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The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-03-18
CHICAGO ROSEBUD
CLUB IN A FIGHT
Prospective Homesteaders
Threaten to Disband Because
Secretary Gets $3.50 Salary.

Chicago, March 17.-Miss Frances NJ.
Ranney, secretary of the Chicago
Rosebud association, threatened to re-
sign last night when 1t was sug-
gested that because of the "extrava-
gance" of the officers salaries the or
ganization should disband. The plea
for dissolution was voiced by w. w.
Contri, who expects to leave for the
South Dakota reservation next week,
but was voted down at a meeting held
In Kings hall. liz Fifth
The suggestion to disband this as
sociations seems to be q selfish one"
said Miss Ranney. There are still
many members who have no immediate
plans for going to the reservation.
AS for me, / feel very much hurt to
think that any one would intimate
that I care anything for the $3.50 that
] receive for my services each meet
Ing. 1 don't want the money and am
willing to resign If the members say
So"
Many of the Chicago claimants are
already packing their household goods
and by April l it is expected that 149
mcmbers of the local association will
have left to settle in their newly ac-
CURED farm land in Trip county.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-03-18
GAN UNCLE SAMUEL
PUNISH RELATING?
Up to Government Officials to
Look Into the Immunity
Business.

Washington, D. c., March 15.-Early
in the regular session next winter
congress will certainly be brought face
to ACE with the serious problems
which have been developed by the
breakdown Of the government cases
against the Standard Oil company at
Chicago. This does not concern judg-
ment as to the extent of fine, but there
will be necessity for new legislation on
the rebate question unless congress is
prepared to admit that the United
States government has no power to
prevent unjust discrimination by rail-
roads between shippers.
It Is pointed out here freely that IL
the decision Of the court Of appeals
stood and the government was defeat
ed on two or three important points
involved, the public must be prepared
to face q return to all the vicious prac-
tices which were so common before the
anti-rebate law raj passed. II the
government Is unable to punish rebat-
ing, one does not need to be a prophet
or a son Of a prophet to make 1t clear
that the railroads will begin their ille-
gal practices once more and will carry
this discrimination to an unheard Of
extent, because they know they will be
practically exempt from punishment.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-03-18
COAL STRIKE SURE TO
COME, SAYS SECRETARY

Philadelphia, Pa, March 17.-Secre-
tary Hartley, Of district No. 9, United
Mine Workers, thinks there will be a
strike of the anthracite miners He
said:
"In my opinion a strike is sure to
come. At a conference between the
representatives Of the operators and
of the miners the former maintained an
attitude which. in my opinion, will
cause a strike to be called.
Heretofore the operators have al
ways made concessions, but at the last
meeting every issue which was present
ed was rejected. The miners say that
their demands are not unreasonable. i
am of the opinion that the result of
the convention to be held in Scranton
on March % will be that the commit
tee will be instructed to again confer
with the mine operators and to again
present to them the very same de-
mands which they have just rejected"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-03-18
A WIRELESS MESSAGE
PARIS TO PRINCETON
Word From DR.. Van Dyke Re-
ceived at Station Equipped
by Students.

Princeton, March 17.-Dr. Henry Van
Dyke, author and professor Of English
at Princeton, who is at present lectur-
ing in Paris, was the first to send a
message across the Atlantic to the
wireless station which has been built
and financed by three Princeton stu
dents. The message was received this
afternoon. the time being fixed by pre-
vious agreement with DR.. Van Dyke. 1t
was sent from the Eiffel tower in Paris
and took a devious route, in which it
passed through the stations on the Bal
tic. the Kronprinzessin and the Moor
dam, TO Nova Scotia, to Nantucket, to
New York and thence to Princeton.
The Wireless club was formed here
two months ago by w. A. Butler and
G. c. Stryker, both OF New York city,
and P. B. Findlay, Of Pittsburg. The
three students constructed all the ap-
paratus, some of it from their W de-
signs,
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-03-18
RETIRED OFFICER
HAULS DOWN FLAG
Rear Admiral Charles s. Sperry
Surrenders Command Of I
Battleship Fleet.

Washington, d. c., March 13.-Rear
Admiral Charles 8. Sperry, who
brought home the big battleship feet,
was relieved today from command at
his W request, made on the I'd day.
of March. F1I
| Rear Admiral Seaton Schroeder was
appointed to succeed him. 1t Is UNDER
stood that after Rear Admiral Schroe1
der has held the place for q brief time
Rear Admiral Richard Wainwright
now commanding the second division
Of the feet, will assume command, his
predecessor going to some position not
yet selected for him.
: Rear Admiral Sperry will go on the
joint Army and Navy and War college
boards and may also have an assign!
ment with the waterways commission
He Is familiar with the duties Of the
war college. having once been it's presi-
dent, and the work will be pleasing to-
him, as will the association there with
Rear Admiral Merrill. He was offered
the presidency, but declined, Indicating
his preference for subordinate duty
there. .
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-03-18
4,116 EMIT MAKE A
LINING FOR HIS COAT

New York, March 17.-John Reilly, II
years old, without home or friends, did
not look the part of the armored knight
when he entered Bellevue hospital and
applied for treatment yesterday, but
such he was. When his coat was ex-
amined it was found that 4,116 one-cent
pieces were sewed into the lining, the
garment Weighing between Is and 20
pounds.
The patient was suffering from senil-
ity and bronchitis. Mrs. Scott, night
supervisor of nurses, discovered the
coat of mail and, as provided in the
regulations of the institutions, the
money was turned over to the clerical
force to be counted. The task Of dis
lodging and piling the coins took sew
eral hours. 1t was found that with
some bills and dimes Reilly had been
carrying $45.S7, in his clothing.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-03-18
BANKER CONVICTS
SHOW UP "GRAFT."

Pittsburg, March 10. - Convicted
bankers, now prisoners in the western
penitentiary here, have discovered an
apparent discrepancy of more than
$28, 900 in the accounts of the peniten-
tiary, and it is said that the amount
may be found even higher.
The prison board had appointed Hen
ry Reiber, formerly paying teller of the
Farmers Deposit National bank. now
an inmate of the penitentiary, to audit
the books.
Finding an apparent discrepancy and
being unwilling to assume all RESPONSE
bility, Reiber got the assistance OF
william Montgomery, former cashier OF
the Allegheny National bank, and j. B.
F. Rinehart, former cashier of the
Farmers and Drovers' National bank.
OF Waynesburg, Pa, both %convicts, who
are said to have agreed with him In his
findings. ,
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-03-18
NURSE BAKED CHILD
TO DEATH ON STOVE
Little Victim, in Dying Agony,
Discloses to It's Father
the Girls Action.

New York, March 15.-Don't put me o..
the stove again! I'll b~ehave-Tn behave!
The piteous cries OF his 3~-year-old son,
Arthur, attracted the attention of William
Johnson, a cabinet-maker at No. rs Wal
ton St, Brooklyn, when he returned home.
At the time the child was In charge OF
Marjorie Miles, a woman q years old,
whom n employed as housekeCper
and nurse soon after the death OF his
wife last october.
What is the matter with the baby? p
demanded johnson.
Nothing replied the woman. "He
probably has been frightened by some
children"
Johnson watched by the side OF the
little boy, who continued to repeat his
promises to be good and cry out against
the torture of being placed on a stove. He
had no idea Of the serious condition OF the
little fellow until, in a pitiful spasm of
pain, he suddenly expired.
When Johnson returned with q physician
one of the neighbors called him aside and
told him that on last Monday night per-
sons living In the same house had heard
the Miles woman threaten to put the child
on the hot stove in the kitchen unless 1t
stopped crying. A few moments later they
heard the terrified screams Of pain Of the
little fellow and the angry voice Of the
woman.
Johnson was amazed by the revelation.
He told the physician what he had heard
and ar examination Of the body disclosed
terrible burns about the legs and back of
the baby, burns a week old which must
have caused the baby ~unceasing pain until
death came to it's relief.
When Lieutenant Coleman, OF the Ciy-
'ner street station, heard the story of the
father he sent Policeman Clare to the
house to arrest the woman. She was
brought to the station, and after denying
her guilt finally confessed the barbaric
cruelty she had practiced on the baby
given into her care and was held on a
charge of homicide.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-03-18
CHICAGO HAS RIGHT
TO "RECALL" OFFICIALS

Chicago, March 16.-The right to
recall" the mayor, the aldermen or any
incumbent of an elective municipal Of
fee was extended to the voters of
Chicago last night through the me-
dunn Of the proposed new charter. A
resolution providing for a system of
Impeachment" offered by Walter L.
Fisher, was adopted by a vote of Fl
to 16.
Under the terms of the recall
measure, a petition signed by % per
CEN Of registered voters would bring
about a vote on the subject Of i'm
parchment" The resolution Is based
on the Los Angeles statute. invoked
in the case of Mayor Arthur c. Har-
per. who resigned last Thursday rather
than face a vote on the subject for his
retirement. This makes 1t possible for
rs per cent Of the constituents Of any
one alderman to vote to GUST him
from office.
The term Of office for aldermen Is
made four years.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-03-18
PERSIAN TROOPS SHOOT
PEASANTS ON FRONTIER

st. Petersburg, March IA dispatch
from Julia, on the frontier between
Persia and Russia, says a thousand
Persian government horsemen and 500
infantrymen are marching on Julia, de-
v~astating the villages in their path
and shooting down people. Already 10
villages, four of them inhabited by
Russian subjects, have been pillaged
and burned.
The troops are ruthlessly killing the
fleeing peasants. Many women carry
ing children on their backs attempted
to swim the Araxes- to the Russian
side. but were shot down. Three hun
dred homeless families have taken
refuge on an island In the river oppo-
site Julia.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-03-18
CHICAGO DOCTORS ARE
ORGANIZING A UNION

Chicago, March 11-Chicago physi-
clans have formed a union-an amalga-
mated organization identical to the
plumbers union. DR.. Henry F.. Lewis,
Of the Chicago Medical society, vouch-
es for the statement. He made the an
nOuncement to 200 members of the
Physicians club last night at a ban
quet at the Chicago Automobile club.
DR.. Lewis further declared that there
were many members of the medical fra
aternity in Chicago-some of them
gathered about the banquet ~table-who
while holding up their hands in holy
horror" at the thought OF division OF
fees. themselves secretly participated
in the practice.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-03-18
PAT GROVE, REFoRMER,
FALLS OFF THE. WAGON

Chicago, March 15.-Remorse has
overtaken Pat Grove as the result OF
a spree in which the kidnaper-evan-
yelist was the central figure Saturday
night. With their fingers badly
scorched as a result Of their attempt to
pluck Pat as a brand from the burn
ing, members Of the w. c. T. u. are
considering a plan to reform" him by
placing him in a drink cure institution
until he can abstain from 'jags'' in the
intervals between his missionary mo-
ments. He will not speak at the w. G.
L. U. meeting for some time, although
he officers of that organization deny
he has been permanently withdrawn as
an evangelist.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-03-18
SURGEON MAJOR EDIE
Is TAFT'S PHYSICIAN

Washington, March 15.-Major Guy
Edie. OF the United States army medi-
cal department, who accompanied Taft
around the world on his now famous
tour, is to be the presidents family
physician, according to a we'll founded
rumor He will replace Rear Admiral
Rixey. who served as physician to
Presidents Mckinley and Roosevelt.
DR.. Rixey entered the navy in 1874
and soon will be retired.
Major Edie is 18th man in his rank
In the United States army and con-
ducts the army ~dispensary at Wash
ington. He has beer an intimate friend
OF Taft for many years.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-03-18
D A GODS" TRIAL IS
SET AT KANSAS CITY

Kansas City, March lathe GRIM
inal court has set March 80 as the
date for the trial Of James Sharp,
known as Adam God" and Melissa
Sharp, his wife, religious fanatics.
charged with the murder Of Policeman
Michael +. Mullane.
The Sharps, together with a number
Of followers, engaged in a battle with
the police force of Kansas City In De-
cember, as the result of which five
persons have died.
Sharp waived formal arraignment
and pleaded not guilty. He said he
was willing to apologize for killing the
police officer and for his battle with
the police If he were permitted to re-
sumo his life OF preaching the gospel
to downcast men"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-03-18

Judge James w. witten, who had
charge OF the registration and drawing
Eof Trip county lands last summer, and
who viii have control OF the filings ac-
.cording to numbers drawn, has sent out
Ito the newspapers OF the northwest
The following rules and explanation Of
'the manner In which the filings will be
handled, in order that absolute fairness
and equity may be had by all prospec-
hive settlers;
II am informed that objections are
being made to that part of the recently
issued rules governing the approaching
making of Trip county, S. D., entries
which requires each locating agent to
furnish entrymen with sworn state
ments as to the kind, quality and to-
Biography of lands selected for them.
very many of the Trip county
|homesteaders will be strangers in that
locality, without a personal knowledge
tof either the lands to be entered or OF
\ the competency or reliability OF the
large number OF locating agents who
. will offer their services, and as II will
he absolutely impossible for many of
Them to safely select their future homes
N without the aid OF some one who has
an intimate knowledge OF the Trip
county lands, I feel it my duty to give
4 them all the aid and protection pos
4 sible, and q conscientious discharge of
that duty called for the rule complained
No Crooked Work Allowed.
Heretofore such q requirement has
A not been made, and. as a result, many
homeseekers have in the past been To-
n Gated on practically worthless lands
by incompetent and unreliable locat-
Hors. No man should accept a fee from
Y another for selecting a home when he
n has no knowledge Of the lands selected,
\ and the requisite knowledge can be OBJ
tanned only from a personal examipa-
4 ton Of the selected tract made by the
4 locating agent himself, or from some
\ competent and reliable person who has
examined 1t. (
"The protection of the entrymen will
demand a strict enforcement OF the
Il rule, and any locating agent who mis-
4 represents a tract Of and to an entry
4 man will be speedily called to an &C
\ counting. / do not even intimate that
any one of the many persons who will
. act as locating agents during the APP
\ preaching opening are unreliable or
Jack the proper qualifications, but the
n rule will not hurt anyone who is re-
liable and qualified, and no one will
be recognized as a locating agent who
4 fails to fully and conscientiously com
a ply with 1t. I am satisfied hat no
4 person who is competent to perform
his duty as a locating agent will object
to the rule"
Here Are the Rules.
The following are the rules govern
ing the making of Trip county en-
tries:
A room apart from the land office, to be
j known as the map room, will be main
n tanned, in which prospective entrymen may
4 select the lands they desire to enter and
. have their homestead applications pre-
pared free of charge by expert clerks as
\ signed to that duty. A large map OF
\ Trip county, 51x90 inches, will be expose
/ ~pIicants in making their selections. This
map will show all tracts which are sub
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-03-18

Whereas, President Taft was
chrtstened William by discerning
parents and for many years, &C
cording to his own testimony, an
swered promptly to the name Of
BILL thereby making him eligible
to membership in club, along
with Hon. Bill Bryan and Senator
Bill Warner and many others who
have gone this way before him;
therefore, be II 49,.
Resolved, BY Bill Club No. 1 of
the World. that the rules Of u
club be suspended and that Hon.
Bill Taft be hereby elected a mem
Der Of this club; and be 1t further
ordered. that a card be issued to
said Hon. Bill Taft, and that the
same be signed by our president
and attested by our secretary. and
the Bill seal affixed. and that said
card and a copy of this resolution
be forwarded to the Hon. Bill Taft.
Bill Fowler,
President.
Bill Templeton,
Vice President.
Bill Hyder,
Secretary.
Bill Craven,
Treasurer"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-03-18
RAT cRlPPLEs CAR SYSTEM.

San Francisco, March 13.-One small
inquisitive rat demoralized the street
car service of this city for a short
time, put a power house out of business
and left his own body a carbonized con-
nection for 16, 900 volts Of electricity.
The rat crawled across two OF the
main wires of the Beach power house,
which supplies part of the local street
car system with power, and when the
repair men of the power company in
v~estigated the cause of the mysterious
shutdown Of the place they found only
a bit of carbon In h shape OF q rats
body. W. , +"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-03-18
NEW YORK WORLD
PLEADS NOT GUILTY

New York, March 1.-THE Press
New York World. through its counsel,
Delaney Nicoll, pleaded not guilty be-
fore Judge Holt in the federal court to-
day to the. charge of criminal libel in
the Panama canal case.
Counsel for Caleb Han Hamm, editor
OF the World, entered a plea of not
guilty to q similar charge.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-03-18
HIS DEAD
SON OF SWINDLING

Scranton, Pa, March 17.-John Burke,
70 years old, Of Archibald. charged in
court that his son.. Frank, now dead,
had forged his name to a deed, mulct-
Ing him OF valuable property.
In his complaint the father regrets
that it Is necessary to bring such a
that he Is Justified because of the in
Jury done his other children. Another
son. Walter, is also accused of having
had a hand in the alleged Illegal trans
Ter Of the property.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-03-18
GOVERNOR OF KENTUCKY
HURT IN A RUNAWAY

Frankfort, KY, March 17.-Governor
and Mrs. Wilson and their guests, Mr..
and Mrs. Robert NJ. Lyman, of New
York, narrowly escaped death when the
horses attached to Governor Wilson'S
carriage ran away. Mrs. Wilson was
rendered unconscious, two of her front
teeth were broken and her left wrist
fractured. Governor Wilson was
bruised on many PARTS of the body, Mr..
Lyman's face was u and confused.
Mrs. Lyman was the only member OF
the party not injured.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-03-18
NINE. GAMES LOVES HER
GoDCHILDREN, DEAR
LITTLE BABY LIONS

Chicago. March 30, the dear it,
lie lionies! Amt they Just the sweet
est things in the whole world" said
Nine. Emma Eames, the prima donna,
as h caressed the baby lions at Lin
colin park yesterday. The lions were
born o weeks ago. Their mother ID
Emma Games. SO christened last sum-
mer by Nine. Eames. at the request OF
cy DeYry, keeper OF the Lincoln park
goo"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-03-18
HORSES WITH NANCE
UNDER QUARANTINE

Philadelphia, March 15.-One hun
dred stables in various sections of the
city and 1900 horses are under quar-
antine as the result OF an outbreak of
mango, discovered by the state live
stock sanitary board. DIR. w. Horace
Hoskins. of this city, chief inspector
OF the board, said today the disease
was brought I'm by shipments OF horses
from New York, New Jersey and points
west
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-03-18
KING EDWARD WATCHES
THE AMERICANS FLY

Pau, France, March liking Ed
ward arrived by motor car from Bar
ritz this afternoon at the field where
the Wright brothers are making aerial
aights. There was a large crowd pres
emit and much interest in the promised
exhibition.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-03-18
CITY OF PARIS ISOLATED;
TELEGRAPHERS ON STRIKE

Paris. March 16. $50 p. m.-The city
world since 2 o'clock this afternoon,
when a general strike occurred, follow
ing the disorderly incidents of last
night at the Central Telegraphic Blu
reau Of Postoffice. :
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-03-18
LEADING CITIZEN
BLOWING A BANK SAFE

Galena, Kan, Mch. 16.-Harry DAY.
10, o prominent merchant here, was
shot and captured at 2 O'Clock this
morning while In the act of blowing
open the safe In the Miners State bank.
Davis confederate escaped. Davis was
a leading citizen. His family Is wealthy.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-03-18
AMERICAN OFFICER
KILLED BY BLACK
HAND" IN SICILY
Planned to Check Criminal
immigration by Establish
ing Bureaus Abroad.
GENERAL ROUNDUP
OF BLACK HAND MEN.

New York, March 13.-When Of
: fetal news of the assassination at
, Palmero of Lieutenant Petrosini,
, Of the New York detective bureau,
= was received here by Chief of De-
: tectives McCafferty, he immediate
: ly sent kilograms to the chiefs OF
, police of all countries Of large CT
= ties, asking them to round up ev-
: cry black hand" suspect in their
= locality. 81
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-03-18

The railway between Singapore and
Penang. just completed, opens up an
enormous rubber country.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-03-18
PRESIDENT MADE ~.
"BILL" ON SIGHT

Excelsior Springs, Mo-, March 13.@
President Taft Is now a full f1edged
Bill" due to the following resolution
passed by the Bill Club No. / of the
World" d..
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-03-18
PITTsRuRG IN line.

Pittsburg, Pa, March 16.-Within
half an hour after the receipt Of De-
tective McCaffertys request, the local
chief, McQuaid, gave orders to locate
all persons in Pittsburg believed to be
AFFILIATED with the Black Hand"
There are many BLACK Hand" sus-
poets in this city.