The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-02-23
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CHARLESTON, s. D.--Cnas. II
Schurz, OF Marshall, Mimi, and +. j.
Cilbride. of Davis, have leased the ole
Grant hotel. and after oyerhauling IL
will open it TO the public.
PARKER, S. DIV. II. King will
speak before the District Teachers as
ISOLATION here the first of March on
"The State Penal ana Charitable In
situations of the State OF South
Dakota
PARKER. S. D.--Circuit court con-
vened here this week, Judge Robert
Trip presiding. A large number OF
civil cases were disposed Of and one
criminal case, which was +. j. Austin,
who was convicted last fall Of robbing
Boss BIOS store ut Monroe.
LAWRENCE, KAN.--Fire Saturday
destroyed the Bowersock building oc-
cupied by the Lawrence Journal and
the opera house The loss is estimated
at $4,000. most of which was sus-
tanned by the Journal, according to
j. l.. Brady, the editor.
PARKER, s. D.--Rev. II. p. Eber-
hart, pastor of the First Methodist
Episcopal church in this city, will be"
gin revival meetings here Monday eve
ming. He has secured for his evan
gelistic singer Mrs. Guy Zelihoefer, of
this city, who is the best in the west.
GETTYSBURG, S. D.-The city
council has accepted plans and speci-
fications for the new municipal water
works system which is to be con-
structed here. Bids will be opened
March 20, and it Is expected the con-
tract will be awarded soon thereafter.
HURLEY, S. Dan effort is being
Ipade to secure a sufficient number Of
signers to a petition to have the sa-
loon license question submitted to the
voters of Hurley az the spring cleo
ton. The town is dry" and the
temperance element will endeavor to
keep it So
PARKER, S. D.--As the result of a
conference between the local CONNER
cial club and officials of the Milwau-
kee railroad company It is assured that
the new railroad depot, TO take the
place of one destroyed by fire some
weeks ago. will be one of the finest
in this part of the state.
ST. PETERSBURG.-Th is
tragic sequel TO the conviction of
Count O'Brien de Lassey for the muir
der of Count Vassilli Bouteurlin, for
which crime he was sentenced to penal
servitude. for life. His wife, who was
he sister Of Count Vassilli and the
daughter of General Bouteurlin, has
become insane.
CHICA Christian Endeavor
workers stormed the Chicago postof-
lice and substations Sunday with H.
900 printed appeals to abolish Sunday
labor for postal clerks and carriers.
Pamphlets setting forth reasons for
the abolition of Sunday labor and ask
ing the CO. cooperation of the public were
distributed among persons calling for
mail
PHII4ADEI PHIA.--The latest class
to cry out against the high cost of
living is tie artists models of this
city, men and women, who have united
IN a demand upon the Pennsylvania
Academy OF Fine Arts for IL uniform
rate Of pay for posing, or they will
organize a union to enforce their de-
mands. They want a uniform scale of
so cents an hour. with or without
drapery.
EXCELSIOR STRINGS. Moan
gered 1t is said. because Mrs. Edna
Slmms, of Massena, Ia. would not
slope with him, c. Lopez, a jeweler of
Cumberland, Ia, Saturday night shot
twice and probably fatally wounded
the woman and ther committed sui
eide by shooting himself through the
Dead. The tragedy took place at the
nome of J. w. Grow here, where Mrs.
Simms was boarding.
LoOlSt1lIlxE, N t.--ATrdIBcnSEtS
nave been complated here for meet
Ing between William Jennings Bryan
and United States Senator elect John
". Kern, Of Indiana, when Mr.. Bryan
reaches here next Tuesday from the
south. Mutual friends of the two. who
headed the national democratic ticket
three years ago. said conference
would be held, and it is limited that
matters pertaining to the welfare Of
the party would be discussed.
NEW YORK Notwithstanding the
news dispatches telling of the deten-
ion at Sand Point. ID, OF q girl ans
Hering the description OF Dorothy Ar
mold, her father, Francis r. Arnold, is
as certain as ever that his daughter Is
lead. II have received private tele-
gram similar to the press dispatches
from Idaho" he said. but take no
stock in that clew. We have received
aozens Of such kilograms since Dorothy
disappeared"
UNIONTOWN, PA.-rwo me-, were
killed and three probably fatally in
jured here Saturday when an explo-
sion wrecked the corning department
Of the Dupont Powder company at
Oliphant, located In the mountains six
miles from here. The bodies OF the
victims were horribly mutilated. The
building and machinery were blown to
cause of the explosion ever will be
known. The loss is estimated at
$4,000.
MEXICO CITY. JFG--Carlos Gij-
berto Schncrb. vice consul OF Mexico
70 the Argentine Republic, was shot
Rnd almost instantly killed in his
room in hotel here Saturday by
francisco l.. Mugica, an Argentine
plainsmaE, one OF a company brought
20 Mexico by Schnerb and others for
exhibition purposes during the recent
centennial. Mugfca made no effort to
escape, and was arrested before he left
the hotel. The crime was the result
Of contention between the men over
financial affairs connected with tho
exhibition project, which proved a fall
are. Six shots we've fred by the as
'assin as his victim lay in he'd reading
newspaper.
NEW ORLEANS. LATHE Hon
duran revolutionary situation was
further complicated Saturday by the
Indictment IN the federal court here
Of General Manuel Bonilla, provisional
president of Honduras; General Lee
Christmas, Colonel E'loIian T,a ytdi ord