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The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-07-25
FOUND GUILTY OF
KILLING MEDITERRANEAN

Karlsruhe. July 24.-Karl Han. q
brilliant young law professor OF
Washington. p. G., was condemned to
death early last evening after a five
days trial for h murder OF his
wife's mother, Fra Moliter, q wealthy
resident OF Baden Baden, in that city
November 6, last.
The prisoner heard the verdict of
the jury with perfect conlposure and
|tchatted smtlingly with his counsel
after the judges withdrew to hx his
sentence. Upon the return of the
Judges Hau arose, and standing erect
with folded arms listened to h SEN
tence without moving q muscle. A
moment later he was hurried away
to prison by half q dozen policemen.
h sentence is unpopular with the
street crowds, which have been dem
fonstrating more NJ more openly for
several days In Hau's and
against the Molitor family.
After the adjournment of the court
the Molitor party were compelled to re-
main in one OF the Offices of the court
house because 1t was dangerous to ap-
pear in the streets. Enormous crowds
had assembled in the streets adjacent
to the court house. Cordons OF police
kept the crowds in check for an hour
ior more, but then lost control of them,
the masses pushing n crushing for
| ward to the doors with the evident In
tention OF storming the entrance. There
were many shouts from the crowd of
l"Hau Is not guilty" the voices pene-
trating to the court room.
Finally two companies Of infantry
and a squadron Of mounted police APP
peared on the scene and drove the riot
ers before them. The infantrv with
fixed bayonets cleared all the streets
within 300 yards of the court house.
A large number of arrests were made.
One old woman was trampled down by
the horses and 1t is reported that sew
eral persons were wounded.
The demonstration In favor of Hau
appears to be due largely to the same
maudlin sentiment which has made a
hero out of many another accused OF
q daring crime. To unthinking people
Hau's daring trip to Baden-Baden
made him appear q hero.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-07-25
POWDER TRUST
SNEAKS AFTER TRADE,
UNCLE San SAYS

Washington. July 24.-In the bill the
federal government will file with the
United States circuit court at Whining
ION, Del, this week, in an effort to dis
solve the powder trust, the attorney
general sets forth an array Of alleged
anti-trust law on the strength OF which
he says he believes a receiver will be
appointed to take charge Of affairs Of
the Dupont Powder company, the Laf-
lin & Rand Powder and Eastern Dyna-
mite companies, the trusts" holding
and operating corporations.
The justice department believes it
has the strongest case yet prepared. 1t
Is declared that, although there are
rust controls 95 per cent. of the total
output. The charge is made that the
ironclad agreements which constituted
,he original combination have given
way as a result of the prime movers
cupidity, to all sorts Of practices to
absorb competitors.
The complaint asserts that when
the trust could not puy outright it sold
goods in the independent territory be-
low cost, employed detectives to find
she customers and Their sent agents
20 gob5la up the business. One in
stance named is that of the North
western Powder company at Terre
Haute, Ind, composed of coal operators
who manufactured powder for their
own use.
1t is charged tina the trust event
'rally got this trade by organizing the
Great Northern Manufacturing and
.'upply company and putting on a line
Of wagons from which powder was sold
to the companies own miners a! :
cents less than the concern could pro-
luce it.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-07-25
ROCKEFELLER De MANDS
S922O WITNESS FEES

Chicago, July 24.-John D. Rookie
ever, the worlds richest man, is dun
,l..:g Uncle Sam for the S92.2O he.
: armed as a reluctant witness in the
@.andard Oil hearing before Judge X
81. lands.
y messenger from Rockefeller's at
tclneys called at the Federal building,
10 isarn just what the oil king has tot
20 TO collect the money. 1t wasn't,
explained if John D. is particularly
Impoverished at present, or what he
yill dc with the money when hi gets,
II.
The Rockefeller e%nissary was told.
Eat the head Of the Standard Oil COM,
.&i.y either Will have to come to Chi:
40 personally and be properly iden-
t:ded. or he will nave to go before the
istrict attorney in Cleveland and
swear that he is the man to whom
re money is due.
If such an affidavit is received
a special payroll viii! be sent to the
8ilcr&ire for his signature, and then
~ government will mail him a vouch-
II for the fees.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-07-25
ALONE,
REPORTED DYING;
lWiiEDS RICH NURSE
Widow Hears Of His Plight in
Switzerland, Goes TO Him,
He Receivers.

Washington. July 2s.-"Puor boy..
He's dying alone-and an Americana:
I must see him." said rich Mrs. SUI
sannah Wilkes in Lucerne. Switxer-
land, three years ago.
And, moved by sheer sympathy for
a fellow-countryman in distress, she
sat by the strangers bedside for hours.
He lived because of her attention.
The same poor boy who was Ed
win j. Clapp, of st. Paul, champion
high hurdler at Yale and Olympian
games winner, has just left this city
with Mrs. Wilkes as his bride. They
were married at the Hotel Willard and
nave gone to Philadelphia to board the
W~esternland for a European honey
moon.
Back to the Hospital.
Their pretty romance Will reach its
climax when they make a special pil-
grimage to Lucerne hospital. I
Mrs. Wilkes, who is q daughter Of
Major William Nelson. retired, was the
belle of Charlottesville. Va. Mr.. Clapp
Is a relative Of Senator Clapp.
It was while Mrs. Wilkes was tour
ing Switzerland in a motor car that she
heard OF the young mans Illness. The
American consul casually asked her IL
she knew him. He was dying OF ty-
phoid fever and the consul wished to
send word to his relatives. Mrs. Wilkes
had never heard of Clapp, but she went
to his bedside, gave up the motor trip
and pulled him through.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-07-25
HEROIC SOCIETY
WOMAN SHRINkS
FROM PUBLICITY
assists in Rescuing Boy, but
Will Not Reveal Her
Identity.

n Brooklyn, N. Y, July PA comels
sYoung wcman, who refused to give her
name, proved herself a heroine on Jack
avenue, near the junction Of the
Shell road, at Flushing, when an auto
Sxnobile in which she was a passenger
down John Mitchell IL years old,
Hon of Wilson Mitchell, Of "a Prince
a&treet, Flushing.
@ The lad had been in bathing in Flush
ms Creek n was running across the
s. Roadway, when he was run over by q
wenty-four horsepower car belong
Mng to L. B. Toplltz. of 81 East Eighty
Sixth street, Manhattan. The boys
Wearing is defective, and he did not hear
%Mr. Toplitz's warning cry
q Mr.. Toplitz explained afterward that
The applied his emergency brakes with
@such force and effect that the auto
@came to a stop within it's own length.
THE front of the auto passed over the
NMitchell boy, and when the car stopped
4he was almost under the middle of it.
q Mr.. Toplitz jumped out of the car,
#and, assisted by the young woman,
the lad into the auto, and the
smachine started at top speed to the
9office of DR.. j.. F. Dick in Flushing.
aAll the way to the doctors Office the
young woman held the lads head on
her lap, unmindful Of the fact that her
szhshionable clothing was being covered
a Filth blood from the boys wounds DR..
Dick found that the lads wounds We're
#Hpainful, but not serious, and Magistrate
Luke j. Connorton decided not to hold
+ Toplitz for examination in court.
u When Mr.. Toplit2 was questioned by
Sthe reporters the young woman begged
him not to make her name public. She
added: 81 am going to start for Eu-
#rope tomorrow. and I do not desire
&that this little accident shall interfere
with my trip h returned home via
the Long Island railroad.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-07-25
OFF MAD BULL
THEN DIES I'M HOUSE

oDylestown, Pa. July 24.-Attacked
6y q bull on his farm yesterday after
aoon, George L. Stantz, of N~eshaminy,
aeld the animal by the horns for nearly
half an hour until assistance came, and.
then, after walking to his home. fell
over dead. !
Stantz is a powerful man, but it is
supposed that the exertion ruptured.
blood vessels and caused his death.
Stantz lived in Philadelphia until
about five years ~ He DOL up
EARNING and was one of the most sue
eessful in the country. Yesterday he
was repairing a trench. when the mad
dened bull attacked aim. He defend
ID himself with a pitchfork until he
ripped and fell. In a moment the bull
was upon him. and the real struggle
oegan. lie grabbed the animal by the,
1orns and held on desperately while,
he was rolled all over the field. He,
escaped without being gored until
neiEabors came to his assistance, when
ne walked to his house and expired.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-07-25
MEAT PRODUCERS
WILL SAVE MILLIONS

Washington, July 23.-The big case
of the Cornbelt Meat Producers asso-
tiation against the railroads doing,
business between Iowa and Chicago,
has been turned yer by the Interstate,
Commerce commission to Charles A.
Prouty. This means that Prouty win
have general charge Of taking the tes-
timony n working up the opinion
which afterwards must, OF course, be,
approved by a majority OF the commits
sion before being promoted.
The cornbelt people nave drawn a,
prize in the selection of Prouty to ham
die this case as he had intimate knowl1
edge of the condition and the courage
to attack it with effective measures.
Prouty believes that the new law Isl
intended to be used by the commits
sion to the utmost in giving relief where
1t is manifestly needed. 1t can be set
down as certain that in charge of this
case he VIII seek to have a complete
investigation and that he VIII insist
upon a drastic order which will mean
millions annually of saving on the Iowa,
charges for sending live stock to the
markets.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-07-25
BIG BUGS ARE RAISED
TO APPRECIATE MUSIC

Chicago, July 24.-Big bugs hoped
into prominence today. They are fond
of music n do things which refute
the Darwinian 1heory, so it is declared.
They are Of enormous size and are
wonderfully colored.
They AVE been raised, after an ex-
hanstive series of experiments at the
University Of Chicago, by Professor
William Lawrence Tower, who says
that the larger the bugs grow the
more sensitive they become to musical
sounds.
The common potato bug was selected
as the medium for the scientific work.
Out of this insect he has evolved a
monster creature unlike the original
and upon which he has written, under
the patronage Of Andrew Carnegie, a
treatise entitled IAN Investigation Into
the Evolution OF the Chrysomelid Bee
ties of the Genus Leptinotaisa.
Hidden behind the maze IF scientific
facts in the book lies, scientists say,
a surprising REPUTATION Of the OAR
winian theory.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-07-25
BOATS CRASH At
MIDNIGHT;ON N SINKS
Helmsmen Try FrarticaIly to
Avert Collision Of the CAL
ifornia Coast.
AWAKE IN DIRE PANIC
Passengers Struggle for Life-som'
Cling to Wreck Till Rescue
cemes-One Ship
Sinks.

Eureka. Cal, July 24.-Hourly the
death list of the marine horror off the
Mendocino county coast shrinks. The
best advices last night were that III
of the 249 souls on board the came
Columbia escaped death when that yes
sci went to the bottom near Shelter
cove, between midnight and ! o'clock
on Sunday morning. One hundred and
seven of the Colum5ia's passengers and
thirty-seven OF her crew AVE been
brought to this port by the steamer
George w. Elder, which towed the col
liding schooner, San Pedro, from the
scene of the disaster to Eureka. A late
message from Shelter cove says that
three more lifeboats have been picked
up, of them containing eighteen
persons, another fifteen and the third
not reported.
There was a heavy fog and the San
Pedro, heavily laden with lumber
struck the Columbia on the port bow
with such force that she sank in five
minutes.
About eighty persons were saved by
clinging onto the San Pedro, from
which vessel they We're rescued some
hours later by the steamer Roam
oake.
Captain P. A. Doran, of the Column
hia, went down with the vessel. The
San Pedro was picked up by the
steamer George ". Elder, and was
towed to Eureka.
a life raft bearing a number of sur
vivors was towed to port by the Daisy
Mitchell. The Columbia carried a crew
of s~eventy-four. She was an iron
screw steamer Of 2,722 tons register,
built in 1880 and owned by the San.
Francisco and Portland Steamship
company. The San Pedro is a wooden
screw Of 456 tons register.
The collision occurred at midnight
when all on board save the lookout and
officer On the bridge, were asleep in
berths.
The Columbia was steaming north
st an easy rate, having left here at
noon Saturday.
Suddenly out of the fog doomed the
dark hull Of the San Pedro, south
bound, which evidently was out Of
ner course. The whistle was blown M
frantic efforts made by helmsmen of
:ach vessel to avert the collision. The
San Pedro tore an immense hole in the,
side of tho Columbia.
The terrified passengers scrambled,
! rom their state rooms IN an effort to-
escape.
The Roanoke, carrying a number of
the dead and rescued passengers.
cached here his morning.
Shelter Cove is 179 miles UP the
coast.
According to j. C. Flynn, a rescued,
passenger of the Columbia, every Wom-'
an on board was lost.
n of the most distressing features
IF the accident is the ignorance Of the
names of the drowned. Miss Florence
Thompson, of Johnston, O., and Eva
Brooker, of Franklin, KY, were among,
those lost.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-07-25
OUT OF HEAVEN NTO
INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL

Wichita, Kas., July 24.-Out Of heav-
en- into the Industrial School for Girls
at Beloit. Kas., will be the fate Of Miss
Eula Wilson, 16 years old, Of this city.
Miss Wilson is the girl who caused a
sensation a few weeks ago by declaring
that she died and went to heaven, and
returned to earth healed. She said she
saw God and that He healed her.
Since having had q vision of heaven
Miss Wilson has Deer preaching to
large congregations and raising funds
with which to build a mission. Many
persons in distant cities have become
interested in her story and contributed
toward the mission which h says
she is going to build.
Miss Wilson was tried before the
juvenile cour and found to be an in
co1rigible child. Her parents made
complaint. She will be put on her
good behavior on parole before being
sent to the Industrial school at Be-
lott.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-07-25

Lodge making best appearance
in line-First prize, $500, Toledo;
second prize, $3.50, Detroit; third
prize, 500. Ell Paso.
Lodges appearing in unique uni-
form-First prize. $500, Ell Paso;
second prize, $50, Scranton; third
prize. $500, Boston.
Lodges displaying the most at
tractive floats-First prize, $500,
Cincinnati; second prize, 5000, AS
bury Park; third prize, 500.
Orange, N. ].
Best drilled corps participating
in drill contest-First prize, $500,
Cherry Pickers, Of Toledo, o.; sec
ond prize. $500, Arabs, Of Detroit,
Mich.
Special prize of s25 to the latest
Elk, George C. Mountcastle, Rich
mond. Va.
Pasadena, Cal.
Tallest Elk, Carl M. Koenig,
Sacramento. Cal.
Smallest Elk, s25l Jerry D. Sui
Ivan, Roseburg, Ore.
Special prize for the largest
band in line-First prize, $500.
Guadalajara military band. Of
Mexico. which accompanied Ell
Paso lodge; second prize, special
of, $3.50, Ringgold band, of Read
ing.
Prize of $3.50 for the most beau
tiful banner In parade to McKees-
port lodge. of Mckeesport, Pa.
For the largest number of wom-
en- accompanying lodges from
farther than seventy-fve miles
First prize, $3.50, Cincinnati: sec
ond prize, $3.50. Brooklyn; third
prize, sl00, Easton.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-07-25
WOMAN BOOTLEGGERS
CLEvEREST OFFENDERS

Tecumseh, Okla July 24-Bootlegging
whisky In Indian Territory and on the
Indian reservations in Oklahoma Is an
organized business. The big profit in
selling to the Indian especially makes
1t an attractive business and in it are
engaged men, and women, too. OF al
9 every nationality. It's sale to the
red men is prohibited by federal stat
utes, n the punishment is severe, but
he risk which the bootlegger must run
ADDS to the business q charm, and as a
result h officers state that once a
~bootlegger always a bootlegger. Ar
rest, f1nes and imprisonment stop the
men engaged In this business only dur
ing the period of their confinement,
and in almost every instance the men
When released return to their old trade.
In recent years, however, the authors
ties have found the woman the most
persistent bootlegger. DR.. Leo Bennett,
United States marshal Tor the northern
district of Indian Territory, who has
had many years experience with OUT
laws Of all brands, says a woman boot
logger can sell whisky longer without
being caught and is harder to convic
thar any other person.
1t took the officers ten years to catch
Mrs. NJ. j. Wade, although they were
convinced all the time that she was en-
gagged regularly in this unlawful bust
ness. Finally, however, she was ar
rested, with sufficient proof to convict,
and served a year and a day in the
federal penitentiary at Columbus, O.
Another woman. convicted at the same
time II known to be an old offender,
was Mrs. Lydia Beal, who was con-
victed at Sapulpa and sentenced to
serve thirty days in Jail and pay a $500
fine.
1t is learned, however. thai a ma
jority of the wome bootleggers come
from ST. Louis, Kansas. City and Fort
Smith. They are women with nerve,
who are out for the money, and invar-
lably they carry a good quality of
liquor, and they charge the highest
prices.
Not long ago." in Bartlesville, said a
deputy marshal, IT learned of a woman
who was selling Kansas City whisky
Tor $1.50 per pint. I found her at the
leading hotel, where she had registered
and informed the clerk that she was
a hosiery saleswoman. During the aft
ernoon L learned Of several instances
where h had made successful efforts
to dispose of whisky. In the evening
I decided to place her under arrest.
II had, or rather thought 1 had, the
evidence. There I vas mistaken. 1 had
the evidence all right, but could not per-
suade or force a single nan to appear
against the woman, and I had to let
her go. Men will give evidence against
another man for selling whisky, but
they will not appear against a wom-
an"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-07-25
~. MEAN LIVES

Jew YORK. July 24.-The baby incu-
patnr establishment at Dreamland.
ORGY Isiala. has received what is be-
icyed 10 Ne the smallest living babv
y u Dorn. 1t IS 9 girl and was born
. i.Is. George brown, OF this city. The
.-iaI weighed oniy - ounces and &
graInnaes. ine height OF the baby is,
inches. its ARMS are 5 inches long
ID rom temple to temple the meas.
eraei1t is = inches.
q hands Of the baby will go al
Re eilre tnrouga the mothers we'd
Jig ring. a lucent piece hides her
ands. A half dollar hides her faca.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-07-25
DEATH STOPS FRANKS
ON DEADLY THIRD RAIL

Br saeh1'p; Aa s. ysa "ly old S4'w who ll1ea
in a shack Oh the Fox river, near this
place, probably held the record in the
number and unusual character Of
pranks he played with death. He
sported with the deadly electric cur
rent once too often and is dead, but
some of his acts will live for months,
and at least six boys and their parents,
and friends will have occasion to re-
member him with shudders and thank.
fortune for Il of the narrowest es-
capes that a seNtette of urchins ever;
confronted.
Brandenburg finally used his own,
body to make a short circuit between,
one Of the track rails and the deadly
third rail charged with electricity to-
furnish power for the trains OF the
Aurora, Elgln and Chicago railway.
The entire voltage passed through
his body.
Brandenburg eked out a miserable
living by fishing, the proceeds from
his occasional catches furnishing him
with liquor. He was accustomed, when
in his cups, to entertain boys by DO
ing dare devil stunts on the electric
track. He would stand on the third
rail-, sit on it and balance himself on
1t, all the time keeping clear of form
Ing any circuit.
Not long before his death he waded
into the Fox river, which flows along
the right OF way of the electric road,
and then grasped the hand of a
youngster who stood on the bank.
Then he suggested that the other boys
join hands until they coult. touch the
deadly third rail with the tips of their
fingers. Brandenburg assured the boys
that they would be given but a slight
shock. But they were too sensible to
carry out a scheme that would have
killed them all, B~randenburg included.
Previous to this, Brandenburg had
performed all kinds of blood curdling
tricks with the rail. He walked on it,
Jumped or it, and at times sat on it.
In about nine times in ten, he was
in his cups when he did so. The
town authorities had arrested and con-
fined him SO many times that they
at las gave him his freedom and al
lowed aim to follow the trend of his
queer inclination. While doing one
of his balancing acts on the deadly
Steel stringer, he toppled backwards
and unintentionally touched a track
rail. That was the end Of him and
his dare devil acts.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-07-25
HERMIT YIELDS; BRIDE
RIDES IN MILK WAGON

Sunbury, Pa, July 24.-Thomas
Shafer, who won Mrs. William Gilbert
through advertising, and who engaged
Rev. Mr.. O'Boyle here to marry them,
but deferred the wedding because they
had a dispute as to whether they should
walk or ride to church, today hired
kits milk wagon, the bride thus win
ming the first clash.
Together they drove seven miles to
Squire Drums, who married them.
Shafer's house is a dilapidated old
structure in the mountains four miles
from a railway. Last week, after he
had decided to marry, he started to
rid his house of snakes that had long
made it headquarters. Neighbors aid
ed him, and thirty copperhead and
blacksnakes were killed in and under
the house.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-07-25
HALO THE LATEST
FAD FOR MY LADY

Chicago, July 24-Women have in
aided heaven for the newest fad.
rs my halo on straight?"
The modern halo, like all up to date
conveniences, is easily adjustable,
quickly attached and promises to be
fashionable. The. odor of sanctity,
however, does not go with the halo,
though a little rim Of gold adds
a Madonna-like effect to certain
charming faces, and when made of dia-
mcnds scatters an almost unearthly
light.
The fashionable halo is a slender
circlelet Of gold with a filing Of silver,
and attached to the back is a combin-
alton which holds 1t in place on the
head.
When the halo is placed upon the
hair it hovers lightly over it like a
sanity aura.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-07-25
10 DEATH.

New York, July 24.-After telling his
wife that he was going to fly out in
me night air X a bird, Eugene Howe,
4 Christian Scientist, aged %. early to-
day lcaaed in his night shirt from a
third story window and dropped to
the tagging below.
His skull was fractured and he died
an hour later. Howe became Interested
in Christian Science several months
ago, inc tried to interest his wife but
failed.
When he leaped he took with him a
book by Mary Baker eddy.