The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-09-20
T%ELEGRAPHlC BRIEFS

Lima, Peru-The United States
cruiser Charleston, with Secretary Root
on board, left Callao for Panama. More
than 1000 persons participated in the
municipal ball in honor of Secretary
Root Saturday night.
Observation-Disclosures Fallieres was
present Sunday at a banquet given by
he municipality and later unveiled q
statue of the sculptor Pierre Pouget
md reviewed the French and foreign
"arships in the harbor.
Alliance, Neb.-A rear end collision
between two stock trains on the Bur-
iington road, between here and Hem
Ingford. resulted in the serious injury
Of a brakeman n two stockmen, to-
sether with the piling up of a mum
Der of cars containing stock.
Newcastle on Tyne-To a conference
Of the commanders of tie local volun-
ieers War Secretary Haldane said he
believed the time was nearer than most
people believed when the work of com
pelling a reduction of the crushing bur
den of ornaments would be undertake
en-.
Goldfield, Nev.-John Moritz, aged
10, was shot to death by Jack Thomp-
son, a gambler. Moritz was a mes
senger for the telephone company and
had occasion to go to a dance hall.
There, it is said, he accidentally
bumped into Thompson, who was
dancing.
PaIermo-The people of Sicily are
still in a condition of panic because of
the earthquake hooks which have been
occurring here for our days. They
continue to camp in the open, and
many have taken refuge in caves.
Whole towns and villages have been
deserted.
Telluride, CoIo.-Snow to the depth
of fourteen inches fell in the mountains
in western Colorado Saturday. Below
the elevation of 10000 feet the snow
melted as it fell. This is the first
snowstorm of the season in this vicin-
ity, and it has come about a month
earlier than usual.
Atlanta, Ga.-Thomas w. Alexander,
head of the largest cotton firm in Au-
gusta, who two months ago disap-
peared after having defaulteI for n
sun approximating 100000, Les beer
arrested in P~ittsburg, Pa, and has
agreed to come back to Augusta with
ouL Iclulollloil piliciS'
Harrisburg, Pas. M. Williams
secretary of the Pennsylvania state
board Of trade, has made public copies
Of letters received from the governors
Of several states on the movement to
obtain uniform Legislation throughout
the United States for a 2-cent maxi
mum fare on all steam railroads.
. . ;cA finn orb n no inritN Of fIn
stores here Sunday complied with the
compulsory weekly rest day law, sew
eral undred remained open, causing
numerous demonstrations. The police
were forced repeatedly to charge a mob
of 400 persons in the Ternes district.
nrresting twenty of them. Other dem
onstrations were easily dispersed.
Salt Lake, Utah-Announcement has
been made of a reduction in railroad
rates to all Utah points on shipments
from the Missouri river. These rates
are made to conform practically to
rates in effect to Butte, the Montana
more favorable rate. The new sched-
ules are to go into effect in thirty DAYS.
New York-Thought by his relatives
to ave been long dead, Frank p.
Smith, of Topeka, Kan, who says that
he is the missing brother of Mrs.
Charles l.. Fair, who was killed with
her husband in an automobile accident
in France, has instituted suits against
Mrs. Herman Oelrichs and Mrs. Will
liam K. Vanderbilt for his share of the
estate.
Houston, Texan International and
Great Northern freight rain from st.
Louis and points east was derailed at
TDrtaa,- Sy.itnh. mann IOo1~.t;,a o.--
the cars was half filed with matches,
which became ignited, and the flames
spread to fourteen of twenty-three of
the derailed cars. The cargo of mer-
chandise was very valuable and the
loss will be heavy.
San Jose, Costa Rica-In conformity
with the fourth article of the treaty or
peace between Guatemala, Salvadc!z
and Honduras, which was signed OF
board the United States cruiser Mar
blehead July 20, a peace conference
was inaugurated here Saturday by
President Gonzales Viquez. The OBJ
iect of the conference is the signing
of a general treaty of peace, friendshi,
and commerce.
Bliss, Okla.-Forty thousand people
attended the celebration of the thir-
teenth anniversary of the opening OF
the Cherokee strip at the '101" ranch
Sunday. The celebration consisted OF
n wild west show and Indian exhibit
ton. Five hundred Indians took part
Including members of the Ponca, Otoe,
Cheyenne, Kaw, Usage and Pawnee
tribes. Four hundred cowboys gave &
roping n riding contest.
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