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The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1906-08-11
MUTINY SPREADS 70 FLEET.
Ships Go to Aid of Forts, Which May
Have Given Up.

Viborg, Aug. at is reported here
that the Russian feet, stationed at
Hango, Finland, has mutinied, impris-
oned the officers and sailed to the as
siatance of the mutineers at Sveaborg.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-01-11
TOWN PRESENTS NEW
MuNICIPA PROBLEM
6c|by, Beaten in County Seat
Fight, Evolves q Novel
RuSe.
is 10 RElNCORPORATE
A Strip of Land TWO Rods Wide and
Reaching to and Including Court
House at Bangor to BE
Incorporated.

Aberdeen, s.. d, Ian. S.-The town Of
Selby, beatcn in its attempt to gain,
possession of the county seat of Wal
worth county Il year agO, has evolved
4 move plan to capture the prize and
get the better of Bangor, the present
county seat, II her bitter enemy.
1t has served notice that it will try
to incorporate in it's limits a strip Of
land two rods wide INC five n a
half miles long, which viii run to and
include the present site OF the court
house at Bangor.
Lawyers state that this method, if
carried out, is legal, providing that q
two-third3 majority of the farmers
through whose land the strip runs are
willing. 1t is generally supposed that
the clever ruse will be carried out as
the coming spring election, unless the
Bangorites who arc just as alert as the
Selbyitcs think OF some scheme to head
off their more progressive opponents.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-01-11
a FREAK OF NATURE.
Queer Animal or Fish in South pa
kota Artesian Wells.

aberdeen. S. d., Jan. 10.-A freak of
nature is reported from Faulkton coun-
~ ~ the shape of two curious creatures
Whlch We're taken out of the pond from
an artesian we'll ON the farm of Will
nam Lively. AT first the creatures
might be mistaken for bullheads. being
apoutthe same color with heads SINH
lar IN shapesto those fish and with fish
IKE eyes and mouth. But a closer in
speetlon revealed the presence of -four
legs With feet like those or a frog.
projecting upward and outward at
ne point Where the gills of the fish
would appear are three lobed triangular
secIions OF skin thickly covered on the
uhaer side With nnunerable hairIike
$lunes, from each side of which finer
lnpes project. making the under part
OF the lobes of kin look as though COW
cred with soft black moss or feathers
apparently the creature preathes
through these lobes. for when one of
them6was taken from the water the.
iobes dried up and 1t died.
the tail, which is fully as long as
the body of the freak, is thin and tap
erlng, being only about a third of an
men wide at the end. The skin is dotted
with round black spots about I-I6 OF
an inch in diameter, tpnd the skeleton
10 clearly. seen through the skin. The
under part OF the body is a yellowish
WhIte. It is stated thltsthe queer fish
or animals, or whatever they may be.
are found in nearly all the artesian
ponds in the vicinity OF FauIkton. an
pearing soon after thu ponds are made.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-01-11
HOG CHOLERA IN DAWSON.
Other Counties Report a Visitation of
Disease-Caused By Crows.

Salem, S. D.. Jan. S.-There are some
portions of Dawson county infested
with hog cholera Of such virulent ma
ture that farmers are losing their en-
tire droVes of stock. Down in Tobin
and Baker townships the disease is said
to have caused a total loss to the farm
ers. One farmer who had just rounded
up his drove and counted over q hun
dred fine, fat pOrkers, arose one morn
ing to find thai half of them were dead
and the remainder died in o few days.
The disease is not prevalent III all
parts of the county, but only in certain
localities.
Reports of Il similar nature come
from all parts of the state. This means
hat hog cholera will cause a heavy
loss to many farmers and that those
Who sold OF their hogs carly were the
lucky ones.
It is believed that the disease is be-
Ing carried around from II farm to
another by crows. There ere many,
crows in the state this winter as
the weather has been mild and open
and the birds fly from one place to an
other, seeking grain and other food.
They nay he seen in immense flocks
across the country in every direction.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-01-11
STATE COMMITTEE MEETS.
Sioux Falls VIII Entertain Republican,
Convention ,JuIv s.

Sioux Fails, S. D, Jan. 6.-Ncarly every,
county in the state vas reprcsenated at.
the meeting here here last evening by the,
republican state central committee for
!he purpose OF arranging for this years
campaign. The meeting was presided over
by Frank Crane, chairman OF the state
committee.
An effort to havc Thomas Thorson, of
Lincoln county, and Pat butcher, of
~Brookings, added to the executive commit
tee for the purpose Of Investigation re-
,sulting unsucccssfully. The two men are
Eounted as opponents of Chairman Crane.
Just prior to adjournment 4 resolutions!
adopted without q dissenting vote to-,
the effect that the state convention nom
Inate q republican candidate for he Unit
I'd States senate.
Sioux Falls was by q unanimous vote Sc
sacted as the place for holding the next
state convention. The date. June ), is.
liked by law.
: The apDortionment Of delegates to the
convention also is fixed by law, each count
" being entitled to one delegate for ev-,
Ery fifty votes or major fraction thereof
cast for Samuel Fl. Elrod, republican non-
nee for governor in 1904. This e~ntiJ!est
the various counties to the following num-
Der of delegates:
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-01-11
CANDIDATES FOR TREASURER.
Representative T. P. Blain Of SPIN.
County an Aspirant.

Aberdeen, S. d, Jan, I0,-Representa-
tive I. p. Blain, OF Ashton, Sphinx cour-
y, IS announced as a candidate for the
republican nomination for state treas
urer at the state convention 10 be held
at Sioux Falls June 3. Mr.. Blain wa d
membe of the legislature from Sphinx
county in the session of 1906. serving
acceptably in the lower house. He has
iohS been conspicuous In political cir
cles IN his county and in the state. For
many years he was engaged in the
banking business ut Ashton. selling his
interests IN the bank recently and en-
gaglng In the lumber business. For sew
efai years he was receiver of the grand
lodge Of the South Dakota jurisdiction
OF the Ancient Order of United Work.
men. acquiring a wide acquaintance
ana making many friends in this posi-
ZION. II is understood that the Sphinx
county delegation to the state conven-
ton Will be instructed for Mr.. Blain,
Iand his friends assert that he viii de-
veiop great strength throughout che
state.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-01-11
A GAME OF BASEBALL.
STOPPED BY STORM
At End Of Fourth inning SNOW
Began Falling on the
Rosebud.
IS TWO FEET IN DEPTH
The Weather, However, in the Wea
Central Part of South Dakota Is
Excellent and Stock Is
Winterine Well.

Bonesteel, S. D., Jan. CA game Of
baseball being played here this week
between Butte, Neb., and Bonesteel,
was ended in the last half of the fourth
inning by a snowstorm which has
since covered the prairies of the Rose
bud reservation with a blanket two
feet deep. Midwinter baseball in South
Dakota, where the blizzards whistle
Gown from the northwest, is q novel
Feat, indeed. A year ago at this sea-
son the mercury was down at about the
thirty below point, The present Win
ter up until after New Years was
80 open that baseball was played before
p good gallery. On Christmas day al
game was played between Lynch, Neb.,
and Bonasteel, that game being played.
to the end.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-01-11
lNcENplARY AT BEREsFoRD.
An Attempt to Burn Lumber Yaro
Fooled by EIiuh Wind.

Beresford, S. D.. Jan. 10,-Tt is very
evident Beresford has an incendiarv.
Since the fire which destroyed the mill
and electric light plant here. another
attempt has been mad to do away
with another of BereSford's bus
mess houses. One night during the
last week some unknown person sat
urated several bundles of laths in the
lumber sheds Of the Queal Lumber
company with oil and then took mo
top off a lighted lantern and threw the
burning wick in on the laths, but luck
eeine to be against them in this IN
stance, as the wind blew the light out
and IT failed to do it's intended de-
ltrucfiYe work..
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-01-11
CARS MORE PLENTIFUL.

Miller, S. D.. jan. S.-IndirectIy the
towns on the Northwestern in the state
are being benefited by the Black Hills
move for the reason that hundreds of
the cars that go west with ties and
bridge material are distributed at the
towns after being unloaded and go back
east full of grain or stock. The demand
for cars has been met quite generally
on his account.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-01-11
MANY WANT WORK.

Canton. S. ID, ian. S.-Many Of the
people of the county want to work for
Uncle sam, The following named per-
sons were here 70 take examination for
rural mail carrier From Lennox, w.
+. Little, J. j. HalliGan, r.. d. McCum-
Der, Mrs. j.. il. Gilmore; Werthing, Err
win Swartzf Earnest Madden, Henry
Gerber; FairyieW, Ross Maple, j. w.
Jones; Harrisburg, NJ. A. O'Connor. f.
2. Robinson, j. II. Gopher, and Canton.
Henry Feldnnn, WILDER Binsley, John
Peterson, a.. a. Arnold. Albert Al.
Daugh.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-01-11
MAIL ROUTES LENGTHENED.
Every Farmer in Clay County Can Nov
Have Free pe!iverY.

V5rmtllion. S. D, Jan. GA general
shaking up of the rural outes out Of
This city will be made February /, and
from This time on the carriers will have
no easy time of it. Every M of the
tour routes has been heightened from
Wo to five miles, and the carriers will
foc obliged 70 get acquainted with much
new territory. Two routes have been
if Meckling. Wakonda has one new
loute. After tae first Of next month
It Will De possible for nearly every
farmer in Clay county to enjoy rural
Tree delivery.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-01-11
REFUSED q LICENSE.
Lincoln Clerk of Courts Forced by
Reason to Take This Course.

Lincoln Clerk of Courts Forced by
Reason to Take This Course.
Canton, S. D., Jan. l0.-The clerk Of
courts, A. Brady Beck, refused to issue
q marriage license to one Howard Par
nell, who has for some time been work
ing in the barber shop of Oehmen &
Orre OF this city. and a young woman
from Sioux Falls. 1t is understood that
the Woman's parents are prominent
people OF Sioux Falls. Parneu declared
that he would get q writ of maudamus
compelling the clerk to issue them a
license. EIe later changed his mind and
his prospective bride departed on the
morning train for Sioux City, expecting
that Howard would follow her there on
the afternoon train, At the depot,
however, an officer nabbed ParneIl and
took him back to Sioux Falls. The
whuId-be bride in the meantime had
reached her destination, having been
dIiyen TO Eeloit to take the train, and
called up the barber shop, inquiring
or Parnell.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-01-11

The Natal government has decided
to throw open a part Of the NgWayuma
district in Zululand to European set
tiers willing to lease lands for the pur-
pose Of tapping the large numbers of
rubber vines which abound in this
hitherto unknown district. The rubber
is of good quality, but unfortunately
the natives in collecting it very often
destroy the vines, n of the chiefs
recently having felled over 5000 trees
to form a new stockade for his royal
1Itn1 n
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-01-11
RUSSIANS SEEK FREEDOM.
Twelve Families Have Arrived at Aber-
deem from Natiue and

deem from Native Land.
Aberdeen, S. D., Jan. 6.-Twelve fam
mes OF russians have arrivedrin Aber-
deem direct from Odessa. They are
manly young married couples, but two,
lamllles in the party, which is COM
posed of t~hirty-one persons altogether,
having children. They are German.
russians and comparatively we'll to.
40. Members of the party state
mere that they We're all compelled to-.
bride the officers of the Russian GOV
nmen to permit them to cross the
border and make their escape to Amer-i
ica. They We're twenty-one days ON
the way, and expect to locate per-,
manently in Aberdeen or its vicinity.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-01-11
DEATH BY ACCIDENT.
Is the Verdict of the coroner's Jury at
Clear Lake,

Clear Lake, S. D., Jan. 6.-The cor
ollsr 9 inquest on the body of James J.,
wilcox, who was found dead in the
cellar OF mis- saloon at thin place Sat
urd&y morning, was held Saturday aft
efnoon, and it was away long in the
before a decision was made. The
jury was composed of A. ]. Lockhart
ahd j. b. Ennis, of Clear Lake, and
Iro1essor Starrett. of Toronto, before.
1o[oner Dr. Lewiston, n the aecision
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-01-11
PlERRE lMPRovEMENTs.
Northwestern Builds Boat for Trans
ferrinu Cars,

Pierre, S. D., Jan. 3.-The North
western road has erected a large shed
near the old boat landing. and has
brought out a force of carpenters who
have begun work on the construction
of the boat wilttrn VII be needed for
transferring the cars after the tenn
Iporary bridge is taken out for the
Summer. They will be kept busy to get
1.-THE boat ready for work as soon ar
1.-THE ice goes out Of tho river.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-01-11
KELLEY CASES DROPPED.

Huron, S. D., Jan. S.-The Beadle
county commissioners have passed res
olutions urging that no further prose
cution of the Charles A. Kelley case be
held in the future. The defendant has
been tried three times and in two OF
these trials has been acquitted by the
jury and in the other the jury failed to
agree. 1t is said the trials of the man
for alleged charges are injuring Huron
and Raaila coIlntv
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-01-11
FIRE AT ~sPRINeFlELp.

Springfield, S. D., Jan. s.-Fire broke
out yesterday in the residence of w. ].
O'Brien, and the first story Was COM
pletely1gutted, the building being badly
damaged and all furniture and clothing
nearly an entire loss. The loss on the
building is estimated at $500, covered by
SOM insurance
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-01-11
STRUCK GAS AT FORT PIERRE.

Pierre, S. D., Jan. 8.-The drillers in
the artesian well at Fort Pierre struck
q flow of water and gas at about 1,100
feet. The success of the well has
brought forth the organization of a
company of the leading business men of
that city, with a capital of $250,000, for
sinking a deep well to test the existence
of either Oil Or dry q
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-01-11
Were Serving but Short Sentences
Cannot BE Located.

Deadwood, S. D., Jan. G.-While
serving a sentence of twenty days for
stealing wire, William Underwood and
edward Jones broke Jail twice and
nave 50 far failed to be recaptured.
IheY mad served half of their sentences
but We're apparently unwilling TO wait
the remaining ten days. After escap-
ing from Deadwood they were recap-
tured in Lead and placed in the city
lall, where they spent but a short
time. Since their escape from Lead no
trace has been found Of them, al
lhoush the sheriff and his officers have
secured the country ever since and are
Still making efforts to locate them,
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-01-11

Bishop Hanlon, OF Uganda, in Dc
scribing some OF his experience in ccn-
trail Africa, said recently that though
many of the medicine men had been
converted, they could not be induced
to carry their confession so far as TO
divulge their ~undoubted valuable rem
edies for native disease, Some OF the
converted medicine women were not
SO reticent, but their revelations We're
generally worthless.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-01-11

Travelling Kitchens, which have long
been in use in the Russian army and
which did much to increase the com
fort of the soldiers during the long
battles Of the recent war, are now be-
ing tried in the French maneuvers,
with q view to their introduction into
the French army
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-01-11

About thirty pioneers of Utah. survi-
vors of 4 party which In 1851 made the.
Journey over the trail from Salt Lake
to Los Angeles, have departed from
Salt Lake to Los Angeles yer the Salt
Lake railroad, Is guests of Senator
William A. Clark. The party, In spe-
cial Pullmans, are going yer practical
iy the same route that they Travelled by
wagon and OF foot in 1851.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-01-11
Williams FOUND GUILTY.

Watertown. s. D., Jan. S.-The Jury
in the case of Mckinley Williams on a
charge of assault with. intent to kill re-
turned a verdict Of guilty. Judge Mar
quis has called a jury in the divorce
ase of Sara DeGraff VS.. Curt DeGraff.
The case is of g. sensational nature.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-01-11

The Rev. G. G, Richards, vicar OF ST.
Peter and ST. Paul's, Teddington. Eng
land, has issued a general invitation to
the men Of his parish to call at the
vicarage on Monday evenings through
out the winter for a friendly pipe and
a chat
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-01-11

The cornerstone OF n new German
hospital was laid in San Francisco re-
Gently. The hospital will cost $500, 600
and VIII be one OF the best arranged
and equipped in the world. 1t will be
the work OF the German General Ben
eyoleat society.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-01-11

The growth of trade unionism IN
France has been very rapid. The title
under which the unions are known5in
France Is ~tSyndicats PROFESSIONALISM
They We're first authorized by law in
I884--a little over twenty years apo
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-01-11

The library of the British museum
now contains forty-three miles of
shelves, upo which are 3,S60,0O entries.
The collection Is growing at the rate Of
10000 q year. Every year, also, the
museum adds 276.0 900 newspapers to its
A{les.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-01-11

a Londor firm has constructed on
the roof of its warehouses a ride ranee
50 that its employees can have prac1l
tice without going5far or being but to
travelling expenses. Lord Roberts win
open the range
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-01-11
PROPOSE ELECTRIC ROAD.
ell Known Sioux Falls Men Inter
esteG In Construction.

Sioux Falls, S. d, San. 5,-It is row a
certainty that, failing to induce any rail-
road company to make the connection, cit
.zcns Of Sioux Fails Will construct an cleo
trio railroad from this city southwest
ward to Parker or Marion Junction. A
railroad in that direction has been de-
sired for many years by the business mon
of Sioux Falls. With the object of con-
Gtructing the connecting link between the
laity and one of the towns mentioned q
eulnpany has been incorporated under the
name of the Sioux Falls lntcrurban COM
pany, with DIR. r. +. Brown president and
George A. Pettgrew secretary. Both are
among the most prominent citizens of the
city. Other associated with them are
Michael Germ and j. A.. Gross, also lead
ing citizens. Messrs. Germ and Gross al
ready have started outsin the country with
the object of securing the right-of-way for
the proposed road, and they will not re-
turn to the city until this purpose is aC-
complished. The work of constructing
the new road will as early in
She spring as the weather viii permit.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-01-11

British people smoRe one-third more
tobacco tina they did thirty years ago.
eA hall as much again OF sugar ana
drink 40 per cent. more tea. while the
consumption OF intoxicants has tended
10 decline
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-01-11

It is expected that the 100000 mere
tracts belonging to the Stanford es-
tate which form part of the univer-
sfty endowment, will be cut up info
small farms n sold. The property ID
assessed at nearly $1,000, 900.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-01-11

Threatened disappearance of the wild
fauna Of South Africa has led the Nata!
government to form a reserve of 10000
acres in extent on the slopes of The
D~rakensberg. In the deep "kloofs' Of
these secluded mountains patches Of
berg cypress and other natural. forest
afford good cover for the Gland, OF
which only some 1870 specimens now
remain in Natal. The reserve also con-
tains herds of blue buck and kip
springer. In this game reserve are also
found many valuable specimens of
early Bushman paintings and drawings,
many OF which are disappearing owing
to the rapid d~isiutcgration of the rock
surfaces.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-01-11

vote" is q word with a curious his
tory. TO the Roman a ''votUIn'' was a
solelnnHsromise made to a deity. From
the solemn promise itself the mean
Ing Of "votum" gradually became the
prayer or intense wish that ~acc0inpa-
MED the promise, and then any intense
wish whatever. SO far the develop
ment proceeded in Latin and vote"
passed into English with the Same
sense, When Ben Jonson wrote OF
public votes" to heaven he meant not
mass meeting resolutions, but prayers
Finally vote" acquired It's present
meaning-the formal and emphatic X
preston of a wish; while the old sense
remains with its doublet VOW
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-01-11
vAluE OF ARTEsIAN WATTS.

Sioux Falls, S. d., Jan. 6.-The g-ca
value of small artesian wells, such as
!can be secured at u cost of only a
few hundred dollars each by the farm
lsrs in the greater part of the state ly-
ing east of the Missouri river, is
shown by the practical use to which
such a well is put by H. Il. Zimmerman,
q Miner county farmer. Zimmerman
is the owner of $50 acres of land. The
buildings upon his farm are OF the
most modern character. One of the
features on his large tract of land is
an artesian well, which has Il flow of
le~ighty-four gallons per minute. This
Is only a baby we'll compared with some
of the large artesian wells of South
Dakota, and yet the surplus water from
1t has formed a lake covering about
five acres. The lake is filled With fish,
With power derived from the artasian
well Zimmerman operates a corn she'll
Ter, cream separator. churn and wash
ling machine.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-01-11
TWO E JAIL.

Totals ........l,O14 G8, 5G1