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The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-04-13
TOWN WIPED OUT
BY VESUV|US
NO TRACE REMAINS OF Bosco-
TREcAsE-ToRRE ANNUNzl-
IA is DOOMED.
$50 LIVES LOST IN STORM
MORE PARTICULARS OF STORM
WHICH SWEPT SOUTH SEA
ISLANDS.

Naples, April 10 - The hope that
Mount Nesuvius was becoming calm
was dissipated yesterday when the
volcano became more active than
ever.
No trace remains of Boscotrecase,
commune on the southern declivity of
the mountain, with population of
10000, and Tore Annunziata, on the
shores of the Gulf of Naples, one mile
to the southwards, is almost surround
ed by the invading lava and has been
evacuated by its 10000 inhabitants
The people We're brought TO Naples by
trains, street cars, military carts and
steamships. Similar means of trans
portation are being employed to bring
away the people from Tore del Greco.
telegram received from the mayor
of San Sebastiano, a village near the
observatory on the northwest decliv-
lily of Nesuvius, says the lava is APP
preaching rapidly and that the people
are terror stricken.
Is Awesome Sight.
With the danger and horror of the
situation aside, Nesuvius presents one
of the most splendid sights magma
bic The mountain of fire, whose
speech is by thunder and whose acts
are destruction, seems like an enraged
giant determined to make the pigmies
of earth feel the might of his wrath
Prisoners in jails on the mountain
side went mad with terror and mutt
MED and were only partially quoted
by being brought here But their
fears have been com municated to the
prisoners here, who may rebel at any
moment. The situation is critical.
Though there is much misery. up to
the present time there have been no
fatalities, except at Portic. where an
old woman died, supposedly from
fright
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-04-13
Crimes and Criminals.

Chris Nelson, farmer about sixty
years DID, living near Humboldt, Iowa,
committed suicide by hanging. He
and was undoubtedly mentally unbal-
anced.
Because he had been drawn as a
Juror. Henry w. Kuni, musician.
aged thirty-nine years, attempted to
commit suicide in Philadelphia by
slashing his throat and wrists with
razor He probably will die. He is
socialist and does not believe in juries
James b. Howard, who has been in
the Jail at Louisville pending the dis
States supreme court, has been taken
to Frankfort to begin his term of i'm
prisonment to which he was sentenced
for the murder of William Goebel.
Fully 10000 people witnessed the
hanging of Tom Young in Williamson
county. thirty miles north of Austin.
Tex. The execution occurred on the
open prairie and the spectators came
from radius of fifty miles. hundreds
being there with their families in wag
ons Young was convicted of assault
Ing and numbering siXteen-year;old
girl whom he had adopted.
Unless Gov. Cummins commutes the
sentences of Louis Busse and E. Ames
Smith, under sentence of death April
20, they must hang. The legislative
y ~, :,
do nothing in the matter, leaving it en-
tirely in the hands of Gov. Cummins.
Both are wife murderers.
Charles G. May, former president of
the Big Bend National bank of Daven-
port. Wash, was sentenced to serve
five years i'll the penitentiary. He was
convicted of making false reports. He
will be released on $1,000 bonds pend
Ing an appeal.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-04-13
Eorejun Notes.

Mrs. Roosevelt, accompanied by her
children, Ethel, Archie and Quentin,
arrived at Havana last week on board
the Maytiower.
The Russian consul at Siestan, Per-
STA, reports that owing to the riots
there quarantine regulations are no
longer enforc I'd and that the plague is
Increasing and spreading northward.
Sad news from India says that, ow
Ing to the failure of rain, crops are in
such bad condition that famine is
imminent. Already the price of corn
has risen. and in some districts there
is no fodder for the cattle.
Prince William of Schaumberg-L ippe
died of heart failure at his castle at
Macleod. Bohemia. HIS daughter in
law, Princess Louise, a daughter of the
king of Denmark, died d few hours
During the Trial Of submarine boat
at Libau Russia, torpedo boat from
which several naval officers We're wit
Messing the experiment struck a reef
Those on board the torpedo boat We're
rescued but a snow storm prevented
the salvage of the torpedo boat, which
sank.
Father John Sergieff, better known
as Father John of Cronstadt, was at
tackled in the cathedral at Cronstadt
Sunday while descending from the al
tar to administer the sacrament The
man was arrested The penalty for
violation of the sacrament in Russia is
death.
Gen. Blanco, formerly captain gen
eral of Cuba. died at Madrid. Roman
Blanco y Arenas was sent to Cuba to
succeed Gen. Weyler. whose conduct
In suppressing the rebellion in that
island had shocked the humanitarian
feeling of all the civilized world. He
started on a policy of pacification, but
the Cuban people did not trust him.
In view of the agreement on Moroc-
can reforms reached at Algceiras
March 81, Russia has opened prelim-
mary negotiations in Paris for a large
foreign loan of at least s200,0O0,OO0,
and desires more If possible. The syn
dicatc with which she u, negotiating is
composed of German, Dutch and Brit
lsh capitalists. So far as ascertainable
no Americans are connected with it,.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-04-13
RESUME. OF THE NEWS
-ReliabLe--Br Brief

Casually LIST.


Tie steamer Kaministiki, lying al
her docks at Port Arthur, Ont, was
burned to the waters edge. The loss
will be fully $4,000.
The BUILDINGS on the state convict
farm in Rankin county, Mississippi,
were partially destroyed by fire, caus
ing a loss of about $4,000
Frank Barbenne, AN italian miner
met almost instant death by fall OF
ore in the Chaplin mine in Iron Noun
tain, Mich He leaves a wife and ten
children.
The steamer Moana, which has ar
rived al Honolulu reports that l2i
lcrsors wore drowned during the hrf-
ricane which recently swept over Ia
ht and the neighboring islands.
Fire totally destroyed the livery sta
BILE Of James Hunt in Laurium Mich
causing q loss of 10000. The flames
threatened the business section, which
was saved after sjr"Luoas efforts.
A fire in the office of the Buffalo
On. W Times gained possession of the
building. Guests of Lundy's hotel ad-
joining had ample time to gather their
belongings before leaving. The loss
WAS 100000.
Joseph Mloubee was accidentally
shot by Charles Privatsky while duck
hunting near Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The
Northwestern officials stopped the pas
ecnner train and brought the lad to
Cedar Rapids, but he died soon after
ne reached the hospital.
Duncan Clark, famous bronco bust
er, for ears champion steer roper of
the world, was accidentally killed
while hunting with two friends near
Cheyenne, Wyo. The three We're
crawling along the ground toward a
herd of antelope when the rifle of the
man Immediately behind Clark was
discharged. The bullet entered Clark
body.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-04-13
CAR MUST GIVE CONSTITUTION
Widest Hopes of Liberals Realized in
Election Results

GlSCllOV A0SutIS.
st. Petersburg April 10. - The
electoral college in twenty-eight out of
the fifty-one provinces in European
Russia yesterday elected ITS members
to the national parliament-about one
third of the entire membership-and
returns received up to midnight indi-
cate that the widest hopes of the Lib
erals have been realized, the Consti
tutional Democrats and other pro
gressivists seemingly everywhere hav-
ing gained a tremendous victory over
the Octoberists and other conservative
parties. AS far as is ascertainable
not a single reactionary candidate
pulled through and nowhere did even
the Octoberists secure triumph. The
majorities obtained by the radicals
cinch the character OF the victory
From the Volga to the border of Po-
land, and from the ice-bound coast of
Archansel to the Black sea, the story
is substantially the same
Yesterdays results prove hevond
question that the calculations of the
government have been rudely upset
and that the opposition elements will
control the national parliament by a
decisive majority.
Premier Whites efforts to induce
Emperor Nicholas to proclaim a con-
stitution should now be greatly rein
forced.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-04-13
STORM I'M SOCIETY ISLANDS.
$1,5oo,ooo Worth Of Property Is Dam
aqeQ.


San Francisco, April 10. - The
steamer Mariposa arrived Yesterday
from Tahiti, bringing additional par
ticulars of the storm which swept the
Society and other South sea islands
last February. According to the latest
estimates $50 lives We're lost and the
property damage amounted to $780,
600.
Among the Mariposas passengers
We're three members of the crew of
the British ship County of Roxburgh
which went ashore at Tokarva, in the
Paumolee group of islands Out of her
crew of twenty-four. ten We're lost
Other vessels lost during the storm
were the French schooner Tahitienne.
fifty-three tons, with Capt Dexter and
eight OF her crew, and the French
schooner Hituimi, nineteen tons, went
ashore at Month"; Her crew was
saved
The French schooner Morurera,
thlrty-seven tons, is overdue and it is
supposed that she is lost with all on
board off Tiekhou.
Thirty-seven cutters of twelve to fiji
teen tons We're also lost in the storm
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-04-13
TWO ELEVATORS BURNED
Fire at Eden Valley Causes Loss Of
$4,000.

Eden Valley, Mimi, April 1o.-Two
grain elevators We're burned to the
ground here, causing a loss of about
$4,000. covered in part by insurance
one elevator was owned by the Allan
TIC Elevator company and contained
10000 bushels of wheat, which was
also destroyed. The other structure
was the property of the Osborn.Mc-
milan company and was empty. The
origin of the fire is unknown.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-04-13
MINERS GO BACK TO WORK.
Peace in Bituminous Fields-Hard
Coal Men on Anxious Seat


Pittsburg, April g. = There were no
developments that disturbed the peace
of the bituminous fields reported here
yesterday. In the Pittsburg district it
is eNepcted that 80 per cents of the
miners who have been idle will re-
turn to work to-day The storm cen
tiers in other districts are growing
more settled and there is every evi
dence that the men at the other points
will return TO work in a few days.
At Winber the crisis will be reached
tomorrow when the coal companies
will begin the ejectment from the COM
pany houses of those miners who re-
fuse to resume work
Hope to Avoid Strike.
Philadelphia. April 1O.-In the an
thracite coal region yesterday the
miners locals held meetings but only
routine business was transacted. All
are anxiously awaiting the answer of
the operators at New York to-day. and
it is the general hope that strike will
be avoided. Heavy shipments of hi
luminous coal are being carried by the
railroads to manufacturing establish
ments which formerly used anthracite.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-04-13
CAR RUNS OFF TREsTLE.
Plunges Off the End at Full Speed and
Kills Two Men.

Chisholm, Mimi, April 10. = Two
men were killed at the Monroe mine
last night, when a motor engine and
dump car ran off sixty-foot trestle
and the victims We're thrown to the
ground below. George DinSo and
Stephen Lucas, the dead men. were
operating the motor and car from the
mine toward the end of the trestle. AS
the engine approached the end of the
trestle Lucas pulled the lever, but in
stead OF turning off the power. as he
thought, he turned it on at full speed
and the engine. dragging the car on
which Dinko was riding, plunged over
the end of the trestle.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-04-13
T hursday.

Washington, April EN- the senate
yesterday there was re-echo of the
White House conference over railroad
rate legislation, and, while the discus
sion ended in good nature, for time
the feeling was somewhat intense.
The incident occurred at the close of
a speech by MIR. Stone, which was de-
voted largely to discussion of that
conference.
Mr.. DolliVer charged that other SEN
ators had been in consultation with
the presidents of railway companies.
The intimation was resented by both
Mr.. Bailey and Mr.. Foraker, and they
demanded the names of senators re-
ferred to. These Mr. Dollver declined
to give.
The postofice appropriation bill
following an immemorial custom.
was made the vehicle for a number of
speeches yesterday having no bearing
on the subject but of general interest
to the country. The rights of labor
We're discussed by Mr.. Towne IN. W
good roads by Mr.. Lee (Ga), railway
mail pay by Mr.. Stevenson (Minn. \.
and protective tariff by Mr.. Rainey
Wl).
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-04-13
Seeding Has BEGUN.

Fergus Falls. Mimi, April 6. - The
first seeding of the year was done nm
Monday, several farmers in the Town
Oh Aastad putting in grain. Dragging
is general on the higher lands, and tho
soil is reported in good condition hut
on the lower lands there is sim ~
siderable water.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-04-13

While we are all glad and willing
to aid Douglas Hyde in his efforts to
restore the Gaelic language still we
can't help wishing that somebody
would do something to restore the
English language.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-04-13

A man bought pair of 25 cent
suspenders in Springfield, Ohio.
store. and in making change for him
the cashier gave him instead of his
purchase package of $1,000 bills.
which she had prepared for the bank
The cashier is obviously not subject
10 heart failure, as she is still alive.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-04-13

The top of the Singer building in
New York City is to be 59s feet high.
National pride should move congress
to add about fifty feet to the height
of the Washington monument.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-04-13

Princess Ena will get $4,000 an
nually as King Alfonso's bride 1t
would have looked more attractive
to her perhaps, she being modern
woman, if it had been marked down
to $4,000
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-04-13
SUICIDE IN DREAM.
Aged Man Hangs Himself While
Asjeep

Akron, Ohio, April 1O.-Jacob Stair,
aged eighty-tive years, who has been
noted as a sleepwalker, arose early
yesterday while asleep. walked down
stairs and deliberately hanged him
self to a floor ;oist with a piece of
Irvine He is said to have discussed
the horrors of suicide with his wife
the previous night. He was promi-
nent Mason and former city council
man.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-04-13

A Pennsylvania man has been fined
$40 for hitting his mule with an ak.
Although the dispatches do not en-
plain the matter. we take it for grant
ed that he struck the mule first.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-04-13

A California lawyer will not argue a
case before jury that has whiskers
These masks enable jurors to conceal
their feelings when lawyers take up
their time with argument over prece-
dents.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-04-13

One woman sues for divorce be-
cause her spouse "reneged" at cards
and then slapped her. She might
overlook the slapping, but never his
failure to follow her lead.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-04-13

The man who was fined for kissing
Cincinnati girl should have been
given Carnegie hero medal instead
OF being compelled to contribute to
the city treasury
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-04-13

A man has been found who died
worth million dollars, yet he never
worked at larger salary than 500 a
week. The million was left to him by
rich relative
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-04-13

A husband in defending a divorce
suit said his wife cried when he asked
her age. Why didn't he look at her
teeth?
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-04-13

1t has been brought out in court
trial that baseball player never
knows where the bah is going when
he swats it. Another cherished illu-
sion gone!
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-04-13

The thirteen superstition received
another verification when man who
stabbed himself thirteen times died
on the thirteenth effort.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-04-13

The Los Angeles Herald refers to
"a Redding, Cal, man attired in the
western evening dress of Prince All.
bert and white vest" Isn't that kind
of evening dress rather unfair to peo-
pie who are troubled with cold feet?
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-04-13

The first baseball guide for 1906 is
out. and there is nothing in it to show
that the umpire will not be guyed Just
the same as usual this season.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-04-13

1t is said that matrimony is not
keeping pace with prosperity That's
strange Usually it is prosperity that
is not able to keep pace with matri-
mony.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-04-13

We are living in the arms of tyran-
n.y. eXclaims the Baltimore Herald
Congratulations to We editor on his
prolonged honeymoon.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-04-13
D0WIE ROASTED BY vOL|vA
GREAT THRoNG AT ZION HEARS
BITTER DENuNcIATloN OF
FORMER LEADER.

Zion City. III, April 1o-The people
of Zion City heard their former leader,
John Alexander Dowie denounced
from the pulpit in Shiloh tabernacle
yesterday, and they approved of ii, or
at least as many of them as could
crowd into that vast meeting house
sgnified their willingness TO follow in
the footsteps Of General OVerseer
Noliva. Zons new leader was the
misdeeds, and the more bitter am
scathing his denunciation, the more
general and enthusiastic the approval
of his listeners.
Jane Dowie Applauds.
When Nolva in angry tones eN-
claimed: Il will see that all the cost
ly furniture and the expensive library
adjoining Dowie's Zion City residence,
which were purchased by that hypo-
critic while many of his people were in
need of food, are sold and the money
turned into Zion storehouse, Mrs.
Dowe half rose from her seat and
with voice and hands applauded the
words of the speaker
A message was received from Dowie
during the afternoon stating that he
would arrive here Tuesday morning
and ordering Shiloh house his resi-
dence in Zion City, to be prepared for
his Homecoming Noliva. after reading
this message, stated in emphatic terms
that Dowie would not be allowed
enter even the door of what was for
merly his home
San Antonio, Tex, April 10, - DR..
Dowie and his party left last night
shortly before o'clock for ST. Louis
The train was delayed at San Antonio
and this was taken advantage of by
the local Zionists, who arranged for a
meeting at which Dr. Dowie spoke.
Telegram Shocks Him.
When Dowie returned to his hotel,
the special correspondent of the Assoc
ciated Press presented him with the
following telegram which arrived
when his people We're making their
pledges of loyalty:
AT Zion City to-day everybody was
for Voliva. Communicate this TO
Dowie''
Dowie seemed somewhat shocked at
the bluntness of the message but de-
clared that it would be unwise for him
TO make any comments on it at the
present time owing to the fact that it
might betray his plan of battle
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-04-13

King Leopold may be a benign and
Vlrtuous man, but some strong proof
VIII be required to make the world
believe it,
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-04-13

The newest ocean liner is to have
among its attractions fine picture
gallery. Now for an ocean liner with
an eighteen-hole golf course
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-04-13

According to Mrs. Russell Sage, no
sweet and refined American women
ever smoke the nasty little things.
Who said they did?
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-04-13
GORDON AROUND BAMBAArA.
African Colonial Troops Occupy Ad
vantaqeous Positions.

FNI''NaII OV'OI'IdI TTCU.JS OCCUPY Ad-
vantageous Positions.
With Col. Leuchar's Punitive Force in
Rritich East Africa, April 10.-After an
arduous night march the colonial
troops occupied a point overlooking
[mpanza and yesterday shelled several
kraals. Chief Bambaata is now sur
rounded and the guns of the colonials
are posted in splendid positions. Two
battalions of the Umvoti militia re-
serves have arrived to reinforce the
column.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-04-13

It's about time now for the old hen
to stop going Gutter -caw-caw!"
and "Cut-cut-cut-c ca dah-cut," and to
begin going Chuck, cluck. cluck!"
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-04-13

Those archaeoloeists who have just
eloped from Philadelphia might have
known what was going to happen
when they dug up Cupid in Crete.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-04-13

People who are troubled about the
proper way to write siege might
spell 1t "seiege.' Then the man who
gets the letter can scratch either sc"
he likes
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-04-13

Andrew Carnegie is not entirely or
iginal in his discovery that wealth
doesn't bring happiness. Solomon
heat him to it,
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-04-13

Will the richest baby in the world"
be able to buy immunity from collie,
Group and measles?
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-04-13
Friday.

Washington, April I'm making an
effort yesterday to get the senate to
agree upon date for taking vote on
the railway rate bill, Mr.. Tillman
made the important statement that
one week more probably will exhaust
the general debate He failed, how
ever, to secure the consent of Mr..
Aldrich, who said that he would not
agree to vote on the bill until it is
more nearly perfected. During the
day there were three speeches on the
measure. The first was made by Mr.
Elklns, who, while saying that the sit
uation demands legislation, indicated
many defects in the bill.
Tariff, railway mail subsidy, de-
natured alcohol and enlarged postal
facilities for Western cities were the
features in the debate in the house
Yesterday
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-04-13
Freight Cars perailed

Winona, Mimi, April 6. = Seven
cars on Northwestern freight train
were deralled last night on Stockton
hiii' blocking traffic all night
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-04-13
onGress.
Rssume of the Weeks
Proceedings.


Tuesday.
WASHINGTON. March 4.-By vote OF
2O2 to % the house yesterday passed
the national quarantine bill. The Dill
places the control of all quarantine
stations, grounds and anchorages un-
der the secretary of the treasury and
directs that he shall establish them at
such points on or near the Seacoast
of the United States at the Mexican
border. as in his judgment are best
suited to prevent the Introduction OF
yellow fever into this country.
Mr. Long of Kansas spoke in
senate yesterday in support OF :
house railroad rate bill.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-04-13

The puckerless persimmon is the
latest. Science, in time, may evolve
mild and delightful Indian turnip
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-04-13

Possibly rose spelled "roz" would
smell as sweet. but it wouldn't look
so pretty