Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-08-01
SOUTH DAKOTA NEWS.
CLEANED FROM ASSOCIATED PRESS
T~ELEGRAMS.


A Very Sad Accident-The Trouble He
tween Governor sheldon and the Board
of R~egents-Other Interesting state
News Items.
Wolsey will soon have a creamery,
arrangements to that effect having
been recently completed.
Articles OF incorporation were re-
Gently filed at Pierre by the Cannon
Live Stock company, with capital of
ST., 900.
Burglars recently entered the store
of Vandenburg & Richards at Iro.
auois and got away with consider.
able booty.
The vacancy in the at~torneyship
for the Dakota division otthe Chicago
& Northwestern railway has been
filled by the appointment of Judge A.
Burtt OF Huron.
The Aberdeen pillow factory, a va
cant building owned by the Aberdeen
National Bank, was totally destroyed
by ire a few mornings sage. The loss
Is about $4,000, partially insured.
In the Davis murder trial at Pierre
a few days ago the jury brought in a
verdict OF guilty and fixed life impris-
onment as the penalty. The Judge
Immediately pronounced the sentence
as recommended by the jury.
The Aberdeen Grain Palace Associa-
ton will hold their annual exposition
the first week in October. There will
be a stock show in connection with
the exposition. There will also be an
industrial parade, a bicycle tourna-
ment and a coursing meet.
Miss Frances Kyle, sister OF Senator
J. H. Kyle of South Dakota, and a
prominent and successful practitioner
OF Sioux Falls, died in Chicago a few
days OF necessary surgical OPERA
ton performed at one of the hospitals.
The death removes an estimable lady
who was endeared to all who came in
contact with her.
About 40 lumber dealers from
South Dakota assembled at Sioux
Falls a few days ago to organize the
South Dakota Lumberman's Associa-
ton, which is to be subsidiary to
to the Northwestern Association.
The purpose of the subordinate or.
ganization, it is averred, is to form a
trade association to look after lien
ana other laws, but in no sense to
form a trust for the raising of prices.
Mrs. j. Kirk Smith, wife OF a pros
porous farmer eleven miles north OF
Sioux Falls, was probably fatally
burned a few evening ago. Her
clothes caught fire presumably by
stepping upon q match, as there was
no other fire in the house. The hired
man came at the sound OF her screams
and while trying to put out the fire
was badly burned about the hands
and face.
The Giles murder In Butte county
has been cleared by the confession OF
Giles wife who AYERS that Dawson,
vino is in the p~enitentiary for life for
the murder, did the killing in the
brutal manner, while she sat on q
knoll near by and witnessed the
whole affair. Mrs. Giles was acquit.
ted and now tells the full story for the
first time. 1t now seems as though
she might have been an accomplish
in fact if not a direct participant.
Every week for the past six months
the Sioux Falls Journal, it is claimed
by Geographic dispatches, has
made open charges OF fraud
against the board OF county commits
sioners. In many instances that
paper has picked out particular mem
bers OF the board and charged them
with drawing overpay and with being
implicated in several fraudulent deals
whereby the county has sustained
loss. Jacob Schaetzel, one of the
oldest members of the board, has de-
manded OF the states attorney that
an investigation be made of his
(Schaetzer 81 record at once and as
certain Tor the public good whether
there is.any truth in the journals
charges.