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The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-02-04
CUBANS CELEBRATE
NEW INDEPENDENCE

Havana, Jan. 20.-A a new era Of Gu
ban independence dawned today, when
the affairs Of the island, which have
been administered by American on
Gals for more than two years as a re-
suit of the revolution against former
President Palma, In 1906, were for
mally transferred to the newly elected
native executives. The coming OF this
new day of Cuban liberty was signalled
by a general display of fireworks at
midnight The streets of the city, brill
liantly Illuminated and garlanded with
chains of incardescent bulbs, We're
thronged until an early hour lis morn
ing. The carnival spirit everywhere
prevailed.
The ceremonies of today began al
most with the break Of dawn. They
will not end until long after nightfall.
The inaugural parade, in which only
native troops, civil organizations and
rural guards participated passed under
a magnificent triumphal arch erected
in Monserrate square, and was re-
viewed by President Gomez.
General Gomez took the oath OF Of
flee as president Of the republic at
moo Within an our thereafter, pro-
visional Governor Magoon and all the
army officers who. served in an execu-
tive capacity were bound out Of the
harbor for home.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-02-04
MOVING PICTURE
MACHINE WITNESS
IN $4,000 SUIT
Pictures Flashed on Screen
Show injured" Boy Rae
ing and Boxing.

New York, Feb. 1.-Graphic and novel
evidence was given in the Brooklyn SUI
prerne court when a strip of motion pic
street was flashed on a white canvas. This
evidence, which Justice Aspinall accepted
without hesitation, was offered by Law
yers Bykmar, ICELAND, and Kuhn, repre-
senting the Coney Island and Brooklyn
Raaroad company, defendants in the suit
OF Stephen McGorty, 10, Of No. 1S5 Eighth
ave-, who asked through his guardian $780,
6a damages for injuries that brought on
a hip trouble, it was alleged, which would
make him wear braces and supports for
life.
The pictures, F. A. Dobson, an operator
testified, showed young Stephen running
around lively as a cricket. They were
aiken last fall. The boy was hurt on ST.
Patrick's day. 1905. In the pictures Steph-
en-, who was clearly recognized, wore no
braces. Tho boys lawyer, E. j. Byrne, had
produced evidence to show that a conduc-
tor threw young McGorty from q Frank
lin avenue car after an argument as to
for the boy,
One series of pictures showed McGorty
q close second in a hundred-yard dash
and another as victor in a wrestling bout,
In which he put down a boy twice his size.
In q boxing bout for the championship of
the street McGorty made a game showing.
but went down for the count.
Young McGorty looked fighting mad
when he admitted on the stand that he
was the hero of the pictures.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-02-04
BUSSE KILLS WOMAN;
revolver ACCIDENT
Mayors Brother, Showing
Maid How to Use Weapon,
Shoots Neighbor.
Brother,

chicago, Feb. 3.-George Busse.
brother of Fred A. Busse, mayor OF
Chicago last night accidentally shot
and killed Mrs. L,lcius G. Tuckerman.
81 years old, wife of j fruit dealer OF
Milton, N. Y.
The shooting occurred in the Wal
ton apartment building, 305 North
Clark street. Mrs. Tuckerman was Wis
iting her father, Genera A. G. Girard.
retired, who occupies. an apartment In
the building.
George Busse. in his apartment
across the areaway from the Girards,
was demonstrating the use of a re-
Oliver to Bertha Lambke, his house
maid, so thai she could use the weapon
in case of burglars. Suddenly the re-
volver was discharged and the bullet
went through two windows into the
sGirard apartment and pierced Mrs.
rruckerman's heart. Mayor Busse was
present, and as soon as he learned of
the fatal consequences notified the po-
lice.
Mrs. Tuckerman was in a bedroom
dressing when struck by the bullet.
h staggered into a hallway. General
sGirard and Mrs. Tuckerman's 5-year-
aold son Alfred rushed from an adjoin-
ing room.
"Oh, father. I've been shot and I'm
dying" said Mrs. Tuckerman, n ex-
pired. A moment later there was a
pounding at the door of the Girard
apartment and Mayor Busse n his
brother George came in. Mayor Busse's
wife and his mother followed. The
mayor summoned a physician and no.
titled the police by telephone, but the
woman died before the physician ar
rived. No arrests We're made, General
tiirard expressing himself as satisfied
that h shooting was purely acct
dental.
According to the statement made to
the police George Busse was about to
leave for Cincinnati on a business trip.
He did not care to leave his mother and
the maid alone without some means of
protection. He therefore purchased a
revolver and was instructing the maid
how to use it when the trigger was
pulled accidentally.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-02-04
SILK Thief FAILS
TO REFORM LIFE
Draws Penitentiary Sentence in
Colorado for Having Silk
Filled Pockets.

Waterloo, Feb. Harry Rogers and
Belle McCue, arrested by Detective
Houston In Waterloo some time ago for
a silk robbery In Winona, Min. where
it was afterwards learned they were
not wanted. haveJust pleaded guilty to
shoplifting at Peublo, Colo. Rogers
was senteced to from three to five
yenrs, and the woman from two to four
years In the penitentiary.
It will be recalled that Rogers,
while here, said he was tired of the
life he had been leading for SO many
years, n had about decided hat he
would turn over a new leaf, entering
some legitimate line of business, prefer
ably the drug business. He intimated
that he had some money to launch him
in business, and that he vas weary of
being bounded over the country by the
officers.
1t appears that Rogers expressed de-
sire to forsake the business he admit
ted he was following. left him soon
after and he and the woman were freed
here on a vagrancy charge.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-02-04
DEATHS JAR
M0ToRMAN'S NERVE
Takes Voluntary Rest Ate,
Series Of Accidents-Never
Blamed by Coroner.

Chicago, Feb, Flour persons hav-
Ing been killed beneath the wheels OF
electric cars Of which he was meteor
man and two women having been
MANNED for life. l.. A. Broadway is now
taking a voluntary rest at his residence
in North Highland Park .'tc recover
his nerve"
Within another week he expects to be
at work again and says he trusts his
a eve will kill another person. He
is not particularly sure of such luck.
as he says people seem to take greater
chances with electric cars every day.
In none Of the accidents in which his
a has figured has Broadway beer CEN
sured by the oroner. AS he tells the
story OF the deaths, each accident was
unavoidable SO far as the motorman
was concerned.
"A motorman In charge Of these new
high. power electric cars has a nerve
racking Job all the time,n Broadway
says. 81 have worked on steam roads
and I would rather take an express
run at 75 miles anshour with a locomo-
tive than try to keep the express sched-
ules of the electrics. You often have to
make Do TulleS an >hOur.
People generally take all kinds of
chances with electric cars. They com
pletely disregard the fact that the cleo
tries often are running faster than
steam cars. They jump in front of
electric cars where they would give a.
steam train a wide berth.
Every Accident Fatal.
IT have worked six years on electric
cars and do not think I have had worse
luck h many motormen. I never
have been involved In any accident that
resulted from carelessness, never have
cellided with another car, or anything
k that I never had any small acct
dents. Every time I have had an acct
dent I killed some one.
TT is a terrible feeIing-seeing some
n suddenly appear on the tracks just
ahead Of you and knowing that you are
powerless to save him. There is a mo-
ment Of terror and then an awful feel
ing comes as you feel the person car
ried down and hear a horrible cry.
Grade crossings are the great danger
so far as the electric roads are con
cerned, but many persons take long
chances by waiting in the stations on
the wrong side of the racks until the
car approaches and then trying to run
across just ahead of the car"
Broadway Is a big, fine looking man
and officials OF the company for which
he works express great confidence in
him. They say that despite the deaths
caused by his cars he is known as q
most careful motorman. For one year
and three months he had the express
run out of Evanston without one ac-
cident during the time.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-02-04

Titonka. Ia, Jan. es.-This entire COM
munity was greatly surprised at the ar
rest Sunday OF william Winter for the
murder of Lin Trimble OF Union. and stilI
more surprised when he made q complete.
confession and would not so much ~ ask
~clenency.
His people reside on q farm near town
md are very highly respected. His fath-s
ar Is comfortably we'll off, and upon this
son was lavished q great deal OF affection,
Today they are brclcen-hearted, Just AT
8 time In life when TO lean upen g duttful
son would have been such q comfort to
them. And now since this crime waa come
united and a confession made. 9 great
many recall criminal events OF the past
few years, which they readily attribute
to him. Whether guilty Or not, possibly
may mover be known. unless Winter re-
yeals the truth.
Tho father says that ter the past two
years he has noticed taat his son has been
acting peculiarly strange. while hiB mind
was poisoned with bad literature his con-
duct at times. according to his father, wa
such as to lead him TO believe that ment-
ally he has not been we'll balanced for
some time. He was not ugly about the
home but seemingly Needless and hought-
less. his mind far away.
Should he be permitted to have q trial.
unouestionably insanity will be the plea.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-02-04
BROKE BABf's NECK
TO KEEf IT QUIET

Kansas City, Feb. John David
Stewart was tired when ne came home
at night after work. He had heard
the changing of tools and machinery all
day, and quiet was what he wanted,
but There was no quiet at his home.
A little girl, 10 months old, was q
part of the Stewart family. She cried
quite frequently, after the n OF
babies, when the father came homa
tired. Sc Stewart told his wife that she
petted the baby too ryluch during the
day to keep her quiet and thus made
her cry In the evening.
But the baby kept on crying, night
after night, and Stewart got angry. So
he set out to break its temper"
John David Stewart is strong. A
child of 10 months is but a fluffy bit Of
nothing in his hands. The fingers ac-
cushioned to hard work gripped TOD
tightly for baby's comfort. And with
those same strong hands Stewart
choked the baby. He shook her hard
one night and then slammed her down
on the bed and told his wife to care
for her.
Baby's temper was broken. Sc was
said Stewart killed his child. and the
wife pointed the accusing finger. So
Stewart after that evening when the
baby died went to the county jail. First
degree murder was the charge against
him.
Yesterday In criminal court Stewart
withdrew his plea of not guilty to thu
charge and pleaded guilty to man
slaughter in the fourth degree. His SEN
Hence in the penitentlary vas two
years.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-02-04
CAESARIAN OPERATION
ON LILLIPUT'S QUEEN
Mrs. Ramsey, 46 Inches Tall,
and Her Tiny Babe Alive,
Well and Progressing.

Philadelphia. Feb. 1.-Surgical experts
are marve1ling over the wonderful out
come of a Caesarian operation performed
three weeks & on Mrs. Lawrence A.
Ramsey, who, today, received her friends,
and showed them the tiny baby.
Seldom do both mother n child sur
Five this critical operation when the form
or Ia of normal stature, and Mrs. Ramsey.
who is Is years old, weighs only 81, pounds,
and Is only As inche tall. Little Miss
Ramsey weighed four pounds at birth. Her
parents are the midget team In vaudeville,
known as Weis n Ramsey, the mother,
as Queen Of the Lilliputians." being well
known all over the country. She was mar
ried to Ramsey about a year ago.
Mrs. Ramsey told her friends Of the
operation and said:
81 sat up In 10 days afterward. On the
fifteenth day I walked, and a few days lat
er i left the hospital. The care they gave
me was lovely. n 1 was such an unusual
case that ever SO many doctors n sur
geons came to see me. and they were all
very kind and considerate, and saiddt was
SO strange they would not have believed
it II they had not seen for themselves"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-02-04
FALLS FROM TRAIN,
STRIKES A POST;
INSTANTLY KILLED

Marshall, Mimi, Jan. Goodwin ia
cobson was killed about three miles
west of Tracy Tuesday night. 1t APP
pears he had been to Balaton, paid his
fare to Garvin on the night passenger.
He got off there, but must have got
on the rear end of the train and at
tempted to get off at the crossing near
his farm home. 1t was here he was
found next morning by the section
men. His skull was fractured and it Is
thought he vas hurled against a post
by the momentum of the train. Cor
oner Robertson, of Cottonwood, was
called and gave a verdict Of accidental
deaths Jacobson was about 22 years of
age, and lived on a farm about three
and one-half miles southwest of Tracy.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-02-04
WRECK AT CHEYENNE
KILLS AND INJURIES

Cheyenne. Wye, Jan. 3.-Ta,e Union
Pacific passenger traptaa Ne. 8. known
as the Oregon Hxpress.' west-bonnd,
struck a broken raSi near Dana. $50
miles west of here. at 3:6 yesterday
afternoon and was wrecked. Five
coaches are in h ditctl. Two are re-
ported killed and 20 injured. A wreck
ing crew and relief train Carrying doc
tors left here at s O'Clock. Ehe killed
and injured will be brought here.
Omaha, Neb., Jan. 1a.-Fhe MIST Of
casualties in the wreck west of Chey-
enne, which Includes ONE dead and nine
seriously injured, was given out by
Union Pacific officials here as follows:
The dead:
MISS EMMA CLINGBNPUL. DAN
bury, Ia, en- route to Caldwell, Id.
The injured:
Mrs. olive C1ingenpu. Danbury, Ia,
mother of dead girl, wrist twisted, suf-
fertng from eve shock.
Miss Rose CIingeapul, left leg broken.
Everett F'riedley. Rising City, Neb..
legs and head bruised; serious.
". S. Smith, McAlester, okla, right
arm fractured.
Mrs. F. NJ. HicRex, Grand Rapids,
Wis, shoulder fractured
+. Il. Barber. Junction City. Kan,
arm and shoulder wrenclaed.
John Pfeffer, Akron, Cole. back in
jured.
A. L. Nolle, Indianapolis. leg frac-
tured.
Celia Nelson. Omaha, shoulder In
jured and back sprained.
These nine were seriously injured
and We're taken to q Cheyenne hospital.
The dead body of Miss OingenpuI was
also taken to Cheyenne. About 20 9TH
ers received injuries, but all were able
to resume their journeys.
The accident occurred at Dana. 80
miles west of Rawlings, nine cars leav-
ing the rails for some cause yet to be
established. The engine was not de-
rallied. The railroad has In
stituted an investigation.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-02-04
RUSSIAN POLICE HEAD
ARRESTED FOR TREASON

st~Petersburg, Feb. 3.-M. Iopu-
Zine, former director of police In the
ministry of the interior, has been ar
rested on a charge of treason in con-
nection with the revelations recently
made at Paris. when Azef, at the head
of the fighting organization Of the
Russian socialist revolutionary party,
was convicted of being the paid agent
of the secret police. The technical ac-
~.cusation is made. In a paragraph set
ting forth hat Lopukine was a mem
Der of the revolutionary organization.
He furnished to Curtseff, the Russian
socialist revolutionist in Paris, the in
formation on which Axe was de-
nounced, thereby handing over the gov
eminent agent to revolutionary EN-
geance.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-02-04
WHITE PLAGUE STAYED;
GOTHAM'S CARS CLEANED

New York, Feb. 3.-No harder battle
has ever beer won in Gotham's vigor-
aous warfare against the Great White
Plague" thar the final eviction of tu-
berculosis germ nests from the street
cars of this city. which has been today
reported as accomplished. To rout the
filth in which the dread disease has for
years bred undisturbed by the city
authorities here, each one of the 10000
car in which New Workers ride every
day has for the last nine months been
constantly inspected, reinspected and
ordered properly cleaned and disin-
fected by Governor Hughes public ser
vice commissioners in this city. To
day these appointees of the governor
report that the whole system is for the
first time being put in sanitary condi-
ton.
Thirty expert inspectors, broadsides
of their reports, extensive legal hear
ings and much rapid-fire communica-
tion are recorded as constantly engaged
in this nine-months' siege upo the
street car magrlatess who had always
kept their cras practically as they
pleased. Following the complaint of q
citizen that disease and death We're al
lowed to Turk in seats, floors and
walls of certain street cars, h Hughes
men got into action last April. Gen
.eral orders were issued to put each of
h 10 regiments of traction vehicles in
Substantially new condition. with safe,
proper and adequate bodies" and a
5skiflnish line of inspectors was thrown
aout to see that soap and water, disin-
~fectants, scrubbing brushes and cloths
We're applied to each square inch OF
space on which germs could gather.
Today the daily reports of these
Hughes inspectors show for the first
time almost every a marked "sani-
sary." While nine months ago the usual
entry was filthy"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-02-04
SOUTH AMERICA IS
RIVAL OF BALKANS
AS SCENE OF WAR
Chile and Peru Have Backs UP
and May Be ThereU Be
a Fight.

ture OF diplomatic relations between
Chile n Peru, ~signalized by h with
drawal of Senor Echenique, Chilean
minister at Lima, has aroused more or
less excitement.
1t is declared here this morning tina
the Chilean squadron, under Admiral
Wilson, now in the Strut OF Magellan,
has been ordered north.
The difficulty between Chile and
Peru arose when the, Peruvian govern
ment a few months ago refused to per-
nit Chile to place a tablet on a monu-
ment erected by Peru to the memory
of her soldiers who lost their lives in
the war of 1879.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-02-04
WEEDS"
CAUSE A BLOCKADE

Oakley, Kan. Feb. Sin the blizzard
OF the last 48 hours the greatest dam
age was done by the Russian thistle,
more commonly known as the tumble
weed" The weeds, which are about
the size of a half bushel measure, and
almost round. blew e the prairies
by the millions. In some cases they
even stalled trains by piling In cuts.
Near Oberlin a touring car belonging
10 the Miller real estate firm, of Eden,
caught fire while trying to force it's
way through Russian thistles and was
completely destroyed, the occupants
narrowly escaping being burned to
death.
Russian thistles by the millions We're
hurled before the winds and orchards
arc packed full, yards and fences hid
den, alleys and Sidewalks blocked and
in instances the weeds are piled Sc
high about the houses that only by
using pitchforks can occupants clear
"a way through them.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-02-04
BUCHANAN HITS SNAG
IN HIS NEGOTIATIONS

Caracas, Venezuela, Jan. % (via Port
Of Spain, Trinidad, Jan. 2S).-Negotia-
tions between w. /. Buchanan, special
envoy of the United States, and the
Venezuelan government, looking to the
settlement Of outstanding difficulties
between the two countries, came yes
terday to complete deadlock on certain
points contained in the draft of the
first protocol. 1t is believed here the
negotiations win be completely dis
continued unle@S the United States
nodiffes it's ~con,ention that the claims
of the New York and Bern1udes As
phalt company and the Orinoco corpo-
ration be submitted to@arbitration.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-02-04
TRIES 70 PEN NAME AS NE DIES.

Grand Rapids, Mich. Feb. l.
Whats the matter with that MANI"
cried a citizen who saw an elderly mar
fall to the pavement near The Union
station and desperately try to write his
name on the asphalt as he lay pros
trate. Several bystanders hurried to
the mans side just as he breathed his
Last. He died OF heart disease. Real
izing his condition. he had tried to let
those about him know his name. He
later was identified as John Plekkoal,
aged so.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-02-04
TO PREVENT MARRIAGES
OF WHITES AND BLACKS

Topeka, Kan, Feb. la bin was intro
duced in the house by Representative w.
p. Lambertson of Brown county. 1t pro-
hibits the marriage of white persons to
negroes. Chinese, Japanese or others of the
black or yellow races. The bill does not
stop there. It prohibits the marriage of
whites with members Of the black or yell
low races either OF the full or half blood
variety. The penalties for violations Of
this act are the same as these in this
state Tor the marriage Of cousins or per-
sons OF close relation.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-02-04
ELOPERs Welded I'M
TRAIN SMOKING CAR

Chicago, Jan. 29.-Gayi Mcdonald. an
under official of the Northwestern rail-
road, whose home is at f15 Summer
dale ave, and Miss Nellie Middleton,
also of Chicago, We're married in the
smoking car OF a Chicago and Milwau-
kec train last night as the train swept.
through Lake Forest at 40 miles an
hour. The wedding Was the culmina-I
,ticn OF the second eiopement OF thu
couple. The ceremony was performed
by q Waukegan 5ust8es Of the peace
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-02-04
WILEY, PURE FOOD MAN,
WILL MOVE TO CHICAGO

Chicago, jan. 3o.-Dr. H. w. Wiley,
chief of the government bureau of
chemistry, expects to become a resident
of Chicago, according to announcement
by the Pierce Publishing company. He
will assume charge of the editorial staff
of the magazine What to Eat, pub
lished by that concern, and continue his
var against adulterated foods
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-02-04
BURN THE CONSTITUTIONS"
SAYS OKLAHOMA SENATOR

Guthrie, Okla, Feb. SENATOR Blair
in the senate here in all seriousness
moved that that body burn the consti-
tuition adopted by the state Of Okla
homa. His words caused a decided
sensation and We're followed by an i'm
mediate adjournment. Senator Blair's
remarks came in at the close of me
Of the most vigorous debates In the
present session of the upper house, and
after favorable ba1loting on the
Thomas bill. which makes 1t Impossible
to form new counties.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-02-04

Rome, Jan. 30.-Twelve prominent
citizens of the village of ALI, near Mes
sina, including the mayor, have been
arrested for appropriating food and
other necessities intended for the use
of earthquake survivors.
It Is reported that Mount. yesus1us II
displaying signs of activity.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-02-04
OPIUM RIOTS CALM DOWN.

Annoy, China, Feb. 3.-The troops
which were sent to quell the so-called
opium riots in the Tungan district some
time ago, have beer withdrawn and the
better class OF inhabitants are return
ing to the villages. All efforts to ar
rest the leaders OF the riot were un-
successful. The trouble followed the
announcement of an edict prohibiting
tho cultivation of opium peoples.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-02-04
WILSON TO STAY,
The FINAL WORD
Taft Said to Have Desided to
Retain Tswan in His
Cabinet.

Washington, p. c., San. 2s-Word
has been received II washington fndi-
eating definitely tn8t Secretary Of Ag-
riculture Wilson win be asked to stay
i'm the cabinet. X cO1aes from Prest-
dent elect Taft. being enc sf the last
announcements made Tor hlA IA a let
tier to people In WashtAgAon who have
taken active interest in beAa1t " Mr..
Wilson.