The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-02-15
NeUs Brevit;es

De tried for the whitcapping, was found
guilty last week. The cases of six
others held on the same charge will rot
come up until the March term of court.
MEXICO ~CITY-"For no reason will
l change my minister's. The members
of my cabinet are honorable men. They
are patriots. l shall not permit any
OF them to- be slandered as you are
~slandering them" In these words
PRESIDENT Madero yesterday brought to
d termination an interview sought by
u committee from the anti-re-election-
sS. parry, which was attempting to per-
suade him to dismiss from his cabinet
the ministers Of war and interior.
FORT WORTH, TEx.-That the de-
tense VIII contend that John Beal
Sneed. the Amarillo, Tex, banker was
mentally irresponsible when he shot A.
y. Boyce to death, yesterday developed
IN the trial of Sneed, charged with
boyces death. The elopement Of Boyce
ana Mrs. Sneed rendered Sneed ire
sponsible. counsel for Sneed explained.
In order to have read to the jury a
Fuqua. Of Amarillo, after the departure
or Mrs. Sneed n the younger Boyce
from Fort Worth. The letter told OF
Sneed's love for his wife, Of his humili-
alton and the effects OF the mothers
action on the future of the children.
several witnesses testified that Sneed's
victim had made remarks derogatory to
Mrs. Sneed.
FORT WORTH, TEx.-Documen-
tary evidence was presented by the de-
tense yesterday afternoon in the trial
OF J.B. Sneed. accused Of having muir
dered Capt. A. G. Boyce, ST., in sup
port OF the contention hat q conspir-
acy existed among members Of the
boyce FAMILY to bring about a separa-
tlon between Sneed and his wife. Let
ters n kilograms which filled q tray-
cling bag. purported to have passed be-
tween the Boyces and other interested
persons, were introduced. The evidence
Included a telegram signed by Mrs.
Sneed addressed to Henry Boyce,
brother OF A. g. Boyce. jr.. whose
elopement with Sneed's wife preceded
the killing OF the elder Boyce.
NEW YORK-Miss Marie weer, 26
years old. vouched for as the daughter
or a physician formerly attached to
the court Of the emperor of Austria,
and OF high social standing in that
country, was arrested last night on the
charge Of stealing two $40 bills from a
fellow tenant In the boarding house
where she resided since she came to
this country three weeks ago. When
ararigned in the women's night court
she broke down and told between sobs
or her troubles since her arrival, how
her money had become exhausted, and
that she did not wish to ask aid Of
her acquaintance.
WASHINGTON-The District of
Columbia, which exercises suffrage
once in four years, in the naming Of
delegates to the nominating
tions, had a unique experience with its
republican primaries Saturday. Though
Aaron Bradshaw and w. Calvin Chase,
admittedly Taft delegates. triumphed
over Sidney Bieber and John r.
Wilder, who wanted to go un~instructed,
the result was in doubt long after mid
night, with a prospect that a contest
would be begun by the defeated can
didates. One ballot o was stolen out
right and was not recovered, while q
second is in the hands Of the police.
NEW YORK-Leaders of the boy
scout movement gave q dinner last
night in honor of Lieut.. Robert S. S.
Baden-Powell. leader Of the movement
in England, attended by more than 600
men and women, many from distant
parts of the country. The function
was the elimination Of a largely at
tended gathering Of the leaders, scout
commissioners II scout masters here
under the auspices of the national
council of the Boy Scouts Of America to
discuss various phases Of the move
ment.
NEW YORK-The Haymarket, a
notorious dance hall in the ~tenderloin,
Is no more. After a long crusade by
vice eXterminators for the suppression
Of the place the commissioner for the
bureau OF licenses yesterday revoked
its dance license. The Haymarket
probably was the best known of New
York's 700 dance halls, and one of the
remaining reminders of the tenderloin
district as 1t was years 6 Slum-
ming parties frequently included the
Haynsarket in their itinerary Of in
teresting' places to be visited.
NEW YORK-James B. Duke very
shortly will resign from the presidency
Of the American Tobacco company to
American Tobacco company, limited,
with it's chief office In London. 1t was
announced late yesterday at the Ameri-
can Tobacco company offices. With
this announcement was coupled the
statement that he will be succeeded as
president Of the American Tobacco
company by Percival Hill. long a vice
president.
DENVER, COLO.-Denver was
shaken from n to end Saturday night
by the explosion OF W. large storage
tanks OF the Great Western Oil COM
pany, situated in the shipping district.
when that ~company's plant was RACED
by fire that for a time threatened sew
eral nearby Industrial plants. The
blaze is believed to la been caused
by a spark from a passing locomotive
ignitihg a tank car.
ST. PAUL, MINN.-Hugh T. Hal
bert, who last night resigned from the
board Of directors Of the Minnesota
Progressive Republican league follow
Ing the boards Endorsement Of Sena-
tor Robert M. La Fellette for the presi-
Dental nomination before the Chicago
convention. Saturday announced his
intention Of forming an organization
Of the supporters OF Theodore Roose-
Welt in Minnesota
MINNEAPOLIS, MINN.-A man and
q child are dead and another man is
poisoned candy. The dead are: Simon
D'Malley, aged As, a hack driver, and
Bonnie Reedy, aged 8. Louis Spencer,
q semiprofessional baseball player,
who lived with O'Malley, is critically
Ill, but 1t is said he will recover.
ST. LOUIS, MO.-William Burns was
shot and killed by Thomas Donegan
last night while they were attending
3 meeting Of the steam pipe filters and
helpers union. Donegan, who Is q son
Of Police Lieutenant Thomas ]. Done
gan, refused to discuss the shooting be-
yond saying: 1T was a personal quar-
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lola, KAN.-One person was killed
and seven others were injured. two
seriously, late yesterday, e Mis-
souri, Pacific train No. 407 collided with
a trolley car at a grade crossing. The
airbrakes on the street a failed to
work at a safety stop near n cross