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The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1910-07-07
TAFT WITHDRAWS MUCH
PUBLIC LAND FROM ENTRY

Beverly, Mass, July 6.-President
Taft took the first step in his own con-
servation policy Saturday by signing
orders of withdrawal covering S,495,7 31
acres Of power site, phosphate and Pc
troleum lands.
The president also appointed seven
engineer officers Of the army who will
constitute q board to pass on the re-
clamation projects to be completed I'M
der the recent appropriation Of $780,
000, 900.
The president has summoned Secre-
tary Ballinger for o conference on
Tuesday.
The Withdrawal opdsss signed by the
president are the 6fst specifically au-
thorized by the new law. Mr.. Roose-
welt, as president, inauSurated the pol
icy of withdrawing public lands under
the general theory of the right Of the
executive to do anything in the interest
of the public domain not prohibited by
law. President Taft has acted in the
same a
President Taft also signed orders Of
withdrawal covering public lands and
lands in national forests in Alaska, in
which workable coal is known to occur,
thus ratifying, confirming and continu-
ing in full force and effect the order Of
withdrawal made by direction Of former
President Roosevelt on November IL,
1906.
The water power site Withdrawals by
President Taft cover a total Of 1,454,499
| acres. The phosphate lands withdrawn
total 2,594,113 acres. and the petroleum
lands, 4,447,119 acres.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1910-07-07
LINER BADLY INJURED
ON ATLANTIC OCEAN
Steamship Baltic Docks at New
York With Big Hole in
Her Side.

New York, July 6.-With a six-foot
hole in her side the White Star liner
Baltic locked today, while her passen-
gers hurried ashore and congratulated
themselves on their cap from what
might have been a fearful mid-ocean
disaster.
The big Baltic, in the black Of night
last Thursday, damned into the Oil
tank steamer Standard, bound from
Philadelphia to Copenhagen. The
shock Of the impact aroused the Sleep
ing passengers, who hurried to the
decks in grave apprehension. AS the
Baltic lay rolling in a swelling sea and
the water swashed into the jagged
hole in her bow, Captain Ransom, and
his officers went among the passengers
and quietsd them.
No help was asked for by the oil
tank which drifted Off and disappeared
in the mist. A patch was placed over
the hole in the Battles bow. A sea-
man was reported missing after the
accident, and 1t was thought he was
knocked overheard by the impact.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1910-07-07

watching the principals and too hot to
cheer. hen Jeffries took his seat in
the favored corne: granted him by
Johnson, he remarked: :
II don't care what corner they put
me in. 1t will be all the same in the
end" ;
While they wound surgical band.
ages abount Jeffries' hands Johnson sat.
calmly in his corner, looking around
the arena and smiling at friends. JEFF
fries entry was the signal for a tre-,
mendous roar Of enthusiasm.
At 1887 Jeffries' seconds were still
putting the surgical bandages around.
the ex-champion's wrist. johnson,
looked In superb condition.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1910-07-07

JEFF jumped through the ropes fol-
lowed by Jim Corbett, Sam Berger,
Eugene Van Court, Farmer Burns, Rob-
ert Cornell and his time-keeper. Billy
Gallagher. Jeffries was fully dressed,
but without shirt or underwear. He
wore a golf cap and chewed gum. He
tried out the ring covering, springing
about nimbly. A big sunshade was
held over him as Attell wound his hand
with tape. At 2:35 D. m. Jeffries DOTTED
MS robe and was introduced. Johnson
Wore blue trunks with an American
nag for a belt.
There was no great enthusiasm when
the men took their seats in their cor
ners. The crowd was too eagerly
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1910-07-07

going on the bench, he wrote some
poetry. and now and then lapsed into
poetical touches In his opinions from
the bench. One Of the best illustra-
down In the case of Hammond vs. Hop
kins. He concluded his opinion by
saying: '
I'm all cases where actual fraud Is
not made out, but the imputation rests
on conjecture. where the seal Of death
has closed the lips OF those whose
character is involved, and lapse of
transactions and obscured their de-
tails, the welfare of society demands
the rigid enforcement Of the rule Of
diligence. The hour glass must supply
the ravages Of the scythe and those
who have slept on their rights must be
RENTED to the repose from which they
should not have been aroused"
His death today recalls his own
words on such events expressed at the
centenary Of the court 20 years ago.
Judges will be appointed" said he,
and will pass. One generation rapidly
succeeds another. But whoever comes
and whoever goes, the court remains,
keeping alive through many centuries
we shall not see the light that burns
with a constant radiance on the high
altar Of American constitutional JUS
tice."
Many Famous Decisions.
Chief Justice Fuller leaves an in
delible stamp OF the laws of the coun-
try. Among his most famous opinions
are the following:
The income tax decisions, in which
the law was held to be u%nconstitu-
tional.
The Danbury hat case, in which labor
unions were held to be amenable to
the Sherman antitrust law.
The Western Union Telegraph COM
pany VS.. the commonwealth Of Penn
sylvania, in which the state was denied
the right to tax telegraph messages,
except when intrastate.
The Bank of Washington VS.. Hume,
in which the insurable interest Of the
wife and children In the life of the
husband and father was recognized as
distinguished from the claim of cred
itors.
Inman VS.. South Carolina Railroad
company, in which the railroad was
denied the power to exempt itself from
liability for its negligence in the ship
ment Of goods.
Moore VS.. Crawford, in which mar
ried women were made to bea liabili-
ties, such as those growing out of the
fraudulent sale Of land, as we'll as the
legal rights.
Leisy VS.. Haddin, in which the state
was denied rights owe original pack
ages Of liquor in interstate commerce,
an opinion which led to the passage Of
the Wilson liquor Law.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1910-07-07
MARRIAGE AT HUBBARD
UNlTES PIONEER FAMILIES

Hubbard, Neb., July 5.-The mar
rage of Miss Rose Heeney and Jo-
seph A. Heenan was solemnized at st.
Mary's Catholic church here Wednes-
day morning, Rev. J. e. English per-
forming the ceremony. Miss Josephine
Davey, OF Sioux City, played the we'd
ding march and the couple was at
tended by Miss Nae Heeney, Miss Mary
L. Heeney, James Heenan and VIII
Franklin. After the ceremony n we'd
ding party went by automobiles to the
home OF the brides parents, a mile
north Of Nacora, for the reception.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1910-07-07
PRESIDENT TAFT HEARS
NEWS OF EULlER'S DEATH

Somerville, Mass, July 6.-President
Taft was seated in the big grandstand
on Highland avenue, reviewing the In
dependence day parade when the news
Of the sudden death of Chief Justice
Fuller was conveyed to him by the
Associated Press.
II am greatly shocked and grieved,"
he said, "at the death Of Chief Justice
Fuller, for whom I had formed a warn
attachment"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1910-07-07

INTERNATIONAL FALLS, MIMI
Fire started from an unknown cause
practically wiped out the town OF Miz-
pah, 40 miles south Of here yesterday.
The town was helpless 80 minutes after
the fire was discovered on account Of
the cistern platform burning, causing
the engine to drop into the cisterp
which supplied the water.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1910-07-07

SAN QUENTIN, CAL.-The term Of
his sentence for perjury having ex-
PRED, William B. Bradbury, a million
aire, was discharged Saturday from the
state prison. He announced his inten-
ton of depositing $4,000 in a bank to
the credit of Warden Hoyle, as a fund
from which paroled prisoners might
borrow at 10 per ent interest. The
proceeds Of the loans are to be turned
into the fund.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1910-07-07
COLLISION ON "A

New York, July 6.-The steamer Eat
tic from Liverpool, which reported last
night by wireless that she a been in
collision with the German tank steamer
Standard while 1900 miles east of
Sandy Hook, neither steamer being Sc
riously damaged and both proceeding,
reached quarantine at 6:05 o'clock this
morning and left quarantine for her
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1910-07-07

HUDSON, N. Y.-Samuel D. styles,
president of the North River Savings
bank, of New York city, was found
dead in his seat on a northbound New
York Central express Saturday, be-
tween here and Greendale. His death
was attributed to heart failure. A tick
ct from Utica was found in one Of the
pockets of Mr.. Styles coat. ,
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1910-07-07

age which FASTENED her death. She was
the author Of the OLIVIA" letters, writ
ten from Washington during the civil
war. The body will be taken to Chi
cage for burial.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1910-07-07

which was attended by more than 100
relatives Of the contracting parties.
The families Joined through this mar
riage are pioneers of Dakota county,
The couple will live on the groom's
farm neal Vista.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1910-07-07
WOMAN WRITER DIES.

briggs. who did noteworthy work In the
.sixties" as a newspaper correspondent,
died here yesterday in her S0th year.
Mrs. Briggs received a fall a short time
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The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1910-07-07

Saw Men Go BY.
After this ordeal the hired man said
that Thursday afternoon, while he was
more than half a mile from the road
over a hill, he saw a buggy go past
with four men, all drinking beer. He
was certain 1t was beer. He said the
horses were big bays, and both Of them
had white hind feet. He said this
buggy might have turned into the
farm, but that he could not see over
the hill. The rural carrier on the
route, nor any one so far as known
saw the buggy.
The murder is the subject of con-
versation on every lip in Wayne and
Dixon counties. Though six miles
from Wayne the farm where the crime
was committed Is in Dixon county and
officers from both counties are working
on the case. 1t Is certain in the pres
emit state Of the public mind that II
a prisoner is arrested under strong cir.
cumstantial circumstances that tho au4
thorities will be hard put to prevent
a lynching.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-18

Liebenzoll mission were in Changsha
when the troubles began. They fed
from the city and, it is reported, three
of them, while proceeding to HankoW
in a junk without lights, were run down
by the British gunboat Thistle and
drowned.
Another report states the men drown
ed were Americans, but there is no
confirmation of this. The chief cause
of the rioting was the scarcity and high
price of rice. For a, long time an anti
foreign propaganda has been carried on
and conditions were such that any op-
portunity that arose from whatever
cause supplied the excuse for demon
Strating the anti-foregn sentiment in a
graphic manner.
According to one report the governor
of HUI Nan committed suicide after no
tifying the Chinese government that he
was responsible for the trouble. The
latest advices regarding the situation
throughout the district are far from
encouraging.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-18
TO SEE ABOUT BUTTER.
Delegation of Chicago Commission
Men Go to Elgin Today.

Chicago, April 1s.-A delegation of
so Chicago commission men and
wholesalers of dairy and creamery
products went to Elgin today, where
as members Of the E1gjn Board of
Trade, they will renew the war with
the producers of butter which was be-
gun last Monday upon the floor of the
board At that time the Chicago men
forced the price of butter down a cat
from the figure established by the quo
tation committee and they will at
tempt to prevent raise in the price
today.
Last week fifteen of the Chicago
men were sufficient to constitute a ma
jority of the board. The Elgin mem
bers of the board, recognizing the flu
tility of fight, gave notice that there
would be large representation of the
producers at the meeting today and
that 5 would be far from a majority
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-18

Chicago, April 1S.-The disappear
ance of Ira Sayler, the brother of John
Byron Sayler, the banker who was
shot last last July at Crescent City,
Ill. has developed into mystery. The
brother of the slain banker disappear
ed last Monday following the an
nouncement of the verdict convicting
DIR. W. R. Miller and Mrs. Lucy Say
Ter of manslayghter.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-18
ALMOST SIXTY YEARS.
Prof Ephriam Miller Holds Kansas
Record for Teaching.

Lawrence, Kan. April 1S-Professor
Ephriam Miller. of the University of
Kansas, who has the honor of having
followed the teaching profession longer
than any other man in Kansas, will
retire from the faculty at the close of
the present year. Professor Miller has
taught almost go years. His term of
service and his position in the univer-
sity render him eligible to a Carnegie
retiring allowance which he probably
will receive.
Dr. Miller began teaching when he
was IA years old and by this means
made his way through Allegheny col
lege, Pennsylvania, He has been teach
ing in Lawrence for 40 years, having
been first a supervisor in the city
schools. After four years he was elect
ed to the chair of mathematics in. the
university. Nineteen years ago he was
appointed to the chair of astronomy.
He has always taken great interest in
this line of study and has the happy
faculty of making his subject interest
ing to others.
DR.. Miller recently has written sew
eral articles on Halley'S~ 20 met, which
have been printed widely.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-18
CARTER is PARDONED.
Minnesota's Convict Poet Goes Out a
Free Man.

ST. Paul, April 1s-John Carter, a
young Englishman, has been freed
from the Minnesota penitentiary be-
cause he is a poet. There was no other
reason.
When he became a criminal, six years
ago, his case was not exceptional He
was without money in a strange coun-
try seeking health. At the little town
fame brakeman threw him from a
freight train, on which he was stealing
ride. 1t had been Sc hours since he
had food Late in the night when the
town was still and dark Carter broke
into the depot and stole $24 from the
money drawer
Within two hours he was arrested
with the money in his pocket. His SEN
tence was ten years.
John w. Willis, an ex-district attor-
new. appeared in the young mans be-
half beore the state pardon board.
This man should be released for the
benefit of literature in our country"
Mr.. Willis said Here is a convict who
has contributed poems that stood out
boldly in such magazines as Harper's
Weekly, the Century Magazine, Era,
the st. Louis Mirror and the Bellman.
Today he wears the same garb as the
most sodden convict and eats his bread
and beans from the same sort of tin
dish. His genius is being extinguished
by the Hfe-he has lost hope. But lis
ten, gentlemen, to the encourag cement
he 0OlOS TO his 10l1OW pIlSO1l0TS III ILLS
poem:
All, we that knew the better from the
worse,
Our deeper guilt must pay a thousand
fold
In mourning garb come those we love
of old
And some weep silently; others curse.
Eye filed the cup; why should We not
then drink"
The words are just; our whipped souls
bI1f shrink
But the lamps light, and the clear
proud song
Shall reach to the throne of God ere
long.
The night must pass and a strange new
Burst upon field and copse and lawn:
For out of the warp of shame and
tears,
weave the joys of coming years
IF you make him a free man several
of the best magazines are ready to give
John Garter steady position as con-
tributor In making this Applicant On
for a pardon we do not dwell largely on
the merits of his conviction. Others,
less brilliant, though equally guilty,
must serve. He is thief, although the
were extenuating. and
the law says thief must be punished.
drudge or as free mana poet and q
There was no hesitation about the
decision of Governor Eberhardt, Chief
Justice start and Attorney General
Simpson
John Carter is pardoned,'' was their
order.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-18
LIE HALFoRD's BROTHER DEAD
He Was the Editor of the COMPRESSION.
al Record.

Washington, April 1S.-A. J. Hal
ford. formerly a newspaper man of
considerable prominence and in recent
years editor of the Congressional Di-
illness. Mr.. Halford was a brother of
Major Elijah w. Halfcrd, private sec
rotary to President Harrison.
several years ago he was connected
WIN various metropolitan papers as a
political writer in Washington. He
had also been connected in Important
capacities with the Associated Press
and New York Sun. Mr.. HaIford was
a native of Hamilton, Ohio, and was
% years old. Ha was the father of
Lieutenant Poane Halford, Twenty
second infantry, U. S. A, and Captain
Frank Halford of the marine corps.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-18
FOREIGNERS DRIVEN OUT
Buildings They Occupied Are Either
Burned or Looted.

Hankow. April 1S.-The latest news
received from Changsha where the ma
tives have been rioting and have de-
stroyed the property of foreign mis-
sionaries, is that quiet has been re-
stored. The provincial treasurer has ia
ken charge of affairs. the governor of
the province having been killed by the
rioters.
Changsha. China. April 1s.-All for
eign owned buildings have been de-
stroyed by fire with the exception of
the British consulate. All the build
ings rented by foreigners have been
looted. The Chinese officials on Thurs
day issued a proclamation that they
were unable to protect the lives and
property of foreigners. and thereupon
all foreigners made haste to leave the
city. So far as is known no foreign
resident lost his life.
The governor of HUI Nan province,
Wou Tchung Stu and his son were kill
ed and several other government off,
Gals fed. Even yet a section of the
city is in flames.
Six thousand foreign drilled soldiers
are stationed here, and few of these
protected the governors house for a
time. but soon all Joined the rioters.
The riots began on April 10, when
the famine sufferers looted the rice
shops. A captain of police was wound
ed while trying to restore order, but
thousands crowded around him and his
assistants and he was obliged to flee
to the Yamen. The rioters followed him
there and besieged the place all night
The following day the disturbance be-
came slnti-foreign, this being a strong
anti-foreign province. The China in
land mission and the Norwegian and
Catholic missions were burned The
other missions were destroyed on April
Is. The missionaries attached to the
American Episcopalian church alliance.
the United Evangelical church and the
Wesleyan and Yale missions, number
ing Al in ell. took refuge in boats. They
left all their effects.
The destruction of all foreign prop
erty, including the japanese consulate
and the British warehouse followed
The fate of the Standard Oil company's
newly erected tank is unknown.
The British consulate detained two
steamer for the refugees, who include
20 japanese. Owing, however, to the
shortage Of provisions and the hope
lessness of the situation it was decided
to start for Hankow.
Troops Join Rioters.
The official buildings were destroyed
the same day, the troops Joining the
rioters, who numbered not less than
$4,000. Eight Germans attached to the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-18
Special Train and Concert Band
From independence.
THREE EX-GOVERNORS
Are Expected to Be Present at
Anti-Stubbs Meeting.
Campaign to Be Opened at In
dependence About May I.

The Wagstaff-for-govern conference
will be held in Topeka next Thursday
| afternoon This is expected to be a
| sequel to the famous boss buster con-
| ference of six years ago. Three ex-
/ governors are expected at this meeting
| Governor Stanley of Wichita, Governor
| Hoch of Marion and Governor Bailey
| of AtchiSon. This is remarkable po-
| Htical situation facing a governor for
| denomination, the custom having been
| in Kansas to give a state official a
| second term. But Bailey did not get
a second term and he lays the blame
| Upon Stubs. Hoch and Stubs quar-
! relied over appointments. Stanley, well
| his disagreement with the present
state administration is not generally
known.
Representatives from all the eight
congressional districts of the state are
expected at Thursdays meeting. The
morning mail of Secretary Joe Kramer
today was piled I'D on his desk foot
high. Most of the letters were notes
of acceptance to the invitation to at
tend the conference. The meeting will
likely be held in the Masonic banquet
hall at 3 o'clock in the afternoon. Some
300 patriots attended the boss buster
conference The attendance Thursday
may be larger than that. or it may be
less. Kramer is not making any esti-
mates He is expecting a large crowd,
though.
The formal opening of the Wagstaf
campaign will be held in Independence
about May 1. Montgomery is one of
the three big counties of the state in
point of population and the Independ-
ence rally is sure to be hummer.
That Montgomery county and the
Third district are behind Wagstaf in
his campaign is indicated by the re-
ports that come out of southeast Kan
sas. A special train has been secured
to bring Montgomery county rooters
here next Thursday and McCray's mill
tary band of 40 pieces, one of the big
bands of the west. will come along to
furnish the music. The conference next
Thursday is going to be a hilarious oc-
caSion. Three ex-gOvernorS, a concert
band and several hundred enthusiastic
Wagstaff rooters ought to make some
ripple on the surface of the political
pool
The Third district congressional COM
1nittee at its Cherryvale meeting en-
dorsed Tom Wagstaff for governor and
made arrangements to come to Topeka
Thursday. Among those present as
representatives of their district were:
Chairman Price of PittSburg; Seth
Wells, Erie; Mr.. Hunt. Arkansas City; |
Herbert Cavaness, Chanute; w. E |
Ziegler, Coffeyville, and w. A Weav- |
erling of the Coffeyville Journal. These
gentlemen all predicted that Wagstan |
would carry the Third district at the |
primary election by a tremendous ma
jority