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The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-02-23
.B0ILERMAKERS QUIT
WORK ON RAILROAD
Men in the Employ of the Lake
Shore Road Called Out
BY the Union.

Cleveland, Ohio, Feb. 21.-Vice Presi-
9ent Louis Weyand. of the Brother
hood of Bollermakers and Iron Ship
builders of America, today ordered out
800 boilermakers employed on the Lake
Shore G. Michigan Southern division of
he New York Central railroad between
buffalo and Chicago.
A strike has been pending for weeks
Shile negotiations were carried on be-
tween the bollermakers' representatives
and officials of the road. The demand
Of the men for the adjustment of piece
work was the cause. The company was
given until 10 o'clock this morning to
meet the demand.
Following conference here last
week strike vote was taken. This
vas submitted To the International
headquarters at Kansas city, Mo-, for
count. The executive committee to-
lay sent the order to call the strike
20 Vice President Weyand. Seventy
Ave employees in the Collinwood shops
here quit work at 10 o'clock.
General Manager d. G.. Moon, of the
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern rail-
road. is in Indianapolis today, and in
mis- absence d. Il. MacBain, superinten-
dent of motive power, issued state
ment:
THE boilermaaers really have no
grievance" said MacBain. about half
Of them were put on piece work AND
their wages were increased from 80 to
80 per cent as result. 1t appears
however, that piece work is contrary
70 their constitution, and a change was
demanded. We still hope that trouble
may DC averted. We are perfectly able
To handle the situation, however Serv.
ice will not be impaired in the least"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-02-23
TORCH and BOMB
OF MURDER BAND
BATTLING POLICE
Chicago Also Confronted With
Problem of Handling Des-
perate and Murderous
Foreign Gangs.

New York. Feb. 21.-Black hand
gangs, defying the efforts OF CHIEF
Flynn and his detectives to check their
operations, renewed their reign of ter
ror with torch and bomb every night
for the past week, and early today
made two daring attempts to wreck
with dynamite Every available de-
tective in the central Office has been
sent out to round up the black handlers
Two agents OF the blackmailing soci-
ETY. drove up in front of the house OF
Or. Bartoli, wealthy physician on
East One Hundred and Sixth street. to-
day, laid a bomb near the doctors
door. touched 1t off and then fled in
carriage. The explosion caused q panic
of 100 girls IN St. Cecelie's convent
The doctor has been receiving black
hand letters for some time.
Giovanni Cataldo, a groceryman or
Chrystie street, sat up last night in hi.
darkened store and awaited the coming
OF the bomb throwers. He had kept
vigil for several nights. Just before
dawn the groceryman saw two figures
near his door getting ready to fire
bomb. Cataldo blazed away with a re-
volver and the black handlers fed. The
police searched the neighborhood with
out result.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-02-23

ment Of the civil war, and the pew oc-
cupied bv him is across the aisle from
and little to the rear Of the Wash
ington pew. This pew is indicated by
a silver plate showing his autograph.
OF the thousands of persons who an
nually visit Christ church, but few fail
to enter and sit for while in the pew
formerly occupied by Generals WASH
ington and Lee. The faithful and cour-
teous old 1anitor Of the church SEEM
ingly takes personal pride In detail
ing to visitors the relations sustained
to the history of the church by these
two illustrious men.
Washington received his commission
in 1855, as a colonel in the British army,
from General Braddock, in the Carlyle
House, at Alexandria, Va. This house
on the brow Of hill, and its base
rests on an old fort built in 1915 by
Captain John Smith on one of the &C.
casions when he came up the Potomac
to trade with the Indians. Originally
the house was reached by a fine fight
Of stone steps from beautiful lawn
reaching to Fairfax street and adorned
by 16 Lombardy poplars arranged In
four parallel rows. The poplars and
lawn have long since disappeared, and
long ranges Of rooms of the present
Braddock House occupy their site, and
the house is only visible to the public
from the eastern or rear side.
It was also in this house that the
unfortunate expedition against Fort
Duquesne was arranged by General
Braddock and the governors Of Mary
land, New York. North Carolina,
Pennsylvania and Virginia, in 1855.
1t is related of Washington that at
or about the time he received his COM
mission as colonel he made love to
pretty Sallie Fairfax, while they were
both stopping at the Carlyle House,
and that she refused him. But If that
Is true, he evidently did not grieyS
long, for, within little more than two
years, and while still under 30 years
Of age, he married the widow Custis.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-02-23
BOLD BANDITS HOLD
UP SOUTHERN TRAIN
Four Men Blow Open Safe In
Express Car, Loot It, and
Make Escape.

Gainesville. Ga, Feb. 20.--.The ex-
press safe on Southern railway train
No. SO, north bound, was blown open
by four men at 3:15 o'clock this morn
Ing at White Sulphur Springs, Ga, four
miles from here, and about $500 stolen.
The men. covering the crew with re-
volvers. ordered the train to start The
bandits disappeared in the darkness.
No one was hurt
Train No. of the Southern railway
Is known as the fast mail and runs
from New ORLEANS to New York. The
robbers broke down the doors OF the
station at White Sulphur Springs.
bound the night agent and set the sig
nal for the train to stop. AS the loco<
motive slowed up one of the men en-
tered the cab and ordered the engineer
TO proceed to Lula, a small station sew
eral miles away. After stop other
members Of the gang entered the eX-
press car and while one held up the
condu tor and express messenger, tha
others blew up the door of the safa
obtaining the money.
Agent Terrill, Of the Southern Ex-
press company; Deputy United States
Marshal Landers: detective Ha,lie. of
the Southern railway; Deputy Sheriff
Little and posse with bloodhounds
are on the trail OF the men. The train
was delayed but half an hour.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-02-23
JAB OF HATPIN KILLS
BOSTON SEA CAPTAIN
Long Point Punctures Cheek.
Causing Blood Poison
ing.

Boston, Feb. 20.---Captain 1.rdrew
Englund, one of the best known sea
captains on the New England coast, is
dead here as a result of lab from a
hatpin. This is the first death recorded
In the United States since the long hat
pin came into use this winter.
Captain Englund came to Boston Ave
weeks ago from his home on Peaks
Island, Maine. With his wife he was
riding In a crowded trolley car from the.
north station, when q woman standing
beside him turned her head suddenly.
and he was jabbed in the cheek by
pin.
He thought nothing Of it for two
weeks or more and then his face be-
gan to swell. He died there yesterday
Of blood poisoning. Captain Englund
was 81 years old.
A bill was introduced in the Mas
sachusetts legislature to prevent war
ing hatpins beyond q reasonable length
and is now before Il legislative COM
1otf
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-02-23
10th ANNIVERSARY OF
WASHINGTON'S BIRTH

The church was consecrated by Bish-
op Claggett, of Maryland, on June Ia.
1914. This ancient and historic edifice
Is still used as place of worship. It
annually visited by thousands. A small
admission Zee is charged for the pur-
pose Of defraying the expense of keep
ing It open to the public. In the rear
of and on the south side is an old
burial ground, and some very old tab
let's, antedating the construction OF the
church, are still standing, and are in
a remarkable state of preservation.
The square pew, with open door, on
the right Of the pulpit and under the
balcony, Is pew No. 5, which was oc-
cupied by Colonel Washington when at
tending services there until the date OF
his death; he never changed his MEM
bership from the church. A silver plate
bearing his autograph, is on Sop of the
pew door. Originally all the pews in
the church were built in a square form,
but later, with the exception of the
washington pew, were changed to the
present day style of construction.
The furniture within the chancel is
that that was used in the church, when
first completed. The windows in the
rear of the pulpit, with small panes Of
glass, are the ones placed there by the
builders.
The bible on the desk is the first one
that was used in the church, and the
one on the pulpit was Washingtons
family bible, and was used by him at
his Mount Vernon home on the Poto-
mac.
The chandelier In the center of the
church was presented by Washington.
1t Is not used for the regular services,
being lighted only when there is a
wedding in the church.
On the east wall, under the balcony
and to the right Of the pulpit, is mu-
raj tablet placed to the memory Of
General Washington.
A similar tablet placed to the men,
DRY of General Robert E. Lee, occupies
similar space on the wall to the left of
the pulpit.
General Lee was the vestryman
of the church at the commence
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-02-23
DYED FISH ARE SOLD
TO QUAKER CITY FOLK
They Are Palmed OF as the
Smoked Article on Unsus-
pecting Public.

Philadelphia. Feb. 2i.--Thc dairy and
food bureau of the state agricultural
department naS discovered !hat larg,
number Of dehcatesarn and other stores
Of t.ds city have for II long time beer
sclii:Ig dyed" fish as u substitute for
smoked EsE. when Harry +. Cassidy
he agent OF the bureau, TOLD the retail
store propriclor3 what obey were doing
they wcr" surprised. as they had pur-
chased the stuff as genuine smoked
fish.
Cassldy's attention to the food arti-
Gle was attracted by it's rich red color.
Purchasing some or the fish. he had 1t
examined ard the expert reported that
he coG.id dye wool with the coloriny
matter extracted from it. In smoking
fish there Ia a loss OF Is pounds to every
100 II IL said but in dyeing the article
there is no loss at all. This permitted
the viola,ors of the law to undersell
their competitors in the smoked fish in
luStry.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-02-23
MEXICAN PATRIOT IS
TO Be PUT TO DEATH
officer In Army Found Guilty
of Aiding Rebels Will Be
Executed.

Ell Paso, Tex, Feb. 20.-Reports from
Guadalupe this morning are that the
insurrecto chiefs, covered by their 300
armed men, have made their way into
the hills south Of there, and that Next
can soldiers from Juarez will find the
place evacuated when they reach there
today. The federals, about 1000 strong,
have made slow progress, owing to a
heavy rain falling since yesterday. Ma
dero and his chiefs intended to hold
their position in the mountains, they
say.
Lauro Carcamo, captain of the Thir-
teenth Mexican federal infantry, just
found guilty at Chihuahua Of aiding
the revolutionists and sentenced to bs
shot, will be sent to Mexico city for
execution. This advice comes to the
Ell PasO Herald
Before Madero, Gonzales and the
command of insurrectos left Guade-
lope Gutierrez de Lara. the Los Ange-
les socialist, who is a captain in the
insurrecto army, declared all the labor
unions of the United States would be
appealed to to protest strongly against
the United States maintaining the
army as a guard along the interna.
tional border. He says the army mere
ly disarms and releases Mexican fed
eral soldiers arrested in the United
States, but arrests and imprisons insur-
rectos
Eight insurrectos arrested south Of
FL Paso, near Fabens, were today held
to the federal grand jury by United
States Commissioner Oliver. They
gave notice Of carrying their cases to
Judge Maxey on habeas corpus.
Mail advices from Candelaria, Tex.
east of here say the insurrectos took
the town Of San Antonio directly op-
posite and threatened to loot CandeI-
aria. but Captain Williams and United
States cavalry arrived in time to pre-
vent 1t.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-02-23
From the New York Herald.


George Washington was born on the
banks of the Potomac, in westmore-
land county, Virginia, on February %,
1882.
The incident in his early life concern
Ing the Ratchet and the cherry tree
shows that he was early distinguished
for his truthfulness and manly spirit.
At the age OF 16 he was good sur
veyor and at 10 he was adjutant Of one
of the Virginia militia districts, with the
rank of major.
At the age Of 81 he was selected by
Governor Dinwiddle, Of Virginia, as a
person of distinction" under orders
OF the British government, to demand
an explanation OF the French, who
were forming settlements in the north
west and in the Mississippi valley.
At the age of 20 he was commissioned
as colonel In the British Army, and
from that time, when as soldier Of
the King" he became distinguished on
the field, until he took leave of the Of
fees on November 90, 1888, after hav-
ing overthrown the royal government,
he was the most important factor in
the affairs Of the new country.
Ending an eventful and successful
military career, he retired to his home
at Mount Vernon, Va, from which place
in 1874 he wrote to Lafayette: Il have
become private citizen on the banks
OF the Potomac, and under the shadow
Of my own vine and fig tree free from
the hustle Of the camp, am
solacing myself with those tranquil en-
joyments OF which the soldier who is
ever in pursuit of fame, the statesman
and courtier can have little
conception"
At the time Washington wrote the
quoted words to Lafayette he had no
though that he would be called as the
president of the republic, the living
reality Of which he had created. But
so, and on the both day Of April, 1889,
having been elected on the 9Th day of
the same month, he took the oath of
office in New York city, having jour-
neyed to that place from Mount Yer
non In his private carriage.
Washington served his country as it's
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-02-23
D0LLIvER EULOCIzED
IN SENATE SATURDAY
Colleagues of Great Towan Pay
Final Tribute TO His
Memory.

Washington, Feb. Contributes 10 tho
memory of Jonathan Il. Dolliver, OF
iowa, and Alexander S. Clay, of
Georgia were paid today in the Sem
ate of the United States. The hour
fixed for the delivery OF the culogies
was at o'clock.
Senators Cummi:s Guliom, Tlllmar.
Clapp Beverage, La Toilette, Gore.
Chamberlain and Young spoke on
the life and character OF Mr. Dolliver.
Mr.. Clay was eulogized by Senator's
Bacon, Scott, T1llaferro, Lodge, ever
man. Carter and Bailey.
Speech by cummirs,
Senator Cummins in his remarks al
,uded TO the remarkable speech Sepa-
tor Dolliver last delivered in the Sem
ate. He compared it to one Of Web
ster's utterances. He said in closing:
''Of the personal loss which his death
Inflicted upon me ! mist not speak az
length. During the two years through
which we served toget Their in this body.
the ties of friendship were so strengths
ened and our association became sc
close that when he passed away il
seemed to me that my own energies
were gone
II can say no more. But O. the loss
sustained by that little band so closely
united in the struggles of the two ses-
sions l may with propriety give utter
ance to especial sorrow which fills and
overfiows their hearts. We shall miss
him as we would nave missed no other
man. His elemental strength was not
only our refuge but our weapon. HIS
kindness so pervading and so per-
sistent smoothed every path and re-
moved every obstacle. We shall not
soon look upon his like"
Senator Young said:
His life'S laborS are ended His
neigEbors and friends and an admiring
people are preparing to build a monu.
mert marking his resting place. The
shaft will look from an eminence Of
the valley of the Des Moines river.
From this position the eye can see
busy people and moving trains, Gem
erations will come and go, and tho
name Of Dolliver will not be forgot
ten"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-02-23
Asthma Caused by Collar Buttons.

FROM the new YORK WOrlQ.
The doctor didn't say, Your asthma
and bronchitis are caused by your
collar BUTTON" but after feeling under
The collar at the back of the patient's
neck he did say, IT'S a wonder a per-
son who wears such a collar button
san breathe at all.
Il suppose for 25 years you have
been wearing high. rigid collars con-
sinued the doctor, with a collar but.
ION half an inch long pressing heavily
against the spinal column near where
II enters the brain--where 1t enlargea
into the medulla oblongata. The tall
stiff collar, worn as tight as you veal
II, cuts off good deal of the BLOOD
supply from the head. When you lear
forward over your desk it chokes the
big blood vessels that supply the
brain; then when you lean back II
presses hard against the base of the
brain itself. But the collar button
such as you wear and as most men
wear, is worse than the collar. and to-
gether they are certainly vicious
combination. The medulla contains
vital centers of automatic action of the
body. The chief of these centers Is
that controlling respiration. If the
medulla is injured death ensues by
suffocation. In cases of hanging it is
The injury to this center that causes
death. The medulla is also the center
for the vasomotor nerves, regulating
the size of the blood vessels. A heavy
and continuous pressure on the spinal
column such as is exerted by a collar
button that is so long and so firmly
held as to imbed itself deeply in the
tissues of the neck cannot help but
affect the nerves leaving the medulla
causing troubles in breathing and a
long line Of distressing symptoms dus
60 vasomotor nervous disturbances.
Il would not say that shorter col
lar button and loose and soft collar
would cure you asthma, but they Ger.
.ainly are among the remedies in
dcated. Just think Of the weight Of
pressure that is put on that collar
button, with heavy winter clothing
light fitting as to collars of vest coat
and overcoat. forcing this small piece
Of metal deeper and deeper down on
these nerves that control the most vital
functions of the body!"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-02-23
TWO DYNAMITE OUTRAGES
IN CHICAGO THIS MORNING

Chicago, Feb. 21.--A dynamite bomb
With lighted time fuse two feet long,
suffering and splitting fire. vas found
carly today on the front steps Of a
house occupied by Giacomo Frisa, an
Italian labOrer Two policemen passing
saw an open door and within the burn
ing fuse ana extinguished the blazing
powder before ii could reach the eXplo-
sivc.
The bomb consisted of five sticks OF
high percentage dynamite. bound to-
gether with string and with fuse and
cap adjusted 10 one stick
F'risa lives in the two-story house
With his wife. four children and mar
lied daughter and her husband. He has
received a number of threatening let
,ers in the past few months signed
The Black Hand and asking for
money
The last, received q week ago, advised
him that his home would be blown up
f he failed to leave $500 in a package
On his front doorstep or If he notified
he police. He is ~ section hand for a
railrOaQ
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-02-23

first chief executive for a period of
eight years-two terms--and declined
a third term. No other president since
Washington has enjoyed that distinc-
ton.
1t is well enough to keep in mind that
there was something of the strenuous
In the life Of Washington during his
incumbency Of the office of president
Of the United States, although 1t may
have been directed along different lines
to that manifested by some of his sue
cessors. In 1871 he was actively en-
gagged in making a survey OF what Is
now Washington city. and the building
occupied by him while making the sur
vey for the city still stands on what
Is now M street, between Thirtieth and
Thirty-first streets. Georgetown.
The national government, in conjunc-
ton with the states. has undertaken to
do honor to his memory by making his
birthday q national holiday and by
erecting monuments OF marble pointing
skyward, but the grandest and most
expressive tribute is embraced in the
lettering, First In War, First in Peace
and First in the Hearts Of His Coun-
trymen," as chiselled on the statue
which stands on the plaza at the. east
Of the capitol.
washington was very enthusiastic
Mason and was identified with the lodge
in Alexandria, Va, which was chartered
In 1888 under the Pennsylvania turis-
diction. but in 1888 1t was rechartered
as the Alexandria Washington lodge,
No. 20. and Washington was named as
worshipful master in the charter.
Christ church., Alexandria, Va, Ivy
and moss covered, was completed and
delivered over to the vestry on Febru-
airy q. 1878, the construction having
been begun January /, 1867. Colonel
Washington was one Of the first vestry-
men Of the church, and on the day that
1t was turned over by the builders he
purchased pew No. s for the sum
Of SO pounds and 10 shillings sterling,
agreeing also to pay an annual rental
Of five pounds for the same.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-02-23
PAY Army That We Do Not Get.

II. l.. Clotworthy, n The worlds Work
The condition of the army now is as
bad as ever. This is known in military
circles, not only here but abroad.
The people whom 1t most concerns
are those chiefly ignorant of 1.-THE
American public. which is paying $780,
900, 900 a year for military insurance for
policy which is mo good" To guard
an empire stretching from Alaska to
Panama and from Porto Rico to the
enlisted strength for our army approx
mating $4,000 men. Deducting 5.672 ma
live Philippine scouts and other auxil-
larry troops. the actual combatant
strength aggregates 10000 troops Of all
arms. or these, 10000 are enlisted in
the coast artillery corps and would
have no place in field army. The gar
ylsons in the Philippines. Hawaii, and
Alaska absorbs $4,000 more from the
combatant strength, and these troops
in their isolation would In case of war
be compelled to fight out their own
salvation. The Panama canal zone,
which will soon demand military pro-
lection. is at present ungarrisoned
The entire mobile army stationed in the
United States seldom exceeds $4,000
troops of all arms. This Is force
slightly in excess of the numerical
strength of the army at the time of the
Spanish war, but in efficiency of per-
sonnet, force of equal strength with
the one modified in 1898 could not be
placed I'm the field today.
IOndon's Hebrew nomination mum.