The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-10-30

practicing football. Carl, l3 wear. a n,s
the high school team, had his o, vlu,
bone broken while playing on ' tSa
| streets. on me
At the annual roll call of tho p..,,-
church at Huron the following of,3cass .
were elected: II. ]. McGaryey trns
tee; II. s. McEathron and Georys ~
Starring, deacons; Mrs. r. l.. WaIka,
deaconess; G. H. Starring, superin
tendent. P0ip'
On account Of the tangle incident =,
the scavenger tax law Hughes count,,
will have no delinquent tax LIST o.,
publication this year Several countioa
are In the same shape, and II win toIs
legislative action to remedy the detao.
In the law as it stands.
The members of Terry Peak Mines.
union have contributed 1884 IN tbo
miners in the anthracite regions 30
Pennsylvania. The socialists clnb -
Terry also sent 500 at the same tima
Funds are being raised in every town
to be used in alternating the distress
Postmaster Bates, at Lake Preston
tas received notice that four rural
nail routes will be started from This
place Nov. 1. The routes will be from
twenty to thirty miles in length. ana
about 1900 people will be served Car.
riers have received their appoint.
ments.
Miss Daisy Hutton of Aberdeen q
dead OF consumption. She was active
In Christian Science work, and last
spring went East for treatment nv
members of the cult. She returned
home about two months ago, and had
been confined to her bed, though IN.
sisting that she was getting along fine
ly until her death suddenly came. She
was twenty-three years of age.
New water mains are being laid AT
Keystone, The old pipe has been
proven TOO small, and has also be-
come badly rusted. At a public meet.
ing of citizens ii was decided TO 70.
place 1t with new and better material.
the expense to be borne by the prom.
erty owners. The mains will be ex.
tended and the new mining companies
will become patrons of the system.
DIR. H. c. French. president of Huron
college. has gone to New York in the
interests of the college. He will give
personal attention to financial matters.
having assurances of liberal colI>,bu.
tions to the endowment fund. In the
event that $40.000 is raised within this
state, President French has assur-
ances that at least $150,00Q will be-
given to the college by friends OF edu.
cation in New York.
A freight train on the Northwestern
started a prairie fire six miles north OF
Redfield, and 1t ran over a strip Of
country twelve miles long by one mile
wide, burning all night and destroying
til ebay and grain in its path. No loss
of life is reported. Men fought for
hours but could not control the flames
against a heavy northeast wind. Off,
Gals of the Northwestern are on the
ground ascertaining the damage.
A way car broke loose from a Bur
lington freight train at Kirk station,
mile south of Lead, and ran three
miles down the steep grade to Puma,
where ii was ditched at safety
switch. There were three passengers
In the car, among them Otto p. Tn.
Gfantz, the well known mining man,
and they had no idea that anything
was wrong until the car left the rails
and began to bump along the ties.
The legal fight to have Sheldon Har-
denbrook taken to Cass county, Mimi,
where he is wanted on a charge OF Sc
duction, ended at Sioux Falls by his
release as a result of habeas corpus
proceedings. The court held that I'M
der the laws of Minnesota the statute
of limitation, which provides that an
indictment in such cases must DO
brought within two years from the
date of the commission OF the crime,
had expired, and consequently prose
cution was barred.
Much interest has been created by
the discovery of coal three miles
northwest of Viborg. About four years
ago an eight-foot vein was struck
while boring a well at the depth OF loV
feet, but nothing was thought oil inc
matter until last week, when SIOUX
Falls men became interested ana
brought a mining expert here, Whc Is
confident that coal exists In great
quantities. Several drill outfits have
been set to work. The promoters nave
leased 100 acres. and agree to nave
mine In operation in twelve months
The jury failed to arrive at YER
dict IN the case of Justin Boehme, ana
Jack German, who was tried Tor inc
murder Of Roy Streetor, the coloreu
prize fighter, at a recent trial In Ous
ter. After being out two nights anu
day the jury was discharged. II Is 10
ported that 1t stood eight for acqullea.
and four for conviction. The ceuis
room was packed througout the trial.
many women listening to the testimo
ny. The defense endeavored to SNOW
that the killing was justifable on tns
ground of self-defense, and witnesses
were put upon the stand to show tna'
Streetor was of a quarrelsome dlspv
sition. The prosecution WORKED on "a
theory that Streetor was killed IN cOis
blood.
Articles of incorporation have pen
filed for the National MerchanuiS,
company at Pierre, with capltai ~
100000; the s. II. Clark Plow oe'
Manufacturing company at Pler,S
with capital of s150.000; the Honus
ras Investment and Plantation oo
pany at Bookings, with capita
$4,000, 900; the Independent Guals
tee and Trust company at Pierre, WI.
capital of s5,000,000; the sierra-O a"a.
fcrnia Bold Mining and Milling co
pany at Sioux Falls, with a capita =
$2,500,0 900; the Corliss Truss con com nno.
at Pierre, with capital of S2OO,ovv,,
the Alexandria Oil and Gas conP nno.