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The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-06-20
kOISY-HOSED GIRL
TRIES TO KISS Jury

Chicago, June 1s.-Miss Mary L.
Wightman, ''the girl with the noisy
silk stockings" charged with stealing
$1,000 from the Chicago branch OF
Hapgood & Co., where she was m
ployed as cashier, was found not guilty
by a jury in judge Bells court.
She was SO elated that she attempted
to kiss the jurors. Pandemonium
reigned, n the jurors fled, unkissed,
while the excitement was at it's height.
The scene was the finale Of a star
Ting trial. Miss Wightman, whr,n,s a
graduate of Northwestern university,
was charged with tampering with the
books. misappropriattng the money and
giving 1t to a gambler.
At the trial an employe of the firm
testified that he believed Miss Wight
nan vas dressing beyond her means,
because he heard her silk stockings"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-06-20
TELEGRAPH OPERATORS
ON VERGE OF STRIKE

Chicago, June iS.AStrike talk was
About the only thing heard yesterday
afternoon at a mass meeting ofsthe Chi
scago Commercial photographers. Fifteen
hundred t~elegraphers attendedN the
meeting. Including more than leO girl
Operators. Il
The union did III vote to strike. but
1t did the next thing to II IN the abb
sence OF fulf~Nauthority.
1t passed 10 resolution az
the sense OF the local That National
President Samuel ]. Small, OF the
teiegraphers, serve ten days notice on
the Western Union officials IN New
York that they must meet the EN-
ployes' committee for b
the responsibility for lnterference with
public business. which would follow acc
ton that win be incumbent this
organization. this being q polite way of
threatening q strike.
The resolution directed against tho
Western Union In particular stated:
The discrimination against the Com
mercial Telegraphers' Union OF Amer
lea, now being practiced by the Vest
ern Union Telegraph company, Is In
imical to the well being OF the entire
telegraph fraternity.
1.-THE subtle methods adopted by the
Western Union Telegraph company to
evade and eventually to entirely dis
continue the payment OF the recently
publicly announced 10 per cent.1in-
crease in h wage Of telegraphers is,
a further to the well being OF,
the telegraph fraternity.
THE Commercial Photographers Union
Of America, Chicago local No. A. de-
clares 1t to be the sense of this body
that the far reaching possibility of a
continuation OF this policy OF the part
OF the Western Union Telegraph COM
pany will result in great detrinent to
the public good.
"The stubborn opposition OF the
Western Union Telegraph company. as
represented by its president. Robert G..
Clowry, to q reasonable recognition OF
Its employees as represented by tho
Commercial T~elegraphers' Union Of
America, through Its president, Sam
uel j. Small, threatens the public well
fare and invites an otherwise unneces-
sary n calalmitous interference with
the business interests Of the country"
G. d. Jones, chief telegrapher OF CHI
cag division, No 81. Railroad Telegra.
piers, created considerable enthusiasm
when he pledged the individual support
of the $1,000 members Of the general
organization.
He had written, he said, to every
division In the United States, Canad2,
and Mexico
A strike assessment Of n days pay
was voted, which will amount from the
Chicago telegraphers to about $1,000.
From all the union telegraphers in this
country it was said that the benefit
would reach $4,000. !
Telegrams were received from New
York and other cities encouraging the
Chicago ~telegraphers in the stand they
have taken.
A message from the national presi-
dent, now in New York. stated that the
national officers expected to stay with
the Western Union officials until the
grievances were adjusted.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-06-20
WILL Give z CENT
FARE A TRIAL
Missouri Roads Will Put 1t il
Effect for Three Months Be-
fore Beginning Contest.

Kansas City, Mo-, June 19.-The
Missouri 2-cent passenger fare act will
go into effect at 6 o'clock a. M, on
Wednesday next and be given a three
months trial. If at the end of that
time it is found tt be
ats enforcement can then be fought in
h courts by the railroads.
The state officials are temporarily
enjoined from enforcing the maximum
freight rate law, and this ease will be
argued later in the federal court.
Judge Smith Mcpherson, Of Red
Oak, Ia. in the United States district
court here yesterday afternoon, after
handing down an opinion in the prem
ises, ordered the PRONUNCIATION of the
above stated facts, which mad beer.
agreed to by the attorneys for the
state and the eighteen Missouri rail
roads involved. The court in it's de-
clsion a suggested that the 2-cent
fare should be first given a practical
trial before injunction proceedings
preventing its enforcement be consid-
cred.
Hadley Claims Victory.
herbert s: Hadley. attorney general.
IN S5oA ~ AS 1-SSlll Dlll
If at the end of three months the
railroads want to litigate the reason
ableness Of these rates the question
OF the jurisdiction Of the state and
federal courts to determine the ques-
ton will be fought out and the state
has lost none of it's rights or
advantages.
THE injunction suits which I have
brought against the companies on the
passenger rates in the state court will
stand.
las the reasonableness Of tho
freight rate law can be more speedily
heard and determined by the fedora,
court on account of the fact that prac-
tically all the testimony necessary tc
the determination has been already
taken on the stand it will be heard and
decided in that court. The state is in
the better position to win the case I'M
der the act of 1907 tina it was under
the law of 1905. 1 feel that the order
made is both a moral and a sub.
stantial victory for the state"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-06-20

st. Louis. June 1S.-When AttorneJ
General Eadley, who secured a state
court order compelling the roads to
observe the 2-cent fare law. learned
that the eighteen railroads in Missouri
had obtained q federal injunction re-
straining the state from putting into
effect the Law which should have be-
come operative yesterday, he charged
the roads with fraud, saying he would
take this allegation into court.
Federal Judge Mcpherson. OF Kan
sas City, reviewing his temporary in
junction order, says:
Here are eighteen cases in which
all the railways of the state ask %
file supplemental bills in equity in the
eighteen cases brought two years ago
against the state officers to enjcin the
enforcement Of statues of 1906 fixing
rates. The charge was made that the
rates were not remunerative, but con-
fiscatory, and therefore void by reason
OF the United States constitution.
LAS to whether these supplemental
bills may be filed was set down for
argument. These statutes %presunip-
lively are valid, and. if valid, went into
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-06-20
MAYOR SCHMITz is
REMOVED R O OFFICE

San Francisco, Cal. June 19-Mayor
sSchmitz was formally removed from
office by the supervisors at their meet
ing Monday afternoon. Supervisor
James Gallagher was named as acting
mayor in his place.
h is the first step taken by the
graft prosecution in the execution Of
their plan to restore good government
I'm this city. The ground on which
Mayor Schmitz was removed is that
owing to his incarceration in the county
Jail following his conviction on a felony
charge he is no longer able to perform
his official duties.
Gallagher will not hold the position.
of acting mayor for more than a few
days. The resignation of a certain
member of the board of supervisors will
make room for the appointment of a
responsible citizen who will take Cal
lagher's place as acting mayor.
The grand jury may be called in
meeting this week to investigate the
alleged attempts to approach the
Schmitz jury during it's drawing and
while it was staying at the hotel.
The Home Telephone investigation.
VIII also be taken up at the next meetl
ing of the grand jury. 1t is also an
nouEced that the investigation of the
fight trust has not been completed.
The fight trust" paid, it is said, $500
each to the supervisors for exclusive
permits in the fighting game. This
evidence was put aside so long it was
believed to have been abandoned. Now
comes the announcement that the
fight trust" is to be actively prose-
cuted by the grand jury.
n bribery case Of Vice President
Louis Glass, of the Pacific States Tele-
phone and Telegraph company, was to-
day continued in Judge LAWYERS court
until lex Friday.
The case of Nathan w. Adler, ac-
cused of perjury, was continued for six
weeks on motion of the prosecution,
Adier's attorney having been called
aa eft
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-06-20
NORWAY LET'S
THE WOMEN VOTE

Christiania, June 19.-Women over 25
who pay taxes or a minimum income
have been given the franchise in nat
ional elections by the storthing.
Providing Universal Suffrage.
Stockholm, June 19-The riksdag was
closed with the usual the
prime minister reading the royal mes
sage. Press comments on the session
remark that it will rank in Importance
in Swedish parliamentary history with
h a of 1868, when the riksdag voted
for the additions of class representa-
ton of four estates and established the
present system of two elective cham
bers.
The franchise reform message, pass
ed at this session, providing for uni
versal suffrage and proportional cleo
tions. will nearly q%uadruple the cleo
torate Of the second chamber and will,
to a considerable extent, give demo-
cratic character to the constitution Of
the first chamber.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-06-20
HOLMES MADE FORTUNE
IN CROP REPORT LEAK

washington, June 19.--A sensation
vas created in Judge Stafford's court
To-Day. when Louis r. Van Ripper. re.
garded as the principal witness In tina
sfaal ct Edwin s. Holmes. jr., on tic
enarge Of defrauding the government
"a connection with the leak of the cot
ton, crop reports OF the agricultural de-
partment, was called on the stand.
Ripper said he had first met
Holmes In August. 1904, In a hotel in
TINS city. whittier he came to meet hin,
on representations by Frederick A.
Peckham, of New York, who had as
sured him of Holmes ability to sup
ply advance information concerning
cotton reports.
Holmes. according to the witness,
on nen proceeded to exhibit copies Of
practically made up the reports and
that Statistician Hyde had accepted his
estimate.
Holmes told him he had been sup
plying information concerning the re-
port to h persons in New York,
and the result of which he had &C.
cumulated $55, 900.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-06-20
BECAUSE SON MARRIES
FATHER CASTS HIM OFF

Chicago, June 1s.-"You have dis
obeyed u father's express command
and brought trouble aid disgrace upon
your family. You have chosen a mans
part and a mans responsibilities in
spite Of your parents objections. You
cannot live at home any longer. Go
out and prove yourself a man If you
can"
Miller, 16, and his bride. Alice Dorothy
parker, 90, when they approached w.
S. Miller, the groom's father, a wealthy
Chicago merchant, upon their return
from an automobile elopement which
eliminated in their marriage in VAL
paraiso, Ind.
The young couple departed to make
their own way in the world.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-06-20
TELLS SPOUSE
TO THRASH BOARDER|

New o Jne 19.-Because 81 the
advice given by Magistrate Connorton,
TO John Stengle, a meat dealersof Ninth,
street and Vernon avenue, to Ego home.
take the star boarder out In the lot and
thrash him. LONG Island City Is hold
Ing Its ear to the ground. Stengle was
Stengle told a story about a star
boarder. and when Magistrate Connor-
ton suggested q thrashing, he said:
II can't. He's bigger than / am.
Take a club, then, and come back
and let me know how YOU made out
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-06-20
EYES THE PRIME
ATTRACTION, REPORT
QUER|ED LOVERS
Psychologist Lists the Things
That Draw Sexes Together
---Complexion Last.

Boston, June 19.-Precisely what at
tribute or physical characteristic in
youth, maiden, man or woman that
most attracts to the opposite sex, is
the problem DR.. G. Stanley Hall, a
psychologist Of Worcester, has set out
to solve.
He has taken a census of young
lovers with a view to learning what, in
each case has most endeared him or
her to the particular object Of affec-
ton. DIR. Hall gives an abstract Of
what he has learned. With hundreds
of lovers heard from. he states that the
characteristic specified are in order Of
frequency:
Eyes, cheeks, hair, form of head, size
of stature, throat, feet, ears, brows,
chin and complexion.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-06-20

effect at midnight Thursday. Seeing
the gravity of the situation, this court
on it's w motion, on inspecting thu
supposed supplemental bills, entered
restraining order. restraining the rail.
roads from carrying out the recent
statute until the matters could be heard
as to filing the supplemental bills or
which. If filed, a temporary injunction
should issue.
All courts. state and federal, recog-
nze the delicacy Of real or seeming
conflicts between the courts. All courts
recognize that other courts act in good
faith, and this court appreciates thu
situation.
When the foregoing situation was
disclosed today, counsel for the rail.
ways moved for a continuance for q
Week or ten days, to the end tina,
the situation might be looked into
These delays cannot be allowed. Thu
interests Of the public and the rail.
ways alike demand the speedy decision
of al questions connected with thu
foregoing statements as well as al
questions connected with the validity
or invalldity of the rate statute re-
Gently enacted by the state Legislature
OF Missouri"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-06-20
BEES E DRUNK ON
ORANGE JUICE, APPEAL
MADE TO PROSECUTOR

Los Angeles, June 13.-Aiieging that
the proprietors of the Disbrow nursery
are allowing large quantities of orange
Juice to ferment, thus permitting bees
and flies to become intoxicated, the
residents and apiary owners of Passa-
dena have appealed to District Attor-
ney Fredericks.
The men responsible are engaged in
extracting seeds from decayed oranges
for planting. The pulp is squeezed
through a sieve with the result that
a stream of orange juice flows from
the place.
The jag gives the bees hotter sting
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-06-20
ROTTEN TIES SHOWN TO
HAVE CAUSED MANY WRECKS

Los Angeles, June 1S.-As the culmi-
nation of twenty-five wrecks in the
past five months or the Southern Pa
ciic railroad within the boundaries Of
California, in which seventy persons
have been killed and FOG injured, an In
vestigation has disclosed that this line,
which E. H. Hartman has asserted is
in a foremost position in rack and
equipment among the western roads, Is
in wretched repair. Fifteen Of the
wrecks are asserted to " been the
direct result of rotten, wornout track
or insecure, Improperly ballasted road
bed, and these fifteen We're responsible
for the greatest number Of deaths and
injuries.
Ties 50 rotten that the rails had
eaten into them an inch; rails SO loose
as to cause wonder that the air can
run on them; spikes that can be pulled
out with fingers; long fills ~"ballasted."
not with rock, but with sand which
would run through an ~hourglass; tie
plates of obsolete pattern crushed al
most beyond recognition and long
stretches of track over which passen-
ger trains rush crafty at terrific speed
are but a few Of the disclosures.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-06-20
C I AIDS STORK
THOUSANDS OF TIMES

Galena, Kas., June 19.-Dr. w. A.
Walker, who has just completed his
twenty-eighth year in the practice of
medicine in this city, has made a rec
ord as aid-de-camp to the stork, which
Is said to be unequaled in the west.
Since locating in Galena, the doctors
fees for services in this line have netted
him more than $40, 900. Figuring at the
regular fee of $40 the zoos births would
have netted him $40, $50, but in arriving
at the total, the number of twins-for
which a corresponding reduction in
price is made-must be taken into con-
Sideration.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-06-20

ST. Louis, Mo, June 18.-As expected,
the 2-cent rate row created confusion
today at the ticket offices in the union
station.
What's the fare to Koko Grove"
asked a ruralite.
Usual rate. 3 cents straight" said
the seller.
Not for me b. gosh. amt you aware
the fare is only 2 cents now"
Maybe you can get there by trolley
for that said the seller. but not by
our line"
Even at his some agents didn't
know just where they We're at on the
rate question. and clashes We're fire.
Quent.
Agents kept the phones to the cir
cult attorneys office busy and the
federal authorities were trying to keep
up with the injunction orders that flew
fast and furious.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-06-20
PAYS So EACH TIME
HE CIAPS HIS HANDS

Chicago, June 19.-Frank Petric paid
IS each time he clapped his hands. He
clapped them five times. This costly
applause was given in Judge Lands
court while the attorney for the defense
was making a speech in the case of the
United States VS.. Raster, charged with
sending improper postals through the
mail.
"Don't you know it is against the
rules to applaud in court?" he was ask
ed.
Mature is stronger than rules: l lik-
ed what the lawyer said" replied Pc
trio.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-06-20
N CAPTIVE IN
STABLE THREE YEARS

Rome, June 1T.-The elaboration inn
prisonment of a woman in a COW stable
for three years SO h a her husband
might live with another woman was
brought to light through the arrest OF
the recreant husband. a man named
PasGuel. Treasury officials taking q
census of cattle, discovered the woman.
She was almost insane Il so weak she
could scarcely tell ner story
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-06-20
PASSENGERS RESCUED FROM
BURNING DAKOTA WRECK

Minot. N. D., June 1S.-The Great
Northern Oriental limited went into
the ditch at Palermo, forty miles west
of Minot at 6 o'clock this morning.
The engineer and fireman were killed
and several passenger injured. Every
car went into the ditch and caught
fire. The injured were rescued with
great difficulty. The train was going
about fifty miles per hour. The acct
dent was caused by spreading rails.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-06-20

Kansas City, June 19.-"To all tele-
graphers-Quil work at once"
This message went over the telegraph
wires of the Alton railway lines yester.
day. 1t bore the date line of Ryder,
Mo, and was not signed. Six operators
at Watson, Booth, Curryville quit
work.
The law referred to went into effect
Friday and makes the railway COM
panies liable to a fine of $1,000 for COM
pelling or permitting operators at block
signal stations to work longer than
eight houre per day.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-06-20
PIN MONEY, 10 CENTS IN
3 WEEKS, SAYS BRIDE

ST. Louis, June 1s.-Because she says
her husband, Harrison Hill, only gave
her 10 cents from the time of their
marriage. May IA, to June, Hazel Hill
left him. She added that the other day
when she approached him and asked
for none he whipped her. Mrs. Hill
Yesterday swore out a warrant for the
arrest of her husband. charging as
sault and battery. They live in Uni
lversity Row.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-06-20

Caldwell, Idaho, June 19..Harry
Orchard and eighteen other men We're
brought here today and taken before
Judge Wood In the county court house.
The Haywood case In Boise was adj
journed ver today, to enable Wood to
come to Caldwell to enter an order
formally adjourning Orchards trial for
the present term OF court.
The date of Orchards trial will not
be set until the cases against Haywood.
Meyer and Pettibone are disposed Of.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-06-20
RAILWAY CLICK men
QUIT WORK; new Law
Enactment Making Roads Liable
to $1,000 Fine First
Affects the Alton.
INSISTS ON e
CENT FARE, is PUT
OFF THE TRAIN.

New Florence, Mo-. June 19.-G.
l.. Dryden, of High Hill. maintained
his declared rights under the new
2-cent rate law, refused to pay a
fare of 8 cents per mile and was
elected from a Wabash passenger
train here.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-06-20
WHIP WIFE eEATER.

Shoshone, Wyo., June 1S.-Advices
received here from Riverton say that
Edgar M. Morrison, who bears the rep
utation of a wife beaten, was given
twenty lashes on his bare back by a
posse Of women and then tarred and
feathered by their husbands, sons and
brothers.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-06-20
TRANSFERS
ARE NOT TO STRIKE

Chicago, June 18.-A temporary peace
has settled y e the stock yards and
there will be no strike of the packing
house Transfers for some time at least
The men today accepted an offer
arbitration by the packers.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-06-20
TEACHING SON 10 CUT
WOOD, He CHOPS OFF
2 OF HIS OWN TOES

McDougan, one OF the weaithiesta az
torneys In the city, this morning chop
ped two toes off his left foot with an
Ike. He was giving his son lessons III
splitting wood.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-06-20
TW0.CENT ROW
MIKES MISSOURI
Railway Agents Don't Know
Whether to Sell by State Law
or National Injunction.
GOVERNMENT MUST
LEND ITS CREDIT TO
ROADS, SAYS HILL.

New York. June THAT the ma
tional government Viii De forced to
lend its credit to finance the needs
OF the railroads of the country, s
the statement of James j. H.ll.
The public, In its eXasperation,"
says he, will demand that the rail-
roads shall lay certain rails and
provide more cars. The raiiroads
answer that they cannot; their
credit has been ruined. sThe gov
eminent will be obliged to step in
and lend its credit to supply this
deficiency. The situation might
lead to government ownership OF
railroads. That would be tie end
OF republican government.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-06-20
RIPLEY QUITS CANAL.

washington, jim. 19.--Joseph Ripley
has resigned his position as one of the,
consulting engineers of the Panama
canal conan ission, to accept a more,
position in this country.
1t Is understood he viii be. in Thea
employ CT one lof the big railway sys-.
fLrI AEMIE5 H8s9IEr EU4T-H ENsSaEl4HrET -
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-06-20
THREE FREIGHT CARS
INTO NIAGARA FALLS

Niagara Falls, june 18.-Early today
three freight cars broke from a Grand
Trunk train in the middle lower steel
arch of the bridge and plunged into the
Niagara rapids, $50 feet. The bridge
was considerably damaged.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-06-20
E.pPE5AvlTH TEAcnER.

An altisia, NE. June lg.-B,Irnett.
f.Assr.ooi II, a student in the public;
g noel aEre, elopgd to Florida, Ala
Wi;s t1s tsachtr, Miss Mamie White
70, at Lac csose5o OF TIE scnool term.
49, were t.arliad
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-06-20
IOWA Lives NOT TO
REDUCE RATES Until
COURTS COMPEL THEM
General Passenger Agents o,
This State Meet in Chicago
and So Decide.

Chicago, juno 1S.-General passen.
ger agents OF railroads in Iowa met
here and concurred in the agreement
Of lines in other western states not to
make any reduction in state rates in
til the courts have decided as to the
validity Of the various state laws fix
Ing 2 cents per mile as the maximum
ate for interstate trips.