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The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-01-31
WOMAN SURGEON
PLEADS F0!l q q ! n 4

washington, a11.2sx-4T nGsssS
essity for the restoration oksstile can
een in the American arIayfas stronGaaE
set forth In q letter from Drss slArlitMEs
Mitchell, ofa the Spanish-Afnerlcan War
Veterans association. DIR sMclaeesSWhdS
was formerly an assistant Ssurgeontn
the army and later8sorganized
3of nurses under the auspices of2th0
Red Cross society for work among lap
war, gives her Observations as toN
drink habit among the Japanese sol
sfdiers and tells of the evil results fOl.sI
lowing the adjustment Of theacAnteens
In the United States army.
DR.. MCGEE says: s
Like everyone who knows aomethin8
'of the subject, I am heartily In
OF giving our American soldiers their
club (calleds canteen). where they may
enjoy themselves harrnlessly. As =
woman and as q physician, Ideplore the
horrible results of making a man, seek
his arnusements where he is Mahle&tos
fall q prey to the worst temptations,
and sol wish you speedy success In re-
establishing the canteen in the Amer
lean army.
s.Instead of our liquors. wines, etc.
the Japanese use a beverage they
prepare themselves. called sake. tast-s
ling like sherry, served hot, but In
character like the light wines and
beer formerly supplied In our army
canteens.
II saw this sake in Manchuria, where,
1t was furnished as apart of the ra-
ition when 1t was feasible to provfde
1T, though the quantity was exceedingly
small, so that the effect was stirau-
iiating not Intoxicating. have heard
that sometimes when the weather q
bitterly cold the daily sake had to be
disposed in the form 9 a froenz
lump, which was as big as a man's
thumb In Hiroshima I met from timlei
to time certain officers who were on
their way from Toxic to the front with
a quantity of sake which the emperor
was sending as a gift to the troaps In
celebration of some victory. This drink
was also for sale by the post traders,
and yet the temperance of h Japan
ese soldier was q wonder TO my nurses
n myself. We saw tens of thousands
OF them, but never did we see a soldier
4 drunk,
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-01-31
CALLS UPON CONGRESS
TO END POLYGAMY
Drastic Resolution introduced
in the Lower House of the
Illinois Legislature.

Springfield. ILL.,, Jan. 29.--Mr. Gaum-
county, introduced a joint resolution
p%etitioning congress to call a onven
ton to propose an anti-polygamy
amendment to the constitution of the
United States. The resolution fol-
lows:
Whereas. 1t appears from investi-
cations recently made by the senate OF
the United States, and otherwise, that
polygamy Still exists in certain places
in the United States, Notwithstanding
prohibitory statutes enacted by sew
eral states thereof: and,
Whereas. The practice Of polygamy
is generally condemned by the people
OF the United States, and there is de-
mand for more effectual prohibition
thereof, by placing the subject under
federal jurisdiction and control, at the
same time reserving to each state the
right to make and enforce its own laws
relating to marriage and divorce; now.
therefore. be it
Call For a Convention.
Resolved, by the house of represent
atives, the senate concurring herein.
That application be, and hereby is.
made TO ngress under provision Of
article 5 of the constitution Of the
United states, Ior the Gaining OIL q con-
vention to propose IN amendment to
the constitution of the United States,
whereby polygamy and polygamists'
cohabitation shall be prohibited, and
congress shall be given power to en-
force such prohibition by appropriate
legislation.
Resolved, That the legislatures Of all
other states o. the United States now
in session, or when next convened, be,
and thew hereby are respectfully re-
quested to join in this application by
adoption of this or an equivalent reso-
luton.
"Resolved, further, That the secre-
tary OF state be, and he hereby is, au-
thorized to transmit to congress this
application and to the members of aid
bodies representing this state therein;
also to transmit copies hereof to all
legislatures of all other, states of the
United States"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-01-31
CATTLEMEN SUFFER
AN IMMENSE LOSS
s~ominens Stock Buyer Says Aninaal>
Are Dying by the THOUSANDS in
the Northwest.

Minneapolis. MINI. Jan. Sci. Il
Howells, Of Minot, d. D-. q leading
buyer of cattle and sheep, declared that
the cattlemen of the northwest would
stand to lose more than 100000 by
the severe winter. He made a tour
of INSPECTION along the transcontinentai
lines, both in the United States II
Canada, and say the losses will not
be SO great in North Dakota as In AL
iberta and Montana.
In the Alberta country, according to
MIR. Howells, thousands of cattle had,
ihuddled together along tho railroad
tracks and dead cattle We're to be seen
for 100 miles or more Lying twenty feet
deep In some places. The same condi7
tons, he says, prevail in Montana.
Mr.. Howe1ls says that while in Eavre,
Mont, last week q ranchman offered
him 10000 sheep for 5000, which last
fall were worth S30,G Sheep We're
dying by hundreds for want of food.
Last year Mr.. Howells' company
shipped out Of Havre nearly 400 cars
of cattle, but this year it has been UNI
able to get out a single carload.
Extreme Cold Continues.
st. Paul, Mimi, Jan. 2s.-Reports re-
;ceived at Great Northern and Northern
Pacific railroad headquarters here to-
day tell of another blizzard raging over
North Dakota along the main lines of
those roads. The temperature aver
ages about 30 degrees below zero, and
the severe gale is drifting the snow
badly.
The weather bureaus record of tenn
perature here today was IA below zero
and street thermometers ranged from
II to 20. Devils Lake, N. D., reported
80 below. The wind is from the north
west and a much colder temperature is
looked for here tomorrow.
A dispatch from Dickinson. N. D.,
says:
"A mixup of orders. due to the cold,
caused a wreck on the Northern Pa
cific passenger trains, east bound and
west bound, four miles east of Dick
inson early today. Both trains We're
double headers. One fireman was
killed and seven trainmen injured. Nc
passengers we're killed or seriously
hurt.
Superior, Wis, Jan. 2S.-The Their
mometers n from 80 to SO below
today.
Devils Lake. N. d., Jan. aS.-The
mercury is 80 below. The wind is
from the northwest and much colder
temperature is looked for by tomorrow
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-01-31
AID DECLINED BY MRS.
STONEWALL JACKSON

Raleigh, n. c.. IAN. 29.-The sem
ate received today a letter from Mrs.
"Stonewall' Jackson, declining TO &C
cept q pension Of 500 a month.
Il appreciate this patriotic tribute to
the name of my hero husband" she
says. "but ! do not feel ! would be JUS
tilted in accepting it. l am informed
the laws Of North Carolina limit all
pensions to those who nave not $500
in personal property, and as l do not
come under this law, respectfully re-
quest that the bill be withdrawn"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-01-31
WHITES pITIFUl NOTE
and ENDS Her LIFE
Case Of Lillian Melton IN Ken
lucky Calls to Mind That
of Grace Brown.
SHE ENCLOSED A NICKEL
Wished Lover and the Girl He spurned
Her For, Much Happiness, Took
Poison and Is Now
Dead.

Madisonville, Ky, Jan.Ss LIZ many re-
tpects The case of Lillian Melton. who was
buried here after committing suicide be-
suggested thai of Grace Brown, of New
York, whose murder aroused such deep
and sympathetic interest all over the
United States.
Grace Brown was murdered by her
sweetheart at Zig Moose lake. He had.
promised to hurry her and she had even
bought her wedding gown. just before her
death she wrote several pathetic letters TO
her sweetheart saving she had an ~instinc-
tive feeling She was to die. Lillian Mel
tons last letter to her sweetheart contains
Il s.fl.iH statement.
Miss Melton committed suicide in Nor
~tonv.llc and her body was brought hero
/ for funeral services and interrlent in Odd
Fellows cemetery.
Lillian Melton had been receiving at
tenLoas from a young man and recently
learned that he was in love with and was
10 marry another girl. On learning that
The ceremony was inevitable. Miss Melton,
in her despair, wrote q final letter to him.
Upon reaching Nortonville she Went to
the home of her brother, r. Melton. where
she swallowed the poison she had procured
here,
Her Pathetic Letter.
Following is the farewell letter she wrote
to her sweetheart before she killed her
self.
otto: Inciosed you VIII find a nickel
which L owe you for having paid on my
ticket the Sunday afternoon | Went TO the
Gap. Thank YOU sincerely
When are you and Beraa to be mar
red? Soon? OF course, l know you are
both Very, veg happy, but only God
knows the terrible anguish and misery !
feel, Q, why did you not leave me alone
when you went away from me before!
Why, in Gods am dc you come back
to open afresh the old hurt in my heart?
Are you going to live at N~ortonviEe? ]
want YOU to be happy. l have always
waIited that, but cannot look Forward &c
a life of long, endless misery and unllap.
piness. You told me 1t is wrong to take
ones own life, but you do not stop to con.
slider that tina same life is more than car
be borne with misery and shame, II there
Is a heaven 10 be gained by death, ther'
certainly IS Il hell to be missed.
You say you believe that we are al
saved; then it seems to me that instead
of wishing for me to live on here In thu
~anhapp.ness that you know / am in yo,
would not mind my going ava to NOR
perfect happiness and love. AT best o.
worst. death will at least give me per
feet rest. ] do not think that there is an,
happiness in life now for me, and som,
times wonder why. What have | ever don
that you should have deliberately Sc
about, in the way you have, to wreck m.
life and my happiness?
You have never asked anything of m
that l nave not willing and lovingly grant
I'd to you. ] am not sorry of 1T, either
except that human nature will have II
way, and grief and misery will fill N.
heart.
("Better Than Me.")
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-01-31
RARE BERI-BERI ILL
APPEARS IN CHEYENNE

Cheyenne, Wyos, Jan. 29,-The first
case of the rare oriental disease, BERT
beri, ever known in the west is being
treated in Union Pacific hospital. a
japanese section land on the Union
Pacific is h victim.
Other Japanese are being watched
for fear the disease will spread.
Physicians from Denver, Salt Lake
and other western cities are watching
the progress Of the heri-bari with In
terest.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-01-31


Washington, D. c., Jan. 3o.-Charg-
ng that although the lam office and in
,erior department since 1900 have spent
y, 900, 900 in following up,
md prosecuting frauds against the iand
avs, not olle-third of l per cent. OF
homestead entries has been
Senator Carte.,, of Montana, followed
by others in the upper house will to-
morrow launch a campaign against
Secretary Hitchcock. They will take
lp the operation of the timber II
,tone act, under which it has been al
eyed thai Wholesale frauds have been
committed, and will undertake to show
that instead of reeking and fostering
with corruption, the operations Of THAI
Jaw have developed q remarkably small
proportion of fraud and crime.
1t will be alleged that the adnlinis-
ration of the homestead laws Of this
country is driving American homeseeS-
ers out OF the United States. and that
Canada is getting the very cream of
emigrants from the middle western
states, while the far western states are
getting very few.
: 1t is expected that very little will be
lone in the senate the coming week
aside from discussion of this subject.
Among senators who will talk on the
subject are Carter, Of Montana. Clark
of Wyoming. Hepburn, of Idaho, Flint
and Perkins, OF California, Long, OF
Kansas, and probably as many others.
whose states are deeply interested In
this question.
Senator Carter declares the whole de-
velopnent of the west is at stake and
thai people who would like to locate
in the United States are going by pref
erence to Canada, WHARF instead of five
years of uninterrupted residence, as re.
uuired in this country, there is re.
auired only three years of residence
But this is not all Of the grievance
Of the western states. 1t is charged
further that the administration OF the
forest reserve law has resulted in Great.
ing huge areas of forest reserves which
are withdrawn from settlement anC
development. with the result that in eff.
feet the available areas of the states
are reduced to this extent. The states
cannot grow when large proportions OF
their lands are being held out from pos,
eibility Of development in this fashion
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-01-31
DOCTOR FOR
WIFE'S DEATH HELD
in MURDER CASE
Ex-street Car Conductor Az
rested Following Killing of
C. w. Townsend.

New York. Jan. 3o.-suspected of
knowing something about the death of
DR.. Charles w. Townsend. of Staten
island, mysteriously murdered Friday.
The police have arrested John Bell, a
former street car conductor. 1t is re-
ported Bell blamed Townsend for the
death of his wife a year ago after an
operation attending childbirth.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-01-31
WITNESS AND GROSVENOR
CLASH AT a HEARING

Washington, D. c., Jan. 3o.-"You are
the most insulting and contemplate
witness I ever saw before a committee"
VAS the retort of Representative Gros-
yenor to Professor Henry w. Elliott,
Of Cleveland, at a meeting of the house
ways and means committee today to
consider the Southland measure for
regulation Of sealing in Alaskan wa
ters.
You can't shut me up. Ali this evil
Hence is coming. 1t will go on the floor
Of the house" Elliott shouted in reply.
General G~rosvenor will interfere
whenever he wants to. TAX it into the
house as soon as you WISH" Grosvenor
yeplied.
The controversy arose through FL
liott's attempt to read to the commit
tee much testimony concerning the case
Of J. Hamilton Lewis sealing vessel,
which was finally settled before The
Hague tribunal.
Members of the committee attempted
to explain to Elliott that the documents
he was reading were of no value in the
hearing, but he resented their inter-
ruptions and attacked them with
vehemence which afforded much
amusement to the committee and spec
tatorS.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-01-31

WAS "WiLFUl- r."

london, Jan. 30.-A verdict Of Will
full murder was rendered by the cor
oner's jury today against Horace
George Rayner, who shot and killed
William Whiteley, the West Bourne
Grove merchant January 81. Tie mo-
tive for the crime remains a mystery.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-01-31
WAR ON
HITCHCOCK In BEHALF
OF PUBLIC DOMAIN
Garter Claims Homestead Sys-
EN- Is Driving Settlers Across
the Canadian Border.
STATES CANNOT GROW
Westerners Claim the Holding Out Of
Huge Forest Reserve Areas
Has a Detrimental
Effect.
STATES CANNOT GROW
NORTH DAKOTA
so PROSPEROUS 1T
Is IMEAPPX.

Washington, D. G., Jan. so.-Rep-
resentative Marshall, of North Da-
kota, declares while there is a
shortage of fuel at some points IN
North Dakota and danger of short
age at others, growing primarily out
of the so called car shortage and
later continual snowsto.ms, North
Dakota is in no need of financial
assistance. 1.-THE car shortage" he
says, grew largely out OF tho en-
ormous crops raised throughout the
state, and the consequent expansion
of business far beyond all ordinary
limits, which literally swamped the
railroads. not only with products
going u of the state. u with
merchandise and materials coming
in."
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-01-31
HUNDREDS DROWNED III FLOOD

flOns Kong. jan. Ny torTiHc ram
squall broke over Hong Kong this
morning and in ten inmates sank over
fifty Chinese craft in tire harbor.
More than loo natives droxred.
There Were 10 casualties amor tb.
Whit. por--r-A
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-06-08

with keys hanging up and picks out the key belonging to the room nam ed. A small tip then is in order. The serenos are not good men like the guardia. In Seville they have an evil reputation among sailors. They have been known to beat a wandering, in- toxicated sailor, take away his money and then take him to jail. Many of the men who have been killed in the city late at nights have been charged to the accounts of the Seville serenos.
 There Is another partially police ar engagement in Seville that is the least TO- It is like hospital with Us. ex- cept that the chief work done there is binding up knife and stab wounds. The Sevillano is very quick to draw a knife and cuttings are very common, especially in the Barrio de Triana, where the gypsies are found. It is no uncommon sight to see man bleeding from a bad gash in his face or body running as weIl as he can down the street calling to be directed to the nearest place where he can get treat ment The police always help him there and then arrest him. In that way they generally get their information as to brawls.
 There are few arrests for fighting in the street. Indeed, except to. the native Spaniard, it is hard to distinguish what is a fight and what Is a pleasant dis cussion. The native Castilian imagines himself bornan orator and such flinging about of hands, such angry gestures and such cries of "Si hombre," and No hombre," cannot well be imagined by the foreigner to be anything but fight. But the guards know better and let them alone If there are threats or hostilities a word from the guard us ually is sufficient. Arrests for drunk enness are the most usual. That is a sufficiently rare thing among Span iards, although they are great drink CTS. Taking a drink is not matter of going in and lining up against the bar, There are few bars, They go in and sit down and take drinks with a great deal of conversation and they accumu- late their liquor slowly.-Chicago Chronicle.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-06-08

Summer appeared shivering on the scene.
 Dear me-" she remarked petulant- ly, trying to contrive a garment out of withered leaves. "there always used to be a space reserved for me between two winters
 Telephoning for an oil stove to be sent right up, she turned to the study of a furrier's catalogue.-Philadelphia Ledger.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-06-08

Tt broadens ones horizon, so to speak, does it not?" inquired the man who was studying municipal condi- tions, ''to serve the city in the capaci- ty of Alderman?"
 T don't know about that" answered the other man, "but I have noticed that 1t generally broadens his equator.F Chicago Tribune.
 'This straw said the natter, "is really better than Panama, and it's particularly suited to a short man.
 Whats the price of it?" asked Saw doff.
 'Twelve dollars"
 Not much! That hat won't do, my friend, for man as short as l am. = Philadelphia Press,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-06-08
Yours truly.

CHARLES L. FUTILE, President of the Board of Charities. WILLIAM w. STILLMAN, Superintendent of Charities. ARTHUR L. ST1IPMAN,
 Corporation Counsel.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-06-08

Clancy (with paper)-Glory be! I wondher iv miracles'll iver cease? They've wirelissed tn air, weighed tn sowl, an now, bedad. they've photo graphed tn breath! I wondher what they'll do nixt? Connolly Faith, 1t ain't too much to predict that in a month CT so they'll be radin' tn un- written law!''-Puck.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-06-08

cut where every stick of timber and every pound of coal must be hauled, sometimes for the distance of a mile, then the limit of the wrecker's pro- fanity is reached.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-06-08
INSANE POOR.
Circular Issued to seleetmen of Town.
 by Board of Charities.

by Board of Charities,
 The following circular has been is- sued to the selectmen of towns by the board of charity commissioners of this city in reference to the bill before the general assembly on the support of insane poor;
 Office Department of Public Chari- ties, 222 Pearl street. Hartford, Conn. May 8I, 1907. Dear sir-As first selectman or su- perintendent of charities of your town you must be interested in the bill which passed the senate yesterday in- creasing the rate to be paid by towns for pauper insane at state institutions, Middletown and Norwich, from two dollars to three dollars per week.
 2. The bill had no public hearing; originated in the appropriation com mittee and will come up for action in the house of representatives on Mon day, June 3; will you see the represen- tatives of your town immediately and do all that you can to stop the bill, and prevent any change in the law?
 3. The purpose of the bill is to put s13o,00O a year more into the state treasury and take it out of the towns.
 This town will be mulcted in the sum of $1S,0oO per year if the bill passes.
 4. Take one-half of the present an- nual expenditures of your town for pauper insane and you will see how much the bill would cost your town. 5. It was never the purpose of the state to make towns pay full cost for pauper insane. any more than for poor in hospitals; state appropriations to hospitals are for that purpose.
 G. The bill was sent yesterday to the house by the senate under suspension of the rules, and an effort was made to hurriedfy pass it.
 z. A representative of Hartford sue ceeded in getting it on the calendar and prevented summary action in that body; but it will need quick work be- fore Monday, on the part of the towns authorities, to post their representa- tives on the disastrous effect on the towns treasuries if this bill becomes law.
 l Yours truly,
 CHARLES L. TUTTLE,
 President of the Board of Charities
 WILLIAM w. STILLMAN,
 Superintendent of Charities
 ARTHUR L. S1IPMAN, CorYIora tion Cam gal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-07
HE DIED FOR OTHERS.
The Remains of a Slocum Fire Hero
Laid to Rest.

New York, Dec. 7.-"Greater love hath
no man than this, that man lay down
his life for his friends"
This inscription on an urn into which
were put yesterday the ashes of Henry
N. Mallabar. brings to light for the first
time the story of hero whose life was
forfeited in the saving Of others. On
June Is. 1904. Mr.. Mallabar was chief
clerk in Riverside hospital on North
Brother Island when the Inflated ex-
curSton steamer, General SlOcum, a
mass of flame, bore down on that is
land. Mr.. Mallabar was one of the
first to see thes burning steamer and
one of the firstTat the work Of rescue.
A strong swimmer, he plunged into the
water and swan out to where women
and children were jumping from the
burning steamer He seized three lit
tie children and took them safely to
shore. On a second trip two more chill
dren were saved and on three succeed
ing journeys out to the burning steam
man he brought to shore weighed over
200 pounds. Ashe dragged her to safe
ty out of the water Mr.. Mallabar fell
unconscious. The physicians discover
ed that his exertion had caused the
bursting of a blood vessel in the brain.
Medical aid restored to him the use OF
his faculties but from a healthy vigor-
Gus man he became helpless invalid.
Shock after shock Of paralysis follow
ed until the one came the other day
which brought death with it. Mr.. NAL
Iabar was born in England but came
TO America in early youth.