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The Winslow mail. (Winslow, Ariz.) 1893-1926, 1906-04-14
Reduced Rates.

The National Baptist Conven-
ton will convene September Is,
1906. at Los Angeles. For this
occasion we will sell tickets
from the east to both San Fran
cisco and Los Angeles at half
rates or one fare for the round
trip
Grand Lodge of Arizona,
knights of PythiaS and Rath-
bone Sisters, Douglas. Arizona,
May 8, 10, '06.
For this occasion we will sell
tickets for one and One-tifth
fare for round trip.
The Winslow mail. (Winslow, Ariz.) 1893-1926, 1906-04-14

For the meeting Of the Ma
tional Educational Association
to be held in San Francisco
July 9th to 18th, 1906, tickets
will be sold at rate of one fare
for round trip. Tickets will
also be sold to Los Angeles
at the same rate.
For the meeting of the Inper-
ial Council of the Ancient Ara
bic Order. Mobiles of the Mystic
Shrine. Los Angeles, May 9TH
to 10th. 1906. one fare for the
round trip.
Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows,
Phoenix, April 10th.
For the above occasion we
will sell tickets for one and one
fifth lowest firstclass fare for
round trip from stations in Ari
IONA.
Encampment, Grand Army of
the Republic, Phoenix, Arizona,
April Is, 1906.
For the above occasion we
will sell excursion tickets to
Phoenix and return as follows:
The Winslow mail. (Winslow, Ariz.) 1893-1926, 1906-04-14

Date of sale April 10th, 18th.
Limits. April Goth Continuous
passage both directions,
Aside from the rates already
announced for the big cOnven-
tjons in California this year, we
will provide additional oppor-
tunitieS for fasteners to visit
California at low excursion
rates during the entire summer,
June lst to Sept. 18th, inclusive
We will sell tirst-class round
trip tickets to San Francisco.
Los Angeles, San Diego and re-
tIrn At
The Winslow mail. (Winslow, Ariz.) 1893-1926, 1906-04-14
3 90 from Chicago,
50 90 from st. Louis,
80 90 from Kansas CITY.

90 90 from Kansas CITY.
and other points on the same
basis. These tickets will be on
sale daily with a return limit of
October 81. 1906. and as afore-
stated will be in addition to
those authorized for the cOnven-
tions of the National Educa ton
al Association. Mobiles of the
Mystic Shrine and National
Baptist Convention. Complete
details will be announced later.
Back East Excursions:
For these excursions tickets
will be on sale July %, August
rs 9, September s and 10. Good
for 90 days.
For further information ask
B. L. HOLMES.
Agent
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-03-09
ISLANDS VANISH
BENEATH OCEAN
GREAT DISASTER IN THE So
GETTY AND TUAMoTU ISL
AND GROUP.
NnDilICrIlN ClCuCnkAEN lnCT
NORWEGIAN FISHERMEN LOST
FLEET OF THREE HUNDRED
BOATS CAUGHT IN
STORM.

San Francisco, March 6.-News has
reached this city of a disaster in the
Society and Tuamotu islands. which
is said to have resulted in the death of
10000 persons.
On Feb. a hurricane of gigantic
proportions broke over the islands and
lagoons and it did not expend its force
until the next day.
Mammoth waves swept over the
land, tossing ships about like egg
shells and driving the populace into
the tall cocoanut trees. Property
damage estimated at $5,OOO0O0 was
wrought.
Among the victims were many
American and British residents, an
urgent appeals for aid have been sell
to London and Washington in behal:
of the survivors. Many of the islands
of the two groups are said to have
Disappeared Completely
beneath the surface of the ocean. and
others have been swept clean by the
wind and wave, not a yestige of life
now appearing on them.
The city OF Papeete was inundated
and about seventy-fve buildings de-
stroyed, including the American con-
sulate and the French government
building. The shipping in the harbor
of Papeete
1t is believed that there was heavy
loss of life in the lagoons of Tuamotu
islands.
The cyclone. or hurricane, reached
the velocity of 120 miles an hour 1t
struck the islands about midnight on
Feb. Z, and continued until about 4
o'clock on the next afternoon. The
island Anaa Tuamotu group, is be
lieved to have been the center of the
storm.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-03-09
Domestic.

While attending Pittsburg theater
"Al." McPhail of New York, one of the
best known circus men in the country
suddenly became blind.
The recovery of James w. Alexan
der, former president of the Equitable
Life assurance society, who recently
underwent two operations, is announc
ed to be practically certain.
What is said to be the record for
single days arrival Of immigrants in
Pittsburg was made recently when
nearly 5000 foreign immigrants came
to Pittsburg A majority of the immi
grants are Slavs, and these will re.
main in this part of the country to
work in the mills and mines.
The state primary bill met defeat
In the Iowa state senate by vote of
20 20 81. This ends the fight for this
legislature, but Senator Crossley mott
fled the senators In his closing speech
that he would offer similar bill in
the session of 1907.
BY those who took Marvin Harris
claim to the worlds championship Sc
riously, Tommy Burns of Chicago may
now be. considered the heavyweight
champion. Burns decisively outpoint-
ed Hart at the Pacific Athletic pavil-
ion at Los Angeles and was given the
decision at the end Of tho twentieth
round.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-03-09
TORNADO WAS FATAL TO "a
FORTY-Six INJURED AT NERD.
IAN, MIss.-PRoPERTY LOSS
is $1,25o,ooo.

Meridian, Miss. March 6.-Twenty.
four people are known to have been
killed as the result of the tornado
which swept over section of this city
shortly after O'Clock Friday evening
forty-slN persons We're injured and
property with an estimated value of
5 100000 was demolished or other
wise damaged. Many sensational re-
ports We're sent out of an appalling
loss of life, due probably to the cha
cite condition of affairs Immediately
following the visitation of the storm
but after a careful canvass of the sit
uatlon. the foregoing figures appear to
be correct
~ mass meeting of the citizens of
Meridian was called and $4,000 was
immediately subscribed to aid the des-
htute injured. The Mississippi legis-
lature, in session at Jackson. appro-
prlated $4,000 to the relief fund. Gov.
Nardaman secured special train. and,
loading ii with convicts from the coun-
~ farm. dispatched it at once to Me
ridian. The convicts are aiding in the
rescue work.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-03-09
MANY ARE LOST IN DISASTER.
Norwegian Fishermen Die by Hundreds
in Terrible Storm.

Trondhjem, Norway March 6. - A
fishing fleet consisting of 300 boats
and operating off Trondhjem was
caught in terrific storm Friday and it
is feared the greater portion of it was
wrecked, as many boats are reported
to have been seen floating keel up
ward
Thus far seventy-nine of the boats
have been reported safe at Fatanger
koksvik and Gjaelingerne islands, and
possibly others have reached shelter
at some of the thousands Of islands
dotting the coast.
Steamers are cruising in the hope of
picking up survivors,
The village of Gjaservaero is the
greatest sufferer as most of the fleet
had headquarters there.
The crews of the boats comprising
the fishing fleet number from 1900 to
1,4O0 men.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-03-09
congress.
~ Resume of the Weeks
Proceedings.
U tuesday,.


Washington, Feb. 2S.-The senate
yesterday agreed to vote on the state
hoos bill before adjournment on Fri
day, March 9. The proposition to take
the vote at that time was made by
Mr.. Beveridge and there was little
difficulty in reaching an understand
ing.
The remainder of the day was de-
voted to the discussion of the bill pro-
viding for the settling of the affairs
OF the Five Civilized tribes, the major
portion of the time being given to the
provision for the disposal of the coal
lands in Indian Territory.
Military matters held the attention
of the house yesterday, the army APP
preparation bill being under considera-
ton for amendment. That Gen. Cor
bin and Gen. Macarthur might be-
come lieutenant generals, the provis-
ion in the bill abolishing that rank
was eliminated on point OF order
raised by Mr.. Grosvenor of Ohio, who
substituted an amendment to abolish
the grade after these officers had been
promoted, but this. too, met defeat
The house passed the Dalza!l bill
chartering the Lake Erie aud Ohio
Ship Canal company with an author
lied capital of s60,000,000.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-03-09
From Other Shores.

The customs war between Austria
and Servia has practically ended, Ser
via accepting the Austrian demands.
1t is expected that the frontier will
opened in a few days.
The London Telegraph's Toxic cor
respondent says that fire in Tairia.
sixty miles southeast of Fukushima,
destroyed 600 houses and caused the
death Of thirty-seven persons.
The Dominion government will ap-
point commission to investigate and
report on life insurance business in
Canada, with view to enacting prop
er legislation at the next session Of
parliament.
The conservation by Pope Plus OF
the nineteen French bishops who were
created on Wednesday took place at
the Vatican on Sunday with solemn
ceremonial Several thousand persons
were present, most of them French.
Since Jan. 1, 1000 passages for emf
grants to Canada have been booked by
the Salvation Army in London. The
steamer Kensington, which has been
chartered for three voyages, sailed
March l with 1,40O emigrants. 1000
of whom are bread winners.
Arthur ]. Balfour, the former pre-
mier, was elected to the house of COM
mons for the city Of London by ma
jority of 1880 over his Liberal-Free
Trade opponent. Thomas Gibson
Bowles The result of the election
was foregone conclusion.
A telegram received from Sofia, Bull
garia, announces that Albert Sonnich-
sen of Oakland, CAL, correspondent
of the New York Evening Post, has
disappeared in Macedonia. He arrived
at Vodema, forty miles from Monastir,
Feb. Is, disappeared from the. hotel
there Feb. II, and has not been seen
since.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-03-09
MAKES A TORCH OF HERSELF.
Supposed Chicago Woman Does Deed
Of Horror at Los Angeles.

known to the residents of Hollywood,
a suburb of this city, as aunt Hester"
but whose name is believed to be Mrs.
Emily Gerhke. 412 Racine avenue,
Chicago, committed suicide by drink
ing a quantity of chloroform and set
ting fire to gasoline which she had
poured over her body after removing
her clothing. She was sent to the
county hospital, where she expired in
terrible agony few hours later.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-03-09
FLAMES $50 FEET HIGH.
Can't Put Out the Fire Of the Bio Gas
Well

Caney, Kan, March 6-The gas we'll
of the New York Oil and Gas company
is burning more fiercely than ever, and
its roar can be heard for miles The
we'll is four and one-half miles couth-
east OF Caney, in the Cherokee Nation,
and has been blazing since Feb. %,
when it was struck by lightning. The
flames reach more than $50 feet in the
air and consumes, it is estimated, $780,
100000 cubic feet of gas per day.
The mouth of the we'll is eight feet in
diameter, and the bore of the we'll is
being increased by the expulsion of
rocks which are thrown into the air.
Efforts to smother the fire with steam
have failed completely and the plan of
closing the we'll with hood is not
feasible
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-03-09
c. M. scHwAe DROPS $4,000, 900.
Margin Calls and Steel Trust Man
Orders Wheat to Be Sold.

Chicago, March g. - Charles M.
Schwab, the steel trust man, has
dropped 100000 in the Chicago
wheat pit He was bull on wheat
and accumulated big line of the May
option i'll the hope that crop scares
would help him out. The market has
gone almost steadily against him from
80 cents down to 70 IL cents, crop
scares failing to materialize Margin
calls were promptly met by Schwab
until Saturday, when he ordered his
wheat sold
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-03-09
KING GOES VISITING,
Edward Will Make Arrangements TO,
Princess Ena's MARRIAGE

London, March g., = Off for two
months holiday and travelling as the
duke of Lancaster, King Edward this
week will visit Paris, where he will
stay at the British embassy until Tues
day He will meet President Fallieres
FROM Paris the king goes TO Riarritz.
where he will stay until the end of
March. There he will receive King
Alfonso and discuss with him the do
tails of the kings marriage to Princess
Ena of Battenberg.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-03-09
BANDIT CHIEF KILLED.

Brigands' Leader Is MortaIly Wound.
ed in Attack on Hamlet
Budapest, March 6. - Some gypsy
brigands attacked hamlet near
keeskemet, with the object of pillag-
ing it, but residents offered stout re-
slstance and succeeded in mortally
wounding the chief of the tribe, Jean
forsach. The gypsies picked him up,
and, carrying him to their vehicle, left
the place. On the following day they
announced the death OF their chief,
and after the customary formalities
were given permission to bury him.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-03-09
VILLAGE SLIDES INTO LAKE.
Thousand Inhabitants Barely Have
Time to Escape

''T'Te 10 CSCdPt.
Rome. March s. - The village of
Nernola, built on the perpendicular
IS above Lake Iseo, in the province
brescla, was almost entirely de
s'royed yesterday morning by the
rocks suddenly giving away, apparent
ly because the lake had eaten into the
base of the cliffs. The disaster was
preceded by a loud roar which COVE
the 1000 inhabitants time to escape.
One fisherman was killed About 200
feet of rock and the houses on it fell
into The lake.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-03-09
TURK PROMISES TO BE GOOD.
Will Resent Duty on Supplies for
American Schools.

Constantinople. March ct is de-
clared in official quarters that orders
have been sent to Beirut, Syria, to re-
fund the customs duties paid under
protest on educational materials for
the American schools there and in
future to admit such consignments
nee, but no communication on the
subject has yet been sent here to Mr..
Leishman. the American minister.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-03-09
From WASHINGTON.

The senate has agreed to vote on
the statehood bill! before adjournment
on Friday, March 8.
The isthmian canal commission has
received report from Chief Engineer
John f. Stevens at Panama which
shows that the total yardage moved
on the Culebra division for the month
or January exceeded that moved in
December, and that the average cost
per yard for January was lower.
According to a bulletin issued by the
department OF commerce and labor,
the trade of the United States with
the scandinavian countries, Sweden,
Denmark and Norway, for 1905,
amounted to s32,OO0,O0O, OF which &c.
100000 is imports and $26,000,000 ex-
ports to those countries. In 1895 the
total trade was Sl1 100000 with those
countries, showing an increase of
practically 200 per cent in the last
decade.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-03-09
AMERICAN SENT BACK.
First American Deported Under New
English Law.

New York. March 6. The first
American to be deported from England
under the new immigration act, which
went into effect Jan. 1, arrived in this
port on the steamer Consuelo. He is
David L. Allen of Brooklyn, and the
reason he was shipped back was that
he lacked the Necessary SO. The
English law was framed after the
American immigration laws.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-03-09
TO BUILD BIG STEEL PLANT.
Independent Concern Sad to Plan $1o,-
100000 Business

Pittsburg, March 6-Following the
announcement that a syndicate headed
by Joseph Ramsey Jr., former pres-
dent of the Wabash railroad. proposed
constructing a line from Lorain. Ohio,
to the Hooking coal fields, it was re-
ported Saturday night that an indie
pendent steel plant to cost from ST.
100000 to s10,000O0O, will be erected
on tract of 5000 acres west of Lo-
rain. along the lake shore 1t is also
the intention, it is said, to build ore
docks, furnaces and town for the
men employed in the plant.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-03-09

Senator Pettus, of Alabama, is
great friend of the squirrels in the
capitol grounds. and never forgets to
put crust of bread in his pocket
when he leaves his home in the morn
ing. with which to feed the little fel.
lows. Long life to him!
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-03-09
500 FISHERMEN IN PERIL.
AfIoat on the Ice in the Gulf of Fir
land.

Helsingors, Finland, March 6. = 1t
is feared that 800 fishermen with their
families who are afloat on the Use in
the Gulf of Finland, are doomed to
perish. A fortnight ago about 1000
persons were fishing off the Eastland,
when the ice parted and they were
driven an to the Baltic sea. Later the
wind changed to the east and yester-
day foe on which were 200 persons
came ashore at Fredericksham. The
fate of the others is unknown.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-03-09
Casualties.

Moore & McFerrin's box factory, To-
Gated in North Memphis, Tenn, burn
ed, entailing a loss estimated at s75,-
600
Albert Soniker was found dead in
benZine vat at the plant of the San
field Oil company at Corapolis. Pa. He
was asphyXiatcd by the fumes
Charles Philip Mason and Charles
Taulbes We're killed and Harry Brown
was severely injured by falling slate.
One will die and three others are
seriously injured as the result of
fire which destroyed the home of Mr..
and Mrs. George Flee kat Des Moines.
Isaac Taylor, aged thirty, was kill
ed near Calumet, Mich, on the hester
logging road on which he was employ
ed as brakeman. A log crushed his
skull
A fierce fire in one of the buildings
of the Pierce Manufacturing company
of Buffalo, makers of automobiles, de-
stroyed half dozen high-priced tour
ing cars and hundred car bodies.
Six miners were killed and twelve
others badly injured by an explosion in
the Gahaba mine fields near Piper,
Ala, according to reports from that
place. The explosion was caused by
gas.
The general office building and part
of a machine shop of the Bethlehem
steel company were destroyed by fire
at South Bethlehem, entailing a loss
of about 100000 to property and val
liable records.
James Nolan, prominent farmer
living near Marshalltown, Iowa, while
hauling hay met with an accident that
caused his death. The load was over
turned in ditch and Nolan was buried
under the hay.
The plant of the Barnes Manufacture
ing company, manufacturers Of sash,
doors and blinds, and the office build
ing Of Dodge & Bliss company in Jer-
sey City, were destroyed by fire. The
loss is $4,000.
l.. Fl. Langenberg county superin-
tendenet of schools, his wife and four
child"en, were poisoned by eating
cheese at Iowa City, Iowa. The lives
Of the children were in peril many
hours. kll will recover.
During a thunder storm, lightning
struck the five-year-old son of William
III. Hessner at Seal Pleasant, Md, a
short distance from the Bennings race
track. The child was believed to be
dead when picked up. but after being
worked over by physician for an
hour, became conscious. This was the
first thunder storm of the season.
The town of Onslow Iowa, has sus-
tanned a severe fire. The implement
warehouse of NJ. D. Walters and har-
ness shop in connection; the residence
and barber shop and photograph gal
lery of j. w. Wanichek and the home
of Mrs. Spooner, containing the Iowa
Telephone company's exchange. were
burned to the ground.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-03-09

We are glad Richard T. Fox has re-
signed, for his name won't get into
the papers hereafter. Every time we
saw that name it made us think of the
gentleman who made diamond-studded
belts famous.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-03-09

To be sure. it is something new that
a convict should win the $25, 900 prize
for correctly guessing the attendance
at the ST. Louis exposition, but the rest
of the story is familiar. His lawyer
gets half.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-03-09

Sir Henry lrving's son, H. B. Ir-
wing, is coming over here in Lights
Out" Merely to have it recorded and
out of the way once for all. we an
nounce that he Lights Out" from
England, so to speak.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-03-09

To develop style, says critic, young
authors should write poetry. Good adj
vice. provided the poetry is not pub
lished. Otherwise, think of what it
might develop in the readers.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-03-09

Says 4 Japanese: Judo is much less
brutal than football. In judo the aim
is to kinA your opponent. or disable
him for lifeN II that is the reputation
football has Yin the Japanese mind, no
wonder they lRre sending judo mission
aries over heIce to convert ~.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-03-09

It couldn't have been that woman
with record of 500 beatings from her
spouse who invented the formula: He
hardly ever beat me; he's more like a
friend than husband"
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-03-09

Canadian orators assert that the
twentieth century belongs to the Do
minion. 1t should be added hastily
that she does not intend to monopo-
lie 1t literally.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-03-09

Still another airship is going to fly
next-er-week: or. possibly. it is next
year! or. maybe, next century. If we
had invented an airship we would wait
till it flew before we said it did
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-03-09
The News of the Week

John Morley's first official act as
secretary for India has been to inter.
yene in the Thony dispute, which led
to the resignation of Lord Curzon
His decision confirms the view taken
by Lord Curzon against Gen. Lord
Kitchener.
Advices received from Venezuela arc
that President Castro says he will
humble France, break up the Monroe
doctrine, clear out the French from
Venezuela, and then start on Anleri-
cans. Englishmen and Germans, who,
he declares, are worse than Chinese.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-03-09

Jack London is going to spend four
of five years with his wife on literary
yachting trip around the world. Mean
while the social revolution will have to
take care of itself.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-03-09
LoNewoRTHs AT HOME.

Neturh 20 washington From Weddino
Journey.
Washington, March 6.-Representa.
tive and Mrs. Nicholas Longworth re-.
turned to Washington yesterday from
Cuba, to which place they tourneved
after their wedding. They were met
at the train by Mr.. Longworth's pri-
vate secretary and drove Immediately
to the residence on Eighteenth street
where they have taken up their home.
Mr.. Longworth will resume his lee;..
lative duties at once,
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-03-09
$4,000 sAvAeEs IN DANCE
Remarkable Assembage Of Natives in
Portuguese Africa.

Lorenzo Marquese, P. E.A March 6
-The duke of Connaught, who has
been on tour of inspection in British
South Africa, Witnessed war dance
here OF 1900 natives. Such an armed
assemblage is without parallel in times
of peace.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-03-09

Admiral Togo cables that he cannot
say definitely just when he will visit
the United States. That April proph-
ecy. is appears, was that kind or a
story.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-03-09

Why do autobubbers go to Florida
to prove that you can ramble at rate
OF two miles minute. We who dodge
them know it already