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The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-02-23

wife. The president himself showed
deep emotion during the ceremony
The color came and went in his face
and as he gave his daughter away, he
gulped once or twice as if from excess
of feeling
When Bishop Satterlee had given
the final blessing he retired from the
platform and MIR. and Mrs. Longworth
turned to receive the congratulations
of their friends.
Felictated by Guests.
After the exchange of family salu-
tations, Mr.. and Mrs Longworth took
their places amid the flowers and
graceful foliage, and for two hours re.
ceived the Fluctuations of the guests.
The reception was followed by the
wedding breakfast, which was served
from an American beauty decked table
in the state dining room.
Depart on Honeymoon.
The departure of Representative and
Mrs. Longworth from the White House
was one of the most interesting feat
spell part of their honeymoon at
Friendship, the country home of John
r. Mclean, on the Tennallytown road, a
short distance from Washington Elk.
IRENE precautions We're taken to out.
wit the curious crowds waiting to wit,
ness the departure of the bride and
bridegroom. notwithstanding this,
there was large number Of people on
hand to see the bridal couple off. They
will remain at Friendship for a day or
two and will then go to Palm Beach
Fla, where the greater portion of the
honeymoon will be spent.
showered With Gifts.
Few brides, not of so-called royal
birth, ever have been the recipients OF
so many and such valuable gifts as
were received by Miss Roosevelt. For
weeks these tributes of love and affec.
ton have been pouring into the White
House. The bride and the members
of her family were almost over.
whelmed by the number and character
of the presents. 1t was not that they
were so valuable, intrinsically. al.
though in the aggregate they repre-.
sent great sum, but it was the spirit
which animated the givers which ap.
pealed strongly to Miss Roosevelt.
Many of the presents We're accompa.
MED by oral or written expressions of
the deep and sincere regard in which
the bride is held by persons of all
classes. not only in her own country,
but throughout the world.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-02-23
congress.
- Resume of the Weeks
Proceedings.
Tuesday,.

Washington, Feb. IS. - The senate
Yesterday adopted john resolution
reported by Mr. Tillman from the SEN
at committee ON interstate commerce
which directs the interstate COM
merce commission to investigate the
charge of discrimination and comblna-
ton in restraint of trade made against
the railroads.
The adoption Of the resolution was
preceded by speech by Mr.. Tillman
in which he practically charged that
the administration was not proceed
ing in good faith to secure railway
legislation because ne was not salts
fed with the presidents advisers
Mr. Lodge spoke at some length ON
the railway question. He delivered a
carefully prepared speech in which he
took position for government regu-
lation of rates, but advised the ut
most caution against too radical ac-
ton. He expressed the opinion that
the giving OF rebates was practically
the only evil existing in connection
with the railway systems of the coun-
try.
The house yesterday had sport with
the whipping post bill for wife beat
ers and then laid it on the table, eft.
fectively disposing of it by a vote OF
1855 to 81.
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imposing Picture.

imposing Picture.
A more dignified and imposing pic
ture has never been seen in the White
House than the great East hoom dur
ing the ceremony. The guests We're
assembled on the north and south
sides of an aisle leading to an impro-
vised stage erected near the middle
performed. In the small space about
the platform the relatives of Miss
Roosevelt and Mr. Longworth stood
during the ceremony and We're thus
given an opportunity to offer their CON
gratulations first.
No chairs We're provided for the
guests in the East room and the entire
company stood from few minutes
past IL through the entire ceremony
Notables Arrive.
Fifteen minutes before the ceremony
the vice president and Mrs. Fairbanks
came. They were followed by the am
bassadors and ministers from foreign
countries. the judges of the supreme
court and their wives, members of the
cabinet and hundreds of guests from
out of town.
The little clock in the red room
struck IL, and three minutes later
Mrs. Roosevelt came down the grand
marble staircase. escorted Ivy Theo-
dore Roosevelt, Jr., who was one of
the ushess. Following Mrs. Roosevelt
were Miss Ethel Roosevelt with her
brother Kermit, and behind them
were the two younger boys, Quentin
and Archibald.
Grandmother Attends.
Mrs. George Lee of Boston, the
grandmother of the bride, followed the
children. The party was shown to the
left side of the platform, while Mrs.
Longworth and the Countess de Cham
burn, mother and sister of Mr.. Long
worth, were on the right.
A sudden hush fell upon the guests
as the first strains of "Tannhaeuser''
burst forth. Then, as the White House
bride, leaning upon the left arm of the
president, entered the room, there was
a burst of appreciation from the
throng, and silence ensued, which was
not broken again until the final invo-
cation which pronounced the young
| couple man and wife
Has No Bridesmaids.
The bride carried huge bouquet of
lavender and white orchids mixed with
lilies of the valley and just enough
green to give setting to the flowers.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-02-23

There were no bridesmaids, and In
this respect the ceremony was of the
simplest character
The bridal gown was a heavy white
satin brocade made with a court train.
The material of the gown was espe-
cially woven for the presidents daugh-
ter at the mills in Paterson, y. j., and
is of a heavy weave of exquisite tex
ture. The gown is made princess-a
stvle Miss Roosevelt has been wear
ing during the entire season with
much effectiveness
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Eoreton,


The Campanile of Venice will be
strengthened with iron bands.
A massacre of Jews is reported to
have taken place at kalarashi, Bes-
sarabia.
F'iftyhve natives were drowned
owing to the flooding of South Rose,
a deep gold mine, at Johannesburg
Russia processes to believe that the
at Siberia, an invasion Of the terri
tory being feared.
Germany and Russia, it is said,
have taken steps to prevent the clos
ing of the Baltic in the event of a
Scandinavian union.
1t is rumored in Vienna that DR..
OFT, the noted Austrian specialist, has
been summoned TO England for con
sultation regarding King Edward s
health.
1t is stated on good authority that
the Austro Hungarian government
has sent fully equipped battery of
mountain guns as a gift to Emperor
Meno!ik of Abyssinia
Gen. Marquis Mandegoria, abide
camp to the king of Spain. committed
suicide. He was the Spanish repre-
sentative with the Russian army
throughout the Russo-Japanese war
Mount Vesuvlus' eruption is assum-
ing alarming proportions. The funi-
cular railway track has been dam
aged at six points, and the terminal
station is threatened with destruc-
ton.
President Castro of Venezuela is
busily engaged in enllsting through
out the republic and in other ways
preparing for war. Generals in each
state have been commissioned and
orders have been given to call the re-
cruits to the colors
The Statist, one of the leading
financial weeklies Of Great Britain,
predicts failure to reach a conclll-
sion satisfactory to France, and con-
sequently continued uneasiness in the
commercial world, while at the same
time the writer believes that war will
not result
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-02-23
Bishop Reads Service.

Bishop Satterlee read the betrothal
service and then began the marriage
ceremony. During the early part Of
the ceremony the questions were d.
rected at the groom, and Miss Roose-
welt looked nonchalantly at the guests
on her left.
Mr.. Longwortn answered in low
voice all the questions put to him, but
Miss Roosevelt could be heard all over
the East room and about the entrance
To the corridor.
In the second part of the ritual ser
vice. when the bishop asked the ques-
ton: Who giveth this woman"
President Roosevelt stepped briskly
forward and took the hand of his
daughter and placed it in that of the
young Ohio congressman, and as Alice
radianily turned her face toward him,
he exclaimed, strenuously:
~ do
President Shows Emotion.
Then he stepped back toward his
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-02-23
MISS ALICE IS
A HAPPY BRIDE
OMEN OF sUNLlT MARRIED LIFE
is BRILLIANT BRIDAL AT
WHITE HOUSE.
MARKED BY STATELY DIGNITY
vows ARE TAKEN BEFORE BRIL-
LIANT ASSEMBLY IN THE
EAST ROOM.
MARKED BY STATELY DIGNITY
vows ARE TAKEN BEFORE BRIL-

Washington. Feb. 90 - Miss Alice
Lee Roosevelt, daughter of the presi-
dent, was married at nooA Saturday in
he East room of the White House to
Nicholas LOngworth. member of con
eress from Cincinnati. President
Roosevelt gave his daughter away and
the full marriage service of the Epis-
copal church was read by the Ri. Rev.
Henry Yates Satterlee, bishop of
Washington.
The day was perfect, a happy augury
for the happiest of brides.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-02-23

1t Is odd that China should send
commissioners hero to learn our
ways. 1t was supposed that WI Ting.
Fang had learned everything about us
that was to be known.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-02-23

The announcement that the new
map of Alaska shows a shrinkage Of
1000 square miles in six years won't
give Rhode Island any burning desire
to be resurveyed
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-02-23

Here's another franklin story. illus.
tratiye OF the great mans foresight
and philosophical reach of mind.
Some one said of his drawing the
electricity from q cloud with the kite:
.But what is the use Of TT" Franklin
replied, .What is the use Of baby r.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-02-23

Meneminee, Mich, Feb. 20.-A build.
ing at Sabieski west of Menominee,
burned yesterday. Some human bones
were found in the ruins. 1t is believed
they are those of F. Nieradzin, who has
been missing since the fire. A search
is being made for the missing man in
the hope that he is alive.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-02-23

Winnipeg. Feb. 2o.-william BRYAN
man about thirty-fve years of age.
was struck by street car. His neck
was broken and he died almost in
stantly.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-02-23

In New York a wife of &c has sued
her husband of 80 for an accounting
of the 100000 she let him have. An
accounting of why she let him have 1t
would not be amiss
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-02-23

Novelist Howells says that literature
is unremunerative, thus taking hard
rap at the novelists who are making
riches out of the books which gain
fame as the best sellers
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-02-23
HEARD TELEPHONE TALK.
Learning Of sweetheart's 0upllclty
Girl Shoots Herself.

Galveston, Tex, Feb. 16-Hearing
her sweetheart telling young woman
In another town. over the telephone,
of his love for her, Miss Bessie
Frazier. a telephone exchange opera,
tor at Lampasas, shot and killed her.
self yesterday. Miss Frazier CHANGED
to make connection on the line her
sweetheart used in calling up her
rival. and listened to the converse,
ton.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-02-23

A gold brick worth 100000 has
been found under the foundations Of
an old mill in New Mexico. Now look
out for the man who will be around
trying to sell its mate at ruinous dis
count.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-02-23

An English scientist claims to have
discovered evidence that the ancient
Britons played dice, and loaded dice,
too. Oh, the virtue and goodness Of
the fathers!
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-02-23

Prof. Alexander Graham Bell has
declared that the kite will be the basis
of the flying machine, which is not
only coming, but is already here. The
statement was made, however, after
q good dinner.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-02-23

In one weeks mail Miss Helen
Gould received requests for money
calling in the aggregate for 81 100000
This may explain why your letter
wasn't answered
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-02-23

The anxiety about the drydock
Dewey, now en- route for Manila, is
entirely unjustifable. No self-respect-
Ing craft named Dewey would dis
grace its name by sinking.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-02-23

People are asking the explorers how
they are going to tell the pole when
they see it, as the compass will not
be working about that time. Is 1t
possible that there is no sign in large
letters on the pole?
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-02-23
Wedne sday.

Washington, Feb. lathe forth.
cations appropriation bill neld the at
tention of the house yesterday and
was the text for considerable heated
argument, first, over the Lax methods
of expenditure of public moneys, and,
second, over the location Of the pro.
posed S15.000,000 naval station for
the Philippines.
Aside from the time required for
the transactirg of routine business
the entire session of the senate yes
terday was devoted to amendments
to the shipping bill.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-02-23

Somebody explains the present high
prices OF pretty much everything by
saying that gold is getting cheap
Have you tried lately to purchase any
gold?
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-02-23

The pianist Gyoengoeshalaszy-we
forget whether he is mentioned by
Przubszewski-ha taken studio in
Manhattan. We do not expect to re-
peat this announcement so long as it
costs as much to set type as it does
now.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-02-23

Yale's athletic reserve fund has
grown to nearly 100000 Maybe this
is proof of sport for sports sake,
but 1t looks like business.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-02-23

Some persons do not really appreci-
ate an ideal" prize chicken until it
mas been baked, roasted or frcasseed
and placed on the dinner table.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-02-23

Richard Mansfield says all the
worlds stage and every mans an
actor. The critics have doubts about
some.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-02-23

An English scientist declares that
laughter is form of temporary in
sanity. So. girls. just repress that
tendency to giggle.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-02-23

The author of "The House of a
Thousand Candles" would have got
more readers if he had called it "rhe
House of Thousand Scandals"
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-02-23
FARMER is AsPHYxIATEp.
Vice President Of Waldo (kan.) Bank
Found Dead in Room,

Kansas City, Feb. 20. = August
Lemke, retired farmer. vice presi-
dent of a bank at Waldo, Kan, was
found dead from asphyx;ation in a
room here. Indications are that he
accidentally left the gas jet open when
he retired. Lemke came to Kansas
City last October to attend his wife,
who is in sanitarium here.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-02-23
Domestic.

EN-Congressman William Barrett,
publisher of the Boston Advertiser
and Record, died of pneumonia
The Iowa senate passed unani
mously the Newberry pure food meas
ure prohibiting commerce in adulter-
ated foods.
Maj. John T. Thomas, president OF
the Nashville, Chattanooga & ST.
Louis railroad, died at Nashville OF
heart disease.
Gov. A. B. Cummins has authorized
the announcement that he will be a
candidate for the Republican nomina-
ton for governor.
Mrs. Hannah A. Washburn, aged 80,
widow of former Gov. William B.
Washburn, died at her home at Green
field, Mass. from heart disease.
Paul Laurence Dunbar, the poet of
the negro race, died at his home at
Dayton, Ohio, OF consumption. He
has been i'll for three years, but kept
at his work internationally
Battling Nelson, champion feather
weight, and Rev. ]. Wilbur Chapman,
d. D., the evangelist, were rival
cards at South Norwalk, Conn, re-
Gently. The preacher and the pugi-
list were fellow guests at hotel and
were introduced by the elevator boy.
The men shook hands and had short
talk together.
A concurrent resolution has been
introduced in the Mississippi house
ordering the railroad commission and
the attorney general to investigate
the reported requirement of the Hi
nois Central railway by the Railway
Securities company, and declaring
that "the transaction should be chal-
lenged in the courts of the state and
nation" and that it is Calculated to
deprive the people of the benefits of
competition in railway traffic"
The new battleship Rhode Island
the Charlestown navy yard, where
she was formally transferred to the
United States government. She will
be commanded by Capt. Perry Garst,
who was recently commander of the
Portsmouth navy yard. The Rhode
Island, with an official speed record
of 1901 knots an hour. is the first
battleship of the so-called new
navy to be built in New England
The formal opening Of the James
town exposition has been set for
April 26, 1907, instead of May 13, 1907,
as originally planned. 1t was on
April 26, 1907. that the English set
tiers in the London company first de-
barked at Cape Henry, Va, and in the
desire to celebrate the 30th anniver-
sary OF that event as we'll as the ter
centennial of the settlement at
jamestown May IS. is found the rea-
son for changing the date of the for
NAL opening.
Matthew G. Fleming, who was as
ISOLATED with Charles E. Hughes in
the life insurance investigation, has
been retained by District Attorney
Jerome of New York to assist him in
the prosecution of the insurance
| cases.
Sophomores and juniors Of the medi
cal school Of Washington university
at st. Louis engaged in a fierce class
fight. during which a student named
Davis was knocked unconscious, a
lecture room door was demolished and
Prof. Warren's laboratory was in.
vaded and considerable apparatus ru.
ined.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-02-23

Don't think you are poor, and you
won't be- says the gifted Mary Ellen
Lease. There is one get rich quick
recipe that won't impoverish you.
anyway.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-02-23

If Senator Clark thinks sawmills
and mines are SO nearly equal in
value we can find him a sawmil or
two to trade off for his United Verde
property any time he's ready.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-02-23

Hon. Joseph II. Choate is still pay.
Ing glowing public compliments to his
wife. That's the way to live happily
when married.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-02-23

ecuador rebels are reported to have
won, but the world generally is in
Ignorance as to what was in the pot.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-02-23

Says Margaret Deland, ut never oc.
ours 10 boy that he is not wanted"
Office boys of course excepted.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-02-23

Saints in Society is the title of
new book. 1t is not descriptive of
New Yorks 400, however,
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-02-23

New York is to have a beer trust
III THIS means long slate some of the
plain people will not object.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-02-23

An aeronaut who fell 800 feet with.
out being hurt was evidently born for
his job.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-02-23

London complains of slippery pave
ments. Yet the liberals have made
good run there
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-02-23
T hursday.

Washington, Feb. Is. - At a few
minutes after 6 o'clock yesterday the
senate cast it's final ballot on the sub
sidy shipping bill, which was passed
by a vote of SO to o. All the votes
for the bill were Republican and five
Republican senators voted with the
Democrats in opposition. They were
Messrs. Burkett, Dolliver, La Toilette,
Spooner and Warner.
The vote was. preceded by action
on a number of amendments and this
by an entire day of debate. Many
important amendments We're accepted.
AS passed the bill establishes thir-
teen new contract mail lines and in
creases the subvention to the Oceanic
line running from the Pacific coast to
Australia.
Creates Naval Reserve.
The bill also grants subvsntion at
the rate of SIS per gross ton per year
to cargo vessels in the foreign trade
of the United States, and at the rate
of $3.50 per ton to vessels engaged in
the Philippine trade. Another feature
of the bin creates a naval reserve
force of 10000 officers and mon, who
are to receive retainers after the
British practice. Vessels receiving
subsidies are required to carry a GER
tain proportion of naval reserve men
among their crews. The aggregate
compensation for ali mail lines 81
about S33.000,000 annually.
When the shipping bill was dis
posed of the statehood bill was made
the unfinished business.
In the House.
Incident to the passage Of the
passage of the Notifications appropri.
alton bill, which was accomplished by
the house yesterday, lively debate
was kept up throughout, involving the
difference betw zen the Republican
and Democratic policy with reference
to the Philippines, and also the diff
ference between army and navy Off.
GERS as to the place where a naval
station and Notifications shall be e.
tablshed in the archipelago
Friday.
Washington Feb. 16. - The senate
yesterday passed to the consideration
of the joint statehood bill and for an
hour and half listened to a speech
by Mr.. Dick in support Of the bill.
Mr.. Dick did not conclude his speech
and as he was not prepared to resume
to-day the senate decided not to sit
again until Monday.
The morning hour prevailed in
the house yesterday until after
o'clock. The net result was the pass.
age of bill to increase TO $4,000 q
year the federal appropriation to each
state and territory for the support OF
agricultural experiment stations; and
a bill repeating the present law grant.
ing American register to foreign ships
wrecked and repaired on the Ameri.
can coast in the discretion OF the sec.
rotary of the department of commerce
and labor and requiring a special act
of congress to grant such register
An indirect compliment was paid to
Mr.. Longworth by vote to adjourn
until Monday, although nothing will
appear in the Record of this purpose.