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At the Gate.

st. Peter got out his book Of ready
reference and, running his thumb down
along the index, said: HIN. let me see.
You said your name was Blimpers,
didn't you?"
Yes, SIR" answered the applicant
for admission. John ]. Blimpers."
"Ah, here you are. John ]. Blimpers
of Grabopolis. Yes. Well, we'll, well!
see you've kept the recording angel
pretty busy. Gracious, what record!
Why, you can't come in here. You
ought to have known that without ask
ing. Just look at this. Here 1t Is re-
corded that you have lied and schemed
and plotted for the purpose Of keeping
horse thieves. counterfeiters and mur-
derers from being brought to justice.
You made II possible for railroad
company to get out OF paying DANA
ges for killing a child, though the little
ones death was due to open violation
OF the law by the corporation. Through
your connivance a wicked man got a
divorce on the ground that his wife
loved another, although the woman,
whose reputation you blasted. was In
nocent. You are charged here with
having prevented bribers from going
to prison. and worst Of all, 1t appears
that you helped a greedy man to con-
coct a scheme whereby he was able to
build up an immense fortune by op-
pressing other people and robbing them
Of their Gods given rights. There, you
can read it for yourself. Why, l could
not think Of letting you-"
But, II the court please. =
"oh," st. Peter exclaimed, bowling
humbly, "I beg your pardon. Come
right in. Why didn't you tell me at
the start that you did it professional
ly?"-Chicago Record.
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them like asking bribes; but they must,
of course, obey instructions. And SO
in Pekin railway and mining conces-
sions are granted to avoid menaces;
and in Constantinople loans are grant
ed, and in Morocco loans will be grant
ed on condition that the money shall be
spent in buying goods, usually cannon
from the countries giving the accom-
mediation. 1t Is the plan Of the old
money lenders, who made their Gus
toners take part of their loans In pic
lures or bad champagne.-London
Spectator.
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A LACK OF FIRMNEss.-A very mat
ter of fact Scotchman called to see
neighbor, an old Irish woman, who had
been ailing for some time, when the
following conversation took place at the
door:
And how do you find yourself today
Bridget" ,
Sure, your honor, I'm mighty bad
This shocking weather'll be the end OF
me. I'll be a dead woman before long
"Hoots, toots, woman! Ye've been
saying that for the last twenty years!
ri tell We what It Is -ye want firm
ness O. mind Fin a day for yer dee
ing and stick tae it,"
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GASTON.

Gastonia Gazette, July 81: A per-
spring company of spectators stream
ed into the city hall Tuesday
to witness the hearing of Archie Med
lin for obtaining a little sorrel mare
from Mr.. Lee Wilson's stables in Dallas
last Sunday by false pretense and then
for cruelty to animals in driving her
to death. Esquire S. S. Morris had
given notice in open court the day be-
fore in setting that trial for Tuesday
afternoon that there was to be a base
ball game later H. the afternoon and
that the parties to the trial and any
others who felt interested had better
be on time. The folks were there-all
good people. nice people. warm people.
Mr.. A. c. Mangum conducted the pros
ecution. Messrs. G.. w. Wilson and A.
l.. Bulwinkle represented the defense.
At the conclusion Of the argument the
court discharged the prisoner on the
count of cruelty, but bound him over
to court on the accusation OF having
obtained the hors% by false pretense.
1t seemed difficult TO establish clearly
by the evidence the contention that the
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No. 113, DaiIy-KinsviIle to Blacks.
burs-First Class;

No. 1877. Daily except Sunday, Rock
Hill, s. c., to Marion, N. c.-Third
Glass.
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Tuesday, July rs, 1905.
SOUTHERN RAILWAY
SCHEDULES.
WESTBOUND TRAINS.

No. 1886, DaiIy-Roek Hill, 8. c., to
Marion, N. C-Flrst Class.
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Mistslaueuus Rsadias.
IN COUNTIES ADJOINING.
News and Comment Clipped From
Neishboring Exchanges.
CHEROKEE.

Gaffney Ledger, July 21: Cement Is
being laid upon the sidewalk in front
of Carroll & Byers' store and the
National Bank on Limestone street
and on a portion of Frederick street
. Tuesday morning in the mayors
court Clint Robhs, colored. was tried
for transporting liquor. His guilt was
proved and he was fined ten dollars
with the usual alternative Of its equal
in labor on the chaingang. The fine
was paid. There was no case on
docket yesterday morning.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-09-28
JEWS DENOUNCE RUSSIA
Chicago Police Called to QueII the Dis
t%urbance,

Chicago, Sept. 27.-The police were
called to quell a riot last night in the
Russian synagogue, Clayton and Judd
streets, where Adolph Kraus was adj
dressing a Jewish meeting. Several
persons received slight wounds and ten
men and women were arrested. Mr..
Kraus was giving an account Of his
interview with M. White, the Russian
envoy at Portsmouth, at which he
asked for justice for the Jews through
Mr.. Whites good offices.
w may trust the word Of MI. White
that he will do all in his power to
ameliorate the sufferings Of the Jews"
Mr.. Kraus was saying, when suddenly
a member Of a Jewish society sprang to
his feet.
DO you trust a Russian politicians"
he shouted.
Before Mr.. Kraus had time to enswer
there were shouts from several hum
dred men and women in the audience,
Down with Witte!!" Down with ty-
rarny!' came the shouts. While the
excitement was at its height the doors
Of the synagogue were locked and
someone t%elephoned for the police. In
a few minutes several patrol wagons
filled with officers were on hand. The
leaders were arrested and the meeting
was dispersed by officers with drawn
clubs.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-09-28
SURVIVES FIVE BULLETS
Victim of Robbers Shots Constitutes
an Exceptional Record in Surgery
Annals,

New York, Sept. 27.-After remova
of five 3S-caliber bullets from his body,
Joseph Guidivinski, a railroad detec-
tive, who was shot August IS in a bat
tie with a freight thief, was pro-
inounced yesterday to be on the road to
recovery. The detective, according to
the Fordham hospital surgeon, pre-
sents one of the most remarkable cases
of physical endurance that has ever
come under their care.
After his battle with the thief, Guild
Iivinski was believed to be dead. but
,he was driven three miles to Fordham,
where it was found he had been shot
over the right eye, while another bull
Jet had entered his forehead near the
left temple, two had lodged in the abb
'domen, and a fifth struck the left
thigh, piercing the bone. He revived
and was Immediately put or the oper-
,ating table.
After three hours of work the two
bullets were removed from his head.
Two weeks later an attempt was made
to reach the bullets in his abdomen.
One had lodged in the wall Of the
stomach but the other was in the
spleen. This necessitated a long and
extremely difficult operation. Two
minor operations followed and the last
piece Of lead vas removed yesterday.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-09-28
BUTTE HAS A
sl,0OO,O0O FIRE:
Montana City Has a Narrow
Escape From a Worse
Conflagration.
HEROIC WORK
Entire Department. of Silver Bow coun.
ty Did Valiant Work in Prevent
ing the Blaze from Spreading
and Destroying City.

Butte, Mont, Sept. 26.-Fire causing
q loss estimated at about s1,000,00
entire bust
ness of Butte, lying between the Sho-
dair block and Renshaw alley, on the
south side Of West Park street, and
half destroyed the public library.
The fire call was turned in at $40
o'clock. At noon the four-story Symons
store was q mass of flames, and The
public library and other places We're
burning simultaneously. AT 1 o'clock
Mayor MacGinniss announced the fire
under control. Had the blaze crossed
Main street into the old buildings on
the north side Of Park street, or had
1t not been checked at the Renshaw
building Butte would have suffered
today from a $5,000,00 fire.
A cigar company occupied part of
the ground floor and basement of the
big Symons Dry Goods company's
building. At nj the men realized
that to keep the fire confined to the
basement and away from the elevator
shaft was the only hope of saving the
block.
The men could not enter the seat Of
the flames, but several went through
the rear sidewalk windows and held
1.-THE hose as close as they could to the
origin Of the smoke. Finally, with a
favorable change in the wind, which
asp. l,ie sliioAe: pa 49, apo, ainy ~ the
III anar = n 80, d tpa No ~ -, IL
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Sc ~ ~. rt !, ean,as ~ No Pan.
$500 Da = hsoni 80 oa nrIa,, ~ ~. 1o.rl, MIA
shaW nan ana away 70 lhe arg Duiiu-
iis p... pa.Ena
80
from II O'Clock until Ioon ine sy-
mons puliulns burned Tree as d poillie,
ana the Hrefnen conllhea tnelr lapoIs "
saving adjoining property. Inc f.ei-
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-09-28
BOMB KILLS FOUR.
Missile Is Exploded in a Private Car
at the Pekin Railroad
Station.

Pekin, Sept. 26.-At the Pekin rail-
road station yesterday as a train car
rying one of the tour missions ordered
abroad to study foreign political meth
DDS was leaving a bomb was exploded
inside a private car, killing four minor
officials and w~ounding over twenty
other persons. The wounded include
Prince Tsai Tohe, who heads the de-
partment of missions, and WI Ting
fang, former minister to the United
States, both of Whom received slight
injuries.
The perpetrator Of the outrage, who
was in the car, was blown to pieces.
The affair has created a profound
sensation and causes apprehension re-
garding the safety of the members Of
the courts and leading agents of the
government. The government officials
and directors are strongly guarded.
The edict appointing the missions
mentioned in the foregoing dispatch
was issued July 16. A dispatch from
Pekin August % said that the missions
were appointed to study foreign sys-
tens Of government.
Chinese Minister Is Mortified.
Washington, Sept. 25.-When the
dispatch containing an account of the
explosion of a bomb in a private car
was shown to Sir Chen Tung LANG
Cheng, the Chinese minister, here, he
expressed his horror over the occur
renee.
The minister said:
There are two parties in China
the new reform party n the party
that yOu4call anarchists in this cOun-
try. The leaders of the latter.are usu-
ally devoid Of any principles, whether
of government or anything else"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-09-28
BAKU RIOTERS r
Representatives Of Both Races Meek
and Come TO Agreement.

ana Some 10 agreement
Baku, Sept. PA conference of rep
resentatives of the Armenians and Tar
tars under the presidency of Prince
Louis Napoleon, governor general Of
the Caucasus, has just been concluded,
during which the principal conditions
Of an entente were agreed upon. The
conference decided to summon a gem
eral congress-, representing the inhab-
itants Of the Caucasus, to meet in Octo-
Der for the purpose of considering the
causes of the enmity existing between
h eTartars n the Armenians, resolved
to urge on the government the neces-.
sity for the adopation of prompt meas
ures to insure the safety OF life and
property, and arranged that Arme-
mans and Tartars shall become mu-
tually responsible for all material dam
age in the event of massacre or pillage
by either side until January, 1907. Ten
Armenians and ten Mussulmans, all
very wealthy, undertook to guarantee
the strict observance of the agreement.
The conference also resolved to or
ganize an arbitration court to consist
Of five Armenians and five Tartars,
who will draft the details of the agree
ment, etc. The program will become
effective November IA.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-09-28
KANSAS BANK FAILS.
1t Was Caught for $4,000 by the Fail
ure of Salmon & Salmon of
Clinton, Mo.

Kansas City, sejt. 27.-The Kansas
City State bank, Wiley Q. Cox, presi-
dent, failed to open it's doors today,
having gone into voluntary liquidation.
The bank had loaned $16S, 900 to the
bank of Salmon & Salmon, of Clinton,
Mo-, which failed last July, catching
depositors for several hundred thousand
dollars.
The Kansas City State bank was
organized in 1888 and had a capital of
100000. The last statement showed
loans of $4,000, 900; deposits of S 4 ,750,-
600, and a surplus of $14 900.
The Kansas City State bSnk holds
$567,00 of the city's money.
The following note vas posted on the
door today:
This ban has gone into voluntary
liquidation through the Fidelity Trust
company. Checks drawn against the
bank will be paid upon presentation"
The Fidelity Trust company, which
is capitalized at $1,000, 900, is considered
one of the strongest institutions in the
southwest.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-09-28
REAR END COLLISION.
Bad Wreck on Pennsylvania Road at
Paoli and Five Persons Are
Killed.

Philadelphia. Pa, Sept. 27.-A rearend
collision Yesterday the east
bound NewYYork limited express from
st. Louis and a local passenger train
which was standing at the Paoli sta
stion of the PENNSYLVANIA railroad mines
teen miles west of this city resulted In
1.-THE death of five men and the injury
Iof more than twenty others. The dead
Iare:
FRANK A. BRAsLoW, OF Haver-
ford, general agent of the Safety Car
Heating and Lighting company.
GEORGE NJ. PENNYPACKER, OF
philadelphia.
S. S. WALTON, of Altoona, Pa.
RICHARD Y. GARLAND, Of Mar
beth.
CARL DUNHAUER, of philadelphia.
Among the injured are the follow
ing:
Miss E. X. Spangler, Merchantville.
N. j., back hurt.
G. Milenbe, of st. Louis, back in
jured.
John Ford, dining car cook, back in
jured.
Mrs. Lamote, of st. Louis, ear cut
and shock.
c. o. Denoist. ~S-year-old boy, of st.
Louis, back hurt.
d. E. Bolt, Dahlon, O., head cut.
F. A. Flaline, dining car conductor,
head injured.
D. M. Perrine, Philadelphia, master
mechanic in railroad shop, two ribs
broken and arm hurt.
NJ. F. Elliott, Philadelphia, face cut
and arm broken.
All those who M death were in
the private car Of General Manager
Atterbury, which was attached to the
rear of the local train. Mr.. Atterbury
is on his vacation in Maine.
In the car at the time of the col
lision were about a dozen men who
had been engaged in overhauling the
car. Those who We're not killed We're
injured. The force of the collision was
SO great that the engine of the limited
plowed ten feet into the car and the
latter was forced half way through the
day coach ahead.
At the time of the accident there
We're less than half a dozen passen-
gers on the train, Who We're in the
forward cars.
The engineer and fireman of the col
liding train We're not hurt, but a mum
Der of passengers were injured.
The injured were placed in the for
ward car of the local train, which was
run to the city. 1t stopped at Bryn
Mawr, where a half dozen injured We're
taken to the Bryn Mawr hospital, and
the others We're brought here.
Four OF those who lost their lives
were killed almost instantly. The fifth
man, Richard Garland, died in the Uni-
Versity hospital in this city.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-09-28
BRUTAL ACT OF A MOB
Savage Act of a Mob at WiIliamstown
West VIRGINIA..

Williamstown, w. va, Sept. 81
Breaking II the city Jail yesterday,
an armed and masked mob of white
Ribboners" took out Moses Loverin, a
James B~utscher. Taking Loverin and
Thomas Blackburn, the only other pris-
oner, across the river in a boat, upon
landing the. mob whipped and stoned
Loverin until he was practically dead.
Both prisoners were returned to Jail.
Loverin will die.
Blackburn gave the names of eight
men in the mob, and Prosecuting At
torney Sheppard has issued warrants
for them.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-09-28
MORTON REGRETS I.l
Butte Says the Equitable Wi Havs
70 Continue ii the Restaurant

New York, Sept. Y.--Pau Morton
nresidettAnfAthes Enllitah
ance society, made the following state
mentgtoday:
There is nothing new or sensational
about Cafe Sayarin. There has been
no change in its relation to the Equit-
able which now owns and operates IT.
d. not like the idea OF the society
being In the restaurant business, butt
Isl condition that I found and we Will
have to continue in the business Until
4 can make other arrangements. 1t will
he my effort to get the society of of the
business, although. In lieu of rent, Cafe
Its Which approximate whatssthe rent
ought to be. No officer, director orsem-
ploye OF this society Is interested In any
way in the profits of.the cafe
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-09-28
BLACK HAND" CRIME.
Young Girl Is Ciubbed to Death in Her
Own Home by an Agent of the
Bandit Society,

New York, Sept. 2I.--Irene Grossman,
aged 16, was found clubbed into in
,sensibility in a hallway at her home,
early today. Her attack was the Gull
animation of a series of nightly entries
in the Grossman residence, which were
intended to enforce. by BLACK Hand"
methods, payments of money for i'm
munity from attack.
Beginning Friday night. the negro
visited the house nightly, appearing
only to Miss Grossman, and escaping
when frightened by her screams. De-
spite a lookout set for him by the fam
lily, he succeeded today in reaching the
girl before she lac a chance to give
warning.
The police found two pictures in the
.Grossman home with their faces turned,
to the wall with notes demanding
money written on the backs.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-09-28
WHITE REACHES BERLIN
Russian Envoy Has Reached German
Capital-Wili Interview EMPEROR.

Berlin, Sept. PIN. White, accom-
panied by his daughter, Nine. Narych-
kline, wife Of the secretary Of the Rus
sian legation at Brussels, arrived at the
Potsdam railway station shortly after
6 o'clock last evening and was received
by the staff of the Russian embassy.
He proceeded Immediately to the Hotel
bristol, Where he will reside until
Tuesday, e he goes to Rominten,
one or Emperor Williams hunting
seats, situated near the Russian from
tier, where he will have an audience
with his majesty. Large crowds as
sembled outside the Hotel Bristol in
the hope of seeing the Russian states
man. -<
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-09-28
FUSSING OVER CASTRO.
France Hopes the United States Viii!
Demand in Forcing Venezuela

has not received Venezuela's response
to instructions sent to NJ. Laigny,
French charge d'affaires at Caracas,
requiring Venezuela to disavow her
offensive action in refusing to carry on
relations with France through him and
therefore French action in the matter
is in allegiance pending receipt of a re-
ply.
The official view here strongly sup
ports concurrent action on the part of
United States and France It is said
10 direct propositions for joint action
have vet been formulated.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-09-28
JAPs ARREST TWO EDITORS.

Toxic, Sept. 29.-Fololwing the dras-
tic domicilary visits of the prosecutor
and judges of the preliminary court yes
terday to the office of the newspaper
Niroku, residences Of it's editors and
other places, twenty-five arrests have
been made. Among those arrested are
two persons closely connected with the
Niroku. Others are mostly workmen.
1t is believed the charge on which the
arrests were made is that Of Lnstigatinx
the recent riots.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-09-28
FOURTEEN ARE KILLED.
Fireworks Plant in Brooklyn Blows Up,
Resulting in Some Startling

New York, Sept. 27.-More than a
dozen persons are reported injured in.
an explosion in fireworks factory at the
Green Point section of Brooklyn late
today. Some of them are believed to-
be fatally hurt.
Fourteen persons We're later reported
killed in the exposition. Two bodies
were already removed and four injured
had been taken to the hospital.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-09-28
SHERIFF SAVES OWN WIFE
Members of Mis- Own Race Compose
Mob That Pursues NEGRO AssaiIant

st. Louis, Sept. ga negro attempted
to assault the wife of Deputy Sheriff A. J..
Shores at Clayton last night and was shot
by Shores and badly wounded. The shoot
ing attracted a mob of negroes from the
congregation of a colored' church who at
tempted to lynch the negro, Robert Tay-
lor, but were prevented and Taylor was
safely landed in Jail.
Deputy Sheriff Shores la alighted from
a street car, and hearing a woman scream
and seeing a, negro running, he fired and
the negro fell.
Later he discovered it was his own wife
whom the negro had seized as she was
on her way home from a neighborhood Wis
it. He found her in a faint lying upon
the sidewalk.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-09-28
TALE Anglers MR.. PLATT
Denies That He Is Seriously Ill or Has
Been, or Will Retire.

DenIes That RE Is Seriously Ill or Has
Been, or Will Retire.
Kansas City, Mo, Sept. 27.-United
State Senator Thomas c. Platt, of New
York, arrived in this city yesterday
afternoon from Denver over the Rock
Island railroad in his private car
Courier, and he left over the same road
for the east at $50 o'clock last night.
Senator P!att denied that he was SER
iously ill or had been, and denounced
in vigorous language the reports which
have been circulated about his health.
Notwithstanding his denial the senator
appeared quite feeble, and he was
wheeled about in his car in an invalid's
chair.
Senator Plat also denied tina he has
any intention of retiring from politics..
lie said that future developments
would prove that he will continue to be
a factor in New York and national
politics.
The senator said that he would visit
President Roosevelt at Oyster Bay on
his way east.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-09-28
CLAIMS WEALTHY VICTIM
Son of President Of New Orleans Board
of Trade is Dead of Yellow
Eeuer

New Orleans, Sept. 23.-New cases
yellow fever today, 13; deaths, 2.
Among the deaths today was Alex
ander H. kohnke, son of President
Kohnke of the New Orleans board of
trade.
In spite of the fever records show
that the death rate in New Orleans for
August this year is about the same as
last.
Pensacola, Fla. Sept. 23.-Six . new
cases of yellow fever are reported here
today.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-09-28
vLADvIsTOCK BOOMING,
Eastern Seaport Of Russia is Exper-
fencing an Unparalleled Busi-
ness Revival.

y~ladivostok, Sept. 27.-Old tim u
mess activity Of this city has been
rapidly returning since the proclama-s
ton of peace. Inhabitants who left.
during the troublous times are return-
ing, commercial and Industrial life is
returning and foreign steamers With
freight are already arriving. Municipal
authorities have received injuries
from thirty American firms concerning
the requirement Of business quarters
at V~ladivostok. Japanese firms are al
so coming in.