The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1913-05-08

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OF SO. Louis nest knoan summer
night. causing q loss estimated nj $780,
900. One man, D q Slattery, the watch
man. who was i'll with pneumonia inS
his bed in the hotel. is missing and III
is feared he persisted.
PARIs-AEtriple automobile fatality
In which the two children OF Isadora
Duncan. the American dancer, and
at Levallois-Perret, just outside the
walls of Paris. Saturday under circum-
stances which are being investigated;
by authorities.
ATTLEBORO. MASS.AMrs. James
Colbert, OF South Attlehoro. was killed
by q burglar early yesterday and an
hour later Mr.. and Mrs. John Powers,
neighbors. were shot and severely.
have figured III boil affairs.
WASHINGTON. b. C.-Thirty-four
Of the s6 states which nave ratified the
constitutional amendment for direct
election of United States senators had
given formal notice OF their action
when the state department closed yes
terday. h Secretary Bryan re-
ceives similar official notices from his
he Will besready to proclaim that the
18th amendment to the constitution is.
operative.
CHIcAGo-Harry Williams, aged IS
years, said to be the Oldest pickpocket
In the United States, was arrested with
August Stokey, q companion, on a
street car last night, after a fight with
detectives who surprised them In an att
tempt to rob q passenger. Williams,
his freedom and knocked out one OF
the detectives front teeth before he
was subdued. He recently came here
from st. Louis.
SAN FRANCISGO-The first appli-
cation Of California's new law for the
recall OF the Judiciary has been sue
cessfui. With a margin OF SIS votes
Police Judge Charles l.. Weller, ac-
cused OF Incompetence. was removed.
from office at a special election.
and Wiley r. Crist. an attorney. put
forward by women voters, who were
chiefly active in the campaign. vas
named as Weller's successor. The total
vote was less than $1,000, while the
city's normal vote is over 0 1000.
HARTFORD, coNN.-The suit Of
Mrs. Elizabeth Curtis Brenton, wife of
the Rev. Craiston Brenton, professor
in Trinity college, for divorce. int the
counter action of Prof. Brenton against
his wife, We're given a hearing in ham
bers today by Judge Holcomb, Of the
superior court. Judge Holcomb an-
nounced that public policy demanded
that the public, including newspaper
reporters, be barreda8.3Sa
TOPEKA, KAN.-volley 4. Smith,
convicted of murder In the second de-
gree in Ottawa county, 81 years ago,
but who never served q day of his SEN
tence. was granted asfuli pardon yes
terday by Gov. Hodge. Smith has been
in the navy since he escaped, and has
a fine record,
GRAND FORKS, N. D.-Several
hundred University of North Dakota
students were vaccinated yesterday. A
case of smallpox had developed In the
women's dormitory.
NEW YORK-Through a statement
made today by Richard r. Dunbar, a
prisoner on Blackwells island, the po-
lice are hopeful Of clearing zip an
eight-year-old murder mystery. the
killing of Matte Hackett, a young girl
of Kennebec county, Maine, in August,
1903. Dunbar, the police say, impli-
Gates two other men.
DALLAS. TEx.-Police OF western
cities are seeking WI men who are
charged with having swindled A. e.
Schepler. a farmer living near Dallas,
of $4,000. Schepler SAID the men pro-
posed to him that he take care of their
T-year-old niece" for whose mainte-
nance $4,000 was to be deposited to
his credit in a Farmersville bank.
DETROIT MICH.-James Sharpe So
years old. was arrested here charged
with the murder of his sweetheart.
time of the recent flood 1t is alleged
Sharpe met his sweetheart on the Day
ton city hall steps. where many per-
sons were seeking refuge, and shot
her to death.
CHICAGO-Reports of a daring
escape by two guard house prisoners
from Fort Sheridan, who were thought
to have murdered their guard and
thrown his body into Lake Michigan,
were dissipated by the finding of the
three deserters croucning among the
bushes OF the sand dunes by the lake
near Glencoe, H., a few miles south
of the fort.
OAKLAND, CAL.-An elephant
reached with his trunk beneath a cir
Gus tent early this morning, picked up
G. j.. Gardiner. of Jacksonville, Fla. a
circus employe, dragged him into the
tent and hurled him through the can
vas walls. Gardeners wrist was
broken, a number of rib were frac-
tured and he is otherwise seriously in
jured. He may die.
LOS ANGELES, CAL.-ortie e. Me-
Manigal, confessed ~dynamiter, plans to
have his appearance altered by surgery
when he is again a free man. 1t Is
reported his release from the county
jail may be granted at any time, and
McManigal hopes to change his face
so no one will kno him as the man
whose testimony sent the Mcnamara
brothers and more han a score of
labor union officials to prison.
JUNEAU-Governor Walter e. Clark
vetoed the anti-alien fishing bill aimed
at Japanese fishermen just before the
Alaskan Legislators adjourned sine die.
The bill passed the house unanimously.
but when the governors message was
received there was nc attempt to pass
it over his veto.
4. WASHINGTON-"The parental court
of the United States" is proposed in a
bill introduced by Representative Hob
son, providing that the judges Of the
United States district courts shall ex-
ercise the jurisdiction of such Il court
except in the District of Columbia.
where the president would appoint a
parental judge.
i ST. LOUIS. MOS. S. Rosen. reputed
to be Il wealthy stockman of Douglas,
Ariz.. killed himself with a revolver on
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