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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-09-25
BOUNCED BY TWO HoBoEs.
Trainmen Are Overpowered and
Kicked From Their Own Train.

Trainnen Are Overpowered and
Kicked From Their Own Train.
Two trainmen accompanying an ex-
ira freight between Bristol and Ando-
yer had an experience with hoboes
which they will not soon care to have
repeated. After the train was in mo-
ton it was discovered that two ho-
boes had climbed aboard for the pur-
pose of stealing a ride. The two
brakemen went to the car on which
the hoboes had taken refuge, and at
tempted to force them from the train.
Before they realized that the hoboes
would resist the two knights of the
road attacked them.
The trainmen were taken unawares.
and were unable to make an effective
fight, with the result that they were
soon overpowered. The trainmen
were armed. but the hoboes took pos
session of their revolvers, and then.
as IL wishing to add insult to injury.
kicked them from the train.
One of the trainmen was quite bad
ly injured by coming into contact with
the ground. It is stated that in addi-
ton to securing the weapons of the
trainmen the hoboes also robbed them
OF s18 in money, but the money part
of the story is denied by the trainmen.
who naturally are chagrined at the
result of their experience with the no.
boes. When the train slowed up the
two weary Willies succeeded in max
ing their escape.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-09-25
In and About the State
RESCUED BY AN INDIAN,
Red Man Finds Seven-YearOld Girl
WANDERING Alone on the Prairie.

Red Man Finds Seven-YearOld Girl
Wandering Alone on the Prairie.
Becoming homesick while visiting
her grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Cihlar, at Wagner, Charles Mix coun-
ty. Mamie Olivia. the seven-year-old
daughter of Mrs. Swatek Of Tyndall,
quietly left Wagner and bravely start
ed out to make the long walk to Tyn-
dali so she could see her mother.
When her absence was discovered
her grandparents and the citizens of
Wagner in general were greatly
alarmed. She was last seen about the
middle Of the afternoon, and when her
absence was discovered a search was
Immediately commenced. The first
searching parties failing to find any
trace of her, posses OF Wagner men
started out In various directions on
horseback and in carriages, c%ontinu-
ing the search throughout the night
and until the following afternoon,
when the little wanderer was found at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Anton Ku-
ca, about ten miles southeast of Wag-
ner.
1t developed that the little girl had
started out with the intention of walk
ing to Tyndall, which is an adjoining
county, but had been overtaken on
the road by darkness. When every
thing indicated that she would have
to pass the night in the solitude Of
the prairie she was observed by an In
dian, who took her to his home.
Upon discovering that she could
talk Bohemian, he took her to the
kuca home, where she was found the
following day by searching parties, rs
stated.
The brave little girl was not alarmed
to any extent by her experience. Her
disappearance and the uncertainty as
to her fate nearly cost the life OF her
grandfather. He is a victim Of heart
trouble and the anxiety occasioned
by the strange absence IT the little
girl brought on an attack Of heart
trouble, which was OF so serious a
character that for some time he was
in a dangerous condition.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-09-25
man AND WIFE FIGHT POSSE
Two MortaIIy Wounded When Attempt
Is Made to Arrest Man Accused
of Murder.

West Plains, Mo-, Sept. %. - John
Roberts and his wife yesterday resis.
ed a sherih's posse In a desperate
battle near Prestonia, one mile south
Of the Observation-Disclosures line, when
the officers attempted to arrest Rob.
erts for killing ODE Kessinger. a
neighbor, Saturday night. AS a rs.
suit the woman and Sheriff Money of
Baxter county, Arkansas, are mortal
ly wounded; Roberts and two mem
bers of the posse, Max Lowery and
his son, are seriously hurt. Roberts
cannot survive.
The murder of Kessinger was cold.
blooded. Roberts went to the house
late in the evening and called his viz
tim to the door. When Kessinger up
peared Roberts fired deliberately and
killed him.
Sheriff Money and several deputies
early yesterday morning started to ar
rest Roberts. The posse was told by
the woman to keep away, but when
the sheriff continued to advance both
she and her husband opened fire.
Money was shot by the m His
fall disconnected the deputies for a
few minutes and Roberts and his wife
took advantage Of this to barricade
the house. They defended the build
ing for hours. When the firing from
within finally ceased. the door was
broken down. Mrs. Roberts, suffering
from fourteen wounds, was dying.
Roberts and the wounded officers
We're taken to Mountain Home, Ark.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-09-25
SHERIFF WAS BETTER MAN.
Desperate Horsethief Tries to Over
power Sheriff kempker, in Which
He Failed Sisnally.

He Failed ~sisnalIy.
T.. B.. Mitchell, the horsethief con-
fined in the Clay county Jail at Yer
million. attempted to overpower She~-
if Kempker for the purpose of making
his getaway. But the officer was a
little too quick for him, and in future
Mitchell will not receive many favors.
The ann in which the prisoner
sought to put the sheriff out of bust
ness shows that he is desperate as
the time approaches for his trial.
Upon pretext of having a headache,
Mitchell was allowed to go out into
the jail yard to get a little fresh air.
Sheriff Kempker sat down to guard
him. In a few minutes Mitchell said
that there was something in the Jail
he wanted, and he entered to get it.
The next thing Sheriff Kempker knew
his prisoner was running towards
him with a bottle of anti-germaine in
one hand and the leg of a table in
the other. The contents of the hottie
contained carbolic acid for the most
part. kempker did not have time TO
draw his revolver. so sudden was the
onslaught, but by a quick move he
succeeded in knocking the bottle of
poison from his opponents hand. and
before he could strike Mitchell was
backed up against the jail wall and
the sheriff's fingers We're clutching at
his throat.
It was a narrow escape for the Of
fcer. and although he has been
keeping close tab on Mitchell in the
past, his vigilance in the future will
be even greater.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-09-25
GoOD MONEY IN CROPS,
Settlers In Westrn South Dakota
Hav Had a Successful Year.

Settlers In Westrn South Dakota
Hav Had a Successful Year.
The uestion of crop raising west
OF the river and in the Missouri valley
is n which is Of interest in view Of
the many statements which have been
made in past years as to the section.
In that line a few notes collected from
local papers owe the section show the
following returns:
JEFF Carr of the mississippi ranch"
on Cheyenne river, reports 80 bushels
of oats to the acre, on disked grounds
and As bushels on plowed ground. He
secured 35 bushels of rye to the acre,
and his corr is practically matured.
j. Anderson, On Antelope creek,
Stanley county, reports that Is acres
of mixed crops on spring breaking
Melted him SIG an acre. He tried
winter wheat on a five-acre tract Of
ground broken last year and got 25
bushels to the acre.
Andrew Braunersrauther, neal Muir
do, got IS bushels of wheat to the
acre and Y bushels of oats from an
acre and a half. VIM. Yarosh, ear
the same place, got Is bushels OF
wheat and As bushels of oats per acre.
Harry Bickford, near Highland, re-
ports $50 an acre from his oat crop,
with 20 bushels to the acre.
Albert Baat. near Murdo, secured
1,O3O bushels of speltz from 65 acres.
at the prevailing price, bringing him
s12.6O an acre on land 1e bought for
$12.25 an acre.
w. C. Gigg Of Mcclure got So bush
els of speltz an acre on s acres after
p~asturing 20 hogs on it for three
weeks. Rush Anderson, nea the
same place, reports IS bushels of win
ter wheat to the acre, which he sold
at 81 a bushel.
The corn yield in the vicinity OF
Kadoka, in Southwestern Stanley. is
reported to be from so to 60 bushels
an acre, and practically all matured.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-09-25
MARK FOR MISFORTUNE.
Peter isaacson, Homestake Miner, Is
a Victim of Frequent Accidents.


Peter IsaacSon, an employee in the
Homestake mine, is undoubtedly n
Of the most unfortunate men in that
company's employment. He is known
as a regula.' patient at the Homestake
hospital, and when he is aot in the
hospital his ward is reserved for him,
for a week is about the longest he
can go without meeting with some
accident. Fate seem ever ready to
go out of her way to break his limbs
or disable him in some way. Just
recently, while walking along the 500
foot level near the Star shaft, a run.
away air engine ran into a pile of
drills and threw one of them from
the pile and striking him broke his
leg. At the time of this accident he
was walking with a cane as the re-
suit of an accident a short time prior
to this one, when. during blasting, a
beam was blown against him, break
ing his leg. Once he was obliged to
lay off for nearly two years that he
might ecoye from serious wounds,
gained while blasting.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-09-25
PANIC ABOARD BIGGEST LiER.
Breaking Of Propeller Spreads Terror
Among Passengers on Mauretania.

OF Propeller Spreads Terror
Among Passengers on Mauritania.
New York, Sept. 22.-For more than
halt an hour last Wednesday the
great turbine steamer Mauretania,
with all her cabins filed with fright
ened passengers, rolled and pitched
helplessly in midocean. with waves
constantly washing over her decks.
She had run into the storm hours be-
fore, but had been kept under head
way until one Of her propeller blades
flew off with a crash that alarmed
nearly every n on board the great
steamer. So tremendous was the
fol &c Of the blow which the loosened
propeller dealt the ship hat the
whole middle section of the steamer
seemed to rise, the flooring buckled
until the tacks from the carpet were
hurled against the ceilings and the
passengers were thrown about the
cabins.
The engines were stopped and the
big ship began to wallow in the
trough Of the seas, while the pascal
gers besieged the captain, imploring
him to tell them the nature of the &C.
ciGent. Every effort was made TO
quiet the frightened ones, but the in
tense excitement did not subside UNI
til the steamer started once more on
hel way. An examination disclosed
that the compartment adjoining the
propeller shafts was filled with water.
II is believed that the detached pro-
peller blade stove a hole in the steam
er's bottom.
She came into harbor and to her
dock Saturday.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-09-25
HEARST STATE TICKET NAMED.
Dr.. r.. c. Warner Heads %Independ.
ence League List.

Dr.. r. G. Warner Heads I~ndepend.
ence League List.
That the new Independence party
will make a fight in South Dakota,
and place upon the ballots by petition
a full congressional and state ticket.
including presidential electors, is the
announcement which was made at
Sioux Falls by H. w. Diffenderfer,
national committeeman for Oklahoma.
who Is here for the purpose of organ
izing South Dakota. Omitting the
presidential electors, the ticket of the
new party in South Dakota will be as
follows:
For Congress-Louis V. Schneider
of Salem, w. S. Bray of Lead.
Governor-Dr. Rodell C. Warner of
Mitchell.
Lieutenant Governor. c. Bonnie
of Lead.
Secretary Of State-Sanford G. Don
aldson of Yankton.
Attorney General-George w. Lat
tin of De Smet.
Auditor-Henry w. Smith of Sioux
Falls.
Treasurer-Daniel Ellison of Crooks.
Commissioner or School and Public
Lands-A. A. Gleason of Chamberlain.
Railroad Commisisoner-Walter B.
Dean of Yankton.
1t Is further announced by Mr.. DIFF,
fenderfer that Thomas L. Hisgen,
&c 49, --.
for president and Mr.. Hearst will visit
South Dakota on Oct. IA, and will
speak at Yankton and Sioux Falls.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-09-25
FAMILY

Hollanders Abandon Farm in South
Dakota and MysteriousIy Disappear.
A family Of Hollanders who had
cented what is known as the Rudolph
Miller farm, in the northern portion
of Union county, were the principals
in a mysterious disappearance. The
members of the family were last seen
by a neighbor, whom they asked to
Look after the chores on their place.
stating that they might not come
back. Since then nothing has been
seen or heard of them. They had
good crop this season, and apparently
were doing well and prospecting, SO no
reason is known for their leaving the
country in so peculiar a manner.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-09-25
That Was the Question.

Down in Missouri Judge Wallace
was addressing a meeting Of prohibi
tionists in one of the prohibition hot
beds OF the state. Eyes, friends" he
said: 1T am elected governor OF
Missouri, I'll keep this state dry when
and where the laws says 1t shall be
dry! There will be no half way
Hold on!" cried a man in the
crowd. Anybody can keep st. Louis
dry"
Just then the Judge purposely over.
turned the ice water, and during the
confusion he drifted from the subject
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-09-25
Disappointed.

At a dinner of a legal association
held in WASHINGTON not long ago one
of the speakers told of a farmers son
in Illinois who conceived a desire to
shine as a legal light. Accordingly
he went up to Springfield, where he
accepted employment at a small sum
from a fairly well known attorney.
At the end Of three days study he
returned to the farm.
well. Bill, how'd We like the law?'
asked his father.
ut amt what it's cracked up to be-"
responded Bill gloomily. I'm sorry I
learned it,"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-09-25
Stabbinu ARRAY.

Jasper, Mimi, Sept. 2O.-A serious
stabbing ARRAY occurred here last
night. One Carpenter accused Rich
ard Nelson of stealing $40 from him.
Nelson called his accuser a liar, and
Carpenter without further p]rovocation
stabbed Nelson three times in thu
chest and then kicked him. Carpen-
ter is in the local lookup awaiting the
outcome OF Nelson's injuries.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-09-25
WILL GO TO SAN FRANCISCO.
South Dakota Delegates Named by
Governor.

Gov. Crawford has appointed as
South Dakota delegates to attend the
nineteenth annual session of the
Trans-Mississippi commercial, which
meets at San Francisco Oct. G-10:
John Hunter, D~eadwood; Dan McKin.
non, Madison; Glib Diziewanoski.
Woonsocket; w. H. Roddel, Brook
ings; A. c. White, Aberdeen: A. C.
Ringsrud, Elk Point: VIM. J.. Wolfe,
Lake Andes; F. B. Roberts, Milbank;
J.. E. Platt. Clark; Ernest May, Lead:
II. d. Walrath, Watertown; c. B.
B~illinghurst, Pierre; William Waible,
Huron: T. W. Dwight, Sioux Falls;
H. P. Packard, Redfield.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-09-25

Articles Of Incorporation have been
filed with the secretary Of state for
a new bank at Mobridge, to be known
as the Farmers State bank. It is
capitalized at $4,000. The incorpo-
rators are N. L. Nelson, Clarion,
Iowa; e. p. Peterson, Des Moines,
Iowa; B. J. Olsen. e. E. Empy and
William Benoist Of Mobridge, the lat.
ter being one Of the prominent mixed
bloods on Cheyenne River reserva.
ton.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-09-25
WORK WEST OF RIVER.

The management Of the agricul-
tural college will work tho western
part OF the state pretty thoroughly
with farmers institutes this fall. They
have fixed dates for such meetings
at about twenty-five places for Octo-
Der and November, the work reachine
from Lemon on the north down
through Butte, Stanley and Lyman
counties, the last to be at Reliance
in the eastern part Of Lyman. In this
tour they will cover practically the
whole of the state west of the river.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-09-25
FATE DRIVES TO SUICIDE,
Affections Derange Mans Mind and
He Kills Himself,

Lisbon, N. D., Sept. 20.-Abe John
son, sixty years old, an old settler and
prominent farmer. committed suicide
last night by shooting himself. He
was temporarily deranged by grief
caused by the death of his wife in an
insane asylum a few years since and
the burning to death of his son Will
liam in the Hines (Minn.) fire on Feb.
"a last. He is survived by three
and two sons.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-09-25
FEELS MAN WITH BIG STAKE.
Deck Hands Fight at DuIuth-Victira
Nav Succumb to Wounds.

Duluth. Sept. 22.-Joseph Peacock,
a deck hand on the steamer Villa n
A. Paine. yesterday struck down Will
liam Murray, a fireman on the boat.
with a stake and the injured MAJ may
die.
Nurray's skull is fractured and ply
sicians are trepanning with the hope
OF saving his life. Peacock and Muir
ray were ashore together Saturday
night and quarreled and fought en-
their way to the boat.
Peacock got the worst of the battle,
and yesterday felled Murray with a
stake on board the boat. He is N
der arrest, charged with murder in
the first degree. Murray is from Pitts
burg.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-09-25
Fatal Row Over Money Matters.

Waukesha, Wis. Sept. 2O.-Mrs. Au-
gusta Crabow, wife Of julius Crabow.
a blacksmith at Calhoun, was shot
three times and perhaps fatally
wounded, and her daughter Olga Sc
riously wounded by John Smith, an
employe Of Grabow's with whom he
Is said to have had some misunder-
standing regarding money matters.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-09-25
GAVE WRONG MEDICINE.
seVen.Year-Old Girl Is Killed by Mis-
take of Her Aunt.

taNC OF Hef Aunt.
Audrey Beatrice King, aged seven.
daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. Alvin King
OF Ben Clare, a small town east of
Sioux Falls, is dead as the result IF a
mistake being made in giving her
medicine.
Mr.. King is the depot agent of the
Illinois Central railroad at Ben Clare.
The child was fretful during the night
and a sister of Mrs. King gave her a
dose Of medicine from a bottle wt.,h
she supposed was intended for the
child. Instead the bottle contained
medicine for Mrs. King, of which NOR
phine was one Of the principal ingre-
dfents, and before the mistake was
discovered it was too late to save the
unfortunate little girls life. She was
an only child.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-09-25
Bolt Starts Fire.

Cloquet, Mimi, Sept. 2O.-Lightning
struck the Catholic church here. set
ting the building IN fire. and it was
Quilted before the department coulc
check the flames. The loss Is about
$4,000. The church was one of the
finest in Northern Minnesota.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-09-25
News of the Northwest
500 TO TAKE GREAT wEsTERNr
Report Has n. G. Burt Recommending
Sale Of Road,

st. Paul, Sept. 20. - A report was
current in high railroad circles that
H. G. Burt, in his report to the English
stockholders of the Great Western
system, has recommended that the
system be sold to the Canadian Pa
cifc-Soo interests.
A. B. Stickney. former president OF
the road and one Of its receivers.
said that he was not officially cogni-
can't OF the report. but he added that
the consent of the 500 road would be
necessary to make it public, If such
recommendation were contained IN IT.
Mr.. Burt's report at this time. Mr..
Stickney said, was a preliminary one.
and his final report to the stockhold-
ers is not to be made until about the
middle of next month.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-09-25
NEGRO HOLDS POSSE At BAY.
Another Suspect in Fatal HoId-up at
New York Mills, Mimi, Arrested.

Another suspect in fatal HoId.up ~
New York Mills, Mimi, Arrested.
Wadena, Mimi, Sept. 20.-One ne
gro suspect in connection with a hold
up and fatal shooting here early yes
terday morning was arrested yester-
day at New York Mills and another 10
surrounded in the woods near that vii
lage. He has kept the posse back with
a drawn revolver, but it is believed
that his arrest will soon be effected.
A party of harvest hands returning
from South Dakota in a box cal were
held up by two negroes and a white
man who entered the car.
One mar from Iowa, whose son re-
sisted the desperadoes. was shot twice,
in the arm and abdomen, by one OF
the negroes. He is at Staples mortal
ly wounded.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-09-25
LAWRENCE &C. PROSPEROUS.
Dry Farming Brings Good Returns in
the Black Hills Country.

~ '''' ~ oOOQ nCluII1S IN
the Black Hills Country.
Despite the unusually hot, dry sum-
mel crops of wheat and oats in Law.
renee county are remarkably good
this fall. On the dry ranches where
there is no irrigation, the wheat crop
will average better than twenty bush
els to the acre and oats not less than
thirty-five per acre. Corn is looking
fine, and most of it is already out of
the way of the frost. Another week
without frost will see the entire crop
safe. The fruit crop. except for some
apple ranches, is largely a failure
owing to the late spring freeze, while
the hay crop is ample for hcme con
sumption. Potatoes and vegetabi, IS
all show good crops, and the farmers
of Lawrence county are
this year..
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-09-25
TRAIN KILLS INDIAN.
All of Mans Limbs Are Cut OF and
His Skull Is Snjjt-

Devils Lake, N. D., Sept. 2O.-An
Indian was killed while driving on the
railroad track four miles south of the
city. The horse was also killed and
the buggy demolished. The body was
mangled beyond recognition, the arms
and legs being cut Off and the head
split. No clue to his identity has yet
been secured.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-09-25
HANGED FOR MURDER.
Slayer Of Minnesota Homesteader
Pays Penalty for Crime.

winnipeg, Sept. 20.-William Paul
of Pinewood, Ont, near the boundary,
who murdered his companion, Henry
Schelling. a Northern Minnesota
homesteader, on Dec. 6 last year, was
hanged at kenora, Ont, yesterday
morning. Before death he left a con-
fession saying that he killed Schelling
with a pair of skates in the heat Of
rassion. He met death without finch
ing.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-09-25
WIFE DEsERTER CAPTURED.

Mason City Man, However, Declares
lie Will Not Live With Family.
Mason City, Iowa, Sept. %. - Be-
cause he deserted his wife ]. D. Hat
terry was arrested at Denison on in
formation from here. He left his wife
and three children. He was brought
back, but says he will not live with
his family.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-09-25
Typhoid Endemic.

Spring Valley, Wis. Sept. %. A.
epidemic Of typhoid fever 10 rasin.
through the town Of Gilman, I ~
miles from here. Two deaths have -.
Cured and several cases are il
critical condition.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-09-25
Tot Would Punch Cattle.

st. Louis, Sept. %. - Clad in boys
attire, so that she would go West and
punch cattle, Martha A. Rinehart,
fourteen years old, Of Lima, Ohio, was
found here yesterday by her father.
The girl told the police that another
girl and boy Of Lima had planned to
follow her after she had secured work
here.