returns. RETURNS WILL BE TABULATED AND READ AT MARKHAM HOTEL Will Cover the National, State and County Contests in a Very Com- plete Manner. TO THE PUBLIC. In order that the Pioneer may handle the returns which we receive, it will be utterly impos- sible for us to give anything out concerning election after moon tomorrow, and no telephone requests will be answered for figures on any returns whatever after 12 o’clock. It will take the combined efforts of our entire force to| properly tabulate and arrange returns for the paper on Wednes- day evening, hence we must absolutely refuse to give out| returas in the office in the after- noon. Make no requests for election returns after noon tomorrow. We shall have to refuse to give them. i The Daily Pioneer, in conjunction with A. E. Harris, local manager for the Northwestern Telephone Exchange company, have made arrangements to furnish election returns Tuesday night on the most elaborate plan ever attempted in this part of the state. The Pioneer has arranged -with the Western Union telegraph com- pany for the full returns of that company and the Northwestern Tele- phone compary, through Mr. Harris, will give their complete returns. The returns will cover the national, state and county tickets and will be complete in every particular. The telephone company will give the service of its lines all TuesdayI night, and until the hour of opening Wednesday morning, free of charge, to those who desire to telephone in returns from towns in the vicinity of Bemidji. i The company has also suspended all business Tuesday night in order that returns from the state and national contests may be given in the widest scope. The combined returns of the Pion- eer and Northwestern Telephone company will be bulletined in the Markham hotel, where Manager Lycan has made arrangements to handle the returns in an expeditious manner. Itis the expectation of the tele- graph and electrical experts who will handle the returns tomorrow night that something definite will be known early. Many large cities in New York and Indiana have voting machines which tally the vote every after the polls close it will be known who is ahead, Taft or Bryan. The political tally clerks have picked out Indianapolis and Buffalo as the two large centers where returns are first to be recorded. Four years ago President Roose- velt heard that he had carried Buffalo by an immense majority before he had sat down to his 7 o’clock dinner at the White House after returning from Oyster Bay, where he had voted and before the the polls closed in San Francisco and while they were still rolling upa Roosevelt majority official news reached the Pacific coast that New York had gone 170,000 republican. The vote in Indianapolis the home of Vice-president Fairbanks and John W. Kern, should be known by 7 o’clock, Eastern time. It is claimed that as Marion county, which contains the city of Indian- apolis goes, so goes the state, and as the state goes so will Ohio and and New York go thus determining the general outcome early in the evening. Indiana is.always on the winning side in national elections. It has voted for the winner in every elec- tion since the birth of the republican party with the single exception of 1876 when Henericks carried his state, and this exception to the gene- ral rule does not really count as a precedent. Lutheran Aid to Dinner. The Ladies’ Aid of the Swedish Lutheran church will serve a hot lows hall on election day, Tuesday, November 3, dinner from 11:30 a. m. until to 2: p. m., supper from 35:30 until 8. Lunch will be served dur- ing the afternoon. Wes Wright has donated a pig, which will be roasted and served for the supper. The menu-is as follows: Vegetable Soup Sweet Pickles Dill Pickles Roast Pig, Brown Gravy Mashed Potatoes Cabbage Salad Pumpkin Pie Cream Cheese Coffee Apple Pie Additiona' local matter will be found on fourth page. hour, so that within ten minutes; dinner and supper in the Odd Fel-| THE WEARY CAND[_DATE. [A. @ nunmxm] “All over but the shouting' Done with all the railroad Blaring bands, Shaking hands, Fifes and drums, Let me grumble some and For this smile All the while On my face Views and laws, Sacred cause, And “The Cong’ring Heré Comes,” Done with bowingand with spouting— All'is over but:the shouting. Let me sit down here and scowl some, Seems to ’ve settled in its place - As though it were gummed and pasted— Wonder if it has been wasted! Anyway, the task is ended, I've attacked and I've defended 9 rdute’ihg, Analyzed, Advertised growl some, But I know I’ Truth'and right— Képt it up both day and night. Kept it up, asleep aid waking, Smiling, talking and handshaking! Arms feel like wornout pump-handles; I have come through scares and scandals; In the papers, Somg awful capers; /. While photographers ecstatic Snapped my house from porch to attic. . AlLis over but the shouting— Dote with scampering and scouting, Writing notes, Wooing votes, Catching trains, Kissing Johnnies, Sues and Janes! Done-up, dismal and rejected— 11 be elected. Arrested and Jailed. Deputy Sheriff Arne Solberg of this city returned last evening on the M. & I. freight train from Black- duck where he took into custody J. O’Brien for jumping a contract he had made with the Wheelock Employment company of this city. | O’Brien was lodged in the Beltrami County jail until he could be given| a hearing. VOTES FALLING RAPIDLY ALL OVER THE GOUNTRY Voters Cast Their Ballots Expeditiously in Chicago and New York.—Big Vote EAerywhere. “Chicago, Nov. 3.—Noon—({Spec- | ial to Pioneer.)—Reports from all over the United States show that great interest is being taken in to- day’s election, and that ‘a heavy vote is being polled everywherei except in several of the southern states. Ideal weather prevails in all sections of the country. In this city it is estimated that two-thirds of the entire registered vote was cast by 11 o’clock. In New York City, twenty-five per cent of the voters had cast their ballots in the first hour. Throughout the northwest, accord- ing to reports, a greatly increased vote is being polled. N Children’s plush lined fur collar coats $12. Sheep lined fur collar coats for men and boys O’LEARY & BOWSER Bemidji, Minnesota.. OVERCOATS - $15, $20, $25, $30, $35 and $40 for a Collegian Overcoat; good values; lots of snap and style. Fur lined coats, $50 to $100 Plush lined fur collar coats $25 to $35 Boys’ plush lined fur collar coats $15 _meetmg of thc clty couuglvlj held last 5evemng, a great many being “there | CITY COUNGIL MEET WAS FULL OF “ViM" Usual Weekly Proceedings énlivened | by Some Discussions of Matters of Much Interest. CITY CLERK MALOY GETS CITY PRINTING DONE OUT OF TOWN And Pays Ilnre Than Locgl Offices Charge.—(ouncil Unanimously Alipws His Bill. . Much interest was takEn‘ in the to listen to the doings of “the dads.” The first matter of taken up was the payment of bills against the city. After a short - dis- cussion of the financial condition of the city, the council decided to pass all bills and leave it to Mayor Pogue whether or not the citizens who are in the employ of the city and others who do work for the city shall get their pay, the city charter requiring his signature to all warrants before they are legally issued. Ordinance No. 35 was given .its third reading and was passed. This ordinance makes it a misdemeanor to throw old cans, broken glass, or boards with nails in into the streets, alleys and Lake Bemidji within the city limits. The city payroll for the month of October, amounting to $773.33 was allowed. Among the bills considered by the council was one of Walter S. Booth & . Sons of Minneapolis for verified accounts and commercial envelopes furnished City Clérk Maloy. The bill: is as follows: *250 Versified Accounts $3. 500 6 1-2 Envelopes $2.75.” The bill occasioned much-discus- sion as it was very plain, even to some members of the council who are not in the habit of using printed matter, that the bill of the Minne- apolis concern was extortionate. Considerable of a discussion ensued, importance | council pointedly asking Mr. Maloy why this commercial printing had not been done by_ some local office. when work was done at the local printing cffices the paper furnished him was very poor. C. J. Pryor, of the Pioneer, stated to the members of the council that Mr. Maloy had never purchased letter heads, envelopes or any other class of city printing at the Pioneer office during his (Maloy’s) incum- brancy in office, but invariably, when condescending to patronize home institutions, ordered the city’s printing from the News or the Sen- tinel. + 2 Mr. Pryor also -stated - that -the a number of the members of the; The clerk growled in reply that; by the Pioneer for printing this class of work; and as to the quality of paper furnished by the Pioneer, the Pioneer had the best envelopes that were manufactured in the United States, ranging from high grade wedding stock to the common manila envelopes. The council passed the bill, has every other bill created by Mr. Maloy, without a dessenting vote. F. S. Lycan appeared before the council and urged that the rate of 9c¢ per thousand gallons of water for large consumers of city water was too much and asked for an amend- ment to the ordinance, making a graduated rate for large consumers. It was the sense of the council that this should be done and the matter was referred to the water committee with ‘instructions to report at the the next meeting. The report of the committee on streets and sidewalks was read. It ‘was stated in this report that the cement walks on the east side of Beltrami avenue, between Tenth and Eleventh streets and north of the north line of the John Moberg resi- dence, were in poor condition, owing to the fact that the cement dealers had sold to J. H. Crouch a carload of poor cement. Mr. Crouch has been aware of this and stated that he intends to{ make good, and that an agent of the cement company will be in the city| soon to make this right with him. The report of C. D. Fisk, clerk of the municipal court, for the week ending Oct. 26 showing $73.60 fines collected and paid to the city treasurer, and his report for the week ending Nov. 2, showing fines collected and paid to the city treas- gchildren sing and dance. i as it|" FORTY CENTS PER MONTH City Treasurer Geil’s report for the third quarter, ending’ Oct. 31, was read and referred- to .the city clerk for audit and report at the next meeting. C. B. Howe was appointed sexton ~of Greenwood - cemetery, he to act without - cost to the city. The city ‘clerk was authorized to dry wood, bids to be opened Nov. 9., The Bennington’s Are Here. Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Bennington and their two children, Mabel and tRe Bijou this week. These people. are wel} known in Bemidji, they having been here with the Billy Bennet shows and Benning- ton was also the manager of the North Bros. big company. Mr. and Mrs. Bennington do a travisty act on the stage and the The acts are very clever, are cleanly puton voking countenance working over time, Bemidji people -are greatly enjoying the performance at the Bijou. Dancing Club ‘*Hop.” The members Dancing Club will give a dance next Tuesday evening in- the City Hall. All members are cordially invited to be present. THE PIONEER WILL GIVE 600D RETURNS TOMORROW Full Associated Press Reports on National and State Candidates— Private County Returns. Readers of the will tomorrow be given the very latest Pioneer national, state and county candi- dates at the general election today; in fact, the report furnished by the Pioneer will be the most elaborate ever attempted in Bemidji. The Pioneer has made arrange- ments with the Associated Press to furnish the full report of that great news-gathering organization, which .covers every hamlet in the United States. This report will be published in Wednesday evening’s Daily Pioneer, which will be some twelve hours ahead of the Duluth and twin city papers. These reports are in shape that they should cover every state in the union, as well as the entire vote of the country. Get a copy of tomorrow evening’s Daily Pioneer, if you desire to know, absolutely, who has been elected president of the United States, also vice president, governor and other minor officials. urer amounting to $29.65, were ac- cepted and filed. Local news on iast page. advertise for bids for fifty cords of} Myrtle, are giving performafices at| and with Bennington’s mirth-pro-} 1 of the Bemidjij results of the votes cast for the| SPIRITULIST RITES SAID AT THE GRAVE Spokane People ‘Witness Strange Funeral Services, over Body of Departed Member of Faith SERVICES WERE CONDUCTED BY MRS. CORA KINCANNON SMITH Mrs. Smith, Who Formerly Lived in Bemidji, Is Wife of Late Ted Smith. Spokane, Was h., Nov 10.—(Spec- ial to Pioneer.)—Spokane has seen the celebration of spiritualist wed- dings and christenings, but now it | comes with a spiritulist funeral. Before Mrs. Eva Emerick, a faith- ful follower of the teachings of that church, died a few days ago, J;«she requested the services of the cult over her remains. Mrs. Smith, leader of the branphes in the Spok- ane country, had charge of the arrangements. She also delivered the eulogy over the dead. Cora Kincannon There were two songs of rejoic- ing, after which Mrs. Smith spokg, asserting constantly that the spirit of the departed was present and comforting the bereaved husband, as well as enjoying the flowers on the casket, adding: ““As I look out over the spirit plain, thronged with the ghosts of those who have passed over, I can see that she will have all the comforts she longed for here, and that she will not permit her loved ones to be |lonely. I, too, have suffered" the loss of dear ones, including my hus- band, but he has always been by my side and bas counseled and com- forted me in hours of need.” Afterward there was the usual rush of ‘“mourners” to view the remains and flowers and the regular procession followed. Mrs. Cora Kincannon Smith (wife of the late Ted Smith) lived in Be- midii for several years, prior to going to Spokane to make her home. Her husband (Ted Smith) .was the first mayor of Bemidji; he died at Spokane about a year ago. Mrs. Smith is well known here, and there are a goodly number of" Bemidji citizens who are of the same belief as M1s. Smith. Elks’ Meeting, Thursday Evening. There will be a regular meeting of Bemidji Lodge, No. 1052, Thurs- day evening, November 5th. | All members of the order are re- | quested to be present. as there will be much business of importance to transact. i price of $2.75 for 500 envelopes was much in excess-of the rate charged EAGLE PENCIL The “Eagle Russet” Fountain Pen The Best Dollar Fountain on the Market The Pen is always ready for use and may be carried in _any position without danger of leakage Pen Ask for Russet Fountain Pens at The Pioneer Office