The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-12-17

spring, killed Ray Walker here, was
this morning sentenced to fifteen year
in the penitentiary by Judge Rice in
the district court.
Mitchell-Eighteen or twenty prom
inent men Of the state met In this
city Wednesday at the invitation OF
President Kerfoot, of Dakota Wesley
an, to discuss matters pertaining to
the raising of the endowment fund Of
$3.50, 600 and the 500, 900 for buildings.
1t is expected that a campaign will be
mapped out at that time for future
work.
Pierre-GOvernOr Vessey granted
foul pardOns on the recommendation
Of the state pardon board they being
Chas. Vantling, sentenced from Custer
county; Frank Fitzpatrick and James
Moyen sentenced from Sphinx county;
and Frank Matejousky, sentenced from
Stanley county. He also granted a
pardon without board action for Roy
Lennerville sent from Butte county.
Yankton-Father Placidus of tho
Sacred Heart hospital, who went
abroad last December returned last
Friday to take up his work again at
the hospital. Although he had a stor-
my voyage and had to undergo an OPP
Grafton while in England Father Plac-
idus is looking strong and we'll. The
greatest part Of his time abroad was
spent in Rome and in his old home in
Cologne Germany.
Yankton-The board of trustees OF
Yankton college just held an impor-
tant business meeting, when 1t was
agreed hat all possible efforts should
be made to raise the present debt OF
$21 900 by June l. They will also try
to raise $3.50 900 for a girls dormitory
and a central heating plant. A friend
of the college has offered to give $780,
90 If the debt is paid by June l. Two
other friends have given $1,000 c
Sioux Falls-The executive commit
tee Of the South Dakota Press asso-
citation has fixed on Thursday and
Friday, January q and %, as the date
for the mid-winter meeting OF the as
sociation. which will be held in Sioux
Falls. The committee would have
preferred the date a week earlier. but
as Dart OIL tHe tHlcl ldlIililCHl I'D " w
a good theatrical it was not possible
to make the necessary arrangements
for that week.
Deadwood-With a long but inter-
asting program the South DeadWood
hose company, one of the original vol
unteer fire companies Of this city,
celebrated its thirtieth anniversary.
Many of the charter members of the
company pioneer settlers in the Black
Hills were present and gave remln1s-
censes of the old days. The address
of the evening was given by States At
torney John T. Heron, who was born
in this city.
Pierre-The bee inspection act pass
ed at the last legislative session ap-
pears to be very ambiguous In Its
wording. The law provides for a state
bee inspector, and the same was ap-
pointed by the governor. 1t also pro-
yides for an annual tax of 10 cents a
colony on all bees owned on the LIST
of May of each year, for the carrying
out of the provisions of the law. Coun-
ty t%reasurers have collected this an
nual tax, and now ask the state audi
IOr what ulSpOSdl " AldhC Va }"
Huron-Last night two freight
trains on the Chicago & Northwestern
collided west of Volga, killing Engin-
eer Coldren of the west bound train.
Both engines and several cars were
wrecked. The dead engineer resided
here with his wife and three children
He was a well-known Odd Fellow and
a member OF the Eagle lodge and the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers.
Assistant superintendent Stewart was
on Coldren's train and personally su-
perintended the clearing Of the wreck.
Vermillion-The present week will
see the equal suffrage campaign laun-
ched in Clay county. Miss Pearl Pen
field, a national organizer, comes to
Vermillion to assist the local organi-
cation in the work. Miss Penfield will
remain in Vermillion about one week,
and will address the ladies In a series
of parlor meetings., and will also prob
ably make a public address. She is a
young woman, but equipped for her
work. While here she hopes to or
ganize a college league in the univer-
sity, this institution being the only
O1S III lHC SlolO SIlSipiS AoA ooSA .
ganization.
Siour Falls-The state board Of cor
rections will meet in a few days to
fix the price Of prison Irvine for merit
year. They will also at an early date
decide in regard to a renewal Of their
contract for keeping the prison shirt
factory in operation. On this contract
which will soon expire, the state gets
but Sc cents a dozen, and own the
plant. Governor Vessey does not We
lieve the contract price is high enough
to save the state" on the matter OF
operation, and is securing data to
back his position. Under the present
state laws a part of the earnings OF
the convicts are paid to their families
and with this out, and the expenses OF
maintenance Of the plant, he thinks
the state should receive a higher price
one which will at least bear all the
expenses OF operation, and that the
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