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The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-08-16

Our court system Makes ceaviefio
Almost Impossfhie.

Almost Impessisie.
Says q writer In q Chicago paper:
I do not know any American city Il
which murder II not q safe crime &c
commit. Let me suppose q cas- Johr
Doe. an upright man. aYectionate hus
band and father. comes home and fnts
his wife and child murdered. He gives
immediate alarm. The murderer 10
captured within an hour. The evidence
leaves no reasonable doubt IN any sane
mind as b bis guilt Is he promptly
tried and hangedf On the contrary. he
Is not brought 10 trial FOR months. and
after q series OF trials he Is released
with a suspicion OF su!lt against the
husband. BY the skilleui creation OF
that suspicion the lawyer secured the
aolu!ttal OF his client, and In applaud
ed as q shrewd and successful man.
And John Doe faces the world with
the feeling that half his friends secret.
~ wonder whether after all he was not
himself the guilty "a The case In
not imaginary. On the contrary. II
tutAs VG@oW ZIG a1la. tah PAOaeee
case In which there was no doubt IL
any honest mind concerning the guilt
Of q triple murder. where the murderer
escaped by Just those tactics. tolerated
and encouraged by our courts OF iaJus.
tice on tho theory that the accused
must have every facility 70 create Q
reasonable doubt OF bis guilt. And a
family that already had passed through
horrors In the murder itself had those
horrors multiplied In a series OF trials
In which all manner OF suspicion OF
cruelty. fraud and revenge were ins!n-
uatcd against members OF q ono haI ~
and always virtuous household. So
that the crime Of the murderer was
less than the crime OF the court. And
the murderer escaped On the nth
trial one Of the Jurors had "A rcsson-
able doubt" The crime was three years
old People were tired Of hearing OF L.
And the wrecked lives OF those that
are left make one regret that the muir.
derer was not rather given leave TO
finish his work than that the court
should exceed Il In atrodr.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-08-16
ASIA WILL DUST EUROPE.
sac u Near ~ hea Occidental Con-

.mc u Near Nhea Occidental Con-
teal wn Cease.
The new army which China Is max.
~ ready tor The emergencies OF the
dtlle - thoroughly modern In lie
.iuipnent and methods, The military
attaches and newspaper correspond
eats who witnessed the OF
yiUn troops ~ Ho-cheln. pronounce
the military system OF the Chinese as
perfect rs any existing In Europe.
The imperial edl,t which announced
tie holding OF the maneuvers express
ell the wish that officers Of foreign
countries would attend with n view
n making criticisms and suggestions.
Lenlency was requested because OF the
fact that everything was new and that
thu troops we're NJ. yet accustomed 70
their new duties. After what the az.
tsches and newspaper correspondents
aw this request for leniency seems nj.
most like irony. for there was prac-
tically nothing 10 criticise. The army
OF China was. so far as the foreigners
could tell. nv perfect a machine as
the japanese army. Details had been
as carefully looked after as they are
In the Mikado's empire; the troops
were ~ smart and as Intelligent the
various evolutions and maneuvers
were conducted without a hitch every.
where and In almost every way the
most absolute efficiency was displayed.
There IL nothing In a military or.
g~anlzation that foreign experts watch
more closely than its transport. The
efficiency Of that branch II regarded
rs the index To the efficiency OF the
ar'ny "a n whole. and new armies al.
most invariably display weakness In
this respect. For the Chinese maneu
vers the troops had been drawn from
widely separated districts. They were
concentrated at a point over so miles
away from the nearest barracks. and
In some Instances hundreds OF miles
away from their home stations. The
scheme thus necessltated the employ.
ment OF n good deal OF transport "a
provide tents, beddings and food. Tn.
der similar conditions many an organ.
~ization In Europe and America would
have broken down. Even IN Ger.
many there have been instances In re-
cent years OF troops engaged In maneu.
vers marching all day and hivouack.
Ing at night without food or shelter.
The Chinese had therefore set them
selves q task NJ which many a com.
mlnder In the west would have quail.
CT. Yet everything worked perfectly.
What docs this Chinese awakening
men? The European government
and. from all indications. the Amerl.
can govcrnmcnt-thlnk they know
only too well what IL means. They
expect IN awakening in CANA COM
pared with which the effect OF the
awakening OF Japan on the world will
he NJ nothing. II IL a matter OF ari,h.
I metic. The population OF japan In
about 10000. 900. Tha; OF China Is be-
tween 400, 100000 and 5O0.0O0.0OO.
IL means Asia for the AsIatics-the
end OF Occidental conquest and con.
troll. the end Of policies OF grab and
aggression. In the not very distant
future u may mean a new domInan,
civilization.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-08-16

When ippl.ed and covered with a
hot cloth Pinesalve acts like a poul-
tice. Best for burns, bruises, boils,
eczema, skin disease, etc. Sold by
Frank Ho.acek.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-08-16

For blnaiing, belching, sour stom-
ache, bad breath mal-assimilntion ~
food, and NIL symptoms of i~ndigestion
Ring Dyspepsia Tablets are a prompt
and ~eficient corrective. Sold by E..
Horacek-
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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-02-07
REAL ESTATE.
FOR SALE.


New broom house and hall; lot 5oX25a.
fronting on car line, West End: SlaVo
New broom house, hall and bath' iot
50X150 in West End: $500
2-story Groom house. halls; lot 2oNioo,
fronting car line: $3.50.
Groom houses lot 1O6xl45; 2 good Wells
Avenue c and 9Th street; $500
4-room and 2-room houses on lot 55NlZ9'
corner 9th alley and 10Th street; Sl4o'
Groom house and hall, 4 lots, block OF
ear. Fairview $500.
4 rooms, hall and pantry; lot 5fXl4D, cor.
on car line. Fairview; $3.50.
rooms. hall and pantry: lot 5oXloO,
on car line, Fairview: $3.50.
No. 1888 East Lake. 6 rooms and broom
servant; lot 50x165. barn and feed house,
5000
5-room house; lot 1OOx165 at East Lake;
$500.
No. S5l5 Ave II. rooms and hall; lot
50x130; $1,000
Nice corner on oath street, Il rooms and
servant house; lot 95x1O0; $3.50
rooms and hall; lot 50x1s2. one block
car line. Woodlawn; $500.
rooms and hall; lot 126x126 corner 6lst
street. Woodlawn: $500
4 nice lots on North Highlands for Sl1oO
broom house and Broom house on lot
90x115. Rush ave, north; $500.
For terms call at office or call Peoples
phone 1851
M. =. WEBB REAL ESTATE CO.
Room No 2O3 jefferson County Bank BLDG
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IN THE BIRMINGHAM
REAL ESTATE MARKET

Local real estate circles yesterday were
somewhat sluggish and the great majority
of tine deals involving amounts which eN-
ceded $1,000 were in property situated in
the suburbs. These transactions numbered
seven and involved aggregately $19,432
an average of 2776. The following is the
list:
S. NJ. Perry to jamie S. Washington
lots p and % in block 20 &C" Ensley, the
consideration for which was $500.
Fred G. Kelley to ?. ]. Rogers, lots 1
and 5 in block % C. Bnsley, the con
sideratlon fer which was 1890
Anna A. Bird to E. ". hickman, lot
in block 1s9, Elyton, the consideration
being 5000.
Joseph r. Smith, Jr., c. ]. Smith and
7. o. Smith to Mary S. Ware, lots Y and
10 in block 30. Smithfield the eonsidera-
ton for which was $1,000
w. 7. Underwood to Spier Whitaker
lot 10 in the Ridge Park addition to Bir-
mingham, the consideration for which was
1880 f
Mary E. Allison to Mary E. Hewes lot
16 of Plossers survey, the consideration
for which was $1,000
]. F. Tarply to the City Land company,
lots to also lots 3 to 10. in block Z,
Tarply. the consideration for which was
1852
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BIR MINGHAM
And the Matter Of Sums.
Bell Phone 1864

hereafter and hold IL against the en-
croachments of energy and thrift.
There are some other notable reasons
for the passing of the slum district One
of these is the gradually changing policy
of landlords. They have learned by bit
ter experience that weather-beaten shacks
are bad Investments, as the repairs eat
up the greater part of the rentals and
the sickness of tenants occasioned by I'M
sanitary surroundings frequently stop the
payment of rent for months at a time
Hence we see, even in what Is called ne
gro property, better construction work
and more attention to hygienic require
ments. Indeed. not a few houses occu-
pied by negroes are of brick, and it gives
Realty pleasure to say that many of the
colored people of Birmingham are living
In homes which leave little to be desired
from the landlords, and that it has proved
profitable for the landlords to show them
this consideration.
The extensive plan OF public improve
ments which the city Of Birmingham has
been carrying out for several years Is
also fastening the disappearance of the
Sums and Is of much benefit to the own
ers Paved streets and good sidewalks
are but another way of letting light into
darkness. Whenever respectable and in
dustrious people use any street continue
ally, in going to and fro from their work,
t"o Things VIII most certainly occur-the
gradual appearance of decent, attractive
houses along the line of that street and
the abandonment of it by those who like
to live in unclean conditions.
Wherefore Realty reiterates with conf
dence the prediction that Greater Bir-
mingham will not have anything which
approaches the slums of the older cities
in unsightliness, uncleanliness and dam
ger. Every owner OF property adapted
to home building purposes has good rea-
son to anticipate that his holdings, no
matter where they may be within the
incorporated limits. will be covered SOON
er or later with the homes of honest and
upright people.
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Can a great city exist without slunls?
This is an interesting question. and is
pertinent in any discussion of the future
of Birmingham. Realty believes that
Greater Birmingham will answer that
question emphatlcally in the affirmative,
and there are some solid grounds upon
which 1t rests this assertion.
First, history. Fifteen years ago
Scratch Ankle" "Buzzard Roost" and
pigeon Roost' were the squald abodeS
of a shiftless, criminal and very danger.
Gus class of people. Today much of
Scratch Ankle has become part of the
business district of the city and the old
name Is little more than a memory. Buzz
Yard Roost" some years ago was re-
christened "Hopewell" by an optomstic
evangelist, and has been trying nobly ever
since to live up to it's new title. The
shacks and crazy tenements of Pigeon
Roost' are steadily disappearing, their
places being taken by one and two-story
brick buildings, while not few neat and
pretty modern cottages have sprung up
in that section of the city. The police
tell us that ten years ago there were in
Vulnerable nests of crime on both the
North and Southsde. but very few are to
be found now. So while Birmingham has
been growing great in industry and COM
merce, she has been getting better all
the time morally, and that, too, without
any blast of the trumpets. This pleasing
fact has material as well as moral value.
This reformation has been brought about
to a great extent by the rapid influx of
population. People have come to work
and to do their part, be it ever so hum
BILE, in the up-bulding of the city. 1t is
this rich new blood which is drying up
these old tester spots, and which prom
ises in the course of time to make Bir-
mingham as wholesome as any municipal
body corporate in this country. The ac-
tive and Industrious element of our pop
ulation are demanding more and more
of the space of Birmingham and it will
be impossible for drones and the vicious
to seize any considerable portion of area
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-02-07

Peoples Savings Bank and Trust COM
pany. as to my honesty for my contracta
Fully three-fourths of my patients have
been treated by some ons else before CALI
ing on me to be cured. Why not come an
soon as afflicted? You will save money.
distressing pain and valuable time; be-
sides, there Is satisfaction IN knowing
that the very best treatment IL beina
give, you by an honest. competent ply
uician l have treated private troubles
as a speciality in the city OF Birmingham.
Ala. since August 3, 1887 I cure all man.
ner Of private diseases. I cure many pa
tients by mail treatment w lite for prices
and terms.
I do not use large advertisements and
false statements to attract patients which
merit has failed to secure. II you fail T.
be cured by such methods give me q can
and get well.
NV offices are the most private and
uuiet in the city. tenth story Of the new
First Nst;onal Bank building. corner Of
0econd averue and Twentieth street
Rooms 1905 and 1907. Take one Of the fine
ELEVATORS to tenth hooR.
Once hours: SEQ q - - - = -
Sunday, 10 O. - - y -
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CONSPIRACY TO DEFRAUD.
Company Is Charged With Taking
Money to Sell Securities.

New York, February 6.-Frederick
Waugh of Philadelphia was arralgned
before United States Commissioners
Shields today on charge of using the
mails to promote a conspiracy to de-
fraud, and was held in $500 bail for
examination. He was arrested last
night by detectives. who claim that
he is the Philadelphia representative
of the Imperial Trust company of Jer-
sey City. John S. White, president of
this company and men alleged to be
his associates, were arrested yester-
day on charges of using the mails to
defraud.
More than a score of men, either
officers or legal representatives of COM
panies who declared their companies
had paid into the Imperial Trust COM
pany fees ranging from 5000 to $4,000
only find that their bonds were not
sold, called at the Office of the postal
inspectors in the federal building to-
day.
Inspectors Cortelyou and Jacobs
would not give out the names of any
of the compliments, but said that they
represented reputable concerns. The
bonds of these concerns have been dis
posed of since, and are held in the
best Of good faith. Some of the con-
Germs are copper, silver and gold min
ing corporations, with Offices In New
York and properties in Montana, Call
fornia and Colorado. Inspector Cortel-
you said that the case was worked up
with the greatest difficulty; hundreds
of letters were sent to persons whom
the inspector believed were interested.
but they refused TO prosecute as their
stock had been sold by other people
and publicity would only hurt them.
He estimated that more than a thous-
and new corporations have been In
volved for sums ranging from 5000 70
$1,000.
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ADVERTISEMENT
IS TO OFFER THE BEST
FACTS BRIEFLY STATED
CARRY WEIGHT.

With the above for a text 1 will leave
our readers to reflect on its application
and enlarge on the theme themselves az
ter they have carefully read and pom
dered over the propositions offered below:
S4OOO-A beautiful new. modern, 2-story,
Groom, furnace heated residence; COR
ner; excellent location: fronts car line;
South Highlands. 1t is a lovely stucco,
with every comfort and convenience;
pays 10 per cent.
5000 2-story, modern, new, lO-room,
pressed brick. corner home; will pay 10
per cent. Elegant oak floors and inte-
rior finish. near 10th ave, west of 10th
ST.. South Highlands.
$105O0-Buys today ten brick dwelling, 8
rooms each carries nearly quarter or
a block seven blocks of the center.
One-third cash, balance 6 per cent. This
pays over Il per cent.
s50O0-A new, modern, Groom residence,
55x190; servants house; oath ST., North
Highlands. Reasonable terms.
$5000-A pretty Groom, modern / NE: lot
50x1e5; 18th ave. South Hghlal west
of 18th st. Terms S125O cash, ance .
years at per cent.
$3250-Neat Groom house and lot I2Oth St.
half block of Capitol park REJECT and
ask yourself If you have seen anything
else so close to the center on Nortf side
that question.
10Sx2OS-2-story. Groom residence, 10 29th
ST., Edgewood Station, South Highlands.
Owner arranging for changes, and UNI
less sold in the next few days this
proposition will be off the market. 1t
can be had at a bargain today.
s4500-An elegant, modern, new, s-room
furnace heated home. A gem of comfort
and neatness in finish and construction;
excellent location 18th ST., South High
lands
s5500-A 2-story. 10-room residence, 14th
ST.. South Highlands.
$1,000 comparatively new. modern. =
room. 1-story home. near 10th ave, west
of 18th ST., South Highlands.
sS5O0-A beautiful. elegantly finished 3
story. MODERN 10-room residence. near
Highland ave, in the very choicest To-
cation. Investigate this
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FOR SALE.

$500 and s16o0-Two new 6-room cottages
one block of car line; close to churches,
in best resident neighborhood in North
Birmingham: decidedly the cheapest
homes in this place. Must be taken
quick.
S6O0-Nice Groom home: good well, barn
on rear; in highest and most desirable
location at kingston close to car. Easy
terms, owner leaving.
s1050-Three large rooms, large lot next
to above; very easy terms. $3.50 cash,
balance SIS per month.
s270o-Nice Groom new cottage on car
line, Southside.
s6SOO-Elegant new 2-story modern resi-
dence, with servants house and stables
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s2000-Rental $500 per year: Groom and
Groom residences; fronts car line, North
Highlands.
$s00o-A modern Groom home; close to
the center Northside.
s60o0-Rental $50; will bring $500; a splen-
did 11-room, 2-story, modern home, on
lot 50x140: half block of goth St, six
blocks of the union depot one-third
cash, balance 1, and years at per
cent
s5o00-Rental $50; store and dwellings; on
valuable corner, 100x190; close to the GEN.
ter. that can be made TO pay 1880 an
nually. Terms $500 cash. balance four
years. A good thing.
$2100-If taken today, buys 5Ox140; close
to the center with four 4-room houses,
renting at 1886; this will bring $500
Sl0000-50x100; promising business proper
ty; central; goth st.
$16,500-Rental $1,000; high class; central;
Northside.
$50, 0O0-50xl0O 2-story brick; close in; I'd
ave. and corner.
S6,5O0-Rental 5000; 40x1O0; 2-story brick.
s19,000-Pays u per cent 50x10O; 2-story
brick; goth st; business property.
81 lots-Between Woodlawn and Birming-
ham, near the car line; $50 per lot; 5000
improvements thrown in; this entire
property can be had today for $500; IL
Is three blocks of car line, 21a miles OF
court house.
s4000-200x1G0 a corner. with modern 2
room cottage; nice location, North High
lands: on terms $1,000 cash and $50 per
month.
S5500-New. modern, 2-story Groom, fur
mace heated, stucco residence near 10th
ave-, west of 18th St, South Highlands.
S650o-Rental $3.50; a large corner. close
in.
s2760-A modern 2-story, recently built,
7-room residence; well finished; select
material: a good home; about one block
of car line; has cabinet mantels, porce-
lain bath. electric lights. city water:
North Highlands. Terms today 500
cash and $50 per month.
$3350-100x120; two broom cottages; fronts
car line; North Highlands
There are many others, nut these are the
best.
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$4,000,
sol Title Guarantee
FOR SALE.

FOR SALE.
S5750-Corner 1roquois and Mountain ave
one of the finest residence lots in the
city.
$50 a foot-All street improvements, on
new street just off Arlington ave. Ele-
waited
$50 a foot-56x14O. high and dry, in very
best section near Five Points; all inn
proponents.
SIG, 5Od-Handsome brick; long lease for
$24OO; close to center
$SOOO-Good corner In the right place near
new depot.
! $3loO-Seven- room home S. 18th St; good
nelghborhood; rented until october at
S24 per month.
$3.50 a foot-12ox200; on North Highlands;
fine corner.
$5OO0-40x10O; close to center of town; one
of the best things we have to offer.
! S7500-Handsome new South Highlands
home, in very best section; not built for
selling purposes furnace and all other
conVeniences.
S4750-Beautiful cottage home on corner
lot in very best section of South High
lands.
$40 foot-40 feet elevated; faces south;
in best section of South Highlands.
$25 a foot-Beautlful lot 53x190, 18th St,
South Highlands.
$25 to $40 foot-In the Phelan addition,
on South Highlands; VIII build homes to
suit purchasers on this: small payment.
easy terms on the balance.
We can't advertise all the property we
have for sale. We have most complete
list of South Highlands residence lots,
from Lakeview to Glen Iris. We can cer-
tainly please you if you want lot on the
South Highlands.
Property can be bought more cheaply
now than in the spring. There is always
more demand in the spring and prices al
ways advance at that season. A good
many of our offerings stand good for only
a short time This is especially true of
the South Highlands. In the spring the
demands will be heavy and prices are GER
tain to advance.
We have constant demand for cottage
homes and vacant lots in the suburbs.
and would like to have property of that
kind listed with us al once
TURNER r. WEAkLEY G. CO.,
Bell phone 1926. 2113 First Ave.
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on rear: lot S0x190
$S0o0-Best home in Norwood; just built;
9-rooms, 2-story, modern, lot eOx190; i'm
provements all down; alley corner. Call
and let me show you this
$5O00-Seven-room new cottage in Nor
wood district; very cheap
s4000-Nine-room, 2-story residence, large
lot. in almost the heart center of Wood
lawn; highest point in city; two Groom
houses right on car line; nothing, could
be better for subdivision; very cheap;
see me at once; exclusive sale.
Property owners desiring to make quick
sales will please list with me at once.
Homes on North and South Highlands
and Fountain Heights. 1 have clients
waiting to buy.
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BARGAINS For SALE

$500 Each-Three beautiful lots on ridge
just above Ann street station on South
Ensley car line; reasonable terms.
$15, 000-50x140 on Second ave, between 18th
and 18th streets.
$500 to $3.50 each-Seven choice business
lots on South 10th street, adjoining Par
ker's Drug Store at Five Points; size
about 20x100 feet; terms one-thrd cash,
balance one and two years, with per
cent interest
$500 or SIS ,0OO-25 or so feet on Morris ave-,
between I'D and 23d streets. running
back of l.. & n. r. r.; reasonable terms.
The building on these lots was smashed
by falling walls week ago; offered a
few days only before rebuilding. See
me quick If you want them.
S. e. THOMPSON, Agent.
Bell Phone "A. 223 21st Street.
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FOR RENT.
2224 18th ave. rooms
1130 N. 18th St, rooms.
1217 n. 18th St, rooms.
20S1s n. 21st ST., 35 rooms.
1909 Ave. II, rooms.
1911 s. 18th St, IL rooms.
901 S. 18th St, rooms
1921 S. 18th ave, rooms.
1923 18th ave-. II rooms, south
1926 S. 18th ave, rooms.
Velma Station, Gate City car line. groom
house and acres of land.
We write all kinds of insurance, nego-
tiate loans, make bonds. etc.
UNDERWATER REAL ESTATE
AND RENTAL CO.
a. D. SMITH, President.
Both phones 613. 20 N. 21st street.
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