davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-05-21

Washington, May 19.-President VIII
son expects to name the federal re-
serve board members this week. e. c..
Simmons, OF ST. louis. is being strong
~ urged for the place which II. A.
Wheeler refused. The White House,
however refuses to say whether Mr..
Simmons will be named.
1.-THE Simmons mentioned in the fore
going dispatch is head of the great hard
ware concern which bears his name. He
also is head of the Dymond-Simmons
hardware of Sioux City, and
other vast interests.l
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-05-21
INDUSTRIAL SURVEY
WORK is UNDERTAKEN

New York, May 1s.-With a view to
obtaining first hand information for
recommendations to congress for ren-
edial industrial legislation. the United
States commission on Industrial rela-
tions today began a series of hearings
In this city, ait which men and women
prominent in labor and social work
Will he given an opportunity t6
present their views. The hearings viii.
continue every day until June Is.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-05-21
TWO ARRESTS MADE FOR
ALLEGED FISH DyNAM,r,Nc

Lead s. p, May 1s.-charged VIII,
aynamiting fish in spearfish river ~
ne CANYON; G. III. Miller. of Central!
S Ssy, ! ama hliey tucker, of this city.
given a preliminary hearing in r,inia
sipal court. The ccmpiainants ware
llgn school professors who happened
~ me scene Just when the dynamiting
sseurred z saw the dead fish ana
ne men. The clubs in this Soc
back up the prosecution for the mo-
.ection Of the flsh for the sportsmen.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-05-21
An effort viii soon be made to Sc


An effort will soon be made to Sc
sure some authoritative figures on the
extent of the electrical Industries OF
this country which are eagerly desired
by those who are interested in this line.
The last government reports on this
pubject are dated 1907. and there have
been gigantic strides since then. It
has been estimated that the Investment
In central station industry IS capital
lied at more than s., 1000, 600, 900. thu
earnings of which are computed to be
1850, 900, 000, The central station income
is about s40o,o0o ,0o8. Some other inter
esting figures are: Value of electrical
apparatus made, $3.50, 600, 900: electric
railway earnings, $685., 900. 600, central
station earnings. $3.50, 600, 600: telephone
earnings, $3.50, 600. 900; telegraph earn
tngs, SS5, 900, 600: isolated plant service.
N25,o o0, 900; miscellaneous electric ser,
vice, S126, 900, 900, making a grand totai
OF approximately S2,12o,0 900, 900.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-05-21
GERMAN AVIATOR is
CRUSHED TO DEATH

Frankfort on the Main. Germany,
May 1S--Another fatal accident oc-
Cured today in connection with the
Prince Henry aviation competition,
which started yesterday at DarElstads.
Lieutenant Rhode, who was i1yingEwith
a passenger, Lieutenant Kobe. was
killed then their m~onoplane was cap
sized by gusty winds. Lieutenant,
Kobe escaped with slight injuries.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-05-21

The National Women's Trade Union
league is at the head OF a movements
20 abl a national training school
TOT women organizers. the object being
20 place trained organizers in the fieid
to organize the women workers In aIi
trades and occupations.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-05-21
MORRIS sLEiSTER, OF ARMOUR,
DROWNED IN LAKE EnE

Armour, S d, May 2o.-s.orris slefs-
ter, son of II. T. Sieister. OF this place
was drowned in Lake Andes Saturday
morning about II 30 o'clock. The body
was recovered. Young Sieister, with
q companion was fishing and a heavy
wave capsized the boat. He was a
member OF the senior class of the high
school. who W
school, who we're p~icnickins at the
lake.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-05-21

The manager of a transmission sys-
tenn which distributes energy to sever
al large farm users was hurriedly sum-
moned to the telephone to answer an
excited call from one Of his principal
rural customers. I'VE don't seem to be
gettin as much power up this way as
we should" declared the farmer. "Meb-
be its cause our line is overloaded"
he continued: II Just noticed THAI the
wires are all sagging."
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-05-21

FolioWing an annual custom, a Phil
adelphia firm is giving away. withont
any strings attached, so pianos to fam-
ilies IN which there are people Of
musical ability but unable to buy am
instrument,
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-05-21

The automatic arcbansa
srected by the United River Plate 1sais.
phone company, In Cordoba, Argentina
Just been opened. This is the firat
automatic telephone exchange in South
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-05-21

Starting from PASSPORT. Me-, three
PEARS ago in q 12-foot sailboat, Captain
Anderson set out to sail completely
Pround the United States coast. So fn
be has sailed from the Canadian line.
ut Maine. to Galveston, and is soon to
set on for the Panama canal.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-05-21

The Canadian Northern railway
GENTLY petitioned the provincial govern
went 70 guarantee an additional loan of
10000 q mile or its lines In British
making an aggregate obliga-
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-05-21

Henry III OF France. dislfked cats m
intensely that he was known to faint
at the sight of one. Two other great
generals. Marshal Sake, the French sol-
der, and the duke of Schomberg, also
held them In horror.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-05-21

II Oklahoma has bumper crops this
year 1t will be duo in considerable
measure to the direct aid rendered the
farmers by the schools. Throughoue
she state the teachers and pupils have
been systematically testing seeds for
the planters.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-05-21

Extraordinary qualities are possessed
by tho River Tfnto in Spain. 1t hard
ems and petrifies the sand of its bed.
and II q stone falls In the stream and
nlights upon another, in a few months
the W Join INC become one stone.
Fish can not live in it's waters.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-05-21

The natives of western Australia
according to a current writer. after
gorging themselves on the flesh OF the
Kangaroo. throw the bones over their
shoulders to their gins q. e., wtves).
who pass them on to the Children
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-05-21

"A Californian takes issue with the
statement that the south station Ia
Boston Is the busiest railroad terminal
ana shows that the distinction be-
longs to the Union ferry, at San Fran
cisco. with Ss.s66,b73 passing through it
annually.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-05-21

me Pribilof island Is the, seat Of the
world Next III Importance is the Com.
mander herd, owned by Russia. whila
Inc Kuril herd. owned by Japan. comes
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-05-21

For nearly 10 years the village ct
Wolf. in North Dakota. with a popula-
ton Of $50. has been untaxed, the ono
man who owns It all not having made
his declaration. The state tax commis-
sion has Just discovered tho village and
has started proceedings to get 10 years'
back taxes.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-05-21

AT the coming international Saliva
ton army congress Ii London there
Will be among the delegates a native
from the criminal tribes in Punjab. two
converted devil dancers from Ceylon
and an Ex-Buddhist priest.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-05-21

When tho latest Zeppelin airship
cruised over Berlin 1t made hardly any
noise; IN the past the airships Of this
type nave been conspicuous for the dis
turbance they created.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-05-21

IN fnei experiments with the .nro-
AUCTION 2 steel by electric methods ira
United States STEELE corporation has ~
pended more than 100000
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-05-21

Merchant vessels launched Il, q,
countries last year had q totai ~tnSnaaa
estimated at 3,332,000 tons. tfa eraat'
aston record. : =
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-05-21
HEEL NEATLY CLIPPED BY
REAR WHEEL OF MOTORcycI !

Watertown. S. d, May 20.-Joe Col
Inns, of Casslewood. while riding he
hind the driver OF a motorcycle in the
streets of Watertown, caught his foot
In the rear wheel Of the machine, sas.
tanning the loss of his heel. The heel
was clipped off as though cut by a
knife, =
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-05-21

Tho forest service collected a. mn
POUNDS OF tree seed last year for use
IN reforestation work. The total area
s~reforested was about $4,000 acras
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-05-21

= York private school at,,deYts
VII! now Pc permitted t. enter pubIic
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-05-21
TO TEST ALL POINTS IN
NEW EXAMINATION LAW

Pierre, S. d.. Nay 1s.-The states at
torneys and city attorneys meeting
with n executive accountant and At
torney General Johnson at Pierre in
relation to test suits threatened on
Examination OF public accounts agreed
that each ease would take IN a differ1
ent point. apd that no two county at
orney or city attorneys would bring
into their cases any questions which
were brought by the others. They also
arrange their cases and points so that
\ questions will be settled in the
courts finally. as the cases from the
various counties are completed. These
cases will be brought in the circuit
courts, but it is presumed that a nun.
Der OF them will find their way to the
supreme court before settlement and
adjustment of the law Is reached,
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-05-21

George Sanford. Of Bath, Me. has an
eld Sfashioned mortar and pestle stand
!ng a inches In height, which ha.
Deem IN his family Tor 1850 years.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-05-21

Some Of the eucalyptus trees 81 A,,.-
traiia are said II be taller than II.
Caltf0rxia redwood.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-05-21

The stextfle industry in Brazil en-
tploya more than 100000 workers
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-05-21
LIST OF WINNERS in
STATE ORAToRicAI oMrre

Vermilion, S. D.. Nav 1s -rba
lowing place awards were mada =, .p ~
Dakota high school oratorina1
n deciamatory contest, held here 10 81
Oratorical-Ffubert Matthews. RrooL
ngs, first; George Ruth, MitcbeiI
'e nnrIs . Lyons, Vernilion, third
hell. first; Josephine, Masim MIL
preston. second; Esther Bietelia. I.eaa e
Inc Judge We're A. A. Mcc,,rs !.
siomx City Mrs. Martha Ffske Of sio, OF
rams and 3. E. Myers Of Redfield
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-05-21
PARKER WINS cAME

Parker. S. D., Nav s.
school baseball team aafaataia !
viborg high school team 81 a Score NE
~ 20 s. Batteries: Parker. Stew ot
.nd q Vihorg, Nelson and .Iacal.
son. - JACK
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-05-21

city, has recently perfected and patented
q foldlng storm window. BY means of
this window the storm sash can be either
folded or divided into halves, making 1t
more easily handled without chances of
breaking.
IRooUo1s-Heart failure is supposed
to have caused the death Of August Du-
bro, a pioneer resilient of Kingsbury
county, who was found dead in his bed.
He had not been very well for a time,
but his condition was not regarded as
serious.
PIERRE-In the late eachers
ton for second, third and primary grades
In this state there were 1854 applicants,
and of these $50 were given second grade
certificates, 1874 third grades and six pri-
mary grades, with 904 left on the standing
sheets.
GETTYSBURGEThe quest for oil In
by the Fox Oil company. according to
reliable reports, and Frank p. Fox, jr..
Is expected to visit the test well that was
abandoned early this year.
REDFlELD-Adjt. Gen. w. A. Morris
has issued a call for q camp school of
instruction for ali officers of the Fourth
infantry, South Dakota National Guard.
to be held at Redfeld for Ave days, com
mencing May rs.
PLANKINToN-The Aurora club, Of
this city, which was organized to combat
the fly nuisance, has offered cash PRICES
to groups Of boys who curing the sum-
mer kill the greatest number of flies.
DE SMEsr-The Farmers Cooperative
association has awarded the contract for
the erection at this place of a new ard
modern elevator, which will have q ca
pacity of 10000 bushels.
The Washington herald., 1914-09-20

his own phrase. he was either fighting
or making treaties with the Indians. He
was in four battles with the red men on
what is now the site Of the city of
Spokane
Much Of his time was spent as an escort
to government engineers engaged in sur
veying routes to the Pacific Coast for the
first transcontinental railroad. Serving
with him on one of such expeditions were
Lieut.. John B. Hood, later a great gen
eral in the Confederate army: Lieut..
George Crook. celebrated afterwards as a
brilliant Indian fighter. and Lieut.. Philip
II. Sheridan.
1T was in that country" Gen. Gibson
said TO me. that one Of our soldiers saw
the eyes Of an Indian boy cleaning among
the roots OF a tree that had been blown
over. There had been a fight and the
Indians had Tetreated. Tne soldier pulled
the boy out by the legs from his riding
place. Later in the day the boy vas
given his freedom and told 10 follow and
join his tribe.
THAT boy grew up and became the no.
torious Capt. Jack. chief of the MO,lOCs.
More than thirty years after he was
captured and turned loose, he met Gen.
Edward r. =. Canby for the purpose Of
making a treaty. At his signal a NUM-
ber Of ModOC Indians rushed upon the
party from the woods and murder I'd Gen
Candy and the white men who accom-
The Washington herald., 1914-09-20

important forests in the United STATE.
and has literally lived in the woods ever
since he graduated from Cornell In 1851
His father. Franklin BENJAMIN HouEh
NJ. D.. was the first forester ever 10 BE-
employed by the national government.
Il met a curious and interesting man
recently while travelling in the tropIcaI
regions of Florida" Mr.. Hough said 10
the writer. My boatman landed me on
a little wharf among the keys. After
he had blown a shell horn. which was
tied 10 a post, we heard a voice in the
jungle saying: AN right Come on
Once He shot Trespassers.
"A sign on the wharf contained this
warning: No trespassing. Stop. Not
another step farther
The sign has been changed the boat
man said 1t used to read: Stop. Take
another step and YOU will Be shot dead
IF he likes you the boatman in
formed me. he will say so right off. II
he doesn't like YOU, he will let you
know and you'd better beat II back to
the boat as quickly as you can
7 had heard Of the picturesque Col.
Nicholas MarkovitZ." continued Mr..
Hough, and here We were At the edge
Of his domain I was told that he was
a Portuguese sailor before the civil war
and had taken up 160 acres of land on
No Name Key. planting lines, grape
fruit sapodillas, and Jamaica apples.
When a railroad was built along the
coast Col MarkovitZ occasionally strap
pee a huge machette to his waist and
went forth to see how the work pro-
gressed.
so when he said II was al right End
that We should come on. accepted his
invitation both in curiosity and some
apprehension. But he liked me and gave
me permission TO cut such trees as
pleased in his hammock. which means 4
moist place filled with al kinds Of ma
tive vegetation. including true mahogany
Col. Markovitz IS celebrated through
out Southern Florida for his ferOcity !
found him. however. to be courteous ard
generous. He Is a thin. yellow man well
into the eighties. Too old properly Il
care for his orchard, his property is ia st
turning back into jungle. There a-5
strange. pathetic and unknown stUri
in the forests and out on the praIrics.
too. I suppose.
~ am lonely now Col. Markovi:7
confessed to me. I'd like to have =
neighbor. When l was Younger it ,-
not so. Then men came in boats 10 sic a
my fruit
Thus he cleared up in three sNntemc
the seeming mystery which hangs ov
his life. And Yet ne will die and possibly
no man in Florida will understand ,
case
rCoTy-1Ehr. roli. by Iams Morrns.,
The Washington herald., 1914-09-20
By JAMES u. MORROW.

Isaac Stephenson was talking. No
vember 8. 1856 was a sleety day in
Chicago, to which little city I had
gone to buy supplies for my lumber
camp in Wisconsin" Senator Stephen
son is eighty-five years old. but he
boasts that no person in the United
States can excel him in remembering
dates. places, names, and events. Like
wise he is the richest man in Congress.
Il had been a Whig back in Bangor,
Ne, but in 1885 l was a Republican"
he said. The man with whom I was
dealing was also a Republican and he
persuaded me to peddle Fremont and
Dayton tickets all day on the sidewalk in
the sleet and cold. though I didn't be-
long in Illinois. I have been in politics.
more or less, ever since. First, l served
as a Justice Of the peace. I held that
office fourteen years at Marinette, WIs.
Heard a few cases and married thirty
two couples. The bridegroons were all
my boys (meaning that they were in his
employ and l didn't charge any of them
q cent.
Il am still a Republican. believe
in staying with party. Thers are only
two real parties in this country. Some
times the Republicans are in the wrong.
I stay Just where / am, however, be-
cause I want TO help undo the wrong.
The closer the parties are matched the
better government we have. There is
no use to drop out of the procession;
get on the side of the road aid howl.
The boys will move right a'ong and one
will be left alone with no company but
his own voice.
Stay inside say. and do your fight
ing at home. That's the policy Glad
stone always followed. l believe in
progress, and progress is the private and
not the public ownership of all things.
Private ownership developes the best
talents in men. but I think business
should be regulated so that the people
can't be robbed.
Yes. sir, business men are just as
honest as they ever were. There were
greedy and faithless men in the time of
Christ That some are now dishonest
is not a new condition of the human
race. but we would so believe were we
10 accept all that's written and said.
I've been in business a long time and
it's my experience that most men are
truthful and square. Running to State
legislatures and Congress with loud COM
plants that every one is q gouger and a
swindler, except the complainers them
selves will not change the great facts OF
human nature
The Washington herald., 1914-09-20

panied him. Capt Jack was caught,
tried. and hanged"
HOnored for HIS Bravery.
At the outbreak Of the civil war Capt
Gibson was on the Pacific Coast The
FIRST message over the first telegraph
line to California was an order from
the Secretary Of War instructing him
to report in Washington for military
duty against the South.
Gen. Gibson was brevetted four times
''for gallant and meritorious services" in
battle. He opened the ball." as he says.
at Williamsburg. Va, with a battery Of
six guns and stood his ground. though
he received the fire OF two Confederate
forts.
At Antietam he commanded four bat
teries. II was at Fredericksburg that
Gen. George ID. Bayard was mortally
wounded at his side. The bullet first
passed through Gen. Gibson's overcoat
and carried away his sword.
On the I'D OF May, just passed, Gen.
Gibson was eighty-seven years old. He
Is a short. broad d-shouldered man, having
remarkably glowing eyes and an aston
ishingiy rapid gait for one of his age.
Asked how he had managed his life to
live so long. he said:
Management had nothing TO do with
Il. I didn't start out to beat the modern
as they came. II was often impossible
TO conserve my health, even IL I had
wanted to. was I'm California for
twelve years, and had TO take a drink
every five minutes or fight. Though /
passed through many battles, l was
never hit but once. and that was by
bullet from the gun Of an Indian--I have
no complaint to make, except that 1
couldn't go to Vera Cruz with Gen.
Funston's brigade"
DIR. GaIIInEer Tells a story.
Jacob H. GaIIinger. the Republican floor
leader in the United States Senate. was
a hard day-ridinE and night-riding New
Hampshire physician when he decided to
be a candidate for the National House of
Representatives. That was thirty years
ago
The lawyers Of the district" he told
me- "were for another aspirant. Only
two lawyers and a law student openly
said they would give me their support.
went out campaigning with Herman z.
Greene. We spoke in schoolhouses and
townhalls. Greene eulogiZed me, which
couldn't very well do myself. and I waved
the flag over the Republican party. One
night in Plymouth, where We had
spoken, Greene called out from his side Of
the room after we had gone to bed:
I've got It. doctor
Got what? I asked.
The idea he replied. that will nomi-
nate you. Wen make Il a fight between
the lawyers and the farmers, and will
find a farmer who will present your name
TO the convention
so George II. Goodrich was picked out
for the oratorisl effort in my behalf He
had hair reaching almost to his shoulders,
could talk on the tariff like an expert. and
was a farmer all right.
- But ! told Greene. who was manag-
ing that end of my campaign. Goodrich IS
fine orator. and will give our case
away
Leave that TO me. answered Greene.
He is not very well known except in one
corner OF the district.
Don't be too glib and graceful at
first Greene cautioned Goodrich, when
giving him final instructions Just stum-
BILE around a bit when you start to crate
The convention was held In Phoenix
Hall Concord. directly over my ONCE. |
heard a tremendous uproar as sat at my
The Washington herald., 1914-09-20
eminent Men Whose Lives Read Like Book

desk. Then a young fellow came in and
said that my competitor was being placed
IN nomination and that the speaker was
giving me seventeen different kinds Of
thunder I feared the fight was all over.
But by and by / though the building
was falling down. Delegates were
stamping the floor with their boots ard
pounding il with their chairs A man
rushed Into my ONCE.
Goodrich is nominating you he bel
lowed. and the convention is on fire.
He started on like an amateur, lost MS
place. repeated himself and almost went
to pieces but he got better as he
warmed up and now the delegates are
cheering their heads of. The nomina-
ton is yours
1T was so. That was a great day
for the agricultural classes and hu-
initiating day for the lawyers. George
II. Goodrich taught me to respect the
power of oratory. I got to making po-
liticsl speeches myself in different parts
of the country. What little success that
have had as a speaker is physical. hoaE-
ever. rather than anything else. I have
a big voice. for one thing, when It is
keyed up and I like to address my fel-
low-countrymen.
Il could discuss oratory from my own
standpoint the rest Of the day. but 1
have said enough. I'll add, nevertheless,
that a speaker is always more effective
II those in his audience sit on benches
instead Of chairs. The listener on a
bench gets a thrill. you understand. and
unconsciously passes IL along. which he
can do IL his arms OF shoulders touch
the man on either side OF him. Chairs,
because there is no contact between those
who sit in them. don't permit the free
flow of the current. but shut II up in
each individual and when he thrills he
can't communicate the feeling to any
one else