The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-05-19
STATE NEWS

Rapid City-Sheriff Baker and
Coroner Waldron were called TO Key
stone TO investigate the suicide of
Peter Jensen. Mr.. Jensen hanged
himself in one of the rooms of his
home. He was an old timer in the
Hills and leaves a wife and several
children. No cause for the suicide is
known.
Pierre-The state legal depart
ment holds on inquiry from McCook
county that the Val Blatz beer ware
house at Salem was voted dry along
with the voting of the town dry. and
that the taking out of a Wholesalers
license at some other point in Nc
Cook county, does not give that COM
pany any rights at Salem as a stor-
age and shipping point.
Mitchell-One of the interesting
features of the close of the annual
meeting of the Sioux Falls Baptist
association here Saturday afternoon
was the dedication of the colportage
automobile with suitable ceremony.
The machine is to be used by Rev.
John S. Schroeder of Pierre, state
colporter for the Baptist church, in
his travels.
Watertown-Joe Collins, OF Cas-
tlewood. while riding behind the
driver of a motorcycle in the streets
of WATERFOWL, caught his foot in the
rear wheel of the machine, sustain
ing the loss of his heel. The heel vas
clipped off as though cut by a knife.
Redfeld - Lightning caused a
heavy loss to Charles f. Jones, a
Sphinx county farmer. A bolt OF
lightning set fire to and destroyed
his fine barn, together with a large
quantity OF feed, hay, millet and
other grain and property. Jones was
aroused from his sleep when the bolt
struck. and by hard work himself
and wife released from the burning
structure eight head OF valuable
horses in time to save their lives.
He had insurance of only $500.
Armour-Morris Sleister, son of
III. Il. Sleister, of this place, was
drowned in Lake Andes Saturday
morning about 1880 o'clock. The
body was recovered. Young Sleister,
with a companion was fishing and a
heavy wave capsized the boat. He
was a member of the senior class of
the high school, who were p~icnicking
at the lake.
Pierre-In the supreme court, the
demurrer of the state was sustained
in the suit brought by A. e. Hitch
cock to test the act of the last legis-
lative session which seeks to prohibit
state boards meeting at the same
time and place as conventions and
fairs and charging expense to the
state. This decision of the court sus-
tains the law, Judges Whiting and
Policy dissenting. holding that the
rule of eason should apply.
Aberdeen-Roy Webb, a young
farmer residing two miles from Aber-
deem, suffered a peculiar accident
which may cost him his life. While
operating a gang pillow drawn by five
horses, something went wrong with
the harness and he stepped in from
of the horses to fix it. The animal.
became frightened and ran. Webb
was thrown beneath the gang pillow
and was struck in the back by the
point of a pillow and dragged for som,
distance, a horrible wound being
caused. The man lay in the field
unable to move, for several hour!
when a neighbor found him and hi
was rushed to an Aberdeen hospital
Ii blood poisoning does not ensue
physicians believe his life can b.
saved.
Bryant-Burned to death before
the eyes of her little brother was thu
fate Of the 3-year-old daughter o.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Warne, living OF
= Hamlin county farm. While tn,
So -- $500