The daily pioneer. [volume], October 23, 1903, Image 1

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VOLUME 1. NUMBER 157.
DOWIE'S FOLLOWERS
GOES AFTER CITY
WATER
State Chemist Says Much
Water in Bemidji Is
Very Bad.
SIX SAMPLES O CITY AN
WELL WATE ANALYZED.
.Several of the Samples Roundly
Roasted in Red Tape
Fashion.
Six samples of water taken
from the city water supply and
irom various wells about the city
,and sent to the chemist of the
tstate board of health for analysis
.have been returned and if the re
port of the state chemist were to
be accepted as it. stands at pres
ent there would be just cause for
every resident of the town drink
ing something stronger than
water. Of the six samples sent
down for analysis only one stood
up as being good under the test.
The report of the state chemist
DESERT CRUSADEi
lion's Hosts tire of Jibes and Jeers of Madison Square
Mobs and Return to Saintly City.
New York Oct. 23Two hundred today. Dowie is apparently not in
v. Ai^r,r,aat. the least disconcerted and has severe-
st the followers of John Alexander t*
iDowie have deserted the crusade Of
Zion's hosts now being conducted in
this city, and will return to Zion City
criticised his people. He has also
announced that he will still continue
his campaign for converts to the
kingdom.
[does not come in the nature of a
surprise. It was expected by
the city authorities under whose
direction the analysis, was made.
The purity of water in various
sections of the city has been a
subject much discussed for some
time past and led to the samples
being sent the chemist. Five of
the samples were known to be
manifestly bad before they were
sent down, but just how bad they
were was the point which the
city authorities wished to and
have established to their satis
faction. The other sample was
taken from the well of ,J. A.
Ludington and came in for a
very favorable report. The
samples sent down were taken
from wells that are not used for
drinking purposes and from the
city supply with the exception of
the Ludington sample. Most of
them were so located as to admit
of surface water getting into
them. One is iu the rear of
a livery stable and in close prox
imity to a dumping ground and
it was expected that the report
would show it up in a bad light.
Steps will be taken at once to
close the wells for pnblic use and
every safeguard for the public
health will be adopted. The re
port, however, demonstrated one
thing and that is that the city
water supply is unfit for drink
ing purposes. A sample taken
Crookston Lumber
Company
MILL
AT
CROOKSTON
BEMIDJI
ST. HILAIRE
Bemidji Phone, 208 -2 Rings
Full Stock of Rough and Dressed Lumber
Always on Hand
THE DAILY IONE,
Vancouver, B. C, Oct. 23.There
is pronounced dissatisfaction and the
most bitter feeliug pi'evalent in West
ern Canada as a result of the award
of the Alaska Boundary Commission.
There is much talk of annexation and
TO BOND ROAD
Funds Are Forthcoming For the
Mankato St. Cloud
Line.
Minneapolis, Oct. 23.At the meet
ing of the officers and directors of the
Minnesota Central Railway company,
held at the West hotel yesterday, the
board received and accepted an offer
to bond the UOmilesof proposed road
between Mankato aud St. Cloud for
$2,000,000.
from the city veil at the Warfield
electric light plant was developed
very bad and samples taken from
other places in the supply de
veloped the fact that the water
was far from being what it
should be.
However, little of the city
water supply is used for drink
ing purposes and the well water
in this vicinity will compare
favorably with that of any section
in the country.
BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1903.
i FEEL BITTERIN
WESTER
N
Annexation or Independence Talk Is Rife
in British Columbia--Englishmen
Loudest Agitators.
CANADA
of Canadian independence. It is a
significant fact that those loudest in
leading the agitation to this end are
Englishmen. The feeling also voices
the sentiment of the- business public
generally and is spreading rapidly.
HOTEL BURNS
Guests in Nightclothes Narrowly
Escape With Their Lives
Large Loss.
Redwood Falls, Minn.,Oct. 23.The
Hotel Francois was totally destroyed
by a lire last night, which for a time
threatened the ait ire business portion
of the city. The yuests escaped in
their nightclothing and lost nearly all
their personal effects. The loss will
be $130,000 with insurance of $50,000.
SHOOTING AFFAIR
AT CASS LAKE
Dr. Whetstone Shot Twice
by Well Known Passen
ger Conductor.
WHOL E AFFAIR A VER UNFOR
TUNATE OCCURRENCE
C. Bryant Had Preliminary
Hearing This Morning and
Case is Postponed.
Dr. Kay F. Whetstone,a promi
nent physician and surgeon at
Cass Lake, was shot twice last
night by C. M.' Bryant, a well
known Great Northern passenger
conductor, in a temporary fit of
passion, caused by brooding over
the death of his wife which oc
curred about three months ago.
Neither of the shots will prove
fatal, and the whole affair is an
New York, Oct. 23At a banquet
^iven by the New York State Medical
Association last night Rev. Mark'
Wright, pastor of the most fashion
able Unitarian church in Now York
startled prominent members of hot-
unfortunate occurrence which is
universally regretted by many
friends of both gentlemen
throughout this section. The
shooting occurred shortly after
11 o'clock last night. Both men
had been in the Endipri hotel
shortly before it occurred and
Dr. Whetstone started to his
room at about that hour. About
a bloCk from the Endiou he was
met by Bryant, who stood on a
corner and awaited his approach
and discharged two shots at him
from a small calibre revolver.
One of the shots took effect in the
left shoulder and inflicted aslight
wound The ether grazed his
forearm.
Bryant then disappeared and
nvas not taken into custody until
this morning. Dr. Whetstone
identified him as the man wno
did the shooting. He was ar
raigned in justice court and the
examination and hearing has
been postponed until Wednesday
of next weelc.
The affair has caused a decided
sensation at Cass* Lake and is
sincerely regretted by the many
friends of both gentlemen. Dr.
Whetstone is one of ths most suc
cessful practicing physicians in
the city and Bryant is very
popular and has lived at Cass
Lake for several yea rs. I le has
had a passenger run between
Cass Lake and (J ran (I Forks for
some time past and was univer
sally popular. He is also quite
well known in this city.
Several months ago Bryant's
wife died, lie was very much
attached to her and his grief has
since known no bounds. She
was a handsome and highly ac
complished lady, who was also
quite well known here as well as
at Crookston and several othor
Northern Minnesota towns. She
was also very much attached to
UNITARIAN MINISTER
ADVOCATES EUTHANASIA
Rev. Marie Wright Startles Congregation of New York
City Unitarian Church
TEN CENTS PER WEEK.
congregation and the* assembled,
guests by declaring unqualifiedly for
euthanasia, or the putting of people
afflicted with chronic incurable dis
eases to an easy death. A decided
sensation is the result.
A NEW TOWN
NEAR CASS LAKE
Caaa Lake, Oct. 23.- Another party
of Cass Lake people have made the
preliminary arrangements for starting
a new townSlte, the- locatloic selected
being at Bena, adjoining' the allot
ment of Ernest Fleming at that place,
and one inile east of the new townsite
of-Rlch&rds. It instated tluit the pro
moters i)f the latest enterprise con
template naming their town Campbell,
iu honor of a popular conductor run
ning "ii the East "t'li Minnesota rail
way between Cass Lake and Superior.
MILL SHUT DOWN
Breaking of Main Shaft Causes
Inconvenience at Crooks
ton Mill.
The. breakingol the main shaft
caused the Crookston mill to shut
down for repairs shortly after
miilnightTasf night. The repairs
i were aU completed this morning
and the mill resumed operations
this afternoon.
her husband and Bryant it is
said thought that her death was
the result of a surgical operation
performed by Dr. Whetstone.
Bryant has not been the same
man since the death of his wife.
Shortly after it occurred he took
a long lay olf and spent some
time in the south. lie often
talked to his friends of his mis
fortune i\nd it is believed to have
preyed* so se seriously upon his
mind as to have prompted last
ight's affair. Dr. Whetstone
entertains no animosity for
Bryant and friends of both
gentlemen will interest them
selves to have the matter Settled
as soon as possible.