The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-11-01
STATE NEWS

Centeryille-The remains of the late
W. II. Foss, who committed suicide
here Monday evening, was taken to
vermillion and turned over to the
medical department of the state n
yersity. according to instructions left
by himself to that effect.
MobIidge-A particularly sad death
here was that of Mrs. Thomas Gan
non. aged 90. A few months ago. it
is said. ber husband left her d short
lime before she was TO become a
mother fol- ths fifth time. Five chit
dren. aged from 10 years to 8 months.
survive her.
Dead wood-FiIst putting a bullet
from a as Colt in his breast. Joe
Untel amer. a veteran %prospector. wait
ed on a cot in bis cabin in Rockford,
near here until a fuse exploded two
sticks of dynamite which he had
placed ia his pocket. He was blown
70 pieces and the cabin wrecked.
The suicide occurred three days ago
10 Bloody Gulch. but ~neighbors just
made the gruesome discovery. I'm
ierainer, who was sixty, was despon-
dent over money matters.
Huron-A number of Witnesses have
been subpoenaed here to appear be-
fore the federal court in Sioux City
on October 31st in the cas- OF the
United States Va ID. Montgomery,
who is to be tried under the Mann
white slavery act. 1T is alleged that
Montgomery had taken Mrs. u. M.
Richmond of Huron to Sioux City
for immoral purposes. A. X. Gard
ner, G. 81 N. W. attorney, of Huron,
is one of Montgomery's attorneys.
Spencer-As the result of catching
her foot in the ~elevating apparatus,
while her father was engaged in I'M
loading grain at a local elevator. the
3-yaar.old child of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Schorg, living on a farm some miles
from town. has lost her foot. Ii was
40 badly mangled hat in order to
save ner life, it was necessary to
amputate it.
Aberdeen Frank Hays was arrested
by the Aberdeen police just AZ he
was about to take a Minneapolis and
st. Louis train for the east. He
served sentences of three and FIVE
years respectively. Francis who Was
formerly an inmate of the state
training school at Plankinton stole a
horse, after breaking away from that
institution. Hopper, who got the
longest sentence of the two, went up
for burglary. He broke his parole
with the state Of Missouri where be
was under heavy sentences for = crime
and later went to Brown county
where be committed the crime for
which be has been sentenced.
Sioux Falls Ernest Francis and
shannon Hopper have been brought
to the state penitentiary here from
Brown county had several suitcases in
his possession. which we're filled with
goods stolen from the clothing store
of Adolph Olandur. about three weeks
ago, and from the West Side grocery,
which was burglarized on Monday
night. The police expect to arrest
Hays accomplice at once. After the
Olander store was robbed. Hays
ciA3U6u 10 kutW uOtuiuS duoul Tue
two robberies nor the contents OF the
suit cases, which he had merely tax
on to the station on the request of q
friend of bis named Ballard. The
police are now looking for Ballard.
Sioux Falls-Urging that the Sun
day school workers Of the United
States pay more attention to the i'm
migrants who come to the United
States and enlist az many OF them as
possible in the work of the Sunday
schools and churches, DR.. w. w.
Josnstone, of Chicago, superintendent
Of the great lakes union, made 4 STIR
ring address at the anana! conferences
Of leading Sunday school workers of
South Dakota, lows, Nebraska and
Wyoming, which is being held In
Sioux Falls. The conference is prov
iog very successful, and among those
present are Sunday school workers Of
nstional prominence from states other
thnn $780, embraced in this district