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The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-04-12
TWENTY LIVES Los IN STORM.
Terrific Tornado Sweeps Over Por.
tions of Three Gulf States

New Orleans, April Twenty lives
were instantly blotted out and many
persons were injured, several of them
fatally, by a tornado which swept
across portions of three gulf states.
Portions Of four towns were devas-
tated and damage probably exceeding
half a million was done.
Death and Devastation.
The tornado began at Alexandria,
La, soon after 1 o'clock yesterday
morning, instantly killing four per-
sons there, fatally injuring three, Sc
riously injuring thirteen others and
wrecking a hundred buildings. Soon
after daylight it neared the Mississippi
pi river, instantly killing five persons
at Jackson, La, while at Bayou Sara,
La, at least half a dozen others are
reported killed. There was one fatal
injury at Jackson. The tornado next
appeared at Carson. Miss, where
great property damage was done, and
the last heard of it was about noon
near Selma, Ala, where the inhabi-
tants saw whirling clouds rise into the
air as they crossed the river. One
death, a negro, was reported near Sell
ma, but not confirmed.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-04-12
OHIO TROOPS ARE READY.
Sleep on Arms in Readiness for Riot
Call at Lorraine, Ohio.

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Lorain, Ohio, April Z. = With the
members of Company B of this city.
Ohio national guard, under orders
and sleeping in the armory close to
the seat of trouble, and three compa-
MES of Cleveland troops under orders
and ready to respond to a call here at
any moment, quiet prevails at the
yards of the American Shipbuilding
company, the scene Of rioting for two
days past. The troops are under Or
ders to respond at the call Of the
mayor, who has also sworn in a large
force of special deputies, who are CO.
operating with the police and compa-
ny detectives.
Another train load of s~trikebreak-
ers numbering from $50 to 200, ar
rived at $3.50 o'clock last evening, and
the men were escorted into the yards
under w of the guns Of detectives
and special deputies. The strikers
were congregated about in squads and
witnessed the march of the latest re-
cruits into the ship yards without any
offer Of violence.
Supt. La Marche declared last night
that over 400 strikebreakers are now
inside the s%hipyards and that fully
1000 more are available and will be
brought within the e few days.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-04-12
HARRY THAW DECLARED SANE
REPORT TO COURT OF COMMITS.
SION IN lUNACY is
NOUS.

New York. April 5.-The Thaw luna
cy commission completed its work
last night and will report to Justice
Fitzgerald to-day.
Thaw underwent a private mental
and physical examination for more
than two hours yesterday afternoon.
In this last crucial test he was alone
before the commission. even the dis
trict attorney and his w counsel be
ing barred. When the three members
of the commission had completed their
examination, they shook hands with
Thaw in a most cordial manner, He
went back to his cell in the Tombs
with a light heart and declared later
that he felt the commission would
surely declare him sane.
Thaw Declared Sane.
New York. April 6. - Harry X.
Thaw yesterday was declared sane by
the unanimous report of the commits
sion in lunacy. The moment the de-
cision was handed down from Justice
Fitzgerald's desk District Attorney
jerome was on his feet vigorously pro-
testing against its confirmation py
the court. He charged that he had
been excluded from the last session of
the commission, and demanded to be
allowed to have access to the minutes
and s%tenographic notes of what trans
pired at the final mental and physical
examination of the defendant.
Will Try to Stop Trial.
When Justice Fitzgerald declined to
urn the minutes over to the district
attorney Mr.. Jerome declared he
would carry the cast to the appellate
division of the supreme court, asking
that a writ of prohibition or manda-
mus be granted to prevent a continu-
ance of the Thaw trial until the high
er court had ruled upon the legality
of the commissions course.
The news of the commissions unan-
imous verdict as to his present sanity
was carried to Thaw in the prisoners
cell at the penitentiary. He express
ed satisfaction, but not surprise. He
declared that he felt especially lucky
because it was the second anniversary
of his marriage.
Trial Will Proceed.
NSW ioih, tplIl T. = ne Illdl VI
Harry X. Thaw will proceed on Mon
day morning, when Dolphin M. Del
mas, the leading counsel for the de-
Tense, will begin his summing up adj
dress to the jury. District Attorney
jerome decided late yesterday not to
apply to the appellate division of the
supreme court for a whit of prohibit
ton or mandamus to halt the trial.
He reached this decision, it was said,
after a consultation with eminent
counsel. Mr.. Jerome may argue brief
ly Monday morning against the con
f1rmation of the report of the lunacy
commission which declared Thaw to
be sane, but he is aware that Justice
Fitzgerald's disposition is to confirm
the report, which was unanimous.
When Justice Fitzgerald Thursday
declined to grant the district attorney
access to the minutes of the lunacy
commission Mr.. Jerome threatened to
carry the matter to the appellate di-
vision on the ground that he had been
excluded from the final examination
Of Thaw by the commission.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-04-12
news OF WEEK SUMMARIZED
IMPORTANT EVENTS At HOME
AND ON FOREIGN SHORES
BRIEFLY TOLD.
Washinoton Notes.

Lieut.. Gen. Macarthur has been or
lered to Chicago to take command OF
the Department of the Lakes. Gen.
Macarthur is now stationed at San
Francisco.
The cotton boil weevil will be unu-
sually numerous and destructive this
year. according to the report of DR.. w.
D. Hunter, in charge of the boil weevil
investigation of the department of az
riculture.
Secretary of War Taft has taken a
stand with married army officers
against their mothersin-law. He has
ruled that a mother-in-law cannot be
classed as a member OF an officers
family. Therefore she must be de
barred from riding free on transports
plying between San Francisco and the
Philippines.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-04-12

Maj. Harvey w. Salmon has been
a charge of Illegal banking In connec-
ton with the failure of the Salmon &
Salmon bank at Clinton, Mo.
Three are dead and one is dying,
the latter a woman, as the result of a
battle with pistols and knives at an
Italian labor camp on the Guayan riv-
er, eighteen miles from Ashland, KY.
Phil f. Tabor, charged with robbing
the Cotton Belt passenger train near
Red Water several months ago, was
convicted by a jury in New Boston,
Tex, and given q sentence of life i'm
misonment.
The home of John Schroers, general
manager of the Wesliche Post, in ST.
Louis, was burglarized during the alb
sence of the family at night, and jew
elry valued at $2,4S0 and a small
amount of money was taken.
Sergt. John A. Griffin of Troop l,
Ninth cavalry. who last Christmas
day shot and killed Corporal Taylor of
the same troop at Fort Sheridan, near
Chicago, was sentenced to a term of
nine years and seven months in the
military prison.
A. B. Jaquith, a prominent grain
commission man of Omaha and one of
the original promoters of the Omaha
grain exchange, shot n killed him
self at his home In Omaha. His sui
eide is attributed to Encouragement
over recent adverse transactions.
Congressman G.. X. Favrot, after
several months in Jail at Baton
Rouge, La, under indictment for mnr-
der, which indictment was quashed
by the supreme court, must remain in
prison for several months more until
another grand jury can be summoned
and act upon the whole matter again.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-04-12
From Other Shores.

Mgr. Bisleti. the papal major domo.
will be the seventh of the cardinals to
be created at the consistory to be held
April Is.
The projected departure Of King
Oscar and Queen Sophia from Stock
holm has been postponed, as his maj
esty's health is not altogether salts
factory.
Agrarian disorders have broken out
In the Sergachevsk district in Rus
sia in an encounter with troops, fifty
peasants being wounded and a rural
guard killed.
Nine. Casimir-P erier, mother OF the
late ex-president of France. is dead.
She was the widow of Auguste CAST
mir Perier. minister of the interior
under President Theirs.
A band Of Bulgarians attacked the
old Servian towns of Rudnik and To-
polcha, buring thirty houses, killing
seven men and m%altreating a number
OF, women n children.
According to a dispatch from Shang-
hal the Chinese government has order
ed through a German firm at Tientsin
100000 rifles for the uniform equip
ment of the Chinese army.
Estimates in the official press of
Roumania place the material damage
due to the agrarian revolt at $6,000,-
900, but the land owners claim that
the losses incurred are much greater.
Emperor William does not approve
of the movement for holding a worlds
exposition in Berlin during 1913, the
t%wenty-ffth year Of his reign, there
fore the project will doubtless be
abandoned.
The Irish Presbyterian church has
agreed unanimously to invite the Rev.
William J.. Mclaughlin, pastor of the
Third Presbyterian church Of Chicago
to become pastor of the May Street
congregation at Belfast.
King Edward has approved the APP
pointment Of Sydney Olivier to be
governor of Jamaica, in succession to
Sir Alexander Swettenham, who re-
Gently resigned the office, giving as his
reason his advanced years.
King Alfonso has signed a decree
dissolving the present parliament, fix
ing upon April q for the election of a
new chamber of deputies and May S
for the election of senator's. The new
parliament will be opened May 10.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-04-12
PRESIDENT SEES
GIGANTIC PLOT
CLAIMS TO HAVE EVIDENCE OF
PLAN AFooT TO DEFEAT HIS
POLICIES.
$5,ooo,ooo FUND IS RAISED
HARTMAN, HEARST AND ROOKIE.
TELLER SAID TO BE BACK.
ING CONSPIRACY,

Washington. April 6. = 1t was said
on authority at the White House yes.
terday that there is ample evidence m
Adho TOT the claim the president holds
lhat there is a movement afoot to de
teal his policies in the next congress
ana IN the next national convention.
1t Is declared that the "Hearst.H arri-
man-Rockefeller combination, has al
ready a fund of $4,000. 900 with which
to carry on its campaign in opposition
to the president.
Oivulged at a Dinner.
1t was further au~thoritatively said:
They are gathering UP the loose
ends. but the movement will hatten
out. 1t is apparent in Ohio and Penn
%sylvania, in fact it extends across the
entire continent. The scheme was
thoroughly d%ivulged at a recent din.
ner and reached the White House
through a friend of the president. The
scheme of the people behind the
movement Is to buy newspapers, pub
lie men and others who may assist
The opponents IF the president in
their work.
To Manipulate Delegates.
1t was also stated authoritatively
at the White House that part OF the
plan to encompass the defeat of the
presidents policy is the election of
state delegations to the national con
vention from those states known to
favor the president. those delegates to
be instructed for President Roosevelt,
Notwithstanding knowledge in ad-
vance that the president would not be
a candidate for denomination. Then.
according to the statement made,
these delegates, upon the president
declining to be a candidate for renom-
i%nation. are to consider themselves
free and are to be switched over to
some OF the opponents of the presi-
dent and the policies for which he IS
standing.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-04-12
Domestic.

e. II. Hartman has bought for $780,
900 a lot on Fifth avenue, New York,
he will build a house for his
own occupancy.
The wife of President Ripley Of the
Santa Fe railroad left Los Angeles
Yesterday for Chicago. She paid her
own fare and bought an upper berth
sleeping car ticket
Peter Maher, the one-time aspirant
to heavyweight champion honors, was
knocked out at Hot Springs, Ark, by
Marvin Hart in the second round Of
what was scheduled to be a twenty
round fight.
A statement made by Secretary
Stokes of Yale university was to the
effect that the gift Of 100000 to the
university from the Rockefeller fund,
conditional upon the raising of $780,
900 additional, will be accepted, and
the university will make every effort
to fulfill the conditions.
The Colorado senate passed the
house joint memorial to congress ex'
pressing opposition to the reduction OF
the tariff on sugar imported from any
country in the world, and especially
the Philippine islands. Agitation In
favor Of such reduction 10 %deplored.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-04-12
L A FURTHER WAR.
eoniila and Fisueroa Are Combining
Armies.

lC
Puerto Barrios, Guatemala, April Z.
President Bonilla OF Honduras has
no intention of abandoning the war
with Nicaragua, in spite Of the re-
verses which his forces have suffered.
The forces of President Bonilla and
Gen. Medal o are uniting with the
army Of President Figueroa of Saliva
dor IN the frontier, where the COM
bined armies are being massed for
continuing the war.
Gen. Solomon Ordonez, the Hondu-
ran minister of war, arrived at Puerto
Cortez yesterday and has taken com
mand Of the coast defenses. Presi-
dent Bonilla's forces occupy all the
cities and towns on the north coast
of Honduras, except Trujillo, and the
principal ports of the republic, Amap-
ala and Puerto Cortez.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-04-12
"FINANclERs" WRECKED ROAD.
Gov. Oeneen Secures Opinion From
Attorney General m Alton Da,i

Attorney General on Alton Deal.
Springfield, ILL.,, April 9,-That Gov.
Deneen is planning to second the &C
tons OF President Roosevelt in refer
ance to E. H. Hartman and others of
the railroad kings is evidenced In an
opinion handed to Gov. Deneen yes
terday by Attorney General Stead.
The opinion treats OF the manipula-
lions OF the Chicago & Alton railroad
properties within the last few years
by Hartman and some of his financial
associates.
Remedy Exists.
Attorney General Stead declares
there is not the least doubht that a
civil remedy exists against the "fnan-
ciers" who have wrecked this prosper
Gus railroad company and, at the ex-
pense Of innocent stockholders and
bondholders, have gathered to them
selves a harvest Of millions of dol
lars.
Mr.. Stead is doubtful. however.
whether it is the province of the State
Of Illinois to enforce the remedy. The
revocation of the company's charter,
which apparently would be the natu-
raj procedure on the part of the state,
would bring most of the suffering
upon innocent stockholders, Hartman
and his Wall street associates having
already u%nloaded a large part of their
holdings.
UP to Company.
Mr.. Stead inclines to the belief that
the remedy lies with the company it.
self or, in the event of it's refusal TO
act, with some one or more of it's
stockholders.
This conclusion, however, is not
final, for the attorney general specif-
cally states that if he should become
satisfied upon further investigation
that an effective remedy can be en-
forced by the state he will not hest
tate to institute proceedings.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-04-12
ALCOHOL ON BODY BURNS.
Woman Who Uses Fluid as Liniment
lie TarrihIu In i,,rol

woman VINO uses Fluid as liniment
Is Terribly Injured.
Jefferson, Wis, April Mrs. Bar
bara Bienfang. a widow, eighty-six
years old, is in a critical condition
as a result of a peculiar accident. Mrs.
Bienfang has been suffering from
rheumatic pains in her arm and side,
and she has been treating the affected
parts with alcohol. Last night She
stood near a hot stove and was rub
bling on the alcohol when it ignited
and she was converted into a living
torch. The woman who was alone in
the house had presence Of mind
enough to seize a heavy blanket from
the bed and wrap it around her, thus
eXtinguishing the flames. Her arm
and side, however, was literally cook
ed and it is feared that, owing to her
advanced age she will not recover.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-04-12
DYING Man Kills Self.

San Francisco, April L. Percy F.
Wells, a civil engineer, t%wenty-four
years old, of Waltham, Mass, arose
from his deathbed at the Grand Cen
trail hotel yesterday afternoon, just as
he was about to sign his will, and
dashed his head against the wall with
such force that he died a few mo-
ments later.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-04-12
Attempt to Wreck 1rain

Philadelphia, April 5.-An attempt
was made yesterday to wreck a Penn
.sylvania express train near Tacony. a
suburb. A track walker discovered a
break where a foot Of rail had been
sawed out.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-04-12
SCHOONER MAY BE LOST.

Parted From Tug During Gale and
Has Not Been Seen Since.
Charleston, s. c.. April 5.-The tug
boat Paul Jones came into port yes
terday seriously damaged by a storm
experienced east Of Lookout. Tho
captain reported that the schooner
Thomas w. Lawson, which was in
tow, parted the hawser during the
height Of the gale and had not been
seen since. The Lawson rs loaded
with oil and had . full crew and equip
ment.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-04-12
Woman Burned to Death.

Columbus, Ohio, April 9.-Mrs. Hell.
en- O'Neill, who came here recently
from Denver. Colo, was burned to
death yesterday in her room. She is
supposed to have fallen in an epilep.
tic fit, her clothing being ignited by
the flames frog: a gas stove.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-04-12
Burglars at FERGUS Falls.

Fergus Falls, Mimi, April IF. w.
Belfour's store was b%urglarized last
night, holes being cut through three
doors and a rife and several other
articles taken. Christian Halvorson
was arrested for the offense.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-04-12
Accidental Happenings.

Fire almost entirely destroyed the
business district of Wolcottville, Ind.
The total loss is $25, 1000.
Fire practically wiped out the oyster
settlement at Maurice river. near Mill
Vile, N. J.. The loss is estimated at
$50. 900.
Fire in the business section OF
NAL hotel and several stores. Loss,
$50, 600.
A heavily loaded street car jumped
the track at Omaha and dashed into a
stone wall. Five passengers were Sc
riously injured, one of them fatally.
Six trainmen were killed in a head
On collision between two freight trains
on the Missouri, Kansas & Texas rail
road, six miles south Of Fort Worth,
Tex.
Fire at Memphis, Tenn, destroyed
the plan of the Magnolia Stove works
and damaged that Of the Memphis
Hydraulic Brick company. The total
loss is 10000.
wv llSlSII lIdluS COllluGu near
Hartwell. Ind. M thirty cars were
completely wrecked and two engines
demolished. The property loss will
reach $50 1000.
Fire destroyed the grinding depart
ment of the Castalia Portland Cement
company at Castalia, Ohio. The loss
is about $4,000. One hundred men
are thrown o of work.
Steve Zramski is dead and Frank
Helsinger is thought to be fatally
burned as the result of an explosion
at the Lowellville furnace, eight miles
east of Youngstown. Ohio.
One man was brown to atoms and
a small %storehouse of the Aetna Pow
der company at Aetna, Ind, was com
pletely wrecked by the explosion of
1000 pounds of dynamite.
Harry w. Myers, fire boss of the
Pittsburg & Eastern Coal company's
mine near Mcdonald, Pa, was burned
to death by an explosion Of fire damp
in one of the fire rooms.
Louisa Plympton, eleven years old
showed great heroism at a fire in the
Hotel Nottingham at Boston in warn
ing occupants Of many rooms, contin'
uing her efforts until she collapsed,
nearly overcome by smoke.
Albert Phillips, twenty-one years
old, operator Of a moving picture ma
chine in the Arcana theater at Lock
port, N. Y, was burned to death
Phillips was in the box Of the machine
when it burst into flames. In the
panic which ensued among the specta'
tors Phillips was forgotten.
Lee Shippey of Kansas City used
wood alcohol to clean his pipe. A few
weeks ago he became blind. The ocu'
list said the optic nerves had been
paralyzed by the fumes OF the wood
alcohol that had been inhaled from
the pipe. The case is yielding TIC
treatment. however, and My. Shippey
may recover his sight.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-04-12
RIVER is RISING FASTER.
Grand Forks Merchants Begin to
Move Their Goods,

Grand Forks, N. d., April 7. - The
Red river made the greatest rise for
a week in the twenty-four hours end
ing at 5 O'Clock last evening. 1t reach
ed 32.4, a gain of Is feet from the
previous day. Advices from points
up the river We're o reassuring. and
merchants in the Third street and
Lower Demers avenue business dis
trict We're busy during the afternoon
getting goods out of their easements.
The water has reached a point where
it will take a rise of only two feet to
flood many Of the easements.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-04-12
Tribute to Two yuri,ts,

St. Paul, April s. Memorials to
Judge George B. Young and Judge
Isaac Atwater were presented to the
state supreme court yesterday after
noon by committees representing the
state bar association.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-04-12
Started Fire With c,.o,,n.

Jasper. Mimi, April THE 81, 900
stock of clothing and furnishinks
of Aslesen Bros. & Rudd was de-
stroyed by fire. The nre started by q
green clerk starting a FIRE with easo-
line.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-04-12
MINNESOTA WINS DEBATE.
University Orators Defeat Debaters
From Illinois.

st. Paul. April 1.-THE University
of Minnesota won from the University
of Illinois by a vote of 2 to ! in the
debate last evening at the capitol OF
the question of private ownership of
street car lines. Minnesota, repre-
sented by c.. Richard Thompson, Stan
ley B. Houck and John P. De Naney,
opposed the resolution THAT the
cities of the United States should seek
the solution Of the street railway prob
lem through private ownership"
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-04-12
Babe crem.+.d

Taylors Falls, Mimi, April The
residence OF Frank Handle was com.
pletely destroyed by fire while both
parents were away from home. A two
year-old child lost its life In the
flames.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-04-12
Mexicans Sentenced.

Ell Paso. Tex. April 9.-The seven
alleged Mexican revolutionists who
were deported from Arizona were .eu.
fenced to five to eight years in the
p~enitentiary at Hermosillo, Mex.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-04-12
VESSEL WRECKED BY CYCLONE.

New York, April 9. = Nearly every
vessel that has arrived from Southern
ports during the last week has
brought some story of marine disaster
wrought by the cyclone off Hatteras
during the last ten days of March.
The Bluecher, arriving yesterday
from West Indian ports, was no excep-
ton. Standing in d~isconsolate groups
about her decks were a luckless thir-
teen, which the liner had saved from
their laundering bark, the Gulfport,
as the vessel was on the verge of 60
ing down.
Were Near Starvation.
1t was a weary band which the life
boat of the liner tool from the water
logged wreck. They were near star
Walton, as for nearly a week they had
had nothing to live on except a few
water-soaked biscuits.
Little difficulty attended the work
Of rescue. The bark had been out
twenty days and had reached no far
Their than the Florida coast when she
encountered a gale in which she
sprung a leak SO dangerous as to send
all hands to the pumps. The men
were still striving to keep down the
thrush of water, when five days later,
the cyclone burst upon the bark and
the vessel became waterlogged.