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Mexico Missouri message., 1904-10-06
The Tuseoek Moth.

The white-mGrked tussock moth
is a native of North America. 1t
ranges the territory east Of the Rocky
mountains and attacks almost every
variety of shade, fruit and ornamental
trees, with the exception OF the conf
Ters,
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-10-06
Naviuation on the Yukon.

When free from Ice the Yukon
river is navigable for large steamers
l.0G5 miles, a distance more than
twice as great as that from Chicago
70 New Orleans.
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-10-06
Feed Him.

If you want to win the gratitude Of
q dog, feed hin; rs to men, the ma
terial difference is the quality OF the
Baltimore News.
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-10-06

81 am told that Mr.. Perkasie has
proposed to Miss Tenspot," said Miss
Frocks. Election bet?" asked Miss
Bunting.-Harper's Bazaar.
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-10-06
Jews Appreciate Education.

jewish parents in the East End,
states Lord Reay set an example to
Christians in all parts of London by
the way in which they insist on the
punctual and regular attendance OF
their children at the board schools.
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-10-06
Try One PACKAGE.

II Defiance Starch" does not please
you, return 1t to your dealer. II II
same money. 1t will give you salts
faction, and will not stick to the iron.
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-10-06
PRAYER for Vermont Leol,I,+ors

Prayer for Vermont Legislators.
Bishop Hall OF Vermont, has autho.
rized prayer for uco in the churches
of the diocese in behalf Of the state
Legislature, as none 10 provided for
that body IN the praysrbook.
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-10-06
QUEER THINGS or NATURE.
Anomalies Of Plant World That Have
Never Been Explained.

Anomalies Of Plant World That Have
Ia Never Been Explained.
How does the bulb Of the common
lawn lily get deeper and deeper into
the ground each year2 Why does the
ginger root hide its blossoms when
nearly all other plants flaunt theirs?
Why do the roots of trees flow
through the ground like tunnels VI
molten metal" often separating and
uniting again, while the branches are
thrust out in right lines OF curves?
Why is our common yellow birch more
often than any other tree planted up
on rock?
Why do oaks or chestnuts so often
spring up where a pine or Nemlock
forest has been cleared away? Why
does lightning so commonly strike a
hemlock tree or pine or an oak, and
rarely or never a beech? Why does
the bolt sometimes scatter the tree
about and at others pillow a channel
down its trunk?
Why does the bumble.bee complain
so loudly when working upon certain
flowers? Why does the honey-bee
lose the sting when 1t stings person,
while the wasp, the hornet and the
bumble-bee do not? How does the
chimney swallow get the twlgs it
builds its neat With? From what does
the hornet make its paper?
have never been greatly inter-
ested in spiders, but L have always
wanted to know how a certain spider
managed to stretch her cable square.
ly across the road in the woods about
my height from the ground.-Country
Life in America.
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-10-06

"Jlmpsum has invented one of the
greatest gas savers of the age" I'm.
deed? What is it?" IAN oil lamp"
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-10-06

Medicine as a profession for women
is constantly growing in popularity in
London. Women row holding med
ical degrees III Great Britain number
more thar 500.
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-10-06

oPisos Cure is the best medicine we ever used
for all affections Of the throat and lungs.-WM.
O. ENDsLET, Vanburen, Ind, Feb. 10, 1900.
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-10-06

The median age Of the white popu.
lation in the last census year was
23.4 and Of the colored l9.7 wears.
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-10-06
Sensible E-lousekeenern

will have Defiance Starch not alone
because they get one-third more for
The same money, but also because OF
superior quality.
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-10-06
MANY Women study Medicine.

DIR. David Konnedy's FavorIte Remedy is
adapted 20 both sexes and all ages Cures Kidney and
Liver plaint aud purhes the blood 81 all druggist
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-10-06

ETC permanently cured No Ats or uervousnes s..e'
EH hrst days OF DIT. Ehnes GrE-s Nerve Hestor~
ar Send for FREE sc 90 trial bottle and treatise.
be, Ii IL KLINE, Lid, 93i Arch Street. Philadelphia Pa
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-10-06

Value Of Seeds Given Away.
The government of the United
States gives away each year to farm
ers. seeds to the value OF $4,000.
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-10-06
The Bel ResnIts ln starohlnn

can be obtained only by using De.
fiance Starch. besides getting OF.
more for same money--no cooking re-
utfireu
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-10-06
rHE STRAIN OF WORK.

Best Of Backs Give Out Under the
Burden Of Daily Toll.
Lieut.. George c. Warren, Of No. 3
Chemical, Washington, D. C., says;
MS an honest fact that Doan's Kid
uey Pills did me great lot OF good,
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-10-06

Do Your Clothes Look Yellow7
Then use Defiance Starch, it will
keep them white-16 OF. for 10 cents.
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-10-06
When You Buy starcI


buy Defiance and get the best, 16 OF.
for 10 cents. Once used, always used.
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-10-06

international Botanical Congress.
The International potaaical congress
viii meet at Vienna II 1917! from June
~ to June is,
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-10-06

Defiance Starch is put up 16 ounces
IN package, 10 cents. One-third
more starch for the same money.
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-10-06

The Murine Eye Remedy Co.. Chicago send Home
Eye Book tree. Write them about your eyes
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-10-06
Important 20 Mothern,

Examine carefully every bottle Of CAsToRIA,
a safe and sure remedy for infants and children,
and see that 1t
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-01-21
RAILWAY MEN
ROUT ROBBERS
Open Fire on Four Bandits and
Cause Them to Take
Flight.
THEY SECURED NO o
Mistook the Baggage Car for Express
Car and Did Not Secure a Cent
Volunteers Went Forward
and Drove Them OFF.
THEY u NO BOOTY

Mt. Clenny, Fla, Jar, 19.-Passen-
ger train No. 16, e~astbound, on the Sea-
board Air line, was held up one mile
east of Sanderson by four white men.
The door Of the baggage car was blown
open With dynamite, the robbers mis-
taking lhis for the express car.
The engine was stopped by a volley
Of shots fired into the cab. h fire.
man and engineer were taken off ths
engine and escorted to the second class
coach, and the robbers ran the train
ahead about a half mile, when they
blew open the baggage car. The train
conductor ven forward, but was fired
on II driven back to the coaches.
Conductor Peck, who was deadhead-
ing over the line, called for firearms
and volunteers.
N. H. Harrison, claim agent of the
road; H. B. Mccain, travelling auditor
and J.. c. Williamson, travelling freight
agent, responded. and the four went
forward, opened fire and drove the rob-
bers off.
Coductor Peck took the throttle and
ran the train four miles down the road,
The robbers secured nj booty, and
made no attempt to rob the passen-
gers, cut there was great excitement
in the passenger coaches while the FIR
ing was going on.
The sheriffs of Duval and @aker
counties are on the trail of the robbers
with ~blOodhoundS.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-01-21
WAR ON DEcoLLETTE.

Catholic Women of New York Estab,
fish a New Moral Code. I.
New York, Jan. 2O.-The RomaI3
Catholic women's society. Daughters OF
Faith. has startled society no little BY
ats decision to ostraciZe women WHO
obtain divorces. wear decollette gownst
play bridge or drink cocktails.
The Daughters of the Faith are rep
resentatives OF the most exclusive
catholic circles in the city. Their BAN
upon social CUSTOMS. hitherto recog1
anzed, l. not wholly approved, was held
10 be dictated by an alleged pronun-
Sianent uf the pope. When the authen-'
Iticity OF the report was later denied,
ne wuilen decided to stand pat" AS
- result social feuds are springing up
s"1lh 50 many prominent members of
che "5oU" ranged against divorce, and
SO large u number of remarked while
ahe irst husband or wife Is still living.
rish Necked Frocks Only.
The society aims primarily to dis
courage such customs as tend to pro-
lnote moral evil. The wearing OF low
Eut gowns, often carried to excess, is
held to be as one of these. and the
members have, therefore,. pledged
themselves TO appear in high necked
Srocks, thus to WELD an influence as
Leaders or ShlO BfldSe whist Will
nlso come under the ban and all drink
tlg OF cocktails or other alcoholic bev-
RACES will be avoided in public, drink
ing at private dinners being limited to
wine.
Thr refraining from inviting divorced
Eersons who are remarked to their
homes and accepting invitations from
1heHi Is ,hs most radical step, but the
Daughters, according to their manual,
must live up to this principle, in spirit
and in truth, to retain their loyalty.
Cardinal Gibbons Endorsement of the
objects is unqualified.
The organizer of the society is Miss
ELIZA I.unlniis, and, according to her
statement. the meetings Will have an
Ethical purpose purely. A religious
color Will be given to them by the
Executive board under the supervision
of Archbishop Farley, who, with Mgr.
%. Falconic, has added his official APP
propal TO the stand OF the Catholic
women. -.s= a.# ..= a
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-01-21
WOMAN SAYS IT
WAS BLACKMlIL
Denies She Wrote Letters Tor
Which Her Coachman
Wants $4,000
ARE In HER ~CHiRoGRAPHY
But She Explains That It's Only an
Imitation of Her Hand, and Not
the Real Thing-Capturcd
by a Neat Plan.

Chicago, Jam s20.-.fl have 1870 letters
written to me by -4rs. rhurston." said
James T~ilsbury, chauffeur for Hollis
M. Thurstol, 329 Ashland boulevard,
| who was arrested at noon yesterday
charged with attempting to blackmail
Mrs. Thurston into paying him $l2.50o.
THE letters are locke in IA down
town safety deposit vault" he contin-
ued. Il will give them to the public
IL l have to print them IN handbills and
peddle them in the Streets
IilSbury, Who Is an Englishnlan,
laughed as he talked in the Desplaines
street police station. His arrest and
the sensational charges against him
seemed to amuse him.
Yes, l was arrested just as Mrs.
Thurston was handing over the money
IhWanted. She met me. in the rear bed
room OF the second floor OF her Ash
land boulevard residence. She was
drawing the money from her dress
when the detectives rushed in on me.
But l didn't hold up my hands at their
command. They had to throw me down
and take my reVolVers away. / am nc
coward"
Mrs. Thurston, who is the daughter
of the late Charles r. Nash, president
OF the board of trade firm, the Nash
Wright company, is said to have been
made seriously i'll by the excitement.
Declares Servant Is insane.
why, Tils5ary seemed a model SER
want" she said. He cared for father
during his illness like a trained nurse.
lie gave father the last glass OF water
he ever drank He held his head wher.
he died on December SO. 1t was my
fathers dying request that we take
care of that boy He must be nsane.'
Mrs. Thurston admits that the chauf-
feur has letters written in a woman's
hand which he purported to come from
her.
But they We're forgeries,'' she said.
He showed them to me Friday morn
Ing, when he asked $500 for them. He
had stolen my letters to friends and
had the handwriting copied. When he
entered my room, locked the door. and
confronted me with The letters, the two
reYolveTs, and the dagger, l was fright
ended nearly to death. / begged him to
give M time for thought. Then l went
downtown and we perfected the plot to
catch him.
How Arrest Was Made.
Il te~lephoned him from a downtown
law office Friday night, when he in
creased his demand from 81, 500 to $12,-
800. Saturday morning we marked bills
amounting to 81, 200, took carriages to
my residence, n caught him. De-
tectfves Buckmaster and Van Hoesen
and Policeman Trafton accompanied
me. l stepped from a carriage two
blocks from the house and walked on
alone. When l cache the room in
which Tilsbury was waiting my maid
slgnaled the detectives. They entered
the house and caught him. He had the
bills in his hands,"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-01-21
GIRL KILLS BIG LION.
Utah Young Woman Has a Marrow Es.
cape from Death While Hunting (
ack-Eabbits

Salt Lake. Jan. 20.-Attacked by a
huge mountain lion, TessIe Edwards, a
12-year-old girl, OF Clarke Fork, this
state, not only escaped injury, but
killed the fierce beast.
Miss Edwards was out with a rifle
after jack-rabbits, and had wandered
miles from her home. She had en-
tered a clamp of trees, when she heard
a movement behind her. lnstinctively
she jumped to one side just in time to
escape the claws of Il big mountain
hon who pouncea on the spot she had
just left.
The girl hastily fired a shot at the
nina and attempted to run. The
beast, though wounded, prepared for
another spring, and Miss Edwards
again fired. Hard hit this tine, the
beast fell.
Snarling and crawling toward the
girl, who was cornered anon the
brush unable to get out of the way,
the lion still tried to reach his prey.
A shell stuck in the rife long enough
TO give him time to wriggie close to the
girl, but she managed to adjust. it and.
taking deliberate aim, she fired her
last shot. This settled the animal.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-01-21
GET SEVEN YEARS.
Four Quimby Bank Robbers Plead
Guilty and Take Their Medi-
cine at Cherokee,

Cherokee, la, Jan. 20.-The four
Quimby ban robbers pleaded guilty
here his afternoon and were sentenced
by Judge Wakefield to seven years each
in the p~eritentiary.
The men, Abner Hicks. Elmer Dun,
ming, John Wicks and Charles Winter
waived arralgnment this afternoon and
pleaded guilty. 1t had been supposed
that Hicks and Dunning. the two
caught near Sheldon with money
Wrapped in Quimby bank papers, on
their person, would plead guilty, but
there was some surprise that the other
two should do so. White and Wicks
were captured in Kansas City.
The Quimby bank was robbed Of
$4,000 on the night of December Is.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-01-21
DEEPEN MISSISSIPPI.
Proposal for a six-Foot Channel a,
Low Water, St. Paul to Cairo,
Is Made.

Washington, Jan. 2O.-A six-foot
channel in the Mississippi river at low
water from st. Paul and Minneapolis
to Cairo, a distance of 1000 miles, to
be completed by the time the Panama
canal is put into operation. is the prof.
ect advocated before the house com
mittee on rivers and harbors today by
a delegation consisting of Governor
Van SAINT of Minnesota, Ellis H. Usher
of Lacrosse, Captain Alonzo Bryson Of
Davenport, Frank Galenne of st. Louis
and Lewis b. Boswell of Quincy. Tho
total ost is estimated at $15,00O,000.
Governor Van SAINT told the committee
fifty cities were directly interested and
that $4,000, coo people would be benes
fitted through assurance of river cons
petition in transportation. The COM
nittee took 40 action i'll the3matter.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-01-21
MITCHELL SPEAKS
FOR CONSERVATISM
fei!s the Miners in His Annual
Eeport That 1t Has
y Served Well.
NOW $4,000
General Conditions of Miners Show
Satisfactory Advancement During
7S03-Wages Are Better Where
Fixed by Agreement.

indianapolis, Ind, Jan. 20,-The fiji
tces,t.l annua convention Of the United
sliir Workers OF America opened today
Wltl approximately 1000 delegates
sEeScEt. The convention Will continue
vial continue ten days and will be fol-
by the annual joint conference
3stWeen the miners and Goa operators
IL l!lr states OF Indiana, Illinois. Ohio
and western Pennsylvania, to fix a
wage %ca.e for the ensuing year. ILL
siois. With $50. has the largest single
state representation, While Michiganls
Re egation is 100 strong.
Atter the welcoming addresses n
RESPONSES the report of the committee
M credentials was called fer.
In his annual report President Mitch
ell urges That the convention be mod
srat tie II speech and conservative in ac-
5tipn. The situation in each district is
sltlined and in Summing up the situa-
stion President Mitchell says:
Mitchelfs Report.
in all the districts where mining
prices have heretofore been regulated
5by agreement. increased wages were
serEred and other concessions obtained,
4and while In nan instances wages
not advanced in proportion to the
Increases secured IN the central and
competitive coal fields, on the whole
ssfe have every rcason to feel fairly we'll
ssatistied with the gains during he
year, 1909"
ccngratulatory reference is made
40 the cordial business eiationship that
lsas existed between Our organization
md the operators in ali the states n
e%istricts in which wages II conditions
sf employment are regulated and de-
3sermin@d by mutual agreement. Mitch
sfil insists upon the universal adoption
tf the run of mine" basis, and urges
the rcaGjustnent of the differential in
Machine mining districts be insisted
Upon. Vigorous support Of the anti
tnjunctitn and eighr-hour bills. pending
Sfn congress, is recommended, and the
convention is requested to indorse legis-
cation prohibiting boys under Is from
Being allowed to work in mines. The
Report says the organization has in
5GfeaSed in membership from 100, 900 in
1899 to 237. 54o in 1908, which does not
8include members idle or on strike.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-01-21
A POINT FOR mACHEN.
Evidence Excluded by the Court Till q
Prima FACTS Case Be

Washington, Jan. 2o.-In today's trial.
pr August w. Machen ana others for
alleged conspiracy in furnishing post
office supplies, Mr.. Taggart for the
government offered in evidence an or
her dated June 30, 1895, for $50 fasten-
prs; but Douglass objected, saying that
the indictment charged the alleged
conspiracy to have commenced in July,
1900. He pointed out that the governs
ment had so far taken no steps to pro-
duce evidence showing a prima facia
case of conspiracy. Justice Pritchard
excluded the evidence for the present.
s'aying: Until we have some evidence
rt an overt act I shall require a casQ
III conspiracy to be made out"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-01-21
MAKES A FORGER
- NJ. HlH-
Miss Annie Ice Passed Bogus Checks
81 to Aid Sweetheart and Goes
as IN prisop

BIS st. Paul. MINI, jan. 20.-Love made
Annie Lee d forger. She paid for her
in Minneapolis today. when
was sent to the penitentiary for
six mouths. Clarence Frick, for the
love of whom Miss Lee took to passing
forged checks. was sent to prison for
Ave years. Both Miss Lee and Frick
pleaded guilty. When the young wom-
IN was arraigned for sentence her at
#lorney declared she was in love with
eErick and had aided him in criminal
Separations for this reason. Judge
Brooks asked Frick if this was so.
Prick declared 1t was, and that he
alone was responsible for the girls
WDi3II E0
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-01-21
IN TOLLS.
Chicago Coachman Fooled in Scheme
to Secure $125QQ.

to Secure $12,5O0.
Chicago, Jan. ia plot involving
threats to kill and publication of cer7
tain letters and photographs unless
Sl2.500 in cash was forthcoming was
frustrated today by Mrs. Hollis Thurs
ton, daughter of the late Charles T.
Nash, a board of trade commission
broker, her brother, William Nash, j.
e. Ingram, their attorney, and several
detectives. Unde arrest charged with
the plot is James Tilbery, of London.
a coachrnan in the employ of the Nash
family.
T!ilbery was arrested at the Nash
home at the moment Mrs. Thurstors
placed twelve crisp $1,000 bills and a
$4,000 bill in his hands. On his per-
son were found a dagger n two re-
volvers, with which it is charged he
had threatened to kill Mrs. Thurston
unless she CAV him the money he de-
n1anded for the return of certain letters
he said he had received from Mrs.
Thurston. Most of h letters are for
geries. according to Mrs. Thurston.
They We're addressed to the coach
man, who, with a trained nurse, had
charge of MI. Nash during his illness.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-01-21

Mrs. Scidmora's Toxic letter in tn 5
Sunday Chicago Tribune fairly predict
ed just the o the American fleet hal
made. She wrote:
With 3 suddenness not equaled save In
war times, the American fleet was con-
visioned under hurry orders. and sem c@.l-
Ing across the Pacific as fast as the ships
could be made ready. After a Two
first on board the Kentucky III Nagasaki
harbor and then In a nolse rented IN
shore at Kobe, Admiral Evans had Just
Indicated his winter program. The heet
would move by the middle Of December;
going. southwark by way OF Nagasaki and
Annoy. to Hong Kong, n after Christ
mas proceeding. to. Manila.
The sudden reversal of the plan brought
the admiral 70 his feet at once, and The
score of ladies, wives and daughters of
the officers of the feet, We're in consterna-
ton. Some Of the naval families had just
had just sailed for Japan, some from San
Francisco. and some by way of Suez.
First the cruiser sailed ava. to make
speed for Midway island and then she bat
tleship 1eet-the Kentucky. the Wiscon-
SIN. the Oregon-trailed smoke pennants
the bay.
the lighting admiral was about to trounce
Colombia, Chile, or ali South America, or
whether t was Simply a winter maneuver
could move when needed
There is conviction now that we shall
see the fleet back in Japan before spring.
The moral support of its presence is need
ed in the east. as it was perhaps only
q coincidence that when the American
fleet was out of cable reach. two Russian
battleships and two cruisers appeared at
Chemulpo, and Vice Admiral Stark. the
Russian fleet admiral, went up to Seoul
to have audience with the emperor and
advise against the opening OF the port Of
Yong-a1n-pho. which the American min-
lister, Dr.. Allen, is strenuously advising
the emperor to open imrredia tely.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-01-21
Is WINNER.
He Defeats MacVicar in the Primaries
for Mayor of Des Mojnes.

r @1 JUL.
Des Moines, Ia, Jan. 20.-The res
publican primaries held here yes
terday for the purpose Of Sc
lecting a candidate for mayor of
Des Moines resulted in a victory for
George Mattern against ex-mayor John
MacVicar. The result will give Mat
tern 81 delegates against SO for Mac
Vicar.
MacVicar charges fraud and may
contest the nomination.
In the third precinct of the Sixth
ward a bold attempt resulted IN the
stealing of tn ballots. Van Sittert, one
OF the judges, enlptied his revolver I'M
the direction of the ballot thieves, but
without result.
The Mattern men controlled the or
ganization and ex-Mayor MacNica1
openely charged that the nomination.
was stolen from him.
Several fights took place during the
a lon a.E.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-01-21
TREATY is
Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
w. Miles Ihnna naendn,eat

senate COMMITTEES on Foreign Relations
Makes Tkree Amendments.
Washington, Jan. 20.-The senate
committee on foreign relations directed
Senator Cullom to report the Panama
treaty With three amendments. The
republican members voted for the
treaty, but only two democrats, Nor
gan and Money, We're present. The
former voted against the treaty.
Money stated he had not yet had tim9
to consider it, as it was the first meet7
3ng of the committee he had been able
TO attend.
BY the amendments the United
States is granted more direct power I'M
.lll sanitary regulations. The limits Of
the cities of Panama and Colon in res
lation to the canal zone are more spe7
officially defined, and the United States
Us given control of the barbors for pur-
poses of improvements.