The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-06-29
Ne1Us Brevities

R1DGEWAY. lila suicide pact
between two girls was carried out
Saturday, when Jessie Goldman, II
years OF age, and Lucy Davidson, aged
Is years, drank carbolic acid The
Goldman girl had quarreied with her
parents and was living with Miss
parents would seek to recover her, the
girls agreed that ir such an event
they would die together.
GLOBE. ARIZ.-Charged with as
saultfng and then drowning Mula and
Myrtle Goswick. aged IL and IL, in
Salt river, "a miles from here. yester-
day, Kingsley Odds. q prospector, 46
years old, and mining partner of the
father Of the two girls, was lodged in
the county sail Sunday. Ills lower
jaw had been shot away in an in
etrectnal attempt, 1t is believed, to
commits suicide after killing the two
girls.
CHICAGO-Wiiliam II. Gale, said to
have been the oldest white resident of
Chicago, was killed by railroad
train here Saturday night Mr.. Gale
was II years old. and had lived here
&c years. He and Fernando Jones'
then infants. were brought to Chicago
on the same boat. 1t is declared that
the Gale family landed at once, while
the Jones family remained on board
"a hours, thus making it possible for
Mr.. Gale to claim the. distinction by
one day Of being Chicago's oldest resi-
dent.
FORT WORTH, TEX.-Fire swept
through the Fort Worth stock yards
for three hours Sunday afternoon, and
despite the efforts OF the fire COM
panies from. the .Swifth and. Armour
packing plants and half dozen other
| companies OF the city department, de-
stroyed q acres of pens, two NAM
| moth hay and feed barns, the loading
| docks, viaduct drivcways to the pack
| ing houses and the yardmaster's Of
| flee. Manager King. Of the Stock
Yards company, estimates the loss at
| approximately 100000.
| MEMPHIS, notwithstanding up
| The Mississippi river Saturday after
| noon, the boilers of the packet City of
| st. Joseph exploded while the boat
was opposite Presidents island, six
| miles below this city, Six negro deck
| hands are dead. IA more are expected
| to die and 10 other persons were more
| or less seriously hurt. The boat
| quickly took fire, and it was with
great difficulty that any OF the pas
! sengers and deck hands We're saved
| Fifty passengers were aboard.
| IotSl w Al NE, lNND-- I'ltlulIS
| guilty to the charge of accepting a
| bride, Benjamin RI. Elliott. former
chief of police. was fined $1,000 and
| sentenced to from two to IA years i'm
prisonment Saturday in the county
| court. Elliott paid the fine and the
court suspended the prison sentence
| Elliott was indicted for accepting a
! diamond from Charles Clark, keeper
Of resort, last Christmas. Clark
pleaded guilty to the charge OF brib-
cry few days ago and was fined So,
900, which he Iaid.
| CLEVELAND. OHIO-As a result:
o. strike riots Saturday, eight per-
sons were badly injured. scores suf-
Tered battered heads from po,cemens
| CLUBS and 80 arrests were Enade. Sat
| urday night, Abe Monheim, foreman
| Of one OF the garment factories pos
| Ing as a neutral in the strike, fear
lessiy appeared among q crowd Of 200
| strikers and their sympathizers. al
| Scoville avenue and East Twenty
/ ainth street. He was at once attacked
| and before the police arrived he was
mass of blood, bruises and fractures
At Charity hospital it was said lie
| would recover.
| WESTINGHOUSE L. Kelley
| Jr Des Moines Ia. Is n patient at the
| Washington asylum hospital, where
| DilySlCtdDS arc lil!CSlIehblue1 tllS lilcH
| tal condition. Kelley was placed un-
| Ter arrest on a charge Of insanity. He
| :old the detectives that he was one
| 81 the largest holders of: the Panama
| canal bonds. having purchased heavily
about 20 years ago. Kelley also said
that he lad come. to Washington to
| enforce the payment by the govern
ment OF large sum Of money owed
| him.
| WASHINGTON--The now record In
| the foreign commerce OF the United
| States. surprising that of any years
| business in history, was made during
| the IL months Of the fiscal year end
! ing with May. During this period the
| imports and exports OF lhe United
( states, as compiled by the bureau OF
statistics and announced Saturday
| amounted to $$.312 ,3S3,50G, which eX-
| cceds the record year Of 1908 by al
| most 100000 The balance of trade
I'm favor Of american business men
| from their foreign customers amounts
| to 1901 ,525.502 for the / ! months. 1t Is
doubtful If the balance Of trade at the
| end of the fiscal year will equal that
! OF the previous record made In 1908
| which was S66e ,43l.554.
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