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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1909
Page
1
In Aberdeen South Dakota Emil Victor entered a not guilty plea to murder charges in circuit court. The judge adjourned until a jury is called. Prosecutors refused a plea deal for life imprisonment, leading the defense to proceed to trial where a death penalty is anticipated.
August Victor, father of Emil Victor, defends the East Aurora family against Elbert Hubbard’s accusations. He submits letters from residents praising August Victor as peaceable and industrious and noting Mrs Victor’s good reputation. The letters omit Emil Victor’s past record.
Aberdeen August 12 John Klosz of Pollock remains in Campbell county jail instead of honeymooning after being charged with robbing a Pollock dry goods store and a saloon. He confessed and named accomplice Zotnik. a stolen coat and a large stash of nickels backed the case, with the March 10 theft valued at about $100.
Aberdeen South Dakota August 2. Karl Bollinger of Herreich was beaten on June 19 by John Weber with a club. Bollinger died July 10 from injuries. A warrant was sworn for Weber on murder charges and his preliminary exam is under way.
Aberdeen S D Aug 12 Ed Duncan a 16 year old Indian boy son of a Carson County commissioner has been arrested for furnishing the liquor that led to the killing of Thomas Powers by Robert Gilland on Aug 1 Duncan says he only delivered the liquor to other halfbreeds at their request The real liquor seller remains at large
Lead, Aug. 12 Knowles a 63 year old editor of the Lantern weekly in Deadwood was confined in Rapid City jail to serve until a $500 fine from a May 1908 conviction for publishing improper matter is paid. He vows he will die before paying.
Four men arrested in Aberdeen by a Bankers' Protective Association representative on suspicion of robbing the Bank of Tulare on June 20 were released at Redfield after the Spink county state’s attorney ruled the evidence insufficient for trial. All four had bail, with two proving they were in Ipswich at the time and two in another town.
Aberdeen South Dakota August 2 Charles Delene of Groton was severely injured when a mowing machine toppled on him. He suffered a broken right leg and serious cuts and bruises and was taken to a local hospital for treatment.
Centerville South Dakota, Aug 12 Miss Ella Morse about 20, found dead in bed on Vermillion farm while keeping house for her father. She appeared in usual health when she retired. Morse family lived in Centerville. mother Mrs Morse lives here. funeral planned in Centerville.
A severe August storm drenched Tripp S D with 6 to 8 inches of rain. Eight buildings were struck by lightning, a family of six unconscious, several structures damaged including the J W Schliessmann residence and Hotel Tripp, and widespread flooding inundated cellars and basements. The Milwaukee line windmill near Delmont was damaged as cornfields suffered heavy losses. There were two storms, one Saturday evening and another Sunday morning, with a fierce electrical display lasting through the night.
Rapid City South Dakota August 1 President James Halley of the First National Bank uses a gold brick worth about 500 dollars as a paper weight. The brick represents a five days run of a ten stamp mill on the Standby mine. The Standby mine is owned by a company planning to install a sixty stamp mill to replace the current ten stamp mill.
Julius Gruse, 63, of Linden Beach area Milbank, was attacked by a bull while salting cattle. His loyal shepherd dog intervened, distracting the bull long enough for Gruse to escape through a fence. He suffered a dislocated shoulder blade three broken ribs and a deep hand cut.
Pierre South Dakota August 11 Governor Vesey travels to Spokane to attend the National Irrigation Congress and will then proceed to the Seattle exposition.
Montrose South Dakota August 11. D J Kane a well known farmer eight miles north of town was riding a binding machine when his horses bolted and ran away. He was thrown from the seat and fell on the guards or in front of them breaking an ankle and piercing the chest with guard rods. He was badly injured but initial fears of death gave way to guarded hopes of recovery.
Pierre South Dakota report notes the old wooden state house, set to yield to the new capitol, was sold to the city of Pierre for 1000 dollars. Originating as a city donation in 1820, the cost about 35000 dollars, built between the first November election and the legislature’s assembly two months later, and was the state’s largest building within that time.
The Sioux City and Bijou Hills interurban line is not dead. Mr Graves of Bijou Hills, core promoter, visited Centerville with a civil engineer and right of way specialist from Minneapolis. Survey work to start this week from both ends. route near Bijou Hills to Centerville largely settled. Elk Point shows interest to secure the line.
Limon Luckens a 21 year old farm hand employed by James Larson near Aberdeen South Dakota was caught by a cutter bar on a binder he was driving and literally cut to pieces. He lived only three hours.
Pierre S D August 10 The Cheyenne River Indians receive a government grant of horses cattle and farming equipment in lieu of cash for lands. Annuity payments totaling 50000 will start at the agency distributing over 20 per head. Wolf bounty payments rise to 74 cents on the dollar with 13265 claims funded by 13000 appropriation. Milwaukee road gains deeds for tracts altering its Walworth county route near Beadle and Selby leaving Java a mile off the line.
A prairie fire in Stanley county, caused by a boy’s burning match, burned over six sections and damaged buildings, hay stacks, and other property. Homesteaders and ranchers fought the blaze for hours with sacks mops and shovels to extinguish it.
The home board of South Dakota Odd Fellows selects 70 acres of the Codley farm near Dell Rapids as the site for a new state home for aged and indigent members. Dell Rapids offers about $12,000 in a bonus. the home, costing around $40,000, will be built on the highest Dell Rapids point with a valley view. The grand lodge will award the erection contract at its next annual meeting.
Sioux Falls secured the next annual convention of the South Dakota Retail Hardware Dealers Association through local hardware merchants and community support. The event will be held in February.
Aberdeen police rounded up 153 hoboes and drove them to the town edge telling them to move on. The city faces a surge of nonworking men while the school population grows forcing the board to seek extra classrooms. A new high school project is underway to ease congestion next year.
Aberdeen dispatch reports Indian man John Kachappa about 87 years old drowned while fording a swift creek in Marshall County. He had narrowly escaped drowning the previous year, was reportedly intoxicated, and left a wife and child.
Aberdeen S D Aug 10 J Q Adams town site agent says grading on three Milwaukee railroad extensions in western South Dakota will be finished by November 1 with trains on the Mobridge New England branch by December 1. The Mobridge New England line would run NW from Mobridge to the Cannon Ball river then toward New England North Carolina and possibly farther. A branch would extend from Mobridge to Slim Buttes and another SWward to the Moreau river following Virgin creek to Fox Ridge country then toward the Montana line and possibly north of Belle Fourche.
A 13-year-old girl, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Trousdale on a farm near DeSmet South Dakota, became fastened by her foot in a buggy wheel and was partially wound around the axle as the horse pulled. She suffered serious cuts and bruises but is expected to recover.
In Deadwood Dakota Territory plans move ahead for a Dakota Western railroad branch from Whitewood to Empire within 30 days. The project secures most right of way and seeks power from Redwater Power and Light to run motor cars. Meantime Minneapolis & St. Louis expresses interest in entering Deadwood via Boulder canyon Crook City with survey work under way Yale to Whitewood. Sisseton reports W G Hall of Conde buys 40 acres on Big Stone Lake at Hartford for a summer resort and hotel. plots include cottage lots and cement walks amid restored grounds and brook trout streams.
Aberdeen and Brown County health boards held a joint meeting to address dairy herd sanitation for city milk supply. They report no herd currently complies with state cleanliness and bovine tuberculosis testing laws and will take steps to fix the situation.
Nicholas Livak of Lead, after dressing a hen for dinner, found three small gold nuggets in its gizzard weighing about 90 cents total. He bought the hens a year ago from a man on Gold Run and believes the chicken picked up the gold there.
Hiuren South Dakota Aug 9 The laying of the corner stone for the Masonic temple progressed with a full day program. Local lodge members and the Eastern Star hosted visitors from across the state. Grand Master S A Brown and other grand lodge members attended. Rev Marshal Montgomery of Lead delivered the address. A 6 o clock banquet followed by an evening program with social features closed the day.
A petition signed by a large majority of Winifred voters asks George W. Egan of Sioux Falls to run for governor. Egan has lectured here twice and gained much favor with the people.
Otto Johnson, a farm hand employed by Robert Dobrick ten miles southeast of Aberdeen, was struck and killed by lightning this morning while working in a field. A boy on the wagon with him was stunned but not hurt.
Leopoldville in the Belgian Congo reports a further postponement in the libel trial of American missionaries the Rev. Wm. Morrison and the Rev. W. H. Sheppard. The hearing now set for September 24.
Chicago reports a deadly railroad crash at a grade crossing on Wide Street where a Pennsylvania saber train struck an electric car carrying laborers including eight women and five children. Motorman WP Best died in the incident which injured thirty four others.
A suit in Sioux Falls involves Moody county land entered as an Indian homestead by Henry Taylor. The United States seeks to cancel deeds and revert the land to Taylor and his wife, arguing the land remains under a 25 year government trust and untaxable.
In Watertown South Dakota on August 7 Mrs August Zamow living near Grover woke to a morning yawn and dislocated her jaw. Medical help arrived but she could not speak eat or close her mouth until a surgeon reduced the dislocation and she returned to her day’s work.
Watertown South Dakota reports its three year old municipal court trial shows economy with a $1200 yearly judge salary and jurisdiction over civil actions under $2000. It also handles criminal cases previously under circuit court and all police cases. August term lists several important criminal and civil dockets.
In Lake Andes on August 7 a threshing engine exploded while being moved. Engineer J. H. Macylin was severely burned. Charles Johnson and Frank Boar were thrown about 20 feet with serious bruises. Debris flew up to 200 yards. a small boy, son of J. Talmento, fractured an arm after being knocked into a telephone pole.
Bridgewater South Dakota August 7. Mayor Tschetter leads a drive to suppress gambling. John F Meter previously fined fifty dollars for the offense is again fined seventy five dollars with costs. An appeal to the circuit court is taken and a four hundred dollar bond is set.
A passenger placed a motorcycle in the baggage car and was told to remove the gasoline. He poured it on the car floor instead, igniting from a lamp and burning the interior. The motorcycle and several trunks were destroyed and the car badly damaged.
Sparks from a freight engine set prairie fires between Draper and Presho injuring several areas. Fire destroyed the Reservation Wand properties including a store post office and printing office owned by the Ammons sisters, forming the town of Ammons in the Lower Brule reservation.
A gallon of whisky led to the gunfire that killed Thomas Powell, a young half breed Indian, at Standing Rock. Robert Gilland, also a half breed, shot Powell after a dispute over abuse and a claim of horse theft. Gilland turned himself in at Morristown after contacting Sheriff Perry, and is held in Brown County jail awaiting federal action. Powell and Gilland were part of a group that had obtained liquor and were returning cattle to the agency.
Albert Luckow of Butler is likened to David after a steer from neighbor Wingard collapses and dies when Luckow throws a stone to drive cattle back into a pasture. The accidental hit above the eye proves fatal for the animal.
Authorities at the South Dakota Children's Home seek Mary Elizabeth Meyers age about 27 who may hold information about an inheritance. Last heard near Hartford, she has not been located and may have moved elsewhere in the state or northwest. If found she should contact the superintendent at Sioux Falls.
In Pittsburg on a August night 3500 Pressed Steel Car plant workers at Shoonville held a meeting hoping to end the strike and return to work. A friend of Emma Goldman and Alexander Berkman were noted in the context with arrests described as important. A loaded Lenely and incriminating papers were found on a man.
Atlantic City police locked up Helen Shark a visiting young woman from Washington after she was accused of flirting with a detective in a beach front cafe. She received a 10 day sentence despite pleas for release. Authorities warn flirting leads to trouble for young women amid complaints from residents.
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