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The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-09-22
NEW YORK IN CONTROL
Domination of Pennsylvania Railroad
Shifts from Parent State to
Wall Street.

New York, Sept. 20.-Tlle statement
was made positively today in Wall
street that for the first time in the
history of the Pennsylvania railroad
which has n record Of fifty years of
consecutive dividend paynents-more
of it's stock is held in this state than in
Pennsylvania. 1t is believed that the
increase of New York holdings is due
to heavy purchases by Rockefeller in
~tereStS at tho time of the issue of
SIS, 900, COO new stock, and since then
Wall street is asking whether the con-
troll of the great system does not actu-
ally rest in New York.
1t is learned on high authority that
the stock is now held in the following
proportions-there being slightly less
han $780, 00, 600 of the stock issued.
New York, 50 per cent, or $105,OO0,-
900; Pennsylvania, 25 per cent, or $75,-
100000: foreign, ~ per cent, or $1I,-
600, 900; scattered, 81 per cent, or $685.
000.O
The foreign holdings nave been re-
duced in the past five years from 20
per cent. to 10 per cent. The reduc-
ton was brought about by sales by
Englishmen that they might subscribe
to the Boer war loan.
1t is announced on the highest au-
thority that the Could Pennsylvania
war has been finally settled, and that
the Cassatt interests, with the aCQui-
esc2nce Ct the RockefellerS, are to
dominate the policy of the company as
heretofore.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-09-22
WILL Be ~DISmANTLED.
Russian Cruiser Lena Will Be Taken
Care of by United States at Mare
Island Navy Yard.

San Francisco, Sept. 19.-The Russian
cruiser Lena is at the government
naval station at Mare island, having
departed from San Francisco bay under
escort OF the cruiser Marblehead. The
Lena is now under the local jurisdiction
OF Rear Admiral McCalla of the navy
yard, the responsibility Of her safe
keeping being transferred ron Ad-
miral Goodrich.
The entire crew of the Lena is aboard
the Russian vessel and VIII doubtless
be detained at Mare island pending an
official decision as to its disposition.
The work of ~Gismantling the Lena
will be commenced at an early date,
and workmen have been engaged to
place her in a seaWorthy condition. The
departure of the Lena vas attended
with little or nc ceremony.
The board of inspection appointed by
Rear Admiral Goodrich has completed
it's inspection of the Lena INC of her
machinery. AS the report has not been
officially considered at Washington the
findings of the engineering experts have
not been made public here.
Vallejo, Cal, Sept. 1.-THE Russian
armed transport Lena arrived at the
Mare island navy yard. She will be
dismantled at once. Her crew is being
DarOled.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-09-22
PEMOCHLE FOR A WIFE.
Her by a Quiet Game of
1000 Points.

New York, Sept. 21.-Some day thiA
week 4 game of pinochle will be played
N the parlors of PA Hudson avenue,
~duttenbc1g, N. j., between two suitors
Tor the hand of a widow who owns the
house. The widow, who is to abide
oy h result of his game is Mrs.
Amelia Arkland, who is styled by her
aeighbors as fair, fat and forty" and
admits the forty. She has beer married
three times and weighs 200 pounds.
She is worth $25, 900.
One of the suitors is Reinold Van
Blessing, a carpenter, SO years old. He
has been counting the widow for some
time and is a good hand at cards.
The other man is Captain John Tay-
Tor, 43 years old, who has command
Of a tramp steamer. He also is a good
card player. Captain Taylor was well
acquainted with the widows last hus-
band, Arkland, who also was captain of
a tramp steamship.
Mrs. Arkland thinks a good deal of
both men, and was undecided which
to take. Van Blessing had, if any
thing, the better of the contest, as he
was at home near the widow all the
time.
Recently both men have been so
urgent for the widow to choose be-
tween them that she did not know
what to do. Finally she sale she would
let a game of pinochle decide the mat
ter. She said that loo, 900 points would
be the game.
Mrs. Arkland is a lover of the game,
and is herself no mean player. The
contest, h stipulated, must be played
in the parlor of her home in the pres
ence of the friends of all concerned.
A referee is to be selected tomorrow
afternoon, who will name the day on
which the game is to be played.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-09-22
FOUND MISSING LINK.
scientist Studies Java Apes That L-ik,
Fire, But Have Not Learned
How to NJ AXE 1t.

Brussels, Sept. 21.-The Soir says a
new animal, much resembling u
monkey, but much nearer in habits and
culture to man, has been discovered in
Java.
A merchant named Van Beuren, hap
pening to be lost in a forest, was
obliged to spend the night under a
tree on which he discovered a giant
nest with Il circular opening measuring
eighteen inches in diameter. This nest
was occupied by a family Of animals
much resembling the ordinary monkey,
except that their heads We're covered
with long brown hair,
on his return to civilization, NJ. Van
Beuren told an American scientist, DR..
Werdehouse, of his discovery, and they
returned together to the spot. where
they spent several months studying the
habits of the animals.
Contrary to the custom of monkeys,
these animals, which the natives call
Asch Perriziz, are very fond of bath.
ing, and the females usually adorl
their necks with collars made from
fruit kernels. They take good care of
their little ones, but seem to be little
prolific and Hear extinction. They eat
fruits, birds eggs INC fishes and like
to be near q fire, although unable to
light one.
Or. Werdehouse, who classified these
animals as hithecanthropes, has been
unable to capture any OF them, and
had not the heart to kill one, even i'll
the interest of science. A scientific eX-
petition has Eeen formed to explore the
island and capture n of the animals
if possible.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-09-22
SHE SUNK A CRUISER.
T~orpedoboat ConstructiveIy
Destroys the Columbia OF
Newport, r. |.

Newport, r. L., Sept. 2O.-The sub
marine torpcdoboat Shark which left
mere for No Mans Land yesterday with
the torDedoboats Tingey and Winslow
returned to port today. 1t is reported
that she made q successful attack on
the cruiser Columbia, of the North
Atlantic training squadron. The CO.
lumbia, together with the Minneapolis
and Prairie, is engaged in target prac-
tiCe of No Mans Land, and the officers
of the vessels had been apprised that
an attack was to be made by the tor
~pedobOats. but it was not known, whicn
Warship would be made the target. Just
after nlghtfall, While the searchlightS
Of the three warships were actively at
work, the Shark. commanded by Lieu
tenant Charles r. Nelson, succeeded in
getting within 80 on so yards of the
Columbia n was awarded Il victory,
having technically sunk the cruiser.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-09-22
twelve PERSONS
INJURED IN WRECK
Passenger Train on Lake Shora
and Michigan Southern
Jumped Track.
GOING AT a HIGH SPEED
he Engine Men Bravely Stuck to Their
Posts and Were Injured
Severely, Probably
Fatally.

Chicago. Sept. 20.--A passenger train
on the Lake Shore and Michigan South-
ern railroad was wrecked at the cross
ms of the track at Root street.
Accounts of the cause of the accident
differ, some of the railroad people
claiming that the train ran into IN
open switch, and others saying that the
locomotive jumped the track because
of q broken fanse.
twelve persons were injured, and
several of them may die.
Following is a list of the casualties:
John Schiller, Elkhart. Ind, engineer,
fractured left leg and compound frac-
Iufe or the left arm; not expected to
live.
j. P. Lane, Kalamazoo, Mich. fire
man, head cut and internally injured;
condition serious.
Geo. Leffert, Clayton. Mich, two ribs
broken and left leg and right collar
one broken.
Mrs. Susan Berdell, Chicago, spine in
ton serious.
+. Plunkus, Chicago, foot crushed.
Z. q. Fulkus, Chicago, leg broken.
A. Truorg, leg broken.
a: II. Blaissing, Chicago, head cut.
Miss Jean Marten, Pasadena, Cal,
badly bruised; not serious.
DR.. l.. H: Goodrich, Springfield.
Mass. badly bruised.
w. G. Weiss, New York, severely cut
about the body.
The train was going at a high rate
or speed to make up lost time The
tracks are elevated and the accident
happened just before the train reached
the Vladuct crossing over loot street.
The engine left the track, but the fore
part of the tender struck the end of
the viaduct railing and was torn to
pieces. The engine plunged to the far
side of the viaduct, where a rail torn
from it's fastenings rose on end and
transiiXed the rear of the engine cab
and the fore part of the baggage car.
1t held the Wreckage SO closely that
several hours work with cold chisels
was necessary before the wreckage of
the car could be removed. The four
cars next behind the baggage car were
piled in a heap at the north end Of the
Viaduct, and all of them badly smashed.
An overturned stove in the rear coach
set fire to the wreckage, but it was eX-
tinguished by the fire department be-
fore it had gained much Roadway.
The engineer and fireman remained
at their posts until the last, and both
men were pulled out from the debris
unconscious.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-09-22
MAY BE A BIG STRIKE.
Weetern Divisions of the PenHsyl-
vania Railroad System Face
a Strike.

Cleveland. O., Sept. 17.-Grand Master
Norrissey of the Brotherhood OF Ifallt-
men. referring to the ballot now being
taken by the members Of the organization
upon the Pennsylvania lines west of PITTS
blrg. in connection with the proposition
70 strike, said today: =.
There is no question &C recognition OF
the brotherhood involved There are no
issues between the employees and the com
many which could not be readily adjusted
If tnc officials would meet the commute
representing the men upon the same oa9is
and in the same spirit that prcVal!s on
railroads generally, including the mes o.
tho Pennsylvania company east OIL F!itS-
h,rp and Erie. h questions lhFolVtu
arc simply the adoption of workl"S f'leH
similar 10 those in force on other lfunh
lines in the territory. Some requests LOT
inrrease of wages have also been present
"a which. of course, are debatanlc, hnt
no mon have had no fair opportunity 10
discuss these with the Pennsylvania man
agement." ~ tbo hal
# is expected that the result oil inc Oai-
lot viii be known by Monday.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-09-22
ESCAPE OF ROBBER.
Stole Bag Containing $4,000 in Gold
From a Bank.

iStIt q 1eftH.
a Francisco, Sept. 20.-ust at the
close of banking hours today a man
in the lobby of the First National bank
of this city, observing the cage door
leading behind the counter ajar, pushed
it aside, walked in, and helping HIM
self to a bag containing $4,000 in gold
coin, made q rapid exit. He imme-
diately slowed down his pace and
walked into a side entrance of the
Booklyn hotel which leads to the din
ing closely followed by c. K.
Mcintosh, an employee of the bank, who
had Witnessed the theft. Seeing he
was pursued, the thief turned into the
hotel office where he was overtaken
and seized by Mcintosh. When asked
to turn over the money he said it was
his own. The bag was taken from
him, however, and its contents found
to have been undisturbed.
The daring robber, who is about %
years OF age and we'll dressed, called
on the people in the hotel office to see
If he had not told the truth by accom-
panying him to the bank only a few
feet away. He walked to the corner
undisturbed, boarded a street car
which vas passing and soon was out
of sight. He is now being searched for
by the police.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-09-22
ATE POISONED CHICKEN
rs a Result One Child is Dead, Two
More viii Die and Others Are
Critically Sick.

LcMars, Ia, Sept. 21.-Oue child i!
lead, two will probably die and Il dozen
mare are seriously i'll, from the effects
II ptomaine poison at Seney and vicin-
.ty. Physicians from LeMars are busy
attending the sick.
The doctors trace the poison to
pressed chicken served at a birthday
party at the home of Arthur Reeves in
Seney. The 6-year-old daughter of
John Osborn is dead and her 10-year-
Did sister in a precarious condition.
Wallie Reeves. aged 9 will probably die.
The other cases though serious will
probably recover. -
Among the sufferers are Jessie
Reeves, aged IT; two children of George
Mrs. John Osburn: two chill
1ren OF Ed Hughes; members of the
'amiiy of Grant Chapman, Emil Chap
nan, G. w. Cook inc Elmer Austin.
The chickens We're killed in the morn
and serve in the evening, after
being boned and pressed.
The general store Of Jonathan Alder
son at Seney was burglarized yesterday
md 500 cigars and d quantity of hand
Serchiefs and jewelry taken.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-09-22
SHOT WHOLE FAMILY.
Ashland, Ore, Young Man Then Kills
Himself,

Ashland. Ore, Sept. 80. f. Mon
roe. a young man employed as a labor
er in the street department of The city,
today went to his wife's residence and
deliberately shot her; his mother-in-
law, Mrs. Dunlap. his wife's sister, Mrs.
farmer; his own little child, and then
shot himself, dying instantly.
The child is reported in a dying con-
djtion. Mrs. Garner is seriously wound
ed. Monroe's wife and Mrs. Dunlap are
not seriously injured, receiving only
flesh wounds.
Monroe's wife had instituted divorce
proceedings against him and sued for
the possession of the child.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-09-22

rear OF the companies that held sacred
me white Tag saw what their COM
aces had done, and expressed their
hlsapproVal of the surrender by firing,
INTO their rear. AS Il result of the fire
from friend foe 600 men were an
minated. The dead fell among the de-
composing bodies of previous assaults.
tor days afterwards the wounded men
IN inns area raised huttering handker-
chiefs in their hands in pleas for help,
out the Russians were afraid to ven
ture u to give succor. Within a week
the last arm had made its last unre-
Sardeu prayer for help, and the sham
pies was a quiet but ghastly field OF
horror. Among the heaps of dead the.
prince saw two soldiers, one q RussianI
and the other a Japanese. lying locked.
IN a death embrace. THIS teeth of the
were sunk in the Russians
throat, while the Russian had forced
Two Of his fingers into the eye sockets
or his antagonist.
The prince cited this as merely an in
cldent denoting the f~erocity Of the con-
at Port Arthur.
Inc prince will leave here tomorrow
10 re1oln General K%uropatkin.
One Officer Makes Escape.
Madame Stoessei, wife of the gen.
eral, is at the head of the Red Cross
- ~ ftit arthur. she IS IN con-
slant attendance at the hospitals and
''ar,.s tendclly for wounded men. In
addition to this ~eXhausting work she
lhds time to give succor to orphans
ard widows and to experimenting the
making Of b~andaSes. The soldiers coa-
slider her their guardian angel.
The garrison is maintaining a
stroie ard devoted martial position,
ana has great confidence in Lieutenant
General ~Stoessel, who is cheered by
the mel when he rides along the lines.
Inc newspaper NOvikari has been
suppressed for one month for having
punished reports considered to be det-
to Russian interests.
ON september IA the bodies of $500
Japanese soldiers We're discovered near
tort No. 9 and fort No. 8. The stencil
from the decomposed bodies attracted
investigation. The Russian authori-
ties admit that they are not able to
explain what engagement resulted in
SlaNphtprr
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-09-22
STRUCK BY
One Killed and Four Injured at
Marietta, /. r.

One Killed and Four Injured at
Marietta, |. r.
Fort Worth, Tex, Sept. 20.-A dis
patch to the Record from Marietta, /.
T., says:
One boy and two horses were killed
and four boys seriously injured by
lightning in front of the Baptist church
here.
The lead:
TOM ROSE, aged IA.
The injured:
Frank kesselburg, aged Is, who is
perhaps fatally hurt.
Burt Howard, aged IS, who is seri-
ously hurt.
Fred Settle.
Edward Parker.
The two latter were stunned and
slightly shocked.
The boys had just ridden up to the
Baptist church to attend the services
at 9 o'clock. There were three on each
horse. A small shower came up, ac-
companied by lightning and thunder.
The bolt descended before they had
dismounted.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-09-22
JAPANESE BUSY At
! PORT ARTHUR AGAIN
Terrific Bombardment Thurs
day and Friday, Probably
With an Assault.
IMPORTANT FORT TAKEN
7elievcd That One of the Important
,csitions Necessary to the Defense
of the City Has Been Cap
tured by Assault.
IMPORTANT FORT TAKEN

co,t % oo,l ctnl,,tc ,f
Chetos' !
the military Siluatiol az fort arthur
hasing their deduction upon recent de-
,,elonmeats there. are of the opinion
w. ,rotbar yreaf assault is either oc-
ma =, ,ta nraran+ ti,,o =, =, ;n,,,i
currihs ~ ny az " 10 '''''
nent. THIS OPINION IS DaSeu on the very
heavy hombardmeEt of the Russian
stronghold that occurred on September
IL for such 4 bombardmcnt forms the
,snal prelude to an assault: on the ar
rival here of important messengers
rom Port Arthur at Il time when the
running of the blockade is extremely
nprilous; on a recent authoritative
statement that the japanese siege
works are completed, and on reports
foom J3panese sources that at Port
nolny nm assault was expected TO take
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-09-22
FOUR BADLY HURT.
Chicago Patrol Wagon Collides With
Street Car.

SkiSSS a
Chicago, Sept. 20.-While driving a
full speed in answer to a stock. yards
riot call u patrol wagon filed with po-
licemen from the stock yards station
was struck and demolished by a Forty
seventh street electric car at Wallace
and Forty-seventh streets.
Four policemen were severely in
jured.
The injured:
Charles Haskin, driver of patrol
wagon. left arm broken and left Shout
der dislocated.
Patrick Nugent, patrolman, right
hand and right shoulder injured.
George r. Prim, lieutenant, jaw and
left wrist broken.
John Weitzel, patrolnan head in
jured.
A building Cbscured the view at the
intersection. Driver Haskin was urging
his team on and the motorman was en-
~deaVoring to make up lost time. The
wagon was struck squareiy and hurled
nearly twenty feet to the opposite side
of the street.
No one in the street car was in.
iprp1
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-09-22
is AT HALF MAST
Judge Parker's Tribute to Memory of
One of His Humble Old
Friends.

Esopus. Sept. 21.-The flag at Rose
mount will be at halfmast as a ribute
to George Bedford, who had been flag
man for the West Shore roa here for
eight years. Bedford died suddenly to-
day. He was ADMIRED by Judge Pager.
who never went to the station without
paying a visit to the flagman.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-09-22
ORRO OF A
A Merciless Stage Reached in Siege OF
Port Artbu


Chefo0. Sept. 20.-AccOrding to Lieu
tenant Prince Radzivil, of the Russian
army. who reached here from Port Ar
thur bearing dispatches from Lieuten-
ant General Stoessel. the commander
in chief of the forces of the Russian
stronghold. to General kuropatkin, the
temper of the belligerents at Port Ar
thur has reached an absolutely merci-
less stage.
Prince Radzivil served with the Brit
sh in the Boer war, and he says that
until he became aware of the state of
affairs at Port Arthur he had no idea
that war could be sc horrible.
1t was set forth in these dispatches
some weeks 6 that suspicious were
entertained by both belligerents that
the other was misusing the Red cross
flag. These suspicious have been in
creased by the commission of various
acts by the soldiers of both armies, I'M
I'll now even flags of truce are not re-
spected by either side.
Armies Are Venomous.
The prince declares that the men Of
both armies are absolutely VenomouS
in their a~ntagonisnl. Lieutenant Cen
cral Stoessel has addressed his garri-
son saying that the present mood of
the Japanese indicates clearly the
necessity Of resisting them to the last
4 "'pF II tNu-Nl,Lll Dlcob, ptiEiAoE / tllC
japanese soldiers enter the fortress it
undoubtedly would be impossible for
i their officers to control them and pre-
vent a massacre. For this reason Lieu
4 tenant General Stocsscl is making no
4 objections to civilians leaving Port Ar
4 thur, When the 300 women who are
in Port Arthur engaged in hospital
work We're advised to leave they re
4 piled that they would rather face the
n n0SSiliItV of M GC1H 1a ttDN dpGnTt heir
I posts ''""
4 Princ9 Radziril. another Russian Of
4 tcer. two civilians and a woman, the
I wife of a Russian staff officer, left Port
1 Arthur the night of September 1G on
Z a junk and arrived here last night.
Prince Radzivii got into Port Arthur
I a fortnight ago. carrying dispatches
4 from General Kuropatkin to Lieuten-
an stoessel' When he landed in this
! lado, thn ~ no. lLibhe ni,i'Sell hi,oM II
/ yrnn5o1 o.N Ha.,c SiNeil' w. 1re ro'is-
4 cidentoIiT,. 'le nsSoGtateu Iicas "C-
! rTbn vs.. ulscoSeieu ms iuehtits'
I n,,,,, liiiice ana the olicer accof1-
d and n5n -, 1850 % uiepautte Sn
I we;qhino ~ ,n" ~ nuln :. Nt TCnoI
\ were suraasef,,l -, 90 $50 tho 49,
j lance ~ tha 7 snS"p'N7 ~ 80
4 Contin,,;nu W. ,,,;+b +bo
Il c~orresDcnden The n,inca soid.
The stories in circ,,Iation noncaroinn
4 the shortaee of nrnyisinno 81 port Az
thur are NOT tr,e T'hora is on ,hnn-
I dance cc no. snue. mere IS an aoGno
and small rms and plenty of pre-
served TODD.
\ | lelt General Stoessel in the best
4 n y spirits. He is encouraged by the
I not example set by the wounded
/ SSnn, o. whom 5000 out of the original
"A wv III nOSlltalC. hnS-n rnI,Jr11hI fn fine
,rrI
mere has been no fighting since
;met miper l with the exception of out
%rbo AII.anses
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-09-22
WIDOW is ARRESTED.
\ccused of Completely in the Murder Of
Her Late Wealthy Hus-
band.

Helena, Mont, Sept. ia sensation
was created at Glasgow by th> arrest of
the widow of the late John Mother, a
prominent ~sheepman, on the charge of be-
ing implicated in the death of her hus-
band. Mother, it is charged, was shot
~ an employee named Dye.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-09-22
RUSSIA FROWNS ON 1T.
Mil Not Be Represented at Coronation
of King Who Owes Crown to
Assassian's Deed.

Belgrade, Sept. 21.-All the powers
have instructed their ministers here
to attend the coronation of King Peter
except Russia, whose action has caused
a sensation.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-09-22

~Iroquois Theater to Be Reopened.
Chicago, Sept. 17.-Acting Building
Commissioner Stanhope today APP
proved an application for a license to
conduct a theater in the building for
merly occupied by the Iroquois the
alter.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-09-22
rira in Cincinnati Aotcl.

Cincinnati. o., Sept 17:nIhe hllstol
hotel was damaged S2o'ouV pS IT. W
nay LAY, We're reused from sleep, but all
escaped.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-09-22
THEY DIED TOGETHER.
Man and Woman Commit Suicide b
Asphyxiation Because the World
w-e Canal f

York, Pa, Sept. 19.-Michael Schall, head
of the keystone Foundry and Machine
company OF this city, and Miss Nettie
were found dead in the latSer's
apartments today. Three gas jets in the
room were turned on and the apartment
was full of gas. Both wrote notes in
which they complained OF the cruel world,
sat down and Without removing their
clothing turned on the gas. They were
well connected socially.