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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1909
Page
1
In Dallas on July 8 a public wedding joined John Ham and Lucy Fagley with Mayor Rose presiding. The ceremony drew crowds as a three day celebration featured pageantry and a shower of kitchen utensils and silver dollars.
A Lacy ranch ad seeks a wife through open letters from nearby towns. The listing demands a partner able to sweep a parlor carpet and a whist table, with a appetite to stay within limits. The rancher is described as short in stature with blue eyes, strong work ethic, and a red ranch.
Clifford Gieger aged 16 and living on a nearby homestead died after his horse bolted at a swarm of mosquitoes. The horse kicked him in the stomach during the struggle to dismount, causing fatal injuries. His body was taken to Emerson, Nebraska for burial.
Judge Carland discharged the levy that seized a Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul locomotive to satisfy Marie Westby’s $6,000 verdict for her husband’s death. The locomotive is returned to the railway as the seizure was ruled illegal due to its attachment to a passenger train carrying mail. The railroad plans an appeal, halting further collection steps.
Aberdeen S D July 8 The chain of evidence implicating Emil Victor the farm hand arrested here in the Christie family and Michael Ronayne killings tightens. Christie watch and knife found on him Christie money and insurance papers located in a bureau drawer. The 41 caliber revolver used in the shooting not yet found Christie burial held Ronayne buried yesterday Christies to be buried tomorrow crowds gather at undertaker's Mortality quiet after threats of lynching fade as circus draws visitors.
Chicago July 8 Dr D K Pearsons announced gifts of 15000 to Huron College Huron Ohio and 50000 to Whitman College Walla Walla Wash by the Chicago philanthropist. Pearsons gifts to Whitman now total 300000.
The coroner's jury finds Emil Victor implicated in the deaths from gunshot wounds and a head blow inflicted by unknown persons. Jurors J. C. Daly B. H. Rice J. T. Elliot report the outcome to George Countryman the Coroner.
Emil Victor, a laborer for John Morrow near the Christie farm, was arrested in Northville on suspicion after officers found a gold watch likely Christie's, a lady's penknife, three gold brooches, and money. The coroner's jury linked a killing at Christie's barn to a series of shooting deaths including Mrs Christie and Milfred Christie, while Victor denies involvement. Two tramps were seen near the farm the night before.
Sioux Falls dispatch reports the case against nine Sundance district cattlemen charged with destroying property of Rodney King Sheep Co and Guthrie Sheep Co has been dismissed after an agreement. The defendants paid all costs and for the destroyed property and agreed not to molest sheep on Crook county range. The escapade cost about 25000 dollars. Two cattlemen confessed to operations of a secret organization of fifty members. The confessions recount the group’s first meeting.
London report says J M Barrie refused a knighthood amid royal birthday honors. The Peter Pan author, famed for modesty and dislike of publicity, declined the title politely but firmly, remaining a friend of Kipling who once sang of a man who would not be knighted.
Elk Point South Dakota July 5 more than three months after C Nelsons death in Alcester the Union county commission offered a 300 reward for evidence leading to conviction of those implicated in a death ruled as murder by the coroner jury. The case hinges on conflicting theories of a violent death with signs of strangled posture and possible beating before being carried to the railroad track to simulate a train death.
Sydney E Tilton of Springfield converts five quarter sections north of Olivet into arable land by linking lakes with ditches and tiling to channel water to a creek. The project, done at low cost, doubles land value and leaves fields at original ground level.
In LeBeau S D officials report a smallpox outbreak among the tribe forced cancellation of a highly anticipated Fourth of July panorama titled True to Life depicting the Custer Massacre. The event, set near the river on the western bank, aimed to draw nationwide interest as a standout spectacle.
Jesse Hendricks charged with killing his wife at Running Water on May 30 was acquitted at a preliminary hearing. The coroner's jury had ruled death by own action but he faced an indictment later. he was freed for lack of incriminating evidence.
In Komstad South Dakota on July 5, Frost an employee of John Isaacson sued the Modern Woodmen lodge for fifteen thousand dollars alleging injuries from a rough initiation about a month earlier. The case names the lodge and local individuals in relation to the incident.
Authentic information from Washington indicates the Cheyenne reservation will open in October. The president's proclamation is expected around August 1 and filing on the claims drawn will be fixed about May 1, 1910.
Georg Erwyn, a convicted horse thief, leaped from a moving train while being escorted to the penitentiary. Sheriff Tom Stewart pursued. Erwyn hid in a barn after a 400 yard chase. Erwyn received a two year sentence. Oscar Jacobs, on a life term, offered no escape and was left ungarded during the pursuit.
Two certificates filed in Pierre SD propose extensions by the Chicago Milwaukee Puget Sound line from McLaughlin through Standing Rock for 100 miles and by Puget Sound west of Slim Buttes for 150 miles. The routes promise reduced cattle shipper and supply-haul distances in the far western region.
Yankton South Dakota July 3 A colored porter at the Portland nearly drowned in the Missouri River. He was pulled from a deep hole after going under three times by two white youths. A Yankton Indian War Chief is jailed for horse theft from another Indian. The third arrest in a month for Sheriff Arendt of LeMars occurred Tuesday when a young man was arrested for stealing a horse and buggy. The property was recovered and the sheriff has been wired to collect the prisoner.
A farmer near Esmond Illinois reports his mule killed itself to avoid the smell of an approaching automobile. The animal ran into a plow lever, piercing its heart and dying instantly.
Circuit Judge W G Mice returns to Deadwood to defend the Kaufmann verdict in the Agnes Poirers murder case. He says second trial evidence proved innocence and that missing letters from the victim changed the prosecution’s case.
Miss Amanda Clement renowned girl baseball umpire travels from Hudson South to Cascade Colorado for the Young Women's Christian Association annual convention where she serves as secretary. She plans to return to South Dakota late next week and has many umpiring duties lined up through fall while continuing her college studies.
A letter from the Philippine Islands reports E. C. Walters of Conde, son of Horace Walters, a former Conde resident, was wounded while serving as a constabulary member. He took three slug hits in one leg a steel ball in the other leg and a mauser bullet through the arm in a fight with bandits. He was sidelined for about three weeks.
Chamberlain South Carolina notes a July 5 celebration with an automobile parade. Captain Wait will sail the Rosebud Friday to bring delegates from Pierre to the Wankoon deep waterway congress on July 8, with the Pierre party joining en route Monday night.
Rail interests push to be first into the Cheyenne Sioux reservation lands due for open settlement in fall. Minneapolis & St. Louis surveyors push west of the Missouri River, Chicago Milwaukee & St Paul at Virgin Creek near Le Beau, Northwestern cross into the reservation at Cherry Creek, and Northern Pacific advances from Mandan. Rapid development is anticipated across the newly opened region.
Pierre South Dakota voters approved four new liquor licenses and rejected four others, cutting the city saloons by three. The state osteopathy board is in session with a half dozen applicants awaiting examinations to practice.
Pierre South Dakota July 2 Governor Vessey approves a requisition for Lee Keppert sought in Pierce Washington on a wife desertion charge Keppert is detained at Deadwood awaiting transfer to Washington authorities.
In Scotland South Dakota on July 2 residents report the return of the Jack the peeper a prowler who peers through windows as households retire. Authorities strive to capture him amid fear and talk of tar and feathers or riding him on a rail if he is caught.
Felix Sharkey, once a terror to the police, confessed details of Chicago bomb outrages to State's Attorney Wayman. A strict embargo on the narrator's silence was imposed and police said more arrests are expected.
Chicago authorities detained Felix Sharkey, a Morgan Park constable, after learning he received 25 pounds of picric acid at Organ Park. Sharkey declined to reveal what weapon he used, breaking into tears when questioned by States Attorney Wayman with detectives present.
Mrs. Jennie Lewellyn rushed onto the tracks near Missouri City to flag a westbound train, averting a head on crash with a freight train. One man killed, one woman severely hurt, ten others slightly injured. Engineer reduced speed, preventing greater loss as both engines and two cars demolished. The deceased was engineer David Parrish riding in the baggage car.
In San Francisco five sailors on the torpedo boat Hull were badly scalded by a boiler tube explosion last night. One man, B F King Mreman, is feared seriously injured while the boat sustained minor damage. Injured others include J M Rober Francis I Crawford John R Carter and Newton Carish.
Desperate battle near Patian on Jolo island ends with the death of Jikiri, the famed Moro outlaw leader. Detachments of regulars and constabulary under Captain George L. Byram and naval forces under Lieutenant Commander Signor eliminate his band. American losses include one private killed and three officers and 20 enlisted men wounded.
London July 8 A verdict of wilful murder is returned against Madarlal Dhinagri the Indian student who killed Lieutenant Colonel Sir William Hutt Curzon Wyllie at the Imperial Institute. Records found in his room show he had practiced with a pistol since January and aimed to assassinate for some time.
A chunk of coal crashed through a window of the car ahead of the president during a Stamford journey of the tercentenary celebration. A trainman near the window was slightly cut by grass as railroad men trace the coal to a heavily loaded train passing the special.
Sioux City reports hogs mixed and cattle mainly steady with feeders and calves listed. Chicago market shows cattle steady to weak with steers 5.60 to 6.95, cows 4.00 to 5.75, bulls 3.40 to 6.00, stockers lower and hogs mixed at 7.60 to 7.90, sheep weak with lambs 7.50 to 8.50.
South Omaha market report July 7 records sheep and cattle prices with steers and cows ranging from around 3.00 to 6.75 for various categories. Pigs and lambs appear weaker with mixed notes on heavies and feeders.
Sioux City market notes state wheat and corn prices with multiple grades and weights, including No 1 and No 2 wheat and No 8 mixed corn. Produce prices cover butter rations, poultry values, and hides with various condition grades and unit measures.
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