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The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-06-11
CACHE
OF GOLDEN COIN
ON CHOTEAU CREEK
Search for Buried Treasure
Recalls Nebraska Bank Rob-
berry of 20 Years Ago.

Goodies, s. D., June S.-A resident OF
Charles Mix county who does not wish
his name made public is engaged in an
interesting search for buried treasure
and is quite hopeful that he will sue
coed in finding a cache OF $500 in
gold coin which is alleged to have been
deposited in the ground years ago.
The hunter of the buried treasure
does not wish his name made public
for fear he will fail to discover the
hidden gold and be subjected to banter
ing on the part of those who know
him. The present search being made
by him and two assistants for the treas
ure is due to the revival of an old
story concerning how the treasure hap
pened to be buried and abandoned in
Charles Mix county.
The story, which has been in circula-
ton among pioneer residents along the
Missouri river since early days is to the
effect that In the spring Of 1885 a dar-
ing bank robbery took place at Nor
folk, Neb. The robbers are alleged to
have secured the 5000 in gold coin. A
posse was soon on the track of the rob-
bers, who headed northward oward the
Missouri river and what is now South
Dakota.
The robbers are alleged to have crossed
the Missouri river to South Dakota,
entering the state at the mouth of
Choteau creek, which marks the bound
airy of the lower portion of Charles Mix
county. Being hard pressed by their
pursuers after crossing the Missouri
river they decided 1t would be best
to cache" their loot, and accordingly
they appropriated a spade at the ranch
of Case Conger, a Well known pioneer
resident of the Missouri river section
of Charles Mix county, and buried the
gold near the roots of a Ion tree, which
was supposed to stand at a point about
three miles north of the Conger ranch.
Hearing the old story the resident
of Charles Mix county referred to de-
cided to make a search for the treasure.
The LAND upon which the gold is sup
posed to be hidden now belongs to a
Yankton lot Indian, but he gave his
consent to the search being made after
being given. a liberal sun by the man
who hopes to find the gold. The search
now is being prosecuted with Vigor and
will not be ~bandone until several
acres of ground have been carefully
dug up.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-06-11
BURGLAR DROPPED
BY BULLET WOUND

Pierre. S. d, June 10.-Early Sat,lr-,
day morning a clerk named Guy Moul-
tin was awakened by noises in the
store of Hatch & Fisher, which is next
door to the building in which he sleeps.
Feeling that u noises were a little
unusual for that period of the morn
ing, Moulton crept out of his own
room and peering through one of the
moving rapidly to and fro In the store,
The night police was called and the
robber surrounded. The fellow be-
lieving that the early morning dark
ness would give him sufficient cover
in which to make his escape. made a
bold dash for his liberty. The night
policeman was not to be cheated OF his
catch and followed the thief with bull
lets singing around his ears. Al last
n well-aimed shot from the ~eyolver
of the policeman caught the flying rob-
Der In the back OF the neck. He
dropped and was taken to the city jail
for medical attention. Later reports
have It that he will live to pay for his
crime Of larceny.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-06-11
BABY CRIES FOR DOG;
NEWLY WEBS STEAL IT

New York, June 5.-Lawyer Richard
w. Hill and wife. Bronx Newlyweds,
went out for a drive. Sitting up beside.
Pepper on the front seat was r.. w.
Hill, jr., aged eight months.
They were driving down past the,
Morris Heights engine house when
Master Hill spied Sport, the firemen'ss
spotted coach dog, n began to cry
.or it.
Does tootsie wootsie want the dog?"-
asked pepper.
Wow" yelled baby, pointing at
Sport.
"Bow-wow!" replied the dog, which
all of a sudden seemed to take a fancy
for the Hill cherub, and was attempt
Ing to jump up into the wagon.
Hill started to drive on. but was ap-
oalled by the volume of vows and bow.
vows that proceeded from the infant
and from the lovestruck canine. and
there was nothing left for Hill to do.
out to gather up the dog and set it
beside the baby. For a pair that had,
1ever seen each other before they were.
wonderfully affectionate.
Hill drove three miles to his home.
with h fire dog, left wife and baby
and then drove three miles back to the,
fire house with the dog-making nine.
miles for Pepper on a genuine Newly,
wed proposition.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-06-11
MILITIAMAN KILLED
IN A SHAM BATTLE B |! z
Falls on Bayonet While Scaling
Wall and Receives Wound
Which Proves Fatal.

Brookings. S. d, June 10.-Captain
Robert Watson, of Company 3 at the
state college, died yesterday at 9
O'Clock as the result of a bayonet
wound received during a sham battle
at the college.
Captain Watson led the advancing
company over an 1S-foot wall in the at
tack on a party of skirmishers. In
scaling the wall the young man dropped
onto a fixed bayonet held in the hands
of one of his own men. The sharp
cap went into his body just above
the crotch. and although at the time
the wound was believed to be only a
flesh wound, 1t proved to be fatal. Only
his splendid courage n physique kept
him alive until yesterday.
Believing the wound to be slight the
sham battle was continued, and only
upon operating vas the seriousness Of
the injury found.
Hundreds of spectators who were
present on account of it being visitors
day at the college. witnessed the acct
dent. which is the first of this nature
ever occurring in the military depart
ment.
The body viii! be shipped to his home
at Mitchell, and a humber of his junior
schoolmates will accompany his par
ents, who arrived last night.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-06-11
LOOK UP ON STARS;
DOWN ON The RAIN
Novel Impressions Of BaIoonist
in Flight From illinois
to South Dakota.

Chicago, June "Details of his jour-
ney by balloon from Quincy, Ill, to
Clear Lake. S. D., We're related today
by Charles A.. Corey:
"As we assembled slowly the earth APP
peared to drop gradually below u.s."
he said. 1T was the prettiest picture L
aver saw. We rose at once to a height
of about 1000 feet and began sailing
at the rate of almost 20 miles an hour.
"In the evening we floated up o a
rain storm. 1t vas raining below us,
while the stars We're shining above us.
We seemed to pass over oceans of
clouds.
about 1 o'clock in the morning we
struck a current of cold air, which
chilled the gas bag and caused us to
descend at a rate of 1900 feet a minute.
times 1 thought my heart was in my
mouth. We unloaded 1,500 pounds of
ballast, but still kept descending and
nearly touched the ground"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-06-11
PRESIDENT ESCAPES
A SERIOUS ACCIDENT

Washington, June 5.-A story was cir
iulated this morning that President
Roosevelt was endorsed yesterday
while fording Rock creek and had a.
narrow escape from drowning. All that
is known is that President Roosevelt
went horseback riding in Rock Greek
park and returned to the White House
safely.
BY Associated Press.
Washington, June 5.-While horse
back riding with Mrs. Roosevelt last
evening, the president had an exceed
ingly narrow escape from serious acct
dent. While ascending a bank near
Rock creek the presidents horse, which,
was a new one, suddenly reared on itss
hind legs n hen went over back
ward into the creek. The president
slipped from the saddle before the horse.
reached the water and save for a wet
ting, escaped uninjured. The horse wasi
recaptured n the president
and rode about for some time before
returning home. The fall from the
horses back to the stream was about.
10 feet
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-06-11
BOYS DROWNED
IN SWOLLEN STREAM
Raft Capsized in the Floods
One Boy Escapes and Two
Find Watery Graves.

Sioux Falls, S. D., June 5,-The pres,
ent flood in the Big Sioux river ana
tributary streams last evening CHARMED
two victims, in the persons OF
and Otto Anderson, aged I and u years
respectively. sons Of George Anderson
a pioneer resident of East Sioux talls.
A boy companion named Leo Barr
saved his life by grasping the limb of
a submerged tree, to which he man
aged to cling until assistance arrived
and he was rescued from his perilous
position. The two Anderson boys met
their death in the waters of Split Rock
creek, which flows into the Big Sioux
river just below East Sioux Falls. To-
gether with young Barr, they We're pro-
polling themselves about the greatly
swollen waters of the creek on a raft
of their own construction. The raft
capsized and all three were thrown into
the water. The Anderson boys were
carried out into the deepest and swift
est part of the stream and soon became
exhausted and sunk from sight beneath
the waters of the creek.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-06-11
WIFE OF MILLIONAIRE
ASKS A DIVORCE

Sioux Falls, S. d, June 10.-From
wife Of the president of the ship-build-
ing trust and of the Trust Company of
the Republic in New York City and a
life of luxury in the most exclusive So
ciety set of the metropolis. Mrs. Daniel
Leroy Dresser has come to Sioux Falls
to obtain a divorce and fit herself for
a position as s~tenographer.
From her mansion in New York
CITY, Mrs. Dresser has come to live in
the famous divorce house of Sioux
Falls, a comfortable but not elegant
home on Grange avenue.
Shortly after her arrival in Sioux
Falls, May 1, Mrs. Dresser applied for
admission to the Sioux Falls Business
college and has been in constant at
tendance there ever since.
She is one Of my most apt pupils"
said Prof. G. G. Christopherson. IT
have beGS surprised by the quickness
with which she picks up her work. 1
did not know who she was when she
applied. She has never told me wheth-
er she wanted to be a stenographer,
but by the earnestness with which she
is learning shorthand typewriting,
/ Judge that is her Intention
MRS. Dresser's presence in Sioux
Her name has been kept out of the
telephone book, she gets her mail in a
box at the postoffice and she has not
made acquaintances, all in the hops Of
ner presence from becoming
known.
A reporter had called at the home of
Mrs. w. Barley Henry of Philadel-
phta, another very prominent divorce
here. He saw talking with her on the
porch a handsome woman, attired In
an elegant blue lace coat. When she
left she carried Mrs. Henry's two-year-
old baby girl a block, hugging and
kissing h youngster all the while.
ina Is my only friend in Sioux
Falls" said Mrs. Henry. she is Mrs.
Dresser OF New York. Why don't you
go to see her.,
And a moment later she recalled that
Mrs. Dresser was avoiding publicity
and would say no more about her.
Mrs. Dresser attempted to obtain a
decree of separation from her husband
at New York in 1907. but did not press
the case. Her husband failed trying
to float h securities of the American
Shipbuilding company. He is a broth
err Of the wife of George w. Wander
bilt, OF Mrs: Nicholas Brown, mother
OF Newport's $4,000, 900 baby, of
Countess D'Osmay of Paris, and of
Rev. G. G.. Merrill Of Tuxedo.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-06-11
BOX CAR FULL OF
CHINAMEN STRUGGLED
IN FROM MEXICO

san Francisco, Cal, Jur.e s.-When
a sealed box car which had apparently
come intact from Galveston, Tex,
was opened in the yards, 16 half
starved Chinese We're found in addi-
ton to half a load of heavy steel.
The car was ten days on the road
and had been in the yards for 4S
hours. The Chinese had a little water
and a few crackers left, but were weak
and hollow eyed. One of them showed
a certificate emitting him to admission
to the country, but the others were
turned oyer to the immigration author
tiles, 1t is supposed by the officials
that the men We're Struggled across
the Mexican border and placed in
the car at e Paso, Tex, the seals
of the car being replaced with others.
There evidently was an arrangement
for their release here, but in some
way 1T miscarried.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-06-11
"BREWSTER'S MILLIONS
COULDN'T HOLD HER

Sioux Falls, S. D., June 1O.-Mrs.
brewster, whose husband is
q millionaire Of Rochester. N. Y, has
been granted a divorce here and left
two DAYS ago for the home of her SON
iniaW, Senator Frelinghausen of New
Jersey. Senator Kittredge was her at
torney. Mrs. Brewster has told here
that she might marry an attache of
the king of Greece. Her daughters,
Mrs. Ashton Knight of Paris and Mrs.
Frelfnghausen. Were presented at the
Grecian court and at that time Mrs.
marries him h will become a lady
in waiting on the queen.
Mrs. Brewster's son Franklin Brew
ster, jr., was a principal In a sensa-
tionai marriage with Mrs. Julia Baker
last January. Mrs. Brewster said the
match was the direct result of her IN
.tercession with departed spirits in a
seance here.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-06-11

There Is a popular belief that GER
tain trees are less likely than others to
be struck by lightning, and that during
g thunderstorm 1t is quite safe to stand
under g beech, for example, while the
danger under a ~resinous tree or an oak
Is. respectively Is to 90 times greater.
This is disputed III a recent writing BY
the Royal Botanical Garden. Of Edin-
hurgh." The doctor says that no tree
10 immune, since lightning viii select
n species quite as readily as another.
and the beech is struck quite as free
quently as any other species. Appar-
emily Ne taller trees In a n~eighborhood
are thu vnes most likely to be struck.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-06-11
PEOPLE GET DRUNK
ON WATER, SCIENTIST
TELLS THE DOCTORS

Chicago, June 5. Water ~intoxica-
ton, induced by too copious use Of
water, externally or internally. was
pointed out last night by DR.. L. 3.
Mason. vice-president of the Amer
lean Society for the Study of Inebri-
city, Alcohol and Drug Neurosis,', as
being as dangerous as over-indulgence
in alcohol.
Or. Mason, a leading physician and
philanthropist Of Brooklyn, N. Y, del
Segate to the American Medical asso-
citation convention, addressed the in
mates Of the Washingtonian Home on
Why Men Drink"
7 have a friend who is a victim of
aquamania," he said. ''He spends
hours in a bathtub and drinks SO much
water that he has reduced he solids
OF his body and worked serious injury
to himself.
Many men and women drink too
much water I'M are victims Of that
form Of in~toxication.
we are ali creatures of habit and
Y best men n women are suscep-
tible to habit"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-06-11
IOWA MAN FATALLY
STABBED AT ABERDEEN

Aberdeen, s. D.. June 8. = A young
mar named Howell lies at the point OF
death at the hospital in this city, the
victim of an attack by a colored man
just outside the city limits. He was
stabbed in the back, just below the
right shoulder blade, and it is thought
for the victim is unconsci BUS. The
negro made his escape. but 1t Is be-
lieved he will be caught, for the entire
country in this vicinity has been notis
fed and all suspects will be arr ! or.
sight. The victims father lives at Os4
kaloosa, Ia, n he has been notified
of his sons condition. An arrest was
made here within an hour of the stab
bling, but the negro proved an alibi and
has been released. A negro has been
arrested at James Inc the sheriff has
gone there to get the man.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-06-11
BOY SLAIN IN
REVENGE BY M0R0S
Harry Ickins, Of Creston, Is az
Martyr for Old Murder
by Spaniards.

Manila, June 5.-News that Harry
lexis, a government mining expert, and
companion were killed by Moros o1lA
April /, willie asleep in a hut. has just
been received here.
lexis was engaged in geographical
survey work and was accompanied by
one guard. While sleeping in a hut Ina
a remote section of the mountains the
two men were murdered in their beds
by two Moros, brothers. whose father
killed Is years ago by S%paniards.
1t is said that the two Moros muir
dered lexis and his guard in revenge
against the whites for the killing of
their father.
lexis home is in Creston. Ia.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-06-11
DISCOVERY
OF MURDERED MAN
Boy Finds Remains of unknown
Victim Lying Beside the
Railroad Track.

Pierre. S. D., June Ga small boy re-
turning to his home in Fort Pierre,
early in the week. discovered what he
supposed to be a man lying by the side
of the railroad track which runs along
Bad river. The man had a coat over
his head and. as he did not awaken at
the boys call to him, the lad pulled
the coat from the mans head and dis
covered a frightfully mutilated face,
and that the man was dead. Running
to the town, he old his grewSome
story. The coroner fastened to the
spot, led by the boy, and discovered the
lads tale true in every detail. AS yet
no name has been found and no marks
of identification whatever; but it is
thought that the man met his death in
some Il of an alteration with
trampS.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-06-11
RECORD BREAKING RAINS
PREVAIL OVER STATE

Huron, S. D., June 5.---Hee,ly wealth
err bulletin for the we.i1 -~ess,eg Monday,
June l, 1908:
Unsettled weather with f equent rains
prevailed until Saturday, some places
having precipitation every day during
that time. The mount of sunshine was
considerably below the normal. On
Tuesday night very heavy rain oc-
CURED over some southeastern coun-
ties. and in places was accompanied by
severe winds which caused local dam
age to buildings and trees. Hailstorms,
n some cases severe, occurred in several
counties in connection with the same
storm. Heavy ain also occurred in
parts of the Sioux river valley on Fri
day. h soil moisture is sufficient gen
orally, and in a number Of c.-nties
much low land is too wet.
The mean temperature vas below the
normal, the average daily deficiency be-
ing between 4 and 5 degrees. The maxi
mum temperatures We're below so de-
grees, except at Yankton, Yankton
county. and Marion, Turner county
where 81 and 50 degrees, respectively
were recorded on Tuesday. The mini
part above 40 degrees, the lowest re-
corded being 80 degrees, at Academy,
Charles Min county, and Clark, Clark
county.
The rainfall averaged considerably
above the normal. While it was slight
ly below the normal over parts of the
upper James river valley, 1t was above
the normal elsewhere over the state.
The greatest excess was over an area
Of country extending from Charles Miy
county northeastward to Bookings,
Moody and Minnehaha counties. At
several places within this area the pre-
cipitatlon exceeded 5 inches.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-06-11
FIRST MUNICIPAL COURT
ESTABLISHED in STATE

Watertown, S. D., June 6.-By a ma
jority of ~ in a vote of ss4 Irwin Myers
was yesterday elected to the Office Of
municipal judge Of this city, and when
he takes the oath of Office July /, will
be the first and only judge Of this
rank in South Dakota. The new court
abolishes the old police court and all
justice courts within the city. and ranks
next to the circuit court in judicial i'm
portance having jurisdiction over the
whole county and in all civil cases
wher the amount involved hoes not ex-
coed $500. The expense of the court is
shared alike by the city and county,
and is expected to shorter the regular
terms of the circuit court.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-06-11
FINED FOR SELLING
ADULTERATED MILK

Huron, s. D., June "a. H. Wheaton,
state dairy commissioner. was in the
city yesterday and caused the arrest
of John q. Ward, on the charge Of sell
Ing adulterated milk. Mr.. Ward runs
g dairy farm, which is in charge Of
William Bulls, who has sold large
quantities of milk to Huron people. A
short time since F. H. Kent became
suspicious that the milk was not strict
~ pure and sent a sample to Commits
sioner Wheaton at Brookings for in
spection, with the result that that Off
clal reported finding fornaldehyde as
a preservative. Following the arrest Of
Mr.. Ward and Mr.. Bulls they were
aiken before Justice Geddis, who i'm
posed a fine of $40 each and costs,
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-06-11
CLOUD BURST FLOODS
HOT SPRINGS cOuNTRy

Hot Springs, S. D., June GA cloud
burst Sunday evening demoralized the
railroad and telegraph and telephone
lines entering Hot Springs, and tele-
graph service is only partially restored
today.
To say nothing of damage to the
washouts of track and bridges. the
same damage by the food to the water
light and power company, Peoples Tel
ephone company and the city Of Hot
Springs will reach about $3.50
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-06-11
FEARS RABIES
FROM TURTLE BITE

South Ncrwalk, Conn. June TO-
Frederick 3. Coleman. a newsdealer or
this place, is In fear of rabies from the
bite OF turtle and intends to undergo
m~ischievous Sol frederick r. Cole
man, caught a twenty-pound swapping
turtle recently n placed 1t IN his
father.s bed for q joke. The turtle more
than acted his part, for when Mr.. Cole
man pulled down the clothes the turtle
grabbed him by the thumb. The turtle
was being fattened In d barrel for eat
Ing when he suddenly went mad.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-06-11
MICHIGAN MAN WILL
SECOND OLD cHuM GUILD

Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. June s. -
Chas. S.. Osborn, of this city, dele
gate to the republican national v
ton from the Twelfth district has been
asked by the managers OF Governor
Curtis Guilds campaign for the vice
presidential nomination to make the
principal s~econding speech supporting
the nomination OF Guild. Osborn has
signiffed his willingness. Osborn ant
Guild are friends OF long standing.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-06-11
IGNORES ORDER
OF STATE COMMISSION

Watertown, S. D., June 5. - Defyins
the South Dakota board of railway
commissioners and tl.eir authority
given them by the state legislature.
the Great Northern Railway company
has joined an issue by failing to es-
tablish a daily passenger service be-
tween this city and Huron as they were
ordered to do On June l by the commits
siOnerS.
The order is being ignored from all
indications and nothing but the freight
train with he passenger coach at
tached left the Watertown depot for
the west this afternoon, n Agent
Jones says they can learn absolutely
nothing Of any other service to be es.
tablished.
What the next move of the state
board will be is not known, but it is
being awaited with much interest 81
the affected towns.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-06-11
w. w. ASToR LEADS
IN TWO DRINKS A
DAY, TEMPERANCE,

London. June 5. - William Waldorf
Aston, jr., has adopted the role of tenn
perance reformer. He presided today
at a meeting of the ~Semi-Tetotal Pledge
association, whose members bind them
selves to drink alcohol only at their
midday I'M evening meals. He made
his audience litter by suggesting that
men needed a stimllant to helm their
conversation more than women need
ad IL AMB541Nsa
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-06-11
THIEVES ARRESTED AMI
CATTLE RECOVERED

Woonsockct, s. D., June discovery
has been made of the whereabouts 81
the 26 head of cattle reported to have
been lost or stolen from the Meier
ranch, in this count
The cattle ave been found In North
Dakota n the men who are reputed
to hare stolen them have been arrested
ana will be returned to face trial. There
ts practically q clear case against them
and they will find it easy to ref into
the penitentiary.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-06-11
AGAINST BANKER
FINALE DISMISSED

Watertown. s. D., June 6.-After four
trials. two being before the state SUI
pre1ne court, Carl Jackson, former CASH
Ter of the State bank of Clerk, was dis
charged by Judge Marquis, and the case
OF making false returns to .he stale
bank examiner as to the condition Of
the hank,