Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 30, 1904, Page 4

BARKISES A BIT BACKWARD Possibilities for Mayor All Declare That They Couldn’t Think of It. . SEVERAL”AC,T[YE CANDIDATES FOR OTHER POSITIONS. Street Commissioner Pogue Said to Aspire to-Be Chief of Police. Village election is six weeks away, but already there is begin- ning to be a good deal of gossip as to candidates and probable election returns. The new charter will not be ready for submisgion in time to hold a city election before March 14, when the village election will be held, so that it is probable that Bemidji will have two muni- cipal elections this spring. ‘A number of prominent citi: zens have been mentioned for mayor butno one has been found who will at this early day ac- knowledge himself a candidate. A good many people dre anxious to have W. H. Roberts at the head of the village government, W. N. Bowser is also a fayorite while many would like to see Mayor Ludington chosen again. Thus far there has been more $alk of these gentlemen than of anyone else, although many others have heen “mentioned”’. There has sprung up within -the pastiday or two a bit of a boom for E. J. Willits. Mr. Willits is ahustler and has many of the - qualities which would make him invaluable as mayor. L. H. Bailey is accused of being a can- didate but denies the impeach- ment. M. D. Stoner has a host of friends!who think thata better man for mayor would be hard to find.._Altogether it is evident that the city will have plenty of SOLD SHADOWS Successful and Novel Social Given by Presbyterian Young People. The young people of the Pres- pyterian church gave a novel and pleasant entertainment fast even- ing in their "Shadow 'social and basket supper.. The ladies came prepared with lunch baskets con- taining lunch for two. Theroom was- then darkened. and the shadows of the young ladies were thrown on a screen. The gentle- men. bid on the shadows and the highest bidder ate supper with the lady whose shadow he had purchased. The auctioning of the shadows caused no end of amusement. The attendance was not as large as had been hoped for but the social was one of the successes of the'season tor the young people. ~ Youthful Rambler. Last June a lad named Theo- dore Laguee, living at Detroit left home and wandered on foot out to Montana. Recently he re- turned and made his way to the logging camp of the Brainerd Lumber company at Kabekona bay, where he remained for sev- eral days doing odd jobs. A few days ago Foreman Frank Bush MRS. CHENARD IS DEAD Woman Who Was Shot By Her Husband Expires At Duluth. HUSEAND HELD TO ANSWER “CHARGE OF MURDER In Liqur When the l-‘étal Shots Were Fired—Cries Like ‘Child When Sobered. Shortly after 100’clock yester- day, ‘Mrs. Wm. Chenard; who was taken to Duluth from Cass Lake, with three bullet wounds in her body, died from the effects of the wounds at St. Luke’s hos- pital. Mrs. Chenard was shot by her husband in Cass Lake. One bullet entered the abdomen and the other two in her back. An operation was performed yes- terday morning, but there was little prospect that the woman would live. Any ore one of the three wounds might have proved fatal, and the long ride on the train in the bitterly-cold weather left her in a completely exhaust- ed condition. The Cass Lake correspondent received a letter from the boy’s mother, who is now residing in Cass Lake and who had heard of ‘her son’s arrival in the camp, asking that he be sent home. The boy was not atall anxious to go, butt Mr. Bush insisted and gave him a note to his wife in Walker to procure him-a ticket for Cass Lake, and he left for home on Tuesday evening’s train. ! Round House Moved to Kelliher. The Minnesota & [nternational round house has-been removed from Northome toKelliher: The road made an agreement with the people of the town thab if the expense of moving the j‘oundv house would be borne by the material from which to choose its chief servant. With speculation as to ihe mayorality naturally goes gossip as to the chief of police, one of the most important offices in any municipality. Street. Commis- sioner Pogue, it is said has as- pirations to suceed Chief Sherm Bailey -while it 1s generally un- derstodd that the latter is con- tent to let things run along just as they are now. Altogether it looks as though Bemidji would this spring do her part toward sustaining the repu- tation of Beltrami county as pro- lific of more politics to. the milli- meter than other counties can produce to the square mile. IBill Posting Plant Burned. The bill posting plant of the Gross Opera house 'at Little Falls was destroyed by fire Thursday night. The paper of the #“Man From Sweden” com- pany was among the other stock burned. The company were un able to get up any paper so de- cided to putin the open night at Bemidji. The performance is excellent - and in - every way worthy of patronage. To Enlarge Depot. The announcement comes by the way of a Brainerd paper that improvements are to be made- to the Minnesota & International de- pot at this point. The platforms ‘are to be widened, the building moved back a trifle from its pre- _sent location and more commo- —~—dious waiting rooms putin. This “much was decided upon.after a . Tecent visit of officials to Bemidji. " To Engafie in Businéss. C. STfioss, who for some time _past has been engaged as entry ‘clerk at the Minnesota & Inter- " ‘national depot, has resigned his - posttion and yesterday left for Detroit, Minn., where he will en- gagein business with his brother, “ who is a successful contractor er at that city, with a Kelliher citizens it would stop the day accomodation at the place. The money was raised by popular subseription and in the bill filed by the road for the moviug no- thing was omitted in the way of expense, It is even said they were compelled to pay for a joint of stovepipe damaged in moving, At Fort Sam Houston. John Casey, a former well known character of this city who recently enlisted for cavalry sex- vice and was one of the first re- cruits to be shipped from Be- midji, writes his friends here that he has beenassigned to duty atFort Sam Houston,San Antonio, Texas. He likes army life, he says, but he fears the govern- ment mules and horses more than he does the Apaches and believes the greatest danger in being a firooper at the present time lies in this source: i - George Fleming, who has been employed at the hardware de- partment of E. H. Winter & Co.’s for some time past, has gone to Mountain Iron, on the range, where he will look over a hard- ware store, the management of which has been offered to him. He is not-yet decided whetherhe will accept or not. Mur. Fleming is one of the best hardware men in the city and has many Bemidji friecds who would regret to see him leave the city, Wood Replevined. W.F. Hilligbss, special agent of the Great Northern railway, and in charge of their timber lands in this vicinity, yesterday visited some of the company’s land in the town of Grant Valley and found a wood camp in active operation. The firm of Farris & Hannah bad been cutting there for some time. Mrv. Hilligoss re- plevined 40 cords of wood which they had cut and piled from of The Duluth Herald sent the following accountof the tragedy: While under. the -influence of liguor late Tuesday night, Wm. Chenard fired three shots from a-revolver -at- his -wife: -The LIBRARY BENEF Public School Children to Sing at Opera House For Library Fand. An entertainmentis to be given at the City Opera house in the | near future by the pupils of the public schools for the benefit of the school library fund. - Several chioriises will be under rehearsal next week and an evening’s en- tertainment is promised “that will no doubt draw a large at- tendance. There are now about four hundred volumes in the school library and substantial additions are proposed. The en- tertainment will be for the pur- pose of raising funds. Blackduck Store Goes to Kelliher. The Kelliher ‘Mercantile com- pany, which has been operating a large store at Blackduck for some time past, has moved its headquarters to Kelliher. The store was one of the largest in Blaclkduck, but had alarge pat- ronage in the vicinity of Kelliber, and deemed the move advisable forgreaterconvenienceallaround. A Stepper Comes to Town. Hubbard Jr., Thos. Nary’s six- year-old trotting horse, has been bought' by A. F. Crawford,. of Bemidji. The horse has a good mark and has been entered at several of the race meetings in this section. He is a thorough- bred and undoubtedly oneof the woman was,_standing but.a few feet from the gun at: the time it was discharged, and. all three of the shots from the weapon took effect in her body.. Chenard and his wife had charge of a house of ill-repute on the south side of the track, and Mrs. Chenard was the landlady. It is sajd, that of late, that Chenard had become vio- lertly jealous of his better half, and that he had taken to drinking heavily. On Tuesday afternoon he visited several saloons'in” the village, and drank freely of whisky. In the early part of the evening he was over. town with his wife, and they left for the house atabout 11 o’clock. It was near the hour of midnight when the shooting occurred. - Chenard and his wife were standing in the middle of the dance hall of the house, the former being exceed- ingly intoxicated. They had a few words, when Chenard pulled a gun from his coat pocket and, leveling it at his wife pulled the trigger. She was facing him, and the- bullet struck her in the pit of the stomach. She gave a loud scream and started for the door, Chenard fired twice more before the woman reached the door, both shots struck her in the lower part of the back. Mrs. Chenard- in spite-of the fact- she wasterribly wounded, ran into another house close by and fell to the floor. Smeallie, village physicians, were attending ‘a sick woman in the house ab the time and they dressed Mrs. Chenard’s wounds. The police were called by tele- phone, and Chenard, who made no attempt to escape, was arest- ed and taken to the village jail and locked in a cell. He was so intoxicated that he apparently did not realize the seriousness of the act he had committed. When seen in the jail the next morning, Drs. Rodwell-andi he was stili confused from the ] finest piece of horseflesh in this vicinity. Died of Pneumonia. The five-months-old, child of M:. and Mrs. Louis Dudrey, who has beén quite ill for the past week, died this morning at 6:30. The little one had been suffering from pneumonia. The remains will be taken to the home of the; family at Perham for interment. IS BUSY Months of Toil ina Fruitless Effort to Impeach Dunn’s Administration. STATE HAS SPENT $1,000 AND FOUND OUT NOTHING. Reported Attempt to Forge an Un- favorable Report—Scheme Wouldn’t Work. John Barry, expert accountant of Minneapolis, who spent seven months as an assistant of Sam T. Johnson, public examiner, in in- vestigating the records of the state auditor’s office during the administration of- Robert C. Dunn, is not on the payroll of the public examiner’s office this. month, says the St. Paul Daily News. ; He began June 1 at $100 a month, and after. Aug. 1 bis sal- ary was raised to $150, so he re- ceived $950 for his services up to Jan. 1. P. M. Kerst, deputy public ex- aminer, has taken his placein the inspection of the auditor’s office since. . Mr. Johnson says that Mr. Barry -has returned to Minne- apolis'to take care of some regu- lar clients whom he has served annually for a long time. Mr. Johnson. intimated - that——Mr. Barry would return to the ser- yvice of the state when his private labors were finished. Another Version. Gossip at the statehouse, how- ever, has it that Mr. Barry re- ceived his walking papers under- emoniously and that he will not be back. Acceording to the current talk at the capitol, Mr. Barry refused to sign a repert which was drawn IT/SAMMY JOHNSON FUNKLEY'S FIRST First.Village Election at Funkley Wednesday Polls Forty- Five Votes. The new village of Funkley held its first election of officers last Wednesday. The election | passed.off very . guietly.-.The . election was not characterized by any contests. The newly elected officers took the oath of office on the -evening of election day. They are as follows: President—M. H. Fisher. Trustees—George Dent, Gust. Weberg and Lewis Latterell Recorder—H. P. King. Treasurer—G. H. Newton. Assessor—Chas. Steele. Justice of the Peace—L.- Lat- terell and G. Dent. Constables—J. T. Johnson and Norman Dyer. ———————————————————————— up as showing the condition’ of affairs in the auditor’s office. The paper had been prepared by Examiner Johnson and F. H. Griggs, who has been assigned as attorney for the public exam- iner, but it did not accord with «what Mr. Barry found. Mr. Kerst is now looking for what Mr. Barry in his seven months’ labor did not find. 111 at Perham. C. W. Baumbach; president of the Lumbermens- State bank of this city, isill at a private hos- pital in Perham, Minn., and will be confined at; the institution for the next 10 days atleast. Mr. Baumbach was returning from a trip to Crookston and vicinity where he had been looking after- . his interests when he was taken ill. He has but recently been re- eased irom a Twin City hospital where he took a course of treat- ment for a throat affection, and through exposure suflered a re- lapse. Winter Underwear . Hait Price. Gse Clothiers Winter * Caps at Half Price. l MONEY ALWAYS CHEERFULLY REFUNDED I: OVERCOAT WEATHER ! { Our _Semi-Annual Clear- ance Sale comes as a bless- ing to those who have failed to prepare for the vigorous | weafliéi‘. Take advantage " of it while you may. liquor and stated that he did not| mean to hurt anyone, and that he to scarehis wife. When he had regained hissobersenseshebegan. and cried like a child, city jail at Cass Lake until the- woman’s death yesterday when he was arrainged and boundover to the grand jury on a charge of murder. He has been taken to the Cass County jail at Walker. Toobtain the best and quickes results; use the Daily Pioneer d growing business. Great Northern lands. want column, ‘was just shooting for fun;in order | to understand what he had done i Chenard was confined in the|| ] ) v | $12 and $15 Suits and Over- coats reduced in price to $25, $22, $20 and $18 Suits and Overcoats r_educed in price to