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The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-04-19
TINE TABLE.
M. & st. r. Railway

MITCHELL LINE.
Trains Going Northwest.
No. l. Passenger 80 :, M
No.3, s. o:oo
No. .63, Way Frelgl o:ao 1lo NJ
No. 81, Time freight a'oV "a. ~
Trains Going south East.
No. 6. Passenger 1850 Pm.
No. 80, 7:5O A. M.
No.62, Time Freight 1885 Pm,
No.94 Way Freight $500 "A. M
MARION HIND PLHEEE LINE
Trains going northeast,
No. 40S, Passenger 1850 A. M.
No., 464 Freight 1l:15 A. M
Trains going Southwest.
N .. 40l, Passenger 9'25 P. NJ
No. 46l, Freight 200 P. NJ.
w. D. GRIFFlTHs, Agj
The semi-weekly messenger., 1906-01-23

We knew that President Roosevelt.s
visit TO the south would do him good
visit TO the south BY a northern man
Is liberal education 1t always opens
the eyes Of those who are not blinded
by prejudice and sends them back with
a clearer vision. The President has
Keen visfen and acute hearing, and
when he was down here he kept both
his eyes and his ears well open AS
a result Of his experience we are now
informed that he will make no more
appointments of negroes to Federal
office in the southern states That
every negro offceholder in this section
of the land is to be replaced by q
white man. and that the only negro
Republicans who have a chance for
appointment to office under the Roose-
Sei1 administration are those who live
in the northern states where the negro
vote cuts a figure in the elections
This information comes from The
New York Herald which says that the
Presidents policy was made clear on
Saturday. when he told Judson W. Ly-
ons, Register of the Treasury. that he
is not to be reappointed to the position
he has held for two terms. Lyons is
a member of the Republican national
committee from Georgia and Is recog-
nized as a leader of his race.
by applying a two-term yardstick
10 all negro officeholders in the south
the Herald adds. the administrat ton
expects to rid itself of all those who
were put into high office by President
Mckinley through the influence of Sem
ator Hama.
I'm addition to Lyons those who are
to go at the end Of their present terms
are: Robert Smalls, Collactor of the
Port At Beaufort S. c.. Henry A.
Rucker. Collector of Internal Revenue
for the District OF Georgia: John II.
Deveaux. Collector of the Port at Sa-
vannah, Ga; Joseph W. Lee Collector
Of Internal Revenue for Florida: J. E.
Bush Receiver of Public Moneys at
Little Rock. Ark: Walter Cohen. Re-
ceiver of Public Moneys at New Or
leans. La. and James Lewis. Surveyor
General for Louisiana under the De-
partment Of the Interior.
tenants of Mr.. Hanna in his campaign
which resulted in the nomination or
Mr.. Mckinley at st. Louis in 1896.
"Chief among the influences which
have brought about this new policy on
the part of President Roosevelt is the
better understanding Of the south and
it's people which the President himself
acquired during his recent southern
trips. Another reason is the active op-
position of DR.. Booker T. Washington
to appointment Of southern negroes to
Office
Come again. Mr.. President.
There is more for you to learn. All
that We ask is that you will take the
trouble to inform yourself and see all
our problems from the southern point
of fview-Times-Dispa
The semi-weekly messenger., 1906-01-23
Cheerful Man of Eighty.

One of the most gratifying letters re-
ceived by The Manufacturers Record
in many a day, from an octogenarian Of
Texas. is so inspiring that it is worthy
OF reproduction in our columns. The
writer. who will be so years old next
March, is Mr.. John ]. Dix of Bena-
vides, Texas. He writes:
"No works are going on that I can
take part in, as I am too old and
only fit to see what others are doing.
Every industry mentioned in The Man
ufacturers' Record has been put up in
my day and generation. There is no
telling where in the next so years we
will get to in improvements. I shall
not he here TO see them. and can only
imagine what they will be But navi-
eating the air will be one. and there
will be thousands of others to benefit
man. The United States of America
will be all of North America from Pan
anna to the British possessions on the
north. and If in the course of human
events should anything serious befall
Great Britain. they. too. may be under
the Stars and Stripes, the grandest and
most powerful nation on the earth.
History repeats itself. and the United
States Of America is the only assimila~
tive nation on earth. All become Amer
leans after a few wears and are salts
fed that no other nation on the globe
is so strictly cosmopolitan in all things.
Who would not live another century to
behold the change that will be!
''Texas is only so years old. | saw
her born, March 2 1886. and now she
ranks as fifth or sixth state of the
union in everything.
$50 goes the world. and other i'm
proyements will come up. Railroads
will be run on tangents from point to
point with fewer curves with electric
ity in the main as motive power gen-
Grated by machinery on the trains as
they travel and operated really by their
own motion after starting. What an
idea! But it will Observation-Disclosures
Paoor1
The semi-weekly messenger., 1906-01-23
White and Black COnYicts.

It's a dull day these times in Ra
leigh when a sensation Of some kind
amounting to a tempest in teapot,
Or a great reformation of some kind
is not sprung. The governor. being
big hearted and welcoming some
thing to help pass the time away.
gives an attentive ear. and. like Will
liam the Testy. issues proclamation.
The latest is the discovery made by
the board Of charities that on some
of the chain gangs in the state the
negroes and whites are not kept separ-
ate as much as they should be. I'm
ion and a good many others of the
counties were reported to be amiss
in this matter. The gang superln-
tendent of Mecklenburg. who comes
within the field of censure. replied in
Z somewhat sarcastic vein wholly un-
becoming the dignity Of the question
and the importance Of the discovery
He wants to know what is to be done
with a fellow who has been convicted
and sentenced to hard labor for a
time but who. when carried to the
roads. refuses to work ? The heather
superintendent actually intimates that
in his opinion. such a man ought to
be strapped, but gently. of course
The gravity of the case is such that
we have made an investigation of the
way the thing is done at the stock
ade in this county. Here I'D whites
and blacks are chained together. but
they are chained separately. The-
also sleep in the same house but each
has a separate row of hunks and the
blacks are never allowed TO lie or
sit on those of the whites. Between
the two sets Of hunks is a partition
Whites and blacks are never allow
ed 70 eat at the same table. At night
the chain on each man is strung on
a large gang chain. 1t is necessary
to do this to avoid having a separate
guard to watch each man. which
would be unnecessarily expensive
We forget to inquire whether or not
the whites and blacks are ever al
lowed to interchange picks and SHOW
els
This matter was sprung on the gov
ernor a little Unexpectedly. and we
feel sure that as soon as he can have
time to make complete investigation
he will issue a fitting proclamation
Monroe Journal
The semi-weekly messenger., 1906-01-23

Young American Accused of Sympathy
With the Revolutionary Party.
Steps to Protect His Interests.

New York. January 18.-News of the
arrest in st. Petersburg of William
English Walling, of Chicago, was re-
ceived here today. Mr.. Walling went
to st. Petersburg to study the social
situation ard was arrested because ot
his alleged sympathy for and partici-
patton with the revolutionary party
Mr. Walling is interested in social set
tlement work in this country
Mr.. Walling is a grandson of VIII
liam H. English, who ran for the vice
presidency on the Democratic ticket
in 1880.
indianapolis, Ind, January 18.-Wil-
liam English Walling lives in Chicago.
He is a son of DR.. Willoughby Wall
ing, former United States Consul to
Edinburgh, Scotland. William Eng
lish Walling, the son, inherited a con-
siderable part of the vast estate OF mis-
grandfather, William H. English of
this city and has large property inter
est here He visited his uncle, Cap
tain William e. English, here short
time before he left this country for
Russia last April.
by the Associated Press of his nephews S
arrest, said
II was not surprised to hear Of Eng
lishs arrest, as he is a devoted ad-
herent of socialistic principles and /
am sure would be actively engaged in
their practical demonstration, the oD-
portunity for which was enabled BIZ the
Russian situation.
"He went to Russia to study labor
conditions and to do some literary
work in connection with periodicals
in this country.
"Of course the family will take steps
at once to protect the young mans in
terests SO far as may be deemed neces-
sary'
Captain English said he would at
once telegraph to President Roosevelt
Vice President Fairbanks and Senator
Beveridge asking them to see that Mr.
Walling's interests are properly pro-
teOted.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1906-01-23

which he will be accompanied by his
daughter, Miss Irene Lacy.
Insurance Commissioner Young
made an order forbi(.ding the opera
ton of .the Independent Order OF
Good Samaritans and the Daughters
Of Samaria. two organizations among
the negroes Of different states that
have been attempting I'd conduct a
benefit insurance and aid business in
the state, there being some thirty odd
bodies Of such a representation al
ready known of i'm North Carolina.
Prosecution is threatened.
Northbrook township, in th fifth
district Of Lincoln county has voted a
special school tax.
Governor Glenn issued pardons to
Frank Hooper. n negro of Wayne
county. and states in this case:
THE prisoner was convicted at Oc-
tOber term of 1898 Of larceny of twen-
ty dollars and sentenced to ten years
iii the penitentiary. Under our pres
ent law no such sentence could be
pronounced. The judge, and the So
ucitor, now Congressman Pou, in the
strongest terms recommend this par
don. To me the sentence seems ex-
caSsive. The defendant has been a
trusty in the penitentiary for years
and has a clean record. He is par
doned, conditionally, provided he re-
main of good behavior and is sober
and Industrious
This case is one of interest, since
the negro, who has been proficient in
a great many ways about the peni-
tentiary, will be retained as special
servant there by reason of his faith
fulress in the discharge of many
duties.
John Bass, Of Greenville county,
convicted 1903 for assault with intent
to rape, and sentenced to five years is
found by the governor to be rot gull
ty. There was no violence in the
case and judge, jury and solicitor re-
commend such pardon.
F. Fl. Mehaffy, of Guilford county,
convicted 1904, was sentenced three
years for forgery. He had been a
man Of good character, but was given
to occasional sprees, and while drunk
forged the name of his employer. He
was without counsel and threw him.
self on the courts mercy The judge
stated at the time that good behavior
would shorten his term, or rather re-
commended such. Conditional pardon
is granted Oh good behavior, as both
judge and solicitor and private prose-
cutOr recommend such.
-Four pardOns are refused: that of
W. l.. BrOOkshire, Mcdowell county,
for forgery in 1904, defendant having
forged name of employer to obtain
money with which to run away with
woman. Pardon was refused after
two applications, and Brookshire had
other bad points in his record. Frank
Upchurch, Wake county, convicted for
larceny of watch from his employer
can show no reason for clemency and
is denied. David Lowe, of Davidson
county, convicted 1908 for assault and
battery with deadly weapon. Sen
tence Of twelve months on the roads
is not seemed excessive, and neither
judge nor solicitor recommend pardon,
which is denied. Norman Rice, Madi-
son county, for assaulting a woman
wit ha deadly weapon, is also denied,
he is now serving an 1S-month SEN
tence on Buncombe county roads.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1906-01-23

A reasonable amount of food thor
oughly digeste1 and properly assimi-
lated will always increase the strength.
If your stomach is a little off, Kodol
eat and enable the digestive organs to
assfmilate and transform all foods into
tissue building blood. Kodol relieves
Sour Stomach. Relching Heart Burn
and all forms of Indigestion. 'Palatable
and STRENGTHENING. Sold by R. r. Bel
lap1v
The semi-weekly messenger., 1906-01-23

Perfection can only be attained in
the physical by allowing Nature to ap-
proprsate and not dissipate her own
resources. Cathartics grip. weaken
dissipate, while DeWitt's Little Early
Risers simply expel all putrid mater
and bile. thus allowing the liver to as
sumo normal activity Good for the
complexion. Sold by R. r. Be1lamy
The semi-weekly messenger., 1906-01-23

The president may not be RESPONSE
BILE for what his subordinates did to
the lady, but he may be Justly held
responsible for what he doesn't do to
his subordinates about it.-Gastonia
Gazette
The semi-weekly messenger., 1906-01-23
Matchmaking Case Continued.

Richmond, Va, January 1S.-The
case, at Charlottesville, of Hawkins
and Niche, charged with blackmail
ing the late r. d. Ballentine, Of
Edge Hill, Va, and New Jersey, has
been continued until February 26.
Both men are out on bail.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1906-01-23
$4,000 Fire in Richmond.

Richmond. Va. January 18.-An
early morning fire today destroyed the
Richmond Type and Electrotype foun-
dry. seriously damaged the printing
department of the Everitt Waddey
Company and slightly damaged the
Lexington hotel. Total loss about $50,
900, covered by insurance.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1906-01-23
81I VI
Beats The Music Cure

ITO keep the body in tune" writes
Mrs. Mary Brown, 20 Lafayette Place,
Poughkeepsie, N Y. 81 take DR..
Kings New Life Pills. They are the
most reliable and pleasant laxative
have found" Best for the Stomach,
Licer and Bowels. Guaranteed by r.
R. Bellamy, druggist. 25c.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1906-01-23

English Motorist-''Is life held so
cheaply in American" American Mo-
torist-''Really, I don't know No
true sportsman ever stops to ask if a
thing is cheap or not, in America
Puck. i s's- KlT
The semi-weekly messenger., 1906-01-23

Skrawler-'I've seen Snippem, the
tailor, going up to your studio every
day for Il week. Is ne sitting for
you:" Dauber-"No. he's laying for
me-C1eveland Leader.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1906-01-23

Indigestion is easily overcome by the
use of Kodol Dyspepsia Cure because
this remedy digests what you eat and
gives the stomach a rest-allows it to
recuperate and grow strong again.
Kodol relieves Indigestion. Belching Of
Gas, Sour Stomach, Heartburn, etc,
and enables the digestive organs to
transform all foods into the kind Of
rich red blood that makes health and
strength. Sold by r. Z. Bellamy
The semi-weekly messenger., 1906-01-23

One Minute Cough Cure contains
not an atom of any harmful drug, and
it has been curing Coughs. Colds.
Group and Whooping Cough 50 long
that it has proven itself to be tried
It. Sold by r. r. Beilamy.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1906-01-23

Up-to-Date-"What is that old say
ing: Put beggar on horse and"
He'll kick because it isn't an auto
mobile. e."-Philadelphia Press.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1906-01-23

Two million Americans suffer the
torturing pangs of dyspepsia. No need
to. Burdock Blood Bitters cures. At
any drug store
The semi-weekly messenger., 1906-01-23

Little Colds" neglected-thousands
OF lives sacrificed every year. DR..
Woods Norway Pine Syrup cures lit
tie colds-cures big colds too. down to
The semi-weekly messenger., 1906-01-23

II have been misquoted' said the
new congressman. 'Wel1,'' answered
the experienced statesman wait and
see how it turns out Sometimes
man is lucky to be misquoted. -
Washington Star.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-12-23
INNOCENT VICTIM.
Women Quarrel While Baby Girl
smothers Close Beside Them.

CHICAGO, Dec. ga quarrel OF
Two women yesterday indirectly
caused the death OF baby girl. MRS
Anna PapIrak and her sister, Mrs
petrIna Mazuga, were quarrellng be-
side crib in which Mrs. Papirak's
daughter Elizabeth, five weeks old, lay.
In her excitement Mrs. Mazuga tossed
q bundle OF clothing into the crib and
the child was smothered to death be-
fore the women finished their alterca-
tion.
After the death Of her niece. Mrs.
Mazuga returned to her home and
barricaded the door leading to her
bedroom In anticipation OF the arrival
OF the police.
When the detectives attempted to
enter the house they were deterrd for
a time by Mrs, Mazuga, who threat
ened them with violence. After watt
ing few minutes they pushed the
door open and arrested the woman who
struggled some time before being sub
dued. she win be held pending a
coroner's inquest,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-12-23
UNPRECEDENTED TRAFFIC.

While the Interstate Commerce
Commission is preparing to investigate
the railway ear shortage in the north
west ana elsewhere, the press Is not
slow in securing facts on the situation.
The Kansas City Journal declares that
last Sunday 5000 empty freight cars
stood in the yards of that city, and
1000 more were scattered about in
smaller cities On the other hand, on
W q few loaded cars had been re-
ceived The trouble, the Journal says,
grades.
lies in lack Of motive power and does
not constitute car shortage at all, Rail-
ways often are hampered by lack Of
fuel. The unprecedented traffic con-
sumes the entire tractive capacity and
leaves many cars over. This puts a
new light on the problem. In the
mountain country, such as surrounds
Butte. winter complicates the situa-
tion, as the power Of a locomotive Is
lessened by slippery tracks On heavy
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-12-23

trouble is that the limit ~ too small
10 attract active, energetic young men
Let Congress gradually establish q
line Of positions paying from $4,000 tt
5000 a year. 10 which clerks can b.
promoted and II win do more good
than any nat increase Of ten per cent
for good. bad and Indifferent clerks
alike. Government clerks should re-
member one thing and that is that the
fat goes with the lean. Those who
were receiving $1,000 from 80 TO 90
and those who are now getting the
same amount. should remember that
during the former period they received
their money regularly and their posi-
tions were secure, where others were
out OF work and the price Of every
thing was very low. AT time when
hundreds OF thousands Of men were
out Of work. the writer was getting
$50 d month for sealing envelopes and
pushing a cart around the pension
Office. and even when there, only work
"a about four hours q day. Then the
Job was a snap. II Is still there and
still pays SEQ month when the aver
age boy would be glad to do the work
for SIS week. The fact that the price
OF living has gone up has nothing to
do with the case OF that particular po-
sItion. II was entirely too well-paid
at that time. It, Is too well-paid now
and to increase II ten per cent month
would be absurd. Had the writer re-
mained IN the Pension Office he might
possibly have risen to 1880 or 1880
d year by this time. The newspaper
business IL not noted as lucrative
profession but 1t pays better than that
In return for twelve or fourteen hours
a day about $50 days in the year. after
fifteen years devotion. Shorter hours
and more pay" is the slogan OF the
average government clerk more. work.
fewer idless and increased opportuni-
ties" would appeal more strongly to
the country at large.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-12-23

New York now has real alchemist
in her midst, and If the assertions Of
one John Ruffel be true wall street
can shortly give up making money and
take to making gold. Every one can
be as rich as he likes. apparently. for
the process of acquiring the yellow me
tai is simple one, according to Mr..
Raffel All that is necessary is to bury
a chunk Of copper with some "dora-
dium.. the makeup of which Mr.. Raf-
fel keeps to himself. He has. however,
written to the Secretary Of the Treas
ury at washington concerning his dis
covery and Is even now ready to open
for its sale to Wall Street
interests, OF course If Wall Street
does get hold Of the secret, the com
mon people can expect little profit
from it, and 1t is therefore to be hoped
that Mr.. Raffel win reconsider and de-
eide to allow the entire country to par
ticipate in this easy method Of getting
rich
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-12-23
Has Plenty Of These Anticipated
Relics Yet.
SOME Costly MODERN BRICKS
Metropolitan AIehemist Discovers Pro,
cess for Making Gold from com-
mon Sand, Mixed with Copper
and q Secret Ingredient.

NEW YORK, Dec.22.--F'acts which
have just come TO light show that when
the average New Yorker visiting In
other cities describes with pride the
greatness OF the metropolis, certain
OF his remarks should be taken with
grain Of salt. For instance a good
deal has been said about the subway
as an illustration of the city's up to
date transportation system. But on
top OF the fact that this subway has
already reached the limit Of adequacy.
the figures show that the city has not
SO much to boast Of after all. There
Is another side 10 the question which
may be summed up in the statemSat
borne out by figures. that in antigua
ted street car service New York leads
the whole country Manhattan Boz
rough alone has more old fashioned
horse cars than al 1.-The rest OF the
United States together, even counting
the mule cars in the south. The miles
OF horse-car lines operated In the city
total little more than sS as against
21s miles OF trolley track. 1t takes IS
os3 horses to pull the Ss4 cars OF this
supposedly outgrown equipment
Last week car 24s. the last OF the old
horse cars to run on Grand Street. was
retired. For years II has been run on
~ as q franchise holder, humping along
over cobble stones when tracks were
lacking, with never passenger to en-
liven the lives of the crew. Manned
by couple Of sailors the car has long
been known as the Packet and these
same sailors are now rejoicing that
she has at last as they express 1t
reached harbor,. The truth Of the
whole matter Is that the city's trans
portation lines are even now ipade-
quate. One day last week 1.4s5,7 III
nickels were taken in, Of which &c.,
6s4 We're in the subway. This sys-
tenn was designed to handle a maxim
um Of only 100000 passengers day.
so that trouble looms close ahead
Meanwhile the city continues to held
the record for horse car equipments.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-12-23

a strange consignment OF 1900 pre-
cious bricks which are being care
fully guarded by the police was re-
ceived in New York this week. They
were not gold bricks, as the unwary
might suspect. but plain small white
bricks. Of an old fashioned appearance
straight from Holland from q kiln
which has been making them without
change for $50 years. They are to be
used by the Sons OF the Revolution in
their work of repairing In its original
style the old Fraunces Tavern at
Broad and Pearl Streets 50 that 1t
may present the same appearance as
It did when Washington bade fare
wen to his officers there Since then
the first wall has been torn out to make
show window for a store which af-
terward became a saloon and In the
work Of restoring it as club house
Its patriotic owners were confronted
with the problem Of securing small
wf.ite bricks for facing It In the origi-
nal style, A fruitless search revealed
the fact that these were not to be OBJ
tained' In this country and the Sons
were almost despairing when il was
discovered that fifteen miles outside
Of Rotterdam in Holland the iden-
tical factory which made the original
bricks 2os years ago was still doing
business at the old stand. and the
bricks were ordered accordingly.