The daily pioneer. [volume], October 27, 1903, Image 4

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Conductor Bryant Was Sound
Asleep in His Room When
It Occurred.
SENSATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS
EXPECTED AT HEARING,
Dr. Whetstone Announces That
He Will Push the Case and
Identifies Bryant.
Conductor Chas. Bryant, of
the Great Northern, whose name
was entangled with the Cass
Lake shooting affair Thursday,
was at his usual post of duty on
the Duluth train last evening.
He had been arrested on the
charge of shooting Dr. R. F
Whetstone, but secured $u00
bonds and was released. He
denies that he was in any
implicated in the shooting,
alleges that the accusation grew
out of the fact that he and Whet
stone have not been on friendly
terms for some time past. Mr.
Bryant maintains that he was
sound asleep in his room at the
time the shooting occurred, and
has witnesses to prove his state
ment. Furthermore Dr. Whet
stone himself is not positive of
the identity of his assailant, as it
was quite dark where the shoot
ing jccurred. The shots were
fired from in front of him, the
bullets entering his left shoulder
and left wrist, but the darkness
prevented him from getting a
good view of his assailant. The
two men, Whetstone and Bryant,
have not been on friendly terms
for some time, and it was natural
for the injured man to think
Bryant his assailant. The police
have several other clues which
they are working on, and at the
preliminary hearing of Bryant
sensational developments maybe
expected.
DR. WHETSTONE'S STORY.
Dr. Whetstone has also given
out a statement in which an' ah
together different story is
brought to light. The doctor
says that he say his assailant and
is positive he was Conductor
Bryant. Further the doctor
said: "Ivam very sorry the dis
tressing event occurred, and I
wish ib could be undone. Bryant
and I had long been personal
friends and until the 23rd of last
August we were boon compan
ions. I shall push the case to
the last atom of testimony. He
shall not get oif without punish-
ment." Dr. Whetstone's wounds
while not severe or dangerous
are painful and occasion him con
siderable inconvenience. The
penalty for assault with firearms
is from five to twenty years at
hard labor at Stillwater.
Right Rates at Crookston.
County Commissioner F. O.
Sibley, chairman of the county
board, was in the city yesterday
from Solway. Mr. Sibley and
others interested themselves in
looking up the rate which Polk
county pays for light and water
rentals and were informed that
the combined light and water
rentals for the Polk county court
house at Crookston were about
$20 per monty. This sum is con
siderably under the figure that
Beltrami county pays for the
same service.
Kelliher Coining On.
The village council of the vil
lage of Kelliher will hold its
seqqnd meeting this afternoon.
The council has already 'desig
nated an official newspaper, is
considering eight applications
for liquor licenses and is having
ordinances framed. Kelliher has
afire department with a good
equipment and is making rapid
progress towards a town of more
pretentious airs than the ordi
nary.
NEW STORY CASSi^ftTHLNO MI NG
LAKE SHOOTING
way
and
that tine lawyers of this city in
tend that their professional
honor shall not lightly be im
pugned.
BY his silence Governor Van
Sant is un/lmi,V-."dlv
C0MM4TTEE FROM LIQUOR
DEALERS ATTENDED.
Present Lengthy Petition
the Nature of a
Protest.
The regular meeting of the
city council last night which it
was currently reported would be
one of more than ordinary inter
est developed into a very flat
affair.
It was generally expected that
the matter of raising the licenses
of the gaming houses would be
taken up and discussed and a
committee from the local liquor
dealer's association was present
five strong to file a petition with
the council expressing their dis
approval.
The petition was received and
read and the committee was
notified that it would be impos
sible to act upon the petition at
present as the council had taken
no official action in the matter
and there was nothing of record
with the village recorder regard
it
ing it. The committee looked
both surprised and pleased and
left the hall. This was the only
time the matter came up while
the council was in session.
The petitions regarding the re
moval of slot machines from
candy stores and places frequent
ed by children was taken up and
ordered referred to the city at
torney as was the petition re
garding the sale of tobacco to
A petition asking that
to"* ""*&
minors. Beltrami avenue be boulevarded
from fourth street north, was re
ceived and referred to the street
commissioner. The liquor license
bond of M. E. Brihkman was ac
cepted, a number of bills allowed,
some time devoted to the discus
sion of the city water problem,
after a report from the local
board of health had been read,
and the council adjourned.
STRUCK BY TRAIN
Farmer Near Mcintosh Probably
Sustained Fatal Injuries
Yesterday.
in
A farmer whose name could
not be learned last night was
probably fatally injured at Mcin
tosh yesterday evening by Train
No. IB on the Great Northern.
The man, driving four houses at
tached to a wagon, made an at
tempt to go over the crossing
ust ahead of the train. The
horses were clear o the track
when the engine struck the
wagon, completely demolishing
it. The driver was thrown un
der the wheels and lost one of his
arms and was severely cut about
the head and face. Medical at
tention was given the man almost
immediately and no hopes were
given out for his recovery.
Made Attendants Get Busy.
Wm. Rein, the Farley man,
who was last week sent to the
state hospital for the insane,
made the attendants at the hos
pital get very busy last Sunday
night. Rein is a man of power
ful build and when he .undertook
to clean out the hospital force he
came very near accomplishing
his object. It took six attend
ant's to1
get him under control
and he? struck one of them such
a terrible blow on the nose that
he was out of the business for
some time. Rein was under the
impression that he was accom
panying Sheriff Bailey to Fergus
Falls to work on a big farm.
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BAR OF BEMIDJI
GETS A ROAST
Cass Lake Voice Spins Ro
mantic Tale of a
Woman's Woes.
BEMIDJI LAWYER GETS A VERY
STIFF ROAST O N SIDE.
Name Not Mentioned and Local
Bar Feels That Injustice
is Done.
The legal profession of this
city is decidedly indignant over
the publication of an article in
the Cass Lake Voice last week
which it regards as a reflection
upon the honor and integrity of
every individual member,andhas
prepared a petition and forward
ed it to the editor of the Voice
asking that the name|of the attor
ney whom the paper accuses of
gross misconduct and violation
of every rule of the time honored
code of professional ethics, be
published, and the skirts of the
other members cleared of the
sm irch of disrespectability which
the article, and other articles,
sent out from Cass Lake have
placed upon them.
The Voice cites only one case
of many that it claims to have in
mind wherein the attorney did
anyone an injustice. It flatly as
serts that he undertook a contest
case which made a defendant of a
young lady who had taken a
timber claim near Cass Lake. It
told a heroic tale of how the lady
carried provisions a distance of
thirty miles from this city and
religiously complied with the re
quirements of the law and how
the heartless attorney contested
her claim to the land and put her
to needless trouble and expense
which* she could ill afford. It
also stated that the attorney was
long on this sort of business and
never lost an opportunity to get
cases of this sort, and taken al
together, said many things which
the legal lights of this city regard
as a personal reflection.
Yesterday a petition was pre
pared and forwarded to the editor
of the Voice asking that the name
of the lawyer who was guilty of
such gross misconduct should be
published in the next issue of the
paper. It bore the signature of
everv attorney in the city.
Articles have also appeared in
the Minneapolis and Duluth
papers, purporting to have as
their authority the officials of
the Cass Lake land office, con
taining accusations quite as ser
ious and another communication
will be prepared and forwarded
to them calling their attention to
the fact that the la/*- provides
that when any attorney is guilty
of offenses such as they ^ave
charged that their duty as offic
ials is to require him to show
cause why he should not be de
barred from practice before the
land office.
Interesting developments are
expected in a very short time and
there is much interest in the
outcome.
A Mile of Cars.
Since the introduction of the
large type locomotives the Cass
Lake division of the Great North
ern there has been a decided in
crease in the size of the trains
handled over the division. Trains
of 100 cars are a common
occurrence and they will rank as
the largest hauled by any road in
the world. Two passed through
Bemidji yesterday. A train of
100 cars is nearly a mile long.
Boil Drinking Water.
The city health department ad
vises the general public to boil
all water used for drinking pur
poses at present and it is a safe
plan to boil all water from what
ever source, where there is a
possibility of surface water get
ting into wells or other oppor
tunities for impurity may exist.
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BOOSTS BEMIDJI
President Hill, of Great North
ern, Pays Bemidji Handsome
Compliment.
President James J. Hill of the
Great Northern is on record with
the statement that the receipts
of the freight and passenger
depot of the Great Northern at
this point increased to a greater
percentage during the fiscal year
just passed than those of any
station on the line of the Great
Northern. Mr. Hill made the
remark while on his recent trip
to Bismark, N. D., where he de
livered an address before the
irrigation congress, in connec
tion with some conversation with
the members of his party regard
ing the remarkaoe development
which has attended Northern
Minnesota in the past few years.
He is also on record with a state
ment to the effect that Bemidji
was located correctly and had
the natural advantages to make a
town of over ten thousand people
in a short time. Remarks like
these from a man like Mr. Hill
are something everybody can ap
preciate.
POLICE COURT
There were five offenders
against the peace and dignity of
the village of Bemidji in Judge
Reynold's court this morning.
All went up on charges of in
toxication and received the usual
penalty with the exception of
Joseph Doyle, who has done
sixty days during the past year
for drunkeness and has been in
police court a number of times.
Doyle is typical. He pleaded so
eloquently for the leniency of
the court this morning that
Judge Reynolds after giving him
a characteristic tongue lashing
announced that he would be
given until noon to get out of
town.
Schneider Bras.
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