Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, April 11, 1904, Page 4

HE WAITED FOR THE SHERIFF F. J. Artz, Who Killed Peter Weilander Made No Effort To Escape. CLAIMS SHOOTING WAS DONE IN SELF DEFENSE. —Inquest Tonight and Preliminary e NOunges, largenavel .. Hearing Will Be Held Tomorrow. _Deputy Sheriff John Bailey re- turned to Berlnidji this morning from Blackduck, with F. J. Artz, the Battle town - homesteader who fatally shot Peter Weilander at his homestead in the town of Battle River last Friday morning. Artz was committed to the county jail, where he will re- main uatil after the coroner’s in= quest which will-be held at the court houseat 7 o'clock tonight. | Tomorrow he will have a prelimi- nary hearing and will be bound over to the grand jury on a ‘charge of murder. Artz was arrested at noon Saturday at the homestead of Ole _Olgon_at Battle. He had been appraised at 7:30 the night be- fore of the death of Weilander by _the postmaster at Jerome’s and expected the visit of the Sheriff. He gave -himself -into custody without any -trouble and was brought to Blackduck Saturday night and remained there over yesterday. At the county jail this morning Artz refusad to talk to the Pio- neer regarding the shooling. «Your story of Satarday covers the whole afiair very thoroughly and very fuirly,” he sail, “and my attorney has instructed me; not to discuss this affiir with anybody for the preseat. My family in Chicago know nothing of this yet and I am not anxious that they shail learn anything aboutit. - My homeis in Chicago but 1 left St. Louis' two weeks ago today to come. up here, « T PRINCESS Groceljy Co. A JOLT FOR JENS Pioneer Saloon Man Must Show City Council Why His License Should not be Revoked. Jens-Hansen, proprictor of the Pioneer Saloon was today cited to appear before the city council to show cause why his license should..not -be - revoked. - The; hearing will not be - had tonight, but-will probably- come up at the next meeting of the council and it is highly probable that his license will be revoked. Com- plaints against his place have been—frequent and the council LIKES OUR LOOKS Wadena Manufacturer Contem- plates Removal to Bemidji in Near Future. H. W. Gehr, proprictor of the Wadena Iron Works, spent yes- terday and Saturday in Bemidji. Mr. Gehr came up tosuperintend | some. work.at.the Bemidji -brew: lery and while here looked Be- midji oyer quite carefully. —Like all visitors to Bemidji he was first surprised and-then pleased and later he concluded that Be- midji offered a better location for the line of business in which he is engaged than Wadena. Mr. Gehr manufactures a line of pumps, lath mills, saw mills, and tother sundries at Wadenaand has a complete foundry plant and machine shop, something that Bemidji would encourage very has exlausted all reasonable leniency in- his case. The fight at the saloon last Saturday morning is the direct cause of the present trouble. Mayor Makes A Correction. ‘Mayor Gordon, of Shevlin,|Taedily at present. He has de- writes the Pioneer and asks the |cided to visit the city again soon paper to correctsomestatements | nd look the situation over more made regarding the recent jail[leisurely and it is altogether fire at Shevlin in which a Finnish | Probable that he will decide to re: woodsman lost his' life, Mr, |move his plant to this city. Mr. Gordon says the fire didnot start [ Gehr is one of Wadena’s best and from an overheated stove and |MOStenterprising citzens and is was undoubtedly started from a |8 business man of the capacity clay. pipe whichthe man had been that deserves encouragement in smoking. The man was not in- Bemidji. . toxicated and had asked the Tal ».ihe 'I'onl"nfilnelt village marshal to be allowed to} = S st sleep in the jail. The jail was " e G “gm&adge, Iall;n!mg'ly left open and why he did not es- | 1OWR 88 TH0CT Lass Ioke el terprising correspondent was in cape before overcome no one- at Shevlin is able to explain. the city yesterday for the pur- MIXED UP MATTER Wm. Terrill, Homesteader From Yola Arrested by Constable Yesterday. O. ' C. Potter, constable of the town of Itasca in Hubbard county yesterday arrested Wm, Terrill, a homesteader from his town. on a somewhat peculiar charge. Ter- rillis charged with-having sold his farm totwo parties and accord- ingto the story of the constable he first contracted for the sale to an Itasca farmer and the abstract for the transfer was made when he made the transfer to a second party and accepted money from him. Terrill then came-to-Be- midji and was about to leave this city for the west when appre- hended. * This morning he was taken from the constable on a write of habeas corpus, ~and the controversy was being ad- justed this afternoon. All Doubt Dispelled. Spring is here.. The Pioneer can make this statement unquali- fiedly this morning, The first consignment of:spring poetry to be received by the paper this season came through this morn- ing’s mail in an ode to winter, an appreciation of sn a del cate tribute to_spring, pel trated in three stanzas of mixed meter.— The effort was far above the average but the writer did not sign his name so that the Pio- i The Right Price.. good. OUR AXIOMS: If it is purchased at this store it is ‘Prices mean nothing; it is quality that counts. Rather than ad-| ~ yertise to sell, we ell to Advertise Ajureyro) e uonoejsnes ever Best; but the Best is Ever Cheapest "It is a satisfaction to us to sell goods that are satisfactory to you. It means that we will sell you again. and that’s what we are working for—to have our goods and methods of doing business so sa.tisfx_wmty to you that yod will always be a regular patron. It'’s the secret of a successful business. Call at the BAZAAR DEPARTMENT STORE '_Corn‘erv'l"hir'd Street and Minnesota Avenue HERS TEAG ,M‘eetlnpoli&loél _Board Eleets pose of meeting some of the local fireman on the coming tourna- Bailey Gets Reward. ment at Grand Rapigs. Mr. Judge Spooner this morning | Rutledge claims infringements thade an order to Clerk of Court[op the Northern Ninnesota Fire- Rhoda authorizing the payment|men’s Association by the newly of the state bounty of $200 toforganized association in this sec- Chief of Police Bailey for the|tion which is to hold its tourna- capture of John. McGuain, con-|ment at Hallock nextsummer. victed of horse stealing at the|The Bomidji department with- last'term ofthe district coutt. =~ [drew from the old association —_— but still has in its possession the was up here last fall and filed on| banner of the association awarded that claim.” Artz is occupying|to the running team. A dispute acell on the second floor of thelas to its ownership is liable to county jail in the ward assigned|arise and questions regarding to criminals. . He isa man appar-|this matter are to be adjusted ently about thirty-five years old|gatisfactorily as soon as possible. neer does not feel disposed to| Nnmber of Teachers for Com- publish it. The spring poet is ing Year. ordinarily the buttand “jest of|: of pleasing address and an ap- parently genial manner. = He stated to his friends before his arrest that .the shooting was done in self defense but\he had no idea that it would be fatal. He was at first quite overcome by the news of Weilander’s death but has quite regained his com- posure today. : 5 A number of witnesses are subpoenaed to give their testi- mony before the coroner’s in- -Radishes;-large red: w5erdoz. Cucumbers, large Onions, bunch..... ....3 bunches 10c Head Lettuce, iine, fresh. ..3 heads 10¢ Lettuce, leaf -4 bunches 10¢ Celery, fresh.. .....10¢ bunch Tomatoes, large, ripe e 1b. Pineapples, large. 50c cach .Pinenpplels, medium _ Bananr: Bananas, large. Cocoanuts, large 10¢ each Cocoanuts, small Lemons, large . 50c don Oranges; blood...............30c doz, Oranges, navel.. .. Oranges, smal ..20¢ doz. Cranberries . 4 qts. 25 _ Princess Grocery “Company BERMAN BUILDING .PEONE 232 14 BELTRAMIAVE. ~larteries. quest tonight. The story of all the witnesses including Carl Berglund, the cousin of Weilan- der, and his only relative in this country is that the shooting was in a measure at least provoked by the conduct of Weilander and all speak well of Artz, although he had been in that section for a short time and is comparatively a stranger to them all. Coroner Henderson yesterday .| condueted—an—autopsy over the remains of Weilander. The im- “Pmediate cause of his death was the hemorrage resulting from the bullet wound. The ball was a steal jacket bullet, the jacket had *| been _broken by coming-in-con- tact with the hip bone and the lead had separated in several pieces -and severed a number of The-wound-was-suffi- cient to causedeath in any event. The examination of the body developed the fact that Weiland- er had a considerable sum of money on his person. About thirty dollars in money and an exchange check for over $100 were found secreted in an inside pocket of his vest. The body will not be interred until after the inquest and until ordered by the county-atttorney. . For Dby Bholographs and Wedding Srougs 1IN ANY STYLR, FINISH hotos, Yie d pictures made new and enlarged to any size. v second floor of the new Street block, next to the postoffice. ption, display and dressing rooms are always open and you are the ws of the City, Lake and Lumber Camps OR PRICE. ALL KINDS OF Studio occupies all My R. W. REED, Prop. Judge Ives Knows "Em. Cass Lake Times: Stenograph- er Moody for District}Judge Mec- Clenahan cailed on the editor last Wednesday with a petition asking for the nomipation of Judge Spooner as one of the Judges of this district, the' petition was generously signed by the attor- neys of the towns of the several counties. Judge Spooner is un- doubtedly the best timber for that position to be found in the district and we have reasons to think he will be nominated and elected. We have never met Judge Spooner, but we have known his relatives at Madison, Wis., for more than forty years. He is from a family of lawyers of ability and integrity. Found a Lot of Bad Stuff. State Inspector L. Ed David- son-of the-Dairy and Food Cem- mission has returned from a trip up the north line where he went to look up the brand of blackberry brandy sold at the saloons in the north line towns. Mr. Davidson—caught a- lot of saloon men and at Blackduck a dozen promptly paid fines. Other towns are to be visited and there are a number of actions pending where the liquor dealer has been inclined to be obstinate and question . Mr. Davidson’s authority. Seeding South of Us. Conductor ‘Harry Work who came up on the Sauk Center passenger Saturday 'night re- ports that seeding has begun in the southern part of the state and that south of Wadena there is no snow storm of last week was uot effective south-of-here:—Farmers all along the lines- are plowing and doing their spring work and | Mr. Works says that-allevidences- of winter are practically gone until Park Rapids is reached. WRITE US IN REGARD TO Free Scholarships CONWAY’S COMMERCIAL COLLEGE Box 744, 108 Sixth Street, between sniow on te ground. The severe every newspaper, and true-gen- uis in the embryo-is often wounded unto deathat its first sppearance by the merciless managing editor. The best plan with poetry'is to try it on the Ladies Home Journal, the Appeal to Reason or the Mizpah Message before sending it to the news- paper office where the true ap- preciation of all that is delicate and praiseworthy in the muse is long since buried under the weight of a predjudice born by constant importunity. | Perrault Case Dismissed. The case of M. Perrault against uis wife in which she was charged with having been openly and riotously drunk ‘on the streets of the village of Farley was dissmissed in Judge Pender- gast’sicourt this morning on mo: tion of the attorney for th. cutionon the ground that the complaint did not state sufficient grounds to-constitute a cause of action, A Whole Family. Rev. L. A. Dunlop, ot Mount Ver- non; Mo., says: ‘‘My children were aflicted with a cough resulting from measles, my wife with a cough that had prevented her sleeping more or less for five years, and your White V‘lllh'::: of Tar Syrup has cured them all. /) Bemidji and Beltraml Avenues. The school board had a regular meeting Saturday afternoon and eiected a number of teachers for the coming year. Miss Adelia Bright was elected principal of the high school and the Misses Miller, Allen and McLennon were elected for the primary de- partments and Misses Covell and Booth for the third and second grades. For theother positions the board has-a number of ap- plications. _Secretary Smith, of the board hasalarge sized basket of letters from teachers who are anxious to come to Bemidji. Many of them send their photc- graphs aud all furnish excellent recommendations. The other vacancies will be filled 1 the near future. ; _ Took-in New Members. Seven new members were re- ceived into the local Retail Liquor Dealer’s Association at their reg- ular meeting - held yesterday af- ternoon. The new members re- ceived yeésterday afternoon were Charles Campbell, George Tan- ner, John Larson, James Burns, | Mea Fred Dudley, George Wallace, and Frank Gagnon. Only three of the local liquor dealers are out- ide the-fold-at present. [ELECT|COURT ADJOURNS| WOMA Judge MeClenahan— Adj Spring Term of District Court This Morning. Judge McClenahan this morn- ing adjourned the spring term of the - Beltrami . county district court after one of the largest terms ever held 'in the county. Court convened March 15 and morning. and afternoon sessions have been held daily ever since and at the latter end of the term several night sessions were held. The last case to be disposed of was the case of C. H. Allen, of Blackduck, vs. Foy & McKinnon. The court decided in favor of the plaintiff.. The validity of a mort- gage was in controversy. Saturday the case of R. Mar- tin vs. F. Kaelble in which a dis- pute over the terms of a contract was involved was decided for occasioned the litigal Judge McClenahan and Court Stenographer Moody return to Brainerd tomorrow morning. ounshine into' o = e o Want Friesiss cln: Duluth, Mi e e i — N STEALS Schroeder’s Store Again the Vie- tim of a Petit-Larceny ¢ Theft. “If you doany work do it on Schroeder,” 'seems to be the motto ef the petitlarceny thieves of Bemidji. The store during the past two month has been the subject of not less than a half dozen petitlarceny thefts. Satur- day afternoon a- woman was ar- rested for the theft of a five pound pail of lard and a gallon jug of syrup. She was taken be- fore Judge Pendergast and fined $25 and costs which she was un- able to pay. The woman told a story of abject want which forced her to the theft and the court was as lenient as possible. 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