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The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-10-12
|LAWsON's NEW SCHEME
Boston Man Plans Combination Against
Insurance Companies to Force
Them to Disgorge.

Boston, Oct. ia telegram received
by Governor Folk of Missouri from
Thomas Lawson of Boston was sent
by MI. Lawson in Connection with a
movement to form a committee includ-
ing the governors of several states and
other persons of prominence to secure
restitution of funds alleged to a V
been wrongfully used by large insur-
ance company officials and the punish
ment of those guilty of criminal action
IN connection Herewith. Mr.. LaWSon'S
telegram follows:
will you, with other governors and
strongest representative men of the
country, serve on a policy holders pro-
tective committee of the Equitable
New York Life and Mutual companies?
Committee unfettere5 except if it is
to take possession of the New York
and Mutual and select directors and
| controllers, who shall be pledged to OBJ
tain full restitution n full punish
ment of wrongdoers; also obtain res
%titution and punishment of Equitable
wrongdoers. No expense to commit
tee nor need committee travel. Com
mittee to represent no faction and OBJ
ligated to no one except policy hold
ers. 1t has been decided o should
represent your section in this sacred
duty. Kindly wire answer at my eX-
pense. This is vital. You will not be
bound until other members names are
submitted to you"
The telegram was sent yesterday. Mr..
Lawson today declined to discuss the
proposition. He sale that the telegram
outlined the plan sufficiently for pres
ent purposes. He also declined to make
known the names of the persons TO
whom the telegram had been directed,
although he said that many governors
as we'll as leading civilians We're among
those addressed. 1t was his purpose,
he said, as soon as possible to an
nounce the names of those who had
accepted the invitation to act upon the
protective committee. AS 500 as the
personnel of the committee was de-
cided, he said, organization would be
effected and q definite plan of action
adopted.
Governor johnson Accepts.
ST. Paul, Mimi, Oct. 9.-Governor
johnson said concerning his answer to
the Lawson letter:
81 am more than willing to aid Mr..
Lawson in any reform of which he
is the head for I believe he is in earn
est"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-10-12
TO GUST NEW YORK LIFE
Missouri Will Do So Unless Manage
ment Is Changed and Campaign
Fund Is Replaced.

Jefferson City, Mo, Oct. 10.-Stata Su-
p~erintendent of Insurance Vandiyor to-
day sent a communication to John a.
Mccall of the New York Life Insurance
company, demanding that the $14S,70
campaign fund contribution be re-
placed in the treasury of the company
under penalty of revocation of hi
company's license to transact business
in Missouri for failure to comply with
the demand.
In the communication Vardiver also
informs Mccall that the insurance de-
partment of Missouri will insist on a
new president and vice president and q
financial committee for the New York
Life just as soon as the directors can
possibly effect a reorganization.
Looks Like Campaign Money.
Charles A. Prellah, auditor Of the Mu-
tual Life Insurance company, testified
mittee that he knew nothing about
three entries of $25. 900 each which APP
peared in that company's account of
advertising and printing, stationery and
postage for 1904. They were all paid to
Robert ELEPHANT, chairman of tho COM
mittee of expenditures of the Mutual
Life Insurance company. and the last
the day after the presidential election.
Mr.. Prellah said he had no idea what
the payments were for.
PolicyhoIders Aroused.
The Tribune today says: I'm view
of recent legislative insurance COM
mittee disclosures, policyholders of the
Mutual Life Insurance company rave
started a movement to evoke proxies
authorizing some one to vote in a poll
icyholder's stead. A well known Broad
way lawer is at the head Of the move-
r,nytb
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-10-12
PROBE MURDER MYSTERY
Efforts of Grand Jury to Probe Into
Mystery Aided by Friends of
Edward Gressor.

Des Moines, Ia, Oct. 1.-THE grand
jury began this morning taking evil
dence in the Gressor case, II startling
developments are expected as the out
come of it's Investigations.
Friends of Edward Gressor have be-
come busy and worked assiduously yes
terday on the case. A number of new
witnesses have been found, who will be
brought before the grand jury today.
1t is not improbable that an arreS> in
connection with the case will be made
in q short time.
One of the most interesting witnesses
will be Clint Bayles, the Highland Park
street car man who, w. L. Carter says,
accompanied him to Gressor's house OF
Wednesday, but who could not be To-
Gated Saturday to testify before the
coroner's jury.
The work of the coroner's jury d.
vulged nothing that might lead to a
definite suspicion in any direction, or
might serve to connect anyone with the
crime in sufficient degree to warrant
an address, but the certainty that
Gressor's death was due to murder.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-10-12
ROOSEVELT IS PLEASED
Massachusetts, cenocratic Convention
Also seizes Opportunity to ne
mand Some Reforms


Boston, Oct, 10-T.The democratic statA,
convention assembled here today
! nominate a state ticket.
/ General Chas. W.. Bartlett of Boston
was nominated for governor.
The remainder of the ticket nomi-.
mated follows:
Lieutenant Governor-Henry NJ.
Whitney.
Secretary Of state-Henry 81. Little.
Treasurer@-P.aJ Ashe.
Auditor--DanieI j. Doherty.
Attorney General-Jolln ID. Leahy.
The platform. In substance, follows.
THE paramount issue time,
before the people of Massachusetts isl
relief from tariff restrictions. The eff
feet of this policy, forced upon the sdoTl-ii
inant republican party by the greedIof
great and selfish interests, has been TOT
cut massachusetts Off from its national
markets OF sale and purchase and to-
push the state toward the danger line(
of Industrial decline. It is knoWn I'M
trade reports, financial statements and
census returns that while the mdustriessi
of,the country as a whole have mates
rally increased in thespast decade,s.
those of this state have remained near-'
ly stationary. We believe that sensible
relief from these evils could be obtained
without disturbance to business by,
placing upon the free list a number Of
raw materials of our industries, such
as coal. iron, lumber, hides, wood pulp
Inc by immediate enactment of a dual
tariff law which, while having the pres
ent tariff as a maximum, would give
liberal reductions in duty rates to those
nations that Will accord to us favor
able trade opportunities.
The republican party, ruled by the
great interests which are fatteningil
on the spoils of protection, counselsl
delay. 1t will not touch for the pur-i
pose of change a single schedule In the
tariff law until compelled to act as a.
result of political defeat.
1--WE believe general laws should take,
tho place Of special laws in legislation
relating to public service corporations;
that I'LL corporations should be pro-
hibited from contributing money to be
used for political purposes, and that
as the tariff isGthe mother OF trusts,
these offspring5 should be deprived OF
excessive protection, by means OF
that In all attempts made to regulate
the business of the country through
the medium of national government
care should be taken to respect the
! rights of state governments and to.
prevent the creation Of bureaucratic
authorities capable, when located in.
distant capital and when working
riding the wishes and destroying the
liberty of the people.
We heartily commend the diplo-
matte courage. and Sagacity OF Roose-
welt in exertirfg the great influence of
his office to bring an end to the ter
rible and bloody war in the far east"
The platform favors mild or gradual
against supervision of insurance COM
Danies.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-10-12
SONS OF OLD ELI RIOT.
Several Yale Freshmen to BE Arrested
FOR Serious Franks.

New Haven, Conn, Oct. 11.-Several
freshmen of Yale university will be ar
rested, it is said, on the charge of a
breach of peace and disOrderly con
duct as the result of wild pranks which
they carried out in the vicinity Of
Pierson hall, the freshmen stronghold
fo. the college settlement. They
jumped on and ran trolley cars, drove
q policeman and frightened several
women almost into Mysteries. Blank
cartridges We're shot off, and buckets
and bundles of paper on fire were
thrown from rooms III the third and
fourth floors of Pierson hall on the
heads of pedestrians. For nearly two
hours they blocked York street and
allowed nothing but trolley cars to go
through it, and these on an irregular
schedule A squad of policemen finally
quelled the outbreak, but made no ar
rests,
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-10-12
MANY KILLED I'M RIOT.
Riotine at Moscow Saturday and Sum
day of a Bloody and Desperate

&EE
Moscow. Oct. 11.-order was restored
at II last night. 1t is officially n
nounced hat among the wounded are
five Cossacks n four ~gendarlnes and
a number of policemen.
st. Petersburg, Oct. 11.-General Ire
poff has been Informed by telephone
from MOSCOW that no serious disorders
occurred there last night. The situa-
ton is slightly more reassuring this
morning.
The strike is spreading, however, and
the authorities are evidently very APP
p~rehensive. They are hopeful that st.
Petersburg will not be affected.
One of the serious developments at
Moscow today was the attempt to in
terrupt railroad communication. Rails
We're tempered with a short distance
from Moscow, causing derailment of a
train, but there were no casualties.
The ministery of the interior admits
that three Cossack policemen We're
killed yesterday, but has no confirma-
ton of the report that eight bakers
were killed.
Deliberate Plot at Tiflis.
Throwing of bombs at troops / n
Tifis yesterday evening, which resulted
in soldiers firing on the people, APP
pears to have been the outcome of a
deliberately organized plot. Ten bombs
were thrown SIMULTANEOUSLY III lle VI
entity of three barracks in widely sep
arated quarters Of the city. Shots We're
also fired at soldiers as they rushed
out of the barracks, but the loss of life
was confined to M Cossack n one
bomb thrower, in addition to twenty
persons wounded.
Reports Serious Slaughter.
London, Oct. Especial dispatches to
the London newspaper describe the des-
perate state of affairs at Moscow Sat
urday and Sunday. Many persons were
killer or wounded in the rioting on the
Tversky boulevard at the site of the
monument to the poet Alexander Push
kin and in the great square fronting
the monastery, where the troops used
sabers and rifles, firing point blank into
the rioters. The authorities have issued
a proclamation giving the police abso-
Lutte power to prevent assemblages.
Many Killed at Tiflis.
Tinis, Oct. 9.-Several bombs We're
thrown at the Cossacks last evening.
The troops fired and a general panic
ensued. Many persons were killed or
,y-o,,,l1I
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-10-12
HUGHES DECLINES IT.
Too Busy Exposing Insurance Graft to
Accept Republican Nomination
for Mayor,

New York, Oct. 11.-Chas. H. Hughes,
counsel for the insurance Investigating
committee, today declined the republic
can nomination for mayor. In stat
ing his grounds for refusing the nomi-
nation Hughes said:
I'm this dilemma I have simply to do
my duty as I see it. In my judgment
I have no right to accept the nomina-
ton. Paramount public duty forbids it.
1T is not necessary to enlarge upon
the Importance of the insurance inves-
tigation. 1t is dealing with questions
vital to the interests of millions of our
fellow citizens throughout the land. 1t
presents an opportunity for public serv-
ice second to non and involves corela-
tive responsibility. This work COM
mands all my energies. It is ilnpera-
tive that / continue in it."
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-10-12
RAMSEY STILL FIGHTS
Deposed Head of the Wabashais Pre-
pairing for a Crucial Contest
at Toledo.

Toledo, o., Oct. 1O-The Gould-Ram.
sey contest for control of the Wabash
at the annual meeting of the %directorsl
here next Tuesday broke u today in,
the application made to the common,
pleas court by Ramsey for appoint
ment of inspectors OF election at next
weeks meeting. The Ohio law pro-!
vides for inspectors that the interests
of stockholders of corporations may be
guarded. The court will appoint in-f
spectors If Ramsey can prove that hel
represents 10 per cent. Of the stock
holders. and he has until Monday to;
furnish such proofs.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-10-12
IN MALE GARB 40 YEARS
~Octoeenarian Patient in Trinidad Hos
pitai Found to Be Feminine.

Trinidad. Colo, Oct. 11.-At San Raphae.
hospital a patient, 81 years old, who had
entered under the name of Charles T.
Baubaugh, was found to be a omar For
over forty years she has been 4 bank
cashier and sheep hcrdcr, always wearing
male attire. DR.. T. j. Forham, COUNT
physician, feared that she had been born
In Marseilles, France, aud came to Amer
lea when 2S. Being unable to obtain en-
~ploynent, she changed her dress. and for
eight just years preceding the civil war was
i bank cashier at Hannibal. Mo. Since then
she has been a sheep herdcr. She became
4 county charge and was sent to the hos
pital against her will.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-10-12
KUROKl MARCH POPULAR
Cleveland Girl Composer Receives Let.
ter STATING That Effort Is Liked.

Cleveland, O., Oct. 11.-Miss May
Curry some months g wrote a march
which she called "kuroki,' and mailed
a copy to the Japanese general. He
wrote her a letter expressing his
thanks.
Today Miss Curry received a letter
from Captain T. Okada Of the Japa-
nese first army In Manchuria, who is
aid to- General Kuroki. 1t avs
Dear Miss Curry: 1 have the pleas
ure of informing o that your Kuroki
march now is being played by the Jap
anese band belonging to General ku-
roki's headquarters and is liked by all
the officers
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-10-12
GOULD BEATS RAMSEY
Latter's Suit in the St. Louis Courts
for an Injunction Is Turned
Down.

st. Louis, Mo-, Oct. 11-Circuit Judge
Taylor today denied the application Of
Joseph Ramsey, jr., for an injunction
to restrain the Missouri Pacific and
Iron Mountain roads from voting Wa
bash stock held by him in the annual
Wabash election at Toledo tomorrow.
The decision is regarded as a most i'm
portant victory for the Gould interests.
Ramsey Still Hopeful.
Toledo, o., Oct. 9-When Joseph Ram
sey, jr., received the first information
Of the denial of his application for an
injunction, which means practically
140,O 900 votes against him in tomorrow's
election, he, said:
"Of course, this thing is not in any
way decisive. 1t merely disposes of
one trick in the game"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-10-12
HUNGER CAUSES CRIME.
Police Contribute Fund for Man Ar
rested in St. Louis.

St. Louis, Oct. 11-Harassed by hun
ger, too proud to beg and unable to
Of an E~piscopalian minister and a
graduate of Elton. was arrested on the
charge of s%natching Il purse from a
m while walking along the street.
and spent y night in Jail. He told the
police he was driven to steal the purse
because of the l.angS of hunger suffered
by his wife and himself. His wife
was Miss Eta Mcnacy, u nurse i'll IL
hospital near Detroit. II they We're
married sixteen months ago. The po-
lice investigated and found AIRS. Iiarn-
iltOn almost starved. Convinced Of the
truthfulness of HalniltOn's story the
police officers contributed Il sum of
money to him and set him free.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-10-12
NEARLY 1000
Result of the Typhoon in the Yangtse
River Country.

Victoria, b. c., Oct. 1.-THE steamer
Tartar brought news from Shanghai
that the loss of life among natives of
the islands at the mouth of the Yang
tse river as a result of the typhOon on
September 5 was tremendous. h
North China Daily News, of Shanghai,
says:
ITO the east Of ~Tamagwing two is
lands, one called YaWoshWa, the other
S~hoihonhs, about twenty miles from
Woo Sun, have suffered much from the
typhoon, nearly all the inhabitants
having been swept away, and the is
lands have only been inhabited for a
short time, comparatively speaking, as
they are of recent formation and are
not much above the high water mark.
1t is said that nearly 1000 people have
been drowned on these two islands and
the smaller island adjacent. Tamag-
wing itself has not suffered much for
the big wall above the high water mark
has protected it.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-10-12
MURDERED BY A PUSH.
Encounter in Boston Causes Arrest oil
a Councilman.

Boston, Oct. 11.-Daniel J. Donnelly,
a member of the Boston city council
and formerly IL member of the legisla-
ture, was arrested today on a charge
of m~anslaughter. 1t is alleged that
Patrick J. Grinley, a laborer, met his
death as the result of IN encounter
with DOnnelly.
A witness who saw the affair says
that Grinley was disorderly, and that
when he approached Donnelly the
councilman pushed him, Grinley falling
heavily and sustaining injuries to the
head which caused death a few minutes
later ..
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-10-12
HE U HIS WIFE.

Cincinnati. O., Oct. a.-Lorenzo Ha-
mer died i'll his city, and his wife,
Mrs. Bertha Hamer, vas placed under
arrest pending the outcome of a COM
plete analysis of her husbands stom-
ach. traces of poisoning having been
found by the coroner. Hamer had been
i'll for several days and had accuse his
wife Of attempting to poison him.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-10-12
MURDERED A

Annleton. Wis, Oct. 9.-Thirteen-
year-old Bernard Supinis voluntarily
appeared in court today and pleaded
guilty to killing Frank Murzdek. a play
mate. While struggling for possession
of an old pistol, Murzdek was shot
through the heart by Supinis, who hid
the body i'll some bushes. The boy was
sentenced to the reform school.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-10-12
OTHERS ARE BUTTlNG IN
Senator Armstrong Dislikes Attitude OF
Other States on Insurance
Matters.

Rochester, N. Y, Oct. 11.-Senator
Armstrong, chairman of the insurance
investigating committee, left for New
York last night ON insurance matters.
Before leaving he said:
Il regret very much to see other
states apply drastic remedies in adj
vance of action in this state. Our COM
mittee was appointed to investigate
conditions in insurance business and
propose remedial legislation. | sim
cerely hope other states will wait until
we have opportunity to complete our
work
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-10-12
AUTOMOBILE WRECK.
One Killed, One Fatally Injured and
Two Badly Bruised.

Athen. Mich, Oct. 11-Walter Palmer,
Of Athens. waS instantly killed, Chauf-
feur Blake, of Kalamazoo, was fatally
injured. and Mrs. Walter Palmer and
her daughter Frances were badly
bruised in an automobile accident two
and a half miles west of this village.
The automobile which vas travelling at
a good speed. swerved out of the road
into a marsh and capsized. Mrs. Pal
mer and her daughter are not danger
ously hurt,
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-10-12
BURGLARY CHARGE.
Fort Dodge Prominent Business Man
Is Under Arrest for Long Line
of Robberies,

Fort Dodge. Ia, Oct. IF. r. Strong,
a prominent business man and member
of tie Fifty-siXth band, was arrested
charged with a long series of burglaries
here. a large amount of the stolen
goods was found in his house.. H
was caught by his shipping a stolen
shotgun in a trombone ease by express
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-10-12
SHOOTS GIRL AND SELF
Rejection of Fred Feerer of St. Joseph,
Mich. Br;nus Double Traaedy.

St. Joseph, Mich, Oct. 1.-Bccause she
refused to marry him, Fred Fecrer shot
and mortally wounded Miss Viola j. Ions
dale, a telephone operator, and then fired
a bullet through his own heart. dying in
stantly. The shooting took place in Miss
Lonsdale's room, to which Fecrer had Sc
cured admission by representing that he
had an important message that must be
delivered Immediately. Miss Lonsdale is a
naive of Baityville, Ky. Fccrcr came
from Elkhart. Ind.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-10-12
ONLY GOT SIS, 600.
of the Principals in the Graft Is
Placed on Trial at PhiIa-
IeIpbia

Philadelphia, Oct. 11.-Arthur S. Fos-
ter was today placed on trial charged
1fith being 4 principal in the Storey
cotton company which is alleged to
sayo dcfraUded a large number Of
PERSONS throughout the country. Re-
cei%er Bradley, in his report to the
court. stated that during 0 u years Of
is existence, the Storey company OBJ
taiued from. the public over IS, 500. 900,
and there is yet due its customers
ncarl: So, 000. OGD. The assets of the com
Bauy were $50, 600.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-10-12
REVEALS A FOUL MURDER.
Southern Montana Is the Scene of
Crime That Has No Clue.

Helena, Mont, Oct. 10.-Because he
had not heard from his son, w. j.
Oliver, en- route overland from Canada
to his home, w. II. Oliver, a prominent
citizen Of southern Montana, came to
Helena and informed the police that
he believed his son had met with roul
play.
Investigation resulted in finding the
murdered body near Wolf creek last
night. His outfit has been burned
but the horses and a young French
man travelling with him We're missing.
1t is believed the latter committed the
crime.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-10-12
PECULIAR KIND OF MANIA
Fall from Horse Is Alleged to Have
Produced an Insane Desire to
4Embezzie.

Peoria. Oct. 10.-The grand jury will
make a partial report this afternoon in
which it is expected about $50 additional
indictments will be filed against N. C..
Dougherty, the defaulting school superin-
rendcnt. II is not thought he can give
bonds and he will probably be sent to jail.
1t is said on good authority D~ougherty
will put as a defense insanity caused by .
fall from a horse sone years ago.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-10-12
WOULD LYNCH THE MAN.
Charge Of Murder May Be Followed b
Serious Trouble at Trial.

oeFIouS ITOUbIc at ITIaT.
Appleton, Wis, Oct. 1O.-NVenZel +.
Kabat, of Green Bay, according to Dis
trict Attorney Krugmeier, will on Mon
day be charged with the murder of
Michael McCarty, Il Kaukauna farmer,
to gain possession of the latter's big
cStnie, and the burning of the body in
n brush fire to hide evidence of the
alleged deed.
The sheriff received warning today
thai farmers are organizing at kau-
kauna to lynch Kabat when he comes
70 town for Il hearing Monday.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-10-12
MYSTERY is ExPLopED.

Des Moines, Ia, Oct. 9.-The skull
found in a pawn shop last week was
left by City Physician Miller a few
weeks ago and forgotten by him.