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The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1910-03-17
ENGINEERS OF STATE
PERFECT ORGANIZATION.

Huron, S. D., March 11.-Ata largely
attended meeting of South Dakota civil
engineers n surveyors here yester-
DAY, a state organization was affected,
with these officers: S. b.. Howe, Sioux
Falls. president; B. E. Lovejoy, Red
field, vice president; d. c.. Washburn,
Aberdeen, secretary and treasurer.
The officers, with E. X. Mather, Nit
chell, n r. w. Townsend, Of Fort
Pierre, constitute the executive COM
mittee. Matters were discussed touch
ing the work of his particular class
of citizens in South Dakota, to the
end that a uniform system be inaug-
urated. Among those presea. beside
the officers named We're: r. b. East
on and d. Cuy!er Washburn, of Aber-
deem; e. K. Mather and John l.. Mel
son. of Mitchell; ]. w. Kolb, of Yer
million; B.. E. Lovejoy, of Redfleld: r.
H. Townsend, of Fort Pierre; j. c. Car
penter, of Watertown; S. B.. Howe. ].
w. Johnson and J. L. Warner. of Sioux
Falls; d. I'll. Bruster, of Woonsocket;
Holden Cook. John Banks and q. F
Hibgy, of Huron.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1910-03-17
PANIC OVER CLEVELAND
BANK is NOW ABATlNG

Cleveland. Ohio, March k.-Al.nost
with the dawn, excited depcsitors COM
menced to gather about the Bank of
the Society for Savings and the third
day of the u on the institution opened
with several hundred men inc women
thronging the doors of the bank. call
ing for their savings. The crowd, how
ever, was appreciably smaller than on
yesterday.
The published statement of the bank
officials and of the state examiner and
kilograms from the biggest financial
houses of America, offering help, and
had their effect in checking the panic
The cause of the unprecedented run
remains as much as mystery as ever
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1910-03-17
NO TRACE OF MISSING
THEOLOGICAL INT

Mitchell, S. D., March 12.-Nothing
has been heard of Rev. Albert Evans
since his disappearance yer two weeks
ago, although earnest efforts have been
made to find some trace of him by his
wife and brother. 1t has been intimat-
ed that when Rev. Mr.. Evans left here
he took some of his wife's jewelry, and
that he had gone with another woman
These two statements are said to be
untrue. Inquiries We're made in New
York as to the possibility of his sailing
for England, where he was born, but
the steamship companies have been
unable to afford any information on
that line. Inquiries have been made at
Canadian points where he is known,
and he has not appeared at any of
these places. The search will be KEPT
up.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1910-03-17
WITH CRIME
COMMITTED 30 WEARS AGO

Toledo, Ohio, March 9.-Charg-
Ing Joseph Shanberger with a murder
committed near Waterville, 80 years
ago, an affidavit was signed today in
the county prosecutors Office by Frank
Kohl, nephew Of the victim, John
kohI The accuser was a little boy
When the murder was committed.
~Shanberger is under arrest at Sturgis.
$. D., and the prosecutors office has
begun proceedings to bring him to Luz
cas- county. The facts were revealed
in a series Of anonymous letters from
Sturgis to the prosecutors office.
Thirty years ago John Kohl lived in
a little house near Waterville. The
nephew slept in a loft in the house.
One morning he climbed down the .ad-
der ana found his uncle had Deer beat
en- unconscious with a club. The victim
died and Joseph Shanberger disap-
peared.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1910-03-17
EDITOR GIVES NEW BUGGY
FOR 10 EARS OF CORN

Geddes, S. D., March 1.-THE Charles
MIX county farmers institute will be
held in Geddes on March IA and Is.
superintendent A. e. Chamberlain, as
sisted by some Of the best talent in
the state, will be in charge.
FRIES to the value of several hun
dred dollars will be distributed among
those who can show the best farm
products.
II. G. Tucker, editor of the Charles
MIX County News, again offers a high
grade top buggy for the best 10 ears
of corn raised by a News subscriber
In ChSrles Mix county. This will make
the third buggy donated by the News
amongst subscribers in the interest of
good farming. A large attendance for
the institute is assured
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1910-03-17
SONS WIFE GETS $4,000
FOR ALIENATION OF AFFECTIONS

Clear Lake, S. D., March 1f.-Mrs.
Laura Williams, a well known resident
OF this place, who recently gas award
ed a judgmert for the sum of SIG, 900
against her father-in-law. ]. w. Will
liams, as damages for alternating the
affections Of her husband, has com
promised the case by accepting $4,000
in cash. BY this action she prevented
her father-in-law perfecting an appeal
TO the. state supreme court. The de-
PENDANT owns several houses at Water
loo, Ia, n Mrs. Williams made a
strenuous effort to have one of these
transferred to her in addition to the
$4,000 in cash, but Mr.. Williams refused
the proposition. In accordance with the
terms of the compromise Mrs. Williams
is to withdraw a suit from the state
circuit court by which she sought to
recover $4,000 in wages which she al
legged to be due her. The divorce pro-
ceedings instituted by her against her
husband still stand and the case doubt
less Will be tried at a future term of
circuit court, Is there appears little
possibility of the suit being withdrawn.
The troubles of the Williams family
have for some time furnished food for
gossip throughout Deuel. county, where
all the parties are we'll known.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1910-03-17
THREE ARE FROZEN TO
DEATH IN 81 EiGA

Aberdeen, S. D., March 11.-Huddled
in their abandoned sleigh, two women
and a little child were found yesterday
by the husband Of n of the women,
frozen to death in the storm which
swept the Standing Rock reservation
three weeks ago.
Mrs. Gilbert Majhor, her motherin-
law, and her year-old son, in trying to
drive from Mahto, S. D., their home,
to a neighbours, were overtaken by the
storm eight miles from home. They
turned the team loose and huddled
down In the sleigh to wait for the
storm to pass. They slept and never
awoke.
The return of the team caused no
uneasiness, because it was supposed the
animals had escaped from the cor
raj where the visit was to be made.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1910-03-17
RAILWAY RATE VERDICT
AFFIRMED nv COlIRT

Pierre, S. D., March 12.-In the SUI
preme court opinions We're handed
down today in the following cases:
BY McCoy-Hellen M. Scanlon VS..
Andrew T. Rocket ct al, Potter county;
affirmed.
va By Mhleingv " eat Northern Rail-
company, Minnehaha county; affirmed.
In this case the railway company at
tempted to collect a greater amount
for a shipment of coal stopped in tran
sit at Jasper, Mimi, than the Sioux
Falls rate to which point it was billed.
way company, and has beer affirmed by
the supreme court. Judge Haney dis
Senting
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1910-03-17
IMMIGRATION AGENT
LOSES HIS MIND

Plankington, s. D., March 14.-A
pathetic case has developed here, it be-
ing that of Alexander Mclean, of
Lincoln, Neb., who arrived in Plank
lngton several weeks ago, and who now
has become violently insane. However,
1t Is believed his affection is only of a
temporary character M that with
proper treatment he may recover his
mental faculties. He formerly resided
at Mitchell, but for some years has
been Connected with the immigration de-.
partment of the Rock Island railway,
with headquarters at the Nebraska
capital. His divorced wife and daugh-
ter yet are residents of Aurora county.
Mclean. when in his right mind. is
much above the ordinary a in in
telligence and is Of distinguished bear
Ing. About 10 years ago he suffered a
similar attack, but recovered.
Soon after his arrival here he began
10 act queerly and rapidly grew worse
until 1t became necessary to take him
INTO custody and lodge him in the
county Jail. After being placed in
prison he became very violent and be-
fore he could be restrained broke up all
the furniture within reach and hurled
the pieces through the windows OF the
TAIL.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1910-03-17
CARRIE A. NATION is
OjJT WITH A Dim

Centerville, S.. D., March 11.-Carrie
A. Nation spoke here to a large audi
ence at the opera house: She held
the republican party responsible for
most Of h ills of life and was fighting
1T on account of a revelation she had
while In prison, showing her the cor
ruptlon m the evils Of the party.
She said her name was not an acct
dent, but the divine plan of God point
ing out her life work to Garry A
Nations" burdens on her mind and
heart, n use her talents for the
worlds betterment.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1910-03-17
CANTON TO VOTE ON
COMMISSION PLAN

Canton. S. D., March n.-At a meet
ing Of the city council this evening a
petition signed by 12S of the legal vot-
ers of the city, praying for the submit
ting of the commission plan to a vote.
was presented. The petition was grant
ed and Tuesday, March %, set as the
election day. Al committee will go to
Sioux Falls and ask the apostles of
commission" Editor Charles NJ. Day.
of the Argus-Leader, and Lewis Lar
dress the voters Of the city at a mass
meeting.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1910-03-17
INSTEAD OF MARRIAGE
THERE fS a Al

Deadwood, S. D.. March 12.-Instead
Of leaving her home in Galena, Kan.
yesterday for Lead, where she was to
be married this week to Grover Hatch
ct. Miss Sadie ,Pitman received a mes
sage stating that her sweetheart's body
would he shipped to Galena. Young
Hatchet, who came here in January.
has been working for the Homestake.
AND Tell 9 victim to Pneumonia. Tho
day before he had sent transportation
o Miss Pitman.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1910-03-17
COUNTY OFFICIAL DIES.

Aberdeen, s.. D., March 12.-W. O.
Anphiett, clerk of courts of Marshall
county, was found dead in his bed,
heart failure being the cause. Mrs.
Amphlett was visiting friends in the
twin cities at the time of her husbands
death and when the latter failed to APP
pear at his Office friends went to the
house and found him dead. He was a
pioneer settler of South Dakota and
formerly resided in Brown county.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1910-03-17
LOST HUSBAND FOUND
AFTER LONG JOURNEY

Minneapolis, Mimi. March 15.-Rer-
tram Mclaughlin, the Henry. S. D..
bridegroom who disappeared from the
Minneapolis Union depot, where he was
waiting for his train with his wife Of
a few days. found himself in water.
town. S. D., yesterday. and immediate,
~ wired his wife.
The telegram reached her two min.
utes before. her train for her homa
Princeton, Ill, was due to leave. A
ticket by wire for Mrs. McLaurhlin
to Watertown, S. D., was also sent
She left at $40 p. m.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1910-03-17
MACKENZIE MURDERER
PLEADS NOT GUILTY

Aberdeen. S. D., March 12.-B. r.
Stephens pleaded not guilty before
Judge Bottum at Selby when brought
up for the murder Of David (Dode)
Mackenzie at LeBeau last December.
His attorney asked for time to secure
dispositions from witnesses outside the
state and the time of trial was fixed
for March % and the jury ~empanelled
was ordered to pea at that time.
Mackenzie IA the son of Murdo Mac
kenZie, the cattle king.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1910-03-17
BABES STEPS ARE
TRACED TO RIVER
Bloodhounds Follow Trail Twice
and Leave no Doubt of Fate
of Little Boy.

Worthing. S. D.. March 14.-Traced
TO the edge of a swollen stream, a half
mite from the home of his parents.
there no longer remains any doubt that
the little 2-year-old boy of Mr.. and
Mrs. j. w. Dickens lost his life by
drowning.
Yesterday afternoon the ~bloodhounds
brought here by Elmer Noffsinger from
Beatrice, Neb., We're taken to the Dick
ems home, and starting from the door
way where the little tot was last seen
by the mother, they travelled a dis
lance OF more han a mile to a point
In the field on the bank of the creek.
Not being satisfied with the one trial,
the spectators asked the owner of the
rounds to make a second. They We're
started in at the house and fol-
lowed accurately the first course and
stopped on the bank of the swollen
stream, leaving no further doubt of the
fate which overlook the little boy. The
stream is being dragged. but explora-
ton for nearly a mile below the place
where the victim fell in fails to reveal
the body. The search is still kept up
with a large number of friends and
neighbors, who have spent nearly all
of the past three days in the search.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1910-03-17
-
HAND is AMPUTATED
I'M DnAlr

Sioux Falls. S. D., March 15.-Anton
Everson, aged about 81, employed in
the local meat market of Carl Look
was the victim of a distressing acct.
dent. While engaged in feeding 4 bore
machine his right hand became caught
in the machine. and before he conld
release 1t the hand was cut Off AT The
wrist. Everson has beer in Sio,lv
Falls only about a year, coming from
Brookings, where his parents reside
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1910-03-17
WOMAN is INJURED
BY ALCOHOL EXPI OSION

WATERFOWL, S. D., March 12.-Mrs. ].
w. Martin, wife of Mayor Martin, was
badly injured by a small can of alco-
hol exploding. She was taken to the
hospital where every care is being CIV
en-, trying to saw the woman from per-
nanent designation. She is one of the
most beautiful of the elderly women Of
this city.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1910-03-17
ABERDEEN BANKER WILL
WE'D IOWA WOMAN

Aberdeen, S. d. March 12.-An-
nourcement is made of the engagement
Of r. B. Cannon, president ofthe First
National bank of this city and Mrs.
Florence M. Lane of Sheldon, Ia. The
al the home Of the brides parents In
the early spring. Mr.. Cannon has
been a resident Of this city the past 10
years, his wife dying about two years
ago. Mr.. Cannon is SIS years Of age.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1910-03-17
BRIDeEWATER WANTS ROAD.

Bridgewater, S. D.. March 12.-The
fling of articles of incorporation at
Pierre, S. D., for the Sioux Falls and
western railway company, with a cap
ital of 81, 000, 900 revives the talk of a
line between this city and Sioux Falls.
The proposed line will extend from
Sioux Falls, to Wheeler, s. D., a dis
lance of 126 miles, at a cose of S 5000, 600.
Bridgewater, As miles due west of
Sioux Falls, is in almost a direct line
for the proposed road, and in as much
as several surveys have been run
through this locality in the past, the
last only three years ago, when l. was
proposed to construct an electric line
from sioux Falls, it seems quite GER
tain that in the not far distant future,
Bridgewater will have a second road.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1910-03-17

The year 1909 will always be re-
membered as the year in which the
effort to maintain fninshed steel prices
collapsed but the light of the history
since made it will be well to remember
that the year is also conspicuous as
witnessing a healthy and reasonable
reaction toward fair prices with an alb
solutely oben market, but with a spirit
of fairness and good will pervading
the trade which never before existed
under similar outward conditions.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1910-03-17

At the end OF the last fiscal year in
the United States 27S l~ife-saving sta
lions had been established, of which
more than 200 were on the Atlantic
and gulf coasts, 81 on the coasts of the
Great Lakes, II on the Pacific coast
and one on the Ohio river at Louisville.
KY. More h 600 persons are num-
bered in the crews and there were S38
disasters In which the service took an
active part.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1910-03-17
DISTURBS
A YANKTON SALOON
Is Turned Out for Making Dis
turbance-Roasts College
Town.

Yankton, S. D., March 11.-With the
college boys singing drinking songs
in fun, the curtain went up for Car
RE Nation last night at the opera house
with a full house. Carrie roasted
the college town for having so many
saloons and parents for sending boys
here. She went strongly after the Ma
sons, now in reunion here, and made a
typical speech. After the lecture she
was turned out of John Behm's saloon
for making q disturbance.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1910-03-17
ASHTON FIRE INVESTIGATED.

Ashton, S. o., March Estate Fire
Marshal Frank Craft has completed his
investigation of the recent disastrous
fire at this place, which destroyed five
business houses and a hotel. The fire
started in the saloon building and there
has been considerable mystery as to it's
origin, some openly charging thai the
fire was of incendiary origin for re-
venge or other purposes. The state fire
marshal Ia mo- revealed the facts dis
covered by him as the result of his in
vestigation, but in some quarters it is
fully believed that evidence was secur-
ed which will lead to the arrest and
trial of the person or persons who it is
alleged know how the fire started.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1910-03-17

Discoveries of great archaeological
Importance are being made near Santa
Vittoria (Cagliari) in Sardinia,
whittier many experts are now bound.
The ruins of an entire town have been
%excavated and numbers Of artistic OBJ
jects have beer recovered, all Of which
suggest that the remains are those Of
O town Of the bronze age. King Vic
tor has subscribed 800, 600 lire toward
the excavation unds.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1910-03-17

A part OF the historic palace Of the
doges is being made ready for the duke
Of Abruzzi, who has been appointed d.
rector general of the third naval d.
vision, with headquarters at Venice.
The Venice newspapers extend to him
O welcome as the defender Of the
Queen of the Sea-" made worthy by
his own exploits to rank with the We
netian naval heroes. He will begin a
series Of lectures on his Himalayan ex-
plorations at Easter.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1910-03-17
GERMAN BAPTIST HOSPITAL.

Emery, S. D., March 12.-The Ger
mar Baptist Hospital association for
the Dakotas has been organized here.
The association will secure a hospital
which now is in existence here and it
will be conducted for the benefit of
the German Baptists OF the two states.
In North and South Dakota there are
about 5000 German Baptists. After
adopting a constitution n preparing
papers of incorporation the association
elected the following officers for the
coming year: Presidens Rev. r. Hack.
Madison; vice president, Rev. Mr.. Her
niger, Eureka; secretary, Rev. Mr..
Pfeiffer, Bridgewater; treasurer, Rev.
Mr.. Dallman, Emery.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1910-03-17
SPENDS NIGHT OUTSIDE
IN Feather BED.

Frankfort. S. D., March 15.-
Particulars have been received
here of a distressing experience
which befell Mrs. Newson.
mother of T. Newson and Mrs.
Lewis Clayfield, well known
residents of Frankfort. She
lived alone on a claim in Stan
ley county. Her house caught
fire and vas destroyed during
severe cold weather, and she
saved nothing but a feather
bed, in which she wrapped her
self and lay down or the open
prairie near the ruins of her
home, being too feeble to make
her way to the home of her
grandson. some little distance
away. The fire occurred dur
ing the night and not until the
next morning did the grandson
discover what had occurred.
He instituted a search for the
missing woman, and found her
more dead than alive. still
wrapped in the feather bed.
which had saved her life. #
may be necessary to amputate
her toes, which We're badly
frozen.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1910-03-17

AT the Court theater at Darmstadt q
Christmas play in five acts, entitled.
"Boniracious,' was performed a few
weeks ago. The plot is laid In the
Black Forest; the time the eighth cen
fury. The subject treated is the con-
version of the heather by st. Boniface.
The play was we'll received and 1t now
becomes known that the author, OH the
bills as e. Mann, Is the grand duke OF
Hesse, who Is hailed by the German
press as the latest recurit to the ranks
of royal dramatists.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1910-03-17
OFFICER IN

Manila. March H.-Lieutenant Frank
., Davis. Of the Twelfth infantry. U. S.
A. has been ordered before a court
martial charged Wit having misrepre-
scented the law to a similar court while
defending an enlisted man.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1910-03-17

Greece has been producing too many
currants to make the currant raising
industry profitable. Enough vines are
pended at once in reimbursing the own
srs for the %uprooting of their vines.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1910-03-17
BARRY Ann BURNS Fight.

San Francisco, March film par
~, Of Chicago. who knocked out Gun
poal Smith IN Oakland last night. and
Jack Burns. Of Salinas. Cal, have been
matched to box 20 rounds in this CITY
on TUESDAY niRht. March 20.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1910-03-17

The first trust in the United States
to pass the 500, 900, 900 mark in capital
ization was the United States Leather
company, organized In 1898. It's capital
stock combined with an Issue of bonds
amounted to $13S, 000, 900.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1910-03-17

"Ch, yes,,' said the waiter. people
DO sometimes order queer combinations.
Any man." the waiter said, with some
emphasis on the any as he handed
over the check, amy man is liable to
do that sometimes And then this
man who had been seeking information
about odd things reflected that he had
himself just taken for luncheon saul
sages, wheat cakes and a milk shake.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1910-03-17
HUSBAND DESERTS WIFE
AT RAILROAD STATION

Minneapolis, Mimi, March 12.-Ask-
ing his wife to excuse him a moment
while he purchased a cigar, Bert Nc
Laughlin, Henry, s. D., Tuesday night
left his wife in the Union station, Min
neapolis, mi has not returned. He
had S100 in cash and a $4,000 certificate
of deposit in his pocket.
Mrs. Mclaughlin waited more than
two hours and then appealed to the
police. She was sem to the Travellers
Aid home for girls and women, 72o
Third ave. south, while detectives were
assigned to search for her husband.
The couple had been visiting friends
at Princeton and arrived in the city al
1850 O'Clock last night.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1910-03-17

The efforts made by the United
States government to establish a wire
less communication between Japan and
San Francisco, by way of Hawaii, have
been in the main unsuccessful, although
messages have been successfully for
warded. AT the present state Of the
art the transmission is too uncertain
TO be OF any commercial value.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1910-03-17
ARM is BROKEN
BY GASOLINE ENGINE

Hudson. S. D.. March 14--Louis Oak
ken, aged 20 years, son OF G.. G. Oak
ken, of Eeden township, had his right
arm broken in two places below the ell
bow on Wednesday afternoon, while
trying to put the belt on the gasoline
engine while it was running.
The belt slipped off the pulley but
caught on a smaller pulley, catching
the young mans hand in the betting,
whirling him around once before his
elder brother could stop the engine. 1t
was a narrow escape from death, and
the break is a bad one.
Mrs. Martin Moeller, wife of a prom
inenu Sioux County. Ia, farmer, died
suddenly of heart failure con Friday
evening, while attending a wedding an
niversary at the Hans began home,
eight miles east of here. She leaves a
husband and four small children to
mourn her loss.