The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-10-04
STATE NEWS

Pierre-At a meeting or the Com
mercial club 10 was decided to provide
for the holding of another c%hautsuqua
at this city next year, the one of this
year having been so successful in every
way az to encourage proceeding with
such a proposition as a regular summer
feature.
Pierre-At a meeting of the state
immigration board, the board voted to
increase the salary Of immigration
Commissioner McCaffree from eighteen
hundred per year to two thousand dol
lars.
White Owl--Ranchers In this section
SIRE alarmed by the appearance OF
blackleg among their cattle. q number
of them reporting the loss Of severa,
calves the past week. As yet no meas
ures have been taken to check the
spread OF the disease. and some are
C aielessly leaving the dead carcssses
exposed on the range where it Is feared
q large number of stock will be affected
unless action is soon taken by some
one in position to handle this care
~lessness.
Arlington-Aftar litigation extend
ing over a number of years, Judge
Taylor. of the state circnit court, has
rendered a decision awarding to M.
@. Madison title to a valuable island
situated in Lake Albert, a fine body Of
water near here. The decision is bind
ing so far al the s'ate circuit court is
concerned, and the only ecourse for
other claimants of the island is to take
an appeal from the decision of Judge
Taylor to the state supreme court.
Bruce-Jerome Poula, a farmer liv.
ing near town, was seriously injured
as the result of "A peculiar acct lent,
which was due to hs efforts to save
his SOD from injury after the horses
driven by the SON had become fright
ened and ran away. While his father
was attempting to control the horses
the boy was thrown violently from the
hay rake to the ground. la attempt
log to stop the team the father
tripped one of tho horses. which fell
directly upon him. badly crushing him
nau bAShhihk SoNchai AiDos
Freeman-As the result of a cat sud.
denly appearing from a clump of weeds
and frightening horses attached to a
hayrake which be was driving. Jack
Knodel, the young SOL OF Kohn Kno-
del, q Hutchinson county farmer, is
in a critical condition. When the cat
scared the horses they ran away and
in their fight made a quick turn.
with the result that the young man
was thrown violently from the rake,
falling between the rake and the hors.
es. One of the horses kicked him
while he was in this position and in
jured him internally.
Bison-The drinking of a quantity
of whisky and the eating of watermel-
n by two young inen. the Cazire
brothers. who live near here. caused
u poisoning mystery which for a time
puzzled the county authorities. The
two young men complained to States
Attorney Stanley that an effort had
been made to poison them. The
state attorney commenced an investi-
cation of the case, and it developed
that Instead of being poisoned by "a
supposed mysterious enemy. the young
mems condition was due to q combina-
tion of whisky and watermelon. The
combination Of the two produced all
the symptoms of poisoning and the SER
vices of a physician were necessary
to save the young mems lives.
Summit Michael Henle, living on
q farm near town. is looking for his
young son in-law, who has disappear
cd together with a considerable sum
of money belonging to Henle. The
so~n-in-law went in partnership with
Henle last spring IN a farm which
they jointly rented. They threshed u
good crop from the lsnl. Vest. rday
the s~on-in-law went to " ilmot and
sold all the grain, cashed the check
issued ia payment therefor, and then
disappeared, leaving his father in law
without a cent of income for this sea
sons work.