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The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1910-03-17
BANKER Hills IS OUT
OF HIS HOSPITAL COT
Friend Of Mrs. Cudahy Re-,
quested to Resign From
Prominent Club.

Kansas City, Mo-. March 15.-Tfter
nearly a week spent at st. Mary's hos
pital, waiting for the knife wounds
inflicted by John p. Cudahy, the
packer, to heal, Jere F. Lillis, presi-
dent Of he Northwestern Exchange
bank of this city, was removed to his
home last night.
The fact that Mr.. Lillis had left the
hospital was kept from the public till
this morning. In response to a tele-
phone call, a nurse at the Lillis resi-
dence this morning said that the
banker was getting along splendidly.
1t developed today that the directors
of the Country club. one Of the most
exclusive clubs in the city. adopted a
resolution Thursday night last, citing
Jere F. Lillis to appear before the club
and show why he should not be
dismissed from it's membership roll.
Mr.. Lillis in reply sent in his resigna-
ton. The resignation has not yet been
acted upon.
. At the same meeting the directors
received the resignation of ]. p. Cud-
ahy which had been sent in voluntar-
lily. Mr.. Cudahy's resignation was ac-
cepted.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1910-03-17
SHIPWRECKED CREW
HAS A HARD Time
Survivors of Farallon Disaster,
Arrive at Last at Seward,
Alaska.

Seward, Alaska, March 15.-worn,
and exhausted by almost incredible
hardships. n bearing the marks Of
weeks Of battling with icy gales, four
of the six men who on January 7. left
the wreck Of the Farallon in Cook
Inlet, and in a small row boat UNDER
took the desperate task of rowing to
procure relief for their companions,
were brought into Seward just before
midnight last night on the Revenue
Cutter Tahoma, which, after almost
three weeks Of searching for them,
found them at Afognak. The Tahoma
brings word that the two remaining
members Of the boats crew are alive
and safe.
Besides exposure to cold, the men
suffered from lack Of sufficient food.
Added to their hardships was delay
caused first by the loss of their row.
boat. which was crushed by ice and
later by the sinking of a 16-foot boat
in which, after reaching Kafliar bay
in an old skiff. they had dug out Of
the snow. they were trying to cross
the straits.
When the 16-foot boat went down
in a gale the men barely managed to
make shore at Cape Ugat. Thence
they made their way overland to
Afognak, where the Tahonia found
them
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1910-03-17
KNOCKED SENSElESS,
HE BROWNS IN CREEK
David Sparks, Found Dead in
Three Feet of Water-Vic-
tim of a Runaway.

sioux City, Ia. March 16.-Com-
pietely submerged in three feet Of
water in a stream hear Anthem, Ia,
and with a large cash cut in his head,
David Sparks, a farmer living three
miles south Of Anthem, was found dead
yesterday morning at 4 o'clock. He was
evidently the victim of a runaway. al
though there were no witnesses to the
tragedy. His team was found in a pas-
ture q half mile away and his buggy
was found In a demolished condition
near a bridge.
The last seen of the deceased man
was Saturday night, when he left town
ABOUT 9:15 o'clock to drive to his home.
he a a spirited team but always kept
them under control. About a half mile
from his home the road and the rail-
road tract run parallel, and 1t is
thought that the evening freight train,
which comes at about that hour, fright
ened his team and caused It to run
away.
Probably Hit Bridge.
There is a steep incline in the road
with a bridge and a sharp turn at the
bottom. 1t Is supposed hat his team,
after getting beyond his control, upset
the rig at h bottom Of the hill. and
striking his head against the bridge he
was thrown into the stream below. He
was probably rendered unconscious and
was unable to saw himself from
drowning.
Mrs. Sparks became alarmed when
her husband did not return and after
learning that he had left Anthem she
asked the neighbors to help her in the
search. After looking several hours
they discovered the horses in the pas
ture and closer investigation led to the
finding Of the body. The remains were
removed to Anthem and DR.. j. E. Gar
yer. county was notified. No
inquest will be held.
Badly Injured Once.
The deceased man is survived by a
wife. two Sons and a daughter. The
sons are farmers and live in South Da-
kota. One Of them was on his way to
South Dakota at the time of the
tragedy, but was notified at Kingsley,
Ia. The daughter. Mrs. Mel David,
lives at Anthem.
Mr.. Sparks was 81 years of age and
has ivcd near Anthem 40 years. Sew
eral years g he had a leg amputated
as a result Of an accident, but was a
strong man for one Of his years. The
funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon
at the house.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1910-03-17
MILLIONAIRE N
He IS GREAT ROBBER
Joseph Fels, Soap Manufactur-
or, Spreading Gospel of the
Single Tax.

Chicago. March 16.-"Every millionaire
who has special privileges under the tariff
is a robber,'' said Joseph FEELS, the mill
lionaire Philadelphia soapmaker. who
confesses that he too is a ''robber" be-
cause of unjust tariff laws.
Rockefeller, Carnegie, Morgan and
other millionaires have accumulated their
wealth through unjust laws, especially
under the tariff protection, and because
of these laws / have robbed the public
and am still robbing it. I am not re-
sponsible for these laws, but / am doing
and intend to do what l can to change
them"
now are you getting rid of your rob
Der Wealth." Mr.. Fels was asked.
For one thing" he replied. II am in
terested In spreading the single-tax propa-
ganda throughout the world"
One Of his friends volunteered the in
formation that this was costing Mr.. Fels
$50, 900 a year. Continuing Mr.. Fels said
1.-THE world must have free trade, and
1t never can have it until the tax Is
placed where 1t ought to be-on the natur-
al resources. You can call it socialism.
anything you have in mind. I call il
Christianity, and 1t IS a Jew who is telling
you that.
IF we had al educational fund of ST.
600, 900 a year we would upset the world
in 20 years as to economic conditions. l
will be one of the IL to supply the funds"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1910-03-17
JAMESTOWN SUFFERS
FROM A GREAT FIRE
New York Town Visited by
Large and Damaging Blaze
on Sunday.

jamestown, N. Y, March 16.-Be-
ginning Saturday night and ending
this morning, Jamestown was visited
by q series OF the most costly fires II
has ever had, resulting In a total loss
Of 100000, the death OF one man and
the serious injury OF three others.
The dead:
JOHN HANSON, captain of fire DO
lice, crushed by falling wall.
The injured:
Alfred Shoesmith, skull fractured,
will die; George King, both legs brok-
en-; Joel Obert, back hurt, internally
injured.
The buildings destroyed include the
Gokey factory building, the Gokey
business block, the new Sherman
House. the Erie Hall block and the ].
F. Briggs block.
The. fire first broke out Saturday
night in the Gokey factory building and
the flames were believed to have been
completely extinguished. At 2 O'clock
this morning they broke out afresh,
and communicated with the Gokey
business block, the largest office and
business block in the city. The flames
spread so rapidly that they were soon
beyond the control of the local depart
ment. Buffalo was appealed to for
aid.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1910-03-17
RELATIVE OF THE
PRESIDENT TAKES
LIFE WITH PISTOL

Pfttsburg. Pa. March ia ~coroner's
report today gave the cause Of the
death of Thomas X. Laughlin.
brother-in-law Of President Taft, who
ing"
Death was first reported as due to
cerebral hemmorhages according to the
statements Of W attending physicians
who said they arrived too late as
death had been evidently instan-
taneous.
According to authoritative informa-i
ton, Laughlin's body was found by
servants in the basement of his home
with a gaping wound in the side of the
head. A report Of the death was noe
returned to the coroner, 1t Is said, until
last night, when a return was quietly
made and entered by two doctors.
For months Mr.. Laughlin had been
a sufferer from ervou trouble.
MI. Laughlin was the son of Major
George NJ. Laughlin, who died but a.
few months ago.. He was born March
l6, 1875, n was among the prominent
young men of the business and social
life here. He married at Cincinnati In
1902 Miss Heron, q sister of Mrs. Taft.
Besides the widow he leaves two sons,
William, aged 6, and Thomas, aged A,
and two brothers, George M. Laughlin,
jr., one of h Jones & Laughlin Steel
company, and Irwin Laughlin, secre-
tary to the American embassy at Ber-
lin.
Mr.. Laughlin was a member Of the
executive board and secretary and
treasurer of the Jones & LaIghlin COM
pany, also a bank director and member
Of many clubs. He was a graduate Of
Yale class 81, and prepared at st.
Pauls school, Concord, N. H. The
funeral will be held Sunday.
1t Is at the Laughlin residence that
President Taft stops when he visits
Pittsburg.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1910-03-17
IS THROWN
INTO TURB|D RIVER
Clings to Shrub Where She Is
Rescued by husband
Team Is Responsible.

Centerville, S. L., March 16.-Thrown
from a carriage on the edge Of a steep
bank Of the Vermillion river, rolling
over the bank into the swollen stream
n clinging to brances Of will
lows until rescued, Is an experience
which Mrs. E. L. Syverson, wife Of DR..
Syverson. Of this city, will never for
usual health. excepting a bruised arm,
a cut over the left y and a few
scratches On the hands, seems almost
miraculous.
DR.. Syverson was returning from a
professional call 6 miles west, accom-
panied by his wife. Driving a livery
team of the conventional type, they
had just turned onto a piece Of road
along the river bank about two miles
from town, when some part Of the pole
connection with the buggy broke,
frightening the team which became I'M
manageable. The doctor tried to turn
the team into the fence opposite the
river bank and in so doing the team
turned completely around in the road
nearly ~overturning the carriage and
barely escaping plunging headlong over
the steep bank.
The swaying Of the carriage threw
Mrs. Syverson out and, being bundled
up in the doctors big, fur coat. she
rolled over the bank like a football
into 8 feet Of water. Mrs. Syverson
learned to swim when attending college,
but not in a big, fur coat. She man.
aged, however, to keep her head above
water and saw a clump of willows
nearby which gave her a ~clinging
chance for life until rescued by the
doctor soon after. In the mixup tho
horses had freed themselves from the
buggy and started for town. The doc
tor lost no time in rescuing his wife
inc after taking an inventory of the
wreck they walked to the home OF
Frank Logue and phoned to town for a
team.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1910-03-17

New York, March 12.-Bradstreet's
today says:
Trade reports continue to display a
certain degree of ir~regularity, a ten
dency practically noticeable in the east,
parts OF the nearby south and in scat
tered SECTIONS of the west. Yet bal
ance trading at a majority of points Is
probably better than 1t was last week,
the south as a whole reporting i'm
provement, the northwest showing up
In good shape, the far west good, with
the southwest satisfactory, though
house sales there are lighter, while the
west, except Ohio and parts Of Iowa,
reports progress.
More favorable weather conditions
Ing for improvement, but on the other
hand the poor condition of country
roads tends to deter anything like a free
movement. Staple lines are in chief
request, and as a matter Of fact buy
ers continue backwards as to future
commitment except where price condi-
tions favor them. High prices Of man
ufactured goods and uncertainty as to
their permanence are the principal
barriers against expansion in trade,
but as the situation stands manufac-
lures find 1t difficult to reduce prices
on a large scale because raw materials
are so high and because present profits
are normally remunerative.
Summed up, the turnover Is larger
than 1t was last year, but the point is
that trade does not cas- up to an
ticipatfons which were keyed up to a
high point. Retail trade has improved
at a few points. but on the whole the
weeks developments have not been es-
pecially satisfactory, prospects of a
very early Easter trade not having ma
terialized. Collections are slow. The
labor situation Is, If anything, more
tina a week ago.
r. G.. Dun & Co.'s weekly review of
trade today says:
Nearly every report from the large
trade centers Is of transactions we'll
above last week and of a bright out
look for the new eason Financial
conditions are also much stronger, and
a better sentiment prevails.
This improvement, however, is in spite
OF considerable uneasiness on account
of the strike in Philadelphia. which
causes some uncertainty as to future
developments. The temperance of
the railroads as active purchasers Of
rolling stock and other needed equip
ment Is the important development in
iron and steel, while evidences that
construction work will be pushed with
vigor gives the situation as q whole
a decidedly improved aspect. The needs
the railroads cover various forms Of
and are apparently becom-
ing more urgent, judging from the i'm
portant inquiry now pending.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1910-03-17
PRESIDENT URGED TO
SETTLE BIG STRIKE
Philadelphia Hopes He May Be
Induced to Intervene in
Great Trouble.

Philadelphia, March 12.-With the
federal government interested, the Ma
tional Civic federation appealed to for
it's assistance, and nearly every local
trade or other organization aroused to
action, all Philadelphia hopes hat the
general movement started yesterday to
speedily end the big labor conflict will
bring about the desired end.
All the plans so for devised called for
arbitration. The striking carmen are
willing to submit their grievances to
impartial judges, but the directors of
the Rapid Transit company have re-
peatedly declared that they have con-
coded as much as they intend to along
that line and will consider no further
plans looking for arbitration.
The belief Is general that If President
Taft should see his way clear to at
tempt to bring about peace a plan may
be found that will bring the warning
elements together. There is no law un-
der which the president can act, as ir-
terstate is not involved and
whate?er steps he may take probably
would be along the lines President
Roosevelt laid down when he interview
ed in the anthracite coal strike in 1902.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1910-03-17
OIL TRUST MAKES
ONE final STAND
IN HIGHEST COURT
Convicted in Lower Court, Mon
opoly Now Seeks to Win on
Appeal.

washington, Mich. 16-Found by the
lower federal court to be a combina-
ton in restraint of trade and a monop-
oily Of a branch of interstate commerce,
the Standard Oil company today APP
reared at the bar Of the supreme court
of the United States to make final ar
gument against it's dissolution under
the Sherman antitrust law. The gov
eminent was present to insist on tho
decree of enforcement of the dissolu-
ton.
This proceeding before the highest
tribunal Of the country Is the out
growth Of years Of investigation of
STANDARD or on the part Of the gov
eminent.
Origin Of the Suit.
Its immediate origin was a petition
filed in 1906 by the department Of JUS
tice In the United States circuit court
for the eastern district Of Missouri, ask
ing for the dissolution of the Standard
OH company, Of New Jersey, as violat-
ing the Sherman antitrust law. Testi-
mony was taken In st. Louis and in
New York in the case, John d. Rookie
Teller himself being q witness. Four
Judges had been called in to pass on
the case, n they finally announced a
decree granting substantially all that
the government had asked. 1t is from
this decree that the counsel for the
standard Oil appealed to the supreme
court.
Only eight justices will participate in
the consideration of the case. When
Chief Justice Fuller this afternoon
asked the counsel to proceed the chair
OF Justice Moody. on the extreme right,
was vacant He Is suffering from
rheumatism and has not been able to
attend any sittings of the court this
term.
There was no paucity of lawyers or
spectators, however. Every available
seat In the little room was occupied.
Attorneys from a distance q come to
the city exclusively to listen to the ar
guments. The defense had q corps Of
the brightest legal minds to be obtained
in court. At It's head were John @.
Johnson, John G. Milburn and D. T..
Watson. On the governments side
there were Attorney General Wicker
sham and Frank B. Kellogg, who has
fought the case from the first.
Long before the court took its place
on the bench at IL o'clock the go or so
seats provided for spectators were filled
and a long line had formed outside the
court room, each member hoping hat
something would call the early arrivals
away. They remained there through
the routine business of the day, such as
the announcing Of decisions, the admis-
sion of members of the bar, and the re-
ceiving Of motions, waiting for the
opening of the big case Of the day.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1910-03-17
MABRAY STEERERS
SECURE DISMISSAL
Witnesses Not Procurable and
District Attorney Orders
Liberation.

Council Bluffs, Ia, March 1.-two O.
the defendants in the federal prosecu-
ton Of ]. c. Mabray and his alleged as
sociates on conspiracy charges, Fred
8. Null and James r. Morrison, both of
Superior, Wis, secured their liberty
this morning, when on motion Of Dis
trict Attorney Temple the cases against
them were dismissed. Government
counsel later explained that the Witness
es In these cases were in Canada and
declined to come to this city volun-
tarily.
The prosecution continued the intro
duction of letters, contracts and bet.
ting sheets with a view to connecting
the defendants with the conspiracy.
The our incidentally made a final rul-
ing which opened the way for the in
PRODUCTION by the government OF the
big volume Of correspondence secured
at the time Of Mabray's arrest in Little
Rock.
Through the testimony Of Frank r.
Marts, Of Polk City, Ia, several Of these
documents, upon the Importance Of
which counsel for the government lays
considerable stress, were offered.
Marts pointed out T. S. Robson and
Ed Leach, both defendants, as men he
had dealings with.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1910-03-17
PRINCE SAGAN NOW RICH
IN HIS OWN RIGHT

Paris, March 15.-The death Of the
Duke de Talleyrand ct Sagen the other
day must have caused George J. Gould
to heave a sigh Of righteous relief. The
passing Of the one time Beau Brummel
that a share Of the Gould millions will
no longer be required to support Prince
Helie de Sagan.
For the prince, in succeeding to the
dukedom Of Talleyrand ct Sagan be-
m a wealthy man in his own right,
the owner of a vast estate in the Duchy
Of Silesia, Prussia. The rentals from
the buildings in Sagan. a town Of
5000 inhabitants, reach an enormous
figure so that he will hardly be justi-
fed hereafter in drawing On his wife's
bank account to satisfy a relentless
creditor.
The former Anna Gould is able now
to take a more cheerful view Of life
than any previous time since she left
New York home as the bride OF Count
Boni de Castellane. With that mar
riage she becomes a countess. With
her marriage to Helie de Sagan her
title changed to princess and now with
her fatherinlaw's death, she becomes
a duchess as we'll as princess.
Removed from his old haunts and
prince is said to ave been behaving
himself Of late and 1t is more than a
ear since the likelihood Of a divorce
has been discussed by the gossips. He
seems to have kept his promise to be
good, made on his knees after the
princess discovery Of the Jeanne La
Brouche affair.
The dead duke Is being sincerely
mourned on the boulevards. His snow
white hair. his aristocratic bearing and
his monocle, suspended by a broad,
black satin ribbon, were for many
years a familiar figure wherever boule-
vardiers c~ongregate. Twenty years
6 he was the leader of high society,
arbiter OF elegance. the classic Par
islam"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1910-03-17
RUN ON CLEVELAND
BANK HAS SUBSIDIZED

Cleveland. Ohio. March 15.-After as Wig
orous a run upon a banking house as has
ever been known In Cleveland, the stam-
peded depositors OF the Society for Savings
yesterday regained their equilibrium and
his afternoon the panic was over.
In the two days and a half that the run
lasted 81, $50, 900 was withdrawn at the rate
of 81, 225 a minute. Spurred by the offer
Of 5000 reward, $1,000 of which is per-
sonally offered by former Governor Ny
ron II. Herrick, president Of the bank.
thousands Of amateur detectives are to-
night searching for the originator of the
grouacless rumors on which the run was
based. The offense Is a criminal one In
this state. 1t IS said that the bank off,
GERS have practically located the canard.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1910-03-17
ARMY OFFICER ENDS
LIFE WITH A. BULLET

Manila. March 16.--Second Lieu
Clarence M. Janney. 18th in
fantry, killed himself Saturday at
Fort William Mckinley. Considerable
mystery surrounds the case, and it is
not known whether the killing was
Intentional or accidental. Army in
spectors are now holding an investi-
cation.
Lieutenant Janney, accompanied by
his wife, attended a dinner party at the
house Of Lieutenant Colonel Ames, on
the way to which he fired one shot,
presumably in the air. He entered the
house and flourished the, revolver.
There was an explosion and Janney
fell with a bullet in the" head. He died
instantly.
1t was at first reDorted that Lieu
tenant Colonel Amos had shot Janney,
and guards placed MIN under arrest,
but he was subsequently released.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1910-03-17
PRESIDENT TAFT AT
LAUGHLIN FUNERAL

Pittsburg, Pa, March 16.--Fresident
TAFT yesterday attended in this city
the funeral of Mrs. Taft's b%rothinlaw,
Thomas X. Laughlin, and left on an
early night train for Washington.
The circumstances Of the presidents
visit to Pittsburg where perhaps the
saddest that nave ever confronted a
chief executive of the United States.
The tragic ending of Mr.. Laughlin's
life on Friday morning, the gloomy
day. with fitful falls Of rain, the
silent home on fashionable Woodlawn
road, the quiet ceremonies and the
little procession Of carriages to the
Allegheny cemetery, where the inter-
ment was made, all constituted a pic
ture OF mourning deeply impressive.
Rev. Mailman Alexander, pastor of
the First Presbyterian church, con-
Quoted the brief ceremonials at the
house and at the grave, wher the
mourning party was sheltered from
the eyes of curious onlookers by a
white tent stretched above the fam
lily burial place.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1910-03-17
lAYME ARE BUSY.

Huron, 5. D., March 15.-Rev. Mr..
Stevens, accompanied by E. S. Whit
taker, of Mitchell, has been in the
city, awakening an interest In the Lay
mems Missionary movement. 1t ia
proposed to hold a convention in Nit
chell, March 29-31 and at a gathering
of local ministers and laymen commit
tees were named to interest Beadle
county In the convention. which prom
ises to be n of the most important
religious gatherings ever held in the
state
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1910-03-17
LURToN DECISION STANDS.

Washington, March 16.-The supreme
court of the United States today de-
clined to vacate the writ Of error is
sued by Justice Lurton in the case Of
Charles r. Heike, of New York, who
federal courts, from prosecution on an
Indictment of conspiracy to defraud the
government.