The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-10-11

NOVELTIES IN THE NEWS.

II NOVELTIES IN THE NEWS.
New York, N. Y.-The first wireless ro-
nance has proved a failure. Lee DeFor-,
lest, vice president of the american DeFor-
Jest Wireless Telegraph company, is suing
this bride of seven months, whom he wooed
lby means of the wireless telegraph, for
absolute divorce, naming De Witt c.. Elan
Iagan. the millionaire president of Flana-
gan, May Sc Co, a brewing concern. as
correspondent. Mrs, De Forest has filed
her answer denying her husbands charges
bf misconduct and she will light the suit
to the end.
Madison, wis.-"The only method of
stopping hazing at Wisconsin Is to inst
,tute some other form of punishment equal
lily severe to apply to the Offending fresh
men. | would suggest that the university
maintain stocks IN front of the main hall
and that all offenders against harmonious
living, after fair trial by upper classmen..
be put in the stocks for a period COM
'mensurate with the offense." This Is the
solution of the hazing problem offered by
faculty member of Wisconsin university.
=. Milwaukee, Wis.-That Captain Freder-
lick Pabst, the brewer. gave each of his
children 81, 100000 prior to his death be-
cause he wanted to see what they would
do with 1T and how they would bear the
responsibility was the testimony of
Henry Fink, collector of internal revenue,
before Judge Carpenter in the county
court. The proceedings were instituted to
determine the amount of Inheritance tax
due the state.
Nunda, N. Y.-No rude early morning
noises CRATE on the nerves of the peaceful
l~sleepers of this village. From 7 at night
until Z in the morning, according to an or
dinance just passed, no whistle shall DIS
,turb the quiet air, and although the citi-
zens bid far to lose the best car service
they have had in years by their action,
they have pulled the cotton out of their
ears and are happy once again.
Evansville, Ind.-Ann Lauer. of this
city has been unconscious for seven days.
Her condition is considered serious. Last
Thursday her betrothed, DR.. Edward
Buchardt, fell dead of heart disease. AL
the station Miss Laue was told of his
death and suddenly fell and became UNI
conscious and has been in that state ever
since. Physicians say the chances for re-
covery are against her.
Kewanee, nl.-Sixty families of Kaput, a
German community established northeast
of here fifty years ago, have pet.tioned
that their settlements name be changed to
,Brandenburg. the town in Germany from
which the pioneers came. kaput is a de-
risive term, meaning broke" which fast
ened itself on the village and for half a
century the place has had no other name.
New Richmond, Wis.-Running into a
bunch of cattle near here a train so en-
ragged a bull that the animal charged mad
ly at the locomotive, butting 1t from the
track. The baggage car went with the
locomotive. but fortunately none of the
passengers or employees was hurt. The
bull was killed.
GAINESVILLE, O.-While some boys were
playing wild west in the barn of William
Charnetsky, his son Harry, aged IL, tried
to throw n lasso from the beam like he
had seen 1t done in a show. He became
~entangled m the rope and was %strangled
to death before his brothers at the house
arrived.
Boulder, Colo.-To assuage the grief
caused by the death OF their only child,
Sheriff Edwin l.. Coates and his wife.
Florence, have entered the University Of
Colorado, the We to take a graduate
course and the sheriff to study law. Both
are 80 years old and prominent in social
circles.
Washington, d. president Roosevelt
has written an essay on Irish "sagas' to
be printed in a magazine interested in
Celtic folk songs. The president would
like to see chairs of Irish literature in
American colleges. He studied .sagas,'
to keep his mind off big problems for a
while.
Reading, PA spectator at a balloon
ascension in this city was caught in the
ropes and jerked a thousand feet into tho
mir head downward. The aernonaut fin
lilly dragged him into the balloon. Then
he sent him back to earth by the para
ehute.
Alexandria, La.-Thomas A. Brady has
been saved from the gallows because he
vas a cigaret fiend. The lone Juror who
held out for imprisonment in the peniten-
harry for life bases his contention upon
The fact that Brady was addicted to the
Excessive use of cigarets.
Washington, D. C.-Major r. H. Nc
Kenzie, Of Dublin, the second largest man
IN tho world. Is here on business. He
stands Z feet 2h inches and weighs 32S
pounds. He is 81 years old. Major Nc
kenzie hopes to be able to see the presi-
dent.
Philadelphia, Pain an hour after he
was re.nstated in the position he had held
In the water bureau for ten years Charles
Hanna, aged IS, died. Joy over reyaintne
his job was responsible for his death.
st. Louis, MOI. W. Holiday, a proni-
nent farmer of ChandlervIlle, ILL.,, lost hfs
triplet daughters, Vena, Veta and Vera.
zach dying on successive lays this week.
They survived three months.