Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-03-14

Five state Legislators and other pass
engers on a Milwaukee westbound pass
enger train from Aberdeen Saturday
had a narrow escape from serious injury
and possible death eleven miles
west of that city. The train was a
double header and smashed into a
freight going in the same direction. A
high wind blew the loose snow in
clouds and prevented Engineer Slater
of the front engine Of the passenger
train from seeing the freight. and the
only warning he had was a flag thrown
through his window by a brakeman Of
the freight, who ran back TO stop the
passenger. Slater applied the airbrake
which served 60 throw both engines of
the track after demolishing the caboose
and a freight car. The engine crew
jumped, Slater hurting his hip badly
and fireman William Rittenberg sus-
tanned body bruises Several passen-
gers were thrown from their seats. The
wreck occurred but q few feet from q
deep ravine. the scene Of u recent
freight train accident Had warning
not been given, it is believed that the
accident would have cost many lives
The legislators on the train were, Rep
resentatives Parmley and family, of
Edmunds county, FoRcannag, of Nc
Phersou, Bibelheimer. Of Walworth.
and senator's Overholzer and wife, of
walworth, and Hepperlee, Of McPher-
son. They were on their way home
FROM the capital.
In 8 decision in the case OF Delamater
versus the State of South Dakota the
supreme court Of the United States
Monday sustained the state law of
South Dakota, requiring a license fee
OF 500 a year for retailing liquor in
any of the counties of the state. Della
mater was prosecuted fo- selling whis-
key in Potter county. as the agent for a
Minnesota house and when he was
found guilty, attacked the verdict on
the ground that the law being an inter
ference with the interstate commerce,
is unconstitutional The supreme our
failed to accept this view, and affirmed
the verdict of the state courts imposing
a fine of $3.50
Governor Crawford has received from
a New York holding syndicate an offer
of a donation to the state of al million
dollars of North Carolina bonds in case
the state will bring suit against North
Carolina for the collection of the same
This offer probably comes from a New
York syndicate which has purchased
large holdings of North Carolina bonds,
issued in the carpet bag DAYS. which it
desires to collect upon, but cannon do so
unless it can induce some state or county
to sue for them and establish the valid
ity of the bonds. The offer has been
declined in the name of the people of
the state by Governor Crawford.
The railroad company is using dyna-
mite at Pierre again to breas the ice
which has piled above the temporary
bridge. The ice is reported 10 he Nov
ing down from Bismarck aud the chan
nel TO let it through is only about three
hundred feet wide. While the renro.
rary bridge is a wreck, the ice is b, ing
held by it most of the way across the
stream, and a wide opening L. wanted
when the up. river flow OF ic- comes
down.
Judge Garland, of the United States
court has appointed David p Thomas
to the position OF United States com.
missioner at Wasta, on Of the new
towns in Pennington County