Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-06-06

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Elizabeth Kuenzie, seventeen years
old. daughter OF Gottlieb Kuenzie. :
farmer liying. ten miles south Of lava.
was accidentally shot and killed by
her mother.
y. w. Kruse. a Sanborn county
farmer, was arrested at Huron on i'm
formation from that county charging
Kruse with statutory crime. He
makes no denial.
Fruit growers fear that the crop
was killed by the heavy white frost re-
Gently. 1t Ia certain that early straw
berries are ruined. Plums and apples
have also suffered
The State Bank Of Yale came near
being destroyed by Are, Walter Huh
bard was using tar in doing some re-
pair work on the root. A kettle Of tho
mixture was left on gasoline stove
In the building and 1t became fgnited
and caused damage to the amount 0f
$500.
A telegram received at Sturgis saga
chat Peter McQuillan. while out with
his team and wagon near Sentinel
Butte. N. d., met with an accident
which resulted In his death. He WAC
a wealthy pioneer stockman of Meade
county, moving to North Dakota sew
eral years ago.
Elzy Curt, a farmer northeast q
Miller. who has been an invalid for
years, now gets around briskly, and
he attributes his recovery to a fall ON
the hard ground in lodging the kick
of vicious colt After the fall and
fright he began to recover from the old
that had afflicted him for many
years.
Joseph B. Spencer has arrived at
Hot Springs from the Mountain
Branch National home at Johnson City,
Tenn, and will assume the duties OF
hospital steward of the national SAM
tarium at Hot Springs. The sanitari-
UNI is filling up rapidly the number
of inmates now being about rs, with
40 others on their way from Danville.
I'll.
Dick Rose, an alleged horse thief,
who has been evading the officers Of
three counties for the past week, was
smoked out Of house near Roubaix.
where he had taken refuge. He re-
fused to come out when the officers de-
manded his surrender. The officers
then set fire to the house. bring ing
the man out In haste. There are sew
eral charges against Rose.
First Lieutenant Fred B. Ray OF
Company M. Fourth South Dakota in
fantry, has just received his commis-
sion from Gov. Coe Crawford, making
him captain Of the Yankton company.
Capt. Ray, who ia a Spanish war vet
erau, has been first lieutenant OF his
company for Ave years. He succeeds
Capt. A. D. Russell. resigned, also .
veteran of the Spanish war.
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While temporarily herding cattle in
the absence OF her father, the thirteen
year-oid daughter II Herman Kaplin Of
Huron was attacked by Vicious bull
and seriously injured. She was not
found for hours after the attack and
when discovered was unconscious.
Three of her ribs and one leg were
broken. She was in q critical condi-
ton for some time. but her recovery Ia
now assured.
Mrs. Eleanor Lynch, twenty-three
years old, bride Of less than year,
committed suicide by taking strych-
nine at Aberdeen. She left pathetic
note to her husband, begging his par.
don for having been cross to him. A
sad feature Of the suicide was the
fact that the woman soon would have
become mother. 1t is believed that
the condition of her health was re-
sponsible for the act.
Martin Berg, Jr.. of Maitland, aged
three years and five months, Ia probar
bly, the youngest hero In this state.
While GLADYS Swallow, aged three
years, was crossing creek which had
been greatly swollen by the recent
rains she lost her balance and fell in.
Martin happening to pass along Just a.
the accident occurred plunged into the
water, seized her dress, and in some
miraculous manner managed to get
her safely to shore.
The Chicago & North Western Rail-
way company will add large force OF
workmen to those already engaged at
Huron on the erection of round
house and repair shops, etc This will
make the total number OF workmen
employed more than 100 The com
pany expects to have the improve
ments ready for occupancy within
ninety days. Aside from these build
ings an immense amount Of work On
other improvements is being done at
Huron.
TOWN OF SEM HANDED "A LEMoN