The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-04-13
Domestic,

Judge John I. Redick. aged seventy
eight years, wealthy pioneer and for
many years one of the leading attor
neys of Omaha, is dead.
f. c. Swift of Chicago. member of
the packing firm of Swift & Co. died
at the Quincy house in Boston of pneu
monia. Mr.. Swift was taken i'll March
81.
The Iowa legislature has forwarded
to President Roosevelt an invitation
to come to Iowa in August to address
the national conference of the Philip
pine war veterans.
Brig. Gen. Francis Harrington of the
United States marine corps. retired
died while on a visit to his son-in law
Capt. Hall, at the Algiers naval Sta
tion at New Orleans
The declination of United States
Senator Chauncey NJ. Depew to stand
for reelection to Yale corporation was
announced from the office of the sec
rotary Of the university
While hunting rabbits with a young
woman companion, Miss Florence Bar
rett, living at Simmons, Mick, en-
countered wildcat. The cat showed
fight and was about TO spring upon the
girls when a well-directed shot from
Miss Barrett's rifle killed it,
Three hundred women voted at
Guthrie Center. Iowa. on the PROPOSE
ton to accept $4,000 Carnegie libra
ny, and it was defeated by 81 votes.
The one cry of the opposition was that
the town should not be improved by
the use of tainted money!
Miss Madeline a. Doty. lawyer of
New York, is the first woman receiver
named in bankruptcy proceedings in
the history of the United States court
Miss Doty was made receiver of the
business of Sophy R. Houston, Fifth
avenue milliner and dressmaker.
One thousand union men employed
on the construction work of the Allis-
Chalmers companys new shops at
West Allis Wis, have walked out be-
cause, they allege, John F. Harvey, one
of their number, was brutally assault
ed without provocation by five hired
guards.
In letter to friends at Los Angeles,
Gen Adna r. Chaffee, who with Mrs.
Chaffee is now in Mexico, says that
the general has been offered an impor-
tant public office in New York city and
that it is likely he will accept it. Ii
had been the intention of Gen. Chaffee
to establish his home here.
,al
at San Francisco from Manila. via
Honolulu. After short stay here the
Oregon will go to the Puget sound
navy yard for repairs. Entering this
port the Oregon encountered a severe
northwestern wind in which she lost
her port quarter boat
Reports Of alarming depredations by
wolves are coming in from all parts of
Wyoming, and the cattle associations
will meet to restore the private bounty
of $50 per head. Even full grown cat
tie and horses have been killed by the
predatory animals, and the losses from
this source will be the heaviest in
years.
The keel was laid recently at the
yaTG Oh lue american olllpDululhS
company at Bay City, Mich, for the
largest vessel ever constructed for the
Great Lakes. The vessel, which is to
be built for the Cambria Steel com
pany, will be COZ feet long.
Judge Loud at Billings. Mont, called
the grand jury to meet April 10 and eX-
anime charges brought by the Civic
league of that city that the new law
against gambling is being violated. 1t
is said that number of city and coun
ty officials will be called before that
body and there is said to be nc little
uneasiness in official circles.