The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-12-11
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GROUND at Gettysburg. No fatalities.
1t was insured for one-half the loss,
which is $4,000.
Jens Haar committed suicide at the
Sam Jacobson farm near Wakonda by
hanging himself. He had been de-
spondent over poor health.
BY falling from his wagon Ferdi-
hand Colder, a well known Hutchin-
son county farmer, met his death.
The fall broke his neck, death being
instantaneous.
The application of T. M. Antony
and others to organize the First Ma
tional Bank of Gary, with capital OF
$4,000, is approved by he controller
of the currency.
The store of Sharp & Bedell at
Clark was entered, and several over
coats stolen. Several sacks of four
were also taken from the store of
Schneck & Hillman.
The residence and store of E. J.
Lacy at Lacy p~ostoffice, thirty miles
northwest of Pierre, was burned. A
woman and child were SO badly
burned that they are not expected to
recover.
Chief of Police Allison of Mitchell,
has rendered his resignation to Mayor.
Hitchcock, which has been accepted.
h mayor stated that he would not
appoint a new chief until spring, per-
hitting the work to be done by the
second day policeman.
Matt Becker, an old resident OF
Hartford, was found dead in a room
over a pool hall. He died during the
night from a dose of carbolic acid,
taken with suicidal intent. He was
tifty-five years of age, and is survived
by a widow and four children, who
live at Worthington, Mimi.
While acting as trusty at the county
Jail at Belle Fourche, Tommy Lyons,
a prisoner awaiting trial, escaped, and
is believed to have made good his
freedom. Lyons is charged with the
larceny of a watch from James Keyser
here last summer. He was doing
chores at the Jail and got away during
a trip to the woOdshed.
st. Joseph's Court No. III, Catholic
Order of Foresters, of WATERFOWL held
it's annual celebration in Waterfowl
1acf u-ooI pofor I DcEia1 re Ct D,,l
organizer of this order for the State
of Minnesota, delivered the principal
address, followed by j. Hantin of
Watertown. The evening concluded
with a Dutch lunch and smoke.
An explosion in a gas main al
Yankton destroyed fifty feet Of side
walk On Broadway and threw M. P.
Gilman, a banker, and Fire Chief
James Todd fifteen feet into the air.
Ohlman's right ankle was broken, but
both escaped more serious injury.
Many lights of glass were broken
and the terrific explosion was heard
over the entire city.
The coroner's jury in the case of
Henry Bohnsack, who was shot and
killed at Sturgis by the discharge Of
a gun which was being taken from
a wall where it was hanging by Emer-
son Eichler, with whom Bohnsack was
q%uarreling at the time, brought in a
verdict declaring the shooting entirely
accidental and freeing Eichler from
responsibility. Bohnsack was buried
yesterday.
So:
Frank Craig of Pierre reports the
death from exposure of an aged Ger
man by the name of Hooder, who held
a claim lea Pedro. The old man,
while on his way from White Owl to
Pedro, became bewildered in the
Thanksgiving storm, and evidently at
tempted to wade Cheyenne river. He
was seen wandering in the storm, and
later a searching party found his body
in the stream.
So:
Mrs. Christina Clark was sentenced
oldest and most respected residents
of Sioux Falls, was found dead in bed,
stricken by apoplexy during the night.
Mrs. Lewis and her husband had been
residents Of Sioux Falls since 1873.
She had for many years been promi-
nently identified with the work of the
local Episcopal church, and at the
time of her death was vice president
of Epiphany guild, an auxiliary of the
church.
c.. M. Ravens, a young barber Of
Viborg, was taken into custody by a
deputy United States marshal on COM
plant of Postoffice Inspector Collier
on the charge of getting ninety-seven
cents on a postal money order that
was made out to another barber,
whose name is C. w. Ravens. The
hearing was held before Commissioner
E. T. White at Yankton, and he was
bound over to the next term Of court
at Sioux Falls.