The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1906-03-07
SOLD BEER TO
HELP CHURCH
FORGOT TO GET LICENSE
AND ARE iN TROUBLE
Five Prominent Church Members Act-
ed as Bartender In Now Fearing
Prosecution John Schoenborn Was
Released From Custody.

Day county, on the charg &c OF sealiilg III
4 quor at retail without a government Hi
sense was discharged by United States
Conlnis William Wallace. 9th
er arrests may follow over the affair.
however. 1t develops that Schoe born
did not sell the liquor in question. 1t
is alleged that prominent woman nleIli;- A. x
Der of the church of which Scfoenborr1,
is also member asked the old man Tor.
permission to leave a number OF Kegs
of beer on his premises to be sold tor
the benefit of the church, Scfoenborn
assented and the beer was sold, hves
male members OF the church acting as
bartenders, the proceeds being turned
over to the church as planned. AS the
church people probably through igilor-.
arce OF the federal statutes, failed to,
take out government license, all con-
cerned will probably be hauled beore5
the federal authorities. They are all
4 Germans, and did not regard the mat
ter out OF the ordinary until the depu.-
ty United States marshal arrested,
4 Schoenborrl
IL. w. Crane, an old settler in this
section Of South Dakota, offers solu-
tiorl of the mystery connected with the
finding OF the skeletons OF a number OF
persons at Scatterwood lake, in Ed
munds county M Crane states that
he passed near the lake in 1882, before
that section Of the state was settled by
3 the whites, and came across a dilapidat-
ed, deserted cabin Fifteen head OF
cattle were grazing in the neighbo orhoed
but no living person appeared; at
er, the owner not appearing, the cattle
were taken to Huron and sold at atic-
tion, the proceeds being turned over to-
the state He now thinks it probable
the inmates OF the cabin were murdered
by the Indians and buried by them or
# by some passerby who saw the deserted
cabin before he did, and discovered the
dead bodies. He is Of the opinion,
that the skeletons uncovered were
those of the victims of the Indian OUT
rage of j, quarter OF d century ago.
"A. nv. Blurndahl. a butcher residing
I at Evarts, was brought to Aberdeen
and lodged itf the Brown county Jail
on the charge 8of obtaining money iiIi-
der false pretenses. Blumdahl repaid
The money he is alleged to have secur-
ed, but this did not satisfy the man
bringing the charge and he was arrest
ed. He was held under 5000 bonds to.
await the action of the circuit court Tor
Walworth county
g. f. Loweth, superintendent OF
bridges for the Milwaukee road, with
4 headquarters in Chicago, with Assist,
ant Chief Engineer Rice and Division
Engineer Ames, passed through Aber-
deem on their way to the Missouri riv-H
eli, where they will inspect the various
suggested sites for the bridge across
that stream and definitely decide upon
the location for the permanent struc-
tiife.
Al southbound freight on the North
western road struck broken rail near
4 Ordway and two freight cars and the
caboose were derailed. No one was
hurt in the accident but traffic was de-
layed for several hours
Beginning on March Io, the South
Dakota State band of Aberdeen, utaders
the direction oil Professor j. Casofl
will start upon tour of the state. The.
towns visited will be Huron, roquois,
Carthage, Lake Preston, Elkton, Clear
q Lake, Watertowll, Appleton, Minilss
Milbank, Webster and Groton, S. D.
The band consists Of thirty4tive pieces
and is gaining state wide reputation
While hunting near Scatterwood
4 lake, in Ednunds county, the, young.
sons of Henry Ablin discovered q llu-
man skull on the slope of a high hill
An Investigation followed and six COM
I plete skeletons were iilearthed, The
skeletons appeared to be those OF a
man and woman, probably thirty years
of age, an aged person, d girl probably
4 about sixteen and two children, prob-
ably four aud seven years old The
skulls are not from their appearance,
those of the white race, while the abb
sence Of the high cheek bones Of the
! Indian indicates that they do not BET
4 long to the red race. The skeletons
were carefully gathered together and
will probably BE placed. in the mus sealrl
Of the Northern Normal and Industrial
school
Il. Francis Atwood chairman of the
socialist state commit tee, has issued a
call Tor the state hfioii Of that
party, which viii n5 " t5lH Sioux Falls
orl June 5th, in acel bee with the
state caucus law PARTY is cntitl-
ed to the fol- owing rel anta lion from
the following counties, according to-
the state law Readle i, Br ooIxifaes i,
Brown 81 Charles Mix &, Clark Ii Clay
II ii. Day II, Il River II Jerald Niiags
bury. I. Lake i. Lawrence I8. Lincoln
& III arshall McCook 4. M cad i, 81
i1ef /, Minnefafla s, Moody 4, PEN
i1itigton Roberts /, Sphinx !, Yailk-
3 ton ]. l B ~ ~ Sss ss s
The cali announces that alI voters of
ti1is state are notified that The primary
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