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The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-02-02
GREAT SLAUGHTER
OF DIAz'S TROOPS
Mexican Regulars Led Into an
Ambush by the Rebels and
Massacred.

San Jose Mex, Jan. %, (Via Marpa
Tex, Jan. 27.)-Details of the losses OF
federal troops under Colonel Dorante
received here today, show that he lost
us men when his soldiers were led
into an insurrecto trap near Ojinaga
The revolutionary loss was two.
p. S. McConlbs, a Seattle, Wash.
man, was in the battle with the in.
surrectos. He claims TO have killed
four federal soldiers during the en-
gagement. The massacre took place
near Cuihillo. Jose De La Cruise Sanchez
and Torileio Ortega, Mexican ranch
owners. commanded the insurrectos.
The federal soldiers We're entrappee
in the mountains, and for nearly three
days were under fire Of the insurrectos
The insurgents captured 81 Mauser car.
bines and 10 wounded men. The beat.
en- government troops retreated in dis
order to Guyana and entrenched them.
selves. They made no attempt to cross
the mountains to their headquarters In
Oiinaga. Only $50 soldiers remain In
Ojinaga and an attack is hourly ex.
pected..
After the battle tha insurrectos re-
tired to the Rio Grande near Reodosa:
where they replenished their supply OF
ammunition. Today they returned t.
the mountains, passing within sight or
the federal garrison in Ojinaga. Their
announced intention was to so to Co.
yama and attack the remaining fed
erals there.
For two weeks a chain guard has
been maintained at Ojinaga and no one
has been allowed TO leave the town.
Several United States citizens are held
unwilling prisoners within the lines.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-02-02
NO CLEW TO MISSING
GIRL IS DISCOVERED
Police Doubt That Miss Arnold
Is Held by Kidnaper for
Ransom.

New York, Jan. 80.---Development
today in the search for Miss Dorothy
Arnold, the missing heiress. included
the report Of additional letters demand.
ing a ransom for the young woman'i
return; reported declaration by Dep;
uty Police Commissioner Linn that hi
believed the girl had not been harmed
and would return home in a few days
and the announcement that Miss Ar,
nold's brother, who has been abroad on
secret mission since her disappear.
ance, was on his way back to New
York.
Both the police and the lawyers Dir
recting the search scout the theory
that Miss Arnold Is held for ransom
John 8. Keith, Of Mr.. Arnold's legal
advisors, asserted the belief that the
letters Were written by blackmailers. II
they were taken seriously, he said. the
searchers would face the untenablt
theory that Miss Arnold was held fol
ransom by four different persons
Mr.. Keith was disinclined also I'd
credit the reputed theory Of the police
that Miss Arnold would return home
shortly. There were no fresh clews In
the case, nor was there anything upon
which to base such a theory so far
as he knew.
F." The trip of John Arnold, the missing
girls brother, to Europe, which was
made soon after Miss Arnold disap.
,peared, had nothing to do with the
search, Mr.. Keith declared. He said
the young man went abroad in the in
terest of his fathers business.
A demand for $1,000 ransom for
Miss Arnold and an intimation that Mr..
,Arnold's home may be blown up are
contained in one of the letters made
public by Mr.. Keith today.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-02-02
ALASKA COAL LANDS
UNDER LEASE SYSTEM
Bill to Prevent Their Being Mon
opolized Favorably Acted
Upon by Committee.

Washington, Jan. 80. Tie Senate
committee on public lands today au.
thorized its chairman, Senator Nelson
OF Minnesota, to report favorably the
administration bill, providing for tn.
leasing Of the coal lands OF iaska
Transportation companies and @heiI
stockholders are barred from opera.
tons.
! The action of the committee was
unanimous. The Interstarc Commerce
commission is delegated 30 TX the price
at which coal mined un the leased
lands may be sold or transported. The
area Of land which may be leased t.
any person or corporation is limited
Ito 1850 acres and both a rental on
the land and a royalty on the coal are
to be exacted. The royalty is placed
lat cents a ton If the lease is made
within 10 years from the passage of the
act. After that time it may run as
high as 10 cents a ton.
Under the terms of the bill coal Is
to be reserved TO the United States in
all patents to mineral lands in Alaska
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-02-02
PRINTERS OF LONDON
OUT ON Big STRIKE
Hours Of Work the Bone of Con
tention Which Involves Many
Large Firms.

London, Jan. 30.-The general strike
in the job printing trade is already un-
der way and the number of employees
involved will be rapidly increased in
the coming week when strike notices
expire. The men have been offered a
working week Of 81 hours, but they
demand maximum of so hours
The principal firms thus far affected
are Spottiswoods g. Co., limited con-
tractors for much government and 9TH
err official work, and Waterlow & Sons
limited The weekly periodicals man
aged to appear as usual today, but
curiously the new dailies started in
support of the printers campaign
failed to publish this morning.
The daily newspapers are not af-
fected Their compositors have agreed
each to contribute $3.50 weekly in aid
of the strikers.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-02-02
BRADSTREET AND DUN
REPORT ON BUSINESS
Mild Weather, It Is Said, Has
Had Depressing Effect on
the Retail Trade.

New York, Jan. 3o.-Bradstreet' o
Saturday says:
Trade Is quiet and tends to drag, ex-
sept In supplies for agricultural inter.
ests where spring requirements must
be met. Unseasonably mild weather
has tended to dull retail trade despite
clearance sales, and many markets re-
port operations below expectations. Ex-
sept at some markets where early
spring buyers are in evidence, jobbins
trade has ruled quiet. Cotton goods
lead in activity. In wholesale lines con-
servatism rules purchases for distant
positions. This apparently is the re.
suit of inducements offered buyers,
and lines showing concessions are more
active than the regular staples on
which former prices are firmly held.
In industry, aside from a cheerful
feeling in iron apd steel, quiet stir
prevails. Trade in wire products has
expanded, helped by the seasonable
advent Of spring demand.
Curtailment In the tanning industry
has brought firmer prices for sole
leather, but while shoe manufacturers
at the west report more doing, eastern
producers report buying only for acI
tual needs. In textiles some cotton
goods sell well. while others move only
at close margins. Cotton yarns are
weaker for low grades and wooden
yarns are dull.
Business failures In the United States
ror the week ending January &c wero
345, compared with 302 last week, 295
In the like week of 1910, 81 in 1909, 35s
in 1908, and 211 in 1907.
Business failures in Canada for the
week numbered 33, as compared with
30 for last week and 4S in the cores
bonding week of 1910.
r. G.. Dun's weekly review today
says:
There has been an improvement in
the direction in which business con-
traction has been most pronounced
This has contributed to the growth of
confidence. The larger activity in iron
and steel shared by other industries,
the better feeling exhibited in financial
markets, and the confidence resulting
therefrom are the important develop
ments. The betterment in iron is chief.
ly in finished products, tin plate, wire
and structural materials. The advance
of 81 a ton in wire products was fol-
lowed by the placing Of the New York
Central rail contract for 176,750 tons
while other railroads have taken mod
crate tonnages.
Encouraging developments are noted
in the structural department, where
many deferred orders are coming for
ward and transporting companies are
giving out bridge work with greater
freedom. Tin plate operations are NOV
ing more active than for several
months and the outlook In sheets is
improved. In pig iron the demand has
diminished in eastern markets and
prices are weaker.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-02-02
FIERY VOLCANO IS
KILLING HUNDREDS
Mount Taal, In the Philippine
Islands, In a State of Violent
Eruption.

Manila, Jan. 31.-An American school
Eeacher, who has traversed the west
shore of Lake Taal. telegraphs that
Five small villages were destroyed by
Fhe tidal wave caused by the eruption
pr Mount Taal, and that not less than
300 persons have been killed in that
Vicinity. Many were burned in fires
started by molten masses.
A cohstabulary relief detachment re-
ports II persons were drowned and one
killed by lightning at Talisay and that
three persons were drowned at Lemery.
The government is hurrying a relief
train TO the scene.
Eruptiona Still Occur.
The eruptions continued today. The
Fky was cloudless and there was no
wind. but the muddy rain fell stead
lIy. The natives have abandoned their
Village homes in the vicinity OF Lake
Iaal and sought refuge in the sur
hills.
Mount Taal rises in the center Of
than Is miles in circumference. 1t is
p miles from this city, from which
Tense clouds Of smoke, rising from the
'rater. are plainly visible.
The observatory authorities believe
EAat Manila is in no danger, but there
Is some alarm among the natives,
|yho recall the destruction caused by
Hount Mayor, the other volcano OF
P-nzon, in 1897. So far, however May
Pm has shown no threatening disturb
Encc.
Island Sinks Five Feet.
Investigators of the bureau of sci
nee report that with the first Violent
Eruption of Taal on Saturday, the VOL
panic island appeared to sink five feet,
md the waters of the lake, rising,
fWert the shores a mile inland, car
|ylng away the bamboo shacks and
patching a score of natives.
others living in the vicinity had
FaEen warning and fed at the first
[imblings of the volcano. The towns
p Taal, Lorery and Galisay seem to
pave suffered most.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-02-02
START OF AVIATOR FROM
KEY WEST is EARLY ONE

Key West, Fla, Jan. 81. - After a
week Of nerve-racking anxiety, Aviator
7. A. d. McCurdy, in Curtiss biplane.
started on his much heralded flight
from Key West to Havana, at 1882 this
morning. At Key West light breeze
was blowing and the sea was smooth.
Similar reports came by wireless from
Havana, and McCurdy, whose patience
had nearly been exhausted by a week
pf anxious waiting quickly decided to
make the flight.
Early this morning orders were is
Sued to the government boats at Key
West, and they Immediately took their
positions 10 miles apart. When word
came by wireless from the torpedo
boat destroyer Roe that the boats were
stationed, McCurdy got ready to make
she flight.
The motor had been tuned up and
amid a silence that was almost op-
pressive McCurdy took his position in
his aeroplane. The engine was start
I'd, an assistant gave the propeller a
couple of twists, McCurdy listened a
moment to the sound of the motor,
then raised his hand as a signal to
The men holding the machine to let go.
Makes Graceful Start.
Swiftly the aeroplane ran along the
smooth ground for about 100 feet. then
easily and gracefully it rose from the
earth. AS he left the ground the as
sembed crowd gave a hearty cheer
McCurdy waived his hand and was
off on the most difficult trip over the
sea that has ever been attempted.
With tremendous velocity the great
white winged biplane shot out over the
smooth waters. AnXiously the crowd
gathered on the shore and watched the
machine as it grew smaller and faded
from sight. AnXiouSly they waited for
the first news by wireless and when
he dispatch came that he had passed
The third boat 30 miles from shore and
was flying smoothly, another cheer was
given.
McCurdy had originally planned t.
start on January "a. He arrived at
Key West several days before that
date and made preparations for the
Eight On last Tuesday morning, how
ever atmospheric conditions were such
that he decided il would be unsafe to
make the attempt. Day after day and
night after night he waited for reports
hat the wind was moderate and the
sea smooth.
The navy department took an active
interest in the flight and every facil-
,ty at it's command was given to help.
Tugboats and torpedo boat destroyers
we're ordered To act as station beats
~ miles apart 10 lldfk the course OIL
The flight. Early this morning they
took their station. First came the
cutter Forward, 10 miles from shore
and then at intervals of 10 miles each
the tug Massasoit and the torpedo
boat destroyers Terry. Crayton. Roe
and Paulding.
Some of the torpedo boats wer"
equipped with wireless and when the
word came from the last boat out at
sea and from Havana that weather
conditions were propitious, the start
was made.
AS McCurdy passed each boat at a
velocity estimated at nearly so miles
an hour, the sailor men gave him rous-
ing cheers and steam whistles were
blown. The torpedo boats. as soon as
McCurdy came in sight started ahead
at fun speed, but the swift Tying hi
plane soon outstripped them.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-02-02
PACIFIC COAST VESSEL
BECOMES TOTAL WRECK

Seattle. Wash, Jan. ga wirer.. g..
message from the purser OF the
wrecked steamship Cottage City,
which went on the rocks off Cape
Nudge, r. c., yesterday afternoon.
says:
pilot and three on raft are MISS
ing" He says nothing about a boat
load OF passengers not having landed.
The dispatch is interpreted to mean
that all have been accounted for except
the pilot and three or the crow.
All dispatches indicate that the Cot
tnge City Is total loss.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-02-02

SAN CO.-Bankrupted by
his locses in gambling, which his wife
and young son had vainly begged the
police to stop, Gustav Postler held up
the bank at the Saratoga Social club
yesterday and was shot dead in the
revolver duel which followed with Ed
Kripp, proprietor of the resort. POST
lers 14-year-old son witnessed his ia
theirs death. Kripp is in jail charged
with murder. He told the detectives
that the last shot was fired by Postler
into his own breast when he found
himself trapped and sorely wounded.
The result of the autopsy held this eve-
ming tends to confirm this claim.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-02-02
RELEASED C0M"iCTS ARE
NABBED AT PRISON DOOH

Leavenworth, Kan, Jan. 2S.---Imme
i.j.,ly aI..r l.4eIr iuitase nom the fed
sral prison here today, Herbert -.
Richardson, medicine manufactures
and b. f. Hubbard. both Of Omaha,
Who have served sentences for using
he nails to defTaud. were arrested by
4 deputy United States marshal an.
aiken TO Kansas CITY, Kan, rs fuTi-
!ives from justice.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-02-02
The Latest Golf Story.

Two Scotchmen met and exchanged
the small talk appropriate to the hour.
AS they were parting to go supper
ward, Sandy said to Jock:
Jock, mon. III go We roond on
the links in the NORM"
"The morrn?" Jock repeated doubt
fully.
AYE, mon, the morrn," said Sandy.
'I'll go We roond on the links the
NORM
AYE wee'l," said Sandy. "Ill go
We. But / had intended to get mar.
,ied in the norm"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-02-02
WIFE SLAYER is CAUGHT
BY INDIANAPOLIS POLICE

Cincinnati. Ohio, Jan. 2S.-Olivcr +
Smith, for whom the police have beet
searching since the brutal murder O
his wife at their home In this city las
Wednesday night, has been arrested Il
indianapolis. Ind, according to infor
nation received by the local police to
day.
Mrs. Smith was lodging hous,
keeper and mission worker. Imme
diately after the killing, Smith disap
peared, and a warrant for his arres
on the charge Of murder was swor
out
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-02-02
AVIATOR IN OCEAN
. FEAT COMES DOWN
IN SIGHT OF HAVANA
Jack Of Lubricating Oil As.
signed as Reason for Failure
to Complete the Great
Air Stunt.

Havana, Jan. Within 10
niles of the Cuban coast and but a
hort distance further from his
foal, the Camp Columbia aviation
ield, j. A. D. CcCurdy, the Cana.
liam aviator, ran out of lubricat-
ug oil today and was compelled
o abandon magnificent flight
rom Key West, Fla.
When he saw. he could not quite
each this. port, McCurdy alighted
in the waters and the pontoOns
With which it was equipped floated
he aeroplane until the destroyer
'aulding had overtaken the aerial
raft. McCurdy and his bi-plane
we're taken on board.
At first it was thought the avia,
or could make new start from
he deck Of the destroyer, but this
proved impracticable and the
'aulding brought tn eoutfit into
he harbOr.
McCurdy had covered approx
nately 80 miles when he was
obliged to descend, and though he
allied to meet the requirements of
ihe competition he accomplished a
eat unprecedented in cross seas
lying. Compared with the 1S-mile
lights across the English channel
oday's performance stands out as
ar more remarkable.
Enormous Crowd Waits.
The aviation meeting opened yester-
lay and the flight of McCurdy attract
I'd great crowd to the aviation fields
our miles south of the city. The
wireless report from the destroyer
laying that McCurdy was coming fast
gave repeated thrills to the watchers,
Ind by the time he was due here, bust
ness was all but suspended.
Then there was a prolonged interval
Turing which there was no word from
The airman. There was q feeling Of
relief mingled with the disappointment
1t the receipt of the report that he had
lropped into the water, but was riding
he waves In security.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-02-02
Knees Became Stiff
Five Years of Severe rheumatism

The cure of Henry J. Goldstein, IA
Barton street Boston, Mass, is anoth-
Ell victory by Hoods Sarsaparilla.
This great medicine has succeeded In
many cases where others have utterly
failed. Mr. Goldstein says: 81 suf-
fered from rheumatism five years, 1t
kept me from business and caused ex-
circulating pain. My knees would be-
come as stiff as steel L tried many
medicines without relief, then took
Hoods Sarsaparilla, soon felt much
better and now consider myself en-
tirely cured recommend Hoods"
Get it today in usual liquid form &C
chocolated tablets called SarSatabs.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-02-02
SOUTHERN MERCHANTS
AGAINST PARCEL POST

Nashville, Tenn, Jan. 30.-Retaii
merchants of most of the southern
states are to meet here February %
and March and 3, to protest against
the enactment of the parcel post bill.
The call for the convention has more
than 5000 signatures. 1t is expected
many prominent public men will attend
the convention.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-02-02
SENATOR BROWN WILL
BE AGAINST LORIMER

Washington, Jan. Ex-senator Norris
Brown, of Nebraska, Is preparing to
apeak III the Senate against Senator
Lorimer. Senator Brown will stand
by the position taken by Cummins,
Crawford, Borah and BeVeridge
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-02-02
ATTEMPTS WIFE'S LIFE
AND SHOOTS HIMSELF

Aigona. Ia. Jan. 2S.--Going to his
home last evening in an intoxicated
condition, Sam Squlres, aged 60 years.
attempted to Kill his wife by shooting
Prevented in this he levelcd tho sun on
himself and ended HIS life.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-02-02
GENERAL GRANT LIKES
PORTO RICAM SOlDIERY

New York, Jan. 31-Major General
frederick d. Grant. u. S. A., who re-
lrned today on the steamer Coamoi
rom trip to Porto Rico, had nothing,
ut praise for the Porto Rican soldiery. :,
i visited Porto Rico in line of duty
AID General Grant, land inspected the!
'orto Rican regiment. ] have moth
lg but praise for them; they are ef-.
Gent, active, able soldiers, excellent
held work and discipline"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-02-02
WILL SCATTER ASHES IN
THE FATHER OF WATERS

ST. Joseph, Mo-, Jan. 2a.-"i
direct that after rny death my
body BIO crsn1ated and the ashes
strewn to the winds from the
Eads bridge at ST. Louis"
Thus reads the will of Joel
Brownmu!ler, rich farmer, filed
at Maryvillc, Mo-, today. Crown
muller was unmarried.
Five brothers and three sisters
Iivina at Delaware, Ohio, will 90
to ST. Louis 70 witness Tho car
ryirs out Of the request.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-02-02
STEAMER TOWED IN,

Fayal. Azores. Jan. 3O.-The British
steamer Georgian, from Boston to Lon
don, came in here today bringing to
port the British steamer British Sun,
which she had taken in tow 500 miles
to the westward. The British Sun had
lost her propeller blades and anchor,
but her cargo was not damaged. Tho
crippled freighter was bound from Lon
don for Philadelphia when she broke
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-02-02
AGED PRELATE DYING.

philadaIDhIa. Jan, 3I.-The cOnultlOn
of the Most Rev. Patrick John Ryan,
archbishop of Philadelphia, who has
been ailing for some time, is extreme
~ grave today. He passed bad night.
The venerable prelate suffers from fire.
ouent weak spells of long duration
from which he barely rallies.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-02-02
NAVAL oEEICER DEAD.

Cambridge, Mass, Jan. 81. = Rear
Admiral Edmund Orville Matthews, u.
y. n, retired died at his home here
TODAY. He was born in Baltimore in
1896. He had been in poor health for
more than year.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-02-02
FLIGHT POSTPONED.

Key West, Fla, Jan. 3O-Aviator Nc.
Curdy today postponed, on account of
rough seas, his attempt TO fly for Key
West to Havana.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-02-02

SCOTLAND. s. D.-The maine of the
new town established recently between
here and Tyndall has been changed
from Neuberg TO Blaha. The name Of
Starr. between Parkston and Ethan
also has been changed to Dimock.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-02-02
Inherited.

Knocker-Jones has bad memory.
Bocker-His mother never knew
what were trumps, and his father
couldn't remember anything on the
witness stand.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-02-02

PILES CURED IN 9 TO II DAYS
Your druggist will refund money IL PAZO ONT
MENT fails to cure any case OF Itching, .3nnd,
Bleeding Protruding Piles in q 10 Ia days 5oc.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-02-02
Led by the Nose.

~f2a, what Is a leading woman"
ANY woman, my n."-Boston
Transcript.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-02-02

Many mistake soft words for tender,
loving ways.