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The Delta independent., 1909-06-25

o. F. Brand, the man who invented
the Star apple, claims to have dis
covered a wash that will cure twig
blight in apple and pear trees. His
formula is unslaked lime, one peck;
flour of sulphur, four pounds and cruda
carbolic acid, two ounces. Put the
lime into the bottom of a fifty-gallon
barrel, pour the sulphur into it, slake
the lime with hot water When all Is
slaked add enough hot water to fill the
barrel half full and stir thoroughly
Add the carbolic acid while stirring,
standing on the winward side of the
barrel so as not to breathe the poison
GUS fumes and keep the barrel well
covered with gunny-sack while stir
The Delta independent., 1909-06-25
Hav For Sale.

Good timothy also good mixed hay.
Colorado phone Black ga. T. E. Lamb.
The Delta independent., 1909-06-25
Rugs, Rugs!

If in need of new rug this spring,
be sure and call to inspect our line at
the Ramsay.
The Delta independent., 1909-06-25
Gents Furnishing Dept.

In our Window Display this week show
ing the CELEBRATED INDESTRTCTO TRUNK,
which is absolutely the Best Trunk Value shown
and at Prices that consistent with Good Quality.
We ask you to call and let show you where this
trunk is Superior to any other. Five Year Quar-
antee Goes With Each Trunk. Come in and talk
this before you take that trip. New Creation
in Robes are also shown. The Indian Auto Robe for
automobiling and lounge Blanket they
tainy fine
The Delta independent., 1909-06-25
Ladies' Net Waists
Silk, 49c Per Yard

We must make room in our Silk Department for New
Goods to arrive soon. In order to do this we will
offer 400 yards of Silk, many Plain Colors and
Nice Line of Fancy at, per yard rd4s 4sc
The Delta independent., 1909-06-25
ladies' UnderSkirtS

We have the Largest Assortment of Ladies Under
skirts display this week Don't overlook this
chance as it is the first reduction in this Department
and the Line is complete.
The Delta independent., 1909-06-25
Ladies' Dress Skirts
Ladies Hose

For this week only will put on the Bargain Counter
20 Dozen Crowfoot Hose. Regular so cent value
this week 3 pair for - 81 rs
The Delta independent., 1909-06-25
New Waists
New Skirts

We've just received Advance Shipment Of Fall
Styles in Dress SkirtsPanamas in Black and Colors and
the Fashionable Shepherd Plads. Plain Gored Styles
with pronounced flare and styles Panel Plated
Special Values
$500, $3.50, 5000
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-06-24
NEGROES CONFESS
SHOOTING W men
Were Stealing Ride and Killed
Men Who Sought to Put
Them Of Train.

Denison, Ia, June 23.-Henry Clark
and Chesley Hubbard, two colored men
of Omaha, are in Jail in this county,
charged with killing Northwestern
Brakemen Lee G.. Warner and Alva
Bechtel, both of Boone, Ia, near the
town OF Vail at an early hour Sunday
morning. Hubbard IS in Jail here,
while Clark was removed to the city
Jail at Carroll. 1t is alleged that the
men have both confessed to Sheriff
Cummings and County Attorney Klink-
er.
They say, according to the officials,
that the brakemen tried to eject them
from the car upon which they We're
stealing a ride. They shot both brake
men, Warner being almost instantly
killed and Bechtel being so badly In
jured that he died in the hospital at
Carroll last evening. They said they
purchased the revolver at a pawnshop
at Omaha Saturday.
Three witnesses, who were also steal
ing rides on the same car, are de-.
tanned in Jail here. All three of the
men nave Identified Clark and Hubbard
as the men who shot the brakemen.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-06-24
SUITS
AGAINST MAYBRAY
Aggregate of $4,000 Asked
by Mikes" Who Were Also
Easy Marks"

Council Bluffs, Ia. June 22.-Suits
were begun in the district court here
today by II of the alleged victims of
the "Swindle Syndicate of which J.
c. Maybray, now in Jail at Des Moines,
is charged with being the head, for the
recovery of money lost in the alleged
swindles.
The aggregate of the amount asked
for is $40, S05. 80, the individual amounts
of which the compliments were de-
frauded ranging from 81 $50 to $13, 900,
The defendants are Ben Marks, Ernest
E.. Hart, president of the First National
bank of Council Bluffs; j. c. Maybray;
e. II. Hart, Incorporated; John r.
Dobbins, Frank o. Scott and j. J.
Spindeler, cashier of the First National
bank, Of Council Bluffs.
Those who are bringing the suits and
the amounts which they say they lost
are as follows:
Thomas Kale, Fon du Lac. Wis.
$4,000; J. C. Bowman, Denver, Colo,
$4,000; Joseph P. Walker, Denver,
Colo, $5,305; George S.. Bedford,
Greeley, Colo, $12, $50; John Hermel-
brecht, Bancroft, Neb., $1,000; George
F. Castle, Britt, Ia, $4,000; r. L. King,
Fowler, Colo, $1,000; q. E. Pierpont,
Marysville, Mo, $2,100; j.. e. Harring-
ton, Hartsel, Colo, $4,000; Adolph
Yeske, Harrington, Mont, $1,250; George
L. Brown, Norton, Kan, $4,000; w. H.
Bedford, Bolckow, Mo-, $4,000; c. A.
Nelson, Alma, Mich, $1,000; John Koz1
LEX, Chicago, $4,000; Thomas Agern,
Fergus Falls, Mimi, $4,000: G. Nelson
Pratt, Toledo, Ohio, $4,000; Ralph p,
Mattingly, Nashville, Tenn, $1,000.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-06-24
MOB TRIES TO HANG
ONE OF BANDIT TRIO

Muskogee, Okla, June 22.-One of tho
trio who took part in the alleged holdup
of a freight train crew at Braggs, Okla,
yesterday, when Officer Kirk was
killed, was brought here today and
placed in Jail, as a precaution against
lynching at the hands of Kinks friends.
The man. who is known as Paul Will
liams, alias Mills. has three bullet
wounds in his breast and arm, but the
physicians say he will recover.
The man declines to- disclose the
identity OF his pals or to tell who hG
himself is. A letter found in the pris-
oner's pocket indicates that he may
be the son of w. T. Mills, Of Westville,
Fla.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-06-24
MAN WHO LANCE THE
"A RIOTERS

of the west, where he thought he could
bury his hauntings. But he was In
constant receipt of letters from anarch-
lists threatening his life and he was
literally bounded to his death.
At the time of the Haymarket riots
in that city he was acting as deputy
sheriff, and in performing his duty In
that capacity was executioner for those
who paid the penalty, for the uprising,
on the scaffold.I Since that time he has
been a marked man.
Mr.. Nickerson was a genial, affable
man, and made friends of the entire
community. BY many he was regarded
as an artistocrat because of his refined
ways, which through many years OF
residence in the city had become a part
of him. e. F.. ..E . vi. ..sy
AS an incident serving to illustrate
-the extent ,to which he carried his
habits 1t is said that he required OF
his farm help that they exchange their
boots for slippers and put on their
coats before taking a seat at the din
ner table. ..., #E
|. Few Of Mr.. Nickerson's neighbors
knew of the Incidents connected with
his former life.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-06-24

1T was impossible to interview her and
when the story was told to her with
as much tenderness as possible, she
cried: MY Godl' and tainted.
Sun Long, proprietor OF the r~estau;
rant, who also conducted the ROOM
ing house above, disappeared shortly
after the discovery OF the murder, add
ing further to the mystery.
The case has many unusual e
lures, notable among which Is the
fact hat a Chinaman had been
known to call at the Sigel home,
presumably with the sanction OF
the parents.
Elizabeth Sigel was 20 years old and
was greatly interested in work, among
Chinese.
Had Chinese Friend. g q
1t is understood hat she becam,
acquainted with one Chinaman, who
may be able to throw some light or
the case, several years g when ht
conducted q cane rack at an amuSe7
ment park at Fort George. The Sigel
home In Wadsworth avenue, In the
Bronx, Is not far away from that re-
sort. Neighbors said that the calls
of the Chinaman at the house ceased
more than q year ago. saNt h
The house in which the body was dis.
covered Is at 1872 Eighth ave., in the
Tenderloin district. Sun Long, the
proprietor, brought about the revela-
ton Of the crime. He noted a peculiar
odor.
Body Badly Deeomposed.
Dragging the trunk out into the hall,
detectives began a minute inspection.
Decomposition had progressed so far,
however, that except for the whiteness
of the feet 1t would have been difficult
to ascertain whether 1t was the body
of a white roman
The body was covered with blood and
the clothing was torn, indicating there
was a struggle. The man who had &C.
cupied the room evidently had left
hastily, for there had been no effort to
emove anything. He evidently had
there were about the room bibles and
prayer books, containing names writ
ten both in English and in Chinese,
which gave the information that he
was known in English as William H.
Lion and in Chinese as Leong Loo Linn.
Chinese Wrote Note.
Scrawled on a card in fairly good
English was an unsigned note which
read:
"a hope you do not get mad at
me-, because all the trouble came
from ne. Hope some day that hap
piness will come to us both" ."
Three Cinnamon were arrested yes
terday as material witnesses. They
gave their names as Ye Kan, manager
of the Sun Long restaurant; Gong
Wing, salesman for a chop suey sup
ply house, and Chin Sum, a cook, who
lived in the rear of the restaurant.
The man most wanted, however, Is
the former occupant Of the room where
the body was found, evidently an Eng
lish speaking celestial who either knew
Miss Sigel or knew some one that knew
her. And judging from the letter this
individual is Leong Loo Lib, known
among his English friends as William
Lion. .. 49,
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-06-24
TWO SHIPS COLLIDE
AT SEA; NONE HURT;
DAMAGE Is TRIVIAL

Dover, Eng, June pa serious
naval disaster was narrowly averted
Saturday night when in a dense fog
the Wilson liner Sappho collided with
a British third class protected cruiser
off Dungenness.
The blow struck by the liner was
at an angle, or the cruiser probably
would have been cut in two. The liner
was unchanged and proceeded on her
voyage. The cruiser was seriously
damaged and has been beached here.
Southampton, June 23.-The Red Star
steamship iceland, from Antwerp for
New York, put in here Sunday even
ing in a badly damaged condition as
a result of a collision east of Dover
with an unknown vessel. The iceland
has a big hole in her starboard bow
and the fiuke Of the anchor was forced
completely through a hawser pipe.
Shields, June 21.-The British
steamer Hartlepool arrived here today
badly damaged. Her starboard bow
had been cut down to the waters edge
after a collision with an unknown
steamer off Dover Saturday. It
appears certain that the Hartlepool is
the vessel that collided with the Zee
land.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-06-24
MURDERER OF GIRL
MAY Be PARDONED
Entire Legislature of Pennsyl-
vania Signs Petition for Re-
lease of James B. Gentry.

Harrisburg, Pa, June 21.-The board
of pardons yesterday recommended to
Governor Stuart that q pardon be
granted James b. Gentry, who has been
in prison for nearly IA years for the
murder Of his actress sweetheart,
Madge Yorke, in Philadelphia.
In connection with the application
for a pardon, Gentry's counsel pre-
scented a petition for his release signed
by prominent business and professional
men from all parts of the state, in
Guiding practically the entire member
ship of the state senate and house Of
representatives,.
The murder of Madge Yorke, for
which James B. Gentry was sentenced
TO be hanged and finally sent to prison
for life, was committed on the after
noon Of February II, 1898, in this city.
Baggage Check" Company.
Madge Yorke was playing with the
Baggage Check" company in this city.
Gentry, who was filling an engage
ment in Boston, had, his friends al
legged, been seriously i'll with the grip
and vas drinking heavily. He had an
engagement to meet Miss Yorke in
New York early in February, but
through q misunderstanding he missed
her at the railroad station.
He met some friends in New York
and they jokingly told him that Miss
Yorke was receiving the attentions of
another actor. From that time all trace
of Gentry was lost until he rushed
into the room occupied by Miss Yorke
at a Walnut street hotel and shot
and killed her.
Gentry has always maintained that
he has no recollection of the murder
of Miss Yorke; that his mind was a
blank until he found himself in a
hospital in this city.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-06-24
SHOOTING OCCURS .
10y IN NEAR RIOT
Disorderly Mob Attacks Chief
of Police-Latter Rescued :
. 4 .. by Officers.

Mason City, Ia, June ga riot was
narrowly averted here yesterday aft
't%ernoon. The night previous there was
some serious trouble between some
bricklayers who had been on a strike
and the police force of the city. Deputy
Sheriff James Buchanan, acting in the
absence of the sheriff, was assisting the
police and was struck yer the head
with a club. He pulled his revolver
and shot William Miehn, one of the
rioters, i~nflicting an ugly wound in the
arm. This still further enraged the
rioters and they plotted, according to
report; to clean out the force.
Yesterday afternoon Chief of Police
Thomas Locke took a hand in the game
and arrested one of the men on the
charge of being drunk and was taking
him to the jail when the others in
terfered. The chief was knocked down,
but the presence Of other officers and
the promiscuous use of 'billies" kept
the rioters back and the offender was
Jailed. The rioters then got together
but with an immediate strengthening
of the police force 1t Is expected that
d they will be able to cope with any
opposition that may arise.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-06-24
Sought Seclusion on Prairies of
The West, but Anarchists
Threatened Him.
WAS COOK COUNTY OFFICIAL

Mason City, Ia, June a.-D. w.
Nickerson, the man who hanged the
Haymarket rioters in Chicago, was
found dead in his bed at his Floyd
home yesterday. One of the strange
condolences in connection with this
death caused from apoplexy, is the fact
that both Sheriff s. F. Hanchett, who
was at that time sheriff of Cook county,
and w. H. Gleason, who was the chief
clerk. both came to this county and
both died very suddenly from the same
cause, and within three days Of each
other. This was about three years ago.
Mr.. Nickerson never spent a day
without thinking of this affair. He left
Chicago n1902 and came to the prairies
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-06-24
COLUMBUS CUT WINDOWS
IN EUROPEAN MANOR,
SAYS SENIOR NABUCo

Madison, Wis, June 23.-"If / were
asked of what good America was to
Europe, / would say that Columbus cut
large doors and windows on the west
hide of the old European manor, which
received It's ventilation only from the
east. America has regenerated the old
world since the 18th century, as eff
fectually as the influx from central Eu-
rope regenerated IL in the middle ages"
This was the declaration OF Senior
Nabuco, the Brazilian ambassador, who
yesterday delivered the baccalauHeate
address to the graduating class of the
University Of wisconsin. The ambas-
sador took for his subject 1.-The. Share
of America in Civilization" and gave
prominence to certain of his impress
sions regarding the contributions of the
United States to civilization. :
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-06-24
GOTCH MARRIES;
ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT

st. Louis, Mo-, June 22.-Frank Gotch,
worlds wrestling champion, sprung two
surprises here: No. /, when he reg.
Istered at the Planters, 'Frank Gotch and
wife," and No. Q, when he ]nnounce that
he would retire from the wrestling game,
Local fans did not kno of the mar.
riage until Gotch and his bride, who Is
said to nave been a telephone operator in a
Chicago hotel, arrived here on their way
to Hot Springs.
The champion gives as his reasons for
retiring the scarcity of worthy opponents
and the additional fact that I'm married
now"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-06-24
L l. EACH OTHER

Louisville, KY, June 21.-Frank Slig-
gers, a railroad detective employed by
the Kentucky & Indiana Bridge &
Railroad company, and w. T. Charles,
a sWitchman for the Illinois Central
Railroad company, engaged in a pistol
duel last evening, which ended in
speedy death for both. Earlier in the
day Charles had engaged in a clash
with an employee Of the Kentucky &
Indiana company over a matter OF
routine work, and when Charles and
Sliggers met in a saloon they engaged
in an alteration, which ended when
they drew pistols and shot each other
to death.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-06-24
ONE KILLED, THREE

Anderson, s. c., June 23.-In a col
lision between an interurban a OF
the Anderson Traction company and
an automobile at Breezeales crossing
nine miles east yof Apderson, at noon
yesterday, one Spersppfs dead and one
fatally and two seriously injured.
tendent Belton1 Cotton Mills, Bolton
S. G..
The injuredgE Row. 10. d. Richard
son, Beltons s. SGs fatally; Rev. z. "A
mcdowell. Ninety-S Six, s. c., broken
shoulder anaSsaSSng&&frs. ID. D.sRich-
ardson. bruised about the body.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-06-24
PRESIDENT REYES GIVES UP.

Colon, June 23.-AdVices received
here from Cartagena, Colombia, con-
firm previous reports that General RAJ
fael Reyes, president of Colombia, has
abandoned office and sailed for Eu-
rope. He embarked on a small fruit
steamer at Santa Marta. last Sunday,
according to information received at
Cartagena on Monday night. 1t is be-
lieved the steamer Is of the Elder
Dempster liners, bound for Southamp|
ton. -
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-06-24


Before the raiders had completed
their task, attorneys for the United
Railroads secured an injunction forbid
ding further search.
Order ~Forbidding Court.
Another order was secured to for
bid the police judge opening h sealed
packages, and after days of argument,
Superior Judge +. j. Murasky took UNI
der Amusement an application for an
order adjudging Assistant District At
torney e. j.. Heney and two detectives,
who participated in the raids, guilty
OF contempt of court. a.as. ga. ,.
A fortnight was added to the length
Of the proceedings by the testimony OF
John II. Helms, once a detective of the
United Railroads, who was later Sc
cretly added to the force of Burns 20
obtain evidence of alleged illegal C
tlvity by United Railroad agents.
Helms testified he had paid Platt
and other Burns men to secure papers
and had turned them over to Abbott,
Prior to his appearance as a witness,
he charged, several attempts were
made to prevent his testifying for the
prosecution. Another Burns agent
produced in court sums aggregatine
$3.50, which he alleged had been paid
him by Luther G. Brown, 10 betray Sc
crets OF the district attorneys, office.
A witness called during the trial was
Rudolph Spreckels, president of the
First National bank, who instituted the
graft prosecution. 1t developed thai
1924, 900 had been raised and expended
and Spreckels' accounts, voluntarily
produced in court. showed he[had con-
tributed approximately SITS, 900 Of the
total.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-06-24
RArrLEsHlP BIDS O

Washington, June 2S.-Bids for the
construction OF the two battleships
Arkansas and Wyoming, authorized at
the last congress, will be opened at
the navy department on August IS.
These ships viii be of the Delaware
type, of 20, 1000 tons or more displace-
ment. The specifications ask for bids
contemplating the installation of the
turbine class of engines. -.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-06-24

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS delegates
from the Japanese union on he island
Of Hawaii, representing 5000 laborers,
have just concluded a session lasting
four days and nights. They. resolved
not to strike nor help the Oahu strikers,
but to present a statement of their de-
mands and trust to the fairness of the
planters.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-06-24

KANSAS CITY, MO.-Although the
police and city detectives searched dill
gently yesterday for the assailant~o of
Miss Arnie l.. owen, ~stenographer to
the police board, who was slugged in
her office last night, they made but lit
tie progress. There was no clew on
which to work.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-06-24

LONDON.-Mme. Lillian Nordica
gave her farewell concert at Queens
hail yesterday afternoon amid Genes
Of extraordinary enthusiasm. The hall
was so crowded that many of the au-
dience had to be accommodated with
seats on the platform.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-06-24

WICHITA, KAN.-Robert FIndley,
aged 81, a prominent business man and
formerly a state senator, was found
dead In his barn at his home in this
city yesterday. Findley evidently died
of paralysis and heart disease while
unhitching his horse.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-06-24
PLACE YOUR BETS.

Frankfort, KY, June 22.-The court
of appeals today passed until the Sep
tember term the case of the common
wealth against the Kentucky racing
commission, involving the = of
placing wagers at the L.atonia race
track. This, 1t is understood, leaves
the case unchanged, the Latonia track
having the right to continue bookmak-
ing. ~
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-06-24

JEFFERSON CITY, MO.-William
Moore, a truck farmer, was shot and
killed from ambush In Galloway coun-
ty, " miles from this city, yesterday.
William Order, who was with Moore,
said that he thought the shot wa
meant for himself. He refused to re-
veal the Identity Of the man whom he
suspected of the killing.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-06-24
WOODBURY. POINT TO
BE NATIONAL CAPITAL

Beverly, Mass, June 23.-With
the arrival OF President Taft
and his family in this city on
Independence day Beverly be.
comes the summer capital of
the nation, and Woodbury. Point
bids eair to attract much Of the
press prominence that for sevs
eral years belonged to Sycamore
Hill.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-06-24
COLOMBIA -Presiden

+ BOGOTA, COLoMBIA.-President
Reyes, it is understood here, was a
passenger In the Prime Zeigmund.
which sailed from Santa Mart on June
IL for New York. The newspapers in
innate that his visit to the United
States is to arrange a settlement OF
pending questions.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-06-24
RAIN o FIRES.

Presque Isle. Me-, June 2l.-A tor
rental rain early today brought to a
halt the ravages of the forest fires in
Maine and New Brunswick.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-06-24

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Nicholas
has sent 800 to Coyne, engineer OF
the British steamer WOODBURY.. slightly
wounded In the recent sea incident.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-06-24
TO EUROPE.

New York, June 22.-Samuel Com
pers, president of the American FEEDER
alton of Labor, sailed today on the
steamer Baltic for Liverpool, to re-
main abroad until September.