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The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-07-08
CANDIDATE SUES CANE
FOR $4,000 DAMAGES

Komstad, g. D., July 5.--The Modem
Woodmen lodge Of this place has now a
deal on their hands that will keep them
busy for some time. II seems that
about q month & a young fellow by
the name of Frost, employee of John
Isaacson, was taken into the lodge and
accordingly initiated. However, ac-
cording to Frost, during the Initiation
he was handled so roughly by some OF
the members as to sustain permanent
physical injuries, and he Is now suing
the camp for $4,000 damages.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-07-08
RISKS LIFE
TO SAVE A TRAIN

Kansas City, July 2-But-
for the presence Of mind Of Mrs.
Jennie Leweilyn, an aged woman
living nearby in a tent, who ran
onto the tracks, Tagging the west
bound Excelsior Springs train on
the Wabash railroad near Missouri
City, Mo-, the headon collision Of q
freight and q passenger train at
that point last night probably
would have resulted in many ia
talities.
As IL was, one man was killed, one
woman badly injured and 10 slightly In,
jured.
The passenger engineer was enabled
to lessen the speed of his ten and &c
prevent a more serious collision. Both
engines were demolished and the bag
gage car and a coach on the passenger
train were telescoped.
The dead man Is David Parrish, al
engineer, who was riding in the bag
gage car.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-07-08
NO CHANCE FOR FINAL
VOTE BEFORE SEPTEMBER

terials for repair of foreign shIps
and, OF American ships under Ger,
tain conditions.
Provisions for supplies with.
drawn from bonded warehouses for
American ships.
Provisions covering bonded ware.
houses.
Prohibition Of importations Of an
obscene nature, with penalties.
Provision for the importation, IN
bond, Of machinery to be used for
repairs.
Provisions covering the forests Of
the state Of Maine along the ST,
Johns and ST. Croix rivers.
Restriction Of imports to Amer.
lean vessels, and imposition OF ex.
ira duties In certain cases. In &C.
cordance with treaty provisions.
Provisions as to meat, cattle ana
hides, and penalties.
Reimportation OF American goods
NICE exported.
Provisions respecting goods from
wrecked vessels.
Smelling and refining In bonded
warehouses.
Drawback provision.
Convict labor provision.
Rates on goods already imported
but In warehouse. n
Repeal section.
Much More Work.
All OF which, Senator Money pointet
out, gave promise Of a good bit OF worl
yet TO be done. Besides. there are 4
be considered the customs court provis
ions, the tariff commission provision
and the maximum and minimum sec
ton, all of the very greatest import
ance.
When Money had finished his litu,
lecture, Senator Aldrich promised tina
he would try to have the rest OF IN,
in as Don as possible. Mean
while there is unlikely to be much NOR
pressure TO Ak q date for q final vote.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-07-08
MOUNTAIN LION
10 A GRAY WOLF

Galloway, Neb., July 1.-THE
supposed mountain lion, which
has been killing so many calves
and colts in this locality since
last fall, has been killed. Walter
Brown, who resides near Oconto,
IL miles southwest OF Galloway,
got II with Is shotgun. A reward
of $3.50 had been offered by the
stockmen of the country for 1t,
dead or alive, and Mr.. Brown ran
onto II and loading his shotgun
with the ball bearings from a
cream separator, being out Of
shot, succeeded IN killing the ami
NAL, which proved 70 be q large
gray wolf. It measured SO inches
from tip to tip, S2 inches high at
the shoulder, six inches from eye
to eye, and IL inches from the
tip of It's nose to the top of its
head. Its weight was 100 pounds,
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-07-08

Chicago, July 2. - Felix Shar-
key, the former convict arrested
here yesterday in connection with
the mysterious throwing of bombs
Of the last two years, was taken
before States Attorney Wayman
today by Chief of Detectives
O'Brien. Two detectives and n.
Miehaelson, a policeman of Nor
gan park, where Sharkey holds the
office Of constable, were present.
Sharkey's arrest followed the obtain
Ing OF information that rs pounds OF
dynamite had been shipped to him at
Morgan Park. Last night Captain
p'Brien repeatedly asked him what he
did with the explosive to which the
prisoner as often remarked, at last
breaking into tears, that he could not
tell.
1t was with the hope of a confession
that the prisoner was taken before
Wayman today.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-07-08
NO DEBT OVER
~NEBRASkA'S HEAD

Omaha, Neb, July 1.-For the first
time In its history, Nebraska Is out Of
debt and the balance is on the right
side of the ledger. Recently the treas
urer paid or the last Of the in
debtedness when he took up warrants
a~ggregating some SIC 1000 against the
general fund. The appropriations made
by the last legislature aggregated a
little over $4,000, 900, and they will be-
come a claim against the state on July
1, Warrants viii be issued. but when
the taxes begin to come in from the
counties next December and January,
the state will have Tnoney to burn.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-07-08

I An American student at Berlin uni
Eersity writes: II dare say that some
OF the street names in our country
sound queer and impossible to the
Germans when they first hear them. If
so, and II they hold them up as hor-
Fible examples TO emphasize the wis
dom OF using numbers and hgures, we
may be permitted to call attention to
some OF the new streets in Chariot
Aenburg, where / live. One is the Wal
ter Leistikow strasse,' named In mem
nry OF an artist, and two other new
streets bear the names. respectively, of
gHolderlin s~trasse' and 'Klaus-Groth
Strasse.ip ar#
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-07-08
TWO AUTO WRECKS; .
BOTH IN COLLISION

Elizabeth, N. j., July An automo-
bile accident ear here early today In
which one mar was killed almost IN
stantly, may result in the death OF an
other occupant OF the wrecked machine
Edward Cooley, OF this city, was killed
the machine skidded and crashed into
telegraph pole.
Stanley Reed, also OF this city, 4
suffering from q fractured skull. John
Hainer, of New York. received com
pound fractures of both arms, and Mrs,
Tucker, OF Newark, suffered bruises
and shock.
Seattle, Wash, July lin a coils
ION between an automobile and
Northern Pacific freight train, south Of
Georgetown, early today, seven per-
sons, all residents Of Seattle, were In
jured, two probably fatally.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-07-08
CANNOT REPRODUCE
CUSTER MASSACRE

LeBeau, 8. d., July 5.-That
Indians do not always order
events OPPORTUNITY is shown by
the fact that just as they were
ready to present the first and
last reproductions OF the Custer
massacre, smallpox broke out
among the members OF the tribe
and the event had to be called
off.
This panorama, which was
scheduled to be true to life"
had been planned for the Fourth
of July and had commanded
universal interest throughout
the nation as a feature in a
class by itself. The topography
OF the country r o the river
Immediately to the west Of Lee
Beau offers an ideal setting for
a great spectacular event Of the
character proposed by the In
dams.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-07-08
TlTLE REFUSED BY BARRIE

London, July I'll. M. Barrie's mod
esty and shrinking from personal pub
licity are such well krU m traits OF his
character that II wn hardly surprise
his friends to Learn. that he has re-
fused a title. When the recently an-
nounced royal birthday honors were
being arranged, the author OF Peter
Pan" ETC., was offered a k~nighthood
Barrie, who Ia a friend OF Kipling's,
might aptly have quoted the latter's
ballad about the man who wouldn't
have then make a knight OF me-" but
ne merely declined the proffered honor
politely but firmly.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-07-08

Dr. Wilfred T. Grenfelt, the Labrador
medical missionary, in an article writ
ten for the Century, relates that 10 the
Eskimo mind everything animate or in
animate possesses a soul. In the ave
khey invariably place every cherished
possession. that their spirits might
serve the departed spirit In the same
In the life to come. There
is little room for burial beneath the
.scanty earth in Labrador, even If the
frost would permit IL. SO the grave con-
lsists OF upright stones, with long, fiat
ones laid across. These not only serve
no keep the wolves from the body, but
wide chinks also afford the spirits
free passage in and out
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-07-08
A TO MARRIAGE.

Knoxville, Tenn, July 1.--Dennis L
Minton, aged 20, committed suicide last
night. It is said that friends of a youDG
woman Of his neighborhood were abori
TO force him to marry her. Minton shol
himself in the head at the home Of hi
aunt shortly before the wedding wa
to have taken place.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-07-08
MAN IS KILLED
IN CHILD PLAY
Urchin Points "Unloaded" Gun
at Playmate and Shoots
a Visitor.

Webster City, Ia, July LA T.
year-old son of Henry Miller, who lives
near Roland, shot and killed Martin
Langland accidentally last evening.
Langland had been out target shoot
ing, and had stopped in at the Miller
farm. While chatting with the girls
there the children took his gun. The
7~-yeap-old. not knowing 1t was loaded,
pointed II at a playmate and fired. II
missed the lad and struck Langland
in the head. He lived about half an
hour.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-07-08
OPENING or CHEYENNE
INDIAN RESERVATION
Is DUE IN OCTOBER

LeBeau, 8. D., July 5.-Authentic
Information received here from the de-
partment at Washington. IN to the ef-
lect that the opening OF the Cheyenne
reservation VIII take place in October.
due about August i, and the filing on
the claims drawn will be fixed at about
May /, 1910.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-07-08
PREPARE FOR
RIOTS In CHINATOWN

New York, July T.-Acting upon In
formation received from the Chinese
minister at Warrington that imme-
diate trouble was expected between the
rival Chinese societies. h Hip Sing
Tongs and the ON Leong longs. Po-
lice Commissioner Baker dispatched 80
policemen and 80 detectives to China
town,
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CHINESE DIPLOMAT DEAD.

Chinese charge d'affaires in the cap
itol Of Mexico, died today at the Chi
nese legation here. His wife and four
children were at the bedside. He had
been suffering for several days from
perltonitis. The body will be sent "a
China. The dead man raj AZ years old
and nephew Of La Hung Chang, the
Chinese statesman.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-07-08
Senator Money Points Out
Mass Of Unfinished Work
for Colleagues.
PRESENTS A LONG LIST

r. ~ LHf ~
Washington, July 1.-There are
now plenty Of modess waoers that
congress will be in Washington on
September 4. Senator Money in
aupurated q bear raid on tho early
adjournment Stocks when he to-
day, sent to the desk and had read,
q list Of the features Of the tariff
bill which have not yet even been
reported by the Senate committee.
lie pointed out that until these things
were before II, the Senate could form
no judgment worth while as to the sort
OF measure 1t was going to make. He
had been approached repeatedly he
said, with requests that he join other
senators In agreeing TO q date for a
final vote on the bill, but, so long as
many OF the most important features
OF the measure had not yet been agreed
upon and reported by the finance com
mittee, II seemed to him utterly USE
less to try to agree on a date for vot-
ing.
List u Read.
Then he had his list OF missing sec
tions read, and the Senate gasped and
reached anew for the palm leaf fans.
The list follows:
C~ountervailing duty.
Regulations as to labelling pack
ages OF imported goods.
Prohibiting goods counterfeiting
American labels and trade marks.
Provisions for free entry Of ma
~. -.." HL H-
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TABOR,
SOUTH DAKoTA

A Chicago school teacher writing
about the national peace congress, re-
Gently held in that city, says; w all
believe in peace, we all honor the men
and women who are deyoting so much
time to It's real establishment on earth,
but to take from our school books the
war tales which make them so inter-
,esting and which do so much to awak-
,en the spirit of patriotism in u chill
Adren would be going a step too Tar.
The men who spoke of the 'bloodless
books should see our boys when they
read aloud or recite about the achieve
ments of army or the armies OF
other lands. Could stories of h great
lest scientific achievements move them
las they do? Let the wal stories stay,
even when peace has come-the chill
ldren win be better for having read
them,
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-07-08
CONSTABLE Is ARRESTED
FOR HURLING BOMB

Chicago, July 2. - Felix Shar-
key, once q terror to the po-
lice, but now crippled and gray,
today divulged all he knew Of the
long series of bomb outrases
which have mystifed the au-
thorities Of Chicago.
States Attorney Wayman, to
whom Sharkey told his story,
laid a strict embargo on silence
m the narrator, and the police
officials who yer present at the
interview.
More arrests are expected.
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OF 10 sPlTzREReEN.

Tromsoe. Norway, July 2. - Walter
wellman and other members OF the ex-
petition that Is planning to reach the
north pole this summer by airship. left
here this morning on the steamer Arc
for the rebuilding Of the balloon shed
at Spitzbergen. destroyed last winter
by a storm.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-07-08

CHICAGO-Mayor Busse was yester
day authorized by the finance commits
tee OF the city council to offer a re
ward OF SO, 900 for Information leading =
the arrest and conviction Of persons re
sponsibie for the damaging explosio'
OF Sunday night
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-07-08
BROOKS MUST HANG.

Jefferson City. Mo, July 1.-Governo'
Hadley today refused to grant a respite
to Claude Brooks. q negro. under sen
tence TO be hanged at Kansas City to
morrow, for the murder OF Sid Herndon
q cripple. Brooks motive was rob
berry.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-07-08

Vienna paper gives a description Of the
pictures received in that city to be
sold at public auction, from the pal
ace OF former Sultan Abdul Hamid."
The collection shows that the sultan
had a leaning toward the Danish
school. "Or, possibly says the writer,
'this fondness may have been only that
of the purchasing agent. There are
many paintings and sketches by Ma
kart and Munkaczy, and nearly every
large Vienna studio Is represented"
The writer OF the letter judges by
this the sultan's pictures were COLI
9ected largely by the ottoman repre-
Sentative in Austria.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-07-08
BOY BEATS OFF WOLF
WITH A MAIL BOX

Aberdeen, 8. D., July g.
While John Paulson, a 16-year-
old boy residing near Sisseton,
and his sister were returning
from q party. they We're at
tackled by a large sized wolf.
The boy had no weapon, but he
pulled up q rural mail box and
smashed the animal over the
head with II until Il fed.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-07-08
HUSBAND Is FREE, NO
NOMINATING EVIDENCE

Tyndall, s. D., July 5.--Jesse Hem
bricks, charged with killing his wife at
Running Water, May 80, was acquitted
yesterday at his preliminary hearing.
The c~oroner's jury ave a verdict OF
suicide but he was indicted later. He
was freed for lack OF discriminating evil
dence.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-07-08

SAN FRANCISCO. CAL,-Five men
OF the torpedo boat Hull were badly
scalded last night by the bursting OF a
boiler tube. 1t Is feared b. +. King,
fireman, was seriously injured. The
boat was slightly damaged. The 9TH.
ers injured were J. NJ. Rober, Francis
X. Crawford, John r, Carter and New
ton Carish. n
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-07-08

TOLEDO, OHIO-At the conclusion
eff the preliminary hearing here yes
terday Salvatore and Sebastian Lima
and Salvatore Rizzo, all OF Marion,
three members OF the alleged Black
Hand band. recently arrested, were
hound over to the federal grand jury,
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-07-08
REYEs nm LoNpoN.

London, July 1.-Rafael Reyes, presi-
dent OF Colombia, who arrived In Lon
don yesterday, will make a brief stay
here. He Is going TO Paris TO visit
relatives and after q tour Of the con-
tinent will return to Colombia and re-
sumo the presidency.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-07-08

NEW YoRK-Following a conference
yesterday between counsel for the
American Sugar Refining company and
for the United States, there was a well
authenticated rumor that the govern
ment will not either press Its charge
against the company or prevent the
Pennsylvania Sugar Refining company
from doing business.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-07-08
SUSPECT is HELD
FOR KILLING FOUR
coRoNER,s JURY HOLDS
VICTOR IMPLICATED

That the said persons came
to their death from gunshot
wounds and a blow on the head,
said injuries inflicted by some
person or persons unknown to
us; and we, the jurors, do fur
ther say that from the evidence
presented 10 va we in u opin-
ion believe Emil Victor was i'm
plicated in the death of the said
persons.
). c. DAILY, Q. Il. Rice, ,. T. FL
liot, Jury.
George countryman, Coroner.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-07-08

CHICAGQ-Mary Elizabeth (Dolly)
Logan Tucker yesterday was granted a
divorce from Colonel VIM. r.. Tucker.
III. s. A., retired, On the grounds OF de-
sertton. The matter Of alimony. IL was
stated. had been settled privately.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-07-08

Accidents at sea are costly. Damages
20 the moun OF over S12S, 900 were
claimed BY the owners of the st. Paul,
IN collision with which the British
Gladiator was sunk last year. The
British admiralty registrar awarded
about se6,990.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-07-08

Penguins' eggs, which were a great
1y priced breakfast delicacy with O
large class of Londoners last year, have
again cen placed on the market. The
season for penguins' eggs has just be-
CUR Penguins' eggs are extremely
no~urishing, and very rich in fatty phos-
phorized constituents. They are col
1ected for British consumption on three
small islands owned by the Cape gov
ernment, near Cape Town, South AZ
irica.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-07-08

Consul General G.. Bic Ravendal, OF
Beirut, says that the question of link
ling Egypt and Syria by q railway is
certain to be seriously considered, as
ats advantages are obvious. He writes
concerning a project: Mr. Almagia, a
landria, informs the Egyptian Gazette
that he asked the Ottoman and
Egyptian governments to allow him to
make plans for a railway line by way
iof Eel Arish to Jana. The negotiations
lare In charge OF Mr.. Ambron, the engi-
ineer of the firm, who is shortly return
ing to Egypt from Italy. The idea Is
the line, after crossing the Suez
canal, should run along the coast to
the frontier at Ell Arish and then on to
its terminus at Jaffa, where II would
sconnect with the Jerusalem railway.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-07-08

Jonn Ross, the British general who
led the force that burned washington,
was killed In a battle with the Amer
ican army at North Point. Md, near
Baltimore. The Americans We're de-
feated. Rose fell into the arms OF Cap
Tain McDougall, and the same oficer
caught General Packenham In his arms
q the battle of New Orleans.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-07-08

q. Men who wonder how timid woman
can wear in her hair a thing that is
called a rat-merely called so-will
probably become speechless by the
announcement that a London woman
wears a live marmoset in her hair.
Other women are wondering IL this
will become "the fashion" Marmosets,
which are pretty little creatures a
few inches in hight, with curiously hui
man faces and hands, are the most
popular pets just now with London
women. but so far only n has been
heard OF who carries hers in her hair.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-07-08
WHICH WILL BE
FIRST TO REACH
The RESERVATION ?
Three Roads Are Reaching Out
From River to Tap Chey-
enne Country.

lie Beau, s. ID. July 2.-Several rail-
road interests are striving to be first
over the Cheyenne Indian reservation
lands. which are to be thrown open for
settlement In the fall.
The Minneapolis a st. Louis survey
crews r now about 70 miles west OF
the Missouri river and are working in
a remarkably fine country. The Chi
cago, Milwaukee e. st. Paul already
has grading outfits at work on Virgin
creek, rs miles west of LIE Beau, which
is its nearest approach to this point.
Northwestern's surveying crews
have crossed into the Cheyenne reser-
walton on the south, at Cherry creek.
{ With these three great railroad sys-
tens already 50 active and the North
ern Pacific working from Mandan south
toward the same country, II Is evident
that the Cheyenne Sioux reservation
will experience quicker and greater de-
velopments than any country ever
opened for homesteaders.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-07-08

The Canadian minister OF the interior
has submitted figures showing that
there are still available for homesteads
In the province of Manitoba IL, 1926, 900
acres; In Saskatchewan. 1O4, SIS, 900
acres, and in Alberta, III. 369, 600 acres.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-07-08

All notes or legal papers executed in,
Mexico must bear revenue stamps. and
all papers executed in the United
States or other countries must bear
these stamps before legal action can
be commenced in Mexico. Notes made
ITO the order or are not mercantile
documents and are not indorsable, saws
Daily Consular and Trade Reports.
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MAKES A FORTUNE
BY DRAINING LAND

olivet, 8. D., July 5.-sydney e. Til
ton, OF Springfield, s.. D., who recently
purchased 1--WE quarter sections of land
porth OF Olivet, part OF II lying very
low and being dotted over with lake
beds, q made the flooded land worth
double h price he paid for 1t by con-
Quoting q systematic drainage plan by
which he has reclaimed the wet land.
"A small chain of lakes extended over
y Ave- quarter sections. BY digging
bitches connecting these he drained
one lake after another, digging other
bitches through which the water was
carried into a creek. To prevent the
land being flooded again he placed TIL
ing in the bitches, which he construct
ed to drain the land. and now has COW
cred h thing, leaving the ground over
them In it's original condition. The
draining of the land cost him a COM
paratively small sum, and has in
creased h value OF the land by many
thousands OF dollars.
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why, once, do you know, I found
q bear inside a hollow log. Well, OF
course, ] couldn't get at him to shoot
him, and the log was too heavy to
move. I didn't know what to do. So
at last | thought of cutting four holes
Pm the log, about where the bears feet
must be. and got his paws through
slick. Then I tied a rope about the
Jog and made him walk with 1t into
camp. And-would you believe it,
W. had all our food and all our fuel
for the winter out Of that one deal?"