Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-05-15

An attorney, a graduate of Lin.
coin, Neb., law school, was in this city
a part of the past week sizing up De.
Smet as a possible permanent loca-
ton. He did not arrive at a difinite
conclusion but expressed an intention
of returning within a couple of weeks
for a short stay.
Following is a list of the players
and their positions in the DeSmet base
ball team for Saturdays game: Ryan
left field; Sasse, catcher; Streeter
center field; Rodewald, first base;
Rehfeld, right field; Lindsey, short.
stop; Gillispie, second base; Dodge
third base; Brotherton, pitcher, with
Van Hook and Cummins on the bench
The boys ssure us that they will put
up a good game tomorrow.
w. j. Mcintosh, travelling sales.
man for Janney, Semple, Hill 81 Co.,
completely lost his mind Wednesday
He was transacting business at Ban.
croft, and vas apparently in perfec,
health, when he suddenly threw his
hand to his head and began an in,
coherent harangue. Medical aid was
summoned from De Smet, and he was
later taken to Huron where an ex
animation showed a rupture of a blood
vessel on the brain. 1t is reported
that his chance for recovery is very
small Willow Lakes News.
Mr.. Mcintosh was quite we'll known
in De Smet. His condition causes
deep regret among IA large circle OF
friends and acquaintance.
&C. c. Nordgren came up from Ar.
lington Monday to attend to some
matters in probate court. On the
train that morning he met and had a
long talk with AISLE Helgalien, from
near Mansfield, this state, the man
who went to Laporte, Ind, to look
for a missing brother, Andrew Hell
galien, and through whose efforts the
horrible condition of affairs at the
"death farm" of Mrs. Guinness was
brought to light. Andrew Helgalien
was induced to visit the woman
through the means of an ADVERTISE
ment in a matrimonial paper. He
had something over 100000 with
him and never escaped from the farm
of Mrs. Guinness. 1t developes that
she killed a first and second husband
and fifteen other men whom she in
duced to visit her. The details of the
terrible affairs have occupied much
space in the dailies the past week,
but are too shocking to read.
The fire alarm Saturday shortly
after the dinner hour brought out a
large crowd. The blaze proved to be
at the Methodist parsonage. Aquan-
tity of waste paper and old pamphlets
had been burned about two rods
southeast of the house and the fire
was supposed to have burned out
some time before. After dinner Rev,
Henry Preston started to come down
town, but first examined the pile and
concluded there was no fire in it. He
had not been down over twenty min
utes when the alarm was given, and
had no idea that the fire was at his
place. A little whirlwind carried a
spark from the rubbish to the shed a
few feet south of the house and the
fire was burning in good shape in a
few minutes. The city waterworks
had on a good pressure and the fire
was soon under control, the only
damage being the loss of the shed
and a scorched window casing on the
south side of the house.
Huron is to have a musical fes-
tival May ~ and % The Mime
apolis Symphony Orchestra is to put
on three programs Friday afternoon,
and Friday and Saturday evenings
Accompanying this orchestra are Sibyl
Sammis, a soprano s~oloist, and Alma
johnson Porteous, a mezzo c~ontralto,
two of the leading lady singers Of
the country. Miss Sammis is among
the younger of the noted singers OF
the country but has appeared in some
of the greatest events of the last few
years, such as at Bangor, Maine, when
she appeared in the program with
Nine. Schumann-H eink, the great
contralto. Unless this writer is mis-,
taken in the identity of Miss Sammis
she is the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
Fletcher. of Fit. Pierre, this state, al.
though she has not made that place
her home for many years as her work
has kept her in the large cities of the
country, Years ago this writer heard