The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-01-27
STATE NEWS

william Mcko0I, wife or q well known
merchant OF this city, wat taken to
the hospital for the insane at Yank
ton. Mrs. McKool~ diagnosed her own
clse, decided that her mind Was not
normal. and made application to enter
the hospital for treatment. The
authorities stated that she If mentally
unsound but will probably recover.
Onida-George Dawson, living near
here, suffered a severe loss when four
COWS. which be purchased recently
and which were his principal source
of revenue. found a bucket of sheep dip
in an old shed and drank Of the con
tents. Three Of the animals died al
most Immediately. Friends are con-
tributing funds with which to purchase
two more cows for Dawson.
vermillion-Henry +. Ferry, OF Yer.
million. has been appointed command
or Of the South Dakota q. A. r., to
succeed the late Judge Clifford, who
!died at Canton last week. Mr.. Ferry
Eenlisted in 1881 In company /, Eleventh
Iowa veteran infantry. He wa vice
Commander OF the q. A. X. at the time
Iof bis appointment as commander,
| Watertown Declaring that the man.
kufacture OF denatured alcohol gives
promise of becoming one of the leading
Industries of South Dakota. and offers
THE best means of getting away from
THE gasoline price exactions of the
standard Oil company, the convention
lof the South Dakota Farmers Grain
Dealers association, which completed
lits t%hree-day session in this city last
evening by resol alton demanded that
|the state legislature apr opriate $t5.-
1000 to build and put into operation an
experiment station at the state agri-
cultural college at ~Brookings.
vermillion- Congressman and Mrs.
10. III. Dillon, who spent a few days
here visiting Mrs. billions parents,
|Col. and Mrs. j. L.. Jolly. have de-
parted for Chicago and points In In
diana, where they will spend several
weeks visiting MIR. Dillon's relatives.
From there they will continue their
journey ON to Washington. where on
March A Mr. Dillon will begin bis work
i'm congress, representing the First die
|trict OF this state.
Yankton-The %coroner's inquest In
to the partially burned body
|of a male child found at the foot of
Walnut street brought out the facts
that the cody was that OF an infant a
few days old. aud that the child had
been born alive. The body was nude
and had evidently been wrapped in a
quantity of old paper, such as used TO
seal alright goods. No evidence has
been secured rs 10 the Identity Of
those responsible for the crime, and
the inquest is still open. The
authorities are Of the opinion that
after a vain attempt to destroy the body
of the child by burning someone left
the body where ii was found.
Pierre-The authorities here are at.
tempting to locate Chauncey Granel
16-year-old youth, who is charged
with having forged the name of Steele
q Gowdy, a Sioux City firm, who
operate a large ranch in Sully county,
on which Grauel had been working.
Grauel, 1t Is said, secured $3.50 on
forged paper, and it is claimed left the
city with a woman named Ovitt, who
Is much older than he is. and they
are supposed TIC be either in Omaha
or Cedar Rapids. la. While efforts
are being made to secure Grauel, it
is also likely that the woman will
be charged with kidnapping before
the case is ended, as efforts are being
made to secure such a charge against
her.
Huron-August Zarzow, Of Chicago,
and Carl and Will Medigar, brothers,
living here, met with a serious auto.
mobile accident about noon today.
They were driving to the Medigar
Farm, and when two miles from this
city, in descending a hill. the machine
turned turtle. 1t ran off q bridge into
a creek fifteen feet below. Mr.. Zarzow
was thrown forty feet, crushing one
side OF his face, fracturing his skull
and breaking an arm and both legs.
Death resulted a few moments later.
Will Medigar was not as severely hurt
as his brother. Carl, whose shoulder
was dislocated aud body severely
bruised. Both will MIR.
Zarzow arrived here a few days ago
from Chicago to visit the Medigar
family. He is a relative.
Washington, D. C.-Charles N. Hyde,
OF Pierre, who was convicted on a
charge brought by the government
and sentenced to 10 months in Leaven.
worth. and a fine, has arrived in
Washington in connection with the
investigation the attorney general is
making into Hyde's request to be par
doned or have his penalty lessened.
The attorney general has also called
former District Attorney E. e. Wagner
here to obtain Wagner's version of the
case. Hyde will make use of the
sudden resignation Of Wagner to at
tempt to support his contention that
Wagner showed undue zeal In his
prosecution.
Foils A Foul Plot.