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The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-11-08

NUMBERS AND TRArpEKS' SUPPLIES
All kinds of Sporting Goods. Catalog free.
Kennedy Bros. Arms Co. ST. Paul, Mimi.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-11-08
SWEDEN.

The hrst torpedo boat built in Swed-
en-. called "Vtle," was recently launch
ed 1T Malmo, where it was construct.
ed by the Kockum works. The new
boat has a displacement Of $50 tons, is
driven by a motive force Of 8 ,000-horse-
power, and has a speed Of 80 knots.
1t is believed that Gudrun Klausen.
the girl who disappeared from Chris
tiania, Norway, last summer, and for
whom there has been a diligent search
ever since. was recently seer some
twenty miles from Stockholm. Johann
Flottum. the wonderful boy of Norway,
who is supposed to be able to see
things invisible to others, says that
Gudrun was carried off by a band OF
gypsies, and such a band had posses
sion Of a girl answering to the de-
scription Of the lost girl in the vicin-
ity Of tbs Swedish capital.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-11-08

During the courtship it's tempera-
ment; after marriage it's a case OF
temper.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-11-08

lend you money when you don't need
it.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-11-08

The smile of the hypocrite is a mis-
fit.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-11-08

HIDES, PEITs AND WOOL.
To get full value. ship to the old reliable
\. w. Hide & Fur Co. Minneapolis. Mimi
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-11-08

After all, the fame that m to the
average man is but a bubble caused by
blowing his own horn.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-11-08

And They Get Them.
She-Drowning men catch at
straws.
He (absently)-So do thirsty men.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-11-08
M'EWEN is
Will Represent Minnesota at National
Labor Meeting.

Fargo. N. D., Nov. 5.-W. F. Nc
Even of Duluth has been appointed
delegate from Minnesota to the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor convention
to be held at Norfolk, Va, Nov. II to
Is. President Howley made the ap-
pointment last night at Fargo.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-11-06
Indians Must Work.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2.-As result
Of The conference at the White house
last nlght between the president, Sec
retary Garfield, of the interior dep
artmeut, Assistant Secretary Oliver,
OF the war department, and Commis-
soner Of Indians Affairs Leupp,
regarding the reneg ade Ute Indians on
the Cheyenne river reservation in
North Dakota, decision was reached
to continue The policy of furnishing
the Indians with work and in case OF
their failure to take advantage of the
opportunity to leave them to their
own resources.
MIR. Leupp pointed out that two
opportunities had been given the
Ind ians for employ ment in railroad
=, aiding, both of which had been
cUntemptuously refused by them.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-11-06
Great Sum For Waterways.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 4.-Although
the report of the inland waterways
commission will not be presented to
President Roosevelt before the last OF
this month, it has leaked out that it
will provide for the greatest and most
extensive improvements Of the interior
rivers ever attempted in this or any
other country. If the recommends. q.
tions to be made should be carried
out in their completion the expendi.
ture will not be less than 5000, 900. 900,
almost as much as the cost of the
Panama canal.
The lakes-to-the.gulf deep waterway
projects will be favored by the report
as will an elaborate scheme for the
improvement OF the Mississippi and
its tributaries, including the Missouri
and Ohio rivers.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-11-06
To Depose Gompers.

NEW YORK, Oct. 3l.--A conference
Of the executive officers Of the Ameri.
can Federation of Labor was held to-
day to settle disputes among the un-
ions 80 as to have clean scale when
the convention of the \. f. of L..
opens Nov. II. President Gompers
presided.
A fight will be made 10 the con ven-
tiOn 10 prevent the reelection Of
President Gompers and the present
members OF the executive council.
There is feeling that there should be
new blood a among the executive
officers. The action of President
Gompers AMI the executive council in
suspendiug the United Brewery Work.
ers OF America for ignoring the order
to suspend jurisdiction over the
engineers, tiremen, coopers and driv-
ers in the United Brewery Workers
is resented by several organizations,
especially unions with German mem.
bers.
Meetings have been held by several
unions which are in sympathy with
the brewery workers, and they have
formed league to demand the
reinstatement of the United Brewery
Workers. Some of the unions say if
the demand is not acceded to they will
leave the federation and join the In.
dustrial Workers of the World, a
socialist organization formed in
opposition to the American Fedora
ton.
With the exception of one term,
Gompers has been president of the
federation for 20 years.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-11-06
Need Money To Move Crops.

GRAND FORKS, Nov. A. Senate
Marlborough sent the following tele.
gram to President Roosevelt today:
"Fully $50, ,000, 900 bushels Of grain
are now ready to be marketed In the
two Dakotas and Minnesota and there
is no money with which to do It. The
necessities of the northwest are, there
fore, much greater than in any other
section of the country and demand the
fullest consideration of the treasury
department.
"Ten million dollars placed in
Twin City banks would raise the em.
barge and start grain shipments to
Europe. This would relieve the finau-
cial stress in the east much quicker
than q deposit of treasury funds in
New York.
"Treasury relief operations should
begin here, where the congestion is
greatest. Our people are not losing
their heads. They have no fear of q
panic but in this crop now in session
our business men should have special
consideration.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-11-06
Shippers Must pay Expense.

CHICAGO, Oct. 30.-Railroads cent.
ering in Chicago have decided to lop
off all privileges and all extra service
which grew up under stress of COM
petition prior to the passage of the
Hepburn amendment. The start in
this direction has been made by a
joint notice sent out by all roads here
that they will discontinue the practice
OF furnishing man to assist the ship
pers in unloading cars on team tracks.
!. is said that there are at least 300
men employed by Chicago roads in
this service, which is service entire
ly for the benefit of shipper and one
which he should perform for himself.
Notice will soon be extended to cover
every large shipping center in the
United States, for attorneys have tol
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-11-06
Threatened With Starvation.

SEATTLE, Nov. 3.-Shut in by inn
passable barriers of snow and ice, hum
dreds of miles from assistance, the
missionary settlements of northwest
ern Alaska are facing starvation and
death from the freezing cold of that
unsheltered country. Unable to renew
their stores of fuel and supplies from
the United States, owing to storms
and wrecks, the pitifnl handful of de-
pendent natives and their instructors
and guardians from this country are
left absolutely in want as the terrible
grip OF winter fastens on the north
and effectually prevents succor from
any source. Long months of suffer-
ing and of hardship indescribable lie
before these mission aries and their
pupils and the hand of death will
snatch away many before the weather
mitigates and it is possible to send
food and supplies to these settlements
by water, the only means of trans
pOrtatiOn.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-11-06
RUSSIAN CITY BURIED.
Victims of Landslide Believed To
Number About 1900.

TAsHKEND, Russian Turkestan, Oct.
3o.-The entire population of Kara
tagh, in the Bokhara mountains, is
reported to have been wiped out by a
mountain slide following an earth
quake on October 20. The entire town
has been destroyed and not house
has been left standing. The town stood
in deep defile in the mountains at
the edge of stream. Reports say
that the entire mountain toppled over
onto the town and filled up the can
yon. The stream has been damned
up and those who were not killed out
right were drowned.
ST. PETERSBUG, Oct. 30.-It would
appear from two dispatches received
here that the casualty list, first given
at 5000, has been greatly overesti.
mated and that the statement that the
governor of the city and his mother
were the only persons saved was due
to an error in tran station. Karatagh
has about $500 dwellers, and there is
reason to believe that about 1900
were buried alive.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-11-06
Farmers Will Finish Railroad.

PENDLEToN, Ore, Nov. l.-Umatilla a
county from Pendleton to Pilot Rock
is enthused with proposition made
to general Manager O'Brien of the
Oregon Railroad & Navigation COM
pany. to complete the last three miles
of the Umatilla Central into Pilot
Rock, construction work on which
was stopped today, with volunteer
labor furnished by the citizens of the
town and the farmers and residents
along the line. Should the offer be
accepted it is expected business houses
will fill their quota by draft. while
hundreds OF citizens and farmers will
go to work without cost to the rail-
road company. There are one hun
dred cars of wheat awaiting shipment
around Pilot Rock and more than
twenty cars Of apples.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-11-06
WANT EXTRA SESSION.
Financla! interests Desire Legislation
That Affects Business.

WASHINGTON, November 2.-It was
learned today from undoubted sources
that President Roosevelt is now being
urged to call an extra session of con-
gress to deal with the financial situa-
tion. The request comes from and
represents the judgment of the con.
serv ative leaders In the financial
world who have represented the pres
ent situation as one compelling action
of character that will eradicate all
ground for a suspension of American
industrial methods.
The president has been assured from
reliable sources that there will be no
opposition on the part Of the great in.
dustries Of the country to the enact
ment of necessary laws to carry out
his ideas of federal control to the ex-
tent to which he has expounded them
in his recent public utterances. These
, assurances are made at this time TO
avert what has been reported as the
most dangerous situation which has
confronted the country during an eX.
tended historical period-that ia, the
seeming growing lack of confidence
based on known irreg ga arities in bust.
ness .1@thods In some quarters and nc
ready means of separating the good
/ from the unsOuuG.
/ Failing in obtaining an extra ses.
sion. those who have made the appeal
for it have presented an alternative,
or an additional request ,ha, the pres
ident make a public statement. This
has met with measure Of opposition
from the administration advisers
Both suggestions are still matters Of
consideration although no informa'
tion whatever is obtainable regard
ing either directly from the White
| house.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-11-06
ALLEGED FLOUR FAMINE.
Reported Shortage Due To Lack OF
Freight Cars.

HELENA, Oct. Shelters received
in Helena by local flour merchants
from Montana mills state that flour
famine exists in twelve cities of the
state, which are completely out of the
necess ary, so far as the wholesalers
are concerned, and there is no pros
pect of relief in the immediate future.
What towns are in this condition
are not stated, but talk with loc al
dealers shows that Helena is not one
of them. It is declared the stu alton
is far moro threatening than the
talked of.coal famine.
The trouble, accordingeto the manu-.
facturers, is that the railroads have
either been unwilling or unable to
supply cars. This refers to both the
Great Northern and Northern Pacific.
Another miller wrote that orders he
received six weeks ago for immediate
delivery have not been touched and
there is no telling when they will be.
Millers say, unless cars are fur.
nished within the next two or three
days, it will be necessary to close
down the mills and to stop buying
grain. Bins are full now, but no cars
are furnished.
The matter is going to be taken up
with the railroad commission, it is
understood, with request that con-
ference be held Immediately with the
heads of the railways.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-11-06
Nebraska Railroads In Bad Shape.

LINCOLN, Nov. 4.-The Missouri
Pacific is feeling the effect of state
control, the Nebraska railway com.
mission having issued an order limit.
ing the speed of all passenger trains
on that line to 25 miles an hour, fast
freight to 20 miles, and heavy freights
to Is.
Commissioner Joseph A. Williams,
accompanied by an expert. made an
inspection of the company's lines
within the state. He closed his report
as follows: 81 further recommend
that the management be informed that
this embargo on speed limit, il it is
placed, will not be removed or modi.
fled until the commission shall have
become satisfied that the roadbed has
been ballasted, defective ties replaced
and heavy rails laid so that reasona.
BILE safety may be secured to the trav.'
cling public
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-11-06
Labor Leaders Repudiated.

HELENA, Nov. 3.--As a result OF
the boycott campaign which has been
waged for several months by the Mont.
ana Federation of Labor against
business houses and individuals pat.
ronizing the Rocky Mountain Bell
Telephone company, four of the
strongest labor unions in Helena have
withdrawn from the state organiza.
ton. Helena Typographical union
No. 95 today decided to divorce itself
from the state organization, which,
during the past week, has been de.
nounced by the Independent, in a
series of editorials, as an outlaw or.
ganization. commanded by "modern
road agents."
Howard O. Smith, secretary OF the
federation, is q member of the Typo
graphical union and the action of the
printers today takes away his member.
ship in the state body.
smith and Alexander Fairgrieve,
president of the feder alton, were re-
Gently enjoined by the federal court
from continuing their boycott tactics,
and since the Cooks and Walters, the
Bartenders aud the Teamsters have
withdrawn from the state orgamiza-
ton, which now, on account of the
di=favor with which its boycott cam
paign has been received, is threatened
with disruption.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-11-06
The Dynamite Exploded.

RAPID CITY, S. D., Nov. with
his right hand blown completely of
and the stub tied up In . handkerchief,
one eye blown ont and the other badly
injured, Harry McLsin, age AZ years,
walked two miles to this city and be.
fore he could explain the cause of the
accident, fell fainting on the floor of a
doctors office.
McLain, accompanied by . compan'
ion. was engaged in the illegal
''sport' Of dynamiting fsh at 40
irrigation dam. Just as he was ia
the act of throwing the dynamite into
the water it exploded, knocking both
men to the ground and blowing Nc
Lain's arm off from about two inches
above the wrist and blowing his
right eye out of its socket.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-11-06
A Long Cattle Drive.

AMARILLO, Texas, Nov. lowing
to the scarcity OF cars old.time cattle
days before the invention of stock
cars are being revived in this part of
the state. An instance of this is tn at
of H. E. Sudders driving 1900 steers
across country $50 miles to Ashland,
Kan. He reached this city with the
steers some days ago and held them
here in the hope OF getting cars. Be.
ing una BILE to do this he decided not
to risk wait and started across
country with them. Cattlemen believe
he is taking great risks with the
bunch, as blizzard may be expected
at any time.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-11-06
Will Appraise FIathead Lands.

MlssOULA, Nov. 4.--The news Of
the appointment by the president Of
the commission to appraise and elias.
sify the lands of the Flathead Indian
reserv alton was received here with
general satisfaction. 1t has been 30
long ago since the first steps were
taken toward throwing open the re.
serve to public settlement that many
people who at first intended to try for
a chance on the land have about for.
gotten the matter. However, with the
allotment of lands to the Indians just
completed and the appointment of the
classifying and appraising commits.
sion made, the time is drawing nearer
when a large number of people will
have an opportunity to acquire some
of the most productive land in the
northwest. 1t is estimated that it will
require about a year for the commits
sion to complete its work.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-11-06
WANT VALUABLE LAND.
Heirs Of George Washington Lay
Claim To Vast Estate.

WASHINGTON, Nov. Ito recover
some little parcels of real estate, given
by two grateful governments to George
Washington more than 100 years ago
and worth at the present time hundreds
of millions Of dollars, are the object
of the proceedings started formally
yesterday by the heirs.at-law of the
father Of his country.
After an undisturbed rest Of nearly
q century in the circuit court Of Fair.
fax county, Virginia, the Washington
estate has been reopened by the ap-
pointment of an administr ator for the
undisturbed assets which consist of
this almost forgotten land which he
possessed.
The land which the heirs seek to re.
cover is situated in Ohio, and is fully
described in Washington's will. 1t
aggregates nearly 10000 acres and
includes practically all the land on
which the city of Cincinna ati is built.
Another tract of the land embraces
Point Pleasant. the birthplace of Cen
eral Grant, while another, at the
mouth of the Kanawa river, is rich in
coal and oil deposits.
Part of the land was granted to
Washington by the British govern.
ment as a reward for his military SER
vices and part of it was granted to
him by the United States later for the
same reason. The heirs who have
brought the suit scarcely hope to re-
cover the specific tracts of land grant.
ed to their great ancestor, since by
an error all the territory embraced in
the grants have been at one time or
another given to settlers.
But in default of such recovery, the
heirs expects to obtain from congress
sum of money equiv alent to the
value of the land, whether its value at
the time of the grant to Washington
or at the present time is not known.
If congress should award the heirs
the present value it would run up into
hundreds of millions.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-11-06
UNRULY INDIANS.
They Are Brought To Time BY De.
tahcment Of Troops.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3l.-1n battle
between United States troops and In.
diaus, which occurred in southern
Utah several days ago, three persons
were killed and another wounded, all
said to have been Indians. The
news of the occurrence was conveyed
to the Indian bureau in telegram
from Superintendent Shelton, which,
though dated yesterday. was not re-
ceived until today. The army COM
mand consisted of four officers, "A
men and three Indian scouts. The
telegram to the Indian bureau, which
was dated at Ship Rock, N. M. fol-.
lows: "The troops have returned
from southern Utah. They arrested
Bylillie and nine other Indians. Three
others were killed and one wounded
while shooting at the Indians. The
Indians are quiet and 1 don't antici.
pate further trouble" The officials
of the Indian bureau assume that the
killed and wounded were Indians.
The Indians arrested are part of a
band of Navajoes from New Mexico
and southern Arizona. A number of
Indians under the leadership of Bylil-
lie have been creating disturbance be.
cause of their disinclination to OBJ.
serve regulations. So offensive be-
came their actions that Superinten.
dent Shelton made request that
soldiers be sent to the reserv alton, the
troops 1 and K, of the Fifth cavalry,
under Captain Willard were dis.
patched from Fort Wingate, N. NJ,
to Arnett, Utah, the 22d inst. 1t was
not intended at that time that their
presence should mean any more than
a demonstration, with view of q
quieting effect.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-11-06
Cannon's Presidential Boom.

CHICAGO, Oct. 29.-Speaker Joseph
G. Canmon's official campaign for the
presidential nomination was started
at melting of fourteen Illinois repnb-
lican congressman at the Auditorium.
It was decided to place Speaker Con.
non in the race whether he auquiesced
or not, but when the speaker was call
ed in at the end of the three.hours con-
ference, he said: "Well boys will be
boys. Do as you please"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-11-06
Lnmbermen Victorious.

PORTLAND, Oct. 31.-Lumbermen
won victory in the federal court this
morning when Judge c. E. Wolverton
granted the injunction asked by the
Oregon and Washington Lumber Man.
ufacturing association against the
proposed new advance in lumber rates
which the railroads had announced
would take effect tomorrow, No.
vember l.
The association was ordered to de-
posit bond of $3.50, 900 with which to
pay difference between the existing
rate and the proposed rate, should
the railroads eventually win.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-11-06
THE OFF YEAR ELECTIONS.
Politicians Believe Result Will Inf,u-
ence Presidential Contest.

WASHINGTON. Nov. 4.-The cleo.
tions which will take place in thirteen
states tomorrow may develop some
indication Of possible tendencies In
the national campaign of next year.
The fact that contests affecting the
natioual congress are promised in but
. few instances has . somewhat de-
terring influence, but the more astute
political forecasters expect to find
some signs which will be significant.
There are ten general state elections.
The keenest interest is in the local
contests in New York City, Cleveland, !,
San Francisco and Salt Lake City.
The personality Of President Roose.
velt will figure to greater degree in
the mayoralty election in Cleveland
than in any other political contest OF
this year. In openly advocating the
defeat of Tom johnson, the present
chief executive of the Ohio metropo.
lis, President Roosevelt has done a
very unusual thing, and the result oi
the struggle between johnson and
Burton may have an important bear.
ing on next years presidential cam.
paign.
In Mass achusetts, Maryland, Mis-.
souri,, Rhode Island, Kentucky and
New Jersey, governors will be chosen,
and in all of them, full state tickets.
In Virginia, New York, Pennsylva-
MIA and Nebraska, the elections will
be for inferior state officers or for
members of the Legislature or county
officers.
In all cases the results will be care
fully scanned here for signs of hanges
which may possibly bear on the more
important general contest.