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Newspaper
The Citizen Republican
Location
Scotland, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1906
Page
2
The Belmont hotel on a main street rises to twenty eight stories above ground with five underground levels, cost seven million dollars, and features extensive mechanical systems including dust removal and crematory facilities. The piece notes labor implications, time standards in India, ship construction for the United States Steel Corporation, and various global anecdotes.
The Missouri River threatens to divert into the Jim River near Yankton, risking a new island and shifting water, with residents watching as the river’s course widens. The outlook remains uncertain, but experts doubt the river will cut through to isolate Yankton from the South Dakota side. Senator Gamble and Yankton officials expect the town to stay on the South Dakota shoreline.
Two workers Jacob Sole and John Englehart were overcome by gas while making connections on a gas main. A bolt failure released gas, three men were knocked unconscious, and after a difficult rescue all three were saved. Sole remained unconscious. Englehart and the other worker were to recover. This marked Sole’s third such incident.
Vermillion will enter second class after July 1 with Anclé Sam in charge and postmaster Sloski receiving $2,000 yearly, assistant $1,000, plus clerk hire. Rapid City Vermillion and 22 other towns nationwide rise in postoffice classifications as growth continues.
Redfield College held its commencement with Rev Edward Huelsster of Mason City Ia delivering the address. Degrees were awarded to Frank M Koenig Huxel Kaull and Jay Larkin. Doctor of divinity was conferred on Rev Mr Huelsies. A $15000 gift from Andrew Carnegie was announced to raise the endowment from 350000 to 1000000. A new sympasium building and central heating plant will be erected. Erie Owlman dies in Yankton insane hospital after committing suicide last night. Body to be moved to Watertown for services.
Reported in Mound City a group attempted a bank style robbery hitting a treasurer’s safe and a local office. The thieves fled with cash believed near eight dollars but left an estimated eight hundred dollars in the safe. A reward was offered for information leading to the capture of suspects. A local resident aided authorities as an informant about potential accomplices.
Dr. D. KL Pearson of Chicago announced a $30,000 gift to Yankton College in South Dakota, contingent on the college raising a matching amount. The benefactor has supported numerous bequests to various causes over the years, with Yankton participating in prior gifts as well.
Rev W C King, pastor of the First Baptist Church in Deadwood, appointed state superintendent of Baptist missions to succeed T M Shanafelt, who resigned. The office is the church’s highest, and King has led rapid growth since arriving last August.
Dean Ethelbert Vrabil of the University of South Dakota and Miss Clare M Fowler, an instrumental music assistant, plan a two week London Munich Rhine voyage then long European tour ending with wedding in Vermillion. They will travel aboard the steamship Merion to Liverpool then England and onward to Cologne Dresden and Monchs.
In Yankton South Dakota a long running boundary dispute ends with a guilty verdict and a $25 fine for a party linked to a fence removal from church trustees property. The case, ongoing for fifteen years, questions compensation for Bergman for improvements on disputed land. Dakota lodge No. 1 LO C F installs new officers. Yankton College holds graduation exercises with six college graduates and seventeen academy graduates.
South Dakota notes Roosevelt receives an engrossed certificate of honorary membership in the Improved Order of Red Men from Senator Kittredge in Washington. He thanks the order as the only honorary member ever conferred. Sioux Falls hosts the Eastern deanery meeting of the Episcopal church. delegates and officers named for missionary convention in Minneapolis and committee appointments announced. Also a New York exchange note lists a 4 percent change.
In Parkston a trunk from Agnes Poireis at Moses Kauffman's Sioux Falls home triggers a murder inquiry. Prosecution says the Austrian girl's wounds and bloodied garments point to foul play, while Mrs. Kauffman is accused of manslaughter as investigators gather new evidence and the mother of the deceased pleads.
A letter to the Christian Endeavor headquarters repeats dire reports from Turkey. Dr Clark recounts harsher conditions than thirteen years ago, noting increased persecution of Armenians and other Christians, and peril to American schools and churches as US fleet withdrawal erodes promised protections.
Missouri Governor Folk rebukes District Attorney Jerome of New York who accused the Missouri boodie prosecutions of disrepute. Folk rejects the charge, noting prior court actions before his term and criticizing prosecutors for avoiding prosecutions to shield the guilty or usurp court functions.
George Z Kohls returned home from a city assembly session to find his wife dead in the cellar. She had a shawl over her and a gas jet attached to her teeth, a scene described as a determined act with no stated reason given by the family.
The G A R post and the W R C plan a monument to Arthur C Mellette first governor of South Dakota funded by private subscriptions and city aid. A fifteen foot pedestal will hold a life sized statue of Mellette on the court house grounds beside the Company H Spain Memorial.
Miss Mayme Hoyd, famed broncho buster with Buffalo Bill’s Wild West show, will perform exhibitions of horsewomanship at Presho celebration. The town-wide Fourth of July event in Lymah county promises the greatest regional gathering, with residents from across the Missouri river area expected to attend the festive program.
The weekly weather report from Huron South Dakota reports generally good crop conditions statewide. Little rainfall in most areas, with moderate showers in northeastern counties on Monday and scattered rain on Wednesday, but overall warm and windy with ample moisture in some lowland sections.
The South Dakota Association for Advancement deaf mute held its Sioux Falls convention. New president Charles Loucks Aberdeen. vice presidents Clara Peek Plankinton and Ed Olson Wakanda. secretary Marion Winch Aberdeen. treasurer John Griffiths Sioux Falls. Sessions included a storytelling contest with prizes. notable attendee Philip J. Wasentats of Chicago.
Army personnel from Fort Russell Sturm D. and June 4 participate in a planned encampment at Cheyenne Wyoming between July 15 and October 13. The force will include the Eleventh Infantry, two companies of the Twenty second from Ft. Lincoln, and detachments from Meade Keogh and other western posts.
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