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The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-08-03

ton, If he has become lost, must be ex.
ceedingly critical.
Sheriff Gylland expressed a fear
nut not definite one, that the wound
ed deputy may have been put to death
after being left in place of compare.
tive safety by his companions while
they hurried on to get surgical aid for
him.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-08-03

! could hardly walk.
There was an unac-
countAble weakness
of the back, and
constant pain and
aching. I could find
no rest and was
cry uncomfortable
at night. AS my
health was good in
every other way, I
cOuld NOT ,,ndprctopa
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-08-03

New Orleans, July 27.-Cubans who
have arrived here from Havana say
their cane and tobacco crops are al.
most complete failures this year.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-08-03
Too Much for Him.

Jack-"Too bad about young Nay,
isn't it?"
Tom-tWhat about him?"
Jackie was sent to the insane
asylum last week."
Tom-"You don't say! What was
the cause of it?"
Jack-"He undertook to study Greek
and shorthand at the same time and
got the characters mixed"
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-08-03
PATENTS.
List Of Patents Issued Last Week tc
Northwestern Inventors.

'NOI eITWCSeeIT TIIVeNlOTS.
Reported by Lothrop & johnson
patent lawyers, Oil Pioneer Press
building, ST. Paul: James A. Coutts
Cotton, S. D.. harrow; Benjamin F
Fowler, Minneapolis, Mimi, lampburn
er; Fremont N. Jaynes. Minneapolis
Mimi, envelope sealing machine; FL
mer e. Johnson, North Branch, Mimi.
slide valve; John H. and T. Schoregge
Sioux Falls, S. D., washing machine;
Joseph F. Schuch, Round Grove, Mimi.
threshing machine; Josiah 3. Scovell
Duluth, Mimi. conveyor.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-08-03
Reports Are Confirmed.
Appeal TO the Gouernor.

Up to month ago the Sawyer coun-
ty sheriff had made four unsuccessful
attempts to get Dietz About four
weeks ago Sheriff Gylland went to
Cameron dam with deputies, but this
attempt, like the others, ended in fail
ure.
Gov. Davidson was then prevailed
upon to assist the county authorities
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-08-03
HIS ONE WEAK SPOT.

Prominent Minnesota Merchant Cured
. to Stay Cured by Doan's Kidney
Pills.
o. c. Hayden, Of o. G. Hayden &,
Co., dry goods merchants, of Albert
Lea, Mimi, says: Il was so lame that
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-08-03

1t is always the little man who feels
that he is called to audit the books OF
the universe.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-08-03

Mrs. windows Soothing Syrup.
For children teething softens the gums reduces in.
hsmmaton allays pain. cures wind coliu. 25c bottle.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-08-03
Mutual.

Il am not quite satisfied with your
references" said the lady of the house
to the cook applying for work.
"Nayther am l, mum; but they're
the best could get"
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-08-03

When 1t was seen that Dietz was
determined not to give up, Gylland
and his force of militiamen retired to
the Mississippi River Logging compa-
ny camp at Cameron dam. half mile
from the Dietz cabin, and there dress
ed the wounds of the militiaman.
Then they drove thirty-siX miles Ito
this city for medical assistance and to
rec Give further orders.
How badly wounded Clarence Dietz
is cannot be stated, as Dietz would al
low no outsider to approach the cabin
after the battle Clarence Detz, after
he was wounded was dragged by his
mother and sister to the cabin, while
the other son and the father remained
on the field to face the sheriff and mil
itiamen.
Reports Are Confirmed.
Additional information confirming
reports of the clash was brought in by
James Hedrinston and James Rice,
the Mississippi Logging company's
dam watchers. They assert positively
that the first volley of shots was fired
by the Dietz party. According to
their story, John F. Dietz and Stanley
and Leslie, his oldest sons, fired first.
Many of the neighbors of Dietz are
friendly to him. and as soon as CYL
land and party were near Dietz's
r9Nin he was notified of his danger
rs fully ready to meet the emer-
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-08-03

militiamen. Gylland and the militia
men are considered to have shown
commendable courage in trying to
make the arrest The fact that only
one Of the attacking party was injur-
ed is considered remarkable, as they
were making the attack under great
disadvantage. A large force of armed
men-one or two companies of mill
tia, in all probability-will now be
dispatched to the Cameron dam to
take Dietz dead or alive.
The Cause of the Trouble.
Dietz for a long time has held pos
session of the Thorn Apple river dam,
preventing the driving of several mil
lion feet of logs belonging to the Chip
pewa Lumber and Boom company.
The logs are rotting and the company
has for some time past been endeav.
oring to have Dietz served with legal
papers compelling him to show cause
why the company should not be allow.
ed to drive the logs.
GOVERNOR SAYS TAKE DIETZ.
Ladysmith, Wis, July 29-"The only
way to take Dietz Is to kill the whole
family, for the women and boys shoot
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-12-09

being done in certain minor Offices where
the postmaster's salary depends upon the
amount Of stamps he SELLS and there is stlu
another use to which the new plan can be
put.
There are many small places having
postoffices to which they are not entitled by
the amount Of mail matter that passes
through the office. For instance, take a
small cluster Of houses located not far from
the city. Say they have a postmaster, and
the number Of letters passed through each
day is small
well, along comes a postal inspector,
looks the receipts and records over and
comes to the conclusion that the business
done does not justify the maintenance Of
a postoffice Then he tells the postmaster
that there is a possibility Of putting the
settlement on the rural delivery list.
The postmaster goes to one Of the prom
inent residents and tells him OF the hkeli-
hood Of losing the postoffice.
Now he says, you use couple OF
dollars worth of stamps each day in your
business in the city. Suppose that instead
az getting them there you purchase them
~ me l will get credit for the sale ana
the Dostal business here will appear to be
picking up
..This is a reasonable proposition. The
rasident doesn't care TO be deprived OF the
convenience Of a nearby office, so he con-
sents.
THE same proposition is made to two OF
/ three other residents Of the place. IheS
( also agree.
.'The result is that the next time the in
/ snector comes around he finds that ma
terial increase has taken place in the sale
Of stamps, and will then say to himself
We'll. this little place seems to be grow
/ ing. III Just wait and see about that rura-
! delivery idea
THE postmaster goes from one resident
to another and induces each to buy from
him all the stamps he uses. By this ma
neuver he assures the permanence OF the
! postofice. at that particular village, al
/ though there has not been the slightest
! increase Of business to justify II.
But some large postofhce will handle the
mail matter, and when the postmaster OF
/ the large office asks for a greater allow
ance owing TO the growing business he II
told that the apparent business done al
told by his sale Of stamps does not justify
| the increase
This plan of engraving the names OF th'
city OF issue on postage stamps is not en-
tirely new, as it has been followed II
Mexico for years In Liberia also tn
names Of FIVE OF the principal towns arr
engraved upon the stamps,-WashingtoI
! Post
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-12-09

party arrived at the selected spot they
were nowhere to be seen. 1t was decided
to wait for them and, concealing them
selves behind the rocks. the members Of
the party lay quietly with everything in
readiness. In about forty minutes, which
seemed TO the anxious hunters several
hours, the herd was seen coming slowly
down the canon. When the animals were
within 300 yards Of the automobile they
scented danger and stopped to reconnoiter.
The leader, a magnificent bull, with high
and wide spreading antlers, smiled the
air suspiciously, and then he hesitated a
moment and turned aside to make on The
/ big rife, which had been resting on q
boulder, cracked spitefuny. The handsome
beast made one wild leap into the air and
| then stretched out quivering on the rocks,
while his frightened companions broke for
cover The bull was one OF the anest
! specimens killed in that vicinity for sew
eral years. The antlers, which were of
the twelve-p pointed variety. will grace the
halls Of the order that is named for the
animal which gave them up without an
opportunity TO defend himself-New York
Sun.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-12-09

temptations come In his way. But sharks
are not always hungry. one day l was
drifting on the island in a yacht and the
weather was very clear. We noticed a
large shark swimming under the boat
about twenty feet below. With nothing
else to do we set out to capture the fellow.
Batting a nook with half a chicken. a
loaf of bread and a ham bone. all tied on
the hook with marlin, we lowered the at
tractive morsel right in front of his nose.
All stood ready to take a quick turn
around the bits when he made OF. Well.
this unappreciative monster refused to no
tice IL, even when we lowered II on his
nose and carefully Stacked 1t down over
his nose within easy reach OF his mouth.
Soon he slipped away into the blue depths.
Then another came. II seemed TO US they
enjoyed the shadow the yacht made. Again
we tried, but with the same luck as with
the first. l had never seen shark be-
fore refuse anything in the eatable line
Forest and Stream.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-12-09
Devastation of Gypsy Moth.

The gypsy moth is pursuing It's devasta-
ting march through all New England ana
has now attacked the trees Of Maine. Or
chards and forests Of spruce and pine are
alike its victims. It's ravages among conf
fers are especially fatal from the fact that,
as stated by D. NJ. Rogers Of the national
bureau Of entomology, where such trees are
stripped by the moth their death follows
in a single year. Minnesota is far from
Maine: but 1t was once as little thought
that the pest would spread from Cam
bridge all over New England as ii is now
thought il may find its way TO the North
Star state Minnesota should therefore, II
only as a matter of self-protection urge
its representatives at Washington TO an
active support OF the measures, however
costly. which the Department Of Agricul-
ture urges for the extirpauon Of the moth.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-12-09
Toy RepubIIe for SnIe.

An attempt was made lately to sell by
auction in London what was described in
the rospectuses as the smallest empire on
the face OF the earth" Il is Lundy island,
speck in the Bristol channel which be-
longs TO the Rev II. c. Huevon. whose
father bought 1t in 1886 and left II TO him.
little empire for little emperor" ex-
claimed the auctioneeI, as he started TO
describe the beauties Of the island, which
includes l,04s acres, with hill and dale,
wood and water, and a feasible landing
place in fair weather,
No tax gathereF comes there; the hum
Of the factory is unheard and the auto
mobile peril is entirely absent As the eli
mate is peculiarly healthful and the air al,
ways fresh, II was suggested that the island
would be an ideal site for a sanitarium.
Notwithstanding these attractions. the
highest bid made for the island was Gig.
80 about $3.50, and this did not meet tn,
owners idea Of the value Of the property
The sale was called on and Mr. Huevor
decided 10 remain little emperor himself
little longer-New York Sun
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-12-09
DIVES INTO SHARKS NAV
Careless KRnakR Sailor Meets His
Fate in Swimming 20 Re-
cover Boat.

Some years ago was living at a seaport
about ninety miles from Honolulu. One day
boat from a coasting schooner lying
about a quarter of q mile from the shore
got adrift and went sailing down the wind
When the sailors observed what had hap
pened they ran aft and jumped overheard
and swan toward the runaway tender
One, two, three and four jumped into the
water, disappeared for a moment and then
the Kanakas heads appeared. We could
count only three heads swimming to the
boat.
Where was the fourth? They were all
excellent swimmers and we wondered What
had happened The three men climbed
aboard the boat and rowed back They
were some time rowing about the schooner
in an aimless way and then came ashore
They told the sad story Of the loss Of theiI
mate. They had seen bloody water neal
the schooner and an enormous shark swim
ming about So unconsciously l had really
seen a man jump into a sharks mouth
Evidently the men jumping into the watei
attracted the sharks attention and he tool
the last man as he hit the water.
| For many years there was one-armet
native working at odd Jobs about. th'
wharves. one day I inquired Of NATIVE
friend how the man became manned
"Mano." was his significant reply. This II
the word for shark" in the Hawaiian
language. The man had been great diver
/ one day he and a companion were divin'
for souid near the reef. A shark attacked
| him and as he tried with his outstretche'
arm 10 shove himself clear OF the monste
~ arm was bitten of nearly to hi
I shoulder.
An island schooner was eapsized in tn
channel The schooner's boat was Gu
adrift, but was bottom side up. The nativ
crew and a white skipper chung for hour
to the last hope they had The skippe
while in the water endeavoring 10 RICH
the boat had both legs bitten on by
shark. Although he was got on the boa
again, he soon expired from loss Of blood
To my mind there Is no question tina
certain sharks will eat humans.
I don't think they are exactly lying awak
nights watching for a man, but one wi
make a supper on a goat, horse. seagul
dead or alive, II he is hungry and thes
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-12-09
TRACING POSTOFFICE ROBBERS
Proposed Series of Postage stamps
Bearing Name of Cities
where Sold.

number Of reasons have been suggested
90 explain the fact that all the United
States postage stamps for 1907 to be issued
from the 5000 presidential postofnces will
bear each the name OF the state and city
in which the postofhce is situated Twenty
six Of the 5000 postoffices will have these
names engraved upon their stamps, while
in the case Of the other postofices the
names will be printed across the face Of
the stamps after they have been engraved.
The chief reason for the change is said
at the Postofhce department to be the be-
lief that it will help TO do away with the
big postofice robbegies and make 1t much
easier TO trace criminals. The postofhce
robbery in Chicago a few years ago is
good example Of the ease with which stolen
postage stamps can be disposed OF, for no
trace Of the perpetrators was ever dis
covered. although nearly SlOoO worth Of
stamps were stolen. and these mostly Of
small denominations.
At one time the authorities thought they
had found a clew to the robbers. A Chicago
mail order house a couple Of years after
the robbery received a 5000 mail order In
payment Of which was rendered a package
containing that amount OF / and 2-cent
postage stamps. The order being so IN
usual in character the head Of the firm
Informed the United States authorities. and
efforts were made 10 find out from whom
the order had come, but without avail II
was regarded as fairly certain that these
stamps were part Of those taken from the
| Chicago postofice. but there was no way
/ Of proving IT,
But this is only one Of the purposes the
! change is expected 20 serve, say stamp au-
/ thorities. Another Is 70 enable the Post
| once department 70 determine the amount
OF business done by the different postofhces
A great deal Of complaint has been made
| In the past on the ground that certain
ofiices were doing a very much greater
volume Of business than they were credited
with doing, and postmasters have had more
OF less trouble in showing that they needed
increased facilities for handling their mails
as In the opinion Of the congressional com
mittses having the matter in charge th'
receipts from the sale Of stamps cid no
warrant the increase
1T IL no e1aggeration 70 say that New
York Citys postofice does millions o
dollars worth OF business every year 70
which it gets absolutely no credit; that "a
as far as the sale Of stamps Is concerned
said Joseph S. Rich. an authority o.
stamps Hundreds Of mali order house
IN the metropolis each day receive from ou
OF town points thousands Of dollars wort
OF stamps, all Of which are bought at in
terror postOfices.
These stamps remain IN New York an
are transferred 70 smaller houses in paI
payment, and soon afterward the stamp
are doing duty on mail sent through IN
New York ONCE but for which that ono
gets not a cent in revenue
Chicago suffers IA the same way, as q
, most OF the ofhces IN the larger citis
where an extensive mail order business
carried on.
BY this means the government win
able 70 ma out just how much business
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-12-09

herited the worlds heavy weight of in
evitable woe. Others have their noses deep
in newspapers or magazines. Conversation
you scarcely ever hear; indeed, to talk
amid this deafening tumult, is as II you
tried to talk going through long and low
rooted tunnel in one OF our trains ST.
lent, then self-absorbed, Isolated sad these
human beings seemed to me, like so many
playthings and almost victims OF destiny
Whirled through the air, deafened by the
noise, swayed as helplessly as houses
where the volcanic forces OF nature are
shaking everything into chaos, puppets Of
some reslstless and gigantic force that
plays with their activities and their wills
as potently and as wantonly as the storm
with the leaves Of trees in the bleak time
Of coming winter.
DeafeninE Noise Everywhere.
A gigantic energy outside and independ-
ent Of man-that is my first impression of
this terrific city Of New York. That is
the impression have of most Of America.
When you get down to the Office in Wall
street and the other business streets of
/ New York you get the same impression OF
| deafening noise, of overwhelming and be-
wildering speed, and in contrast with all
| this, Of universal and brooding sadness
You find not one. but half a dozen lifts
! in q single building; they rush up and
down at intervals Of few seconds. They
/ have there, as on the subway, the ordinary
elevator which stops at every floor, and
then the express elevator, which rushes al
| a speed that almost makes your hear
stop up past twelve OF twenty floors with.
out a pause. And inside the elevator stands
man or boy, self-absorbed, silent, barely
answering a question, suggestive again OF
some victim of omnipotent and resistles,
and gloomy destiny.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-12-09
truth Travel. sInMIr.

New Haven man was praising the late
Judge David Terrence OF Derby, Conn.
Judge Terrence" he said uttered
many an epigram from the bench In a
case concerning a noise nuisance a scien-
fist was once testifying before him about
the speed Of sound
Sound. said the man, travels at the
rate OF 400 yards a second
IAN soundr asked Judge Terrence.
"'All' replied the scientist.
THE Judge smiled
I'm sure you're wrong. he said I
have noticed a great difference between
the speed Of certain kinds OF sound. Thus
Islander travels at the rate Of quite iOO
yards q second; hattery, 500 yards, while
truth makes only few feet a second, and
slow as its progress is. truth often fails
70 reach the goal, no matter how short
the distance indianapolis Star.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-12-09
FIGHT FOR THREE-GENT FARE
Cleveland'I Long Struggle for Cut Prices
on Street OarS
SUCCESS BELIEVED TO BE NEAR
story of Mayor Tom Johnson'a Per-
sistent Battle Against the Five
cent Roads-Much bitter
ness Manifested.

A good fighter in a public cause COM
mands the admiration Of friends and the
respect OF enemies. Especially so II the
tight is carried on for public benefit The
quickest long drawn-out fight on the
boards right now is that led By Mayor
Tom johnson OF Cleveland for reduced fares
on street cars Contrasted with Omaha's
feeble EFFORT in the same direction. Cleve-
lands struggle looms as a Pixies peak
above a butte in the bad lands
This tight for low fare, which began in
1897, has grown in strength until today
cities everywhere are watching its daily
development II is a fight that has elected
and reelected Mayor Tom l. johnson,
overturned the method Of city government
in Ohio disturbed party conventions, de-
feated the republican party repeatedly in
CuyahoEa county and sent a number OF
men sailing smoothly into a sea Of political
prosperity. While It centers around Mayor
Tom L. Johnson, who is known from coast
20 coast as the great apostle Of Scent fares.
II has drawn many other persons Of more
or less local prominence into its meshes
and caused the late Senator Hanna
many troublesome moments during his tri-
umphal and tempestuous political career.
The situation Summarized.
The situation today, as summarized by
a New York Times correspondent, Is this:
After years Of fighting Mayor Johnson a
few weeks ago saw the first cars on a Scent
fare street railway start down a Cleveland
street. The company operating these cars
Is only waiting the outcome Of the legal
suits now pending to spread out until a
pretty healthy rival Of the Cleveland Elec-
trio company could be competing for the
public patronage. The building Of this
scent line, popularity known in this city as
the Three Fer" was only accomplished
after twenty-five injunction suits had been
surmounted- The twenty-sixth is now
awaiting the action Of the highest court in
the land. At every step the plans Of Mayor
Johnson were met by legal opposition on
the part OF the Cleveland Electric company.
How the courts were used by both parties
would take a good-sized volume to relate
but the Forest City Street Railway COM
pany, a child OF Mayor Johnson's brain,
finally got tracks down and cars started
So far the low-fare line has not been able
TO get its cars into the east side Of the
city, where the heavy trafnc lies, but tracks
are partially laid, and If Mayor johnson
wins in the supreme court he will have
several long streets that will afford the
low-fare line a firm foothold in the front
yard OF it's adversary.
The real crisis came when a few week.
ago the mayor on a busy Saturday sta