Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-12-05
nEwsy STATE NOTES.

Tn accordance with the result OF the
drawing at the White House last Mon
day, by means OF which the federal
offices in the State of South Dakota
were divided between Senators Gamble
and Kittredge. Mr. Gamble yesterday
made recommendations for the filing OF
several of the places awarded TO him
He decided TO retain Herman Ellerman
as internal revenue collector and Il. r.
Wagner as district attorney, bnt recon-
mended the displacement OF Frederick
Morris as surveyor general by the
appointment OF G b. Afford, of Huron.
For register OF the land Office at Cham
berlain he named w. II Irons; for reg
lister mt Aberdeen p B. Cribs, and for
receiver at Rapid City. Myron Whsle
Mr. Morris, who vacates the position OF
surveyor general, is friend OF Senator
Kittredge Mr.. Ellerman has been con.
firmed as revenue collector, but MIR.
Waeners nomination as district atto'
ney has not yet been passed upon by the
senate The agreement between the
two senators does not extend TO con-
firmations, and il is not improbable that
Mr.. Kittredge will antagonize the
appc intments in some of these cases
after they reach the senate.
The bank Mt Canova. which was
robbed of So 500 in currency few
weeks ago, will lose about 81 800 by
the robbery The banks loss was fully
covered by the $4,000 of burglar insnr.
ance which it carried, but 1t appears
that there is clause in the insurance
policies exemptiug the companies from
the payment OF the loss of any money
except that locked mp in the money
chest in the safe At the time Of the
robbery Cashier Beveridge bad all the
currency in the bank locked up in the
money chest except about VI, 300 10
silver, which he had locked mp In the
safe outside OF the money chest, and
this the insurance companies refuse to
make good under the clause referred to.
Inasmuch as the robbers succeeded in
blowing open the money chest as well
as the safe, and would have secured the
silver Just the same had it been locked
up in the money chest as requi red by
the policies, the result would have been
the same had all the money been locked
up in the chest, but the insurance COM
panies take advantage Of the technical.
ity TO escape the payment Of the $1,000
in silver, and the bank will have to
stand this loss. Other banks carrying
barglar insurance will do we'll TO take
notice of this and compy strictly with
the provisions of the insurance policies,
so that the insurance companies may be
held for the full amount OF their loss in
case of robbery.
A brute attempted criminal assault
Monday morning on Miss Florence l..
Ottman, of Aberdeen, near Bath, while
she was going TO the Hunstad school,
five miles south of there, where she
teaches Nothing but the nerve and
fighting ability developed by the young
woman saved her from serious injury or
worse. The name of the fellow il Edgar
Harrison, and he. is commonly known
as Shorty" Miss Ottman went out
on the train as usual this morning to
Bath. from which place she goes TO her
school on bicycle. This morning. at
the Bath station. Harrison asked the
agent where the young woman taught.
On being told, he started across the
fields ahead OF her. aud when she came
along on her wheel, seized her, threw
her from the wheel and tried to assault
her Miss Gilman fought him fiercely
and not until her clothes were badly
torn and her face scratched did the
brute leave her She went back to Bath
and gave the alarm. Will Evans, CON-
stable nc Bath, and others started out.
from the description given Of the man,
they soon caught him by using the tele-
phones. He was brought back TO Bath,
much disAgured, for Miss Ottman had
pounded him numerically, bleeding his
nose and scratching his face badly.
HARRISON will 90 before the circuit
court which il III session. He has con-
fessed