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The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-01-21
COL. c sUIciDED.
Colorado Springs Man for Thirty Years
Lived in Iowa.

Colorado Springs. Colo. Jan. l9.-Colonel
John H. Bacon, aged 10 years, mayor Of
Colorado Springs in 1880 and prominent
as a business man in the early days here,
committed suicide by shooting, because
OF Illness He left a note saying thai he
had suffered so much pain from rheu-
matism and insomnia that it more thar
offset the pleasures Of this world. He
q a widow, who was Miss Mary
Weaver, of Princeton, ILL.,, and a son, who
Is an attorney in this city.
Colonel Bacon spent his youth in Mich
lgan. Later he moved to Iowa, where he
was trustee of the Iowa agricultural COLI
lege, for thirty " lrs an active member of
the Iowa State Agricultural society, and
during the war a provost marshal Of the
First district of Iowa. He leaves an es-
tate valued at a quarter Of a million dol
In re ss.H=Hg
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-01-21
BIG TELEPHONE DEAL.
sntire Property OF illinois Telephone
and Telegraph Company Is
Jan. 2O.-The Illinois r

sM Chicago, Jan. 20.-The Illinois Tele-
SphoIle and Telegraph company today
alled for record with the county re-
7Rnrdc, a bill OF sale for all its property
ito the Illinois Tunnel company, ar
Illinois corporation recently chartered
agith an authorized capital of 100000
ZOO. There was also filed for record a
9Idust deed for $40, 100000 on the assets
ff the new organization, to secure a
Sbond issue in their place. This repre-
sents one Of the largest transactions
arelating to an intermural public utility
s~1nattet. that has taken place in years.
afhe Equitable Trust company is named
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-01-21
THE sMooT CASE.

Senate Committee on Privileges ana
Elections Listens to Attorneys.
Washington, Jan. 19.-The senate
committee on privileges and elections
met today for the purpose Of hearing
the presentations of attorneys on both
sides of the case involving the right OF
Senator Smoot Of Utah to occupy his
seat.
Former representative Taylor of Ohio
was heard for some of the protestants,
He said he did not know that any proof
would be presented in support Of the
charge that Smoot was a po1ygamist.
He took up the question of the right of
the senate to expel a member, contend
ing that the senatats authority in the
matter was limited only by the ques-
ton Of propriety.
On the point of testimony Taylor said
the protestants expected to prove h a
according to the doctrine of the Nor
mon church the president and twelve
apostles of whom Smoot is one, We're
supreme in exercising the authority OF
the church; that by their teaching and
lives these men had not abandoned be-S
lief in polygamy and polygamous COZ
h~abitation, but on the contrary tha
president and most of the apostles now
practice polygarny, some having taken
p~olygamous wives since h manifesto
of $780, that Smoot -countenanced these
things and was, therefore, responsible
in law and conscience to senate
and the American people.
In reply A.. 81. Worthingten, In be-
half of Smoot, said the statements
made by Taylor differ very materially
from h charges made In thesfornaal5
statements, and he asked time in which
to make reply. which was granted
He laid down the general proposition!
that the senate was without jurisdie-s
lion Of ofrensas which q have been,
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-01-21
THREE DEAD, TWO DYING
Collision Between Wild Freight Cars
and a Work Train at
H. Dror III r. .ma=H. -.Ea.-.a.

Peoria, San. 20.-A string of cars on
the Iowa Central broke away from a.
switch engine today M rushed down
q Hill at fearful speed, and collided with
q work train just outside the city linn
its. The dead:
ALLEN E. HIRE.
PETER JOHNSON.
ALBERT SNARTH.
They We're car repairers, ali of Peoria
John Neil and +. Fl. Truman, 10th OF
Monmouth. section men. We're probably
fatally injured.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-01-21
Chicago.

Chicago, Jan. l9.-iIogs-itucelpts. &c, $50.
Market strong. Good heavy. s4.9a1o.0o:
light, IS. 25M4. 80: mixed and butcher, $i.Gl
IA. 95; rough heavy, 81. 60fi4.sa.
Cattle-Receipts. 5000. Market steady.
Sheep--Receipts. $4,000. Market SLOW.
Closing: Hogs-BulK, $4.75Qr4. 95: good
heavy, S4.95n5.l5; light, $4.45M4.S5: mixed
and butchers. 81. 6505.U5; rough heavy, A.7J
kI4.9 80. Z
Cattle-Steady to'strong. with beevea
quoted at $3.o045.GU; cows and heifers, Sl.51
kp4.25; stockers and feeders, s.. "a. !
Sheep-SteadH to strong at s.. o044.T5J
lambs, 81. 25u6.3O.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-01-21
JUST FLAIN BlGAMY.
,siish Courts View of Act of English
Woman Who Wedaed the Son of
Senator Hanna,

sLondon, Jan. 20.Justice Jeune, in
lie divorce division of the high court
Il justice. today granted Major Walter
Maud a divorce from his
die on the ground that her mar
aagc to Daniel r.. Hanna of Cleveland,
i, was bigailous. While Maud was
Ighting in South Africa his wife OBJ
Fined a divorce from him in America
Sad married Hanna.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-01-21
ENOUGH FOR ALI
nall Call Is Issued for Democratic
National Convention. Il

National Convention.
Washington, Jan. 20.-The following
~sfiiciai cali was issued today for the
Ien1ocratic r%ational convention at st.
aI1ouis, July s:
1.-THE democratic national committee. hav-
Ing met in Washington January IL has
sappoin,cd Wednesday,. July 6. 1904, as the
sttt1c. and st. Louis as the place for the
sslnocratic national convention. Each
estate is entitled representation equal to
a0uble the number OF its senators and rep
B~8FsesentatlveS IN congress-, AID each terri
story. Alaska, Indian territory and the
of Columbia, shall have six del
KEgates.
g@All democratic citizens who can unite
with us in the effort for pure, economical
Hsnd constitutional government are cordial
@ly invited to join us In sending delegates
sto the convention. James *. Jones,
sS Chairman.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-01-21
Kansas City.

Kansas City, Jan. ls.-Cattle-Native
steers, So .50d4. to; soutlern steers, (. $500
A.l0; stockers and feeders. s3.NoQ3..5;
calves, S2.50@6.W; western steers, s.. 251p
i.25: cows, 81 .50Gp3. rs.
H~ogs-Heavy, S4.70a4.95 packers, 1860
ass; pigs and lights, $.3oM4. IS.
Sheep-Market steady. Muttons, So. 5000
R.50; lambs, $4.7ad5.S5; range wethcrs, 50 Is
t4.40; ewes, s.. 5Gg4. 90,
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-01-21
South Omaha.

steers. 81. DM5.25; COWS and heiters, 50. SOP
$50; stockers and feeders, u. 50@S.S IS
calves, S3.O0M5.25.
Hogs-Heavy, 81 1904. so: packers, S4.65@
i. 10; light, $4.4O@4. IS; pigs. % .50@4.2 Is.
Sheep-fearllngs. $4.25GtiT5; ðers.
IS. 1904. 25; ewes, S3.00a3.7 20; common and
stockers. s2.50G3. 65, lambs. $.7S45.75.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-01-21
DEsPERADoEs CAUGHT.
Safe Robbers Surrounded and Captured
by Scores Of Farmers.

1900" " SSVsSS y . u
Paola, Kan, jan. 1.-TWO men Civ
ing their names as Charles Gorney,
aged 20, Of st. Paul, Mimi, and Thomas
Rorers, aged 80, of Butte, Mont, who
are suspected of attempting to rob the
bank at Cleveland, Mo-, and of blow
ing open the safe in the Missouri, Kan
sas and Texas station at Louisburg,
Kan, were surrounded here and cap
tured by a posse OF 800 farmers and
members of the Anti-Horse Thief as
ISOLATION, who had been on their trail
since daylight. Several shots were
fired before they surrendered, but no
one was hurt.
The men had in their possession re-
%volvers, ammunition and nitroglycerin.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-01-21
THE MARKETS.
Sioux City Live Stock.

Sioux City, Jan. 19.-Sioux City Stock
Observation-Disclosures and heavy, $i.704!
Alb; light and mixed, $1,000. 50.
Cattle-f'at cows and heifers, 22.2oa3.6 60:
stock cows and heifers, $1.7o63.00; stock
ers and feeders, $2.50u3.S0. butcher steers
53. 5o9o.p yearlings and calves, $...2oG3.5 So.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-01-21
EVANS FLEET At fhANIL1
Mysterious Trip to Honoiulu Followc,
by a Race co PHILIPPINES.

Manila. Jan. 20.-Eear Admiral Eoh+
ley D. Evans, in command of the Asi+
attic fleet, arrived here today from Hons
olulu with his battlasliip SQUADRON. Th&
speed maintained during The entire tril
averaged ver twelve knots per hour.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-01-21
Missionaries in Danger.

loway Of the Methodist Episcopal
church in the south today cabled the
Methodist missionaries in Korea to
move into Seoul Immediately or leave
Immediately for Japan. The bishop
has received advices that missionaries
are in great danger of losing their lives.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-01-21

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Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-04-16

''S1RpOLBQTET LAUGHED SERPOLECT2
saken Adrienne wa perfect. Her tears
were real. Both men caught their
breath and for a few moments after
the rehearsal sat speechless. Then
Breval cleared his throat and demand
ed hnslkily, "Your priceY' TEE
Z 1.-TWO hundred francs a soiree. /
have played for less. but this Is Paris.
l desire the opportunity to make my
self known and heard"
Jancey brought his hand down on
his knee with q resounding slap.
well have her and Serpolette TO-
eetherv' he shouted triumphantly.
10Y and sorrow. laughter and tears,
comedy and tragedy; twill make a
living picture all the world Will come
to seer
They handed her the contract to
sign, calling In a witness for that pur-
pose. She asked for ten days leeway,
with a request to take the contract
with her and look it over. They grant
ed her request reluctantly. Then she
lett them SpenDOOnO.
Two minutes afterward Breval and
Jancey heard a laugh which was as
well known to them as their debts, as
their past failures. a laugh SO bird
like, SO joyous. that they smiled out
loud in sympathy and made rush 81
simultaneously for the greenroOm, lift
ing their ears to the sound for more,
the way human nature always does
when out of life's tragedy or comedy
ripples the music Of unadulterated jOl-
lily
This laugh was famous. 1t held an
abandon SO complete, it meant so
much that was good and heartfelt.
Peal after peal tumbled over each 9th
er so merriiy that Breval and Jancey
both chuckled.
Its Serpolette" gasped Breval.
"SerpOlettew laughed Serpolette her
self as she sprang In between them.
Over her arm was black dress. In
one hand she held dark wig, In the
other the contract. The painted shad-
ows under her eyes were strangely al
variance with her dimplss. Her face
was cleaning with mirth so intense
/ with the triumph SO hardly won. with
the knowledge Of q new power felt
and practiced for the first time In pub
lie, that she was absolutely dazzling
| to look upon.
The tears were still wet on her
| cheeks.
my compliments. mademoiselle.
said Byeval shamefacedly. You hays
won the day" :.
But Jancey stood soberly regarding
| her with a great awe in his face.
| III women can play at tears as wei
| ~ laughter like that" he was think
ING, "what 10 the use Of realityT'
He laid his hand on Serpolette''
Aheulder.
You have su6eredT he demanded.
| "who knowsS" tetorted esrpolstal
! autanOosiy.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-04-16

"Georgette. From Serpolette.'
The voice was sOmber like the eyes.
"She told you what role she thought
you'd fnY
"I've never filled but one-tO weep.
Life has taught me nothing but sor-
row and Remuneration from the cradle
to the present"
two managers, as though the fact of
her having given vent in words to her
hitherto choked up anguish had stirred
some forgotten spring in her breast.
the crystal drops began to creep one
by one from beneath her long eyelids
and slowly, like loose diamonds on
white velvet, to course down the soft
pallor Of her white cheeks on to the
dull surface of her poor black gown.
Her. beauty was so perfect, so un-
usual, the simplicity of her unhidden.
unbdden sorrow was SO infinitely pa
thetic, that she seemed to those past
artists as to emotions. NM. Breval and
Jancey, the embodiment of sorrow.
Had she stood thus for the statNe Of
Woe, Paris would have acclaimed her
far and wide rs the most perfect mon
ument of the century.
In which role have you had most
SUGGEST asked Jancey.
"Adrienne LecOuvreur." murmured
the girl.
"Will you come on the stage with US
and give brief rehearsal Of Adri-
enne's grief when she hears her lover
has proves unfaithful to herr"
"Willingly. monsieur" she replied.
"Come, them" exclaimed Breval.
They passed on to the stage. Her
rendering of the part Of the poor, for
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-04-16
A Dramatic
Episode
By HERBERT
MONT OMERY
royrtaht. 1905, BY Charles N. Lurte

HE'S talented to the end of
her nails" asserted Jancey,
~ III you will, but there is one
note she does not strike,
.v,th all her temperament or art or
besrt or whatever you like to call it
the note Of tragedy"
"Who wants tragedy in Paris?" re-
+orted Breval Not pleasure seekers
certainly. Go to the morgue for it.
you'n find it there Tragedy in CO.
median? You're crazy"
II don't want tragedy" continued
Jancey as though he had not been in
terrupted. what l require, what l
desire from Mile. Serpolette. is an I'M
dercurrent to her mirth. It's too
frothy. 1t won't last. We Parisians
are all artists at bottom. We bear
probing when it comes to criticism
You can't probe anything Serpolette
does. She is radiant healthy. pretty
and soulless, light and bright, but she
lacks finish because there is no under
current which brings the tears to your
eyes when she laughs-the way Char
train did in her day. Why, l have
seen butcher boy lift his dingy apron
with his grimy hand and wipe his eyes
when Chartrain sang that song about
the 'Gamin de Paris How his
tongue is brightest when despair lies
closest to his heart" She struck the
keynote, tell you, always because of
her undercurrent of sympathy.
I'VE Parislans love to laugh, but we
only recognize real genius when it
plays upon all our emotions, like fln-
gers along piano keys. We want to be
aroused to merriInent, but merrin,ent
alone is colorlcss. Give us at the same
time the consciousness Of life. the be-
lief that the woman who acts or sings
Is a sympathetic soul attuned to life's
uncertainties. Then we fall down and
worship her. Serpolette has not lived.
She has SKINNED 1t, If you will She
Las not felt I'd be glad to go to sleep
for ten years and wake to find her as
obscure as last years dancer II only to
prove to you that If she continues as
she has her light will be quenched in
another six months at any rate. It's
too bad. A bright soul A butterfly ex-
istence. Nothing more. l had hoped
much from her. l am disappointed"
And l attest her lAghtness 10 as
ssumsd With mal1ce atprethought," in
sisted He~al Il contand she studies
her world aud t1at shs has the tact to
see that Ats h sufficiently a tragedy
without Aar assistance. I am sure abe
Knows her business. and she has in a
chan out hshjon resolved to make the
pubic lsash. rol,lok-anythhg you
WI But bshind- Il all sespolette un-
depstands he. She b q gamin, a waif
from the akresta- Why, twenty years
aeo. when her mother erod the boards
OF the PalaAs Royal. Serpolette, then a
baby. used TO amuse her mother's COM
rades at the wings with her little ways
and her wise, bright eyes and her crow
Of unmitigated mirth. l have seen
Grosbois double up bis fat sides over
her comic gestures. He predicted a
great career for her always. She set
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-04-16

ILL RDCrTD YOU rHINo MY OWN"
.ne tune to every joke afoat. She is
nummed nom the Boulevard Mont
"artre To the Chatelet. There are Ser
poiette hats and Serpolette fchus and
morse named after Serpolette. and
one OF the oldest imperialistic families
.as sent its dearest. offspring to South
A,rica to avoid ,her wiles. She's hung
win Jewels. and she's young and pref
and convincing. All the managers
are after her. All the jeunesse doree pre-
~ ner feet. There IL a song dedicated
70 her. There Il I serpolette march.
mat 10 success- ultimate failure. II
sou must Why endeavor to teach her
20 Know all thinss sud wisely? She
xoows life well. she's tasted It.. Why
e2 ont e her the tragic nots?''
On Jancsy frownedL
I IKE the chnd.- hs confessed
The Washington times., 1904-11-20

One man I knew came with his bOoi
heels fun OF tablets nicely packed Il
| cotton, but as the authorities at one,
put him into hospital slippers and locked
up his boots he saw the joke was or
| him. and. accepting the situation. toOk
| the treatment just as the physicians de-
sired that he should
| Another man arrived with bandaged
foot Not TO be disturbed for several
days" he said The examiner took a
look. nevertheless. and found the foot
was all right. but that the bandage was
extraordinarily heavy A fun half It's
weight was due 10 dope"
One patient came In with his arm in
splints- Hollow splints. they proved 70
be, each full OF tablets, and little chap
with big ears, sought to utilize his wing
Ike appendages for smuggling in the
forbidden drug. He loaded both sides
OF his head with dope" put in a little
cotton TO conceal his stores. went up
braveiy Tor examination. and-failed To
pass
The Man Who Ate BIotters.
There was one man. though, who sue
/ eeeded in fooling the authorities. II
was in the first sanRtorium that / went
10. We called him "the blotter eater 4"
He was a new sort Of a person in the ex-
perience OF even the oldest 'dOper." He
had come 10 the sanatorium with a box
OF books, pamphlets and magazines,
which he said he was going TO study.
He gave out that literature was his
hobby. and that he thought literary
work would be a valuable supplement
TO the treatment. Not being literary
ourselves We looked upon him with awe
as well as with curiosity.
In each book and magazine he had for
a book mark a rather heavy card OF
blotting paper OF course. he had been
searched carefully when he arrived.
and. like the rest OF Us. had given up
all his own wearing apparel. receiving a
complete outfit from the management
in exchange. His library, however.
the doctor allowed him to retain. along
with the book marks Almost imme-
diately we noticed his taste for blOtting
paper He nlbbled constantly as he
read. and rather faster. / should Judge.
from the way the book marks disap-
peared and the slowness with which the
pages were turned over. The habit was
curious enough for even 'fend" 10 re-
mark upon. Eventually one OF US con
been saturated with a solution OF NOR
phine-a cOncoction as bitter as any
thing can be. / believe. This Idea was
advanced when only one OF the book
marks remained. and the man who had
hit upon that explanatory theory as 10
the blOtter eater purloined the last
mark" and In the darkness OF the
night he ate IT,
When morning came the rig';tful
owner Of the blotteT awoke and reached
out TO take a nibble. At once he dis
covered that he had been robbed and
that there was nothing left 10 nibble.
straightway he began to dance and
shrek like a crazy man. while the
purioiner. who had been waiting for the
event. sat by and chuckled.
Looking for your blOtter. old chap"
he asked why. l was hungry last
night and most of 1.-THE juice. nean
is I'm my tum-tum now. DO you know.
the Juice is the better part. 1 could
hardly get the pulp down. and when /
did get IL down il wouldn't stay"
This explanation did not appease the
CONTINUED on Sixth Page. this section.)
The Washington times., 1904-11-20

laying Of my gun" That would have
put me into forty fits at once, but IH
tell about that later.
If 1 had known for a fact that 81 600 90
was on the floor across the room. and
that fl would be mine if 1 went over
and picked IL up within the next fifteen
minutes 1 should not have budged. /
might have looked at il and thought
about Il. but quite without longing. why
should / bother for a million or a mil
lion millions? The little gun was at
my bedside. and the tablets. What
could 1 care for anything? How could
/ want for anything? Nor did 1 care
nor want until it was time for another
shot
Drug Soaked, CaTe-Free Idler.
So / smoked cigarettes-from fifty TO
a hundred with hardly a pause ex-
cept for lighting-burned sheets and
quilts, scattered ashes, poured ice water
about and shot i'm dope day after day
and night after night. knowing not very
definitely where / was. and caring less.
Bed was too comfortable TO be away
from long ] usually stayed until To 4
O'Clock in the afternoon. and would be
back in It again by $50 O'clock. Dress
ing, even with my mans assistance.
was a serious and difficult business
using mp an hour and a half OF my
nOt-in-bed time. When / was dressed
1 called a landau, drove up TO the
boulevard and along the river to the
end II the drive. There 1 would sit
and gaze at the Palisades and beckon
them TO come To me that / might look
upon them closely and whisper 10 them
Sometimes they would not come. but
oftener they would. and 1 would be
hugely pleased
We did not drink together, the Palis-
AIDES and lat least nothing more than
tea, for / looked upon spirits and wine
either red or any other color, as dis
tinctly vulgar. Why should men drink
/ wondered, when the little syringe was
so much more refined and satisfying?
II puzzled me. and / would have pro.
tested with every Jag" / saw but that
protesting would have wearied me.
And so 1 led the simple life" though
hardly the sort that Charles Wagner
would have approved. The days We're all
alike, ana for once at least. / was liv-
ing within my income. / simply could
not spend 1t all. the exertion would
have been too much did not know
that / was not spending everything that
was coming To me. as undoubtedly /
would have done had / been my normal
self.
So much for the first part Of my ex-
perlences After some ten weeks Ike
dreamy incOnsequental life OF almost
absolute Indifference began 20 pail on
me. The effects o; the morphine too.
were not the same as they had been In
the beginning. I grew anxious. / wor-
RED. and my nerves were simply fraz-
zles' How tlmid 1 was. too: / was
afraid or my room I'm the hotel, and of
the hotel itself. ! had lost forty pounds
IN weight, my face was the color OF
eshes and had no expression. The pu
pills OF my eyes were the size OF pin
heads My hands were blue. and alto
Gether was perfect Illustration OF the
meaning Of the word wreck"
II was while In this condition that /
left my quarters IN New York city and
went home. The family were frightened
at the sight Of me- and sent for physi