The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-01-25
Ne,Ds Breu6es

WASHINGTON - Speaker h a m D
Clark, candidate for the democratic
Watterson, of Louisville, discussed the
political situation here Saturday.
Whether they discussed presidential
prospects neither would say
NEW YORK-Mrs. oliver II. p. Bel
mont avs she Is planning to start q
daily newspaper to be managed by
m and devoted entirely to their
interests. She declared that women did
not ave a fair representation in the
news Of the day and thought the time
was ripe for women to come to the
front editorially.
CHICAGO--All babies born in Chi
cago hospitals are stamped, it vas an
nounced Sunday, after attention has
been called to the problem now vexing
two Paris mothers. AS soon as a baby
arrives a label bearing the name Of
the mother. the date and hour Of birth
and the name of the attending physi-
sian is attached to the child.
LAKE CHARLES, LA.-Badly mutt
lated, the bodies Of Felix Brussard, his
wife and three children, aged 8, 8 and
3, negroes, were found Sunday In their
home here, making the second whole
sale negro murder In this state within
a week and the sixth within a year.
A bloodstained ak was found beneath
the bed on which the bodies lay.
KANSAS CITY, MO.-A warrant was
issued Saturday for Henry w. Rich
ardson, former president of the sus-
pended American Union Trust COM
pany. Of Kansas City, which closed its
making a false entry in the books Of
the company while he was its chief
officer. He was an organizer Of the
trust company which absorbed the All
Night and Day bank last July. He
resigned as president last August.
AUSTIN, TEX.-Killing Of George
Lock, a cattleman at Buda, Tex, yes
terday because he disregarded quaran-
tine regulations prompted by the cpl
demic Of meningitis, probably will re-
suit In the immediate raising of the
rigid quarantine. The state health Of
ficer said: Shotgun d%uarantines'
have not been warranted, and / will is
sue q statement tomorrow saying the
epidemic Is under control and that rigid
guarantees are unnecessary"
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. friends OF
President Taft 1t Is generally under
stood that the nomination of United
States Circuit Judge Hook, Of Kansas,
to the supreme court, succeeding the
late Justice Harlan, would be sent to
the Senate during the present week.
Objections to Judge Hook, referred to
Attorney General Wickersham it was
said have not proved convincing to the
president, and he Is inclined to make
the appointment shortly.
NEW YORK-With a feeling denun-
citation Of the principle Of judicial re-
call delivered TO the bar association OF
the state Of New York at It's banquet
Saturday night, President Taft o
cluded a busy evening here, which he
employed chiefly in speech making at
three different functions. After a plea
for simplitication of legal procedure
which he argued with much earnestness
before the company Of lawyers, Mr..
Taft waxed even more incisive In COM
ing to the topic upon which he evident
ly felt so deeply.
WASHINGTON Senator Hepburn.
of Idaho, is challenged by Samuel
Gompers, president of the American
Federation Of Labor. in an editorial In
the February issue of the American
FederatiOnist to produce in a court of
law any evidence he may nave of any
illegal operations performed by Com
pers. The editorial is based on the
occurrence in the Senate last Thurs
day when Senator Hepburn declared
that mo communication should be re-
ceived from Mr.. Gompers because Of
the facts disclosed in the Mcnamara
trial n subsequent thereto"
MUSKOGEE. OKLA.-With both
eyes blackened and swollen, his face
and lips cut, his clothing torn and dis
heveled and with a policeman on guard
at the pulpit, Rev. d.. holland Smith
preached the dedicatory sermon in the
First Methodist Episcopal church here
Sunday. A two-weeks' legal battle for
the possession of the new ediice Gull
minated this morning in an assault
upon the preacher as he was going to
church. The assailant was G.. M. Nc
Kee, a contractor, who had been held
in jail three hours to compel him to
turn over the keys of the building to
the church officials.
INSTRUMENTATION six persons
in every 100000 in the United States
were murdered in 1910. This estimate
is made by DR.. Greasy i. WILDER, chief
statistician Of vital statistics OF the
census bureau. He attributes to homi-
eide causes 2,109 Of the 48,606 deaths
from violence in that year. This Is
at the rate of 80 per 0 1000, as against
So in 1909; ga in 1908 and 6.3 in 1907.
Violent deaths esulted to 90.3 persons
out OF every 100, 900 in 1910. and in
1909 only IS in the same number met
death In the same tanner. Railroads
killed the greatest number and 1877
deaths are reported from injuries from
hat source. This Is an increase of
14.6 in every 100, 900 population over 1871
in 1909.