Kadoka Press In South Dakota Publishes Local News
The Kadoka Press, based in Kadoka, South Dakota, is published by Durkee and Nellor as the town’s local newspaper delivering regional notices, brief articles, and community updates.
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Newspaper
The Kadoka Press
Location
Kadoka, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1908
Page
7
The Kadoka Press, based in Kadoka, South Dakota, is published by Durkee and Nellor as the town’s local newspaper delivering regional notices, brief articles, and community updates.
English suffragettes, buoyed by recent bye election wins, plan a June 24 rally in Hyde Park London with 300000 assembled women. Seven processions from stations will converge on the park led by military bands. twenty speakers will urge Parliament to grant votes, despite a one mile exclusion zone and police precautions.
Bath Maine on Saturday Morse Securities company formed with 10 million capital to take over Morse interests in the National Bank of North America New York. Charles W Morse formerly VP and director of the bank now in receivership under Charles A Hanna. The plan aims to deposit cash in a local subtreasury to pay depositors in full. initial distributions totaled 1.3 million more planned next month.
Official dispatches from Gen. Vigy report French troops under his command in Algeria fought Arabs Thursday and captured Boudenib, Mulai Hassan’s stronghold, after shelling. About 6,000 tribesmen fled, abandoning camps stores and ammunition, with French losses at three dead and nine wounded. The occupation produced wide regional effects and several submissions.
Deputy Sheriff W. H. Farmer of Dawson was arrested at Springer New Mexico in connection with the Wells Fargo Express strong box robbery of 35000 from French last Thursday. He guarded the treasure to Dawson for miners payroll and was jailed in Raton with two other men arrested Saturday. Reports say a confession implicates two more suspects.
Saturday market quotes list top beef cattle at 6.70 and top hogs at 5.22 percent. Local farm buyers noted steady demand for live stock at Sioux City.
Delegates from fifty commercial and shipping associations met in Chicago to oppose eastern railroad plans for freight rate increases. The Illinois Manufacturers' Association organized the conference to spur national legislation requiring Interstate Commerce Commission consent for any rate rise. Fred W. Upham urged caution, noting the fertile Midwest pays railroads nearly a billion dollars in freight and warning some proposed increases exceed 14 percent while costs fall.
An eight year old New York girl May O Connor died after an umbrella rod arrow pierced both brain hemispheres. Autopsy by Dr Charles West showed the arrow entered behind the left ear from a wild west game on Atlantic Avenue Brooklyn and passed through the brain to the frontal bone above the left eye. She remained conscious for seventeen hours after the injury.
A strong earthquake lasting about an hour was recorded on Washington weather bureau seismographs. Chief Moore places the origin roughly 3200 miles away, possibly Central America or the Pacific west of it. The quake began at 3 39 52 Friday morning with the strongest movement at 3 56 lasting ten minutes. initial tremors lasted about six minutes and forty seconds.
Directors and Pittsburgh bankers met Thursday and Friday to authorize a $500,000 cash fund for the Allegheny National Bank. The fund aims to reassure depositors and the public of the bank’s solidity, and a reorganization plan for its management has been agreed upon.
The American consular agent at Brest France A Pitel has become involved in a suit brought by the widow of Leopold Kahn formerly of San Francisco to annul a deed conveying to two of her sons property in San Francisco valued at 200000 dollars through the attestation of a document.
Mrs Cleveland announces former president Grover Cleveland has shown significant improvement over the past week and is resting comfortably at this time.
Three bandits with $38,000 fled north of French New Mexico after tying up a station agent and guard, blowing the safe with dynamite, and escaping on the Santa Fe line toward East Las Vegas as deputies and bloodhounds pursued.
The German emperor distributed honors during a Virginia visit including Dr Weiskirchner president of the lower house who received the third class Prussian crown order. He returned the decoration to the foreign office protesting it should be higher rank. Diplomats fear a political miscue and potential sequel as parties argue motives.
The Reserve Trust Company of Cleveland Ohio made an assignment Thursday to Superior Savings and Trust Company. Liabilities are about 2 700 000 dollars. Officers say depositors will be paid in full. Capital and surplus stand at 300 000 dollars. Adam Graham president and William N Perris secretary treasurer. Perris formerly directed Ohio Trust of Norwalk Ohio which closed in January. American Savings bank also closed its doors after a run with deposits around 300 000 dollars.
In Paducah Kentucky a grand jury charged Rob ert H. Hollowell and 27 alleged night riders with driving him and his family from the state. The jury awarded the widow 35 000 in damages from the Hollowell brothers and others named in the suit.
The H. C. Frick Coke company a United States Steel subsidiary in Pittsburg Pa enacts a code forbidding miners to drink whether on or off duty, among other mine labor rules.
Mrs Mary Harbour stands trial in Rapid City circuit court for the alleged murder of her adopted daughter Rose Rossa. Prosecutors claim a juvenile abuse history and a fatal quarrel led to a revolver shot after choking attempts. Dr M E Elliott notes finger marks on the victim. Rose, daughter of a Minneapolis merchant, was taken by Harbour as a baby and later disappeared.
Judge Smith in the Mitchell circuit court Saturday dismissed a liquor license contest from Edgerton township Hanson county after ruling the court lacked jurisdiction to hear such cases. A. J. Faylor had sought a recount of spring election ballots alleging fraud and improper tallying. the demurrer to the case was sustained and the filing dismissed, making the canvassing board’s decision final. The ruling affects future liquor license contests in the city and similar cases in Woonsocket and Beresford.
Farmers in Dry Run township near Pierre study a twenty acre winter wheat field sown last fall on W. H. Conrad's farm. The crop withstood winter well and compares with the best in the country, potentially shifting acreage from spring crops in the Dakota region if successful.
The Swedish Baptist church society of Sioux Falls marks its twenty-fifth anniversary with Sunday Monday and Tuesday events. Noted clergymen from South Dakota and neighboring states are invited to participate, reflecting the local society as one of the strongest in the state.
Milbank considers an electric railroad as a near-term possibility. A mass meeting of citizens Friday committed to efforts to extend the Sioux Falls and Brookings line to Milbank.
The annual commencement exercises of the University of South Dakota will be held during the week of June 7 to June 12.
James M. Woods of Rapid City former mayor and prominent Black Hills citizen dies at home from brain trouble at age 72.
Burglars entered Meyers and Rohoff’s meat market in Milbank Thursday and stole the cash register containing about $4.00. Local authorities investigated the incident and searched for suspects.
Slaviko Pakaska aged 26 of Milbank fell from the tender of a Milwaukee engine Friday morning and sustained a broken neck.
The South Dakota Central railroad ran its first train over the Sioux Falls to Watertown extension, marking a historic milestone. P. F. Sherman, president, said no more extensions this year though plans envision feeder lines toward Watertown. The initial through service leaves Sioux Falls at 3 PM amid interest in future expansion and possible branch routes.
The legislature raised the wolf bounty appropriation from 10 000 to 18 000 hoping to pay claims in full. Through mid May 9 654 in claims have been filed, exceeding last year by 3 006, but at voting and county board hearings the total will likely outstrip the appropriation, leaving payments at about 70 cents on the dollar.
A heavy rainstorm in Mitchell Thursday night caused 4.6 inches of precipitation and washed away a stone bridge over a dry run. Water and gas mains fractured, 700 feet of Milwaukee Railroad tracks moved, and a bridge piling carried away. An engine and caboose remained west of the washout while crews repaired damage. three east town bridges were deemed unsafe.
Rapid City officials report an unprecedented rush as land seekers flood the United States land office. The office, despite extra government staff, cannot keep up with correspondence and will answer only in turn, about three weeks. In April 250000 acres were taken up and 1537 entries were filed including original, desert land, and homestead entries.
The state brand commission has begun clearing accumulated work with over 100 brands to be passed up, a number likely to rise before the committee completes its task. The total brands and marks filed with the state now exceed 6,000.
George L. Coleman formerly of Nelight Nebraska has sold his stake in the Esmond State Bank of Esmond to A. N. Barber, bank president, and turned over possession.
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