Kadoka Press Publisher Names Durkee and Nellor
The Kadoka Press of Kadoka South Dakota lists Durkee and Nellor as its publishers in a brief masthead notice.
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Newspaper
The Kadoka Press
Location
Kadoka, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1908
Page
2
The Kadoka Press of Kadoka South Dakota lists Durkee and Nellor as its publishers in a brief masthead notice.
A man about 30, described as Greek or Italian, tried to kill Rev. J. K. Fielding inside Corpus Christi Catholic Church. Fielding knocked the revolver away and felled the assailant, who fled the scene with bystanders pursuing. Police believe the attacker intended to die by his own hand.
Charles Mitchell a colored man near Lithonia Georgia opened fire as deputies including bailiff T L Peek and C F Argo approached to arrest him for an alleged murder attempt on G W Brooks. Peek and Argo were killed. deputy Elliott was beaten on the head and wounded. Mitchell escaped as posses hunted him.
At the Star theater in Buffalo delegates from the fortieth convention of the American Woman Suffrage Association urged the ballot for women to reform industry and reduce injustice. Jean M. Gordon of New Orleans spoke of hardship and Harriet Stanton Blatch of New York pressed industrial training for young women entering the workforce.
Mrs. Marrie Lange, wife of John Lange a south side Chicago janitor, was fatally shot after a quarrel. Neighbors who heard six shots found her wounded and dying. Police search for John Lange.
Eastern drought persists in Pennsylvania causing water shortages for mines. Tank cars are used to haul water to coal fields in both bituminous and anthracite regions, underscoring ongoing supply alarm.
Saturday quotations in Sioux City show beves priced at 3.50 to 4.00 dollars and top hogs at 5.60 dollars.
A Pacific storm off Luzon delayed the American battle fleet, drowning one sailor and causing minor ship damage. The Connecticut relayed the news to Tokyo before the fleet reached Yokohama on October 18, with Vice Admiral Saito receiving thanks from Rear Admiral Sperry for the reception.
A Friday night blaze in Rock Island Illinois destroyed ten acres in the Rock Island Lumber and Rock Island Sash and Door yards. Twenty million feet of lumber and two saw mills were lost. The fire blocked main railroad lines and disrupted telegraph telephone and power services for hours.
On a Union Pacific train through Omaha Hearst was served with a $600000 slander and libel suit by Oklahoma Governor Charles N. Haskell in Douglas County Neb district court. The papers were withdrawn immediately after service. Deputy Sheriff Stewart faced a difficult moment delivering the summons as Hearst passed through.
Millersburg dispatch reports a relief train wreck in northern Michigan leaving fifteen dead, including three mothers and nine children in a gondola car. Fireman Arthur Lee perished after attempting to escape by the water tank as the engine boiler boiled.
The Union National Bank of Summerville Pa with capital of 50000 has been closed by Bank Examiner John B Cunningham per a telegram to the comptroller of the currency. The bank reportedly holds a large amount of papers of doubtful value prompting suspension.
The weather-beaten ship Astral which left Baltimore on October 1 bound for San Francisco with 5000 tons of coal for the government has reached New York in tow of a tug. Captain Dynn reports a severe three day hurricane encountered on October 4.
Word from St Paul Minnesota says Sioux Indians may rise at Fort Yates North Dakota if the government order to move all Indian dead from the military cemetery to Keokuk Iowa is carried out.
The Christian Science Sentinel reports the Christian Science Publishing Society establishes a new daily newspaper to be named the Christian Science Monitor based in Boston Massachusetts.
Rt Rev Larenus Veres of Mexico province was consecrated bishop in Washington D C on Friday with Monsignor Falconio the papal delegate serving as consecrator.
Miss Mary Coleman of a New York law firm secured in Supreme Court an order directing the bureau of elections to show cause why a writ of mandamus should not issue to place the name of Mrs Julia Seton Sears on the voters register. Sears previously refused registration after appearing before a registry board. Coleman, a leading suffrage advocate, says Sears has vote in Colorado and seeks the same privilege in New York. The action is framed as a test case.
In Kantao northern Korea Chinese and Japanese forces clash with several killed or wounded. China delays allowing pursuit of alleged aggressors, risking frontier crossing by Japan. Japan protests to Pekin as tensions rise and the peace of China and Japan hangs by a thread.
Berlin reports a German balloon Bushley crashed in the North Sea on Wednesday morning along with three other race balloons. Two crew were rescued by a passing steamer while two more airships remain missing for three days. Ten men in the accident sequence escaped injury.
The recall of Dr. Angel Ugarte Honduras minister to the United States was announced after he met Secretary Root. He said he had been relieved and would go to Mexico to represent Honduras there. Dr. Lazo Arriaga, brother of a former Guatemalan minister to the United States, to succeed him.
James R. Keene of New York announced the plan to send Colin the unbeaten champion to England. Bacot, four years old and unbeaten this season, will accompany Colin and a number of other horses, bringing the shipment to ten head for abroad racing.
The American Hereford Cattle Breeders association approved a 50000 appropriation at Kansas City on Thursday. A three member board was named to expend the funds as they see fit to advance the breed's interests in the United States.
President Roosevelt met artist Jose DeCamp on Wednesday and arranged sittings for a portrait. The painting will honor the Harvard class of 1880 with Roosevelt as its alumnus.
John Cook aged 78 died by his own action in the county jail at Champaign Illinois by hanging himself. One month earlier he murdered Mrs Edna McLennan. His trial was set for November.
In Santo Texas a posse of officers clashed with armed robbers from Gordon Texas. One bandit was killed and another wounded during the confrontation at the scene. Federal and local authorities pursued the men following the robberies.
The National Grain Dealers association held its twelfth annual convention in St. Louis on Thursday with about 1,000 delegates in attendance for the session and proceedings.
Six persons were killed instantly and twenty one injured when dynamite exploded at the Ingleside limestone quarry sixteen miles northwest of Fort Collins Colorado. Local authorities investigated the blast and emergency crews worked at the scene.
Forests ignite anew in Wisconsin Minnesota and Michigan with hundreds battling the blazes as fires threaten extensive timber regions. Fire crews and volunteers work to contain spreading flames across multiple counties and remote areas.
Peter Pursley, a Marshall county farmer, died in a gruesome runaway incident while returning from an auction. His horses bolted, dragged him two miles as he clung to the wagon brace. Mrs Rose Sayer pursued and halted the team. Pursley and his wife had moved to South Dakota about a year ago from Rennsaeller Indiana.
Nearly 1,200 applicants sat the October teachers examinations as records show heavier turnout than any prior October. Many examinees have taught in older states and originate from New York, Minnesota, Iowa, and Nebraska, drawn by the short supply of teachers this year. Some counties still report shortages while anticipating certificates from the October list to fill gaps.
A prairie fire near Dallas destroyed two police chief Garner’s houses and a barn owned by Mrs Duck er with contents. Losses include Bowden's damaged house and a tent. Postmaster Patrick packed valuables to safety as residents fought the blaze. Chief Garner had no insurance and said he has nothing left but his wife and baby.
Sheriff Young of Huron went to Omaha and detained Mrs. Margrette La Piere on a charge of uttering a forged check. A $3,000 check drawn as if signed by a North Dakota man at the State Bank of Yale was cashed for $100 in cash and two drafts for $1,459 each, then found forged. La Piere, previously of Yale, is in custody after authorities traced the incident to her.
Native residents near Thunder Butte Schaasse county protest the Cheyenne river reservation land opening. They ask the Indian department to reserve a tribal pasture in the area for cattle, arguing eastern pastures remain excluded and promising to press the issue in Washington during the next Congress session.
A Brookings county case before the supreme court questions a salary clause for county auditors set at 1500 dollars annually in larger counties. Brookings authorities paid Auditor P. J. Murphy 1500 dollars for two years but a new state’s attorney challenged the legality, seeking recovery of 600 dollars. The lower court ruled for the county, and the attorney appealed.
Mrs. Martha Lapier, alias Smith, arrested in Ha nebraska, arrives in Huron in Beadle county custody. She claims the $3000 check signed by Hilmer Larson, presented at the Yale State Bank and honored, was given to her by Larson in Portal North Dakota. She waived examination before Judge Geddis and posted bond for her next court appearance on the 22nd. More developments are expected.
Hayes Brothers subcontractors on the Belle Fourche government irrigation project have been named defendants in a criminal action filed by Attorney General Bona parte. The suit accuses the firm of permitting employees to work ten hours a day for four days a week.
Fred Sweep, acting depot agent for the Milwaukee Railway at Marion, sold many landseekers' round trip tickets at a single fare when no special rate existed. The error may cost him several hundred dollars in penalties.
Capt Jack Foster dies at Rosebud Indian agency aged 54. He had long headed the reservation secret service and was known for helping arrest many notorious men in the early days.
A small fire in Buck's coffee house in Dallas was caused by the explosion of a gasoline heater. The blaze caused excitement but was extinguished quickly by proprietors and police.
Charles A. Hayes also known as Bill Dunn is sentenced to be hanged on December 4 for the murder of Fred Samuelson near Spearfish on August 7 last.
Mrs. Permilla Hubbell of St. Lawrence died Thursday at 103, likely the state’s oldest resident. Born Permilla Robinson in 1805 in Paulet Vermont, she was mother to ten children, with three living. Her father served in the Revolutionary War. one son died in the Civil War. A Chicago daughter, 30, and another daughter, 80, lived with her. She retained good sight and hearing but used a wheelchair.
Mrs. T. H. Goheen of Armour passed the bar examination in Pierre and was notified by the supreme court clerk that she had passed. She is admitted to practice law in South Dakota and the firm will be Goheen & Goheen.
In Colorado and the Southwest cantaloupes rise as a dominant crop where other fruits fail. From four western districts the cantaloupe export value reaches 10 million dollars this year. In Glenwood area newly irrigated land sells for 5000 dollars per acre as 20 acre farms show strong yearly returns. The Salton Sea region in California ships melon worth 2 million dollars, while much more rots, and irrigation brings apricots barley kaffir corn onions and cantaloupes in sequence on the same land. The sun shines year round.
A six member commission on country life surveys rural routes to gauge whether farm homes schools farm income and rail and postal services meet expectations. Questions cover neighborhood life farming organization renters livelihoods and labor supply.
Texas Senator Culberson is appointed to succeed David R. Francis of Missouri as chairman of the advisory committee of the Democratic national campaign organization. Francis has gone abroad. Taft resumes public speaking from Middle Bass Island and travels by train across Ohio. Indiana hosts Independence party campaign events in Indianapolis with Hearst Hisgen and McCaskrin speaking. Bryan replies to a Manufacturers' Association pamphlet asserting the labor plank does not attack courts and explains injunctions affecting class interests. Sherman backs Hughes’ nomination and Eugene Chansee weighs in on prohibition principles.
Dr. J. W. Maher a Beresford veterinarian reports a freak case a fully developed bicusped tooth growing from the skull of a 2 year old horse near the ear. He found the tooth while examining a running sore at the spot and after removal the wound began healing.
The remains of Col C H Chandler a Civil War veteran and pioneer South Dakota settler arrived in Bridgewater from Seattle Washington where he died on the 9th at age 87.
Geddes the county seat contender for Charles Mis county will entertain residents October 20 and 21 with a two day carnival and harvest festival featuring community celebration and local entertainment.
The seventeenth annual convendon of the South Dakota Christian Endesay Union was held in Redfield beginning Thursday evening October 15 and continued over Sunday.
Cora Baker Craig wife of C H Craig longtime city editor of the Sioux Falls Daily Argus Leader died Thursday from a stroke suffered Tuesday afternoon. A Decorah Iowa native she married Mr Craig in 1884 and came to Sioux Falls at once. Survived by Mr Craig and two children Mrs Leo Sym of LeMars Iowa and Van Craig aged 19.
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