Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, August 26, 1904, Page 4

THINK THEY HAVE PROOF County Authorities Almost CertainThat Fournier Had Hand in Dahl Murder. NEW EVIDENCE BEING DE- VELOPED ALMOST DAILY. Button of Peculiar Make Has Been Found Near Scene of the Tragedy. One of the latest developments in the Dahl murder case which may have a very important bear- ing in the matter is the finding on the brush heap under which the body of Miss Dahl was con- cealed of a piece of shirt sleeve and a button. The shirt from which the piece of sleeve had been torn was found in Fournier’s cabin, as was also the trousers on which the button had been worn, and both the garments haye been identified as belong- ing to Fournier. The trousers are of a very peculiar make, and the buttons differ from the ordinary pants buttons manufactured in this country. They are of foreign manufacture, and were worn by a imigrant who settled in the Quiring country. Itissaid that Fournier either bought or bor rowed the trousers from the newcomer, and wore them at the time Dahl and his daughter dis- appeared. These bits of evidence, while they would not convict Fournier of the crime, have a very important connection with the case, as it proves almost with- out a doubt that he either knows or had a hand in the murder. THE FIGHT Jeffries-Munroe Go By Western Union Bulletins Tonight At Duncalf’s Turf Exchange. J.P. Duncalf has made ar- rangements with the Western Union for all the bulietins of the big Jeffries-Monroe fight which is scheduled to take place at San Francisco this evening. The fight will begin at eight o’clock and bulletins will begin to come in shortly after. Bulletins will be read and posted at the Turf Ex change and everyone who is in- terested in the fight will have a splendid opportunity to get it all just as it happens. Give Them Warning. County Sup’t Dunwoody is sending out notices to school offi- cers warning them against strange agents canvassing for school supplies, some of whom are now operating throughout the county. Beltrami county has well known resident agents who are reliable and only these should be trusted. Mr. Dun- woody has endorsed no agents except those who have personel letters from him. MOTION FOR NEW TRIAL Attorneys For Chounard Ask For Rehearing Before Another Jury. JUDGE SPOONER HEARD AR- GUMENTS LAST NIGHT. If Motion Is Denied Stay of Exe- cution Will Be Asked From Supreme Court. A motion was presented to Judge Spooner last night by Bailey & McDonald, attorneys for Wm. Chounard, the con- demned murderer awaiting exe- cution in the Cass county jail, asking that the court grant aj new trial. County Attorney | Daniel DeLury of Walker, repre- sented the state and the matter was argued until 2 o’clock this morning. . The grounds upon which the motion was made has not been given out, and will probably be | withheld until after the motion| has been acted upon by Judge' Spooner, who will render his de-! cision in the matter this even-| ing. The attorneys for Chou nard are of the opinion that the, motion will be denied, but state that should this occur they will immediately present a mo- tion to the supreme court for a stay of execution. Thos. Young of Little Falls, a cousin of the condemed man, was present at the hearing of the motion, and will remain in the city until the court’s decision has been rendered. The news of a motion being presented at this time will be re- ceived unexpectedly, as the at- torneys for Chounard have re- peatedly stated that no action would be taken in the matter, and that the execution would talze piace on the day set. How- ever, it is thought that they have secured some new evidence which would tend to make the sentence lighter for Chounard should a new trial be granted. Charges Against Benoit. The Duluth News Tribune| gives the following particulars of | the charges against mail agent Frank Benoit: Benoit, who has been running | on the Duluth-Crookston run for sounle time was arrested yester- day morning at the instance of Postoffice Inspector Nathan Noile and arraigned béfore Com- missioner Pressnell. Captain Pressnell fixed his bonds at $3,000 and in default of bail he will re- main in jail until the day of hear- ing. The warrant under which Benoit was taken into custody charges that he opened a letter mailed at Carlton on Aug. 23 ad- dressed to McKisson & Robbins, New York city and removed three §1 bills and fifty cents in| silver. Mr. Benoit is popular all along the line and his friends in this city hope that the charges; against him may be cleared up. WILL PUMP MONDAY New Water Station to Be Put in Operation First of Next Week. SERVICE WILL BE MUCH BET- TER THAN HERETOFORE. Cost of Running Station Will Be Considerably Less Than Old Pump House. The new pumping station which has been under construction by Superintendent Pogue and his force of employes is now com- plete and two of the six wells have been dug. The pump will be started Monday morning. The puwp house is built of artificial stone, and presents a very neat appearance. The water supply of the city has been short for some time, but after the ‘first of the next week enough water for the wants of everyone will be furnished. - The water will be pumped directly into the mains from the pumping station instead of being forced to a high tank as heretofore. The pressure per square inch will be increased aboufi 700 pounds and will aid materially in protecting property from fire. Power will be furnished by the Warfield Electric company for $50 per month thus cutting the expense of furnishing the water supply of the city down over one- half. The two wells now completed have been sunk by water pres- sure and an invention by Mr. Pogue which deserves comment. It is a very simple affair but through its use over eighty feet has been made in one day at an expense of only $11.50. The low- est bid for digging the wells was a dollar per foot, and it will be seen by this that Mr. Pogue’s ingenuity saved the city on that day alone $78.50. The cost of the pump house was $694; of the pump & cost of digging the six wells be in the neighborhood of Various other expenditures have been made by the city council for mains, fitting, ete., which go with the pump. These will bring the cost up to about $2000. “SEE JONES” GONE Steamboat Belonging to W. C. Jones Has Been Lost Since Last Sunday. The “See Jones”, a valuable steamboat of which W, C. Jones is captain, is nowhere to be found, and Mr. Jones thinks that it has either been stolen or has foundered in Lake Bemidji. The last seen of the missing craft was when it was riding at anchor a i short distance out from the Third street dock last Sunday and all search for the mi We have demonstrated to the public that the PRINCESS Grocery Co. Sells the best and cheapest Fruits for canning. Our sales of last week have induced us to duplicate our Fruit order. We are not able to (uote you prices this early in the week, but they will be as low as the present market allows. 8§ a3 Wednesday we will have California Peaches Washington Pears Metzuma Plums Concord Grapes Tokay Grapes . Rose Perie Grapes Sweet Potatoes Cauliflower Sweet Corn Hubbard Squash Pumpkins Green Peppers Celery and Melons Fancy Tomatoes by the bushel ; Princess Grocery Co M. E. CARSON, Mgr. o e e e §s 2 L Will be open for businessin afew | r e days with a new & clean stock of late style Shoes for everybody. ® Watch This Space. SWEDBACK BLOCK, BELTRAMI AVENVE, PREACHERS . CONVENE Private Conference of Nor- wegian Lutheran Church in Bemidji Today. DISCUSS MATTERS FOR BET- TERMENT OF CHURCH. Meeting Opened Last Night and Will Continue Until To- morrow Night. A vprivate conference of preachers in the Norwegian Lutheran church is being held in Bemidji today and ten ministers of the gospel are in attendance. The meeting was opened last night by a welcoming address by Rev. Peterson of Bemidji. Mr. Peter:on’s address was well re- ceived. Rev. Bondahl of Black- duck preached a sermon choos- ing for his subject “Christ, the Only Means of Salvation.”” The meeting then adjourned to today. This morning the conference reopened with speeches by sev- eral of the attending pastors on different topics of interest to the church. The subjects chosen for debate related to the better- ment of the churchin this section, plans for a1ousing interest among the public and for pushing for- ward church work to new fields. The meeting is not a regular conference, but is held for the sole purpose of exchanging views regarding church work in gen- eral. The following are in at- tendance: Rev. Dale, McIntosh, Nykreim, Devils Lake, N. D., Lunde, Maple Bay, Minn, Radahl. Bagley, Minn., Isoloni, apolis, Jenson, Bemidji, Peter- son, Bemidji, Boundahl, Black- duck, and Strand, Ada. HOMES FOR Minnapolis Physician Will Build Summer Cottages At Head of Lake Bemidji. ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY ACRES OF LAND PURCHASED. Dr. R.R. Rome of Minneapolis Will Send Consumptives to Bemidiji. Dr. R. R. Rome, one of the most celebrated physicians in the Twin Cities, has purchased 120 acres of land at the north end of Lake Bemidji and will build fif- teen or twenty cottages upon the land, to be used for sanitarium purposes in cases of consump- o | tion and lung trouble. Northern Minnesota has long been considered one of the most favorable places in the United States for the cure of the dreaded disease, and Mr. Rome thinks that he will profit by sending his patients to Bemidji, where they may inhale the atmosphere of pine and balsam. Mr. Rome has not decided whether he will commence the erection of tiie cottages this fall, as the season is already far ad- advanced, and little could done before winter. It is certain, however, that with the first thaw in the spring construction upon the cottages will be begun at once, and will be-in use next summer. Fresh oysters the first of the HEARD SHOTS Night Operator at Great Northern Depot Has Suspicions Of Foul Play. While strolling down the rail- road track west of the. Greut Northern depot Wednesday night Martin Wright, night oper ator, heard two pistol shots in the swampand a cry for help. Wright was taking his usual evening walk before going to work at the depot when he heard the first shot. A cry of ‘help”’ followed this and another shot. Then everything was silent. He went to the depot and notified the police, who searched over all the ground in the neighberhood of where he had heard the shots, but no indications of foul play were found. boat has been of no avail. It is probable that the anchor rope has worn off and it drifted out to sea and sunk in deep water. Madagascar, Quammen, Minne- |3 INVALIDS ¢ = = l s — = at our store. biseuits and coffee, and —It will d dainty repast, and at the same time be shown through g OUR MAMMOTH DEPARTMENT Fancy Dress Fabrics, {mistine of anne, Jocauard, Boucle Suitings and Fancy Cicillians. SATURDA August 27th ~.Demonstration Da We are going to demonstrate to our customers and friends the merits of our World’ ous “CANADIAN CLUB” MAPLE SYRUP, which we will serve all d we extend an invitation to all to come and sample this o you good to look over our new stock of— STORE. Chiffon, Broadcloth, Rox- The Bazaar Department Store. Y. s Fam- ay with hot REIEEESER BRI : Wedding Groups | g} s Souvenirs | %Baby Pictures | 5 % Lakeside Studio, i i on Lake Front. & ggi M. J. MORSE, - Proprietor. [ R R IS EEET Macalester College. Several Cour of Study. Numerous Ele 5. Bestof in- structionsin Music and Elocution, Freescholarship, for one year for first honor graduates of high schools. Expense very low. Opens September 14. Catalogues sent free on application. Maca- lester College, St. Paul, Minn. R o e ) SO Beginning Monday, Sept || Q*FOR‘ = 5, we will start classes ||( in the following branches: || Wedding Shorthand and Typewrlting, ,0 Bookkeeping, Penmanship, }' 0 and Commercial Law, Commercial 0 = Geography, Business Arithme- g Baby Plctlfl‘es tic, Spelling Lumber Books. Hours, 10 t0 12 2. m.; 7t0 9 p. m. g OO Conway’s Commercial College, §' Box 744, 108 Sixth Street, between Bemidji and Beltrami > DTS T T TS War Is On. The common council at Brain erd has refused to allow the vol- unteer firemen of that city to or Zanize a relief association and the firemen in taurn announce that they resignin a body leav-| iug the city without fire protec- tion. Today is the day set for the disbanding of the companies. The common council is preparing to organize a new fire and hose company. » HAKKERUP Up-to-Date Work and = Reasonable. ing, Framing and Finishing for Amatuers. Hakkerup Studio Two Doors East of City Drug Store. ¢ g ¢ g § ¢ ¢ ) DDA DA DA DA DA Clearance Sale In which Profits are divorced from Prices, -and Bargains hold the Fort! You have seven more days to take advantage l Semi - Annual l SCHNEIDER BROS | of our Do yourself and us the justice to bear in mind the important fact that this Merchandise represents the best pro- gressive methods could provide for you " at the original prices, and then you will clearly comprehend the magni- tude of the bargains open to you at the cut prices quoted : choice of them all for $16, $15, $14, $12 Men'’s Suits The most artistic creations of the country’s fore- most manufacturers, in every style of Suit approved by the most fashionable dressers. S %