Sheriff Shadowed Harthas Artas In Weeklong Dakota Hunt
Sheriff John Lawson of Devel county and Sheriff Martin Eggen of Clark county pursued Edward Artas a horse thief near Pollock North Dakota. After locating him in draws and ravines between Pollock and Linton the two sheriffs with Campbell and Emmond counties' help arrested Artas after a weeklong search.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aberdeen
M. D
John Lawson
Devel County
Martin Eggen
Clark County
Edward Artas
Pollock
Artas
Linton
N. D
Campbell County
Emmond County
North Dakota
Potter Named Corn Expert at State College of Agriculture
Henry B. Potter of Indiana has joined the State College of Agriculture in Brookings as corn expert in the agronomy and field crops department. A University School of Agriculture of Indiana graduate, he studied under noted corn expert G I Christie. This year he focuses on selecting desirable corn types from tests on station plots and plans breeding next year using top local varieties as a foundation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brookings
State College of Agriculture
Henry B. Potter
Indiana
Potter
University School of Agriculture of Indiana
G. I. Christie
Sioux Indians form first South Dakota theatrical troupe
Kadoka August 19 The first Indian organized theatrical troupe in South Dakota will present its initial performance at the fall fair of Stanley County Fair association in Kadoka. The project was originated by William Highshield, an Indian actor of notable ability. The cast includes about 15 performers led by Highshield with acrobatic talent among them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kadoka
S. D
South Dakota
Stanley County Fair Association
William Highshield
Sada
S Highshield
Alco
Husband Plays Mean Trick on His Wife
Fort Pierre S D August 19 C W Whittemore of the Whittemore homestead sued his wife on unsound mind alleging she tried to kill him and their 17 month old baby. A welt on his head served as proof. She denied the charges yet was held. Whittemore fled after selling most belongings. State’s Attorney Johnson issued a desertion warrant and Whittemore was captured in Galesburg Illinois where he planned to sue for divorce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Pierre
S. D
C. W. Whittemore
Whittemore
Johnson
Galesburg
Ill
How Little Brother Shot His Sister in Tripp
An 8-year-old boy fired a rifle at his 10-year-old sister near Tripp, South Dakota, after saying he would scare her. The gun, reportedly unloaded, killed the girl instantly. parents were away at the time. The incident occurred six miles southwest of Tripp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tripp
S. D
Samuel Sprecher
Drawing of the reservation lands moves to Aberdeen
The proclamation opening Standing Rock and Cheyenne reservations will name Aberdeen as a registration point and drawing site. Other registration centers include LeBeau Pierre Mobridge Lemmon and Bismarck. Judge Witten will preside and HQ in Aberdeen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aberdeen
S. D
Standing Rock
Cheyenne
LeBeau
Pierre
Mobridge
Lemmon
Bismarck
Witten
Rosebud
Tripp
Young Woman Killed in Auto Accident at Sully County
Miss Helen Klingman of Pierre South Dakota died last night when her car stalled on a hill, backed up and overturned trapping her beneath the vehicle. Driver E A West suffered a broken leg while other occupants escaped before the car rolled much further.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierre
S. D
Helen Klingman
Sully
E. A. West
Man Dies After Rescue From River Fright Suspected
J. Bacon leaned over an Omaha trail road bridge to watch boys swimming and fell into the river. He was rescued and hospitalized, showed partial recovery, but suffered sinking spells and died, believed caused by fright.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux Falls
S. D
J. Bacon
Omaha
Two Men Drowned in Vermillion River
Two young men, Arthur Peterson son of H P Peterson Beresford clothier, and George Robertson son of Chris Robertson farmer, drowned in the Vermillion River southwest of Beresford this afternoon while swimming and were seized by cramps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beresford
S. D
Arthur Peterson
H. P. Peterson
George Robertson
Chris Robertson
Young men form anti-bachelors alliance in Presho
In Presho D August 18 a group of young men formed an anti-bachelors association to attract and retain marriageable women. The town, known for many marriages, faces a shortage of girls as more men arrive to start businesses. The group plans to devote spare time to courting and keeping eligible ladies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presho
Rresho
Presha
Workman Drowns While Rock Blasting at Sioux Falls
Sioux Falls Aug. 18 Harold Claine a Greek laborer drowned in the Bix Sioux River below the falls while blasting rock with fellow men Saturday. Claine an expert swimmer disappeared under the water and was recovered an hour later by his companions who initially thought he was making another stunt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Workman
Bix Sioux River
Sioux Feils, S. D
Harold Claine
Body Identified in Yankton River Discovery
The body found floating near the Jim mouth river in Yankton has been identified as John Miller, 80, who disappeared from his Nebraska home about two weeks earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yankton
S. D
John Miller
Nebraska
Couple Freed After Theft Allegation In Aberdeen
Mr and Mrs Roy Hilliker of Miles City Montana were arrested on a grand larceny charge based on a Miles City sheriff telegram. After investigation they were discharged as the missing $50 worth of wearing apparel in a nearby room was found not stolen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aberdeen
S. D
Roy Hilliker
Miles City
Mont
Hillikers
Brakeman Killed in Huron Yards
Huron South Dakota August 18 Charles Hannigan a Northwestern brakeman was instantly killed in the yards here Saturday His home was at Henry
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huron
S. D
Charles Hannigan
Henry
Crew Rescued From Stranded Schooner Arlington in Gale
Seven men including the captain of the three masted schooner Arlington were rescued from the bowsprit after the vessel ran aground on a Long Island sand bar amid an easterly gale. Long Beach life savers fought heavy surf to reach the crew, launching a raft and finally bringing them ashore with a surf boat after hours of peril.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Arlington
Boston
Long Beach
Long Island
Sandy Hook
Lyle
Wentworth Roadway Robbery Attempt Averted
Mrs Barney Lawrence and her 14 year old daughter were driving home from Chester near Wentworth when a man stepped from the roadside and tried to seize the horses. Mrs Lawrence spurred the team escaping danger as the stranger narrowly dodged the whip and fled. They carried a large sum of cash, believed to be the target of the attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wentworth
S. D
Barney Lawrence
Chester
Uniform freight charges must be collected by shippers
Judge Jones in Sioux Falls Reno district held that rail tariffs published and approved by the interstate commerce commission bind both railroads and shippers. Great Northern Railway won a suit against Sioux Falls Produce for an extra 70 dollars after a billing error on a carload lumber shipment from Portland. The decision grants the railway company judgment for the amount plus interest, confirming no deviation from the regular published tariff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux Falls
S. D
Interstate Commerce Commission
Jones
Great Northern Railway Company
Jugge Jones
Silver service fate of the cruiser South Dakota
Records show a 1904 letter from Paul Morton acknowledging the silver service for the cruiser South Dakota and noting the silver was stored in a New York navy yard safe deposit vault until the ship could be completed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. D
Ailver
South Dakota
Paul Morton
Silver Service for South Dakota Battleship Questioned
In Deadwood South Dakota during August 1903 the silver service funded by a five thousand dollar appropriation for the cruiser South Dakota is in doubt after Colonel William Thornby visits the ship. Crew members rebuke the state for not presenting the silver service as tradition requires and the 1903 Senate Bill No 74 by Senator Henry Perkins from Meade County is cited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deadwood
S. D
South Dakota
Pacific
William Thornby
Thornby
Senate
Henry Perkins
Meade County
Victor to face murder charge in Christie killing
Aberdeen, August 17. State's Attorney Van Slyke alters plan for Emil Victor trial. The first case will be murder of Milt Christie, last of the Cue family victims. Victor claims Christie struggled and Victor killed him in bed, stating similar motive as for his mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor
Aberdeen
S. D
van Slyke
Emil Victor
Milt Christie
Cue Family
Westcott Teamster Disappears After Payday in Deadwood
George Westcott a 21 year old teamster drew his pay and vanished from Deadwood South Dakota last week leaving his belongings unfinished business and no trace since. Friends fear foul play due to the abrupt departure and lack of motive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ane Andraws
Deadwood
S. D
George Westcott
Westcott
Iowa Light and Traction forms for Boone to Ogden electric railway
Articles of incorporation filed for the Iowa Light and Traction company based in Sioux Falls with $500000 capital. Plan to build an electric railway from Boone to Ogden Iowa with future branches to Story City Webster City Ames and Perry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierre, S. D
Iowa Light and Traction Company
Sioux Falls
Boone
Ogden
Story City
Webster City
Ames
Perry
Missing Man's Remains Found at James River Mouth
Yankton South Dakota August 17 what is thought to be the body of Joan Miller was found this morning at the mouth of James River Miller a Cedar county farmer eighty years old has been missing since July 29 Coroner Livingston now has the case in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yankton
S. D
Joan Miller
James River
Miller
Cedar County
Livingston
Fight to Protect Mexican Refugees
The Political Refugee and Defense League based in Chicago plans to aid Jose Rangel and Thomas Sarabia arrested in San Antonio on charges of attempting to incite a revolution in Mexico. They seek to block extradition, arguing they would face death if extradited and a fair trial if tried in the United States. The group has also taken up Antonio De Araujo and others in similar cases and appealed to the federal circuit court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Political Refugee and Defense League
Jose Rangel
Thomas Sarabia
San Antonio
Mexico
Charles H. Soelke
Texas
Antonio de Araujo
Federal Circuit
The
League
Soelke
United States
Robbers Loot Crandall Bank in South Dakota
Four yeggmen robbed the State Bank of Crandall at 2:30 a.m. securing about 1000 dollars in currency and coin and 1000 in checks. Residents heard the blast but were unable to stop the thieves who drove off armed. A stolen barn team was later found at Forney Brown County. Similar Strandburg SD robbery linked to the same group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aberdeen
State Bank of
Crandall
Point
St. Louis
Forney
Brown
Strandburg
S. D
Exiled wife-beater returns. sheriff arrests in Plankinton
Charles Bryant, exiled for 60 days for beating his wife, returned to Plankinton and entered his wife's restaurant. He sharpened a carving knife and hid it, saying the sheriff would not get him again. Sheriff Morrison appeared at the back door. Bryant was jailed on $500 peace bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plankinton
S. D
Charles Bryant
Sheriff Morrison
Bryant
Justice Rowland
Lawyers of State Meet at Deadwood
Delegates fill Deadwood for the South Dakota Bar association annual meeting. About fifty eastern lawyers attend while Congressman Martin is slated to discuss federal control of corporations. A Spearfish canyon excursion on a special train is part of the entertainment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawyers OF State
Deadwood Deadwood
South Dakota Bar Association
Martin
Spearfish Canyon
State Bank Defendants Named in $10,000 Libel Suit
Watertown S C August 1 The State Bank of LeBeau and its cashier W L Merrick are defendants in a libel action filed by C J Nelson a Watertown druggist. Nelson seeks 10 000 damages claiming bank officials improperly interfered in his affairs and damaged his credit with wholesalers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Bank
Watertown S. C
State Bank of LeBeau
W. L. Merrick
C. J. Nelson
South Dakota Rifle Team Aims for Camp Perry Trophy
In Watertown South Dakota rifle team practice shows strong form as Sergeant Manning of Company K Sturgis scores 59 of 60 with 11 bullseyes and a four. Sturgis provides three of 18 team members highlighting Black Hills marksmanship quality versus overall averages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Guard
Watertown
S. D
South Dakota
Camp Perry
Manning
Company K
Sturgis
Black Hills
Fiat
Public Men Talk About Irrigation at Spokane Congress
Three governors Hay of Washington Brady of Idaho and Gilchrist of Florida spoke at the irrigation congress session in Spokane. Senator Heyburn of Idaho and Rep Ransdell of Louisiana discussed general purposes while W K Kavanaugh urged deep waterways aid. Professor W D Lyman of Whitman College spoke on inland empire waterways.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spokane
Wash
Irrigation Congress
Hay
Washington
Brady
Idaho
Gilchrist
Florida
Heyburn
Ransdell
Louisiana
National Rivers and Harbor Congress
W. K. Kavanaugh
Boosts American Exports of Flour
Washington says American flour from American wheat is superior to all others. Special Agent M H Davis of the department of commerce and labor urges millers to meet foreign market demands and to showcase the merits of the American product. Small changes, he argues, will expand European consumption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
M. H. Davis
Department of Commerce and Labor
Europe
Persian exiled shah to depart August 17
Reports from Teheran say the deposed shah will leave the country on August 17 and his young son, the heir, is downcast at separation. The prince reportedly tried to flee and, failing, attempted suicide as abdication rumors circulated involving the regent Everman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teheran
Mohammed Ali
Rocky Boy band to be relocated by Montana official
Professor J. F. Armstrong of Faulkton South Dakota will lead a relocation of Chief Rocky Boy s band of 120 Chippewa Indians from Helena Montana to a new territory about 400 miles away. He will allot lands to band members per interior department directives after transport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interior Department
Rocky Boy
United States
Armstrong
Tragic double murder suicide shocks Deadwood
In Deadwood South Dakota Frank Lewis a 30 year old cook hacked his wife to death with a meat ax in their cabin and then cut his own throat with a saw, killing himself in a grisly early morning crime. Lewis had recently arrived from Sheridan Wyoming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deadwood
S. D
Frank Lewis
Lewis
Sheridan
Wyo
Custer Sheriff Captures Pair in Abduction Case
Sheriff Ennis of Custer County returns with J A Clason and Frances Cawsky a 15 year old girl after a two week chase from the Cawlsky ranch. Clason, about 30, from Wheeler Nebraska, faced warrants for abduction and grand larceny after taking two horses and fleeing north to Almont North Dakota where they were turned over to the Custer officer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Custer, S. D
Charles Ennis
Custer County
J. A. Clason
Frances Cawsky
Cawlsky
Clason
Wheeler
Neb
Cawsky
Satsa
Ennis
Almont
N. D
Bismarck
Aberdeen Prep for Big Crowds at Land Drawings
Committees of the Commercial club have been appointed to handle expected crowds in Aberdeen for the Standing Rock and Cheyenne reservations land drawings, likely in October. Free guidance on registration and related topics will be distributed, and the lands will be widely advertised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aberdeen
Commercial Club
Standing Rock
Arraignment in Aberdeen for three more murders
Emil Victor was arraigned on three additional murder charges yesterday after pleading not guilty to the August 10 killing of Mrs. J W Christie. State's Attorney Van Slyke filed separate counts for Christie Mildred Christie and Michael Ronayne with August 24 as plea deadline. Four prisoners pled guilty to grand larceny and assault with a dangerous weapon and received six months in the state peniteniary at Sioux Falls. Brown county jail is full and inmates will likely be moved to the state prison to relieve congestion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aberdeen
S. D
Emil Victor
J. W. Christie
van Slyke
J.W. Christie
Mildred Christie
Michael Ronayne
Sioux Falls
McNulty
H. Bryant
John Oster
William van Dike
David McDonald
Brown County
Funeral for Miss Ella Morse Held in Centerville
The Aug 13 funeral for Ella Morse of Vermillion followed a self inflicted death at the Hurt home. No motive is given. Asa Brown, who had been paying her attentions, visited her last Sunday and left with a promise to write from Hawarden, a card arriving after her death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Centerville
S. D
Ella Morse
Vermillion
Asa Brown
Hawarden
Lightning destroys Vonins barn killing horses and poultry
A storm in Vaniton South Dakota early today caused Rudolph Vonins to lose his barn to lightning. Two horses and about 100 chickens were killed in the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vaniton, S. D
Rudolph Vonins
Postmaster of Chicago Ky Arrested In Mail Thefts
Government officers say they solved the missing mail mystery as merchants report lost letters and registered items. Two men told Inspector Holmes of Cincinnati that Philip C. Smith the Chicago Kentucky postmaster was arrested for detaining registered mail containing checks drafts and cash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Ohio
Philip C. Smith
Chicago
Iil
Holmes
Loulaville
Ill
Smith
South Dakota Man Talks Irrigation at congress
Spokane report shows S H Lea state engineer of South Dakota addresses the national irrigation congress detailing a 62 000 acre irrigated area with 40 000 more planned via Belle Fourche project. He notes private efforts may lift total to about 162 000 acres and praises the Reclamation Service for the project’s example and practical benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spokane
Wash
S. H. Lea
South Dakota
National Irrigation Congress
United States
United States Reclamation Service
Minor reflection explodes gasoline and burns Gregory home
The Louis Dvorak house at Gregory was destroyed by fire after a mirror lamp sun struck a stove tank igniting gasoline. Mrs. Dvorak, in bed, was rescued as flames rapidly ravaged the residence leaving only charred walls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gregory
Louis Dvorak
Victor Case Set to Begin Jury Trial August 24
Judge McNulty fixed August 24 for the Victor case jury trial in Aberdeen South Dakota. Prosecutors declined a life plea, insisting on death if guilty, while Victor pleaded not guilty amid overwhelming evidence. The courtroom mood was orderly as relatives watched quietly.
Secretary Stanley Resigns to Become Treasurer of Sanitarium
William H. Stanley resigns as secretary of the South Dakota state board of railroad commissioners after 1901 tenure to take the treasurer post at Battle Mountain sanitarium in Hot Springs. He will move with his family this week and assume duties Monday, succeeding Major Tucker. Also notes the death of actress Jane Sere at age 88 in Baltimore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux Falls
William H. Stanley
State Board of Railroad Commissioners
Battle Mountain
Baltimore
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Agricultural College
Crew
Iowa
Detroit
Lily Burden
Ernest D. Shore
Brownsville
Shove
Mount Clemens
Pennsylvania
Crandall Bank
Rocky Boy’s
South Dakotan
G. H. Lea
Frank McNulty
Stanley
Railroad Board
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