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Newspaper
Lemmon The State Line Herald
Location
Lemmon, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1908
Page
7
A severe electrical storm struck Jamestown causing burns and shocks to several residents. John Anderson, Hindman, Wilson, and others were affected as a bolt entered a residence, igniting a fire and injuring people. Two horses on Slaspell farm were killed by lightning. The Glaspell farm losses were the only other reported damage.
A prisoner named Peterson, serving a vagrancy sentence, escaped a Minot jail by breaking a wing door and using a bar to free himself. He was spotted sleeping in a bed and later captured after police checked the station rounds. Authorities suspect he may be recaptured as they pursue leads. In the same state, drugstore permits are being nonrenewed as law enforcement pressures southern districts to comply with updated codes.
A worker at a Wagner settlement farm narrowly survived after a mower struck him, severing his right arm above the wrist and injuring a toe. He was brought home, treated by a doctor, and faced long recovery while his condition drew sympathy from the local community amid discussions in Williams County.
Deputies and local officers clashed with two armed bandits near Mandan on Tuesday evening. One bandit was captured with three horses. the other escaped after a fierce exchange that wounded an officer. The fugitives had previously held up Funk's hotel in Hebron and John Edge's pool room in New Salem, stealing about $100. The captured outlaw is in county jail. posse continued pursuit.
A gravel train of five miles east of Medora broke in two and rolled downhill toward Medora at high speed. The caboose and eight loaded cars derailed near Windy Jay after crossing the Little Missouri bridge and Andrewa Creek. Officials halted the run after about three miles of uphill travel and warnings were issued. windows were shattered by gravel thrown from the cars, but no lives were lost.
State Engineer Atkinson says the revived Bismarck Irrigation project could repay its costs as farmers show willingness to participate. The plan would water 25 000 acres near the city, with a million dollars already set aside for completion.
Little Rising Sun pleads guilty in Bottineau to first degree murder for the slaying of sixteen year old Alexandra Seidel. He admits Joe Peltier ordered the killing while Charley Peltier restrained the victim and the pair set the house on fire before fleeing. The younger defendant receives life. the Peltiers, older men, are sentenced to be hanged at the state penitentiary in Bismarck Feb 4 next term.
Bismarck resident B H Shelton was arrested in Minot on a charge of stealing a gold watch from F Frances of Aberdeen Washington aboard a coast train. Frances refused to prosecute and the watch was returned. P D Romstead, under a Minot case, owes money to most local businesses and his employer.
Government and railroad engineers reviewed the Williston river bank and a nearby Trenton quarry to assess rock and willow requirements for stabilization. The plan calls for 14 000 tons of rock and 2 000 cords of willow, 3 000 feet of willow matting, and a staged earth cut to a gradual slope, with work possible next January and 80 to 100 workers plus 25 teams.
North Dakota authorities probe the disappearance of Nick Mountain from Ward County last December amid claims the Pauline brothers Theodore and Vasil murdered him. A Romanian witness saw them with a wagon stick. searches have extended to nearby sloughs and the Willow Bunch region as police track the case.
John P. Gregerson of Columbus Montana was killed instantly at McKenzie when a westbound freight No. 61 struck him as he stood on the main track while trying to right a fallen cable in a stock train bound for cattle. Coroner Field took the body to Bismarck. he was about thirty.
Edwin Heaton, eleven, was struck while riding home from church when his horse was killed instantly by a Northern Pacific train at the track crossing. He suffered a broken leg and injuries but escaped death by a miraculous chance as the rest of his family halted at the crossing.
Mixed harvest notes and local incidents across North Dakota. Jamestown baseball season ends, Valley City streets expand, Medina and McHenry County reports on yields, depots, and depots construction. Dynamite accident near Headford, insurance concerns, and farm power updates feature with fair exhibitors and hoboes in state towns.
A long report details Norwegian and Danish disputes affecting the North region. It discusses emigration trends, railway funding talks, port charges, and local political moves in Christiania, Bergen, and Gjovik, plus Norwegian American cooperation and a proposed workers' home project.
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