The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-04-06
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BALI ~, =. L. he to"h SoHi'~''
has arranged for the erection Of a town
hall and fire station
SPEARFISII, s. D.-This city at the
recent election rejected the commission
plan OF government.
STORM LAKE, las. T. Nevin has
been reelected superintendent of the
Storm Lake school at an advance III
salary.
PIERRE, 6. Dat the election here
the voters defeated the proposition to
change the number OF commissioners
from Ave to three,
COUNCIL BLUFFS, JA.-Henry
Suits. aged 105 years. died here at the
home OF his daughter. He had resided
in this city IS years.
BOONE, IA.-George Stranger and
wife, Of this place, recently celebrated
the 55th anniversary of their marriage.
They have lived here since 1876.
HrfRoN, s. Don statutory ac-
cus.tlon. John sinner Of washington
Springs. has been sentenced to 20 years
indeterninate Imprisonment.
PIERRE, s. D.--The contract has
been let for putting in the gas tank
over the artesian well, which is to
supply heat for the state capitol build
ing.
REMBRANDT, IA.-G. e. Spiegel-
burg. hardware dealer and postmaster
ut this place for the past IL years, is
dead after a short illness with pneu-
.aonia.
BASKERVILLE. S. D.--The local
voluatecr fire department. has elected
new officers as follows: Chief, y. M.
tsarclewicz: assistant chief, Adoiph
4. anda: secretary j. +. Kozei: treasurer,
j. j. Kremcr.
CLFAr. LAKE, S. D.--Charles Labe-
rec tho l5-ycar- old son Of MIR. and Mrs.
Wilet Laberee, living near here, while
engaged in unhitching u team, stopped
to unfasten q tuG. piece of barb
wire struck him in one OF his eyes, de-
stroying the sight.
MOBILE, ALA.--Gainesviile Ala. was
practically wiped out by the cyclone that
swept through Monroe county Monday, ae-
cordina to Lclated news that reached here
yesterday. The cyclone cut path OF
ruin 200 feet wide through The settlement.
There were no casualties there. but many
persons were hurt by flying timbers from
wrecked houses. The reports tell OF trc-
mendous property damage.
SPOKANE, wASH.-Instruction was
suspended at the Washington state col
Iege yesterday as the result of a strike of
students. At meeting last night 1t was
decided that all the 200 students should
remain away from classes until the cul-
prts who participated in raid on the
girls dormitory early Tuesday morning
were apprehended and expelled. PicEets
were stationed yesterday at all entrances
TO the buildings 10 prevent anyone enter
ing the classrooms.
COLUMBUS, OHIO-The house yester-
day passed, by a vote of SO to 13, the WI
man bill providing for the election Of Unit
ed States senators by popular vote on the
Oregon plan. The Wiman bill is a dupli-
cate of the Stockwell bill which the SEN
ate has smothered for several weeks. The
only democrats who voted against the bill
were three of the Montgomery county
delegation, Johnson, Gebhart and Roth.
SAN FRANCISCO-The state supreme
court yesterday denied the petition Of
Abraham Ruef for a rehearing on the mo-
tion vacating Its original order to rehear
his appeal against the judgment and SEN
tence CT the trial court sentencing him to
IA years Imprisonment on charge OF
bribery. The former boss Is now In San
Quentin and the decision means that un-
less the federal court comes TO his aid he
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CHICAGO--Dr. D. X. Pearson, of Ifins-
dale, ILL.,, will celebrate his 9lst birthday
April IA by the distribution of $500, 600 to
schools and religious organizations. This
will make his total distributions Of recent
years nearly $5,O0O.000. most of which has
been given to small colleges. The gifts are
termed by DR.. Pearson as debts" and In
most cases are fulfillments of his pledges
to different bodies of certain sums when
they should have collected other st:pu-
lated amounts.
CINCINNATI, oIIO-Geo. B. Cox, the
republican leader, will not be tried on the
of the common pleas court. This became
A. Jones, of jackson. and Judge Festus
Walters, of Circleville, in a majority de-
cision sustained the mandamus proceed
ings against Judge Charles j. Hunt, of the
circuit court here, ordering him to rule on
the affidavit filed by Cox's attorneys
"bias and prejudice" against
Judge German.
SPRINGFIELD, ILL.-The senate bril-
cry investigation continued its activities
yesterday, despite reports that the COM
mittees existence was threatened from
various sources. Certain members of the
legislature declared that the opinion of
Attorney General Stead, given to Lieut..
Gov. Oglesby. will result automatically In
the committee because of lack of
funds. Others insist that several members
OF the senate have agreed to father the
next Wednesday Of motion to
dissolve the investigating committee