The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-02-15
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court directing Mrs. Green to appea.
n how cause yesterday why shs
should not be compelled to accept $275,.
600 with interest up till last Monday In
congressional campaign committee, will
Of Illinois. chairman Of the republican
payment OF a mortgage she held or
be in charge Of the presidents political
interests from now until the Chicago
convention. Mr.. Taft's friends had ad-
vised such q step, but no action was
taken until the pressure Of political
work became SO great that Secretary
Besides, 1t was interfering seriously
with the regular and necessary work
of his office.
WASHINGTON - Intervention in
Mexico by the United States is not in.
tended by any mobilization Of troops
that might be made again along the
southern border. This was the atti-
tude of the department telegraphed
yesterday to various consular and dip
lomatic representatives In Mexico, who
had complained that Intervention talk
there was fostering a dangerous anti
American sentiment. The state de-
partment reiterated emphatically that
this government had no interest in
Mexico beyond the safety of American
lives and interest, but from h same
agents came reports far from
assuring as to the stability Of the Mex
lean federal government.
NEW YORK-Charles w. Morse.
bank wrecker n pardoned federal
convict, came back last night to the
scene OF his former triumphs and his
conviction. crumpled up in a wheel
chair, silent and impassive as a lay
figure. With a white faced wife at his
side he was pushed through a crowd
that thronged the Pennsylvania sta
ton. lifted quickly into a taxicab and
whisked away to his home at 127 West
F1fty-eighth street, to remain for q
week or 10 days before starting for
Bad Nauheim, Germany, where he ex-
poets to regain his health, which physi-
clans say prison life has shattered.
EMPORIA. KAN.-Kansas BARRIERS
must not use the same towel in serv-
Ing more n n customer. At least
they must not let the Kansas state
board OF health catch them economic
ing In that way. This warning was i'm
pressed upo followers of the tonsorial
art yesterday when John Kleinhaus,
an agent for the board, descended upon
Emporia shops n caused the arrest
OF IS workmen, practically all Of them
employing ~journcymen BARRIERS. The
men paid fines of s25 and costs in a
justice court on charges ranging from
using the same towel twice" tc gen
eral i~nsanitation."
PALATKA, FLA.-The republican
state convention split into two factions
soon after being called to order here
yesterday, one body going to another
nan, where delegates to the national
invent were instructed to vote for
the nomination Of Theodore Roosevelt
1or president. The regular administra-
ton faction, after the departure Of the
insurgent delegates from the hall, or
ganized and elected delegates to the
chicago convention whom they in
structed to vote for the nomination of
President Taft. :
NEW YORK-The Tooth anniversary
or the birth Of Charles Dickens was
celebrated here last night with a ban
quet at which more than 500 persons.
prominent In the literary, professional
and social life Of New York city were
present. Former Mayor Seth Low pre-
sided and addresses were made by
Kate Douglass Wiggin, F. Hopkin-
son smith, Agnes Repplier, William
works OF the author and his influence
upon present day ideals being por-
trayed In eulogistic terms.
MINNEAPOLIS, MINN.-ThA the
minnesota Progressive league will
stand by Senator Robert M. La Toilette
IN MS race FOR the presidential nomina-
ton on the republican ticket was made
known last night when a telegram was
sent TO Mr.. La Toilette. congratulating
MN on MS refusal to quit and telling
MIN that he was stronger than ever
IN minnesota. The message was signed
py George 5. LOTUS, president of the
minnesota Progressive league. and
James A. Peterson. president of the
Hennepin County Progressive league.
NEW YORK-The mystery surround
ing the murder Of Helen Taylor, killed
by the explosion of a bomb in her
apartments last Saturday night, grew
aeeper with M disclosure that the
package containing the Internal ma
chine apparently was sent by mail in
stead OF having been delivered by mes
senger, as had been supposed. The
poEce and coroner admitted that the
case against Charles NJ. Dickinson,
with the woman when the explosion
took place. n who has Deer ar
raigned by the coroner on the charge
Of homicide. had many weak points.
COLUMBIA, MO.-Judge John n
Lawson will retire as dean of tho
school of law at the University of Mis-
souri, at the close of the school season
IN June, according to announcement by
Ross Hill, president Of the university.
Judge LAWSON has written several legal
text books and was a member of the
committee sent out by the American
Institute of Criminal Law and Crimin-
ology to study the differences In the
legal procedure In criminal cases ia
England n America.
WASHINGTON-Public hearings in
the second senatorial inquiry into tho
election OF Senator Lorimer were de-
clared closed yesterday by Chairman
Dillingham;, Of the Senate Lorimer
committees. Attorney Hanecy, repre-
senting Senator Lorimer, was given
permission to file a brief to the effect
that the senator's election had been
adjudicated before the present inves-
tlgation began, n that it could not
ton.
COLUMBUS, OHIO 49, One convict
was shot and seriously wounded and
another probably wounded as a result
Of a break for liberty which was made
by the W from the OHIO penitentiary
late yesterday. The wounded man.
William Brennan, WHO Is in the prison
hospital, said his companion, Otis Hur-
ley, was also wounded, but UP to a late
hour Hurley was still at large.
WASHINGTON-A reduction of the
cavalry force of the United States army
from 10 to 10 regiments, with q subse-
quent reduction Of the enlisted force of
n army by $3.50 men, was voted into
the army appropriation bill In the
Hous late yesterday after q bitter
fight.
NEW YORK-"John Doe" proceed
1ngs to determine whether a butter
and egg trust" exists in this city will
be started before a magistrate here
next Tuesday by District Attorney
Whitman, who for the last two weeks
has been conducting a grand jury in