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The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-10-18
NEEDS ALL THE TROOPS.
General Wood Advises Against With
drawal from Philippines.

Washington. d. c., Oct. 17.-An argu-
ment against the reduction in the num-
Der Of troops in the Philippines is made
by Major General Leonard Wood, COM
manding that division, IN his annual
report. The total garrison on June 30
last numbered 20,043 men.
I'VE are far from home" says Cen
eral Wood. and In case Of foreign dis
tufbance, even with all our troops con-
centrated at Manila, the force avail
able would be barely sufficient to de-
fend 1t from serious attack. Moreover.
here until conditions pertaining to the
civil government are well established
and h animosities and disappoint-
ment incident to the building OF a To-
6 government under new and per
haps strained condi; IONS have passed
away1
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-10-18
S. D. CENTRAL VS.. c, M. & ST. p,
Milwaukee Road is Restrained from
CROSSING Others Riuht of WAY.

Crossing Others Right of Way.
Cotton, S. D., Oct. 17-Upon the appli-
cation of Joe Kirby, attorney for the
South Dakota Central railway COM
pany, two writs of temporary injunc-
ton were issued by Judge Joseph w.
Jones yesterday.
One of the writs is in favor Of the
South Dakota Central Railway COM
pany and it restraints the Chicago, Mil
'waukee and st. Paul Railway company
from crossing the right-of-way of the
South Dakota Central Railway COM
pany to the elevators which are located
upon that right-of-Way.
The other writ is in favor of the
South Dakota Land company and en-
joins the Chicago, Milwaukee and st.
Paul Railway company from crossing
land owned by that company to the
elevator sites. ~
In order to get to these elevators the
milwaukee will have to cross land
owned by both the South Dakota Cen
trail Railway company and the South
Dakota Central Land company.
The restraining orders enjoin the Mil
'waukee company from proceeding fur
ther with the effort to cross this land
until further notice by the court.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-10-18
al BUSHELS TO ACRE
IS DAKOTA DAT YIELD
Over 51,ooo,Ooo Bushels of Cereal
Grown on States Prairies
/, 1905

Pierre, S. D., Oct. 16.-The figures
secured by Doane Robinson on the oat
production of the state for the pres.
ent year, places the average yield at
Al bushels per acre for the entire state
There were 1,249,391 acres devoted to-
this crop, and the total yield was
placed at 51,a1o,017 bushels. Minne-,
haha county leads in both acreage'
and total yield, with 92,259 acres, and
a total Of 3,7S2,619 bushels, an aver
age of Al bushel to the acre. These
figures are based on 600 reports Gov
ering all the counties of the state, and
are subject to revision in the Deem
Der bulletin which will be issued.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-10-18
KILLED BY SWITCH sNelNE.
Section Man Meets Horrible Death
Huron on Saturday.

Huron, S. D, Oct. 17.-Chris Peter
son a single man aged 25, living at
Arlington but working on the section
here, vas instantly killed Saturday af-
ternoon by a switch engine on the
Northwestern tracks at the crossing of
Dakota venue the principal thor
oughfare.
The man was hard of hearing and
did not cotice tie switch engine bear
ing down On him, and the engineer did
not see the maj on thestrack, and de-
spite frantic efforts Of a large num-
Der of people in the vicinity to give the
man warning, the engine caught him,
his body being horribly mangled.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-10-18
SUIT INVOLVES BIG LAND TRACT.
1880 Acres Of Aurora County Land the
Bone of Contention.

Bone Of Contention.
White Lake, S. D., Oct. 17.-Some-
thing of a sensation has been created
among the residents of this portion of
Aurora county by the commencement,
by John Tovey of a suit in the state
circuit court by which he seeks to re-
cover title to something more than two
sections 1880 acres) of valuable Aurora,
county farm and and other property.
The defendant in the action is Wayne
Mason, a prominent resident of the
county. The plaintiff alleges that some
a ago he gave Mason a trust deed
for the property in dispute. Toven
also seeks to recover an equity in the
old White Lake mill property, a store
building II other property. Among
the property involved in the suit is q
mammoth gravel pit from which the
Chicago, Milwaukee and ST. Paul Rail-
o company is taking gravel for bal
lasting its track on the Chamberlain
Black Hills extension of the road.
The suit will be tried at the February
term OF the state circuit court.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-10-18
DEEPEST WELL in THE STATE.

Madison, S. D., Oct. 16.-The drillers
who are at work on the experimental
c~ounty-city artesian well at this place.
for which the voters Of the county au-
thorized the expenditure of $4,000 and
h city contributed an additional sum.
granite, which may defeat the attemnt
to secure a spouter such as are Sc
cured in the central portion of the
state.
The test well has now been drilled to
q depth of nearly 1850 feet, making Il
n OF the deepest artesian wells eyer
drilled In the state. Rock of VARYING
was struck at a little over
was compelled to work in this rocE
making it very slow and tedious work
for the drillers.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-10-18

Desperate means were sometimes re-
sorted to in order to get men for Brit
ish warships. A chronicler writes that
In the year 1888 "a fleet of ships, be-
ing required Immediately to be manned.
the press gangs placed a live turkey on
the top OF the which, draw
Ing together a great number of idle
people, they had the opportunity of
selecting as many men as answered
the purpose of their intended scheme"
The scene so enraged q citizen that
he fired q shot at the bird, which oc-
aasioned it to fly away" But the mis-
chief had been done.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-10-18
~IoWA-DAKoTA ALLIANCE.
Iowa Business Man WEEDS Yankton, S.
D.. Girl.

Eldora, Ia. Oct. 16.-Many friends all
over Iowa of Robert Ferris, formerly of
Iowa, now of Yankton, s.. D.. are
pleased to e of the marriage of Mr..
Ferris at Yankton on October 10 to
Miss Helena Sophia Donaldson, daugh-
ter of a prominent Yankton business
man. The couple will be at home at
after the 18th of November.
Mr.. Ferris is secretary and treasurer
of i Ferris Brothers Electric Light
companies of Yankton, Usage and Ell
dora, Ia, Monmouth, Ill, La Crosse.
Wis, and Franklin and Union CITY.
Ind. Robert Ferris will remain at
Yankton and manage and control the
plant at that place.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-10-18
LOVE AND DEBT ARE
TOO MUCH FOR HIM
Waldo g. Hartsough of Aber-
deem, S. D., Shoots Him
self MORALLY.
TRIED SUICIDE BEFORE
Would Have Shot Himself Last Satur,
day, but Was Disarmed-His Par
ents Said to Live in Min
neapolis.

Aberdeen, S. d, Oct. 17.-Worry
over debts and a desperate owe affair
caused Waldo S. Hartsough, aged 81,
to commit suicide this morning by
shooting himself through the heart.
He made an attempt Saturday, but
the gun was taken ava from him.
This morning Hartsough went to
work as usual at the automobile shops,
but returned home at $50 and wen to
bed. A few minutes later a report of a
pistol was heard and he was found dead
in bed. His parents live in Minneapolis.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-10-18
s1s4,ooo FOR NEW CAPITOL.
Appropriation of $4,000 vii All Be

in tho Treasury BY January I.
Pierre, S. D., Oct. 17.-The sum of
$134,O0O, including money expended and
on hand, either IN the treasury or due
within a few months, comprises the
capitol building fund at the present
date.
The amount secured from the sale of
lands to the present date is $109, 197. 90,
which with approximately $2,5 in the
way Of lease and interest money brings
this total to $1~11,174.7e, There has
been expended to date on the building
S%17,614.11. This means hat the sale
of a dozen or more quarter sections be-
tween now and the 1st of January will
bring the fund to the total sum of
,$150,000, provided by the last legisla-
ture, and at the rate at which the lands
ore being taken the balance will be
disposed of long before the LIST Of IAN
uary.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-10-18

The OF the great lakes
during April and the first four months
Of this year exceeded that of like per-
lods III any earlier years, n sug-
gests a new record for lake tonnage
Tor 1906, and lat Notwithstanding the
abor roubles affecting that trade. For
The month of April shipments from all
points on these great bodies of water,
according to the Railway World,
amounted to 4,S65,505 net tons. while
for the year 1906 to April 80 they ag-
gregated 5,41S,4S1 tons. a gain for the
month of 1,275,o42, and for the four
months of 1,592,656 net tons, as com
pared with the corresponding move
ments of 1905.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-10-18

Rachmond, va.-Wayne Gooch, known
m~onshiners." was fined $1,000 and his
distillery was confiscated BY the gov
ernnent. Gooch is said to havasac-
cumulated 100000 by The mannfac-
ture and sale of Illicit whisky. He haa
an armed guard around his place.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-10-18
MURDER NEAR ARLINGTON.
Members Of = Threshins Crew Engage
inmEata! braMI.

Arlington, S. D, Oct. 17.-In an
laffray between members of a threshine
crew, at the Renter store, ten miles
south Of here, one man was fatally in
sured. The injured man was hit on
the head with a neckyoke by a mar
named Anderson. A physician was
called to attend the injured man and
he was then removed to Oldham, where
OF the blow.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-10-18

Alton, lila huge circular stee, al
evetor Of the SPARKS Milling company
suddenly collapsed and $4,000 bushels
OF wheat was scattered over the
about $4,000 OF the elevator and sass
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-10-18

Receipts of the New York p%ostofice
are far ahead Of those Of any other Of
flee in the world, for the same extent of
e they will be about SIT, 200, 900.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-10-18

Governor Cobb. of Maine, is to be
present at Camden, in that state, at the
unwilling of a tablet to the memory of
Bill Conway, the United States sailor,
who, at the outbreak of the civil war,
refused to haul down the American flag
at the navy yard at Pensacola, Fla
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-10-18

In the gold mines of the Transvaal,
where the heat and depth are great and
the natives who make up most of the
1aboring class are extremely susceptible
to tuberculosis, consumption is terribly
prevalent.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-10-18

Plans for the salt water and high
pressure system for the purpose of fire
protection to the business part of the
city of Seattle have been completed.
The plan is modelled after the Phila-
delphia system.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-10-18

Tests of alcohol and gasoline in the
internal combustion engines USED III
motor vehicles and motor boats indi-
cate that although alcohol has only
about 10 per cent. as much heating
power as gasoline, it can be used with
sC per cent. less operating waste.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-10-18

Thus far the opium poppy is found to
thrive better in Vermont than in either
Texas or California-the other states in
which the department of agriculture is
experimenting with it.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-10-18

Portland, Ore-Freight handlers IN
this city have been granted an increase
amounting to about 10 cents a day.
The new scale will affect truckers.
haulers, carmen and checkers and will
be observed by the Oregon Railroad
and Navigation company, the Southern
Pacific and the Northern Pacific Rail-.
road companies.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-10-18

About 5000 iron miners in Lorraine,
more than half Of the Whole number
employed In that region on the border
OF Germany and France are using
acetylene lamps in their work.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-10-18
SOUTH DAKOTA

of III 1dasEts Of the Trieste Museum
ar (fe5S have succeeded in solving
archaeological mystery of the great
est slterest to Istria. The pre-Roman
&iJS of Nesartian of the Istrians had
always been rather n puzzle, though
vouched for by authority so respecta-
BILE as Livy. According to the historian
OF Hannibal, Epulus. the last of the
kings of Nesartian, beaten in his last
stand against the onsweep of the Ro-
man legions, took the last terrible res
olution of despairing patriotism. Rath-
er than become the subjects of con-
Quering Rome, he and his troops, un-
able longer to hold their city, set it
on fire with their own hands, and all
persisted in the flames. The city has
now been unearthed.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-10-18

Joseph Chamberlain says: Il do not
suppose that in the whole Of the United
Kingdom there is any man who is less
of an athlete than / am. I do not cycle,
1 do not ride, / do not walk when l can
help it. The fact is that l do not take
any exercise at ALL"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-10-18

Sir Donald Mackenzie Wallace has
gone to Russia. on whose history n
present condition he is a great author
ity. He accompanied the czar when, as
czarowitz, he made the eastern tour in
1890
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-10-18

Al wine merchant Of Edingen. found
guilty by the courts Of aduEteration.
was punished by having his stock OF
500 gallons Of wine poured into the
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-10-18

Senator LaFollette is q vegetarian.
His daily menu consists of fresh veg
etables, English walnuts inc milk, and
it is said a prize fighter anxious to get
into the pink of condition would envy
ltt,, $3.50.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-10-18

Alexander Hermann was of German
~parentage. but Paris was his birth
place. He made his professional debut
as a magician at the g of s years in
st. Petersburg, Russia. He died in
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-10-18

Some thirty obsolete British warships
have been sold at Portsmouth for Just
over $500, 000-less than the cost of the
smallest Of them. The9prices Were re-
garded as good.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-10-18

AT Maysville. N. Y, a monument has
been dedicated to Judge Albion w.
Tourgee, famed as author of numerous
novels of the Ku-Klux period. Mrs.
Tourgee was present.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-10-18

Chinese collins are made OF timber
eight inches to ten inches thick. 1t is
calculated therefore, that over 5000, 900
feet of timber is utilized yearly for cof-
fins In China.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-10-18

The International Association OF
Auctioneers, at its convention in Chi
cago. adopted q resolution allowing
women to become members OF the as
ISOLATION.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-10-18

Queen Alexandra possesses a tea
sergieegof sixty pieces. each piece be-
ing decorated with different sphoto-
graph, which she took herself In Scot
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-10-18

Insi.nsty is ~infrequent In India, ac-
#cordiIENe1s q blue-book. In Bengal In
1905 the ratio OF insane was 2.93 per
5000 population. against 34.71 In Eng
anda
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-10-18
CONGRESSMAN MARTIN Ill.
Undergoes Operation for Appendicitis
az Rochester, Mimi, HospitaI.

l9eadwood, s. D.. Oct. ia message
received from Rochester, Mimi, states
Congressman Eben w. Martin. OF
this city, was operated upon at the
Mayo hospital in that city YESTERDAY
for appendicitis and that the conRreaG-
man Is doing we'll. Mr.. Martin 10
been suffering from recurrent attacks
Vt appendicitis for several mouths.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-10-18

The tea gardens Of northern India
AxtAnd over 5000 900 acres, and they pro-
saduce 10000 p~ourdsslof tea per anr,aan
4 proditgOf abolt 500 an acre.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-10-18

Robert Jones'. a surgeon of Liverpool.
advocates that In ca~sesrYhere theAna..
tteTst an not take other anaesthetics
the spinal cord he treated with cocaine
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-10-18

Port Saidsae United States ar-i
tnlored crasssers sorado and West vir-l
sganla entS sssa eaisal south.
ward.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-10-18

Escarsaba, Michs-An Escanaba man VINO
was lost in the woods three days wa
found near Negatince, a g.bbcring mantan
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-10-18

Bristol. Pa-Whiie at work tearing own
q chimney on an old dwelling known "a
the Black Horse motel. Owens Evans found.
q silver cup with tho datc 1747 and the
name George washington plainly cut out
on tt. Washington crossing the Delaware
stopped hcrs.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-10-18

Wells, Me.-After asserting that the
spirit of his mother is continually at
his side, James Rideout, of Wells, Me,
lis going through life, being guided,
he says, in every word. thought and
deed, by the love of his departed pa
rent. When going anywhere he be-
ilieves he feels The touch of a hand upon
his nm.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-10-18

Chicago-A chance meeting on a rail-
road train, Low at first sight and a.
proposal of marriage at their second
meeting-such Is h outline of the
matrimonial affairs between Thomas
III. Wickes and his second wife. now
Mrs. c. a. Schwarztrauber.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-10-18

Pittsburg-Owing to the fact that the
smoke and cinders OF Pittsburg made
bad eyes, the United States naval re-
cruiting station here will be abandoned.
orders came from Washington for ev-
cry n to pack up and get back to
Washington.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-10-18

Brussels-Miss Kulne Beveridge
l(Mrs. B%ranson), all American sculptor.
has completed the cast of the statue OF
i"Grief," ordered by the city of San
Francisco to commemorate the victims
of the earthquake. She will shortly
begin work on a second statue, to rep
resent the resurrection of the city of
San Francisco.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-10-18
HELD FOR STATUTORY DEFENSE.

Galena, s. D., Oct. I5.-Professor
James HI. Doyle, the camp schoolmas-
ter, has been arrested on a statutory
charge. and, being unable to furnish.
bail to the amount of $4,000, is in the
county Jail awaiting his preliminary
hearing tomorrow. The complaint was
made by Miss Lydia Bailey, a young
woman Of this city, who alleges that
the offense was committed on the 10th
of last April.
This is Professor Doyle's second
year In the schools of this place. He is
something of a writer and amateur
musician. He is about IS years old
and unmarried: the girl is over IS.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-10-18

Grenoble, France-Monsignor Henrit. az
.Notre Dame. declared that every pr.ests
who joined cultura. associations under the
law would be interdicted. The pre1ata.
added: Let us live poor rather than
purchase liberty ST the price OF dishonor..s
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-10-18
FARMERS BUSY: ADJOURN COURT

Castlewood, S. d., Oct. 15.-Judge
Marquis, recognizing the rush of farm
work at this time owing to the rains
early Il the season, has adjourned the
term of court set for this week,
This is greatly appreciated by the
farmers, as 1t would have been a great
hardship for them to have stopped work
now, many Of them not having even
their threshing done.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-10-18

Willimantic, Conn-Mrs. William
Wilson had q brand new suit ruined in
q local grocery. She was standing near
a shelf on which were piled cans OF
mackerel, when one OF them exploded
and the contents went all over her.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-10-18

New York--Rev. DR.. James NJ. Farrar
delivered a sermon on Creation" in
forty-one words, saying: II do not
know very much about creation. All
hat any one knows about it is con-
tanned in the bible and what scientists
have been telling us. | am satisfied
that there vas Il creation and that it
has been satisfactory" An English
preacher has beaten this with a SER
mon consisting of Little children, love
one another-consider this
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-10-18

Seattle. Observation-Disclosures Bill, Gates
IS down and out. The Klondike's most
picturesque character, who once cornered
all the egg In Dawson-4OO-paying 81
apiece for them, In order to deprive his
sweetheart, with whom he had quarreled.
of her favorite food, is 'broke.', He told
the court he had spent $4,000 IN the last
thirteen MONTHS.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-10-18

Dewey. 7. TIN removing a casing from
an oil well on the farm of Nancy Williams
near this place, workmen found in the,
casing, at a depth Of 1900 feet, the nest of
a field mouse in which were the mother
and her young. Th worklnen kept the
mice as pets. At a depth of 100 feet in.
an oil we'll the air usually is too noxious
for animal life.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-10-18

NOVELTIES IN THE NEWS.

Wheeling, w. Va.--Harry Bishop, a
Wheeling boy, who was supposed to
have been murdered on the wharf a
week ago. returned home today, and
his father tainted away when he APP
peared. A body said to have been
Bishops was found in the water and
buried in the family tomb after the
coroner had returned a verdict of MUIR
der and after the insurance company
had paid the insurance on Bishops
life. Bishop say he was at Kittaning,
Pa. when the supposed murder oc-
CURED.