The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-12-08
MISSILE MEANT s@s PRESIDENT.
Heavy Plumb Boz 10 Hurled I trough
Window o, Rooseve!t's Ira.

Heavy Plumb Boz 10 Hurled I trough
Window o, Rooseve!t's Ira.
Washington, Dec - Some uE, den
titled person hurled a heav. 1roL
plumb bob through window of one
of the cars of President Roosevelt's
run from Princeton to Washington.
The missile, which was thrown
with terrific force, crashed through
the glass transom of a window of the
combination car Salvius and fell at the
feet of Maj. Webb Hayes, son of the
late president Rutherford b. Hayes,
who was a guest of the president on
the trip to the army and navy foot
ball game.
Fragments of broken glass fell on
Maj. Hayes, who was sitting with his
back to the window, reading. but did
not injure him in any way. Maj.
Hayes stopped and picked up the iron
missile which so narrowly had missed
his head, and then arose and exam
ined the broken window.
Going Slow in Fog.
llS dIlle VI lHC WlIlQOW was DfOK-
en- where the plumb bob had struck it,,
so great was the force with which it
had been hurled. The train at the time
about 1880 o'clock-was running
comparatively slow, owing to dense
fog which had rendered it almost i'm
possible for the engineer to see a
train length ahead of him.
Broad street in North Philadelphia
had just been crossed, and the train
was in the vicinity of Exford street
when the crash of glass aroused the
occupants of the car.
The Salvius was the first car of the
rain, and in appearance might have
been mistaken very easily for the
presidents private car. That was,
however at the rear of the train.
1t was remarkable also that Mai.
Hayes from a profile view strongly re-
sembles the president, and that Sit
ting at the window in the position he
occupied in reading, he might have
welt
Stones Recently Thrown.
Doubt was expressed by Pennsyl-
vania road officials who were on the
| train whether the missile was intend.
ed to be hurled at the train. They said
that several times recently stones
, have been thrown at trains passing
through North Philadelphia, and on
one recent occasion a man sitting near
. one of the windows of train was Sc.
: verely cut by glass broken by heavy
stone thrown through it,
The implement was most unusual
weapon to be in the hands of boy,
who might in spirit of deviltry throw
stone at a train. 1t is of cast iron
and weighs about three pounds Had
it struck Maj. Hayes on the head, as
it certainly would if it had passed
through the window foot lower, he
would have been injured very serious
ly, if.not killed.
A Wanton Act.
The president knew nothing of the
incident for some time after it oc.
CURED. He made no comment upon
it, passing it off as the wanton act of
some irresponsible person. AS mat
ter OF precaution the curtains of the
special train We're drawn down when
the .news. of tile incident reached the
passengers. - =. ~
The secret service officials who &C
compared the president took charge
of the missile and an effort will be
made to apprehend the person who
threw it.
To Be investigated.
|, Philadelphia, Dec. 5.-As a result OF
: the casting OF a plumb bob INTO Pres
F.! ident .RooseVelt's special as it was
/ passing through the northern part OF
! this city Saturday night, the Pennsyl
/ vania railroad officials and the Phila
! delphia police authorities have united
/ in determined effort to break up the
! practice of throwing missiles at
| trains. A thorough investigation oil
Saturday nights incident is in prog