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The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-08-05
Motive Was Robbery and Life
Had No Value in Mind Of
Depraved Villain.
IA VOLUNTARY CONFESSION

Aberdeen. S. D., Aug. 4.-The full
text of the confession Or Emil Victor.
charged with the q%uadruple murder of
j. w. Christie, wife and daughter and
Michael Ronayne, has been given out
by the authorities and is as follows:
State of South Dakota, County of
Brown. ss.-Emil Victor, being first
duly sworn, upon oath deposes and says
that free from any influence and with
,out IA promise of leniency, and with
out any statement or promise as to
punishment or threats OF coercion. de-
poses and says as follows:
THAT on the morning of July 8, 1903,
II reached the James w. Christie resi-
.tdence near Rudolph. Brown county,
South Dakota, at $3.50 In h morning;
that I held up j. w. Christie. Then
the boy, Michael Ronayne, appeared In
THE barn and / shot him. Then l shot
1.-The said Christie. Then Mrs. Christie
appeared at the doorway of the resi-
.dence and screamed. Then I shot her.
She walked into the kitchen and
while she was screaming I shot her
again. Then Mildred Christie appeared
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-08-05
DR.. WING, CHINESE
VICE CONSUL, SLAIN
BY CHINESE COOK

New York, Aug. 4.-Wong Bow
,cheung, as he has been identified, alias
Matuda Wong. as he insists on being
named, the undtrsized Auoericanized
Chinese cook who shot and killed his
vice consul, DIR. LUX Wing, Saturday.
was arraigned before the coroner ana
committed to the Tombs to await the
result of the inquest to be held
Wednesday. !.
DR.. LUX Wing, Chinese vice consul
at New York, a graduate of Lehigh and
Yale universities and who married an
American girl JIG years Of age, was
KILLED at his office on the fifth floor OF
.1S Broadway. He was shot in the back
with a revolver, the bullet entering be-
low the shoulder blades pierced the
lobe of the left lung. No attempt to
probe for it was made.
Mrs. Wing, who is i'll herself, was
driven to the hospital in time to be at
the bedside. Her husband recognized
her and smiled, but at no time was ne
tenn statement.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-08-05
VINE NORDICA WEEDS
NEW YORK BANKER

London, July 31.-Mme. Lii
liam Nordica, tho opera singer, was
married today to George w. Young,
a New York banker, at Kings
Way House church, Grosvenor
square. Tho ceremony was per-
formed in the presence of a few
friends.
Nine. Nordica wore a beautiful
gown OF pale ray satin, the corsage
being covered with rare old venetian
lace. She wore neither hat nor veil,
but instead, a chaplet Of laurel leaves.
Her only ornament was a string Of
pearls, a gift from the bridegroom.
Jas. r. Carter, secretary of the Amer
the bride, and Fred Townsend Martin.
Of New York, was best man. Nine.
Nordica's sisters. Mrs. Emil Del Cas-
tillo and Mrs. Baldwin, and w. Fenton
Chauncey, accompanied her to the
church. The small church was decor-
ated with palms and white lilies.
The service vas that of the church Of
England. There were no bridesmaids.
At the conclusion Of the ceremony.
down the aisle to shake hands with a
number Of friends.
A reception was held at Claridge's
after the wedding. Later the couple
left for Southampton to embark on
Young's yacht for a months cruise.
Then will return to London before GO
ing to America.
The presents include diamonds and
pearls from the bridegroom and gifts
from Ambassador and Mrs. Whitelaw
Ried, the secretary of the American
embassy, and Mrs. Carter, the dowager
duchess of Manchester, and the count
esS of Shrewsbury.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-08-05
OIL MAGNATE TAKES
A BRIDE I'M LONDON

London Aug. 4.-Under a special Ii
sceuse secured at Canterbury, Henry
Clay Pierce, Of ST. Louis, was quietly
married today at ST. Georges church,
Hanover Square, to Virginia Prickett
lBurrowes, daughter of Major William
Russell Prickett, Of Edwardsville. H.,
whose former husband died four years
ago.
persons witnessed the wedding. The
bride was attended by her daughter,
Virginia Burrowes and given away by
H. r. Anderson. Baron Gino de Nor
purngo supported the bridegroom. The
sonly other member Of the wedding
party was Mrs. Mary c. Mitchell. a
relative OF Mr.. Pierce.
. st. Georges church, which Is among
1.-THE most fashionable in London. and
the place where the marriages Of many
Americans have been celebrated, was
iprettily decorated with flowers. The
bride carried a beautiful boquet of or
chids. The ceremony was performed
by the Rev. d. Anderson.
After a quiet wedding breakfast Mr.
and Mrs. Pierce left for the continent
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-08-05
VICTOR,S CONFESSION
OF MURDER

In h middle room and attacked me.
I tore her clothes. Then she said: You
may as well kill me, for the rest OF
them are dead Then she sat down.
on the bed and I shot her.
II took $13 in 81 inc 81 bills and q
gold watch from j. w. Christie's body
at the barn. Mildred Christie gave me
some small change before I shot her.
i took some pins and jewelry mi
the ~three-bladed knife. / walked to
Mellette and hid the two guns, a Al
caliber and a 3S-caliber, in a field near
Mellette.
4 hit the boy, Ronayne, with a
hammer, but shot j.. w. Christie twice
II did not intend to kill all these.
people until the Ronayne boy appeared.
II slept in the manger of the Christie
barn during the latter part OF the
night before killing the people. The
dog did not bother me until morning.
Then he barked and Mr.. Christie dis
covered me and I put a gun in his face.
Then I shot the boy and j. w. Chris
tie, respectively, In quick succession.
"I make this statement as the truth
and the. exact truth concerning the
death of James w. Christie, his wife,
his daughter and Michael Ronayne.
II thought Christie had more money.
1.-The foregoing affidavit has been
read by me and it's contents are fuily
known and understood by me. Emil
w. Victor"
Subscribed and swon to before me
this 18th day of July, 1909. L. I. Van
Slyke. Notary public. South Dakota.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-08-05
WORST DROUGHT IN YEARS
THREATENS CHINA, SAYS
CONSUL j. G. M'NALLY

Washington. July 3O.-'Tamine and
pestilence are bound to ravage certain
centers of that part of China around
Marking, where the rice crops were
wholly destroyed by a protracted
drought. the extent of which has not
been equalled within the memory of the
oldest inhabitant." writes American
Consul J.. c.. McNally to the state de-
partment.
While the rice fields close to creeks.
pools and other bodies OF water not
already dried UP, were made produc-
tive by means of the human treadmill
pumping of water, those removed from
such,an advantage present a discourage
ing situation, n it is generally con-
coded that on account of the poor crops
of last yea in certain sections due to
the floods, a dreaded condition will re-
suit.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-08-05
10000 BUILDINGS ARE
DESTROYED BY FIRE
Osaka, Japan, is Victim of Dis
astrous Fire - Many Are
Homeless.

Osaka, Japan, Aug. 4-Confusion still
prevails here as q result of Saturdays
disastrous fire. Thousands of persons
are homeless and hunger is staring
many of them in the lace.
The umbe Of casualties has not yet
been determined, but hundreds of in
jured persons are crowding the hos
pitfalls. The latest estimates are that
10000 buildings have been burned, these
including banks, the stock exchange,
the museum, government edifices and
factories. While at present it is i'm
possible accurately to state the losses,
they are given roughly as several mil
lion yen. 1t is feared that some of the
Insurance companies will fail as a re-
suit of the heavy losses they will have
to pay.
The confagration lasted more than
-2b hours, and today the burned sec
ton presents a deplorable sight. The
streets of the city are very narrow and
the houses were mostly of wood con :
.struction. Under a strong breeze,
therefore. the buildings We're easy prey
Tor the flames, which jumped from one
TO another with great rapidity.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-08-05
CUDAHY'S SON TO
WE'D FRISCO GIRL

Omaha, Neb, July 3o.-An
nouncement was made ysstereay
Of the engaoenent Of Edward |.
Cudahy, son Of the millionaire
packer, 70 Miss Lsonora Brewer,
daughter Of Colonel and Mrs.
Brewer. OF San Erancisec. cudahy
was ut time kidnapped by Pat
Crow, Of Chicago.
Cudahy. who is now on q business
trip to the Pacific coast, has been :
garded az one OF the prominent MEM
OF the most interesting OF the young
bachelors. He Is a cIubmfan and 10 said
to be q millionaire In his own right.
Miss Brewer Is o social favorite In
both San Francisco and San Mateo.
She Is related to the Van Ness family.
Her father is a millionaire, and ona
OF the pioneers OF the Paciic coast.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-08-05
LYNCH MURDERER
JUST BEFORE TRIAL

ST. Joseph, Mo-, Aug. "A special to
the News-Press says George Johnson,
white, who murdered John w. Moore.
Ia farmer heal Platte City, Mo. June
90. was lynched, at Platte City, at 2
this morning.
Feeling ran SO high at the time of
the killing tha Johnson was taken to
Kansas City for safe-keeping. His
trial was gegun today and he was re-
turned to Platte City Sunday after
noon. About 2 o'clock this morning
two men took a third man to h Jail.
representing him to be a prisoner.
when the sheriff opened the jail door
the three oyerpowered him and SO other
men soon appeared and battered down
the door of Johnson's cell. He was
tax en- to a tree opposite the Jail and
strung up, where the body hung until
e: 80 a. m.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-08-05
OF NATIONAL
LEAGUE KILLS SELF
Fond IN Apartments, Partially
Clothed, BY Bellboy; Fails
to Make Statement.

New York, July 31.-Harry g:
Puiliarn, president Of the National!
league OF professional basebau
clubs, died ut $50 .. srts to-day
head in his room in the New York
Athlstio club last night.
Although q bullet from his revolver
passed entirely through his ead sew
ering both optic nerve and causing
instant blindness, Pulltam lived from
$3.50 last night until this morning. He
became unconscious soon after the
statement as to his reason Tor com
hitting suicide, but 1t is generally
attributed to Ill health.
Pulliam was in his once yesterday
attending to the business Of h
and went to his o at the Annette
signal from the telephone in his room
was thrown on h switchboard IN p
| rooms. The operator responded
BIT receiving no call, sent q messenger
to ascertain the trouble.
Pulliam was found lying IN h moor,
dressed only In his Undertaking n
with a bullet wound In his head. The
telephone receiver apparently had been
Knocked of the hook when he fell. A
revolver lay on the floor near his head.
The club physician was summoned,
but there was little he could do to
i0AAGtS ilA& RoSAOkAI Ia ~
death would ensue within q short
time A coroner attempted to obtain
q statement from the dying man.. but
without avail.
To all questions as to how he was
shot, Pulliam. who was then In q
semi-conscious condition, replied that
he did not understand, and asked
what shot?"
He soon became unconscious. but
later revived a little and complained
that his head ached, and the
attendants to rub 1t. No note or other
explanation of the suicide was found
in the room.
Pulliam was born in S~cottsville, KY,
80 years ago, and was successfully re-
porter and city editor of the Louisville
Commercial, president of the Louisville
baseball club, secretary and treasurer
OF the Pittsburg club and president OF
the National league, to which office ne
was electad in 1902.
Pulliam's death marks the passing
/ OF of the most interesting figures
Of baseball. Imbued with the idea that
complete success of baseball rested on
honesty, he often found himself OPP
posed by some of his associates. Worry
W. his troubles with the leagues
leaders brought on a " break
down last winter and his temporary
retirement. He resumed his active la
Dor about q month ~
Louisville. KY. July s1.-The news
of the death Of Harry Pulliam, presi-
dent Of the National Association OF
Baseball clubs, was received in Louis
vile, where he spent his early life,
and where he was well known, with
profound regret.
Mr.. Pulliam, after graduating in law,
took up newspaper work and was, fol-
a time. city editor Of a local paper.
Later, he became secretary OF the
Louisville club under Barney Drey.
fus, going with the latter to Pitts
burg.
PulIiam was at one time a member
of the lower house of the Kentucky
legislature.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-08-05
WESTERN TOURISTS
KILLED IN WRECK,
Twelve Dead and rs Injured
In a Collision Near
Spokane.

Spokane. Aug. 4.-The number of.
the dead, as the result of the headoni
collision of two electric trains on the,
Occur d'Alene & Spokane railroad Sat;
ufady evening totals IL and the NUMBER
injured about IS.
The wreck occurred at Coldwater.
Idaho, a small station 25 miles east of
Spokane. Many persons from eastern
states were on the trains. having come
to Spokane to register for n Indian
and opening. The official list Of dead
and wounded vas given out today.
Among the injured are many who
live in states east of here.
oRvILLE PUERBAUGH, Elkhart,
Ind.
". ]. HOUSE, Scotia. Wash
WILLIAM w. ONSETTE, Harring-
A. P. WHITLEY. Memphis, Tenn.
WILLIAM WARD, Wenatchie,
Wash.
DALLIE GOLDEN, Spokane, Wash.
w. A. DAHLQUIST, Estherville, Ia.
w. ], C. cox, Medical Lake, Wash.
MRS. A. B. MDoNNELL, Dunn
mond, Mont.
FRED MGARY, Spokane. Wash.
The injured:
Daniel Carmody, 461s Union ave,
| Chicago; fracture Of leg and internal
injuries.
P. M. Waters, Pleasant Lake, N. D.
Guy Tombleson, Mullenville, Kan.
Arthur Marvin, Victoria, Mont
Charles Osborne, Freeport, Ill.
Mrs. Charles Osborne, Freeport, ILL.,;
| scalp wounds and knee hurt.
G. p. Van SAINT, Ha~rrisonville, Mo-;
knee hurt.
e. L. Dixon, Norfolk, Neb.; com
pound fracture of left leg.
Peter bricks, Cor Ricks), Douds, Ia;
confused and broken leg.
Carl Williams, Missoula, Mont; Sc
we're bruises of legs n body.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-08-05
REWARD FOR LOYALTY.

Halifax, July 31.-In recognition Of
their services al the time when Can
ada was threatened with an invasion
by the Fenians In 1856, the Canadian
government is about to award to Its
living members of the impromptu
army Of this city, grants of $50 acres
of land each. The grants are all from
the public lands of the Canadian north
west. 1t is understood the majority
of the grantees, although most of them
are well advanced in years, expect to
remove at once to the Northwest to
occupy and cultivate their land.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-08-05
WANTS A MUNICIPAL
CABBAGE KITCHEN

Atlantic City, N. j., July 31-A central
cabbage cooking plant in which all the ILL
smelling boiling of the f~avorite vegetable
can be conducted without ~arousing the ire
Of neighbors is the latest proposal of a
city councilman here. I
He insists that the complaints made by
dwellers in hotels and apartment houses
because of the odor of cooking cabbage,
are fully warranted and proposes that the
city establish a central cabbage cooking
plant somewhere on the salt ado
where all the cabbage In the
resort can be boiled,
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-08-05
ON SKIRT AND
BREAKS HER NECK

Jersey Shore, Pa. July 31.-Mrs. Clar-
ence P. Sterner, 2121 Orthodox ST.. Phila-
delphia, who with her 7-months-old baby
has been visiting her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Rich, at Woolrich, met her
death in a fall near her fathers home yes
terday.
She was out riding with her father and
saw some flowers by the roadside, and
in attempting to pluck them her foot
caught in her skirt and she was plunged
forward into a ditch. She was dead when
her father reached her. Her neck was
broken.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-08-05
TWO SUICIDES OCCUR
AT STATE CAPITAL

Lincoln, Neb., Aug. AIRS. Thomas
S.. Paxton. wife of h cashier OF the
Atlas bank of Neigh. Neb., committed
suicide by hanging herself in her room
in a Lincoln s%anitarium yesterday. She
had been in i'll health and respondent.
Her husband visited her yesterday and
intended to take her to her home next
week.
Edgar Stanley. one OF the best known
young men in the county. killed him
self near Lincoln III morning. He
left a note saying he did not care to
live Longer.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-08-05
RIVER STEAMER SINKS.

Philadelphia, July 31.-While the en-
gineer lay asleep in a cabin of the
Delaware, a steamer which plies be-
tween Trenton. N. j.. and Philadelphia.
a night Waterman on the pier where
the boat was locked, noticed early to-
day that the little steamer was slowly
sinking. Accusing the engineer, both
men worked to saw the craft from go
ing down, but the leak which caused
the boat to settle could not be found
and the craft was almost entirely sub
merged.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-08-05
HERE,E THE SEA SERPENT AGAIN

New York, Aug. 4.-This time the
sea serpent appears off Cape Hatteras.
Sly feet around the body. so feet long
and armed with fangs like sickles, he
went slashing through the waves, hard
by the Norwegian steamship Simon
Dumois, which arrived here from Nipe.
Cuba, yesterday.
Captain Serensen says he did not get
neal enough to make actual measure
ments or to count the fangs, but he
is sure his estimate is conservative.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-08-05
HEAT KILLS TWO.

Chicago, July 31.-No immediate relic.
was in sight today from the oppressive
heat which yesterday caused two deaths
and a number of prostrations.
Following a night of extreme discom-
fort, due chiefly to the intense humidity,
the thermometer at 8 o'clock this morning
stood at SO, 2 degrees above the reading
for the corresponding time the previous
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The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-08-05
EDITOR WAS

Tulsa. Okla, July 3O.--Mark Has
mar and prospective editor Of the
Tulsa Daily News, died here yesterday
as the result ~ a bullet wound inflicted
Sunday morning last, when he was
found unconscious in the rooms OF q
local printing shop, having been shot
In the head. The body was shipped
today to Tuscola, H.. for burial.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-08-05
ROOSEVELT rs HoNoRED.

Leipsic, July 31.-The University Of
Leipsic a conferred the degree Of
doctor OF laws on Theodore Roosevelt
Among others to receive degrees wers
King Frederick OF Saxony, Count
Ferdinand Zeppelin, aeronaut: Gerord
Hauptmann. author. and Professor
Fritz Won Uhde. the German painter.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-08-05
CHINESE CONSUL SHOT.

New York, July 31.-Luk Wing, Chi
nese vice consul in this city, was shot
and seriously wounded, in his office
at IS broadway, this afternoon. His
asailant. a Chinaman, was arrested.
The wounded consul was taken to ST,
Gregory hospital.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-08-05
TO HELP INDIANS.

Washington. July 31.-Commissionel
OF Indian Affairs Valentine has taken
steps to ellie more than 1900 In
dams In Wisconsin, who were left
without shelter and food as the result
of the recent series OF cloudbursts in
that state near O'Danah.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-08-05
GOOD FOR eANpER. TOO.

Wesson, Miss, July SOW. w. Rob-
ertson, of Wesson, a member of the
state legislature, must face the courts
hibition law. An affidavit, filed against
him late yesterday, charged him with
retailing intoxicating liquors.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-08-05
YOUTH is DROWNED -
WHILE IN BATHING

T1tica Neb.. Aug. 4.-Earl Clark, aged
% son of Postmaster Clark. of South
Omaha, was drowned in Lincoln creek.
near here yesterday afternoon while
bathing with companions. The body
,was recovered.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-08-05

SEATTLE-President ]. E.. Chill
berg. of the Alaska Yukon-Pacif1c ex-
position, yesterday telegraphed Louis
Bleriot, Hubert Latham, the Wright
brothers and r. C. Curtiss, Offering a
prize of $4,000 and gold medals for q
competitive aeroplane race at h fair.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-08-05

LOUISVILLE - Government bonds.
bank stock, notes, insurance policies
and other financial papers to the value
of $4,000 Were stolen, presumably
In the Office OF the Louisville Coffee
company In Sixth street.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-08-05
REVOLUTION At HOME
and WAR IN AFRICA
CoNvuLsES SPAIN
Kingdom of Spain Shuddering
With. Violence and Fear;
Government PoWerIess.
HOUSES sPATTEREp WITH
BLOOD OF MANY FIGHTERS

Paris, July 31.-spscial dis
patches received heee today
say that the fighting yesterday
in Barcelona was moro sanguin-
AIRY than previous dispatches in
dictated.
Machine gums and grape were
used against the rioters. Side
walks and buildings were spat-
tered with blood Of the victims.
Everywhere women and chill
dren are wandering in search Of
their husbands and fathers.
lncendiarism ie Arampant.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-08-05
ALABAMA HOUSE
PASSES INCOME TAX
AMENDMENT BILL.

Montgomery, Ala, Aug. 4.-The
house today passed the bill agreeing
to an income tax amendment of the
constitution Of the United States.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-08-05
fMoTHER's GlFT IN DROWNING,

Rethlehem, Pa, Aug. Eager to
wear a pair. of swimming trunk his
mother had Just made for him. l2-year-
soId Earl II. Strawbridge. of North
~dCatasauuua, hastened to the Lehfgh
acanal. He ventured into deep water
and was drowned.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-08-05

The department OF agriculture ex-
poets this years beet crop to total
more than 1.o00.o 900 tons. the greatest
on record.