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The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-02-27
BLACK HAND WRECKS
ITALIAN STORE

New York, Feb. 26.-An italian bomb
explosion, similar in character to many
which have taken place in this city
within a year, occurred in Brooklyn to-
day when Peter Locates music store,
in Morgan avenue, was wrecked.
Locate had received many socalled
b~lackhand letters, but, having refused
to pay for immunity, his store first was
blown UP last spring. In December
last another bomb was left on the stoop
and the doors and windows were demol-
ished. Since then he has received sew
eral letters demanding money, but has
ignored them, resulting in the third
mysterious attack today. Locate, his
wife n three children, who occupied
rooms in the e Of the store. escaped
with slight injuries.
Immediately following the murder OF
Girolano Celia, a we'll known italian
merchant, last night, today's crime Is
regarded a. evidence that the black
mailers and murderers whose crimes
have been aimed chiefly at Italians,
have been made holder by the contin-
ued inability of the police to detect and
punish them.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-02-27
GAS KILLS
BELMONT'S DAUGHTER

New York, Feb. 25.-Mrs. william
Proudft Burden, who was Natica
Rives, daughter OF q. II. p. Belmont
and a society favortte In New York.
Newport and Washington, was found
dead In bed at her Fifth avenue home.
Death, the coroner decided, was acci-
dental and due to gas poisoning. A dis
connected gas tube, which had led from
q chandelier 10 a drop light, so placed
that Mrs. Burden might read while
propped up In bed, had permitted q
how OF gas that filled the o and es-
Gaping into the hall finally attracted
the attention Of the servants. ~
Mrs. Burden was % years OF 9 and
since her marriage on April II, 1907.
she and her husband had been occupy
ing the beautiful homo of the latter's
father. the late James A. Burden. at
908 Fifth avenue. The discovery Of her
death threw the household into con-
fusion, and when the facts became gen.
orally known created a sensation In the
social set to which the Burdens belong.
"Goodniaht."
Mr.. Burden had spent the night In
another part of the house and learned
of his wife's death from no servants.
who had entered her room at 10 O'clock
In the morning. Entering the house at
II o'clock at night, Mr.. Burden had
noticed that a light was still burning n
his wife's room, II passing the door
called out. Goodnight" Mrs. Burden
responded. Goodnight" in a tone that
indicated that h was in her usual
health and spirits.
Mrs. Burden had been in the habit OF
reading after retiring and this practice
recently led her to have a gas reading
lamp placed in her room. This stood
on a stand conveniently near the head
of the bed. At 10 o'clock. Mrs. Burden
leaving directions that she be called at
10 o'clock In the morning, dismissed her
maid and settled herself in bed with q
book. The greeting of her husband an
hour later was the last heard from the
room.
! Passing through the hall on her way
tn Mrs. Burdens room on the second
floor in the morning the maid detected
the odor OF gas and hastily entering
the chamber found her mistress dead.
The room was filled with gas, though
q window was open several inches from
the bottom. The fumes were pouring
from the rubber tube direct into the
dead woman's face. Mrs. Burdens
physicians, DR.. Finnicutt and DIR. II. H.
NJ. Lyle, were summoned. and they In
turn notified the coroner The latter's
investigation showed that the tube a
been disconnected from the lamp. Hav-
ing apparently become drowsy Mrs.
Burden had reached from her bed and
turned off the lamp cock instead Of taxi
ing the trouble to get up and shut or
the gas at the chandelier Jet. In some
manner undetermined the tube became
loosened at the lower end and, slipping
off the feed pipe of the lamp, laid in
such q position that the flow of poison
Gus gas was directed In the Steepers
fac0.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-02-27
GIRL BASKETBALL
FANS Are KILLED

Spring Valley, N. Y, Feb. ga foam
specked pair of horses that tore through
the streets dragging bekind them a
splintered wagon pole brought to this
village the first news of a grade cross
ing accident in which nine members
OF it's most prominent families were
either killed outright or frightfully in
jured. The runaways brought up at
the livery stable of Geo.. Young, from
whom they had been hired the night
before to take O party of young men
and girls to a basketball game at
Ny ack.
Returning in the early hours of the
day the ~wagonload OF merrymakers
was run down at West Nyack cross
ing by an Ontario & Western express
train. -Four of the party were Instantly
killed. two died while being removed
to the Hudson county hospital at Ho-
boken. N. J., and the other three lie
In a serious condition at that ilstitu-
ton.
The dead:
GEO. RBITH. aged 80, assistant SUI
p~erinteHdent OF the telephone Office and
manager of the Spring Valley basket
pal team.
NELSON MAY. aged 10. who drove
BERTHA SINGER. aged Is.
EDITH SINGER, aged 20.
GEO. SHINN, aged 80. a basketball
player.
JEANETTE PALMER, aged q.
The injured:
Warren Palmer. % year old, condi-
ton serious. ~.
Henry Dietrein, aged % years. bas-
ketball player; will probably recover.
Mary Edith Bird, Is years. condition
critical.
The responsibility for the accident is
in dispute. The survivors cannot be
questioned as yet. and the only other
witness "a the crossing gate tender.
He claims that the team was driven
through the lowered gates. The gate
on the side of the approach was broken
down, but the opposite gate was intact,
and II previously lowered must have
been hurdled by the frightened horses
after the wagon had been struck and
torn from its pole. The animals were
uninjured.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-02-27

Washington. Feb. 24.-The sentence
of General Stoessel is regarded by
American military officers as the
logical consequence, both Of the SUI
render Of Port Arthur and Russian
military discipline.
That the sentence Is justified Is the
generally expressed belief. The con-
sensus Of opinion is that Port Arthur
a surrendered p~rematurely. The con-
siderations which entered into the mill
tary problem which General Stoessel
had to face are summed up here as en-
bracing a choice between standing out
to the last ditch, and in that way
keeping the b~esieging army engaged
and not free to strike at another point.
and surrendering because the ultimate
result was apparently hopeless.
The American articles of war pre-
scribe death as the penalty for exactly
such conduct. Such a sentence, how
ever, has never been carried out In this
country, although 1t was imposed in the
case of General William Hull, who sur
rendered Detroit in the war Of 1872.
General Hull was subsequently cash.
tered in lieu of the sentence because
of his previously excellent record.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-02-27
COAST Line TO
BREAK RECORDS

Chicago, Feb. 25~.-According to Pres
dent Earring a record has been made
In the construction of the Mlwaukee's
Pacific coast extension never before
equaled in the history of railway
building. MI. Earring and a party of
st. Paul officials returned last night
from an extended inspection of new
lines.
In the party was c. A. Goodnew.
formerly general manager of the Alton
and also formerly general supeyintend-
ent of the st. Paul road. 1t is under
stood thai Mr.. Goodnow was to accept
service on the coast extension work,
but Mr.. Earring said that there was not
to be an appointment just yet.
The president Of the Milwaukee
nounced the opening Of the line to Lom-
bard or Terry, Mont. This is the place
where the road crosses the Yellowstone
river and near where the Missouri rises.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-02-27
REX A FIGURES IN
DRAMA OF LIFE

New York, Feb. 26.-Rex e. Beach,
dramatist and novelist, Is the central ng-
ure In a real life drama as picturesque In
plot and sprightly in action as tho best
products OF his pen.
While seated In the Lambs club two
weeks ago, Mr.. Beach was called to a cab
In front Of the club. The occupant intro
duced herself as Mrs. Badenoch, of Chi
oag and asked him to take a drive. On
the drive they talked Of friends and Chi
cage and of Mr.. Beach's literary work.
Three days later Mrs. Beach received a
telephone message from Mrs. Badenoch
demanding that she be protected from Mr..
Beach's unwelcome attention.
Meanwhile. a stylishly gowned woman
called upon q well known New Yorker to
request his services in making public what
she said were the facts about Mrs. Bade-
noch. The woman said:
Mrs. Badenoch is the wife OF a promi-
committee to lunch with Rex. Z. Beach as
nent western us.ne man. She was grad
uated from a college at Evanston. In COL
lege she and her chum were applicants
for admission to the Alpha Phi society.
1.-THE girl who figures now as Mrs.
Badenoch was ordered by the initiation
evidence Of her fitness for admission and
her chum was instructed to lunch with
George AIDE. Both were totally unknown
to the girls.
my friend failed In the stunt but was
initiated.
Later she married and a few weeks ago
started east from Chicago with her hus-
band. At Cleveland he was recalled by a
business telegram and she came on alone
to the Hotel Astor. Foolishly, she regis
tered as Mrs. Badenoch, using the name OF
her brothers college chum.
Then she thought Of that old, unful-
filed soroity stunt and decided that It
would be fine to lunch with Beach after
all, and then tell tho girls about It at tho
next Alnha PHI meetInr.n
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-02-27
LUMBER KING DIDN'T
WANT TO BECOME A
TRUST EMPEROR
T. w. Walker Declined to Form
Combination to Control
Output of Forests.

Minneapolis, MINI, Feb. 2.-Content to
be simply the largest individual owner or
timber I'm the world, T. b. Walker, the
minneapolis millionaire lumberman. has
'ejected the opportunity to become the
trust emperor of the world--to be greater
even thar John d. Rockefeller, commonly
termed the richest man in the world, and
at that only q trust king" ruler of a
kingdem which would be puny compared
with the empire of umber over which Mr..
Walker might have retgned.
Mr.. Walker disclosed this fact, at the
same time declaring he did not believe in
trusts. though characteriZing John D..
Rockefeller, creator of the Standard Oil
trust, as ION OF the best citizens Of the
United States - honorable, just and
square"
For the first time, too. the fact was
brought out that. whatever Mr.. Walkers
view of a lumber trust may be, he Is him
self the greatest Of lumber kings. For he
was introduced before the Minneapolis
chapter of the American Institute of Bank
Clerks as 1.-THE largest Individual owner of
timber In the world" and his statements
as to his position IN the lumber world all
went to support the assertion.
Mr.. Walker said that he Is not a believer
In trusts, and that, should there ever be
an attempt to form a lumber trust, he
would break up the combination. Such a
trust would, without doubt, be one of the
most powerful in the country" he said.
1T would be capitalized at 5000, 900, 600, as
against 500, 900, 900 for the oil trust. But I
have always maintained that If such a
move were made / would break up the
combination. I control enough timber
lands to make such a combination impos-
sible in case 1 antagoniGe It. I W been
approached and asked to form and become
the manager Of such a trust, but I W.
declined"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-02-27
"AUTO DISEASE"
LATEST MALADY

New York, Feb. 26.--"The gasoline
driven automobile has added a new
disease to the woes of civilization
a disease which may cut ten years
off the life of persons afflicted. I would
call it the automobile disease and
have discovered that not only in New
York, In streets f~requented by such
motor cars. but in Paris, London and
Berlin II exists Also"
DR.. Henry Becker, physician, made
this statement after conducting tests
for nearly a year on patients suf-
fering from the new malady, which at
fects the tissues Of the throat and
lungs, causing congestion and decay,
and giving a working area for the bac-
Gill Of consumption, pneumonia, grip
and ether affections peculiar to the
respiratory organs.
The doctor attributes tho disease to
the fumes from gasoline.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-02-27
AIMEE LLOYD, "WOMAN
IN BROWN" %CONFESSES

Rochester, MINI, Feb. 24.-Galled by
the m~onotOnous life in the county Jail
here, where she has been in confine-
ment since October, and welcoming
most anything IL 1t were a change from
a situation that has become abhorrent
to her, Aimee Lloyd, who vas charged
with q series OF bold forgeries and
swindles upon merchants and other
business men of Eastern cities as we'll
as Of Rochester, appeared before Judge
A. III. Snow. of the district court. and
pleaded guilty to the indictment charg-
ing her with obtaining money on a
fraudulent check. She was sentenced
to the state reformatory at st. Cloud.
She is a of wonderful beauty
and was once socially prominent in
Winona where her family still lives.
Mrs. Lloyd's resolution to plead gull
ty and begin her term came as a great
surprise to every person connected with
this extraordinary case. No court quail
ined to receive her plea of guilty was
Convened here at this time, but Judge
A. H. Snow, Of Winona, was advised
of the wishes of the fair defendant and
consented to come to Rochester and
hold a special term.
No friend or relative attended Mrs,
Lloyd in court and there were only
a few spectators of her humiliation.
The fact that her Winona relatives
have ignored her from the outset nc
doubt had its effect in causing her ia
plead guilty at once rather than stand
a long trial.
Mrs. Lloyd broke down when sentence
was pronounced n sobbed aloud. She
would make no statement. but her at
torney, Thos. Spillane. said: Mrs
Lloyd had a good defense, but for fam.
lily reasons 1 could not prevail upon her
to use it."
The woman now admits that the man
Albert who called on her in jail. Is her
husband. He has apparently forsakeu
her.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-02-27
HERMIT LEAVES BIG
PILE OF WHISKY JUGS
FOR HIS MOURNERS

Columbia, Mo-, Feb. 25.-James w.
Turner, O. hermit farmer living six miles
from here, who frequently declared he
wanted a monument built of whisky
jugs Is dead.
On his farm is an abandoned corn
crib almost filled with empty whisky
jugs, that Turner is said to have emp
tied himself during twenty years and
which he saved for his monument. 1t
is averred that he drank not less than
a quart Of whisky a day for 20 years.
He was 45 years of age. He owned o
we'll stocked farm of 4S0 acres on which
he lived the life of a reCluse.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-02-27
JAMES j. HILL
WINS LAW SUIT

Washington, Feb. 26.-Thc case of
Clarence II. Venner, versus the Great
Northern railway and James ]. Hill,
which was begun by Venner TO compel
Hill to accoun for and pay over to
Venner and other stockholders the
value Of their respective holdings, be-
cause, as alleged. these holdings had
beer impaired by the joint effort of the
Great Northern and Northern Pacific
Railroad companies in 1900 to obtain
control Of the Burlington railroad, was
decided by II supreme court of the
United States today against Venner.
Venner charged Hill had engineered the
merger for his own personal benefit.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-02-27
GREAT NORTHERN FINE
FOR RELATING STA.9DS

Washington, Feb. 26.-The question
of whether the railroad rate Law known
as the Hepburn act repeats section one
of the ElkIns act prohibiting rebates
by railroads, was involved in the case
Of the United States versus the Great
Northern Railway company, which was
decided today by the supreme court
against the railroad company and
against the contention of such an ap-
peal. The district court OF Minns sofa
fined the railroad 81. 600 each for Is VOL
atoms Of the first section OF the 81
kins' law.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-02-27
CARNEGIE GIVES SLIGO
FOR NEW PIPE ORGAN

Estherville. Ia, Feb. A.-The trustees OF
the Methodist church met In the old
church Thursday evening and signed @
contract with the Estey Organ company,
presented by their representative from
vermont, Mr.. Nealy, for q pipe organ to
oost 5000. uyE
Andrew Carnegie, through the efforts OF
the pastor here, has donated $1,100 toward
the new organ. $40
The organ will be installed In the new
ae5,eoo brick church which 10 nearing COM
pletisn and which will be dedicated In
ahsut six weekA-
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-02-27
Nv CONGRESS
FLEET SURELY WILL
RETURN VIA SUEZ.

Washington, Feb. 25.-Confirm-
alton has been given to the re-
port that the American battle
ship fleet, after completing its
voyage to San Francisco, will e
turn by way Of the Suez canal.
The Information was given out
by Secretary Metcalf in answer
to an invitation from the Aus
tralian government to have the
fleet, or at least some Of it's units,
visit that country. After express
sing his appreciation to Aus
tralia, the secretary said:
The eventual movement Of our
feet has not yet been deter
mined. While it is probable that
the vessels will return by way Of
Suez. I would be glad If some OF
them could be sent by the Aus
tralian route, but 1t would be
premature to promise this"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-02-27
VETERAN POLICE TAKE
"WATcR TEST" PROVES
TOO MUCH FOR THEM

Chicago. Feb. 26.-Thirty-seven old
timers OF the Chicago police force took
the water test and went through some
other stunts at the Robert Waller baths
to show whether they were physically
fit. As a result all but two or three of
the men, all Of whom are over 81 years
old, are to be retired on half pay. DIR.
w. A. Evans, commissioner of health,
conducted the examinations. The old
polio men thought the test was fool
ish. hard and an ungrateful return for
long years Of service. Most of them
had served rs years or nore.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-02-27
A r COUSIN WAS
TARGET OF PLOT

st. Petersburg, Feb. 25-Oficial an
nouncement was made today by the
minister of the interior concerning the
plot which was discovered and frus-
trated two days ago by the police, the
object of which vas the assassination
of Grand Duke Nicholas second cousin
to Emperor Nicholas and M. Chtcheg-
lobitoff minister of Justice. The de-
tails correspond to those already given
The official announcement asoribes the
attempt directly to the social revolu-
tionary party.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-02-27
WOMEN AID SALOON
MEN IN CAMPAIGN

Springfield. Ill, Feb. 24.-Anna Will
lard, from Chicago, heads the executive
things In saving the jobs of men who
met here today and formed the state
organization of bartenders and hotel
and restaurant employees. Miss Willard
is not a bartender. but she is going to
help her co-laborers on the committee
who are. The work of killing off the
anti-saloon movement is the most inn
portant decision OF the convention.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-02-27
HINsHAW, OF NEBRASKA,
TAKEN ILL AT FUNERAL

Spartanburg s. c., Feb. 25.-Repre.
sentative Edmund III. Hinshaw. Of Ne
braska, one of the congressional party
accompanying the body Of Senator Lat.
inner to the latter's home at Bolton
became Ill just before the funeral trat1
reached here. Physicians were sum.
moned to the station and 1t was fount
that FIR. Hinshaw was suffering from
bladder trouble. After they had ad.
ministered relief the train proceeded Il
Bolton.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-02-27
TO ENLARGE HOMESTEAD
TO 800 ACRES OF LAME

Washington. Feb. 25.-Representative
Mondell, of Wyoming, has introduced a
bill providing an enlarged homestead In
the states of Colorado, Idaho. Mon.
tana, North Dakota, Nevada and
Wyoming. and the territories Of Arr
iona and New Mexico, by allowing any
person who is a qualified entryman
under the homestead laws of the United
States to enter upon 800 acres Of lana
not exempted by law.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-02-27
NEBRASKA TO BID
tOR $500, 1000 WORTH
Or COLORADO BONDS

Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 26.--State Treas
orer Bryan announced today he would
ND for the entire issue. $500, 600, OF Colo
tsuo state bonds, to be issued April /.
l" take up the Indebtedness incurred
curing the suppression OF the Cripple
! reek riots Nebraska will seek the
1onds as an investment for Its perma-
nenl school fund.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-02-27
ANOTHER pRYEus cAsE2

Toulon, Feb. 25.-Chas q. Ullmc, an
ensign in the French navy. has been
found guilty by a courtmartial OF at
tempting to sell naval secrets to for
eign powers. He was sentenced to life
imprisonmeent and degraded from his
rank.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-02-27
TWO WOMEN TAKE
THEIR OWN LIVES IN
HORRIBLE MANNER

Allentown. Pa, Feb. 26.-Miss Emma
Fink, Of Slatlngton committed suicide
In q tragic n Standing where
she could see the ruins of her old home,
which was destroyed by fire about a
year ago, she poured coal oil over her
clothing and then set fire to her skirt.
Children who saw her act summoned
help, but it vas too late to save her.
The girl had been in Ill health.
Cleveland. Ohio. Feb. 2G.-Mrs. Au-
gusta Strey, 70 years old, committed
suicide by setting fire to her clothing.
The aged woman considered herself a
burden upon her grandson with whom
she wal living. He had lost his position
and had a large family to support. Mrs.
Strey arose early and going noiselessly
to the street poured kerosene upon her
clothing and applied q match. Her
body was found later by a policeman.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-02-27
VASSAR GIRL FALLS IN
LOVE WITH CHAUFFEUR

Boston, Feb. 26.-When Miss Mary
Joyce, of Albany, N. Y, a graduate of
vassar, went to greet H. Hollis Hume
well and his fair wife. she stepped right
into the heart of handsome John
Covart, of Maiden, Mr.. HunneweITs
chauffeur. That vas a year and a
half ago.. Today the has so
far developed that friends OF the young
young automobilist-
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-02-27
CONFEDERATE GRAVES
SHOULD BE MARKER

Washington, Feb. pa joint resolu.
ton for the marking of graves Of sol.
diers and sailors Of the confederate
army and navy who died in NortherE
prisons and are buried near the prisons
where they died. vas reported by Sen.
ator Foraker.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-02-27
AMERICAN OFFICERS
REGARD SENTENCE OF
GEN. STOESSEL JUST
SToESSEL'S FORMER
SERVANT TAKES LIFE,
so GREAT Is GRIEF.

Hartford, Conn, Feb. 24.-Because
Of her regret over the conviction Of
General Stoessel at st. Petersburg,
Amelia Harris killed herself by in
haling Illuminating gas. The girl
was a Russian and had formerly
been employed In the generals fam
lily.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-02-27
COLE WAVE KILLS
FRUIT IN SOUTH

New Orleans, La, Feb. 24.-Early
fruits and vegetables, mostly intended
for shipment to the North, have been
damaged by the cold wave the last
two days.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-02-27
WOMAN CHANGES
HER NAME THREE
TIMES IN WEEK..

Norfolk, Eeb., Feb. 26.-Three diff.
ferent names in n week.-Mrs. is
the unique record of a Madison
county woman.
First as Mrs. Richard Hamann
she was divorced from her husband
and the court allowed her to resume
her maiden name, Christina Dres-
sen. AS Miss Dresser she was mar
ricd and became Mrs. Ernest
Luebcke-all in N wesk.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-02-27
HISTORY PROFESSOR DEAD.

Now Haven. Conn. Feb. 26.--Edward
Gaylord Bourne. professor of history at
Yale university. died this afternoon,
after a long illness. He was one OF
me BEST known teachers OF history In
n" rountry.