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The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-12-24
SENTENCED FOR CRIME
He COMMITTED IN PRISON

Sioux Falls, s. D., Dec, 21.-When
arraigned before Judge Jones, OF the
state circuit court In this city, Robert
Ames, who is serving a term OF 20
years in the Sioux Falls penitentiary
for granddaughter committed in, Charles
Mix county, entered a plea OF guilty
to the charge OF having murderously
assaulted Steward Gill, or the peni-
tertiary stan. A formal charge OF as
sault with intent to kill was preferred
against Ames by MI. Gill a few days
ago. When taken before a local justice,
Ames waived mis- preliminary hearing
and the cas- was taken directly to the
circuit court.
Judge Jones announced that sentence
would be pronounced on Saturday OF
this week. The defendant was repre-
scented by w. G.. Porter, assistant
United States attorney for South Da-
kota. AS Ames has about IA years vet
to serve the additional term imposed.
by Judge Jones viii have TO be served
by him after he completes his present
term. Ames, on October 2, 1907, In
an effort to escape, procured an or
der for a broom, and while gill was
in the storeroom getting II, crept in
behind Gill and in the semi-darkness
attacked the unsuspecting steward,
stabbing him five times and inhicting
injuries from which Gill has not yet
recovered. Ames was about to heal the,
death blow when prison attaches ap-
peared on the scene and disarmed the
convict.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-12-24
~ DON'T BELIEVE 1T" SAYS
CASTRO, MAN OF DESTINY

Berlin, Dec. 19.-President Castro Of
Venezeula, maintains his composure in the
face of alarming reports published here
regarding the disturbances In Venezeula.
When dispatches were shown to him stat
ing that the people OF Caracas had arisen
against him, burned the pictures and
statues OF the president in the public
squares and had made an attack on a
number OF buildings, Including the
stores of several OF his warmest adj
herents, and that several persons had
been killed, Castro said quietly:
II don't believe 1t. i had dispatches
from Caracas this morning. but they mem
ton nothing of the kind"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-12-24
OLD INDIAN CLAIM
ALLOWED GIVES TO
RED men S69S,066
Restoration Of Confiscated An,
nuities Growing Out of the
Minnesota Massacre.

washington, Dec. Accommodating
after Christmas there viii be paid to
the Sisseton and Wahpeton Indians, as
a result OF a Judgment obtained in the
court Of claims on the bill introduced
by Senator Gamble and passed by the
Fifty-ninth congress, the sum Of $685.
866.S7.
This is TO be distributed among 4.440
members OF the two bands OF Sioux,
and the claim Is for the restoration OF
confiscated annuities growing out OF
the Minnesota massacre OF 1852.
There will be paid the Sisseton agen-
cy $s00;330.07; at Devils Lake, NJ. D.,
$151, 576.20 and from the miscellaneous
roll $246, $4,000, each Indian receiving
3157. 40, except the first 1,0S7, who Will
receive $i57.41. The roll is made up as
follows:
sisseton Agency, S. d., 1.sos.
DEVILS Lake. N. ID, 96S.
st. Paul. Mimi, $50.
Fort Peck, Mont, 42s.
Fort Belknap. Mont, %.
Standing Rock, North and South Da-
kota. 1874.
Cheyenne River, s. d., 25.
Grow Creek, s. D., 293.
Rosebud. 8. d., %.
Pine Ridge, 8. d., ~.
Yankton Agency, 8, D., ITO.
Santee Agency Neb, 112.
Flandreau, s.. d., So.
Total, 4,440.
The payment is to be made in st.
Paul and includes Indians in Minnesota,
wisconsin, Washington, and two I'm
Georgia. and $405. 900 will be paid to
2,573 Indians in South Dakota.
Major James Mclaughlin, who had
charge of preparing the rolls, leaves the
city Monday and will represent the de-
partment in making the payment.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-12-24
ANONYMOUS LETTER
GIVES NEW CLUE
IN MURDER CASE

Trent, s.. D.. Dec. 1S.-That there is
still d possibility OF solving the mys-
terry OF the murder of Harvey Brad
field, who was killed while on his way
here the night of Halloween last
year, is suggested by an anonymous LETT
ter 10 States Attorney Blewett, tell
ing where to find the revolver with
which the killing was done. A search
was made In a culyert near the scene
OF the shooting as directed and a badly
rusted revolver containing two empty
and three loaded cartridges was found.
Efforts to trace TIE letter to its au-
thor have been fruitless, but the au-
thorities are hoping that more evidence
will be revealed. IL viii be remember
ed that Henry Hendrickson one of the
prominent men Of the community. was
twice tried for the murder and the
second time given ms liberty. 1t was
Claimed he was angry at Bradheld and
shot him from his own yard as he
passed.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-12-24
JUDGE is AN EXPERT
ON WOMAN's CLOTHES

Chicago, Dec. 22.-"That judge cer-
tainly knows something about woman's
dresses" Municipal Judge Walker,
who is not a bachelor. received this
tribute today from Mrs. Victoria O..
Dray, 2032 Michigan ave, after he had
decided two suits she instituted against
George Gansky, ladies' tailor, Mrs.
Dray wanted possession Of two dresses,
which she alleged were "misfits," and
$22 damages for "mistt." She donned
one Of the suits in Judge Walkers pri-
vate room, then presented herself before
the court. '"That gown is an inch too
long promptly commented tie judge.
Mrs. Dray, smiling, retired, " reap
pear in a moment wearing the other.
IAN inch too large in the waist" was
! Judge Walkers comment. Judge Walk
err then entered Judgment for Mrs
/ Dray,
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-12-24
NEW TOWN STARTED
IN HARDING COUNTY

Belle Fourche, s. D., Dec. 2t.-F, M.
Gilbert, owner OF a large sheep ranch
north OF here. brought here the infor-
nation that a new town Is to be start
ed in the exact center OF Harding
county, where the Black Hills trail
crosses Grand river. He and his broth
5er, O. r. Gilbert, have begun the cree
tion OF buildings to be occupied by a.
store and a bank, managed by VIM
Friend. A newspaper Will be started
and an active campaign begun for the
county seat. Mr.. Gilbert says Camp
Crook Is too far west for convenience
and points to the fact that on the
location OF his new towsl water can
be found 10 to 1S feet down and coal
can be had for the digging.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-12-24
MODEL PURE FOOD
LAW IS ASKED BY
THE COMMISSIONER
Suggests Change in Creamery
Law to Protect Farmers in
Buying and Selling.

Brcokings, s. ID, Dec. Estate Food
ana Dairy Commissioner A. H. Wheat
on In his annual report, just issued,
that he Will ask The legis-
lature to adopt a model pure food
law, drawn by a committee chosen at
the meeting of state and national pure
food commissioners ana chemists at
Mackinac island, August 4 and q. This
bill has Just been completed by the
comnnittee. of which DR.. Foust, OF
Pennsylvania, is chairman, and a cory
OF IL hasA been sent to Mr.. Wheaton.
The law IL intended 10 stop h com
plants Of manufacturers and whole-
salers against the lack OF uniformity
in the various states.
The commissioner suggests "a change
In the creamery law so that II viii
protect farmers for products which they
have to sell as well as those they are
obliged to buy. The commissioners says
further:
II believe 1t TO be am unfair dis
elimination to exact OF all the IMAM
ufacturers Of foods and beverages that
their products shall be free from all
harmful representatives.; that compound
ers OF foods and beverages shall label
such goods so that the purchaser shall
have a true statement of what they
contain, on their label, and at the
sane time allow manufacturers and
compounders Of so-called patent and
| proprietary medicines TO sell their prod
ucts without an equally plain and true
statement of what they are composed,
on their labels. Therefore, / recon-
mend that a drug law, which shall reg
ulate and control the sale OF drugs and
medicines, be enacted by the next leg
islature.."
The commissioners states II has been
necessary to double the help n ex-
pense employed in the past year and he
things his salary should be made Mt
least equal TO that of other ~appointive
officers.
The report of analysis OF samples
shows that 1SS were examined, 80 found
legal, SO illegal and six passed. OF the
( illegal food products spices, condiments
and extracts were found to violate the
law most frequently.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-12-24
BURGLARS FolLED IN
ATTEMPT TO LOOT BANK

Draper, S. D., Dec. lS.-Great ex-
citement was caused here Sunday
morning by the report that during the
night an attempt had been made to
rob the Draper State bank. The auto
matte burglar alarm was set off at
1915 o'clock. while a number of peo-
Pile were still on the streets. The well
known reputation of expert safe
cracksmen TO likewise be good marks
men. had a tendency TO hold the as
tonished spectators back for a time,
which allowed the burglars to I5ake
their get away. DIR. ". NJ. Hunt, whose
Office is g. short distance UP the street
from the bank. fired three shots at
fleeing figures up an alley and George
Dunkel also took q snot at another
going in an opposite direction. When
the cashier. p. N. Koysgaard, and the
assistant cashier, W. Jorgenson, We're
aroused and opened the bank, no in
dication was visible of the midnight
call of the would-be marauders.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-12-24
GRAIN ASSOCIATION FOR
NEW TOWN OF MAYO

Wagner, s. d., Dec. ga Farmers
Co-Operatiye Grain association has
been organized at Mayo City. a new
town between Wagner and Avon, with
a capitalization OF S25,0 00. The ASSOC
citation will erect an elevator as soon
as the switch Is completed, but II is
probable that some cars will be loaded
on track as there Is considerable grain
In that vicinity that the owners are
anxious to market at once. The object
OF the association is to handle grain
ana live stock and sell coal. The ofti-
GERS are: Frank Kostal, president; John
Steckman, vice president, and ]. G.
Pigsley, secretary and treasurer. The
directors are: Frank Kostal, John
Eteckman, Frank Hakl, Joseph Kuca
and Charles Campbell.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-12-24
SCHOOL AND PUBLIC
LANDS ARE SELECTED
IN TRIP COUNTY

Chamberlain, 8. d., Dec. 21.-N. M.
Hanson, lease and sales clerk in the
state department OF school and public
lands, made the selection for the state
of the indemnity lands on the Rose
bud in Trip county a been here
this week making the necessary filings.
for the state at the United States land
office. These filings have to be APP
proved by the secretary of the In
terror before they become absolutely
valid. The tracts selected by Mr.. Han,
son for the state and upon which.
filings were made are as follows.
East half section % and wiz section.
ton 20, township SO, range "a.
Northwest quarter and seH, section.
3, seA section z, swA section 8, and
all OF section q, township 81 range.
ia.
East half section ! nwA section ~
ELI neH and el@ seA section rs, nh&
section 33, and via section "a, town:
ship 9S, range "A.
West half section "a. nwA and SIS
section rs, se3 section 20, and N.Y. sec.
ton 81, township SS, range rs.
South half section 20, sh section 20,
and all of section S5, township So
range rs.
All Of sections p and 81, township
100, range rs.
West half nwA and VIZ swA section
s. township SO, range 76.
Northeast quarter and swH section
q nwA section 29, and nwM section
| 32, township 80, range rs.
Northeast quarter section 30, and
swA section 32. township 100. range
l76.
south half OF ne14. nwA and SO see
; ton 25, township 100. range .76.
West half swH section 8, So sec
tion rs, and all OF section 35, township
| SO, range n.
West half swA section IL, Ell swA
and SELF ,~sections18, n5 section 10, VIE
nwA section 2W ely section ~, and
swH section 20, township 100 range
lT7.
East half section s5. township l01,
range ~.
Southeast quarter section 25, town
ship 100, range rs.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-12-24
lNFEST
TOWN AND SET TWO
FIRES SAME PLACE
Detectives FAN to Catch Mis-
creants Who Plan to Burn
Town Of Brandon.

Sioux Falls, s.. D., Dec. 23.-Failing
TO profit by the fate OF the firebugs
who recently were arrested at Canton.
and who are now safely behind prison
bars, human freaks OF this character
are carrying on their operations at
Brandon, a small town about IL miles
northeast OF Sioux Falls. The Brandon
firebugs have thus far succeeded In.
keeping their identity a secret, not
withstanding persistent efforts on the
part OF the authorities TO apprehend
them.
The rascaIs on two occasions set ere.
to the store building OF Graf & Co...
which conducts one OF the largest bust
ness establishments at Brandon, and a
third attempt was made to fire the
building, but on the two occasions the
flames were e~xtinguished before great
damage had been done, and on the
third occasion the firebugs We're
frightened away before they could ac-
!complish their purpose. X
Mr.. Gran was advised a few days
Ego that another attempt was about TO
be made to rob and burn his store
building. 1t was discovered that the
person who has been under suspicion
for some time OF being the leader Of
the gang of firebugs had purchased
drills and q quantity OF ~nitro-glycerin
for the Blowing OF the safe. Jack
Tracey, until recently chief OF the
Sioux Falls police department, and a
private detective from Chicago were
summoned to the scene and maintained
q close watch for the firebugs on the
night alleged to have been selected for
the robbery and burning OF the store,
but no one appeared, the unknown ras-
Gals evidently having been warned of
the presence of the officers. The sus-
pected parties now are under close
watch and arrests are expected TO be
made within o few days.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-12-24
DAKOTA MAN
FOUND DEAD IN BED
A. H. Scott, of Phillip, 5. d.,
Been Dead Many Hours
When Found in Room.

Sioux city, Ia. Dec. ia. III. Scott.
a stocklman from Phillip, s. d. was
found dead in his room at the Monda-
min hotel. at 2:45 o'clock this afternoon,
Scott came to Sioux City on the s:55
Omaha train and retired soon after
reaching the hotel. In his pockets were
$176, together with several bottles OF
medicine and a spoon, which would in
dictate that he vas i'll.
Coroner Robbins, after viewing the
body, turned Ii over TO Undertaken
Westcott. 1t is his opinion that apo
plexy was the cause OF death. Scott
looked to be a man Of SIS years OF g
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-12-24
THIS HEN STORY is
A CRUEL CANARD

Chicago, Dec. 2.-4What some person
might consider a meal fraud, is being
played on the hens at the poultry show
In the Coliseum. The poor creatures
are unable TO distinguish between sum
light End the rays Of incandescent
lamps The result is, that they are
laying two eggs every "a hours. Each
lays an egg some time In the day, and
then about midnight each lays another.
Then lights are extingulshed by the
management so the ambitious fowls
can set g nap.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-12-24
TWO GROW TIRED
OF LIFE AND HANG

Huron, s. D., Dec. 23.-Two suicides
occurred Sunday night. One was at
rWolsey, where Edward Buck, OF Wes-
sington, hung himself In a coal shed
with a rope made from cords taken
old, single, and for several months had
operated a butcher shop In Wessing-
ton.
The other was Edward Prue, who
came here from Pierre some weeks
since, representing the Northwestern
insurance company OF that city. he
hung himself with a strap attached 70
p bedstead in his room In q notel; ne
was 35 years old, believed 10 be single.
NE has relatives living In Massachu-
sets.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-12-24
ASHTON FIRE SWEPT;
TOTAL LOSS $4,000

Aberdeen. S.. ID, Dec. 23.-Eire, start
ing at / O'Clock this morning, DESTROYED
1880 worth of property at Ashton,
Sphinx county The buildings destroyed
were the O'Connell and Fielder build
ings, both vacant, George Smalrs hard
ware and furniture store, and the
Hamm Brewing company's saloon.
No wind prevailed or the town would
have been destroyed. The fire origin
ated In the O'Connell building; cause
unknown.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-12-24
KING EDWARD ENDS
PARLIAMENT SESSION

London, Dec. 23,-King Edward to-
Of the British parliament. Only a few
members attended the brief proroga-
ton ceremonies.
The kings speech made especial ref
erence to the recent visit OF the Amer
Jean battle ship feet In Australian
waters, which his majesty said evoked
warm feelings of cordially in my do
minions in that quarter OF the globe
and was a source OF qualification to
myself and my government"
Referring to events In the Balkans.
Calculated to disturb its provisions or
the treaty OF Berlin" the speech says:
There is reason to hope h a wise
and conciliatory counsel will prevail,
I that an amicable settlement will be
/ reached with the consent OF the pow
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-12-24
SCAFFOLDING FALLS;
ONE MAN Is KILLED

Aberdeen, s. D., Dec. 1s.-Fred Barr.
Instantly killed and III. Ellington, "
this place, badly injured In the falling
of a scaffold on the new Methodist
church here this morning.
Both men were married. They were
working in snow and water when the
s~caffolding fell, precipitating them to
the frozen ground.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-12-24
DYING VAN SAYS
HE is MURDERER

Boston, Dec. 19.-In the last stages
Of consumption and sufferings from
dropsy, William M. Watts, aged 81, last
night walked into the Dorcester police
station, and announced he had come to
give himself up on a charge Of muir
der. He declared that in self defense
lie had shot Charles Rock, a former
soldier inmate the the Battle Mountain
sanitarium in Hot Springs, s. D., n a
saloon during a drunken brawl.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-12-24
HAMPSHIRE BANK
LOOTED BY CASHIER

washington, Dec. 1S,-A defalcatton
Of sS5.OoO has been discovered In the
First Natioral bank of S~onlersworth,
N, II. Cashier Fred NJ. yarney has
been arrested and the directors have
asked the bank examiner tottake pos
session OF the institution with q view
TO voluntary liquidation.
This information vas reported 70 the
comptroller OF the CURRENCY today.
The institution has a capital Of $780,
600. and deposits of under s200. 900.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-12-24
LEGS ARE CRUSHED
BY RUNAWAY TEAM

Yankton, S. d.. Dec. fS.-With both
legs crushed beyond all hope of re-
covery. Harley Morrison, OF Utica, 2
farmer. is in Sacred Heart hospita.
here. He was crushed against a post
al Utica elevator by a runaway team
with such force THAT the front wagon
axIe broke. The accident took place
last Friday. but Morrison has only
lust reached the hospital. it being inns
possible to move him.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-12-24
CUPID ovERWHELMs
LONELY BACHELOR.

Madison, S. o., Dec. 1S.-A
stenographer Is now an actual
necessity for a bachelor of RIA
mona, who advertised in a local
paper for a young woman who
would marry him.
He has been flooded with re-
plies from willing ones, and
while q stenographer will be
kept busy she will not be barred
from the list OF possibilities.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-12-24
SHOWS HER BROKEN LEG
TO JURY; GETS VERDICT

Altoona. Pa, Dec. 21.--Miss Mary
Walsh. OF Tyrone, was awarded a yer-
dict of s3,6ST. Last July Miss Walsh
was driving along a country road. Her
horse became frightened at a trolley
car and she jumped, falling in front OF
the fender Of a car, which broke her
left leg. She sued the Altoona & Logan
Valley Electric railway. owners OF the.
road, for $4,000 damages. TO substan-
tiate her suit she exhibited the broken
leg TO the Jury,
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-12-24
STATE or WAR is
DECLARED AT CARACAS

Washington. Dec. ia dispatch
from Paxton Hibbcn, American secre-
tary OF the legation at Bogota. Colom-
bia, states that the minister Of foreign
affairs Of Colombia received a telegram
from Caracas, dated the 14th, stating
the head of the Venezuelan government
has declared a state of war,
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-12-24
BANG! DOWN COMES
THE LID ON TEXAS

Galveston, Tex, Dec. Ex-Governor
Campbell, makes the announcemen
that every saloon IN Texas will be
closed next Sunday for the first time In
The history Of the state. He declares
that a few counties and cities where
the state officers were dereIict In en-
forcing the Northumberland liquor
law have been heard from, and they
viii obey the sdict, &
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-12-24
REGISTER NAMED
FOR PIERRE OFFICE

washington, Dec, 9.-The president
sent to the, Senate today the nomina-
ton OF John l.. Lockhart TO be register
OF the land ofice at Pierre, s. ID.
Lockhart is the Kittredge appointee
for the place under the arrangement
proposed and executed by he presi-
dent nearly two years ago when he
caused the two senators from South
Dakota TO cast lots for the federal pat
ronage.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-12-24

TO the average mind the conception or
he atom. or electron, as a sort OF wniri-
pool in the ether, renders II difhcult
To understand how matter can be rigid.
Rigidity is explained as due TO the y
crfnous velocity of these ETHEREAL Vor-
tees. Tt has been shown that water
NOTING with sufficient velocity through
a tube can be broken into by q vlolenL
blow from a sabre. "a layer Of water
= few centimeters thick" says M. lie
Bon. animated by a sufficient velocity,
which would be as lmpenetrable 70
shells as the steel plates of an IRON
clad, ~
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-12-24

1t is dificult to estimate the total
loss on the Scottish grain crop OF this
season, but II we put the deterioration
at the quite moderate figure OF R2 an
acre for 80 per cent OF the lands under
crop the total is a sum considerably
aid. The winter loss from using half
rotten fodder and from protracted sales
OF discolored and musty grain is rot SO
easily calculated.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-12-24
WOULD SEPARATE
DEGENERATE PARENTS

Sioux Falls, 8. D., Dec. 22.-Former
superintendent w. B. Sherrard, OF the
South Dakota Children's home, pro-
poses to secure the introduction of a
bill at the coming session OF the leg
islature providing for the forcible sep
aration OF families where it is proved
that either parent is degenerate, idiotic
or incompetent.
The purpose of the measure is to
prevent the multiplication OF the de-
scendant sof such Glasses.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-12-24
oGALLALA CHIEF DIES
ON DAKOTA RESERVATION

Pine Ridge, s. d., Dec. 21,-Chfeb
American Horse, a noted lOgallalai
Sioux chief, died today in Pine Ridge
reservation
Since leaving the warpath, in 1868,
he had rendered valuable service to-
the government in subdulng the Sioux
and other hostile tribes.
Two years ago the war department.
used him to subdue the renegade band
OF Utes In Wyoming. He was rs years
old.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-12-24

Parliament house, Melbourne, which
has been rushed by ''the unemployed
OF the commonwealth capital. IS the
oostliest legislative palace In Greater
Britain. Al million has been expended
on il. and II is not yet completed. IL
belongs to the parliament OF Victoria,
hut since federation 1t has been the
meeting place OF the parliament OF the
commonwealth. Its owners moving TO
a wing of the exhibition building close
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