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The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-09-02
GET SHARE
OF MILITARY FUND

XII
Washington, Aug. 31.-Four million
dollars appropriated by congress for
h military have been allotted among
the several states and territories by
Lieutenant Colonel Il. NJ. Weaver, Of
the general staff corps OF the army,
who is cfief OF the division Of militia.
Tho enlisted strength OF the militia
as shown by tables prepared by Colonel
Weaver is 100. 761, and the allotments
under various heads include ST. 72, $50
for arms equipment and camp pur.
poses; $49O,750 for promotion OF rifle
practice; $62S, sol for ammunition, and
1870, 656 for supplies.
The allotments for the states and ter
ritories in round numbers include the
following:
Iowa, $780, 900.
Nebraska, sac, 900.
Kansas, $5S, 900. ~,
South Dakota, $25, 900.
Wyoming, SIG, 900.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-09-02
HUNDREDS PERISH
IN MEXICAN FLOOD
Many Thousands More Arr
Homeless, But All Danger
Seems Over Now.

Mexico City, Sept. IA conserva-
tive estimate Of the damage wrought
at Monterey by the flood places the
dead at 1,4oo and the property loss at
$~f2,0oo,0o0. The river has zone down
and the danger is over.
Up to the present time $50 bodies
ter of the city of Monterey was de-
stroyed, and $4,000 persons today are
homeless. The water mains are use
less n the city is consequently with
out drinking water, neither is there
light nor street a service, for the
power plant has been seriously dam
aged. 1t will be impossible to resume
the train service for a week, and as
a result the city is threatened with a
o famine. The slaughter houses
AVE been destroyed.
Ten thousand persons are being fed
on bread, coffee and soup by the
municiple authorities, and the Ameri-
can consulate is giving food to all who
apply.
Adobe Houses Fall.
Thousands of persons have taken
refuge in the cathedral and the
churches. Many adobe structures.
soaked by the rain, are falling, and
there has been some additional loss OF
life from this cause.
The railroad situation is deplorable.
On the ranch of the International, be-
tween Monterey n Tampico, there
are a score of washouts. The iron
bridge at San Juan has n and rs
miles Of the track Of the Matamoras
branch have been washed out. There
are a dozen washouts between Mata-
moras and Cuevas, Inc the big iron
bridge over the Rinconaga, between
Saltillo and Monterey is gone The
total loss to the railroads probably will
exceed S500,0 900.
Eighteen Blocks Destroyed.
Eighteen blocks of residences and
business house are washed away. The
more wealthy people of Monterey, to-
gether with the American residents arc
contributing to the mayors fund, which
is being expended for food.
The greatest loss of life is said to
have been caused by the giving way OF
the reservoir dam. Monterey is stu
ated in a cup like valley and is sur
rounded on three sides by steep u
tains. The waters rushed into this val
ley down the bed of the Santa Catarina
river. This stream is ordinarily $50
yards wide, but with the advent of the
flood it's banks were fully three-quar-
ters of a mile apart. 1t is estimated
that Is inches of rain fell.
The federal authorities here are busy
with the organization of relief meas
ures. Benefit theatrical performances,
bull fights and fairs are being planned.
Subscription lists are being opened al.
over Mexico City and other cities of the
republic are responding to Monterey's
urgent call for aid.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-09-02
TRADE UNIONS OPEN
SESSION IN PARIS

Paris, Sept. 1.-The sixth i~nterna-
tional trade unions convention opened
in this city today. and among the sub
jects discussed were the reduction of
hours of labor, regulations to govern
work in domiciles, and a proposal to
put an end to international strike
breaking. Samuel Gompers, president
of the American Federation of Labor,
and DR.. j. Eads How, represented
America.
MI. Gompers submitted "A proposal
for the organization of an international
federation of workmen. which While not
affecting h independence of the work
mel of the respective countries would
create international fraternity and
solidarity"
A motion advanced by DIR. How urged
trades unions of all countries to fight
against the movement of workmeu
from NE country to another in times
of economic depression. when strikes
were threatened.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-09-02
CONSERVATION MEET
AT SEATTLE Is OVER

Seattle, Wash. Sept. 1.-The Nation
al Conservation congress adopted a
resolution declaring hat the federal
government should limit grants of
water rights to a reasonably definite
time and should exact an annual tax
upon them.
Other resolutions adopted indorse the
forestry and reclamation bureaus; rec
ommend the creation of a national bu-
reau of mines; indorse the national con-
~servation committee; urge a federal APP
preparation for the work of the COM
mittee and favor the Statehood of Ari-
IONA and New Mexico. The congress
formed a permanent organization and
elected the following officers:
President-Bernard N. Baker, of Bal
timore, Md.
Secretary-L. F. Brown, of Seattle.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-09-02
WANTS Benefit
OF TARIFF Law
FOR STEEL men
Labor Leader Demands That
Government Interfere in Be-
half of Strikers.

Washington, Sept. THAT the la
borers employed by the Pressed Steel
Car company at McKees Rocks, Pa.
n scene of the present strike, are not
paid the share to which they are IN
titled under the protective tariff sys-
tenn is asserted by Secretary Morrison,
of the American Federation of Labor.
The charge is embodied in a request
forwarded by Mr.. Morrison to Secre-
tary Nagel for an Investigation into
conditions of Mckees Rocks.
Mr.. Morrison takes the position that
as the company is enabled by the pro-
tective system to charge much higher
prices for its products han otherwise
it would receive, the government is
under obligation to make inquiry for
the protection of the laborers. The re-
quest for the inquiry is based upon
section s of the act of February IA,
1903. which requires the secretary of
commerce n labor to make special
Investigations either upon the request
of the president or either house of
congress or upon his own initiative.
Conditions Are Bad.
In support of his contention that the
conditions are bad, Mr.. Morrison quotes
at length from a report regarding them,
made recently by Paul U. Kellogg. Mr..
Kellogg gives many instances of low
wage payments, n he a that the
men complain especially that they are
Qenle0 all means OF up their
earnings. New piece rates are posted
as under h old system and the men
claim that the hourly rate Is not a.
guaranteed minimum. 1t is asserted
that in n instance a man received
only 81 for three days work; that an
other worked IA days for SIS; hat an
other worked 10 days for $3.50.
Rev. F. A. Toner, pastor of st. Mary's
Catholic church at McKees Rocks, is
quoted as saying that "the conditions
under which the employees work and
live are sue that they are unfit for
publication
Mr.. Morrison then enters his plea for
investigation on the ground that better
wages should be paid under our tariff
system.
Congress May Act.
Pittsburg, Pa, Aug. 30.-Uncle Sans
searchlight, turned for the past few
days on the alleged peonage conditions
at. the Pressed Steel Car company's
plant in Schcenville, III all probability
will cast q strong reflection into the
halls of hi United States congress
when that body convenes in December.
Glaringly excessive methods on the
part of Chicago and New York employ
ment agencies towards strike breakers,
80 forcfbly brought to light in the
public investigation formally closed
Saturday afternoon, will, it is authori-
tatively stated, result in strong official
recommendations for the passage of a
statute to act as a preventive of such
actions in the future.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-09-02
ZEPPELIN REACHES
BERLIN IN AIRSHIP

Berlin, Sept. 1.-The airship Zeppelin
Ill, with Count Zeppelin at the helm,
arrived safely at Berlin shortly after
noon Sunday. The voyage from Fried
~richshafen, where the start was made
at 4:S0 O'Clock Friday, was marked by
an accident to the airship which aused
ii considerable delay at Bitterfield. At
that point Count Zeppelin met the
craft. The emperor witnessed the ar
rival Of the airship here.
Two monarchs of the air, Count Yep
pelin and Orville Wright, the foremost
exponents of distinct systems of aerial
navigation. met at Berlin yesterday
afternoon for the first time. They were
introduced to one mother by the mon
arch of the German empire.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-09-02
.NORWEGIANS HAVE DAY
AT SEATTLE EXPOSITION

Seattle, WASH. Sept. 1.-Norway's
day at the exposition was celebrated
today by a celebrated historic pageant,
speeches and music and the unwilling
of a bronze bust of Edward Graeg, the
composer.
A feature Of the exercises was the
arrival of a Viking ship, which was
;rowed across LAX Washington by 40
oarsmen in Viking dress and bore Left
Erickson, the sea king, his queen and
her attendants. The ship is an exact
replica of M in the Royal museum in
Christiana, and every detail of dress
and arms are historically correct.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-09-02
AMERICAN CONSUL
REPORTS ON FLOOD

Washington, Sep. 1.-Conscul General
Hanna, at Monterey, Mexico, on behalf
of the officers of the American colony
there, has made an appeal to the Amer
lean people to assist the destitute suf-
ferers at Monterey.
In a telegram to the STATE department
today, Mr.. Hanna says the dead num-
Der 200 and thousands are homeless.
1t might be gratefully remembered
and appreciated, Mr.. Hanna says, that
h city Of Monterey, OF 10O.0 900 inhab-
itants, does IS per cent of it's foreign
trade with the United States. Nearly
every person in the city has suffered
loss and many of the poorer class have
lost everything.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-09-02
MOTHER GIVES POISON
TO FIVE CHILDREN

st. Joseph. Mo-, Sept. LIN y fit of
insanity Mrs. Carrie Sanders. aged Al,
of Florence addition, gave five of her
siz children morphine Sunday. While
trying to feed the poison to the sixth
she was deferred by a %neighbor, when
she confessed to what she had done.
Weldon, aged S years, is dead, but ply
sicians say they will ave the lives Of
the other children.
The mother also took poison and cut
her throat after making her confession,
but she is expected to recover. The
children range in age from 2 to 10
Years.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-09-02
KINDERGARTEN TEACHER
LEAVES HEARST MEMORIAL

Lead, S. D., Aug. 31.-After five years
of building the school up to It's pres
ent high standard. Miss Marie E. Cor
ham, superintendent of the Hearst Me-
mortal kindergarten in this city, has
resigned and will make her home in
Chicago again. Miss Gorham will be
succeeded by Miss frances Clark of
Lacrosse. Wis, who takes charge of
the institution next week for the fall
term.
The Hearst kindergarten is one OF the
principal ~benefactions in Lead of Mrs.
Phoebe A. Hearst and is recognized as
the largest n best equipped school Of
its kind in the country. It stands
unique in kindergarten circles for the
reason that it includes among its
scholars from is to 20 different nation
alities at all times and has a regular
daily attendance of over 16o children
between 4 and 6 years of age. The
kindergarten has a staff of four teach
ers besides the superintendent and
twice annually graduates into the pub
lie schools a class OF about 80 children.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-09-02
TENNESSEE BANK GOES
SAFELY THROUGH A RUN

Union City. Tenn, Sept. 1.--Because
of the failure today of the Hardy
Grain company OF this city, a run
was started on the Union City Bank
& Trust company, when that institu-
ton opened its doors.
The First and Third National banks
Of this city went to the rescue of the
trust along with private citizens, and
all depositors were paid on presenting
their claims.
George Hardy. president of the grain
company, accidentally killed himself
a few days ago.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-09-02
BROWNS IN WATERS
OF LAKE MICHIGAN

Chicago, Aug. 31.-The body OF Miss
Emily Scharringhausen. 2S YEARS old.
was found floating In Lake Michigan
off Lincoln park today by "A fisherman.
Last Tuesday the young woman disap-
peai,ed from the government pier.
where She had gone with her fiance to
FISH.
that she. had been murdered for
her galuables was expressed. but when
the body was recovered her jewelry and
purse were found intact. While her
betrothed was busy with his lines the
young woman strolled away and his
search for her was fruitiesa.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-09-02
TWO ARE DROWNED.

Saginaw. Mich, Sept. 1.-Edward
Humber and Eric Heineman werc
drowned In the Tittabawassee river
yesterday afternoon by capsizing u
rowboat in which they were towed by
a launch.
ST. LOUIS. MO.-Thomas A. Wood.
newspaper, club and civil war veteran.
died yesterday, aged 81. Until his re.
tirement two years 6 he had been
business manager or h st. Louis
Globe-Democrat for 80 years.
Iabriz. Persia. Sept. 1.-Rahim Khan.
a Persian bandit, has been captured
by a Russian punitive expedition.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-09-02
IN JAIL FOR ABDUCTION
OR SOMETHING WORSE

Huron, S. D.. Aug. 31.-Two men are
In Jail here, charged with abduction.
One gives his name as ]. r. Shaw, of
Mason City, Ia, and the other as l.. b.
Brandt, of Lakefeld, MINI. The for
Iner is. however, believed to be a
elnAasHg salesman OF Sioux Falls and
The latter a barber at Wolsey. The
men are charged with having abducted
Two girls. aged is and II. from their
homes in Watertown. The quartet
nave been here two or three days. The,
father of one o. the girls arrived from
Watertown and will take both bs~k
t. that city.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-09-02
MEN AND EMPLOYERS
GETTING TOGETHER

Chicago. Aug. so.-street railway Of
ficials n representatives OF their EN-
ployea resumed negotiations faasaz a..
the wage scale which shall govern The
next contract period. 80
Hope OF a peaceful settlement OF the
diherences IS growing and a plan "
now unde consideration which wnnid
increase b pay Of the Older men ID
the street car service, and at the sar1n
time advance the new men In wages.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-09-02
CHAUFFEUR MEETS
DEATH In ACCIDENT

San Francisco, Cal, Sept. 1.-Wil-
liam harrington, chauffeur for Earl
Rogers. n of the attorneys for Pat
rick Calhoun. was killed in Golden
Gate park Saturday when his motor,
with three passengers, crashed into an
other machine, Mrs. Darlington. Miss
Grace Wililams and a man whose iden-
tity was not revealed. were injured.
but not seriously. The machine driven
by harrington urned oyar and pinned
the driver beneath. killing him instant
ly.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-09-02
REcuLARs ON A "HIkEv

Dallas, Tex, Sept. l.-Twenty-two
hundred regulars, commanded by
Brigadier General Al. Mixers. Z. S.
a. hroke-. camp at h fair grounds
early today, and started on a 160-mile
hike" to Holland, Texas. where they
viii board trains for Fort Sam Hous-
ton, San Antonio, the military head
quarters Of the southwestern division.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-09-02
MAKES QUICK PASSAGE.

Queenstown, Sept. 1.-The steamer
Mauritania, the record holder for the
transatlantic passage. arrived here to-
day from New York over the short
course, and made the passage in 4 ( days.
IA hours and q minutes. This beats
her previous best passage by 2 hours
and SO minutes.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-09-02
LETTER CARRIERS MEET.

st. Paul, Mimi, Sept. 1.-The 18th
biennial convention of the National AS
ISOLATION of Letter Carriers opened this
morning at the auditorium.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-09-02
KANSAS O M is
ACCUSED OF MURDER

Wellington, Kas., Sept. IA cor
oner's jury that Investigated suspicious
circumstances surrounding the death of
John S. Hathaway, a Summer county
farmer, who died Thursday, returned
a verdict today holding Mrs. Hathaway
responsible for the death of her hus-
band by administering poisonous drugs.
She was arrested and brought to jail
here by Sheriff Holiday.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-09-02

SEATTLE. wASH.-Secretary of the
Interior Ballinger hurriedly left for
Washington Sunday night. Depart
mental affairs" he said, have mad it
necessary for me to change my plans
and go@to Washington at once
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-09-02
CHANNEL M IS
FORCED TO PUT BACK

Dover. Eng, Aug. 39.-Jabez Wolfe,
the English swimmer, who started from
Dover at 4 p. m. yesterday to cross the
channel to France, was compelled to
give up after having covered 10 miles
in eight hours.
Edward Heaton, Of Liverpool, an
other aspirant for channe honors, en-
tered the water here at 8 o'clock this
morning, bound for the French coast.
first officer and thirteen members OF
the French bark Gael, Captain Meyer,
from London. May %, for Portland,
Ore. have come into Bunbury IN an
open boat. The officer reports that th..
Gael was abandoned 200 miles from
Bunbury, and that his boat parted
company from the captains boat Au-
gust %.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-09-02

The trade name of a certain Aus
tralian brandy is the Boomerang"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-04
JAPANESE FACES MURDER
CHARGE AS WIFE SUICIDES

BELLINGHAM, Nov. 4.-Because
his wife killed herself by hanging
instead of committing hari-kari. Ume-
kichi Mitsu a wealthy Japanese, faced
murder charge yesterday, but was
released today after a verdict of sui
eide had been reached by the coro-
ner's jury Mitsu testified he had tried
to conceal the suicide to save the dis
grace which must fall on his sons in
japan, should it be learned the moth
err had committed suicide by hanging.
He asked the officials to report the
death simply as suicide" so that his
relatives in Japan would take it for
granted the woman had diSembOWeled
herself and had gained honor thereby.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-04
Is AUGMENTED
BY WIRELESS IN ALASKA

DAWSON, Nov. 4.-The telegraph
system in Alaska has been much Hi
proved this year by the bettermeht u
the wireless service The system was
installed last year under the direc'loH
of Lieutenant Jennett, of the sisl''
corps of the American army.
This year the lieutenant returned
the Yukon basin, by way Of the io"''
Yukon, and superintendent the ins'ai-
lation of additional service. The pow
err at several stations was increaSe''
and it is understood that among u"
stations thus benefited was Circle
A station has been establlsheu Q"
Katlik, at the mouth of the YUKON i
is, more properly, on what Is K"o"'
as the Aphoon mouth of the 1uho',
The generator and engine were shipP'
late, and it was not certain when '''
last steamer left ST. Michael for Da"'
son that the equipment would get tiie''
this season.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-04
WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO MARS?

In view of the great public interest
in conditions on Mars it is surprising
that the news of supposed cataclysm
on that planet, observed in September
by British astronomers, should not
have been reported by cable, but should
have been brought to the attention of
the western world by means of a pub
LEGATION in the journal of the British
Astronomical association. American
gularly unfortunate in their observa-
lions, for the remarkable phenomenon
of the planetary markings has been
entirely missed by the sky students on
this side of the Atlantic
Ever since the half joking sugges-
ton of an eminent scientist that COM
municaton might be established with
Mars by means of a vast mirror the
people of this country have been ready
to receive all sorts of fantastic propo-
sitions regarding the planet, but they
have never been greatly agitated over
the possibility of signaling the Mar
tons. There is enough doing on this
planet to keep it's inhabitants fairly
busy and interested without crossing
the vast interplanetary space for
topics If it is true that the cataclysm
has occurred on Mars, destroying the
so-called canals and possibly wiping
out the Hypothetical population, the
event will not arouse as much of a
sensation here as the invention of a
passenger aeroplane or the victory
of Tammany in the New York cleo
tiOns.
It will be unfortunate in one respect
if the Marian markings have been
Obliterated by some vast CONFUSION of
the surface or have been hidden from
terrestrial view by Pittsburgian
smoke pail, for in that event we shall
have lost one of our most persistent
topics of popular and scientific dis
cussion When all other questions fail
the canals on Mars are always avail
able for debate
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-04
OBJECTIONS TO A GREAT
CENTRAL BANK

1t is worth While to try to state
frankly the American objection to a
great central bank under power of the
government, like those that work SO
we'll in foreign countries. We are ac-
customed to say vaguely that the
American people fear the evil power
and influence of so great an aggrega
ton of capital.
But the people of England and Ger
many do not fear or suffer from the
great consolidation of financial power
and influence in their government bank.
When the people of France exchanged
their monarchy for republic, they did
not try to dispense with the Bank of
France, but even increased its power
and usefulness. Wry should this coun-
try fear evil results from the establish
ment Of a great central bank which
have not followed in other countries,
either republics or mOnarchies? Yet
the people distrusted it from the begin
ming and overthrow it as soon as they
got a popular leader in the presidency
1t is not to be doubted that the peo-
pie distrust the idea more and more
however they may be silenced by I'M
answerable arguments that prove its
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-04
WEATHER FORECAST.

Walla Walla and vicinity: Cloudy
and cooler tonight; Friday, fair.
Washington: Cloudy tonight. Friday
fair: cooler east portion tonight
Weather Conditions.
Light showers fell in Washington
Oregon and northern Montana during
the past "a hours. Fair weather pre-
vailed over the remainder of the
United States, except that an area Of
low pressure over the New England
states has caused precipitation in that
section. No well-d defined areas of high
or low pressure exist over the west
ern portion of the country. 1t is gen
orally cooler in the Pacific northwest
and in the Rocky mountain states. The
indications are for generally fair
weather in this vicinity tonight and
Friday with cooler tonight.
JOHN GROVER, Observer.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-04
A BUSINESS OR A MILITARY
POLICY.

The United States has always advo-
Gated the open door for trade in China
as a business policy. That is all very
we'll as long as it can be maintained
by diplomatic skill and moral persua-
sion But the first hint Of effective
resistance to this policy by any nation
would convert it from a business into
a military policy.
Are we prepared to sustain the open
door in China as a military policy?
Is any other nation prepared to aid us
in doing so? All Of them have given
polite assent to our diplomatic state
ment of our position, Japan with the
others But not one has committed it's
self in any binding way to effective
support of the principle. We have nc
treaties in which the open door is