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The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-09-20
CYANIDE MILL ROBBED OF GOLD.
Trusted Employe Is Arrested and Con-
spiracy Is Seen.

BY an organized system of robbery
Erwin M. Hilton, a trusted employee,
and Others for whom the officers are
looking, it is charged, have succeeded
In stealing an unknown sum from the
Golden Reward Mining company, of
which T. Fl. Hartman, the railroad
magnate, is a large owner. Hilton is
under arrest. When confronted with
evidence, it is alleged he broke down
and confessed, duplicating others in
his operations.
Hilton was employed in the precipi-
tation room of the Golden Reward.
Some time. g the company began to
suspect that they were losing some of
their precipitates, a form of black
mud containing the gold values after
they have passed through most of the
forms of the cyaniding process. Hill.
ton was not suspected until a few
days ago, when he vent to Lead and
endeavored to dispose Of some gold
bullion. The chief of police Of that
city heard Of it and informed the com.
pany, when an investigation com.
menced that ended with Hilton's al.
rest.
Later Hilton, 1t is claimed, returned
to the company about 5000 worth Of
bullion, which he declared was all that
he had taken. The superintendent.
Henry Schnitzel, believes this figure
far too low to cover the alleged theft,
and he says he has learned that Hilton
had several confederates on the out.
side, who, as soon as they learned
that the officers were on their track,
left the city.
The precipitates were stolen in the
mill while passing from the zinc to the
lead boxes. 1t was not a difficult mat.
ter to conceal some of the stuff each
day and take it home. Hilton, it is al.
legged. had erected in one Of the
gulches near town a gasoline ASSAY
furnace where he secretly melted
down the precipitates after they had
hardened, and made them into gold.
1t is believed that a conspiracy exist
ed and that the theft was larger than
Is known at this time, as it apparently
has extended over several weeks.
A number of warrants are out and
more developments in the case are ex-
pected In the next day or two. Hilton
ID married and has a family.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-09-20
HAS PLENTY OF COAL.
Armour, S. D., and Douglas County
Has Winter Supply on Hand.

'dS VviI1LCF S0RH'y OH manu-.
The coal and fuel question. which is
engaging the attention of many parts
OF this country, is not worrying Ar
mour or Douglas county. A visit to the
several coal dealers Of Armour re-
Veals the fact that fully seventy cars
of coal with a total of 1875 tons have
been received. There is at present
IN the coal bins of the dealers at least
LOO tons of coal. The farmers have
not begun to lay in their coal supplies
as yet, but the dealers do not antici-
pate any difficulty in meeting the de-
mand.
Shippers are responding to orders
for coal with a delay of not three days
to a week behind orders. The bulk of
the coal for this part of the Northwest
is received by way of Duluth, both
hard and soft coal. 1t is anticipated
that the demand will be a trifie heav-
Ter than last year, owing to the corn
crop being SO light, and thus shorten
ing up the col supply.
A company that is one of the heavi-
est dealers in fuel in that part of the
country states that it is meeting with
every success in getting it's wants
filled and estimates that at least 10
per cent of the people resident in the
city have laid in their coal supply for
this winter, some even going so far as
lay in enough to last them two win
tiers.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-09-20

The approach of the Frost King this
fall has been of deep concern to Mitch
ell as we'll as to the farmers of the
Northwest, for were he to arrive be-
for the crop natures in a day or two
the corn palace celebration in Mitchell
might lose some of the enthusiasm
that now %pervades the atmosphere of
its halls. The outlook for a bumper
crop is encouraging, and if all goes
we'll the greatest corn festival yet held
will open Sept. % closing Sept. %.
Mitchell as a corn palace city has
received the greatest amount of adj
vertising of any place of 5000 inhabi-
tants in this country, and this enter
prise has come to be the pride of the
city and the state. Mitchell. however,
does not claim to be the originator of
the corr palace idea. 1t had it's in
ception in Sioux City, Iowa, in 1887,
but the enterprise failed to meet the
expectations of its promoters and the
project finally was abandoned. Profit
Ing by the failure of her sister city,
Mitchell conceived the idea of adver-
tising the corn resources of the state,
n following different lines. built the
first building In 1892.
The corn palace of 1907 is we'll IN
der way and will be completed in time
for he opening of the exhibition. One
of the big features in the agricultural
display will be the products brought
over from the Black Hills country,
where in the vicinity of Belle Fourche
the United States government is con-
Quoting an irrigation experiment. 1t
is designed to show the people of the
country what can be accomplished in
the arid section by the use Of land
that has been irrigated from bitches.
The city this veal will be gs,yer than
ever. Heretofore, there has been no
street illuminations at night, but this
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-09-20

In accordance with recent action
the state board of charities and cor
rections preliminary arrangements
now are being made for providing
prisoners in the Sioux Falls peniten,
tiary with new uniforms, and 900
yards of materials has been ordered
for the purpose. Heretofore the pris-
oners have not worn any distinct
uniform outside of a shirt of a par
ticular color, which has been provided
by the state.
Three grades will be established for
the new uniforms which have been
decided upon. and the conduct of the
prisoner will regulate the grade to
which he will belong. All prisoners
will be received into the second or
intermediate grade. The uniform for
goods, the check being about one-half
inch in size. After receiving his suit
of gray check the prisoner by good be-
havior will be advanced to the next
grade, the uniform for which a navy
blue-gray cloth. This uniform will he
distinctive. and will be of semi-mili-
tary cut, the blouse buttoning up tight
under the chin and the coat having
straight corners.
II the prisoner is d~isobedient and
will not conform to the rules of the
prison, he will be reduced from either
the first or the second grade into the
third, the uniform for which is a black
and white stripe, the stripes being all
ternate and about one inch wide.
Prisoners Make Clothes.
The cost of the cloth for the new
uniforms will be about 5000. 1t is of
good material. and the prisoners will
be comfortably and warmly clad. A
tailor is 10 be employed by the prison
authorities to assist skilled prisoners
in making up the uniforms. The tailor
will supervise the cutting and the
prisoners will make the clothes.
The shirt factory which was estab-
lished at the penitentiary a year or
more ago is proving a great success.
During h month of August a total
of 1900 dozen Of shirts were turned
out of the factory. These shirts are
AHAoS " iaiSC NSdlcI WHO furnishes
the cloth, tixings and everything en-
tering into the making of the shirts.
The penitentiary factory turns out the
shirts for a stated price per dozen.
Men in the shirt factory work from
1880 in the morning until $3.50 in the
afternoon, with an interval for dinner.
There is"a system Of self-earnings
which is allowed the prisoners who
are employed in the shirt factory.
Each man has a regular amount to
turn out each working day. If he is
able to exceed the amount that is al
lotted to him the profit that the state
would have made is credited to the
prisoner turning out the excess of
shirts and is paid to him at the end
of his term of imprisonment.
Some of the men have become so
expert that they are able to earn from
81 to SIS per month on excess shirts.
while others make as low as 81 per
month. The individual profit making
is an incentive for industry and good
habits.
Study While in Prison.
Warden Parnieley of the peniten-
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-09-20
GETS CATHOLIC COLLEGE.

A Catholic college is to be located at
Woonsocket. A tract containing elev-
en- and one-half acres of land has been
purchased with funds which were con
tributed by the citizens Of Woonsock-
ct. Negotiations now are in progress
for more land. Upon the tract pur-
chased and donated for the college,
buildings to the value of 100000 will
be erected. One of the buildings will
be a college for girls, while another
will be utilized. as an orphanage.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-09-20
N. P. Christensen, n Of the lead

N. P. christensen, one of the lead
Ing photographers Of Pierre. is In the
hospital on account of taking chance:
in getting effects" in his profession
He went down into the catsson, nov
opened at the bridge which is being
built across the river at Pierre. tt
get a aash-light of the men at work
and collapsed when he reached the
surface. He at once was hurried te
the hospital, where his case was con
sidered serious, but after working OF
him for some time he was pronounced
out Of danger.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-09-20

The Crow Creek Indians are making
big preparations for their carnival
which will begin on Sept. % and will
last a week. They have raised a Sub
scription Of about $1,000 with which
to entertain the visiting Indians, a
large number, Of whom from various
tribes are expected. Horse races ga
lore, war dances, sham battles and
other amusements of that nature will
constitute the program.
The Indians living on this reserva-
ton are Winnebago Sioux who we're
sent there soon after the New Ulm
massacre in the SOS. The reservation
is thus one of the Oldest in South Da-
kota, and is also one of the best con-
Quoted in the United States. The
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-09-20
RURAL SCHOOL REFORM.
State Superintendent Ustrud Will
Visit Every County.

VlSil every county.
Supt. H. A. Ustrud is planning to
visit every county during the winter
months, meeting with the school Of
ficers and teachers. He and his as
s1stants are getting data and photo
graphs from all parts of the state for
an Illustrated lecture, showing the
school conditions as they are, and will
also offer suggestions which il car
rfed out to any extent will give the
boys and girls Of the schools Of the
state much better school surroundings
and conditions. The city schools in
the state are improving rapidly from
year to year, but the rural schools do
not do for the boys and girls who at
tend them Ill that they should. The
special object Of the department ia for
their improvement.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-09-20

agency is located at Fort Thompson
on the Missouri river, twenty miles
west Of Gam Valley. and about that
distance north Of Chamberlain.
Besides the commodious buildings
agency they also have good school
buildings at the Grace Howard mis-
sion, O few miles southeast Of the
agency, and a. school and mission is
maintained by the Catholics on the
north end Of the reservation. There
r at present about 1900 Indians
living or the reservation. in charge Of
Maj. H. d. Chamberlain, who is one
of the most popular agents among
both Indians and whites of any agen,
that has ever been located there.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-09-20
Thrown From Horse and Killed.

Washington. Sept. II. - C. Berry
Winship, twenty-one years old, a mem
Der Of a prominent family of this city,
was almost Instantly killed in Rock
Creek Park yesterday by being thrown
from his horse, which SHE'D at an OBJ.
ject in the road.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-09-20
STATE FAIR o S
South Dakota Has a Successful Exhi-
bition.

The South Dakota State fair was
the most successful in every particular
of any exhibit under the direction OF
the state board of agriculture. The
attendance was more than double that
of any former year, and the gate re-
ceipts aggregated $4,000. The exhib-
its in all departments were greater
than anticipated, particularly in the cat
tie, horses, sheep, swine and poultry.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-09-20
A Libel.

Il see by the county paper" said the
visitor, that Jonas Jones, the prosper
u druggist of you town, is %sojourn-
ing
81 saw that. too, and it's a libel!"
exclaimed the native, with some heat.
why isn't he your druggist?"
yes, but this towns too healthy for
him TO he pr~osperous."
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-09-20
church Leader Suicides.

Aneta, N. D.. Sept. Ill. o. Drag.
land. song leader Of the church for the
last nve years and a man Of religious
spirit for years, committed suicide at
his hems IN Field township By hang
lng.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-09-20
woodman Hall Burned.

lsanti, Mimi, Sept. 17.-Fire start
ing from the gasoline lighting plant
destroyed the Modern Woodman hall
in this village, causing 4 loss of about
$4,000.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-09-20

year this Will be overcome. The corn
palace committee has invested in wir-
ing five blocks of Main street with
over 5000 incandescent electric lights
of all colors of globes, and these will
Evening star., 1907-08-11
GOT GAY WITH A MOOSE.
Cy Warman Has a Marrow Escape
From Drowning.

From Drowning.
Special Dispatch to The Star
LAKE TEMAGAMI Ontario August 10
Cy Warman, the well-known writer mar
rowly escaped drowning today in Lake Te-
magami. the great dominion forest and
game preserve of Ontario
Warman. accompanied by Rudolph Kaufr-
mann of Washington. d. c.. and DR.. ]. F.
Jones. United States consul at Winnipeg
had been camping in the Temagami district
for several days fishing. Yesterday evening
while the party was returning after a sue
cessful day the Indian guides discovered q
big bull moose feeding in the lily pads 1t
occurred to the Indians to surprise the
moose. and in true woodsman's fashion be-
gan to steal upon him.
While he ducked his head under water
feeding upon the tender roots the canoes
shot forward. BY remaining absolutely
still when the huge head emerged from the
water the party was able to get around the
moose and cut off his escape to shore. When
finally the moose discovered his purSuerS he
made for the nearest island. Warman's In
dian guide gave chase and soon had the
canoe aonsde the startled moose. Leaning
over the side of the canoe, Warman pulled
came enraSed. and. dropping his head.
lunged forward, piercing the frail birch
bark canoe.
The moose then attempted to sink the
canoe with his front legs. The guide. thor
oughly frightened, padded for life and the
moose started again for the shore
Warman'S canoe was rapidly filling when
he was rescued by his friends. The party
saw number of moose during the trip.
Warman says he does not regret the expe-
him of being Il nature faker when he tells
the story in Washington.
Evening star., 1907-08-11
PLAN GREAT TENNIS CLuB
New York Organization to Be Big
gest and Best"

Special Dispatch to The Star
NEW YORK August IO.-New York 4.
to have the most up-to-date tennis club in
the world The grounds and buildings are
to cost $4,000. and its twenty courts are
TO De as nearly perfect as II is possible IN
make them. The ste has recently been se-
lected. and is just north of Van Cortland
Park.
The club Is the West Side, with grounds
on Morning Side Heights. at nth street
ana Amsterdam avenue. Even Wimbledon
wnere the recent International champion
ships We're held, and which. is to be the
greatest tennis club in the world. is TO be
surpassed
1he West Sides present house is only
snack, covered with tarred weather paper
and containing closely built lockers and inn
proVlsed showers. Its cramped quarters are
more like the stuny dressing rooms which
transforming actors find I'm the rural one
night districts. 1t is under such cramped
WICK. Oviedo NJ. Bostwick Frederick b.
Alexander. Hugh Tallant, Marshall Mac
Lean Dr. Augustus B. WadS worth and
William de Mile have been following the
game From the dingy shack they are to
move TO field OF twenty courts the I'M A ior-
lty OF which are to be Of the finest turf i'm
TINS country. and to a clubhouse which will
aHord the members every facility of "A we'll
appointed country club. This moving from
the cd shack that 500 would be a high
price for TO a house and grounds upon
which fortune is to be expended marks
the wonderful Advancement of the game
IL Is said that powerful influence will be
ekerted 10 bring the national champions hip
TO this city from the Casino at Newport.
Evening star., 1907-08-11
OMAHA IS IMPORTANT.
Much Business Being Diverted
Through That City.

OMAHA. Neb.. August 10.-With telesra-
pliers out In Chicago, Kansas CITY, Denver
and other important western points, Omaha
has become an important center for the d.
vertng of the western business by the two
companies. Men have been called on to
work twenty-four hours at a stretch al
ready, with the result of much complaint.
A meeting of the local union has been
called for Sunday. at which steps may be
taken to present demands to the telegraph
companies. Union officials have come to
believe that they should support the Chi
cago strike. and that encouragement should
not be given by doing work which was laid
aside by the Chicago men. TO this end 1t
is not improbable that a strike will be
called for Monday.
The entire night shifts at the Western
Union and Postal Offices struck at 7:3O
O'Clock this evening Two chiefs and two
operators remained to man the wires at the
Western Union.
Evening star., 1907-08-11
WAR ON TUBERCULOSIS.
Texas Issues Most Stringent and De
tailed Sanitary Regulations.

NEW ORLEANS. La. August l0.-A spe-
cial from Houston. Tex. describing the
rules issued by the state board of health
to govern the sanitation for tuberculosis
says:
'Tubcrcular victims are not allowed en-
p!oyment in any public building. In any
school. church, bake shop or slaughter
house. Burlap is prohibited for floor COW
ering: passengers on trains are not allowed
to brush their teeth over wash basins. and
careless handling of Ice to be used in water
coolers Is made offense
Floors of public buildings must be swept
every day after being sprlnkled with saw
dust wet with forrnaldehyde Boarding
house. hotel and restaurant Ice boxes must
be secured with acid once week
I'm iails prisoner must have 5000 cubic
feet of air per hour. walls must be white
washed every month and painted every six
months
Evening star., 1907-08-11
CA1D MacLEAN WELL.
Negotiations for His Release Pro-
ceed Slowly

TANGIER. August 10.-Letters received
from Gen. Sir Harry MacLean say that he
Is In good health. and that the negotiations
for his reeasa from the custody of Rasuli
are proceeding slowly.
The German charge daffares here has
thanked the French charge d 'affaires in the
name of the German government for the
aid rendered to the German vice consul at
Casa Blanca, who. with the German sub
jects there. was rescued by French sailors
after the consulate had been abandoned.
As the French and Spaniards We're unable
TO burn all the bodies collected at Casa
Blanca and its vicinity, deep trenches are
being dug outside the walls, and the piles
of dead c3rted from the city are being
thrown into them and sprinkled with quick
lime and other Gisinfectants before they
are covered with earth.
Evening star., 1907-08-11
ARABS ARE MASSING
THREATEN FRESH ATTACK ON
CASA BLANCA.

TANGlER. August i0-AdvIces from
Casa Clanca are Ia the effect that 2pNo
Arab caNalrymen are moblzing in the In
'eri"r' Gen. Drude. the commander OF the
french force encamped outside Of Casa
hlahca, Is awaiting new attack
me report that the natives lost heavily
uufing the assault of Thursday ON the
Frehch camp is confirmed. Their Casualties
are described as enormous The French
casualties were confined to two sharpshoot-
ers who We're wounded
ne sultan has communicated 10 the ltal-
ms intention Of paying proper
!HueHnltles FOR thc killing of th,. three Ital-
ian subjects at Casa Blanca
Spanish Warship Sails.
MADRID. August lo-The Spanisb bat,le-
ship Numancia has sailed for C,s. Rla,c,
Wounded Doing Well.
fahlS' August fO.-A telegram has been
received from Admiral Philibert. I'm which
he calls attention TO the great devotion OF
MISS Swiney sister of the British consul nj
Mazagan. and Mrs Fournier and Mrs Mai.
sret IN caring for the French wounded at
casa Blanca. The wounded men are all
getting on well.
Hospital quarters have bae, os,ahr.b,,
on board the transport NIye an Casa Rlap
ca There Is also troop of cavalr,men on
board the Nive. The cruisers Gloire and
Gueydon are In the roadstead at Casa
Blanca.
Regiment to Sail.
GIBRALTAR. August lo-Twe COMMA nies
OF the Border Regiment are held in readI-
ness here to embark for Tangier in casa
their services are required by the British
legation.
Under Local Control
LONDON. August 1o.-Any orders look
Ing to the possible employment OF the de-
tachment of the Border Regiment now at
Gibraltar. in defense of the British lega-
ton at Tangier, must be given by the local
military authorities. The foreign office here
has no intention of sending British troops
TO Morocco. Tho measures proposed by
France and Spain are deemed by the Brit
ish government to be adequate for the pro-
lection of British subjects
Evening star., 1907-08-11
DEMAND MORE PAY.
Both Companies Involved in Kansas
City.

S1Cy.
KANSAS CITY. Mo-, August 1O.-The
Postal men demand a fifteen per cent in
crease In wages and eight hours. About
seventy men are involved.
There was but little change here today
in the Western Union strike situation
George W. Brownson. local manager stated
that they had about thirty operators at
work at the main Office. an increase Of flf-
teen over yesterday. and that this force
Is moving business in fair shape. On the
other hand. Cal Eryle, who has charge of
the strike for the operators. declared that
none Of the Western Union strikers had
gone back to work. and that the Western
Unions force consists of wire chiefs. the four
or five operators who remained in yester-
day. a non-union man who was passing
through the city. and few office girls who
have been pressed into service. The West
ern Union branch offices were still closed
The Western Union strikers at their
meeting today decided to march to the Of
flee Of the Western Union this afternoon
and make a concerted demand for an in
crease In wages Of 15 per cent and an eight
hour day.
Their demand will not be made as q
union. but as employees OF the company
Evening star., 1907-08-11
HAS NARROW ESCAPE.
Life of Emperor Williams Daughter
Endangered by Falling Tree.

BERLIN. August 1o.-A special to the
I.okar AnZeiger from Cassel where En-
peror William is staying and where he viii
meet the King of Siam. says that Princess
Victoria Louise, the emperors daughter.
barely escaped serious injury while walk
ing in Wilhelmshore Park this evening. A
gigantic tree fell across the path in which
the princess was walking with the children
Of the Duke of Wurtemberg. The EN-
peror, who was on the tennis ground in the
vicinity. heard the crash and hurried to
the scene He found the children greatly
frightened, but unhurt Soldiers were inn
mediately set to work clearing away tho
fallen tree. task which the emperor him
self superintended.