Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-07-07
a sud and fatal accident occurred at

the home Of p. G. Swanson, northeast q
: Salem a few days ago. Several children
were playing about the basement Of tn,
house when they found an old shotgun
and one OF them snapped it several time,
! ana then pointed it towards the 4-year
ola son OF Mr.. Swanson, when it wen
oil, the charge striking him in the hea,
andliterally tearing the whole top of Iii,
head of and killing him instantly.
Keystone gold mines neal Rapid City
s. d., lias made its first successful ut.
tempt to reduce the refractory gold ores
OF the southern Hills. 1t will be increas,
ed to 6Ostamps. This decision was ar.
rived Mt during President Stones recent
visit. The plant has been in successful
operation since February / and the &c.
ton OF the company will naturally re-,
suit in activity along the entire gold belt
OF Pennington county 20 miles in length.
Governor Sheldon appointed the fol
lowing gentlemen of this state delegates
to the railroad convention held in
Lincoln, Neb: Maj. A. r. Anderson oil
Hot Springs. William y. Dewey, Jr., OF
Yaikton. w. j. Thornby of Hermosa,
Capt. j. III. Hauser OF Aberdeen. Col. s,
NJ. Laird oil Pierre, w. III. III. Beadle OF
Madison, w. $. Palmer OF Carthage. II.
=. Hunter OF Mellctte, sc. Leppelman OF
Gettysburg, 4. H. Smith oi Groton.
James CHM shot and Instantly killed
Abel Bruycr Mt Vermilliona lew days ago.
CHM is chief OF police. Some men were
riding through the streets too fast and
tm,Nkinrn opcs.l ,,,,I1D r:.
is tllut lie fired to the ground when he
their horses instead oil hating and he
attempted to take the team by the bits
when q blow IRON Que OF the horses dis
charged his revolver the second time. the
ball entering Bruver's heart.
The big timber fire along The Black
Hills Il Fort Pierre railroad between
Leads and Piedmonthas been extinguish.
ed after a loss OF 10000 cords of wood
and n number of thousand feet OF logs.
The fire originated three miles from Elk
Creek. extending along the line 10 miles
tc Rnnkle' y saw mill, which barely escap-
ed. The railroad construction crew from
Leads with section hands along the line
did excellent work and saved much
property. The fire in the Homestake
wood-pile at Leads has been mastered
n the mines and mills have resumed
operations. Some 10000 cords OF wood
were burned.
Otto Pecmiller. OF Yankton has been
appointed United States marshal of
South Dakota. He is German by birth,
having emigrated to this country in 1859.
He resided in Milwaukee until 1879. when
he went to Madison and studied law in
the office OF Senator Villas. He has al
ways been u staunch democrat. but has
never held u political office. In 1889 he
was the democratic candidate for
secretary of state and Tor four years has
been chairman Of the state central com.
mittee. His appointmentgivcs universal
satisfaction throughout the state. Mr..
Peemiller was endorsed by tledemocrats
OF South Dakota and says he expected
the appointment.
The details OF the P%lankinton bank
failure give it an ugly appearance says
newspaper report. The bank closed ON
Saturday morning and only the evening
before it took in $500 on deposit from
one man. Besides the $2O,O 600 or more
OF county funds that have disappeared,
Township Treasurer e. j. Anderson loses
$4,000 oil township money and $4,000
OF his own. and Treasurer Freudenieldt,
OF the state board OF regents, is said to
have several thousand dollars OF public
funds OF deposit. An investigation OF
affairs is now in progress and further
disagreeablc developments may be look
ed for. On the other hand, the con-
servatively managed banks in that part
OF the state We're never in q more sound
condition.
Details ore just ut hand OF Il double
crime, occurring on the Pine Ridge agency
s. d., n few days ago. Bear Stops. an
Ogallala, lives in q house on Wounded
Knee creek, about eighteen miles from
the agency, and Il daughter about IA
years old attends school near by. On
Wednesday, Switchtail, a lower Brule.
and Two Arrows. u Standing Rock
Sioux. lay in wait for the girlon her way
home from school and Selling her at
tempted an Outrage. She got away
from them and ran home. When her
father heard the story he started out
With Il club Tor u weapon TO find the
nends. just what happened is notknown
but Bear Stops was stabbed with q
knife through the heart. The murderers
fled to Nebraska and are being pursued.
DIR. NJ. E. Dittmcr, a prominent physi-
clan OF Sioux Falls is Under arrest,
charged with murder. Mrs. Matilda
Hargren, u widow "a years OF age, EN-.
ployed as cook ut Bishop HIRES school,
died from the effects OF an abortion. Be.
fore her death she signed q statement to
the effect that a criminal operation had
been performed by DittmerJnne 13. She
said that her seducer ia Gustof Rudolph
Langerholm, a tailor formerly employed
by Geo. Gallagher. Langcrliolm il now
i'll Eagle Grove. Iowa, where the dead
woman's parents live. The %coroner's
Jury is investigating, meanwhile Dittmer
is held without bail. Bishop Hare mnde
the complaint to the stnte's attorney
and was an important witness at the in.
quest. Langcrholm has n wife and three
children.