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The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-03-15
ROB STORE.
Burglars Get Thirty Watches and $40
at Anita. NJ, D.

Crookston, Mimi, March 10. - A
long-distance message brought the in
formation hat robbers broke open the
general merchandise store at Anita,
N. D., last night and secured $40 in
cash, besides about thirty watches.
Up to a late hour no trace of the rob-
bers had been found.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-03-15
FREED; L w
Former MansIaughter Convict Murders
Women.

Beaver Dam, Wis, March 12.-Ros-
coe p. Miller, a former convict for
manslaughter. who had been freed for
good behavior, shot and killed his d.
vorced wife and also his stepmother.
He then committed suicide. 1t is SAID
there had been trouble owe some
property which was left to his step
mother when his father died about a
year ago, Miller being cut off without
a cent.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1907-05-31
Grinde-LemmOn.

On Wednesday night, at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. L. G.. Olds, on Wash
ington avenue, Mr.. Horace Lennon
and Miss Florence Grinde were united
in marriage, the Rev. John Berger
officiating.
Only a few intimate friends of the
contracting parties were present at
the ceremony, which occurred at
$50. Mr. Lennon is an engineer
connected with the Wenatchee Cold
Storage and Ice plant, and Miss
Grinde halls from Silverton, Ore,
having been visiting in Wenatchee
for the past few months. The
groom is a native of Benton, Ohio,
and is we'll known in this community
The happy couple will be at home
to their friends at number 324
Douglas street, the former home of
the Olds family.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1907-05-31
COIN COMES
QUICKLY
Plenty of Money in Sight for
ProdigiOus Performance
on July 4-5.

Money for the Fourth of July
Celebration is in sight in abundance.
The liberal citizens of Wenatchee are
coughing up" in generous style, and
the financial committee will soon
have a roll big enough to set the
Columbia on fire.
Yesterday a World representative
met D. A. Beal on the street, asked
him how much money had been rails
ed, and who had given it. Il have
$950.00," said Mr.. Beal but l don't
believe it's wise plan to publish
the name and amount of each sub
scription. You can readily understand
why. Some will derive more benefit
from the celebration than Others,
and it is only fair that they should
give more. Well get money enough,
alright, to give the town cracker
jack celebration"
Will Secure Srellbinders.
The program committee are scour-
ing the woods for suitable speakers.
and will endeavor to get man here
who can hand it out to the people in
the shape they like it. The committee
will warn him against a long spiel,
and will keep him off the rocks by
warning him before he begins what
not to talk about
Will Last Two Days.
The pow WOW will last two whole
days-4S hours of unabated, wrinkle
shifting celebration. There will be
parades, fireworks and pink lemon
ade; pop corn, peanuts and pie;
horse races, hand-shaking and hur-
rahing-two fast, furious days of
frolic and fun. Orondo, Entiat and
Cashmere are coming en- masse On
that date .Squillchnck and Badger
mountain will be deserted-lonely as
in the primeval ages. when there
were no pale faces, no big red ones
nor dollar wheat.
Wenatchee's Fourth will be a pro-
digious performance.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1907-05-31
YOUNGEST
UNION SOLDIER
Now Living i'm Wenatchee@. r.
Wheeler Enlisted at II
Years of Age.

Among those who attended the
Decoration Day exercises in Wenat-
chez was J. R. Wheeler-the young
est soldier in the Union forces dur
ing the Civil war.
At the time of his enlistment Mr..
Wheeler was eleven years of age.
the war in company H. 9th West
Virginia infantry.
At the forming of the company a
man had been enlisted as drummer,
but owing to the fact that he was
consumptive young Wheeler whose
father was captain of the company,
was pressed into service. For two
years he followed the flag with his
company in their campaign through
their native state and was mustered
out two years later on account OF
.~,lness.
During the service Mr. wheele,a
was never wounded, although in his
first battle bullet passed through
his blouse, another nipped off a lock
of hair and he was burned by the
powder from the pistol of a passing
cavalry man.
A unique incident in the war rec
ord of Mr. Wheeler is the fact that
his pra ndfat her his father himSeIf
and his son have all enlisted into
the military service from the same
town-Portsmouth, Ohio. His grand
father saw service in the Indian wars.
his father and himself were in the
Civil war, and his son, now located
in st. Louis, Missouri, saw service in
the Spanish-American war, going to
Porto Rico.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1907-05-31
Odd Fellows Rent New Hall.

The local lodge of Odd Fellows
have leased the hall in the new
Sprague building for a term of five
years. The upper story of this hand
some new structure is suitably equip
ed for fraternal purposes, having a
large assembly room, to which is
annexed kitchen, closets. etc. The
Odd Fellows have occupied the Ell
lls-Forde hall in the past, but as
this flourishing company desired the
use of this large hall for storage pur.
poses the Odd Fellows were Obliged
to seek quarters elsewhere The
Sprague hall will be sub-let by the
l. 0. 0. F. to other lodges. who will!
also hold meetings in it.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1907-05-31
Three Hundred New Subscribers

This the
World Weekly this short period
Publishing
publications vital interest to the this community The
of
of TO make
entitled
will the jamestown Exposition
Miss Teadwel Cashmere Miss Clara
Belle Amos ashmee:N Miss sAnnieD Leavenw
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1907-05-31
Decorated Graves Of Band Boys.

Yesterday the members of the
band decorated the graves of men
who played in the band during their
lives. and are now dead and buried
in the Wcnatchee cemetery. The
grave of Bert Bosworth, in particu-
lar. who organized the band, was
suitably decorated. Flowers were
also placed IN the graves of Alyis
johnson, Gorge Stebbins, and Rich
ard Morri-pn. The band was organ
lied in 1894.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1907-05-31
Gave Her a China Shower.

Miss Maude Hayden, the popular
young teacher of the Stevens grade
schools, was given a delightful "china
Shower" by the other teachers of the
school on Wednesday evening. Num-
erous donations of Hayiland china
were made, delicious refreshments
were served. and most enjoyable
evening spent.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1907-05-31
Observation-Disclosures and Farmers

The agent for the Ideal weeder
is now in town located with his
stock of weeders on the corner of
Wenatchee and Orondo avenues.
Those of you who need weeders now
had better order early before the
present stock is exhausted.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1907-05-31
CLIMBER
GIVEN CHASE
Prominent Preacher Participates in
Pursuit of Porch
Peeker.


petty pranks in Wenatchee.
Mission street was the scene of
sensational stunt last night that has
quickened the pace of the peerless
police and will probably keep hus-
bands at home for a week, anyway.
In. the absence of Carl Christensen,
who was attending a down town
lodge meeting, q burglar attempted
to force an entrance into his home
on Mission street.
Heard Suspicious Sounds.
Miss Grace Parker, who is living
in the Christensen home, returned
about midnight from a school exer-
else in the Stevens building, and was
just preparing to retire when a sus-
picious sound attracted her atten-
ton. Across the hallway from her
room in the Ch.,'g1ensan tnra 4
storage attic, and adjoining it is the
bed room OF the Christensen children.
Miss Parker surmised at once, from
the nature and location of the dis
turbance, that something irregular
was transpiring, and called to the
young boy sleeping in the adjacent
room. Failing to arouse him she
stepped to a corner Of the room. and
lifting a carpet covering a radiator
CRATE, she called to Mrs. Christen-
Sen
Derisive Chucklc Grccts Her.
Though she called several times,
Miss Parker could not make herself
heard by Mrs. Christensen. But the
intruder, crouching on the kitchen
roof just outside her window, chuck.
led in fiendish glee at her unhappy
plight, and with that diabolical giggle
ringing in her ears the popular
school teacher sought safetyin flight,
and retired to the lower floor of the
dwelling with pronounced measure
of precipitation. In the hallway she
turned on the light and called for
assistance.
Berger Butts In.
At this moment the Rev. Berger,
DR.. Hutchinson and a Tacoma travel
ing man happened to pass, and heard
the disturbance. They saw a man
run. and gave chase But in the in
distinct light they lost him,
snort distance up the the
street they met stranger who ex-
planned in some detail that he had
seen two men running, who looked
suspicious to him." The theory is
that the man addressed was no other
than the would-be burglar, who
adopted this historic method of
throwing his pursuers off the trail.
Had the athletic Presbyterian divine
ever laid hooks on the miscreant
there would have been something
doing. Berger is a preacher, but he's
husky specimen, and long before
ne wore the cloth he worked up
a bunch of muscle that still adorns
his hulky frame.
Police Have Clew.
The police believe the peeping
prowler of last night to be a tran
sient, playing brief engagement in
Wenatchee. Berger says he would
know the man who handed out the
easy explanation last night. should
he see him again. The Tacoma travel
ing man who joined in last nights
chase left on the morning train.
For a few days at least Wenatchee
women will probably insist on a
novel denarture-that their spouces
stay home at nights instead of at
tending the seductive lodge.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1907-05-31
STEAMER IS
RUNNING AMUCK
Is & Prinrle Wrecked Last Fall
Races Madly Down Raging
Columbia.

Intense excitement prevailed along
the waterfront at o'clock last even
ing.
Here comes a wreck shouted a
men in the crowd at the depot, and
all eyes were turned up the river.
Its the Pringle, got loose and COM
in down h bent for election,
said man who seemed to know.
There was Immediately a grand
scramble for points of vantage on
TOP of box-cars and trucks, from
which an excellent view of the dere-
lict steamer could be obtained. The
once majestic river queen floated
low in the water, turning sluggishly
with the tide, but gliding down
stream at good swift speed.
She'll hit the bridge and then
for fireworks said the wise man
again.
Runaway Steamer Strikes Bridge.
With a crash that could be heard
hundreds of yards the floating dere-
lict collided with the emergency
boom constructed by the bridge
builders to protect the underpining
of the new bridge against just such
catastrophes as this. Sheering off
from the log boom the helpless craft
floated between the first pier and
the temporary false, grazing the pier
and swapping two of the wooden
carried her past the bridge, and on
down the swiftly swirling Columbia
sans captain, sans pilot. sans
steam, but going as she never went
before.
The slight damage to the wooden
bents has not in any way Injured
the bridge, it is said. as there was
but very little weight of the bridge
resting on the two timbers which
were broken by the runaway boat.
Tale Of the Pringle.
Bruce Griggs of the c. & o. Co.,
when talked with by World repre-
sentative this morning, said: THE
Pringle was wrecked last fall, some
distance up the Columbia, and efforts
were being made to secure her ma
chinery and refloat her if possible
But the strong current now running
caused her moorings to part, and
she got adrift sometime yesterday.
There was no insurance on her,
and it will cost about $4,000 to
replace her
No News Yet From Runaway.
Have you heard any news as to
the present whereabouts of the run
away steamer. Mr.. Griggs." asked
the World man.
"No, nothing as yet We've sent
out messages, and are expecting to
hear at any time now that she has
brought up somewhere of her own
accord, or been captured and tied
up"
Switch Engine Makes Quick Run.
Last evening as the steamer float
ed down stream toward the bridge,
and the crowd waiting for the even
ing train at the depot saw her pass,
some one at the depot suggested that
the switch engine be run down to the
bridge With a crowd of men who
might be Of some use there should
the boat strike the unfinished struc-
ture. and cause serious trouble. A
party accordingly scrambled on the
bob-tailed tooter and made a hurry
up run down to the bridge siding:
they obtained close view of the
boat as she worked her way around
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1907-05-31

the boom and under the bridge, but
there was nothing that could be
done
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-12-10
How Indians Poison Arrows.

An old Cherokee indian recently gave
away the secret how the Indians OF
olden times used to poison their ar
rowheads for war purposes or for kill
ing bears. They took a fresh deer
liver, fastened it to a long pole, and
then went to certain places where they
knew they would find rattlesnakes In
abundance. About midday rattlers are
all out of their dens, coiled up in the
cooking sun. The bucks would poke
the first rattler they found with the
liver on the long pole. A rattler, un-
like common snakes, always shows
fight in preference to escaping. The
snake would thus repeatedly strike at
the liver with its fangs until its poi
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-12-10
HORSE KNEW BUSINESS.
Would Distribute Telegraph Poles,
Never MAKING a Mistake.


When I first became acquainted
with Ben he was assisting in the erec-
tion Of some telegraph poles along a
railroad, and he was working as in
telligently as any of the men, says
Youths Companion.
There was a certain independence
about the animal that rendered him
trustworthy to a remarkable degree.
Ben knew what was expected Of him
as soon as his breakfast was finished
as well as any Of the men in the gang
better than some Of them. His first
duty was to walk over a bridge across
the river which separated him from
his field Of labor. This he did unat-
tended, although the bridge was a
rude affair, consisting Of sleepers some
distance apart.
His orders from his master were
brief. and seldom required repetition.
"All ready, Ben! Go on!" With a
low whinny the horse would back out
Of his stall, rub his nose gently against
his masters shoulder, and then take
up his line Of march.
Upon reaching the bridge, which
was but a short distance from the sta
BILE, Ben usually stopped a moment, as
II considering. Then he would put
one foot carefully upon the first Sleep
er, as II to test its strength, and, find
ing it all right, he would then begin
his cautious walk across. People
who were in the habit Of watching
him noticed that while he used his
forefeet. with the same confidence as
when he was on level ground, he felt
his way more cautiously with his
hindfeet, never putting them firmly
down until he was sure of his footing.
The sight of the horse walking
across the bridge in the morning and
again at night was always witnessed
by an interested gathering OF people.
Once across the bridge Ben's work
for the day was fairly begun. He un-
derstood perfectly that his next duty
was to report for service. He would
walk leisurely up through a gang of
men until he came to the one who had
charge of him during working hours.
Then he would back round, and wait
patiently five, ten, fifteen minutes, II
necessary, for long pole with chain
attachment to be fastened to him.
This pole Ben knew was to be car
ried to a certain hole and left there,
and he also knew that the next pole
he carried was to be left at a hole just
beyond. When he reached his desti-
nation he would back round and leave
the pole almost at the edge Of the
hole where it was to be set up, stand
until some one came to unhitch the
chain and throw 1t up over his back
go for another pole, wait for 1t to be
hitched on, and start off again with
out word being spoken. All day
the horse plodded back and forth,
never once making the mistake OF
leaving two poles at the same hole.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-12-10
THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE.
Important Discoveries Reported BY
Prof. HerseseIl Of strasburs Uni

Important DISCOVERIES Reported 6y
Prof. Hergesell Of strasburs Uni
versity.
An announcement made recently at
the congress Of German scientists In
Dresden by Professor Hergesell, giving
the results obtained from recent bal
loon observations in the upper atmos-
phere is Of extraordinary interests, as
they reveal new and important dis
coveries. Prof. Hergesell Of Stras-
burg University, after carefully stu
dying the records made by unnamed
balloons sent up in July over various
parts Of the earth, reports that the
atmosphere at great attitudes Is cold
est over the equator and warmest over
the circumpolar regions.
The observations were taken under
the auspices Of the international COM
mittec of scientists with automatically
registering instruments enclosed in the
unnamed balloons. Attitudes ranging
from II to 12a miles were reached over
the tropical zone, with the result that
the balloon instruments registered a
temperature of I4S degrees below zero,
while the balloons which were sent up
to similar heights in the latitudes OF
Central Europe registered rs to % de-
grees Of temperature below zero. The
irresistible inference seems to- be that
II the high air over the poles could be
tested by self-registering thermometers
it would be found much warmer than
that at corresponding high levels over
he equator.
The discoveries announced by Prof.
Hergesell may appear to be open to
scientific questioning and revision.
Doubtless the cable dispatch merely
outlines the general results Of the OBJ
scrvations taken at great elevations.
Nevertheless the deductions are con-
sonant with all that has been previ-
1usly established respecting the tenn
neratures prevailing in the upper at
mosphere Of our planet. More than
ear ago observations taken at re-
markable heights over the limited area
# the tropical Atlantic. indicated un-
:nistakably a temperature Of at least
50 degrees below zero and 1t Is by no
means incredible that in other tropical
regions the upper atmosphere develops
much greater cold.
The tropical air after rising from
low levels to height of $4,000 rect
mas its temperature lJwered until 1t
rartakcs of the cold of interstellar
space. On the contrary. within the
temperate and polar regions the air has
no general ascending motion like that
of the tropical atmosphere. In the
middle and high attitudes the atmos-
pheric overflow from the tropical belt
has a general descending motion and
consequently the descending aerial
masses are continually warmed me-
chanically by compression as they sink
downward and penetrate the denser
atmospheric strata Of the lower levels.
Observations by polar explorers have
shown that on and near the Arctic and
Antarctic circles the prevailing winds
blow out from the poles and are such
as to indicate the existence Of almost
perennially descending air currents
over the areas surrounding both the
north and south poles.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-12-10
NOVEL HOLIDAY RETREATS.
A Princess Who Lived In Towering
Tree Tops.

It would be difficult to find a more
charming or novel retreat than that In
which Princess Marie, wife OF the
Crown Prince of Roumania, spent the
greater part Of last summer. says Lon
don Tit-Bits. It Is veritable nest
house, or miniature cottage, built high
up among the branches Of towering
FIR trees In the neighborhood OF Sinala.
This delightful holiday home comprises
two rooms and a kitchen, which are
furnished in simple yet elegant taste.
Access is obtained by means Of small
staircase, and the princess Is said to
be immensely proud Of her tiny aerial
abode. It was built specially for her by
the King Of Roumania and presented
~ him to her.
Another we'll known royalty has gone
to the opposite extreme for summer
retreat. The king Of Siam, who Is one
Of the richest Of monarchs, with an IN
come something like G4,000,000 per an
mum, has literally sunk large sum OF
money in a novel holiday resort. This
is nothing more or less than a large
glass pavilion, in which during the
summer months he submerges himself
in the large lake which the royal or
namental gardens boast. These cover
an area of more than twenty-five acres,
and as they are surrounded by wall
fully twelve feet high his majesty can
always enjoy perfect immunity from
the vulgar gaze.
Can you picture anything more un-
likely as a holiday resort than the low
er of a church? Yet last summer the
brother of a west Of England clergy
man actually spent a week on the top
of the tower of the parish church
Permission was very reluctantly CIV
en-, but. once secured, the holiday max
er proceeded to make himself comfor-
table He carried up an adequate
stock of provisions and other necessa-
ries for the day, and blankets and
hammock for the night.
The days were delightfully."- cool, ne
said, his greatest hardship being the
descent which he had to make each
morning for a fresh supply OF water
from a neighboring we'll. BY means OF
a spirit lamp he was able to boil wa
ter for tea, and to do what little COOK
ing he required during his sojourn on
the tower.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-12-10
LITERARY FoReERs.
Who PsaInanazar Was Remains q
Literary Secret.


The prince of literary forgers, as re-
CARDS quantity, says Tit-Bits. halls
from France. This was Vrain-Denis
Lucas, the son Of a peasant, who. at
ter providing certain classes OF people
with more or less spurious pedigrees,
perpetrated one Of the most colossal
literary frauds Of the 18th century by
successfully palming off 1880 forged
letters Of ancient and eminent men to
NJ. Chasles, man Of worldwide rep
"tation as a geometrician and astron.
omer, who paid Lucas altogether near
lv $4,000 for the collection.
Lucas's false letters included some
from the apostles, from Plato, Pliny,
lazarus and Mary Magdalene. And
vet NJ. Chasles did not consider 1t ex-
traordinary that these WORTHLESS wrote
IN paper and in the French language.
Ultimately his eyes were opened and
Lucas was arrested and sentenced to
.wo years imprisonment
The we'll known story Of Psalm
onazar, the famous Formosan," shows
how easily the public can be imposed
non in regard to literature. This re-
markable individual made his appear
once in London early in the 18th CEN
trry. claimed to be a native OF For
nosa and wrote in Latin his very sim
-r'lar Description of Formosa-" The
look. which was pure concoction. did
rot deceive anybody, but for many
rears its author remained an object
f faith and charity to a considerable
lection of his adopted countrymen."
He repented, however, Of his fraud,
md his life ended with the esteem Of
many, while Doctor Johnson spoke OF
him as "the best man he ever knew
But who Psalmanazar really was re-
mains to this day literary secret.
Even more audacious, perhaps, was
the attempt Of an Irish clergyman
named Eccles, resident Of Bath, who,
toward the end Of the 18th century,
claimed to have written "A Man Of
Feeling''-a work by Henry Mackenzie,
often included In the popular reprints
of today. Eccles. In order to sustain
his claim. actually transcribed the
whole work, making the usual blots,
erasures and additions to give the MS.
a plausible appearance Of originality.
Curiously enough, although the pub
fishers repudiated Eccles's claim. the
naonIa NJ Path eyidently believed in
him, for when he died a certain writer.
commenting upon the turfess grave Of
Eccles, suggested that stone bearing
the inscription Beneath this stone
The Man of Feeling lies, should be
subscribed for.