The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-05-27

A young man by the name OF GieSA
from Hudson fell from q train at Elk
Point and was badly injured about the
head.
The t%wenty-third annual meeting OF
the South Dakota State Medical assO
citation will be held in Redfield on
June 1 and 2. A program Of unusual
interest has been prepared.
Charles D. Warner of Kimball has
been commissioned as a second lieu.
tenant in the national guard and as
signed as assistant Quartermaster OF
the First battalion of the Third regi.
ment.
Work on the superstructure of the
addition to the Homestake cyanide
plant N. l will begin Immediately. The
capacity will be doubled and it will
then be the largest cyanide plant in
the world.
o Herreid has ordered the flag to
be foated over the s%tatehouse every
day from 9 o'clock in the morning to
5 o'clock in the afternoon. This is q
custom which prevails in other states
and will be followed in South Dakota.
A suit has been commenced at Stur.
gis for the ownership Of a two-headed
calf. Just where it was born is a ques-
ton in dispute. as we'll as the owner.
ship. j. w. Stevens, a rancher on Elk
creek, and Fred Scharpe Of TilfOrd
both claim it.
The directors of Augustana college
at Canton have made the annual ap-
pointments to the faculty. The mem.
bers of the old faculty were reappoint-
ed, and n additional professor. John
Berdahl. was chosen for the new com.
mercial department.
The Catholic Sisters have planned
to double the capacity of st. Joseph's
hospital at Deadwood, which will cost
$22, 900. Surgical operations from all
parts of the Hills are performed at
the rate of from ten to twenty a week.
AS many as fifty have been treated at
the hospital at oDe time.
Reports from many sections of the
state tell Of the use Of traction en-
gines for breaking prairie. This man.
ner Of turning over prairie sod with q
gang Of several plows is said by those
-vho have tried 1t to be much cheaper
than the use Of horses for the same
work, as n engine will do the work
of several pillow teams.
The hotel building at Deadwood own.
ed by Charles Jolitz was set on fire.
The landlord found John Elmer, a we'll.
known house mover, standing close to
the fire. Jolitz gave chase with a gun
and captured Elmer and took him to
the county Jail, where he is held for
arson. There is said to have been a
misunderstanding between the two
men for some time.
None of the Deadwood contractors
put Ill OloS lOl IAS 6ONOl 1A1Cu
building in hat city, for the reason
that they considered the appropriations
too small to complete the building &C.
cordfng to the plans. The bid of $751;.
$50 made by w. H. Maxwell Of Mar.
quette, Mich, is believed to be too
cheap to carry out the plans. One local
contractor figured that it would cost
500, 900 for the cut stone and brick
alone. The building is to cover about
a block Of ground in the heart Of the
city and will be Of cut stone.
DR.. Lavery. mayor Of Fort Pierre
has been In communication with Prof
Carpenter of Cornell university in re-
gard to the practicability Of materials
at Fort Pierre for the manufacture Of
cement. Shale, clay and mari, used il
the manufacture Of cement. are all t.
be found in the hills just south Of Bad
river, and those who have investigated
the matter say the natural products Of
these hills are better for the work thar
they are at Yankton, where q large in
dustry has been built up. The poesj
bilities will be thoroughly tested. .
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The grand lodge, Degree OF Honor
closed a successful session at Brook
ings. In point of attendance and earn
est work it was the best held in the
state. The following officers were
elected: Mrs. Mary Newell OF Sturgis
past grand chief of honor; Mrs. MARY
Griffee, Gettysburg, grand chief Of
honor; Mrs. Kate Sessions Holmes oi
Verdon, grand recorder; Mrs. Emms
Edgerton Of Yankton. grand receiver:
Mrs. Emma Hyde Of Webster, grand
chief of ceremonies; Mrs. Orth OF Ter
ry, grand usher; Mrs. George Thayel
Of Bookings, grand inside watch; Mrs
l.. Nudy of WATERFOWL, grand outside
watch; representatives to the supreme
lodge. Mrs. Newell of Sturgis. Mrs
Holmes Of Verdon and Mrs. G. p. Sher
wood of De Smet.
Fruit growers of Clay county held !,