The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1911-05-18
Ne,Ds Breuit;es

was Incorporated mere today.
FREMONT, NEB-Cscar Edmond.
little son Of Rev. and Mrs. E.. Peterson
Df the Swedish Lutheran church. died
from measles.
sTRATFoRD-The people of STRAIT
ford have organized an independent
school district and will build a new.
school house to cost S6,5G0.
NORTH BEND-The city council to,
day petitioned county board OF snpar-
yisors for the right to levy an occu-
patton tax to pay a night Waterman.
ABERDEEN-M. d. Widdis, a formers
alderman OF Aberdeen, who has been en-
gagged In the saloon business for the,
past two years, has filed a petition In
bankruptcy.
ALTON-The Alton Fortnightly club.
has decided on Tuesday, May %, for it's.
annual banquet. Friends Of the laem.-
bers are expected from Sioux City and.
Des Moines.
LOGAN. IA-Thonas McWllliams.-
pged II, died at his home on the SOL
der river, near Pisgah, last evening at
$3.50. leaving his wife, two sons four
daughters and two sisters
IOWA CITY, IA.-Charies X. smith.
Rged 80, one OF Iowa City's first set
Tiers, is dead here, after n residence of
70 years In and near town. He was.
y icduillS SlOCh RAISER dHo IuTIfiS IUTNt
80 years,
daughter OF MIR. and Mrs. Otto, Hoff-
man. of this city, and Charles NJ. Mar
tinsen, city letter carrier, wers mar
ried In Omaha, Neb. They will reside.
here.
ESTEFRyILLE@The new sou,0ou
government p~ostoffice building is show
ing up in fine shape now. The roof is.
all completed and the contractor has.
q large force OF men at work on the
interior.
ABERDEEN-F. Balweg, charged
with breaking quarantine for diphthe-
ria at ST. Luke's hospital, May s, de-
spite the instructions Of doctors and
nurses, was sentenced to a fine of $40
or 20 days in jail. He is in jail.
ORANGE CITY, IA.-Isaac Van der
Sluis, who has been town marshal OF
Orange City for five years, dieG OF
pneumonia, after an illness of about q
week. Mr.. Van der Sluis was Al years
of age. Previous to taking the position
of marshal he was night policeman for
il years.
ESTHERVILLE, 1A.-The funeral OF
Mrs. Martha Eckhart, an old resident
of Emmett county, was held from the
home of her son George, near Dolliver.
She was over so years of g and be-
sides eight children. she leaves rs
grandchildren ard six great grandchii-
dren.
WATERTowN-A transaction was
closed whereby the Hamm Brewing
company. Of St Paul. became the own
ers Of the Savoy hotel property, thus
assuring the erection of another fine.
business structure. The brewing COM
pany will erect a modern business
block.
MISUNDERSTANDING Of a commit
tee Of the workers and the nanage-
ment of the automatic button plant to-
agree upon the reinstatement Of a
discharged sorter led to an unauthor-
lied walkout from that plant by the
union employees. Efforts to arrange
the difficulty a.s now in progress.
FREMONT, NEB.-Miss Margaret.
Thomas Bithell. was married at noon
to Cecil Bacon, Of Omaha, the father
Bitheif is pastor OF the First Methodist
Episcopal church and former presiding
elder of the Norfolk district. The couple
will reside in Omaha.
LINCOLN. NEB.-Andrew ]. Miner,
Of Lincoln, a member OF the house Of
representatives during the recent ses-
sioon, died Of heart failure. He was GO
years old and leaves seven children. He.
saw service during the civil var under
Palmer and Thomas. AS a young man
he worked as a carpenter with Senator.
Cummins, OF Iowa.
MASON CITY-Thc 1~4-year-old son
of Lewis Neve, near Thornton, was
terribly injured In a runaway of a
team attached to a disc
The boy was thrown under the ma
chine. A shoe caught in the knives and
he was dragged 70 rods. Tho boy made
a desperate effort to cut the laces OF
the shoe to free his foot while the team
was running. but failed.
HELM, ALA.-Buchanan Monroe. a
farmer, is in jail here, charged with
the murder of his infant son. He was
arrested while walking back to his
former home in HARRISON county, Ga,
to bury the baby. The child was only
months old, and would not nurse.
Thinking it was tongue-tied, the father
clipped the end of its tongue. and IL
bled to death.
TULSA. OKLA.-W. P. Philips, e.
leader of the Cherokee nation. formerly
cashier of the First Naticaa: bank OF
Yinita. Okla, was found guilty in tho
federal court here yesterday of mis-
representing the banks cash balance
with the Henoye National bank, OF
New York. in a statement to the con-
troller Of the currency. An appeal VIII
be taken. Phillips made good his
shortage of $4,000.
HARRISBURG, PA.-The wages ~
The trainInen In the United States and
Canada have been increased s37, 600, OOc
IN one year, according to the report
made to the international convention
be the Brotherhood OF Railroad Train
men by w. g. Lee, president of the
brotherhood. This is the first statement
10 be made of the great wage increas-
ing movement in 1910 and covered every
lection of the country.
KANSAS CITY. MO.-col. William
i. Cummings, United States veteran of
the civil war and friend n comrade.
of Gen. Custer, died at the home of his
jlaughter. Mrs. II. ]. Haskell. here.
yarly yesterday, aged Il Col, Cum
tnilgs was born IN Vermont. HI served
with the First Vermont cavalry i'm
if%ty-four out of seventy-six battles in
which that regiment participated in thu
Two years he commanded the regiment.
AUGUSTA, GA.-Dischargins lis
petit Jury yesterday following i've ac-
luitt.ls of %saloonists charged with re-
falling liquor, Judge Henry C. Ham
of the superior court, com.