The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-11-08
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Cory, Pa.-Mrs. Margaret Bush, o
Clymcr. N. Y, a sister of Horace Gree.
lley and only survivor of his immediate
family. is dead, aged SO.
Washington, o. C.-Among The APP.
plicants for cadetship in the revenu'
cutter service Wha have passed the re
CURED examination and will soon re-
ceive their appointments is Warner K
Thompson, of Ames, la.
Corning, O.-ITour men were killed
and two seriously injured in an acct
dent at mine No. ! at San Toy, thu
men being crushed in a mine cage an6
their bodies hurled to the bottom o
the shaft $50 feet below.
Manila--The story that a Japanes,
army officer "a been placed under
arrest here for sketching certain forti-
l1ications of Manila harbor was denied
by Major General Wood, commander
of the division of the Philippines.
Colon-The third anniversary of tn.
foundation of the Republic of Panama
continues to be celebrated here. There
is bull batting and other amusement
IN the morning and fireworks in the
evening. Splendid weather prevails.
Kansas City, Mo.-Colonel Henry
Steel Olcott, of Adyar, India, the presi,
dent and founder of the Theosophical
society, and coworker in her lifetime
of the late Helen p. Blavatsky, has
been seriously injured in a railway
wreck in Italy.
Atlantic City, NJ. J.-Coroner Gaskir
announced that experts in his employ
had decided that a loose rail caused
the accident on the Pennsylvania rail,
o at T~horougnfare draw last Sun
day, in which more than fifty person.
lost their lives.
Havana-Upon the recommendation
of Carlos Garcia y Velez, inspector OF
pubic institutions, San Lazaro hospi.
tai, in which there are several hun,
dred lepers. probably will be shortly
removed to IN island off the northern
coast of Matanzas province.
San Francisco-In the arrest of E
y. Dabnet, or John Cain, and John
Siemsen after they had robbed and as,
saulted Harry A. Behrend, a jeweler,
the police believe they nave captured
the men who We're implicated in the
recent "gas pipe" murders in this city,
Pittsburg, Pa.-Fire threatened the
destruction of the Carnegie institute,
valued at 5000, 900, and the most
beautiful structure of it's kind in Amer.
lea. The fire originated in the power
room in the basement from a defective
electric wire and was extinguished az.
ter damaging the building to the ex-
tent of $4,000.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES report a
more severe famine in the northern
part of Kiang Su province, central Chi.
ma. 1t is estimated hat 10000, 900 peo-
pie face starvation. Local magistrates
are preventing people from leaving the
region, but are taking no steps to pro-
vide them with food supplies. Serious
disorders are feared.
St. Petersburg-In spite of protest.
lodged by students, the rector and
council of the University of st. Peters
burg, the project of police has refused
to allow Jews who do not belong to
the university to attend the lectures
and has ordered them to b. expelled
from the capital on the ground thai
they nave not the right Of residence.
New Ycrk-Unsuccessful in their all.
legged attempts to blackmail Francesca
Messina, a prosperous tailor OF Brook
lyn, members of the BLACK hand So
ciety hurled a dynamite bomb against
the front door OF the tenement house
in which he lives and conducts his bus
mess, and caused damage of $4,000 to
the building and surrounding prop
erty.
londoT-The correspondent at Hong
Kong of the Tribune cables that the
steam launch Fienam has been seized
by pirates on the West river. The pas.
sengers and crew OF tho launch vera
robbed and the pirates then raided sew
aral Chinese launches and engaged i IA
a running fight with an armed launch
pf the salt commissioners. They finally
escaped with a booty Of $4,000.
chicago-"The last year has been
of the happiest in the history oil
our organization" declared General
Ballington Booth, head of the vo1un-
teers OF America. During the year we
have cared for 1896 women in our
home of mercy; officers and workers
assisted 27,577 families; 2S0,S12
were lodged in homes for
working men and women, not includ-
ing those succored during strikes;
499.754 persons We're fed at varioua
institutions, n the volunteer prison
league has cared for $4,000 persons, 10
per cent. Of whom are now living up.
right, ~lawabiding lives"