Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-12-08

Pardons Recommended by Board.
The state %pardoning board has econ.
mended that Joseph Russell, who was
sentenced from Lawrence county foI
forgery, to the state penitentiary, be
pardoned. Also recommendation has
been sent in for Mamie Lang who is
serving sentence for manslaughter from
Meade county. Michael Connolley, of
Deadwood, has friends who are
e~ndeavoring to get a pardon from a
sentence of arson.
Cigarette Fiend Insane.
A young man about 20 years of age,
who went to Huron some months since
from the eastern part of the state,
became insane from the excessive use
of cigarettes. His name is Ray Null
doom, and after being taken into Gus
tody by the sheriff and examined by
the county board of insanity, ne was
delivered to relatives at Parker, where
he will be cared for till admitted to the
Yankton asylum, which is already
o~vercrowded with patients.
Fiandreau's Mill Burned.
Fire destroyed the Flandreau roller
mill. Although the department
responded promptly and two streams of
water were speedily playing on the
flames not a single sack of flour was
saved. The mill was the property of
the S. E. Twitchell estate, and was
valued at $4,000. Insurance of 5000
was carried. The Jesse, S. p. Carr,
carried a policy of 81, 500 on the stock
which was worth much more. 1t is
believed a modern mill will be erected
at once. How the fire started is a
my stery.
Circus Nan Burns TO Death.
John Bush, member of a circus com.
pany which performed in Miller last
summer, was burned TO death in a barn
there Saturday night. Tire barn was
close TO the business district and for
some time the entire city was threat
ened by the flames. Bush left a saloon
IN n intoxicated condition abont eleven
o'clock that evening..and went to sleep in
the born. Ten minutes later the barn
was in flames and when the fire was
su5dued his body was found burned TO
a crisp Five horses and a valuable
bird dog we're also burned TO death.
Insane Patient Hangs Himself.
+. +. Brown, an inmate of the state
hospital for insane, has committed sui
eide here by hanging himself, using a
towel and sheet for that purpose. The
sheet was thrown over a gas pipe, and
jumping from a chair secured the neces-
sary drop. Brown, who was only %
years old, aud single, was a Methodist
minister at Bangor, this state, where
his parents reside, and where his father
is also a Methodist minister. Ill health
was the cause of mental collapse. Rev.
O. ID. Brown, a brother, and Methodist
minister at Salem, took charge of the
remains, which were shipped to Bangor.
New South Dakota Telephone Company
Articles of incorporation have been
filed for the South Dakota Telephone
company with headquarters at Pierre,
and a capital of 100000. The incor-
porators are A. Ewert, e. p. Farr and
w. s. Rowe, Of Pierre, end @. K. Sum-
ner and @. T.. Mellette, Of Fort Pierre.
The intent of the company is the con-
struction of a telephone line from
Pierre to the Black Hills, with branch
lines to main doints in the section of
country between the river and the hills.
The preliminary arrangements are
already under way, and all the material
will be ON the ground in the spring.
The line is to be a copper metallic cir
cult.
To Leave Large Deficit.
state Auditor Halliday has sub
mitted his annual report to the gov
ernor showing in detail the financial
transactions of the state for the last
year. With a deficiency levy Of two
mills disbursement of the state funds
exceeded the rsveipp by ~, 1854. so, and
without this levy, which returned reve-
nues 70 the amount Of e454,I77, the
demands upon the state would have
exceeded the revenues in an amount
approximately q half million dollars.
This condition was largely brought
about by the heavy deficiency appro-
p~riations. The estimates Of the needs
OF the state for ordinary expenditures
for the next biennial period are placed
at 81 300. 900. and the estimated receipts
at $1,400, 900. which will leave . lerge
deficit unless deficiency levy il ordered.
Achanses at the state House.
There will be . general change at the
state house January lst. In the gov
ernor's Office there win be q complete