Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-01-09
South Dakota
General State News ParasraDhed-

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William Lutz is under arrest at
Yanktcn charged with threatening 10
kill T. l.. Van Tassel, a prominent
citizen and manager of the Excelsior
Roller mills.
The supreme court has declared
void the provisions of the state pure
food law requiring patent medicines
to bear the formula telling the compo-
sltion of the medicines.
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| The state treasury has called In
state general fund warrants to the
amount of s3O5OOo. With these war
rants taken up, there are yet outstand-
ing approximately 100000 OF such
warrants.
A bomb made of piece Of gaspipe
filed with powder and plugged was
exploded under window of hall in
East Pierre where a private dancing
party was in progress. No trace OF
the perpetrators of the outrage has
been secured.
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Articles Of Incorporation have been
filed for the West Beadle County
Farmers Telephone company, with
headquarters at Washington, and a
capital of $4,000; incorporators, d.
Boyle, NJ. A. Nichols, ]. l.. Walker, R.
Diekoff and others.
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William Jarman, living south of Will
mot, committed suicide. He left home
Saturday evening. One Of the children
said they were going to hang papa.
This aroused suspicion. His body was
found Sunday in an old house two
miles away. He was SO years old. Do
nestle troubles were the cause. He
was all old settler and prosperous.
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A room at the federal building in
Pierre is being fitted up for headquar-
ters for permanent postal inspector
who will be located there. Inspector
Mullen will be there in few days
and get located in his new quarters,
he having been working Western and
Central South Dakota in the past from
Sioux Falls, but will work from Pierre
in the future.
City officials OF Deadwood have
started housekeeping among the
tough element of the city and have
commenced by raiding number of
the notorious dope" fends. Tom
Kelley, who is alleged to hold Grim
inal record as a thief, was run out OF
town and other characters who have
unsavory regulations have been order
ed to leave town at once.
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Driven by high wind a prairie fire
that brought out volunteer firemer
from every ranch for miles around
over mile wide and fourteen in
length near Hermosa before it could
be eXtingu;shed. The flames destroy
ed a quantity of hay but the work OF
the ranchers prevented the burning Of
their homes and buildings.
An action for damages in the sum OF
$4,000 has been commenced against
the Omaha road by William c. McCon
nell OF Sioux Falls, who few months
ago while engaged in his duties as
yardmaster for the Omaha company
in that city, was run Gown by q
switch engine and lost one of his legs
The defendant in the action is the
Omaha Railroad company.
DR.. A. NJ Giffin Of Rapid City has
just been notified that he has been ap
pointed district surgeon for the Chica
go & Northwestern railroad with
! headquarters at Rapid City. DR.. Giffir
has for some time past been the loca
surgeon for the company, but will now
have charge of the territory between
Deadwood and Philip, $50 miles il
length, and taking in the whole of the
NorthWestern's trackage in the Blacl
Hills
A. K. Gardner, solicitor for the Chi
cago & Northwestern at Huron, has
filed with the clerk of courts fo]
Beadie county papers in condemnation
proceedings for land on the east side
of the Jim river. The proceedings are
brought against about seventy acre.
Of lana lying east of the river ant
, south of the main line, the compan,
having already gained possession o
$50 acres around this seventy-acr,
J, tract.
: Charging that John Dayton, neigh
Dor, had taken three deliberate shot
at him, Hiram Burch, prospector liv
ing at Nahant, had the former arrest
ed. When hailed into court Dayton
denied the accusation and as Their
were not witnesses to the affair, h
was released. Now Dayton is seekin
the arrest of Burch on several charge
:. and alleges that Burch and his part
ners are trying to send Dayton to tn
insane aslum to secure some yaluabl
mining ground he owns.
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