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The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-07-13

Philadelphia Record: Have you
noticed the improved quality of the
coins now In circulation" asked the
trolley car conductor as he pulled "A
handful Of bright pennies, niCkcls and
dimes from his pocket for inspection.
IT'S due TO an EFFORT on the part OF
the government 10 put better morley
into circulation by recalling the worn
and shiny pieces from which the Inn
preston has become enaced. Eve no.
ticed for the past two years a steady
improvement In this respect. All the
banking institutions now throw aside
the coins that show decided traces or
wear. and the treasury department re-
deems them with new ones. In Eng
land n soilcd bank note IN unknown.
The paper money IL always new and
crisp. being recalled before IL becomes
worn. It's getting To be that way IN
this country with our small coins
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-07-13
MEET AT NAVY YARD.
Plsnipetentisries Of Japan and Russia
Will Hold Session at
Portsmouth.

Washington. July 12.--Assistant Sec
rotary Pierce today announced that the
pienipotentiaries OF Russia and Japan
had agreed upon Portsmouth. n. H.,
az a meeting place for the sessions OF
the peace conference TO be held outside
OF Washington. The sessions will be
held In the new building at the gov
crnment navy yard.
Assistant Secretary Pierce has been
specially commissioned by the prcsi-
dent 10 make all arrangements for the
meeting OF the plenipotentiaries ut
Portsmouth. and Is preparing TO leave
for that place TO confer with the COM
mandant of the navy yard.
The selection OF Portsmouth was
mutually acceptable to the peace en-
voys OF the belligerents. Besides be-
Ing n cool and comfortable place for
this season of the year. Il has the nd
vantage OF Offering building on gov
eminent soil. which is regarded as an
important consideration.
This government. IL is stated. did
not In any wise dictate as TO the Sc
lection. While tho sessions will be held
IN the navy yard. the plenipotentlaries
aud their stats will live In nearby
hotels
Rebels Sink Their warship.
Kustenji, July l0.--The announce
ment that the battleship Knlaz Potcm-
kline sailed with Admiral Krueger's
squadron yesterday evening Is incor-
rect Before leaving the Potemkiue.
the mutineers opened the seacocks and
flooded her hold. She IL lying at the
bottom but IL expected 20 be refioated
I'm time to leave for Sebastopol July IL.
Capture Russian Guns.
London, July ia dispatch TO the
Japanese legation from Toxic an
nounces that the japanese force on the
island OF Sakhalin which In pursuing
the Russian troops has captured four
guns and quantity OF ammunition.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-07-13
JUMPS 1000 FEET.
Aeronaut Leaps from Balloon to Save
Woman Companion and ls Sc.
riously Injured.

Lynn. Mass. July 1s-with n
straight drop OF 1000 feet. William
Garfield. a Boston aeronaut. leaped
from a balloon over Lynn common I'm
order TO save Mrs. Camille Stafford. a
woman neronnut who assembled with
him. He was badly injured by striking
on the side OF house as his para
chute swung I'm n strong wind. The
balloon was leaking gas. Mrs. Stat
ford ieaped some time after Canfield
did, landing unln!ured.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-07-13
COTTON GOES UP 81
Sensational Rise on the New York
Exchange 10 Due TO Heavy nsins
In fha Mart

New York. July IAN advance OF
more than 81 n bale was recorded In
the cotton market here today on re-
ports OF heavy rains In the west. due TO
private advices OF crop damage and be-
lief that the June acreage report OF the
bureau OF statistics had underestimate
the percentages OF decrease, The move.
ment was atcorjphnied by great &C.
tivity Acknowledgement. At New Orleani
all active months advanced 65 points.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-07-13
,SPOILS AND LOOT IN
OUR PUBLIC OFFICES
Attorney General 5onaparte
Makes Startling Charges In
Baltimore Address.
REFORM BADLY NEEDED
offiee Seekers Should % Patriets In.
stead Of oraftsrs Who Make
u q Business 60 Prey on the
Public Treasury.

baltimore, Nd. July i:.-secretary
i.onaparte, In n speech here this aft
ernoon, said the underlying evil In
the administration OF our public at
fairs was dishonesty. Our public of
fices." ne said. "are too often held by
dishonest men. gained by dishonest
means and used for dishonest ends. or
course do not mean that the majority
OF our oficiais take public moneys or
fraudulentiy waste public property or
IN any way cause the penitentiaries to
yawn for them. The great bulk OF
Americans I'm the public employ wish
and Intend TO do their duty. but grave
and mischievous. though very common.
confusion OF ideas as 90 what In their
duty makes the best OF them sometimes
fail 10 do Il and permits them often to
neglect II with impunity."
Public Office as Loot.
lie said the doctrine that every Of
flee IL created. either by constitution
or law and that public trust was
created for public benefit was being
contradicted every day In all parts OF
the United States and for seyenty-five
years we have permitted our public Of
'fices 10 be treated as mere loot and i'm
political warfare. not as trust belongs
10 the people. but rs the "spoils'' be-
longs 10 the victors. A typical Amer
lean politician. an deTsloped by the
spoils System OF politics. earns his liv-
ing by holding. when he can get IL. n
public Office In return Tor past or cx-
pected party work. TO get rid OF him.
and his work we must thoroughly
eradicate from our own minds. and
those OF our fellowcitlzens the absurd
aud wicked notion that offices are
'spoils." This must be our first step
a We would purify our politics. and so
long a step that IL will go far To rem
der needless any further steps In the
work 90 publication
Must Have Good Citizens.
TO have n good. popular govern
.nent we must, first OF all and before all
else, have good citizens. We cannot
too steadily remember that. as Burke
said. There never was long a corrupt
government OF virtuous people When
We find any self-governing community
AFFLICTED with misgovernment we can
safely and fairly believe that IL does
not deserve a better fate. because we
cannot expect a perfect government un-
I'll the people governed are also per-
feet, which In not likely 10 happen. The
conclusion In not infreauently drawn
that In the meantime any Improvement
Is hopeless: but this II n grave mis-
take. The true lesson II that the ques.
ton OF good government in America r.
essentially moral and only incidental
~ n political one; this In indeed true OF
all governments. but more clearly and
~mphatically OF n popular government
than OF any other"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-07-13

The town OF Torquay. England. has
ndopted bylaw TO prohibit people,
from using ba, language even In their
own houses
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-07-13

Count Won LewenhaupL Swedish
nobleman. has set W. as professional
maaseuT.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-03-20
HAS THREE
COMING

II Prosecuting Attorney Mackin-
toah and his assistant. J. l. Miller.
are able % prove all the convictions
they fave charged against J. II.
Leroy. the negro whose trial under
the cumulative sentence law opened
this morning. the state will be the
loser by two life sentences. for Le-
roy can only serve one. and there
will be three coming TO him. The
conviction secured a few days ago
on the charge OF robbing the Red.
White and Blue saloon b. the ninth
which has piled Mp against the
black man. and each three cOnvlc-
lions. II proven. entitled the state
- Impose a life sentence.
Leroy has served two terms In
Montana. and one each in Wash
iugton. New York. New Jersey,
Michigan. Kansas and Illinois. and
the last conviction for tho robbery
OF tho Red. White and Blue saloon
makes the ninth. lie has shortened
all his sentences by good behavior.
and started on his criminal career
when s,lll a boy. so he Is yet young
and will be able TO sWing n vigorous
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-03-20
FOUR GIRLS
ARRESTED
ALL UNDER y YEARS OF AGE
AND ON THE DOWNWARD
PATH

IN the private chamber OF Police
JudEe Gordon this morning the
opening scenes In the criminal ca
rrers OF Bessie MCEwan. aged Is.
and Daisy Lobh. who claimed L
years. were enacted. From now on
until the end Of their lives. as long
az they stay In the city OF Seattle.
the police viii be on the lookout
for the two girls. Surrounded BY
colefie Of police authorities, the
story OF their first step towards a
life Of shame was learned in detail
Last night patrolman Frank keefe
Harmed that the two girls had
taken rooms at the Togo lodging
house. on Maynard avenue, =
stones throw from tho notorious
midway The officer learned that
they had been brought there by
depraved messenger boys. He ar
rested them and they spent last
night In the city jail To-day they
are IN the hands Of Police Matron
Kelly. who has been instructed to
see that they obtain respectable en-
plavment or return TO the homes Of
their parents.
Bessie MeEwan came here from
Bucoda. She says that she was
sent away from home. Daisy Lobb
has been arrested before for walk
ing on the streets during the early
morning hours. The other girl
claims that she never knew what a
prison was before. Both said If
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-03-20
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MEAD AT
PULLMAN

PULLMAN. Wash. March 20 ~
Hundreds Of people. Pullman ELI
tens. aud students 81 the State col
lego and people from Colfa1. Aog-
COW. aud Geuesee. Idaho. Eave Co.'S
eruor Mead a fouHinE reception
here today lie was accompanied
from spokane By br a y STUNT
chairman Of the whitman county
republican GENITAL committee and
G. r. srrlbar. the Colfax banker.
lie was met AZ the depot b. the
Cadet band from the college He
vent To the college directly and
dinner waa served 60 large party
Of distinguished guests by the do
nestle economy department In the
afternoon Mr Mead inspected the
college and reviewed the cadet bat
TALON.
A big reception Will be given at
Stevens hall tonight
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-03-20

two we're excused because they
owned stock Ia the railroads. and
five Tor either reasons
The questions asked Veulremsu
were searching and Indicated dis
position on the part ~ the govern %
nent 20 carefully avoid any poasi-
bln error.
other Veniremeu viii Dc summon
ed this afternoon and the panel VII
probably be- completed tomorrow
w. hen the hearing % evidence VII
begin.
Assistant Attorney General Pugin
declared that the Investigation viii
b. IN most rigid lie believes SUI
lIal.nt exLdnnee Do aIrcaly On the
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-03-20
SCORES OF LIVES LOST BY EXPLOSION
OF A BOILER IN A BIG FACTOR

Il was past noon before the tire
was Eotten under control tho de-
pRftmcnt experiencing the greatest
difficulty Ia keeping it from spread
iug.
Hundreds Of people were soon ON
the scene. parents and friends Of the
hundreds Of kris employed IA the
factory were ia perfect frenzy. and
the police had TO dfaE many an
aEuultcd mother from the sceue ~
the disaster because she would In
siat on fighting her way into the
burning structure.
Many of the dead viii never hc
recognized
The worst loss 81 life was on the
lower floors. where the majority OF
the girls we're employed Some we're
killed by the dyinF debris. others
we're caught beneath the euilapsiug
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-03-20
UNCLE SAM IS PROBING
INTO The BEEF TRUST
me GOVERNMENT BELIEVES Tse LAW HAS BEEN VIOLATED
AND PROPOSES TO PUNISH THE WEALTHY OFFENDERS

CHICAGO. III. March 20.-zThe
,.deral grand Jury investigation into
he BET trust Is nov under way,
An Ii. big packers in this country
With their managers and cunfiden-
tlal men. are summoned 90 tell
VIA, they know
Unisad States District Attorney
solomon u. B-thca. assisted b. As
slstAnt Attorney General Pagtu. Is
conducting the case FOR the govern
nent under the direction Of United
States District Judge Christian G.
Kohlsaai.
"Just VIA, the result will be we
30 not know. sad Befhea. We
believe Ee sill gei Hnme 81 the
packers. thar re viii find evidence
upon which % indiet them We are
gsftine them al IN here and We eK-
pet them to tell the grand jury the
truth Some o. them will refuse 20.
rseog5tsdly. but experience shows
thai there are always some men
vto respect the saeredness Of au
cath
Those who periure themselves
VII Be shown no mercy In other
cases Il has been demonstrated that
+ Is dangerous thing 70 swear 90
a falsehood
While the government officers are
ga2rding the results % their lnves-
ugailons. Il Il known that they
have The goods" on az least two OF
TIE big packers one o. these e
saiansisd In the private ear line
and the other has been accused OF
accepting rebates from more than
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-03-20
Will COME TO Seattle

J. ". Adams. Pacific coast sEsnt
for the Nickel rate railroad al SHn
Francisco. arrived here Monday
when seen he stated that he thought
there would be great many Csii-
fornlans visit Seattle during ths
summer.
Every summer there are a great
many Californians visit the East. the
same as there are a great nshY
Easternera VISIT California said Mr.,
Adams. Pie Callfornians who visit
the East this summer will either
visit the fair on their way going or
coming back They will all visit
Puget sound, after they get through
az Portland. or on their way home
from the East ] look AZ the titus-
tiou this way. because We have all
kinds OF inquiry 20 this effect
Everything In fine In san Francisoo
and great are the preparations that
are being made for the tourists that
viii visit there this summer"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-03-20

part Of the plant escaped. although
tn the terrible panic which followed
the explosion many were injured
The estimates 81 the dead are nov
placed az from 90 20 20.
Three floors collapsed. The see
ond floor was filled with girls and
fell % the ground. but most Of the
girls on this floor escaped through
the windows.
All the doctors IN town have
been called 20 the scene OF the ae-
cidcnt or 70 the hospitals where
the dead aud injured are being
taken.
There were 40o employees in the
building when the explosion oe-
CURED.
A part Of the boiler totally
wrecked a house In the vicinity Of
tho factory.
The fire spread from the doomed
factory 10 the nahlborg block aud
several residences we're soon In
flames. seven Of them being burned
TO the ground
The ambulance service and al
available carriages IN the city are
busy removing the injured
Drake Tavern and the nahlborg
block we're soon In sfuplderins
ruins The Churchill aud lldeu
shoe factories. on the opposite aids
Of Main street. caught ire. but the
flames we're cxtinguished after
stubborn fight
Forty are known 10 have been In.
Iurcd. many % them seriously.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-03-20

one railroad.
The government hopes 20 show a
general conspiracy on the part 81
the Big Six Armour. swift. Cud
ahy. Morris. the National and
schwartzchild q sulzberssr These
men control the packing business Of
the world They secured a hold on
the railways some way just how
e 10 be brought cut later. and not
only demanded. but secured rebates.
The packers defIed public opinion
openly until last May Then some
o. the bralny ones among them re
allied that a nasty feeling was In
flaming the people against them
So they organized a press bureau.
The papers roasted them for this,
50 they abolished II.
Meanwhile. the independent
packers we're busy demanding in
Festi cations. The department OF
Justice at Washington did not act
until ordered TO hy President Rooae-
welt. District Attorney Bethea real
ICED a year ago. that an invest iga-
ton was Inevitable. and he has
been collecting evidence ever since.
Recently he has had under hts d.
recti0n a score o. secret service
men. many of whom we're scattered.
"a employees. through the offices OF
the big packers.
Almost a. important a packing
center NJ Chicago g. Kansas City.
There are a dozen big plants there.
and the managers OF them have
been snbpocnaed. They may be able
70 tell of the control exercised over
the stock yards By the packers and
how the packers rob the cattleman
from the time his cattle are put on
the controlled railroad cars a. his
ranch until they arc killed in the
pens. after being held a day or two
IN the stock yards al the expense Of
the owner.
Fifteen grand Jurors were accept
ed today. OF tho % men summoned,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-03-20

,onekToN Mas March "a
,s.w 81 10 Is employees Ia the L. n
e.srss shoe Company factory we're
go kinci ebulrisht burned TO
- az crushed into mrcyogniza-
=. masses OF bone and flesh a. the
..,na o. a terrific explosion which
...,letely wrecked the plant THIS
Tea s.ploslou occurred AZ ESQ a
~ The entire west half of the
s-alInx Vas mzrd to the ground
!. me vreckage we're from 200 20
IA employees.
Ne broke cut Immediately and
"a few minutes the ruins were a
-. - flames. and the front Of
4. fae,ory. left standing By The eN-
.-,sloo caught FIRE. driVing out the
.-.,usrs An hour later the whole
atory vas in ruins
Nanv employees we're caught by
Alllne tlmbers and rrseuers were
,AHr~l 70 leave them 90 their tate.
sNose an the lower floors are
,ssasht 70 have suffered most
Ynv are still missing
me boiler which exploded had
- wing ldle an winter The FIRE
80 uho started the fire said that
4. boiler seemed 70 be in perfect
..,Aitien and thcy knew no cause
A. the explosion.
IN 70 n 80 20 badies had been
,.ks- fron the ruins Many we're
.srrlhlv mutilated aud Identification
3 impossible.
Nox Of the employees In the main
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-03-20

TOXIC dispatch dated yesterday
detachment continuing pursued the
Kaiyuh kAyun evacuated by the Saturday
ha %
which the OF the Rus
checking
conducting
nnnkuK the right Russian column
distance
The Russan continues 10 northern retreat the japanese
northwest Of Tie
Russian miles
Of
Is fo IN
they stopping where the
possible
be Hardin The reported bens
badly daorgauHed
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-03-20

given a chance they would do bet
ter and never so back 20 that quar-
ter Of the city again
AZ the particulars Of the young
girls' depravity came out the court
Increased his severity and took tho
position that girls Of their age
should know better than room In
such a low place.
Easie Hamilton and Marie Bar
nard. both OF tender years. are also
inmates Of the matron's home They
were picked up late Saturday night
by Patrnlmcu Prothero and Mason.
At the corner Of Third avenue and
Madison street
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-03-20

walls and the floors above.
40 a5s0 Tits afternoon 81 bodies
had been recovered.
The known dead are;
ALntN NAt.nERa.
MitS. ELIJAH II. KELLEY.
LENA SWANSON.
AZ J 80 .. m. az bodies had been
recovered, all burned beyond reooE
milton except five. II Is believed
the list ~ dead will reach 70.
The search IL being rapidly pros
ecutcd
LiHt OF dead:
SAMHE LTYIER.
HARRY BARTLETT.
GEORGE SMITH.
DAVID ROCKWELL.
JOHN SMITH
STEPHEN SNOW.
II ia now thought the dead will
reach 100
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-03-20
CITY MUS1 Par

II. n, Adams recovered Judgment
against the city TO the amount OF
SIC. 1882 on old warrants which he
held for contract work on street I'M
proyomeuts the ordinances for
which have become delinquent.
Among them is one for improve
ment OF Weller street. The court
held that the city, having collected
the assessment. must pay the war
rants. even though there was no
money in the special fund for their
payment
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-03-20

second explosion occurred. which
resulted IN the death OF IL o. the
party Twenty resegora entered the
mine. Que " them carrying a naked
lamp. THIS f. supposed 20 have
caused the second expioaioh
The first explosion was 30 ter
rifle and everything In the mine
was destroyed. buildings near the
mouth 81 the shaft we're demolished
and the car track leading from the
mouth Of the mine down the side u
the mountain was torn up and
twisted for some distance The
whole mountain wan shook BY the
explosion.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-03-20
"a KILLED
TWO EXPLOSIONS IN WEST VIRGINIA NINE snuFFs OUT
LIVES OF TWO DOZEN MINERS AND raHiR REse0GRs
By sorippa News Assn)

fny scrippa News AasnD
CHARLESTON. ". Va. March
20.-Twenty four miners and rec
cucrn are dead a. The result % two
explosions IN the Rush Run and
Red Ash mines near Thutmond
The first explosion occurred satuf-
day night and ten men were Killed.
The noise OF the cxpiaaion attracted
the people IN mining villages sew
erai milca from the scene and hun
dreds rushed 20 the rescue.
The reseuing party did not enter
the mine until morning and had
worked for several hours when the
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-03-20

Of poles. IS IN number. were erect-
ed and when the morning sun psep-
ed up over the snow capped Cas-
cadea Il looked down upon an array
of new power line poles perfectly
aligned. and carrying heavy copper
transmission wires. together with
notices that they we're charged with
a 10000 volt current % electricity.
Monday morning General Counsel
Hardin, OF the company Wss ap-
preached by the commander Of tha
farmers army bearing flag OF
truce and asking for a peaceAble
settlement. Such a settlement will
probably result during the AFTER
noon
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-03-20
suPREMs COURT RESTS

WASHINGTON. March aO.-The
supreme court. before taking a re-
cess until April 3. denied the appli-
cation Of Peter Miller and Thomas
jefferson. OF Colorado. who were
sentenced IN connection with frauds.
FOR a writ OF habeaa corpus.
Tho court did not decide tho mo-
ton for an Immediate issue OF a
mandate IN the Harriman-Hin de-
olaion.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-03-20
GOT $4,000
my soripps News ASSN

OAKLAND. Cal. March 20.-At II
this morning John Daley. n mos
sengcr for the Standard oil com
pany at Point Richmond. while ro-
turning from the Central bank. OF
Oakland. was held up by two mask
ed men and robbed OF $4,000 In
gold. The money stolen was 10 have
been used 10 pay of employees Of tho
Standard oil company nj the re-
finery at Point Richmond.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-03-20
Especial to The starr

WALLACE. Ida. March 20.-In
double balloon ascension at the
city park yesterday the lower part Of
the balloon tore away when the two
aeronauts, Professor Odell and Dell
Dare. were 200 feet In the air, and
both were dashed TO the ground.
Nearly every bone IN odell's body
was broken. He is still alive. but Is
expected 10 die at any moment
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-03-20
STORM WARNING.

! The following storm warn :
: ing was received this morning !
/ by the local weather bureau :
: from the Portland office. 4,
! storm. southeast. Z a. m. :
! Storm off western coast. NOV !
; Ing rapidly inland. +,
! 5000 49, 49,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-03-20
GOT BIC VERDICT

Arthur christenEen's loss Of one
finger and thumb will net him
a neat sum. John Higgins. Chris
tensen's youthful attorney. put up
so strong a plea in .the superior
court Saturday that he secured
$4,000 worth OF sympathy for his
client Judge Graves. who came
from the bunch grass country over
the mountains to defend tho Car
man Manufacturing company,
against whom the damages was
brought. endeayored 70 bring down
the award TO a minimum recon-
pense. but Higgins won ont and
Christensen went home happy, not
MiLh.tanainE bis MANNED hand.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-03-20

LIVERPOOL. 2o-rhe that has learned
ffnn seeking Influence European
diplomacy mediation In the
lie droy with kaiser aud other rulers.
inndinK KnE Edward and has friendly letter dgni
n OF the Greek church expressing hope that soon be
deeisred.