The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-06-06
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ANNIsTA. ALA.-After taking his
two children, Evelyn, aged 6, and
Knox. aged A. to a. lonely spot near
his home at C~hoccolocco, near here.
Whit Scarborough, a we'll to do plant
er. administered to each a dose of car
bolic acid In soothing syrup. When he
was sure they were dead he also swal-t
lowed O large dose of the mixture.
scarborough left a note stating that
his act was the result of dependency
over his wife's death eight months
go.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. the spell Of
an almost ideal day the president and
Mrs. Taft gave the last Of the series o}
spring lawn parties in the White
House grounds yesterday. The mills
tary and naval aids to the president
We're clad In white, the marine band in
scarlet and blue and members of the
diplomatic corps appeared in show uni-
forms with much gold lace. Hundreds
OF government officials and members of
congress with their wives were among
the guests.
ST. PAUL, MNN.-The law passed
at the last session of the legislature,
prohibiting the coloring of .oleop to
make 1t resemble butter, was declared
unconstitutional by the state supreme
court. In Its decision the supreme court
said: The motive of coloring is plain.
The consumer will not buy the lighter
colored article. There can be, however,
no intent to deceive the purchaser, as
the law concerning labels is fully COM
piled with"
MEXICO CITY-Lawrence l.. O'Brien
was sentenced yesterday to suffer the
death penalty for the murder a year
g OF pr Hal P. Clark, a dentist.
by shooting. The crime was the re,
suit of a quarrel which took place in
DR.. Clark's office. Both men had been
residents here for a long time. O'Brien
Tor several years was connected with
the sporting fraternity of this city. DR..
lege of Physicians in Chicago.
ATLANTIC CITY, N. City coun-
Gilman Harry T. Dougherty, arrested
on a charge of having accepted a bride
of $500 for voting for the passage OF an
ordinance providing for a concrete
board walk along the beach front, de-
signed to cost 81, 0oo,O 900 or more, was
his lawyer he pleaded not guilty and
was held in $4,000 bail for the grand
jury.
MOOSE LAKE, MINN.-One man
was burned to death, six persons in
jured, n of whom may die and dam
age amounting to $751; 900 was done, in
a fire in a building occupied as a res
CIV &. 1hSi lLllluShOS dIlu SltlIas
Travis jumped from the second story
with three children in their arms. They
were badly injured. The dead man is
Arthur Bloomquist. Errick Grasberg
may die from burns,
COLUMBUS, OHIO-After deliber-
ating for two days the jury in the case
of State Senator Isaac q. Huffman, Of
Oxford, Ohio, found him guilty of ac-
cepting a bride Of 5000 from Frank
Harrison Smiley, a detective employed
by an agency. The alleged bride was
given during the last session of the
Ohio legislature. of which Senator
Huffman was a member. Sentence was
deferred.
NEW YoRK-Two OF the wealthiest
women Of New York city, Mrs. Rus
sell Sage and Mrs. E. H. Hartman,
contributed literally to Mayor Gay
nor's relief fund for the southern flood
sufferers. Mrs. Sage sent a check for
$4,000 and Mrs. Hartman gave $1,000.
Their offerings increased the amount
thus far received to q grand total Of
$1S.776.
WASHINGTON, d. C.-The Senate
in executive session yesterday again
considered the nomination of Richard
p. Sloan as United States district Judge
for Arizona, but no action was taken.
The session was devoted mainly to a
speech by Senator Smith, of Arizona,
who discussed Sloan's relations with
the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe rail-
road.
CAMBRIDGE, MASS..The death of
DR.. William McMichael Woodwork, of
Harvard university, and an authority
on zoology of worldwide reputation,
was announced yesterday. DR.. Wood
worth was the grandson Of Samuel
Woodwork, author Of 1.-The Old Oaken
Bucket" He was born in San Fran
cisco, 4S years ago.
STREATOR, ILL.-Mrs. C. e. Shuler
is dead and her husband, mayor of
Princeville. H., is believed to be dying
as a result of being overcome by gas
last night in a local hotel. They were
en- route home from Evanston, where
Shuler had attended the convention of
mayors
KANSAS CITY-Judge John c. Pol
lock, in the federal court here, approved
the sale Of of 81, 00O, 900 in receivers
certificates of the Kansas City. Mexico
& Oriente Railway company to a Bos-
ton company. The money is to be used
in extending the line from Granada,
Tex, to Fort Stockton. Tex.
WASHINGTON-A poll of the dele
gates to the republican national con
vention to determine how many will
support Senate Root for temporary
chairman is being conducted from
Washington by leaders in President
Iafts campaign.
MANILA-The cables of a steel sus-
pension bridge which was being con-
structed for the Banquet railroad col
lapsed yesterday, killing 10 men and
injuring 10 others.
WASHINGTON-The House yester-
day passed the military academy an
preparation bill, carrying 81, O34, 059, a
decrease of $685. 600 from last year.
Observation-Disclosures Taft will
make the opening address at the Inter
national Association of Factory Inspec-
tors in this city, June 4.