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Newspaper
The Kadoka Press
Location
Kadoka, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1908
Page
2
The Kadoka Press is published in Kadoka South Dakota by Durkee and Nellor publishers. This brief note identifies the local newspaper and its managing proprietors.
Grand jury expected to indict every member of the night rider band that killed Captain Rankin near Reelfoot Lake. Ten men are in custody as Ohio county circuit court convenes in Union City under military protection to investigate the Northwest Tennessee killings and coordinate county forces against the riders.
Berlin dispatch reports Freder ick W. Cauldwell and Frederick von Versen arranged at Ladislust to remove the body of Silas C. McFarland from the Hamburg Berlin express. McFarland, American consul general at large for Europe, killed himself due to ill health and inability to perform duties. His letters to wife daughter and officials express love and resignation. Iowa figures like Representative Robert G. Cousins sent condolences.
Trains bring first relief from Medicine Hat as storm devastates stock losses across the region. Donald Cameron, a shearer, and two others were forced to abandon sheep and flee. Cameron died after sixty hours without food or rest. the remaining two reached a ranch safely. Many herders feared dead.
The University of Glasgow rector election held Saturday returns Lord Curzon with 943 votes.
Sioux City live stock market quotations show top beeves at 3.25 and top hogs at 5.52 dollars.
Supplementary staff including physicians nurses disinfectors and sanitary inspectors at St Petersburg have been discharged as the cholera epidemic is regarded as entirely under control.
Fire caused by crossed electric wires in the Hazel mine of the Pittsburg Buffalo Coal company near Canonsburg Pa was extinguished with a loss not to exceed $1000.
On a Texas and Pacific Cannon Ball train near New Orleans the husband Fred Van Ingen and bride Miss James Rohrer were seated with a former suitor F S Beauve who drew a revolver and killed the husband. The uncle tackled the weapon by jamming the hammer with his thumb saving the bride from a second shot. Beauve, 24, was arrested at Plaquemine, Louisiana. The wedding occurred Thursday at Alexandria.
Fifteen men and one woman aboard the barges Selvin Marvin and Lizzie A Law were left adrift after the tow line parted from the Edward L Hines in a Monday night storm near Detroit. The drifting vessels ran ashore on Keeweenan peninsula east shore rocks about fifteen miles from porage entry. They were rescued Thursday after the Hines spotted the castaways and brought them aboard.
Charles Tompkins, who escaped from the Texas state penitentiary twenty five years ago while serving an eight year forgery sentence, surrendered to complete the term of one year and three months. He is now 60, wealthy from mining work in Mexico, and owns Sutton and Edwards county ranches. He was a trusty who bribed a guard, says conscience prompted return, and he will serve the remaining fifteen months before marriage.
A massive torchlight parade in Tokio Thursday night honored American fleet officers led by Admiral Sperry. Citizens from guilds to universities joined, lanterns aloft, flags of both nations waved, and bands played the American national hymn as the procession filled the streets. The crowd's density halted the parade until Sperry departed for a foreign ministry dinner.
The Yerkes mansion at Fifth Avenue and Sixty eighth Street New York may be sold in foreclosure by Mutual Life Insurance Company. The suit names widow Mrs Mary A Yerkes as defendant with debt totaling 242296 including 225000 mortgage and unpaid interest. The will directed the mansion and art to pass to a corporation including New York City mayor and four Metropolitan Museum of Art appointees after the widow's death.
The Comptroller of the Currency Murray Friday ordered national bank examiners to convene bank directors on arrival for an examination and demand answers to twenty five questions. The move aims to reveal the directors relation to executive conduct and enforce greater responsibility.
Jennie Dempsey, 18, of Chicago, shot Joseph Georgeopolis in a fruit store where he worked. She told officers her life was wrecked by his perfidy. Three shots were fired. one bullet hit him in the groin, a wound described as grave with no expectation of recovery.
Seventeen women arrested October 12 during the storming of the house of commons on charges of disorderly conduct were sentenced Thursday to prison terms from three weeks to three months. They were offered bonds for good behavior but chose jail.
The marriage unites Duchess Alexandra Victoria, daughter of Prince Frederick of Schleswig-Holstein, with Prince August William of Prussia, 21, fourth son of Emperor William, in the imperial palace chapel on Thursday afternoon.
EB J Martin 45, saloon proprietor of Gower, Mo, was shot and killed in the Gower depot by Woody Arnold 25, a road overseer. Arnold had been drinking in Martins saloon and wore his hat. when Martin asked for the hat Arnold shot him.
The Schneidt team of the St. Louis Ten Pin league set two world bowling records by totaling 3,306 pins in three games for an average of 1,102. The high game reached 1,183 with three players averaging above 241.
Mrs Isabell Dennis an 81 year old pioneer settler of Whitney county Illinois was burned to death in her garden when she set grass ablaze and her dress caught fire.
Secretary Root on Friday refused to issue a warrant for extradition sought by Russia in the case of Janoff Pouren charged with murder and arson.
A $500,000 appropriation for mission work in the United States and its possessions was pledged at the Woman's Home Missionary Society convention session in Philadelphia. The pledge supports nationwide and territorial church missions.
In Manila seven new cholera cases were reported along with eight suspects in the latest twenty four hour tally. Health authorities monitor spread and urge precautions as case numbers edge upward.
Widespread downpours over the past three days caused severe floods in central and northern Oklahoma, with the ongoing heavy rain continuing Thursday and impacting numerous areas.
John P. Reynolds Jr was Thursday appointed receiver for the Boston banking firm B. H. Gay & Co. The firm’s assessed abilities run to about 7,000,000.
The Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul railway will construct a $35,000 passenger station in Mitchell, 200 feet by 26 feet, two stories high with an arch team entrance. Brick construction, four switch tracks removed, work ongoing to finish by August 1, 1909, amid plans to route Pacific coast traffic through Mitchell after northwest Rapid City extension.
Doane Robinson uses 1905 school population ratios to estimate total state population at 500000 with Indian population in the same total. Stanley County rises from 2649 in 1905 to 20298 now, while newer counties show increases and older southeastern counties show declines.
Antone Raben of Armour celebrated his forty four birthday on Friday October twenty third as his wife gave him a bouncing 12 pound baby boy plus Dallas government officials notified him he drew Nail 4956 in the Tripp county opening. He left Armour to register in Dallas and picked up a quarter at arrival which his talisman amid a run of good fortune. He is described as among the happiest men in the union.
Memorial services honoring deceased conference members were held Sunday at the city auditorium in Sioux Falls. The South Dakota Methodist conference, in session since Monday, drew attendees from the conference and the general public for the observance. A Saturday business session featured a lengthy statistical report on Methodist forces in the state.
Art Voorhees and Clinton Bader were arrested after a break in at Mitchell jail aimed at liquor stored by the sheriff. Prisoners testified the pair promised to release them if they kept quiet, but they declined and reported the plot.
Mrs. Lora Glass traveled from Mapleton Iowa to Yankton to reconcile with her ex husband from whom she was divorced two years ago. They married again by County Judge S. A. Boyles. Mrs. Glass brought along their two young boys aged 4 and 5.
State Fire Marshal Craft issues an order and circular letter warning premises and waste barrels owners against storing greasy rags and similar combustibles to prevent fire risk.
John Lunstrom a well known farmer near Canistota was seriously injured when a wild horse dragged him. He was reported in stable condition at a local hospital after the incident happened on his farm last evening.
A novel course opened at Spencer organized by EF J Morgan principal of schools. The educational lecture course features speakers from the northwest and admits attendees free at the door.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Hofwelt near Spencer marked their golden wedding anniversary Thursday evening by hosting more than 200 friends to the celebration.
Falls report from the South Dakota Dairymen's and Butterassociation convention states officers were elected for the ensuing year E H Baldwin of Letcher as president C H Winn of Castlewood as vice president Albert Anderson of Savo as secretary treasurer The group urged state funding for dairy education and a permanent dairy building at the Huron fairgrounds Awards were given to A P Ryger Milbank Fred Madsen Summit Christopher Hanson Stockholm and Chris Rogness Astoria for top butter displays.
United States attorney's office files federal suit in Sioux Falls against Charles Merritt Clarence Bradford and James Henry over post office route Yale to Bixby South Dakota. Government seeks $52.07 plus interest from March 10 1907 for fines assessed for Merritt and unpaid by him and his bondsmen.
Luella A. Hackett administratrix of James J. Hackett's estate pursued $20,000 in damages from Willmar and Sioux Falls railroad for her husband's death in the line of duty. After evidence, Judge Carland directed a verdict for the railroad citing contributory negligence, ending the brief October term, the shortest in Sioux Falls.
Mitchell board of education opens bids and awards the general contract for a new school building to Moore & Danner of Kokomo Indiana for 51870. The heating and plumbing contract goes to Hess Ray & Co of Mitchell for 15787.50 and the roofing to H C Kinsely of Chicago for 4900. Other contracts will be set later.
The Geddes carnival ended Wednesday night after two busy days featuring a football game won by Yankton 4 to 0 over Tyndall, and a Thursday ball game where Platte defeated Geddes. The event also included several horse races a three mile relay Indian war dances street performances foot races and other amusements.
Rev. A. W. Bell resigns after two and a half years as rector of the Episcopal church in Mitchell. He will leave on November 1 to become rector of the Episcopal church at Spearfish and to oversee mission work in the Belle Fourche district under Bishop Hare.
Articles filed at Pierre establish the Dakota Southern Railway with headquarters in Lemmon and Dickinson North Dakota. Local organizers plan a Rapid City to Williston line via Lemmon, capitalized at 90,000.600 dollars.
Mitchell Board of Education acts to bar boys from carrying pipes or tobacco on school property or while traveling to and from school. Three arrests have been made in the city of dealers who sold cigarettes and tobacco to underage boys.
The report lists unions forming or growing, including the San Francisco Laundry Workers with 1 375 members, the Iron Molders' Union celebrating its 10th year, Toronto shoe clerks forming a union, and a Boston terminal division for interlocking switchmen. It notes wage changes, savings initiatives, and rising membership in International Brewery Workmen of America with 42 570 members. It also mentions idle member declines, a Poster Artists' Association move to affiliate with the AF of L, and New Zealand's liability bill penalizing strikers.
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