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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-06-22
SATURDAY,,
June is. 1907.

On OhSHIB VuHC los lSOI'
Days deliberations on the New HaV-
en- merger matter in the Massachu-
sets house Of representatives and be-
fore the committee on railroads un-
covers the coming early next week Of
two or more bills safeguarding the
peoples interests.
State testimony in coTroboration Of
Orchard and offered to implicate Hay
wood lacks so far the direct and GER
tain connection the prosecution could
wish; Judge Wood allows this near
proof" to go In freely.
American delegates to Irish Nation
al convention arrive in Boston.
Launch In which II men were
drowned In Hampton roads located and
bodies recovered.
Secretary Taft has brief attack of
acute Indigestion at st. Paul; speaks
at evening banquet.
Many official and social receptions
arranged in Boston in honor of Prince
Luigi Of Italy.
Commissioner O'Meara desires Bos-
ton policemen to refrain from exerting
personal influence in favor of act to
lessen their hours of service
Bronze tablet of Hope presented to
the battleshlp Rhode Island by Govern
or James H. Higgins.
Peace conference to open at The
Hague with evidence of German dis
trust for the purpose of Great Britain.
Broker Appleyard, interviewed in
Buffalo, says he will fight proceedings
against him, and has no intention of
running away.
Col. 8. P. Colt i'll in camp in woods
at Mt. Katahdin, Me-
Bay State gas company hearing re-
sumed at Boston.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-06-22
2C'.~-ar~ The Most ~vN~-1as
Dangerous of I'LL MOuen-
ceS that Threaten
Our National Life
BY President Roosevelt

4%0NN%H~AS there
q deify maccompanied by
x moral accountability We shall republic
n 2 what it should be until thoroughly
sacrifice fundamental
morality. The
a
will raised
strongly than the scoundrel who fails
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-06-22

Cold feet often get into hot water
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-06-22
HumOr
BY G. K. Chesterton.

NUMBER Of brilliant books about America have been
written of by the abest alive instance,
Mr.. Henry James Mr.. H. G. Wells the principle
that where socologsts fear tread will
suggest that the basis Of the whole American
character simply its extreme soemnity; solemnity
which characteristic all barbarans; soemny which
expressed beardess faces
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-06-22

Today the weldressed must have absolute har
stockings
shoe bill a That only allows for pairs
thousand dollars
handkechefs
a
try to spend much as can my clothes Every year Try 10
that bit
a spend
$4,000
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-06-22

, WOMAN can't have too many gowns thousand dGHars
dress isn't such price to pay nave plenty
that more, of them as high as $6OOO
the other hand would be sheer nonsense to spend
for every The best reason s that
many make practice of never wearing the
gown twice during season, and never more than
times.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-12-19
JOHN D. WEAR A
WHITE r AND TEND
al IN A REAL o

Cleveland, O., Dec, 16.-Relatives of
Of Stephen Buhrer, mayor Of Cleveland
from 1867 to 1871, who died in his SD
year Sunday, expect John D.. Rookie
Teller will attend the funeral services.
Final arrangements are delayed pend
ing a response by Mr.. Rockefeller.
MI. Buhrer n Mr.. Rockefeller fo-
years have met each summer to re
new old days when Buhrer conducteO
q little drinking place a few doors from
the house in which Rockefeller busted
himself before the days even OF his
nrst business ventures. Mr., Buhrer a,
year & recalled al episode which
never has seen the light.
"c-r. Rockefeller asked me for a job
once. He.did noe get IT, but I helped
him at different times out OF hard
places" smiled the old man. 81.
Now / never looked at 1t Just that
way" he responded to the query as to-
whether Rockefeller would have been g.
bartender IL given a job. And Buhrer
who loved a joke to the last, laughed
gleefully at what a shock such a past
revelation would be.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-12-19
SUDDEN DEATH OF
WOMAN RESULTS
IN DAMAGE SUIT
Sioux Falls Attorney Seeks
$4,000 for SANDER From
County Coroner.

Sioux Falls, S. D., Dec. 18.--The re-
cent sudden death I'm this city OF Mrs.
Gertrude Nicolson Brown, a member
of the local divorce colony. who came
to Sioux Falls from Canada, has re-
isulted In the commencement of q dam
hge suit. The defendant Is L. y. Miller,
tof this city, coroner Of Minnehaha
county, while the plaintiff Is Charles
*. Rarteat, a local attorney. who q
been engaged by Mrs. Brown to con-
duct her divorce proceedings. The at
ltorney seeks to damages In the
sum Of $40, 900 from Coroner Miller Tor
alleged slanderous statements said to
have been made by him in reference TO
the plaintiff.
The hearing I'm the case cannot be
held until the return of Coroner = 'uler,
who accompanied the remains Oh Mrs.
Brown to Hamilton, Ontario, where
the burial will take place.
In his complaint Bartlett alleges n a
following the death of Mrs. Brown, and
after her relatives In Canada had been
notified of her death, the coroner, In
the presence of others, charged Bartlett
with having received from n y. II.
TOBIAS, of Brantford, Ontario, the sum
of $125 for the purpose OF defraytng all
the expenses In connection with the
shipment and burial of the body of
Mrs. Brown. and that Bartlett had cons
verified the money to his own use.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-12-19
BANDITS OVERLOOK
,s.,,,.... CASH IN HANDBAG

Garretson, s. D., Dec. 1S.--Mrs. John
Erickson, OF this city, and son, Emil,
had an exciting experience on their
way home from Sioux Falls, Friday
night. Mrs. Erickson carried
5000 in a small handbag. When a short
distance this side OF Sioux Falls they
were held UP by two highwaymen, who
compelled the son to get out. As he
did so Mrs. Erickson thoughtfully let
the handbag containing the money
slide from her hand to the bottom OF
the buggy. where IL lay concealed while
he men went through h pockets OF
her son, procuring only a few cents.
After the robbers had taken this money
they ordered him into the buggy and
t. drive on rapidly, under pain of being
shot. The mother and son acted upon
their advice, h u saving the $500.
, John Erickson, a pioneer Of the
northwest, is dead at his home in Gar
retson at the age OF 60 years. Mr..
Erickson came to America from Swe-
den in 1871.
Rev. J. N. Oakley, pastor OF the
Methodist Episcopal church in this
city, has just returned from a two
months visit to his native country,
England.
The Garretson mill, which a few
months ago was closed because of
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES OF the owner,
will soon be ~reopened by e. r. Magill,
Of Brunswick, Car. Mr.. Magill has
SUFFICIENT capital to put the mill in
splendid working condition.
+. J. Morgan, principal OF the high
school, has caused to be organized
among the high school students, two
literary societies. =
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-12-19
MAD BY RICHES,
MAN DIES IN ASYLUM

New York, Dec. 16.--Driven insane by
worry over the management OF q W.
600. 900 estate left by his father. Au-
gustus Browning Prentice, formerly a
brilliant young lawyer Of New York,
died in Bloomingdale asylum.
with personal attendants, n sur
rounded with every comfort that could
be supplied, Mr.. Prentice occupied q
private cottage at Bloomingdale for
more than two years. He was AZ years
old, was graduated from Harvard In
ASS, and received the degree of Ii. b.
SfOm the Columbia law school.
His father, Augustus Prentice, was
a well known lawyer Of New York
twenty-five years ago. In 1906 the elder
Prentice died. and the management Of
the estate devolved upon h son. who
was an only child. Naturally Of a ner-
vous temperament, the sudden strain OF
SO great a business responsibility began
to have an effect upon him. b
His wife, who was Maud Fowler Bre-
wort, urged him to get away from the
new business cares, but he insisted that
the estate demanded constant atten-
ton, and, although his intimate friends
saw that his mind was giving way,
nothing could induce him to leave the
work to others. EARLY in December,
1906, 1t was seen that has case war
hopeless. ..
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-12-19
DEMOCRATS NAME
CONVENTION DATES

Sioux Falls, S. d., Dec. ls---Practic-
ally ignoring the primary and agree
Ing TO hold the same as in tho
past, the democratic state COMMITTEES
adjourned here today after issuing a
call for the first convention to elect ma
tional delegates. at Mitchell, .he Sec
ond Tuesday In April, and the second,
convention, TO nominate the state tick
ct, for the second Tuesday In July at
Rapid City.
All nominations will be made In con-
vention and candidates names placed
on the official primary ballot by petit
ton. This ls allowed under article 3.
section 65, of the primary law. All
nominations for the above two conven-
lions will be made at local
A committee. to appeal TO the public
in connection with the election, was
named as follows: Robert Emmett
Dowdell, Artesian; r. II. Pettigrew,
Sioux Falls; w. T. LaFollette, Mitch
ell; p. S. wickhem, Alexandria, and f..
w. Farber, Black Hills. The state COM
mittee adjourned subject to CALL 1T be-
ing understood that the next meeting
wifi be held at Huron. William ]. Bry-
an was Endorsed for president.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-12-19
BELLE SHIPS
$4,000 HEAD OF CATTLE

Relle Fourche, S. D., Dec. 14-Cattle
shipments from this point for the sea-
son OF 1907 r practically over, al
though q few cars will straggle out
from now on to the first Of the
coming year
Contrary to expectations, h season
has been a particularly successful one,
notwithstanding the sudden drop in the
price of cattle which came with h
hrst approach OF money stringency
and curtailed shipments According TO
the estimates Of both the Northwestern
railroad and cattlemen, something III
$1,000 head OF stock were shipped from
this point this year
Belle Fourche has always q the
reputation of being the largest single
cattle shipping point in the world, but
records OF other localities will probably
equal 1t this year In all about 1900
cars of cattle, sheep and horses Were
sent from here to eastern markets,
the majority being cattle for beef pur-
poseR. Most OF 1t went to Omaha and
Chicago where In former years Sioux
City got a large share. Returns show
that previous to the slump On the mar.
ket, steers this year brought from %
to $40 per e net over last years
prices and resulted in many more cat-(
tie being shipped than was expected.
There are still more cattle on the
range for the winter than last year, and
these will be ready for shipment IN
1908. 49,.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-12-19
SUNDAY CONVERTS
1852 AT MUSCATlNE,
AND GETS 6,785.50

. Muscatine, Ia, Dec. 1S.--Rcv. Billy
Sunday closed his revival here Satur-
day night with a record of 1872 con-
Verts. "
For his months work he received
IS, 1851 50 from the people of Muscatine,
collected during the meetings the laat
two days.
Lodges of the city, accompanied by
bands, escorted him to the train Sun
day night and gave him g rousing
'sendoff.
One out of every four persons in
Muscatine Is a convert. Counting the
church membership and converts, three
out Of every five are church members.
: Postmaster William Roach, county
and city officials are among the con
verts. Sunday broke all records for the
state ana west.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-12-19
OIL o
THAT FIGURED IN TRIAL
CANNOT BE FOUND

Chicago. Dec. 17.-At a conference
between Judge Lands ana the attor-
news concerned in the case against
standard OH in which that corporation
was fined $29 ,400, 900, John s. Miller,
made the announcement that three
commodity tariff books OF the Chicago
and Alton which figured in the trial
are m~ysteriously missing.
The tariff books were offered In evil
dence by the Standard OH company's
attorneys to show that there were in
existence many other tariffs in Illinois
similar to that for the acceptance OF
which the Standard OIL company was
prosecuted.
Attorney Miller declared that he had
called upon the railroad officials to
produce the books since the trial and
that they Informed him that they could
not be found. The books were excluded
by Judge Lands at the trial and IL IL
said that the defendant will use this
Sact in arguing for a reversal in the
United States court of appeals.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-12-19
KIDNAPPED GIRL
IS RECOVERED

Chicago, Dec. B.-Lillian Wulff, 10,
who was kidnapped last Saturday from
her home here. was found today In
Momenoe, Ill. A man n m with
her were arrested. r..
They gave the names of MI. and
Mrs. William Jones, and say they were
on their way from Pennsylvania to Mis-
souri,, where they intended settling.
They refuse to discuss the kidnapping.
The child declares they picked her up
on the streets Of Chicago, put her In a
wagon and drove away. h acknowl-
edged her name, and said she had been
travelling under the name of Jones. Ac-
cording to her story, h escaped once
while on the road between Kankakee
and Chicago. but vas recaptured.
The child seemingly has been neg
lected since she was stolen and her APP
pearance indicated that in all that
time she has gone without washing.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-12-19
NATIONAL DIVORCE :
LAW FAVORED BY
..:.. CHRISTIAN CHURCH

Sioux Falls, S. d., Dec. 1.-THE Fedora
Hon Council of Churches Of Christ IN
South Dakota closed it's annual meeting
IN this city Tuesday aftaaAoon after q Two
d9y's successful meeting.
The federation resolved in favor "a
county local option and a national divorce
law. Another plank in the platform Ia
vors unity in churches and is against
bringing to life a superabundancy OF
churches where none of the societies can
gain a healthy growth,
The next annual meeting will be held
m Mitchell, December 10 and II, 1905.
Following are the officers elected for
the coming year: President, Rev. w. He
Thrall, Huron; vice president, c. IA
Hogan, OF Huron: secretary, r. b. Hu0g
son, OF Huron; treasurer, ]. ID. Booth, 0E
DeSmet. '.
Executive Committee-B. Rifenback.
Huron; II. p. Carson, Huron, and +. W
Stevens, OF Yankton.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-12-19
THREE NEARLY DIE
EATING CANNED SALMON

Canton, S. d.. Dec. t7.-Attorney Ed
c. Benedict, a former states attorney
of his county, and his wife and son,
had a narrow escape from death Tues
day. They were the victims of pto-
maine poisoning, caused from eating
canned salmon. a.. gu
, The O. e. s. elected the following
officers for the ensuing year: w. M,
Miss Nellie Bremen; A.. s., Mrs. A. r.
Jameson; conductress, Miss Lucretia
Rudolph; associate conductress, Miss
tOliver; secretary, Miss Emily Cuth-
bert; treasurer, Miss Florence Rudolph;
patron, Ed Il. Eneboe.
The A. F. and A. M. elected the fol-
lowing officers: w. M, ". e. O'Niel; s.
Eneboe; secretary, o.. A. Rudolph;
treasurer, Il. t. Smith. The two orders
will rold a joint installation next week.
Jacob Brigle, a pioneer, died at the
home of his son-in-law, Geo. w. Byers,
Thursday, aged So. Tie funeral took
place today,
Attorney Kennedy OF this city will
institute suit against the Milwaukee
railroad on account Of the death OF
Leslie A. Lowell, who was killed at
Hudson, this county, a few weeks ago.
He will bring the action In the name
of the widow and minor heirs. A cor
oner's jury found the railroad company
not liable, but the contestants take a
different view. IL is also reported that
action will be brought against two ga
loon men in Hudson for selling intoxi-
cants to the deceased upon the day OF
his death. IF
The new passenger depot at Canton
is now I'm the course Of construction
and IL the plans r followed will be
N of the finest depots In the state.
A large force Of men are upon the
ground and II is the intention of the
company to complete the work in two
months. E'
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-12-19
RAILROADS VIOLATE
~SIXTEEN-HOUR LAW

Huron. s. D., Dec. 16.-Alleging vio-
iations of the new sixteen-hour law in
this state. governing railway oper-
atives, the grand jury for three days
has been probing into h affairs OF
the Chicago and Northwestern Railway
company. nearly one hundred engi-
neers, fremen and brakemen having
been s~ubpoenaed. r. II, Moulton. SUI
perintendent OF this division. was the
last witness called. and the statement
is made that the evidence Is over
whelming against the railway com
pany. .s. ....t
The sixteen-hour law was passed by
the last legislature and became oper-
atiye tie first of July. Huron is di-
vision headquarters for h principal
railway system in the state n the
probing OF alleged violations OF the law
is therefore being made here.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-12-19
IMPLEMENT DEALERS
SAY PROFITS GO to-
EXPRESS COMPANIES
South Dakota Convention Urge
the Parcel Post System as
Solution.

Watertewn. s. d., Dec, 14.-Thae
the express companies or the country
are charging tariffs that take all the
profit out Of the repair department OF
the implement business was the as
sertion yesterday of President MesIck.
of the Retail Implement Dealers assoc
citation, OF South Dakota, southwestern
Minnesota and northwest Iowa az its
ninth annual convention now In session
in this city.
Either a radical reduction in express
rates or the establishment of a parcel
post system Is inevitable in the opin-
ion of the president, the former being
much preferred by the majority OF
dealers.
Another radical statement was made
before the convention by g. 10. Sane
ers, Of Chicago, representing Officially
the National Plow Manufacturers as
ISOLATION, which will concern not only
the implement dealers, but he farm
eTs Of the country as well.
Short Time Payments.
= Mr.. Sanders declared that In an
other year the retail implement dealers
will have to buy upon about ninety
days time, with a discount or 1 Der
cent. per month. The manufacturers
will insist upon a settlement upon re-
ceipt Of invoice. The jobbers Will do
ne same with the retailers. IT IL ND
TO the retailer to adjust the situation
with the farmers.
The farmers are now being giyen'
two or three falls time OF implements.
and even vehicles, but the trade Will be
forced to sell on the same terms ex-
acted for hardware, furniture M dry
goods. ."
The farmers have the cash. so the
change will impose no real hardship
upon them.
The program of the convention is be-
ing carried out in full and all sessions
are well attended.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-12-19
HAFF, MILLIONAIRE
POLITICIAN, GETS
DAKOTA DIVORCE
Sensational Legal Battle Come,
to an End With Granting
Of Decree.

Ipswich, S. D., Dec. l7.--After one CT
the most exciting legal battles IN tho
history OF the state, into which the
powerful machinery or District Attor-
ney Jerome's office was drawn, John II.
Half, OF New York city, millionaire, n
we'll known Tammany man, has been
granted n divorce here by Judge
Boucher.
The case. which in it's beginning. De-
cember, 1906, attracted widespread at
tention, owing TO the prominence OF
the parties involved, caused a sensation
i'm New York political and social cir
cles. Soon after Mr.. Half applied for
his divorce before Judge Boucher he
was arrested on the charge of child de-
sertion, preferred by his wife. Under
the New York laws this is a crime.
Detective Arrested.
At the time of his arrest Half asked
and secured a hearing before Governor
Elrod, who decided in favor OF the New
York authorities. In the meantime a
detective from District Attorney Je-
rome's Office arrived at Pierre with
reCuisition papers which he served on
Half. The detective was arrested on
the charge OF attempted kidnapping.
While the detective was busy with
that matter, Half and his attorney, Mr..
Brown, slipped to Eureka and got a
writ OF hsoeas corpus. Judge Boucher,
however decided against Han, who i'm
mediately appealed to the supreme
court of South Dakota where he was
again turned down,
Haff then returned to New York and
gave himself up. was tried and ac~
quilted of the charge Of child desertion.
He then returned to Sioux Falls. con-
tinued his residence in this state and
the granting of the decree Wednes-
da" was the final chapter in the case.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-12-19
BROUGHT BACK TO IOWA
TO FACE SERIOUS CHARGE

Huron, S. D., Dec. 1S.-Tony Steck.
a young man who has made his home
in this neighborhood for some little
time, has been turned over by the local
authorities to officers at Rock Valley,
Ia, where the charge or grand larceny
has been preferred against him, Steck
is alleged to have borrowed a pony
from a farmer named Sam Hofer, who
lives a short distance across the iowa
line, and after riding the pony to Hud-
son, disposed OF the animal TO Finn
iHorsefall, a Hudson liveryman, for $50,
getting $40 down on the bargain.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-12-19

Street music has been prohibited in
Leipsic by order of the municipality.
This order applies not alone to barrel
organs and street musicians In general,
but TO gramophones, pianos and 9TH
er Instruments played indoors with
open windows. A local newspaper re-
marks that by the enforcement OF this
measure the authorities hope to lessen
the number of suicides and murders
which occur daily.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-12-19
IOWA EDITOR ENTERS
SOUTH DAKOTA FIELD

Springfield, 8. D., Dec. 17.-Alfred
Edmund Smalley, q well known Iowa
and Minnesota newspaper man. has as
sumed the editorship OF the Spring
field Times. EditSr Smalley was form
erly with the Ashton Leader, Harris
Herald, Worthington, Mimi, Globe, and
the Luverne, Mimi, Journal, He corner
from Osceola county, la.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-12-19

No monarch In Europe works harden
that the sultan OF Turkey, writes a,
Constantinople correspondent, for ne
rises at 4 In the morning, winter and
summer, and goes to his white tiled
bathroom for his bath, after which he
sips q cup OF coffee brewed by the cafe
dijlbachi. or chief coffee maker, 2
fhen. with a cigaret between his lips, he
sits down to work at his desk. He
works until midday, when he adjourns
FOR prayers; then more coffee and an
entree, an hours siesta, and work
again until dinner, which is served at, 4
in the afternoon.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-12-19

Al New York clergyman who returned
q short time ago from a trip to the
Holy Land, In speaking Of the strange
things which he encountered, said: Il
wandered around Damascus and was
naturally interested in all that ! saw
III the ancient Syrian town. 1t seemed
strange TO see as a part OF this pic
fure AZ antiquity trolley cars and cleo
tric light But the far-awayness was
still further destroyed when / came to
the hotel after one OF my walks and
met there an American, a member OF
the house of representatives, whom l
had seen but once before, and that was
when he was making a political speech
from a cart in Lexington avenue, In
this city,
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-12-19

Stimulated by the measur Of sue
cess attained by Zeppelin in Germany,
and the army and private experiment
.ers in England and France with dirig-
ible balloons, a German electric firm In
Berlin announces it's readiness to con-
struct airships for military uses for any
nation that applies.