The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-07-24

by the north train on a visit with the
formers father, j. j. Dahl and other
relatives in the city.
o. S. Jones, the Sioux Falls seeds
man spent the night in the city, re-
turning to his home by the morning
train.
Dan Kelley, charged with stealing
$40 from a room in a restaurant, was
allowed to plead guilty TO petty lar
ceny and was sentenced to thirty
days in the county jail.
C. E. Olstad, president Of the First
National bank, returned last evening
from a two months tour abroad, Wis
iting his former home in Norway.
Mr.. Olstad is in excellent health, re-
ports an enjoyable vacation, and Is
again ready for the business grind.
Funeral services for the late j. A.
Soule were held at the family home
in West Fifth street this morning, at
,tended by a large number of friends.
1.-The remains were conveyed to the
depot, escorted by the ladies of the
Rebekah lodge and taken by the east
going 9:45 train to Fox Lake, Wis,
for burial. The funeral comprised
the bereaved wife and son, Willis
Soule and wife.
Charlie Milliner of the Lake Park
returned from Minneapolis where he
spent a portion of his vacation. He
spent last Sunday at Lake Minneton-
ka, going to the north portion of the
lake over the Luce electric line which
Is running nine trains a day to the
lake and carrying a large number of
passengers. Mr.. Milliner says the
equipment of the road is fine. He
met Col. Luce during his stay in the
city who stated that construction
work was progressing, although the
heavy rains in June retarded the
work to an extent.
The coroner's jury consisting of A.
B. Davis, w. w. Rowland and c. r,
Nichols, sitting in the case of Kan
sas City Red" the itinerant harvest
hand fatally slugged in the railroad
yards Wednesday night, at $3.50 this
afternoon rendered a verdict to the
effect that deceased came to his death
by blows on the head inflicted by
some person or persons unknown tc
the jury, with intent to do great bod.
lily harm or murder. The remains
are at Peck's undertaking rooms and
will probably be buried by the
county.
Aberdeen dispatch: Judge Taub
man of the county court imposed thu
following sentences on the three
! young men convicted Of contributing
to the delinquency of Ethel Shevlil
and Alice Shevlin: Alfred Ward
5000 fine and costs and nine month
fin the county Jail. Jack Ingersoll
$500 fine and costs and six months il
the county Jail. Lawrence Burns
500 fine and costs and three month
: in the county jail. The defendant
| each gave notice of appeal and thei
bond was fixed at $4,000, $500 an
: $1,000, respectively.
! Sioux City dispatch: Ed Helm
: the negro who is being held in th
Bon Homme county Jail, confessed I
the authorities that he is the ma
: who shot and killed Jos. Calligan,
I brakeman of Sioux City, last Sunda
morning near Scotland, s.. d. Helm
who is a southern negro, hailing frol
= Alabama, according TO his statement
saws that the reason he did not co
n fess before was that he was afraid
being lynched. Just what dispositio
e will be made of the case is not know
i but ii is expected that a special ter.
of the circuit court will be held in II
near future, at which time Helm wi
Is plead guilty and receive his ~sentenc