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The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-12-24
a! DON'T BELIEVE IT." SAYS
CASTRO, MAN OF DESTINY

Berlin, Dec. 19.-President Castro OF
Venezuela, maintains his composure in the
lace of alarming reports published here,
regarding the disturbances in Venezeula.
When dispatches were shown to him stat
ing that the people of Caracas had arisen
against him. burned the pictures and
statues of the president in the public.
squares and had mades an attack on Il.
number of buildings, including the,
stores of several of his warmest adj
herents, and that several persons had
been killed, Castro said quietly:
II don't believe it. l had dispatches
from Caracas this morning, but they men
ton nothing Of the kind
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-12-24
THIS HEN STORY rs
A CRUEL CANARD

might consider q mean fraud, Is being
played on the hens at the poultry show
in the Coliseum. The poor creatures
are unable to distinguish between SUM
light and the rays OF fncandescent
lamps. The result Is, that they are
laying two eggs every "a hours. Each
lays an egg some time In the day, and
then about fmfGnight each lays another.
Then lights are extinguished by the
management SO the ambitious fowls
an get q nap
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-12-24
WOULD SEPARATE
DEGENERATE PARENTS

= Sioux Falls, S. D.. Dec. 22.-Former
Superintendent w. B. Sherrard, of the
South Dakota Children's home, pro-.
poses to secure the introduction of al
bill at the coming session of the leg,
islature providing for the forcible sep;
aration of families where it is proved
that either parent is degenerate, idiotic5
or incompetent.
The purpose of the measure is to
prevent the multiplication of the de-
scendant sof such classes.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-12-24
REGISTER M
FOR PIERRE OFFICE

Washington, Dec. 1s.-The president
rent to the Senate today the nomina-
tiOn of John Z. Lockhart to 81 register
OF the land Office at Pierre, s.. D.
Lockhart Is the Kittredge appointed
for the place under h arrangement
proposed and executed by the presi-
caused the two senators from South
Dakota to cast lots for the federal pat.
ronag
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-12-24
DYING MAN SAYS
HE is MURDERER

Boston, Dec. 1s.-In the last stages
of consumption and sufferings from
dropsy, William M. Watts, aged 81, last.
night walked into the Dorcester police
station, and announced he had come to-.
give himself up on q charge of mur-
der. He declared that IN self defense
soldier inmate the the Battle Mountain
sanitarium in Hot Springs, S. D., In "a.
saloon during q drunken brawl.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-12-24
ASHTON FIRE SWEPT;
TOTAL LOSS $4,000

Aberdeen. S. D., Dec. 23.-Fire. start
ing at 1 o'clock this morning, destroyed
s15. 900 worth of property at Ashton,
Sphinx county The buildings destroyed
were the O'Connell and Fielder build
ings, both vacant, George Small's hard
ware and furniture store, and the
Hamm Brewing company's saloon.
No wind prevailed or the town would
have been destroyed. The fire origin
ated in the O'Connell building; cause
unknown.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-12-24
SENTENCED FOR CRIME
He COMMlTTED4IN PRISON

Sioux Falls, S. D, Dec. 21.-When
arraigned before Judge Jones, of the
state circuit cour in this city, Robert
Ames, who is serving a term of 20
wears in the Sioux Falls penitentiary
for manslaughter committed in Charles
Mix county, entered a plea of guilty
to the charge Of having murderously
assaulted Steward Gill, of the peni-
tertiary staff. A formal charge of as
sault with intent to kill was preferred
against Ames by Mr.. Gill a few days
ago. When taken before a local justice,
Arnes waived mis- preliminary hearing
and the case was taken directly to the
circuit court.
Judge Jones announced that sentence
would be pronounced on Saturday of
this week. The defendant was repre-
sented by w. G. Porter, assistant
United States attorney for South Da-
kota. AS Ames has about II years yet
to serve the additional term imposed
by Judge Jo-es will have to be served
by him after he completes his present
term. Ames, on October 2, 1907, in
an effort to escape, procured an or
der for a broom, and while Gill was
in the storeroom getting it. crept In
behind Gill nj In the semi-darkness
attacked the unsuspecting steward,
stabbing him five times and INJECTING
injuries from which Gill has not yet
recovered. Ames was about to deal the
death blow when prison attaches APP
peared on the scene and disarmed the
onyic
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-12-24

Il Is difficult to estimate the total
Ross OF the Scottish grain r Of this
season, but IL we put the deterioration
ut the quite moderate figure of E2 an
acre for 90 per cent Of the lands under
crop the total Is a sum considerably
w E2.O00.0 900, says the Glasgow Her
aid. The winter loss from using half
rotten fodder and from protracted sales
OF discoiored and musty grain Is not SO
aaai1y Calcnlatad
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-12-24

In the British army there Is a de-
n1and that the excessive smoking OF
cheap and bad cigarets be discouraged
or prevented. In several b~attalions eff
forts are being made in this direction
20 as to lessen the practice among the
young soldiers. In one battalion com
pany officers are enjoined to have an
order against the cigaret read out at
every parade. Pipe smoking Is not yet
under the ban.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-12-24

Tie growing scarcity of timber suit
able for ties, with a resultant increase
In their cost, has led II roads to start
forests. Ten roads In the East have al
ready planted In their respective for
Ast sites thousands of catalpa, black To-
Gust, red oak, pin oak and chestnut.
One road has selected the eucalyptus
because OF its rapid growth and adpta-
bility to the climate Of California, New
Mexico and Texas.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-12-24

Mrs. Golden SaaHdersen Is sery;. re-
oentful OF the suggestion hat the
women OF England have a separate
legislature. It was a major general In
the army who suggested the plan. but
the ladies will have none OF 1t and
declare that 1t would be most absurd.
Lady Warwick Is also opposed Il tho
idea, aa are the other suffragettes. "a
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-12-24

An electric spark is the luminous eff
feet produced when a sudden descriptive
electrical discharge takes place be-
tween two charged conductors at diff
Ierent electric potentials. The length
Of the spark depends primarily upon the
difference of potential of the two
charged bodies. 1t is, hence, In general
q conspicuous phenomenon with high
potential FRACTIONAL electricity. and not
with ordinary voltaie currents.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-12-24
SCAFFOLDiNG FALLS:
ONE MAN is KILLED

Aberdeen. S. D., Dec. 19.-Fred Earr.
of Lennon, S. D.. a carpenter, was
instantly killed and II. Ellington, OF
this place, badly injured in the falling
of &. scaffold on the new Methodist
church here this morning.
Both men We're married. They were
working in snow and water when the
~scaffolding fell. p~recipitating them to-
the frozen ground.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-12-24

vapor blanket 80 feet thick is
found by Professor Frank HI. Bigelow
TO- owe the reservoir at Reno, New.
Assuming that q like invisible shield
protects the Salton sea, 1t Is concluded
that this body may lose by evapora-
tion not more than four or Ave feet
yearly. instead of the eight feet hith-
ekto expected
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-12-24

washington Springs. 8, D-The
new public school building costing
$4,000. was dedicated here. President
ISeTf0ot, Of Dakota Wesleyan univer-
silly. delivering the address.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-12-24
STATE OF WAR Is
DECLARED AT CARACAS

WASHINGTON. Dec IA dispatch
from Paxton Hibben, American secre-
tary Of the legation at Bogota, Colon
bia. states that the minister of foreign,
affairs of Colombia received a telegram,
from Caracas, dated the 18th, statiag
the head of the Venezuelan government
has declared a state of war.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-12-24

To the average mind the conception OF
the atom, or electron, as q sort of whirl-
pool in the ether, renders 1t difficult
to understand how matter can be rigid.
Rigidity Is explained as due to the n
ormous velocity of these ETHEREAL vor-
tees. 1t has been shown that water
moving with sufficient velocity through
q tube can be broken into by a violent
blow from q sabre. "a layer of water
q few centimeters' thick" says M. lie
Bon. eliminated by a sufficient velocity,
which would be as impenetrable to
shells as the steel plates Of an IRON
clad"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-12-24

Resembling certain fo1sii quadrupeds
q than any other living animal, q
s1eW specimens OF the soIendon. an In
animal. have been seen on
the island 81 Santo Domingo for the
ASet time IN several years. II had been
Mupp0sed that the animal was extinct.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-12-24
MUST BONDSMEN PAY
IN CASE OF SUICIDE

Dallas. S. D.. Dec. 23.-Are the
bondsmen liable in case the
bonded person commits suicide?
That Is the question to be deter
mined in the action brought by
States Attorney p. j. Donodue in
the case of Miss Bessie Sinkular,
who was under Indictment for
arson and killed herself while
under bonds. The case will soon
be disposed Of in circuit court.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-12-24
SOUTH DAKOTA NEWS NOTES.

Belle Fourche, s. D-The Conway
Mercantile company. OF this place, has
failed with liabilities amounting to s25.-
goo The assets are listed att about
Pierre. s. Dover 800 has been re-
ceived Tor fund to provide a tablet
for Mrs. Sherrard in a room Of the state
capitol
Valley Springs. S. D.-A new Metho-
dist church q been dedicated to take
the place OF h one destroyed in he
Cyclone last spring.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-12-24
NEW TOWN STARTED
in HARDING COUNTY,

Belle Fourche, S. D., Dec. 21.-F. M.
Gilbert. owner of a large sheep ranch
north of here, brought here the infor-
nation that a new own is to be start
ed in the exact enter OF Harding!
county, where the Black Hills trail
crosses Grand river. He and his broth.
er, o. r. Gilbert, have begun the erec-t
ton OF buildings to be occupied by a
store and a bank. managed by VIM.
Friend. A newspaper will be started
and an active campaign begun for the
county seat. Mr. Gilbert says Camp
Crook is too far west for convenience
and points to the fact tina on the
location of his new town water car
be found 10 to IS feet down and coal
can be had for the digging.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-12-24
CGALLALA CHIEF DIES
ON DAKOTA RESERVATION

Pine Ridge, S. D., Dec. 21.-Chief
American Horse, a noted 0gallala
Sioux chief, died today in Pine Ridge
reservation.
Since leaving the warpath, in 1868,
he had rendered valuable service to
the government in subduing n Sioux
and other hostile tribes.
Two years 6 the war department
used him to subdue the renegade band
of Utes in Wyoming. He was T6 years
old.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-12-24
UNDERMINED BY
AR7ESIhN WELL
Chamberlain School Is Closed
While Board Investigates
Cause Of Sinking Walls.

Chamberlain. S. D., Dee. 21.-The
Chamberlain city school came TO Il
rather sudden close Tuesday morning
by order of the school board. The
school building has been showing sign
Of settling for some time past n
work has been lone to strengthen the
foundation, but it still continues to
become more out of plumb. The jan
itor noticed Monday that the cracks in
the building We're getting larger and
on reporting to the board that bot,y
went UP and condemned the building
Tuesday morning n closed the school
pending a more thorough examination
of the cause.
The board has sent for an architect
to investigate the trouble and il pos
sible determine the cause. it is held by
some, and the theory seems plausible,
thai the ground under the building is
settling by reason of seepage from the
old artesian well on Reservoir hill.
Whatever the cause, the board intends
to make every effort TO locate 1t as
soon as possible and remedy it if it
can be relnedied.
The structure is among the better
ones of its kind in the state, is large,
we'll built of brick, and cost in he
neighborhood of $4,000.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-12-24

At the thirty-first annual meeting of
the Iowa Association of Unitarian and
Independent churches. recently held at
Perry, q resolution was adopted declar-
ing the conference strongly in favor
OF both men and women in the minis
try" and as "believing women fully as
efficient and valuable as men in all
that pertains to religious leadership"
The Rev. Eleanor Il. Gordon was secre-
tary Of the conference. She is also
president of the Iowa woman suffrag-
lists. One of the most successful meet
ings Of the conference was said to be
that at which the Rev. Miss Stafford
was the leader.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-12-24

The Anti Cruelty society, Of Chicago.
has gone to the aid of horses nat are
unable to draw heavy loads up the
inclines at the Rush street bridge. In
charge of an e1nploye of the society.
q big draft horse has been stationed
at the steep end of the bridge for use
in assisting horses with heavy loads
up the grade. The horse will be kept
in use all winter, and arrangements
may be made for permanent service.
This plan is in line with that Of the
IS. p. G. A, of New York, which tries to
make the hilly streets OF that city pass
able in slippery weather by %sprinkling
them with sand.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-12-24

The Cyclades, stands in the Eegean
sea, are famous for their marble quar-
ries. Among them is Tinos island.
The marble quarries of Tinos are the
freehold property of a British com
pany, and contain large deposits of
dark green marble with white and yio-
let veining. The Tines green marble
is extensively used in Europe for fur
niture tops, as well as for interior dec
oratiye work. In America and Great
Britain, the marble is much sought for
columns, pilasters, etc, principally for
its beauty and solidity. The production
In 1907 exceeded 100000 tons, of
which 500, 587 tons have been exported.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-03-06
HoM,s TAIs2

We 0ffer One Hundred dollers re
ward for any case Of catarrh tha. can
not be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
F. J.CHENEY. Toledo. 0.
we. the undersigned have known
+. ]. Cheney for the last Is years, and
believe him perfectly honorable In all
business transactions. and financially
able to carry out any obligation made
BY his walding, Kinnan 6 Mar.
vim, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, 0.
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken inter
nally, acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces OF the system
Testimonials sent free. Price rs cents
per bottle. Sold BY all druggists. Take
Halls family Pills for constipation.
dino
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-03-06
HORSES AND MARES FOR SALE

7 have just received car load of
young farm mares and horses from
Western Kansas. which / win sell for
cash or credit at reasonable prices
This load of horses are the righs Kind
and if you are IN the market foe any
thing in the way of o farm team dn
not fail to call and see them at the
Farmers Home wagon yard right back
Of sullivan's mule barn, corner Fifth
and Pennsylvania. J.P. DORIS.
3.5.dSt-w1t
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-03-06

FOR SALE Baled hay thoroughly
cured and housed: in one tn ten tpnI
lots; no stems. Delivered In city ss5Q|
per ton. Geo. Munford. Phone ltS
4aHE
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-03-06

Vacant 5O.foot lot on South Seventh
street and Washington avenue. Cheap
est lot In chickasha. Phone SAG. Hayes
"a Jenkins S'a-st
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-03-06
TRADE

One hundred and sixty acre farm:
90 acres in cultivation: well improved
WIN trade for chickasha property
Hayes & Jenkins Phone S46 3-4-ss
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-03-06

FOR SALE OR TRADE-7Oo one.
year old grape vines. These vines are
strong, we'll rooted. IN 5 varieties. W.
q. ManleY. 10th and Dakota avenue
Chas. C. catrel, Chickaaha, Okla.
s-6.zsu
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-03-06

Home made cake sale by the Baptist
Ladies Auxiliary, Saturday, Marcn z,
from 10 6 p. M, at Callaway's Fur
niture store. 5-5'2-
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-03-06

FOR RENT Large front room neA
Is furnished. with electric light and
hath. Close in. Gentlemen preferred.
with board. Phone ee. s.e.dti
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-03-06

Cement Is advancing in price. Bet
ter phone US today for estimates oE
cement sidewalks. II. W. Ekhof &
Co. Phones 7sa and 7sA. 2.S.1mo
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-03-06

The Degree Of Honor viii give 81
calico hop Friday night. March G in
the A. o. Z. ". hall. All ladies' ere
requested to wear calico dresses.
aA7t
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-03-06

Williams school for dancing has re-
moved % fhe N. q w hall. over Oar
nelrs confectionery. Glass nights,
Monday and Wednesday evenings re
ceptl0n dance every Thursday evening
Music by Bernell's orchestra
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-03-06

New spring samples Of ladies siits
made to order by Charles A. steatns
Chicago just received by representa-
tive, Miss Blanche Johnson, SOC !da
no avenue. sA-lt
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-03-06

Blanke's coffee demonstration. and
cake served free, at Maxey & Bran
mons Saturday. AS Chlckasha ave
niue.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-03-06

The ladies Of St. Luke's guild will
hold their market Saturday afternoon
at Devore's grocery. instead Of the
ohickasha Electrical Supply co.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-03-06

Kreiz & speieker, Funeral Direc
tors, Phone 54s. l-latf
F. Rosenquest is west Of the city
on business today
Fancy lump coal 81 per ton Phone
Chickashs Wood & Coal Co. S-6-6t
150-egg incubator and brooder for
sale. chickasha greenhouse, S4.tf
Get it at Brownson's Drug store.
s-s-s.
Kreita & spsIcker, Funeral Direc-
tors, Phone 54S. List
F. M. Spear is reported quite sick at
his home on North Fourth street
Come to the calico hop given BY the
Degree Of Honor Friday night, March
9Th. S-t-St
Father Urban will make trip to
lMinco tomorrow.
Only the purest and best grades OF
paints sold by the Strong Paint g
Paper company, III South Third street
2-2s6t
i Henry schaffer and Charles Howell
OF El Reno spent last night in Chick
asha-
r. +. Thweat is improving his pret-
ty home at 318 South Sixth street by
i filling up the lawn and grading it.
"onIy the best for the block" il
u n ais motto. rhone lao for quality
] in butchers product Neal will always
N treat you lignt z-zf-imo
sassafras bark. This years crop
Al fresh and clean. Brownson's DruI
stree a8-St
To- Eat City Bakery's sanitary bread
n. machinery mixed, which insures n
e eating Of human perspiration. s-4-A
n Miss ,Portia Ferris leaves tomorro'
for Waxahachie, Tex for a short Wis
ma with home folks.
ka-
We are careful; you should be viii
you are thinking Of it make up 80
tor mind to come here for glasses. None
ith back il not satisfied. DR. Milan
t s9n, Terrell bldg s'4-St
,ha Pete Wald, a prospeetor from Lol
es- Wolf is spending seeyral days in Chic
asha with a view to investing.
attn It's always good if you get it
is Ncafs eat market Phone 14O. Al
d get the best Of goods. 2-27-lmo
pa Miss Lille Miller who has been
for the past two weeks is reported
proved.
Of
/. Everybody says. and everybo
knows Neal sells only the best goo
his Phone 14O. 2-27-lmC
ter
Nelse L. Nelson and daughter N
Anderson OF Helmer, Illinois, is vi
old ing his sons near Norway
r. NEW STATE 4Oc- cans Of coffee
SOC at A. A. Holmes. the Grocer. Pho
inns 2l5. Zoo
ore
II Mfr. ana Mrs. Mark Lancaster Of 4
Okla. are guests Of Mrs. Julia Flem
and and Mrs. J. E. Cross Of this city.
yes
inty sassafras tea for the spring fey
We have the fresh bark. Brownso
Drug store s-6-s
be-
ease Miss Lutte Welborne, who has b
II teaching near Chickasha this win
left last night for her home in Tenn
'iits Tex.
rms,
,nGt The Degree Of Honor ladies
sda- give a prize to the most graceful /
At dancer at the calico hop Friday nil
3-5-s
lived
cam The Altar society Of the Cath
can church viii meet tomorrow aftern
with Mrs. ". +. Ross. on Colorado
nue..
and
Third HoW's THls2
2s-6I We offer One Hundred dollars
ward for any case Of catarrh tha.
=,
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-03-06

The N. B. A. lodge have received
new uniforms for their degree team
and win practice on a number Of can
diaates tomorrow night