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The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-02-27
IN CONGRESS-
FLEET SURELY WILL
RETURN VIA SuEZ.

Washington, Feb. 25.-Confirm-
alton has been given to the re-
port that the American battle
ship fleet. after completing its
voyage to San Francisco, will re-
turn by way of the Suez canal.
The Information was. given out
by Secretary Metcalf In answer
to an Invitation from the Aus
tralian government to have the
feet, OIL at least some of its units,
visit that country. After express
sing his appreciation to Aus
tralia, the secretary said:
THE eventual movement of u
fleet has not yet been deter
mined. While it is probable that
the vessels will return by way OF
Suez. 1 would be glad IL some of
them could be sent by the Aus
tralian route, but it would be
premature to promise this"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-02-27
UNCLE SAM DOESN'T
PAY EILiPlNOS, SUPPORT

Washington, Feb. 25.-Secretary Taft
made an argument before the Senate
committee on the Philippines to In
crease the Philippine commission TIC
nine members. The bill was ordered
reported favorably.
There is not a cent paid out of the
United States treasury for the support
of the Filipinos.' This statement by
Secretary Taft to the House committee
on insular affairs is regarded by the
administration as decidedly important
information.
The secretary made one exception, the
small amount expended in charting the
rocks of the harbors by the coast and
geodetic survey, and expressed tho
opinion hat the information thus
gained was cheaply obtained for this
benefit of the navy.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-02-27
NEBRASKA TO BID
FOR $500, 600 WORTH
OF COLORADO RONDS

lincoln, Neb., Feb. 26.-State Treas
.nre, Bryan today he would
bid for the entire issue, $500, coo. of Colo
RADIO state bonds, to be issued April l.,
to take up the indebtedness Incurred
during the suppression of tte Cripple
Greek riots. Nebraska Win seek the
bonds as an investment for its petaaa-
&ent school fund.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-02-27
GREAT NORTHERN FINE
FOR STAND

Washington, Feb. 26.-Th> question
of whether the railroad rate law known
as the Hepburn act repeats section one
of the IIlkins act prohibiting rebutes
by railroads., was involved in the case
of the United States versus the Great
Northern Railway company. which was
decided today by the supreme court
against the railroad company and
against the contention OF su:h an ap
peal. The district court of Minnesota
fined the railroad 81 900 each for IL vioi-
atoms of the first section of the FL
kinS' la W.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-02-27
WOMEN AID SALOON
MEN IN CAMPAIGN

Springfield, H., Feb. 24.-Anna Will
lard, from Chicago, heads the executive
committee that is expected to do great
things in saving the Jobs of men who
met here today and formed the state
organization of bartenders and hotel
and restaurant employees. Miss Willard
is not a bartender. but she is going to
help her c~o-laborers on the committee
who are. The work of killing off the
Anti-saloon movement is the most i'm.
portant decision of the convention.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-02-27
GIRL FALLS IN
LOVE WITH CHAUFFEUR

Boston, Feb. 26.-Whcu Miss Mari
Joyce of Albany, N. Y, u graduate OF
Vassar, Went to greet II. Hollis Hume
we'll and his fair wife, she stepped right
into the heart of handsome John
Covart, of Maiden, Mr.. HunneweIrs
chauffeur. That was a year and a
half ago. Today the romance has SO
far developed that friends of he Young
wornan declare she VIII soon marry the
young 'a~utoncbiliBt
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-02-27
TWO WOMEN TAKE
THEIR OWN LIVES IN
HORRIBLE MANNER

Allentown, Pa. Feb. 2G.-Miss Emma
Fink, of S~latington committed suicide
in a tragic manner. Standing where
she could see the ruins of her old home,
which was destroyed by fire about a
year ago, she poured coal oil over her
clothing and then set fire to her skirt.
Children who saw her act
help, but it was too late to save her.
The girl had been in i'll health.
Cleveland. Ohio. Feb. 26.-Mrs. Au-
gusta Strey, 80 years Old, committed
suicide by setting fire to her clothing.
The aged woman considered herself a
burden upon her grandson with whom
she was living. FIe had lost his position
and had y large family to p Mrs.
to the street poured kerosene upon her
clothing and applied q match. Her
body was found later by q policeman.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-02-27
TO ENLARGE HOMESTEAD
TO ego ACRES OF LAND

Washington, Feb. 25.-Representative
Mondell. of Wyoming, has introduced a
bill providing an enlarged homestead ir
the states of Colorado, Idaho. Mon
tana,) North Dakota, Nevada and
Wyoming, and the territories of Ari-
iona and New Mexico, by allowing any
person Who is a qualified entrymar
under the homestead laws of the United
States to enter upon 800 acres of lane
not exempted by law.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-02-27
COLD WAVE KILLS
FRUIT IN SOUTH

New Orleans. La, Feb. 24.-Early
fruits and vegetables, mostly intended
for shipment to the North, ave been
damaged by the cold wave the last
two DAYS.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-02-27
ANOTHER DRYFus cAsE7

Toulon, Feb. 25.-Chas B. Ullmc. an
ensign in the French navy. has been
found guilty by a courtnartial of at
tempting to sell naval secrets to for
eign powers. He was sentenced TO life
imprisonment and degraded from his
rank.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-02-27
HlNsHAW, OF NEBRASKA,
TAKEN ILL AT FUNERAL

Spartanburg S. c., Feb. 25.-Repre.
sentative Edmund II. Hinshaw. of Ne.
braska, one OF the congressional party
accompanying the body of Senator Lat,
inner to h latter's home at Belton,
became i'll just before the funeral traiL
reached here. Physicians were sum
moned TO the station and 1t was found
hat Mr.. Hinshaw was suffering from
bladder trouble. After they had adj.
ministered relief the train proceeded te
Bolton.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-02-27
HISTORY PROFESSOR DEAD.

Gaylord Bourne. professor of history at
Yale university, died this afternoon.
after Il long illness. He was ore of
the hcst known teachers of history in
the country.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-02-27
CONFEDERATE GRAVES
A0l d RE MARkEn

Washington. Feb. Pa joint resolu.
ton for the marking OF graves of sol.
diers and sailors of the confederate
army and nayy who died in Northern
prisons and are buried near h prisons
where they died, vas reported by Sen
ator Foraker.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-02-27
WOMAN CHANGES
HER NAME THREE
TIMES IN WEEK..

Norfolk. Neb.. Feb. 26.-Three DIFF
ferent IN in one week.-Mrs. Is
the unique eco of a Madison
county oma
First as Mrs. Richard Hamann
she was divorced from her husband
and the our allowed her to resume
her maiden name, Christina Ores
sen. As Miss Dresser she was mar
ried and became Mrs. Ernest
L~uebcke-all in one week.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-02-27
AMERICAN OFFICERS
REGARD SENTENCE OF
GEN. STOESSEL JUST
STOEs6EL'S FORMER
SERVANT TAKES LIFE,
SO GREAT is GRIEF.

Hartford, Conn, Feb. 24.-Because
Of her regret over the conviction of
General Stoessel at st. Petersburg,
Amelia Harris killed herself by in
haling Illuminating gas. The girl
was a Russian and had formerly
been employed in the generals fam
lily.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-12-14
LANDS AT CEYL0N.
Admiral Sperry Pays His Respects to
the Governor.

Colombo, Ceylon, Dec. 14.-Rear
Admiral .Sperry landed from the bat
tleship Connecticut this morning to
pay his official visit to Sir Henry Ed
ward McCallum, the governor of
Ceylon. A guard of honor had been
assembled and there was a big. crowd
on the water front. composed of ma
tfves and Europeans The admiral
was cheered as he stepped ashore.
He at once inspected the guard of
honor drawn up on the pier. The
guard was from the Min inety-Eighth
infantry regiment. After this cere-
mony the admiral with the members
of his staff, drove to the governors
residence.
Later in the day the governor re-
turned the call, and was received on
board the Connecticut with the usual
salutes. During the stay of the six
teen battleships at Colombo-they ar
rived yesterday from Manila-Admiral
Sperry will be the guest of the COVER
nor, while Rear Admiral Seaton
Schroeder will be entertained by Cen
eral Lawrence. The first batch of
sailors consisting of 2S blue jackets
and two officers from each ship came
ashore in the morning and took a
train for Handy, the capital of Ceylon,
where they will spend the day as
guests of the government. There will
be similar excursions each day during
the stay of the fleet until all of the
men have been thus entertained
The Topeka state journal., 1908-12-14
SHATTERED BY A BOMB.
Two Buildings Adjoining Chicago Coli
scum Wrecked.

Chicago, Dec. 14.-Two buildings were
wrecked and windows were shattered
for a block around by the terrific ex-
plosion of a bomb in an alley in Wa
bash avenue near Sixteenth street last
night. The wrecked buildings adjoin
the Coliseum, where the First ward ball,
the annual revel against the holding of
which much opposition was made, is
scheduled to be held tonight
The report of the explosion was heard
for a mile. The congregation of Grace
Episcopal and Wabash Avenue NJ E.
churches and guests of nearby hotels
rushed to the streets in a panic. A two
story frame building at 1913 Wabash
avenue, which adjoins the south wall of
the Coliseum Annex, Immediately col
lapsed and took fire
The fire leaped across an area and
spread to another frame building also
wrecked. Properties of the Coliseum
stored in the two buildings added fuel
to the flames.
That the bomb was intended for the
Coliseum the police express little doubt.
One theory is that the bomb was thrown
as another chapter of the gamblers
war; which has been marked by the
vicinity of alleged gambling resorts. The
twenty seventh explosion in that series
occurred few weeks ago.
The First ward ball has long been a
source of contention. Last week Rev.
w. o. Waters, rector of Grace Episco-
pal church, which joins the Coliseum
on the north sought and failed to secure
an Injunction to prevent the holding
of the ball on the ground that it was
prejudicial to the morals of the COM
munity.
The ball is supported by First ward
erS who are represented in the city
council by Michael Kenna and John
Coughlin. The proceeds of the ball,
estimated at from $4,000 to $4,000 an
nually, are used for the campaign ex-
penses of the alderman whose term ex-
pires the following spring.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-12-14
HOCH READY TO ACT.
Would Appoint Commission to Investi-
gate Oklahoma Charges.

Gov. E. w. Hoch is absent from the
city on a lecture tour of the east, but
Homer Hoch, the governors son and
private secretary, said today, in speak
ing of the sensational charges in the
report of Miss Kate Bernard about the
condition of the Kansas state prison,
and sent out from Guthrie, Ok, in the
nature of a semi official report, that
he was certain that if the governor
were here he would stand pat on his
opinion of the matter as expressed be-
fore he left home when advance sheets
of these charges were published.
Homer Hoch said that the governor,
at the time the first charges made by
Miss Bernard were published, wrote to
Gov. Haskell and offered to appoint a
commission of three prominent Kan
sans and have the Oklahoma COVER
nor appoint similar committee from
his state to investigate these charges,
but Gov. Haskell replied by stating
that he saw no need of an investiga-
ton and was satisfied that there was
no particular foundation to the sem
sational charges of Spanish Inquisi-
ton implements of torture used at
Lansing or that unnecessary cruelty
was practiced toward the convicts.
Gov. Hoch is ready now to appoint
q commission to thoroughly investi-
gate the matter, but personally he
gives little serious consideration to the
charges of the young woman FROM
Guthrie.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-12-14
KILLED IA MEN.
Explosion of 21 Tons of Dynamite i'm
the Canal Zone.

Washington. Dec 14.-Fourteen are
knowngto be dead, three of them Ameri-
cans, and so injured as a result of the
premature explosion of 81 tons of
dynamite at Bas Obispo in the Panama
canal zone, according to an official dis
patch received E, from Chief Engineer
Goethals. The message was as follows:
The premature explosion of 81 tons of
morning resulted in the death of IA men
and the injury of so. Three or four of
the injured will probably die. Follow
ing Americans killed:
JAMES L. HUMMER. craneman,
steam shovel. Donnellen. N. j.
JOHN J. KORP, steam shovel engi-
neer, Phillipsburg. N. J.
JOHN J. REIDY, powder man, In
Indianapolis, Ind.
Seriously wounded:
Benjamin H. Cole. foreman, Roches-
Slightly wounded:
Arthur H. Rassett, foreman. Phila-
delohia.
w. G. Bell. foreman. New York city.
C. w. Hayden, steam shovel engineer,
Sandusky, Ohio.
A 80 ton steam shovel lies a COM
pIete wreck, crushed under the weight
of falling rock. Every one of the crew
was killed All the tracks in this sec
tion were torn to pieces and are now
covered with tons of debris
A long time will be necessary to take
away the great heaps of earth and
rocks in the search for the buried dead.
Hundreds of men were on the scene
working heroically to find the bodies of
their dead comrades. Many evidences
of the blasts force are seen as here and
there pieces of flesh and bone are turn
ed over with pick or shovel.
The charge consisted of 81 holes so
feet deep and spread out over a large
section of territory. The last hole was
being charged by John J. Reidy, an
experienced powder man, when it ex-
ploded. The others were exploded by
the concussion. Reidy was blown to
pieces. The other American dead in
cluded John ]. Korp, steam shovel en-
gineer, and ]. L. Hummer, steam SHOW
ell crane man. Two Spaniards were also
killed and eight West Indian negroes.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-12-14
LAID To REST.
yellow Peril'' Is Buried by the
Act of Japan.
Government Will Prohibit EN-
igratiOn to United States.
HAS BEEN A MENACE
To the Continuance of Peace
Between Two Countries.
No Exclusion Law Will Now Be
Necessary.

Chicago, Dec. IA special to the
Record Herald from Washington says;
All Japanese emigration to the United
States is to be stopped by the Japanese
government. When the japanese diet
meets few weeks hence Baron Ko-
mura. minister of foreign affairs, will
make official announcement that the
government has decided to prohibit all
emigration to the United States after
given date. Thus will disappear the
last remaining difficulties or possible
cause of trouble between the United
States and Japan.
Though the announcement in Toxic
may be made upon the assumption that
the Japanese government has vOluntar-
lily agreed upon this course as a matter
of fact the decision was reached
through long series of negotiations be-
tween Secretary Root and Baron Taxa
hira, the Japanese ambassador to the
United States. The order of the Japa-
nese government will prohibit all emil
grafton, but will. of course leave travel
free, so that merchants, students and
tourists from Japan may visit America
at will under the passport agreement
with the United States government.
When the understanding between
the United States and Japan as to the
Pacific ocean and the Chinese empire
was made public week or so ago and
the notes which had been exchanged
were given textually to the world, COM
ment was widely made that IL our coun-
try had settled this question and left
the immigration issue unsettled no very
great progress toward a permanent
peace had been actually made.
It is a fact that the highest officials
of the two governments have viewed
the future with apprehension il the emil
grant question were left undisposed of.
With neither government desiring war
and each doing all in it's power to avert
it, both might nevertheless be forced
into war. The danger was that there
might be an anti-Japanese riot in san
Francisco or elsewhere on the Pacific
coast This would stir up popular pas
sion both in the United states and
Japan. In this country it might easily
be followed by public opinion demand
ing and securing the enactment by con-
gress of a Japanese exclusion bill. This
in turn would inflame public opinion in
Japan. For long time it has been be-
lieVed by the best informed officials and
best diplomats that the enactment of
an exclusion law by the United States
would be inevitably followed by war
with Japan In settling the immigra-
ton matter, it is understood there is
no treaty nor even an exchange or
formal notes, but that nonethless. the
so-called yellow peril is a ghost laid
n rest.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-12-14
WICHITA-TOPEKA RACE.
Y. NJ. c. A. Planning Relay Run for
Early Spring.

Plans for relay race between To-
peka and Wichita to be run some time
during the early spring are now being
made by the local Y. NJ. c. A and the
association of Wichita The local as
sociation has the relay race fever and
is pushing the matter with the Wichita
authorities.
AS the present plans provide. the
race would be run by the boys from
the Arkansas City, Winfield, Newton
Mcpherson, Emporia and Topeka as
sociations. Each of the boys would be
expected to run a mile so that a large
number of boys would be required for
the race. The race would be governed
by the same rules that were used in
the New York-Chicago race last fall.
The route which will likely be
chosen for the race will be from Wich-
fta to Newton, then to Marion EN-
poria and on to Topeka. The race
may start from this end and end in
Wichita or vice versa. Or there may
be a double race which will start at
both ends simultaneously. Should this
be done the boys running from this
end would carry a message from
Mayor Green while those from Wfch-
ita would carry message from Mayor
Graham of that city.
Besides the Topeka-Wichita race,
the local association is planning a To
peka-Kansas City race, which will be
concluded at the State Journal office.
These long distance relay races have
made a hit with eastern associations,
and Secretary George Lerrigo of the
local association is strongly in favor
of them
The Topeka state journal., 1908-12-14
PROFIT OF S1O,541,371.
Accrues to the Government From
Operation of the Mints.

washington, Dec. 1.-THE govern
ment made a profit during the fiscal
wear ending June 80, 1908, of $1O,541,-
371 on the coinage of silver, nickel
and one cent bronze pieces. This
represents the difference between the
price paid by the government for the
metal and their coinage values. Direc-
tor of the Mint Frank A. Leach gives
these figures in his annual report
The original deposit of gold bullion
in the mint and assay offices during
the fiscal year amounted to $207, 415,-
9S4 and uncurrent United States gold
coin of the face value of $4O2O,66S
was received for recoinage. Silver
bullion purchased for subsidiary sill
yer coinage during the year aggre-
gated SIS, S,819,279 standard ounces and
mutiIated and uncurrent United
States silver coin face value of ST.
162,962 was received for recoinage-
There were purchased 535, ,S35 ounces
of silver bullion for the Philippine
government the cost of which $685.
O54, was reimbursed to the United
States by that government.
The coinage executed by the mints
during the fiscal year 1908, amounted
to $197,23S,337 in gold. of which
$106,1S2.420 were in double eagles
and S4S29,O6O in eagles designs pre-
pared by the American sculptor. the
late Augustus Saint Gaudens. The
amount of subsidiary silver coinage
executed was $16,53O, AIS, which is
the largest subsidiary silver coinage
executed in any one year since 1887
when the government was prepared
for the resumption of specific pay
ments issuing subsidiary silver coins
in redemption of fractional currency.
The amount of minor coinage exc
cuted was S1,946,00S.
The director estimates the produce
tion of the precious metals in the
world during the calendar year 1907 to
have been $41O,555,330 in gold and
1S5,014,623 fine ounces of silver OF
the commercial value of 1922, 2,09o, 900
at the average price of silver for the
year. The increased production OF
silver for 1907 over that of 1906 was
1920, 900 fine ounces.
The consumption of the precious
metals in the United States in the in
dustrial arts during the calendar year
1907 is estimated in gold $40,727.O70
and in silver 23,369,7S4 fine ounces
The Topeka state journal., 1908-12-14

Mr.. Cochran will be appointed in
spector in charge at Denver at SAL
ary of $4,000 annually. He has been
in the service about fifteen years, hav-
ing acted under the immediate in
struction of former Fourth Assistant
Postmaster General. J. L. Bristow.
Mr.. Cochran obtained the information
which led to the Indictment of former
Senator J. r. Burton and was the
governments principal witness in the
case. Cochran's promotion followed
closely after the Burton conviction
and it is claimed at the time by many
that the new job came to him as a
reward for his services in this par
ticIIlar case
The Topeka state journal., 1908-12-14
COCHRAN IS LET OUT.
Purchasing Agent of Postoffice De-
partment Sent to Other Fields.

Washington, Dec. 14.-The four
year term of VIM. T. Cochran of To-
peka as purchasing agent for the
postoffice department will expire to-
day and he will not be reappointed.
The office which carries a salary of
$4,000 was created four years ago and
Mr. Cochran then chief postoffice in
spector, was the first appointee. His
administration of the office, it is said,
has not been satisfactory to Post
master General Meyer.