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The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-02-16
Crimes.

Captains of whaling vessels have
been accused of kidnapping native
Alaskan women, and the United States
government has ordered a rigorous in
vestigation.
Louis Becker, member of the firm
of Becker & Degen, live stock brokers
at the Sioux City stock yards, is under
arrest on charge of embezzling ST..
200 from client.
William Walter Hamilton, negro,
was hanged in the Jail at Washington
for the murder of Lizzie Lyman, his
common law wife. The crime was
particularly brutal one.
Ignace Cichon was shot and killed
and Joseph Hoyhols seriously wound
ed by John Senchal, an unbidden
guest at a wedding celebration at Ma
hanoy City, Pa. Senchal is in Jail.
After outwitting mob bent upon
lynching Bud Jackson at Poplar Bluff,
Mo, after Mrs Daniel Norman had
identified him as her assailant, Sher-
if Hogg brought the prisoner to st.
Louis.
Buck Mansfield. Nudge Hensen. Nat
Hines and Bob Calvin, Cherokee In
dians, were arrested, charged with
robbing the First National bank at
Owasso, l. r., on Jan. 26. The bank
vault was looted of $4,000.
The jury at San Francisco returned
verdict of guilty in the case of Will
lam ]. Woodside and r. e. 8. Desmidt,
charged with violating a federal law
in fitting out the ship Carmencita on
an illegal sealing expedition. The jury
disagreed regarding Robert Tyson, a
co-defendant. The convicted rnen will
be sentenced Monday.
A demonstration in court at Mari
eta, Ohio. attended the acquittal of
Eddie Uhl Of the murder OF his father.
Many persons grasped his hand and
even some kissed Uhl. who had gain
ed his freedom after one Of the most
sensational and mystifying cases ever
tried here. The jury was out nine
teen hours.
Because. It is alleged. the young
woman on whom he lavished his affec.
tions did not reciprocate. Edward
Miltner, living q few miles east Of
Warsaw, Iowa, has ended his life on
her doorstep.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-02-16
CHINESE Plan
BIG MASSACRE
WAR AGAINST FOREIGNERS IN
CHINA WILL START FEe.
RUARY 25.
CHINAMAN SENDS WARNING
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
RECEIVES ALARMING
REPORTS.

Cincinnati, Ohio, Feb. 10 - Wong
Fong, former secretary of the Six
companies IN San Francisco. who is
visiting in this city. yesterday said he
thought the Boxer trouble in China is
about to eliminate in the greatest
massacre of modern times.
He issued the following warning to
telegraphing it to Seattle. Los An
geles and San Francisco:
The blow is about to fall. Cable
warnings to friends to leave China at
once Tell them to seek protection OF
Germany temporarily and get out OF
the country before Feb. "a
Fong is visiting All Loo Wal the
wealthiest of the local Chinese col
ony, and after the messages We're sent
he explained their purport as follows:
Il received word this morning that
the order has been sent out to the
subordinate circles of the Chinese Re
form association to throw off all the
foreign elements in our country, start
ing Feb. %. The association is os
tensibly patriotic"
Prepart for Trouble.
Washington. Feb. 10. Secretary
Root and Secretary Taft will appear
before the foreign relations commit
tee of the senate and the Philippines
committee of the house to epiain the
critical situation in China and the ne
oessity for an appropriation OF $780,,
600 for sending troops to the Philip
pines for use in China. 1t has pract-
cally been decided that congress will
not authorize this expenditure until
advised of the exact situation.
This government has already estab-
lished two brigade posts in the Phil
ippines and ordered three regiments
there, so as to have the troops near
China when the real trouble begins.
Secretary Taft desires to send three
more regiments to the Philippines for
use in China, but this extensive move
ment of troops is so expensive that
the present appropriations are not
sufficient, and it became necessary to
ask congress for 100000 additional
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-02-16
Many Killed and Wounded.

St. Petersburg, Feb. 1.-THE war
between the fighting organizations
of the revolutionists" and the So
called Black Hundred assumed new
phase last night when band of reds
surrounded the cabaret Schlussel-
burg Chausee on the bank of the
Newski river, above the city, and
threw a bomb among an assemblage
of workmen. The reds then opened
fire on the panic-stricken inmates of
the cabaret, killing two and seriously
wounding eighteen, Of which latter
one died while being taken to the hos
pital.
Military detachments, which are
constantly patrolling the disturbed in
dustnial sections, hurried to the scene,
reinforced by the police and Cossacks,
and threw Gordon around the whole
district.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-02-16
Hoa1n-alAx1NG N oo1oRADo.

The article about Colorado in the
Sioux Falls Argus Leader on Feb 10th
was certainly Of interest to anyone
who is anxious to get home of their
own in one OF the finest climates in the
world. The success OF the farmer who
has gone there from the middle west
and has been willing to work has been
q revelation. All kinds of crops are
raised. also fruit and vegetables; good
soft water near the surface: good
schools. ana in fact everything that
makes . country desirable as home
q found there. A copy OF the paper.
or other Information. win be sent upon
application. by c. L. Lomer. sioux
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-02-16
MINNESOTA JOINS LINEUP.
University Council Adopts Conference
Football Rules in Toto.

Minneapolis, Feb. 13.-The Univer-
sity of Minnesota has adopted the
recommendations of the recent chi
cago conference, and football VIII be
played in it's restricted form at
Northrop field next fall. BY unan-
imous vote of the faculty council late
Saturday afternoon the recommends
tons urged by the Angel conference
were accepted and Minnesota VIII
live up to them provided the other
schools of the conference also accept.
AS the majority of the universities
have already adopted the plan, it is
believed that second meeting of the
conference will be called in a short
time to reconsider one OR two OF III
provisions which have been amendc
by different colleges, and that the
sweeping changes suggested at that
meeting will in general be in vogue
next fall.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-02-16
Accidental Happenings.

f! Fire, believed to be of incendiary
origin, destroyed the postofiice ana
| store building at Chillicothe, Ill. Loss,
100000
A three-story brick building on the
north side of the city square at indie
pendence, Mo-, was destroyed by fire,
causing loss of $4,000.
While walking along the Pennsyl-
vania railroad tracks, near Spring
Mill Pa, Joseph Nasal and Michael
Augustine were struck by train and
killed.
Fire which started in the center of
the wholesale district at INDIANAPOLIS
threatened an entire block for more
than an hour The loss is between
$4,000 and $125,00O.
The Hotel Astoria, in Asbury Park,
N. j.. was partly burned and several
well-known buildings near the beach
were entirely destroyed by fire, with
loss of about $4,000
William Guilfoil was crushed to
death at the new paper mill at Mari
nette, Wis, when a huge mass of ice
weighing several tons. fell on him and
broke every bone in his body.
President w. G. Tight of the New
Mexico university was seriously in
jured by an explosion of gasoline in
the laboratory One of his ears was
torn off and he was otherwise mutt
lated.
The knitting mill of N. ]. Rich & Co.
at Cleveland was entirely destroyed
by fire. One hundred and fifty girls
were in the building when the fire
broke out, but it is believed all got out
safely.
Three persons were injured, one Of
them seriously, in a small wreck on
the Salt Lake road in which two pas
senger trains crashed together in a
head-on collision near Rowland, Cal
All of the injured were passengers.
During the progress of an amateur
boxing match at Colma, Cal, Thomas
Doven was struck under the heart by
Chiefly" johnson and so severely in
jured that he died within a few min
utes Johnson was taken into Gus
tody.
Fire at Springfield, Ill., destroyed
the implement and carriage ware
houses of William Schermerhorn in
the business section. Loss, 100000
st. Nicholas hotel guests directly oppo-
site were aroused and prepared to
leave.
The six-story factory building at
107-113 Grand street, at the corner of
Mercer street, New York. in the heart
Of the silk and linen district, was
burned with a loss exceeding $3.50, 900
So many thousands of people were at
tracted to the scene that police re-
serves had to be summoned.
BY the explosion of one of the four
powder houses at the iron mines at
Hartville, Wyo, the shaft house, black
smith shop and other buildings of the
Colorado Fuel and Iron company were
demolished and nearly every pane of
glass in the town shattered.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-02-16
RESUME OF THE NEWS
-ReLiabLe--Br Brief
From the Capital.


The president has pardoned Mid
shipman John Paul Miller of Ken
lucky, recently convicted Of hazing
at Annapolis naval academy.
Alice Roosevelt on the occasion of her
wedding will be beautiful artistical-
ly wrought bracelet.
Representative Bede has introduced
bill requiring common carriers to
supply refrigator cars and facilities
in the transportation of goods in in
terstate commerce.
Senator Gamble has reported from
the committee on military affairs his
joint resolution authorizing the sec.
rotary of war to furnish CONDEMNED
cannon to the board of regents of the
University of South Dakota, to be
placed on the campus
On the motion of Representative
Tawney of Minnesota, a provision has
been inserted in the pension appro-
priation bill, now before the house,
putting the famous pension order No.
IS into the form of law. Under it
veteran entitled to a pension by age
will not be required to be physically
examined by board of surgeons.
That beer is a food product, and
that it is fast coming to be classed
with the least harmful beverages, is a
claim now receiving the close atten-
ton of the government experts con
nected with the department of agri-
culture. The department of agricuI-
tura is, and has been for some time,
perusing an investigation of the ma
ture, effects and value of beer.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-02-16
MAN DIES SUDDENLY.
Thaddeus c. Field, Pioneer ST. Paul
Resident Dies of Heart Failure.

st. Paul, Feb. Is. - Thaddeus c.
Field, president of the firm of Field,
Schlick & Co., died suddenly Satur-
day. Although Mr.. Field had been in
he was apparently as we'll as usual
Friday, and his death was entirely
unexpected. Mr.. Field was one of
the most prominent merchants in st.
Paul. He was sixty-eight years OF
age and had taken part in the indus
trial affairs of the city for half cen
fury. He came to St. Paul in 1856
and engaged in the dry goods bust
ness with ID. w. Ingersoll, organizing
the house which has celebrated its
fiftielh anniversary.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-02-16
NATIVES ARE IN uveLY MOOD.
Blacks Rise Up in Arms to Resist
Collection of British Taxes.

Pietermaritzburg. Natal, Feb. IL
The collection of the poll tax from
natives has led to trouble which, it is
feared. will spread and possibly de-
velop into an ugly native rising.
Armed natives have resisted the col
lection of the tax. and have wounded
with spears an inspector of police and
a trooper. Fourteen mounted police,
who were proceeding to the scene,
have been attacked and six We're
killed
Cavalry and artillery and outlying
detachments of police have been
called in and are being concentrated
to deal with the recalcitrant natives.
Martial law has been declared.
1t is reported that the natives are
determined to resist the collection of
the poll tax,
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-02-16

What's the use being victorious
hero. anyway? Field Marshal Oyama's
name isn't appearing in the headlines
any oftener than Gen. Stoessel's. and
we have forgotten for the moment
who the Jap fellow was that Port
Arthur was surrendered to.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-02-16
DYNAMITE KILLS TWO.
Contractor and Helper Victims. of
Blast

Akeley Mimi, Feb. Is. - Edward
Fisher of the railroad contracting
firm of Davis & Fisher of Chicago and
Arthur Moore of Elk River were in
stantly killed at Camp of the Red
River Lumber company's railroad by
dynamite explosion while thawing
out about fifty pounds of the ex-
plosive. Fishers body was hurled
forty feet from the place of the acct
dent and was terribly mutilated.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-02-16
Babe smothers To Death,

Anoka, Mimi. Feb. 13.-The infant
child of Judge and Mrs. j. c. NJ Engel
died yesterday of suffocation. The
babe was sleeping quietly when the
mother left the ROOM On her return
some minutes later the tot was dead
1t is believed the baby disturbed the
clothes and thus smothered.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-02-16
JUMP FROM TRAIN.
One Girl Is Hurt Seriously and Her
Sister Sljuhtlv

Zumbrota, Mimi, Feb. 13.-Bertha
Skorum and her twelvee-year-o sis
ter boarded a train to Forest Mills.
When the train arrived there it did
not stop, and the younger girl became
alarmed and jumped off. receiving Sc
we're injuries about the head. When
she saw her younger sister jump,
Bertha also leaped from the train.
She. however. escaped serious injury
The train was stopped and backed to
Zumbrota, where The girls received
medical attention. 1t is thought the
younger girls injuries will prove
fatal
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-02-16
DRAGGED TO DEATH.
Boy at Pennington, Mimi, Is Killed
by Colt.

I. Pennington, Mimi, Feb. 13.-Wes-
ley Hack, the eleven-year-old son of
w. H. Hack of Credit River, was
dragged to death by colt which he
was leading to water. The rope by
which the boy was leading the colt
became entangled about his legs, and
the colt started to run out of the
barn door, dragging the boy after it.
He was thrown heavily against the
door beam and then dragged across
the field and yard to the house. where
the colt was stopped by the boys
mother His skull was fractured.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-02-16
Poisoned by Fish Balls.

Brooten, Mimi, Feb. 13.-As the re.
suit of eating canned fish balls three
members of the family of Banker
BONNER became violently i'll, and it
was only by the most strenuous eff.
forts of physicians that their lives
were saved.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-02-16
BODY is FROZEN SOLID.
Post.Mortem is Postponed Until the
Corpse Thaws Out.

Duluth, Feb. II. Frozen so hard
that sharp knives could make no i'm
preston on it, the body of Martin
Brecken lies in an undertaker's shop
in this city. Brecken was found in a
snow drift just outside the city, frozen
as solid as ice. AS soon as -the body
thaws sufficiently post-mortem ex-
animation will be held. A certificate
OF dcpos:. for 800 and $68 in cash
were found in his pockets.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-02-16

1.-THE bridegroom is usually the
most depressing feature of the mod
ern wedding" according to wom-
ans magazine. Also, he is generally
the most depressed.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-02-16

Mr.. Chambers, the American cornet.
list, Is to be paid $1,000 week, with
out board. for tootling in Paris. We
would like to start subscription-to
scare up any old sum that would buy
or few ether cornetists from toot.
ling.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-02-16

Was there no philosophical mil
lionaire novelist to save the sacred
home OF Mrs. Wigs from the posses.
sion of saloonkeeper? Where were
Mr.. AIDE. Mr.. George McCutcheon,
Mr.. Churchill?
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-02-16

Somebody has asked for a receiver
for the Interstate Telephone company
Of New Jersey. Sometimes it must
be good deal Of fun to be telephone
receiver.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-02-16
HUNDRED HOURS DEEP in EARTH
Miners Imprisoned Monday Might Are
Saved Alive

Stockton, Cal, Feb 13.-Tomo sa-
bath and Zero Buvoich, who had been
imprisoned in the App mine at Quartz
by cave-in since midnight on Mon
day, were rescued Saturday after hay-
ing been without food for more than
100 hours. There was plenty of
water at hand and they did not suffer
from thirst. They were extremely
weak when rescued, but otherwise
were in good condition.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-02-16
Milwaukee Train Kills Two

Templeton. Iowa, Feb 13.-Frank
Reicher, farm hand, was killed and
Peter Klein, his employer, fatally in.
jured while driving across the tracks
of the Milwaukee road on their way
to town.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-02-16

Pittsburg millionaires are now
charged with bribery and corruption.
Evidently the chorus girls haven't
kept them so busy as has been sup
posed.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-02-16
Iowa Man Kill. Himself.

Clinton, Iowa, Feb. Isl NJ. Van.
arnum, seventy-nine years old, while
respondent because Of i'll health, com.
mitted suicide at his home at Gala
mus by shooting himself.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-02-16

President Hadley Of Yale says that
there are too many teachers in this
country, and that they get too little
pay. It's the same with newspaper
men.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-02-16

A Pittsburg doctor has tasted for
thirty-seven days. If the air of Pitts
burg we're as full of nourishment as
it is OF SCOT. he could live forever
without eating.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-02-16

Secretary Taft has succeeded in re-
ducing his weight twenty-nine pounds
by vigorous horseback riding. The
condition of the horse is not reported.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-02-16

Chicago announces that she is going
to have the biggest hotel in the world.
There are people who are compelled
to stay In Chicago over night.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-02-16

1t Is a mistake to give your wife a
million dollars to be good to you.
When she has got the million she
doesn't have to be good to you.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-02-16

II the czar succeeds in raising thai
t5G0.000.000 his next great problem will
be to hide 1t where the grand dukes
cannot get at 1T.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-02-16

In France the assembly elects the
president. This saves the necessity
of candidates. buying cigars for the
common, everyday voters.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-02-16

1t is unnecessary to add that the
Chicago attorney who wants to regu-
late marriage has no intention of get
ting married himself
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-02-16

In London society they are discuss
Ing the question: What is propriety
pink?" What does London society
know about propriety?
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-02-16

A California woman has adopted a
district messenger boy, who will, no
doubt remind her of time-hes so
different
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-02-16

No sooner is one report denied that
King Leopold is losing his mind than
it is announced that he has got mar
ried.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-02-16

The name of the new chief of the
Osages is ink-kah-ha-he-h And
you can hardly say it for laughing
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-02-16

Gen. Ramon Caceres will now pro
vide for Santo Domingo a permanent
and stable government, lasting for at
least several weeks.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-02-16

Whenever we see raan who says
he is henpecked, we rather suspect
that it's coming to him.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-02-16

There are people in Russia whose
sole object in life is to think UP new
kinds of trouble for the car.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-02-16

It IL only after millionaire dies
that one learns how many and what
relations he had.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-02-16

When two young people embark on
the sea of matrimony one OF them is
pretty sure to rock the boat
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-02-16

a sign thin woman is popular:
II her friends call her fragile" in
stead of Skinny"
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-02-16
POSTMASTER DEAD.
Mr.. Robey Of Pipestone Dies in sou,
Falls HOSPITAL.

AIS foSpltal.
Pipestone, Mimi, Feb. IS. = Post
master Robey of Pipestone died in a
Sioux Falls hospital yesterday, aged
forty-eight. An operation for append,
citis failed to save his life. He had
been postmaster here nearly eight
years. He leaves a widow and a
daughter.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-02-16

They're talking now Of making
Maine winter resort. For Esqui.
maux3
The Washington times., 1906-01-14
FATHER COR THE CHILD
IN BITTER FAMILY SUIT.
Judge Decides Parents Right to Of
spring Above That of
Anyone Else.

CHICAGO. H., Jan. I3-Late last
evening Lulon Nichols, of Watts Flats.
n Y, and his mOther-in-laW. Mrs.
Margaret Cassidy, OF Toronto, Canada.
faced Judge De Puy in his court room
in the Fort Dearborn building. Between
them stood TheIma Nichols. the eight
year-old daughter Of the man, and
granddaughter Of the woman
For several days the court room has
been the scene Of a bitter legal fight
between Mrs. Cassidy and her son-in-
law for the custody of the child.
Nichols wife died last October and
for several weeks the little girl was left
with her mothers relatives, while her
father visited relatives in New York
State. When he returned several days
ago he alleged ne was refused posses
sion OF the child and brought habeas
corpus proceedings 10 regain her. After
nearing testimony for three DAYS the
court announced its decision. "A father 5
right to the possession of the child is
above that Of anyone else" said Judge
Du Puy. Il win order that the girl be
given 10 her father
The Washington times., 1906-01-14
PANAMA'S GENERAL
SUPPORTS AMAD0R RULE

PANAMA. Jan. Bon the eve Of the
departure of the delegates from Pana-
ma City TO the liberal national cOnven-
tion TO be held al Santiago de Veraguas
on January Is. when that party Will
reach a decision on the proposal for
the removal of the capital OF the re-
public there from Panama, a statement
has been issued by General Heurtas.
former commander Of the army OF Pam
ANA, in which he deprecatcs the possi-
bic issuance of a prC Cnunciamento
against President Amado-, and urges
the people 10 rally TO the support OF
the conciliatory policy OF The President
and to preserve peace.