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The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-10-17
JURISDICTION or
TWO STATES OVER
RiVER"lN QUESTION

, Canton. s. D., Oct. 14.-At a. recent
term Of the circuit our in this city
a case was tried which is of great mo-
ment to the sportsTnen of the north
west, brought by the officers Of Lin
coin county, South Dakota. through its
game warden, Tom Collins.
Two farmers. Hegge and H~alvorson,
who reside nea the Sioux river on the
boundary between Iowa n South Da-
kota, were arrested on the South Da-
kota side. while engaged in seining.
The net and some fish were confiscated
by the officers and the parties placed
under arrest.
At the hearing held before the circuit
court in this city, Hegge was tried
and found guilty by a jury, and SEN
fenced to pay a n Of $50 and costs.
He has notified the state that he will
appeal the case to the supreme court.
Several nice questions as to inter
state fish laws were raised by the de-
Tense. but Judge Jones held that the
officers of this state had jurisdiction
to the middle of the stream. 1t was
the two states had been to confer juris-
diction to each other across the whole
stream, but that the Iowa legislature
had failed to pass the necessary act.
90 today South Dakota has jurisdic-
ton only to the middle of the stream.
1t has been stated by South Dakota
officials that the Iowa authorities are
watching the case and In case the de-
fenoants are let loose on the South Da-
kota side that they will be arrested I'M
der the Iowa Jurisdiction. In the mean
time all sportsmen are watching the
case with great interest.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-10-17
EIGHT BREAK our OF
JAIL AT ABERDEEN

Aberdeen, S. D., Oct. 15.-Every city
and town within a radius of 200 miles
of Aberdeen Is on the lookout for eight
fugttives who escaped from h Brown
county Jail in this city. A screen was
removed from the window in the main
corridor and the bars W through.
Escape vas then a comparatively sim
pie matter. Those who got away are:
Theodore Taylor, to be tried for kill
ing a bartender at Glenham a few
weeks ago; Tom Sloan, charged with
shooting Harry Lockhart at Ferney;
Durant and Bent. held on the charge
of highway robbery; Long and Adams,
awaiting trial on a charge of stealing
furs belonging to Lanpher & Co., of
St. Paul, from a boxcar at Leola; j.
Mccarthy, the man who tried to wreck
a saloon in this city, and George Will
liams, a suspected thief.
There were seventeen prisoners in the
jail at the time. They refused to take
advantage Of the opportunity. One of
those who remained is a young man
named Moser, who is to be tried for the
murder of a man at Columbia July 4
last.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-10-17
WAGNER MAN HEIR
TO MILLION DOLLAR
ESTATE IN MISSOURI

Wagner, 8. D., Oct. 15.-Although
considerable secrecy wa maintained as
to the cause of the recent departure OF
George Drips, a well known citizen OF
this place, and his wife for Kansas
City, 1t now has been learned that tneif
trip was for the purpose of looking ar
ter a valuable estate in which they are
interested. ....
They, with -four others, are heirs OF
an estate worth about 100000. IL con-
Sists of a quartere section of land near
the center of Kansas City that for
wears has been used for a a track
and for park purposes. The land was
the property OF Drip's father, who died
some time ago. .. :
It appears that alleged heirs are con-
testing the claims OF the -four who are
stated to be the true heirs, and IT is
possible the estate will not be divided
until after a long legal battle. Drips,
however, is confident that he for one
can fully establish his claim to a share
OF the estate.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-10-17
DEAD MANS FRIEND
SLABS THE UNDERTAKEN

Aberdeen, s. D., Oct. 15.-While pre-
pairing the body of an Italian for bur-
ial, e. ]. Schminnim, of Glendale. N.
D., had an exciting experience at Ips-
wich, a few miles west Of here. A
friend of the dead man remand in the
room watching the undertaken, and
when the latter was preparing the way
for embalming by severing an artery in
the body, the spectator drew a knife
and made a slash 1t Schminnim.
The blade struck the undertaken
collar Inc narrowly missed piercing his
neck. A struggle followed, in which
Schminnim picked up a hammer and
gave his aSsailant several a p on the
head, which soon put him to sleep.
When the man recovered he said he
thought the undertaken was doing
some crooked work.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-10-17
FINISH ARGUMENTS
IN STOCK FOOD CASE

sioux Falls, S. D., oct, 14~.-Argument
for and against the granting of o tenn
porarry Injunction In the suit instituted
some weeks ago by Marion W. Savage,
of Minneapolis, trading as the Inter
national Stock roc company, against
A. II. Wheaton, food and dairy COM
missioner of South Dakota, have just
lpeen concluded before Judge Garland,
OF the United States court.
: The date for the hearing on the main
cas- which was instituted as a test
of the new law, has not yet been hxed,
and the arguments just concluded Were
for and against the application OF the
plaintiff for a temporary injunction re-
straining the state dairy and foo COM
pending the hearing on the main case.
Judge Garland took the matter under
adyisement. ..... .ar.
The main suit was instituted for the
purpose OF securing a permanent In
Junction p~erpetually restraining the
state dairy and food commissioner from
enforcing the provisions OF an act Of
the last session 81 the legislature, which
is designed~to regulate the sale of stock
food within South Dakota, and which
went into effect on July / last. The
law provides that each manufactures
shall place upon the outside Of each
package of medicinal preparation Of
fered for sale within the state a printed
statement of the ommon name Of each
and all of the ingredients OF which the
preparation is composed.
The Minneapolis man alleges In his
complaint that the ingredients which
make up the preparation handled by
his house are a secret, and that to
name them on each package, as the
new law contemplates, would cause ir-
reparable injury to the business Of his
house and a loss of many thousands of
dollars. The complaint further alleges
that the new law is unconstitutional
and void, in that 1t is a violation of
both the constitution of the United
States and Of the constitution of South
k
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-10-17
TRAMP SETS FIRE TO
. IAlL, CREMATES HIMSELF

Viborg, s. D., Oct. 16.-Setting fire
to the Jail during the night, when the
residents Of the town were sound
asleep. an unknown tramp destroyed
the structure and cremated himself,
only his charred bones being found this
morning by the town marshal, who had
called to give his prisoner some break
fast.
When the tramp was arrested yes
terday afternoon he was searched and
relieved of all matches, and the town
officials are at q loss to understand
where he secured the matches. 1t is
believed here that someone passed him
the matches from the outside. The loss
to the city is SO, 1000.
The jail was a new structure, having
only been completed a short time. A
large amount of hose was stored in
the building, and this was consumed.
The jail will be rebuilt.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-10-17
ABERDEEN sHERIFF's
ABSENCE SAVES LIFE

Aberdeen, S. D., Oct. 16.-Sheriff An
derson nae a narrow escape from death
when the eight prisoners who escaped
from the county Jail were working to
free themselves. One Of the prisoners,
who refused to leave the Jail when the
others escaped. said that h men had
saws and a 44-caliber revolver which
in some had been passed in
side. One Of the men stood guard with
the loaded gun ready to shoot anybody
who appeared. He remained on guard
till the others were outside and then
he Joined them, declaring he would
shoot to kill IL anybody attempted to
interfere. The sheriff had been de-
layed longer than usua in making his
rounds. Had he returned, as his GUS
tom, after the distribution of the even
ing meal, he would undoubtedly have
been shot. No trace Of the fugitives
has been found.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-10-17
THE PRESIDENTS
HUNTING TRIF

Stambul, La, Oct. I'm the absence
of nue. definite information concern
ing h progress President Roosevelt
and party are making with their bear
hunt, the newspaper humorists left be-
hind here are having their own kind
Of fun.
Some of the newspaper correspond
ents got together n perpetrated the
following on their papers. under the
date, Camp Roosevelt, by Wireless
Telephone" a. W
. With a Single Shot.
while hunting this morning in the
canebrakes, President Roosevelt came
upon two she-bears and their four
cubs. They attacked him and were
soon reinforced by two huge male
bears. The four adult bears reared
upon their launches and surrounded
the president, while the four cubs ran
in at his feet and snapped az his shins
He backed against a tree, and with
one single shot slew two of the a
in front of him and wounded a third.
The fourth bear was reaching from be-
hind the tree.
1.-THE president dared not turn his
face from the wounded bear in front,
which was advancing to another att
tack. Quickly he bent his rifle across
his knee till II vas in the shape OF q
half circle, then he shot and the bull
let, travelling in a circle, killed the bear
behind, and, continuing in a circle,
pierced the heart of the bear in front.
1.-THE president went before breakfast
today to a canebrake twenty miles
away. Before he knew it it was break
fast time. He climbed a tree, went
out Upon a limb, initiated the call OF
a doe, and when a big buck came be-
meath he dropped astraddle of its back,
seized it's antlers and, by twisting the
head, steered the buck into camp as
a chauffeur steers an auto. He COW
cred the twenty miles in eighteen min
utasz"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-10-17
SERIES OF TROLLEY
LINES FOR S. D.
Aberdeen Grants Electric Fran,
chise With Privilege to Pur-
chase Plant.

Aberdeen, S. D., Oct. 16.-At a spe
cial meeting the city council passed
the electric light n power ordinance
and a franchise will be granted the
Lake Andes, Wagner and Armour
Traction company, to run twenty-five
years, permitting the erection of a
plant and operation OF a local service.
The city reserves the right to pur-
chase the plant at the end of ten years
or at the end of any five-year period
after that time.
Back of this action of the traction
company in Identifying itself with Abb
erdeen's interests is said to be a well
developed plan for the construction Of
IN extensive electric railroad system
10 connect the southern part of he
lState with Aberdeen and traverse terri
DRY through which there is no railroad
Zine. According to a report. the plan
is to construct a line from Lak Andes,
connecting at Wagner, north to Mitch
ell, thence northwesterly to Messing
ton Springs in Jerauld county, hen to
Miller, north to Orient, thence north
easterly through part of Sphinx county
to Aberdeen.
The Lake Andes company is practi-
cally assured of an entrance to Mitch
ell at which place 1t will later on in
stall a new electric light and power
plant. 1t is understood that the COM
pany is figuring on making PROPOSE
lions to other towns along the line of
the proposed now interurban railroad
n that the whole plan will be we'll
developed before the end of the present
yea In the meantime Aberdeen will
get a modern plant and in a few weeks
all the old street lamps will be re-
moved n arc lights substituted. Early
next spring the company believes 1t
will have its plant In operation and
supplying power to the manufacturing
interests.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-10-17
LUSITANIA AGAIN
BREAKS RECORD
L~usitania's New Time:
Four Days, 20 Hours.
Lusitana's Previous Time;
Five Days, 1 Hour, 20 Minutes.

# no.
New York, Oct. 14--By arriving here
at 1875 a. m. today the I.usitania, Gu
nard liner, and holder OF the trans-At-
lantic world record, again broke that
record, having crossed the ocean In
four days and twenty hours. Her pre-
vious time was Ave days, n hour n
twenty minutes.
Steamship men claim this acnlVe-
ment proves the superiority of turbine
engines over the r~eciprocating type,
The Lusitania's run of 619 knots Is y
knots better than the former record,
held by the Deutchland. Her average
sped exceeds the record OF 1888 held
by the Kaiser Wilhelm on The Nortn
German Lloyd line and her record Tor
the trip across the ocean beats that Oh
the Deutschland which crossed from
Cherbourg in five days, fve hours, her
average speed being 23.15 knots an hour
while the average of the first trip was
23.Ol knots, FIVE days and hfty-four
minutes over h trip. Il
The Lusitania's first trip gave her
the record for the Queenstown course,
formerly held by h Lucania or the
Hamburg line, which made the trip IN
five days, Z hours and twenty-three
minutes.
The Cunard line captured its first
record for the voyage across the ocean
when the Europa in 1876 made the then
remarkable time of eleven days and
three hours, beating the former record
OF the famous Great Western, made In
1888, OF IAN days. .. -
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-10-17
MORE OIL TRUST
RECORDS DESTROYED

New York, Oct. 14-Loans a~sgregating
S2O. 600. 900 which the books Of the South
ern Pipe Lin company show were made
to p. 8. Trainor between 1893 and 1905 be-
came more puzzling Of solution to Frank
b. Kellogg, conducting the federal suit
against Standard Oil. When Trainor tes-
tihed the money had never been paid TO
him and that he had never heard of the
account. Trainor said that he was form
erly crude oil purchasing agent for the
Standard Oil Company of New York. III.
M. Tilford, treasurer of the Standard OIL
of California, and president OF Continental
OIL asked to produce reports OF the Con-
~tinental testified that whenever a new
report was received he invariably de-
stroyed the old one.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-10-17
FARMER SHOT AT
THROUGH WINDOW;
SON is SUSPECTED

Hazel. s. d., Oct. 12.-Frank Meyer,
o. prominent farmer residing near this
place, was the victim of a shooting, the
person who fired the shot being his
own son.
1t is rumored that the boy had threat
ened TO kill his father, and those who
believe this rumor to be well founded
are of the opinion hat the boy DELHI
erately shot at his father. However,
this has not yet been definitely deter
mined.
The father was sitting near a win
dow reading when the report of a rifle
rang out. The bullet, which was a %
face and came out in the mouth, break
ing two teeth.
The boy claims the rifle was accident
ally discharged.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-10-17
WOMAN MISMATED, NOT
OPPOSED TO DIVORCE

Boston, Oct. 12--Mrs. Elizabeth Cop
ley Peabody, who has been sued for d.
Vorce by her husband, George Lee Pea
body, a banker, will make no objection
TO his getting a decree, She says:
Mr.. Peabody and l were married too
young, and we did not understand each
other or ourselves, as 1t now seems to
me. We held to u ways and LIVED
peacefully, but perhaps a little indie
pendently of each other. s.a
1T seems to me that we continued in
this way quite ignorantly, as l now
look back upon it, until the time came,
a few years ago when he seemed 10
desire to call me back and hat We
should become more domestic, extreme
ly so. as his wish appeared TO me, and
l Just couldn't stand It.
Il believe my husband was and is
one of the very best of men. He was a
model man. We were mismated. that
is ALL"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-10-17
FEE IN
MURDER CASE, $40, 600

Sioux Falls, S. D., Oct. 15.-Ten thou
sand dollars is said to be the fee
George Egan. the Logan, Ia. attorney
will receive for defending Mrs. Julia
O'Grady, accused of the murder or her
husband two weeks 6 on their farm
north of this city.
There has been a report that Law
yer Egan intended to move from Lo-
gan. Ia, to this city to engage In the
practice of law. From his appearance
Ia the O'Grady case it would seem not
unlikely that he intends to do so. Mrs.
Egan will be in this city next week
and the report is that Lawyer Egan
brings his wife to this city at this time
10 look at a handsome residential prop
erty which has been offered him.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-10-17
TELEGRAM STOPS
WEDDING AT ALTAR;
GROOM DISAPPEARS

Watertown, s. D., Oct. 14.-When
Fred Haase, Of Fox Lake, Wis, q man
of wealth and standing in his conamun-
ity, passed through the city yesterday
brought to a close, temporarily, at
least, a romance in which plots and
counterplots have played a conspic-
uous part on the South Dakota prairies
for the past four months.
Last June Mr.. Haase prevailed upon
his daughter to visit an uncle, p. w.
Schoenberger, residing near Kampeska,
about ten miles west of this city, the
hope being that her prolonged stay here
would abate her infatuation for Will
liam Wilkie Collins, a printer, said to
reside at Fox Lake. The uncle was
taken into the confidence Of the young
woman's father, and he made the AUS
of the "old man" his own. Thrice he
succeeded in heading off Opponents.
and Uncle Pete" Schoenberger seemed
to yield. ...
Father Sends Telegram.
The young man, who had once tried
to get a license In Codington unity.
but failed through lack OF a witness
to vouch for his cause, was told to re-
port and take the girl Of his choice.
He came here, secured the license, and
took the justice to the S~choenberger
home, where the knot was about to
be tied, when up dashed an automo-
bile with a telegram from Mr.. Haase,
asking that the event be postponed un-
til he could appear in person to wit
ness the ceremony.
Collins returned to Britton, where he
had laid his plots, to await the COM
ing of his future father-in-law. The
old gentleman came, made a note of
the situation, and, as he AYERS, wired
the young man to appear and claim his
bride. Then the old gentleman waited
for t~hirty-six hours and, hearing moth
ing from his prospective son-in-law, he
took his daughter home to Fox Lake.
Collins, 1t is suspected mistook the
fathers surrender as a ruse to gain
time, and If he got the telegram that
Is claimed to ave been sent him. II is
presumed hat he thought it but an
other link in the conspiracy to defeat
him. At all events 1t is not thought
that the last chapter has been written.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-10-17
SECURES BOND
FOR MRS. O'GRADY

Sioux Falls, S. D., Oct. 14.-Sherif
Nelson did not long have In custody
Mrs, Julia Ann O'Grady, charged with
the murder OF her husband, who was
surrendered by her original bondsmen
soon after 1t became known that h
had discharged the attorneys who rep
resented her at the coroner's inquest
and at her preliminary hearing, and
had engaged in their place George w.
Egan, of Logan, Ia, the attorney who
acted as special prosecutor during the
trial of Mrs. Emma Kaufman. Attor-
ney Egan had drawn up a new bond,
which was Immediately approved and
filed, so Mrs. O'Grady will remain at
liberty pending her trial.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-10-17
MANY NEW LAWYERS
FOR SOUTH DAKOTA

Pierre, s. D., Oct. 15.-Following Is
the law class which will be admitted
to the South Dakota bar:
Charles A. Bennett, Canton; James NJ.
Armstrong, Belle Fourche: Cyrus Clay
Carpenter, Summit; Robert Burton,
Rapid City; George c.. Snow, Spring
field: Charles c. Hill. Rapid City; RIOS
coe Knodell, Fairfax; Thomas c. Wall,
Chamberlain; Thomas r. Nelson, Rapid
City; George w. Clark, Sioux Falls;
Rex w. Harris. Webster: c. H. Will
hanson, Herrick; Charles w. Bartine,
Oacoma: Howard G. Fuller. Milbank;
r. H. Molitor, Herrick; Frank Nc
Carthy, Milbank; Jacob J.. Gunther,
Pierre; George j. McFadden, Aberdeen.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-10-17
IS STOLEN,
POLICE MEN SEARCH

Chicago, Oct. 1.-THE man who stole
the First Presbyterian church or River
Grove, ILL.,, Is no gentleman.
This is according to u. A. Rhodes, 296
Wabash avenue. He is a deacon in the
purloined place of worship, or, rather
he was. The Chicago police were noti-
fed today by Rhodes to keep an y
out for the missing church and to seize
It II it should happen to stray in the
thoroughfares of this city.
According to Rhodes the church was
stolen Tuesday night. When the par
ishfoners went to prayer meeting
wednesday they found only the vacant
lot left.
Aside from the greater part of the
church all the decorations, chairs,
benches and hymn books were stolen.
There was no split in the congrega-
ton.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-10-17

Not many generations ago mer-
maids and mermen were believed In
Implicitly. Says the "Aberd en- Alma
nae Of New Representations for the
Year 1885," "To conclude for this year
1888. Near the place where the famous
Dee payeth his tribute to h German
ocean, IL curious observers OF won.
derful things in nature VIII be pleased
thither to resort the !, Is and 20 Of
May and in divers other times in the
ensuing summer, as also in the har-
vest time, to the Z and IA October, they
viii undoubtedly see a pretty company
Of mar maids, creatures Of admirable
beauty and likewise their charming
sweet melodious voices"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-10-17
ACTOR, DYING STAGE
DEATH, ASKS AUDIENCE
TO PLEASE BE QUIET

New York, Oct. 12.-George Spencer,
Ictor-manager Of the Third ven the
alter, now playing in "A Desperate
Chance" arose from his death bed
scene during the performance last
night and made an appeal to his audi
ence to behave and let him die in peace.
The theater policeman had been hav-
Ing trouble with the audience, and in
the death scene the jeers and whist
ling became so loud hat actors lines
could not be heard.
Spencer stood it as long as he could
and then rose up in bed, threw aside
The sheet, revealing a pair of trousers
and patent leather shoes, got out OF bed
and walked to the footlights.
Then, amid applause. he lay down
again, pulled the sheet up to his neck
and continued to die.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-10-17
soUTH

A club has been formed IN western
Canada to play the old English game
of loggats. which has long fallen into
disuse in the old country. The pas
time is alluded to by Shakespeare. the
game consists in throwing a pin called
a loggat at a stake driven into tne
ground. The player who gets his
loggat nearest the mark wins. OF
loggats Stevens, the S~hakespearean
commentator, who died in 1900, says:
II have seen 1t played in different
counties at their sheep-shearing feasts,
where the winner was entitled TO a
black fleece, which he afterward pre-
scented to the farmers maid to spin,
for the purpose of making a petticoat
on condition thai she kneel down on
the fleece to be kissed by all the rustics
present"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-10-17
SHOWS
ON OCEAN SHIPS

New York, Oct. 14.-When Charles
Frohman announced recently a plan for
steamships of the CunaTd lines, he
said the vaudeville managers probably
would follow his lead. Percy c.. VIII
liams has arranged TO give ocean trav-
elers a variety bill made up of the
most expensive acts on both sides OF
the Atlantic.
Contracts win be signed with the
North German line, too.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-10-17
FORTUNES MADE IN
SOUTH DAKOTA LAND

Miller. s. D., Oct. 16.-In the
little towns between Huron and
Pierre are many men worth
from $50, 900 to 5000, 900, and
who only a few years ago could
not get a dollars credit at any
bank or buy a bill Of goods on
credit at the stores. Some of
these men are now in the bank
ing business themselves or at
the heads of big industrial en-
terprises. They have become
rich by holding their land which
they took from the government
and then buying more before it
reached the higher prices. Some
have become wealthy as land
agents.