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The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-07-30
he had no other a r In the world.
Assemblies Fled.

hO Ia liz III CdAG III thS WOIAos o
Accomplish Fled.
Eberhard stated that his accomplish
had no hand In the killing OF Mrs.
Eberhard. The man. who was one of
Eberhard's friends. had fed to the
West and the police are looking for
him. They have his name.
Eberhard told the police that he had
planned the murder two months ago.
He wrote many letters to his aunt In
his efforts to induce her to sell her home
In Germany and come to this country
to live. He Eve promised that he
would marry her daughter Ottillie n
make q comfortable home for her here.
Then Eberhard recounted h arrival
of his aunt and his cousin, Ottillie;
of HIS fnda7 rooms for them In a
hotel in West Thirty-third street; Of the
trip to New Jersey and the fatal walk
up to the railroad tracks. A binding
.rainstorm came up while they were
walking up the S-usquehanna tracks,
and this aided the murderer in his pur-
pose. AS the two unsuspecting wom-
en- were plodding along in front OF
him he drew his revolver, took care
full aim n fired. Mrs. Eb9rhard fell
at the first shot. but to make sure Of
her death the assassin fired another
bullet into her body as 1t Law on the
tracks.
Buried Money.
Then he went in pursuit of his
cousir and tried to kill her. N poor
girl believed he was trying to protect
her, and even UP to yesterday she had
insisted that she did not believe her
cousin had murdered her mother. She
accounted for his disappearance by the
theory that he probably was shot by
the murderers.
When Eberhard was found not a
penny was in his pockets. He said he
buried the money he stole from his
aunt. He led the detectives to a tree
neal Little Falls, and there dug up
bills and coin to the amount Of 81, 300,
the amount stolen. Eberhard also
buried his wi pocketbook containing
$26 so as to bear out his story that he
hal been attacked by Italians and
robbed.
When Ottillie Eberhard was told of
her cousins confession she was as
founded. She is living In Hackensack
and has been receiving the attentions
Of a ~oung steward named Held, who
was on the steamship on which she
and her mother came to this country.
1t Is believed that she will marry Held
as soon as the present trouble Is over.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-07-30

New York. July 27.-Drawn back
to the scene of his crime by a force
he could not resist, August Eberhard
has confessed the murder Of his aunt,
Mrs. Otillie Eberhard, a Viennese
widow, whom he lured to a lonely
spot IN New Jersey a few days ago
and shot to death.
The reason Eberhard gave for COM
hitting the crime vas that he was In
love with a Hackensack girl and that
he needed the money to marry her.
knowing that his aun had $4,000 he
planned to kill her. He says he also
Intended to kill his pretty cousin, OF
lille Eberhard, to whom he was en-
gagged. so nothing would stand In the
way of his marriage to the other girl.
The police have the name of the
girl mentioned, and she will be brought
here TO tell what h knows OF the
murder.
There was an ugly looking wound
In his right leg, which the murderer
first said had been indicted by Italians
who attacked him, but which he after
wards confessed was inflicted by him.
self so as to make the police believe
he had been wounded on the night his
aunt was killed. Morbid brooding
over his inhuman crime had apparent
ly unbalanced the mind of Eberhard,
but he showed some of his cunning
that he displayed In the murder plot
when the police questioned him about
the murder. Eberhard did not immea
diately confess to the police.
When he was placed under arrest
he expressed surprise that he should
be suspected OF the foul deed, and told
a most ingenious story to account for
his disappearance after the shooting
of his aunt to the effect that on the
night Of the murder he had tried to
defend his aunt from an attack of a
party of Italians. He said he made
his cousin run on aheaG and then re-
turned to help his sunt, but the MUIR
derers overpowered him after shooting
him in the leg. Then he lost con-
seriousness and remembered nothing
until he came to his, senses In the
Preakness mountains. He gave a
graphic description of his alleged wan
derings through the mountains.
The inquisitors did not believe this
story, and they kept Eberhard or the
grill until he weakened and made a
confession. The murderer seemed to
feel relieved when he completed his
remarkable narrative of the murder.
OF the prosecutor to whom he con-
fessed, he asked for a cigar, and when
given to him he smoked 1t as though
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-07-30
YANKEE OR BRlToN
THE BETTER ORATOR?

London, July ga newspaper cor
troversy has been begun On the subject
of British and American oratory. A
Canadian correspondent declared 1t was
noticeable at the Pan Anglican confer
ence how much better the Americans
spoke than Englishmen. A British
member of parliament corroborated
this by stating that the best OF Ameri-
cans 1T hat congress were as good as
the best English and their general aver
age was much higher.
Sir Charles Wyndham now makes the
following contribution to the debate.
1T must be remembered that Ameri-
cana always are talking. They imbibe
nuency with their mott. ,r's milk. I do
not consider, however, there is anything
like the same proportion OF really good
public speakers In America as in Eng
land"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-07-30
BOSTON YOUTH IS
LIKE WILLIAM TELL

Boston. July 2S.-James Tirrell, an IL
year-old Cambridge boy sought to emulate
William Tell, but unfortunately his VIC
tim had no apple on his head. An auto
mobilist named Foy was driving through
Columbia street or his way to Lowell,
when he saw he boy armed with a bow
and arrow. aiming at his machine; the
arrow few and hit Foy In the nose. in
flicting a painful but not dangerous
wound. Foy drove to station 2, and pick
ing up a patrolman went back. The boy
was taken to the station and after two
hours of fearful detention was sent home,
repentant. The youthful archer said that
he had no idea of hitting the a~utomobilist,
and that when the arrow struck the mark,
1t was as great a surprise to him as to
Foy.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-07-30
MODEL POSES WHILE
THE MOSQUITOES BITE

Kansas City, Mo-, July 2s.-It was warm
when the Kansas City Art clib-the life
class at the Fin Arts institute-met last
night. So the members took the screens
out Of the windows so as to invite in any
vagrant breeze. The breezes entered. So
did a multitude of green bugs and mos
quitoes.
The model was posing. Being o life class
model, his costume was extreme In an
unconventional way. The pose was an
heroic one. The models face and figure
were strained to the ideal desired by the
artists. A green bug settled on his arm.
A mosquito joined the bug. Under the
glare of the light the insects could be
plainly seen by the artists. Several
watched the models Spartan effort to re-
tain his pose.
The mosquito moved slightly. The mod
els arm n face quivered. Several mos
quitoes Joined their companion on the
models bare arm. The mosquitoes be-
came agitated. So did the model,
Swat"
The model resumed his pose with a
cheerful expression.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-07-30
VANDERBILT DIVORCE
STARTS NEWPORT ROW

New York. July ga Newport So
cial war Is due to the friends Of Alfred
Vanderbilt and his former wife, Mrs.
Elsie French Vanderbilt, taking sides
over their divorce, Some take Mrs,
VanderbAt's side of the case and 9TH
ers lean to Mr.. Vanderbilt. There will
be an interesting rivalry between the
two sets during the summer here and
during the winter In New York.
On the occasion Of a charity bazaar,
at Nj. Vanderbilt's farm at Ports
mouth for st. Mary's church. a prom
inent woman In the cottage colony
found his name among those present.
She forthwith sought a reporter who
used her name in connection with the
affair, and gave him to understand she
was not present and did not expect
ever to set her foot on the farm again.
She wished the reporter to be careful
In using her name further In connec-
ton with anything Alfred Vanderbilt
held there Or anywhere else.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-07-30
FISH KEPT G0LD
CHARM A YEAR

New York. July 29.-William Edwards.
Of the Neptune club, Of Montclair, while
fishing with grasshoppers In Greenwood
lake on Tuesday landed a number OF very
large ARP. On opening one OF them to
cook the next day Edwards found a gold
hopper set with diamonds. INQUIRY de-
veioped the fact that 1t was George VIII
sons watch charm that a big fish stole
from him last summer.
Wilson had been fishing on the lake
from a boat when the charm dropped
into the water. As 1t did 80 he made a
grab for 1t, but to his establishment a
large fish came UP near the surface.
grabbed the charm and made OFF with It.
He and his companions fished in the To-
cality some time and opened every large
fish that they caught, but failed to find
the costly piece OF jeweiry.
He got his charm back YESTERDAY "
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-07-30
GIRL BATHERS PAY
FINES RATHER THAN
WEAR BATH ROBES

York, Me-, July 2S.-"Oh, see whats
here" said the police force Of this
town as he saw six pretty Baltimore. girls
lying on the beach in bathing suits. And
just because the w. G. T. u. Of York
objects to pretty snapshots ~on the sands.
they answered in court to the charge OF
being too pretty n too prominent.
The arrest was the elimination of a war
In which The w. c. 7. u. stood Arm for
bathrobes being worn when swimmers
came on the beach. The girls Just would
not, so today they paid a fine.
We'll do 1t again." said they as they
left the court. N old Tables are going
to keep US behind a screen. That's not
what we're here for"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-07-30
ACTRESS IS SUFFERING
FROM o. liberia

New York, July 29.-Miss Mae MUIR
ray, who demonstrates folly in Its vary
ing aspects in 1.-THE Follies OF 1908" at
the Jardin de Paris, is suffering from
a severe attack Of man-o-theria-a dis
ease which attacks chorus girls in
SUMMER. Manager Florens Ziegfeld
has decided that the only remedy for
Miss Murray is a three weeks vacation
at Lake Champaign.
Explaining her symptoms. Miss Muir
ray said yesterday that she vas utter
ly tagged out by the attentions of men
admirers since the beginning OF her
great success on the stage. She wanted
special stress laid on great success"
Men about town, she asserted. and
mostly married, bored her almost to
the point OF a v collapse.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-07-30
THAW CAN'T PHONE;
LOSES $1,000 DEAL
Prison Officials Have Taken
Away Former Privileges
of Whites Murderer.

New York, July 27.-Because he was
not permitted to answer a telephone
call from his brokers yesterday, Harry
X. Thaw Is $500 loser in a stock
transaction. ...
This statement was made by Charles
M~orschauser, Thaw's attorney. Sheriff
Chanler has deprived Thaw Of all his
former privileges. He cannot even see
visitors, with the exception OF his at
torney, his wife, Evelyn Thaw, and his
mother. Other prisoners in the fail
a see what visitors they please dur
ing the regular hours for their recep-
ton.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-07-30
ST. LOUIS JUDGE PUTS
LID ON WRESTLING

st. Louis, Mo-, July ~27.--Judge DAN
police court, put the lid on street
whistiing today. Sam S~chenbaum, q
whistle peddler. who had been followed
through the streets by crowds Of adj
miring and excited urchins, whNe emit
ing shrill shrieks from a patent whfs-
tie. was arrested. Sam got of with q
$40 fine, which was .steyeds Ibis
promise not to do any MofSywhfstlihg
on the streets.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-07-30
BOY HUSBAND KILLS
HIMSELF; DESPONDENT

Sergeant, KY. July 29.-Leonard
Hal, Is years old, son OF Elder Josenh
Hall, q Baptist preacher at HillIard,
committed suicide today In the horne
OF his father by shooting himself win
a shot gun. For several weeks he had
would have to be placed IN an INSANE
asylum. He was married two months
ago 10 little Miss R~hodeiproft. barely
~ years old. his school mate. with
whom the boy husbahg had not lived
happily,
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-07-30
MAFlA THREAT is

New York. July 29.-Threats OF
death at hands OF the Malta were made
to Judge Rozalsky In court today Just
after he had announced sentence on
an italian.
The Malta will get you for this"
shouted the enslged man. Then turn
ing to some Of his friends In the court
room he cried:
He has given me ten years; take
care OF him now for me-"
The prisoner was Cosmo Riccobona,
who pleaded guilty to a charge Of at
tempting to rob a bank messenger Of
$4,000.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-07-30
THE LONGEST WIRELESS
MESSAGE, 1900 MILES

San Diego, Cal. July 2s:-The gov
was in communication within Admiral
Sperry's flagship Connecticut, of the
Atlantic feet, shortly after midnight
ziast plight t2Epaieysd, to be q
s& sssE@5 3 ASs 81 ssas Z! som nan.aS,s
was then In ~longitude 166 west and be-
distance oyer kAIe6 ~gSodneStlon wis
had Is hetfSdsat hSdGt 1900 miles
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-07-30
FORTUNE ron LOST MAn.

Bloomington. Ill. July 29.-Attorney
". j. N. Gibson Is now in central
Illinois seeking Edward J.. Burns. Of
New York. Burns and his two broth
ers cannot be located. Their aunt willed
a fortune TO one sister, leaving her 9TH
threatened to break the will and in
duced the lucky sister to remember the
rest of the family and to each OF them
she finally set apart 500, 1000,
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-07-30
GOULD APPEARS
AGAINST ACCUSERS

New York. July 24.-Frank J. Gould.
Who is being sued for divorce by Mrs.
Helen Kelly Gould. appeared at the
combs police court this afternoon at
me heartgsgEathsSthree persons who
IRE rschafEM With attempting to secure
alse evidence, against him. It Is re-
Iorted Mrs. FJdlia Fleming. one OF
hose arrested, had turned state's evil
Ience ahd given valuable information
b the district attorney.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-07-30
CALL FOR IRRIGATION
:. CONGRESS- is ISSUED

Albuquerque, N. M, July 27-The ex-
ecutive committee Of the national irri-
CATION congress today issued a call for
the 18th annual irrigation congress to
be held in this city September 20 to
October 8, inclusive. The call states
the four great objects Of the congress
are I o save forests, store floods, re-
claim deserts and make homes on the
land" and invites all interested in the
achievement of any of these objects to
attend the congress.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-07-30
CALL FOR TROOPS
AT NATALBANY
Italians, Scared by Dynamiting,
Are Leaving That Sec y
ton Of Country.

Natalbany, La. July 27.-Following
the dynamiting of an Italians home
this morning and other disorders Sheriff
Saal at noon sent q message 20 Gov
ernor Sanders asking for troops.
Italians by tho hundreds are leaving
this section. -
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-07-30
RANkER rs ARREsrEp.

Cleveland, July 27.-Harry e. Hayes,
member OF the banking firm Of w. J..
Hayes & Son, was placed under arrest
today on a warrant from New Jersey
bond deal. The amount involved is
sos 900.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-07-30
MILES AWAY, HEARS
TWINS DYING GASP

East st. Louis, July 29.-While her
twin brother Fred was being sucked
to death In quicksand this morning In
Long lake near Mitchell. Ill, Mere
Huber, aged IL. who was II miles away
at home alone. shrieked and fell to tbs
front porch in q faint. Neighbors ran
to her assistance and revived her.
(: Fred is dying. I can hear him /:
(: calling me. He Is drowning Let :
/: me go to him." moaned the girl. (:
Mere made frantic efforts to leave the
house, but vas restrained by her
friencs. The girl could not be quieted.
A few minutes later a message came
that Fred Huber had been drowned.
When the news had reached his sister,
she again tainted and is 1 a critical
condition.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-05-08
Poultry Notes.

Chicks should ho doing nicely now.
Chicks Matched thesepast few months
with average good care should COM
mence laying early in fall.
While it is not advisable to hatch
chicks later than May, yet where one
has been unable to set off the desired
number before, it is well to start as
soon as possible.
Lice and mites must be guarded
against now stronger than ever.
Examine your chicks for head lice.
Kill the lice now and keep on dis
injecting, and thus keep down your
poultry's most dreaded enemy.
Dust baths help materially in rid
ding the hen from lice.
Sow collards, lettuce, rape. turnips
and other green stuff for your poultry
unless they have a free range on a
farm.
Don't fail to provide crushed oys-
ter shells and grit for the laying hens
If you want to keep up the egg sup
ply,
Give the broody hen chance to
recuperate. Southern Fruit Grower,
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-05-08
Southern Agricultural Topics.
Modern Methods That Are Helpful TO
Farmer, Fruit Grower and Stockman.

ing new wood, or cambium layer, just
beneath IT.
= Il ring of bark and cambium be
removed, the rise Of the sap can
continue almost as before; but the
downward flow is checked and the
food remains in the parts Of the plant
above the ring. This additional sup
ply Of food stimulates these parts SO
that they may become productive or
bear earlier and larger fruit.
It must be remembered, however,
that the parts Of the plant below
the ring will suffer through lack Of
food stored above. Ringing must,
therefore, be used with caution. on
theoretical considerations it would
seem to promise good results with
such soft-stemmed plants; but from
experiments on tomatoes and chrys-
anthemums conducted at the New
York Experiment Station, it seems
doubtful whether such will ever be
the case. The plants treated showed
a vialble loss in vigor and no com
pensating gains. David Phelps, in
Country Life in America.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-05-08
Fertilizers For Cotton.

) Whether acid phosphate and pot
ash will do as fertilizer for cotton
will depend on the condition of the
@OIL On land rich naturally in nitro
gen from organic decay, like the
Mack swamp lands, the application of
acid phosphate and potash will make
cotton when 1t would be only late
weed without them. But on thin land
Yon must have nitrogen either
through the growing of peas or Grim
non clover before the cotton, or you
must use it in the fertilizer, Hence,
mOt knowing the condition of your
Rand, cannot say whether the acid
phosphate would be sufficient with
potash for cotton. Your lands cer-
Halnly need both, and the blacker
AAe soil, the more the phosphate and
potash are needed, for the black
lands will not make cotton without
chem. On black soil | would use 400
pounds OF acid phosphate and 100
bounds of muriate of potash per acre,
and on sandy, thin soil would add
some cottonseed meal. Use fourteen
% sixteen per cent. phosphate. w,
~. Massey.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-05-08
Mourning Canes.

when was in Rome recently"
says a New Yorker, Il saw an ao-
.cessory of dress that l never saw
anywhere else. It was walking
stick, an ebony stick, simply and
beautifully fashioned and with a plain
gun metal band near the handle.
'It was intended to so with mourn
ing wear. There was dull finish to
the ebony that made the stick fit
ting accompaniment to other trap
pings of woe, but the cane itself
could have been carried without any
suggestion OF being in mourning.
"In fact / never have seen anybody
carry his mourning to the extent Of
q cane, and I imagine that most men
would not care for it for that pur-
pose. New York Sun.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-05-08
10 Obtain Prize Fruit.

BY cutting out a narrow ring of
bark from the stem or branch of a
Eruit tree or grape vine, the grower
sometimes adds to his profits, Early
aruEt and those of exceptional size
often bring high prices; and ringing,
ID some cases, aids in securing such
products and even increases the total
yield for the season. The operation
may also make barren plants set
arpik
This process Of ringing is effective
because Of a popularity in the sap
circulation of exogenous (outside
Krowing) plants, such as are all our
fruit trees, vines and bushes, most
Of our vegetables and many Of our
cultivated flowers. In such plants
ahe sap with its supply Of crude food
materials absorbed by the roots
moves upward to the leaves largely
ahrough the outer portions of tbs
old wood, while the descending eur
rents, loaded with starch and Other
foods elaborated in the leaves, pas
,AArough the inner bark and the grow
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-05-08
HEADACHE FROM EYEsTRAlN.
Slight Defects Of Vision Often Cause
of Much Suffering.

Slight Defects Of Vision Often Cause
of Much Suffering.
Basing himself on his records Of
nearly 1900 eye examinations, Dr.
S. w. S. Toms claims that 80 per
cent. of all those suffering from
reflex or neuralgia headache have oc-
ular defects.
Over 900 of the patients examined
were altogether unaware of their de-
feet Fully half the cases were of
only slight retroactive errors or muscu-
lar Ilnbalance, and it is in these cas-
es in which ciliary spasm is the di-
rect factor in causing headache in
persons whose occupation calls for
near vision that accommodative as
thenopia results.
There is no apparent relation be-
tween the severity of the headache
and the degree of the ocular defect,
and nothing especially characteristic,
except perhaps the patients non-sus-
picion Of the cause. Sickness or
health impairment may be the first
melting factor in some patient with
considerable ocular defects which
gave no trouble fore.-From the
Family Doctor
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-05-08
Care Of Farm Machinery.

Good reasoning tells us that there
are but two times during the year
that farm machinery needs any spe-
cial care. First, when it is in use.
Second, when it is not in use.
One season without shelter will
damage farm machinery more than
the wear caused by its use during the
season. The action of the weather
which will cause a rusting Of the iron
and steel, as well as the rotting of the
wood parts, will seriously interfere
with the working of the machine
when it is again put to use. BY this
exposure certain parts are very much
weakened and the machine becomes
OF shorter life.
When the seasons work with a
certain machine has been finished it
should be thoroughly cleaned and all
parts that are liable to rust should be
carefully wiped with oiled waste or
an oiled rag. 1t is a good idea to coat
these parts with either tallow or a
good grade of axle grease.
After carefully putting away the
creased parts, the implement should
be stored in a shed of some kind,
rather than be left in the open.
The farmer who takes proper care,
of his implements not only houses
them and keeps them in god adjust
ment, but he paints them OCCASION
ally. Paint closes all cracks and
keeps ont the moisture. 1t not only
preserves the wood, but the iron parts
are benefited as we'll 1t also gives
the tools much better appearance.
Before applying new paint remove
all old paint that is likely to scale off.
and see that all parts are thoroughly
clean and dry,
A good grade of carriage paint will
give best satisfaction on farm imple-
ments. Two gallons Of this paint
need not cost over $4, and will cover
all implements needing paint on the
average 160-acre farm each season.
The paint may be applied during
slack times of the year at very little
cost for labor. - H. M. Banner, in
Southern Fruit Grower.