Kadoka Press Details Publisher Names
The Kadoka Press of Kadoka South Dakota lists Durkee and Nellor as publishers.
02 Apr 1909
Page 4
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Newspaper
The Kadoka Press
Location
Kadoka, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1909
Page
4
The Kadoka Press of Kadoka South Dakota lists Durkee and Nellor as publishers.
Oklahoma authorities encircled Chief Crazy Snake and about 160 followers in a hillside stronghold between the North Canadian river and Deep Fork creek. After fierce skirmishing and a capitol-pressured pursuit, Crazy Snake’s men retreated and the siege paused as troops bivouacked awaiting reinforcements.
A conference of the attorneys general from eight states will convene in Kansas City during the first week of April. Topics include railroad rates lumber trust prosecutions and related state concerns. Missouri Attorney General Major organized the effort after sending letters to other states.
Lawrence R. Boyle, a noted Boston newspaper man, shot and killed his wife in the public garden near the Boylston Street subway entrance during the Sunday evening rush and then fatally shot himself. The couple had suffered years of nervous trouble.
James Vango, a young man who confessed to murdering Isadore De Vallant, a night clerk at the Eastern hotel in New York, strangled himself in his Tombs prison cell by twisting a handkerchief around his neck and securing it with a lead pencil.
Three crew members aboard an eastbound freight collision express pair were killed when the westbound regular coast limited train took the wrong track near Kemnay four miles from Brandon Manitoba. The engineer fireman and brakeman of the passenger train died in the wreck.
A bill before the Prussian diet would authorize the government to spend 56 million dollars to extend rail lines improve equipment and partially electrify Prussian railways, signaling a major modernization effort.
Saturday quotations show top beeves at 5.20 and tan hogs at 6.89 on the Sioux City live stock market.
In Vincennes Indiana Jessie Culbertson died by her own hand after swallowing carbolic acid. Investigators say a miniature skeleton and a threatening letter were faked to mislead authorities. Evidence ties the letters to her own hand and stationery. Suspected external motive involving a Chicago woman is dismissed.
Mrs Pierre Lorillard Jr 49 wife of the tobacco magnate died at her Dupont Circle home in Washington D C by self infliction Thursday despite a coroner's verdict of death by her own action, her family insisting heart failure caused the death.
In Oklahoma's Creek Nation uprising reports say twenty deputies fought about one hundred negroes at Hickory settlement. Early Thursday two negroes were killed and Deputy Sheriff Fowler was wounded as forty were captured after a long engagement ending near 10 AM.
Washington proposes a united Iowa Nebraska South Dakota North Dakota push to relocate a Missouri river engineering office to Sioux City. The plan stems from lower river influence over the war department and the rivers and harbors bill. The move seeks an independent HQ while dividing duties with Capt. E H Schultz in Kansas City.
George Cheever, son of Andover Massachusetts former police chief, appeared in a New York court on Thursday and was held on 2000 dollars bail for forgery. He allegedly swindled nearly 20000 dollars using forged checks over six months.
Semiofficial intimation in Canada suggests government plans to provide national aid to Great Britain likely in the form of two Dreadnought battleships. The move has been met with hearty approval across Canada.
Aquilla Chase son of the late Gen Daniel Chase killed himself in Herald Square New York on Friday firing a gun to the heart and dying within minutes after submitting a long obituary notice to the Herald office.
Mrs. Amos Miller and her two children were found dead in the Farmington river near Boston on Friday. A note by Mrs. Miller suggests she killed the children and herself, with strong probability extending to a murder suicide.
Lawrence Gibson age fourteen of Pittsburg disappeared Friday night and his father received a ransom letter for fifteen thousand dollars by midnight. Police suspect a prank rather than a true kidnapping.
Judge Huntley sentences Isham Taylor Joe Taylor and Lewis Jenkins to death for the murders of Mrs. Mary Skipwith and Walter G. Johnson. Executions are set for April 30.
A posse halted a long pursuit Friday near Cuervo New Mexico after a kidnapping. John Johnson a Black man and Sebastian Sandoval a Mexican were killed during the rescue effort to free a girl held by the pair. The incident followed their alleged kidnapping of the girl earlier.
The duma approved the colonization department budget on Friday and adopted a resolution urging the government to suspend liquor sales across all colonization regions.
General William Booth, commander in chief, is in St. Petersburg negotiating with the government to establish a Salvation Army branch in Russia.
Two highwaymen held up occupants of a Pullman car in the West Denver yards of the Denver and Rio Grande Thursday and secured $400 in cash. The incident occurred in broad daylight causing a stir among travelers and railroad staff. Police began investigations and canvassed nearby witnesses for descriptions of the robbers.
Willie Whitla identified a man James H Boyle and woman Helen Boyle alias Helen Faulkner as kidnapers from Sharon Pennsylvania last Thursday. They allegedly held Willie for a $10000 ransom paid by his father J P Whitla. The Cuyahoga grand jury indicted the Boyles for blackmail.
George crown prince of Servia relinquishes succession after a bitter press campaign accusing him of a servant’s death. The move follows persistent public controversy and mounting criticism.
A Friday gun fight between two families near Victoria Mexico left three men dead. Information from local authorities cited a swift, fatal confrontation with no further details available.
In Pennington county circuit court at Rapid City Judge Levi Mc Gee ruled railroads are not required to fence their right of way except where a land owner has three sides fenced. The decision affects Hart v. railroad near Scenic and casts doubt on the 1907 double damage law as unconstitutional.
At a Friday meeting in Pierre thirty seven counties were represented by county auditors with the state board. A committee including Gov Vessey and auditors from Yankton Codington Kingsbury Brown Meade Spink and Clark proposed a schedule for farm land assessments with increases. other schedules largely kept despite piano and organ assessments being cut. The aim is to reach about one third of actual value, while bank stock remained at 40 percent as in the prior two years.
In Faulk County a 22 caliber rifle discharged by the elder brother mortally wounded Henry Egger, the younger son of Mr and Mrs William Egger of a southeastern farm. Henry died about six hours after the back of the head wound. the brother is distraught over the tragedy.
A Sunday morning blaze gutted a large barn on M. Wahl's farm in Jerauld County. Nine horses were lost along with harnesses wagons and about 200 bushels of corn and oats. Wahl and his son rescued seven horses before the roof collapsed. He suffered serious burns but escaped. insurance covered $1,400 on horses and other property.
The Dakota- Montana Telephone company with stations in northwestern South Dakota and eastern Montana will merge with the Dakota Central Telephone company of Aberdeen, which largely controls the telephone business east of the Missouri River.
Work on the new court house at Bison advances quickly with plans to complete and have it ready for occupancy by or soon after April 5.
The Aberden Commercial club moved Dakota homecoming from June 22 26 to June 16 18 to avoid state conflicts.
About 3,000 real estate men from Iowa Nebraska South Dakota Missouri and Illinois joined more than 5,000 attendees at the government sale of unentered Gregory county land. The 50 000 acre offering was split into 500 tracts 0 to 160 acres each with 100 tracts sold daily. Judge James W. Witten opened the sale at 10 30 bidding from 4 to 10 dollars per acre amid strong market interest.
Prof Clifford Willis of the state agricultural college at Brookings will supervise breaking eighty acres at the experimental farm near Cottonwood. The project was chosen months ago by the state board of regents under a 1907 law. Although the legislature provided only $1,000 for improvements, Cottonwood citizens plan voluntary help to avoid delays in the year’s work.
Huron hears talk of extending the Great Northern railway from Huron to Chamberlain and possibly to Denver with summer construction seen as likely. The Huron Commercial club sent J. W. Campbell and C. N. Mellvaine to Minneapolis and St Paul for discussions with James J. Hill and district representatives. No firm plans yet, but state interest is high and action is anticipated.
Testimony has been presented in the case brought by Mrs. Mary Sully widow of frontiersman Jack Sully. She and other heirs seek about 10 000 acres on the Rosebud reservation valued at around 200000 dollars to compel the United States to allot the land.
Aurelius Bowen received an eight year term for manslaughter in the first degree in Stanley county. Katherine Kille was shot in the back of the head in a Fort Pierre area claim shanty. The case moved from Stanley to Hyde county after a hung jury, with the verdict and sentence delivered Friday afternoon.
Edward Morris a Washta merchant was acquitted of murder after admitting the shooting of David Jennings once of Sioux City. The court directed the verdict as justified under the circumstances claiming the act was unintentional with malice but justified.
One of the region’s largest sales occurred Friday in Gann Valley as Purdin and Stormo auctioned 300 Hereford cattle along with horses mules and farming machinery.
The United Stock Growers' association holds its annual business meeting in Edgemont on April 6 with plans to transact important matters and discuss association affairs.
South Dakota sold $500,000 of state revenue warrants to local banks at 3 percent, signaling strong state finances. Banks from the Black Hills led demand while eastern bidders offered higher quotes. officials like Gov. Vessey and State Treasurer Johnson are praised for lowering the general fund warrant rate and saving thousands in interest.
A three day Pure Seed Special tour along the Pierre Rapid City and Northwestern line attracted over 1600 farmers across nine stops including Midland Phillip Cottonwood Quinn Wall Wasta Owanka and Underwood. Lecturers from Brookings and SD agricultural groups spoke on seeds crops and farming with railroad officials in attendance. The speaker lineup included A E Chamberlain Prof C Willis and Prof Wilson son of Iowa Secretary James Wilson.
North central and northeastern Clay county residents push for an interurban line from Sioux City to Centerville. A Thursday Alsen meeting drew over 100 men who discussed concerted action and the likelihood of obtaining rights of way. Capitalists promise ample funding once route rights are secured.
Chicago and Northwestern will upgrade 126 miles of railroad from Iroquois to Hawarden to first class condition. Weather permitting, work will raise the roadbed and gravel it. 80 pound steel rails will replace 60 pound rails where feasible this season.
Two neighbor boys delivering milk found Benny Phillips an old prospector hanging from a nail in his cabin wall near dusk. A candle box had been kicked from under him, and he died about an hour before discovery. Phillips had lived in mining camps since 1879.
State Veterinarian Hicks from Milbank investigated suspected glanders in Aberdeen. He diagnosed glanders in two horses from a herd that was recently sold in Aberdeen. Buyers fear other horses in the purchase may be affected as well.
Alfred J. Robinson of Lemmon was injured while handling dynamite with an iron spade. The charge exploded, breaking his jaw and destroying sight in one eye. most of his teeth were knocked out and facial injuries were extensive.
The circuit court that opened in Flandreau on Monday adjourned to June 1 to take up cases not yet disposed of.
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