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Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-10-08

Plenty of apples for sale. at IS,
cents half bushel. at John Uhlen-
kott's.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Broker
went over to Mason Butte Tuesday
to visit Jim S folks, some of whom
are on the sick list.
F. S. Vincent and wife, Miss
Vera Allen and w. N. Scales were
among the visitors in the city from
Grangeville Tuesday.
There will be dance in the hall
at Ferdinand on Friday night, Oc-
tober 22nd. A good time is prom
ised all who attend it.
For SALE.-Yellow pine 10
inch sound wood, on the old A. P
Tefft mill site.
at. D. D. BROWN.
Joe B. Wade, representative O
the Lewiston Tribune, was in the
city several days this week in the
interests of that worthy publication
Robert Watson and A. B. Rock,
were among the pioneer resident
5 of this section who took i'll tn
a sights at the Lewiston fair las
week.
A. A. Luellyn and Mrs. A. D
$ Sewell and son, of Lucille, were i
the city last Friday enroute HON
t from visiting at Spokane an
Seattle.
y Mrs. Fred Simon and Miss Ell
e nice Turner went to Lewisto
+ Tuesday to attend the wedding {
Miss Nellie Eckert at that plac
: Wednesday.
II Fred Moberg moved his famil
r into the Duffy cottage west of til
railroad bridge Monday and Wi
y reside here this winter and sen
h his boy to school.
Fred Kincaid and mother an
:" Mr.. and Mrs. Burt Lawrence,
= Fletcher, passed through town we
terday enroute to Council, Idah
where they have located on go
eminent land.
Preaching service at the Bapti
- church every grid and 4th Sund;
in each month at II o'clock a. +
and at 1890 p. m. S. S. eve
Sunday at 10 o'clock. All a
cordially invited to attend
w. D. M. HAYS, Pastor.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-10-08
FRIDAY, OCT. s, 1909.

Buy your new shoes of Betz, on
King street.
B. P. Duffy was a visitor at
Nezperce Tuesday.
T. f. Housh joined the cHRoN-
IcLE list this week.
Get prices on rubber footwear at
the Bee Hive Store.
John Fuuke made a business
trip to Lewiston Tuesday.
Good horse pasture. See Sidney
Brown miles north of town.
A fine picture goes with every
four Princess Flour Coupons.
C. B. Fetters and little grandson
visited friends at Vollmer Tuesday.
A. ]. Hoffman, the Greencreek
merchant, was in town yesterday
". Nash was in Grangeville
Wednesday and yesterday on bust
ness,
]. L. Crawford and wife were in
the city Tuesday from Garfield
Wash.
]. L. Addison was in the city
Tuesday from White Bird OF
business.
Will and Jim Rookie were on
from across Salmon river the frs
of the week.
If you have chickens for sale Sc
A. G. Foster at the harness shol
in Cottonwood.
George Mcpherson lost a $50
horse Sunday morning from spas
modic collie.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-10-08
ladies' & Misses Goats

Acomplete line of coats just in. All
the latest styles and colors. Now is
the time to make your selection while
the stock is complete. Come and see
them today. PRICES ARE RIGHT.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-07-15
VICTOR'S ALIBI
WILL NOT BEAR
INVESTIGATION
Was Not Seen at Condo Nor
on Train From That Place
to Worthwhile.

Aberdeen. S. D., July 12.-There is
nothing left to the alibi set up by Emil
Victor to show hat he was in Condo
when the Christie family was muir
dered at Rudolph last Saturday morn
ing.
States Attorney Van Slyke fails to
find anyone at Condo who knows Vic
tor or recall the visit of any such
appearing man there at the time he
claims to have been there, and likewise
the trainmen fail to recall anyone
answering his description riding on the
train from Condo to Worthwhile on the
day in question.
On the other hand, the route of the
murderer has been traced all the way
from the farm where the murder was
committed to Worthwhile. where Victor
was arrested, and several parties
Identified Victor as a party whom they
met at points between Rudolph and
Worthwhile.
The accused man has not yet secured
counsel, and claims to be unable to
bear the expense of securing any one
to defend his case, and the our has
not yet taken action in the matter.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-07-15
SERIOUSLY
INJURED BY BULL

Hudson, S. D., July 10.-Fred Burki.
a prominent Eden township farmer, re-
ceived almost fatal injuries from a q
year-old bull. when he went into the
pasture after the cows yesterday. The
bull had never been ugly before and
he took MI. Burki completely by sur
prise when he charged him. Knocking
him down and trying to gore him. The
vicious animal knocked him down six
or eight times. h injured mar finally
rolling down the. creek bank, when the
bull ceased his attack.
Albert Burkf finally saw that some
thing was wrong in the pasture and
Went down to see, and with his assist
ance his father was able to get to the
house. The doctor found half a dozen
ribs broken, the chest badly injured
n the right arm dislocated, and 1t
was thought for some time that Mr.
Burki could not live.
He is in a serious condition but may
recover.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-07-15
CHILDREN's SUICIDES IN
FRANCE CAUSE ALARM

Paris, July 13.-Not for many years have
the people OF France, and particularly the
citizens Of Paris, been so aroused over
problems relating to the French children
as they are today over the alarming ex-
tent to which young children between the
ages OF Il and IL years have been COM
hitting suicide.
Within the last month nine children. an
parently without cause, have deliberatejy
put an end to their lives. While the no
lice and the other public authorities were
attempting to unearth a reason for the
childrenss mania for self-destruction.
maurice Barres, playwright author and
deputy, representing the department OF
the Seine, In which Paris is located. made
an impassioned speech before the cham
Der, in which he attributed the who,e sui
cidal tendency to the teachers in the pub
lie schools.
The impression made by Barres. speech
has caused al Investigation to begin
Those who incline to Barres' belief In
the matter and his explanation is now.
the generally accredited one, feel that the
investigation into the curriculum OF the;
public schools should be thorough and
impartial and prosecuted until it will he
possible for those In authority to sug-
gest proper and remedial changes In.
methods.
Though the investigation up to date has
been very limited, it has already been
shown that in the Clermont school, a.
boys institution in Paris, there existed a
suicide club. as complete in its ramiica-
tions as the mythical organizations Of
similar nature related In stories Of the
most morose authors. A few days after
the organisation Of the club. the frst
drawing was made, and the boy who
got the death-invfting slip blew out his
brains.
Scarcely had the revolver dropped from
his fingers TO the moor. when the victims
companion picked It up and declared it
u be used again. Parents Of the boys
stricken.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-07-15
HAIL DAMAGE IN
LINCOLN COUNTY

Hudson, S. D.. July IA hail storm
of unusual severity visited this sec
ton last evening about 5 O'Clock and
wrought heavy damage over the lin
TIED territory covered.
The storm came from the southwest,
covering an area nearly a mile wide,
destroying all kinds of growing grain
and intlicting severe injury on fruit
and gardens. Three losses have been
reported so far from the country, while
in town windows were broken. trees
denuded of then foliage and fruit and
much other subordinate damage
wrought. The full extent of the storm
ts n o YET known, bat the damage will
foot up several thousand dollars.
Corn in the territory covered by the
storm was badly riddled. but it is
thought that 1t may partially recover
from the effects of the hail.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-07-15
FATHER AND MOTHER.
BROTHER AND SISTER.
GIVE LIVES FOR GIRL

Wellington, Colo, July 1.-THE family OF
George H. Fuller was almost wiped OUT
by quintuple drowning while fishing and
picnicking at a big reservoir near here.
Gladys, q girl of IL, leaned too far to take
a fish from her hook and fell into the
water, which was 10 fee, deep at that
place. Her brother John, aged IA, pluckily.
dove to save his sister.
He missed her, and getting tangled ur
in weeds. was unable to swim out. His.
sister Ellen, aged IA, plunged into the
water, hoping to rescue the others. but
quickly went down. The mother Jumped,
into the water in a frenzied effort to save.
her children, but her clothes Weighted her.
and as she went under she called her.
husband, who was a hundred yards away.
He hurried to the scene and diving.
caught hold of his wife, but she claspedi
him, pinioning one arm SO that. although,
he was strong and a good swimmer. he.
could not get free, and the couple went
down together.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-07-15
MURDER SUSPECT
W|NCES UNDER A
CHARGE OF CRIME
Victor Is Young Man With a
Hard Face-Claims Can
Prove an Alibi.

Aberdeen, S. D., July 9-The funerals;
Of the members of the Christie family,
murdered at Rudolph last Saturday.
win be held tomorrow (Thursday). To-
day the bodies lay in state at the es-
tablishment OF a local undertaken and
were viewed by hundreds of people.
The bodies will eventually be shipped
to the former home of MI. and Mrs.
Christie, in New Brunswick.
Emil Victor, accused of the murder.
who was arraigned yesterday, his pre-
liminary trial being set for next Mon.
day, June II, is a smooth faced, blue
eyed young man of %. His face beaS
a tough look, but is by no means
thai of a hardened criminal. Beyond
swallowing convulsively a time or two
when the word murder was men,
toned in reading the complaint against
him, the prisoner manifected no emo
ton.
Victor has asked the court to supply
him with ar attorney and claims that
he will be able to prove he was in
Conde when the crime was committed
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-07-15
COILS TIGHTENING
ABOUT ACCUSED MAN
Tried to Sell Al Caliber Gun
at Conde-Appeals to Pa
rents for Help.

Aberdeen, s. d, July I3.-Emil Vic
Tor, accused of the murder of the Chris
Tie family, has sent an appeal to his
aged parents at East Aurora, N. Y, for
assistance in defending himself against
he charges of murder. He has asked
states Attorney Van Slyke to appeal
TO his parents and to his brother and
sister in the asst for aid.
j. G.. Rounds, a hardware dea,er at
Condo, s. D., states that Victor, q short
time before the murder, tried to sell
him a second hand 41-caliber revolver,
but he refused because of it's odd size.
The Christies were shot with 41-caliber
bullets.
Prisoner Tells Of Parents.
To a Catholic priest who visited him
in his cell in the county Jail. Emil Vic
tor conided that his parents reside at
East Aurora, N. Y, and that he Is of
Irish and German p%arentage, u is not
a Catholic. Victor previously had
clained that his father was a large
dry goods merchant in Buffalo.
Through the efforts of Sheriff John
Anderson and States Attorney l.. T.
Van SlSke, witnesses have been dis
covered, who VIII testify that Victor
seen in Rudolph the night before
the murder. 1t also develops that the
prisoner was ond of practicing with
q pistol. and was an expert shot with
that weapon
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-07-15
TAFT GIVES OUT
PLANS FOR TRIP.


Philadelphia, July 12-President Taft,
on his way back 20 Washington. spent
an hour -eading the newspaper ac-.
counts OF the final tariff fight in the
Senate. The president expressed him.
self as deeply graIified that the bill had
gotten through the Senate.
President Taft announced today
some OF the tentative plans for his trip
west in the fall. He also wrote to
President Diaz, of Mexico, that he
would be glad to meet him at Ell Paso,
probably IN october Is. The president
expects to start west on his SD BIRTH.
day. September 10. He will head from
Beverley for Seattle, stopping at Den
yer, Salt Lake and Spokane on the way.
From Seattle b president will go to
Portland, thence to San Francisco to
Los Angeles. where he will visit his
sister; to San Diego, to New Mexico
aad Arizona, to Texas. where he will
spend several days on G. r. Taft's
ranch near Corpus Christi; to Hous-
ton; to New Orleans. stopping for a
time in the Teche country Of Louis
lana: to jackson, Miss. 70 Birming-
ham. Montgomery, to Macon, Ga. to
Augusta. to Savannah. to Wilmington,
N. C.s4to Richmond, Va. and then to
washington.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-07-15
STATE CHEMIST is
EXPERT ANALYST
OF PURE WHISKY

Brookings, s. D.. July 13.-Professor
James H. Shepard, read of the chem
istry department of the state college
left Friday night for Washington, d.
{, where he acted as one of the prin-
cipal witnesses in the inquiry before
President Taft upon the question of
pure whisky.
Professor Shepard appeared in be-
hall OF all the states. he having been
selected for the important work by the
National Pure Food association. which
is an organization OF the pure food
commissioners and chemists of every
state In the union, and shows the con-
hdence reposed In him by the other
experts of the country.
Professor Shepard is perhaps he
best qualified man in this or any other
country on the subject Of whisky. He
has made 1t a life study and his defni-
tlon OF constitutes a pure whisky
has been adopted as the standard the
world over
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-07-15
BOY is DROWNED
WHILE IN BATHING

Dallas S.. D., July 12.-While bathing
in a dan OF Thunder creek, in the
north central portion of Trip county,
Ora Lenker, a young man, was drown
ed and two boys named Mede1na, sons
of K. Medema, a homesteader in Trip
county, narrowly escaped meeting Il
similar fate. being rescued only after
a heroic effort on the part of a man
named Morehouse, who was a member
of the party. A number of men and
playing ball on a homestead near the
creek, and after the days sport they
went to the dam for the purpose of en-
joying a swim. The Medema boys and
young Lenke were in the water only
a short time when they were taken
with cramps. Lenker speedily lost
control OF his muscles aud ank to his
death. He was Is years of age and
was very popular among the young
men of about his own age.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-07-15
MAN MAY READ OF
HIS OWN DEMISE

Alsen, S. D., July 12.ANels P. Swan
son of Garfield township, this count
who was yesterday reported dead, is
alive to read the account of his mys-
terious demise and the suspicious that
hover about his taking away.
Mrs. Charles Swanson. a daughter
inla.w, is dead, however, at the lone
of the aged man, and whether her
death was caused by poison self-ad-
ministered or coming from outside
sources, the officers now investigating
will seek to determine. The woman
and her husband had made their home
with the old man since their marriage
five years ago, and are known to have
had much trouble with him, owing to
his miserly habits. Although having
acquired q, large fortune and being ac-
counted one of the richest men in the
state, Swanson Las lived like one in
Dnn1lry.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-07-15
CHRISTIE MURDERER
HAD AN ACC0MPLICE
Prisoner Not Prepared to Make
Defense and Trial Is
Postponed.

Aberdeen, s. d, July i4.-Hundreds
of farmers from the vicinity of Rudolph
hurried Into Aberdeen at an early hour
this morning to attend the preliminary
hearing Of Emil Victor. charged with
the murder Of the Christie family.
When court convened at 10 o'clock,
Attorney Van Slyke stated that Victor
had not yet heard from relatives and
had not engaged an attorney, so moved
to postpone the trial indefinitely. The
court granted the motion. Victor was
not brought into court at all. Public
feeling against the prisoner in the vi
entity OF Rudolph Is extremely bitter,
though the belief is growing that Vic
tor is not alone In the deed, but had an
accomplish.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-07-15
FROM IMMIGRANT TO
ACCEPTED sUIToR OF
NOBLEMAN's DAUGHTER.

Columbia, S. c., July 9-From immi-
grant to accepted sutton OF the daugh-
ter of a nobleman would seem a far
cry, but it is the story of q youne
Belgian, who came to this n hut
a brief three ago.
State Commissioner Of mmigratio
Watson has received from John Fer
man Famaey an announcement Of his
official engagement to the daughter
of Baron de Colgvan Delwaynen, Of
Holland, and the wedding is soon to.
take place.
The groom-e1ect came over in the
Wittekind in a party which Cornmis-
sioner Watson landed at Charleston.
Famaey had shown remarkable apti-
tude in learning English, for ali practi-.
cal purposes during the voyage from.
Europe. Soon he was able to discharge.
\ duties to the commissioner a nosis
ton he soon relinquished to take a Der.
ter one In New York. He is now secre-
tary to the manufacturer Of a tyne-.
Writer and earning a large salary
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-07-15
FISH BECOME PETS OF
HOUSEkEEPER ON DREDGE

Yermillion, S. D., July IL
Almost every woman must have
a pet of some kind. and if con-
ditions make 1t impracticable
for her to keep a dog, cat, or
chickens she will secure pets
more appropriate to her sur
roundings. Mrs. Dockey, house,
keeper on Dredge No. 2, on the
Clay Creek canal. now working
south of the G. w. Woodwork
farm, has tanned a large number
of fish that live about the
dredge. 1t is an interesting
sight to see scores of these fish
from tiny minnows to extra
large bass hurry to the boats
side at meal time and literally
eat from the hands of their
benevolent mistress. Mrs.
Dockey insists that all fish
caught for table use must be
secured entirely outside the do
main of her pets.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-07-15
HORSE RUSTLERS
ENMESHED BY LAW
IN HYDE COUNTY
Alleged Head of Gang OF
Thieves Rounded Up-Many
Horses Disappear.

Pierre. S. D., July lo.-tfank
George McCarty, Fred hiine
CHARLES Bowman have been arrestau M
HYDE county for alleged horse 1u so,,rt
and are being held to the eiie Wv are
a,iesea to have taken was recently re-
Covered in Ohio. For several se raa
horsas have mvsteriously Disappeared
frnm Hvde and adjoining counties, and
the fact hat they were lost singly here
and there at first led to the nenel m le
they a strayed, but the nuliipei md
Ing has recently increased largely a and
the officers have for some time NAG
me the arrested men under suspicion, and
now nov it is claimed that with their con
viction there is a prospect OF nreah.nss
up the gang, although it IS pelles.a
there are others implicated IN the aclS
of theft.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-07-15
MARRIAGE REVEALED
a YEAR AETERWARn

Nerminfon. s. D., July 1.-THE peo-
rfe Of vermillion were under the I'M
preston last week that the blind god
had been extraordinarily busy there.
as q rule a wedding is not Usually very
remarkable, but in this instance it is
SO. When Louie Maggelson, head
clerk in the grocery department Of Lee
& renti general store. prepared to
leave for a months vacation his fellow
clerks thought he was going on his
honeymoon as they had understood his
courtsllip with the %bookeeper, Miss
Myrtle Vaughan. However, when Mr..
Maggelson was presented with a gift,
gave ms friends a piece Of news
that they had not learned.
Instead OF being married at this
time, he stated that the ceremony had
been performed in Sioux Falls a wear
ago, but that both he and his wife
Kept IT q secret until this time,
and not even the closest friends haI
been the wiser.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-07-15
STATE SAVES MONEY ON
INSURANCE PREMIUMS

Pierre, S. D., July Ex-Governor YES
sey has saved almost the amount of
his entire salary for two years to the
state by securing a reduced rate for
fire insurance of the state institutions.
BY agreeing upon coinsurance he in
duced the government board of under
writer's for South Dakota to reduce the
rate an average Of about 20 per cent.
AS the premiums paid by the state
amount to $4,000, this saving is be-
tween $4,000 and $4,000. The governor
made two special trips to Minneapolis
to put this through.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-07-15
sAFEBLoWERs RIFLE
STORE AT REDEIELD

Aberdeen, S. D., July I0.-Safeblowers
attempted to rob the feed store of
Henry Zumhofe, at Redfield, about 2
2. m. Tuesday. Feed sacks were piled
about the safe to deaden the sound of
the explosion. The robbers, however,
We're evidently frightened away before
completing their work, as a partially
opened drawer in the safe still con-
tanned $40 in money, the thieves secur-
ing only some insurance papers and
other documents of no value to them.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-07-15
TO PLACE BISON ON
BLACK HILLS RESERVE

Iferre, S. D. July I4.-An effort is
being made to secure congressional ac-
tion looking toward the establishing Of
g national bison park within the Black
Hihs Forest reserye. presumably some
where on Rapid creek. For this purpose
.ssScotty's Philip has agreed to divide his
herd held on the Missouri river as it
is becoming too large for the n
which he has Snch q move would aid
In the propagation and increase Of
these animals IN the Northwest, and
the Black Hills section is looked upon
as very favorable to the handlinr ana
propagation of these animals. once "a
plentiful In the Northwest, but !becom-
Ing more n more rare, n harder
TO secure
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-07-15
WOMAN EDITOR SUED
FOR CRIMINAL LIBEL

WATERFOWL, S. D., July 12.-Mr.
and Mrs. Geo. Fl. Eastwood, ed
itor and publisher of the Her
aid of this city, have been sued
for criminal libel by A. Sherin
for publishing in their paper
last week an account of an al
legged horsewhipping he received
hands of an irate woman. The
defendants waived preliminary
examination and the case will
come up at the regular August
term of municipal court. A Sher-
in vas formerly editor of the
WATERFOWL Times, and is now
p%racticing law here.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-07-15
CHILD is DROWNED
IN A ROAD DITCH

Aorthing. S. D.. July 14-As he re-
suit of wandering from the yard about
her home and falling into a ditch of
water. the little daughter of Mr.. and
farm in Norway township, near here.
was drowned.
The child. who was Is months old.
had been playing about the yard and
finally toddled off into III road and fell
into the ditch, which had several feet
Of water in It, The absence Of the
child was soon noticed. but when found
life was extinct.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-07-15
REDFlELD SOUTHWESTERN
ROAD INCORPORATED

Pierre. S. p, July I0.-Articles OF IN
corporation were yesterday. fled in the
Office Of the secretary of state for; HE
& Southwestern Railroad COM
pany. The main o~f1iceHof the nan, ro.a
,is TO be located at Redfield. The can't
tai stock Is $1,000, 900. The PROMISED
line will have 200 miles Of tracks and
Will run through Hughes, Snily. Hyde.
Hand SPHINX Day ard Roberts coun,
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-07-15
ROCK QUARRY YIELDS
BUNCH OF DIAMONDS

Aberdeen, S. D.. July 10.--Aber-
deem is excited today over the
exhibition of r. J.. Kirkhagen of
a pocketful of stones resembling
diamonds in the rough, which he
says ne found in a rock quarry
near here.
Some of the stones r of a
dark brown color and will cut
glass as readily as a diamond.
They we're found encased in q
peculiar rock formation.
Samples have been sent to To-
ronto and New York for exami-
nation by experts.