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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-10-07

round about this town more good citizen.
tltn any agency ia tie state
i-dfnlrds & Eas.rr. another irslrau..
and real estate concern. are publlc-sr Pc
tea business men. 60 nor only da O. large
and PROF. table business q themselves.
hut they are always looking out for the
upo1lding OF the.r town. and ,hey are
ever 90 Boz found in o.. front rank of
those who are iahorlu4 for tac advance
ment of South Boston
There has been gradual increase, .- real
estate values here uutu town properly
- away rp in The z cures. only ta-s week.
Main Street property was sold al ID fiegre
that was record breaker
south Boston has as handsome. private
residences and as substantial and COM
rnodious churches as any V-ginia civ
~ twice or three 'imes It's size. and arg
the Protestant DENOMINATIONS are repre-
scented The Opera House. which is "a
part OF the Masonic Temple is "a handsome
Atue hall with seating capacity OF 90
The town also has TWO good weekly pa-
perS Taken altogether. south Boston
lacks hut few things % make 90 a strictly,
trst-ciass town. and IL IS going 10 ger
those few things before the twentieth cen
fury grows much older. possibly before
the young Mayor. Mr. Joseph Stehb.,s
Jr.. is allowed 90 step down aua ccase fo
serve his people in an official CAPACITY
10 is ore OF the good. wldo-awake. hustlin-
towns thar are making old virginia .ra
grand old Commonwealth She is. and MAX
ing IL greater and greater as the ,ssrs
are gliding by
FRANK s WDODSDN
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mount COMPANY and the Century Mills
Company l..e united to build here a
handsome .ffI. brick school house for the
use ~ tt. ploycs Of the mill and their
DNidrsn IH.ee teachers. one for the
Nino'rsu and two for the common
school ampioyed and paid boy the
company .ere are really three Schools.
tne kird'rt.rteu and the common school
Tor tho 0.' .r.n IN the day, and "a night
school tnr fa. benefit Of such Of the opera
yves a- ~el e. avail themselves of 81.
All are $50. attended.
The south Boston Lumber Company has
one OF r. Test equipped plants Of its
knd in r State The planinS mills. SASH.
"Iiri H.l making department. dress
Gu lumber -epartment, and IA fact al
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Bellevue Park Active.

bellevue Park development is advanc-
ing rapidly. This splendid suburban prop
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-10-07

ready Tt has gotten after the railroads
Tor union depot. and it has started for
an Ice factory. and II is already q prac-
ucally settled fact that the town viii
soon have both. The association has also
inaugurated paved street and good roads
campaign that promises 10 result in great
things for this town
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Other Hustling Agencies.

The live and wide awake real estate
agencies hc.o nave done perhaps as much
as any other people TO bring South Bos-
ton to the front and keep IL there. W. ID.
Hnl q Company who do exclusively
farm property business. have handled
more Farms and brought 10 the region
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FRANK S WOoDsoN-
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REAL ESTATE AND
BUILDING NEWS
(continued rom Thlrd Pagc-J

Avenues and WIZ build a residence on g.
The two residences which the Ginter
Park Company built 90 sell are about
completed and ready for occupancy They
are Of excellent design. are exceptionally
well built. and as they are centrally lo-
Gated. will probably he disposed Of quick
ly as good houses are scarce
The inquiries for GInter Park lots con-
tinuc steadily and several sales were
made ln spite of the very nclemcnt
weather Of the past week. There seems
to be a strong disposition TO begin pre-
paration now for the building Of homes
in order To have them ready for occu-
mer-
Bellevue Park Active.
bellevue Park development is advanc-
ing rapidly. This splendid suburban prop
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-10-07

When colored people are too th.- f.ey
miCht drink brown stout.
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Tire departments. are up to-datc. and tile
Iroprietors. Nessrs Edmln1-ln AMI
OVERLY. are contra actors ou Very lar-.
scale
IL must not be forgotten that South
Boston had S20"oog fire last June thar
cut a swarth right through the business
centre Of tire town and destroyed some
~ the largest stores and factories ana
warehouses. but one might forget it if NOT
reminded of q. The burnt district has
been partly rebuilt. and the carpenters anf
bricAlayers have the other part OF i.
So tlickly covered over with bsldin.
material. which IS being rapidly used uu
ID rebuilding, it IS impossible o. discover
any ashes
And Yet More Life.
Somehow il always happens. even iu as
live town as South Boston that good
sized tire wakes the people up and causes
them 20 throw new energy into THINGS.
II is certain that the fire OF last June
has made South Boston people do "a lttl.
more Austling than before. For instance.
Business Mems Association. another
name for Chamber OF Commerce. Has
been organized. 1t has sixty-odd active
members and a splendid corps OF officers.
AS follows. T. =. Johnston president.
Joseph Stcbbins. Jr.. first vice-president:
X >. Barbour, secopd vlce-president. and
Howard l. Edmunds. secretary and treas
urer
The association was organized only io
August. but it has done good work oil
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A Tip From Uncle David.

wouldn't he much growlin'.
Wouldn't be much care.
II we'd an be wlun
To deal fair and square.
il Wee work where fortune
Pushed vs. in and NOT
Earh plug FOR the jDb which
Some one else has got
Chicago RccOrd-Tfer.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-09-14

A dispatch ts, news agency from
Helsingfors, Finland, announced that
nineteen soldiers fond guilty of par
ticipation in the recent mutiny at
Sveaborg fortress have been shot;
that three civilians convicted of in
element to mutiny were hanged, and
that others were sentenced to prison
for terms varying from five to fifteen
years.
Capt. Olsen, a Norwegian whaler,
who arrived at Victoria, B. c., by the
steamer Tanga, en- route to Norway, to
purchase steam whaling vessels for
Japan, says seven are now in use, TAX
ing whales to coast stations in Korea
and Northeast Japan The business
was extended to the Japanese stations
only from the beginning of the present
year.
The task Of carrying the mails
from Liverpool to Hongkong within
thirty days has been carried out so far
On schedule time. The Overseas"
mail train reached Vancouver, B. c.,
on schedule time and one hour later
the Empress of China had started her
voyage for Hongkong, which place 1t
Is anticipated she will reach on Sept.
%. The overseas" special left Mon
treal on Aug. 81 with the mail brought
by the steamship Empress of Ireland
from Liverpool Aug "a.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-09-14
Rebellion Gains Force.
EsUlTS NAME FATHER WERNz.
German Is Elected General of the Or
der of Society of Jesus.


Rome, Sept. 11.-Francis Xavier
Wernz, German, was Saturday elect
ed general of the society by the Con
gregation of the Company of Jesus, in
succession to the late Father Martin.
who died last May
Following the election messenger
was Immediately dispatched to the
Vatican to inform the pope of the
choice, which to become effective re-
quires the papal sanction.
Although the strictest secrecy was
observed, it was learned that two bal
lots We're taken before the final choice
was made. The announcement that a
new general of the order had been
chosen was communicated to the out
ell world by the ringing of bell.
which was the signal that the meeting
was at an end. Formal announcement
OF the election was then made to the
rector of the college. and Father AL
fred Maertens. procurator general of
the Jesuits. went to the Vatican to in
form Pope Plus of the companys
choice.
The pontiff expressed great satisfac
ton over the selection of Father
WernZ
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-09-14
NEWS OF WEEK SUMMARIZED.
IMPORTANT EVENTS At HOME
AND ON FOREIGN SHORES
BRIEFLY TOLD.
People Talked About.

Justice David Terrence, chief JUS
tice of the Connecticut supreme court
is dead at Derby
Miss Louise Loeb, sister of William
Loeb, President Roosevelt's secretary
was married at Albany, N. Y, to Fred
erick Neudorf, an Albany druggist, at
the home of the brides father, Will
lam Loeb.
Orrtmell Gould, sixtyfour years old,
Civil war veteran who served in
Company X, Sixth Minnesota. is dead
at Rochester, Mimi. A widow, son
and daughter living in Spring Val
ley, Mimi, survive him.
DR. Francis r. Meattie, one OF the
widely known ministers in the Presby-
terrain church and president of the
Presbyterian theological seminary,
died suddenly at his residence in
Louisville of heart failure.
DR.. Harriet s. French, for more
than fifty years president of the Phila-
delphia branch of the Women's Chris
tian Temperance union, died in that
city of heart failure, following a
stroke of paralysis. She was eighty
two years old.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-09-14
HUNDREDS SLAIN IN POLAND
TERRORISTS MASSACRE POLICE
AND SOLDIERS AT SlEDLCE,
POLAND.

Warsaw, Sept. 11.-Terrorists Sat
urday evening shot and killed two
soldiers guarding a government alec
ho store at Siedlce A detachment OF
infantry rushed up and fired a volley
into the crowd, killing two persons
and wounding two. Yesterday Morn
ing the terrorists retaliated by begin.
ming a massacre of policemen and sol
diers patrolling the streets, and at
noon the Infatuated troops attacked
the Jewish quarters of Siedlce, de
stroying the houses and shops.
Over a Hundred Dead.
1t is reported that over 100 persons
town is in flames.
regiment of infantry has been
sent from Della to Siedlce to restore
order.
The Jews here are panic-stricken
Alarming reports are being circulated
in the city.
Rebellion Gains Force.
Odessa, Sept. 11.-A dispatch re
ceived from Tiflis says that the insur-
rectionary movement IN Trans eau
casia is suddenly gathering great
force.
The military and civil authorities
are at loggerheads. Georgia, Inertia
and Mingrelia are absolutely terror
lze, being dominated by revolutionists
and brigands, and the viceroy has ask
ed to be replaced.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-09-14
Criminal.

George Dugan, sixty-flve years DID,
living north OF Rockwell City, Iowa,
died at Manson fair as result Of in
turies received In a fight.
The trial of Curtis Jet for the muir
der OF James Cockrill, town marshal
OF Jackson, KY, in July, 1902, has
been continued until Dec. II, 1906.
James c. Van Penny, aged fifty
years, we'll known Democratic poll
tician, committed suicide at Kansas
City by shooting. He had been de-
spondent over financial affaire.
Eight Wilkes county mountaineers
Indicted for Illicit distilling have
pleaded guilty in the United States
district court at Greensboro, N. G. The
court will announce sentence later.
Every 'joint" or saloon in Dickinson
county, Kan, was raided by the coun-
ty officers recently. twenty-five "joint-
keepers" were arrested, each charged
with violating the prohibition laws.
Vincenzo Siciliano, aged twenty-five,
was shot and instantly killed at Sault
Ste Marie, Mich, by Frank Calichic
with whom he had quarreled a few
days ago. Calichio escaped into
swamp.
Frank Robinson was shot and killed
In saloon at Geneva, N. Y, by Pat
rick McCreery, who is believed to
have mistaken Robinson for man
named McElroy, with whom he had
quarreled.
Henry Drenter, living near Argo,
Iowa, shot and killed Grace Reed, Sc
verely wounded Sam Moore, a success
tul rival, and then put the nluzzle of
rifle to his mouth and blew off the
top of his own head.
The United States brought suit in
the United States court at Helena
against William Kunro and the North
west Improvement company to recover
S510 for timber alleged to have been
unlawfully cut upon public lands.
AS the result of quarrel caused by
a dispute over the Gans-Nelson fight,
Joseph Lynch, twenty-eight years old,
was kicked in the head and killed at
Lockport, N. Y, 1t is alleged, by a
companion with whom he had been
drinking. John Condery, forty years
old, is under arrest, charged with the
murder. The tragedy took place at a
hotel about mile west of Gasport.
Boyd Dickman Of Algona, Iowa, has
been shot and seriously wounded, it
is alleged, by Mrs. Lizzie Wolfe. Dick
man came to the aid of his father,
who was engaged in an alteration
with Mrs Wolfes husband, and when
the. woman saw that young Dickman
was too much for her husband. it is
charged, she pulled a revolver and
shot him. The woman was arrested
on the charge of assault
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-09-14
YANKEE EIGHT SECOND BEST.
Cambridge Wins Hard Race on the
1heameS

U0dmSS.
Putney, Eng, Sept. 11.-Saturday's
boat race between crews from Har.
ward and Cambridge universities.
which was won by the Englishmen by
two lengths, was probably the most
surprising race ever rowed on the
Thames, not SO much because of the
result, as it had been considered any
body's race since the crews moved to
Putney, as of the way in which it was
won
Cambridge. as had been feared by
the supporters of Harvard and hoped
for by Englishmen. got away better
than their opponents. securing a lead
which they maintained and which
they increased to three lengths before
Hammersmith bridge was reached
Cambridge's time was 10 minutes 16
seconds.
The record for the course is IS min
utes AZ seconds, made by Oxford in
1898.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-09-14
Otherwise.

The San Francisco street railway
strike has been officially declared off.
Members of the Chicago board Of
trade defeated a proposition to cut the
commission on grain deals in two by
vote Of 621 to LIT. The rate will re-
main as fixed last March, at lac q
buskel, or $3.50 on every 1000 traded
In.
Refusal to admit several Filipino
students to the Louisiana State univer-
sity has been announced by the
university authorities. No reason Is
given, but it is understood that the
ground taken is possible race preju-
dice.
DR.. Samuel Sheldon, state veterin-
arian, has discovered Texas fever in
herd of mich COWS near Trenton, Mo-,
and has ordered quarantine. Three
COWS have died from the disease,
which, 1T is believed, was brought
there by drove of Western horses.
The whole town of Englewood, a
place with 400 inhabitants, in the
southeast part of Clark county, Kan,
Is to be moved half mile southeast Of
Its present site. The reason for the
migration, which is to begin this week,
Is that a flaw has been discovered in
the title to the land upon which the
people have built their homes and
stores.
Miss Myrtle Hutchinson, eighteen
years old, shot and killed herself at
Nashville, Tenn. Recently Miss Hutch
lnson's intimate associate. Miss Made
line Hide, was married to Joseph Car
ter of Decatur. Ill.,, and since then it Is
said Miss Hutchinson has been incon-
solable.
AS result Of riot among Italian
laborers over their pay for street con.
struction work at Grand Rapids Mich.
Edward Matureau was probably fatal
tly stabbed and A. D. France was seri.
ously injured. Jack and Philip Evell
arc under arrest charged With deadly
assault.
:" ..-.r.-
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-09-14
PIONEER soLoN DIES.

Hon. e. A. Rickford of Fergus Falls
Dies in Washington.
Fergus Falls, Mimi, Sept. 11.-A
telegram from North Yakima, Wash,
announces the death of Hon. E. A..
Bickford, which has just occurred
there, from consumption. Mr.. Bick-
ford represented this county in the
legislature in 1895, and was one of the
pioneer settlers here.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-09-14
Girl PIunaes Five Stories.

Chicago, Sept. 11.-Rather than to
be sent to the House of the Good,
Shepherd, sixteen-year-old Mary Nc
Cabe leaped from fifth-story window
of an apartment building, receiving in
juries which will cause her death.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-09-14
Fire at Detroit.

Detroit, Sept. 11.-Fire yesterday
destroyed the plant Of the Anderson
Carriage company and the Office
building of the C. r. Wilson Body
company, manufacturers of carriages
and automobiles. Loss, $4,000.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-09-14
200 CUBAN REBELS
KILLED IN FIGHT
INSURGENTS MEET HEAVY RE.
VERSE NEAR CONSOLATION
DEL SUR
UNITED STATES MUST STEP IN
INTERVENTION BELIEVED TO BE
ONLY WAY OF STOPPING
CONFLICT.

Havana, Sept. IL Government,
military and railroad officials and the
newspaper correspondents were
thrown into state of excitement last
evening by men who had arrived here
from Paso Real with stories that the
armored train which left Havana
Friday had met with various obstacles
beyond Herradura, had been thrown
from the tracks and it's 300 men, ma
chlne guns, horses and equipment
captured. AS these tales were con.
flrmed by the Western railroads first
telegraphed advices from Paso Real
they were believed to be true until au-
thentic reports of actual occurrences
We're wired by those who had return
ed to Paso Real from the scene.
Insurgents Driven Off.
The real facts of the case are that
Col. Avalos, who was believed to be-
surrounded in Pinar del Rio city, and
the armored train made a junction
east of Consolation del Sur and the
government forces to that extent are
improved. The news of this fact
caused much relief in official circles.
The train proceeded Saturday even
Ing to two and one-third miles east
of Consolation del Sur, at which roint
the rails had been removed. and re-
placed locomotive and three cars
which had been thrown from the
track. The insurgents attacked. but
were driven off by two machine guns.
handled by the American. Capt. Web
ster.
Lively Fight Ensues.
1t is believed that many Insurgents
were killed, but the number is not
known. Meanwhile large portion of
Col. Avalos' force had come eastward
from Pinar del Rio for the purpose of
making junction with the machine
gun corps. At Consolation del Sur
their advance was disputed by large
band OF insurgents and lively fight
ensued. The insurgents were driven
Off and several of them were killed or
wounded. Avalos and his men contin-
ued their journey eastward Yesterday
morning and made a junction, first
with the cavalry force of Capt. Ra,
VIENNA. which is scouting ahead and
finally with the disabled troop train.
Two Hundred Rebels Are Killed.
Reports received by the government
say that 200 insurgents were killed in
the encounter near Consolation del
Sur, but these figures are not consid-
cred to be authentic.
The veterans peace committee con
tinues hopeful of being able to per
suade Pine Guerra to cease actiyitiee
temporarily and possibly of inducing
him to come to Havana and Join in
the negotiations for peace; but the at
titude of the leading Liberals contin.
ues
To Preclude Hopes
of an immediate peace. At the veter.
ans meeting yesterday afternoon
resolution was formally adopted to
use all peaceful means to stop the
war and if these failed that a suffi.
cient army should be raised to crush
it by force
Meantime Intervention by the
United States is being discussed Oh
all sides. Many Cubans who hitherto
were not favorable to intervention
now believe that it will be the only
means of placing Cuba permanently
in her rightful position.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-09-14

Transmission Of Facial Characteristics
1t would appear that the transmits
sion of facial traits is subordinate to
a definite law. that is to say, that an
cestral facial expressions and appear
ance are more often than not trans
mitted through the female members
of the family, who generally do not ex-
hibit the same characteristics to the
male offspring, and that the younger
generations show, as rule, all the
facial conditions and signs which
were present in a remote ancestor.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-09-14
Fire Loss Is 100000.

Mansfield, Ohio, Sept. 11.-Fire Of
unknown origin yesterday destroyed
the building within the Ohio reforma-
tory grounds occupied by the Brom-
well Brush and Wire Goods company.
Loss, 100000.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-09-14
Drink Creek Water; Two Dead

Trenton, Mo-, Sept. 11.-Miss Bessie
Green and Miss Alta Bingham are
dead and Misses Grace Stephenson
and Collie Cowhick are seriously i'll as
the result Of drinking stagnant creek
water during picnic.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-09-14
CHARGED With kiIlino Sister.

Mauston, Wis, Sept. s.-Alfred
Schmidt, ten years old, it is alleged.
shot and instantly killed his sister
Lillian, fifteen years old. during a
quarrel.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-09-14
BOLT KILLS HARVESTER.
Bemidji (Minn.y Man Meets Death in

hunder Storm
Grafton, N. D., Sept 11.-Charles
Donnelly, whose home is believed to
be at Bemidji, Mimi, was struck by
lightning and killed on the farm of
William Mann, near here. Donnelly
was at work in the harvest field
shocking wheat when terrific storm
came up. He sought shelter beneath
haystack, but was struck by a bolt
OF lightning and killed. He was thir.
ty-four years old and unmarried.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-09-14
HAS RIVAL EDITOR ARRESTED.
Sheriff Is Charged With Criminal

Libel.
Ladysmith, Wis, Sept 11-Sheriff
Freer has been arrested here and
bound over to the circuit court on a
charge of criminal libel Freer is the
publisher of a paper here, and the
complaint against him was sworn out
by the editor of a rival newspaper.
The trouble is the outcome of a politi-
cal argument.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-09-14

Another Theory.
Another old Georgia darky's theory
of the spots on the sun is:
Satan lives in de sun, en- wen you
sees black spot dar it's sho' sign
de weather's too hot fer him, en- he's
holdin' umbreller over his head!"
Perfectly Safe.
Cholly-Mr. Jones, would you let me
marry your daughter?
Mr.. Jones-No, sir!
Cholly - Good! Then l guess m
propose to her!
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-09-14
DROWNED IN CANNON RIVER.
Arthur Anderson Of Red Wilma While
BATHING,

Red Wing, Mimi, Sept. 11.-Ar-
thur w. Anderson, aged eighteen, was
drowned in the Cannon river, near
this city yesterday. He, with his
brother Axel, were bathing when Ar
thur was taken with cramps. The
other brother, in attempting to save
him, narrowly escaped a similar fate.