The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1913-01-31
IMPORTANT NEWS SUMMARY

William Coogan, a laborer, fell down,
an elevator shaft from the t~wenty-ninth
floor OF the Union Central building at
Cincinnati, and died nine hours later
re which destroyed a large part
OF the business section OF Larned,
Kan, caused a loss Of 5000, 900. Sever
buildings in the main street were de,
stroyed. !
Mrs. Bette Horton, a negress. said
TO have been n hundred aud six
years old. was found dead in bed by
her granddaughter, Mrs. Lena Blue. at
Springfield. Ill. +
In q midwinter thunderstorm Of un-
p~recedented severity. lightning struck
a large barn on the farm Of Mrs. Anna
b. Smith. lei Georgeto xn. ILL.,. killing
two horses and burning the building.
Four men were killed in an explo-
sion at the Equitable Powder COM
pany near Fort Smith, Ark. Their
bodies were blown to atoms. The ex-
plcsion occurred in a machine used TO
press the powder.
Harry IL. Sutro. a young man en-
ployed by a water filtering company,
but who also had literary aspirations.
cut them short by jumping from a
seventh story window of a. apartment
house in New York.
John ". WHY'S Of Toledo. Ohio. has
purchased THE Praying Pilgrim" n
OF Rcmbrandt's greatest paintings.
The picture Is valued at $3.50. 600. The
canvas was bought at the sale of the
Maurice Kann collection In Paris.
The Rockefeller Founda ion incor-
poration bill passed the house at
Washington by a decisive majority.
although several attacks were made
on II and efforts were made to adjourn
tho session TO delay action on the bill.
The United States broke It's export
aho import records in 1912. Imports
last year were valued at 81, ST.. 622. $40.
as against 81, 532, 500. 100 in 1911, while
the 1912 exports were 81, 1895. 995 1887. or
about S300.0 00. 900 more than the 1911
record
Nine passengers were injured when
the Canadian Western express struck
a spreading rail- and was ditched eight
miles west of Wynard, Sask NJ. J.
Johnson and his son, w. s. Johnson.
of 2431 South Emerson avenue, Min
neapolis. were among the injured.
The court OF appeals at Albany has
dealt a severe blow to the so-called
lean shark" business. II held illegal
the practice of exacting additional
sums from borrowers under the guise
OF payments for expenses incurred in
drawing up OF papers and examining
titles TO property.
Within seven hours after he had
shot and killed Chief Of Police Charles
Dickey at Gulfport, Miss, Percy New
kirk. a negro. who had been trapped
BY the officer In the act OF robbing a
store, was indicted, tried on a charge
of murder. convicted and sentenced TO
be hanged in one month.
An agreement by which the wages
OF 1000 employees In the shops OF the
Wabash railroad are increased six TO
ten per cent. was reached at a con-
ference held between 4. +. Needham.
superintendent of locomotives and
cars of the Wabash, and other officials
OF the road and a committee represent
ing the shopmen at Springfield. Ill.
Col. Schuyler Crosby. veeran of
the Civil war and former governor of
Montana and a noted Indian fighter.
narrowly escaped death in New York
when he was attacked by S. lwamoge.
his Japanese valet, whose mind Is said
to be affected. Colonel Crosby, who
Is recovering from a short illness.
leaped from his bed when the valet
rushed at him with a large knife.