The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-03-30
Ne1Us Briefs of
the Northwest

| HOMESTEAD, S. D.-The Woodmen
lodge has secured ground and arranged
for the erection of lodge hall.
| SPEARFISH, S. D..-This city will
vote on the establishment of the COM
mission plan of government tomorrow.
WEBSTER CITY. IA.-Seven people
| in the John Crawford family were made
| dangerously ill from eating canned
| corn.
| GREGORY. S. D.--The work OF grad
| ing for an extension OF the Chicago 81
| Northwestern from COlome to Winner,
| has been resumed.
| CITATION, 6. DC. II. Miller and H
| L. Brandt, of St. Ansgar, Ia, Will start
a bank here, having interested local
| capitalists in the enterprise.
! YANKTON, S. D.A justice OF the
| peace fined Joseph Pa2ena, of Lakeport,
| Tor selling liquor without q license. t1ls
| place of business was ralded.
| OMAHA. NEB.--Harry Dillon, 1919
| Fifth ave. S., Minneapolis, is in an
| Omaha hospital suffering from blood
| poisoning due TO the dye in his socks
| DUBUQUE, IA.--Because of the ey-
| plosior o. bottle of sulphuric acid,
which he held in his hand, Ollie Haster,
age 81, will likely lose the sight OF both
| eyes.
| STRATFOKD, S. D.--Ray Gould, a
| 22-year-od farmer, met death when he
| fell, while narrowing a field, and was
caught under the Implement An artery
| was severed.
| CANTON, S. D.-The Baptist society,
| which has been without pastor since
| last fall, has been revived and VIII soon
| call q leader from another field to take
| up the work.
| HAMPTON, IA.--A party of fire.
| lighters rushed six miles in 10 minutes
| to the w. r. Stayner farm, and put out
a fire that threatened to destroy the
| farm buildings.
| DUPREE, S. D.--Abe Laplant has
been exonerated by a coroner's jury
from blame for the death OF an I'M
known gambler, whom he struck down
with his fist in fight
| MARSHALLTOWN, IA.--With the
examination of Ia junior preachers, who
| seek to become regularly ordained min
/ listers, the eighteenth annual conference
of the Des Moines district Of the United
Evangelical church opened here.
BERESFORD s. D.-Beresford high
schools debating team won in the
meet here with a team from Center
vile. The winners took the negative
side of the income tax question.
WATERLOO, IA.-A strike Of
plumbers strike has been averted for
two years by terms agreed upon be-
tween employers and employees. The
scale Is $3.50 a day for eight hours
a rs per cent increase.
MISSOURI VALLEY, IA.-C. A. Tri-
blu, a switchlight tender, was struck
and killed Saturday night near here by
Northwestern fast express No. %. His
body was hurled 100 feet and badly
mutilated. The man left family.
| MURDO, s. D.-The physicians of
Lyman county have organized an as
ISOLATION with DR.. Hunt, Of Draper,
president; DR.. Newman, of Presho, vice
president; DIR. Kimble, of Murdo, sec
rotary; DR.. Violin, OF Reliance, treas
urer.
BURLINGTON, lathe suicide
known here as Fred Morrison, who took
his life in the Burlington hotel a week
ago, has been identified as James ].
Reed, a. released murderer from the
Nebraska penitentiary. He had killed
q woman.
ROCKWELL CITY-Manager Law.
renee, of the farmers elevator, is out
$25 on account of having given check
for $25 to a man giving the name Of d!
S. Miller. who claimed he had delivered
| /. 900 bushels Of corn. The check was
cashed at a store.
| BELLE FOURCHE, S. D.-Francis
~. Quirk, a ranchman, fatally shot
himself while tramping over the hills
on hunting trip. He stumbled and
fell, and his shotgun discharged
through his intestines, causing his
death a few hours later.
MASON CITY, IA.-Arrested on the
charge made by his wife that he had
cut hole in her stocking and extract
ed therefrom $50 in bills, John Condor
was obliged to face a magistrate. He
claimed that the money belonged tc
him.. On her promise not to push the
case he paid the costs and secured q
| dismissal.
vERMILLIoN, s. D.-Debatine
teams of the University of South Da-
kota and Creighton university will NEE,
here Friday evening. The Dakota de-
baters. Campbell, Jeperson and Eggen
will take the negative of the proposal
that conservation should be left to the
states.
| ORANGE CITY, IA.-A jury has
awarded the full amount of the insur.
ance claim, $4,000, to Mrs. Miller, OF
was killed in an automobile accident
The defendant was the Interstate Bust.
ness Mems Accident association, Of
Des Moines.
DENVER, COLO.-As a result of q
settlement agrc "a upon by the Official.
Of the Brother hood Of Locomotive En-.
gineers and ON Gals of the Denver &
that system will receive an increase o.
8 per cent in Wages, better working
rules and q contract for a year. TIL,
settlement was made through the eff
forts Of United States Labor Commits
sioner Charles y. Neill.
CLARNO, 8. D.-Mystery surround,
the disappearance of Carl Johnson tn,
l7-year-old son Of N. r. Johnson, wht
went to Kansas City, Mo-, few weeks
ago to attend an automobile school
Letters from the president of tn,
school indicate that he left the schoo
a few days after arriving and that
woman who claimed to be a relativ,
appeared the following day and col
lected the amount Of the tuition fe,
he had paid. He Is said to have asked
that his mail be forwarded to Wini
fred, s. d.
SEATTLE, WASH.--Citizens Of Sc
, attic Saturday night paid their tribut'
! of respect and sympathy to Richard A
| Ballinger, for two years secretary O
| the interior, and during most of tina
| time involved in a bitter controvers,
| over the policy OF conservation. At
| tended by Mayor George w. Dillint
| and presidents of 10 commercial ant
! special organizations. Mr.. Ballinge
| received the greetings OF friends at tn,
! | Hotel Washington, where later a pub
lie reception was held.
WICHITA, KAN.-Frank S. Burt
former chief of police who pleade,
= guilty in trafficing in stolen stamps an,
| t,rpa1 nnrarpp,apf .,ifpaec no. t~oo,