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The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-04-18
VICTIM OF BEASTiAL;rI
NOW A HOPELESS MANIAC

Sioux Falls, s. D.. April l6.-One of
the concluding chapters In what. with
out doubt, is one of the most scnsa-
tional cases of its kind ever before
the courts of South Dakota. either
state or federal, was the imposing by
Judge Elliott, Of the federal court in
this city. of a sentence of five years
in the federal penitentiary at Leaven-
worth, KAN. and a fine of IS. 900 and
costs in the case of Lester p. BarteIl,
a former travelling man. convicted OF
sending an Objectionable letter through
the mails.
Miss Zelle Delleree was he person
to whom the letter was addressed. She
now is a patient in the state hospital
for the insane at Yankton as the al
legged result of scandalous treatment
received at the hands Of Bartell and
unknown men residing in st. Paul and
Minneapolis. Driven practically insane
by drugs alleged to have been admin
istered to her by Bartell and others,
after being the %plaything of one or
more Sioux Falls men. she was sent
to the Twin Cities. where she was for
some days passed from one group of
men to another, finally being sent back
to Sioux Falls and a short time later
committed to the Yankton asylum.
When returned here her mind was so
far gone that she was unable to give
the names of the men In the Twin
Cities. 1t is stated on apparently good
authority that her mental faculties
never can be restored. For some time
previous to becoming the victim of
drugs and designing men she was
teacher OF a country school near Sioux
Falls and was an unusually bright and
intelligent girl. Her parents reside in
Sioux Falls and are highly respected.
The crime for which Barteli was con-
viCted was committed last November.
when he sent the letter to the young
woman BY accident the letter reached
the mother of the young woman, was
opened and read by her and at once
turned over to the United States au-
thoIities. Bartells arrest Immediately
following. The letter was exceptionally
vile and wen a hint Of what it con-
tanned could not be given in a news
paper story.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-04-18
SPRING RAINS PREVAIL
over CENTRAL DAKOTA
At OPPQRTUNE TINE
Wide Area Covered BY Down
fall On Freshly Seeded
Fields of Wheat.

Miller. S. O., April 15.-Half as much
fell all night long and 10
in all 1.5G inches. The rain was gen
eral owe this section Of the state.
This, the first rain OF the season.
will have a fine effect on the grain
which has already been planted. The
farmers have been in the field for the
past 10 days OF good weather, and the
greater share of the wheat has beei
put in the ground.
The soil was in splendid condition
to start the seed even without a rain.
owing to the great amount OF moisture
last fall. With the close oc October
the rainfall for the month was 4.S5
inches, and it ali soaked into the earth.
Parties digging a cistern in the country
recently found frost to the depth OF
seven feet. which indicates how Tar
down the moisture exists.
The situation is exceedingly hopeful
for the season and a larger amount OF
grain than usual will be put In the
ground.
rain fell here last night as came yes
terday, making nearly five inches IN
all. The oldest settler cannot recall
such heavy rain here in early spring.
The creeks and low places are full
and work in h fields is stopped for
some time.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-04-18
ENGINE MEN ANCERED
BY STUAR1'S Letter
Fail to See Reason for Delay in
Opening Negotiations for
More Pay.

New York. April 15.--Memhers NJ
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engl.
neers on so eastern railroads and
Warren S. Stone, granu chief OF the
organization, awaited word today from
j. e. Stewart, chairman OF the general
managers association of the railroada
in reply 70 the engineers profess
against delay in resuming further ne,
gotiations or the demands for in.
creased pa..
Mr.. Stones letter, voicing the feelin9
of the engineers, was received toGav
by Mr.. Stuart. The engineers eXpect
a prompt reply.
Mr.. Stones letter said:
your letter was placed before the
elairmen's committee and / am di.
rccted to inform o we can't under.
stand why it is necessary 10 receive
such an indefinite reply, We ara
firmly Of the opirion the seriousness,
Of the situation necessitates more
prompt and decisive action On the part
Of h managers and must insist on 2
more explicit answer
The foregoing letter was written in
reply to one sen the engineers by Mr.
Stuart yesterday afternoon, in which
he said it would require several days
to the general managers
conference committee.
j. C. Stuart issued a call today for a
meeting Of the conference committee
to be held here April IL TO discuss tho
recent strike vote of the engineers.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-04-18
SIOUX FALLS PRESBYTERY
CLOSES ANNUAL SESSION

Parker. s.. d.. April 15.-The Sioux
Falls presbytery concluded its sessions
at Parker. with a popular meeting
Wednesday evening. The regular bus
mess Of the spring meeting was trans
acted. Rev. F. G. Jones, Of Olive church,
Platte, n Elder Adam Hetrick. of
~Bridgewater, were elected commits
sioners to the general assembly. Rev.
w. E. Roberts, licentrate, was received
into the presbytery, and an exainina-
ton preliminary to ordination as pas
tor of the Sioux Falls church.
The local Christian Endeavor society
extended a reception to the presbytery
Tuesday evening. The business men of
Parker favored the members of the
presbytery and Of the Women's Pres
byterial society, with an auto outing
at the close of the Wednesday evening
session.
About GO members and delegates were
in attendance at the various sessions
of the meetings. One Of the most attrac-
tive features of the meeting was the
missionary addresses by Miss Bertha
G. Johnson, of Chicago. formerly a
missionary in India.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-04-18
JAIL BREAKER CAUGHT
AND HELD IN CANADA

Frank Elkins, of this city, has received
word from the chief of police of Wat
son, Canada, that he has in custody
William Quardt, who is wanted here
for escaping from the county Jail last
December, while awaiting being taken
to the penitcntiary at Sioux Falls,
after pleading guilty to the charge Of
burglary and being sentenced to serve
a term of one year.. Ever since Quardts
escape the sheriff has been hot on his
trail, but he managed to escape his
clutches at several points, but was
finally located in the Canadian town.
Quardt refuses to come back without
requisition papers.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-04-18
SALE OF SCHOOL LANDS
BEST IN STATES HISTORY

Pierre. s. D.. April Is --Land Com
missioner Brlnker has returned from
the counties where the public land
sales have just taken place, and re-
ports the same to be the most sue
cessful in the history of the state.
Considering financial conditions and
the failure Of last years small grain
crop, the prices that have been re-
ceived are most excellent. The banner
price was $50 per acre for raw prairie
adjacent to Emery. One piece in Min
nehaha brought $S4 by competitive
bidding, and Hutchinson came third
with a piece going at $76.25. The mini
mum for which any tract was sold was
SIS III the Missouri river brakes in
Charles Mix county. The average for
some counties, as Sos for Minnehaha,
$3.50 for Dawson and $49.91 for
Aurora, is far higher than the very
best improved property sold for only a
few years ago. These prices were for
raw, unbroken prairie. Mr.. Brinker
expects the sales to go above 5000, 600
and less than 81, 900, 900.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-04-18
FORMER SIOUX CITY BARBER
DESERTS WIFE AND ElOPES

Aberdeen. s. D.. April 16.-The au-
thorities of Mcpherson INC Brown
counties are searching for Harry Hal
penny, a barber, and Julia Hass, a do
nestle. said to be Halpenny's paramour
who eloped from Leola, the county seat
Of Mcpherson county. a short time ago,
Halpenny deserving his wife and their
3-year-old child to go with the Hass
IN Mrs. Halpenny's father is
Sheriff Young. of Mcpherson county,
II the officer declares he will not rest
until his recreant soninlaw is doing
time" behind the bars of the South Da-
kota penitentiary for the wrong he has
done. A few days & Mrs. Halpenny
was brought to an Aberdeen hospital I'm
a precarious physical condition, and
there gave birth to a child. 1t was after
she had been taken to a hospital, and
while her condition was so serious that
physicians were fearful the young
mother must give her life for the child
about To be born, that Halpenny is al
legged to have deserted her for another
oma
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-04-18
KANSAS CITY BOY,
WOUNDED IN LUNG,
HERO OF JIMlNE2

Kansas City, Mo-, April 15.--Tracey
Richardson, % years old, a Kansas
City boy, shot through the lungs b.
federal bullets al the battle of jim
inez, won the day for the rebel forces
under General OroZco, when he elm he'd
back into the saddle of his machine
gun and swept the government
trenches. Under cover of the firing the
revolters' cavalry charged, routing the
enemy.
This information vas conveyed to
friends here today in a letter from a
friend Of Richardson, who witnessed
the battle. Richardson's action won
for him the title of the hero of Jimi-
nez." The letter says in part:
Richardson was in h saddle of his
gun. The enemy had swept the plain
below him and OroZco's forces were
retiring. Richardson aimed his gun fi
1000 yards. 1t swept the trench. Many
federals fell before they located his
position.
Then came a hail Of lead shot about
the young American. Calmly he contin-
ued firing with unerring aim. His gun,
firing 499 shots a minute, toppled the
trench mems line until the way seemed
clear for OroZco's charge. Just when
the bugle sounded the galloping at'
vance, Richardson was hurled from his
seat, blood squirting from his breast
and back. He pulled himself to his
feet, and saw that Orozco's cavalry,
started on the charge, would be swept
by the federals. SPRAYING back into
his seat after stopping the food u
blood from his wounds the best he
could. he resumed firing. The cavalry
continued the charge under the cover
Of the gun and routed the federals;
While the federals were being pursued
the young American was lying uncon'
scious beside his gum
Richardson, who is recovering from
his wounds, is the son of the late A.
II. Richardson, formerly a well known
contractor Of Kansas City. He has
served in three campaigns. First win
Estrada in Nicaragua, then win
Christmas in Honduras and in the
present uprising IN Mexico.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-04-18
$260,0C0 is INVOLVED IN
REAL ESTATE TRANSACTION

Fermillion, ). d., April 15.-Probebly
the biggest real Estate deal ever trans
acted liz South Dakota was the sale
of the Lee and Prentis farm. a mile
north of Vermiilion, which took place
YESTERDAY. The farm consisted of 3,062
acres, n Messrs. Lee n Prentis re-
ceived something over $3.50, 900 by its
sale.
H.. G.. Hanson, the Vermillion real
estate dealer. who negotiated the sale,
is rejoicing over a commission Of
SIG, GOO.
The land is among the finest to be
found anywhere in this section, part
under cultivation and part used for
gro zing, the former owners having
Kept large herds Of horses and cattle.
The land lies on both side of the YER
million river.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-04-18
CATAPULTIC LEAP OF
FAT MAN FROM AUTO

Redfeld, S. ID. April 15.-Thrown
high in the air out Of a speeding auto
mobile and dashed to the ground with
such violence that he sustained a
crushed and dislOcated shoulder, a
wrenched back n foot, Ralph Fargo,
a prominent citizen of Doland, who
weighs 225 pounds, came out of an
accident yesterday that might easily
have cost him a broken neck. He was
riding alone in the back seat with a
demonstration driving the car when
the pair approached . cross road at
a speed of nearly 80 miles an hour.
The bounce from the first ruts was
bad, but the second bounce came Just
right to toss the heavy man clear Of
the auto and to the hard roadbed. The
condition of the sufferer was not eased
by the 16-mile drive before a doctor
could be reached.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-04-18
TAFT URGED TO SIGN BILL
FOR HOMESTEADERS' RELIEF

washington, April I5.-Representa-
tives Burke and Martin saw the presi-
dent today about signing the bill re-
Gently passed by both Houses to ex-
enc the time of payment for home
steaders in the Standing Rock and
Cheyenne reservations. Complications
have arisen because Secretary of the
Interior Fisher objects to the feature
of the bill that allows a homesteader
to leave his lane after IA months and
go elsewhere to earn money to MAKE
his payments III Communication for his
property. Messrs. Burke and Martin
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-04-18
COLONEL GETS Is; FAFT
8, IN NORTH CAR0LlNA

Charleston, N. c.. April 13.-Nori
Cardinals representation at the ma
tional republican convention will be d.
vided so as to give 16 delegates 70
Roosevelt and eight to Taft. An.
nouncement to this effect IA mau'
today by State Chairman John NJ
Morehead after a conference of parU
leaders to arrange a new plan OF o.
%ganization in this state.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-04-18
OFFICIAL WISCONSIN
RETURNS ARE PUBLIC
La Toilette and Wilson Have
Big Leads - Clark Has
But Six Delegates,

Madison, Wis. April 15.--With Of.
hcial returns from all but one small
county. Oneida, from the recent preSi.
dental primary and election in Wis.
consin for delegates TO the rational
~conventiono, Senator La Toilette Is
shown to have received 1890 and
President Taft, 47,62Y, La Follettes
majority being S4,291. La Toilette
gained the solid republican delegation.
The total democratic presidential
vote was S1.755. Of which Wilson re-
ceived 45,504; Clark, 36,251; Wilson's
majority. 1888.
Of the 26 delegates to the Baltimore
convention, Wilson gets 10 and Clark,
G.. One unpledged delegate, Thomas J..
Fleming. was elected in the Fourth
district.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-04-18

A recent report from Finland shows
that eight times as many men have
cancer Of the lip as women. Cancer Of
the stomach Is about as common in
women as in men. The cancer commits
sion was appointed by the Finnish
Medical society and made a study of
the cancers In the hands of 313 physi-
clans. 1t Is pointed out that cancers
are less common in the upper class than
in the lower class of Finland.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-04-18

An interesting old Long Island sound
mill has been in more or less constant
operation by tidal power ever since the
close OF the revolution. Originally,
power was developed through two UNI
dershot wheels, which in course Of
time were replaced by turbines, by
winch nearly 40 horse power is devel-
Oped.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-04-18

The worlds biggest gun Is a breech
loading rifle, designed for mounting at
Panama. Its length is nearly so feet.
Its diameter at the breech is 60 inches.
tapering to 28 inches at the muzzle.
The charge Of powder is 576 pounds.
1t will hurl a projectile Weighing 2,4OO
pounds a distance Of 90 miles.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-04-18

Miss Mona Wilson, daughter Of Ca
non Wilson, formerly archdeacon of
Manchester. England, has just been
appointed one of the board Of commits
sioners to administer the new insur-
ance Law Of Great Britain. Miss Will
o was a member OF the home office
department committee to inquire into
Industrial accidents. AS insurance COM
missioner she will receive a salary of
5000 a year for a term Of Ave years.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-04-18

FASTEST trains in the world ara TO he
round In England and France. In Eng
M there are eight regular daily trains
with speeds from 55.l to 59.2 miles an
hour, whose stop to stop runs are from
~ to 11SM miles in length. The French
Ioaos run -FOUR daily trains over a dis
lance Of 77% to TN miles at speed of
from 66.2 to 61.S miles an hour.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-04-18

On the average OF about 10000 feet
of film are placed on the British mar
ket eve-y week and this quantity is
steadily Increasing. 1t is computed
that there are 3oms 50,0 900 picture the
aters scs tter-d throughout the world,
and as The ru...ber thereof is ircreas-
ing daily the supply of films has by 40
mean yet cached the limits of de-
mand.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-04-18

There has arrived In Buenos Aires,
on it's first trip, the Cap Ftnisterre, Of
the Hamburg American line, a new,
fast steamer OF greater tonnage than
any othsr vessel regularly catering this
port. II Is $50 feet long. Sc feet beam,
Of l6, 900 tons register. On 10000 horse
power gives a normal spAed Of II knots
per hour. The. ship has accommoda-
lions for $50 first, 120 second. 100 inter-
mediate and 500 third class p~assengers.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-04-18

more sunflowers for Kansas sai6
C.. w. Clarke. United States surveyor
Of customs for Kansas City, as he
looked over a notice Of recent ship
ments. Il have received notice that a
carload of sunfIower seed, sent from
Germany to local dealers throughout
the Sunfiower state. has arrived" Mr..
Clarke said hat the government
charged n 20 duty on sunfiower seed
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-04-18

Frank s. Black. former governor OF
New York, announces that he will
close his office and retire to his New
Hampshire farm on his Goth birthday.
which is not far away. He was $40,
600 In debt when his term Of governor
expired IN 1900, but close attention to
the practice Of law has since Welded
him q fortune,
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-04-18

The colleges have been large gamers
through the generosity CT their wealthy
graduates recently. Columbia univer-
sity received $2.635, 600, Harvard and
Princeton universities got more than
S1.!00,000 each, and Chicago, Yale and
Johns Hopkins universities inherited
more than 81, 1000, 600 each last year.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-04-18

Tho increasing sobriety Of student
life in American colleges and univer-
sites Is recorded in the exclusion from
the Harvard Union, the general student
club, modelled after Houston hall at the
University Of Pennsylvania, of all spir-
itous liquors, even at private entertain
ments given by students and student
bodies in it's rooms.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-04-18
LOW NUMBER HOLDERS
SEIZED WITH COLD FEET

Dallas, s. d., April 16.-Cheerless
weather conditions marked the opening
of the filings at White River today, due
to three days of rain followed by a cold
northwest wind with a light sitting of
snow. While the abundance OF rain
would seem to encourage the prospect
i've settlers, 1t seemed to have a con-
trary effect, and a number of the real
low number holders nave turned back
to their former homes, giving up the
notion Of filing.
From the temper of those holding low
numbers it is apparent that the filings
will be comparatively light, and that
those higher up the list will get a
chance IL they want 1t.
Estimates now are that not more
than 500 will file out Of the first 1000,
and that not more han 1900 will file
out Of the 1000 numbers called for his
spring.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-04-18

Andrew Carnegie has during the last
year given away more than $40, O0O, 600.
His largest gift was $25. 0Oo, 900 to the
Carnegie corporation of New York. es-
pecially authorized by the legislature
at Albany to carry on the iron mans
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-04-18

The Canadian Northern has
decided to build q three mile railway
tunnel into the heart of Montreal. where
large terminal facilities for passengers
and freight are to be provided. The
cost Of all will be S25, 900, 600.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-04-18

In 1909. the telegraph and telephone
companies. together with similar con-
Germs that use electric wires in this
country, expended over $1,000, 900 in the
purchase of poles.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-04-18

There are LIS women enrolled at
Berlin university, of whom $50 are
classifed as students OF philosophy.
There are 172 studying medicine, i3
law, and n theology. No fewer than
o0 are from the United States.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-04-18

since the adjustment Of queues in
CHINA a sudden demand has been Gre
ated for hats, and at Osaka factories
are WORKING night and day to fill or
ders. Hong Kong had a similar ex-
perience.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-04-18

Consul Albert Halstead reports s4.-
240,lS9 as che value OF shipments from
the birmingham district OF England to
the United States last year a decrease
from 1910 Of $40. 2 a.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-04-18

Texas is now producing peaches to
the annual value of 81, 900, 900.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-04-18

The publication Of a novel in Esper-
ante by II. A. Luyken. called Paul
Debenham," gives the world language
a hctional literature of three volumes.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-04-18

France will spend $4,400, 900 on avia-
ron for it's army during 1912. BY the
end of the year 344 military aeroplanes
will be in use.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-04-18
SIRE'S ASHES
To THE Winds WOMAN
TAKES VOWS OF WIFE
Midnight the Hour of Nuptials
of Well Known Female
Platform Speaker.

Huron, S. D., April 16.-Word has
reached Huron Of the marriage at Los
| Angeles, Cal, of Miss Hattie Rose
Laube, formerly of this city, ana a well
known political speaker in his state,
to A. N. Steward, the dispatch telling
Of the event saying:
"A weird and solemn ceremony was
performed at Inspiration point. Mount
Lowe, last midnight, when Arthur N
Steward and Hattie r. Laube were
united in marriage, after the bride had
cast to the four winds the ashes of her
father. The bridegroom said that for
five years Miss Laube had refused to
marry him, believing it her duty to
attend her invalid father. Last week
the father died and Miss Laube con-
sidered all barriers to the wedding re-
moved"
Miss Laube was a woman of educa-
ton and during the Mckinley cam
paign she made quite a sensation in
this state as a platform lecturer n
political speaker. Some time after she
renewed from this city to California
announcement was made Of an alleged
matrimonial engagement between her
and United States Senator Clark, the
multi-millionaire copper king of Mon
tana. This brought her into new prom
ineHce n all of her lecture appear
ances brought out large crowds. The
denial of the engagement by Senator
Clark only added to the interest of
the public in the affair. Later an
nouncement was made of her engage
ment to a well known Californian. en-
gagged i'm fruit raising and interested in
certain patent rights with MI. Laube.
As the story was told, this engagement
was also a myth, n no marriage ever
resulted from it. 1t was limited. how
ever, that the lady's financial standing
was considerably enhanced by the lib
eral sum paid for patent rights, but
not for the hand of the fair maiden.
After his nothing more was heard
from either Miss Laube or her father,
Until the recent announcement of his
death was made. followed by the news
OF her rather sensational marriage.