Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-03-08

> rctea: presidegt f. b. Parker, Win
fred; ~vice-president. p. W, Peterson,
Vermillion; secretary and treasurer,
: 4, Braa, Vermillion; f. X. Axtel, OF
Trent. Frank Sherwin, Brookings,
I>aac Lincoln, Aberdeen, j. p, Hanson,
Bersford, p. f. Murphy Oldham, were
elected as board of directors. Mitchell
was selected as the place for holding
the next annual meeting, and February
~ and =. aud March ! being fixed ms
hates
Articles of Incorporation was filed IN
Pierre for the Canadian Southern rail
way, with a capital OF S50,0o0,0Oo, with
headquarters ar Pierre, and a branch
for the transaction lf business in New
York The line is 10 run from Nlnnl
peg through North Dakota, South
Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma
and Texas TO Galveston, 10 cross the
river AT Pierre, aud will have branches
running into other parts of South
Dakota The incorporators are +, a.
Hill, Galveston, Texas, p. E. Gilligan,
Highmore; A p. Sawyer, Elias Jacob
son, and other Pierre parties. The
same parties filed articles with a capital
of $50, 0O0,O 900 for the American Con-
struction company. for the building of
the road
John S~choenborn, the aged man who
was taken 10 Aberdeen from Frank
last Saturday night on the charge of
trying TO defraud the government by
selling liquor without having paid the
necessary special tax as required by law
was tried late Monday afternoon by
United States Commissioner William
Wallace. A number of witnesses were
on hand TO testify to the circumstances
which led 10 the prisoners arrest. The
commissioner found that there was not
sufficient testimony on which TO bind
Schoenborn over 10 the next term of
federel court and so he dismissed the
charge against him. ~Schoenborn
thanked the commissioner and then
walked out of the office and left Tues
night for home.
Representative Martin last week
introduced to the president Rev. John
Eastman and three other Indians from
the Pine Ridge reservation, who are
there TO see Indian COMMISSIONS Leupp
from the sale of the Great Sioux
reservation under the treaty of 1889.
This fund now amounts to about So
o 1900, but has charged against it vari-
Gus sums expended for education and
other purposes, which aggregate about
the same amount, leaving nothing due
the Indians. The latter claim that
of the things for which they have
been asked to pay should not have been
charged to them. They will have a
conference with Commissioner Leupp
in a few days.
Following the mysterious disappear
ance in Sioux Falls of Christopher
Sven, u farmer, a couple of weeks ago,
comes the report of another disappear
ancs at Garretson, in the northern part
of the county. The man who dis
appeared is j. ). Stenson, who has
been engaged in business at Garretson
a number of years. He disappeared
several weeks ago, but not until now
have fears been entertained that he
may have been the victim of foul play.
Until recently it was supposed he was
absent on a business trip. 1t
develops that his family know nothing
of his where abouts and have become
greatly alarmed and puzzled by his
prolonged absence. Stenson was a
of good habits and was in good
financial circumstances when he dis
appeared.
An attempt was made to wreck the
Northwestern passenger
jest above the st. Marys water tank at
Howard last Saturday night. The
regular freight wen through on time
and found the track clear, just shortly
before the passenger a wild freight
went mp, aud as good luck would have
it, stopped at the water tank for water.
As they started to pull along they
gained speed but slowly and when the
engineer discovered a pile of stone on
the track it was easy to stop before
striking them. Had the passenger gone
up through there ahead Of the extra at
the speed they make at that point, just
before striking that heavy grade. they
would have gone into the ditch sure.
The freight crew sent word back from
Carthage for the passenger to look ont
at that point, which they did, just
barely creeping along until after they
got over the hill. No clue to the per-
petrators Of the deed.
Buying = nook.
Here's a conversation / overheard
two women In n bookstores.