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The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1910-02-24
SERVED As POSTMASTER
PERIOD OF % YEARS

Lesterville, s. d., Feb. 10
The claim made for Mrs. c. L.,
Willet. Of Rec Heights. that she
held the record for time served
as postmistress in the state, Is
not borne out by the statement
Of e. III. Hewer, OF this place,
who cites the fact that Herman
Hewer received his commission
as postmaster at GAINESVILLE
postoffice, January 81, 1881, and
held the Office continuously until
it was discontinued in April,
1904, when rural delivery serv-
ice did away with It's usefulness.
Mr.. Hewer held the office over
20 years.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1910-02-24
HILLS PIONEER DEAD.

Central City, S. D., Feb. 49,
Death removed another pioneer of the
county when John d. LeBeau. an old
time jeweler OF this city, expired while
sitting in d chair in his home here. Mr..
LeBeau was "a years old and was a
native of Canada. He came to the
Black Hills in 1877 n settled here, re-
siding here ever since. In the hills he
achieved some distinction as being the
originator of the grape vine design of
gold rings which first made their APP
pearance here 80 years ago and many
thousands OF which have since been
sold as souvenirs of the Black Hills.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1910-02-24

Interesting remains Of Viking rule,
believed to be the first Of their kind
IN Brittany. have Just been discovered at
Port Maria, on the southern Breton
coast. It is an ancient Viking burial
ship such as were set afre In the days
Of old and sent adrift with a Morse
c~hieftAin's dead body on board. Exca-
vations Of q tumulus known as Erguel
disclosed the remains of q half burned
sloop 80 feet long and eight feet wide
containing bows, arrows, battleaxee,
bucklers and swords, and gold and
bronze ornaments, all OF which were
badly damaged by fire.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1910-02-24

In Devonshire any person bitten by
a viper IS advised to kill the creature
at once and rub the wound with it's
fat. This practice has, to some ex-
tent survived in this country, where
the flesh Of the rattlesnake is accounted
TO be the best cure for it's own bite,
but as a rule the leading superstition
In the United States is Of the efficacy
Of numerous potions of whisky as an
antidote for snake bite.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1910-02-24
HARDWARE DEALERS
DEMAND ADJUSTMENT
OF FREIGHT RATES
Put Problem Up to Railroad
Commissioners and Ask Re-
lief From Injustice.
DISCRIMINATING RATES
MUST BE REMEDlED

The section Of the resolutions
in reference to freight rates
adopted by the Retail Hardware
association Is as follows:
Whereas, we feel that the rail
roads r unJustly discriminating
against the shippers Of this state
and public In general, in freight
rates, and that the service rend-
cred is inadequate and insult
ficient; therefore, be It resolved,
that we call the attention Of the
railroad commissioners to these
facts that they may use their Of
fee to give us proper adjustment.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1910-02-24
STEAMER SINKS; 6s SAVED.

Juneau, Alaska, Feb. 1.-THE Alaska
Steamship company's steamship Yucca
tan struck an iceberg in Icy strait yes
terday during a snowstorm Inc sank
in six fathoms of water. The 65 pas
sengers and the crew were landed on
Chicagof island and will! be brought
to Juneau TODAY.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1910-02-24
FEDERATION OF MINERS =
IS AFTER ENGINEERS

Deadwood, S. D., Feb. 1.-THE West
ern Federation of Miners through
James Kirwin, local executive board
member, Is making vigorous efforts to
secure hosting engineers from this
district to supplant the striking in
ternational union engineers at Butte,
whose withdrawal from the fedora
ton caused the mines there to close
So far but few have been secured.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1910-02-24
LIGHTS For HOWARD.

Howard, 8. D., Feb. 2l.-At a meet
ing of the local town council here. c.
A. Laurson. a local capitalist and
heavy stakeholder Of the Howard
roller mills, was granted a 20-year
franchise for installing an electric light
plant in Howard.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1910-02-24
FIREBuG BURNS HOTEL
AND FIVE. STORE STRUCTURES

Aberdeen, s. D., Feb. 22.-Ashton's
fine new hotel, ready to be opened next
week. was destroyed by fire along with
five other business houses of the VII
lage, 30 miles south of here. The
fire started in a saloon, and 1t is be-
for an attempt to burn the hotel was
made a short time ago. The hotel was
three stories high and the other stores
two. The total loss reaches $685. 900.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1910-02-24

In an address before the American
Civic association, Herbert M. Wilson.
chief engineer in the United States geo
logical survey. places the annual dam
age and waste by smoke In the United
States at $500, 000, 900 in the large cities
alone, or about IS to each man, woman
n child of the population.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1910-02-24
CLAY GIL
Gal
End Comes
Kansas
Urae|

Kansas CT
Clement, act
Of short stor
University h
morning of u
Mr., Cleme1
gagement at
night. He d
and decided
day.
During the
sary to call
apartments {
rapidly and
with cOnyulS
He then W
where the co
he became
minutes late
The actor
stantly until
husband die
ed that she
was asleep 1
came and Y
when inform
Mr.. Cleme
e~stranged fd
til about tw
Citation too
was Kara
she had pla
In San Fran
The actor
three new p
his physicia
ing hard {
when finish
best work |
Clay Glen
county. Ill.
graduating
Chicago he
Clement |
became a s
as q star.
ton was
which he q
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1910-02-24

At "a William Pitt was chancellor Of
the exchequer, Ruskin had written his
Modern Painters in Ave volumes,
which established his reputation as
England's greatest art critic; Sheridan
had produced THE Rivals" Byron
published the first canto Of "Childe
Harold" and Rossini produced his most
popular opera, The Barber Of Seville"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1910-02-24

The Chicago Record-Herald says:
"Plans are In contemplation for giving
the University of Chicago the finest
physical laboratory in the United
States, II not in the world. 1t is said
that before all the plans are consum-
mated the plant will have cost $1,000,-
300. All OF the money is to be furnished
by Martin Ryerson, president Of the
board Of trustees Of the university, who
also was the donor Of the present Ry-
erson laboratory at the university"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1910-02-24

November was the coolest az well
as the wettest month In the history of
the Isthmus Of Panama. The maxi
mum temperature in the sun at Gu
Zebra was only SO and the average tenn
p%erature was below that Of any pre-
vtous month on record.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1910-02-24

Twenty-four electric locomotives to
be used In the New York tunnel ex-
tension Of the Pennsylvania railroad
are now being built. Each weighs 800
900 pounds. n will develop 1000 horse
power, which In about three times as
much as a giant steam locomotive.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1910-02-24

A BRILL
prince and Pri
| Close to Thr|
Is |

London, reo Il
afternoon opened
parliament Of his
tous speech 0
,esty outlined thu
terial campaign
lords as follows:
Recent experie1
Gus dimculties du
ences of strong 9
two brancehs OF
nosals will be lai|
Convenient speed
tions between thd
ment 30. as to sec
thority Of the no
anance and its p|
lation.
"These measur|
ny advisers, she
u should be 4
covered as to e|
regard to prop
functions Of init
subject to prope
lay
London. Feb.
opened formally
King Edward, v
by Queen Alexai|
organized and II
he session.
The state ope
Ill the pomp and
with these occaa
sion of Edward
ress through tn
rom B~uckingha1
At Westminster
crowds, but VIII
always the int
functions, both
hose personally
today's ceremo1
Ill its own.
Uppermost in
lands who witr|
the str ana
Of the clo|
rilded l.a..i, wa
forthcoming fig
very existence 1
,f e e and t
they were spec
ing historic CHI
Institutions OF 4
The ceremony
,utwardly from
state openings,
close to the tn
Princess Henry
mer wore the I
The British nav
Gently %appointe|
Every corner
allied and the
peers, bishops
court, diplomat
uniforms with
richly jeweled
~orilliancy.
A meeting of
lists In the new
held this afte
party attitude
tai programme
of the Irfsh-Pd
sided, and thai
unless Premier
for Irish aspir|
from his appe|
land, issued q
funds.
This appeal
vitality urgent
probability thu
parliament vii
perhaps befd
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1910-02-24

More than $50, oo0, 900 worth OF Amer
ican merchandise was carried by rail
across the isthmuses Of Panama and
Tehuantepec in the fiscal year 1909.
and in the calendar year the total will
probably reach SIS, 000, 900 in value.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1910-02-24

PLAINVIEW. NEB.-Plainview has
voted bonds with which to build a MUM
cipal electric lighting plant. 1t is ex-
pected that the contract price will be
about $1,000.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1910-02-24

At % Browning wrote "Paracelsus,"
Bailey gave us "Festus," Wagner had
written "Lohengrin," Emmett had
thrilled Ireland with his pathetic elo-
quence, Michael Angelo had completed
his "Pieta" and Newton had discovered
the law Of RraYitation.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1910-02-24

In all Of the United States an Ameri-
American citisen when she marries a
citizen Of another country, and this
though she continues to live In the
United States and to carry on her o.
cupation Just as before. A noted Ok
ample Of this is Harriet Stanton Blatch,
Elizabeth Cady Stanton's brilliant
daughter. BY her marriage to an Eng
lishman she has forfeited her Ameri-
can citizenship, though she has lived
and worked In the United States con-
stantly since her marriage.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1910-02-24

King Edward recently received four
nrst prizes for his exhibits at the
Smithfield cattle show. His majesty is
a tenant farmer, not a landlord. and
pays a large sum every year In rent
and taxes for his holdings.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1910-02-24

Former Vice President Levi p. Nor
ton, at Sc, assumes the Craftsmanship
of the board Of one of the two largest
trust cOmpanies in thu countr
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1910-02-24

The production Of mercury at the AL
MAIDEN mines. Spain. was 1.017, 023 XII
Jos. or 29,412 TASKS. In 1908. At Micares
II was 50.6S5 kilos.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1910-02-24
FARMER FACES TRIAL
ON MURDER CHARG
Accused of Killing Companio
in Drunken Bout With a
Butcher Knife.

Aberdeen, s. d., Feb. 1s.-Carl STAR,
10 facing a jury In district court her
on the charge Of murder. He enters
q plea OF not guilty when brought h.
fore Judge McNulty yesterday. IN,
court appointed e. B. Harkin as his ~
torney, the defendant being withow
funds for a lawyer. Self defense WIFI
be the grounds. A jury was secure
"wednesday afternoon and the taking d
testimony started. :
Starch Is accused of killing Robe,
FRANKIE. his hired man, on the fam
tenanted by Starch. The killing too,
place several weeks ago. A drinkin'
bout was on at the farm house, wifi
the two men named above present an
one Albert Moulke. A row betwee,
Starch and FRANKIE took place whit
they were alone and Moulke and Mr.,
Starch entered the room to find Franz
On the floor disemboweled. Starr
claimed that FRANKIE ran against
butcher knife which the former he'll
In his hands.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1910-02-24
LONG TIME RESIDENT
or JEEEERSON DEAn

Jefferson, s. D., Feb. 19.-Mrs. Thos
Collins, ST., died suddenly at Ian
o'clock yesterday morning OF hear
failure. She was "a years Of age. She
was among the early pioneer settlers
having lived here II years. She leaves
besides her husband, five daughters
and two mi Mrs. w. ]. Dennison, Of
this city; Mrs. ]. d. Mooney, OF SiouI
City, Ia; Mrs. T. o. Montague, of Ak.
ron, Ia; Mrs. T. A. Sheehan. of Wag.
ner, 8. D.; Mrs. H. Mooney, Of Armour
s. D.; John, Of this city, and FRANK
OF Danbury, Ia Also -four sisters, three
Of whom reside In Sioux City and Mrs
James Cary, Of jefferson, s. d.
The funeral will take place Friday
morning from st. Peters Catholic
church.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1910-02-24
POPULA|

Richmon
ton was
today whe1
popular ell
prohibition
This liz re-
hibition M
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1910-02-24
PAYSON

Sunshin
4 day ah|
Payson y
here early
ney. Yves
S5 miles
n OF
Winslow
here all \
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Hiring Help In East Africa

The Servant problem" is bad enough in
America, and the experiences mstresses have
to relate are many and varied; but infinite
ly wider range of possibilities is opened up
when mere man-and bachelor at that
tackles the servant and other household prob
lens in East African bungalow. Anything
can happen-and does happen!
Native house servants of sort are plen-
tful enough around the chief towns of Brit
ish East Africa, Nairobi and Mombasa, and the
slightest rumor that the Muzungu (white
mani requires a boy" or m'pezi (cook) fills
ones compound with cooks, generals and
raw nigsers, representing every tribe under
Africas sun. writer in the Wide World says.
The average bachelor contents himself
with four servants-a head boy" cook,
toto" (youth) to assist them. and m'shenzi
(raw, unframed native) for odd jobs. garden.
ing, etc
1t is no easy task to make selection from
the host of eager, voluble applicants. Dirty
carefully stuck-together baruas" (testimoni-
als) are examined and the owners questioned,
but 1t Is unwise to put much faith in these
documents, for 1t is unusual occurrence for
"boy'-on the principle Of "the more the
merrier"-to proudly present you with three
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Confusjnu.

Craig Biddle, at dinner in New
port, was describing the changing
odds on the JeffriesJohnson fight at
Reno.
Eight to four and half on JEFF
fries-nine to six the other way about
three to one and quarter-it's 8
rather confusing, isn't it?" he said
In fact, it's almost as confusing as
the two girls talk about a secret
Mary, said the first girl, told me
that you had told her that secret
told you not to tell her.
1.-The nasty thing said the other
girl. I told her not to tell you | told
her.
We'll. said the first girl, I told
her l wouldn't tell you she told me
SO don't tell her I did"
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She Took No Chances.

A happily welded matron is the
principal Of an odd incident, which
one Of her dear" friends relates.
Before the matron's engagement to
her present husband was announced,
she met her dear" friend on the
street. The new matron was hurrying
toward one of the large jewelry stores
of the city.
John gave me an engagement ring"
she explained, without shadow of
embarrassment. "and l am going down
to see how much it cost. You see,
got the jewelers. name off the box"
and she hurried on
The same friend said that another
bit of information the matron got was
the commercial standing of the pros
pective husband. which she secured
by paying for special report from
a commercial agency.
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ernment. The coast territory Is formed into
the counties of Bassa. Cape Palmas and Since,
with one superintendent each. and Montserra-
do with four superintendent. The capital is
Monrovia. named after President Monroe.
English. money is used but American money
figures usually In the keeping of accounts
There is a Liberian coinage and a rather
large paper currency. The official language
of the country is English. The civilized in
habitants are orthodox Protestants, mostly
Episcopalians.
During the ffties and sixties of the last cen
tury the Americo-Lfberians did much to ex-
plore the interior and enter into treaty rela-
tionships with the native chiefs. But thirty
years ago their administration began to get
into financial difficulties. 1t is not an easy
thing to create well-ordered. wellgoverned
state in tropical Africa without a consider
able capital to draw on. Consider for a mo-
ment what Great Britain has spent on Sierra
Leone since 17s7 and on the Gold Coast wars,
the opening up of Nigeria the outlay of
France on Senegambia or Dahomey; and then
imagine how the government of Liberia could
without any reserve OF capital bring law, order
and civilization into densely forested terri
tory nearly the size of England. with a prob
able population of over million warike saw
ages and semi-savages.
So long Britansand France-the control
ling powers-contented themselves with the
mere occupation of few coast towns on the
seaboard of their West African dominions or
protectorates, the Monrovia government could
afford to do the same. But when these great
European powers were compelled by force OF
circumstances to occupy and administer the
regions behind their coasts the Liberians
found themselves in a position of great diff
Guilty. They had been allotted theoretically by
France and England considerable hinter-
land-more than $4,000 square miles-and
were held responsible for the doings OF the
native tribes in that extensive interior. Now
these tribes had never been subdued by the
government of the republic. They were many
of them In treaty relationships with the Mon
rovia administration. and such of them had
heard Of the civilized negro government on the
coast (aud 1t must be remembered that much
of the interior Is dense forest. inhabited by
The new era., 1910-09-29

testimonials every one bearing a different
name from the under which he Introduces
himself
These gentry are always greatly offended
when you kick them off the veranda and tell
them they have bought or stolen the docu-
ments from other natives Upon one occasion
would be cook brought me "barua" signed
by well-known settler and worded:
ITO whom 1t may concern: The bearer of
this 'barua' is an Internal rogue and thief
Please kick him out"
BY the time had stopped laughing the mig
ger had arrived at the conclusion that some.
thing was wrong and was doing record time
down the path, so was unable to avail my
self of the kind invitation.
The new era., 1910-09-29

tribes who for ages have been isolated in that
forest, and were-and are-quite ignorant of
the world outside their tribal land) were quite
willing to regard the Liberians as the ruling
power on the seashore. But they were very
disincned to obey orders from Monrovia IL
contrary to their own desires.
Tho tribes farthest inland looked upon the
British and French-the white men"-as ag.
gressors who were putting down b, force a
most lucrative slave trade, who were forcibly
disclosing the secrets of sacred streams like
the Niger near it's sources. who, in short were
not only to be opposed, but whose organized
territories offered a most profitable field for
raids and robberies. More than this: the i'm
port of guns gunpowder, rifles (above alb and
alcohol was being restricted or forbidden by
the Europeans. The Lberian coast especially
where 1t was slenderly guarded by the Libe-
rian administration, offered the one loophole
through which these forbidden goods might be
smuggled. Accordingly great trade sprang
up between these uncontrolled hinterland
tribes and the Kru people on the coast who
affected sort of detachment from the govern.
ment by the American-Negro republic In
these ways the Liberian hinterland became
positive source of danger and expense to the
The new era., 1910-09-29

Or other these free negroes and mulattoes-
growing impatient of being taxed without rep
resentation-rnust be provided for. So several
philanthropists, remembering Sierra Leone,
thought to promote by private enterprise and
philanthropy similar colony acyoss The sea
which might provide for the return to West
Africa (whence most Of them had Gomez of
the freed slaves of the United States. Indeed,
there was a strong disposition to adopt Sierra
Leone for this purpose. with the assent of the
British government; but the local authorities
= Sierra Leon showed themselves very averse
m receiving American negroes. who might
divided allegiance
Accordingly the American founders of Ill
IBERIA" thts name was not given to the infant
state until 1824-who were mostly white men
with few mulattoes aud negroes-selected
the Grain Coast. Immediately to the south and
east Of Sierra Leone, for their experiment.
1t was some weeks before the hostility of
the natives, who were welded to the slave
trade. could be overcome but In 1922 active
operations begun. thirty-acre tract
was allotted to each man with the of
cultivating It, The National Colonization soc.
ety's agents became discouraged at the diff
cultes that were met and returned to Ameri
ca with a few fainthearted ones; hut the
others rallied about determined negro. Elijah
Johnson. and remained. The colony en-
larged by the addition of new tracts. New
settlements were afterward formed at Cape
Monte and in the newly acquired Bassa Land.
in which, in 1884. town was founded and
called Edna, in acknowledgment of pecuniary
aid sent from Edinburgh. Many of the neigh
boring chiefs were received into the colony.
and others were subdued Trials of many
kinds, deprivations and dissensions were the
lot Of the colony. managed by a society which
did not fully know whether its aims were SEN
timental practical In 1847 Liberia
left to its own resources and declared an inde-
pendent republic. The colony Immediately be-
gan to show more prosperity. numerous
churches and schools founded. newspa-
pers were established. and slavery in the
neighborng states was abolished The first
president of Independent Liberia was Roberts.
an octoroon. He was a most able and cour-
ageous man and the country made rapid
strides in civilization and other material lines