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The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-11-24
First publication oct. 27tG
Notice for Publication.

l.. =. Land Office at Huron. South Dakota,
Oct. 2Otn 1898. Notice is hereby given
that the following named settler has filed
notice Of his intention to make final home
stead proof I'm support OF his claim, and that
said proof will be- made before the Clerk Of
the Circuic Court OF Hand County. south
Dakota. at his office in Miller. :. ID. on
December Bird 1898, viz:
ARTHUR PALMER,
under his homestead entry No. 1851 for
the Sc "a section %, township HON. range
90, West 9th p. m. He names the follow
ing witnesses to prove his continuous resi-
dence upon and cultivation OF said land viz
Nelson Mckinney. Peter Friis. Orrin Stevens.
OF Glendale, :. Oak. and Gilbert W. Collins,
OF Miller, >. Oak.
e. 4. BLAKE. Register.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-11-24

nor publication.

United States Land Office. Huron, So. Da-
kota, Oct. 81 1898. Notice is hereby given
that Mathew Holman has filed notice Of in
tention to make final proof before the Judge
OF the County Court OF Hand 60. ). Dak. at
his Office in Miller, =. Oak, on Saturday the
10th day of December. 1S9S, on timber cul-
ture application No. 99l3. for the y. +.
quarter of section No. -. in Township No.
III. n, Range No 6S. west 9TH i. NJ
He names az witnesses William wilkins
Lewis Manning. James Manning and Frank
Peterson all of Miller =. Oak.
c. A. BLAKE, Register,
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-11-24
Nov. 17t7
Timber Culture Final Proof-Sotice.
for Publication.

United States Land Office. Huron. 5. D.,
Nov. 10Th. 1898. Notice IL hereby given
that Gottfried Weisc of Hand County south
!lakota. has filed notice Of intention 70
make final proof before theJudge ofthe Couh-
~ Court in and for Hand Codnty, :. ID at
his Office in Miller, s. OAK, on FRIDAY the
aOth day OF December. 1898, on timber cul-
ture application No. 9673. for the ). ".
quarter OF section No. q. in township No. +"
north, range No. rs west 9TH u. m. lename3
as witnesses: Ira Cree. William Walton,
Charles Walton, Rasmus Hansen all OF Miller,
Hand Co. :. ID.
C. a. BLAKE. Register.
The herald., 1898-12-08
MEsERvE SECURES 1T
Supervisors Elect Him Horticultural
Commissioner

The board of supervisors yesterday ac-
cepted the resignation OF c. G. Kellogg as
horticultural commissioner and a. X. Me-
serve and Mr.. Northcroft were nominated
to succeed him in that office. Mr. Meserve
received the votes of President Woodward
and Messrs. Wirsching, Field and Davis, Mr..
Hanley alone voting for Mr.. Northcrott,
and Mr.. Meserve was declared to be the
chS;ce of the board for that position.
Tie order of the judges of the superior
court prescribing the amount in which each
member of the board of supervisors must
execute an official bond before entering
upon the discharge of the duties of his
office was received and flied. The amount
fixed was $4,000.
The board accepted the resignation of
l.. s. Butler, commissioner in charge of the
burial of ex-Union soldiers and sailors
buried at the expense Of the county. John
Davis was appointed to succeed to the Of
flee. Butler also resigned as night watch
man at the court house and will be sue
| ceeded by Robert Peters.
Mr.. McCarrie was elected elevator man
| to serve during the pleasure of the board IN
! the old elevator at the court house, receiv-
| ing the votes of entire board except Super
visor Haney, who voted for Mr. Polan. Mr..
Harding was elected head gardener, in op-
position to Mr.. Rector, and B. F. Talbot to
act as elevator man in the new elevator,
Mr.. Rector receiving Mr.. Hanley's vote for
that office.
w. L. Woodward was elected as a delegate
| from the board to attend the meeting of the
chamber of commerce Dec. 18th, set for the
purpose of forming an organization to take
up the matter of inducing the government to
enter into the construction of the Nicaragua
canal.
The petition for the vacating of Date
street at the Palms was granted.
Supervisor Wirsching and DR.. Burdicl,
were appointed committee to investigate
means for preventing oranges from freezing
at Riverside.
The herald., 1898-12-08
A STRANGE BOOMER
Peculiar Actions Alarm the Ladies of
Temperance Temple

Miss Name Demaree rooms at Temper
ance temple and thought she heard some
one around the building Threatening her
life. Though taking this for the idle NUT
terings of d drunken man, she was nervous,
and crept out of her window and sought
safety in the room of Mrs. Lane, near by,
where she remained the rest of the night
Mrs Lane thought Miss Demaree was labor
ing under delusions, and when she came
again the next night to her through the
window over the roof Of the lower story
of the building she took this as a fresh proof
of insanity, and told Miss Knox, the super
intendent of the building, about it. Miss
Knox called in Mrs. Meserve, the president
of the Christian Temperance union, and
they began to watch Miss Demaree closely
to ascertain her actual mental condition.
1t was ascertained that the young woman
had piled furniture in front OF her door In
side her room, and was accustomed to 60 to
and from the room through the bath room
window and over the roof and into her own
window. The whole proceeding was so
peculiar they wrote to her friends, and
when they got letters telling them she was
once in the Iankton, s. D., insane asylum
they thought they had clear case against
her, and Mrs. Meserve swore out a COM
plant charging her with lunacy. This was
heard by commission on lunacy, consisting
of Judge Smith and Drs. Cole and Buell.,
yesterday.
At the examination Miss Demaree ex-
planned her nervousness and said Miss Knox
would not consent to her request for per-
mission to put lock on the inside of her
door. The snap lock she regarded as inse-
cure and offering but slight hindrance to
one disposed to enter, hence she had adopted
the plan of drawing her bureau in front of
the door and going out over the roof. As to
her former incarceration, she said she was
in the asylum only five months. and was re-
leased by certificate from the president
of the South Dakota board Of medical ex-
aminers in which he said she had not been
insane, but was merely sent there for observ-
ance as to her mental condition, which was
found to be sound.
The commission yesterday was in guam
dairy. 1t appeared reasonable that the
young woman, who was laboring under some
functional disturbance, might have been so
nervous to have done the things COM
planned of and perhaps had actually heard
sounds not heard by Mrs. Lane, which she
conceived to be menaces against her. Ac-
cordingly, they ordered that she be taken
to the county hospital for while. where
her condition will be further observed. She
is graduate of an eastern college, COM
posltor by occupation, and has lived in this
city for several years
The herald., 1898-12-08
MRS. GROSS RELEASED
GIVES ASSURANCE SHE WILL
TESTIFY IN NEVADA
Sheriff Burr Receives a Telegram
From Sheriff Prudential Au-
thorizing the Action

Mrs. Winifred Gross Is again Tree wo-
man. She walked out of her cell IN the wo-
mans department in the county jan at 8
o'clock Yesterday afternoon in company with
her husband, who has stood faithfully by
her during the week OF more of her incar-
ceration. and her little son Archie.
Yesterday was visitors day at the county
iail. and at 2:3O o'clock in the afternoon
Mrs. Gross husband came to pay his accus-
toned visit to his wife. They had been con-
versing but short time when Sheriff Burr
entered the cell, bearing in his hand tele-
gram, which he showed them and which
produced wonderful effect on the woman,
who has shown herself possessed of marvel
Gus strength under the most terrible accusa-
tions. bu1 who bore the good news contained
IN the dispatch with less composure. The
telegram was from Sheriff H. Prudential
Of Phoebe, New, and was as follows:
Full particulars received. II you think
best, release Mrs. Gross on assurance
from her that she will come here to tes-
tify in aid OF prosecution Of Hancock
Await letter addressed to Mrs. Gross
in care Of you, from the district attor-
ney.
Inc prisoner udu NOH lut ~ HlpdlHy vi
everyone in the Jail with whom she had
come in contact, including Sheriff Burr, and
the latter lost no time in communicating
the welcome news to her.
The little telescope basket, which accom-
modated all the belongings which she had
brought with her, was soon filled again for
the outgoing journey to the little home on
North Main street And so the plan OF
John Hancock's revenge has already failed
IN part, to add another crime to the long list
already standing accredited to him.
Mrs. Gross expressed surprise that there
should be any doubt as to her willingness to
testify in aid of the prosecution of John
Hancock, as she says she is ready to go to
Nevada whenever the order shall come fol
her to start.
When asked as to when the trial Of John
Hancock would take place, Sheriff Burr
said he was unable to state the exact time.
When it came time for Mrs. Gross tc
leave her hand was taken by everyone OF
those with whom she had become acquaint
ed during her stay, and her husband ex
pressed himself with much feeling for tn,
kindness which had been shown the mother
and son by the Jail attendants.
The herald., 1898-12-08

asylum he had escaped. Curran at once re-
piled that he had been incarcerated in the
asylum at Athens, Ohio. johnson said that
there was no such town or institution, to
which the prisoner replied that there GER
taiiily was, and that the asylum was under
the charge of DR.. f. j. Cook, who was
Mason Curran said that Cook had done
everything against him, so he escaped from
the institution shortly before coming to Los
Angeles last April. The officers are of the
opinion that Curran is Il crank and that he
was confined in the asylum as hypnotic
suicide, as he claimed to johnson. Chief
Glass wrote east to inquire about the man.
Curran was arraigned yesterday before
Justice Owens on charge of assault to
commit murder, and his examination was
set for the 10th inst, bail being fixed at
$4,000 Curran will be turned over to the
Ohio authorities in case they should come
after him, and if they do not care for his
return he will probably be committed to
Highlands, if lunacy commission deems
him fit subject for that institution. Mr..
Earl is improving, and his physicians en-
tertain hopes for his speedy recovery.
The herald., 1898-12-08
Mechanics Lien Foreclosed

4 series of lawsuits relating to the con-
struction of improvements on lots and 7
of Dietz Adams street tract, in this city,
were consolidated and tried before Judge
Van Dyke yesterday. On November l3,
1897. L. A. Stahl, as owner of the premises,
entered into contract with n. NJ. and W.
L. Beers for the erection OF two-story
house thereon for s435Q. Sub-contracts
were executed by them for materials and Ia
Dor to be performed on the building, but
before the completion of the work they
abandoned the work. Various liens were
placed upon the property which it was
sought to foreolose, and these were consid-
cred jointly by the court. The parties in in
terest agreed upon the principal items in
controversy, and Judgment will be ordered
in accordance with stipllations of counsel.
The herald., 1898-12-08
SCHOOL NOTES
OF Interest to Parents, Pedagogues
and Pupils

Visiting day in the schools has again been
established by Prof. Foshay this week, be
ginning the work in that line for the year.
These days are very helpful to the teachers,
for they are spent in visiting other schools
than their own, whereby the different ideas
and methods of teaching are interchanged
with beneficial results. The Ninth street
school was the first school to close for this
purpose this term and Monday was devoted
by its teachers to outside visiting. Cambria
street school followed on Tuesday and the
New Macy and Highland Park on Wednes-
day. Today the pedagogues Of the First
street school will visit and tomorrow those
of the Spring street. The following is the
schedule for the following week: December
L, Twenty-eighth; December 13, Tenth
street; December II, Seventeenth street
December 10, Hellman, and December l6,
Alpine.
The silver medal awarded the Los Angeles
city schools at the Omaha exposition for the
best school exhibit of drawing, sloyd and
kindergarten work, is a very handsome one.
and is making the rounds Of the city schools,
each one of which has the honor of exhibit
ing it for u few days.
Miss Faulding, teacher Of sloyd in the
Spring street school, has gone to Goleta tc
attend the funeral Of her father. She will
be absent for two weeks
Miss Batchelder OF the Sixth street school
is absent from her post of duty this week
on account OF the death Of her brother
The second meeting Of the County Teach
ers' association will begin at 10 o'clock Sat
urday morning at the high school.
The herald., 1898-12-08
DEFAULTING SOLDIER CAUGHT
Company Clerk Thompson Cverhauled
at Topeka

Charles L. Thompson, company clerk of
Company A, Seventh infantry United
States volunteers, who collected SS4 in CON
tributions of 81 each from individual mem.
bers of the company with which to buy Cap
tain Wankowski present and then alb.
seconded with the funds, has been captured.
On the day the regiment was mustered
out the plan of making the captain a pres
ent met with very general Endorsement. but
when Thompson got the money he made q
bee line for the Santa Fe depot and bought
a ticket for Chicago. The members of the
company got wind of his flight, swore out a
warrant for his arrest and intercepted hin
at Topeka by telegraph. The officers in
that city made the arrest yesterday when
the eastbound overland train arrived al
450 a. IN.
Thompson was travelling on a special rate
ticket, such as are sold to soldiers, and was
much chagrined because of the prospect oi
being compelled to come back to face hi
army associates in California. He was placed
in the jail at Topeka to await the arrival Of
all officer and is said to have consented to
return without the issuance of extraditior
DcDerS
The herald., 1898-12-08
LADIES' BENEVOLENT SOCIETY
The Annual Meeting and Election of
| Officers

The annual meeting Of the Ladies Benev-
olent society was held yesterday afternoon
at the residence Of the president, Mrs. l..
Ducommun. The only business Of the al
ternoon was the election OF officers, which
was the reelection of the former board, az
follows: President. Mrs. /. Ducommun:
first vice president, Mrs. II. g. Bath; second
vice president, Mrs. Charlotte Wills, secre-
tarv Mrs Josephine Butler; treasurer, Alr,.
w. H. Helman: trustees, Mines. Otto
Brodtbeck, j. o. Wheeler, W. Pridham, NJ.
Kremer, W. D. Gould, Nettie Mueller, L.
NJ. Day The treasurer's report showed the
receipts Of the year to be S39J. %, balance in
the treasury $l55.S9, total SOL. IA; amount
disbursed S460.5l; balance on hand $50 63.
The Ladies Benevolent society is the
pioneer charitable organization in the city,
having been founded in 1876. Mrs. Ducom-
nun is entering upon her twentieth year a.
president, and several other ladies Of the
board were charter members notably Mrs.
II. G.. Bath, who has given more consecutive
wears OF gratutous service to active char
table work than any woman in Los Angeles,
and probably in a much wider territory.
Since the formation Of the Associated Char
tiles lne DeneNOleHt socleIy Hds gwen dll
active work into its hands, merely keeping
the society together and supplying funds
when called upon by the former organiza-
ton.
Mrs. Ducommun has just returned from
a fifteen months visit to her old home in
Switzerland, and will resume the direction
of the societys affairs, which have been
rather overlooked in her absence. The an
nual reception will be held on the fourth
Wednesday in January at the residence Of
The president on Grand avenue, when mem
bers and friends will be given an oppor
tunity to pay their yearly dues.
The herald., 1898-12-08
HALE AND CASNfR
oRo GRANDE TRAIN ROBBERS
ARE SENTENCED
TWO YEARS AT SAN QUENTIN
Conspiracy to Defraud Government.
One Man Was Killed and Another
Turns States Evidence

Iorenzo d. Halle and Albert Casner, the
Oro Grande train robbers, were sentenced
Yesterday morning in the United States dis
tr;ct court to two years each in the penlten-
tiarv at San Quentin. The prisoners were
ACCOMPANIED by their attorney, r. Z. Bled-
soc of San Bernardino, who requested the
leniency of the court in passing sentence.
Judge Wellborn made clear and trench
ant ANALYSIS of the case, which he considered
fully justified the verdict OF the jury. Inc
maximum penalty for the crime OF whlch
they were found guilty, that OF conspiracy
to defraud the government, Is tine OF Slo,'
QUO and imprisonment for two years.
Halle and Casner listened attentively to
the remarks of the Judge with the same lack
of emotion or feeling that characterized
their demeanor during the trial, except an
increased pallor of countenance.
Clvde Bennington, one of the principals
in the robbery, was present IN the court
room. Bennington made confession some
months ago and it was principally upon his
testimony that Halle and his nephew, Al
bert Casner, were convicted. His trial was
continued until December 10, when 1t is
surmised he will plead guilty.
The hold-up occurred on the 20th of last
April. at Orc Grande, on the Mojave river,
San Bernardino county. Clyde Bennington
and Toll Jones, 10 and % years of age, re-
spectively, were the principals in the rob-
berry. Jones was killed and Bennington
robbed the mail and made his escape. Being
closely pursued he hid the letters in the
sand on the desert and returned to his moth
er's home in Orc Grande, where he changed
his clothes and going to Haile's saloon was
arrested by Casner, who was deputy sher-
if and constable.
The testimony given by Bennington on
the witness stand showed unmistakably
that the hold-up was instigated and planned
by the older men and carried out by the
younper ones
The herald., 1898-12-08
PROBATE BUSINESS
Estates Brought Into Court for Final
Settlement

Davis Freeman yesterday petitioned the
superior court for the probate of the will
of George c. Riddell, deceased, the estate
being valued at $1,000, all in real estate ex-
cept about $500 cash in bank. The property
is left to the petitioner, Freeman, Caroline
Budelman and Harold Wallace, the next OF
kin of the deceased.
Public Administrator f. NJ. Kelsey also
filed a petition for probate of the will OF
John NJ. Austin, deceased. His estate CON
sists of a note for $500, secured by mort
gage.
G. Roscoe Thomas asks for letters Of ad-
miuistration of the estate of his mother,
Martha r. Thomas deceased, who left two
lots valued at $500.
Mary l. Adams wants letters on the estate
of her husband, James n. Adams, deceased,
valued at 1915.
Mrs. Mary Walsh also asks for letters on
the estate of her deceased husband. David
Walsh, valued at $500.
The herald., 1898-12-08

The line of state reports up to the national
reporter system, to which the library is a
subscriber, is now complete. These give ev-
cry reported decision of the courts of last
resort in all the states of the union, to-
ether with nearly all the Federal court de-
csions.
Among the years additions is complete
line of English law reports since 1865. This
set will be added to from year to year and
kept complete to date. A set of Alabama
reports was also obtained last year. These
are very rare, most of the sets having been
destroyed during the civil war. Altogether,
there are 65SS volumes in the library L.
W. Robinson, the financial secretary shows
the total receipts of the library for the year
to have been S474370 and the total disburse
ments s30S2 35. A balance of $l66l35 re-
mains in the treasury.
The herald., 1898-12-08
Court Notes

G.. c. Weber, a native of France, was ad
mitted to citizenship by Judge Van Dyke
yesterday.
The controversy of the Vernon people
against the South Side Irrigation company
10 still going on before Judge Campbell
~ of sewage is the cause of complaint.
Divorce suits We're instituted yesterday
as follows: John X. Winters VS.. Josie b
Winters, May Waugaman vs.. c. L. Wauga
man. and Mary A. Martinez VS.. j. a. c
Martinez.
A petition for letters of administration Q
the estate of John X. Swanfeldt, deceased
was filed by his brother, Axel W. Swanfeldt
yesterday. Property valued at sl665 is in
cluded in the estate.
w. W. Sanchez sued Joseph Saba anC
Mrs. Alfred S. Halby yesterday for $500
alleged to be due on account of services per
formed by Rosana Lugo, whose claim ha'
been assigned to plaintiff The defendant
are partners and doing business under th
firm name of Joseph Saba & Co.
The herald., 1898-12-08
AN ESCAPED LUNATIC
Curran Says He Was in an Ohio Insane
Asylum

George T. Curran, who stabbed c. n.
Earl last Monday, after the latter had re-
fused him aims, is an escape from an eastern
insane asylum. This information was
learned from the prisoner himself yesterday
by Harry johnson, the private clerk to
Chief of Police Glass. An old man who
had stopped in the same lodging house with
Curran, called at the police station and
asked to be allowed to talk with the pris-
oner. He was taken by johnson to Cur
rams cell. Curran talked wilder than usual.
and suddenly johnson inquired from what
The herald., 1898-12-08
Marriage Licenses

Oliver II. Cash, aged 3d. native OF Eng
land, and Eva |. Hunt, aged 81, a native oi
Ohio, both residents of Whittier.
John II. Schintz, aged q, a native of Wis
consin and resident of Los Angeles, anc
Claudia b. Portillo, aged "a, a native Of
Mexico and resident of Pomona.
Henry Reid, aged 49, native of Germany
and Carolina Lowell, aged 43, native Of
Illinois, both residents of Los Angeles.
The herald., 1898-12-08
Anti-SuHrage

There will be meeting on Friday at 3
p. m. at the residence of Mrs. L. Ducommun,
No l347 Grand avenue, to listen to an ad-
dress by Mrs. w. Winslow Crannell of Al
bany, N. y, chairman of the executive
committee of the Albany Anti-Suffrage as
socation. Mrs. Crannell made her first
public effort in opposition to woman suf-
frage at the national Republican and Dem
ocratic conventions in 1896. She has just
been helping the women Of the states of
South Dakota and Washington in their ef-
The herald., 1898-12-08
Account Alleged to Be outlawed

Judge Clark yesterday heard evidence in
tie case of the Kohler & Chase company
agsinst Mrs. r. Ferner, an action for the
recovery of money due for musical merchan-
disc. The cause had been appealed from
Justices court, and the defense was based
on the statute of limitations, portion of
the bill being alleged to have become out
laweG The case was submitted.
The herald., 1898-12-08

M. Fl. Flint, postoffice inspector, received
telegram yesterday from United States
Deputy Marshal f. J. Boust of Fresno,
stating that the postoffice at Clifton, CAL,
had been robbed Two masked men entered
the office and in the presence of the post
master, A. r. Wilkinson, took out what
money there was in the till.
The herald., 1898-12-08
A Sick Juror

The trial of the damage suit of T. j.
Hooper against the Main Street and Agri-
cultural Park Railway company was inter-
rupted yesterday by the illness Of a juror.
This is the action wherein $4,000 damages
is asked on account of the death Of the Il
year-old daughter Of the colored plaintiff,
who was run down while riding bicycle
and killed by an electric car.
The herald., 1898-12-08
JoTTINGs

Lovers of good driving horses cannot
miss 1t by buying one of our No. Chester
Columbus Buggy Co.'s driving wagons
They have the Bailey hangers. long-dis-
tance axles and quick-shifting shaft coup
lings. Hawley, King & Co.
The herald., 1898-12-08
Our Home Brew.

Maier & Zobelein's lager, fresh from their
brewery, on draught in all the principal
saloons; delivered promptly In bottles or
kegs. Office and brewery, 44O Also street.
Telephone o.
The herald., 1898-12-08
THE LAW LIBRARY
Report OF Its Condition Made to tht
Supervisors

The annual report of the board of trustees
2f the Los Angeles county law library. lust
filed with the board of supervisors, shows
numerous additions during the last year.
The herald., 1898-12-08

New styles of vehicles constantly arrlv-
ing. Be sure and see them. Hawley hins
& Co., corner Broadway and Fifth street.