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The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-10-18
CRAZY OVER DAKOTA LAND.

Pierre, :. d.. oct. IA Pierre land
rg,ncy last spring advertised ln sew
crul papers. bringing one reply from
Clariuda. Ia. signed by e. ". TAFT
man. la which hr said he was one OF
tho attendants at the insane hospital
there. and asking for maps and litera-
turv. These were sent.
Then Tattman wanted a special train
chartered that he might bring out all
the Inmates or the asylum TO file on
lands.
Now he wants the state 90 assis, I'm
establishing "a road from Fort Pierre
tu Elm springs To open up the land.
which he says he and his friends have
filed on through the agency. but all
his communications have To- pass
through the hands OF the supcrintend-
ent and bring with them an explana-
ton. IL developed that Tattman IL AN
fnmntc rather than an officer OF the
asylum.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-10-18

Thus far the opium poppy is found To
thrive better I'm Vermont than I'm either
Texas or Cnlifornia-the other states In
which the department OF agriculture Is
experimenting with ~.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-10-18
RUINED B.
TEAR
Opening OF 9
vestigat,o
Path
IOWA AssC
Secret Letters q
the lnterstat
mission
Oil

Chicago. Oct.
heard today bef|
the Interstate q
relative TO the n
grain trust.
A. Il. Aygarn.
told OF his strugl|
Grain Dealers a
tears while on {
necessary to exc
further evidence
been ruined bcca
with farmers ane
declared the discI|
had been double
had refused To ri
20 transport graf
Secret letters n
beers OF the Iowa
association ana
sued To the illiI|
read to the cor
statements were
by the conmiss
uesses were rigid
Friendship
Witness Aygari|
his composure. r.
said he had $40. 0o'|
ness. but that Ia
"a IA many thousn|
has a crippled "
port. lie declared
lowed his attempt
was "A farmer. Dy
He said ut one Tin
railroad left 5000
the tracks for wee
this being. he dcc|
elimination again
about his ruin.
IL. ii. Carr. AL
dealer. claimed he
the grain combina|
ination OF railroa,
lime after time he
lion OF the Intcrs|
mission. Presidcr|
torncy General NJ
things. but nothiI
q.
at the rcaues|
Prouty he promise
mission with furt|
5laeklisted |
=. l.. Brennan nj
solicitors for a Ci|
the struggle bctw,
ganlzed commissio|
Iowa. Both decl.
been blacklisted al
II persists In buyi
or elevator compa
from members OF
lions. a number |
troduced In which
nois association III
firm doing bushes
Irregular.
tlined To obey the
the association all
organization. IL va
To do any business
Dunn told OF the
and Northw
Central roallronds
! Elevators along n
Other witnesses "a
NJ the Tri-Stnte G
citation. which opeI
In Minnesota and
declared this organ
by the I
certain de
fused To do this n
Ia also said the Tr
Hoes not discrimiI
shovrlers. as do al
associations.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-10-18

Alton. tll.--A huge circular steel ell
cvator OF the SPARKS Milling company
suddenly collapsed and $4,000 bushels
OF wheat was scattered over the
ground. II In stated the loss Will be
about $4,000 on the elevator ANA s2s.-
900 81.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-10-18

A wine merchant of Edingen. found
guilty by the courts Of adulteration.
was punished by having his stock OF
800 gallons OF wine poured into the
river Neckar.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-10-18

Receipts OF the New York postofiice
are far ahead OF those OF any other Of
fice I'm the world. for the same extent of
territory. At the present rate Tor this
wear. they will be about $i7.OO0.00
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-10-18
WAS CHAMBERLAIN !
MAN MURDERED?
After Long interval Attempts
Being Made to Clear Up
Mystery.
WAS EMPLOYED BY MAYOR
Davis Secured Good Salary, and u 10
Thought He Was Killed for His
Monsy--Leoking for His
Relatives.

Chamberlain, 8. D.. Oct. iE.-Beiiev-
Ing that /. j. Davis, formerly book
keeper for Mayor Sanford, or Cham
bcrlain. was murdered. an effort Is now
being made. after lapse OF nearly
three years. To uncarth the crime and
u possible bring the perpetrators of
thc deed to justice.
Davis who was n young unmarried
IMAM. lived here for two or three years,
being en- the employ OF Mayor Sanford.
who having extensive business inter-
ests. paid him good salary. The
young man was not expensive In his
habits. owed nothing, and 40 far ns his
friends know had NO reason To leave
town or conceal his whereabouts. and
therefore rises the theory that he was
murdered for his money. His disap-
pcarance was sudden and mysterious.
and nothing has been heard OF him
since. II was reported ut one time
that he was at Fountain City. Wis..
but prompt inquiry there failed To dis
close that any person OF his name or
description had been there.
A short time after the disappearance
az Davis his sister came To Chamber
lain In search OF trace OF the missing
man. but In place OF getting The infor-
nation she sought II In understood that
parties with Interior motives gave her
Co understand that Davis had COM
miitcd some Forgery or Ike crime and
had quilted the country, fugitive
from justice. Believing these stories.
the sister left town hvrricdly and no
word has been received from her or
my OF her people since. Investigation
shows, however that no oftense had
been committed that could be charge
able To Davis. and II IL now believed
that the stories TO the effect that Da-i
Wis had left the country or had been
Rpiritcd away by supposed friends TO
escape the law were fabrications i'm
vented by parties who made away with
the young man for his boarded saw
ings.
Tho county authorities arc now try,
tng tn get into communication with the
relatives OF the young man. who are
supposed To live ia Missouri. near Kan
Gas city, and every effort Is being
made at this late day TO clear up the
mystery surrounding his disappear
unpp
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-10-18

At MayHviile. ". Y. "A monument has
been dedicated To- Judge Albion w.
Tourgce. famed ns author Of numerous
novels of the ku-Klux period. Mrs.
Toutgee was present.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-10-18

Insar.,y is infrequent In India. ac-
cordln.Ao n blue book. In Bengal I'm
1904 the ratio OF insane was 2.s5 per
1000 population. against 3i.Tl In Eng
lanH
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-10-18

Wheeling. w. va.--Harry Biasop, n
Wheeling boy. who was supposed to
have been murdered on the wharf a
week ago. returned homo today. and
pcared. A body said To have been
Bishops was found IN the water and
buried In the family tomb after tho
coroner had returned a verdict OF muir
der and after the insurance company
had paid the insurance on Bishops
life bishop says he was nj Kittanlng.
Pa. when the supposed murder oc-
Cured
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-10-18

The International Association OF
Auctionoers. ut It's convention In Chi
cago. adopted n resolution allowing
women To become members OF the as
aocintipn
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-10-18

George Hewlett. OF Stokenchurch.
England. still smokes pipe which was
his solace while he was n soldier In the
Crlrnenn war err .is5i-'5s.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-10-18

Minster-on-Sca. an English watering
place. In building pier which Will be
the longest on the English coast-more
than 1000 feet.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-10-18

Queen Alexandra possesses n tea
service OF sixty pieces. each piece be-
ing decorated with n different photo
graph. which she took herself In Scot
land.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-10-18

Robert Jones. n surgeon OF Liverpool.
advocates that I'm cases where the pa
tent can not take other anaesthetics
the SPINAL cord be treated with cocaine.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-10-18

The tea gardens OF northern India
extend over 500. 600 acres. and they pro-
duce 10000 pounds OF tea per nnnum
at N prosit OF about 800 an acre.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-10-18

Port Sale -rnc United States mr.,
imored cruiser. colorado and West Vir-
ginia Cnt r-,l Sgca carol south
ward
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-10-18

EScanaha. Mich. An Escnnaba man who
was lost in. the woods three days was
found ncnr Scgauncc. q g.bbcring maniac.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-10-18
MINE WILL SAVE s7co A DAY.

Lead. $. D.. oct i5.--A great under,
taking has been completed by the
Homestakc Mining company. The pipe
line which has been building from both
this city and Central TO Deadwood In
connection with the shines plant there.
has been finished. and water was run
through the pipes yesterday for the
first time. Two lines were constructed.
one for the shines ana one for the clear
water for the solution.
Before the pipe lines could he laid,
road had 60 b. hcwed out through
the mountains and four tunnels from
ffty To 600 yards in length were neces-
rary. The gulChes have been spanned
with strong steel work that precludes
the possibility OF n wushout, and the
work has all been done with great care
and thuroughncss. The shines line viii
bring the shines from the mills ut
Lead. Central and Terrnyille tn the new
plant which Is being erected at "A cost
81 half million dollars IN Dendwood.
and which afford to the company "A saw
jng or probably something over $500 a
day.
The plant will be- completed and in
running order within the next few
weeks.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-10-18

New York-Rey. DIR. James NJ. Farrar
delivered sermon on Creation" In
forty-one words. saying: II do not
know very much about creation. All
that any one knows about IL is con-
tained In the bible and what scientists
have been telling ua. l arm satisfied
that there was creation and that IL
has been satisfactory" An English
preacher has beaten this with n SER
mon consisting OF Little children. love
one another--consider this"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-10-18

Bristol. Pa.-whiic nj work tearing down,
n chimney on an old dwelling known as
the Black Horse Motel. Owens Evans found
n silver cup with the date I7t1 and tho
name George Washington plainly cut out
on IL. Washington crossing the Delaware
stopped here
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-10-18
BUFFALO BILL GOES HUNTING.

oNGG NS-S
Dcadwooi. =. D.. oct. l5.-'Buffnlo
BILL" otherwise Colonel VIM. Cody. will
leave his home nj Cody, Wye. on the
18th Of this month for n four weeks
camping trip, on which he viii be ac-
companicd by his friend. Mike Rus
Eell. OF this city They Will 20 out
into the wilds OF Wyoming and into
the famous Hole the Wall country.
which for so many years was the ref
uge OF the great army OF the law
less that congregated I'm that state.
" h Eaid that the country is fun OF
game, that elk. deer, bear and noun
tain sheep abound I'm it's rocky passes,
and are wild enough To- furnish gen
uinc sport for the most daring sports
man. The guide ana general utility
IMAM viii be chief Iron Tail. one OF
the few remaining old-timc. imperious,
silent Sioux chiefs. He rs now over
so years OF age. although he is as
1.-THE aud active as most young men
OF 90.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-10-18

Grenoble. Francc-Monslgnor Iienri:. n.
Notrc Dame. declared that every priest.
who joined cultural. associn lions under the
law would be !ntcrdictcd. The prelata
added; Let us I've poor rather than
purchase liberty al the price OF dishonor"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-10-18

Brusseis--Miss Kuhne Bcvcridgo
CMrs. Branson), mn American sculptor.
has completed the east OF the statue Of
Grief" ordered by the city OF San
Francisco TO commemorate the victims
OF the earthquake. She will shortly
begin work on n second statue. TO rep
resent the resurrection OF the city OF
San Francisco.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-10-18

Wells. Me.--After asserting that the
spirit OF his mother " continually ut
his side. James Rideout. OF Wells. Me-,
In going through life. being guided,
he says. I'm every word. thought and
deed, by the love OF his departed pa
rent. When going anywhere he be-
ilievcs he feels the touch of n hand upon
his arm.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-10-18

Utica. ~. Y.-An accident whici. will
probably deprive Miss Mary Lewis. n I'ti-
en- telephone operator. OF her sight oc-
CURED while the young woman was seated
at the switchboard In the telephone cx-
change. She received severe electric
shock. which rendered her unconscious Tor
n time and left ncr totally blind.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1906-09-29
Fine Old Netherlands ReparteO.

One Bareni Vet of The Hague, had
recently the misfortune to call a con.
stable q monkey, an accusation which
one Of the local papers pointed out
as being. Of course. untrue" and
which, moreover Is q form of untruth
not permitted in Holland. Vet was ar
rested and brought before the Judge
On a charge of insulting the police. /"
being sentenced to 45 days imprison.
ment. Before being removed he turned
to address the court. Then I mustn't
call a constable a monkey" he said.
Certainly not: you must not insult
the police" The culprit reflected.
MAY l call a monkey q constable?"
he asked, with flash or genius. The
Judge shrugged his houlders. and.
holding no brief for the animal, re.
piled: If it gives you any satisfac.
ton" With a smile Of qualification
Vet turned on his heel in the dock
and bowed to his prosecutor Good
day, constable" he said.-St. James's
Gazette.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1906-09-29

The newly patented e.S -lric cook
Ing stove of Professor Elihu Thomp-
son Is heavily jacketed outside with
a layer of asbestos, fire-cIay or min
eral wool. and is provided with a lid
OF the same character. Inside is
placed a mass of refractory SUBJ
stance. within which is embedded q
granular resistance material. Silicon
Is recommended as resistance ma
terial, as it has a high specific re-
sistance. and acquires suitable tenn
perature without fusing or oxidizing.
The whole interior of the stove can
be kept red hot. and it is anticipated
that the running cost for cooking
through the day will not be excess
sive.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1906-09-29
North Dakota Solves the AduItcra.
ton Problem.

ZION ETODlcm.
North Dakota seems to have found
the key to the G. ss.ion, How shall
we protect the people from frauds in
manufactured products?" a.
which is applicable to foods, beser-
ages, materials used in the arts, etc.
A new law has recently gone into Ell
feet designed to make it impossible
to DECEIVE people into buying inferio.
and adVltefated paint under the in,-
ptAsSi6n that they are getting real
paint, viz: pure white lead and lin
seed Oil.
The North Dak6ta lawmakers did
not attempt to absolutely prohibit
the inferior pigments, or mixtureDoi
pigments. They adopted the sos az.
Let the label tell" and then left To
the people to buy whichever they
wished.
Under this plan. If any one wishes
to buy mixture of rock-dust, ground
quartz and other cheap elements
which are found in many paints and
so-called white leads" no one can
object; for they do it with their eyes
open. But If they prefe, genuine
white lead and linseed oil, they can
be sure of getting it, for none but
the genuine article can bear label
which says pure white lead"
In all other States mixtures are Of
ten sold as pure white lead which
contain little-sometimes no-real
white lead.
1t would seem that were this same
principle applied to food, beverages
and all other prepased articles. where
deception IS practiced upon the buy
er, the question would be solved. 1t
would leave US free to buy what we
pleased, but would protect us from
unwittingly buying what We did not
want.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1906-09-29

George Shergo!d. who was credited
with having invented the safety bicy-
Gle, recently died pauper in the pub.
lie worknouse Of Gloucester, England,
at the age Of seventy-fye years. 1t
would seem that Of the millions upon
millions OF dollars that have been made
out Of this useful invention. the man
who first thought it out ought to have
lad enough al least to make his de-
clining years comfortable. "Tbe irony
Of fate" sometimes performs strange
antics. PHILOSOPHERS the Los Angeles
Times.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1906-09-29
Mz1M0vKoehne

Nervous exhaustion invites dissaso.
This staement is the positive truth.
When everything becomes . burden
and you cannot walk few blocks With.
out excessive fatigue, ana-yD break
ont into psrspiration easily, and your
face fusheA and you grow excited and
shaky at the least provocation, a.
you cannot bear to be crossed in any.
thing, you are in danger; your nerves
have given out; you need buildinR N
at once To build up woman's nerv.
ous system and during the period of
change of life we know of no better
medicine thin Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg
etable Coapouna. Here 10 an illus
tration& Mrs. Mary L. Koehne, s7l
Garfeld Avenue. Chicago. ILL.,, writes
81 have used Lydia E. PinkhamsVegsnhlp
Compound for years iuFmySlnmily and =
nover disappoints; so when felt that wa
nearing the change of life commenced trsaA
mont with it. took in all about six bottl0
and it&d me q CREST deal Of good. Il stopped
my dizzy spells, pains in my back and tAa
headaches with which / had sufU1ed for
moaths hlfore taking the Compound. feel
that II II had not been for til great medicine
for women ths1 Shout mot have been alive
to-day. 1t is splendid fcfwomen. old or young,
and win surely cure all fplals disordenn
Mrs. Pinkhan, daughter-in-law q
Lydia E. Pinkham. of Lynn, Mas. In
vitss all sick and ailing women to write
heE for advice. Her great experience
= at their service, Tree Of cost.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1906-09-29
GOOD AND HAND

It it remarkable what suffering
some persons put up with just to sat-
Isfy an appetite for something.
A Mica. woman says: II had been
using coffee since was old enough to
have a cup Of my own at the table,
and from 1t I have suffered agony
hundreds of times in the years past.
MY trouble first began in the form
of bilious collie. coming on every few
weeks and almost ending my life.
At every attack for years suf-
fered In this way. used to pray for
death to relieve me from my suffer
ing. l had also attacks of sick head
ache, and began to suffer from ca
tarrh of the stomach, and of course
awful dyspepsia.
For about q year 1 lived on crack
ers and water. Believing tht coffee
was the cause of all this suffering.
finally quit 1t and began to use
Postum Food Coffee. II agreed
with my stomach, my troubles have
left me and l am fast gaining my
health under its use.
mo wonder / condemn coffee and
tea. No one could be in much more
critical condition than I was from the
use Of coffee. Some doctors pro.
nounced It cancer, others liberation
but none gave me any relief. But
since stopped coffee and began Pos
tum I am getting well 30 fast I car
heartily recommend it for all WHIT
suffer as I did" Name given b!
Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich
Read the little boob The Road t
MELVILLE" "There'S 3 reason"
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1906-09-29

A formidable lis. o. pereons killed
and injured in one month by eating
adulterated food has been compiled
by q current magazine. The list Of
the dead include four persons who
died from eating toadstools mixed
with mushrooms, three poisoned by
candy, three by wood alcohol con-
tanned in lemon extract, and many
by the same substance in whisky;
four infested by typhoid fever germs
contained in ice cream, twin babies
poisoned by forAaldehyde used to
preserve milk. and hundreds of per-
sons poisoned by beer manufactured
from glucose. in the manufacture of
which sulphuric acid, made from an
arsenic bearing mineral has been
used. Many of these cases were re-
ported by health ofiicess and food
commissioners of the various States
In which they occurred.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1906-09-29

BY STANDARDIZATION, DR.. Lew
andowski. an Austrian MUSICIAN.
claims to have solved the probInm
OF removing troublesome SCARF A.
gaIanic battery and an induktion
colt are so connected that either the
dlTect or the alternating or faradic
current can be used, or both togeth.
er, and large plate electrode at the
negative pole Of the coil is passed
over the scar for fifteen or thirty
minutes, another large eiectrode at
the positive of the battery being an.
piled to the sacral region. In thirty
to sixty sittings the scars nearly dis
appear. the sdisagreeabie redness be-
ing quite removed, while the tissue Is
made soft and flexible. A specimen
Of about thirty bad cases successfully
treated is that Of q soldier, whose
chest was covered on one side with
the scars Of an enormous powder
urn and who had the use of his arm
restored and the scars nearly obliter.
tied.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1906-09-29

...e PARISH OF East Baton Rouge shall
omnose the twentv-second district
The parish of st. Mary saall compose
the twenty-third district.
The parishes of East Feiciana and
West Feliciana shall compose the TWEEN.
tyfourth district.
The parishes of st. Helena, Living.
ston, and Tangipahoa shall compose the
twenty-fifth district.
The parishes of Washington and st.
Tammany shalLcompose the twenty-sixth
district.
The parishes Of Ascension, st. James
and Assumption shall compose the TWEEN.
ty-seventh district.
The parishes Of st. John the Baptist,
st. Charles and Jefferson shall compose
the twenty eighth district.
The parishes of st. Bernard and Pla-
quemine snail compose the twenty-ninth
district. Z
Inc judges provided for in this article
shall oach receive a salary Of three thous-
and dollars per annum such salary to be
paiu monthly on their own warrants,
provided that the General Assembly of
the State of Louisiana may in their
discretion redistrict the judicial district
provided for In this article.
Provides that in no case shall the sal.
airy of any district judge exceed three
thousand douars per annum.
J. W. HYAMS,
Speaker of the House Of Representa-
tives.
j. Y. SANDERS,
Lieutenant Governor and Pesident of the
Senate.
Approved July II, 1906.
NEWTON C. BLANCHARD,
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
A true copy:
JOHN T. MICHEL,
Secretary of State.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1906-09-29
Monks = Cllnuffcurs.

The monks of the Grand st. Ber-
nard will soon make their debut as
chauffsprs.
After a struggle lasting over a
year they have received the permits
sion from the Valais md Italian au-
thorities to run a motor car service
between the hospices of Grand st.
Bernard and Simplon-their prdr-
ties-and Domodossola and AostA.
The chauffeurs will be chosen
from among the monks themselves.
who will wear cowls.
The cars, which are being cpeciaf-
ly constructed to climb the steep
gradients, will at the beginning be
employed for the transport of sup>
plies only.
Later. however. the monks intend
to start a service for tourists who
wish to visit their hospices in the
season. - Geneva Correspondents
orSr