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The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-09-10

"A son of Hiram Denny. a poultry
farmer, near Lancaster. was fshinp IN
the Conestoga and had occasion to
his line unattended for a short
Iume- h the youth returned the
lIne was spanned like the snare of a
IoruIn and he hastily pulled il out. 1t
contained an immense eel. 1t was a
mos. peculiar looking eel, for near the
it was abruptly broadened o,r
examination showed tina the eel had
swallowed a suntish which had been
the hrst victim of the boys hook and
n still had the barbed point i'm
bedded in it's mouth.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-09-10

hungarian washing ,nnchir.
makes use Of electrified water 0'
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-09-10

"a the total number OF mammals,
ioirus. reptiles n amphibians 4,034),
on exhibition, the New York Geological
PARK STANDS today at the head of all
the geological parks and gardens of the
world. 6erlfn comes next with a total
OF S,14s. The area of the New York
geological park in land and water en-
braces 2b4 acres. OF walks and roads
there are about eight miles. and of
FENCES loAa miles. The maintenance
force of the park, constantly on duty.
embraces l4l persons. The number OF
visitors in 1907 was 1,2T3. O46-nearly
of the entire population of the
metropolis OF the American continent.
or this number it is estimated that a
quarter OF a million visitors were from
outside of New York city.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-09-10
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The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-09-10
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The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-09-10
COST OF SUPPORTING
A ROOSEVELTIAN EAMuu
COAL is DISCOVERED
in EAUI COUNTY,

Faulkton. S. D.. Sept. 4.-John w.
Hayes is exhibiting pieces of coal
brought to the surface by a well-boring
outfit at work on the farm of Chas.
Moberg, who lives three miles north
east of Miranda.
At a depth of 81 feet the drillers en-
countered a body of coal seven feet in
thickness and, judging from the SAM
pie, of a good bituminous grade. Wa
ter was struck at 70 feet n solid rock
at 96.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-09-10
DEMOCRATS BEATEN
IN SUPREME COURT
Cannot Place Convention Nom;
nee on Official Ballot With
Primary Nominees.

Pierre, S. D. Sept. 4.-The membe,a
of the democratic party. who broneh.
an action against the secretary of sto.s
to ave the names of certain norninass
placed upon the official ballot receives
a severe set back today when the ssu
preme court stated in it's opinion H.
IN passing the primary election law Is
was the intent of the legislature to NV
scribe a mandatory method for all allae-
tive Offices. Ne
That such method does not ne,ro,.
the nomination of party candidates. ~
either of such offices except where M
candidate has received the reo,,ie;ts
vote at the primary, that such mefhod
permits a central committee to non,a
mate only where a vacancy o.
ours after a candidate has been nom
are therefore not entitled to have
their names on the official ballots -
the fall election.
PRESBYTERIAN SYNOD
MEETS AT RAPID CRY
Huron. S. D., Sept. 4.-The synod 4,
South Dakota of the Presbyter,an
church meets in Rapid City, October =
Excursion rates have been granted bv
the certificate plan. The railroad fare.
within the state Of South Dakota for
all who attend and who pay full fara
going will be one-third fare returning
provided there are 100 certified. This
rate good going September 20 to Octos
Der 8, and if 100 certified full fares go
ing the one-third ate fare is GOOD
returning UP to and including October.
8. A fine opportunity for a 10 davsa
trip to the Black Hills.
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COST OF SUPPORTING
A ROOSEVELTlAN FAMILY
Clear Lake, S. D., Sept. 4.-What is.
the amount required to support a
mother INC nine children? Inis cues
ton was put to Judge Marquis in the
divorce suit of Mrs. Eta Ricketts,. of
Grange township.
She charged her husband with cruel
ty n with leaving her to support the.
Rooseyeltian family. Attorney C. A.
Mead asked the court to grant tenn
alimony sufficient for the sup
port of the ON and her children
until the case is determined. The
cou granted the request and fixed the.
amount the husband should pay at s25.
a month, or SIT for eac1i member of
the family. The plaintiff owns a good.
farm in Grange.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-19
TAFT T0MEET BRYAN
PLANS OF REPUB CANDIDATE
 CHANGED AGAIN.
Chsirman Dixon Says The Ohioan Will
 Go To Chicago From Galesburg am a SnerlnI Train.

Go To Chicago From GaIesburg
 in Special Train.
 Chicago. Sept, 1s--Judge Taft and W. ]. Bryan will meet at the Chicago Association of Commerce banquet in this city, October after all. accord ing to an anouncefnent made by Chairman Dixon of the Republican Speakers. Bureau. ~
 It is possible that the two presfden- tial candidates will meet even earlier in the day as Judge Taft has accept ed an invitation to speak at Galesburg, Ills. October 2 in the afternoon. and a committee of Galesburg citizens has been appointed to invite Mir. Bryan to be present
 In order that Mir. Taft may be pres ent at the Calesburg and Chicago ban quet. Chairman Dixon said that 1t would be necessary for Mir. Taft to coma to this city by special train.
 This talk that Judge Taft did not care to meet Mfr. Bryan was all twad- dls." said MT. Dixon. Tt did not look as if he could appear both at Gales burg and Chicago and so I cancelled the Chicago, engagement because Judge Taft already had one engagement for a Chicago speech on October 2, opening the waterways convention in the fore noon. When I found that we could get him back from Galesburg by special train, changed my mind about it."
 As the program now stands Judge Taft will speak at the waterways con vention at II a. nn., catch a train to Galesburg, speaking at the Lincoln- Douglas semi-centenpiai exercises at D. n.. and then return to Chicago for the banquet
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-19
DEADLOCK STILL ON
GEoRGIA's EXTRA SESSION LEGIs-
 LATURE CAN'T AGREE.
All Hopes That Had Been Enterfain- ed of an Agreement on Con- vict Legislation Are Swift
 ly Blasted.

Atlanta. Ga. Sept. ls.--The State Senate in the last half hour of the twenty-five days of its session this af- ternoon blasted all hopes. that had been entertained of an agreement on convict leglslation, upon the basis of q hill adopted by the House earlier In the day.
 Twenty-two members of the Senate killed. the House bill. The vital and apparently irreconcilable difference which has existed between the two houses grew out of the Senate's de- mand for the final and unconditional termination of the lease system upon March 3ist 1909.
 In the bill adopted In the House, 1t was provided that after counties had received all the convlets to which they were entitled on the basis of p0pula- ton and all they could secure from other counties not using them upon an agreement to pay back the loan in work, and after the municipalities of the State had secured their i'll at Sl00 year, and the State prison farm and all other State institutions which could work convicts had been supplied with the consent and approval of the Gov ernor, in any way they saw fit to serve the best interests of the State. The Senate declared this was leasing and amended the bill to provide that the lease should not be made to private persons or corporations, or the con- victs used in doing contract work.
 It Is inevitable that the house will reject the amendment. The matter will then go to conference or an adjourn ment sine die will be taken.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-19
M. V. Culpepper Accused
 of Murder.
HELD FOR DEATH OF CHILD
Little EIbin Haden Suceumbs to Wounds.
rferchaut of Lee County, An Uncie of the Little Girl, under Suspicion of Shooting At Her
 Father.

Columbus, Ga, Sept. 1S--(Special.)-- The death of 10-year-old Elbin Haoen' from a rife sund, and the arrest of Martin v. Culpepper, merchant or Girard, on the charge of being the as- sassin. were todsy's developments Tn the sensational assassination attempt in Lee County, Ala, last night, when an effort was made to murder T. J. Haden, a farmer. at his home.
 The bullet missed him and struck his little girl. standing in the hallway, and she died this morning from the wound.
 Today a warrant was sworn out against Martin V. Culpepper, mer- chant of Girard. charging him with doing the shooting
 He and Haden, father of the dead girl. married sisters. and the arrests caused a profound sensation
 It seems that Haden and Culpepper had a personal difficulty yesterday. in which culpepper got the worst of it
 cuipepper asserts his innocence in the most emphatic manner and seems to hove established a compile aIibi. as he shows that he was at his store last night about the time the assassination occurred.
 It develops today chat the bullet which ended the. life of the innocent child was fired from Krag-Jorgensen rife, instead of Winchester rife, as at first supposed.
 UhIand Culpepper. son of Martin V. Culpepper, was arrested late this aft ernoon, charged with complicity in the crime He is married man and lives near the Haden place.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-19
BEYERIDGE TO ANSWER
 '. F. BRYAN ON THE STUMP

New York. Sept. t.g1s.--Announcemen was made today at the headquarters of the Republican National Committee that Senator Albert J.. Beveridge of Indiana had been selected to make an extensive tour of the country and make political speeches in reply to William !. Bryan the Democratic candidate for President The committee has arrang- cd for long itinerary. covering the distance from New York to Portland, Ore.
 Present plans provide for the open- ing of the campaign in New York City on September 25, when Mir. Beveridge will speak at Carnegie Hall On the sub. feet of Business and the Trusts"
 An important meeting of the execu- tive and advisory committee of the Re. publican National Committee was held at Chairman Hitchcock's office today. A great many matters connected with the opening of the Republican campaign in New York State were considered. but 1t was decided to make no announce mants until after Governor Hughes had been notified of his nomination.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-19
CREATES SENSATION
FATHER CONFEssEs TO RUIN OF
 DAUGHTERS.
An Uncle of the Girls Had Been Inc dicted for the Crime--FmthcF's Conscience Caused Hlm
 to Confess.

Meridian. Miss. Sept. ls.-(special.) A sensation has been created here by the confession of Joel Foster. a wellknown farmer, residing seventeen miles northwest of Meridian. to the ruin of his two young daughters. for which crime his younger brothee hhd been indicted by the grand jury.
 When the younger man was indicted for the crime. the father disappeared. The prosecution was postponed Gt tha request of the attorneys of the younger Foster until they could investiglte the case.
 Today they received a wrItsan and witnessed confession from the ,nhuman parent, declaring that he was guilty of the crime for which his brother was accused and that his conscience would not allow him to see his brother punished for the deed. The where abouts of the father is unknown to the authorities and 1t is not known what steps will be taken for his ap- prehension and punishment.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-19
WON'T DISCUSS II
TAFT SILENT ON HEARST-FORAkER
 CONTROVERSY.
This Controversy Was the All-Absorb- ing Topic of Political DIseuHst0l and Speculation in Ctn-
 cinnatI Yesterday.

Cincinnati, Sept. 18.-Although the Hearst -Foraker controversy was the all-absorbing topic of political discus sion and speculation here today, there was positive insistence on the part of those who did the discussing and speculation that what they said should not appear in print from them. Judge Taft read Mir. Forakers reply to MT. Hearst upon arriving at his office shortly after II o'clock.
 You may say that l have nothing whatever to say" was his only com ment.
 After an interview with Bishop Der rick of the Ohio Conference of the African NJ. E. Church. in which the entire negro political question was discussed. and a conference with MT. Silas McBee of New York. editor or The Churchman, Mir. Taft returned to the c, P. Taft residence to continue work on his speeches.
 Senator Foraker and Dick lunched together at the Sinton Hotel. and let 1t be known that they intended calling on Mir. Taft thereafter. When they had finished their repast, MT. Taft had gone home, not knowing of their in tention. Senator Dick went to the Taft residence later and paid short call on the candidate It was admit ted that the FOIehor SiNuhtioh wac discussed briefly and Mir. Taft again announced that he had nothing to say on the subject for publication.
 A L. Vorys also declined to say anything on the subject.
 Senator Crane of Massachusetts Is expected to reach the city in the morn ing.
 After his interview with Judge Taft today, MT. McBee had this to say of the candidate:
 T am a North Carolinian by birth and a lifelong Democrat. shall vote for Mir. Taft because he has in his heart to bring my people of the South back into absolute union with the na- tional life and to their historic place as a controlling force in the nation. and to do which would immortalize him as statesman.I shall vote for him because he more nearly represents my ideals of government, of social order and economic policy than any living Democrat or any man before the pub lie today, save alone Theodore RooSe- welt. who Is the only Republican Pres ident I ever voted for. MT. Taft has administered every trust committed to him by the nation with an eye single to the nations good. and for the high est interests of the people that com pose the nation. Every permanent in- terest, industrial. commercial or economic. has found and will find un- der his administration a sure protec- tor, a judicial and judicious friend and guide"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-19
MARK KTWAlN ROBBED
BURGLARS ENTER SUMNER HOME
 AT BEDDING.
xxumor,.t Posta a Notice on Door AD- pesIing to Thieves in Future as
 to Conduct in His s HOuee.

Bedding, Conn, Sept. 1s.-Two burg lara who hroke into the residence of Samuel l.. Clemens (Mark Twain) in Bedding late last night were captur- ed today on railroad train between Bethel and Bedding after a. desperale fight in which Deputy snerII Darss HE of ,Redding was shot In the leg, The prisoners are believed to be proles- siorial crooks who came from New York for the express purpose or enter ing the Clemens villa.
 Miss Lyon, Mr. Clemens secretary was aroused about midnight by the sound of breaking glass in the lower part of the house. She went soItiy down stairs to find a flood of light In the dining room and that the side board with it's solid silver was missing from its customary place in the room Cautiously slipping along In the shadows to a point where she could have a view of the garden. Co which her attention had been called by an open window in the dtring room Aiss Lyon saw two men forcing the doors and drawers of the sideboard which they had carried out.
 Miss Lyons summoned MT. Clemens and the butler and then telephoned Tor Sheriff Banks and several neighbors. Before any of them reached the scene the burglars had fled with their booty. The burglars assorted all the solid silver from the plated ware. put the silver was recovered.
 Mir. Clemens today posted this notice on the door of his house:
 Notice! To the next burglar:
 There is nothing but plated ware in this house now and henceforth. You will find 1t in that brass thing in the dining room over in the corner by the basket of kittens. If you want the basket, put the kittens in the brass thing. Do not make noise. it dis turbs the family. You will find rub bers in the front hall by that thing which has the umbrellas in it, chif- fonier think they call it. of per gola, or something like that.
 Please close the door.
 Yours truly.
 sS |. Clemens"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-19
THE WEATHER. washington, Sept. ls.-For Alabamas Showers Saturday and Sunday, fresh northeast and east winds.
FOREST FIRES RAGING.
Dense Pail of Smoke Envelopes st +l of Maine.

Dense PaIi of Smoke Envelopes State
 of Mefne.
 Augusta, Me. Sept. iS--A dense pail of smoke that in many places obscured the setting sun or made 1t appear bioodired enyeloped the State of Maine tonight as the result of numerous for est ffkes that are devasting thousands of acres of timber lands and causing grave anxiety for the safety of prop erty in at least fourteen towns in eight counties,
 A large army of men are at work in the effort to place the flames under control oy, turn them away from forest girdled villages. The smoke Is stifing and the heat Is almost unbearable. Fresh relays are constantly being de- spatched to the front. So far as known tonight. no lives have been lost. Probably the most serious Are Is in Hancock County. but vast sections of woodland are being burned in Pisca- taquis. Androscoggin, Somerset. Ox- ford. York. Cumberland and Penobscot Counties. The towns and villages where the danger is great or damage heavy. include Brookesvflle. West Han cock. Surry. Dicksvale, Jackman, Lis bon. Scarboro, Blddeford. Elliot, York. Oiamon, Milford. cardville and Costi- gan
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-19
A DECISIVE STRUGGLE
 IMMINENT AT TABRIZ

Tabriz, Persia, Sept. 1S-A decisive struggle between the Sultan and the Nationalists for the control of Tabriz is imminent.
 Ain-ed-Dowleh, of the Shah's force. has sent an ultimatum to Satar Khan to lay down his arms and surrender the city in forty leigh hours. threaten ing otherwise that he would bombard the capital and that his troops would storm the Nationalist quarter Satar Khan flauy refused to comply and is preparing for the defense. Foreigners here are in great danger. The Ma tionalists, thinking that their presence would interfere with the bombardment of the city, refuse to permit them to leave the city.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-19
GALVESTON CORRECTION.
Exawxeraaed Reports of storm Were
 anes4t z fRxs&

Samt@Owt.
 Galveston. Texas. Sept, is--owing to sensational reports sent out by special correspondents from q negihboring city concerning the rain storm of Thursday. Galveston citizens are flooded today with inquiries. es
 The. facts were sent out by the As- sociated Press Thursday night Six and one-half inches of rain fell in six teen hours The wind reached 6 velocity of seventy miles an hour for two minutes and for twenty, minutes blew at the rate of sixty-two miles an hour. The business streets had from twelve to thirty inches of water in them. but it. was rain water. The tide was four feet, whereas the normal tide Is eighteen inches.
 The water from the bay did not come within three feet of the wharves and did not get into the streets. The high tide in the bay kept the storm drains from carrying off the rain water. No damage was done to private property.
 Street car. telephone and electric light companies suffered some slight damage. The bay railroad bridge was at no time under water.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-19
HEARST AT ST. LOUIS.
Independence Candidates Speak
 AEiasouri Metropolis.

Independence Candidates Speak In
 MiasOuri Metropolis.
 st. Louis. Sept. 1s.-William R. Hearst and the candidates for the In- dependence party for President and Vice President. Thomas L. Hisgen and John Temple Graves. arrived here early this afternoon. All three spoke at a rally tonight
 Mir. Hearst declined to supplement his speech at Columbus last night in which he read letters addressed to Senator Foraker by John D. Archhold. of the Standard oil Company. He said. however. that he might touch upon the subject again.
 MT. Hearst and his associates spent the afternoon in an automobile tour of the city.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-19
study AmerIcnn Agriculture.

St Petereburg, Sept. 1S.-Ihe Min- tstry of Agriculture has submitted a proposal to the cabinet for the estab- iishment of an agricultural agency in inc United States for the purpose of studying American methods of farm ing. The ministry considers that America in these matters leads the world, Particular attention. will be paid to the current work of the vari- ous Government experimental stations and irrigation.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-19
ONLY TWO WITNESSES.
Appear in Complaint Against Railroads
 By Negro Bishops.

Atlanta Ga. Sept. lS.TThere were only two witnesses examined today by Special Examiner Smith, representing tbe Interstate Commerce Commission in the complaint of four negro bishops. alleging discrimination against their race by several Southern railroads.
 The witnesses were H. B. Perry, a negro insurance worker and A. Graves, negro real estate agent of Atlanta. Both told ,of instances in which they had been refused better accommoda. tons than was furnished by the rail- roads. even though they had been will ing to pay for them. The hearing will he continued tomorrow.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-19
SEARCHING FOR LEPER.
Negro Woman Escapes from New ori.

Negro Woman Escapes from New Orleans
 Police.
 New Orleans. Sept. 1s-The City Board Of Health announced today that It's officers are searching for Antoinette Jones. negro woman leper who escaped surveillance as she was about to be taken to the leper home in Iberviiie Parish.
 The Board has no information as to whether the woman has left the city but believes 1t would be impossible for her to travel far. N
 small white girl who had lived with the woman was left behind and the author ities watching the child for symptoms of the disease.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-19
EXPLOSION ON BARGE.
Two Hundred and Fifty Gallons of Ga
 Ollne Explode.

Ollne Explode.
 Vallejo. Cal, Sept. 1s.-The explosion of 250 gallons of gasoline on board a barge moored abreast of the submarine boats Campus and Pike. at the Mare Island Navy Yard. this afternoon re- suited in the death of Chief Machinist Teddy May and in injuries to Lieuten- ant J. S. Townsend. Chief Gunner's Mate W. H. Leahy and Morrin. Both submarine boats were scorched. The tender Fortune and the tug Unadilla were also injured. the latter which had been moored abreast the submarines, immediately caught fire.
 The explosion threw flames in all di- rections and caused a spectacular fire. The men were forced to jump overheard to escape from the flames.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-19
COUNTESS GLADYS HURT.
American Woman In an Automobile
 Accident.

London. Sept. 1S-A new agency Countess. szechenyi and the count have S,Iffered an automobile accident in Hungary. Their injuries, however were confined to shocks and a few bruises.
 The Count and countes were return ing from the Hungarian Army Maneu- yers when their car ran into the pn- lar of bridge and was wrecked. The occupants had a marvellous escape
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-19
CAN'T FILE NOMINATIONS.
Court Rules Against Independents In
 New Orleans.


 New Orleans.
 New Orleans. La.. Sept. 1s.-Fifty- three candidates for city and parish offices on the Independent Democratic League ticket were today denied the privilege of filing their nomination papers with the registrar of votes by Judge W. B. Sommerville, of the Civil District Court.
 The candidates as a body had applied for a writ of mandamus compelling the registrar to accept their papers. The court held that separate application should have been field by each candi- date and dismissed the case accord ingly.
 The registrar had refused to accept the nominations because of alleged omissions and irregularities.
 The decision was based on alleged oversights and Irregularities in the original filing of the papers. The ticket is headed by W. G. Tebault for Mayor,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-19
Rankrupt Fish Firm.

Chicago, Sept. Is.-Creditors of A. Booth and Company. the fish firm which recently was placed in the hands of receiver, fled a petition in bank ruptcy in the United States District Court here this afternoon. The peti- tton was filed at the instance of a