The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-06-04

Dakota
General
state
News I'm
Paragraphs.


Half the business section OF Key
stone, twenty-five miles southeast or
Rapid City, was destroyed by fire. 1t
is estimated that the loss is $4,000.
Jens Void died at Vermillion from
injuries received In a runaway while
driving to his home in Norway town
ship. His neck was broken.
William P. Boardman, who built the
first street railway in New York city,
died at his home in De Smet, and was
taken to ~Binghamton, n. Y, for burial.
The annual distribution Of fire tax
to the companies Of the state this
year will be over $4,000, ranging
from 70 cents to one company up to
nearly $4,000 to another.
The supreme court has denied re-
hearings in the cases of the state VS..
Landers and the state VS.. Vey, two
men sent from Dawson county for life
on CONVICTIONS or muroer.
County Superintendent Fillebrown
of Armour has decided that he will
not enter the race for reelection, but
has accepted the superintendency OF
the schools OF Chamberlain.
Clarence Henderson, Lee Davis and
Henry Hatton, charged with robbing
a Milwaukee freight Car Of twelve
pairs Of shoes and other articles, are
held at Yankton under $500 bail for
trial.
Cattle for the big ranges south and
west Of Wakpals are coming In at the
rate Of about 1000 q day. Some Of
the best cattle are coming from Old
Mexico. 1t is a five-day run from Ell
Paso, Tex, to Wakpala.
Andrew e. Thorpe, a bachelor farm.
er of Sully county, who located on a
large farm In the northern part OF
that county i'll 1889, died at st. Mary's
hospital In Pierre from dropsy. The
remains will be taken to West Liber-
ty, Iowa. for burial.
The new Catholic church at Greg
DRY, one Of the new towns in the ced-
ed portion of the Rosebud Indian res.
eryation. in Gregory county, was dsdi-
Gated by Rt. Rev. John Stariha Of
Lead, bishop Of the western diocese
of South Dakota. Among the visiting
priests was Rev. Father Ogulin of st.
Paul.
For expounding the doctrine Of free
love through the medium Of his week
ly newspaper, Freeman Knowles,
former congressman. twice candidate
for governor and the most prominent
Socialist In the state, vas indicted
by the federal grand jury at Dead
wood, charged with misusing the
mails.
George #. Horras Of Hot Springs,
formerly cashier OF the Hot Springs
National bank, who was indicted by
the federal grand Jury for the embsz-
element of $4,000 OF the banks funds,
pleaded guilty at Deadwood In the
United States district court to three
counts against him. His plea was not
a surprise, as a strong cass had been
worked up against him.
The city of Aberdeen has decided
to continue the work Of paving the
streets and In a few days bids will be
called for to pave several more blocks
in the central portion of the city. This
part Of the program of improvements
will be pushed during the present
year and 1t is believed that before
next winter many OF the streets In the
residence portion will be paved.
George Washington Glover, SON Of
Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy. came TO
Deadwood from Lead recently to see
Deadwood by night. An hour later a
policeman hunted him up and told
him to remove q fractions horse to
the livery barn. Glover insisted that
this was not his wishes. An altsroa-
ton arose and the ofioer placed him
under arrest. Glover spent the re-
mainder Of the night in jail.
During q severe electric storm Q
large barn on the Wilson farm, four.
teen miles south Of Wolsey, was
struck by lightning. The entire
structure was consumed. together with
six horses and COWS. A barn
on the Toddman farm, three miles
northwest Of Broadland was also
struck by lightning and badly dam.
aged. The fire was sxtinguishsd by
means Of sn artssian we'll and prompt
use Of a garden hose. A barn near
Alpena vas also consumed, together
with a large amount OF feed and hay.
1t was the most severe electric storm
experienced in this locality for many
years.
After a bitterly contested case Har.
ny Nc Cullom Of Madison, Nsb., was
found guilty of forgery In the second
degree at Belle Fourche. McCullom
was charged with having forged the
name of e. F. Hall to a check which
he passed on the First National bank
Of Belle Fourchs.
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In the circuit court at Belle
Fourche before Judge Rice, Conrad
Dahlberg was found guilty by a Jury
of the larceny of q steer, which he