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The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-04-08

Gregory, S. D., April 3.-Splitting
wo quarter sections OF land In twain
10 exercise her right of choice OF 100
scres Of the choicest land In Trip
iounty, May Melser, of Kennebec,
folder OF No. ! in the famous Trip
sounty drawing OF october 10, 1908,
He'd promptly this morning at 8 O'clock.
She chose the west half OF the south
asst quarter, and the IA half Of the
southwest quarter Of section FL, town
hip 100, range rs. The tract lies just
iouth Of the government townsite of
Jordan or Witten in the northwestern
TART of the county, where the new pri-
rate townsite OF Redhill has just been
bcated a short distance to the north
If the Melser claim.
The question Of Mrs. Melser's right
o file had been previously passed upon
~ Judge Witten and did not come up
It the time OF the Hing when h APP
reared with her locator, Chester
laughter, of Dallas, paid her filing
ZEE, took her receipt and left the Office
oon after. The map in the filing room
Vas Immediately marked to show that
he tract in question had passed out Of
qne list of lands eligible to entry.
Peter Swift, OF Ponca, Neb,, who
responded with number 2, chose the
iouthwest quarter Of section 10, town
hip 81, range "a, which lies a half
nile from the city or Dallas and IL
surrounded by Indian allotments.
K, Hammer, of Meadow Grove, Neb.,
folding No. 8, filed on the west half of
he northeast quarter and the east half
Il the northwest quarter of section 10,
ownship 100, range 78, lying a half mile
vest of Jordan, and but little over q
nile from May Melser's claim.
Otto Schneider, of Mitchell, S.. D.;
ls number 4, made choice of the south
vest quarter of section 2, township 81,
ange 70, being a half mile from the
government townsite of Colome, sit
lated 10 miles from the present ter
minus of the Northwestern road.
Jacob Echert, of Wichita, Kan, made
he fifth filing on the south half of the
putheast quarter Of section 81, town
hip 9S, range "a, and lot / and the
Joutheast quarter of the northeast
quarter Of section 3, township 81, range
A.. .."|-.. # < : #
Samuel Anderson, of Albert City, Ia,
vas the sixth to file and his choice was
,he southwest quarter Of section 8,
ownship 100, range 7S, lust north Of the
lew townsite of Redhill, and only a
hort distance from the Melser and
Hammer claims. ~ "
There will be so filings made during
he day If all the holders of lucky
numbers are on hand to exercise their
light.
At a large public meeting In the audi
iorium last evening at which there
we're hundreds of the holders of num-
Sers, Judge Witten made a lengthy adj
iress and gave full instructions as to
he filing as well as paying a high COM
ilinent TO the qualities of the country
% be entered.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-04-08
CONFERENCE OF
CHARITIES WILL
HOLD 4 MEETING
Speaking Talent Of National
Reputation Will Address
the Gathering.

Parker, s.. d., April 1.-The state
conference of charities and correction
meets April IA and 15 in Sioux Falls
The committee has prepared an excel
lent program and the conference meet
ing, will be, without doubt, the best
W held in the state.
The meeting opens at 10 o'clock the
morning Of the 14th with praye by
Bishop Hare. Mayor w. T. Doollttle
viii give the address of welcome, to,
which George w. Nash win respond
DR.. Frank Fox, of Sioux Falls, will ad-
dress the conference on THE Man
Without a Character which will be
followed by a discussion led by Rev
James M, Brown, of the same city, J..
q. Parsons, NJ. d., will talk on ''The
Prevention of Blindness and Deafness"
n the discussion of this subject will
be led by Dora Donald Humbert, Of
Gary.
In the afternoon there will be ad.
dresses by DR.. N. G, Hirschy. president
of Redfield college on THE Place OF
Religious Education in Social Better
ment;" THE Saving of Girls by Miss
Emma G. Cook; The Delinquent Boy"
by A. ]. Hutton, superintendent Wis
consin industrial school for boys; 'The
Chief American Industry" by Miss
Frances Mckinley: THE Inspection Of
County Jails and Almshouses,' by DR.
III. K. Warren, Yankton.
John l.. Gillin, Pm. D., of the Iowa
state university, will give an address,
and the Queen City quartet viii fur
nish music in the evening. ...a
Thursday morning exhibits from the
schools at Gary and Redfield will be
inspected, an Informal discussion on
THE States Duty to Her Unfortun-
ates," will be held, and a visit made to
the penitentiary.
In the afternoon addresses will be
given by Dean Sterling, of the state
university; Bishop O'Gorman, DIR. c. B.
Mallory, Aberdeen; DIR. A. c. Rogers,
superintendent Minnesota state school
for feeble minded and colony for epilep-
tics, n greetings from Governor Rob
ert S. Wesley.
Hastings H. Hart, Of Russell Sage
foundation, New York city, will be
present and deliver an address in the
evening. There will be drills and songs
by classes from the school for deaf and
other special music.
A business session will be held Fri
day morning, electing officers, etc.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-04-08
FATE DECIDES AGAINST
HOLDER OF NO. 20

Gregory, s.. D., April 5.-When il
came time for No. 29 to file under yes
terday's quota Of the first so numbers,
there was no response, and back of
this incident is almost a double trag-
edy.
w. H. Krebs, OF Omaha, was the
holder of this number, but died soon
after the drawing OF the numbers last
October. Under a modified ruling of
the department to cover this special
case, his widow was given permission
TO file for land which is estimated to
be worth not less than $4,000. When
the time for filing came, her little child
lay at the point Of death at the home
in Omaha, and the mother made the
sacrifice Of her chance for a fortune to
be with the child for whom she desired
the farm home in Trip county.
Judge Witten had no power to fur
Their modify the requirements Of the
land department and the woman's
chance is lost.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-04-08
FARMERS ELEVATOR
BURNS AT VERMILLI0N

vermillion, S. D., April Fire here
early Sunday morning destroyed the
large new farmers elevator. The cause
of the blaze is unknown yet it is the
opinion Of several people that 1t was
the work of an incendiary as the fire
started under the southwest corner of
the building. so feet from the engine
room. The bins contained upwards Of
20, 900 bushels of grain, the most Of
which was corn. The farmers carried
the loss. .ar
The elevator company has not lost
heart over the calamity, but negotia-
lions will be commenced at nee to pur-
chase the Truax elevator close by, In
which to do business until another new
one car be erected.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-04-08
WOMAN BURGLAR MAKES
~, BOLD THEFT OF DRESS

afternoon during the absence from her
home of Mrs. A. w. Voedisch, wife of
a local jeweler, a well dressed woman
of refined appearance entered the
house through the front door and
walked to Mrs. Voedisch's bedroom,
which she entered. Several carpenters
were in the house at the time, doing
some repairing, but the woman ap-
pearcd to be so self-confident that they
gave the matter no further thought,
supposing her to be one OF Mrs. Voc
disch's friends. In a short time the
woman left, and upon Mrs. Voedisch's
return she found that a valuable dress
had beer stolen from her room. There
is no trace of the woman who SO
boldly perpetrated the theft.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-04-08
HIDDEN CRIME
COMES TO LIGHT
AT THE CAPITAL
Remains of Babe, Partially De-
voured by Dogs, Found in
Citizens Yard.

Pierre, S. D., April 5.--Sensational In
the extreme is the effect produced by
the finding in the yard Of Mr.. Hol-
brook, at East Pierre, the head, Shout
ders and one arm OF IN infant child,
which had evidently been given shall
low burial and afterward been dug up
by dogs and part Of the body devoured.
DIR. HOLSTER was at once notified
and the remains taken to the under
taking rooms for further examination
and TO secure some clue to the Grim
inal mother who committed the awful
act. The doctors pronounced the child
still born. ard their judgment is that
1T had been buried about a day when
the unearthed remnants of the body
were discovered. There is no clue to
the guilty parties. This is the fourth
discovery OF a similar hidden crime
within six weeks, and the community
is wrought up to an intense state OF
mind.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-04-08
SPooNER SEEKS NEW
TRIAL FOR OH, TRUST

Washington, April 6-On behalf Of
the Waters-Pierce Oil company, former
United States Senator John G. Spooner
has filed in the supreme court of the
United States q petition for a rchear-
ing of the various cases brought by the
which recently were decided against it.
These include the cases involving the
appointment of a receiver for the COM
pany and the n busting the company
from the state and imposing a fine of
81, $4,000 for violations of the Texas
for the petition Is that the fine was so
excessive as to deprive the oil company
OF it's property without due process OF
law. .rrl .,... . .at..
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-04-08
DOG TASTED TEN
DAYS IN CHURCH

DeSmet, s.. D.. April Can adven-
ture which befell a bird dog belonging
to c. L. Dawley, a well known resident
Of this place, proves that these animals
can exist quite a while without food
or water. The dog was accidentally
locked in an old church building and
was not discovered until 10 days had
elapsed, when a boy espied the animal
while peering through one Of the win
dows of the building. The animal was
released and, although II had tasted
for 10 days, IL came out as frisky as
ever The members of the Dawley
household noticed, OF course, that the
dog was missing, but they supposed
that it had been poisoned, as had been
the case with a number of dogs at
about the time Dawley's canine was
locked in the church building.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-04-08

Revelations concerning the double
career OF the Russian terrorist police
agent Azeff recall a story old OF
Louis XVIII, king Of France, n
Fouche. who had been at one time Ma
poleon's minister of police. After the
Bourbon restoration the king asked
Fouche whether he had set spies over
him during the empire. Fouche adj
mitted that he had. who was n
spy" the king asked, and he was in
formed that 1t had been the Comte de
3iacas. How much did he get?" con-
tinued the king. Two hundred thou
sand francs a year, your majesty"
rAh, WELL" said Louis, h was hon.
est, then, after ALL had half"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-04-08
NORTHWESTERN BUILDS
STATION AT ABERDEEN

Aberdeen, s. D., April 5.-Annolnce-
ment has been officially made that
plans for a new Northwestern station,
fireproof, modern, and built of brick
and stone will be completed in about
10 days, and that the station will be
built this year on the site of the pres
emit structure, which is of wood. The
announcement was made by Vice Presi-
dent Gardner and Assistant General
Manager Captillon, of Chicago, upon
a short visit to Aberdeen. The other
three railroads entering the city al
ready have brick and stone stations
that are commodious and convenient,
although the Milwaukee station, built
six years ago has already proven too
small to accommodate the needs of the
road since it has become q transconti-
mental line, and a new station will be
built by the company, probably this
year.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-04-08
WOMAN CoNFESSES SHE
LEADS BURGLARS BAND

burglars, charged with a recent rob-
berry, was the remarkable admission
OF Mrs. J. A. Wait, aged "a, when taken
into custody According to the wom-
ar, she and her young sister, Le-
onora Pryor, not only planned the
burglary, but DOMINIC male attire took
an active part in its accomplishment.
She was arrested while with her
husband, a salesman for an elevator
concern OF Memphis and st. Louis.
The woman, together with other al
legged members of the band who had
been previously arrested. were held
for trial. 49, @ W
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-04-08
PRAIRIE FIRE
BREAKS LOOSE;
HOMES BURNED
Heroic School Teacher Saves
Her Charges by Herding on
Burned Ground.

> Aberdeen, 8. D.. April IA prairie
fire which swept over a large section OF
Edmunds county was stopped after II
had crossed the line into Faux county
just In time to lave Wecota, in the lat
ter county. from destruction. The fire
started south OF Roscoe, s. d., and was
driven southwark by a northwest wind
Thousands of dollars worth of prop
erty was destroyed. Just before
reashing Wecota the fire struck the
Minneapolis a. st. Louis railroad grade
and fire fighters who had gathered from
all sections Of the surrounding country
awaited themselves of the temporary
check to the flames caused by the grade
to stamp out the confiagration.
The heavier losses so far reported
were by Charles Crane, who lost his
house and grain; David stafford, barn
and grain; Thomas Evans, barn; Joe
Brown, house and barn; Mrs. Luther,
house: Jorgen Jensen, barn and grain;
John Price, barn. *
There were heavy losses of hay, and
several school houses in the path Of the
flames were destroyed. D.. 4. .
south Dakota added another to her
list Of heroines in the person of Miss
Eliza Thomas, a school teacher, who
by rare presence Of mind saved the
lives of the children In her charge. The
school house was directly In the path
Of the oncoming flames. Miss Thomas,
when she saw the fire approaching,
sent the larger children home, but the
little tots she kept with her and kept
them inside the school house, When
the flames struck the school house she
took the children out and kept them
on the portion of the prairie that had
been burned over, where they were out
of danger. The school house burned,
Had the teacher allowed the smaller
children to go to their homes, some of
them would undoubtedly have per-
"."#. ..t. "
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-04-08
SUICIDE LEAPS OVER
BRINK AT NIAGARA

Niagara Falls, N. Y, April Am un-
known man, about 3s years old, yesterday
afternoon committed suicide by jumping
into the river from Luna island in sight
OF a score of persons, who saw him
swept over the falls. He stood on the
railing of the bridge for a second or two
peering down into the water and then
dove in head foremost. He was described
as a handsome man weighing about $50
pounds with black hair and mustache.
The authorities hope to establish his
identity by means of a child's ring found
in n of the pockets OF his o~vereoat,
which he left or the bridge.
Luna falls is the smallest of the cata-
racts, but it has never given up its dead.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-04-08

In the magnificent palace, near Paris,
where lived the late Victorien Sardou,
playwright, was a huge chest that con-
tanned numberless little boxes, duly la
beled. In these cardbord receptacles
were notes, jotted down at any time, In
any place; newspapers cuttings. cpl
grams and aphorims Of his own--a
chest of ideas and plots. Sardou saw
life and all events as plots, and thought
that the richest and widest imagina-
ton could invent nothing so thrilling,
30 fascinating and truly dramatic as
the incidents daily recorded in the
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-04-08
ENGINEER SAW
HOME BURNING
Finished Run and Found Place
in Ashes After Reporting
to Headquarters.

Boone, Ia, April Gas Engineer w.
A. Reed, one of the oldest Northwest
ern railvoad engineers, was bringing
In the overland limited today, he
passed within a quarter of q mile of
his beautiful home, The Naples"
which was burning.
He could not leave the train, but after
reporting, FASTENED back to find the
house, barn and a quantity OF stock
destroyed. The loss is $1,000, partially
insured. (
Engineer Reed had lust paid for the
place and the temptation to stop the
train for help was strong.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-04-08
KAIsER's DOUBLES TWO,
TAILOR, CHIMNEY SWEEP

Berlin, April THE kaiser is In the Pc
culiar predicament of having no less than
two doubles. One, Herr Nitsche, IL a
humble chimney sweep. Recently, when
place. the story goes, a tailor, suddenly
waking to the fact that he was rather
like his majesty, had HIS moustache
trimmed and dressed himself a Ia kaiser
as nearly as possible, n boldly sailed
forth.
His reception exceeded his expectations,
the incident got to the ears OF the authori-
ties n next day he received a peremp1
tory recommendation to alter his appear
ance or leave town. He left.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-04-08
FREIGHT WRECK
f.. DELAYED TRAINS
FOR THREE DAYS

Avon, S. d, April 5.-The freight
train wreck, which prevented operation
of trains west of this city for three
days, has been cleared up and the reg
ular service Is continued.
The work on the city sewer system,
which was discontinued in December,
has been renewed and the improve
ment will be finished in a few days.
The Southeastern South Dakota
Teachers association will begin its
ninth annual session at Tyndall. April
Is, and continue for two days.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-04-08
KISS OF DYING WOMAN
KILLS TRAINED NURSE

Cumberland, Md, April 2.-Having
become infected from a kiss bestowed
on a dying patient who had grown to
love her because of her tender care,
Miss Marion c. Spier, a Cumberland
trained nurse, died in her home on
Washington street.
Hiss Spier nursed Mrs. Virginia Cal
Ian Carder, wife Of DR.. George L. Card
er, a prominent society woman, in the
Allegheny hospital, and took such tend
er care of her that the sick woman
asked the nurse to kiss her as she was
dying. The request was granted, and
in a few days Miss Spier was stricken
with the same malady, dying from
blood poisoning, contracted, the doctory
say. by the kiss. L
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-04-08

Mrs. Jeanette M. Bradley has been
put in charge Of the new legislative
headquarters which the s~uffragists
opened In Washington a few weeks
ago. There are rooms for suffrage
meetings and receptions, besides Offices
which at present are used in carrying
Dn the work on the national petition.
The house Is being furnished by volun-
larry contributions. S~uffragists all over
the country have declared their inten-
ton to celebrate Miss Anthony's next
birthday by sending some article Of
furniture to Mrs. Bradley for the new
headquarters.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-04-08

Australia Is a land of magnificent
distance. sydney on the eastern !
and Perth on the western, are 1000
miles apart, and the high court of the
commonwealth has to hold periodical
sittings in both, as well as in the 9TH
er state capitals. Some members or
the commonwealth parliament have
been grumbling at the item SIC, $50 for
the travelling expenses Of the Judges.
The attorney general in reply stated
that the judges were travelling for $50
days OF the year and their Journeys had
to be attended by a certain amount Of
circumstances"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-04-08
WHEAT SETS RECORD
MARK OF SEASON

Chicago, April IA new high rec.
ord mark for the season for all de-
iiveries of wheat was recorded on the
board Of trade here today, when the
May option sold at $1.20hc and the
July at S1.08 per bushels. The new
mark for the May delivery was within
tHc Of the best price established dur
Ing the famous Gates deal In 1905. Re.
ports OF damage by winter killing in
Ohio and Indiana, We're largely re-
kI>onsible for tho upturn.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-04-08
DAKOTA WOMAN KILLS
. - HERSELF IN MINNESOTA

registered at the Baker hotel here as
Mrs. w. j. Evans, Of Madison, s. D.,
committed suicide Wednesday night by
shooting herself. She was accompanied
by a man who calls himself j, w.
Evans. The woman was about sc years
old, and had apparently planned to kill
herself, as h bought a revolver from
q local dealer yesterday afternoon.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-04-08
DAUGHTER PERIsHEs WHEN
FAMOUS HOUSE BURNS

winchester, Va, April Miss Virginia
Carter, young daughter OF Reese B. Car
ter, was burned to death in the fire which
destroyed her parents home, yellow
House" at Rest, this county. Mr.. and
Mrs. Carter were badly burned I'm an ef-
fort to save their daughter.
yellow House" was more than 200
year old and was the scene OF many mo-
table events during the revolutionary and
civil war times. General George wash
ington stopped there on his way TO Brad
docks relief at Fort Duquesne.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-04-08
ABERDEEN ESCAPES
......A SERIOUS FIRE

Aberdeen, s. D., April 2.-An ex-
plosion OF gasoline in the second story
of a frame building on Main street
started a blaze yesterday afternoon
which required hard work on the part
of the fire department to prevent a dis
astrous fire. The building was ad-
Joined on both sides by other frame
buildings, but the other nearby struc-
lures are brick. The fire was confined
to the upper stories of the frame build
tngs and the damage will amount to
a few thousand dollars.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-04-08
EFFORT TO KILL
MAYOR REYBURN

Philadelphia, Pa, April 2.-While
Mayor ReyDurn was in conference
here this afternoon with several citi-
zens, a man said to be a foreigner, at
tempted to break in the door leading
to the mayors private office. When de-
tecred by a guard the man drew a knife
anc exclaimed:
I'm kill the mayor. He owes me lots
OF money!"
The man was overpowered. He Is
thought TO be insane.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-04-08

A Hungarian peasant named Jan
Hirsch Travelled to Buda-Pesth OF busi-
ness and awaited himself OF the oppor-
tunity TO order 100 visiting cards which
would astonish his native village.
When he returned home he found that
the cards bore the name OF Mavisch in
stead OF Hirsch. This meant a clear
loss of is Sd unless he could make use
OF the cards. He accordingly wrote O.
petition on stamped paper, which cost
him Is, asking permission to alter his
name. His request was granted and
now he is Jan Mavisch, with cd saved.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-04-08

Sioux Falls, S. D., April 5.-The re-
port Of Public Examiner John L. Jones
OF the condition of banks other than
national In South Dakota on February
26, shows an increase in OF
s., 208,S2S.40, and in deposits OF $780,
COS. 80. the total Of deposits being sE.-
125, 521 so.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-04-08
PETR0SlN0'S ASSASSINS
ARE KNOWN IN PALERMO

Palmero, April Cit is believed here
that the names OF the assassins Of
Joseph Petrosino, chief Of the Italian
bureau Of the New York detective force,
are known to the Inspector OF the min
istry of the interior sent down here
from Rome, and that they have been
communicated to Premier Giolitti.
Twelve of the men arrested In connec-
ton with the murder and In custody
are under serious suspicion.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-04-08

Mrs. Catherine b. Bell, editor of the
Cannon, of Cannon City, Colo, besides
attending to her household and editor
tal duties finds time to serve as pro-
tbation officer in her home county, to DO
the work required of the president OF
the board of county visitors, to act as
special agent to the county commits
!sioners in cases of restitution n to
he the humane officer and secretary OF
the local humane society. She Is q
widow and the mother of three children
whom she supports and cares for as
well as though she did nothing but keep
house. She is a New Yorker by birth
and has lived in Colorado less than
eight years.