Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, March 18, 1909, Page 1

THE BEMIDJ1 DAILY PIONEER. VOLUME 6. NUMBER 2883. Histor'lca\ Societys ey e H Wi BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCII 18, 1909. FORTY CENTS PER MONTH EVENTS OF IMPORTANCE IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOL “Booster,” in His Usual Weekly Letter, Tells of the Hap- penings Among the Scholars.—Much Interest Shown in Educational Work. Declamatory Contest Next Week. The annual declamatory contest between the high schools of Bemidii, Cass Lake, Park Rapids, Akeley and Grand Rapids will be held in the MISS CLARA FISK. Auditorium at Grand Rapids on the evening of Friday, March 26th, At a preliminary contest held in the City hall here two weeks ago, Miss Clara} Fisk and Emil Engels were chosen to represent the Bemidji High School respectively in the serious and the humorous selections. Both rendered their declamations in a splendid manner and will certainly | be a credit to the school. There is considerable talk of both the boys’ and the girls’ glee clnbs accompanying the declaimers to Grand Rapids. There is sure to be EMIL ENGELS. a good-sized following from Bemidji at the “Rapids.” Juniors Will Give Ball. According to the established custom in the high schools and colleges, the members of the junior| class of the Bemidji High School have decided to give a reception and ball in the Masonic hall, about the last of April, in honor of their |schoolmates who will graduate in June. Last year the class of 09 held the ELK MEETING TONIGNT. The regular meeting of Bemidji Lodge, No. 1052, B. P. O. E., which will he held at Masonic hall Thurs- day evening will be of more than ordinary importance. The officers for the ensuing term will be elected, and it is expected that there will be several initiations. There will be entertainment. All members of the lodge are earnestly requested to be present, |’ and all visiting Elks are cordially| invited to attend. —E. H. Jerrard, E. R. Harrington Receives Commission. J. D. Har rington has received his commission as bgiler inspector for the sixty-first legislative district. He was recommended by L. F. Johnson and P. ]J. Russell, president and| secretary respectively of the demo-| cratic county committee, “Joe” is a graduate “from the shops,” an old railroad engineer and that he will make good goes without saying. His appointment LContinued on Last Page] i gives genuine satisfaction. Cabachons and Bu fads of the season rectors of fashion, Conger’s Spring Openmg GRAND SPRING MILLINERY OPENING MRS.J. J. CONGER IS NOW SHOWING THE LATEST MODELS IN FINE Huge Jet ckles, and all the used by the di- will be shown at Friday, March Novelties bought at my Millinery Parlors assure a standard of excellence and an absence of excess charge. Everybody is cordially invited to inspect my Spring Display of fashions. 1 9th g |accused man, outwardly at least, & | of the case in which he is the defen- | dant, f|is of course unknown at this time; B | but it is surmised that his attorney, 5 Henry Funkley of this city, ¥ | take advantage of every opening to IMPORTED, PATTERN AND TRIMMED | HATS This department is snappy with crisp new styles which are intensely interesting. Our line of fancy nov- elties is very attractive. 1| by the state, mostly of a circum- G| stantial nature, connecting Nelson B with the man who is said to have | walked ahead of Fullerand who fired H|the shot that resulted in Fuller'’s 4 death. B |t try Nelson was concluded at B [about 6 o’clock last evening, and 2| to this morning, A. A. Carter and Bl | adduced by the state. || Fowlds was laid out, with the main 4| pany’s railroad and a spur thereof B | running through the village, and the B | the wagon road, etc. t E | took place a little distance off the 8 | shot by the stranger whom the two A few of the many popular shapes are: The Taft | Hat, the Filet Head Dress Cloche, the Russian Tur- ban, the Dorothy Dodd Hat, etc. NELSON TRIAL IS NOW PROGRESSING Prosecution Has Been Bringing Out Its Evidence in a Very Expeditious Manner and Will Soon” Close Case. . A A A A A A | _THE NELSON JURY. Fred Petry, Bemidji, faborer. William Blocker, Bemidji, hotelkeeper. K. K. Roe, Bemidji, merchant. { Charles Nangle, Bemidji, merchant. 0. E. Jackson, Bemidji, merchant. Fred Malzahn, Bemidji, real estata dealer. Iver Johnson, Bemidji, merchant. Louis Eckstrom, Bemidji, plumber. L. W. Aldrich, Eckles, farmer. 1. E. Pitman, Jones, farmer. Fred George, Bemidji, cruiser. Edward Jackson, Bemidji, contractor. AAAAAAAAAAAARANAAAAA A~ With his life in jeopardy, charged | with haviog killed Morris Fuller | near. Fowlds, this county, on Janu- ary 3rd last, Barnard Andrew Nelson was the center of gaze.of a curious| crowd at the court rooms in the| court house this morning, when the real trial of Nelsen began with! County Attorney McKusick’s open- | ing address to the jury, in which he outlined the case which the state intended to prove against Nelson Nelson is a stockily-built man, of Swedish parentage; smooth-shaven, prominent cheek bopes, with dark brown hair and ¢lear blue eyes that are very penetrating. Nelson is well dressed, and hisentire demeancr| is composed and unruffled; and the gives no sign of being at all dis- turbed as to the probable outcome| | charged with the gravest crime on the calender—murder m‘ the first degree. Just what Nelson’s defense will be will | throw a cloud of doubt about the | evidence which will be introduced The work of securing the jury the full list.is given at the beginning of this article. Before adjournment Thomas Beaumont were placed in charge of the jury, as baliffs. In his opening address to the jury, County Attorney McKusick gave an outline of the crime as it was committed, according ta the evi- dence which he stated would be He told of the manner in which the village of line of the Crookston Lumber com- position occupied by the buildings, The shooting main railroad track. The county attorney told how Morris Fuller and Archie Brown were drinking at the saloon and - the sporting house in Fowlds “the. night of January 2nd and early morning of January 3rd and retold the manner in which it is ‘claimed Fuller was men encountered on the railroad track, and whom they had asked to return and have a drink with them, In conclusion the county attorney claimed he would- prove by wit- nesses that three young men had encountered Barney Nelson going to Fowlds and later returning, when' Nelson had averted his head when they passed him in the road. Cir- cumstantial evidence would be given, ©| that all he could The Cass Lake Bill Passed the Senate Today. St, Paul, March 18,—2 p. m.—(Special to Pioneer.)—Senator Gunn today succeeded in passing the bill in the senate establishing the sixth state normal school at Cass Lake. This result has rather been expected, from recent questionable work, but it is still believed Cass Lake will lose in the house. would tend strongly to prove Nelson as being the man who shot Fuller. The defendant had murder in his heart that night, said Mr. McKusick, and he was bound to kill someone. Mr. McKusick said that the evi- dence would show that Nelson had in his possession that night a big gun of peéuliar make and that the defendant often referred to it as the protector of the money he had in his possession. Also, that the defend- ant had left the saloon of W. E. Hyatt but a few moments before the tragedy occurred, just sufficient time to have allowed him to have walked past Fuller and Brown and returned with them as far as to have done the shooting. Archie Brown, who was in the company of Morris Fuller all the the night of the tragedy, was the first witness called by the state. His testimony was the same, practi- cally, as he gave at the coroner’s inquest, he telling how he had been drinking all night with Fuller and how they visited the sporting hcuse twice that night, finally leaving for their camp, and starting to return when they met the stranger, who walked ahead of them, and who, according to Brown, turned and shot Fuller when. the latter asked the stranger who he was and tapped him on the shoulder. Brown’s testimony as to the iden- tity of the stranger who did the shooting was very vague, he saying remember of the man was that he wore a broad- brimmed cap and was short and thick-set. He (Brown) turned and (Continued on last page.) WOULD HAVE COURT TERMS - AT SPOONER- BAUDETTE Bill Has Been Prepared for Introduction in the Legisla- ture Giving Terms District Court to Northern Towns Under Certain Conditions. Of late there has been consider- able agitation on the part of the residents of the extreme northern portion of Beltrami county relative to the proposition of arranging for the holding of terms of court at Spooner and Baudette, with the re- sult that consultations have been held between the attorueys of Spooner and Baudette, Judge Stan- ton, County Attorney McKusick and Clerk of Court Rhoda relative : to the introduction of a bill in the legislature providing for such terms, A bill has been drawn which has been favorably considered by the local judge and the other parties mentioned, and which Judge Stan- ton has submitted to Judges Mec- Clenahan and Wright. The bill is as follows: “A bill for an act to provide for holding terms of the district court of the Fifteenth Judicial district in and for the County of Beltrami at the Village of Baudette, in said county, and for adjoining said terms to the Village of “Spooner, in said county, in certain cases. “Be it enacted by the legislature of the State of Minnesota. “Section 1. Except as hereinafter provided, one or more terms of the district court shall be held during each year in the Village of Baudette, in the’ County of Beltrami. The time and place of holding such terms of court shall be fixed by the order of the judges of said court;-made and filed with the clerk thereof at least thirty days before the time ap- pointed to hold said court. Such clerk shall give a published notice of said order, to be made for two successive weeks, in a newspaper published in the Village of Baudette, and also in the official newspaper of said county, the last of which pub- lication shall be not less than ten jnor more than twenty days before the opening of any such term. At such terms of court, with the limita- tions hereinafter provided, all mat- ters cognizable before the court, ex- cept the trial of criminal actions under indictments, may be brought on for hearing, trial and determina- tion. “Section 2. The business to be transacted at any such term except as hereinafter provided, shall be such as may be brought before the court by consent of parties, and if any case or proceeding the parties shall fail to agree with respect to the place of hearing or trial thereof, when one or more of such parties shall reside within such county, the matter 1n dispute may by submitted to the court eight days or more before any such term, and the court shall thereupon determine the place of hearing or trial, having considera- tion of the residence and conveni- ence of the parties, and the hearing or trial shall thereupon be had at the place so fixed. “Section 3. Petit jurors for each of said terms may be selected, drawn Continued on page two, Novelties. this season. on our Opening Day. 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