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The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-09-01
PRISONER ESCAPES
FROM COUNTY JAIL
Young Criminal Charged With
Raising a Bill E|udes Wig
lance Of Sheriff.
A CAUSES RUST
Bulletin Issued From the Experiments
Station Of the South Dakota
Agricultural College Throws
LIGHT on the Disease.

Sioux Falls, S. D., Aug. 3l.--As the
result Of an attache Of the sheriff's Of
fee IN this city getting off his guard
for a moment, T.. H. Lawrence. who
was arrested some months by the
United States authorities on the charge
of counterfeiting, made his escape from
the Minnehaha county Jail in this city.
Lawrence Is about II years of age or
light complexion, has blue eyes, brok-
en- nose, and Is very boyish in appear
ance. He is slim and weighs about 14o
pounds.
His offense consisted of raising a 81
bill to one Of $40 denomination. He was
placed in the county jail tor safe keep
ing pending action upon his case by a
United States grand jury, which Will
V at Deadwood next week.
1t appears he slipped into the corri-
dor of the Jail While meals We're being
brought to himself and other prisoners,
and hid in a closet, and then when the
prison attache again returned with 9th
er edibles made his escape from the
building. Not the slightest trace OF
him can be found.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-09-01
LIGHT ON THE RUST QUESTION,
College Experiment Station Issues Bull
letin on the Disease.

Aberdeen, S. D., Aug. 3l.-The ex-
pertinent station of the South Dakota
Agricultural college at Brookings will
within a few days issue a press bull
,letin upon wheat ruSts that Will be OF
great interest to wheat growers, and
especially valuable at this time. The
bulletin describes the causes Of the
disease, but is not able at this time
to suggest a sure preventive for the
trouble, or to offer a cure for the rust,
which is caused by q parasitic growth.
The bulletin states that the prevalence
of rust this year does not in n way
affect the probabilities next year; that
the wheat cr0p may next year be al
facted with the disease or may not,
largely depending upon weather condi-
lions at the critical period. Treatment
of the seed wheat is held to be totally
ineffective as a preventive Of rust, for
the reason that the disease affects the
liant stem and not the seed
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-09-01
Dangerous Japanese Movement.
JAPS LOST NO GUNS.
Story Of Their Generalization at Seaul.
inso Turns Out Incorrect.

London. Aug. 31-The London papers
this morning ave numerous special
dispatches from the far east, most of
them dealing with the position at Port
Arthur. 1t Is pointed out that the jap
anese tactics are very similar to those
adopted by General Oyama In 1894, but
granting hat the japanese have pene-
trated as far as reported, which Is con-
sidered doubtful, there are still formid-
able forts to be silenced before a gen.
eral assault is possible. Interest Is dis
played here in what Is considered the
precarious position Of General Kuro-
patkln's force.
According to a dispatch to the Daily
Mail from Y~oupangtee, dated August
27, Russian staff officers confess them
selves completely in the dark as to
the meaning Of the Japanese move
ments, and that consequently they
have no definite plan. Ten DAYS ago.
rounded. General K~uropatkin began to
draw his troops n~orthWard. Then upon
the Japanese retiring he brought them
back again, but continued his preparn-
lions for effecting a retreat. There Is
no doubt. says the correspondent, thai
the Russians are now completely at
the mercy Of the Japanese whenevaI
they choose to attack. The Lao Yanp
correspondent of the Daily Telegram
in a dispatch dated August 2S savs
hat the Japanese are pushing 9r
against three sides Of the cit. nea,
where there Is continued fighting A
great quantity Of transports have bAa,
sent north, leaving Lao Yang ready IA,
ali eventualities.
The rulnor that the Japanese los
guns at Siaul1nsa the ~respond
says turns out to be incorrect. m,
correspondent continues:
THE Japanese are reported to b,
adopting q new method OF night attack
They concentrate searchiights on tn
point attacked, thus preventing tn
garrison from seeing anything"
Special dispatches from Shanghai re
! port that there Is a hitch regarding tn
cruiser Askolc n the destrcye
GroZovoi. The Japanese government
having discovered, the dispatch saws
that the paroled crews OF the Varin
and Korlet nave been drafted into tn
Baltic feet now insists hat China sha
retain the crews of the cruiser and tn
destroyer until the end Of the war.
The Tientsin correspondent Of tn
Standard. discussing the distance whic
the Japanese are now from Port A,
thur, declares that they are unable t
approach nearer the town owing to tn
fire from the Russian ships.
The Japanese commander, the CORE
%spondent says. has ordered that r
shells be thrown into the town for til
sake Of the noncombatants.
The correspondent adds that oWing
the extensive mine area the co-opert
ton of the feet Is difficult.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-09-01
HOW IT ALL HAPPENED.
Japanese Attacked Two Slow Movin,
Russian Corps and Started Trouble.

st, Petersburg, Aug. 31.-The opera
llohS around Lao Yang have under
gone a complete change. Owing ia he
Gelay in the concentration OF Kuropat-
klAS army, as a result Of the terrible
~Cohdluon OF the roads. the Japanese
SciHea the opportunity to attack a slow
moving corps, and sever fighting or
CURED, on August q and rs, in Which
the Russians lost another 1000 men,
ana 1hey VIII now probably have to ac-
Cept q general engagement. Kuronat-
KIN himself describes this latest Dhasa
or the hoStllitieS IN a long dispatch Ia
tIe emperor from a point on the rail
ROAD u Few miles south Of Lfao wang
Miltre PTactlca!iy the whole army is
"nSSlHpleu awaiting battle. The teIe-
gram winch was filed early this morn
ing, says: ~ "''l"-
me japanese began at dawn Of the
In " movements designed to orr
OH the first and fourth corns Tha
HFsl' stationed at An Shan shan ho,f
way between Hal Cheng ana Iiaa
aug, experienced the most serlous ar,
Iculty' owing To the bad roads Tho
oapsthehe under Oku tried to flank thie
~ LS,p9 t'"lI 'lte east. In the
Nutohl anandoning his pressure nj
1eHeIalS iNanOH and HerschaIna,n
drove a wedge between tho gonon a'i'
Loulth corps, which were st,tionnG
west or Lila Dian Sian, a etrnra ~
1eiiSlFe position in the hills WENT ~,
Iliiles southeast Of Lao y,nr M
russians were greatly iInpeded 6v thai,
hftliiery and COmmissariat ara 49,,
q series OF rear guard a]ctiore l., -
ID'G t4e retreat OF their irnnn1i
n'orn t@ - LAO Yang. in which no,
fr,raa ~, eo1iuI; Inc iirsl corps, whici
He"ted at The battle of the vi, .
III liz llRll1NEr at NJ. N'' "il'
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-09-01
SUMMARY OF WAR NEWS.

One of the greatest siegeS OF hia'o'S
~ port Arthur and one OF the might
lest open field campaigns afou'iu 80
wong ore now coming rapidly TO thel'
crises in Manchuria. General 9'oe7-
cal &c rAnortcd at st. Petersburg 10
have sent warning to the car 'ha' h'
is near the end. The Jap''e9'
inside Port Arthur, hut there ale
eral very powerful forts winch ""l,
have not taken. 1t may be
DAYS. possibly weeks, till the lheNi''o''
end shah be reached, ~
In the north the four co-opei"'i"s
,Tapanese armies have complete" nN
enyeloping of Lao Yang on three s'"'2
and persistent rumor is hat they W."
have it practically shut III on '"'
fourth, the north side. which viii meal
the cutting of the railroad n inc 'e',
egraph line. 1t Is Amos ceEI''" 70,
before the campaign is many u"',
older the Russian army OF IHo'VVo "'
i,o Yang will be Isolated from Tue
world more effectively than th"I "'
port Arthur has been for weeks.
Five days ago when the JaP"'e7G - ~,
nan their whirlwind advance on L'"o
Il N1nV- llai CITY HS
arfuI fortified outposts at Anpi1g ane
Tscgon on the southeast, Mao pas
and ~Liandiausian or the south ".' SS
Anshanshan on th" southwest Al
these have boen taken by the japanese
whose terrific advance has never peel
stopped from the hour 1T was pesull
The Russians are driven back aI'
: cooped up in Lilac Yang, according u
) today's dispatches. The Japanese nav
in 1--WE days accomplished what is ne
: lieved to be a great and decisive we
! tory. They have not captured or DE
l stroyed kuropaikin's army, but the.
have it shut up and all the mi'ltar'
, authorities expect to see them 500
. close up their lines and force the as
sault on the powerful defenses OF Liza
= Yang. Victory here means, IN the esii
{ nation alike of German and EnShs
critics. either the defeat or the an
utilization of the great Russian army, G
3 about $50. 900 men. The fighting is ST.
= going on today, and there is no indica
i ton of a cessation in the vigor OF Tn
u Japanese
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-09-01
Dakota Butter Goes West.

A news item from jamestown, n.
D., says: The first car of butter
shipped from the jamestown creamery
to the j. B. Agen Co, at Seattle went
out today. Its alu Was about $1,000
and the car contained about 500 tubs.
1t is expected that the creamery will
ship at least two cars a week during
the season which viii mean a payment
to farmers within a radius of seventy
five miles of between $4,000 and $1,000
a week. The butter is collected from
the smaller creameries, shipped into
this creamery, ~repacked and sem out TO
the coast along with the surplus from
this creamery. There is a demand for
all the butter. that can be made and
a good deal OF it goes to the Klondike
trade. This is all new business, de-
veloped within the last twelve months,
n speaks well for the growth Of the
butter making in this locality.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-09-01

French translators are to make an
other attempt to turn S~hakespeare's
king Lear into their laguage. This,
the third attempt, will be undertaken
by Pierre Lott. a noted author. French
TRANSACTIONS of the English poet since
the days of Voltaire have never proved
successful, being either burlesques,
rank perversions or too literal render
ings of the original. Shakespearean
scholars will be interested in the out
come of the present e~ndeaVor, which,
it is said. has been undertaken with a
view to doing justice both TO Shakes
reare and to French taste. But liter
airy France I'VE valued the English
drarnatist highly.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-09-01
As to Seed Corn.

Throughout the corn belt there was
last spring a vigorous effort made by
some of the agricultural experiment
stations to instruct the growers of
corn in regard to their seed corn, its Sc
lection, planting, etc. While much good
was thus no doubt accomplished. h
right time to do this sort Of work is
in the fall of the year, at the time VIXEN
the seed corn should be gathered from
the field. Once knowing what to select
for seed, the winter care of it is really
a simple matter, bearing in mind the
fact that to insure a perfect germina-
ton of seed corn it should be picke5
before frost n kept Where it will no
freeze until planted, for it is frost
which is the princiapl destroyer of the
validity of seed corn.-Trigg's Farm
Notes.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-09-01
over ONE HUNDRED WELLS.
Edmunds County Has Abundance OF
the Remarkable Gushers.

Aberdeen, S. D., Aug. 3~l.-Edmunds
county is becoming one of the best Wa
tered counties in the state, thanks to
the artesian well system. Real estate
men of that county report that over
$40 arteSian wells are now in active OPP
feration there and that three to five a
week are being drilled. Some 100 foot
wells have been drilled in eighty-hve
hours. Twenty or more armer in the
county have made artificial ponds from
the surplus water from their wells, and
have stocked the ponds with fish from
the government fisheries. Wild ducks
have nestled along the banks of these
lakes or ponds in large numbers. and
that section of the state is fast becom-
ing a sportsman's paradise, due solely
to the artesian water supply and the
enterprise of the farmers.
Thu Aberdeen Goa company has let
the contract for sinking the shaft on
the recently discovered coal deposits
in the southern part of the county to
L. T. Davis of Loyalton. an expert in
such work. The contract calls for the
completion of the shaft by October l.
Charles Abrams of Houghton, while
in this city, made the charge that for
ty-two prairie chickens had been
shipped from that station by Aberdeen
hunters, whose names he gave. He aft
erward denied knowing the names of
the hunters, but the game warden Is
investigating and arrests may follow.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-09-01
RATTLE RESULTS IN
4 JAPANESE VICTORY
10000 Men Of Kuropatk'n S
Army Are Now Practically
Besieged.
JAPANESE HAVE 24O, 600
The Terrific Rush of the MIkado's wen
Against the Outposts of the City
of Lao Yang Is I'm
p~recedentcd.

Lao Yang, Aug. 31.-The Russian
army has effected its retirement, WIN
transport and artillery on Lao fang'
and is now in position awaiting the ad-
vancing Japanese. The progress OF the
latter has been rapid and determined
sparing no sacrifice,
In the attack on the Siaolind2y posi-
ton. one Japanese battalion lost all its
officers. The Russian general, Rent
koWSky, was among the killed. Inc
japanese artillery resumed the battle
this morning, the point of pressure
again being the Russian south front.
The Japanese infantry is now q
ing to the attack, with the regiments
deployed in open order.
The retirement of q Russian trans
port of four corps yesterday evening
across the plain. while the artillery and
troops in the rear held off the Japan
csc afforded a magnificent spectacle.
All along the extended lines there was
the incessant o a of batteries, the Rus
SLAMS working their guns with great
GOODNESS and not retiring until the
transport was IN safety.
All Outer Positions Abandoned.
Kuropatktn since yesterday morning
has been drawing in ali his forces from
his eastern and southern fronts toward
LA Yang. An Ping. Use Cow, Liam
Dian Sian and An Shan Shan consti-
tuting the main positions OF the outer
defense line Of Liao Yang, have been
abandoned. The heaviest fighting oc-
CURED on the extreme left, where the
japanese advanced to the assault again
and again with ~baYonets. The attacks
We're delivered with fanatiCal bravery
The Russians lost a large proportion OF
their officers, ten guns. and from l.50C
to 1000 men. The Russians have beer
generally successful in beating off as
saults all along the line, n declare
the order to retire came as a surprise
just when they were expecting an or.
der for a general advance. This is con-
sidered to be proof that Kuropatkln
finding his main positions menaCed OF
the flank ana anticipating difficulties
in withdrawing owing to the muddy
condition of the roads, considered tina
retreat was imperative. The retire
lnent from the east front was greatly
impeded by the conversion of the Lar
river into q mountain torrent, thi;
proably also accounts for the failure
of the Japanese to follow up the retir
ing Russians.
Dangerous Japanese Movement.
The Japanese column moving up TIT
Lao river and threatening kuropatkil
from the west is regarded as being ex
tremely dangerous, and Kurokt's ex
treme right seems also to be working
around General Herschelmann's posi-
ton at An Ping. and to be MOVING
towards Mukden. The strength OF tn,
enveloping Japanese armies may b
judged from the fact hat General Ok
alone. who is coming up from tn,
south, is officially reported to hav,
$4,000 men. Whether kuropatkin in
tends to accept battle at Lao Yant
may not be known positively for sew
eral days. but the belief prevails her,
that he will withdraw northward.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-09-01
South Dakota as 4 Fruit State.

Salem. S. d, Aug. ~3l.-South Dakota
is attracting attention as a fruit coun-
try, all fruit raised being of extra quail
Iity. The big Hurley apple orchard with
its thousands of bushels, takes the
lead, and there are lots of farmers over
1.-THE state his year who will gather
from 25 to 200 bushels of apples and
crabs. Joseph Gapp, Oscar Currier and
IF. T. Jackson Of McCook county will
harvest from 100 to 200 bushels each.
w. D. Hillman of Miner county reports
that he will have about 1875 bushels. and
P. A. Desmond and John Folkerts Of
Hanson county each have a heavy yield
of fine fruit. Tame grapes are also now
on the list of possibilities for this sec
ton of the state.
; Final arrangements have been made
for the harvest festival which opens at
Salem tomorrow. CanistOta and Mon
jtrose play one game of ball and Pierre
and Mitchell two games. A public we'd
ding. a baby show, a colt. show, a carnt-
val company, two balloon ascensions.
horse races and other sports will fill in
THE two days. Large delegations are
expected from both Pierre and Mitchell.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-09-01
MORE EXPENSIVE KEROSENE
Why South Dakota Consumers Pay
More for 1t Than Other People
Western Oil Excluded by Statute.

Sioux City Tribune: Il wonder how
long the people of South k will
continue to pay this extra 3 or 4 cents
q gallon for their kerosene, without
getting any greater safety or better
service commented a traveller as he
looked up from his newspaper.
One of his listeners remarked that
probably would have to pay
whatever producers might demand
Perhaps that's true, as a general
proposition was the reply. 'Partlcu-
larly is it true where a less expensive
produce is barred FROM the markets,
AS l understood it from some neWspa-
per reading l have been doing, this eN-
ira charge of 3 or A cents a gallon IS
peculiar to South Dakota, anC 1t is u
entirely to a law passed by the last Ies-
islatuTe, that cuts out of the market OIL
this state all the oil from the great
fields of Kansas and Indiana. when
can be furnished at q cheaper rate
than now charged, and compelS the
people to buy Pennsylvania OIL, "hlch
is more expensive"
rs the Kansas or Indiana oil just as
good?"
That is what the experts say. They
declare it to be just as safe, n that
it furnishes absolutely as good ltunll-
nation, and is as satisfactory IN every
particular"
cbonrIr2' %,
N"seRT ens t,,a cr,1a s,Dnlv is much
anLio, '~ ~, w. tho ~ hoIs Of re-
taliaS / ieaa GHpen.S 49,, e;thnr he
Ie,5nt l a.eS ; 49, go 49, frnni
1!uinlla VI IA ~ 'tN' >'
e.niasi h"ii'. 49,. ~ Doro-o
put ~" q ~ ""u,H 1o,ainrn
staIute cut tl'ese rt'!ISaa ''.G tmn
olls out OF the Hllfhet' a'aG pieastr-
people 70 puy me eAPe'9l'e IL
'ailla on! -,
We'll, You see the PetlhsyIN 81,
Is silShtly heavier than lhS otnetS, "'tn y!
the crawl! test iNeu ny Ihe "I"rS 80
Just sulhclent TO !et Il III 4hH 49,
the less expensive hansas "l" ''L1",''
ollS cut. Inc ShlaIl oIiefthce III si"n
NY, 70 0h'3 phs . ."0
negroes cuts ApSoIute!y no liSuie VIA
ever IN the safety OF 'he suL4eIeilc! "
the Oh. Inc difference IN HlG si"li,s
OF lne eastern ana western olL9 - ny
"holly 10 the dllefehCe IN ihe cruz
petroleum as II comes from tne sto"hU
ana not at an 10 any "llAe'eilce III re,
hmnG-Just LOT instance, as tAS Soi'
wheat grown IN Sou'l Dakola uI'I['S
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-09-01

The French Savant, M. Bernard. is
convinced that Nansen took the only
route by which the north pole can pos
sibly be reached. He favors an eXpedi-
ton with two ships connected by wire
less biography. The time is estimated
at three years, and it is hoped that
the Prince of Monaco. who is greatly
Interested, will contribute the neces-
sarY 5000, 900.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-09-01
NEW BANK AT HARTFORD.
It VIII Be Established Soon in alRand
some New Block.

Hartford, S. D., Aug. 31.-W. w.
Phillips of Sioux Falls has Just pur-
chased a fine corner lot on Main street
here and will erect a fine brick or stone
building 68x80, VIZ or three stories. A
new state bank will be established.
Reports are coming from different
parts of the county that leaves, not
only of the maple variety, but others
are falling from the trees. All of them
are covered with a sort Of parasite
which saps the life of the leaf. Some
are simply small insects n others
seem to form a sort Of netyon the under
side Of the leaf.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-09-01

War Is once more being wased in
England on ivy and on elder bushes
near cathedrals and other fine build
fings. The ivy is accused of being a
obstructive boa-constrictor weed. :"
while the elder Is condemned because
It's roots nave a habit of forcing them
selves into masonry chinks.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-09-01

=, The Russian peasants are beginning
to name. their children after the Oft
mentioned towns in the seat of war.
The name Arthur was very rare up to
the present year; now it is all the rage.
One child was baptized Vladivostok,
EnOther RetyiZar, and so on.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-09-01

The Sultan Of Turkey has seventy
one titles and on the parchment con-
tanning them are the words as many
more as may be desired car be added
TO this number Among the titles are
Abdul Hanid, the Eternally Victor
ious,'' the Eternally Smiling" the
Eternally Invincible," distributor Of
Crowns to the Heroes Seated on the
Thrones and Shadow Of God on
. To VIII ,,
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-09-01

The Australian postmaster general re-
Gently invited competitive designs for
pictorial postal cards to be printed and
issued by his department for use
throughout the commonwealth. Pre-
miums of $50, SIS and SIS respectively
will be paid for the three series Of
twelve designs ZACH adjudged by the
postmaster general to be first, second
and third IN order Of merit, in the
case of each state. The designs will
consist exclusively Of Australian sub
jeCtS,
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-09-01

An organization is being formed in
New Haven to solicit funds for the
erection Of q monument to Eli Whit
Iney, the inventor of the cotton gin. to
be placed nea his factory In Whitney
vile, just outside of New Haven. Con-
gress will be asked for an appropria-
.ti0p &
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-09-01

A Hungarian government document
notes a great decline in the manufac-
ture of corsets: some factories have
been closed, others hav largely re-
duced their working force. 1t attrib-
utes this result to the growing custom
of wearing reform clothing and to
the persistent denunciation of corsets
by physicians,
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-09-01

The tobacco monopoly yielded the
Austrian government the enormous
proAt of $27, 900, 900 in 1902. OF the 40,445
persons employed. 35,S24 were females;
the numbe Of factories was thirty.
The average wages of the male m
ployes were only $3.50 a week; of the
females, $2.0S. Since 1875 the numbe Of
cigaret smokers has increased enor-
mously. While OF snuff-takers there are
only one-third as many now.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-09-01

A Russian who fought with KOS
suth in the rebellion of 184S-49 received
q bullet wound in the shoulder in the
battle OF Isaazegh. The bullet could
not be extracted, but the wound healed
satisfactorily and its presence was neV-
er felt till recently. Not long ago the
soldier began to suffer pain in the re-
giur Of the wound and modification set
In. He died from the wound tifty-siX
wears after receiving it,
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-09-01
JAPANESE TAKE ANsHANsHAN.
In~variabIe Policy of Falling Back Is

IrvariabIe Policy Of Falling Back Is
Followed by k~uropatkin.
Lao Yang, Aug. 31.-The Russian
forces have been disappointed by an
other unexpected withdrawal. The
whole eastern division and the troops
on the Anshanshan have been ordered
Yang, just as the soldiers were ex-
pecting another advance.
The Japanese are not following the
Russians.
The advance from the south ID ap-