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Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-10
CITY HALL NOTES

Property owners on Kansas avenue
between Thirty-seventh and Thirty-eighth
streets, have registered a protest against
the widening of that thoroughfare.
Property owners I. B. and o. X. Brady
S. A. Parish, jr., G. L. Chambers and
Anson Kelly have asked the city to de-
termine the status of the alley running
15O feet west of the west line of Vermont
avenue and 140 feet from Twenty-seventh
street 1t is claimed that the owner Of
lot "a has closed it and Is offering the
land for sale.
Property owners near Tenth and Grat-
tan streets have asked for a street light
at that corner, as postoffice substation,
drug store and grocery are situated there
Acting under the bond provisions of
the Vrooman act property owners seek
Improvement of Piedmont avenue, be-
tween Pasadena avenue and Avenue 81.
Remick avenue, between Forty-sixth
and Forty-seventh streets, will be inn
proved shortly, owners having filed a
petition under the bond provisions of the
Vrooman act
Concord street. between Eagle and
Sixth. is to be improved under the Vroo-
man act
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-10
MODERN ESAUS


MI OF long ago a Unitarian preacher
~ in Cincinnati arose in his pulpit
~ and announcing as his subject an
incident in the lives of Jacob and
Esau delivered before few hundred
people a sermon that should reach ev-
cry American who enjoys the privi-
leges of the franchise. Like many an
other Old Testament folklore the sale
of his birthright by Esau, declared this
preacher, has become a parable for all
time of the way in which foolish, short
sighted people grasp the present advan-
tage and close all else that is worth
possessing
Every day men are selling that
which is the divinest in their privilege
for some mean bauble of ambition, for
money, for office, for social position
Sometimes the goods for which they
bargained, rendering in payment their
manhood, their souls, are not delivered
But when they do secure the coveted
prizes they find that the ephemeral
thing they sought carries with it so
much that merits and receives popular
contempt that the pleasure they an
ticipated becomes, chagrin, the toy a
hot COAL
Men of this stamp are classified by
the Cincinnati divine as malefactors
who have not only sold their souls but
have voluntarily deprived themselves
TEEN and fellowship of other men. The
covetousness of office produces some
most melancholy prostitutions of tall
ents and self-respect.
ST know man in high public Of
fice," says this churchman, whose
early career was full of opportunity for
enlightened guidance of his coun-
trymen in the solution of the vast prob
lens of national progress which awaits
our republic to be settled well or i'll.
He was quick of mind, perhaps bril-
liant, had great gifts Of influencing
the populace by his oratory, so that he
could have made partisan following
of his own; or, that failing, could have
made his fortune rapidly enough in
the line of his personal profession and
been a beloved citizen superior to the
highest ofifceholder of the land; and
altogether this man promised to be an
honorable representative of the best
products of our democracy. But close
to the outset of his career he was
warped in his judgment concerning the
path of honor so far as to put himself
at the command of mean men and un-
scrupulous politicians; he allowed them
to dictate his conduct; he became their
man, a highly useful tool; he is sus-
pected by disinterested observers of
having received large fees for the per-
version of national, economic and fl
nancial interests, of growing rich fast
er than could be honestly accounted
for; so that few clear-minded business
men speak of his seemingly independ-
ent acts, which in some other men
would deserve unstinted praise, save
with a sneer of suspicion, and no sin
gle-minded lover of his country would
trust him as safe counselor in issues
where somebody's private greed was
plotting against the general welfare.
"There is very little fame made by
politicians which does not get it's just
estimate in that final verdict which
posterity makes up for all public men;
but for what man does that Is honest
and courageous he has his own sense of
worth, which is a constant companion
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-10

When city employees organize in order
that they may protect themselves from
attacks that may end in their removal,
when they know that under the civil
service regulations they cannot be re-
moved except for cause, and after
hearings, they provide reasonable
grounds for the suspician that they
have been up to snuff. A guilty con-
science needs no accuser. If a number
of employees at the city hall have really
formed an organization for this sort of
protection they have hurt their own
cause worse than it could have been
injured by others.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-10
TO PAY FINE AND
WILL CHANGE HER PLEA

Mrs. Anna Meray of Latin, against
whom complaints were lodged Friday by
Mrs. Blanche Percy charging her with
threats to kill, appeared in Justice Sum
n.erfield's court yesterday and asked to
be allowed to plead guilty and pay her
fine.
Mrs. Menay says she merely told the
women to stop talking about her or she
would take some measures to see that
they held their tongues. She did not
admit having flourished big revolver
and threatening to fix anyone who gos-
siped about her
AS yesterday was legal holiday JUS
tice SummerfeId could not admit the
piea and released the woman upon the
promise she would appear at any time
he should send for her.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-10

AS a birthday present King Edward
received a diamond valued at $75O,0OO.
Four days before the Southern Pacific
rackaboors (of course you know what
thrust upon them the biggest, juciest
and most acidific specimen of the OBJ
long yellow citrus fruit ever produced
in California. So honors between Ed
ward the Seventh and William the
Last are even.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-10

If Secretary Taft is worrying as
much as Washington is about the pos
sibilities of international complications
as the result of discriminatory social
calls among the crowned heads of Eu-
rope he will be compelled to consult a
tailor Immediately upon his return
home or pin up the slack in his cloth
ing. Nerve strain is one of the worst
foes of adiposity.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-10

Tomorrow Monday, November IL, is
the day when the city council will con-
slider the anti-prize fight ordinance.
Don't let the opponents of the measure
flood the council chamber hours before
the opening of the session and thus
keep you out of the room, Mr.. Advocate
of Morality.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-10

Bourke Cochran, the golden-tongued
orator of Tammany Hall and member
of Congress, was recently arrested on a
charge of attempting to vote Illegally,
all because a servant girl in the apart
ment house in which he lived told the
election officers she had never heard
of him. What horrible jolt to Fame!
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-10

The salaries of teachers may be
raised, then raised again, but there is
little danger that many of the peda-
gogues or pedagoguesses will invest
their savings in Steel or Standard Oil.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-10

William Edward Banes of Matoaka,
West Virginia. eight months Of age,
weighs 11O pounds. A youngster who
can grow like that is logically entitled
to the honor of being the namesake Of
Los Angeles
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-10

EDITOR Older of the Bulletin will be
forgiven If he retire few days to re-
cover from that headache. It's a
strenuous life he has been leading.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-10

San Francisco will stand Pat no
longer.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-10
CLEAR, CRISP AND CLEAN

BEE STATES PAGE FOR ALL THE NEWS
FROM YOUR OLD HOME.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-06-13
HER LOYALTY TO HER
HUSBAND DOUBTED,
BRIDE KILLS SELF

Deadwood, S. D., June Tin despair
because she could not convince her hus-
band that she was faithful to him,
Mrs. Frank McWilliams, a bride OF
only six weeks, shot herself through
the head and died before assistance
reached her. -.f '.
The tragedy occurred at the camp of
Roubaix, ten miles from here, where
the unfortunate girl had recently been
married. The girl had been previously
married and divorced and the trouble
arose over a letter from her former
husband claiming that her divorce was
not legal. McWilliams accused her of
being unfaithful to him and left her
in anger saying that he would not re-
turn. Leaving a pitiful letter for her
husband saying that she loved him bet
ter than all the world and could not
live without his confidence the girl shot
herself through the head.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-06-13
PILE DRIVING CREW STIRs
UP PLANT OF DYNAMITE

Yankton, s. D.. June IA reminder
of year or two ago, when bank rob-
bers were oyerrunning this section,
came to hand Tuesday here when a.
Great Northern crew, using a pile driv-
er on a small bridge in town, brought
to the surface of the creek small
satchel containing eight sticks Of dyna-
mite, some fuse, a box Of caps and
38-caliber revolver. The find was bad
ly watersoaked, but for which fact the
heavy pounding of pile driver might
have caused an explosion which could
easily have done considerable damage.
Several years ago some yeggmen were
discovered here, but scenting trouble
had planted their outfit, which could
not be found when the men were ar
rested. They were finally allowed to
GO, there not being enough evidence
to hold them on. The plant Just brought
to light is supposed to have belonged
to these men.
Before United States Commissioner
E. I. White yesterday Leonard Hedlin,
of Vermillion, is years DID, was bound
over to the next term of federal court
in the sum of $500 on the charge Of
breaking into locked postoffice box Of
G. w. Richardson, of VermilIion, ex-
tracing therefrom and opening certain.
letters. Hedlin's mother is a widow
and unable TO raise the bond asked, so
the young offender is now In the county
jail here.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-06-13

and required 5o7,oOO.oOO gallons of
water & 7t .E.
In order to effect this flooding, water
was turned in through the Ellison shaft,
the open spout, and even the old Lin
coin shaft was opened up for this pur-
pose. By means of a flume, water was
brought in through a tunnel at the
north end and a great part of White
wood creek was turned In through the
Savage tunnel by fiume 5000 feet
long, twenty inches wide and thirty
inches deep. This gave volume of
water equal to about $500 gallons a
minute, and this in addition to the wa
ter the mine makes and the additional
supply caused by heavy rains. and
SHOWS, brought the food to the highest
possible point, about eighty feet on the
500 level, by the goth of May, only
thirty-seven days from the commence
ment. When this was accomplished
there was no question but that the fire
was out. -.. ...
H. Loss ls Great.
1t Is impossible at this date, to es-
innate the actual loss to the company.
The greatest item, of course, comes
In the loss OF product, which can be
reckoned very fairly. From April to
April %, there were only 600 out of
the 1000 stamps dropping and from
April % to May 30, there was no out
bullion output of this company Is about
$4,000, and hence the bullion loss for
this time approximates S943,160. There
must be taken into consideration also,
the fact that when the mills began
work on May 20, onlv 440 stamps were
droppinF out of the 1000. This means
that the monthly product will be di-
minished by over one-half while this
continues, and how long that will be,
it Is impossible to say. The loss in
bullion may, however, be placed very
conservatively at $1,000,000 The cost
Of flooding the mine was but little more
than nominal, while the cost Of remov-
ing the water will include the cost OF
labor and of fuel for operating the
skips.
Definite figures are here again i'm
possible, for two reasons. In the first
place, 1t is impossible to tell in what
condition the u~1er levels vim be after
flooding; how many caves there will
be, and how much of the expense OF
ond place, the length of time which
1t will take to unwater is uncertain,
as some OF the shafts through which
water is now being hoisted may soon
be used for bringing up ore.
The .Unwatering Process.
\ The mine will be unwatered by means
Of ten skips Of combined capacity of
10000 gallons, AS it is thought that
half of these can 'unwater every minute,
the capacity wiE be about 5000 gall
Ions minute, If all are employed
steadily.
That the fire is out, is however. a
great source of satisfaction to the en-
tire country. Several hundred men
have already gone to work and this
force will be increased steadily. 1t is
not too much to hope that the mine
will be unwatered and running at it's
full capacity by the first of August,
at the fartkest, and the loss to the
company, inclusive of the bullion loss,
will probably not exceed $1,250,O00.
1t has been estimated that 1000 feet
of lumber has burned. Laborers prob
ably lost 100000 by the closing down
OF the mine. p.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-06-13

Shipping men on both sides OF the
Atlantic have been much gratified by
the announcement that the treasury
department is asking for bids for the
derelict destroyer which was author
lied by the last congress. This vessel,
which is to be stationed on the north
Atlantic, will embody the latest i'm
will be capable Of cruising for 5000
miles without replenishing her bunkers.,
She win be furnished, the Scientific
American says, with powerful search
lights and wireless telegraph equip
ment, the latter to enable her to re-
ceive and give information as to the
nocation OF derelicts.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-06-13
TABOR. SOUTH DAKOTA

making or breaking trip on the Pacific
coast, observes Automobile, there are
more things to be thought of than
gasoline, oil, tires and spares-many
more--and not the least of them is the
fact that, owing to the lamentable lack
OF bridges and other signs of civiliza-
tion there are apt to be many times
when the car will find itself under wa
ter. Now the modern automobile,
while alnphibious to q certain extent,
is not a diver, and when the wet be-
gins to rise above the footboards there
is usually O muffled sigh and gurgle
that sounds the death knell of the car
bureter as well as the ignition system.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-06-13
FARMERS TO TRY
mrs. kAUFMANN;
CHARGE, MURDER
Jury Secured at Fiandreau At
ter Examination of
1876 Men. s..
MAS MoNoToNouS WEEK
6tar Witness for State, Peter Erickson,
Is Being Carefully Watched
Both Sides Are Wig
liant.
MAS MoNoToNous WEEK
CHRONOLOGY OF
OF kAUFMANN CASE.

Agnes Polreis died June l, 1906.
Body embalmed June 2, 1906. s -
Body taken to Parkston June 3. ~
Body inferred June 4. -
First eNhumation OF body June .,
Public indignation meeting at
Parkston June 8.
Second exhumation Of body June
10. ....'
Delegation of Parkston men visit
. Sioux Falls, June IL. -
Mrs. Kaufman arrested June II.
Mrs. Kaufman arraigned In Judge
Wheelocks court June IL.
Continued hearing June l3. 80
Adjourned hearing June 20.
Defendant held for action of
county court without bail, June ~.
Defendant placed In jail June 70.
Application for bail before SUI
preme court at Pierre by Judge AK :
ems June q. .I
Mrs. Kaufman has nervous col :
lapse in jail June %. :
Mrs. Kaufman released on $4,000 :
Mrs. Kaufman leaves Sioux Falls :
July 4. .r..
Mrs. Kaufman returned from :
Neenah November Is.
Judge Aikens filed affidavit of pre-
judice against Judge Jones, NoVem- :
ber 26. ...
Mrs. Kaufman answers to the :
charge of murder and pleads mot :
guilty. November 26. s
Judge AilSens' motion for a contin- :
, uance to May, 1907. :
Judge Smith granted continuance :
to May, 1907, December 8.
Motion for change of venue May :
20, 1907. :
May 21, 1907
1907. - :
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-06-13

Deadwood, s. D., June THE great
est fire ever occurring in gold mine
in this country, and one of the great
est in the world, has just been success
fully overcome by the Homestake Min
ing company st Lead.
For over two months the company
struggled with this fire, and 1t was
not until IT had burned for thirty days
that 1t was found necessary to turn
into the mine all the available water
and to flood the scores Of miles Of
underground workings.
The most remarkable feature in con-
nection with this event is that, al
though, for days men were carried
out of the mine unconscious from the
effects OF the deadly gas, though caves
occurred, and the red hot rock was
mined from the slopes in the hope Of
getting at the fire, though the shafts
are full OF water, and are hundreds
of feet deep, yet, among all the men
who have SO persistently and bravely
fought the fire, there has not been
single fatality, and the death Of two
horses has been the only loss of life.
On the evening Of March 25, the fire
started, 1t was supposed from the
blasting out of some old timbers by the
day shift just before they went off.
Fine Equipment Unavailins.
The Homestake has always been
mine for all fire emergencies. \ 1t has
ample water on all levels, pipe lines,
hose, and all equipment for fighting
fire; and yet from the very beginning,
the flames were beyond control. The
great difficulty was caused by the
forming Of the deadly carbon dioxide
gas which made II impossible for the
men to approach near the fire, and
which overcame them by the dozens,
so that they were carried out, either
unconscious or raving in delirium.
Still the fight in the dark went on.
Fire helmets were secured and with
the help of these, the little army of
workers pushed somewhat nearer the
blaze. Brattices were built, and fol-
lowing along one side with compressed
air and water, the fighters made an
other attack upon the blaze. Steam
was turned in, water was sent down
through the open cut with the hope
that it might reach the infected spot;
tunnels were reopened and entrance to
the burning slopes sought in this way
All was useless. On the morning of
April 2, after a night of great danger,
Superintendent Grier ordered all men
out OF the mine, and the fight was con-
tinued for a time through upper tun-
nels, by means OF small streams of wa
ter through the open cut, underneath
| which the fire was supposed to be To-
Gated, and by repeated efforts on the
part of the fire brigade to reach the
blaze, by the help of their helmets and
the brattices.
Natural Inflow Helped.
On April 20 the order to food went
forth, the last resort and everything,
even the few mills which were still
operating were closed. The workings of
/ the mine are 1850 feet deep, and there
are over 100 miles of underground
channels. The natural inflow of water
| into the mine filled 1t to the l,100 foot
| level and from there up the work Of
] pectedly short time. The space to be
| filled amounted to 6S,392,621 cubic feet
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-06-13

Former Senator Cocl1rell, of Mis-
Eouri, now member Of the Interstate
Commerce commission, has regularly
resumed his official labors after an
llness OF several months. He is de-
pcribed as glutton for work, and dur
ing his i've consecutive terms In the
senate, he was credited with working
more hours every day than any other
member Of that body, his neighbors
planning that his light In his work
room was never extinguished before
1880 a. M A ....
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-06-13

There is no fiction more universal at
present than the going away" fiction
In summer The majority of persons
who do, go away for only week or two
and during the remaining weeks Of the
year can be found at their usual ad-
dress, engaged In their ordinary duties.
As far as school children are concerned,
writes teacher In the Htude, the
summer months should afford them ex-
ceptional opportunities for improve
Enent, and but for the fashionable fic-
tion no doubt the fact would be recog-
nized ...a ~.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-06-13

In France there are 5000, 1000 smokers,
and Of every fifteen there are eight who
smoke a pipe, Ave who smoke cigars
and only two who are cigaret smok-
ers. Still the French consume more
tnan s sOO; 10000 cigarsttes a year, or or
times II they were placed end to end
IA q line.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-06-13
SALOON men IN
SIOUX FALLS ARE
FACING TROUBLE
New City Council Antagonistic
to the Wide Open Policy
Which Has Prevailed.

Sioux Falls, s. d., June lit looks
as if the saloon men OF Sioux Falls
were bound to have trouble with the
city administration. The new council
was organized the first of May and
there is a decided anti-saloon feeling
amongst the members. This made It's
first appearance at the last meeting
of the city council, when Alderman
Sherman, q pronounced anti-aloon
man, moved that in the future all ap-
plications for saloon licenses be re-
ferred to a special committee, and that
the council should take no action with
out a favorable report from this COM
mtttee. This was too strong for a ma
tority of the members so the resolu-
ton was amended so as to refer ap-'
plications to the committee on fire and
police. 1t is known that Alderman
Sherman is in favor of cutting the
number of saloons down to fifteen on
the first OF July when new licenses
are to be issued, as against thirty-two
a. the present time. He will in the
near future, introduce a resolution
limiting the number OF saloons to one
for each 1000 population and will es-
innate the population at $4,000. Sa-
loon men have heard OF this proposed
move and they are decidedly uneasy.
The mayor has also served notice on
the saloon men that In the future city
licenses cannot be transferred, and a
second notice ordering them to take
out dumb walters and to close doors
leading to wine rooms on the floor
above or in the rear.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-06-13

IN all Lord Wolseley's campaigns he
made It a rule, where possible, to al
low each soldier one pound Of tobacco
10 month, which he considered q fair
allowance. In Italy the military au-
thorities recognize the weed as one of
the comforts essential to the troops,
and cigars are served out to them with
their daily rations. .----g~ sES'
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-06-13
BISHOPS HEALTH IMPRovEp.

Sioux Falls, s. D., June 7.--Bishop w.
ii. Hare. of the Episcopal church for
South Dakota, who recently submitted
TO an operation in New York for the re-
moval of his right eye, because of a
cancerous growth due to irritation
caused by his nose glasses has returned
to Sioux Falls The venerable prelate
appears much improved in health.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-06-13

The home in Nashville, Tenn, of
William Walken, flibuster, has been
disposed of by his relatives just when
in Central America the schemes Of his
adventurous exploits have again be-
come storm centers.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-06-13

Y Prince William, second son Of the
crown prince or Sweden, will arrive In
this country, August is, at jamestown,
on board the new Swedish cruiser Fyl-
gia- 1t Is probable that Washington
and New York win be the only cities
that he will visit, as the vessel is or
dered to return by September "a.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-06-13

Knud Rasmussen, Of Copenhagen,
who has been studying ethnology at
Unmanak, North Greenland, has started
for Smiths sound to find an Eskimo
tribe, which Is reputed to never. have
come In contact with civilization. His
aim is TO eventually reach the Canadian
mainland sometime in 1908.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-06-13

Physicians. chemists and physiolo-
gists (many Of them smokers them
pelves) agree that smoking before ma
turity IL reached always leads to a
waste OF nerve power and brain force,
and thus squanders life by weakening
the very center Of strength.