Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, May 21, 1904, Page 4

PLEAD FOR HIS LIFE Relatives of Wm. Chounard Want Death Sentence Com- muted by Governor. PETITION TO GOVERNOR CIR- CULATED IN BEMIDJI. Sister” and Aunt of Condemned Man Want His Sentence Commuted to Life. Mrs. E. H. Hitt, of Brainerd, and Mrs. J. H. Young, of. Little Falls, sister and aunt respec- tively, of Wm. Chounard, sen- tenced by Judge S onel at the last term of the Ca: dis- trict court to be llung for the marder of his wife Dora Choun- ard, in a house of ill fame at Cass Lake, were in city yesterday-¢ culating a petition to Governor Van Sant agking for commutation of Chounard’s sentence to lift Both ladies came in from Cass Lake yesterday afternoon and circulated the petition in the business portion of the city last night. They obtained a large number of signatures. The spectacle of a st leading for the Tife of | pathetic to admit of stance and while many of the signatures did not prehaps indicate the sincerest convictions of the signers there were no refusals 1o sign the paper. The Mesdames Young and Hitt began securing signatures at - | did not conform with the specifi- Cass Lake yeiterduy They se- " cured about four hundred signa- tures inall, including about for ty of the business men at Cass Lake, Neally eyerybody-we —asked ‘signed,” said Mrs. Hity last night. “Two of the men at the mill refused us. I cannot think of my brother dying in such a terrible manner withoutan effort in his behalf. Perhaps be stands convicted of an awful crime, but 7to die on the gallows, it seems to me,.is a swift and awful retribu- tion. Perhaps from one point of view life imprisonment is worse than death, but I am sure his relatives would rather know that he suffers out the penalty of his crime behind the prison walls at Stillwater than to feel that he has hanged. I cannot bear the thought. Y, Lulwd hlm shortcomings. Hn wnnlfl n have committed the déed if. had been in his ‘sober ‘have the house ready for occup r|ground floor and on the second ny of knowing that a brotlier'or son comes to such an awful deatli when the laws of our land license the sale of this curs It seems to me there is some latitude here that Governor ‘Van Sant will recognize.”” The petition will lp pelsoncgln presented to (.ovem v"v P by the condemy ), g sister, gl:gn;ll] be prepared to make a clemen‘, for executive ];fz w1ll no doubt receive bhe Governor’smost careful consider- ation. At the trial when Attor- ney Larson attempted to secure Chounard’s consent toa plea of guilty to murder in the second degree which would have meant alife sentence he refused it and called the attention of his attor- ney to the case of a man whohad commited a similar crime under like circumstances a,nd had got- ten off with a ten year’s sentence. The death sentence was passed by Judge Spooner at the- conclu- sion of the trial after the most careful deliberation. It was gen- erally remarked’in the court room that the ordeal to the court in passing its first death sentence was more keenly felt than the sentence itself by the prisoner, who did not seem to appreciate the full meaning of it all. The case is regarded by attor- neysas being one of the clearest which has ever been in court in the Fifteenth judicial district. The defendant’s attorneys were allowed every advantage and there was not an error in the —course of the triai lea There is no lever so powerful as plain and simple facts—Mark’s Lung Balsam will cure your . cough. CONTRACT IS AWARDED A. C. Thomas, of Blooming Prairie, Will Build _ New Hotel. WORK WILL BE BEGUN AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. E. H. Jerrard Secures Contract For Putting in Steam Heating Plant. The contract for the construe- tion of the new hotel to be erected in-Bemidji this summer by Mark- ham & Bacon was last night awarded to A. C. 'lhom.w, Blooming - Prairie, Mr, Thomas’ bid was $32,700. But one lower bid was submitted by a Minneapolis contractor, but as it ol cations it was rejected, Besides Mr. Thomas five contractors bid for the job. They were F. C Norlander, St. Paul, Emil John- son, Minneapolis, Schmidt Bros., West Superior, A. C. Wahl, St. Cloud, and E, H. Miller,of Minne- apolis. All were present in per- son except Mr. Miller, whose bid came in last night’s mail, The bids were opened shortly after eight o’clock last night at Bacon & Brown’s annex and Mr. Thomas was awarded the contract. The bids ranged as high as $42,000, a_Minneapoli contractor submitting a bid for that figure. Mr. Thomas is in the city to- day and this morning began looking after the work of excava- tion and the contracting for the necessary lumber and -building material. He-will have a-force of men at work inside of ten‘days and every effort will be made to ancy by the middie of September: The plans after which the hous will be built are drawn by Kinne, & Detweiler, St Paul arc tects and the hotel will be witl out a question one of the finest in the state. It will be three sto with 110 feet frontage on Third street and 0 feet on Bemidji structed of Twin ) briclk with Port Wing brown sandstone trimmings. A porch will extend from the office en- trance on Third street around s | the corner of the building on the as well. floor The basement will have large and commodi- |, ously fitted sample rooms, two “I'people: ATTENDANCE IS SMALL C. H. Miles Back From St. Louis Talks of Great Exposi MR, MILES DISPOSES OF INTER- EST AT THE FAIR. Attendance Has Fallen as Low as 3,000 on Several Days Since Opening. C. H. Miles yesterday returned from St. Louis, where he has been looking after his business interests for some time past Mr. Miles comes back to Bemidj to stay and has arranged to. dis- pose of his interest in the amuse- ment enterprise, in -whose pro- motion ! iuterested. The failure of the Subu Street Car Co. to secure pri leges at the fair grounds, wh it was intended and firmly be: lieved could be easily secured, was a disappointment to the com pany in which Mr. Miles was in- terested, who were building a large ampitheatre, at which sev- eral bull fights are to be pulled off, and promoting yarious enter- prises, The original plans would have brought the street cars to the very door of the Streets of All . Nations, but nec y shanges make their entranc grounds a quarter of a mile tant, The bull fights will take place as originally intended, but under the changed condition the Streets of All Nations cannot hope for the patronage it would otherwise and Mr. Miles has dis- posed of his interests. Mr. Miles says the attendance at the fair h so far been far —from —satisfactory.—The opening day, when every busi- ness house in St. Louis was closed, drew the largest crowd of any day yet at the fair, 197,000 The attendance has since been very unsatisfactory and on several days has fallen as low as 8,000. - Mr. Miles says that comparatively speaking not one-fifth -of -the-exhibits-are yet “|in place, still there is plenty to satisfy the ordinary appetite for sight-secing and a visit to the fair that one could see everything thoroughly and well would ex- tend for easily two weeks. Mr. Miles says that he would advise fair visitors from this vicinity to delay their visits until f"LH. when| "during the hot liquor-rooms, vegetable cellars; boiler and storage rooms. f sunnne%mhg will be some- The ground "001 pl‘ms call: 4"1“?"“10 of an ordeal. an office, bar 1001:1, and billiard rap- Jarber “I“’P dining room commodips %s kitchen, lavatories F‘E‘?‘Kéd in marble and servants sleeping apartments. The office barber shop and bar room will have tile floorings and .- will be finished in ornamental plaster- ing. The lavatories will be mav- ble throughout. The dining room 28x55 will be: on Bemidji avenue facing the lake front.” It will be lighted by large bevel plate glass windows with circle tops. The wood finish throughout the interior will be of curly birch. The house will have sixty-four guest chambers on the second and third floors. Every room will be equipped with hot and cold water and there will be ten rooms with toilet and baths. The hotel will haveits own telephone service. Completed it will be one of the most thoroughly modern hotels in Minnesota, a credit to Bemidji and to the enterprising gentle- man-who will manage and con- duct it. The contract for putting in the steam heating plant was awarded to K. H. Jerrard and the con- tract price is §5,000. Mr. Jer- rard is the local steam-fitter and plumber. NORTHEN LEAGUE Winnipeg Crookston. , Superior... Grand For « |Duluth . w"“vmwvvvvwvvv A SCRAP Of paper, if it is Artisto-Platino or Collodio Carbon, printed from a negative, well re- touched and w ell mounted on the latest and best style of mount and done at Studio Is sure to please yourself and friends. ITan- dreds of Portriats, Views about the Town and Lakes, and some of the oldest pxctmes which have been made new. ED. Prop. 2 Next Door to Post Oftice, Up-Stairs. You are Always Welome. el B o B B B B e B e 4| April has never been & g "county autho! RECEPTION Tendered by the Junior Class to the Senmiors Last Evening. One of the pleasantest events of the kind that has ever taken place in Bemidji was the recep- tion tendered by the Junior class of the high school last evening co the Seniors who are soon to graduate. The Juniors were as- sisted by Miss Bright and Miss Johnson and a_number of the friends of the Senior class were also entertained. The reception of the school house and the rooms were tastefully decorated. Re- freshments were served and the affair was so pleasant a one that it would undoubtedly become es- tablished as one of the regular features of Commencement week in Bemidji in the future. MOTHER’S GRIEF Mrs. J. C. Sullivan Vietimized by a Minneapolis Detectiye Agency. Mrs. Katherine Sullivan, mother of .J.-C. Sullivan, whose 5| mysterious disappearance from Blackduck one year .ago last isfactor- ily explained has just been cruelly victimized by a Minnea- polis detective agency and if her story is correct the methods em- ployed should be worthy of the he Hennepir Grief stricken since the disap- pearance of ‘her son, who was dutiful in life and believing that has fallen the victim of foul play M Sullivan « has never been quite able to reconcile herself to the very unsatisfactory account- ing for Sullivan’s d which the county authorities were able to make after the most searching investigation. She has written frequent letters 1o County Attorney Loud, who has exhausted every effort to bring some new light on the case with- out-result. Recently. Mrs. Sullivan hired . 125 cents. was given in the basement rooms | ¢ the Baxter detecti Minneapolis to in case for her and v by the company’s business representative that it had ful- filled its contract and was ready to meet her at Brainerd yester- day with evidence sufficient to show thut Sullivan had been murdered and to begin a prose- cution of the gullby pdrtms M uhiv 4 agency in igate the informed to Brainerd, where she was ud- vised by wire that the detective agency’s representative foun was referred to a man named Boyd, formerly chief of police at Blackduck, who now r es-in Brainerd for conclusive evidence that would warrant-the begin- ning of a prosecution for the murder of her son. Last night she came to Bemidji to interview County Attor Loud. The evidence giyen her developed nothing sufficiently substantial to warrant the mer- .| est excuse for an action against anyone and Mrs. Sullivan re- turned to her home at St, Paul this moming, GAME TOMORROW Home Team and Akeley Bunch Plan Base Ball At Fair Grounds. The Bemidji and Akeley base grounds in this city tomorrow afternoon and a fastand interast- ing exhibition, s anticipated. The home tea hich will repr: -sent Bemidji in this summer will be seen t'oA gether for the first time. They have been developing very satis- factory speed at the preliminary prncbice meetiugs and: tomor- row’s game will give the fans an npportumr.y to ]udge for them- selves. The Akeley team arrives in the city tomorrow morning. It includes some very fast talem. and a number of the fastest ama- tuer players in the Twin Cities will be seen with the bunch. Kayne, Brayton, Knapp, and Ohman are four new ones that will be seen with the local bunch tomorrow. Kayne who is man- aging the team will pitch a part of the game. Hazen will also pitch several innings and the trouble will begin with Skugs- berg in the box. Brayton is an importation from Hurley, Wis., and has a_reputation. [or entin" them up at second base. Hinds. who comes from St. Paul will play flrst'base and is said45 5o a [ bad actop withtio illow. —Ad- ISS1I0n ta ‘the grounds will be There will be no charge for admission to the grand stand. The game will be ca]lod at 8:30, .. The line up of the home tenm is_as’ folln\\s Skugshu" 2b; Kmpp, 3b; Ohm’m, sS85 Camu%,(f Finn, 1f; Mltcholl 1 Hazen and Knync, entm MEET TONIGHT ing to Arrange For Paying _ Expenses. The charter commissi-n will tonight to arrange for defraying expense occasioned in sed new uss plans for giving the charter publicity. The charter commision’s work will be done without expense to the village, but the stenog- rapher’s fee must be taken care of and the expense of the neces- sary publicity arranged for. vilage council has made anappro- priation of $500 and this amount will be all the money the com- mission will have to pay the ex. penses incurred to date and meet the cost of printing and circulat- ing the charter. Scott Has Contract. George Scott, who has had ofthe S. A, Gray estate at Mal- lard Lake during the past winter taken a contract to h for shipment to the Rsd River Lumber Co’s mills at Akel The contracts of S. A.Gray & Bm are about completed. between asth will have been finally concluded. On Tour of Inspection. Assistant General Super- intendent Brown and Division Great Northern. passed through afternoon, making a trip of in- spection over the division. The Great Northern contemplates do- ing considerable work in the wa Lake and Crookston this summer and the visit of the assistant general superintendent is re- garded significant. ball teams will meet at the home [} W Charter Commission Has a Meet- | * have a meeting at the court house | © Tne ) charge of the logging operations |y 0,000,()(\0 out of Crooked Lake .‘ Al Mallard and Akeley forif#e next the city in their special cars this|\l of improvements between Cass N Our annual Donati on ARD CA To Each and Every Church Socxety. Library, Club or any Organization of above nature: Commencmg Monday morning, May 23d, 1904, and continuing one week for each Society who wishes t themselves of this opportunity, we will give 5 Receipts in every department of our mammoth Department Storefor ONE WHOLE WEEK. L of Gross For further particulars apply to E. Ives Dry Goods Department or J. Young Grocery Department. All applications taken as they come; first come, first served THE BAZAAR STORE. Teach Fillipinos. Paul Hagen who has taught school at Lengby for the past two years has been appoirtted to teach in the Phillipine Islands Francisco. = ‘New Foreman. John Coleman who for the past six years has been in charge of the planing-mill-of the Crookston Lumber Company at Crookston has seen transferred to Bemidji and will have charge of the plan- ing mill here. Mr. Coleman is a popular and-able superintendent and his departure from Crookston is generally regretted. Goes To Walker. A letter from b‘lud S. Par acting: sec' tnrg.of et Indge says that the lodge 7S decided to hold their nnulnl picnicat-Walker this year, instead of at Bemidji. - This was decided upon, the letter says, a consider- able time since, but that Bemld]l and will leave May 30 from San o Lo4 Our band will draw many peo- || ple_ to Bemidji, not. only for the will be favorable considered for holding the picnic next year. A cordial invitation is extended in the letter for all Elks in Bemidji to attend the pieni Many. Coming. In connection with the coming of the Crookston bandto: Bemldp i next month the Crookston Times this morning sa; Thereisa very friendly feeling existing between the people of Bemidji and Crookston.and there is no place in the state where the Crookston people enjoy spending i’y a few days more than at Bemidji where the beautiful Lalkke Bemidjit: is located and where exceliénts” fishing is always found. The fact 01 tha probable engagement State Liquor Dealers’ convention |hu'f. at_all - times—during the summer, The latest magazines at our news smnd Peterson. No Inquest Necessary. The body of Nick Schaeffer, the Tenstrike man who suicided | Thursday night, was brought to Bemidji by Deputy “Coroner Marcum, who went to Tenstrike last! mwht and decided that no inquest was - necessary as the case was wasa very plain suicide. The body will be buried by the county authorities, as-norelatives of the dead man can be found. Dr. T,'J. Tuomy and E. A. Schneider returned last night am.Duluth, where they filed on ber claims in the Vermillion s ounmy I, Meyer, who was one of the the party, remained over in Duluth and will return today. The building-on the corner of Minnesota avenue and Second street1s undergoing considerable repairs. A glass front will be pni in and the building leased to Jones & Phelan, of Blackdudk, * who will open upa first class thirst parlor in the near future. Sétiéé&ié SEE EEE W/ Anniversary Sale Hats. W THE‘GORDON’ v $3.00 HAT w The cqnal of any $3,50 or &4 Hat. 4 All Now Styles for Summer \0! ‘ Supremely best Suits, Top $ Coats and Rain Coats, Most Extraordinary Values; your ad- miration doubly assured. display of the handsomest Spring Fabrics. Large 10 Men'’s Soft Hats. Brown, Black and Tan Regular 5300 hats $1.48 w W Superintendent Howard, of the|W Most trustworthy ful Clothes, produced by best wholesale tailors in America, in double and single breasted sacks in numerous different weaves, colorings and patterns as well 4 as plain blacks and blues; $l2 and $l5 values, sale price. “$10. offermg of beautl 3355%535 3333 OO | FRE Two Hundred and beautiful Cut Glass Tumblers given away ; free during our Anniversary Sale. for one-half dozen with each pnrchas of $5 00 or more. 3333333333 E! Fifty Dozen more %k 3399959335333333335353 b |