Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-12-23

:. feh, iatier, TWO brothers anu tW
sisters he was 40 years old
AS the result of being accidental,
shot, Cornelius Van Rees, we'll known
yonng man who for some little tim,
had resided in Deuel. county, is dea,
from lockjaw. Some days ago he wa
, wounded by the accidental discharge o.
shotgun with which he was playing
at the home of his parents on a farm
lie seemed to be recovering from the
wound, and appeared far on the road to
recovery when symptoms OF lock jaw
unexpectedly manifested themselves. In
hopes of saving the young mans life he
was rushed to hospital, but too late TO
saye his life He was model young
man, being highly respected and very
popular with the younger element in
that part of Deuel. county where he
lived He was born at Hull, Iowa
! Despite the stormy day, /, 400 voters,
men aud women, turned out to vote on
the proposition to issue $40, 900 in bonds
for the erection OF high school build.
ing in Aberdeen last week. The bonds
carried by vote of 1859 for, to l29
against. Upon the question of location
LOTT voted in favor of building the
structure on ground already owned by
the school district, adjoining the pres.
ent high school on the "south side,"
while $50 voted in favor OF placing it
north of the Milwaukee tracks, opposite
Aldrich park. The women of the city
manifested their interest IN woman's
suffrage, S52 women voting, or more
than one-fourth Of the total.
The case Of the United States VS.. A.
+. Blodgett, Of Fort Pierre, charged
with driving number of horses off che
Cheyenne River Indian reservation
without authority, after being on trial
for time in the United States court at
Sioux Falls last week, came to a sudden
end. Judge Garland directed a verdict
of acquital, the defendant being able to
show thst the Indian from whom he
purchased the horses had taken his
allotment of land and therefore was a
citizen of the United States. Because
OF tins an act of congress of 1906 for
biddinl Indians selling their stock did
not apply TO the transaction between
Blodgett aud the Indian. Blodgett is
the man who was arrested in Sioux City
several weeks ago and returned to
South Dakota. From the first he main.
tanned that he was innocent
To narrowly escaping being shot by a
stove was the peculiar experience Of d.
Malkan, well known resident of Tyn-
dali II came about in this way: A
fire had been built by him in his cook
stove, and he had just stepped into an
adjoining room, when there was an
explosion that shook the house An
investigation showed that lid from
the stove had been blown with such
force against the ceiling that hole the
exact shape of the lid had been made.
Another piece OF the stove made hole
several inches deep in one of the side
wallsof the room and smaller pieces of
the stove were blown in other direc-
tioDs. The stove was provided with
waterback, which was connected with
q tank in the bathroom. This tank
had been drained, bot il Ia believed the
water COAL In the stove and few feet
of she pipe leading TO il contained water
which had frozen. When Malkan
started the fire in the stove the water in
the coil was melted and the ice in the
pipe held against the pressure II the
steam generated until the coil was
unable to Withstand the excessive pres.
sure and exploded with terrific force.
Fortunately for Malkhau he had left
the stove only q moment before or he
doub,less would have been killed
Editor Knight, Of the Wendte Herald,
published at the little town of Wendte,
Stanley county, had strenuous expert.
ence recently, one of the incidents of
which was the firing OF four or five rifle
bullets into his printing office, which
also serves as his sleeping quarters, by a
bad man. who now has been lodged in
the county Jail The name OF the pris-
oner 10 Patrick ainrphy. After drink.
ing 2 pint OF whisky the other evening
he wanted moe. and, going to the office
OF Editor Knight he demanded that the
newsrAper man give him drink. Not
having any whisky among his effects
the editor was compelled to "turn down.
the request OF his visitor. who BY that
time was In a bad state Of intoxication
The visitor then demanded that some
jewsfry be given him our Of cas-,
which he noticed near the editor. Edi
tor Knight refused this request also
when the crazed visitor drew a six
shooter aud threatened to shoot tn
newspaper man. knight grabbed
, mallet, and with this strr,ck Murphy
! blow over the left eye and then fled
, Murphy swore vengea noe, and procuI
. ing heavy rifle he rfsturued to the viz