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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1909
Page
1
Mrs. J W Hammond wife of a local storekeeper attacked stock buyer J Maud with a huge whip in Prnbank South Dakota after rumors alleged liquor sales at her husband’s store. A son of the victim intervened and the whip broke. No arrests have been made.
In Aberdeen South Dakota on April 1 14 year old Raymond Sigeers of a Faulkton area was accidentally killed when an older brother fired at ducks. Raymond rose suddenly and received a rifle charge in the back of the head.
After a brief walkout by Aberdeen Daily American printers, the union members ended the strike and resumed duties following reconsideration of the dispute.
Chicago and North Western Railway will establish a repair department for passenger coaches and freight cars in Huron within the Dakota Central division. About 25 skilled workers and a dozen or more families will relocate. Initial work will use the old machine shop. a special building will be erected soon as possible. Some machinery is already present. Previously, work was sent to the Winona shops.
Governor Vessey names two new state supreme court judges. G. Smith of Yankton from the Third district and Mccoy of Aberdeen from the Fifth district are appointed. Tripp of Yankton succeeds Smith in the Third district and McNulty of Sisseton succeeds McCoy in the Fifth district. Non partisan designation noted as Smith and McCoy were allied with the stalwart faction while Tripp and McNulty are aligned with the progressive cause.
Hostilities between American and Hungarian coal miners in Jasonville Indiana paused after a night of fighting. Six Americans were wounded when a committee approached a Hungarian house and was fired upon. An armed posse warned Hungarians to leave the mine as both sides sustained injuries and ammunition ran low.
In Clairton near Pittsburg a 15 hour poker game ended with shooting. Peter Marsh, armed with two aces of diamonds and two other aces, is gravely wounded in Melroseport hospital. Aims blamed Marsh for cheating as Nicholas Secoligh fled after the four aces were revealed and bullets rattled a crowded room.
Thomas H. Null of Huron has been engaged by State's Attorney George J. Danforth to assist in Mrs. Emma Kaufmann's new trial granted by the state supreme court. The case, moved to Moody county June term, follows the first 1907 trial and venue change. Public interest seeks an impartial jury despite the earlier publicity.
The state board of finance designated several banks as depositaries including First National and American Exchange in Pierre, and others in Brookings Hudson Lenox Worthing Sioux Falls Canton and more. The minimum rate set was 8 percent on certificates of deposit and 2 percent on average daily balances on active accounts. Banks meeting surety bond requirements and applying for funds were accepted.
Sioux Falls South Dakota March 30 The first ball of twine produced at the new state penitentiary twine plant was completed yesterday Warden Harry T Parmley sent it to Governor Vessey for the permanent state historical society exhibit The twine is described as of splendid quality
Bison South Carolina residents push a 30 by 50 foot county building with six offices on the first floor and court facilities on the second to meet Lemmon partisans objections. Construction aims to finish by early April as Judge Rice prepares to hear mandamus actions to require county officers to locate in Bison.
A Congressional Record report notes the widow of late South Dakota Congressman Parker is granted $7508 annually as pension. This amount adds to the colonel's salary up to his date of death.
March 30 Newport reports the steamer Providence, with about a thousand passengers, rendered distress aid after its port paddlewheel broke near Point Judith. The steamer Commonwealth, using wireless telegraphy, stood by and towed Providence into Newport once a tug arrived.
In Highmore South Dakota Aurelius Bowen is found guilty of first degree manslaughter in the death of Katherine Kille. He is sentenced to eight years in the penitentiary for the Stanley county killing case tried after a venue change to Hyde county. The trial revealed Bowen’s attempts to woo and pay the girl, and his boasts of winning her. The victim was found shot in her shanty after a party. Public reaction notes the verdict as mild given the alleged guilt.
Thomas C. Madden, private secretary to Congressman Hall for two years, leaves for Valley City North Dakota to form a law partnership with the assistant attorney general of North Dakota and engage in legal practices.
Aberdeen S D March 1 190 While in Aberdeen Judas Colonel Thomas C G Orr president of the South Dakota Old Settlers Association received a letter from Doane Robinson state of the South Dakota State Historical Society stating that work had begun on a granite monument to the memory of the Fool Soldier band of Sioux Indians eleven in number who in November 1862 rescued two white women and four children from Lake Chetek Minn and brought them to Walworth county South Dakota. The monument will be erected at the rescue site on a farm owned by Simon Olson one mile from Mobridge South Dakota. Robinson has agreed to deliver the dedicatory address. It will be a plain granite shaft four feet high atop two native boulders and inscribed Chetek captives rescued here November 1862 by Fool Soldier band.
The land rush along the Missouri attracts over 1,500 buyers from the west as Sioux Indians and homesteaders prepare for a five day sale. Judge Whitten allowed drafts in lieu of cash and issued receipts after payment. 100 tracts sold yesterday with prices from 3.30 to 8 per acre. Proceeds benefit the Sioux Indians while homesteaders in Tripp anticipate more buyers next week.
Sioux Falls reports that Maris Taylor a Democratic figure and former public bank examiner is found guilty of misappropriation of about 26000 dollars from the defunct Dakota Building and Loan association while acting as its receiver. The case follows long federal court actions dating from 1899 to 1908 with transfers of trust land to others.
Edward Morris, a Washta merchant, acquitted of murder in Rapid City after admitting he shot David Jennings who was found with Morris’s wife. Judge McGee directed a verdict of acquittal amid claims the shooting was unintentional and justified under the circumstances. Mrs Morris was wounded by a stray shot during the confrontation.
The Chicago and Northwestern line between Iroquois and Hawarden will have its grade raised and the roadbed improved. Work will start when weather permits with graveling rebridging and eighty pound steel rails replacing lighter ones. A large labor force is being assembled to ensure the south line becomes among the smoothest in the state.
Huron South Dakota March 27 A temporary injunction has been secured by the city against the Dakota Central Telephone Company enjoining it from erecting poles and extending lines within city limits. The argument will be heard before Judge Taylor on Saturday with interest high.
Flandreau March 27 District court adjourned to June 1 for the murder trial of Mrs Ama Kaufman in the slaying of Miss Agnes Poirers State's Attorney Danforth said he needs time to prepare the case while defense cites Moses Kaufman a key witness’s nervous breakdown as reason for the delay Both sides expect trial to proceed June 1.
A mass meeting at the Aberdeen Commercial Club endorsed Dakota homecoming week set for June 21 to 25, 1909. Speakers included Colonel T G Orr and A H Wheaton, with support from R I Dowdell, T B Roberts and local business leaders. The event aims to unite pioneers who resided in the Dakota territory at statehood.
Isaac J. Smith died in the Homestake mine yesterday when struck by an air motor train. He leaves a wife and four children. two of his sons are located at Gordon Nebraska.
Mrs Rus sell Culbertson died after swallowing carbolic acid while four bound and gagged in a shed behind Joshua L Grazelton s home. Husband Bussell Culbertson a Lawrenceville bookkeeper believes murderers are known to him but police receive no details. Threatening letters prior to death reference her husband and a friend of his. Mrs Culbertson once Jessie Overton trained nurse from Texas.
A man discovers the remains of a mysterious 80 year old Black man in a straw stack on the C F Maynard farm near Burbank Vermillion Dated March 26. The body showed no signs of violence and had lay undisturbed for about two weeks with coat and hat found apart. Identification was not possible and cause of death was undetermined pending investigation.
Fire at 9 o clock last night razed A B Geppert's barn along with a cow and chickens in Vermillion causing about 500 dollars in damage. The cause remains undetermined.
Victor Ostlund a farmer about twenty living north of Vermillion was yesterday adjudged insane and taken to the Yankton hospital for treatment per local report.
Chicago reports a nationwide push for death for kidnapers who steal children for ransom. Bills in several states including Illinois aim to make kidnapping a capital offense, reflecting a public horror after the Willie Whitla case and the $10,000 ransom.
New light on the Gogorza Eames infatuation emerges from affidavits in a case with Mme Elsa de Gogorza. Fred L Moemoegen testifies that after a Washington visit and hotel registration at the New Willard he saw Emma Eames’s name with his brother in law’s handwriting and asked his wife not to tell his sister.
Representative Stevens of Minnesota says he will introduce a draft income tax bill prepared by Attorney General Wickersham. The plan redefines the Wilson tax into standalone sections so a court ruling striking one part does not topple the entire measure. The aim is educational discussion and a basis for future legislation.
Grace McConnell representing a bee company brought two dozen bees to the Hotel Manhattan to sting pianist Jan Ignace Paderewski in a bid to cure his rheumatism. The plan, inspired by bees used at Roosevelt Hospital, was declined by Paderewski who refused to be stung.
In Salt Lake City Judge Marshall fined Union Pacific Railroad and Oregon Short Line $3000 each along with Union Pacific Coal and its manager J M Moore. Fiverett Buckingham of Oregon Short Line was fined $1000. The four firms and officers faced penalties after a jury found conspiracy in restraint of trade violating federal antitrust law. An appeal to the US Supreme Court will be filed.
The New York Central and Hudson River Railroad, via its attorneys, pleaded guilty in U S circuit court to rebating related to transporting cooperage supplies and paid a $10,000 fine.
Herbert T. Swift 38, son of Swift & Co. founder Gustavus IF. Swift, has been adjudged insane by a physician commission and confined to Kinsworth sanatorium since March. A brother testified Swift threatened self and family, with alcohol cited as cause. he is married with $8000 annual annuity and a future $1,000,000 payoff. conservator to be appointed.
Sioux City live stock prices show hogs firming and cattle mixed with choicest heavy hogs at 6.50 to 9.60. Chicago market steady with steers 5.00 to 7.25 and hogs 5.20 to 7.10. sheep and lambs also listed with varied values across categories.
South Omaha March 31 market steady with cattle prime ranges listed for native steers to stockers and feeders. hogs down about 10 cents with bulk sales near 6.00 to 6.65. sheep show slow demand with yearlings 6.50 to 7.25 and lambs 7.00 to 7.90.
Butter packing stock prices per case range 4.50 to 4.65 with returns noted. Poultry prices cover spring roosters hens pullets ducks geese and guinea fowls with varying quality. hides priced by grade. calves horses and murrain tallow values listed. Hay and straw prices include upland Timothy and oat and wheat straw with multiple grade levels and per bundle costs. Poor stock noted to fetch lower prices.
Closing cash prices show Wheat No 1 hard at 1.714 percent to arrive 1.1633, No 1 northern 1.164, No 3 northern 1.125, durum lines around 1.04 and 1.08. Flax May 1.6453, July 1.64, October 1.36. Flour and bran values listed with varied patent and bulk prices.
Vigo county Sheriff Walsh aims to arrest a wealthy Texas ranchman for the Terre Haute murder of a girl whose body was hidden in a rolled carpet. The suspect fled to the navy and later became a Texas rancher, but his identity remains unrevealed.
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