The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-03-05
STATE. NEWS

Ysnkton-Lillibridge, brakeman on
the Chicago and North western railroad
fell from a coal car while the engine
was switching in the conpany's yards
in Yankton and received a broken leg
The injured man, who has been a resi-,
dent of Yankton for a short time, was
recently married.
Mitchell-Wbile bunting in the
woods of northern Michigan, Bird
Stanley, a resident of PIesho, S. D.,
was found frozen to death. Mrs. Stan
ley received a telegram to this effect.
with but little information other than
that her husband had wandered away
from the rest of the party and had
been Frustrated by a stroke of paralysis.
Aberdeen-Elmer Lawrence, a rail
road laborer. was killed near Bristol
when the west bound Milwaukee pas
senger struck the handcar ON which
Lawrence and three other men were
riding. All the others jumped but
Lawrence tried to get the handcar from
the track and was killed. His parents
are believed TO live at Windsor, Wis.
Sturgis-Word was received here
this afternoon from Cottonwood, six
teen miles north of Sturgis, that w.
b. Mermoud, a cavalryman of Fort
Meade. killed his wife and then him
self last night. Reports of the tragedy
are meage Coroner Brandt, Sheriff
Collins and States ATTORNEY Gray
left for the scene of the tragedy at
once. 1t seems they we've married the
latter part of January. The woman
had a claim near Cottonwood. where
she resided.
Cham berlain -The 4-year. old child
of members of Whist is known as the
Midtown Mennonite colony in Hutchin.
son county. died of starvation as the
result of drinking a quantity of home
made liquid soap containing lye. The
I've evidently ate the lining of the un-
for tunate child's stomach, for after
swallowing the I've it was unable to
retain anything on its stomach and
gradually wasted away until stan walton
caused its death.
Aberdeen-The water pipes in a new
range Just installed in the home of
Arthur Arnett. an Aberdeen merchant,
exploded, blowing the stove to pieces,
and narrowly missing starting a seri-
ous confiagration. Three of the Arnett
children had been playing in the kitch-
en- but a minute before the explosion
occurred, and had they been in the
room at the time they would un.
d~oubtedly have been killed or serious
ly injured, as portions of the stove
few to all parts of the room with ter
rife force.
Woonsocket--At the annual meeting
of the stockholders of the Woopsocket
Water Carnival company the follow
log i've directors were elected for the
coming year: B. W. Baer, j. r. Dali
ton, g.. B. Dowdell, George l.. Fish
and L. L. Lawson. The directors have
elected l.. X. Lawson, president; I'll.
B. Dowell, secretary, and J. r.. Dial.
ton. treasurer, and have selected June
Is, IL and 90. 1913, as the dates for
the next water carnival. COMMITTEES
have been appointed and arrangements
are being made for three big days of
water sports. baseball and other attrac-
tions.
Mitchell Gerald Spracklin. the A.
year-old son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Y. "a.
H~pracklin. who reside on a farm in
Sanborn county. was seriously hurt
as the result Of being attacked by a
pet wolf. The little boy. with some
playmates. was going along a high
way when the pet wolf appeared and
playfully jumped at the boy. Fright
ened, the boy struck the wolf. This
seemed to anger the animal. which
instantly attacked the boy, tearing
bad wounds with its teeth. in. the little