Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-10-15
NEwsY STATE NOTES.

near vermillion Steve Flanagan |
received the full charge from shot
gun in his right side and
died Sunday. The gun was
in the hands of companion |
and the discharge was accidental. |
Flannigan's home was at Indepen-
dence, Kansas, He stopped off for
a weeks hunt while on his way to |
register at Chamberlain.
H. T. Mayo, farmer living near
Wagner, secured fine flowing we'll
by the use of a fish. pole. He noticed
that water was oozing out of the
ground at certain spot on his farm.
in the soft earth he pushed
the fishpole down few feet, and
when he withdrew it, fine flow of
water Immediately started and has
been coming steadily since. He had
tapped the spring at a depth of
about eight feet.
Conrad Vollmer, who lives near
Herried, was killed as the result of
a runaway. The accident happened
while he was on his way home from
Herried. The horses became fright
ened and ran away and the unfortu-
nate farmer was thrown head first to
the ground and was then dragged
some distance by the fleeing horses,
he hoving become entangled in the
lines. His right arm was broken in
two places and no doubt his spinal
column was injured, as he lived only
about fifteen minutes after the acct
dent.
Seven hundred landseekers spent
the night on the prairie three miles
cas- of Gregory owing to the engine
tender leaving the track. Aside
from the discomfort no harm
resulted. A sixty mile gale ragged
over the rosebud Saturday resulting
in binding dust storm at Dallas
where there was not enough water
to sprinkle the streets. A big
prairie fire which started near
Winona, northwest in Trip county,
last Saturday and which for a time,
threatened Dallas, shifted toward
Nebraska's line.
The supreme court handed down
its opinion in the disbarment suit
brought by the Minnehaha county
Bar association against George w.
Egan, nominee for states attorney
of Minnehaha county, on account of
his action in the Julia Ann O'Grady
case. The court holds that in this
case the conduct of Egan not only
shows unfitness to be member of
this court, but also that his percep-
ton of the duties and responsible
ties of an attorney are such as to
make him an undesirable associate
for the members of the profession.
His name is ordered stricken from
the rolls of the profession in this
state.
About 8 o'clock Saturday morning
the people of Sioux Falls and sur
rounding country were startled 10y a
loud explosion, by swaying walls and
broken windows. In the city, every
one rushed to the street to ascertain
the cause. 1t was thought to be the
gas plant, but the rising smoke and
dust laden atmosphere to the south
east located the cause as unquestion-
ably an explosion of the powder and
dynamite houses of the Larson
Hardware company, two miles out
of the city. 1t was soon learned that
Otto Wehling and Chas. Weeks had
called at nearby house for drink
of water but few minutes before
the explosion, that they carried a
small rifle and went in the direction
of the powder houses. II is the
theory that the boys used the dyna.
mite house for target, and that the
bullet, penetrating at some point,
exploded cup that set of the whole
store of explosives. This appears
to be the only plausible theory.
AFTER search of the entire surround
ings, only fragments OF the unfortu-
nate boys were found. A portion Of
a hip, three hands, with sufficient