The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-27
SOUTH DAKOTA
LONG STORY OF ABUSE

SUUIHF UAkUIA
LONG STORY OF ABUSE
Mrs. Chamberlain OF vermlllIon Sues Her
Husband for Divorce.
VERMILLION, 8. D.-Mrs. John Cham
berlain has applied for "a decree of d.
yorce, and If her charges against her hus-
band are true, no treatment would be too
severe for him. She tells a pitiful story in
| her complaint, describing untold suffering
endured for several years for the sake Of
her children. Chamberlain, it is alleged,
has been a brute since their marriage He
| has accused his wife OF statutory offenses
called her the vilest names imaginable and
struck her many times, one Of the blows
| leaving a scar. a$i. :,s5Y EG5 xe
That the improvements in this city have
been unusually large this year is shown
! by summing up of the buildings erected
| in 1902. More than twenty have been
| built, besides a. new $4,000 hotel and
$4,000 schoolhouse. The total expense In
Cured aggregates $4,000.
Ex-Governor Lee was not shown the
lcourteses due him in the distribution Of
invitations for the eighth inaugural ball
invitation was provided him. 1t is prob
able that the neglect was an oversight
| The cold wave which struck the city
Tuesday night put a heavy ban on Christ
mas shopping Wednesday. and the mer-
chants were losers to the extent of several
| thousand dollars. d. ,s- ,;.s.- (, =.
| = RAPID CITY, S. D.-M1ss Myrtle Iiar-
vey has been awarded verdict for $1,000
against Rapid City for personal injuries
! sustained by a fall on a defective side
walk. She sued for SIS, 900. The accident
occurred Aug. 81, 1901, and she sustained
a broken ankle. The suit was started last
| 1oi ut oil tJoo%- IL,
| PLAINTIFF had been confined to her bed
| most of the time since the accident and
put to $3.50 expense for physicians .serv-
| ices, besides permanently losing the use
| Of the foot. On Nov. II of this year it
became necessary to amputate the foot
at the ankle. tuberculosis had set in at
the point of injury and was being COM
n1unicated to the lungs, and in order to
| eliminate its source the operation was
resorted to. 1t is evident now that the
case had been allowed to go too long,
and the young woman has consumption
Of the lungs, with no hopes of recovery.
Attorneys connected with the case assert
they were not previously aware that
tuberculosis could be communicated from
an injury of the sort to the lungs, but
medical records presenting parallel cases
were submitted in court. Miss Harvey
was a school teacher, having taught at
Tilford and Hill City,. 100 .-',-'s- - f.
| CANTON, S. D.-The Modern Woodmer
Of America elected new officers for 1908, as
follows: A. H. Schmidt, consul; Albert
Payne, adviser; Jonas H. Gray, banker
John Moe, clerk; w. E. Moore, escort
F. L. Arnold watchman; A. W. Tucker
sentry; Dr. R. Hettlesater, physician
George Searls, trustee; Will c.. Gemmell
camp lecturer.-The Masonic lodges
Joined in observance of st. Johns day by
holding an elaborate supper and ball al
the Rudolph hotel. About seventy five
people NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. chapter No
was organized in 1885 and was the fourth
chapter in the state: Its officers for the
priest; P. A.. Overseth, king: Thoma,
Thorson, SCRIBE B. F. Whitmore, treas
urer; A, e. Jennings, secretary.
HOT SPRINGS, S. DC. H.. worthing
ton, president of the Cleveland Stone
company, and w. c. Nichols, superintend-
ent Of quarries for the company have
completed the inspection of the Edgemont
stone quarry which. Mr.. Worthington has
purchased. Mr.. Nichols came out as ar
expert to pass upon the quality of the
stone, and after examining samples says
the stone will make the finest grindstones
in the United, States. Active work will
probably be commenced next spring. The
Cleveland company employs over 2,50i
men, 500 being employed in one quarry
|The company owns the Berea and Elyris
quarries in Ohio, besides several in Other
states. Mr.. Worthington has purchased
the Edgemont stone quarry as his owr
private property. ISL ~:
PIERRE, S. D.-Governor Herreid com.
mfssioned Charles S.. Bundy Of Washing
ton commissioner of deeds for South Da-
kota.-Representat from the range
north and west Of Leslie have arrived an6
say there are only about three inches o1
snow in that section, not enough to ir
any way interfere with grazing: From
Leslie this way the fall is heavier.-Arti.
cles of incorporation have been filed fol
the Southern Mica company Of Pierre
with capital of $500, 000.-The Co-opera.
tive Supply company at Huron, with 8
with a capital of $500,000. The Co-opera.
> company at Huron, with a capital of $50,
900; the Standard Truck company a.
Huron, with a capital of 100000.
j, LEAD, S. D.-J. II. Jones has been ar
| rested on the charge of statutory libel