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The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-05-14

A murder trial now In progress in st.
Charles, Mo, has an odd interstate fea-
ture. Daniel Dempsey, village marshal
OF Grafton, ILL.,, is accused of killing
Claude Allemang. 1t appears thai
Dempsey followed Allemang from Graf
ton across the river into st. Charles
county and had hin arrested. The
prisoner agreed to return without re-
QUESTION papers, and after starting
back tried to escape, w~hereupon Demp-
gey shot him. 1t is commended that
Dempsey had no authority to shoot Al
lenlang, being an Illinois officer in Mis-
souri, territory. On the other hand, IL
Us maintained by Dempsey that Allie
mang lived until he reached Grafton,
Ill The question at issue is. In which
state the dead mans heart stopped
beating.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-05-14
LockHART WILL TRY
FOR STATE SENATE

Pierre, 6. D., May John Lockhart,
OF this city, is to be pushed by the
of Hughes county as the
candidate for the state senate from the
district composed OF the counties of
Hughes, Hyde and Sully.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-05-14

The municipal chamber of Para,
Brazil. has recently authorized a reduc-
ton in the tax levied on travelling sales
men. The reduction will be effective
until January i, 1908. The new tax
amounts to about 500, with additional
fees OF about SIS. The penalty for eva
sion is confiscation OF samples and a
heavy fine,
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-05-14
HuNDREDMARk
PASSES AWAY.

WATERFOWL, s. D., May I2.-H. q
Hundredmark - deao, surviving
poplexy. The deceased was q wei
known attorney OF Watertown
practicing before all the stafe
courts. He had been city attorney
for WATERFOWL, and for two terms
prosecuting attorney for CodinRton5
county. In the lodge work on the
Elks and Modern Woodmen Of AM
erica he was a leader, having held
the highest office in the state In the
latter organization.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-05-14
U. s. ATTORNEY TAKES
A LAW pARTNEn

Alexandria, s.. D.. May 1l.-United
Stats District Attorney T.. e. Wagner
mas formed a law partnership with w,
a small town near Sioux Falls
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-05-14
RULING ON

Chicago, May Judge Ball, of the
superior court, today decided that
year after a divorce in Illinois cannot
be recognized by the laws of Illinois.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-05-14
GIRL SUICIDE CHANGES
MIND JUST In TIME

Battle Creek. Mich, May IL. Miss
Helen Carter took chloroform this
morning to end her life. Later she
changed her mind, calling the police
by phone and explaining what she
had done. An ambulance hustled her
out the choloroform In ume to save
her life.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-05-14

The increase In population through
u Canada Is slow at best-the De-
minion had only K.37i.316 people IN
1901, or many less than the total num-
Der OF those who live In Greater New
York and IN what is known as the
"EnetropoiItas district combineh
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-05-14
$4,000 BONDS FOR
NEW OPERA HOUSE

will have a new opera house If the
election called for June 0 approves h
plan of issuing $40, 900 bonds for that
purpose. The city is at the present
time without a place for holding pub
lie meetings, as the old opera house has
been condemned.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-05-14
PIONEER SETTLER
DIES la

Pierre, s. d., May 7.-Joseph Robin
son fell from a load OF goods near Mid
land n was paralyzed, dying in a
hospital at this place.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-05-14
FORMER TREASURER
CHANGES RESIDENCE

Memo, S. ID. May 11-Ex-State Treas
urer John Schamber. Of this city, has
moved to Hand county, where he has
extensive real estate interests, owning
more than 1000 acres or ranch land IA
that part Of the state in a solid body.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-05-14

Hudson Maxim contends that the use
Of airships in war does not hold forth
any terrifying prospects. The drop
ping of dynamite from such vessels, he
avs. might cause some superficial de-
struction, but IL must penetrate and
explode inside battleships and earth
works to do really great damage. Half
a ton OF that explosive dropped upon
the four4inch deck of a battleship might
Kill some men, wreck part of the u
perstructure of the vessel and lent the
deck, but the destruction would not be
extensive. MOI would the dropping Of
such a charge on coast Notifications
cause serious damages, the action OF
dynamite being such that the blast,
being unconfined. would rebound into
the air in the form of an inverted cone,
so that the effect In a horizontal plane
would be small.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-05-14

Among the laboriRg classes IN Ger
many meat once 9 week Is the rpi~
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-05-14

A spring wagon Iull or all kinds OF
potted plants stopped in front Of q
house in the Bronx a few days ago and
the householder and his wife, who are
deeply interested In Horticulture, looked
~ the flowers with a view to making a
purchase for the Improvement Of their
garden. The vender ratified off the
names OF the varieties OF roses and
the flowers, but nothing in his stock
seemed to interest the couple. Finally
ne pointed to a pot and said: There's
Eomething Q should have for window
boxes OF hanging baskets" What is
ttf" asked the man. The vender looked
hard at the prospective customer, and,
misfaking him for a Jew, whom he
feared he might offend, said: That?
That's Wandering Hebrew II didn't
want the vine any more han / wanted
the Group" said the man from the
Bronx, but we bought 1t just as a re-
minder of the Wandering Hebrew"
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-05-02
FAIR INTANCIPAHOA
SECRETARY BARROW OF AGRI-
CULTURAL BOARD BUSY.
FIVE In SHOOTING SCRAPE
Brothers-in-Law Engage in Duel With
Shotguns, But Neither is Serious
ly Wounded. Inocent Bystanders
the Chief Sufferers.

Baton Rouge. Secretary G. ]. Bar
row Of the State Board Of Agricul-
ture and Inmiss for Haunnond
ss8ld utlfer iiil aioa 70:
make efforts to interest the farmers
and business men Of that section IN
the establishment Of parish fair,
which will be representative of the
entire district lying adjacent to the
Illinois Central in East Louisiana.
This section has always been noted
for its agricultural progress and en-
ergy and the multiplicity of its pro-
ducts, and having been settled by
thrifty and progressive class Of peo-
pie from Illinois and other western
states, where fairs are considered a
necessity, it is strange that no efforts
have been made in this direction In
that neighborhood. The secretary will
endeavor to interest the people Of
that section in parish fairs, and Is
assured that they will readily see the
expediency Of such a move and es-
tablish fair. in that section which
will be a credit to the state and to the
people in the surrounding country,
where the fair is located.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-05-02
Postal Matters.

Postmasters appointed Louisiana
Raccourci, Pomte Coupee parish, Os-
ward E. Lecour: Zwolie, Sabine par
ish, Floyd c. Mitchell. Mystic, Cal
casieu parish, Benz F. Davidson
Presley, Natchitoches parish, George
". Bolton.
Mississippi-Hub, Marion county,
Wm. b. Arnett. Neel's Ferry, Quit
man county, Thomas NJ. CARROT.
Eaylce Moore was appointed regu'
lar and ]. B. Moore substitute rural
carriers, route l: Rufus Sinquefield
substitute. route =, Jesse I. Mabry
u 1ular, John Turner substitute, on
route 3. at Senatobia, Miss.
A postofice was ordered establish
ed at Lewisburg, st. Landry, La,
with Albert R. Burleigh postmaster.
The following Mississippi postof-
fees have been ordered discontinued ::
Eureka Springs, Pamela county; Fin
ger, Tippan county; Society Hill,
Gwinville, Jefferson Davis county;
Crockett, Cypress, Eliphaz, Locust,
Goode, Tate county; Mt. Zion, Pokal,
Simpson county; Big Black, Warren
county; Pine Grove, Benton county;
Sorin, Harrison county.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-05-02
APPOINTMENT Held up.

Postmaster Wyman's reappolnt-
ment has been "held up" in the
Senate Postoffice Committee by Sena-
tor Warner, and there is no assur-
ance that it will be confirmed by the
Senate before adjournment. Messages
from st. Louis saying that Secretary
Taft is in danger of losing the Mis-
souri, delegation as a result of Wy
mans appointment, have caused the
delay. These messages. both by wire
and mail, received by the Taft mana
gers here, tell Of conference of Re
publican leaders who opposed Wy
mans reappointment. They are the
same st. Louis men who stopped Wy
mans appointment in December by
declaring that it would cost Taft the
Missouri delegation.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-05-02
Diamond Scheme Under Ban.

An alleged diamond lottery scheme
operated at Fort Smith, Ark, has
been put cut of business by a fraud
order issued by Postmaster General
Meyer. The scheme was worked by
a concern known as the Southern
Commission Company. The company
engaged in the sale Of so-called dia-
mond contracts, the purchaser agree
ing to pay the company $1.25 a week
for a period of lightweight weeks,
for which the company obligated it
self to return to the purchaser, when
his contract was the oldest outstand-
ing, diamond of value $l95. or $3.50
In cash. The contracts were issued III
numerical order and redeemed ac-
cordingly. The department., however,
holds all such schemes to be lotter-
les and fraudulent, and accordingly,
placed it under the postal ban.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-05-02
New Pension Law.

The President has signed an act
which hereafter will be known as the
Pension Law Of Aprft -. 1907. and
will increase the pcnsion Of the Eld
ows, minor children and SO forth, OF
deceased soldiers and sailoss of all
wars since the Mexican, and those
who are now drawing pensions will
receive the increase without making
any new application; and widows
who may have been barred by the
old law for the reason that their IN
come amounts to $3.50 a year will be
eligible under the new act no matter
what amount this income may be,
provided the soldier served ninety
days or more. was honorably dis
charged and died. Hereafter 1t VIII
not be necessary for the widow to
prove that the soldiers death was
the result Of his army or navy SER
vice.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-05-02
Erasure of MIR. Davis Name.

Representative Charles c. Carlin
Of Virginia has prepared and will
shortly introduce in the House a
resolution calling on the Secretary Of
.War-for--information concerning the
erasure from the famous CABIN JUirn
Bridge, just outside Washington, of
the name Of Jefferson Davis. This
bridge for many years the largest
single span arch in the world, was
built by the army engineers while
Jefferson Davis was Secretary OF War
The work was superintended by Mr..
Davis. During the war between the
states Mr.. Davis name was erased.
There is a blank and worn piece OF
stone which shows where the Con-
federacy PRESIDENT s name was. 1t
Representative Carlin procures the
information he is after, he Will in
troduce a bill to have it replaced.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-05-02
TEDDY WON'T GIVE in
MUST HAVE APPROPRIATION
FOR FOUR BATTLESHIPS.
HE WILL VETO THE MEASURE
The President Declares That Rather
Than Accept a Bill as Passed by
the House and Reported in the
Senate He will Veto it.

Washington President Roosevelt
has evidently not yet given up his eff
forts to secure the authorization Of
four battlcships by the. preseaE sesr
sion Of Congress. He has called at
tention to the fact that the naval ap-
preparation bill as passed by the
House and as reported i'll the Senate,
Authorizing two battleships, fails to
make any appropriation for the con-
struction of these ships. The Presi-
dent declares that rather than accept
such bill, which really makes no
provision for battlc&hips at all, he
viii veto the measure. The omission
of an appropriation fer the two ad-
ditional battleships by the House was
based upon the calculation that the
contracts for the new ships would
not be given out for some months,
and that no payments on the vessels
would be due until some time after
the opening Of 1909 This would be
tantamount to saddlins upon the next
session of Congress the necessity for
making an appropriation. and should
that session likewise refuse to appro-
pirate, the construction Of the battle
ships which have been authorized
would be indefinitely postponed. Pres
ident Roosevelt feels thoroughly JUS
titled in insisting upon a proper APP
preparation. He declares that he
would sign a bill that contained no
provision for battleships whatever,
but he cannot approve measure
which commits the government 10 the
construction of two battleships, yet
makes no provision for the payment
for same. While there will undoubt-
edv be further efforts made to in
duce the Senate to authorize four in
stead Of two battleships, there would
appear to be little chance of success.
as the Senate Committee on Naval
Affairs is as strongly opposed to au-
th0rizing more than two ships as was
the Committee Of the House of Rep
resentatives.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-05-02
TWO HUNDRED DEAD
AND AS MANY MORE INJURED
IN CYCLONE.
FARM SECTIONS SUFFER MOST
Majority Of Victims are Negroes and
Perhaps a Dozen Whites Were
Caught in Falling Buildings.
Great Property Loss.

jackson, Miss-A wind of cyclonic
proportions swept over portions Of
LouisiAna Mississippi and Alabama
.lafe riidaa Tea sisfg d traif of aead
and injured. The number OF Kfffud Is
estimated at far above two hundred,
and the number Of injured at over a
hundred with many portions of the
affected districts to hear from.
In Louisiana, it is estimated that
a score of small towns were destroy
ed or partially wrecked. These in
chde: Amite City, Arcadia and In
dependence, Bellegrove, Melton, Lor-
man Pine Ridge, Quitman Landing,
Fairchild's Greek, Purvis and Lum-
berton, Miss, are reported seriously
damaged by the storm.
In Alabama, Dora was the chief
suffers. This town is also known as
Bergen. -Four or more persons were
killed. among them the wife and
daughter Of Section Foreman Moore.
Fifty persons at the lowest estimate
were injured. Those most seriously
hurt were carried to hospitals in Blr-
mingham, Ala. One woman, a Mrs.
McCully, died on the train. Two other
members of this family were serious
ly injured.
At Bergen cars were blown from
the railroad tracks and considerable
other props'ty destroyed. Reports al
so say that the storm struck Albert
Vile. Ala. late in the afternoon and
destroyed nearly the entire portion of
the town.
Most Of the dead are negroes. Per-
haps a dozen white persons were
caught i'll falling buildings, and eth
rr fatally injured or so seriously dis
abled as to require medical attention.
From Meridian, Miss, comes a re-
port that Mrs. John Minimize and her
child were killed outright and John
Minimize was seriously injured, while
number Of other persons were hurt,
and there was considerable destruc-
tion of property.
Richland and Lamour, La, were
struck by the storm and nearly a
fifth of their population injured.
Winchester, Miss, small town is
reported wiped out though only two
persons are known to have been kill
ed. Natchez, Miss, reports sixty
four are known to be dead in the
northern Louisiana storm. Hundreds
Of plantation cabins are reported de-
stroyed in this section. Mobile re-
ported nine dead In Hattiesburg,
Miss, but this has not been confirm
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-05-02
Barred From the Mails.

Tie st. Paul, Minneapolis & Sc
atle Railway CO., Incorporated IN
South Dakota, with a capital OF 5000,
100000 fer the purpose of construct
ing a third rail electric railway from
st. Paul to Seattle, was debarred
from the mails by a fraud order.
Three other corporations, the Coop
erative Construction TO-. with $780,
coo capital; the Great Northwestern
Fiscal Agency aud the Northern m
vestment Bureau, each with the same
officers as the railroad company, We're
included in the fraud order. All the
companies had Offices in the New
York Life Building, st. Paul.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-05-02
Shooting Scrape.

When the north bound passenger
train on the Chicago, Rock Island
and Pacific pulled into Berniee a
shooting affray occurred, in which
four men and a boy were injured.
Barham and Morton, brothers-ln-laW,
were the pricipals, and were both
wounded, but neither seriously. Con-
ductor Afford of the passenger train
was shot through both hips and one
leg with buckshot, and A. J. Blanche,
an engineer and a member OF the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
was hit in the left side with buck
shot and it is thought he will die. He
was seated in the smoker. The boy,
Charles Morton, was hit in several
places and an operation disclosed
that his liver had been perforated.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-05-02
Skull Fractured.

Alexander Duhfey, of New Orleans,
aged about 43 years, fell from a west
bound freight train near the coal
chute, while passing through Lake
Charles and received serious injuries.
'Duffey is an employe Of the United
Fruit Company, and was in charge
of large consignment Of fruit which
was being shipped to Texas points.
Just how he came to sustain the fall
is not known as nobody saw the ac-
cident and he himself was uncon-
cious when found.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-05-02
Bodies Carried q Mile.

bancroft, Neb. a fornado, rfv FIRST
of TIE season, swept through Cum
ming county and into Thurston eoun-
ty and three people are known to
have been killed. a number injured
and number of houses destroyed.
Telegraph and telephone wires are
down and reports are slow in arriv-
ing. The tornado struck the house
of John Mangleson, near Pender,
Neb., and then went up into the air.
taking the wreckage of the house and
both Mr.. and Mrs. Mangleson. Both
were killed, their bodies being car
ried a mile.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-05-02
Chinaman Won't be Deported

The Supreme Court Of the United
States decided that Lsu Hop Fone,
a Chlnaman who came to the United
States in 1899 as a student, but who
has since been found working, should
not be deported, as was decreed by
the United States District Court Of
Nebraska. The latter declared thar
Hoy had only studied to the extent of
taking lessons in a Sunday School.
and, finding that his certificate de-
claring that he was coming to the
United States for the purpose of en-
gaging in the pursuit of scholastic
knowledge fraudulent, ordered that
he be sent back to China. This opinion
was by Justice Day and reversed the
order Of the Nebraska Court Justice
.lag--tnnk tasaa.saesatia
nd testimony before the District Court
to justify the disregarding OF the Ger
tificate as was done by that Court.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-05-02
Suit Against Oil Company.

George F. Hammer, Of Parsons,
Kans., formerly SecretaryTreasurer
Of the Louisiana Gas Company, Of
Shreveport, fled suit here against j.
W. and J. B. Atkins for $62
which he claims as damages due to
his arrest Dec 13 at the instance OF
Messrs. Atkins. Hammer was alleged
to have embezzled $4,000 in bonds
from the Louisiana Gas Company,
with which the Atkins are heavily
associated. The governor of Kansas
failed to recognize Governor Blanch-
ards requisition, and also no indict-
mcat was found against Hammer.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-05-02
TRANSMISSION OF BLOOD.
Bellevue Hospital Operation to Save
Life Of Cowboy.

New York.-To save the life Of
Grover Brenan Of Sheridan, Wyo.,
who was found unconscious from gas
poisoning in the Putnam House,
TRANSMISSION of blood was resorted to
at Bellevue Hospital. Brennan who is
"broncho buster" with the Buffalo
Bill show, had famed out the light
with his sombrero. House Surgeon
Ell. C. Thatcher underwent the opera
tion performed by DR.. A. L. Slocum.
DR.. Thatcher and the cowboy were
placed side by side. The ineision was
made in the surgeons right arm and
the patients left arm. Brennan raj
lied Immediately, and has a fair
chance of recovery, the surgeons say.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-05-02
Location Of Normals.

The following are the locations and
the faculties for the --:mmer normal
schools that are to be held for this
summer in Louisiana. as announced
bv the Institute Board: Baton Rouge
School,. S. Clark, Conductor; J. s.
Pones, Jonas Henderson, J. NJ. Fra
zier and Mary 0. Simms. Shreveport
IT. H. Crane, Conductor; R. F..
Long, I. C. Compton, J. Fl. Whaley
and Elizabeth Norrington. Monroe
J. W. Hunter, Conductor; |. s. Pow
ell, H. R. Myles and Etnah Rochon.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-05-02
FEARS FOR GROVER.
Former President Has Another At
tack of Stomach Trouble.

New York.-Aceording to reports
from Lakewood, N. j., the condition
of former President Grover Cleveland
who is suffering from an attack of
stomach trouble, was not so favorable
as it has been. The fact that the for.
mer president remains in the Lake
wood Hotel after it has been closed
for the season, while physicians are
in close attendance, has caused appre-
hension. Watchmen are constantly on
guard about the hotel and information
concerning the condition Of the sick
man has been difficult to obtain.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-05-02
Replevins His Wife.

Columbus, S. C.-One of the most
novel proceedings in court in this
section is that Of W. J. Higgins, liv-
ing on the farm of Sam Dooley, who
replevined his wife from her parents.
She was formerly Ada Templeton. A
peculiar feature Of the case was that
Squire Fariss required bond Of
twice the value Of the property in
question, and higgins placed value
of only $40 on his wife, giving bond
in the sum of $40.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-05-02
Nav Enter Oil Lands.

A bill was passed by the house Of
representatives under suspension of
the rules by which the mining laws
were amended so as to permit the en-
try of mineral lands as oil lands,
where it had been demonstrated that
oil is present. Three years are allow
ed in which to finance an undertaking
and sink the first WELL
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-05-02
Tourists See New Mexico.

Naples.-Three hundred American
tourists landed here from the White
Star Steamer Cedric, and visited the
new and imposing crater of Solfatara,
near Pozzuli. which recently has be-
come active. Frank E. Perret, the
American engineer who was an assist
ant to Prof. Mateucei, director Of the
royal observatory on Mt. Vesuvius
during the eruption Of 1906, is stud
ing the new phenomena.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-05-02
Clasps Old Sword; Dies.

New York.-With the sword he car
ried when a member of Morgan 5
Raiders during the Civil War clasped
to his heart, Col. William S. H. War
wick was found dead in his bed Oh the
top floor of a house In the Broux.
When his old colored servant, who an
swers only to the name of Nanny
carried his breakfast to his room she
found Col. Warwick dead. The cor
orner said that death was due to in
firmities of old age.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-05-02
Fiscal Agents Selected.

The Executive Comittee Of the Ia
dustrial Institute, composed of c. D.
Caffery, Rev. G. C. Kramer and Pres
ident Stephens, met at Lafayette and
elected the First National Bank and
the Bank Of Lafayette as fiscal agents
at a premium Of 2 per cent on daily
average balances.