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The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-05-30
KILLED HUSBAND and
WIFE; MAN (ONFESSES
G. ii. Toliver, Airship Inventor
Charged BY Murderer, With
Running His Home.

San Diego. Cal, May 2S.-Bert q.
Lewis, former private secretary and
chauffeur to c. H. Toliver, an airship
OF Detectives Meyers that he alone was
responsible for the murder of Mr.. and
Mrs. Toliver at the Toliver home Sat-
urday night.
Yes, l killed him." said Lewis, re-
ferring to Toliver. He ruined my
home. II ! had not lone it some one
else would have had to-
Lewis showed a desire to aid the
public administration in the effort to
learn which Of the two had died first.
Mrs. Toliver died first" said Lewis.
The body OF the woman was found
near the telephone, where she had fall
en- after she a been twice mortally
wounded. She had sent in a call for
the police. but the desk sergeant at the
station heard only a groan and she
died before she could tell of the muir
ders.
Developments show that Lewis
planned his work deliberately. Armed
with two revolvers and a dagger, he
went to the Toliver home n waited
for mis- victims. The police do not be-
lieVe he had planned to murder Mrs.
Toliver. AS Toliver and his wife rode
up to their nome in their automobile
Lewis opened fire. Mrs. Toliver was
shot in the mouth and head. Both
wounds were mortal, but the woman
staggered into the house, reached the
telephone n tried, IN ner dying mo-
ments, to bring the police.
TOliVer, his body riddled with bull
lets. followed, with Lewis close behind.
The wounded man fell in the front
ROOM. his arms outstretched, his Eyes
looking into those of the murderer.
Lewis. according to his own state
ment, wanted to make sure of his
work. Drawing his dagger, he knelt
cursing beside his victim, n plunged
the blade into the abdomen Of the dy-
ing man.. He reloaded the two revolt
vers, wiped the blood from his dagger
and catching a car rode to Eleventh
street. The police, surmising that the,
crime had been committed by Lewis.
caught him as he are his home. AS
he approached they covered him with
their weapons. He threw his hands to
his head and said to Chief Wilson, Of
the detectives, who disarmed him:
II guess you've got the man you
want
Toliver was nearly 60 years old, his
wife a few years younger. Lewis Is
SO years OLD. His wife, a strikingly
h2ndsOme woman, is 81 years Did. She
was the first to visit her husband at
the Jail this morning. She talked with
him until the officers asked her to
leave.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-05-30
GIVES UP INCOME
OF $4,000 YEARLY
Woman Becomes a Bride and
Big Fortune Goes To Her
Children.

Boston, Mass, May 2s.--Mrs. James
A. Garland was married to Francis
Gushing Green, Of New York, at Gar
land Farm in Bourne, Cape Cod. The
wedding was a quiet one, only the inn
mediate relatives attending. There were
a number of guards on hand who pa
troled the grounds to keep away the
curious. Mrs. Garland was attended by
her eldest son, James, and there were
no bridesmaids. Later Mr.. and Mrs.
Green left on a mosor tour.
Mrs. Green was the youngest laugh
ter of Frederick Tudor. of Boston, N
was married to Garland twice. Disa-
greeing, they separated and were d.
vsrcedJ but were remarked.
Greensis a son Of the late Commander
FRANCISCAN. Green, U. S. N, and was a
friend ofShis bride before h was mar
ried to: Garland.
A Boston lawyer, one Of the trustees
Of the estate, said today: Reports
that Mr. Garland's estate is worth $lO,-
O00,O08 are absurd. Now, l must con-
TESS that Mrs. Garland has made a
great sacrifice to marry Mr.. Green.
Theredsn't any question about tnat. ~
IL Il. u IA 1853 NS
woman is willing to do for the man she
loves. but instead OF tossing aside S1O,-
eco. 000sby' the ceremony she surrenders
the income from the estate, which Is
acknowledgement from $500 200 to $500 GOO.
This income she might have for
life. BY her marriage II reVerts to her
ave children. Here is the governing
cIauseSin her first husbands will. There
can be no dispute concerning its in
tent. M phraseology Is clear to the
point. 1t eads:
Governing Point in Will.
".And.I further will and declare that
unon the decease OF my said wife or
upon her remarriage II she shall re-
marry, my said trustees shall stand
estate upon trust for the benefit OF my
sons, James A. Garland, jr., Charles
Garland and Hamilton Garland and
their issue
although only three sons were
named in the will, there was another
son born subsequent to Its execution.
July 10, 1906, and a daughter. The five
children are James A., Charles, Hamil-
ton, Tudor and Hope Garland.
Under the distinct order Of the will
the. income which the widow might
have enjoyed from the $500, 90 trust es-
tate for life, amounting to about $7O,-
600 annually, she will no longer get. 1t
VIII pass 10 neT CnlluTSI, "ltOJ ny tlV
way, are heirs to another estate left by
another relative and I understand 1t is
q considerable estate, too,
Now, let us view this situation from
a common sense perspective. Granting
that Mrs. Garland has made the very
great sacrifice of direct personal In
come, we must not overlook that the
guardians Of her children will not let
her want. At least, they are not likely
to.
LAS we view it, Mrs. Garland will be
reduced to whatever income her new
husbald can provide n to the bene-
fits that are very likely to accrue from
the properties held by her children,
though the latter cannot or will not be
derived directly.
II understand Mrs. Garland has some
money in her own name. How much ]
do not know. 1t is not near as much
as she has sacrificed by her wedding"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-05-30
METHODIST BISHOPS
TAKE VOWS OF OFFICE
Throng Witness Sim
ye and Solemn Service--Con-
ference Closes This Week.

Minneapolis, MINI, May 2S.--Eight
s,sbops. or general superintendent, and
two missionary bishops of the Meth
odst Episcopal church, elected at the
resent session of the general confer
arce, Sunday afternoon took the vows
whIch bestowed upon them both the
hirhest power and the honor in possess
IAN of the church. AS a climax to the
~.oryices OF conservation the entire
board Of bishops, including those newly
o,ected, repaired to the grave in a local
vernetery OF Bishop Isaac Joyce to pay
homage to his memory.
Those who by their repetition cf the
vow. 81 will so do. the Lord being my
baper," took upon themselves the ad-
,uIoistratfon of the church's affairs,
we're:
General superintendent - H. c.
etuntz, New York; Il. S. Henderson,
prookIyn; w. o. Shepard. Chicago:
Napl,thaIi Luccock. Kansas City, Kan;
=. J. Mcconnell, president Depauw uni
yprsity, G~reencastle, Ind; f. d. Leete.
Defroit. Mich: f.. II. Cooke, New York,
and w. p. Thirkield, president of How
and university, a negro institution at
Washington, ID. g.
Missionary Bishops-John w. Robin
ssR. Lucknow, * md; w. p. Eveland,
spresident WilTiamsport- Dickinson sem
mary, Williamsport, Pa.
Hours before the auditorium was
opened for the general public an i'm
monse crowd filled the street before the
pdice guarded doors and passed the
lime In the singing OF hymns. When
the curtain was raised at 3 o'clock upon
the members Of the board of bishops,
the bishops and friends and other Off
Gals OF the church, not a seat was va
emit and scores had been turned away.
scheduled to adjourn next Wednes-
day the conference. which has been in
session here since May 21, entered on a
business grind which probably will re"
ouire morning, afternoon and night ses-
sians.
Dr.. J. M. Buckley, New York, known
in the Methodist Episcopal church as
the 'bishop maker and for 80 years
editor Of one OF the strongest church
napers, late today withdrew from
active service.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-05-30
BALLOON BELIEVED TO
Be The ST. LOUIS seen
Flying At Height Of Approx
imately 5000 Feet-Trying
To Break a Record.

Chanute, Kan, May 2S.--A balloon
believed to be the st, Louis, which
assembled at 1885 last night at San An
tonic, Tex, in IN effort to lift the Lahm
cup for long distance fight, passed over
here at 10 o'clock this morning, travel
ing rapidly northeastward.
The st. Louis carried Albert Won
Hoffman and Capt, John Barry, and
was well equipped with oxygen tanks
and other 'paraphernalia for high flying.
The distance from San Antonio to Cha
mute is about 592 miles.
A later. report from Sweet Springs,
Mo, says: A balloon believed to be he
st. Louis passed over here at 1910 p.
m. at a height Of approximately 5000
feet. 1t was sailing at about As miles
an hour in a northeasterly direction.
Sweet Springs is $50 miles northeast of
Chanute.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-05-30
SHIPS BELLS TOlLED
OVER TITANlC'S GRAVE

Halifax, May 27.-An incident which
made a tremendous impression on the
officers and crew OF the Canadian
steamer Mont Magny while that vessel
was searching for the Titanic dead was
described by the ships chaplain. the
Rev. S. H. Prince, on his arrival here.
The morning Of May g." he said, las
We were passing over the ocean grave
OF the Titanic. the rocking of the boat
suddenly started the ships bell ring
ing. Cor Is minutes the bell toIled at
regular intervals. 1t seemed as IL the
clements had been purpOsely aroused
to neal this sOrrOwful dirge."
The captain Of the steamer reports
the ocean strewn with life belts in a
radius OF so miles. No bodies were
fOUn1.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-05-30
HITCHCOCK ENDORSES
PARCELS POST MEASURE

Washington, May 2L-UnquaIiied
Approval VI the Bourne parcels post bill
was given by Postmaster General
hitchcock in a report upon the meas
ure sent TO the Senate ~postoffice com
mittee and made public Sunday. The
Consolidation of the third and fourth
classes OF mail matter would greatly
facilitate the administration OF mail
matter, the postmaster general said.
The Delivery of parcels to the limit
Of seven POUNDS on all rural routes and
within the delivery limits OF free car
rier Offices was likewise approved us
economic and a convenience to the
public.
In my Judgment" concluded the
postmaster general, the proposed
measure will benefit all classes of peo-
pie except those carriers now engaged
IN the business OF transporting small
wares, While the patronage OF these
VIII be lessened. it will have the eff
i"ct to limit their business TO the more
,%eighty freight which is distinctly the
business of such carriers"
Neither the House or Senate has act
ca or the bill.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-05-30
M00RS MAKE ATTACK ON
FRENCH CAMP AT MERADA

Paris, May ga report is published
here that 10000 Moors have made an
attack on h French camp at Merada,
near the Algerian frontier, that the
French troops lost $50 killed and $50
wounded, and the Moors were repulsed
leaving 1000 dead and 5000 wounded
on the field.
The minister of war declares the re-
port OF the attacks at Merada is UNI
true, but later advices from Fee by
wireless to Tangier says: "A strong
body of Moors made another fierce at
tack on this city this morning. Some
penetrated inside the walls, blu were
dispersed or killed.
The French lost one officer killed and
80 soldiers killed or wounded. The
Moorish casualties were heavy.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-05-30
FOUR ARE KILLED IN
AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT

M%artinsville, Ind. May 27.-Four per
sons were killed at C2nterton, near
here. late yesterday, when their auto
mobile went dead on the tracks OF the
Martinsville division OF the %Indianap-
oils. Terre Haute and Eastern Trac-
ton company and was hit by a car.
The automobile was thrown into a
ditch and wrecked.
The dead w d. Brown, So; Mrs. w.
D. Brown. SO: Miss Bonnie Bailey, Z:
Miss Jessie Cure, II, all lived at Mar
tinsVille.
Eddie Brown. aged 10. son Of the
dead couple, was driving the automo-
bile and owes his life to the fact that
he jumped when he saw he was un-
able to get the machine started. He
was severely injured.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-05-30
FOUR BOYS RESCUED
FROM LAKE MICHIGAN

Chicago. May 27.-FOur boys who
had been blown out into Lake MiChi-
gan on two waterlogged RATS were
rescued from drowning Saturday by
two men in Il 20-foOt canoe.
Thousands OF persons on shore
watched the rescue and a fight between
the frantic boys and their
The men, P. j. Trumbull and G.. p.
Frysinger, experienced difficulty in
preventing the sinking of their frail
craft. They were forced to threaten
the boys with their paddles to keep
them in the water. through which they
were towed to shore by a slender
rOIe,
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-05-30
CONDITIONS IN oRIENTE
ARE EXTREMELY ALARMING

Santiago, Cuba, May 2I-CondltiohS
in the province of Oriente continue to
be extremely alarming. From all quar-
ters petitions are pouring in for protec-
ton which the government Is unable to
furnish, because all available troops
are being concentrated for the purpose
Of surrounding the main bodies OF the
rebels under Generals Estenoz and IVo-
net.
Troops under Colonel Machada had
an engagement at Parral with the reb-
els in which a number Of h rebels are
reported to have been killed or wound
ed, the remainder being dispersed. A
company of volunteers Of Santiago ex-
changed shots in the outskirts of the
city with a party OF insurgents, whom
they dispersed.
At Tiguabos, near Guantanamo, gov
eminent forces, under Captain Percy,
routed a and of insurgents, killing
several.
A party Of $50 mounted negroes ap-
peared at Aurora Maniel threatening,
an attack on FL Cobre, 10 miles west OF
Santiago, where the mines Of the uba
Copper company are located. The gov
eminent, being unable to dispatch
troops. sent so rifles with which Off
Gals of the company armed the miners
and other employees.
Great alarm is felt at Baracoa. The
town is without protection and is cut
off from communication with the inte-
rior. An urgent appeal has been made
to the government to send q gunboat.
Are Pillaoina Stores.
General Estenoz passed through ia
rahurea, about 80 miles to the north
west OF Guantanamo, with 900 mounted
men under his immediate command.
General IvOnet. with a band Of $50 ne
groes, mounted and armed with new
rifles. Is pillaging the stores at Lacoro-
lima n vicinity. Insurgents appeared
near BayamO and Jiginaura in the
west, which heretofore has been report
ed quiet.
The rebels nave again surrounde
Palma SorianO, north Of Santiago. the
inhabitants OF which are Vainly appeal
ing for protection. The Atlantic Fruit
Steamship company has also asked pro-
lection for its property at Sagua de
Tanamo, on the north coast of Oriente.
but no troops are available.
General EstenOZ yesterday demanded
SIS, 900 from planters in the vicinity or
%Tiguabos. He obtained $1,000 after
threatening to hang the planters.
Reports from ManZanillo. on the west
coast, state that a number OF negroes
who were leaving town to join the in
surgents in the field, exchanged shots
with a police patrol, some OF them be-
ing wounded.
The force of volunteers organized by
the chamber of Commerce OF Santiago
to protect the city, now numbers up
wards OF 200 we'll armed men. The
strike has been settled and the work OF
loading the has been re-
Sumed.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-05-30
PLANNERS OF Cities
FOURTH CONFERENCE
National Gathering In Bottom Is
Attended By Many Men
OF Prominence.

Boston, May 2S.-Planners Of cities
and many men Of prominence in many
lines of special ~endeavor, were held
here today for the opening OF the fourth
national conference Of city planning.
Architects, sociological workers, con
omists, horticulturists, clergymen,
transit experts andrcivic officers from
many parts of the United States and
Canada were included in the gather
ing. 3
The conference will continue three
days. To-day was given over largely
to inspection. Special attention was
paid to the park and waterway sys-
TEN, the estter including the Charles
river basin, the docks, the beaches and
the public baths, to educational build
ings, including Harvard college and to
housing conditions in several districts.
A luncheon, rendered by Mayor Fitz-
gerald. preceded this tour. The first
conference VAS on the evenings pro-
gram, 3d. Er. 8@g&#Hh E
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-05-30
TO SAVE LIFE OF
MRS. LENA CUSUMAN0

Boston, Mass, May 27.-COunsel for
Mrs. Iona CusumanO. who, with Harry
Mascioli, is sentenced to be electrocut-
ed during the week beginning June "a,
for the murder of the woman's hus-
band. was prepared to file with Gov
ernor FOss Il petition asking for COM
mutation Of the death sentence.
Mrs. CusumanO is the first woman
ever sentenced to be electrocuted in
Massachusetts. Efforts are being made
to save her.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-05-30
ARRESTED, CLAIMED TO
BE FROM DIES MONIES

Chicago. May 27.-A young woman,
who when arrested Saturday in Evans
ton, charged with shOplifting, gave her
name as Mary Smith, of Des Moines,
today declared that her cal name, Is
Mrs. Frank T.. Palmer. She recently
lived il West Adams street. She paid
a hne of S. on a charge of dlsorderly
conduct. The woman wore costly jew
eiry and her appearance, together with
the assumed name, mystified the police
OF the north shore suburb.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-05-30
PRESIDENT GOMEZ HAS S..
RECEIVED TAFT'S REPLY

Havana, May 27.-President Gomez
has received the message from Prest-
len Taft disclaiming the intent OF he
United States to intervene. =.
He Immediately summoned a meet
ing Of the cabinet to which he SOM
municated the text Of the message, ex-
pressing his highest appreciation OF
President Taft's attitude.
President Gomez is now engaged in
preparing a reply.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-05-30
~
ARE
GAINING IN CHINA
Republican Officials In WI
Chang Reported Preparing
Secretly For Flight.

London, May 2S.-Reports nave
reached Ticn Tsin that the reactionary
movement is gaining strength in the
vicinity of WI Chang. where Gen. Ii
Yuen Heng, pro-president OF h Chin
csc republic, has his headquarters.Ac-
cOrding to a dispatch from Tien Tsin
this morning, the republican officials in
WI Chang are growing apprehensive
and are preparing secretly for flight.
The districts surrounding Hankow are
scething with anarchy. Wholesale ex-
crutions are taking place in this dis
triCt daily.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-05-30
CHARLES BALDWIN BUYS
$40 ACRES IN OKLAHOMA

Waurika, Okla, May 25.-F. e. Watkins,
formerly of Hawarden. Ia, but now one
of the. largest land owners in Oklahoma,
has sold $40 acres of his holdings to
Charles Z. Baldwin. a capitalist of Sioux
City, la. The land which Mr.. Baldwin
bought Is located in Stephens county, and
Is considered one of the best pieces OF land
IN the state. r
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-05-30
CONDITION OF WILBUR
WRIGHT Is G

Dayton. Ohio. May 2F.-Wilbur
Wright's condition took an alarming
turf early today and fear was ex-
pressed over the probable outcome of
the case of typhoid fever with which
the noted aviator is suffering. Wright
spent a restless night, with his physi-
cians in almost constant attendance.
Today it was stated that he was again
unconscious and with a high fever.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-05-30
$50 N TAKE A

Paris, May 27.-The first day of the
greatest international music competi-
ton on record. which has brought moro
than $4,000 performers to Paris proved
brilliant success. Two hundred and
fifty bands from all parts of Europe
had competed for the. $4,000 prize
which was awarded to the Montigny
brass band, the members of which are
employed in the Courrieres coal mines,
the scene of the great disaster in 1905.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-05-30
STRIKE IN THE PORT OF
HAVANA HAS TERMINATED

Havana, May 27.-The strike of the
lighter men and other laborers in the
Port of Havana has terminated and
today all classes of workers in the har-
Dor are actively engaged in their du
ties. The settlement of the strike was
due entirely to the intervention of Pres
ident Jose Gomez. who indicated clear
lv TO the strikers that they must cease
their agitation pending the crisis
through which the country Is pass
ing.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-05-30
$4,000 LoSs BY FIRE.

s175, 900 loss by fire was suffered by
four concerns occupying a two-story
building on Euclid VENUE neal East
Nineteenth street today. The flames
originated from defective wiring in q
garage where automobiles worth $780,
900 were destroyed. 1t is said that So
900 in jewelry stock wills be recovered
the ruins.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-05-30
QuAsHEp.

San FRANCISCO, May 25.-The last -
indictments against Former Mayor
Eugene e. Schmitz. in the trolley and
gas cases, were dismissed today by
Judge William 2. LAWYER. Schmitz
now is entirely freed from the graft
prosecution.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-05-30
ruIRrY pRosPEcrIvE gRIDEs

New York, May 27.-Thirty brides
to be, from Scotland and Ireland,
reached New York today on the
steamer Caledonia from Glasgow.
Most of the young women were bound
for points west OF the Mississippi and
in southwestern Canada.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-05-30
STATES CONSUL
FRANK D. HILL KILLED

FRANKFORT on the Main, Germany, May
2S.-United States Consul General
rank D.. Hill. of Minnesota, was
killed by falling over the railing of the
staircase In a hotel here today. He
was found on the ground floor with a
broken skull. 1t is assumed the acct
dont was caused by a spell OF giddi-
hess.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-05-06
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