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The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-02-14
FATHER IN THE HOME,
ROOSEvELT'S SUBJECT

Syracuse, N. Y, Feb. 13.-Mrs. E. HI.
Merrill, OF this city, president of the
New York State Mothers assembly.
Is in receipt of this letter from Presi-
dent Roosevelt:
''For ont of you topics how would
1t do to speak of h place for the
father in the home? Now and then
people forget that exactly as the
mother aus help the bread winner.
by being a good housewife, so the
father in his turn, If he Is worth
his salt. must in every way back
UP the mother in helping to bring
up the children.
After all the prime duties are ele-
mental, and no amount of cult
walton, no amount Of business force
and sagacity will make h average
man a good citizen. unless he be a good
husband and father, unless he Is a.
successful breadwinner and Is tender
and considerate with his wife, and both
towing and wise (for to be loving and
weak and foolish is utterly ruinous)
in dealing with the children.
Il think it a crime for the woman
to shirk her primary duties. t. shrink
from being a good wife and mother.
same right as the man to train her
mind. to better herself and occasionally
a woman can and ought to follow
some special vocation in addition to
(never in substitution for) her home
work.
But just as the highest work for
the normal man is work for his wife
n children, so the highest work for
the normal woman Is the work Of the
home, where heaven knows, the work
Is ample enough.
But I also feel that she can do the
best work in her home If she has
healthy outside interests and occupants
In addition, and I most firmly believe
that che cannot do her full duty by
her husband il she occupies a merely
servile attitude towards him or sub
mits to ill treatment and she is quite
as bad a mother If weak and foolish
a G IL hard md 11nloNinun -----
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-02-14
ZAP QUESTION is
NOT SETTLED YET

Washington, d. C, Feb. 13.-As a re-
suit of an hours conference at the
White House yesterday afternoon in
which President Roosevelt. Secretary
Root. Mayor Schmitz, Of San Francisco,
and the members of the school board
of that city participated Mayor Schmitz
late last night made a statement sum-
marizing the situation.
When asked whether the proposition
submitted by the San Francisco dele
cation called for the exclusion of Jap
anese coolies from this country Mayor
Schmitz replied:
We are not making a treaty and
have not discussed with the president
the question OF excluding The Japanese
from this country by treaty. Saturday
we heard the presidents views and
yesterday we presented our side of the
question. 1t now remains for us to
modify u views in order to reach an
agreement with the president or for
Mr.. Roosevelt to modify his views to
reach an agreement with us.
The conference adjourned subject to-
the call Of the president. and l do not
believe thai we will be called to the
White House again until Thursday or
Friday"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-02-14
WIDOW or FIELD ss
TO DESERT CHICAGO,

Chicago, Feb. 13-Mrs. Marshall Field.
IT.. will a to be asresidem Of Chi
cago. In the future she will make her
home in the east. and will travel ex-
tensively abroad. With her will go the
three direct heirs to the Field fortune.
The big mansion of the late Marshall
Field. her father-in-law, In Prairie ave-
nue., will be sold at public auction. For
many years occupied by the Fields. the
SIZE. 900 homestead is destined to pass
into the hands OF another family.
Although 1t is stated by friends that
Mrs. Fields decision to quit Chicago
raj reached because OF her children.
whom she wishes to educate In the east.
IL is said that the tragic death OF her
husband q rec & Is one OF the con-
tributing causes of the change.
Since the death of her husband the
Field residence has bee- occupied only
by a caretaker The blinds have been
closed and lights have been seen only
in the rear At one time 1t was the
scene of many festivities.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-02-14
CHRISTMAS TREE
FIGHT, THEN DIVORCE

Philadelphia, Feb. 12.-To a quar-
rel over their first born's Christmas
tree, in 1877, Mrs. Emma K. Weckerly,
traced the beginning Of her husbands
abuse, evidence Of which was produced
in her suit for a limited divorce before
Judge Ralston and a jury.
While h asks only for a divorce
from bed n board on the ground of
cruelty, her husband has a counter
suit for absolute divorce on the ground
Of desertion.
She testified that they were married
In 1876; that he struck her with his fist
While she was trimming the Christmas
tree the following year because she
was not doing it to suit him, and that
her life from that time to 1904 was one
OF misery. in which beatings We're fire.
quent. I that year, she testified, she
was compelled to leave her husband
because of his abuse of her, and has
since lived with a married daughter.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-02-14
'CHRIST'S PICTURE
SAVED, WANAMAKER'S
HOME Is DESTROYED

Philadelphia, Feb. 12.--The 81, O00,-
900 country home of JOIN Wanamaker
at Chelten Hills was destroyed by fire
last night. The loss is estimated at
81. SOC, 900.
Mr.. Wanamaker's home was coEsid-
cred one of the most artistic and valu-
able of Philadelphia's suburban prop
critics. The estate consists Of thirty
acres Of ground and the house was in
the main of English style Of architec-
ture and stood on a. hill about thirty
yards back from the old York road.
The Wanamaker art gallery con-
tanned some Of the rarest prints and
most valued paintings in existence.
The Wanamakers have been at their
winter home here and the country place
was in charge of a caretaker.
The fire made rapid progress, a few
valuable paintings being about the only
things saved. Among these We're
Christ Before PLATE" and Christ on
Calvary" by Munkacsy, valued at
$3.50, 900.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-02-14
LOSES
FAMILY IN A FliZZARDI

Norfolk. Neb., Feb. 1b.st was a
story filled with pathos aAs tragedy
that f.. w. Stevens told hslA in Nor,
folk after a walk of 800 miles over
South Dakota's snow covered prairies,is
en- route to the home of her aged father
n mother at Seward, Nebraska, to-
tell them that their daughter (his wife);
and three children had frozen to death
in a blizzard which swept down upon
their homestead, sixty-fve miles
northwest of Rapid City, January IA.
Mrs. Stevens and her 10 year old
daughter froze to death in bed while
Mr.. Stevens had gon to a little store
fourteen miles away for foo The
cabin ran short of fuel. the bari that
he chopped into kindling wood hav-
ing been burned up before they per-
iShed in the cold.
Two sons, aged IS and 20, left
home to hunt and persisted on the
plains. Their bodies ave not yet.
been found.
Mr.. Stevens ran short OF fuel in his
cabin n chopped down a small barn.
which he made into a pile Of kindling,
before he left home to go to the store.
A blizzard came up n he was unable
to find his way Jack for two days.
When he did get hon he found lying
there cold and still and rigid In them
bed, the forms huddled up close to-
gether. the two ~lifeless bodies Of his
wife and his 1~0-year-old GIRL
He buried them near the shanty n
then turned from the place and walked
TO Norfolk by way of Yankton. He
was en- route to Seward to tell the
parents of his dead wife, aged so, OF.
their daughters sad fate. He had kept
the story secret, fearing that the news
might reach their ears before he could
get there to tell them with his own
lips. In the spring he will go back n
get the bodies Inc remove them TO Sew
ard for permanent burial.
Mr.. Stevens is a man 81 years of age.
He arrived in Norfolk with 81 in his
pocket. broken III spirit after mis- ter
rible ordeal, but bearing up bravely for
the sake of the old father and mother
down at Seward.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-02-14

Two Fine Buildings Are Going
Up at a Cost Of So, 600 900
in Washington.
EACH IA BLOCK
Fire. Il Is Said. Would Stand Nc
Chance il All Against
the New Struct-
ures.

Washington. d. c., Feb. 12.-Uncle
Eam is supplying his lawmakers with.
offices. Two OF the most magnificent
buildings in the country are being put
up by the national government for the
exclusive use Of senators n repre-
sentatiyes in congress. Each Will oc-i
cupy a block and will cost $500. 900.
One OF the twin structures will be for
the house, the other for the senate, and
they will form detached wings to The
capitol.
1 Heretofore the congressman have had
no regular offices. each has had his
headquarters in whatever place pleased
him most. There has been no system
about the accommodations. Now each
branch OF congress will have q hand-
some office building, with uniformed
attendants, a postoftice Inc telephone
and telegraph service.
Senator's Get More Room.
The southern building, for the house,
will nave 429 rooms. one for every one.
of the 40 representatives, and 10 Tor
future growth in the membership. On
account Of their smaller numbe the
senators, in h northern building. will
get the better OF the bargain In the
matter of space, every senator having
a room for himself. one for his secre-
tary, and a bathroom.
In designing these congressional Of
fees the architects put particular em-
phasis upon safety from fire and the
specifications call for 230. 900 square feet
of terra Gotta hollow tile for the build
Ing. Though only -four stories high.
each Of them will have as great a guam
tity of hollow tile brick in 1t as many,
a s~kyscraper the height of which makes
dreproof1ng an absolute necessity.
Thus, while the character OF WashsS
ington architecture demands that the
buildings be low, they are made Just as,
safe as If they were high. Fire will
nave no nance against them.
The exterior of these capitol wings
will be white marble. They will be
connected with the capitol by arcades'
lined with ornamental brick and bril-
liantly lighted by electricity. Features
of each will be q rotunda, reaching
from ioor to floor and capped by q,
great lone 70 feet in diameter; a eau
Gus room. Sc feet long n 81 feet wide,
and a dining room 65 by 80 feet finished
In ornamental plaster.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-02-14
BOY MAKES FORTUNE
OUT OF 500 PRESENT

New York. Feb. 1.-THE latest Ma
poleon OF Wall street. is a 16-year-old,
school boy. a pupil in the Cutler school.
He Is the son OF one Of New York's,
most prominent musical composers.
About a year ago he got several hum
bred dollars from his father. The boy
was perfectly rank about what the,
money was to be used for. He wanted
to speculate. His father thought 1t,
would be q good thing for the lad to,
lose the money. The experience would
be worth the amount involved.
It was not until the boys mother re-,
Gently complained that the youth was,
neglecting his studies that the loan in-'
cident was recalled. Then the father
made the astonishing discovery that the;
boy had $4,000 IN the bank and still,
had an interest In the market. What
shocked the father. however, was to,
And that the gambling mania had
taken such q hold upon his son thai he
could not concentrate his thoughts OH
anything except stocks. Father and
son had a heart to heart talk, and the
boy agreed to go back to the Cutler,
school and try to forget all about Wall
street.
Meanwhile the $40, 600 will be Invested
In good interest bearing securities.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-02-14
WHIST NO SIN JURORS
DECIDE, OUT 3 HOURS

Princeton, N. r., Feb. 13.-The thirty
two men and ONE arrested for play
ing whist for prizes have been declared
not guilty by a jury after three hours
of elaboration.
Invitations for man whist parties
were issued Immediately after the ver-
dict was rendered. and the prosecuting
attorney, b. f. Kesterson, who caused
the arrest of the persons tried, an
ounce that the games might be won
and the prizes won without fear of mo-
lestation from him.
Mr.. Kesterson prosecuted the card
players under the statute which for
bids the playing of cards for property.
In this case the prizes were awarded
to those winning the most games.
The defendants contended that they
did not know the prizes were to be
given until the party was over.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-02-14
SALT POURED on
RUSSIAN WOUNDS

Berlin, Feb. I2.-Horrible tortures are
inflicted by Russian officials on prison.
ers in Riga jail. according to q har-
rowing story which is published here.
The writer. a Russian political pris-
oner, gives the names of sixteen per-
sons who have been tortured. There is
@ special torture chamber, he says,
where these horrors taken place every
night except Sundays in the presence
of police officers and spies. Sometimes
high officials and local mobiles attend the
modern inquisition. Baron Raden and
Baron Rekke are named as having
~countenanced the torture system.
The object of the inquisition is to ex-
tract from prisoners the names of their
friends and 'acomplices." The victim
is brought nude into the torture cham-
Der. and if he refuses to give the names
/ required of him he is stretched on a.
rack and logged whit a rubber stick.
Hundreds OF blows are sometimes CIV
en-, and often salt is applied to the
wound
Made unconscious under this treat
ment. the prisoner is then revived, and
the names again demanded of him. If
he still refuses, the second series of
tortures begins.
His nails and his hair are torn out.
and his hands and feet pierced with
long pins. =
A third refusal is followed by the
tearing Of pieces OF flesh from the VIC
TINS body, and knocking his teeth out,
and indescribable cruelttes.
A young prisoner named Gruning.
says the writer, went through the whole
series Of tortures, which lasted three
weeks. Having obstinately withstood
the inquisition throughout, Gruning
was court-martialed and shot. His face
had been horribly mutilated, his beard
had been plucked out. and his hair
turned gray by suffering. The t%orturcrs
had also broken his spine and several
ribs,
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-02-14
ahAvE AEALl0llU(lSl ckR
|OF NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. 4

PittsburE l2s-TakintgE foft,
his topic The Blessings and CursessotII
Wealth andSFIome, thesRev. Dr. g. WA
Blodgett, at thasNOrth Avenue Method
list Episcopal church, Sunday INSIDE the
sThaM case b topic or ID ~extrAordt-i
nary sermon. s%sE SsFs
Wealth need not be I corruptor of
OF II t1at the world recoils from.sThie
country is reading OF the tragic scenes
Of h cONrt OF Justice In New York
with intense Interest.
ssPittsburg Is deeply interested. Hers
On the streets Of Allegheny the p0ors
unfortunate chief actor played when
she was girl. Across the river the
husband, now on trial for the murder
OF a man In New York, reveal
ments Of whose life makes your shtd-
der with horror. spent his boyhood
days. They both came from respect;
able families. One Knew what poverty
was-hunger for bread: the other.
when q mere lad spent enough money
q year to keep a dozen families. They,
both go wrong.
One seemingly by the cruel han6
OF Fate, h other through love that
WAS blinded. All U hearts bleed@foE
ther1. VIII the fathers and mothers.
ing?
we sing. Where Is Ny WANDERING
Boy Tontght?' bit where is your gtrlf,
a the place OF amusement, then dos
coyed into some gilded study, then.
sorrow n o life worse than hell.
mo higher virtue should be de-
manded OF woma than OF man. The
same code OF ethics should apply To-
both. A lecherouG scoundrel OF 8
man, poor or rich, should have the.
same treatment as the abandoned
woman. Poor Evelyn Nesbit Thaw fl
not the only girl who has been ruined
as she was.
In the outcome OF thu trial OF Harry,
Thaw. the reckless and unfortunatA
boy 81 one as n.lrA@n
home, millions are interested. What
Of the outcome OF the lads and lassies
not grown to manhood? Hearts are,
still to be broken and homes made des-l
olate, and some OF them may be yourss
No state a rise higher than the,
home. and no church can be more
influential than the firesidea from
which Its members come The warn-i
ing voice that to us over tho,
ticking wires and the cold type OF the;
press is Have q Jealous care OF youra
boys n girls Restriction Id far
better than unlicensed liberty. and q
morsel with purity Is better than
wealth with infamy."
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-02-14
Jap LABORERS ARE
FORCED TO QUIT JOBS

WOODBURY., Ore, Feb. 12.-Much feel
ing was engendered here by the South
ern Pacific laying off white men en-
ployed on the railroad section at this
point and replacing them with eight or
ten Japanese. The feeling ran so high
that fifty Americans called at the sec
ton house Saturday night and warned
the Japanese to leave town. There
was no violence, and the Japanese
promised to leave. and Sunday morning
they departed for Portland within the
limit specified. A. Schwabeur, the sec
ton foreman, refused to work with
them and resigned his position. War
rants for the arrest of the ringleaders
of the crowd that drove the Japanese
out are expected.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-02-14
SULTAN PUTS LID
ON B KING

T%angier, Feb. 13.-Now thai Raisuli,
the Moorish brigand who has menaced
mis- city and the road to the capital,
teZ, for years, has been driven into
the mountains, the sultan of Morocco
has recovered some of his backbone.
He has ordered the officials of Tan
gier to enforce all sorts of impossible
ordinances. Among other impossible.
ties is the prohibition Of conversation
In the cafes on all the interesting topics
of the day.
The coffee shops are the clubs of
Iangiei-. The native merchants and
others spend hours in them daily Cos
s1plng and ~transacting business. The
sultan has commanded that hereafter
shey shal not discuss in public the fol-
lowing subjects:
The sultan, the v~iziers, Raisuli.
mountaineers, everything military, ali
officials, Christians, soldiers, the for
eign office, foreigners, guns and DOW
der and hrigands.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-02-14
ARE BARRED
IN PROPOSED LAW
Wisconsin Legislator Sits Up
All Night to Frame Bill,
After Show.

Madison, Feb. 12.-Wisconsin st,
dents Of physical culture are to be de-
MED the privilege Of continuing their
studies from the front row if q bill in
in the legislature here be-
comes a law.
An assemblyman from a rural district
who saw his first musical comedy in,
Madison last week, believes tights are
a disgrace to the American stage. He
went to his little hall room after the
show n spent the night drawing up a
bill. 1t s~tipulates that actresses shall
not appear in tights In wisconsin un-
less they wear skirts that come at least
four inches below the knees.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-02-14
GELS 100000 TO
START HOUSEKEEPING

~P1ttsburg, Pa, Feb. 13.-Charles M.
Schwab has decided to give his sister
Gertrude a wedding present of 50, 900, 900
TO start housekeeping on. The an
nouncement was made here today. Miss
SchWab who came here from Loretto
with her fance, David Barry, of Johns
town. to visit a number Of Pittsburg
TRENDS, returned home. Miss Schwab
n Mi. Barry attended the Columbus
CLUB twentieth anniversary bal and it
was there the news became known.
been fixed.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-02-14
DEBT, JUMPS
INTO ICY RIVER

Marshalltown, Ia, Feb. 12.-Roger s..
Whitenack. while Respondent, jumped
into the frigid waters of the Iowa river
early this morning in an attempt to
end his life. He was found by ice haul
ers nearly frozen to death and taken to
a hospital. He VIII likely live.
Mrs. Whitenack states her husband
had not been home since noon yester-
day. She ascrihes the act 10 iii health
ard debts.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-02-14
CAPITAL SOCIETY IS
TIRED and PERTuRBED
AS Lent APPROACHES
Departure Of the Shonts Family
Gives Concern to Members
of Gay Circle.
WASHES BEING MISSED
Many Debutantes and Bridge Whis
Have Combined to Make Things
Go at a Swift
Rate.

washington, FEB. 12.-WaSh1ng-
RON society ia nert,,rhed over a number
y n.t % - seAsS
Proacnes. for one tnlIs ~ Is llteo.
Inns mas oeell q ousy Mli.er At Tue ~
ilai. Win nlulIleraole oaIces, oli.!.ei
paItles' receptloIs ah9 various Aunc-
lions. The most OF deputantes mas
caused ne 70 1iiovs Oh al q swI,.eI
pace mar usual. srioge mas also taken
up Inuch lltne ana energy, more tnail
leieeolote, So ene sosslps say, a.u AlaS
ALSO araWn more heavlly on me SA.
cIsauer; sucn neaVy IuhctIohs u tnS
Whlte House receplions ana monlen1
,ous dthner parties given Dy n0sls al,u
Possesses VINO own pig aho I~asnlonapie
residences nave aaaed 70 tne exactlonS
on the sociai oeVotees. Aluogether ~
a been a hard winter and an (
w. = - ~. c ~
l. L. - 4 1917 oaane 9s.oa..s AMY ml, !.
,v,rtar A. 49, ME- Shou4s ana +hnis,
da,,esh tars have had (. nrnnninant nisna
.a 20 4h.t tha Misses shm !" W.
g,a,ita md Thaodnra usra nr.aantaa,
81 IIina Ia - 49, 80 :
aa, ,no,ths $3.50 49, " "a Sa,n
desh,,t hara A. count IN nndon tha,A
acn,,ired ,.a.di1,, snnoa 80 49, n,,n;n 10y ny
SbaTr,in. fash;o,s +nor $500 49,
on,nng ethars tha - sh;,p oe .n go
mo How, 70 n,,rtsan On az nla 'u..n
n,s 49, y ~ aas 80 - oru "ay ol
or p in Nc shinntan ~ q eveoane = aoso
!. - twas, ,na5 'o ~ .e Ply ~. ~
t re- III T r h aa aIht q ~
such eharminr tendencies towara eV1
oruth NC NJ : l. ,naa.aa 49, ssS
= 30 n tin t;n ~ thaa - p,ea hnr n.,iuiy anu
1865 !. fntsn "ty naVe iiaue IluLn1
$3.50 'tsnas o ~ Nc, oma Mcc1uai.i
ant llats 80 sa hnO1 pleas1
,1asnite The fact Mrs sho,to ' no. ao aaen
500 frtn, ~ - ntol,ts mas sul-
ea,ttu W. saotet uu n ~ aaati 40
o 80 IT. 49, So. 1870 . ioh.l
~ maei. ~ ~ AMY y :
na ~ NJ, w. - ,.hnss " uspaIt-
, Ma1 ~ NeT IN, Mnsre MI; snon.s
49, - = -. Transit
natinn " N'e ooihpi-
e m.I -
washes are MISSED.
lheh the Walshes rave gone. The
washes are always interesting. Mr..
ana MRS. Walsh n their daughter,
+, hvelyn: salled Tor europe for the pur-
pose OF ~chasi abroad costly and
peaut1ful nttfngs for he estate they
nave lately bought near Colorado
nprlngs' Whlcn me nave named Wolf
hurst. me Waishes nave entertained
mere tnls WINTER IN a most lavish and
remarkable way, money
without STINT on balls, dinner parties
and a wonderful of interesting
ana cIeu1taple Iuhctlons. me Washes
ere always soreiy missed when they
nepart from washington and never
more SO IMAM THIS Time. 1t is the general
Ghderstandlhg ina tnere IS politics OF
= sh,ewu sora Inlhgled with the lavish
nospltality OF the 1am1ly and that
Ihonla r. Walsh is ANXIOUS to come
20 the senate 10 succeed Keller, whose
Nerm ehds March 8, lSos. Guggenhe1m
n Walsh as tne senators from Colo.
raoo woula o. q picturesque pair or
IepleseltatlVes y. lne great SILVER pro-
duclns state*lh .the upper oooy or cons
gress.
me absence OF Mrs. falrbanks wife
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-02-14
DINNER BLOWN OUT
OF ITS OWNERS HANDS

Sellinsgrove, Par Feb. 12.-Luthe
Kratzer, who was burning lime at
Phares Herman's lime kiln. two miles
north of here, laid several sticks OF
dynamite near the kiln to dry. 1t ex-
lploded wrecking the plant.
Kratzer who was sitting nearby,
eating his dinner, was unscathed, but
his dinner bucket, with contents, was
blown out OF his hands and carried 400
feet away.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-02-14
WEIGH RAREBIT DREAM
SAVED POLlCEMAN'S IIEe

New York, Feb. 13.-For the rest Of
his life Policeman Henry Greer, TIA
.163d street, will revere Welsh rarebits,
for h dream caused by one saved his
life.
Some time after eating the rarebtt
and going to bed he dreamed he was
seated in a dentists chair and the den
tist was pulling at a refractory tooth.
He dreamed that he was taking gas.
but that 1t choked him and did not
ease the pain.
The choking awoEe him and he found
that ga was pouring from an open jet
over the he'd.