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The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-10-21

fK w. " BUCHANAN.
4 night and when most or the residents
arc out Of town. Passersby saw the
\ diplomat lying on the sidewalk. A po-
liceman was SUMMONED and he quickly
called an ambulance, but 1t was too
late for medical aid. The name wv.
i. Buchanan'' was found on the cloth
ing, which was recognized to be OF
American make. The initials were en-
graved on the. jewelry. There were
no other means Of Identification. The
police circulated these particulars, and
the manager Of the hotel and officials
from the American embassy called at
the hospital ind identified the body.
Wife Is Notified.
a cablegram was sem TO Mrs.
buchanan at Buffalo, notifying her Of
the death OF her husband, and asking
for Instructions. The American en-
bassy and the coroner took charge OF
Mr.. Buchanan's effects. 1t Is customary
In such cases In England to perform an
autopsy. but the American embassy has
requested that this be waived.
The hotel management stated that
Mr.. Buchanan usually dined out, fire.
qucntly returning at midnight or later.
Therefore his failure to return was not
noticed until this morning. ~.
Physicians who examined the body
state that death apparently was due to
heart disease or apoplexy,1 and that
there was no Indication whatever Of
foul play. which was suggested in GER
tain quarters.
Mr.. Buchanan's Career. "'
william Insco Buchanan was born at
sCoyington, Ohio, September 10, 1853.
He lived on a farm and was educated
In the country schools. He was en-
crossing clerk Of the Indiana house OF
representatives. lS74-75. He removed to
Piqua, Ohio, IN 1876. and to Sioux City,
Ia, 1882. He was appointed as a mem
Der OF the Worlds Columbian exposi-
ton commission from Iowa In 1890. He
served as chief OF the department Of
agriculture and was later In charge Of
the live stock department at the ex-
position. y. 1- .
Mr.. buchanan was minister plenopo-
Tertiary and envoy extraordinary to
Argentine from 1894 to 1900. by appoint
ment Of Presidents Cleveland and Nc
Kinley. BY permission Of congress he
was chosen arbitrator OF a boundary
dispute between Chile and Argentine.
IN 1901 he was made director-geenral
or the Pan-Anlertcan exposition at Buff
faic, and In 1909 lie was a delegate from
the United States to the second Pam
American congress at Mexico City. He
was the first United States minister
resident to the Republic OF Panama by
appointment nf President Roosevelt.
Later no was appointed by the state
department 20 investigate and report
on claims made by American citizens
against the Venezuelan government. He
was ID London on his way to The
Hague to present the American phase
OF this controversy to the arbitration
tribunal. y
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-10-21
BANKERS SUICIDE
CAUSED DEATH or
HIS MOTHERINLAW

Mineral Point, Wis, oct. 20,-F. e.
Hansconns cashier Of che wrecked First
National bank, Of Mineral Point, shot
and killed himself at 10 O'clock last
night His body vaS Immediately re-
Tnoved TO the home OF his notherin-
law, Mira. John Gray. AZ sight Of chs
body Mrs. Gray dropped dead.
Phillip Allen, jr.. vice president OF the
wrecked bank. who was arrested last
week on q charge OF embezzling $685.
600 OF the banks deposits.
Since Receiver Schofield took charge
OF the bank, Hanscom has been Of
work with him night and day on the
books OF the Institution trying to find
out Its exact condition. He has been
very despondent as a result OF the fail
ure.
When the receiver took charge OF the
bank last Thursday rumors which could
not be confirmed had II that the loss
70 the bank would run greatly oYer
100000, and that more arrests were 10
be expected
Hanscom war Aliens chief MD In
running the bank.
Dies IN Graveyard.
Hanscom took his own life while
kneelfng over the grave OF his mother
In h little cemetery here. He was
first noticed TO be missing at 6 o'clock
last evening. No alarm was expressed
until later in the evening. when Inquiry
at the bank and various other places
failed 70 reveal his whereabouts.
a searching party was finally organ
ICED with the result that the body OF
the banke was found on the grave of
his mother. He vas SIS years old and
leaves a widow and two grown daugh-
tiers.
Hanscom's heavy losses and worry
over the fact that he had told deposit
tors shortly before the bank failed that
u was all right, are said to be RESPONSE
BILE for his act.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-10-21
f.nnann. 80. 20.-Wifliam I. Rnchnn

London. Oct 20.-wiiliam l.. Buchan-
taii. ~ Puffaio. NJ X, former American
ministpr 10 the Argentine republic and
Panatna. who had been closely identi-
fed with, several important American
diplomatic missions, met a tragic death
Saturday night In q London street. He
was discovered lying on q sidewalk
in Park lane. ncar the' American em-
fgSss. hi d dying condition a few min
Utes before ~ o'clock. and wasNcarried
10 st, GEORGES hospital, q short dis
taice awag, but he was dead when the
ambulance reached the hospital. The
cause OF death IS not known, but it lis
Sitnnassd that III resulted from heart
disease Or apoplcxy.
There were no marks of violence on
the bnd9 nor had no, berry been COM
mitted. The body was placed in the
hospital rnorgue and the police notified.
The identity of the dead man was dis
covered Sdaday morning through in
quiries sent cut Ey the management OF
tho hotel where Mr.. Buchanan was
staying. An INQUEST will be held
wednesday,
Ia london on Business.
Mr.. Buchanan, who had come to Lon
don on 4 mission for the United States
Cover, ment. In connection with the
Venezuelan claims. had been here for
several weeks. He took up quarters at
Clardiges hotel, n OF the most fash
ionabie IN the city, which is located
about half "A mlie from Park lane. He
left the hotel Saturday night for din
ner early In the evening attired In eve
ming dress. No one has vet been found
who knows where he spent the evening,
hut 1t Is supposed that he was walk
Ing home wheh stricken. Park lane is
q particularly quiet street On Saturday
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-10-21
-FOUR ARE BURNED TO
DEATH IN FIERCE FIRE
Wichita Feed Yard Is Scene Of
oonaagration - Thirty
Horses Perish.

Wichita, Kan, Oct. 20.-Four men
were burned to death and one man was
fatally burned in a feed yard fire here
today.
The dead.
v. r. KEPPLINGER, OIustee, Kan.
ALONZO VERLING, Wichita.
JAMES GILMORE, Wichita.
AN UNIDENTIFIED MAN.
Fatally burned:
Fred George, Wichita,
The men were asleep in the hay in
a barn which was destroyed and per-
ished there.
Thirty horses were burned to death,
but the property loss was small. The
fire is believed to have been Of incen-
diary origin.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-10-21
A BANKEA's NERVE
Broken by CORee and Restored BY
Postum.

Broken By CORee ana Restored ~
Postum.
A banker needs perfect control Of
the nerves and a clear, quick. accurate
brain. A prominent banker Of Chat
tanooga tells how he keeps himself In
condition:
up to II years Of age I was not
allowed to drink coffee, bat as room as
I got out into the world l began to use
1t and grew very fond Of It. For some
years ] noticed no bad effects from Its
use, but In time 1t began to affect me
u~nfavorably. My hands trembled, the
muscles Of my face twltched, my mem
tai processes seemed slow and in 9TH
er ways my system got out Of order.
These conditions grew so bad at last
that l had to give up coffee altogether.
My attention having been drawn to
Postum, l began its use on leaving of
the coffee, and 1t gives me pleasure to
testify to its value. / find IL a deli
cious beverage; like it just as wen
as l did coffee, and during the years
that l have used Postum l have been
free from the distressing symptoms
that accompanied the use of coffes.
The nervousness has entirely disap-
peared. and and / am as steady OF
hand as a boy Of rs, though l am mora
than 80 years old. l owe all this to
Postum" There's a Reason" Read
the little book, The Road to Well
ville." in pkgs. Gr0cers sell.
Ever read the above letter. A
new appears from time 70 time.
They r genuine true, and full Of
human Interest.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-10-21
AVIATOR ESCAPES
DEATH NARROWLY
Captain Codys Bi-plane Is
Wrecked, and He Falls to
the Ground.

Doncaster, England, Oct. 19.-Disas-
ter for the bi-plane OF Captain Cody,
the American, and a miraculous escape
from death for the aviator himself,
furnished a sensational opening for the
second day of aviation week.
The weather was ideal for flying.
After some experimental work Cody
started on a fight and had travelled q
thousand yards when, taking a corner
at great speed, the front wheel touched
the ground and the machine toppled
over with a crash.
Cody pitched forward in the midst
of the wreckage. AS fellow ~aviators
and ambulance attendants came up
Cody crawled from the tumble of bro
ken bamboo rods and tangled wires
unhurt ave for a cash in the face.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-10-21
News Briefs OF
the Northwest

REDFIELD, S. D.-Margaret Entch-
lnson, aged 10 years, Is dead, as the
result Of injuries received by FIRE which
caught In her clothing when her home
was In flames.
MARSHALLTOWN, LA.-Club wom-
en- OF the Fifth district will meet here
wednesday ot this week.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-10-21
EARLY CLOSING LAW
ATTACKED IN COURT
Claimed That Wrong Statute
Was Amended and That Pen
alties Are Vicious.

Lincoln, Neb., Oct. 2O.-An attack on
the constitutionality OF the s O'Clock
saloon closing bill passed by the last
legislature and now In force was be-
gun in supreme court today. It is
charged that the wrong statute was
amended and that the action is further
invalid because Of its cruel and UNI
usual penalties, 1t being urged that a
convicted defendant Is allowed no APP
peal nor trial by jury.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-10-21

SOUTH BEND, IND.-Mrs. Leona
Mason was yesterday found not guilty
OF assault with intent to kill John w.
Talbot, supreme president of the Order
OF Owls, Mrs. Mason had admitted fir-
Ing a revolver in the corridor leading
to Talbot's law Office here, but said
the shots were intended only to frighten
the attorney
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-10-21
IS KILLED IN
SQUA1TERS' FIGHT
Tragedy in Trip County Over
Right to Land Claimed by
Two Settlers.

Dallas, S. D., Oct. 2O.-John Long
don shot and killed Alfred Wood, OF
Iowa, in a dispute over a claim near
Lamro, the county seat of Trip county.
Langdon was "squatting'' on the
quarter and Wood had a filing on the
same piece. Wood ordered Langdon
off. Langdon refused and Wood shot
at Langdon several times, but missed
his mark and Langdon then aimed at
Wood, killing him instantly.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-10-21
JAPANESE BANK IN g.
LOS ANGELES FAILS

Los Angeles. Cal, Oct. 20.-The Jap
anese-American bank of this city. a
branch OF a San Francisco concern, and
having deposits of about 5000, 900, vas
closed today by order OF State Bank
superintendent Anderson. Practically
all of the depositors are Japanese,
The trouble Is believed to have been
due to the recent failures OF banks In
Oakland and Sacramento, which re-
suited in large Withdrawals.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-10-21
WISE SAW WINS RACE.

Lingtield Park, England, Oct. 49,
The October Nursery handicap Of $50
soverigns for two-year-olds, distance
five furlongs, was won today by the
Wise Saw filly. H. p. Whitney's York
vile Belle colt, one of the Is starters,
was unplaCed.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-10-21
INSTANTLY IN
ELEVATOR SHAFT

Des Moines, Ia, Oct. 19.-Rich1rd
Bradford, a we'll known character about
the city. fell down an open elevator
shaft in the News Arcade building and
alighted on his head on a convent floor
causing instant death. :
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-10-21
somaMhat chaanar.

From the Circle. - "
us 1t 80, hat you used to call regu-
larly on that girl?'
Yes; she always SANG a song TO me
that l loved"
why didn't you marry herr" af.
II found 1 could buy the song for 50
entS."
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-10-21
COSTA RIcA Is Quiet.

3 WASHINGTON, Oct. 20.-tThere is no
political disturbance in Costa RIca, re-
ports to the contrary Notwithstanding"
said DR.. Calvo. the Costa Rican min
lister, today. He had just received a
dispatch from the secretary of foreign
affaires informing him that the re-
port Of q revolutionary movement In
that republic was entirely baseless. The
dispatch added that no fears were en-
tertained Of a disturbance.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-10-21
-DRADSTREET AND Dun
REPORT ON BUSINESS
Improvement of Conditions, II
Is Declared, Is the Order of
the Day.
THE WEEK IN GRAIN.

New York, Oct. 19.--Wheat,
including -four, exports from
the United States and Can
ada for the week ending
. October IA aggregate 4,8B5,S1 /
bushels, against 4,139,662 bush
els last week and 4,45S, OPT bush
els in the like week last year.
Corn exports for the week are
271,771 bushels, against 167,622
bushels last week and 62,6S3
bushels In 1908.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-10-21
BANK IS o~YNAMITED.

S~cottsville, Kan, Oct. 19.-Robbers
hero early today dynamited the state
bank and secured $4,000. Posses with
bloodhounds took up the pursuit in
motor cars.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-10-21
REvOLuTl0N WOMAN Dies,

Galeshugg. III. Der. 20.-AirR. htarIa
Blake RingleSa, i aaughtec OF the revO-
Her father. Francis Blake. fought with
the continental army.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-10-21
FISH WON'T TAKE
JOB THAT CRANE
WAS OuSTED FROM

New York, Oct. 2O.-Stuyves-
ant Fish, being asked today as
to, the report from Shanghai as
to his becoming minister to
China, said:
at is true that the Chinese
mission was offered to me, but
that happened last spring while
l was in Europe. Needless to
say the offer was at once de-
clined. / did not mention the
fact then. and should not do so
now, were 1t not for the per-
sistence Of the baseless rumors
Of my going there"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-10-21
cLEMENsoN TRIAL POSTPONED.

Chirago& Oct 2N.-.Fog the second
stimn a postponcmcnt OF tho trial OF DR..
Haldane Clemenson, charged with the
murder OF HIS ySifc. was ordered today,
TO give the Sefenso further time for
preparation. II WIS stated that the
ease would go 10 trial without fail on
October ~.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-10-21
MOTHER SAYS LIQUOR
CAUSED RUIN OF so

Los Angeles, Cal, Oct. 19.-Mrs. Har-
ris, mother, of L. A. Harris, the young
lawyer identified Is the man who at
tempted to hold up a suburban bank in
Chicago a few days ago, and who COM
mitted suicide when about to be cap
tured, today made the following state
ment:
I'm the face OF all the evidence and
what are apparently positive proofs,
the family is forced to relinquish all
hopes that II is other than my unfortu-
ate son who committed suicide In Chi
cago. l consider that Lamar died in
reality long before he ran away from
this city, and that which Is dead in
Chicago is q mere shell Of my boy and
what was once a brilliant, noble, manly
"Of the terrible victories that alco-
has won over mankind, this is per
haps the most pitiful and awful Of
them ALL"
Harris was a graduate Of the Uni
versity of Mississippi. Returning here
several years ago he became associated
with the law firm of his father, VIM.
A. Harris. The young man built up
a practice that yielded an income Of
SIS, 900. 1t was this he surrendered,
with all family ties, to enter upon the
pursuit Of stage beauties and the career
OF Joy rides and wine suppers that
brought the spectacular climax Of
Wednesday.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-10-21
". |. BUCHANAN
FOUND DEAD IN
LONDON STREET
DIPLOMAT Whose Career Began
IN ssyax City, Comes 10 d
Tragic End.
HEART FAILURE Is
FOUND AS CAUSE or
DIPLOMATS DEATH

london, Oct. 20.--An autopsy
was held this afternoon follow
mo which Il was officially n
sounced that Mr.. Buchanan had
died Of hsart failure,
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-10-21
BODY IS IDENTIFIED
BY ACTRESS FRIEND
Bandit, Who Shot Himself in
Chicago, Proven to Be Cal
ifornia Lawyer.

Chicago, Oct. 19.-The body of the
Highland Park bank robber was posi-,
lively identified today by Miss Minnie
Harrington, an actress, as that of Lamar
Harris, the Los Angeles lawyer and
orator. Miss Harrington and Harris
were much together at Los Angeles,
Salt Lake City, Ogden and Chicago.
Miss Harrington, who had been Mr..
Harris companion on automobile rides
and other festive occasions. betrayed
no nervousness as she viewed the body
at Prior's undertaking rooms.
Another Woman In Case.
Chief Of Police Sheehan, Of Highland
Park, today received the following tele-
gram from Philadelphia:
Hold body for Identification. Am
ON my way.
(Signed): Betty Stewart"
Who "Bety Stewart" may be is not
known here, but 1t is believed that she
may be the same woman who made
inquiries over the long distance tele-
phone from New York yesterday.
Rolla Coleman, OF Kansas City, who
knew Harris we'll, is expected here to-
day to act for Harris mother, Mrs.
Will A. Harris, OF Los Angeles, Cal.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-10-21
COUMTERFEITERS WORK
IN NATIONAL CAPITAL

washington, Oct. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
working almost in the shadow OF the
treasury have invaded certain districts
Of Washington with spurious coin. The
counterfeits are Of the % and 10 cent
coinage, patterned after the issue OF
1908, but, according to the secret service
op eratiyes, they r poo limitations.
BELOIT, WIS.-The Moody g. Glass
paper mill. the last OF q number Of
paper mills at Rockton. ILL.,, nenr here,
wa destroyed by FIRE yesterday. LOSS.
$4,000.
The Carlisle independent., 1909-07-22
School For Cotton Farmers.

Much interest is being expressed in the Farmers Union cotton grading school which is to be conducted in Little Rock, July 19 to August 29, and the scope of the school which was first intended merely as a course of instruction for the farmers in grad ing their own cotton, will be broaden ed to take iE a study of the different forms of cotton. the soils and now to combat the boil weevil. J. Aston Clapp of this rltv, who will be the instructor of the school, as he has been in the two past years, says the inquiries he has already received con. vinces him the school this year will be much larger than either of those held in Conway. He has not yet se- lected the place where the school will be held, but it will be in one of the local cotton warehouses where the men will have the environment to urge them on in their work. Those attending the school will be given diploma at the close of the course, They will then have knowledge not only in cotton grading, but in the keeping Of books for a cotton ware house, know how to protect his cot ton after it has been ginned, how to prepare the different kinds of soil for cottcn and what to do to get out of the way of the boil weevil, if such a thing is possible. The course is open only to members of the Farm CTS Union, and as the matriculation fee has been placed at s5, the low price is expected to bring several hundred young men here during the school.
The Carlisle independent., 1909-07-22
To Save Money For State.


 One oef the most important meet ings of the penitentiary board of this year, in which retrenchment and re- form will play the most important part in the proceedings, and at which ac- tion is expected to be taken which will reduce the expenses of the in- stitutions about s4,000 a month, will be the one that will be held this week. The meeting will be an ad- journed session, and no one will be allowed to be present except the members and the secretary. It will be the most secret session that has been held by the board for many years The members propose to in- dulge in a heart-to-heart talk on the question of reduicng the expenses of the penitentiary without interfering with the successful operation of the institution. The elimination of some of the expenses of the penitentiary proper, the Reform School and the state farm is contemplated by the board It is proposed that all the frills that cost money, and which may be deemed unnecessary for the practical operation of the institution, shall be cut out and in manner that shall be binding upon all the em- ployes. There are 12 acres in culti- vation at the Reform School which requires the use of four mules and one horse A proposition will be made to sell two of these mules to the penitentiary The abandonment of the old penitentiary will be con- sidered, which would result in the concentration of authority at the new penitentiary. The authorities at the old penitentiary are allowed the use of seven horses, and it is the inten- tion to send four of these to the state farm. The board contemplates that work on the new state capitol will soon be resumed, and it expects to re- ceive considerable revenue from this source. The members have been in- formed that the capitol will require the use of 50 teams on the work, all of which teams will have to come from the state farm. 1t is proposed to charge the commissin S350 per day for each team, to be paid to the penitentiary out of the state capitol fund, which will amount to S175 per day. The board also intends to au- thorize the discharge of about 9 pupils from the Reform School who were committed to the institution for indefinite terms by the county judges Of the various counties in the state By reducing the number of pupils, the expense of maintaining the school will be correspondingly reduced. By the proposed method of retrenchment in expenses, the board hopes to effect a saving in expenses of from $4,O0O to s5,000 a month.
The Carlisle independent., 1909-07-22

Told at the Capital Of
 Arkansas
Meeting of Tuberculosis Fighters.

Meeting of Tuberculosis Fighters.
 Electing Dr. J. S. Shibley of Paris superintendent of the state tuberculo- sis sanitarium, the Tuberculosis Sani- tarium Board at a meeting last week launched the first definite plans for the institution. Instructions to leave as soon as possible on a trip through the best sanitariums of the country to get in touch with the most modern, ideas in construction and treatment, were given Dr. Shibley by the board. The board considered the offers of sites for the sanitarium, sitting out seven as practicable and deciding to visit them as soon as the terms of the owners can be obtained A state- ment of the requirements which will be made of the site for the sanita- rum was given out by the board, fol lowing the meeting. "The sanita- rum should be located south of the Boston range of mountains" the state ment says, "and will need a large tract of land, at least 1000 acres. The site should be in a section free from malaria, where the drainage is good and the streams fresh and whole some; the soil should be sandy or rocky in order that there may be as little dampness as possible. Pine lands where the timber has been cut off is preferable, and it must be where the transportation facilities are ade- quate for patients to come from all parts of the state. Several lumber companies have generously offered to donate tracts of 1000 acres or more of cut-over land, and others have of fered to sell at reduced prices. The board intends to locate it at the best place for the purpose, and if it can obtain the land by donation it will be grateful, but if the best place for it must be purchased it will make the purchase. The great consideration is getting the location where the con- dition of the climate and the drain age and transportation indicate the best results can be obtained in the work of healing consumptives