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The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-03-30
4 congress.
~ Resume of the Week,
Proceedings.
Tuesday.

IACSGdy.
Washington. March 81. - In less
than twenty minutes the senate yes
terday voted away $4,000, 900 of the
public funds. The sum is carried bl
the pension appropriation bill, which
brief document was the subject OF
very little discussion.
The railroad rate bill was laid
aside and the major portion of the
time devoted to the Notifications ap
preparation bill
The house of representatives yes
terday conducted business with a
microscope in the one hand and the
bill appropriating salaries for it's of
ficers and employees in the other. The
result was that although five and one
half hours We're spent in reading the
bill for amendment, less than twenty
tive pages were completed The
spirit of economy in little things was
all-absorbing.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-03-30
From Other Shores.

Six hundred Macedonian emigrants
have left Servia for the United States
by way of Fiume. All of them pos
sessed sufficient funds to permit OF
their entering the United States.
big scandal has developed in the
Russian ministry of marine owing to
the discovery that the plans for the
construction of Russian submarine
heats have been sold to agents of a
foreign power.
A confidential communication just
received at Berlin from Constantine
pie states that preparations are quiet
ly being pushed for the reception of
King Edward, who is expected to visit
the sultan, coming direct by sea.
The first smoking car ever reserved
for women in Great Britain left a big
London terminus recently for Liver
pool. The windows bore labels read
ing: Ladies' Smoking" The innova-
ton attests the spread of smoking
among English women in recent years
A thousand more troops, including a
large force of cavalry, are being as
sembled at Lines, France, owing to the
menacing spread of the miners strike
The miners are divided into two
camps. the extremists and the moder.
ates, who threaten to attack each 9th
er
The railway naturalization bill has
passed the Japanese house of repre-
scntatives without amendment by a
vote of 243 10 1903. 1t is expected that
the bin TO purchase the Seoul-Fusan
railway also will pass. The cost OF
the purchase of home railways is esti
mated at S250,OOO.
John Patrick Howard was tried in
the assizes at Venice on a charge of
bank robbery. He was arrested in
July, 1905, and is believed to be 10
seph killoran, who, on July q, 1905
while under a;.est in New York
charged With a'postotfice robbery, es
capped He was afterward captured
and served a sentence at the Chester
H., penitentiary.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-03-30
GET-RIcH-QUlck ECHO.
Receiver Appointed for Former Officer
of Company

Muskogee, Ind. T., March 27-On pc
:ition of several creditors of the de
tunct Turf Investment Company of st
Louis, a "get-rich-quick' concern
which failed about two years ago ow
ing creditors distributed over the
country close to million dollars
Judge Lawrence in the United States
district court here appointed a receiv
or for the property of E. j. Arnold
formerly an official of the company
and now in business at Broken Arrow
Ind. T.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-03-30
win Represent America

Philadelphia, March q. - Prof. Al.
bert H. Smyth of the boys high
school Of this city, has been designa-
ted by President Roosevelt to make
the speech on behalf of the United
States at the Franklin bi-centenary
exercises which will be held in Paris
April 90
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-03-30
EXPLORE ALASKA COAL.
Geological Survey Will Make Invest
cations

Chicago, March 81. = Wallace w.
Atwood, professor of geology, Univer.
sity of Chicago, has been placed at
the head of the United States geolog-
ical survey of Alaska. He will 1eav.
the university July Is and will spend
SIX months out OF the next three years
in Alaska. The purpose of the expe-
dition is to explcse the coal fields of
that region.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-03-30
.. B. HILL is FAILING.
His Friends Fear That His Great
Mind Is Eailipn

r7lS rTiehoS rear NAT His Great
Mind is Failing.
Albany, N. Y, March 81. = David
B. Hill has made his last fight for the
Democratic party in this state said
a member of the legislature here last
night From what | know and learn
regarding Hills condition. he contin-
ued, Il am convinced that there is lit
lie to be hoped for in his case. He is
broken man physically"
Here the friend of the former gov
ernor paused a moment, and then,
lowering his voice to a whisper, he
added:
What gives even more concern to
his friends is the fear that his once
great mind is sharing, in part at least,
the wreck of his bodily health"
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-03-30
TACK COSTS TWO LIVES.
Catches in Powder Mill Machinery
and Causes Explosion.

East ST. Louis, March 81. - car
pet tack, caught between cogwheals.
caused a spark that resulted in the
blowing up of the works of the Phoe-
nix Powder company. eight miles east
of here, and the killing of John Nash.
aged So years, and Edward Higgin-
botham, aged "A years The building
was destroyed, parts being scattered
all over the vicinity. Nash was run
ming the machine which caused the
igniting spark.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-03-30
Carries Guam cab,.

San Luis de Apra, Guam, March 81
The steamer Urmston Grange. car
rying the Commercial Company's Pa
clfic cable, which is to be laid between
Guam and Japan, arrived here YES.
terday.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-03-30
SPEED PREVENTS WRECK.
Fast Train Runs Over Rail Chained t<
Track

Pittsburg, March 27-Three Slavs,
Tony Miller, Charles Pecuno and Paul
Protokines, were arrested at Am.
bridge, Pa, charged with attempting
to wreck the Cleveland FLYER on the
Pittsburg & Lake Erie railway on the
night of Jan. % last in revenge for the
death of friend who had been run
down by train. A rail had been
chained to the tracks and the flyer
was only saved from a serious wreck
by the speed at which it was travel
ing.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-03-30
Friday.

Washington. March 24-Mr Spoon
er yesterday concluded his speech in
the senate on the railroad rate bill and
the Notifications appropriation bin
was taken up and passed. The bill
carries an appropriation Of SIPS 900
for the erection of a powder manufac-
tory. AS passed the bill carries an APP
preparation of $5.27S,993.
The house again endeavored to leg
islate With the brakes on yesterday
The result was some friction and heat
and the speed in considering the legis-
lative bill was correspondingly SLOW
About one-third of the bill has been
considered.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-03-30
WILL WAGE WAR AT THE POLLS
Fede aton Of Labor Decides to Mix
In Political Affairs,

IN HOlltICai AnaIfS.
Washington, March 27.-Organized
labor has definitely decided to wage
war at the polls. Senators and rep
resentatives in congress who oppose
legislation demanded by the leaders
of organized labor will be marked for
defeat. Candidates for elective Of
fees will be closely questioned as to
their views. A policy both of precen-
ton and cure will be adopted.
Just what steps the labor leaders in
tend to take subsequent to the re-
sponses of the candidates is not clear,
but it is assumed that the plan is to
attempt to divert the votes of mem
bers of organized labor associations
for or against candidates who make
responses to the queries
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-03-30
BIG BATTLE is ON.

Pretender's Forces Are Engaging the
Sultan's Cavalry.
Port Say. Morocco, March q. - A
battle is on in the vicinity of kebdala.
The pretender's infantry and artillery
are engaging the sultan's cavalry.
which is operating with difficulty in
the broken country along the banks
of the Muluya river.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-03-30

It has been discovered that George
Gissing. the celebrated English novel.
list who died not long ago, once
worked in America as gas filter. Ev.
identity he didn't go into literature
merely to make money.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-03-30
Kills = Wor,,.

Portland, Or, March 25.-Mrs A1ice
Milligan wife OF tug boat employee at
Aberdeen. Wash, but known among
her associates here as Miss Alice Cor.
don, was shot and killed in a lodging
house yesterday by George Blodgett of
The Dalles, Or.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-03-30
Nine convicts Escane

Atlanta. Ga, March 27-Nine con.
victs escaped from the city stockade
here last night. The delivery was ac.
complished by the filing of a steel bar
over a window. One of the men. a
white man, was captured.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-03-30

1t is said that in the Russian douma
If 1T ever meets. eight languages will
be spoken, many OF the delegates
knowing but one of the eight The
troubles Of Russia have just begun.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-03-30

In Philadelphia the other day one
man tried to kill another after they
had quarreled over a goat. Even in
the case of the goat, comedy and trag.
edy may be separated by but wills.
ker.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-03-30
We dine sdaY..

Washington, March 22.-The entire
day in the senate was devoted to the
consideration of the railroad rate
bill. Mr.. Culberson began the pro.
ceedings by presenting an amend
ment prohibiting corporations coming
under the operation of the proposed
law from making campaign contribu-
tions, and he was Immediately fol
lowed by his colleague, Mr. Bailey.
who offered the amendments so long
promised by him. Both Mr. Bailey
and Mr. Dolliver made speeches re-
iterating their views on the rate
question and they were followed by
more or less extended remarks by
Messrs. Tillman, Patterson, Hepburn
and Knox.
The house adjourned Immediately
after it was called to order yesterday
out of respect for the late George A.
Patterson, the Pennsylvania member
who died here yesterday morning.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-03-30

Reports from Biarritz indicate that
the Countess de Castellane will agree
to separation from Boni on easy
terms. Any terms that will render 1t
unnecessary for him to worry over
finances will be regarded as easy by
the count.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-03-30

Vegetarians are responsible for the
high price of shoes, according to a
shoe man. But how can that be,
when the high price of meat is re.
sponsibie for the increase of vegetar
ians?
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-03-30

In the Harlem district of New York
the other night, a woman. by simply
starting to play on her piano, fright,
ened away two burglars No home
should be without one
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-03-30
To Suppress carlists.

Barcelona, March 27-The ministry
of war is organizing four strong flying
columns for the suppression of agita-
ton by the Carlists.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-03-30

There they go again. those dress.
makers, teaching our angels how to
make the men believe they are mod
eled after Venus. Is there no law
agin 1t?
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-03-30
Sultan ls NJ

Constantinople, March 25. = The
sultan is i'll and has been confined to
the palace for several days. Some
anxiety is felt in regard to his condi.
ton
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-03-30

8. A New Jersey court holds that a
man ID not responsible for beer bills
incurred by his wife, as beer is not a
necessary of life. A certain smart
set near New Jersey would like to
know whether the same rule applies
to cocktails and highballs.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-03-30
Thursday.

Washington, March 23.-The state
hood bill was taken from the speakers
table in the house yesterday and a
request made of the senate for con-
ference on the measure. This action
was not accomplished without many
words and votes. 1t was developed
at once, however. that there were
votes enough to carry out the pro
gram of the leaders. The feature of
the debate We're remarks by j. Adam
Bede of Minnesota, during which he
told of his approval of the president,
particularly because he had given his
daughter in marriage to member of
the house of representatives and not
to degenerate prince, or to repre-
sentative of that house of detention
at the other end of the capitol.
Mr.. Dalzell of Pennsylvania cham
pioned the special rule and Mr.. Will
Jams, the minority leader, suggested
that Republicans would need the spe-
cial prayer of the chaplain after they
had made their record on statehood
The railroad rate bill occupied prac-
tically all of the time of the senate
yesterday. There were speeches by
Mr.. Lodge and Mr.. Spooner. Mr..
Lodge spoke in advocacy of his
amendment for the enlargement of the
interstate commerce commission. Mr.
Spooner devoted his argument to the
constitutional powers of the inferior
courts.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-03-30

That New York dentist who has
been charging his patient at the rate
of $3.50 day when she didn't keep
her appointment with him deserves to
have the jumping toothache
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-03-30
C sualtieS.

Three tranmen were killed and Two
injured in a collision of freight trains
at West Windham, n. H.
Herman Eillert, Reedsburg, Wis.
purchased strXchnine to kill rats and
was found dead at home soon after
Six bakers in a GAINESVILLE, Wis,
bakeshop We're found unconscious
from gas fumes, All the men will re-
cover
The Dorcas custom ore mill located
half a mile north of Florence, Colo,
was destroyed by fire. The mill was
valued at 100000.
Owing to fear of snowslides, all the
mines in the neighborhood OF Silver
ton, Colo, have been closed and 5000
miners have fled to Silverton for safe
ty.
The four-year-old daught er of John
Colwell of Hancock, Mich. died as the
result of eating thrty-six strychnine
pills, believing them to be candy. She
suffered terrible agony.
Nearly all of the business district
VI tSoi.i i-oup, Med, WdS destroyed
by fire. The town is without fire
fighting facilities and there was no
way to check the flames.
Thinking the locomotive on which
he was stealing a ride was about 10
jump the track, Peter Smith of Vim
ton, Iowa, jumped from the fast NOV
ing engine and received serious injur-
les
While attempting to start a soft coal
fire with kerosene oil, Herman Citing
of Hopkins, Iowa, was seriously burn
ed by AN explosion. Mr.. Citing was
enyeloped i'm flames and was seriously
hurt.
Edward Wentzell. thirty years old
employed in the construction depart
ment of the Tennessee Coal. Iron and
Railway company at Ensley, Ala, fell
off furnace stove eighty feet TO the
home was in Denver.
c. E. Davis, stockman of Sioux
City, Iowa, was killed, and Brakeman
f. M. Crummey of Milwaukee was in
jured in collision of two freight
trains on the Milwaukee road at Davis
Junction, Ill. The collision was due
to mistake in signals.
Fire broke out in the Bradley build
Ing, four-story structure in Chicago,
and occupied by number of small
manufacturing concerns. The flames
soon spread throughout the entire
A,,i1 IA
The loss is estimated at 100000.
After placing several sticks of dy-
Mantle on an old scraper, Thomas
Brown and T. d. Fowler built a fire
under the iron shell, with the result
that they were killed by the explo-
sion, at Roundup, sixty miles north OF
Billings, Mont. Both men were badly
mangled.
Fire in the Haverhill Mass, man
ual training school and high school
annex imperiled more than $50 boys
and girls, and, although mainly be
of the teachers, no lives were lost,
several pupils had their hair burned
and one girl injured her leg by jump
ing from a second-story window.
Two unidentified women, thought
to be mother and daughter, were in
stantly killed by passenger train on
the Wabash railroad at crossing in
Chicago The body of the elder wom-
an was thrown high in the air and
when she struck the ground she was
daad The Younger woman was drag
ged under the locomotive and cut to
pieces.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-03-30

Mark Twain says every man should
be "a good citizen for all he is worth. "
There are indications that in many
parts of the country the advice is be.
ing needed
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-03-30

Old Geronimo has been dethroned.
Poor Geronimo. His bad luck has
come in lunches. He took his eighth
wife only a few weeks ago.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-03-30

1t is charged that at the recent city
election in Pittsburg 1000 illegal votes
were cast. The conversion of city
is exceedingly difficult.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-03-30

Ia, planning that forty-story sky
scraper to be erected in New York.
has The archbishop made any provis-
ion for an airship station on the roof?
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-03-30

When last heard from Castro was
threatening to knock the bottom out
of the universe
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-03-30

And now a scientist declares music
enlarges the brain. or course 1t does.
IL 1t didn't what would the musicians
do with their hair?
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-03-30

Who would ever guess now that the
one-time motto of John l.. Sullivan
was: My right there is none to dis.
pute''?
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-03-30

What are the men thinking about
that they do not come to the front
with an injunction against dressmak,
ers' conventions?
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-03-30

DIR. Wiley says bottled whisky is
the only safe kind Shucks 1t isn't
safe for two minutes when the woods
are full of corkscrew toters.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-03-30

Castro, who says he will "break up
the Monroe doctrine and clear out the
foreigners" should be warned by some
friends to stop mixing his drinks.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-03-30

Admiral Dewey has never told any
body whether he thinks it is compl
ment to have that dry dock named af
ter him or not.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-03-30

The Paris newspapers haven't print
ed line about Count Bon's trouble.
little thing like that isn't u novelty
over there.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-03-30

The boys may be forced to write
"trauf. y ruff, "tuf," and "tung," at
school. but they will not use that kind
of spelling when they are old enough
TO write love letters.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-03-30

Cheer up, All the French briar root
comes from Scotland, even If the
Scotch whisky doesn't
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-03-30

Woman, says Fulda, the German
play wright, is first in modern art Also
In the hearts of her countrymen.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-03-30

A man is called a soldier of fortune
because he generally averages about
Sl3 a month at his trade.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-03-30

Spring shoes are moving. according
to the market reports. That's the
way they get worn out
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-03-30

Radium is a good thing to speculate
on. In three years it has risen from
$25 to $3.50 a speck.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-03-30

The price of window glass is to be
raised again. Well that won't give us
pane.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-10-25
MORE DETECTIVES
ARE ON THE WAY
Trinidad Is to Be Drawn ON
for a Pair of
SIeuthS.
STORY HAS LEAKED OUT
IN CLEVER DISGUISE THEY WILL
SCOUR CITY.

Hist.'
Hist,+s
1t is understood that cable message
calling home the celebrated Scotland
Yard detectives was received at their
headquarters yesterday. but prominent
Americans are warned that they are
TO be made the victims of other vile plots
Matched out by tools of the hierarch
Word reached the private office of Chair
man Darmer yesterday that there would
be something doing in the plot line with
In the next day or two TO be fore
warned IS to be forearmed," said the
chairman. L will know what to do"
The plan according TO report. is to
bring a couple of detectives here from
Trinidad-where the asphalt comes from
to watch L. j. Moran, Mayor Thomp-
son ana other minor members of the city
administration. These detectives, it has
already been learned, will be cleVerly
disguised, one as a cake of asphalt and
the other as can Of gasoline This
because Mr.. Moran's familiarity with
THESE objects will prevent him from shy
ing at the sight of them.
mere was talk of Disgusting one of
inc men as a steam roller, but on sec
ond thought this plan was abandoned
because Mayor Thompson has been afraid
OF steam rollers ever since Mr.. Moran
Senlally ran one over him. The mayor
can no longer be approached by a steam
=
collect evidence To show that Moran has
been doing q lot of paving on the streets
OF Salt Lake City, "a charge that is. of
course, too absurd for serious cOnsidera-
ton.
In their desperation, though the tools
of the hierarch will hesitate at nothing.
The public may expect a mass of per-
Jured, distorted testimony at any time
1t can easily be proven that Moran has
not had contract in this city under the
American administration unless he sug-
gested 10 the proper authorities that he
would like TO do the work. 1t has. of
course, been the custom to give him jobs
under such conditions
The queer part of the proceeding is
that President Castro did not interfere
and prevent this dastardly outrage In
stead of doing so, however, he is aiding
ana abettinS it, on the theory that he
ought to help a brother president out
He has given the detectiveS-their names
are well known to be Caramba and chilli
concarne-fuli permission to come to Salt
Lake. on condition that they bring back
10 him nine bolivars, or approximately 80
cents, Of their ill-gotten gains. Nobody
VIII be deceived, though. If any sort Of
showing is made the paper that has dem
oEstrated TO its own satisfaction that the
present American administration is a
grand success will easily disprove any
charge Sa@ainSt Moran.
Hist again.
- Hist altogether