The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-11-03
Criminal.

Criminal.
Prof. Sylvester Dwight Judd, aged
35 years, formerly an assistant in the
United States geological survey at
Washington and professor of biology
at Georgetown, committed suicide by
hanging at Baltimore.
Burglars who are believed to have
had wagon or possibly an automo-
bile entered the residence of Edward
Hall Graves in South Orange, N. j.,
! during the absence of the family and
carried off a safe containing about
$4,000 worth of jewelry. The safe,
| which weighed more than 200 pounds,
was lifted and dropped from a second
story window.
Moses Yell, prominent farmer, is
under arrest at Marquette, Mich,
charged with having threatened to kill
his wife by Draining her with an axe,
bloodshed being prevented by the
timely flight of the woman. Yell's
sons are adverse to his release on
peace bonds. believing that their
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| the first opportunity.
The tenement house at the corner
of Grand and Mott streets, New York,
was shaken by an explosion of dyna-
mite placed on the steps of butcher
shop on the first floor. The explosion
threw the hundreds of tenants in the
building into panic, they fearing
fire had broken out in the building.
Many made their escape by fire es-
capes. No one was seriously injured.
After running fight in which many
shots were exchanged, Manager Neal
of the Eastern Townships bank at
Midway, B. c., disposed of three burg
lars who were attempting to break
into the bank. One of the robbers
was badly injured, but his companions
placed him on raft and the trio es-
capped across Kettle river to American
soil. Meals bravery saved the bank
from heavy loss, as large funds were
! on deposit, it being pay day for the
| railway construction crew.
A new and evidently entirely orig
| inal form of insurance peculation was
unearthed at Los Angeles recently
when it was disclosed that two solic-
1tOrs of the United Patriots of Amer
lea, local insurance order, had been
writing the applications of persons
buried in the local cemeteries, and
after reporting the applications at the
head office, collected advance moneys
due them on the work. The solicitors
disappeared short time previous to
the discovery of their scheme.
Foreign.
Senior ]. Zenil, minister of Mexico to
Austria-Hungary, died at Vienna.
: The sultan has accepted Algeciras.
Spain, as the place for the Moroccan
conference.
Investigation of reports to the ef-
feet that Emperor Nicholas is prepar-
ing for visit to Rome show them to
be premature.
The controversy over the succession
to the principality of Lippe Detmold
has been decided in favor of Count
Leopold, the present regent.
Plus X. has just conferred the Cross
of the Order PRO Ecclesia ct Pom
tifice" on Anton Lang, who performed
the part of Christ in the Passion play
at Oberammergau. in Bavaria.
Two Partisan girls were both madly
IN love with the same man, Adolphe
Leroy. To settle the question as to
which should be entitled to his final
affections, Leroy made the girls fight
duel with knives in the street. Both
young women were badly wounded.
Leroy was arrested.
Dutch troops in the island of Cele-
hes, Dutch East Indies, have captur-
ed an important position occupied by
the followers of the rajah of Boni,
killed thirty-nine of the defenders, and
lost twelve men killed or wounded.
A collection Of jewelry designed by
the mad King Ludwig Of Bavaria was
sold In London and realized s3,75O.
The collection included bracelet de-
! signed in memory of Wagner. 1t con-
sisted of four miniature scenes from
Kink Ludwig's favorite opera, design
ed in sapphires and emeralds. 1t
brought $3.50. A necklace and brooch
wers sold Tor $1,000.