The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-08-15
South Dakota
General State News Parasfaphed.

Henry Sunderman, aged eighty-hv'
years, who lived with his son on
farm near Cavour, committed suicide
by cutting his throat. No reason cal
be assigned for the act.
Fire In a group of frame houses ant
| other buildings on the lower end o
| Tenth street, near the Rock island
railroad depot at Sioux Falls, caused
a loss Of several thousand dollars.
While attempting to board a moving
| freight train at Salem Fred Felziel
| slipped and fell between the cars, the
wheels crushing his right heel ant
| breaking several bones in his ankle.
Alleging that her son is a drunkart
and incompetent, Mrs. Josiah SchottJ
| of Vermillion attempted to have NIL
leen Schotty removed as executor OF 9
$4,000 estate left by her husband tc
herself and nine children. The chill
! dren opposed their mother, and Judge
j. A. Copeland rendered a verdict IL
their favor.
Art Middleton attempted suicide al
WATERFOWL by drinking a bottle o.
| chloroform. II was not the painless
| exit he expected, and he called fol
| help. Two doctors responded and ad
ministered %antidotes that saved his
life. Domestic troubles were the
| cause of his attempt, which he de
clares he will renew.
John N. Russell, a stonemason, was
struck by a train and killed while
walking on the railroad track three
miles west of Hetland. The crew Of
the train which struck the man were
not aware of the accident, and the
dead body was found in the morning
by another train crew. A widow and
five children survive him.
Orders have been received at the
Rapid City offices of the Milwaukee
railroad to open the line to traffic al
once, and also to receive freight. 1t is
expected that for a few days passen,
gers will be slightly Inconvenience in
taking this route, but this is the regu'
lar opening Of the Milwaukee extern
sion from Chamberlain.
Mystery surrounds the suicide al
Belle Fourche Of Robert j. Baird, q
wool buyer for a Philadelphia firm
His body was discovered near evening
on the road above town. There was a
bullet wound through the heart, and q
new revolver he had just purchased
was by his side. 1t is said a letter
from home caused the act.
Undesirable citizens" are to be run
out of Deadwood and kept out, accord.
ing to the order of Mayor Adams. The
mayor himself will be the judge as to
who is desirable and who is not. This
action is taken as a result of a number
Of ~fracases that have occurred among
the lower element within the past few
days, and the mayor proposes a gen.
eral house cleaning.
At a meeting of the directors Of the
Bank Of Philip, which has not been in
existence for any great length of time,
1t was decided to Immediately increase
the capital stock Of the institution
from $1,000 to / $500. The bank com.
menced business under fiattering pros.
poets. and it is expected that before
many months have elapsed 1t will be
found expedient to still further in.
crease the capital stock.
w. H.. Warren, a carpenter, living at
Edgemont, was arrested, charged with
beating his ten-year-old son. He had
a hearing before a justice of the peaae
and the evidence showed that he used
a heavy piece of a harness t. punish
the boy. The little fellows body was
brought into evidence and showed
great welts and bruises all over the
back and body. Warren was found
guilty and fined $40 and costs.
John d. Deets. special alloting agent
Of the government is out to complete
all the work of allotment to women
and children on the Grow Creek, Low.
er Brule and Cheyenne River Indian
reservations, and expects the work to
take at least two years, and as Pierre
Is a central point for all these agen.
cfes, he expects to locate his family
there for the time he is at the work.
Beadle county vital statistics report
for the month of July shows 26 births,
10 of which were males and IL fe.
males. Eight deaths occurred In the
county, four males and four females.
Nine marriages were consummated
the oldest man being SO years and the
youngest 21; the oldest woman 81
years and the youngest IS. Only one
declaration of intention to become q
citizen was issued and no divorces.
The total assessment of the state
this year will be within $500, 900 of the
estimate Of $3.50, OO0, 900. At least the
figures, without the changes of the
state board. show that amount, and OF
this 1926, 900 900 Is on general proper
ty, leaving the balance as the corpor
ate property. Representatives of DIFF
ferent counties appeared to ask 70,
changes in the assessments, the Black
Hills being interested in mining lands
which were not changed from last
years figures.
8. 8. Emerson. a shoemaker of IA
doka, n Of the new towns on tn,
Chamberlain Black Hills extension O.
the Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Pau
railroad, stepped on a rattlesnake
which bit him. He is expected to re
cover.
A veteran named John Peterson
who recently entered the national aor