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The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-01-28
KILLS
SCORES or PEOPLE
Fuller Report of the Terrific
Calamity at Mounds
vile, Ala,
VILLAGE is WIPED AWAY
thirty Seven Persons Are Known to
Have Lost Their Lives and More
Than 100 injured--Every Busi-
ness House Destroyed.

Tuscaloosa. Ala, Jan. 25.-A disas-
irous tornado swept Owe Moundsville.
Ala, a town of SOC inhabitants, fifteen
miles south of Tuscaloosa, and as a re-
suit thirty-sepen persons were killed
and more than 100 injured. Every bus
mess house, with the exception OF a
small drug store, was completely de-
stroyed.
The tornado struck the city from the
southwest and moved "a path a quarter
of a mile wide through the town.
The following is a list of the white
persons killed;
e. P. SEYMOUR, of Nashville, Tenn,
telegraph operator at station.
A. H. WARREN. of Birmingham.
j. II. REDMOND, superintendent
pumping station.
ROBERT S. POWERS, Tuscaloosa.
The negro dead are:
w. N. MILES. WIFE AND SIX
CHILDREN.
ALBERT WILSON. WIFE AND
THREE CHILDREN.
IKE HoLSToN. WIFE AND
THREE CHILDREN.
FOURTEEN OTHER NEGROES,
Unidentified.
Some of the injured will die.
Surgeons were rushed to Mounds
vile from Greensboro and Tuscaloosa,
and everything possible was done to al
leviate the sufferings OF the injured.
BY the force of the storm persons
were blown hundreds of feet from their
beds in the blackness of night.
Through terror a mother and three
children fled from their home to seek
refuge, and in their excitement left q s.
year-old boy in bed. Today he was
pulled from beneath some timbers, and
thus far it is Impossible to find another
member of the family.
Bedding, carpets and wearing apparel
are scattered for a distance Of ten
miles through what was a forest, but
which is now a mass of uprooted tim
Der.
The depot, the hotel. warehouses, cot
ton gins. thirty homes. the s~torehouse
occupied by r. l.. Griffin, A. w. Wig
gins & Son, j. w. Domenick, A. D.
Griffin and w. p. Phifer, together with
stocks, were completely destroyed.
Bales of cotton which We're stored in
the warehouses We're torn to atoms, the
fragments Of lint lodging in trees, max
Ing it appear as though that section a
been visited by a snowstorm.
A young clerk employed by w. p.
Phifer, hearing the terrible roar OF the
storm let himself into a well in the
center of the store. The store was COM
pletely carried away, but the young
man was rescued uninjured.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-01-28
BIG BANK FAILURE.
The Liabilities of the Cleveland Pro-
duce Exchange Company Placed
at ST. 800 900.

cleveland. o.. Jan. 25.-The Produce
Exchange Banking company closed it's
doors. The insolvency court has APP
pointed the Cleveland Trust company
as receiver.
The assets and liabilities OF the bank
are each placed at $1,500,000.
An oficial of the bank is now I'M
der guard at his home. He will be ta-
ken before the grand jury, and will, ac-
cording to statements of other bank Of
fcials. plead guilty to the charge Of
embezzleinent. An Indictment will be
brought against him and the case hur-
ried to trial. There is a great deal of
u~neasiness among the depositors, many
Of whom are small merchants, Ital-
ians and other n~ationalities, who sell
fruit and vegetables from door to door
and deposited their money in the Pro-
duce Exchange bank. The irregularity
has been going on for eight years. it is
oaiI.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-01-28
ST. LOUIS AROUSED.
City Will Wage Fight on the Christian
Science Cult az Result Of a
Recent Death.

ST. Louis, Jan. 25.-Aroused by the
death Of Mrs. VT. Fl. DAVIS of 101G Graf;
tan street, which occurred at the city
hospital Monday night from blood poi-
soning, and which, according to the
coroner verdict, was due 7 .tculpable
negligencs,"Dr. John II, Simon, health
commissioned. has resolved to wage q
crusade against the practices OF the
cult known as Christian Scientists.
ssIn Civilized comInunitySSwe have
no place for such an alleged faith as
tnegorle known An CIayisiian SeseracssstS
said DE- Simon
.ssss scieaee WilfntSWilI permit III SO
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cases GAIT OF 9ssa cnaIdhaeaSed hy aeS
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The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-01-28
100000 FRI
Great Blaze at Bay Mills, Mich, De
stroyed All the Factories in
the Town.

HEEeHtaEZ--
Milwaukee, Jan. 25.-A special to the
Sentinel from Saulte Ste. Marie, Mich,
says:
Fire started in one If the Hall &
Munson factories at Bay Mills, twelve
miles west Of here. and spread rapidly
until it reached every factory in town.
The company owned a large saw mill,
woodworking plant and box factory,
and a large stock OF lumber. The
total value of the plants was $500. 600,
and q message received here says that
nothing has been saved.
Az soon as it started a special train
left the 500 carrying a company Of fire.
men.
The Hall & Munson plants were the
largest of the kind in the upper PENN
sular, employing 300 men. TIL plants
We're insured, but 1t can not be learned
how heavily.
The town. which has 1900 inhabit-
ants, will probably be left desolate, as
there Will be nothing to keep 1t up.
The origin of the fire car not be
learned. Sa
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-01-28
POVERTY IN NEW YORK
thousands of Families Find It Impos-
sible to Pay Their Rent and
Ara in Despair.

New York, Jan. 26.--The annual re-
port of the Judges OF the municipal,
courts Of the borough Of Manhattan
shows that during the year 1903, 60,4ea
heads of families were unable to pay
rent or thought it cheaper 10 move
produce to the landlord. The to-
tai of 60,463 evictions Is larger by far
that OF any other year in the his
tory of the local courts. 1t was as
serted today that during the eviction
period in ireland. when the whole
world rang with stories of the poor
turned out of their homes BY land
lords, there was no one year ii which
the number OF evictions was one-twen-
1909
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-01-28
Port Arthur Isn't Hurt,

Port Arthur, Jan. 27.-The highest Of
ficials here r%epudiate the published ac-,
casations of Russian hostility to theI
United States because OF its Manchur-
ian policy, and the appointment Of
American consuls under the new treaty.
with China. Officially is is asserted that
no large reinforeemEnt of eastern forcesi
- axptrel IA @srfsca, I sF@ s 88 &3sE ssa@t
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-01-28
FIRE AT RAPID CRY.
cry Barn, Together with Ten
Hnrses. Enumerated.

Rapid City, S. D., Jar. 2T.---James
3elknap's livery stables were entirely
destroyed by fire ana ten valuable
lorses We're moderated, There were
i number of costly carriages and other
sonveyances, a large quantity OF hay
and feed and other property in the
oarns bringing the loss up TO $1,000.
II required some strenuous efforts to
prevent the fire from spreading to adj
dining buildings.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-01-28
This WIN cheer Rnssia

Manila, Jan. 225.--Japanese merchants
In this city have received advices frona,
the home government Ia case of out
break Of hostilitiea, they had better
transfer their business over to AIneri-'
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-01-28
Arrest for Treason.

Toxic, Ian. 25.-Takashima. the,
Japanese interpreter for the Russian;
attache, vas arrested Saturday on sus-.
picion of acting as a spy in the Yoko-i
suka fortified zone. He has been taken.
to Yokohama for trial. 1t is alleged
that conclusive evidence has been OBJ
tanned regarding other suspects, which
is causing a very strong feeling against
such ~treacherys which is a capital Of;
Tense in Japan.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-01-28
Japan Can't Wait Lone.

The Herald's ST. petersburg specia.,
says the same almost painful silence
which preceded The dispatch of the
previous reply to Japan again reigns.
In spite of optimistic views expressed,
l own | am unable to find any CON
vincing proof of the same, Will there
are abundant Warlike signs. Quite
true, Japan has placed no time limit
for Russia's reply, II I have it on the
best authority that the Japanese
consider delay in the highest degree
dangerous. This was stated to me in
an emphatic manner, which left no
doubt of the earnestness OF the speak
er's meaning, and which l Interpreted
as being that p may at any mo
ment find herself unable to stem the
public sentiment there toward war.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-01-28
OUTRAGED BY cossAcks
Japan Thinks War More Desirable
Than a Peace Which Permits

New York, Jan. 21.r-A Toxic cable
says that letters from Vladivostock
state that 4 party of Russian marines
was landed (place not stated on Jam
uary 8, and submitted the japanese
residents to great violence, wrecked
t~wenty-four houses. ravished women
and wounded old people and children.
The riot lasted twenty hours. The riot
ers included officers. The civil author
tiles did not restrain them. The Jap
anese press asks what is to be expected
in the event of war if such crimes can
occur in time of peace. The dispatch
adds that rumors Of Russia's pacific
intention do not affect Japan. The ma
ton is absolutely determined TO fight
for u thoroughly satisfactory settle
msnt.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1904-11-02
HOBBIES ARE GOOD.
They Aid One I'm Forgetting Sorrow,
i7sa and They Help Health.

They Aid One I'm Forgetting Sorrow,
and They Help Health. -
How often does one hear the express
sion. "Oh, that is jso-and-so's hobby"
spoken rather disparagingly. 1t is the
tendency of the average mind to re-
gard a person who has a pronounced
enthusiasm as a species of harmless
lunatic, rather to be pitied. The truth
of the matter is that any one who has
amy especiai fad is greatly to be en-
We'd, as Il probably provides more in
terest and amusement for it's possessor
than anything else. Any decided inter
esf IN life, whether 1t is dignified by
the name of an Occupation or is sim
ply an enthusiasm or even mentioned
slightingly as a fad. is eminently de-
sirable.
II have never seen a genuine collect
or that is not happy when he is al
lowed by circumstances to crafty his
tastes" remarked student of human
nature, ''and bent in that direction
should always be encouraged. 1t is
q curious phase of our humanity that
we will work diligently to make pro-
vision for our material needs when we
are old and quite neglect to store up
mental resources that will interest and
amuse us until we are called hence"
Hobbies help one to forget sorrow
and give us pleasure in the present.
They are among the best things in life.
promoters Of health. peace and happi-
ness.-New York Mail. :.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1904-11-02
MINERAL WOOL.

A valua BILE Product From what Was
/ Onee Regarded as Waste.
Mineral wool Is a soft substance con-
sisting OF II. n,ass OF very fine mineral
3ibers, which interlace one another in
every direction and thus form an end
less number Of minute air cells. 1t .is
made quite simply. by directing blast
OF steam against a stream Of molten
Stag. Some OF the best is made from
blast furnace Stag. an admirable illus
tration OF the value OF what wus once
regarded as q waste product 81 5E1a
The stag Is melted In a large-cupokl.
and, as it triekles out of tie tap hole
It meets high pressure steam jet
which blows 1t in feecy clouds into the
storage room provided for 1t. The
heavier wool naturally settles down
6rst. while the lighter portions are
blown further along by the force of the
steam, and so tile material naturally
sorts itself.
Mineral wool ID areproof and may be
used as q saand deadener between the
floors OF buildings: 1t also serves as a
demonstrating covering for cold stor-
age chambers and for pipes. For this
last purpose the wool that Is made
from sandstone Is best. for 1t contains
no sulphur, which,. when moisture is
present. IL . corroding agent,
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1904-11-02
PATCHING BY HEAT.


The Pranefple ee Iaeubasiom HAS Bees
Used For Ages. e9;sse
The ancient Egyptians from time Inn
memorial have Matched large quaint
ties Of eggs sby artificial warmth, ap-
piled threaa6b peculiar but simple
Il Bonnemain, In 1777. was the first in.
more recent times to put the process
upon sound commercial footing. He
communicated to the Acadamy OF
Sciences an Interesting fact he had mo-
ticed upon the method chickens used
to break their shells. and for some
time before. the revolution he fur.
nished the Partisan markets with poul.
try at q time of the year! when farmers
ceased to supply 1t. s..g
His apparatus was founded upon the
principle Of the circulation Of hot wa
ter through q series Of connected pipes.
a novelty which was afterward ap-
piled to the warming Of buildings Wa
ter saucers were placed in the egg
drawers .to,,-keep mp the necessary
moisture. and twenty eggs We're In
serted daily for twenty days, when the
first brood appeared. In. 1926 D'Arcet
obtained chickens by Matching eggs In
the warm water baths Of yichy.
Modern incubators are essentially
water baths: with an automatic regu-
lator to keep the temperature to 40 de
grecs G.. 3 fsis5 ni.0t a$s.s is
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1904-11-02
THE JAPANESE BABY.
ShOwered with Gifts Before IL Ev,
Makes Its Appearance.

Showered with Gifts Before Ii Even
Makes Its Appearance.
A hundred gifts in various shapes
are offered to the baby before its APP
pearance-toys, big ones. of course;
pieces of cotton, silk or crepe, invari-
ably with happy omen in their de
sign, are joy to the mother. The
housemaids will be busy with the
baby's dress under the supervision of
the grandmother. 1t will be no slight
affair If the baby is boy-yes. espe-
cially if it be the first son.
Parties coming with their congratu-
lations will begin to stream into the
house the very next morning after the
announcement. They viii bring dried
fish or a box of eggs to express their
good wishes, which will be returned
in some form of present when the baby
is two weeks old.
On the seventh day after the birth
comes the christening, and rice cooked
with red beans-dOesn't red mean hap
piness will be sent among the friends.
Matsu pine) is a favOrite name, since
K signifies bravery, keeping green even
under winters frost. Isn't Mume
plume) better, since 1t Is the harbin-
ger of spring, breathing out the most
divine odor in the world? Mi amairi
(going to temple) will take place on the
thirtieth day. The boy will be dressed
in kimono. 1t must be silk, with the
family's coat Of arms ON II. he will
be put under the immediate protection
of the deity. His fortune will be Sc
cured.-Good Housekeeping.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1904-11-02
Creek sailnr.

Sailors of the Grecian archipelago
often equip trading schooners on
plan of profit sharing after the custom
OF New England whalers. and if their
venture proves anything like a sue
cess they cannot easily be induced to
take berth In the merchant marine Of
the western nations. They detest sub
ordination. but chief cause of their
preference for home enterprise is the
difference of the night watch system.
For week or two q Greek sailor will
watch all day and sleep all night
emergencies. of course. excepted-then
take his turn at night working and
day sleeping. English. French and
German captains would dismiss him
to his hammock for four hours and
then rout him out in the midst Of his
sweetest sleep. In wages there may
be no great difference. but his exre-.-
rtence has convinced him that in the
long FUN the long term plan can best
be reconciled with perfect health.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1904-11-02
RENoUNcED THE VIOLIN.
Wellington Never Touched 1T After
He Became a Field OMcer.

Wellington Never Touched 1T AfteF-
He Became q Field Ohicer.
The Duke of Wellington played the
violin as subaltern. but gave it up
when he became a field officer. Tie
reason for this remuneration ID sup
piled by the following extract from d
letter written by Mrs. Stuart Macken-
zie to the. Duke of Sutherland in 1852:
"Every one knows that to the last the
duke was fond and a fine. judge of mu-
sic. In youth lie was performer on
the violin. that, giving UP great deal
of time to it, he began to fear lest the
hereditary taste should get the better
Of him, and in one day lie broke the
spell, laid aside his violin and never
afterward touched it. This circum-
stance occurred during the time of his
early attachment to my dear friend the
duchess, who has often repeated it to
me with pride as an omen of what was
to be expected from his great self com
mand and firmness of decision
1t may be added that the Duke OF
wellington Inherited his love of music
from his father, Lord Mornington, who
was a doctor of music and a composer
of no small merit.-Pearson's
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1904-11-02
LIVING A LIE.
Those People Who Dress or Live Be-
yOnd Their Means.

Those People Who Dress or Live Be-
yOnd Their Means.
Dressing or Twin. Ley o.id ones means
is nothing less than absolute dishon-
esty. If you are trying to do what
a lie; If you are wearing clothes that
you cannot afford. they are perpetual
witnesses against you. They are la
beled all over with falsehood. If your
jewelry, your carriages. your furs and
your costly gowns tell me that you are
rich when you live in a poverty strick-
en- home and when your mother iS
obliged to make all sorts Of sacrifices
to enable you to make this false dis
play, you lie just as surely as you
would If you should try to deceive me
by your words. L
The consciousness of being we'll
dressed and yet owing for it, of riding
In carriages which one cannot afford
or Of patronizing expensive hotels and
restaurants which one cannot by any
stretch Of Imagination or sophistry af-
ford, is destructive to self respect. to
truth and honesty and to manhood and
WOlnanhOOd. You cannot afford to
wear lies or eat lies any more than
you can afford to tell lies.
There Is only one possible result upon
character of falsehoods. whether acted
or told, and that is perpetual deteriora-
ton and decentralization. No one can
act lie or live lie without being dis
honest. When a man sacrifices his hon.
esty he loses the handspring of his
character. and he cannot be perfectly
honest when he is lying by frequenting
costly restaurants or hotels, by wear
ing expensive clothing or by extrava-
CANT living when he cannot afford it,
Success. s..ss as. . ...
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1904-11-02
Ola Enu1s.h f,bolserx.

II Speaking CT old English dishes ana
the wonderful mixtures as to SCISSOR
ing, etc. which prevailed down to the
sixteenth century the Quarterly Rcyiew
says:
"Euckuadc IVES the name Of typicai
preparation. AMI this was lnaCc~ OF
ment hewn in gol,bets, ponn,.eI aim
oiids raisilis. sugar. cinnamon. cloves
ginger, onions. salt and fried herbs.
thickened with rice flour and colored
yellow with saffron.
"Monene or mawnony WAS q sort
of porridge to which the cuisine of
our own day affords no parallel. Its
conponents We're plenty Of wine and
sugar, u quart of honey. gallon of
oil, a pound of powdered spices. to-
gcther with ginger. cinnamon and
galangale (Cyperus longus), plant
much used for havoring. All these
We're; boiled together with the pound
ed flesh of eight capons and the mess
served In bowls like porridge. with, ac-
cording to one recipe, lighted wax
candle stuck in the middle of each.
'Mortrews, dish mentioned by
Chaucer in his Canterbury Tales, was
held in great esteem. 1t derived its
name from the mortar in which the
meat used in making it was pounded"
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1904-11-02
THIRTY YEARS AGO.
items Of local interest taken from the coluEans
Of The Press, thirty years ago.l
November s, 1874.

The Eagles of this village were de.
feated by the Clippers of Rockville
last Saturday-34 to is.
The job department connected with
The Press Office has been sold to A.
Fl. Simonds g. Co., and on the first OF
January, 1876, If not sooner. will
pass under the management OF Mr.. 81
monds. ..H
There was a good turnout at the
temperance meeting last Thursday
evening. The principal speaker Of
the evening was Thomas II. Gibson.
The Stafford temperance union was
organized by choice of the following
officers: President, Rev. @. G. Paint
er; ice-president. Alvarado Howard
secretary. Rev. J. H. James; treas
urer, s. Newton; executive commit
tee, Rev. J. II. James, chairman, ].
f. Brooks. z. B. Grandy. J. W.
Chandler, M. 8. Smith, r. Patten,
B. f. Taylor, @. g. Ellis. The fol-
lowing were chosen a committee TO
solicit names to the pledge: w. II.
Carroll, G. @. Parkess, @. w. New
ell, e. K. Taft, Thomas H. Gibson,
F. Cooley, Joshua Inchclif, Arthur
Ormsby. It was voted to instruct the
executive committee to inquire into
the feasibility of establishing in this
village q reading room for young men.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1904-11-02
stature and Illness.

According to paper read by DIR.
Shrubsall before the British associa-
ton, sufferers from tonsilitis, rheuma-
tism and heart disease are of a higher
stature, and sufferers from tuberculO-
sis, nervous and malignant diseases of
lower stature than healthy individ-
uals.
It. appears that blond sufferers from
pulmonary tuberculosis respond to
treatment better than brunettes, while
in diseases of the heart the positions
are reversed. 1t is believed that in
successive generations of city life stat
ure shows progressive diminution and
that there is an increase in brunette
traits with each generation passing
from rural to urban life. With in
creasing length of residence there is
an increase of morbidity among the
different classes of Londoners.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1904-11-02

A HEAVY LOAD To lift that load on
the stomach take K0dOl Dyspepsia Cure.
It digests what you eat. Sour stomach,
belching, gas on stomach and all disor-
ders Of the stomach that are durable, ara
instantly relieved and permanently cured
by the use of Kodol Dysp psia Cure. b.
P. Storrs. druggist at 297 Main street,
New Britain. Conn, says ''Kod j Dys-
pepsia Cure Is giving such universal sat
isfaction, and is 80 surely bCcoming the
positive relief and subsequent euro for
this distress Ing ailment, / feel that am
always sure to satisfy and crafty my cue
TONERS by recommending 1t 10 them.
write this to show how well the remedy
is spoken of here" Kodol Dyspepsia
Cure was discovered after years of scien-
tific experiments, and will positively cure
all stomach troubles. Sold by Anders
Jacobsen.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1904-11-02
Cher. nnd a Rattle.hip.

admiral Charles f. Clark, who took
the battleship Oregon around Cape
Horn and into action mt Santiago,
owed his appointment as commander
of that boat to his skill as a chess
player. Captain Clark was at San
Francisco in command of the gunbOat
Bennington. When ashore he spent
much time in the chess reoln of the
Mechanics library, where he met some
of the best players in the city. When
the time came to appoint a man to
command the Oregon, a friend Of
Clark's in the navy department at
Washington put his name forward.
you should see that man play chess"
said he and went on to describe his in
tense application and determination,
adding, And that's why I think he
can bring the battleship around safely
IL any one can" Three hours later
Clark received orders to assume COM
mand of the Oregon and take her at
once to Cuban waters.-Argonaut.