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The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-05-30
TERMS ARE AGREED TO
IN PANAMA DISPUTE
Arrangement Must Be Approved
BY the Congress Of Both
Countries Interested.

Panama, May 2S~.-According to the
Cartagena newspaper. Ell Porvinir, ne
gotiations between the American min
lister at Bogota and the Colombian gov
eminent ave resulted in an
ment whereby Colombia and the Uni
ted states acknowledge the sovereign
ty of Panama. Furthermore, Colon
bia, according to the same authority
will receive $50, 900, 900 indemnity and
the United States obligates itself to in.
trevene and settle definitely the boun-
Diary line between Panama and Co
Iombia and procure a loan Of $40 900, 900
for Colombia. The arrangement, the
paper adds, must be approved by the
congresses of the United States and
Colombia.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-05-30
METHODIST BISHOPS
TAKE VOWS Or OFFICE
immense Throng Witness Sim
pie and Solemn Service-Con-
ference Closes This Week.

Minneapolis, Mimi, May 2S.-Eight
bishops. or general superintendent, and
two missionary bishops OF the Meth
odist Episcopal church, elected at the
present session OF the general confer
ence. Sunday afternoon took the Vows
which bestowed upon them both tho
highest power and the honor in possess
sion of the church. AS a climax tt the
services OF conservation the entire
board Of bishops, including those newly
elected. repaired to the grave In q local
vemetery Of Bishop Isaac Joyce to pay
homage to his memory.
Those who by their repetition OF the
VOW. II will SO do. the Lord being my
helper" took upon themselves the adj
ministration Of the church's affairs,
Were:
General superintendent - IA. G,
Stuntz, New York; T. S. Henderson,
Brooklyn: w. O. Shepard. Chicagoa
Naphthali Luccock. Kansas City, Kan.ss
F. J.. Mcconnell, president Depauw uni9
versity, G~reencastle, Ind; +. d. Leete,
Detroit. Mich; f. r. Cooke. New York.
and W. P. Thirkield, president of How7
ard university, a negro institution at
Washington. D. G.
Missionary Bishops-John w. Robin4
hotAt E AAese SAoAA
president NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. SEM
mary, Wiliamsport, Pa.
Hours before the auditorium was
opened for the general public an im-
mense crowd filed the street before the
police guarded doors and passed the
time in the singing OF hymns. When
the curtain was raised at 3 o'clock upon
the members of the board of bishops,
the bishops and friends and other off,
Gals of the church, not a seat was va
ant and scores had been turned away.
Scheduled to adjourn next Wednes-
day the conference. which has been In
session here ince May 81, entered on q
business grind which probably will re-
quire morning, afternoon and night sas-
sions.
DR.. J. M. Buckley, New York, known
in the Methodist Episcopal church as
the 'bishop maker and for 80 years
editor of one of the strongest church
papers, late today withdrew from
active service,
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-05-30
HITCHCOCK ENDORSES
PARCELS POST MEASURE

Washington, May 27.-Unqualifed
approval of the Bourne parcels post bill
was given by Postmaster General
Hitchcock in a report upon the meas
ure ent to the Senate %postoffice COM
mittee and made public Sunday. The
consolidation of the third and fourth
classes of mail matter woul greatly
facilitate the administration of mail
matter, the postmaster general said.
The delivery Of parcels to the limit
Of seven pounds on all rural routes and
Within the delivery limits of free car
rier Offices was likewise approved as
economic and a convenience to the
public.
I'm my Judgment concluded the
postmaster general, 1.-The proposed
measure will enefit all classes of peo-
pie except those carriers now engaged
In the business of transporting small
wares. While the patronage of these
will be lessened, it will have the eff
feet to limit their business to the more
weighty freight which is distinctly the
business of uch carriers"
Neither the House or Senate has act
ed on the bill.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-05-30
FOUR ARE KILLED IN
AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT

Martinsville, Ind, May 27.-Four per-
sons were killed at Centerton, near
here, late yesterday, when their auto
mobile went dead on the tracks of the
Martinsville division of the Indianap-
oils, Terre Haute and Eastern Trac-
ton company and was hit by a car.
The automobile was thrown into a
ditch and wrecked.
The lead w. D. Brown, SO; Mrs. w.
D. Brown. So; Miss Bonnie Bailey. 7:
Miss Jessie Cure. II, all lived at Mar
tinsville.
Eddie Brown, aged 10, son Of the
dead couple. was driving the automo-
bile and owes his life to the fact that
he jumped when he saw he was I'M
able to get the machine started. He
was severely injured.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-05-30
CONDITIONS IN ORlENTE
ARE EXTREMELY ALARMING

Santiago, Cuba, May 27.-Conditions
in the province of Oriente continue to
be extremely alarming. From all quar-
ters petitions are pouring in for protec-
ton which the government is unable to
furnish. because all available troops
are being Concentrated for the purpose
of surrounding the main bodies of the
rebels under Generals Estenoz and lvo-
net.
Troops under Colonel Machada had
an engagement at Parral with the reb-
els in which q number of the rebels are
reported to have been killed or wound
ed, the remainder being dispersed. A
of volunteers of Santiago eX-
changed shots in the outskirts of the
city with a party of insurgents, whom
they dispersed.
At Tiguabos, near Guantanamo, gov
forces, under Captain Percy,
routed a band of insurgents, killing
several.
A party of $50 counted negroes APP
peared az Aurora Maniel threatening
an attack on Ell Cobre, 10 miles west of
Santiago, where the mines of the Cuba
Copper company are located. The gov
troops, sent so rifles with which Off
Gals of the company armed the miners
and other employees.
Great alarm is felt at Baracoa. The
town is without protection and is cut
Off from communication with the inte-
III AL uiSNlll dpt'Sol IidS p''i maui
to the government to send a %gunboat.
Are Pillaginq Stores.
General Estenoz passed through ia
rahurea, about 80 miles to the north
west of Guantanamo, with 600 counted
men under his immediate
General Ivonet, with a band of $50 ne
groes. mounted and armed with new
rifles, is ~pillaging the stores at Lacoro-
lima and vicinity. Insurgents appeared
near Bayamo and ~Jiginaura in the
west, which heretofore has been report
ed quiet.
The rebels have again surrounded
Palma S%oriano, north of Santiago. the
inhabitants of which are vainly appeal
ing for protection. The Atlantic Fruit
Steamship company has also asked pro-
lection for its property at Sagua de
TanamO, on The north coast of Oriente,
but no troops are available.
General Estenoz yesterday demanded
$1,000 from planters in the vicinity of
Tiguabos. He obtained 81, 0G0 after
threatening to hang the planters.
Reports from ManZanillo. or the west
coast, state that a number of negroes
who We're leaving town to join the in
surgents in the field, exchanged shots
with a police patrol, some of them be-
ing wounded.
The force of volunteers organized by
the chamber of Commerce of Santiago
to protect the city, now numbers up
wards of 200 well armed men. The
strike has been settled and the work of
loading the has been re-
sunled.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-05-30
PLANNERS OF CITIES
FOURTH CONFERENCE.
National Gathering In Boston Is
Attended By Many Men
Of Prominence.

Boston, May 28.-Planners Of cities
and many men Of prominence in many
lines of special endeavor. were held.
here today for the opening Of the fourth
national conference OF city planning.
Architects, sociological workers, econ
omists, horticulturists, clergymen,
transit experts and civic officers from
many parts of the United States and
Canada were included in the gather
ing.
VI conference will continue three
days. Today was given over largely
to inspection. Special attention was
paid to the park n waterway sys-
tenn, the .etter including the Charles
river basin. the docks, the beaches and
the public baths, to educational build
ings, including Harvard college and to
housing conditions in several districts.
A luncheon, rendered by Mayor Fitz-
gerald, preceded this tour. The first
conference was on the evenings pro-
gram.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-05-30
BALLOON BELIEVED TO
Be The ST. LOUIS seen
Flying At Height Of Approx
imately 5000 Feet-Trying
To Break a Record.

Chanute, Kan, May 2s.-A balloon
believed to be the st. Louis, which
assembled at 7:35 last night at San An
tonic, Tex, in IN effort to lift the Lahm
cup for long distance flight, passed over
here at 10 o'clock this morning, travel
ing rapidly nor+heastward.
The st. Louis carried Albert Won
Hoffman and Capt. John Barry, and
was well equipped with oxygen tanks
and other paraphernalia for high flying.
The distance from San Antonio to Cha
mute is about 592 miles.
A later report from Sweet Springs,
Mo-, says: A balloon believed to be he
st. Louis passed yer here at 1910 D.
m. at a height Of approximately 5000
feet. 1t was sailing at about as miles
al hour in a northeasterly direction.
Sweet Springs is $50 miles northeast of
Chanute
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-05-30
HIGH ARMY VACANCIES
TO BE FILLED THIS WEEK

Washington, May 27.-Four high
army vacancies, one in the grade of
major general and three among the
~brigadier generals. will be filled next
Wednesday by President Taft. If he
accepts the recommendations of Sec
rotary Stimson he will nominate Brig.
Gen. w. O.. Wotherspoon, now in com
mand Of the department of the gulf, to
be a major general. The vacancy
caused by General WotherspoOn's pro-
motion would be filed by Brig. Gen.
Clarence r. Edwards.
The slate for tie ~brigadier general
appointments includes the name Of Col.
G. F. Chase, of the Cavalry, now an
inspector at Governors Island and Col.
Edward j. McClernand. first cavalry,
now at the Preside. San Francisco.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-05-30
FOUR BOYS RESCUED
FROM LAKE MICHIGAN

Chicago, May 27.-Four boys who
had been blown out into Lake Michi-
gan on W waterlogged RATS were
rescued from drowning Saturday by
two men in a 20-foot canoe.
Thousands of persons on shore
watched the rescue and a fight between
the frantic boys and their rescuers
The men, P. j. Trumbull and G. p.
Frysinger, experienced difficulty in
preventing the sinking Of their frail
craft. They were forced to threaten
the boys with their paddles to keep
them in the water. through which they
We're towed to shore by "a slender
rome.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-05-30
STATE DEPARTMENT
OUTLINES IT'S POLICY

Washington, May 27.-Feeling as
sured that President Gomez has mis-
understood the purpose of the Amer
lean government in dispatching the
large naval force now on it's way to
Key West, the state department after
having instructed American Minister
Beaupre at Havana, to make plain, to
the Cuban government the purpose of
the movement, has now left to the dis
erection of Colonel Karmany, command
ing the marine force, en- route on the
cruiser Prairie. and due at Guanta-
namo tomorrow. the extent to which
the marines shall be employed.
Admiral Osterhaus' fleet, which is
due at Key West Wednesday, will not
move at once into Cuban waters unless
something should happen in the mean
time to demand it's presence there.
The signal for the disposition of the
ships among Cuban ports will await,
it is said, the decision of American
Minister Beaupre at Havana. If, how
ever. destroyed Geographic commune
cation hampers Mr.. Beaupre in getting
information as to events in the east
ern end of the island. where the dis
t~urbances are focused, the state depart
ment will act Independently on his
suggestion. The prospects of a settle
ment of the havana dock strike We're
reported to be brighter today.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-05-30
SHIPS BELLS TOLLED
OVER TITANIC'S GRAVE

Halifax. May 27.-An incident which
made a tremendous impression on the
officers and crew of the Canadian
steamer Mont Magny while thai vessel
was searching for the Titanic dead was
described by the ships chaplain, the
Rev. S. H. Prince, on his arrival here.
THE morning of May g." he said, 'as
we were passing over the ocean grave
of the Titanic, the rocking of the boat
suddenly started the ships bell ring
ing. For IS minutes the bell tolIed at
regular intervals. 1t eemed as if the
elements had been p~urposely aroused
to peal this sorrowful dirge."
The captain of the steamer reports
the ocean strewn with life belts in a
radius of so miles. No bodies were
fn,,rl
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-05-30
MOORS MAKE ATTACK ON
FRENCH CAMP AT MERADA

Paris, May 2S.-A report is published
here that 10000 Moors have made an
attack on the French camp at Merada.
near the Algerian frontier. that the
French troops lost $50 killed and $50
wounded, and the Moors were repulsed
leaving 1000 dead n 5000 wounded
on the field.
The minister of war declares the re-
port of the attacks at Merada is I'M
true, but later advices from Fee by
wireless to 'rangier says: "a strong
body of Moors made mother fierce at
tack on this city this morning. Some
penetrated inside the walls, but were
dispersed or killed.
The French lost one officer killed and
80 soldiers killed or wounded. The
Moorish casualties We're heavy.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-05-30
%REACTIONARIES ARE
GAINING IN CHINA
Republican Officials In WI
Chang Reported Preparing
Secretly For Flight.

London, May 28.-Reports have
reached Tien Tsin that the reactionary
movement is gaining strength in
vicinity OF WI Chang, where Gen. Ii
Yuen Heng, pro+president of the Chin
csc republic, has his headquarters. Ac-
cording to a dispatch from Tien Tsin
his morning, the republican officials in
WI Chang are growing apprehensive
and are preparing secretly for flight.
The districts surrounding Hankow are
seething with anarchy. Wholesale ex-
trict daily.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-05-30
TRYING TO SAVE LIFE OF
MRS. LENA CUSUMANO

Boston, Mass, May 27.-Counsel for
Mrs. Iona Cusumano, who, with Harry
Mascioli, is sentenced to be elestrocut-
ed during the week beginning June "a.
for the murder of the woman's hus-
band, was prepared to file with Gov
ernor Foss a petition asking for com
mutation of the death sentence.
Mrs. Cusumano is the first woman
ever sentenced to be e~lectrocuted in
Massachusetts. Efforts are being made
TO ave her.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-05-30
$50 BANDS TAKE PART.

Paris, May 27.-The first day OF the
greatest international music competi-
ton on record. which has brought more
tina so, 900 performers to Paris proved
a brilliant success. Two hundred and
fifty bands from all parts of Europe
had competed for the $4,000 prize
which was awarded to the Montigny
brass band, the members of which are
employed in the Courrieres coal mines,
the scene OF the great disaster in 1906.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-05-30
STRIKE IN THE PORT OF
HAVANA HAS TERMINATED

Havana, May 27.-The strike of the
lighter men and other laborers in the
Port of Havana has terminated and
today all classes of workers in the har-
Dor are actively engaged in their du-
ties. The settlement of the strike was
due entirely to the intervention of Pres
ident lose Gomez, who indicated clear
w to the trikers that they must cease
their agitation pending the crisis
through which the country Is pass
Ing.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-05-30
CONDITION OF WILBUR
WRIGHT Is ALARMING

Dayton, Ohio. May 27.-wilbur
wright's condition took an alarming
turn early today n fear was ex-
pressed over the probable outcome of
the case of typhoid fever with which
the noted aviator is suffering. Wright
spent a restless night, with his physi-
clans in almost constant attendance.
Today it was stated that he was again
unconscious and with a hi=h fever
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-05-30
arrested, CLAIMED TO
BE FROM DIES MONIES

Chicago, May PA young woman.
who when arrested Saturday ia Evans
ton, charged with shoplifting, gave her
name as Mary Smith, of Des Moines,
today declared that her real name is
Mrs. Frank e. Palmer. She recently
lived in West Adams street. She paid
a fine of S. on a charge of disorderly
conduct. The woman wore costly Jew
elry and her appearance. together with
the assumed name, mystifed the police
of the north shore suburb.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-05-30
PRESIDENT GOMEZ HAS
RECEIVED TAET,S REpJ v

Havana, May 27.-President Gomez
has received the message from Presi-
dent Taft d~isclaiming the intent of the
United States to intervene.
He Immediately summoned a meet
ing of the cabinet to which he COM
m~unicated the text of the message, eX-
pressing his highest appreciation of
President Taft's attitude.
President Gomez is now engaged in
preparing a reply.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-05-30
CHARLES BALDWIN BUYS
$40 ACRES IN OKLAHOMA

Waurika, Okla, May 25.-F. E. Watkins.
formerly Of Hawarden, Ia, but now one
of the largest land owners in Oklahoma,
has sold $40 acres of his holdings to
Charles E. Baldwin, a capitalist of Sioux
City, Ia. The land which Mr.. Baldwin
bought is located in Stephens county, and
is considered one Of the best pieces of land
in the state.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-05-30
$4,000 LOSS BY FIRE.

Cleveland, Ohio, May 27.-Over
SITS, 900 loss by fire was suffered by
four concerns occupying a two-story
building on Euclid avenue near East
Nineteenth street today. The flames
originated from defective wiring in a
garage where automobiles worth $780,
600 were destroyed. 1t is said that $25,-
coo IN jewelry stock will be cover
from the ruins.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-05-30
THIRTY PROSPECTIVE gR,nre

New York, May 27.-Thirty bride
10 be, from Scotland and Ireland,
reached New York today on the
steamer Caledonia from Glasgow.
Most Of the young women were bound
for points west of the Mississippi and
in southwestern Canada.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-05-30
UNITED STATES CONSUL
FRANK D. HILL KILLED

FRANKFORT on theM Main, Germany. May
2S.-United States Consul General
Frank D.. Hill, of Minnesota, was
killed by falling over the railing of the
staircase in a hotel here today. He
was found on the ground floor with a
broken skull. 1t is assumed the acci-,
dent was caused by a spell of giddi-,
ness.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-05-30
INDICTMENTS OIIAsHEn

San FrancIsco, May 25.-The last 81
indictments against Former Mayor
Eugene E. Schmitz, in the trolley and
gas cases, were dismissed TODAY bv
Judge William p. Lawler. Schmitz
now is entirely freed from the graft
prosecution.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-02-02
Hard to Understand.

The other day an editor wa
solicited to join a lodge and was
handed an application blank print
ed by supply house. He got
dur from merchant mailed in a
government envelope and written
on a gargling oil statement; he
made a purchase in a store and
got a duplicate bill printed in
Chicago, and wrote a check on
blank printed in st. yoseph. Ye
Gods! How can an editor be ex-
pected to join lodges and pay his
bills on such treatment as that
and all the while tell the people to
trade at home! Ever think of it,
Exchange
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-02-02
STRIKE THREATENED
ON PUGET SOUND
Teleeraphers, Telephone Operators
and Station Agents Voting
on Question.

Seattle, Jan. 2G. Approximate
" three hundred and seventy five
teleglapherS, telephone operators
and station agents on the Chicago,
Milwaukee < Puget Sound railroad
between Seattle and Mobridge, S.
d., are taking a strike vote as Il
retult o. the refusal of the officials
IN this city to grant wage in
crease Of about five per cent. The
vote was ordered Saturday night
and within few days the deci
sion of the men will be known.
J. a. Newman, of Chicago, first
vicepresident of the Order of Rail
way Ielegraphers, was in Seattle
a week age on the report Of the
committee, headed by G.. +. Soy
ster, of Cedar Rapins, Iowa, chair
man Of the committee of the Mil
waukee system, to the effect that
little progress ha! been made to-
ward arranging a peaceable settle
tlement.
Numerous conferences were held
between President III. Il. Williams
and General Superintendent p. G..
Hart, of the Milwaukee, and the
committee was told that in view
OF the business depression no ad-
vance in pay could be made.
Neither Superintendent Hart nol
Chairman Soyster would say that
all hope of q settlement had been
abandoned.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-02-02
CONDITIONS ARE
VERY PROMISING
Sioux Falls Man Predicts Biz Crops
for the Section of Country
West of the River.
Country Was Soaked With Rains Last
Fail and There Has Been
Heavy Snowfall.

\ vast Improvement in condi-
tons IN that part Of the state com
pared with a year ago is reported
by John /. Cogan, who has just
returned to his home III this city
after an absence Of a week or more
in Lyman county Lyman is one
Of the counties west Of TIE Mis-
soUri river which last season was
affected by lack Of rainfall.
What applies to the change for
the better in present conditions
there also applies to the entile
western half Of the state. The
rainfall the latter part of last sum
mer and during the fall months
was abundant and the ground was
thoroughly soaked before winter
set in. The snowfall this winter
has been heavier than for some
years, assuring the filing Of the
lake-beds and all low places when
the snow melts in the spring.
Ranchers and homesteaders, feel
ing the utmost confidence that the
coming season is going to be a
prosperous one, are arranging to
put into crop every available acre
of their land. New settlers alrt ady
are commencing to arrive in Ly-
man and other counties in that
part Of the state for the purpose of
locating permanently with promise
OF a very heavy influx when spring
opens.
1t is expected that during the
coming :casOn the entire western
half of South Dakota will raise the
greatest crop in its history Sioux
Falls Argus-Leader.