Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-08-19
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and the understanding seemed TO De
that the young girl should inherit ner
aunt's fortune, which was very con-
siderable one from all accounts. Dur
ing the early part of April, the glri
confessed, she put fire to her aunts
home in order to shield herself from
a theft that she had committed in the
house few days previous. She rea'
soned that by putting fire to the house
her aunt would never discover the tac'
that she had stolen money from her'
When she had successfully accom-
plished this she made out papers pur
porting 10 prove that she had inherited
her aunt's fortune an also had forged
her aunts name on this self-manufac
tured will. At the same time her aunt
died very suddenly and the young
woman had no trouble in securing the
money and property that her aunt had
left her in the bogus will When the
authorities learned that the young
woman had not informed any of heI
relatives that her aunt was dead they
became suspicious and placed her un
der arrest. She at first confessed that
she had set fire to the house, and upon
being closely questioned she after
wards confessed that she had choked
her aged aunt to death by covering
her face with a pillow. This hap
pened early one morning when her
aunt was sitting on the side of her
bed, feeling too weak to dress herself
'Then," says the young woman, 81
threw myself upon her and choked heI
with pillow" The strange part of ii
is that the girl during this time was
attending school, where she had q
splendid record as a student and her
department was the best.
1t is feared that Norwegian whal
ing and hunting vessel has been lost
at Jan Main island in the Arctic ocean
1t is known the boat was shut In
ice several months ago. 1t was pro
posed to send relief expedition, but
nothing could be done on account oil
the Ice. A message from Vardo says
that the whaling steamer Onward
made an attempt to pass through the
ice a few days ago, but had to give
up the trip. Some Samojeds were seen
and they claimed to have seen a post
with an inscription on it. This is sup
posed to mark the grave of a member
of the lost. crews. If this supposition
is correct. the crews must have aban.
doned their ships and persisted.
The English steamer Gladys
which arrived In port in Fredriksstad
the other day, brought the distressing
news that il collided with trawler
near Doggeis banks in the North sea
while en- route for Fredriksstad. The
trawler was cut right In two and nine
men, who were engaged In eating their
dinner, went down beneath the waves,
together with the wreckage. In spite
of the most determined efforts to save
the unfortunate ones, help came too
late. The trawler sank with all on
board before the crew on the GLADYS"
could cast out as much as a line.
The hay crop in Jaderen and vicini
ty was very excellent this year and
they will have plenty of fodder for
their cattle up in that part Of the
country. This will be a great help to
the farmers. In fact they almost de.
pend on a hay crop altogether, as
dairying is the chief industry there.
The Christiania Boat club was vic.
torious In its contest In Gothenburg.
Sweden, the other day. The Christi.
ania club was royalty entertained dur.
Ing its visit to the Swedish city and
returned to Christiania full of praise
for the generous-hearted Gothenburg.
ians.
Terrific thunderstorms, accompanied
by hail, caused much damage to the
grains in the vicinity of Christiania a
few days ago. In the northern section
Of the country there have also been
some very severe weather, but no Sc
rious damage has been reported.
Bjornson is at present too weak to
think of making the journey to Italy.
He will spend the fall months at
"Aulestad."
A Norwegian millionaire, Olaf
6chou, Of Christiania, has donated his
collection Of rare paintings to the Art
museum.
Christian Nicholson & Co. has pur.
chased two new large ocean steamers
with an aggregate tonnage Of $4,000.