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The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1910-02-03
BLACK HANDLERS ARE
GIVEN LONG TERMS
Entire Gang Convicted OF
Blackmai1 in Federal Court
and Sentenced.

Toledo, Ohio, Feb. Heavy penal
ties were imposed by Judge r. w. Tay-
lor in the federal court today upon the
principal members of the Ohio band OF
black hands, found guilty of conspir-
acy to use the mails to extort money
from Italians living in Ohio and In
diana. The jury reported this morn
ing.
Salvatore Lima, of Marion, the chief
of the band, was sentenced to 16 years
imprisonment. Sebastian Lima, his
brother, and Giuseppe .Ignoffo, his
brotherinlaw, We're sentenced to 10
years Imprisonment each. ALI of these
lived in Marion, where the headquar-
ters for the operations were main
tanned.
All of the IA defendants were found
guilty, but the court granted new trials
to Agostini Marfisi, of Dennison; Vim
cenzo Arrigo, of Cincinnati, both fruit
dealers, and Salvatore Rizzo, a section
hand. living in Marion.
The others were sentenced KS follows:
Sevario Ventola, of Columbus, two
years; Salvatore Demma, of Bellefon-
taine. two years; Antonio Vicario, OF
Dennison, Ohio, two years; Cologarc
Vicario, B~ellefontaine, two years:
Orazio Runfola, Pittsburg. six years:
RIPPING Gaibo, Meadville, Pa, four
years; Salvatore Arrigo, Cincinnati
four years; Francesca Spadara, Cincin-
natl, two years.
All of the sentenced prisoners except
Antonio Vicario started early this aft
ernoon for 1~Leavenworth prison in
charge of eight deputies. Vieario will
be taken to Elmira.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1910-02-03
HENRY CLEWS, JR., SIGNS
A SEPARATION CONTRACT

Paris, Jan. 31.-There will be no d.
vorce between Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Clews, jr. They could come to no
agreement for alimony and the care of
the children under divorce arrange
ment, SO papers making a definite le-
gal separation have been signed on
both sides. The specifications are Gu
rious. Mr.. Clews fought on the ques-
ton of a money allowance and said:
Il had no money when you married
me; I had none while we were mar
ried, but 1 have none now, so I don't
see why 1 should give you any"
He finally consented to give his wife
the care of their boy for nine months
yearly and that of the daughter II
months yearly If she would be content
to take $4,000, which she could expend
on their upkeep and education. Mrs
Clewes, jr., has an Independent fortune
of her own, some $4,000 yearly, which
h will use to give the necessary COM
forts and social advantages to the chill
dren of Henry Clews, jr. Meanwhile
Mr.. Clews has furnished a magnificent
villa in Italy, where he will make his
future home.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1910-02-03
TITLED FOREIGNER IS
after MISS SHONTS
Count Henri De Vogue Has His
Eye on Bunch Of American
Money.

New York, Jan. ga young man who
registered as Count Henri de Vogue OF
Paris, has been living at the Hotel Meth
erlands for the last week. but In his stay
here he has been seen to make frequent
visits to the Hotel Plaza, which is just
across the way.
Yesterday some OF the counts friends
e~ndeayored to discover the attraction for
the court at the Plaza. Investigation
showed that he was a frequent caller up
on Miss Margaret Shonts. the daughter of
Theodore P. Shonts, president of the In
terborough Rapid Transit Ac-
cording to the counts friends he has ex-
pressed great admiration for Miss Shonts
ever since he first met her in Paris, when
she was the guest Of her sister. the
Duchess de Chaulnes.
In appearance the count Is rather plain
looking. He Is some So years old. He
told little about himself when he first ar
rived at the hotel where he occupies a
small and inexpensive room.
Miss Shonts was born In Iowa, and is a
granddaughter Of former Governor Drake,
of that state.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1910-02-03
ADMIRER BORE,
SAYS MISS HESLER,
NAVY PHOTO Girl
Army Surgeons Daughter Says
DR.. Cowles Attentions
Annoyed Her. ss

Chicago, Jan. 31.--Dorothy Hesler. Of
Evanston. daughter OF DIR. Frank d.
Hesler, late urgeo in the army, who
died OF duty in the Philippines, is the
girl whose picture caused all the trou-
BILE in the Boston naval set.
whole affair.", said Miss Hesler today.
Il went on a visit to my uncle in Bos-
ton last November. He Is the Rev.
Henry III. K~ilbourne. ! was introduced
to a number Of the naval people and
regularly attended the dances arranged
by PayInastel George p. Aud. At n
OF the dances / met DR.. Cowles and his
wife. He was very nice at first, but
afterward his attentions became annoy
ing.
Demanded Return of Photo.
"One night he and his wife called at
my uncle's home, and when he had
gone I missed a photograph Of myself
/ Immediately wrote him q note and
asked him to return the photograph.
| After waiting a few days I called him
up on the telephone and insisted that
the picture be returned right away.
THE picture did not come. Then
came the dance on the night of the
9th, when he made the remark about
the picture. I do not know what he
said. / did not care to know. But I do
know that two of my Gathers friends
were there and they would not let any
one talk about me.
Willing to Testify.
"Paymaster Aud and DR.. Robnett
both knew my dear father well before
he went to the Philippines, and when
DR.. Cowles appeared at the next dance
he was taken to task by fathers
friends. / do not know what they did
to him. I don't care. But I know they
taught him his place"
win you be 6 witness at h court
martial?''
Il do not know yet. But IL they
want my testimony I will be only too
! glad to go to Boston and tell all
know. If / have innocently been the
cause Of trouble for Paymaster Aud
and DIR. Robnett, and IL I can repay
ti,orn for their gallentry, I mean to do
it.,'
Or. Cowles Defended.
One Of DR.. Cowles intimates has ex-
planned che matter of the photograph,
Miss Hester, 1t was said, while on the
visit to her aunt near Boston received
attentions from DR.. and Mrs. Cowles
at the request Of one of her friends
They took her motoring several times
The photograph had been taken in 9
jocular way by DR.. Cowles, and wher
its return was asked for he could not
find it for about 1I days, as a maid ir
busting mad knocked 1t from a shell
into a drawer. 1t was then returned
DR.. Cowles never had a thought O.
retaining the picture against Mis-!
Hesler's wishes.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1910-02-03
WOMEN and BABE
FALL TO BOTTOM
OF Deep CANYON
Widow, Crossing the Plains
With Child, Meets q
Horrible Fate.

Delbart. Tex. IAN. 31.-Plunging
100 feet to the bottom Of Blanco canyon
and then burned to q crisp with her
baby amid the debris OF a wagon that
contained all her household goods, was
the fate of Mrs. s. r. Break, a widow,
near the little plains town of Floydada.,
yesterday.
Mrs. Break was moving across coun-
try In a heavy wagon. Near the brink
Of the canyon the horses became
frightened and backed over h preci-
pice. AS the wagon turned over and
over in It's descent a stove in the outfit
set fire to the goods and a can Of gaso-
line exploded.
The stru sgling woman with her baby
and the horses. unable to extricate
themselves from the wreckage, now a
mass OF flames, landed In a heap at the
bottom.
The charred remains of the mother
and her lead baby clasped to her breast
were found later by a ranchman who
had witnessed the tragedy from the
other side Of the canyon, but who had
to make a detour OF many miles to
| reach the scene.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1910-02-03
MURDER AND SUICIDE
PACTS ARE ALLEGED
Boy Under Arrest in Washing.
ton Makes Startling Revela-
tions to Police.

Washington, Feb. 1.-Stirred by a re-
markable story or an 1~S-year-old boy.
the police of Washington are seeking
to discover how much of truth there
may be in his recital of crimes and
criminal pacts that include murder and
suicide.
Charles Hurley is the boy from whom
the confession has been procured. He
charges that a secret band of thieves
has existed numbering several boys and
young men, all bound together by in
violable oaths with death the penalty
imposed for any who might prove false
to the league.
Hurley tells Of one member of the
band who was trussed up and thrown
into the Potomac, there to drown be-
cause of a failure to carry out orders
of his superiors, and of another who
committed suicide because the crimes
that had been committed weighed upon
his soul.
Three young men are in Jail, sus-
pected of being members of the band.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1910-02-03
SINGER GIVES HIS
WIFE WITH MONEY
TO YOUNG DOCTOR
Affinity in Case Gets Fortune
and the Woman of Whom
He is Enamored.

New York, Feb. karl Jorn, the
Metropolitan Opera Gus tenor. un-
yelled today the mystery that sur
rounded his wife's recent arrival in
this country and her sudden departure
Tuesday, revealing a domestic tragedy
that vies with the love affair Of John
Ruskin.
Jorn has arranged to give his wife
to q young physician in Berlin. with
whom she has fallen in love, and has
settled on her $751; 900 to give them a
start in life. His affection for his wife
the way they embraced before she
sailed. Like Ruskin, he Is a martyr to
unselfish love.
She Mas Not Artistic.
Herr Jorn said: After I came here I
realized we didn't understand each
other, that she was not artistic and as
I grew fond of America, / determined to
become an American citizen. I have
filed my first papers and In so doing
have forfeited my right to a life PEN
sion which the emperor bestowed upon
me.
In my absence my wife fe.i in love
with a physician in Berlin. h wrote
me of it. But he has only a small prac-
ttce and is poor. I sent for myaWife and
she came here with my oldest daughter,
Gretchen. This document is the result.
To Provide for His Children.
an it 1 have agreed that she get a
divorce so she can marry the man of
her choice. Furthermore, I have bound
myself to pay her $3.50 0 in cash and
$1,000 a year until she is married again.
l have also agreed to give each of my
three children $1,000 a year for the
rest of their lives. 1 gave my wife all
the money I had before she sailed, and
it is true I didn't have so cents to buy
her a bunch of violets at the pier. But
the balance of the sum I have agreed to
settle on her I shall remit in a short
time. She will need 1t when she goes
to housekeeping"
The document Herr Jorn held was
witnessed by the German consul. The
name Of the physician Frau Jorn is to
marry was not mentioned,
Il kno him well,"the tenor said,
but l cannot tell you his name as ]
haven't his permission to do SO. One
thing I wish to make clear, though, Is
that there is absolutely no scandal con-
nected with this affair. Frau Jorn's
low for this man is as pure as that she
gave me-"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1910-02-03
AIDING SUICIDE HELD
NOT TO Be A CRIME
Attorneys for Wardlaw Sisters,
Accused of Murder, to Com
bat Indictment.

New York, Jan. 31.-Claiming that
aiding and abetting a suicide Is not a
crime in the state of New Jersey, coun-
sci for the three Wardlaw sisters, now
in Jail awaiting trial for causing the
death of Ocey w. M. Snead, the East
Orange bath tub victim, are aking
steps to free the elderly prisoners. To-
day the New Jersey prosecuting attor-
neys found on file a demurrer to the
Indictment against the women, and pre-
pared to combat it when it is moved,
as anticipated, for early argument be-
fore the supreme court.
Attorneys for Mrs. Caroline b. Mar
tin, mother of the victim, and Mrs.
Mary Snead and Miss Virginia Ward
law, the dead girls aunts. the three
prisoners under indictment, declare
that the recent finding by a chemist
that the dead woman's body contained
morphine disproves the theory that she
was murdered by drowning In a bath
tub, and brings the suicide accusation
to the front. Precedents are cited in
The demurrer for the claim that there
is no crime in suicide or in aiding IN a
suicide under the New Jersey laws.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1910-02-03
BOMB EXPLOSION IN
AN ITALIAN QUARTER
Outrage in Chicago, Followed
by Fire, Causes Great
Excitement.

Chicago, Jan. 31.-A mysterious ex-
~plosion. which is said to have been
caused by a bomb. followed by a fire,
resulted in general excitement in part
of the Italian quarter today.
The lower foor Of the building in
which the explosion occurred, Is occu-
pied by an Italian banker and steam
ship agent. There We're many persons
sleeping in the building, but all es-
capped.
1t was first reported that the explo-
sion had been caused by a defective
gas meter, but that was denied by the
firemen. Occupants Of the building
said they had no reason to believe it
was caused by a bomb.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1910-02-03
PERMIT SETTLERS ON
SURFACE COAL LANDS

Washington. Jan. 31.-The House
committee on public lands voted today
to report favorably the Mondell bill
admitting to entry the surface of coal
lands in the United States. The meas
ure affects about 30,000,O00 acres OF
New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon
Washington and Idaho.
The bill makes 1t possible for actual
settlers to make entry upon the SUR
face Of coal lands under the home
stead act or the desert land entry Law
and also makes possible Withdrawals
under the reclamamation act.
The United States would issue a pat
ent to such lands, but would reserve all
rights to coal on the land as we'll as
the privilege Of prospecting, mining
and removing the coal.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1910-02-03
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS BUILD

Sioux Falls, jan. 31.-A commit
tee appointed for the purpose at a re-
cent meeting of the local knights Of
Columbus organization now is engaged
in looking up a site for a fine lodge
hall building which the order contem-
plates erecting in Sioux Falls. The or
der is m OF the wealthiest in the city
and ample none will be provided for
erecting what will prove to be one Of
the finest and most costly lodge hall
buildings in Sioux Falls or South Da-
kota.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1910-02-03
EXPORTS OF PRODUCTS
OF FARMS INCREASED

Washington, Feb. Exports of
farm products from the United States
have Increased from ar average of
$3.50, 900, 900 a yea in the five rear period
from 1851 to 1856 to more than 81, 000,-
900, 900 in 1908, according to statistics of
the department Of agriculture.
The increase In exports has been
greater thar the increase in population.
The chief %p"oducts exported during the
last half century have been cotton,
grain and grain products and packing
house products. Packing house pro-
ducts have increased from $40, 600, 900 in
1876 period to $196. 900. 900 in 1905.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1910-02-03
BLOOD OF A NEWsBOY
STAINS RICH DRESSES

New York, Jan. 31.-While defending
an aged and helpless mar from three
mon tormentors today, Thomas. Gra-
ham, a partially paralyzed neWspoy,
was stabbed three times by one of the
men in Herald Square. An ambulance
failing to respond promptly, two women
In an automobile, who had paused at
sight of the crowd, tool the wounded
newsboy to Bellevue hospital. They
held him on their laps, and their rich
dresses became saturated with the
blood from his wounds Doctors say
that the crippled lad would probably dis
from his rounds. Two arrests were
made.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1910-02-03
TENNESSEE OFFENDERS
RELEASED FROM JAIL

Washington, Feb. l.-Sheriff Joseph
F. Shipp, Nick Nolan and Luther Will
Jams, the three men who were SEN
fenced to 80 days in Jail for contempt
Of the supreme court of the United
States for their connection with the
lynching Of the negro Johnson in Chat
tanooga in 1906, finished their sentences
and were released this morning.
Although the men could have left the
Jail any time after midnight, they de-
cided to wait until morning when
friends We're to call for them with au-
tomobiles and entertain them during
the day.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1910-02-03

ARTIST cHRIsTY WINS
FIGHT FOR HIS CHILD

GAINESVILLE, Ohio, Jan. 3t.-
Probate Judge n. c. Smith
handed down his decision this
afternoon In the famous Christy
case, in which Mrs. Howard
Chandler Christy sought by ha-
beas corpus proceedings to Sc
cure the custody Of their daugh-
ter Natalie. The court awarded
the child to the father, Howard
Chandler Christy.
In the habess corpus proceed
ings Christy accused his wife of
drunkenness, profanity and mis-
conduct with a chauffeur
named Purdy. Mrs. Christy
countered by charging the artist
with gross cruelty.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1910-02-03
CHICAGO MEN ARE AGAIN
INDICTED BY GRATING

Chicago, Feb. New indictments
against Paul Redieska, Michael H. Nc
Govern and the nine others who were
charged with having illegally profted
III the construction of a city sewer. will
be sought, according to a statement
made by Assistant States Attorney
Marshall today.
The first Indictment said Mr.. Mar
shall. was for the purpose mainly of
causing the arrest of the men. Other
Indictments will be more detailed and
specific in the charges"
ST. JOSEPH, MO.-Articles were
signed under which Frank Gotch, the
worlds champion wrestler. and DR..
Becker, known as the Austrian giant.
will wrestle for the championship at
the Auditorium here March 2.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1910-02-03
LIBERALS HAVE ONE
MORE THAN UMiONISTS

London, Feb. To-day for the first
time since the elections for parliament
were begun, the returns showed the
liberals, as a party, to be in the lead
Independent of the laborites and irish
nationalist. They lave an advantage
of one over the u%nionists.
The position of the parties this after
nooa are:
Liberals, 271; %unionists, 270; Irish
na~tionalists, so; laborites, 40.
This gives the government coalition a
majority of 121 over the opposition.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1910-02-03
SAVANT OF INDIANA
SAYS HE HAS SURELY
FOUND MISSING LINK

Bloomington, Ind, Jan. 31.--
Or. John Hazmar, on an explor-
ing trip in South America for
the Carnegie institute, of Pitts
burg, has discovered the miss
ing link in animal life between
the saIamander and the fish, ac-
cording to a dispatch received
by DR.. Karl Eieemann, head of
the Indiana university geological
department.
At the junction of the Rio
Negro and the Amazon rivers
near Manos, Brazil, the explorer
says he recently found a fish
with rudimentary legs.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1910-02-03
ARE
FOUND NOT GUILTY
Prove That They Acted Under
Direct Orders From Presi-
dent Zelaya.

ManaSua. Nicaragua, Jan. 31.-The
court at Mesaya today acquitted Cen
eral Medina, Prosecuting Attorney Sal
ONION Selva, and other mernbEs of h
court martial OF responsibility for the
illegal convection and execution OF tho
Americans Groce and Cannon
The acquittal followed the ~presenta-
ton by General Medina, of the original
kilograms Of instruction signed by
President zelaya. The court, however,
does not indict or accuse Zelaya.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1910-02-03
HAzlNG is HELD GOOD
FOR IMMORTAL SOULS
OF COLLEGE STUDENTS

Stanford University, CAL, Feb.
1.-The hazins of freshmen for
disciplinary purposes is good for
their souls and not too bad for
their persons, was the apparent
unanimous opinion of govern
ing bodies of Stamford univer-
sity undergraduates and Of the
faculty disciplinary body at a
joint meeting last night.
Though condemning indis-
criminate undercIass hazina,
Professor Clark, chairman Of the
. student affairs committee, de-
cIared that such supervision of
the newcomers by upper class
men would be a good thing for
all concerned.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1910-02-03
WOMAN is VICTIM OF
A HORRIBLE MURDER

Cincinnati, Ohio, Feb. Her clothes
saturated with oil, pieces of a lace cur
tain tied tightly about her neck, moth
er piece binding her feet, the scorched
body OF Mrs. Alice Van Zandt was
found lying across a gas stove in the
itchen at her home, 634 Richmond ST.,
today. Every indication points to MUIR
der, the police say.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1910-02-03
PUPILS SHOWN
TO BE IN BAD SHAPE

New York, Feb. IA report IN
health conditions in the New York pub
lie schools, just made to h board Of
education by the school physicians,
shows that three out of every four pup
lis throughout the entire registration
of the schools was found in need of
medical or surgical treatment.
The report will probably be made the
subject of special action by the board
at it's next meeting.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1910-02-03
APPEAL TO BE TAKEN
IN NlCARAGUAN CASE

Managua, Nicaragua, Feb. The
government will appeal from the YER
dict of the lower court at Mesaya,
which found the members Of the court
martial not guilty of illegally convict
ing and sentencing Groce and Cannon,
the Americans who espoused the insur-
gent cause.
The recent report that a gunboat had
been sent to Fonseco bay to repel the
threatened invasion by revolutionists
from Salvador, proves untrue.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1910-02-03
PRICE OF MEAT NOW
LOWER IN new YORK
Effect of Boycott by Consumers
Plainly Shown by the
Decreased Demand.

New York, Feb. 1.-Meat prices were
down in local retail markets today, and
dealers reported none too brisk a de-
mand at the reduced rates. Even the
restaurants We're less liberal buyers.
Uptown districts We're placarded with
Eat no Meat" injunctions in big type,
and in Madison Square the Gotham
Meat Party emulating Bostonians of
pre-revolutionary days. when tea par
ties were popular, called a mass meet
ing in an effort to give added impetus
to the movements.
Buyers of Sunday supplies here could
get porterhouse steak for 20 cents, sir
loin for Is and prime ribs for about the
same. These are reductions or from 4
to 5 cents a pound. Pork was CORE
spondingly cheaper and so We're eggs
and butter.
Retailers while declaring, like the
packers, they would welcome lower
prices, gave no encouragement that the
reductions would be more thai tempo
rary. They a shipments are being
cut down and predict a reaction within
a week or 10 days that will send prices
to the old level and possibly higher.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1910-02-03
ARMoURs TURNED DOWN.

Washington, Jan. 31.-An application
by the Armour car lines to the Inter-
state Commerce commission. for repa-
ration against the Southern Pacific
company on shipments of ice from Los
Angeles, Gala. to Yuma, Ariz., today
was rejected. The commission held
that the granting of the request would
open the door to the grossest form OF
fayoritism and rebating."
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1910-02-03
HAVE MARVELLOUS ESCAPE.

Andover. Ohio. Jan. 31.-A bobsled
carrying 20 school children was struck
by a fast Lake Shore & Michigan
Southern passenger train on North
Main street today and carried 200 feet
on the pilot of the locomotive until
brushed off by an engine standing on
a side track. Not one child was killed
and none is thought to be seriously
h,,rt .rFTAE f.--JSL
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1910-02-03

JOPLIN, Mo.-By a majority of s14
In a total vote of e,5O4. prohibition was
defeated in a local option election here
yesterday after a bitter campaign.
Women and children took an import-
ant part In the campaign. marching and
singing in the streets and serving free
lunch at the polls.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1910-02-03

ROCKHAM, S, Dan investigation
made by the editor of the Rockham
Record d%iscloses that this (Faulk) coun-
" has within Its borders a total OF
40 artesian wells, which are partially
the cause Of the rainfall increasing
during recent years.