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The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-06-20
BISHOP HARE Is GIVEN
EVIDENCE OF STUDENTS LOVE

Sioux Falls, s. D., June 17--All SaintS
school, a girls school, instituted and
conducted under the supervision oi
Bishop w. H. Hare, of the Episcopal
church, has closed for the year The
present week has been given over te
commencement exercises. Last even!
ing the handsome medallion portrait OF
Bishop Hare, presented by All Saints
alumni to the school was unveiled with
appropriate exercises. The alumni soms
time ago conceived the idea of ,placina
a tablet in the chapel OF the school tc
the honor of the founder and the por.
trait was finally decided upon. The un.
yelling and address of presentation was
done by Miss Agnes Hutchinson. d
member of the alumni and at present
one of the instructors in the school
Bishop Tuttle, Of Nebraska, who is the
pT residing bishop OF the Episcopal
church of the United States, was pres
ent and made response as did also
Bishop Hare.
Later the graduating exercises took
place when the following received their
diplomas which were presented by
Bishop Hare--a happy duty which he
has discharged every year for the past
twenty-five years: Fannie Grigsby,
Mary Fuller and Harriet Simpson, OF
Sioux Falls; Alice Davenport, of Stur.
gis, and Josephine Ware, of Nebraska.
Bishop Tuttle gave the baccalaureate
address.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-06-20
SPANISH GRAFTERS
TRY IT ON MORE
NEARBY AMERICANS
Minister Miller at Madrid Re
plies by Circular Letter
Exposing Fraud.

Alcester, S. D., June 17.--So general
and widespread Is the attempt of
Iswindling Spaniards to graft incredul-
Ious Americans, that the American
minister at Madrid, William Miller Col
Ilier, has resorted to the use OF a cir
lcular letter In order to keep up his
correspondence. He requests that the
newspapers expose these swindling
schemes, because his correspondence
Is becoming burdensome on account OF
requests from America to know IL the
representations OF the grafters are corr
jrect.
Joel Nilsson, of this city, received q
Netter from some Spanish crook trying
ito interest him in a fortune-getting
scheme. He wrote the American rnin+
lister to Spain and was advised the
matter was a fake. sending circu-
Iowa Man "Gets Wise"
Owasa, Ia, June 17.-Clarence Rug
giles, of this place, has just received
the following reply--a circular letter
from American Minister Collier at Ma
drid, Spain, regarding an attempt by
Spaniards to swindle. Ruggles:
Dear Sir-In reply to your letter OF re-
cent date, which infer is In regard to
an estate In Spain which you have been
told has been left by relative OF yours,
4 beg to inform you that the whole mat.
money from you by false pretences. There
are on file at this legation hundreds OF
communications received from people In
the United States to whom letters similal
to the one you received have been sent.
There has been in existence in this country
for upwards Of thirty years an apparently
well organized band of swindlers, who
work upon the same lines that have beer
used In the attempt to deceive you. You
may be sure that there is no truth what
ever in the statements made to you by tho
people on this side in this connection. II
you were to continue the correspondence
copies of court DEGREES, testaments, wills.
etc, all tending to support their state.
ments, but warn. you they are forgeries
Recently within one week one man IN
Iowa and another in New Hampshire
have each sent $3.50 here TO pay the ex.
penses of the reputed daughter to Ameri'
ca. Two other men have arrived in Mad
rid, having journeyed all the way from
Montana, for the purpose of taking the
same child to their home; and priest IN
Columbus, o.. has informed me that mem
bers OF his parish had started to mortgage
their farms in order to raise money Il
send to these swindlers. In the past few
months. victims from nearly every state
OF the union have written to this lega
tion. ..
AS you have been saved financial los!
by the Information here sent YOU, ast
you, In return, to help save others from
being swindled and to tighten my labor
In the matter (my correspondence in con
necton with 1t being burdensome) by i'm
mediately giving to the newspapers o.
your locality, an account of this swindle
so that publicity may kill II.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-06-20

What is there in it for meT IL his
testimony favored the defense"
II said" replied Mr.. Kaufmann.
mot cent; you tell all you know"
"State IL Agnes spoke German"
"Yes."
"Did you used to have conversations
with her in German?"
Yes"
The witness stated he noticed the
girl looked sick, having dark circles
around her eyes and a swollen face,
and asked about II. She replied that
It was an old country disease and was
pothing serious.
Yes" he replied to the question,
IT noticed a change In the girl in that
she was losing flesh"
Mr.. KaufmanH related that on Sat-
urday of the week before the girl
died, on Friday, he again asked what
was the matter; that the girl replied
she was sick; that she was not feeling
well, but would be better in day
or two. Mr.. Kaufman stated he of
fered to get physician for her, but
that she protested against that. He
then stated that she must go to her
home near Parkston, and that he would
send some one with her; that she re-
piled that she never wanted to go to
Parkston again; that this (Kauf-
mann's) was her home.
The witness stated that when he
suggested that she so to the hospital
he offered to have her wages con-
tinued during the time she was there.
He further stated that the girl had
told him Mrs. Kaufman was kind to
her; that he had never seen an act
of unfriendliness on the part of Mrs.
Kaufmann toward Agnes. ...
The state objected to the question
in regard to this, but was overrLled.
Never offered Money.
Ever offer Erickson money!" he
was asked
mo, sir"
ever offer anyone money to testi-
fy I'm this caseT
mot a living soul"
One of the first questions asked
Kaufman in cross examination was
as to his occupation.
II haven't any at the present"
was the reply. ar-.
He related that when the girl was
on her way to Sioux Falls to enter
the employ OF Mrs. Kaufman he met
her at Salem-"so she wouldn't fall
into bad hands,"
At that time the girl was fleshy,
but he couldn't guess as to her
weight He stated that IL was only
a short time after the girl arrived in
Sioux Falls that he noticed the dark
circles about her eyes, and that heI
face was swollen.
Asked on cross examination as tc
how he came to telephone To Park
ston people that the girl had died oi
heart disease, Mr.. Kaufman stated
ths.t ne had teiepnoned TO Dr. Ger
main, the family physician. as 70 tbs
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-06-20

cause OF the girls death and mar
he could not distinguish what Dr.
German said.
The cross examination of Mr.
Kaufman was concluded at 4:45
O'Clock at which time adjournment
was taken until Monday morning at
o'clock H&
DR.. Albert Ryder of this place, and
DIR. l.. G. Mead of Yankron, were ex-
amined this morning.
DR.. Ryder describing symptoms be-
fore death caused by diabetes mellitus,
said they would include vertigo, con-
vulsions, paralysis of certain groups OF
muscles and coma.
could death have resulted from
paralysis and conan" he was asked.
"In my opinion no." said the witness.
AZ to Blood clots.
"Presunirg the blood clots had formed
no later than 10 o'clock the day the
girl died. could those blood clots have
caused death?"
II would consider it highly proba-
bIe."
would you consider it inconsistent
for internal hemorrhage to occur from
anemia2''
"No, sir"
Witness though that diabetes mellitus
and its results might have accounted
for the death of the Polreis girl.
Dr. Mead's testimony was substanti-
ally the same.
Counsel Aikens for the defendant had
read the testimony of Peter Erickson.
star witness for the state, and OF jean
cite F. Larson. superintendent OF the
hospital at wlrich the girl died, to show
that 1t conhicted with the evidence they
have given here In this trial.
Interest Is Increasing.
Interest in the trial Is growing rather
| than abating in FlandreAu. During the
| tedious hours of the expert medical
testimony offered during the past three
or four days, scores OF men and wom-
en-, who were unable to secure seats,
stood patiently in the aisles and around
the edges OF the court room. The ses-
sions of court are unusually long, COM
mencing at O'clock In the morning
and continuing until noon, and from
1880 in the afternoon until 6 o'clock,
and everyone is working hard.
Judge Smith was due to ap-
pear in Gregory county on Tuesday
of the coming week, but because of
this trial extending over q longer
period Of time than was at first ex-
pected, he has been compelled to post
pone the regular term of state circuit
court in Gregory county from the 18th
to the 25th. 1t is customary to take a
recess OF five minutes In the forenoon
and five minutes in the afternoon, but
outside of this II Is a continual grind
throughout the long sessions.
In spite Of the hard grind of four
and one-half hours In the afternoon,
night finds the attorneys on both sides
as eager and active as ever and no
stone is being left unturned in fighting
the case to gain every inch possible Of
advantage for the state and defense.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-06-20
THREE KILLED WHEN
FARM TRACTION ENGINE
EXPLODES IN DAKOTA

Aberdeen, S. D., June 19.-Three kill.
ed, one injured, perhaps fatally, is the
result Of the explosion of the boiler Of
a steam plow outfit at work four miles
west of Selby, The dead are:
OSCAR BAKER
WASH KOEHLER.
SAM BAKER.
w. H. Carlo, owner of the outfit, is
injured and his condition is reported
critical.
While fixing the boiler to be ready
for the afternoons work it suddenly
exploded. Oscar Baker was blown 30G
feet away and killed instantly. Koehler
died few hours later and Sam Baker
died while his injuries were being ex.
amined.
Carlo is not expected to live.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-06-20
TRACTION LINE PROMOTERS
GET BUSINESS STARTEC q

Wagner, S. D., June 1.-THE incor-
porators of the Wagner, Lake and Ar
mour Traction company held their first
regular annual meeting at this place
The officers were elected for the en-
suing year as follows: President
John Absher; vice president, John
Stedronsky; secretary, E. p. Wanzer;
treasurer, A. Amundson; auditor, A
H. Pease.
Arrangements were made to take
over the electric light and power
plant at Wagner; also to build the
power house at Armour and place the
order for machinery at once, the cost
iof which win be about $25,000.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-06-20
DOCTORS AVER
DISEASE MAY
HAVE KILLED Girl
Experts Are Testifying in Case
Of Mrs. Kaufman Ac-
cused of Murder.

Flandreau, S. d., June 1S.-The de-
Tense in the Kaufman murder trial
scored last Saturday to its apparent
entire satisfaction, and believes that
material progress has been made in
proving that Mrs. Emma Kaufman is
not guilty OF the cruel and wanton
murder OF her young domestic. The tea-
ture OF the day was the, appearance
upon the witness stand Of Moses Kauf-
mann, husband of the accused woman,
who told dramatic story Of the rela-
tions existing between Mrs. Kaufman
and Agnes Polreis, and of the incidents
Immediately preceding the removal OF
the girl to the hospital. where she died.
Mr.. Kaufman was subjected to gruel-
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-06-20
SHELDON PRESIDENT
.... OF S. D. BANKERS

Furon. S. D., June 1S.-0ver 200
bankers were in attendance at the state
association meeting. The next meeting
will be held in Deadwood, some time
next summer. The election Of Officers
resulted in H. l.. Sheldon, of Water
town, being chosen president; J. E
Platt, of Clark, secretary, and Ed j.
Miller, of Huron, treasurer.
Executive committee-F. M. Brooder
chairman, Deadwood; j. r. Hughes
Gettysburg; G. III, Barrett, Vermillion;
Isaac Lincoln, Aberdeen; r. C. Dan
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-06-20

ling cross examinations, but withstood
the strain in a manner pleasing tc, the
attorneys for the defense. and dc not
contradict himself upon any material
or important matter. .
Kaufman on the Stand.
He stated that on June of last year
Agnes Polreis, having died on June l.,
he had a conversation with Peter
Erickson. ~ s"
did Erickson say to you that the
Parkston people were going to make
trouble over Agnes death. and did he
say he was a poor man and could not
afford to mix in the case and state,
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-06-20
TWO BABES FALL INTO
WATER AND DROWN

Pierre, s. D., June 1s.--The Syear-old
daughter OF William Schmidt, of this
city, was drowned in a small stream
near here by being blown into the wa
ter by a gust of wind. She drowned
before she could be rescued.
Mason City, Ia, June 1.-THE g.
year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Crosby was drowned yesterday in the
Calamus. He went with An elder broth
er to the creek and while the brother
was swimming the child slipped Off
the bank into the stream and was
drowned
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-06-20

forth, Parker; H. r. Dennis. Sioux
Falls: M. ]. Clancy, Wakonda; 5
Drew, Highmore; A. W. Swayne
Springfield.
Fourth in the production OF wheat
third in the production of cattle, sec
ond in the production Of gold. and firs
in the production of tInr-and also II
the hearts of her countrymen,' SoutE
Dakota today stands at the head Of the
union of states without a peer"
e. c. Issenhuth, of Redfield, retir'
ing president OF the South Dakota
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-06-20
jsIoUx FALLS HAS BAD
SCARE FROM FIRE AND WlNp

T, Sioux Falls, S. D., June 1.-THE bus
tiness portion OF Sioux Falls was threat
ened by fire yesterday afternoon IL
the Gem restaurant, located in fram,
shack on South Phillips avenue. Tn,
Norton -Murry block and the firemeI
! gave considerable Of their attention ts
protect this building The wind wal
blowing strong from the south Thu
total loss on building and contents viii
be about $4,000.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-06-20

The great heroine is not the only one
Of that family to subsist on a fish diet,
but out Of over a dozen species II is
the largest and most gluttonous of its
kind, and without 81 single redeeming
quality, except perhaps, the laughable
and gotesque manner ii swallows a
fish. Louis Rhead, the artist-sports-
man, suggests in Recreation that steps
should be taken by followers of Isaak
Walton to see that the lawmakers in
our various states should pass laws
that will give protection from these
desu'oyers of our game fish. ...
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-06-20
SOUTH DAKOTA

The several groups OF Dakotas or
Sioux declares Indian Commissioners
L.eupp, in the Youths Companion,
number fa round terms $4,000 and the
Chippewas 10000. Tney are settled in
what used TO be known as the north
west--that is, the region tributary TO
the Great Lakes and the upper Mis-
sissippi In the southwest the Navajos
Outlumber all other groups of sim
gle name. More than 10000 live on a
reservation nearly twice as large as the
state OF Massachusetts,, or about one
third the size Of New York.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-06-20
YANKTON AGITATED
BY DISCOVERY OF OIL
IN A WELL NEARBY

Yankton, S. D., June 1S.-Is this town
we'll within a petroleum belt? is the
leading question agitating citizens here
ever since Samuel Leuenberger, liv-
ing fourteen miles west, arrived In
town with q bottle of water taken from
a spring on his place.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-06-20
GIRL POISONED BY
GREEN WALL PAPER

st. Louis, June 19.-Upon the result
Of an analysis to be by City Chemist
Thomas A. Buckland, OF the coloring
matter in a piece of green wall paper,
depends the further treatment by
physicians Of Miss Rosa Reavis, 2S, for
a peculiar rash on her skin, contracted
soon after the house in which she re-
sides was papered and painted.
1t was found that the malady be-
came worse after she remained for a
long time in the parlor of her home.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-06-20

Although King Edward has not
waltzed at his own court balls since
his accession, he has not forgotten
the days when as Prince of Wales he
danced everything. He danced we'll,
too. And he has so retained his inter-
est in the matter and manner of danc-
ing that English officers may no longer
be accused by visitors from European
courts of slurring their steps and fig
fIres .
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-06-20
CHICAGO CHRONICLE
EDITOR GOES ON THE
POST-DlSPATCH

Chicago, June 19.-Horatio w. sey-
mour, formerly editor and publisher Of
the Chicago Chronicle. and one of the
most forceful editorial writer's Of the
country, has accepted position In the
editorial department OF the st. Louis
Post Dispatch.
MIR. Seymour was engaged in news
paper work ia Chicago FOR more than
twenty-five years,
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-06-20

The new commonwealth Of Oklahoma,
taking in Indian Territory, until now in
the possession of the Ave civilized tribes,
embraces $4,000 square miles and has
population Of 100000. 1t Is the
richest state ever taken into the Union.
as Charles M. Harger points out in
Moody's Magazine, and has possibilities
that are an earnest Of outstripping the
older states of the middle west in
wealth and influence in less than q
decade '.".
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-06-20

Thu angel Of the Isthmus" is what
DIR. Gorgas was called by one Of the
at Corozal during the recent visit Of
the congressional party. writes Repre-
sentative Mccall, Of Massachusetts, in
Golfers. DR.. Gorgas is the head Of the
sanitary department and is directing
affairs with remarkable skill and
energy.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-06-20
CHURCH BLOWN TO
PIECES IN A FIERCE
SOUTH DAKOTA STORM

Yankton, 8. D., June 19.-In a terri
fic storm Saturday night the Siegel
Catholic church, twelve miles north OF
here, was blown to pieces. The build.
ing and contents were worth $1,000. No
other serious loss by the storm is re-
ported. t..r..
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-06-20

Deserted by its mother, little bun
ME rabbit strayed to the residence of
b. III, Wheeler, who lives on Black
ridge. near Lexington, KY, and it was
adopted by an old cat which was nurs-
Ing litter Of kittens. The little rab-
bit has become so much attached to
the kittens and the old cat that 1t will
not leave them, and the old cat cares
for the youngster with the same afsec-
tion which she has for her own babies.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-06-20

Leunenberger, thoroughly reliable
farmer, says he first noticed the spring
for the reason that his stock would
not water there. A bottle of water dip
ped UP at random, invariably shows,
on settling, layer of oil at the top
which gives off a very strong kero-
sene odor, making one think the bottle
Is filled with kerosene. When the water
is evaporated by heat the oil burns
readily with blue flame. Samples of
the water have been sent east for
analysis. " ...
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-06-20

OF the total production of 25,307, ,191
gross tons Of pig iron In the United
States in 1906, Pennsylvania made H.
247,S6 gross tons, ard of this output
the Pittsburg district (Allegheny,
Beaver and Washington counties) con-
tributed 6,230863 tons. In other words,
says the Iron Age. the Pittsburg dis
trict last year made nearly rs per
cent Of the total production of pig
iron in the United States, and SO per
cent. Of the output in Pennsylvania.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-06-20

The Spanish government has just
laid a submarine cable from Barcelona
to Palma de Mallorca, in the Balearic
islands. The cable Is 1T miles long
and was put down by O. London com.
,pany in less than two days. The con-
tract price, $145,995, will be paid by the
Spanish government The line has long
been needed for commercial purposes
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-06-20

The natural ventilation of under
ground railways is impracticable, be-
cause the air current may be reversed,
owing to atmospheric conditions, be-
coming nil in spring and autumn, so
that mechanical ventilation imposes it.
self, observed Professor Couriot to the
French civil engineers. The only So
luton OF the problem compatible with
safety is, in his opinion, to exhaust the
vitiated air by fans midway between
the stations, these latter serving as in
let's ....
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-06-20

Emanuel Laslker, the chess expert,
style OF play. WELL" he ended, laugh
ing. II suppose 1t is all right; but it is
intricate, eh? 1t is like the subject dis
cussed in the debating society, rs 1t
wrong to cheat a lawyer The decision
after thEee hours argument was: Not
wrong, but too difficult to pay for the
trouble,"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-06-20

Locusts are proving hardly less de-
structive in German Southwest Africa
thaR the three years rising of natives.
A settler not long ago attempted to de-
fend his little plot of land by digging
all around II ditch one yard wide and
of equal depth, at the bottom of which
he lighted a fire. But the insects
swRrmed into the ditch till the flames
had been e2tinguished by their accum-
ulated corpses.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-06-20

The Youths Companion tells of q
busy. doctor who had engaged a young
assistant and was asked IL he really
intended to intrust him with his cases.
l"Oh, no." he replied. He will listen
to the patients, look sympathetic, and
report to me In the fewest possible
words. A sick woman has to talk just
so much, and haven't time to listen"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-06-20

In Brooklyn recently, according to
Automobile Topics, thirty aged and in
firm people who had not been able to
go to church for years, were taken to
the communion service in automobiles
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-06-20

Women compositors Of Christiania
and Bergen, Norway, are to be paid
the same rates as men, after Aye years
apprenticeship and passing a test OF
full qualification.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-06-20

Hydraulic sluicing is being employed
at Seattle, Wash, for the removal of a
large hill in the residential section Of
the city. The material consists princi-
pally of blue clay, which is exceedingly
tenacious and hard to move, but 1t is
easily handled by six-inch giant noz-
zle at 120-pound pressure hydraulic.
The supply Of water is taken from Pu-
get sound, $500 feet distant.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-06-20

Occult powers are attributed to q
aoutch boy, son of Cornelius van der
Westhuizen, Of Roodeport Farm. near
Kroonstad, Orange River Colony, who
has developed a remarkable gift of To-
eating water. Whenever the boy
stands over water in walking over the
lands he stops involuntarily and Is
seized with facial contortions and mus
cular movements of the arms and legs.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-06-20

The efficiency OF the human heart is
greater than that or any piece OF ma
chincry, taking into consideration the
blood daily.