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The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-01-19
Plan one-pay Strike.
JAILED FOR STEALING BIBLE.

Thief Expresses Familiarity With the
DecaIogue.
st. Louis, Jan. Thames P. King,
who stole Bible from store, en-
tered plea of guilty when brought
before Judge Moore yesterday after
noon.
do you know the commandments?
inquired the court
ooh. yes" answered King.
''Is there such advice therein as
Thou shalt not steal?'"
Eyes, sir; am familiar with that. +"
But you don't follow it," comment
ed the court, and before King could
reply Judge Moore sentenced him to
twenty days in the workhouse at hard
labor.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-01-19
Casualties.

Andrew Johnson a Northern Pacific
section foreman, was struck by a west
bound passenger at Foster, Near Bill
lings, Mont, and was instantly killed
The plant of the Virginia-Carolina
Chemical company, near Charlotte. N.
c., was damaged $125000 by fire.: The
seed room, refinery and laboratory
were totally consumed
"Laburnum,' the splendid country
seat near Richmond, Va, of Joseph
Times-Dispatch, has been destroyed
by fire. The loss will approximate
100000.
While waiting at a crossing for a
freight train to pass, at Erie, Pa, 100
workmen were suddenly caught by the
fast Lake Shore Southern limited be-
tween the two trains. John Maras, a
laborer, was instantly killed, being
ground to pieces.
Clare Thrasher, brakeman on the
east-bound way freight on the Illinois
Central, was injured at Iowa Falls,
Iowa. When his train was pulling out
Thrasher attempted to board one of
the cars but slipped and fell He was
caught between the moving train and
the station platform and badly bruis-
ed.
Physicians who examined the body
of John Flaxcamp, the intinerant CT
garmaker who died suddenly in res
taurant at Savanna. Aa., state that
death was caused by choking, the man
having strangled on small piece of
meat which entered the windpipe.
Flaxcamp was known over this part of
Iowa and in Eastern Illinois as "Joliet
Flax" taking the soubriquet from his
home town.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-01-19
RESUME OF THE NEWS
Fresh -ReLiabLe--
Sins and Sinners.


The emperor of Japan has approved
the new cabinet headed by the Marquis
Saionji
A telegram from Athens says: ut
is announced that King Edward will
come to Athens in the spring to attend
the Olympic games"
The Japanese at Port Arthur are APP
plying their home customs regulations
and collecting import duties. This
step has been in preparation for the
in charge of the work
Baron Won Richthofen, the German
foreign secretary, is seriously i'll as
the result of overwork, and it is not
improbable that he will be unable TO
resume his duties for long time 1t
is even possible that change in the
secretalyship will be necessary.
w. j. Bryan was enthusiastically re-
cieved by the provincial officers and
people of Bacolod, Occidental Negroes.
AT banquet rendered him, leading
native expressed the hope of ultimate
independence. Mr. Bryaws response
was of the same tenor as his speeches
at Manila
Sir Charles Dixie has issued a
novel address to his constituents OF
the Forest of Dean division of Glou-
cestershire, which he has represented
in the house of commons as an adj
vanced Radical since July, 1892. 1t
consists of single sentence, as fol-
lows: Il solicit a renewal of your
trust"
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-01-19
STUDENT IN ROBBERS ROLE.
Shoots High School Boy in Charge of
Entertainment Receipts.

Topeka, Kan, Jan l6. - Fred
Thrapp, aged eighteen years. a stu
dent at Washburn college, masked
held up and attempted to rob Amer
Robenson, high school student here,
of the receipts of school entertain
ment. After struggle. in which
Robertson was shot in the leg and
three other shots were fired by
Thrapp, the latter was captured. Rob
enson's wound is not dangerous. At
the police station when searched
Thrapp had revolver, burglars
tools and false whiskers. Thrapp,
heretofore has borne good reputa-
ton.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-01-19
VESSEL A TOTAL LOSS.
All the Crew but One of Steamer Iris
Are Rescued,

Esbjerg, Denmark, Jan. Is. - The
Norwegian steamer Iris, commanded
by Capt. Devig, which sailed from
New Orleans Dec. 9. via Norfolk, Dec.
20, for this port, has been wrecked Off
Horns reef in the North Sea about
twenty miles to the westward from
this port. All the members of the.
crew. with the exception of one fire
man, were rescued. 1t is believed
that the vessel and her entire cargo
will become a total loss
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-01-19
THREE CHILDREN BURNED.

Farm House in Canada Is DESTROYED
by Fire.
Winnipeg, Mans Jan. 16. = The
farm residence of H. A. BRAZIL in the
Portage la Prairie district, was de-
stroyed by fire. Three children, the
eldest agen fifteen, and one aged a
month, were cremated. The parents
escaped with difficulty.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-01-19
FAvoRs STAR ISLAND BILL.
Senate Committee Reports Favorably
on Nelson's Bill.

Washington, Jan. IA. - The senate
committee on public lands yesterday
reported favorably the bill introduced
by Senator Nelson, ceding to the State
OF Minnesota for park or forestry pur.
poses Star island in Cass lake. The
measure provides that II the state
ever ceases to use the island for the
purposes stated the title shall revert
% the federal government.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-01-19

A Brooklyn woman, suing for d.
vorce on the ground of cruelty. coyly
admitted that she pulled her tyran-
meal husband fr,m under the bed by
the hair of his head and then kept on
pulling.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-01-19

i A Boston court has been asked to
enJoin a jealous woman from using
the telephone to connect with her hus-
bands Office. Can the woman who
made her jealous still use the phone?
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-01-19

Major c. ]. R. Miller questions the
accuracy Of the report that he has
eloped with Bob Fitzsimmons' wife.
lAs he has not seen the lady in several
months he is inclined to think the
story Is exaggerated.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-01-19

Says the Portland Oregonian, mo
woman ever looked like goddess in
dressing sacque." And goddess in
dressing sacque is not at her best
at that.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-01-19

A Massachusetts, man aged SO has
Just finished cutting and stacking 100
cords Of stove wood, which he began
working on last March. And it is
safe to say that he isn't troubled with
dyspepsia, either.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-01-19

So far as we are personally con-
cerned the philanthropists who are
busy warning the country of the evils
of inherited wealth might just as we'll
save their breath.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-01-19

According to Boston parson. "a
man who is happily married can save
81 for every dollar he saved while
single" The man who is unhappily
married has to spend the extra dol
lar In drowning his woes, we pre-
sumo.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-01-19

. Does Prof Osler's advice to elderly
men to keep away from men of their
own age and associate with their
juniors mean that they ought to go out
with, the boys?
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-01-19

An esteemed contemporary office
poet yearned for Christmas gift in
the form of "her wet little kiss on my
cheek How would merely damp
one answer?
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-01-19
THREE TOTS BURNED TO DEATH.
Locked in House by Their Mother and
Unable to Escape.

Pittsburg, Kan, Jan. IA. Three
Belgian children, the Oldest of whom
was six years old, were burned to
death at the Cornell Coal company
fields, five miles northeast of here
yesterday. in fire which destroyed
the home Of their mother, Mrs. A.
Guerin. The mother upon leaving the
house for q few moments, locked all
the doors so that the children would
have to stay inside.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-01-19

A California physician declares that
brain action in the creation Of thought
is electrical in it's nature. That would
account for a great many shocking
ideas.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-01-19

Abdul Hamid has promised to
make reforms in Macedonia, though it
may be doubted whether the people
living there will ever know about
this. Il
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-01-19

During the first ten months Of the
year just closed %, 1000 Americans car
ried $1o,0o0,O0O to Canada. No Rol-
10; they were not bank cashiers.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-01-19

Vice Chancellor Stevenson of Jersey
City has just rendered decision on
the bench that a woman's tongue can
not be enjoined He must be married.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-01-19

Chinese Again in Arms?" inquiries
a newspaper headline. Certainly
some of them; those under one year
old.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-01-19

New York drinks 100000 worth
of liquor every day. That is. New
York pays $l.000,000 day for liquo,
to drink
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-01-19

1t must break Castro's heart to see
another South American republic
figuring in an international compiled
ton in which he has no part.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-01-19

A man realizes that his wife isn't
an angel when he has to help her
into her dresses that button up the
back
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-01-19

girl is suing a rich man for $40, 900
damages because he kissed her once.
1t is wrong for man to tantaliZe a
girl that way.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-01-19

Admiral Togo says, "Victors tie
your helmet strings tighter" Is that
so they will not be tempted to talk
through their hats?
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-01-19

Some OF DR.. Osler's published ex-
pressions seem calculated to bear out
his theory that a man over 40 Is lack.
ing in intellectual power.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-01-19

May Yohe now asks for a divorce
from Putnam Bradlee Strong as a
matter of form, or habit, 1T is difficult
TO tell which.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-01-19

Mexico, with comfortable surplus
on hand, cheerfully corroborates Fred
Grants assertion that it is easier to
handle than deficit
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-01-19

That New York manager may be
right in thinking he can give opera
without chorus girls, but we'll bet he
cant sell it-not in New York
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-01-19

Nevertheless. the average prize
tighter would be unwise TO seek trou-
BILE with Mr.. Fitzsimmons.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-01-19
NINE BIG IcEHouses BURN.
Union Pacific Company Has $4,000
Fire at North Platte.

North Platte, Neb., jan 16. = The
immense icehouses of the Union Pa
cific Railroad company. the largest on.
the system. part of them flied with
Ice, were totally destroyed by fire..
causing loss estimated at $4,000.
Nine buildings, each 112 feet long,
were burned. 1t is alleged that care
lessness Of workmen In putting on tar
roofing caused the IRE.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-01-19
$50 ARE SHOT
DOWN AT T|F[|S
cossAcks TAKE REVENGE FOR
ATTACK OF BOMB
THROWERS.
DEATH MACHINES FOR WHITE
DISPATCHES TELL OF SERIOUS
OUTBREAKS IN SIBERIA
DURING STRIKE.

Tlflis, Caucasia, Jan. ID. - Nearly
an outcome of an attack made by
Cossacks yesterday on the Armenian
seminary here, following the throwing
of two bombs from that institution at
q passing patrol. Four Cossacks were
wounded and boy killed by the ex-
plosion of the bombs.
Artillery was Immediately called
and the seminary was surrounded and
shelled. The building soon burst into
flames and bombs and cartridges
stored therein exploded. Thirty-three
persons persisted during the fire, while
| by shells.
The troops subsequently shelled an
other Armenian house where bombs
and weapons were hidden and killed
eight revolutionists.
] Rebels Are Captured.
st. Petersburg, Jan. 14.-A detach-
ment of infantry surrounded the town
of Novominsll, Russian Poland, at
!
large number of revolutionists.
The Nasha Shisn says Admiral Dou
bassoff, governor general of Moscow
will succeed Count Won Vorontzoff-
Dashlloff as viceroy of the Caucasus.
The Novoe Vremya says that the Of
fetal figures show that 2S2 persons
were '..lled during the recent uprising
at Moscow
Internal Machine for White.
Internal machines, addressed to
Premier White, Interior Minister Dur
novo and other high officials, which
have been discovered in the postoffice,
, indicate that regular group of ter
rorists is at work, but the efforts of
the police to trace their whereabouts
thus far have been unavailing.
Serious in Siberia.
The first advices received from ST.
IBERIA after the restoration of tele-
graphic communication show that the
most critical conditions prevailed
there during the recent strike, hut
that now, with the arrival of reliable
, troops from Manchuria, the worst is
over
Divisions under Gen. Sukhotin have
now arrived and taken possession of
trkutsk, Omsk, Krasnozarsk and other
towns and are arresting the leaders
OF the insurgents and disarming the
unreliable troops. The first telegram
arriving from Irkutsk was
Frantic Appeal
from the financial agent there for
some one to take over the administra-
ton of the city, the viceroy, the chief
Of police and all other officials having
been killed or wounded during the in
surrection. He reported that for sew
eral days the revolutionists were in
control of the entire town except the
administration building, and this was
only held because of the devotion of
, the military school, who swore on the
colors to fight to the death against the
revolutionists.
Plan one-Day Strike.
St. Petersburg. Jan. 14.-The work
mems council, after consultation with
the leaders Of the other proletariat or.
CARNATIONS, yesterday decided that
the celebration of the anniversary of
Jan. % cred Sunday") should take
the form of a general pacific strike for
single day. Delegates were appoint
ed to go to France, Germany and Eng
land as we'll as other places abroad
for the purpose of thanking the work
ers of those countries who propose to
Join in a general observance of the
anniversary.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-01-19
MOTHER BUSY IN BARN.
Two Young Babies in House Burned
to Death.

Traverse City, Mich, Jan. 1e. -
While Mrs. George Beder of Thomp-
sonville was busy in the barn at her
home the house in which she had left
her two young babies alone caught
fire and both of them lost their lives
One was burned to crisp and the
other was suffocated by smoke.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-01-19

So Fiona Mcleod was William
Sharp, who has just died in Sicily.
Now, don't say you knew it all along.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-01-19
INNOCENT MAN FREED.
Confession Releases Life Convict
From Penitentiary.

tVE11 SIVV
Sacramento, CAL, Jan. 16. - Gov.
Pardee has committed the sentence of
George Barker, sent from San Fran
cisco to the Folsom prison for life in
1898. T; F. German, who was execu-
ted in Nevada last month, made a
confession in which he said he COM
mitted the highway robbery of which
Barker was convicted.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-01-19
FALL BREAKS NECK.
Farmer While Driving Home Lurches
From Buggy.

From Buggy.
Millville, MIMI, Jan. 16.-As James
Kinds, a farmer living about three
miles from Zumbro Falls, was re-
turning home from that place he fell
from his buggy and broke his neck.
Medical assistance was Immediately
called, but the man died within a few
minutes.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-01-19

Among musicians it has always been
supposed that the true magnetic Pole
was Paderewski.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1906-03-01
OBITUARY..

At Appleton Mrs. C, p. Richmond
died.
Fred Borchert, former pioneer
brewer died in Milwaukee.
At Black River Falls Charlotte
Greene, died, aged SO years.
Vice Admiral Sir Harry Grenfell
died In London. He was born in 1916.
Albion Johnson, former chief deputy
United States marshal, died in Mil
waukes Monday.
A. c.. Hastings, who moved from
Beaver Dam about year ago, died at
years.
Hervey Bell, owner of the Bell car
rage factory, died at Washington
Iowa. aged 65. He leaves an estate
valued at $4,000.
Brig. Gen. James Ketner (retired) :,
died at his home in Junction City,
Kas., aged 6S years. He fought through
the civil war with distinction.
John A. Mccall, former president of
the New York Life Insurance COM
pany, died at Lakewood, N. j., after an
Illness brought on by the legislative
inquiry.
James A. Taylor. pioneer of Chip
pewa Falls, is dead in Portland, Ore.
He went TO Chippewa Falls in 1854.
He represented Chippewa county in the
assembly in 1881. 1883 and 1891 and
was a democrat of the old school.
Mrs. James Ryan. wife of one of the
editors of the Appleton Crescent. died
in California of pneumonia at the age
DR.. Frank Studley of Milwaukee, Hal
Studley of Washington and Victor
Studley of Chicago.
Henry NJ Moore. widely known
through his connection with the ma.
tional and international work of the
Young Mems Christian association and
other religious undertakings, and an
associate of the late Dwight l.. Moody
died at Northheld, Mass. aged 75
years.
Joseph Arthur. the playwright
author of Blue Jeans. The Still Alarm
Lost River and other successes, died
in New York from a complication Of
diseases, He was 81 years old, Mr.
Arthur's real name was Arthur Smith
He was a son of Rev. John C. Smith
and was born in Indiana.
Willard Woodstock. one of the old
est residents of Lima Center. Wis, /:
dead, IN his youth MIR, Woodstock
with his parents, were followers o
Joseph Smith and came from Ohio L
Nauvoo, H., and later removed I,
Missouri. Here they left the churcl
Of the Latter Day Saints after Smith,
death and refused TO follow Brigham
Young to Utah.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1906-03-01

of Milwaukee with fraudulently sub
hitting a claim for 1885 20 the coun-
ty board in 1902 for printing ballots
was quashed.
James S. Keerl of Helena, Mont, a
well known civil engineer and highly
connected socially throughout Mon
tana, must serve ten years for killing
Thomas S. Crystal, Helena barten-
der, three years ago.
Robert Hannigan, a prominent cat
tleman of southern New Mexico, has
been taken by bandits from a stage
near Silver City, n. NJ, and carried
into the MogoIon mountains to be
held presumably for reward.
Felix Brock, an alleged safe-blower
and ex-convict, who is said to be
wanted at Chillicothe, o., for bank
robbery, was arrested in Detroit, with
half pint of nitroglycerin, fuses, caps
and loaded revolver on his person
Albert Bowman, half breed Indian
residing at Hilbert, Wis, has sent an
application for a place on the Kenosha
police force. AS it is impossible to
secure men in Kenosha to fill places
on the force it is possible that Bow
man will be given chance.
Little credence is given at Hot
Sulphur Springs, Colo, to reports that
Mount Sutton has become an active
volcano and no alarm is felt over the
fire on the mountain side. They be-
fp Arn ct ri nd NV
parties prospecting for coal in that
region.
A negro named Pedigree, who forced
an entrance to the home of a promi-
nent white citizen in Andalusia, Ala,
and assaulted a young lady, was
caught by citizens and identified by his
victim. The posse started to Jail
with him, but he broke away and was
quickly shot to death.
The Manitowoc city council, by
vote of to 5, killed the proposition
for a bond issue of $4,000 for a new
waterworks plant. Instead it APP
pointed a committee of four to APP
praise the Manitowoc Waterworks Co
plant with a view to purchasing it.
The franchise of the latter expires in
1908.
John Crawford, who for a year has
been employed as cook at st. Joseph,
Mich, restaurants and hotels has been
notified by an act of the Judge of the
probate court Of Ithaca county, N. Y,
that he and his sister, Mrs Maud Gard
ner of Chicago, are heirs to an estate
of S450,000 left by their grandfather,
Alysus Crawford of Newfield, N. Y.
Judge Stevens at Portage decided
the case of Eliza Merrell VS.. e. S.
Purdy and his wife, Helen NJ. Purdy,
for the defense. The suit was to make
Mr. and Mrs. Purdy jointly responsible
for payment of $4,000. The court holds
Mrs Purdy not responsible because
she received no benefit to her separate
estate, although her signature is on
the note.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1906-03-01
FOREIGN.

Clement Armand Fallieres took the
oath of Office as President of France
and Loubet retired to private life.
The Hungarian parliament was dis
solved by the crown without violence
further than hooting as the rescript
to read.
The kings speech opening parlia-
ment was challenged by Joseph Cham
berlain as foreshadowing an effort to
give Ireland home rule.
Instead of evacuating Manchuria
according to the Portsmouth treaty
Russia shows a disposition to grasp
even more Chinese territory.
The final services for King Chris
tian at the cathedral OF RoskIlde were
attended by Emperor William and
many foreign representatives
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1906-03-01
TELEGRAMS IN BRIEF.
WASHINGTON.

The supreme court held that st. Louis
has no cause of complaint against the
Chicago drainage canal.
The supreme court decided that a
railroad company could not sell it's
own coal below the market price and
thus in effect give rebate on the cost
of transportation.
President Roosevelt sent the en-
gineers' reports to congress with dec
laration that he would proceed to the
construction of a lock canal across
Panama unless ordered by congress to
build a sea level waterway.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1906-03-01
A GREAT CHANCE.

He entered timidly. He stood be-
fore the editor, twisting the brim of
his soft, black hat with long, white,
poetic fingers.
Il am sorry" said the editor. Il
am very sorry. But We cannot use
your poem. This is final.''
Tears welled up in the young mans
eyes. He swallowed
''Why?" he said.
well. to be candid the editor re-